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A centuries-old peninsula on the western edge of the Chesapeake Bay, the Northern Neck of Virginia rests between the Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers. Sure, it boasts more than 1,000 miles of shoreline containing beaches, wharfs, and tiny towns that date back to colonial times, but the real appeal of this gorgeous geographic region is its welcoming residents. When you're ready to sample the hospitality, the small town of Montross is the perfect place to catch up with some of these friendly folks. Here, you can swing in and out of cozy coffee shops and charming museums before tackling some of the surrounding hiking trails.
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Just two hours south of the nation's capital, The Inn at Montross is a 19th-century structure that has hosted a tavern, a hotel, a restaurant, a private residence, and more over the years. Spend your historical stay in one of the property's five guest rooms—Stratford, Madeira, General Washington, Potomac, or Garden—each featuring queen-size beds and private bathrooms. After settling in, begin your getaway with a Virginia wine tasting where you'll sample varieties from a congress of nearby vineyards. Later, dine on delicacies like jumbo sea scallops served atop a bed of buttery grits. Or, savor the inn's Maple Farm's seared duck breast, paired with a creamy cranberry-pear risotto.
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Leanne Alarid
UTSA First-Year Faculty: Associate Professor Leanne Alarid
By Lydia Fletcher
Special Projects Writer
(July 2, 2007)--Leanne Alarid, UTSA associate professor of criminal justice, grew up near the Coors brewery in Golden, Colo. She went to graduate school at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, and spent the last 10 years at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, where she was a tenured associate professor.
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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LF: What attracted you to UTSA?
LA: Personal and professional opportunity for growth. The mild weather, cultural diversity and affordability of San Antonio makes this city one of my favorite places for a good quality of life. The vision of the UTSA Department of Criminal Justice is congruent with my goals, and my colleagues are great. I am drawn to being a part of the lives of first-generation college students who are working hard to achieve their educational pursuits. I also like being situated at the Downtown Campus where research opportunities in the field of criminal justice abound.
LF: What research are you conducting or hoping to conduct at UTSA?
LA: My areas of research are institutional corrections, community-based corrections and risk management. Right now, I am completing a number of research projects, including correctional officer perceptions of contracting HIV/AIDS while in prison, why felony offenders prefer prison over probation, and the use of private businesses to operate probation services in the community.
Through my research, it is my hope that people will understand that nearly three out of four criminals spend their sentence in the community, and of those who go to prison or jail, 95 percent of prisoners will one day get out. Therefore, how we address the problems that brought them there in the first place is just as important to public safety and the reduction of future criminality as enforcing the laws.
Given the need for managing risk in the community, I have recently submitted a three-year grant proposal to the National Institute of Justice for $300,000 to evaluate the use of global positioning systems with high-risk offenders in the community.
A colleague and I submitted a grant proposal to the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission to study offenders who commit sexual assault of other prison inmates. This grant lends itself to decreasing the risk that some offenders pose to others while incarcerated.
LF: What do you enjoy about teaching?
LA: I have been teaching all types of class sizes for the last 12 years and find that I most enjoy class sizes of 30 and under where I can get to know students on a personal level. I try to enrich each student's educational goals to make their experience at UTSA meaningful in some way beyond the classroom.
LF: What is your favorite book?
LA: That's a hard one to answer because I read widely in many different areas. On a professional level, I keep current with the latest books and journals in criminology and criminal justice. On a personal level, I like to read books that increase my knowledge in areas such as health, travel, alternative medicine and spiritual growth.
On a concluding note, if I could say one thing to students it would be to make the most of your experience while you're here at UTSA. Take advantage of on-campus speakers and seminars, discover your interests through career services, attend fun events and network with other students. The more you can immerse yourself in your studies and in the student life here on campus, the richer your educational experience will be.
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Construction companies, however, have been slow to make use of cloud technology, said James Benham, founder and president of JB Knowledge Technologies, Inc.
His company is a Texas-based information technology services provider, focusing on the construction, real estate, risk and insurance industries.
"With cloud computing, you can access the digital information you need from anywhere, any time through any device — from mobile devices to the computer at home, to the computer at your desk," said Benham.
"The cloud centralizes, organizes and disseminates your data to the access point most convenient for you."
The company's recent survey, the 2012 Construction Technology Integration Report, revealed that more than 30 per cent of 450 responding companies allow no computer applications to be used in the cloud.
For these companies all software is either installed on individual computers or hosted behind a corporate firewall.
Almost 40 per cent allow the use of invitation to bid or plan room apps on the cloud. More than 22 per cent allow project management apps, 19 per cent allow estimating apps and more than 14 per cent allow BIM apps.
However, only 6.5 per cent of respondents allow the use of accounting applications on the cloud, indicating concerns about accounting software providers, who host sensitive financial data off site.
"In many cases people are freaked out by a perceived lack of security offered by the cloud," Benham said.
Security tools, such as centralized authentication, place stringent controls on who can access cloud data and weed out suspicious activity. Two-factor authentication employs additional security by requiring two forms of identification, for example a pass card and a password.
Benham noted, however, that mobile devices such as smartphones present security challenges that may be mitigated by such approaches as the use of mobile risk management software, employee education regarding security issues and the ability of system administrators to remotely wipe out corporate data.
The survey also revealed that 52 per cent of respondents transfer data using Excel spreadsheets.
"If you're using Excel spreadsheets to transfer data, you're living in the past," said Benham.
"It's a great spreadsheet program that stinks at sharing data. By using a cloud-based service, you can share the same spreadsheet among colleagues or even lock down certain cells and assign different cells to different users."
Construction companies are also notorious for using e-mail to send large files, he said.
"It's an awful habit," Benham noted.
"By using a free cloud based app like yousendit, you can upload large files to the cloud and allow recipients to download them through a link.
"If you opt for their pay service, you can record the receipt of the file which would be legally defensible evidence that a change order, for example, was received."
For construction professionals, who haven't yet adopted business cloud technology, Benham recommended that they speak to colleagues, both in and outside the construction industry, about the cloud-based solutions they use.
He also suggested that they evaluate some popular free or trial-version business cloud software, such as Google Docs, Trimble SketchUp, iCloud, Tekla BIMsight or Microsoft Office 365.
"If you're using junk technology and software that's just this side of the cutting edge circa 1995, you won't understand the capabilities of the cloud," said Benham.
"You can only become proficient at assessing and learning about these services by using them."
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I have been trying to locate this Feral hive since last May when they swarmed over my house. We put sugar water out when ever it got warm over the winter, some days they would hit it when it was only 45% out. I even marked several to time them so I knew they weren't over 3/4 mile away.
Well it finely warmed up longer than 2 day's and I put out some hanging feeder's with a piece of comb. I put about 5 miles on the 4 Wheeler since 2:30 today traveling from ridge to ridge. After taking compass readings on were they were flying I transferred the headings to a map from Goggle Earth. So I had a good idea were they were. I went to the spot on my map and after listening and checking any tree of good size I was able to locate them. They are about 10' up coming out of a knot hole about 2". They are on my new neighbors property. (I just met them Friday evening they didn't know we were up here.) About a 1/2 mile away how the crow flies but about 1 1/2 driving by driveway's and road. They have given me permission to harvest them.I don't have any bees yet but I am getting 3 nukes started in my boxes by a fellow club member.
I need to know if it is to soon to set up my Cleo Hogan Jr. trap? We don't have any trees in bloom yet but they may be tomorrow. We have lots of red buds and Oak getting ready to pop. I am located in the Nat. Forest so all we have is trees and more trees.
Now I can start looking for the other 2 that have been hitting my feeders.


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Midshipmen Tour U.S. Secret Service Headquarters
POSTED ON: Thursday, May 8, 2014 8:00 AM by LT HARRY QUI
The Naval Academy Chemistry Department recently organized a rare trip to the U.S. Secret Service headquarters for midshipmen to learn about the agency's history and missions.
While the protection details for the president and vice-president are the most visible part of the agency's mission, that is not the only mission for the U.S. Secret Service.
The midshipmen were eager to learn about the agency and its accomplishments since its formation. The group was greeted at the front entrance by the resident historian. After a brief introduction of the organizational hierarchy, the group was led into the building.
Once inside, the historian took out an ordinary-looking five dollar U.S. treasury note, which turned out to be a counterfeit. The historian clarified to everyone that the Secret Service was created at a time where the public was losing faith in U.S. currency. Thus, it was tasked to investigate and capture counterfeiters.
Counterfeiters range from one-person operations to international crime syndicates, and the methods for counterfeiting are just as diverse, ranging from photocopier to using printing plates to cybercrime.
Amongst the counterfeits, some have distorted the line between counterfeiting and art. One such person was Emanuel Ninger or "Jim the Penman" as he was referred to at the time. After his capture, the public didn't see him as a criminal. Many admired his work and called for his leniency before he was sentenced. Today, although it is illegal to own one of his banknotes, there are a several notes thought to be in private collections.
As we move into the digital age, ecommerce and digital payments are rapidly overtaking physical exchange of U.S. treasury notes. This opens a new frontier for illicit activities, such as cybercrime, where shoppers' personal information can be stolen from retail stores' databases, banks and other financial institutions.
Now criminals are armed with publics' personal information, which could lead to direct economic losses of the public. In addition, with mass personal information stolen, this could lead to identity theft at an unprecedented level. Therefore, the U.S. Secret Service armed with working knowledge in combating counterfeiters was called to restore the safety and the stability of ecommerce.
Through this glimpse into a less-well-known aspect of the Secret Service's history, the midshipmen gained a deeper appreciation of this important federal agency and its role in keeping the U.S. currency intact and the President safe.
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Robinson joins BLAEDC staff as economic development officer
Chris Robinson, Brainerd lakes area attorney for 20 years, Brainerd School Board member and former East Gull Lake mayor, joined the Brainerd Lakes Area Economic Development Corporation (BLAEDC) as economic development officer.
BLAEDC executive director Sheila Haverkamp cited Robinson's wide-ranging business skills, as well as his professionalism and his knowledge and understanding of the area's business climate.
For 17 years, Robinson was an attorney and shareholder with Askegaard & Robinson, P.A., a private law office in Brainerd where he focused on estate planning, real estate, business counseling and civil litigation. Three years ago, he started his own firm, Robinson Law Firm PLC, and ran it until he saw the BLAEDC position as a good opportunity for a career change.
In his new position, he won't be offering legal advice to BLAEDC or on behalf of the organization.
"As a BLAEDC member for the last 10 years, I've watched with interest the direction the organization has taken," Robinson said. "This move is consistent with where my passion is and with my avocation and work with civic and government organizations, which is to grow this community."
Robinson's professional career has sharpened his skills in commercial development and a variety of business issues like sales and acquisitions. He sees that skill set as critical to his new position because most of his time will be spent working with companies considering Crow Wing County for relocation or expansion.
Robinson will also benefit from the knowledge and experience he gained while involved with a number of civic and service organizations. Robinson has served on the Brainerd School Board for three years and is the outgoing chair; he was East Gull Lake mayor for four years and served on the city's Planning and Zoning Commission and the Comprehensive Plan Committee; he spent four years on the Brainerd Lakes Chamber board of directors, including serving as chair; and he's been a longtime member of the Kiwanis Club of Brainerd, including six years on its board of directors and serving as president.
At BLAEDC, Robinson will serve as a liaison for businesses that are considering expanding in or relocating to the Brainerd lakes area. He'll work closely with Haverkamp in recruiting companies to the area while helping existing businesses with their needs when it comes to growing and expanding. He also will coordinate the mentoring and counseling activities within BLAEDC's new Executive Initiative.
Established in 1985, BLAEDC is a community-driven, non-profit organization created to preserve and enhance the area's economic base by expanding business, building community and growing jobs in Crow Wing County.


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Endometrial cancer is the most common cancer of the female reproductive system. Advanced cases have virtually no effective treatments. Surgery, alone or in combination with radiation, chemotherapy, and/or hormonal therapy are good as initial therapy. In advanced stages, however, surgery has no role to play and chemotherapy has limited, if any, benefit.
That's why when Merck and Ariad (ARIA) learned about the promising results of interim phase 2 study of Ariad's mTOR inhibitor ridaforolimus, they stopped further enrollment to follow patients' survivability. Indeed, the results demonstrate that patients with recurrent metastatic endometrial cancer who took the drug had statistically significant improvement in the median progression-free survival (PFS), which is the primary endpoint of the study.
Ariad's mTOR inhibitor ridaforolimus is an orally bioavailable analog of rapamycin. It is also known as sirolimus (Rapamune®). Sirolimus was originally developed as an antifungal drug. Since the specialists recognized this drug's antiproliferative and antiinflammatory effects, they began to use it in organ transplant rejection prophylaxis in solid organ transplantation. Rapamycin was discovered in a soil sample from Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, hence its name.
In the promising interim phase 2 clinical trials, patients were randomized to receive either oral ridaforolimus, oral progestin, or chemotherapy – the latter two drugs are standard treatments for advanced endometrial cancer. The results, which were determined using RECIST (Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors) based on radiologic studies conducted every two months demonstrated significant improvement of PFS.
The adverse events of ridaforolimus included mucositis (38.2%), stomatitis (21.8%) and hypergly-cemia (27.3%). These adverse effects were expected as they are recognized as class effects of mTOR inhibitors. They affected 23.6% of patients compared to 3.8% of patients given the standard of care drugs. Based on the bad prognosis of advanced endometrial cancer, the side effects are not expected to cause any problem towards approving a drug that would extend disease-free survival in hopeless patients. Ridaforolimus has high odds of approval.
Ariad is not the first company to become interested in mTOR as a target for cancer therapy. Other drug developers preceded Ariad in this respect. The reason is that mTOR is involved in cell proliferation, angiogenesis, and metabolism – all required for cancer growth and survival. As a matter of fact, if approved, ridaforolimus will not be the first in its kind to hit the cancer market. Other Rapamycin analogs have been successfully developed, approved and marketed. They demonstrated efficacy against solid cancers and leukemia as monotherapies or in combination with chemotherapy or targeted agents. Torisel (temsirolimus) developed by Wyeth and Afinitor (everolimus) by Novartis are also rapamycin analogs targeting mTOR. Torisel is administered by intravenous infusion while Afinitor, like ridaforolimus, is given orally. So, Ariad's drug will probably be competing with Affintor. Many scientists believe that ridaforolimus' longer halflife gives it advantage over other mTOR inhibitors.
In 2007, Ariad and Merck signed a partnership agreement to develop Ariad's mTOR inhibitor. The agreement provided Ariad with $75 million upfront payment and promised the firm millions of dollars in milestone payments. Three years later, Ariad found out that spending crazy money on developing this drug would limit it from developing other important drugs, especially its multikinase inhibitor AP24534. It renegotiated the agreement with Merck and a new agreement signed enabled Ariad to get back $50 million plus $19 million it had spent on the drug in 2010 with a potential of $514 million in milestone payments and over 10% royalties on global sales. The new agreement worked in both parties' favor.
Ponatinib: An oral multi-targeted kinase inhibitor for cancers resisting available drugs. In addition to inhibiting the enzymatic activity of BCR-ABL, Ponatinib also inhibits BCR- ABL isoforms that carry mutations, which confer resistance to existing tyrosine kinase inhibitors. Among the inhibited mutation is T315I mutation for which no effective therapy exists. Ponatinib is in a pivotal phase 2 clinical trials in patients with resistant or intolerant chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and Philadelphia-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Ph+ ALL). Ponatinib, also known as AP24535, is being investigated in preclinical study for solid tumors.
The investigational drug is for patients who have not benefited from Gleevec, Tasigna and Sprycel. Ponatinib will have the chance to be given to patients in early disease, depending on how it performs compared to the three drugs, which would increase its revenues. The drug is expected to demonstrate efficacy on other cancers.
AP26113 is a small-molecule anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK1) inhibitor. The drug is being investigated for non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), neuroblastoma and anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) – the cancers where ELM4-ALK exists.
1. ALK was first identified as a chromosomal rearrangement in anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL). Genetic studies indicate that abnormal expression of ALK is a key driver of certain types of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and neuroblastomas, as well as anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL). Since ALK is generally not expressed in normal adult tissues, it represents a highly prom- ising molecular target for cancer therapy.
It is important to note that Ariad scientists have identified multiple potent compounds that inhibit ALK both in vitro and in vivo while maintaining significant selectivity over the highly similar insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor and insulin receptor tyrosine kinase. Based on proprietary Ariad chemistry, AP26113 must be considered the lead compound in this class, potently inhibiting tumor cells that express ALK while having no effects on cells that do not express ALK. In addition, this compound is active when administered orally in vivo in animal models of lymphoma and lung cancer, with minimal effects on insulin or glucose levels. Preclinical studies demonstrated AP26113 potent inhibition of the target protein and of mutant forms that are resistant to the first-generation ALK inhibitor.
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Could Provide Advantage for Ariad's Drugs over the Competition
ARIAD scientists used an assay to identify mutations in ALK that is causing resistance against Pfizer's drug Crizotinib (PF-02341066) or to AP26113. The scientists were able to predict and pinpoint multiple mutations in ALK that confer the clinical resistance to tyrosine kinase inhibitors, such as the BCR-ABL inhibitors used in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Three of these ALK mutants were also tested in mouse tumor models, and in each case, Ariad's drug AP26113 potently blocked tumor growth while Pfizer's drug PF1066 was ineffective.
In a second study, ARIAD performed direct comparative studies on AP26113 and PF1066 in a series of ALK-dependent cell culture and in vivo models. In all models, AP26113 was at least ten fold more potent than PF1066. In addition, AP26113 exhibited 100-fold selectivity for ALK-positive cell lines compared with an approximate 10-fold selectivity for PF1066, and demonstrated excel- lent properties, including the potential for once-daily oral dosing.
Inhibition of the mutant ALK fusion gene, ELM4-ALK, with Pfizer's experimental crizotinib has demonstrated efficacy in NSCLC harboring this mutation. Resistance to the drug, though, appears over time.
The news coming from Ariad's pipeline at this time is supposed to stir the stagnation in the firm's stock, a phenomenon that usually appears when developing-stage biotech firms are in the stage where errors are expected before settling on what would show the benefits outweighing the risks. The problem for investors is that the market barely considers the scientific value of the firms when deciding upon their firms' market caps.
Ariad, is now in a much better territory than were it was months ago. The firm is walking with steady legs on the road towards bringing to the clinic a breakthrough product that is expected to be followed by a second and a third. The light has begun to show, as the drugs are nearing the end of the dark tunnel.


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primer: for the sake of this thread, and if barry is ok with it, it's not against any 'rule' to mention any intervention or treatment.
my interest in primarily toward understanding how beekeepers who avoid treatments deal with the varroa mite.
we all understand the bond method, but i am guessing that not all treatment free beekeepers are bond beekeepers.*
so, other than letting colonies just die out from varroa infestion, how do you who avoid treatments:
1. ascertain mite levels
2. decide on mite level that necessitates action
3. decide on an action, and what is it?
* if all treatment free beekeepers are bond beekeepers disregard this thread.


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- Towels
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Floor: 2nd Floor
Self-contained fully equipped kitchen with Fridge/Freezer, Microwave, Cooker/Oven, Vacuum Cleaner (communal use - hallway area), Cutlery and Kitchenware
Private bathroom with a soap and a roll of toilet paper
Double bed
Double sofa-bed
Washing machine (communal use - hallway area)
Fresh Bed Linen and Towels on ARRIVAL
Furniture: wardrobe, chairs, chest of drawers, dining table/coffee table TV
Entry door code
ADDITIONAL ITEMS (on request):
Iron and ironing board
Additional set of keys
Washing machine liquids and detergents
Children accessories
Parking and storage spaces
Wheelchair access
Airport transfers
Kilburn Park, zone 2, Bakerloo line, 7 min. walk
Kilburn High Road Overground Station, zone 2, Overground line from Watford Junction to Euston Station, 4 min. walk
Kilburn Tube Station, zone 2, Jubilee line, 15 min. walk
Brondesbury Overground Station, zone 2, Overground line from Richmond and Clapham Junction to Stratford Station, 11 min. walk
Local and Night Buses walking distance
Several Buses to Central London
Minicab (local taxi service) walking distance
Less than 30 min. from Central London (by underground)
From 12 September 2015, you will be able to travel on the Jubilee all night (24 hours service) on Fridays and Saturdays.
Sainsbury's, Iceland, Aldi, Poundland, Mark & Spencer, walking distance
Costa Cafe, McDonald's, walking distance
Primark, Tk Maxx, Argos, walking distance
Other Supermarket and Food & Wine groceries shops walking distance
Restaurants and other various shops, walking distance
Pharmacy, walking distance
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Apartment most suitable for 2 people to 4. It has only 3 chairs and once opened the sofa bed is little space left over.
Pros proximity to the two metro stations and bus stations and supermarkets.
Things to improve: to increase to at least 2 towels to head those available, a really little.
Small problem in welcoming because we expected the main street in reality the apartment is at the back.
In general the area is quiet and we were good
Appartamento più adatto a 2 persone che a 4. Ha solo 3 sedie ed una volta aperto il divano letto lo spazio che rimane è poco.
Aspetti positivi vicinanza con le due fermate della metro e degli autobus e con i supermercati.
Cose da migliorare: aumentare almeno a 2 asciugamani a testa quelle a disposizione, una è davvero poco.
Piccolo problema nell'accoglienza perché noi aspettavamo sulla strada principale in realtà l'appartamento è sul retro.
In generale la zona è tranquilla e siamo stati bene
Accommodation nice, comfortable beds, functional kitchen and bathroom and clean!
Convenient to the metro: 2 min. on foot
The person who greeted us was friendly and helpful !!!
I will be back for sure!
Alloggio carino, letti comodi, cucina funzionale e bagno completo e pulito!
Comodissimo alla metro: 2 min. a piedi
La persona che ci ha accolto è stata gentile e disponibile!!!
Ci tornerò di sicuro!
Unfortunately, the apartment was not cleaned. The kitchen was very dirty, everywhere was dust. In the bathroom there is no way turn off something. Out of the drain pipe, it stank. The beds were not made, we did himself. In front of our house entrance were rats. If the apartment NOT recommend.
Leider war die Wohnung nicht geputzt. Die Küche war sehr schmutzig, überall war Staub. Im Badezimmer hat man keine Möglichkeit etwas abzustellen. Aus dem Abflußrohr stank es. Die Betten waren nicht bezogen, machten wir selber. Vor unserem Hauseingang waren Ratten. Würde die Wohnung keinem empfehlen.
Disgusting, small, horrible neighborhood, all evil
Asqueroso, pequeño, barrio horrible, todo mal
The only real advantage of this apartment is that it has a great location right next to Hyde Park and it is easy to quickly reach central London in particular by bus.
The studio is located on the top floor (the last steps are difficult to climb) and faces the back of Inverness Terrace with a view without charm. In hot weather the only solution is the opening vent window and then enjoy the sound of vents located on the back of the restaurants in Queensway;
The studio is right .It appears well equipped but with little utensils or cooking or cleaning (not even a broom). Luckily we only used to sleep ...
So in the end we were disappointed with the quality / price ratio
Le seul véritable atout de ce studio est qu'il est très bien situé juste à coté de Hyde Park et il est facile de rejoindre rapidement le centre de Londres notamment par bus.
Le studio est situé au dernier étage (les dernières marches sont difficiles à monter) et donne sur l'arrière d'Inverness Terrasse avec une vue sans charme. Par temps chaud la seule solution d'aération est l'ouverture de fenêtre et alors de profiter du bruit des aérations situés sur l'arrière des restaurants de Queensway;
Le studio est correct .Il apparait bien équipé mais avec peu d'ustensiles soit de cuisine soit de ménage( pas même un balai). Heureusement nous ne l'avons utilisé que pour dormir...
Donc au final nous avons été déçu par la rapport qualité/prix
The apartment very comfortable, everything clean, with wifi.
Well connected by underground and overground.
Very friendly contact person.
Negative: was broken shower hose, but you could also shower.
Cleaning utensils were common with neighbors.
Worst: the entrance to the building.
El apartamento muy cómodo, todo limpio, con wifi.
Bien comunicado con el metro y overground.
Persona de contacto muy amable.
Negativo: estaba rota la manguera de la ducha, aunque te podías duchar igualmente.
Los utensilios de limpieza era comunes con los vecinos.
Lo peor: la entrada al edificio.
Not worth the price. I've stayed in cleaner, better serviced & maintained apartments/rooms then 10 Stanley. Its dirty unhygienic it's not worth your money!!! Kitchen /cleaning utensils minimal and I'm not to complain but falsely advertised! No toilet paper or fresh towels supplied.
The hostess was not Irene, appeared with a small delay someone else to give us the keys and tell us something of the apartment.
La anfitriona no era Irene, apareció con un pequeño retraso otra persona para darnos las llaves y comentarnos alguna cosa del apartamento.
the apartment is located in zone 3, but however the tube line is within walking distance and is well connected to central London. The area is full of market and all in all not bad, although I do not know how it is at night since we came back up to 21.00. The apartment was not the ultimate in cleanliness, in fact it was full of dust, but the thing that has been weighing on the sofa bed they slept in my children that was completely broken .... just be thrown away, buckled and rusty ... Ivan, the boy sent by Irene to fix the situation was very kind and tried to fix the best network .... but unfortunately without success. All in all, apart from the inconvenience and the smell of damp and mold in the entrance hall, our stay in London was amazing and London is lovely !!!
l'appartamento si trova in zona 3, ma tuttavia la linea tube si trova a breve distanza ed è ben collegata con il centro di Londra. La zona è piena di market e tutto sommato non è male, anche se non so come sia di notte in quanto massimo alle 21.00 noi siamo rientrati. L'appartamento non era il massimo della pulizia, anzi era pieno di polvere, ma la cosa che più è pesata è stato il divano letto su cui hanno dormito i mie bambini che era completamente rotto....proprio da buttare, inarcato e arrugginito...Ivan, il ragazzo mandato da Irene a sistemare la situazione è stato molto gentile ed ha cercato di sistemare al meglio la rete....ma purtroppo senza esito. Tutto sommato, a parte gli inconvenienti e la puzza di umidità e di muffa nell'androne, il nostro soggiorno a Londra è stato stupendo e Londra è incantevole!!!
exepcional situation, very quiet, 2 minutes walk from the station i of a 24 h supermarket area.
It is located in a house that has been divided in several studies. This has 4 hotplates, but the fume extractor does not work, the bed was broken i every 2 x3 well we had to put the mattress that was falling. The banjo was very young: if you are taller than 185cm wide i you are something not enter. The second day there we had to call us to be lit warm water in 30 minutes it was fixed. The rest ok: Ok cleaning, heating ok, ok neighbors.
is what you see in the picture plus a banjo 1 x 3m.
situacion exepcional, zona muy tranquila, a 2 minutos andando de la estacion i de un supermercado 24 h.
Se encuentra en una casa que ha sido dividida en varios estudios. Este dispone de 4 fogones, pero el estractor de humos no funciona, la cama estaba rota i cada 2 x3 teniamos que colocar bien el somier que se caia. El banyo era muy chico: si mides mas de 185cm i eres algo ancho no entras. El segundo dia tubimos que llamar para que nos encendieran el agua caliente, en 30 minutos estaba solucionado. El resto ok: limpieza aceptable, calefaccion ok, vecinos ok.
es lo que se ve en la foto mas un banyo de 1 x 3m.
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text: Thinking of just going ahead and throwing a 454 in Betty. I found one here recently at a pick N pull *truck was totaled in the front end and rolled, generally means it was running when it was wrecked lol* For $350 complete you can't beat that. I know I'm going to have to play with bigger shocks and probably torsion bars off a K2500 to support the extra weight *the K1500 Tbars are already maxed pretty much compensating for the front bumper* It's got a 5 speed, but it ain't no heavy duty thing. On a good note, the rear end isn't a stock 10bolt rear end so I'm not worried about tearing that out with to much torque. Radiator of course will have to be bigger. The computer for the 454 *which will come from the totaled truck* I know they use the same computer as a 350 but it has a different chip that runs it. Will a 350 clutch and pressure plate fit? I got a brand new entire clutch *another pick n pull jewel that was still in the box it was bought with alignment tool, throw out bearing, bushin, disc and clutch for $30* and I was hoping to use it. What all would it need *aside from the obvious that any chevy shade treer would know* Thanks


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The NHL announced on Sunday that it has fined Boston forward Shawn Thornton $2,820.52 for unsportsmanlike conduct after he squirted water from the Bruins bench at Canadiens defenceman P.K. Subban late during Game 5 Saturday night.
The fine – a half day's pay – is the maximum allowed under the NHL's collective bargaining agreement. No penalty was called on the play during the game, which the Bruins won 4-2 to take a 3-2 lead in the series. The Canadiens will be facing elimination in Game 6 Monday night at the Bell Centre (7:30 p.m., CBC, RDS, TSN Radio 690).
"I don't know if it was (Thornton), but someone had squirted water twice at the end of the game in my visor and I couldn't even see for a minute and a half," Subban told reporters in Boston after Saturday's game. "I was pretty upset about that, but that is part of the game.
"I don't know if it is part of the game," he added, correcting himself. "I am sure if that was me (who) did it, it would be a different story. It would probably be on the news for the next three days. I don't expect that to be a story but listen, whatever it takes to win."
Subban added: "I don't want to take away anything from their team. They played well today, they executed. We have to be better. Now it's do or die for us going back home. We have played well in our barn all year and in this playoffs so we have to execute."
Thornton told reporters in Boston on Sunday: "I'll pay the fine. I obviously agree with what the league did there. I'll pay the fine and move on.
"I'm sorry that the silly incident kind of overshadowed how my teammates played and the great win and how good the series has been. I think that there's definitely more important things we can be focusing on. I got caught up in the moment and I probably shouldn't have done that. I'll move on, get ready for Game 6 and hopefully have a good showing."
Canadiens captain Brian Gionta told reporters in Brossard Sunday that he thought the NHL's punishment of Thornton was enough.
"I still haven't seen what happened," Gionta said. "But from what I've read or whatever I've heard, it seems fair enough.
"I've seen worse. I guess what they're trying to do is get guys off their game."
After the Game 5 loss, Canadiens defenceman Josh Gorges told reporters in Boston that the Habs "had to step up and get the job done" Saturday night, but didn't do it.
"We didn't quit," he added. "We kept pushing, we kept battling. There's no quit in this team and we know what the stakes are now and we'll go home and make sure we're ready for Game 6."
The Canadiens held an optional practice at 12:30 p.m. Sunday in Brossard. Alex Galchenyuk, sidelined with a lower-body injury, skated by himself Sunday morning.
Thirteen players took part in the practice: forwards Daniel Briere, Travis Moen, Ryan White, Brandon Prust, Michael Bournival and George Parros; defencemen Douglas Murray, Nathan Beaulieu, Mike Weaver, Francis Bouillon and Jarred Tinordi; and goaltenders Carey Price and Peter Budaj.
Speaking with the media on Sunday, Canadiens coach Michel Therrien said: "This group has faced adversity all season long. They've always responded well. We're aware of the challenge in front of us." –
(Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
(Video by The Gazette's Dave Stubbs)
Bruins' Thornton fined, NHL.com
Habs remain confident while facing elimination in Game 6, by The Gazette's Pat Hickey
Watergate II takes on life of its own, by The Gazette's Dave Stubbs
Habs-Bruins rivalry will only get worse, by Jack Todd for The Gazette
Canadiens know what they're up against in Game 6, NHL.com
Challenge accepted, canadiens.com
Bruins put Canadiens on brink of elimination, by The Gazette's Pat Hickey
Habs had to step up, but didn't do it, by Pat Hickey
Canadiens now desperate, NHL.com
Return flight for Habs, canadiens.com
Bruins take series lead, bostonbruins.com
On to Game 6 for Bruins (video), bostonbruins.com
Bruins expect desperate Canadiens in Game 6, Boston Globe
'I got caught up in the moment,' Bruins' Thornton says, Boston Globe


text: Winter tree ID practice. I find tree ID much harder during the winter months without leaves, nuts, fruits etc to help. Other trees like conifers are mostly the same during winter. So here are some I tracked down a few weeks ago during an overnight outing/hike. Naturally being no expert on all things tree my ID and methodology could be off. Not sure if practice makes perfect in my case but it doesn't hurt. 1. Maple. Winter clues: The bark does look like maple, maybe Swamp maple in this case. Also there is a blight or something on the bark which seems to be a maple issue within the area. Not 100% certain but that's my best guess. 2. Northern Red Oak. Winter clues: The bark looks oakish and there are some branches with oak leaves still attached about the tree from late fall storms. Some oaks within my area will hold their leaves into winter. Like the maple I am not 100% sure. 3. Iron wood, Muscle wood, Blue beech and maybe a few other common names. Winter clues: The bark, size of the tree and shape of the trunk makes it distinctive no matter the season. 4. Black birch. Winter clues: The bark is well known to me. Someone could break off the ends of a branch and smell the Sweet birch which is another common name for the same tree.


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Pulaski Tech's Weatherization Training Center has received accreditation from the Interstate Renewable Energy Council as an approved training program for the Weatherization Retrofit Installer Technician program.
The program includes three courses: Site Built Weatherization Fundamentals, Mobile Home Weatherization Fundamentals, and Weatherization Home and Safety.
"This accreditation will enable us to offer a program for Arkansas' workforce that meets the requirements for funding such as scholarships and grants," said Roger Smith, director of the Weatherization Training Center. "It demonstrates to our clients that we have quality benchmarks and have a system for ensuring the quality of our trainings and the relevance to local area workforce needs."
Over the next six months, the college will be working to complete requirements to obtain additional accreditation for Weatherization Crew Leader, Energy Auditor and Quality Assurance Inspector designations.
The Weatherization Training Center, located on the college's main campus in North Little Rock, prepares people to work in jobs related to efficient energy usage. Since opening in January 2011, more than 400 students have received training.
The center provides specific job training for weatherization installers, auditors and technicians as well as weatherization crew chiefs and other "green" jobs relevant to efficient energy usage. It also provides green job training for local workers in energy efficiency retrofitting and weatherization services, enabling skilled workers to expand the use of energy efficient practices in the state's homes and businesses.
The college also works with other state agencies and colleges to train workers across the state using a mobile weatherization training lab equipped with an array of training modules similar to those at Pulaski Tech.
Typical weatherization measures include installing insulation; sealing ducts; tuning, repairing or replacing heating and cooling systems; mitigating air infiltration; and reducing electric base load consumption.
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forum: Chicken
#1 Tue 25 Mar 08 6:27pm
- Member Occupation Wife, mother and jack of all trades!
- From Derbyshire UK
- Member since Tue 25 Mar 08
Cockerel Noise Nuisance??
Can anyone help us?
Our lovely cockerel is under threat!
We live in a semi rural location in Derbyshire and have kept chickens for over twenty years.
All was well until a new estate was built behind our properties (there are three of us that keep chickens). Suddenly a couple of the new residents have taken exception to our way of life and have complained to the council about our birds waking them early in the mornings. Strange that we don't hear them?? As a result the council is threatening us with a
£ 20,000 fine!! Help!!
We'd like to fight this if it's not a lost cause, anyone got any ideas?
#2 Tue 25 Mar 08 6:35pm
Captain C
- Forum champ Occupation Sales
- From Essex
- Member since Tue 05 Feb 08
Re: Cockerel Noise Nuisance??
£20 g's that a bit harsh, buy them some earmuffs, gotta be cheaper.
Seriously though, surely environmental health would need to monitor the situation, they always try to scare you off with letters about hefty fines first. Maybe worth seeking some legal advice, try your local CAB ?
Maybe some of the fellow chicken keepers here will be able to provide some useful advice......
#3 Tue 25 Mar 08 8:06pm
- Forum champ Occupation Walking the Old Ways
- From Living in the Wild Woods
- Member since Wed 16 Jan 08
Re: Cockerel Noise Nuisance??
The threat of a £20,000 fine is a pretty standard scare tactic used by district councils, to find out if you are going to just give up & crawl away (it's a much cheaper first option for them than getting into complex discussions with you, if they can get you scared enough to back off without a fight).
The advice to go to Citizen's Advice Bureau is a good one..........ring them first & find out which day they have their duty solicitor in (a bit of free advice won't hurt), make an appointment & go find out where you stand.
One thing to check first tho': check the deeds of your property to make sure there isn't any mention of bye-laws that may prevent you keeping livestock in the first place.........just because no-one's complained before, doesn't necessarily mean its allowed! If that's all ok, join forces with your other chicken-owning neighbours before dealing with the council alone, & ask around if there is any photographic or other evidence to support the fact that you were keeping livestock way before the estate was built.
Don't be put off by the thought that the council is bigger & scarier than you are.....................remember, they are public SERVANTS, & through YOUR taxes, they are paid!
I took my council on & won last year. Good luck to you !
#4 Wed 26 Mar 08 7:08pm
- Member Occupation Wife, mother and jack of all trades!
- From Derbyshire UK
- Member since Tue 25 Mar 08
Re: Cockerel Noise Nuisance??
Thanks for your messages of support guys, I'll give your CAB suggestions a go. I'm pretty sure we're ok to keep livestock here as the whole area was agricultural before the urban spread (our house is 150 years old), and I'm sure the council would have been quick to point it out if we were keeping our birds illegally. I wrote to them in 2001 and 2002 when it was all at the planning stage so they knew there was a potential problem even back then. Apparently the woman from the council has personally monitored the crowing at 0600 (she must be dead keen!).
Sadly since my last blog our next door neighbour has given his boy away and he's bereft. Our next door but one neighbour however is of the same mind as us but I did feel it necessary to discourage his suggestion that we should all go round there and stick their letters of complaint where the sun don't shine!
It's really horrible to know that we have close to us these anonymous people who want us to change our way of life after 20 odd years of never bothering anybody. Surely if you move to a semi rural area you have to expect that your neighbours may have some good life type habits and just accept it. We've accepted their barking dogs and screaming kids without complaint, what's wrong with these people??
(NB. Our dog has stopped barking now that she's got used to them, and the kids don't scream so much now they're in their twenties!)
Anyway, thanks again you good people, it's great to know that not everyone's against us and you've given me more determination to fight on. The woman from the council is coming to see us on Friday so I'll keep you posted!
#5 Thu 27 Mar 08 2:56am
- Member Occupation Customer Services at the Sage, Gateshead.
- From Near Newcastle Upon Tyne
- Member since Sat 26 Jan 08
Re: Cockerel Noise Nuisance??
Gosh, I'm sure some people only live to complain about others. I've lost count of how many time I've been sat on a till and a customer has complained about there being no tomatoes or something equally as lame, as if it's my fault!!!
Also, there was a woman who lived just behind the stables called the RSPCA to try and get rid of the horses because she didn't like the fact that the muckheap was on the other side of the fence at the bottom of the garden. If she didn't like the muckheap being there than the stupid woman shouldn't of even bought the house!!! Stables have been there 35 years. The house has been there 6 years.
Pleased you're fighting it. Some people really need to start looking for more interesting things to do other than complaining about other people all the time.
#6 Thu 27 Mar 08 3:45pm
- Forum champ Occupation Walking the Old Ways
- From Living in the Wild Woods
- Member since Wed 16 Jan 08
Re: Cockerel Noise Nuisance??
.........same as the people who move from town to a village & complain that they can smell "cow" when the farmers are muck-spreading!
.........& 2 villages away from us there was a development of 4 "executive homes" (5 bed monstrosities......& that word doesn't even come close to describe the people who moved into them). One of these "newbies" complained that the church bells were keeping her awake on Sunday mornings (she lives opposite the church) & could the vicar please stop ringing them or do it later?.............the bells concerned were to call the faithfull to the 10.30 family service! She suggested anytime after 1pm would be fine as she likes a lie-in on a Sunday! We don't think her family will last long!!
#7 Fri 28 Mar 08 2:19pm
- Member Occupation Wife, mother and jack of all trades!
- From Derbyshire UK
- Member since Tue 25 Mar 08
Re: Cockerel Noise Nuisance??
Gosh aren't some people selfish?!!
The woman from the council came to see us this morning and seemed a lot more amenable than we expected, which was nice but made me suspicious!
She explained that she would much rather try and solve the problem amicably and that she had no powers to make us get rid of our cockerel, only to fine us (up to) £20,000 for noise nuisance.
That's ok then!
We showed her our brick built chicken house newly refurbished at great expense to ourselves and further away from the boundary than our old wooden house was, and I have to say she did seem suitably impressed. She said she would report back to the "newbies" and hoped it would be enough to appease them.
Since next door's boy moved on it has been quieter in the mornings but just wait 'til midsummer! As I said before we don't hear him at all, only if we're already awake, maybe they just need more time to get used to him.
We won't be giving him up without a fight whatever happens.
John next door but one is all revved up to start a war but I don't know how wise that is!
Let's just sit tight and see what happens now, we've still got the CAB option.
Watch this space!
PS. D'you think the newbies will complain when my runner bean row is overshadowing their patios?
#8 Fri 28 Mar 08 4:51pm
- Forum champ Occupation Retired Clergy & Computer Consultant
- From Bradford, West Yorks
- Member since Mon 03 Jul 06
Re: Cockerel Noise Nuisance??
There are some people who will complain about anything.
I used to live in a large Victorian vicarge in an acre of grounds - we had 85 mature trees in the garden, some dating back to before even the vicarage was built.
One next door neighbour was a constant complainer from the moment they moved in. thei constant complaint was that they wanted all the trees to be felled.
1st, they put up a washing line near one of our largest tres - and complained that birds were sh*tting on their washing.
Then, built a greenhouse - and compalined that the trees wer shading it.
Next, they built an extension, right up to the boundary, and complained that the leaves were blocking their gutters.
Needless to say, they got short shrift from me - though they complained to the council, in the local newspaper and even tried to get up a petition. The councils response was to request a preservation order on all the trees to make sure they could not be touched - a request we were happy to comply with :-)
Another neighbour took out an enforcement order requiring us to repair the boundary wall - it was dropped when I pointed out that the previous tenant in their house had pulled down the wall to make a rockery - and they were required to rebuild it at their own expense - I quite enjoyed making sure that they had it rebuilt to the required standard by a proper dry-stone waller instead of their first two attempts with cowboys :-)
I generally find council officers quite helpful when it comes to disputes with neighbours - though I suppose it helps that I am quite well known to councillors and council official locally with some of my other hats on.
#9 Fri 28 Mar 08 6:05pm
choc chops
- Forum champ Occupation Restaurant Manageres
- From Essex
- Member since Mon 24 Mar 08
Re: Cockerel Noise Nuisance??
take your cockerel out on a lead for a walk and let in poo in there garden!! That will give them something interesting to moan about!!
#10 Sat 23 Oct 10 9:58am
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Re: Cockerel Noise Nuisance??
How can you call other people 'selfish' when you own an animal in an enclosed neighbourhood that starts crowing anywhere from 5am onwards! THAT'S selfish! Most of our neighbours have chickens, and that's sweet, productive and a neat hobby. But a cockerel? I think it's the users of this thread that are the selfish ones...


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Rowdy Wing Fling comes to 1604 Campus Wednesday
By Barry McKinney
Associate Director of Student Activities
(Aug. 28, 2006)--The second annual Rowdy Wing Fling is set for 6-8:30 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 30 at the Chaparral Village and Chisholm Hall Activity Center Plaza on the 1604 Campus. The Rowdy Wing Fling is a campus-wide event that raises awareness of alcohol misuse and abuse.
Free buffalo wings and other snacks will be available.
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
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Students will have an opportunity to simulate the effects of alcohol by completing an obstacle course with special goggles to simulate intoxication. Additionally, student organization members will participate in a "mocktail" contest with prizes for the best concoctions.
Two bands will headline the event: Open Chapter, a rising local rock band, and Waking Ashland, dubbed one of the break-through bands of 2005. Upbeat, and energetic, Waking Ashland, a genuinely honest rock band that will appeal to fans of Jimmy Eat World. The SHADES drama group will perform educational skits.
Sponsors of the event include Housing and Residence Life, Student Judicial Affairs, Student Activities, UTSA Police Department, Student Health Services, Campus Activities Board, Alcohol EDU, the UTSA Alcohol and Other Drug Programming Committee, and SHADES.
For more information, call the UTSA Office of Student Activities at (210) 458-4160
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Fishing opener approaches with two feet of ice on area lakes
With less than three weeks left, a million-dollar question lingers on the minds of fishermen across the state: Will the ice be out in time for the May 11 walleye and northern pike fishing opener?
"My educated guess would be no," said Sgt. Scott Goddard with the Crow Wing County Sheriff's Office water patrol. "Some of the smaller lakes that are spring fed, I could see them opening earlier."
Goddard said the week of April 15 that the county's dive team had been out and reported good, solid ice, without the normal honeycombing seen this time of year near the bottom of the ice.
Having grown up on the Whitefish Chain of Lakes, Goddard remembers in a normal year seeing fishermen out for crappies by this time on the bays, but those are still frozen solid.
Sherree Wicktor, owner of S&W Bait on Highway 371 north of Baxter, said by phone April 22 that she's hearing reports of 24-36 inches of ice widespread.
"What they're out there fishing on, it's two feet at least," Wicktor said. She predicts the ice will be out on the majority of the lakes on May 6. Last year her prediction was April 1, and said she was pretty much right on the money.
Glen Belgum, a guide for the Nisswa Guide Service, is optimistic.
"I'm going to stay focused and stay positive," Belgum said. "A lot can happen in two weeks."
Belgum believes the weather will warm and the ice will go out. His guide service is booked for the fishing opener.
"Typically, ice doesn't really leave our lakes until the 20th or 25th of April. That seems normal," Belgum said. The latest ice out he remembers was around May 5-8.
While he's optimistic that the ice will be out, Belgum did say, "It's going to shave it really, really close this year."
Marc Bacigalupi, DNR Area Fisheries supervisor in Brainerd, said that in anticipation of colder temperatures, the fishing could be a little slower this year. On the other hand, he said, fish could be clustered in the shallows with spawning activity.
Leech Lake is a walleye haven and the third largest lake entirely in the boundary of Minnesota, and this year anglers on Leech and lakes near Pine River could still be wetting their fishing opener lines through holes in the ice.
Last year, Leech Lake set a record for its early ice-off date of April 2. The State Climatology Office records the average ice-out date as April 27.
"That's coming up pretty quick," said Steve Mortensen, Fish, Wildlife and Plant Resources program director with the Department of Resources Management on Leech Lake. "We're not going to make that."
In contrast, Leech Lake's latest recorded ice-off date was set in 1950 on May 23.
Doug Shultz, DNR Area Fisheries supervisor in Walker, said, "At this pace, we're certainly on track to see that mark right now."
This could have various consequences on local businesses and anglers.
"Obviously, it's going to force folks to change their plans," Shultz said. "A lot of the resorts we've spoken with have said their opener bookings are pretty light yet, because of the uncertainty around when the ice is finally going to go. Everybody is in a sort of wait-and-see mode right now."
Late-season ice might also present safety issues for anxious anglers. Some dangerous spots can include thinner ice along the edges, and even thicker ice might not be entirely safe.
"Once you get out there the ice will still likely be marginally safe, but also, as the ice starts to get water running through, it may be 18 inches thick but it is all honeycombed and it's pretty rotten ice," Mortensen said. "They need to be pretty cautious and check what's going on before they risk their lives for a few fish."
"Make sure you use caution on the water, be safe and use good judgment," said Cass County Sheriff Tom Burch.
Law enforcement throughout the area is asking that anglers stay informed about weather and ice conditions and take precautions, not risks.
Leech Lake has not had a fishing opener on ice since before Shultz and Mortensen began working in the area; however, in 2008 Shultz remembers that there was still a sheet of ice on Leech Lake on opening day that moved with the wind and closed off lake accesses. At one point, anglers were blocked in for hours before the ice was blown out of the way again.
If the ice is off the lakes, or even if it's not, fishing opener will happen, as it does every year.
"People plan on it year after year after year," said Nikki Shoutz, DNR conservation officer in the Pine River area. "The resorts certainly plan for it. It really would throw a wrench into things to change the date of fishing opener."
Anglers are advised to be patient, because it might be some time before favored fishing holes are finally thawed.
"The old rule of thumb is ice-out is roughly four weeks after the snow melt, and more times than not that holds," Shultz said. "This year it's going to probably go a little quicker than that because I think when the weather finally breaks it's going to happen. In the meantime you look at the calendar and we're only three weeks away from opener. There are a lot of things to happen before then."


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This page contains instructions on editing slit and object properties and assigning priorities to objects. Go directly to:
The colored symbols overlaid on top of the image represent the priority levels of the objects listed in the catalog window. Single clicking on an object in the Skycat display will highlight that object in the object table display, and vice versa.
The objects in the Object Table need to be prioritized. There are five priority levels: Priority 0 (Acquisition Object), Priority 1, 2, 3 and Ignore Object (X).
Acquisition Objects are used to align the mask on the sky. Priority 1 objects are ones that you wish to observe. Priority 2 and 3 objects are potentially interesting objects, however at this time slits for this object are less important (`Priority 3' objects are less important than `Priority 2' objects). Objects that you want to keep in the Object Table but not have considered at this point may be labeled `Ignore Object'. You may want to use these objects later to fill unused space in a mask designed to contain as many as you important objects as possible.
Each of these priority levels corresponds to a different symbol
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In the catalog window:
- Single or multiple rows may be flagged at once. To change the priority of a single object, simply highlight (click) on the object and click on the appropriate priority button: "Acq. Object, P0", "Priority 1", "Priority 2", "Priority 3".
- To change the priority of multiple objects, either press "Shift-Click" for a block of successive objects in the catalog listing, or press "Ctrl-Click" for non-successive objects. Then click on the appropriate priority button.
- To change the priority of every object in the catalog, it is often easier to use IRAF. This is outlined below.
- To cancel a flagged object, select it and click on "Ignore Object". It will then be marked with a yellow cross on the image display.
Only objects that appear in the catalog table (i.e. are represented on the image by some symbol) may be selected and therefore included in mask designs.
NOTE: A minimum of two acquisition objects are required for the mask alignment. A maximum of 10 are allowed. It is recommended to use 2-4 acquisition objects.Make sure none of these are in the gaps between the CCDs. You can show the gaps by clicking "Plot GMOS gaps" on the catalog window.
Slit sizes and tilts
To adjust the size and position of the slits, simply:
- Click on the required object(s).
- Enter the new parameter in the boxes adjacent to the parameter listings, e.g. Slit Size Y, etc.
- Either hit "Enter", or click on "Update Row" and the value for the object will be changed. Note that it does take a couple of seconds to update the row. Thus if multiple parameters are being changed, it's easier to enter all the values in the boxes and then click "Update Row", rather than pressing "Enter" after each individual parameter value is altered.
Note that by default the slit width (Slit Size X), slit tilt, and X and Y slit positions are not included in the Object Table if you use stsdas2objt to create the table. If the slitsize_x column is not present then a width of 1 arcsecond is assumed. These columns can be added to the FITS Object Table using the IRAF task tcalc (see Using IRAF to edit the object table below).
It is possible to have tilted slits if your FITS Object Table must contain the slittilt column before you load it into the mask design software (see Using IRAF to edit the object table below). To tilt a slit for a particular object:
- Click on the required object(s).
- Click on the "Tilted Slits" button. A pop-up window will appear (see right).
- Enter the required angle of the slit (between -45 and 45 degrees). A positive angle rotates the slit counter-clockwise with respect to the vertical, a negative angle rotates the slit in the clockwise direction.
- To un-tilt the slit for an object, click on the "Tilted Slits" button and chose an angle of 0.
Editing an object
To edit any column values for an object:
Using IRAF to edit the Object Table
It is easiest to use IRAF when creating the Object Table, or when you wish to add a column or change a certain column value for the whole Object Table.
To print the table in IRAF, type tprint mask_OT.fits . You can also use tread mask_OT.fits. Using tread, you can scroll across to see all columns, however, you can not alter values using this tool. To exit tread, hit Ctrl,D then type quit. For help, hit Ctrl,D and then type help. The task tedit can be used to interactively edit tables and is useful for editing a few rows.
To only list the column names of the Object Table, use the task tlcol, e.g. tlcol mask_OT.fits will list the names of the columns for that FITS file.
The task tcalc performs arithmetic operations on table columns. Using this, you can add columns, or alter a column and output the result into new column.For more information about the table editing tools contained in IRAF, type help ttools. Most of the tools in this package may be useful in editing or creating new Object Tables. Some useful examples are:
tcalc mask_OT.fits "slitsize_x" 0.75 colfmt="f6.2" colunit="arcsec"
tcalc mask_OT.fits "slitsize_y" 5.0 colfmt="f6.1" colunit="arcsec"
tcalc mask_OT.fits "slittilt" 0.0 colfmt="f6.1" colunit=""
tcalc mask_OT.fits "slitpos_y" 0.0 colfmt="f6.2" colunit="arcsec"
tcalc mask_OT.fits "slitpos_x" 0.0 colfmt="f6.2" colunit="arcsec"
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Lamb found in Springs apartment with no water, excrement-covered hay
EL PASO CO. Colo. - A lamb set to be sacrificed in a Colorado Springs apartment has gotten a second chance at life, while the couple convicted of abusing the animal has been sentenced to probation.
The lamb was discovered in April 2012 inside the room Periz Jackson and Elijah Black were renting in a shared house on Cascade Avenue near Boulder Street in Colorado Springs.
Investigators said the couple planned to sacrifice the lamb for Passover, which isn't illegal, but that the animal was being mistreated, had no water and its hay was covered in excrement.
Property owner Kevin Lofland said another renter tipped him off to a potential pet in the room.
"I'm thinking to myself, what a cat or dog?" recalled Lofland. "He goes, 'No man, I think it's a goat. All of a sudden we hear this, 'Bah!'"
Lofland said he confronted Black and Jackson when they returned home, and that's when he found the lamb on the floor of their room, shackled to a rock.
"(The chain) was wrapped around his neck really tight," said Lofland.
He said he had the couple put the lamb in a storage room, then got in touch with the Humane Society. Jackson and Black were charged with animal cruelty.
"We, for lack of a better term, shopped around quite a bit trying to find a home where (the lamb) would be cared for appropriately," said Joe Stafford, animal law enforcement director with the Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region.
Eventually, Sprinkles was adopted by El Paso County prosecutor Shannon Gerhart and her husband and taken to their ranch out east.
"When we heard about the story and pretty much realized we were one of the few people who could take care of him, we decided to go ahead and do it," said Ray Gerhart.
The Gerharts named the lamb, "Sprinkles," and housed him with their horses.
"Sprinkles best friend is our pink gelding," said Gerhart. "They basically go everywhere together."
Sprinkles and the gelding stuck close together when KRDO visited, and horse seemed to be protective of Sprinkles. When our camera got too close to the lamb, the gelding stuck his nose in the lens.
Those involved in this bizarre case say they couldn't be happier with the outcome.
"I think that's wonderful," said Lofland. "Otherwise, it was going to be lamb stew."
"The payoff for us is to see an animal that was taken out of deplorable conditions and know he's going to be very well cared for," said Stafford.
In addition to one year of probation, Jackson and Black are required to do 50 hours of community service and get counseling. The avoided up to 18 months behind bars.
The Humane Society says while there's nothing illegal about purchasing an animal to slaughter for food or religious reasons, people are not allowed to mistreat that animal while it's still alive and must follow guidelines on killing the animal humanely.


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The history and inspiration to such a question could be a lifetime of study in itself. In the modern era I would not know where to begin. For Summer Olympics, Track and Field, it will always be Jesse Owens for me. He inspired an entire race of people who were still yet to be declared "equal" in the United States, and were the subject still of terrible racism in Europe. What he did under Hitler's nose was one of those once is a millenium things that have the handprint of God on it. I was second all around track for my city in 5th grade. My interest dropped off later, but I was a fast little thing at 10 years old. I remember the TV programs about Jesse as a child and was inspired at a time when the 60's unfolded. Every Olympics seems to make someone extraordinary come forward. While I am in awe of Phelps' longevity, and Gabby Douglas' meteoric rise in a sport that is so hard, it is people like Oscar competing with people with perfect bodies while he has prosthetics that amaze me and touch me far more.
We likely have a lot more winter heros and heroines at GS, but it would be cool to hear about who inspires you and why, in this or any Olympiad. For Hockey, there are two matches, when the little American team beat the vaunted Russian team-was it 1982? I have to look it up, but it was a miracle when you look at the makeup of the teams. The Cnadians winning by 1 point in Vancouver was thrilling and it was meant to be. Poor Canada would have gone on a week long binge. It was thrilling Hockey tho we (usa) lost.
For skating, which brings us all here, I have a lot of favorite Olympians and fondly remembered Oly performances. The Olympic performance that hooked me on skating was Peggy Fleming when I was a little girl. i vividly remember her green dress, the outdoor rink, and her balletic approach to the sport. I never could skate well, weak ankles I guess, but that Grenoble Olympics opened my eyes to a beautiful place with a beautiful woman who glided around on the ice. She is unforgettable. The Olympic skater I admired most was Dorothy Hammil as she seemed scared, yet did well. Then she exploded into consciousness and everyone got the hairdo. She was beyond pretty. Forever they are great skaters who defined female ice skaters until Michelle Kwan came along to a younger generation. All three inspire me, but Dorothy went through much more to get where she went and stay there.
Olympic performances that thrilled me were the Battle of the Brians. The atleticism was perfect, and they were elegant too. I recall two male skaters of the seventies that made me think I was watching Nureyev on skates. In 1976, I recall seeing John Curry, and thinking male skaters could be as elegant as the women and do bigger jumps. Another Harvard skater was a man named John Mischa Petkevich. I do not recall what event I saw John in. It could have been the Olympics. The beauty of what they did defines figure skating for me. The performances from the Olympics I thought were worthy of the Olympics were many. When I think of non single Olympians that stay in my mind to this day (and that is not easy, rueful smile) I think of the Russian pair team Rodnina and Zaitsev. I recall speed, power, and perfect unison. I don't think they have an equal. Later another Russian pair would be perfectly romantic and very different, but this R/Z seemed to me what pair skating was supposed to be. In Nagano, there were four inspiring performaances, the best ladies podium ever, and an icedance team from Canada that would never win the medals they should. Bourne and Kraatz were the best team, and I felt as good as the famed British pair who became legends for life after Sarajevo.
As for other winter Olympians, I loved the midwestern girl, Bonnie Blair. She was so wholesome and such an athlete. Dan Jansen thrilled me when he finally won gold. Anton Apolo Ohno's determination with his father made me happy for him. The fearlessness of Shaun White and the joy his smile brings thrill me. One of the bravest and ultimately luckiest skaters is Elena Berezhnaya. It couild have ended so differently. And when I think of Paul I am thankful for Anton S who's love healed Elena to win gold.
There are so many sports besides skating in the winter, but skating consumes me. It is like nothing else exists while waiting for the Olympians who figure skate. I am sure others here are less myopic. Gymnastics is as fascinating as figure skating. The magnificent 7 and Keri Strug were the best. Watching Nadia make her perfect 10 and the expllosion of Bela Karolyi into America. Mary Lou was amazing, a force of personality. The earlier Russian women, Olga Korbut, Ludmila Tourischeva defined gymnastic excellence for me for a long time.
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AOL Ad Team Connects with Retailers
Mar 5, 2012
AOL Advertising's Advance, Network and National West teams headed out to eTail West last week to network with more than 700 retail marketers. The show was a great opportunity to connect with existing clients as well as to take a first step towards entering the consideration set for new, potential clients.
The show featured a Personalization track for the workshops and several competitors showcased their relevant product offerings -- customized shopping experiences, personalized ads, and personalized searches.
Sachin Jogia, Senior Product Manger at AOL UK, recently discussed the evolution of dynamic creative optimization on the AOL Advertising Blog sharing how dynamically personalized ads emerged onto the display advertising scene and what the future possibilities can be:
"Online display ads have come a long way in the last 14 years since the birth of Advertising.com. Dynamic Creative Optimization is one of the newest and (arguably) most interesting areas of the market today. But, how did we get here?
Here's a quick look back at the evolution of the online display landscape. In the early 1990's, banner ads were embedded into publishers' sites and a direct transaction happened between an advertiser and a publisher... then ad networks came along.
These ad networks, such as Advertising.com, provided the ability to serve the ads on behalf of the publisher and monetize their site for them, usually via a revenue-share agreement, ultimately delivering higher quality and broader reaching content which was optimized for each advertiser. This optimization was a revolution for online display advertising, as it gave advertisers insight into the channels that were performing well for them via a key metric known as the click-through rate."
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With $200,000 in state funding, the Wauwatosa Fire Department will be operating out of a fourth fire station by spring, as the Zoo Interchange project reaches deeper into Tosa and bisects the city along Mayfair Road.
The station is to be located in the Public Works Yard on West Walnut Road, east of 116th Street, near the Fire Department training facility.
The temporary base, projected to be used for less than two years, will consist of a heated, insulated pole barn sufficient to hold an engine and an ambulance, and, next to it, a prefabricated housing unit with five bedrooms and a small kitchen.
The agreement was discussed in a special Budget & Finance Committee meeting before Tuesday night's Common Council meeting, and approved by both the committee and the council.
Of the three permanent Fire Stations, two are east of Mayfair, and one is on Mayfair, at the extreme north end of the city.
"They're going to have some complete closures of some major intersections, and it will be very difficult ... for us to get to the west side of the city," said Chief Rob Ugaste.
Sympathetic state grant
The state Department of Transportation was understanding, he said, even suggesting a second year when the Fire Department had initially thought the new station would only be needed for one year.
The money is a grant, with few stipulations, and should be more than enough to build the structures contemplated, Ugaste said. The buildings will be owned by the city, and can be sold or operated in some way after their intended use has ended.
But, as city Finance Director John Ruggini said, "There's no such thing as free money," and heating and maintaining the buildings will be costs borne by the city.
The DOT has asked the Fire Department to be situated in the new station by March 31, which Ugaste said was "very ambitious."
Roadwork-related needs
The station will be staffed by four, or sometimes five, firefighters, and an engine borrowed from Fire Station No. 3, at the north end of Mayfair, still leaving that station with a truck and an ambulance. The engine will be staffed with a paramedic to able it to respond to medical emergencies, as well as fires.
The region covered by the new station would be from 124th Street to Mayfair, and from North Avenue down to the southern city border.
"We figure during that time frame about 800 calls" for the new station per year, said Assistant Chief Jim Case.
Alderman Pete Donegan wondered if, with the possible slowdown of the Zoo Interchange project, two years would be enough. City Administrator Jim Archambo said that everything planned for 2013, including projects along Mayfair, are already funded, and will go forward.
"What we're really looking for is to have this in place for the 2013 and 2014 Mayfair Road and Watertown Plank projects," Case said. "After that, when those roadways open back up, we don't believe the main Zoo Interchange project will really affect our ability to get to the west side."
Alderman Donald Birschel said it just made good sense to make sure the west side citizens were protected.
Facility's afterlife
Birschel said he knew some antique car collectors who would be happy to rent space in the pole barn when the Fire Department was done with it.
"It may sound silly, but we could find some way to generate revenue with that building after (the department is) finished using it."
"It could also serve us to store things in the winter for the Fire Department," Ugaste said. "In the spring, and in inclement weather, when were training at the facility, we could put vehicles in there. … There are definite needs for the Fire Department."
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Nisswa Garden Club to present 'A Blooming Success' garden show July 31
"A Blooming Success," 75 years of Garden Show history, is the theme for the 75th annual Garden Show sponsored by the Nisswa Garden Club from 2-7 p.m. Wednesday, July 31, at Lutheran Church of the Cross in Nisswa.
Club members and non-members will display "fruits of their labor" in Artistic, Horticulture, Potted Plants, Fruits, Vegetables and Herb Sections, as well as a Small Fry, Junior and Teen Invitational Section.
Gary Carson, a member of Central Lakes College's natural resources faculty, will present a seminar, "Favorite Trees to Know and Grow," at 3 p.m. He will lead a panel of Master Gardeners discussing native tree species plus other hardy trees for home yards in this area.
Crow Wing County Master Gardeners will also be available to answer other gardening questions.
In addition to the exhibits, there will be a bake sale, silent auction and plant sale. Enjoy coffee, punch, homemade cookies and bars among the flowers in the refreshment area during the show.
This year's show is dedicated to Sue Jordan, who passed away in March. Sue will be remembered as the person who chaired the plant sales, both the club's spring sale at Schaefer's Foods and the sale held during the garden show. She served on various committees during the past years and was the secretary of both the club, as well as having served as secretary of the Sixth District.
Admission is free and everyone is welcome to attend.
For more information, call Barb Bogdanovich at 218-330-6661.


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UniCredit Funds for $1.9 Billion Wind Farm Signal Finance EasingSally Bakewell and Stefan Nicola
A UniCredit SpA, KfW Ipex-Bank GmbH and Bremer Landesbank-led group will finance a 1.4 billion-euro ($1.9 billion) German offshore wind farm, suggesting projects are beginning to overcome recent obstacles to raising funds.
Nine commercial lenders, the European Investment Bank, Germany's state-run KfW Group and Denmark's Eksport Kredit Fonden provided 937 million euros of loans to the Butendiek project, UniCredit and KfW said today in separate statements. Siemens AG, Europe's biggest engineering company, won a 700 million-euro order to supply turbines to the North Sea farm.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's offshore wind ambitions are at the heart of plans to triple the share of renewables in the country's power mix by 2050 as it exits nuclear. The plans faltered as RWE AG delayed investments because of concerns it would bear financial risks and the power grid needed improving. Turbine maker REpower Systems SE also reduced temporary staff.
"The conclusion of this financing is a clear signal to the market," KfW Group Chief Executive Officer Ulrich Schroeder said in the company's statement. "The show will go on."
Other banks include BayernLB Holdings AG, Helaba Landesbank Hessen-Thueringen Girozentrale, HSH Nordbank AG, ING Groep NV, Rabobank International and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, the EIB said. The Luxembourg-based lending arm of the European Union loaned 450 million euros, and KfW a total of 239 million euros.
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Construction at the farm 32 kilometers (20 miles) west of the German North Sea island of Sylt will start early next year, with commissioning of turbines due in 2015. Once operational, it will provide enough power for about 370,000 homes, according to the EIB. Siemens will supply 80 of its 3.6-megawatt turbines and related services, the company said today in another statement.
Remaining money for Butendiek will come from investors such as pension administrator PKA A/S, retirement fund Industriens Pensionsforsikring A/S, the Marguerite Fund, Siemens Project Ventures GmbH and the project's developer WPD AG of Germany.
Marguerite, an EIB-backed fund, said it acquired 22.5 percent of the 288-megawatt project and the pension funds and Siemens did the same, leaving Bremen-based WPD with 10 percent.
"This is an important signal for the German offshore market and also for the successful further development of our company," Gernot Blanke, chief executive officer at WPD, said in a statement on its website. UniCredit and KfW declined to provide further information when contacted by Bloomberg.


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Need some guidance, newbie here!
First of all I must clarify that I´m from Spain so English is not my native language, sorry for all my little grammar mistakes
Nowadays I´m working as a System Administrator but I actually don´t have that much knowledge in networks.
Also I´m studying a computer degree in university and I´m really interested in the field of security.
Next semester I will have networks fundamentals, object oriented programming fundamentals and assembler fundamentals so I think it will be quite interesting for me.
I wass guessing what will be the best way to start in this security world. I know there is a lot of certifications out there and one of the most reccomended to start is Security+ from Comptia from which I´ve gathered good material.
But I was also thinking about something more technical too, where I can try all the learned techniques and have some "fun" experimenting. I´ve read about the hacking dojo and the owner seems to be a very legit and capable guy, and the fee doesn´t seem abusive to me.
I´ve also taking a look at the CEH certificaction but it seems more a bunch of script kiddies tools. In the other hand, having a real mentor that can guide seems to be really helpful.
So, what do you think? Will be it ok to compaginate both or it will be better to start with the security+ and then move forward? I am afraid that I get bored learning too much technical stuff so I hope that I can fulfill the requirements in the hacking dojo.
Thank you a lot and sorry for my mistakes again, I´m trying really hard to learn english!


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