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Community members are encouraged to submit questions and comments to be shared with the Steering Committee. Submissions via the web will be shared "without attribution" with the Steering Committee. These comments will inform regular "Community Forum" updates on issues of particular interest and FAQs on the site.
The Steering Committee, invited by President Donahue, is providing leadership for the project. Their first meeting was February 10, and additional spring meetings are scheduled for March 19, April 16 and June 10. View the list of members and notes from meetings.
Individual feedback provided to Steering Committee members representing your constituent group (e.g., Academic Senate, Staff Council, Christian Brothers' Communities, staff council) will be brought back to the Steering Committee discussions.
Listening sessions, facilitated by the Napa Group, provide a venue for faculty, staff and students perspectives on the key opportunities and challenges facing Saint Mary's. These perspectives will be used by the Steering Committee, along with existing foundational elements, such as the Academic Blueprint, and analysis of the market forces effecting to Saint Mary's, as it drafts the priority strategic directions for the College. View dates and locations of upcoming listening sessions.
Initiative Task Forces will be invited by the Steering Committee to develop initiatives supporting the priority themes developed by the committee based on review of community input and relevant data about the College and higher education landscape. These task forces will be made up of faculty, staff, students, alumni or external community members (depending on the subject); they will meet from late March until approximately mid-May and report their recommendations to the Steering Committee prior to its June meeting. View the list of task forces and their members.
Electronic surveys with faculty, staff, students and advisory groups will be conducted in early May. Along with the Task Force recommendations, these findings will be influential as the Steering Committee begins to draft the strategic plan.
Town halls and other forums will be held in Fall 2014 to review and comment on the draft strategic plan, which will be finalized by December 2014.
The President presented an overview of the strategic plan, "Distinctive Excellence: Defining the Future of Saint Mary's College," to the community during sessions on May 6 and 7, 2015. View the presentation.


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The bristling response from Prime Minister John Key to a seemingly straightforward question from West Coast MP Damien O'Connor in Parliament last week, on the Government's commitment to re-entry at Pike, reeked with indignation that stems from a reversal in roles. Well, maybe.
In 2007, O'Connor was the Minister of Corrections and Key an Opposition MP who wanted O'Connor sacked when Auckland teenager Liam Ashley died in custody in the back of a prison van.
Key is going to Greymouth today to again meet the families.
He is honourably going to officially apologise for the contributing regulatory failures to the tragedy and hopes are high he will confirm a Government-funded recovery process that safely goes into the mine.
Grudges never die in politics, and Key's reaction in Parliament and this further visit to Greymouth today suggest an underlying personal concern that the Government has not honoured its public promises to the families.
Perhaps the new Minister of Labour, the Mr Pragmatism of Cabinet, Chris Finlayson, has had some influence after his meeting with the families last month.
The recent replacement of National list MP Chris Auchinvole as the Government's Pike families liaison with a dedicated Government official and former Telecom troubleshooter is significant.
This may reflect the Cabinet's strategy to keep its distance on this highly complex issue so the political polls aren't impacted.
Having a middleman able to absorb the criticism and stay immune to the moral and emotional elements of the Pike tragedy makes sense politically.
The reality of doing nothing clearly haunts John Key despite his statement that he sleeps easy at night, knowing that he will not allow himself to be responsible for recovery team members risking their lives in the process.
Coasters have finely-tuned political antennae and cynically ask whether the Government response would be more proactive if Auchinvole had not been rolled as the electorate MP by Labour's O'Connor in 2011.
The Royal Commission on Pike River, compassionately led by Reefton-born-and-bred Justice Graham Panckhurst, must have been a relief for the Government in the way it carefully sieved the mountain of evidence and made recommendations that are no-brainers to implement. Its report relies heavily on Australian expertise which possibly dominates the Government's rationale on mine entry options.
Underground mining worldwide is devouring the report as any responsible industry would and the inference is taken that the tragedy at Pike is simply the result of business in New Zealand being run on a number eight wire mentality.
Let us not forget that Pike was designed by Australian mining consultants, managed by Australians and its senior management was a mix of internationals.
Although the report has been widely acclaimed except for the expected roasting by Pike company interests, it devotes minimal space to events in the immediate lead-up to 3.45pm on Friday, November 19, 2010.
The two-volume report does not include a timeline preceding the first explosion that is common in analysis contained in other New Zealand and overseas tragedy reports.
Although the commission identified deficient ventilation management combined with inappropriate electrical machinery underground as the most likely cause of the first explosion, there has been no scene examination in any part of the mine tunnel to confirm or support its assumptions.
Career miners have been able to read the logic of the commission's report and are well qualified to test its assumptions.
The example of the last shotfire and likely impact of the damaged stopping to airflows highlights the practical depth of mining knowledge available to the families, a detail bypassed in the report.
The last shotfire at 1.30pm in the stone floor to form a sump near the ventilation shaft was not far from the fluming pump that was coincidently restarted at 3.45pm, the time of the first explosion.
The commission has estimated a huge amount of methane, around 5000cu m, equivalent to 70 large shipping containers in the hydro goaf, the coal extraction face, some distance away.
The blast at 1.30pm demolished the temporary stopping behind the blast site which was designed to ensure the mine's fresh air flow was not compromised.
Evidence at the commission highlighted that this was a regular occurrence as the temporary stopping was flimsy.
This contract crew luckily left the mine early around 3.30pm by Driftrunner, picking up two very lucky surveyors en route. The afternoon shift was scheduled to work on to later that night, some miners to 2.30am.
Also by sheer luck, the blasting crew's replacement team had not entered the mine as they were due to start at 4pm.
The downstream effect of the last shotfire in Pike indirectly short circuiting the ventilation flows is not analysed in the report.
While the shotfire did not directly cause the first explosion, as found by the commission and agreed by experienced miners, the miners say the fresh air flow would have been compromised badly and likely allowed methane to accumulate at the underground fluming pump site not far away, considering the commission's estimate of such a huge amount of methane estimated to be circulating in the mine from the face.
The underground fluming pump motor and starter was not fully flame-proofed.
When the pump was coincidently restarted at 3.45pm at the control desk on the surface, the rest is tragedy.
The practical analysis of the commission's far reaching report is surely reason enough for the views of the families and their spokesman, Bernie Monk, and their UK mining advisers, to be treated seriously with their mine entry plans.
While the rest of New Zealand understandably has Pike on mute having absorbed the aftermath of the deadly Christchurch earthquakes and the Rena grounding over the past two years, the Pike families, Greymouth and its ongoing sea of grief, need to be treated more humanely by the Government.
After all, the Government has stumped up $1.7 billion to sort the debris from the South Canterbury Finance saga, where many of the affected depositors were National-supporting farmers, and up to $19 million for the Rena clean-up in the National stronghold of Tauranga.
Why then is it so hard for them to appease the Pike families with a credible effort to enter the mine tunnel?
Political points scoring should not be seen to be getting in the way.
Gerard Morris is a former coal mining journalist and has co-authored two books on West Coast mining history. Three members of his family worked at the Pike River Mine and luckily escaped the November 2010 tragedy.

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November 29, 2012
The Boston Globe
Michael Kranish
Bob Bixby, the Concord Coalition executive director who worked for years with Rudman, plans to be at the memorial service and hopes it will serve as a springboard for solving the fiscal cliff. The question, he said, is whether lawmakers attending the service will go beyond the solemn rhetoric of the hour and implement what Rudman believed.
"It couldn't be any better that they would go from the Rudman memorial into a budget negotiation," Bixby said. "Just go into the next room and start thinking about what everybody said about Warren Rudman. Clearly if he stood for anything it was for members of Congress to make hard choices on the budget and to do so in a bipartisan way, which is exactly what we need to do now."


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Update on Oxfam Typhoon Haiyan response, 13 November 2013
We are esponding to Typhoon Haiyan currently with four teams in the affected areas (Northern Cebu, Leyte and Samar) providing water and hygiene kits.
What can Governments do at the UN climate talks in wake of Philippines Typhoon Haiyan
Speaking on the second day of the United Nations Climate Change talks in Warsaw Kelly Dent, Oxfam's spokesperson said;
Reaction to the announcement of the end of the M23 rebellion in DRC
In response to today's announcement of the end of the M23 rebellion by M23 Commander Bertrand Bisimwa, Oxfam's DRC Humanitarian Coordinator Tariq Riebl said:
Oxfam reaction to recent military offensive in in eastern DRC
International aid agency Oxfam warned that the recent military gains by the Democratic Republic of the Congo's army (FARDC) against the M23 group does not mean an end to the bloody conflict
Oxfam reaction: EU Ministers fail to break deadlock on climate finance
Today European Finance Ministers agreed their common position for the United Nations COP 19
India: Oxfam immediate reaction to passage of Cyclone Phailin
Phailin weakens, worst over
Reaction to World Bank president Jim Kim's plenary speech at the Annual Meetings
In reaction to the plenary remarks delivered by World Bank President Jim Kim, Oxfam's head of Washington office, Nicolas Mombrial, said:
Oxfam's response to the latest garment factory fire in Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Washington, DC— In reaction to World Bank President Jim Kim's announcement of a new interim target of cutting global poverty to 9% by 2020, Oxfam spokesperson Raymond C.


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Wednesdays have just got more exciting at Miller & Carter Hockley Heath.
Each week, our new Cork & Cleaver steak night pairs you a tender 30-day aged 8oz rump with a 175ml glass of fine red, white or rosé for just £15.
We've got 13 cuts to choose from but our master butcher has aimed his cleaver at the mighty rump for this offer. This British and Irish farm-assured cut is aged for 30 days for extra flavour and succulence, then expertly grilled to your liking.
The full steak experience includes a sauce of your choice, seasoned fries, our signature crispy onion loaf, a dressed iceberg wedge and a grilled balsamic-glazed tomato. And that's how it's done.
We don't hold with the idea that only red wine goes with red meat, so we've had our experts choose a 175ml glass of each colour to complement your steak:
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A talk by Richard Lichtman
Marx's theory of social organization contains an indispensable account of the mystification of social life. This phenomenon is contained in this theories of alienation, fetishism of commodities, and ideology. The considerations help to explain why individuals and groups often act against their own best interests or do not act at all. The tendency of human activity to appear as laws of nature precludes any meaningful action. I will refer briefly at the conclusion of my talk to the use made of Lukács, and others, of what came to be known as "reification," literally, the semblance of human relations as "things." Relations among human beings appear at things, laws of nature, and it makes no sense to attempt to change laws of nature. So, reification, a total view of alienation and ideology, appear unalterable, and thereby minimize or destroy completely the tendency to revolutionary change.


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I'm not even a new beek. I am in the research phase of bee keeping for spring 2014. My wife is interested the hobby, but she hasn't sanctioned the expense on lumber for the project. This is why I am scrounging up old ceder fence panels from around town for the project. I want to make sure that this isn't a futile effort. I am also considering using old pallets for lumber as well. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
I also want to scrounge up material for the hives instead of throwing money at the project to increase the likelihood of me sticking with the hobby.


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Bradley Garland of Sherwood hit a scholarship homerun during Pulaski Tech Night at the Arkansas Travelers game on July 21.
Garland, who is already attending Pulaski Tech, entered his name in a drawing at the Pulaski Tech booths that were positioned at the main gates during Pulaski Tech Night at Dickey-Stephens Park.
The game pitted the Travelers again the Wichita Wranglers. The Travelers lost, but Garland scored big when Pulaski Technical College president Dr. Dan F. Bakke drew Garland's name during the seventh inning stretch.
The one-semester scholarship covers full tuition and fees and is renewable as long as Garland maintains full-time enrollment status and a minimum grade-point average of 3.0.
More than 300 game attendees entered the drawing. In addition to sponsoring the scholarship drawing and information booths, the college was highlighted in the evening's opening ceremonies, with Dr. Bakke throwing the first pitch of the game.
Pulaski Technical College


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Daft Punk are an electronic dance duo formed by French producers Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo in Paris in 1993. Their music is a fusion of electronic styles including techno, house and disco that has since been described as 'French house'. The duo are protective of their physical identities and are usually depicted wearing masks or with their faces out of focus – this was initially through shyness, although the image of man-machines was in keeping with the electronic nature of their music. We present 30 artworks inspired by the influential duo.
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by Yu Qing
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Also, wouldn't I do svylogit instead of svyreg since my outcome is binary (0,1)? -----Original Message----- From: firstname.lastname@example.com [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com]On Behalf Of Stas Kolenikov Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 1:52 PM To: email@example.com Subject: Re: st: test for trend with svy commands? an easy thing to do is to create use the variable -year-, or better centered version of that, sum year, mean g cyear = year - r(mean) and put it into your regression svyreg male cyear If it is statistically significantly greater than zero, it means that on average the proportion of males was going up over entire period. Of course if you have non-monotone patterns, then this approach is simply wrong. More rigorously, you should have tests one by one, but two complications here are (i) that your compsite alternative is weird (male[1996] < male[1998] < male[2000] which is a cone; testing this hypothesis leads to all sorts of complications on the boundary of the admissible parameter space. I should have references on this if you are interested; they go back to Chernoff (1954) paper on testing on the boundary, and another paper on testing monotone relations on cone that I cannot seem to find in the pile of PDF files on my three computers... and complication number 2 (ii) is that your type I error goes wild in those one-by-one tests. The simplest way is to disregard all of the previous paragraph and just use the linear term :)) Stas On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 13:11:31 -0400, Melissa D. A. Carlson <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > Can the svy commands in stata do a test for trend? I have 5 years of data > and say, for example, I want to test if the proportion of patients in my my > sample that are male has increased over the five years. I have compared the > years 2x2 (so 200 vs 1998, 1998 vs 1996, etc) using svytest and svylc but > how do I test that there is a trend in the data over the 5 years? -- Stas Kolenikov http://stas.kolenikov.name * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
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Seeing that I survived, maybe, my first post, I now venture with my thoughts on the scoring system. COP is not perfect, never will be but I think it's a huge improvement over the 6.0. (How did somebody even come up with the number 6.0 anyway?) If a brand new system of scoring figure skating were to be designed from scratch today, wouldn't it be insane to decide to let judges slot over 20 skaters over hours of skating into places with fixed numbers, not just current placements subject to subsequent performances? Judges had to judge a skater in comparison to not only those before him/her but also those have yet to skate? With no real explanation/accounting required? It was scoring by impression and reputation, something amature watchers, aka fans, could do and therefore relate to and felt they understood. It was enpowering to the fans, an equalizer of experts and laypersons. It was also prone to festering corruption and politicking so a more accountable way had to be established for a highly technical sport which is also a very esthetic performing art.
I like COP which I find very educational for a geek and knowledge junkie like myself. There is something to refer to, or should be referred to, for debates , and it explains why marks are given for each element, with the tech panel independent of judges, and now with the aid of ultra slow motion videos available to judges. There will always be reasons to tweak the scoring, not just to improve the fairness and adapting to changes in the development of the sports, but also to utilize it as a policy tool, which unfortunately as for any law making government, can be too reactionary. So changes were made to accommodate charges of Jeff Buttle doing quads with little chance of landing them. Then with complaints of few skaters attempting quads with too high risk with insufficient rewards, changes were made again, resulting in new, or renewed, sets of complaints. But we - skaters, officials and fans - have to abide by existing rules and skaters doing the best accordingly should be rewarded accordingly.
Now, the PCS. The inherent problem lies in its similarity with the 6.0. It has guidelines but no tech panel, thus more subjecting to subjectivity, and it has set ceilings, making it necessary to score by comparison and unfortunately possibly resorting to reputation. However, such pre-judgements are likely to be more correct for somewhat preditable program componants than for high risk elements.
Then of course the big issue to viewers is that of the visible and not so visible errors. Falls are obvious and jarring for all to see, yet there should be a judged difference between the quality of a jump resulting in a fall after a difficulty entry and full rotations, thus qualified as the jump it is supposed to be, and a fall after a long stalking and being under-rotated. There are even different falls, ugly and quick recovering, uncontrolled and controlled as a way to prevent injury. (A forced jump and a forced landing can seriously injure a skater, which is the worst to happen.) OTOH, under rotated and wrong edged jumps can be so pretty and enthusiastically cheered by fans, yet they are rightly disqualifying of the element. These were not of concern in the 6.0 and unfair to technically superior skaters.
All in all, I still give the judges their dues as trained experts judging the skaters live in person, with rules and guidlines, as well as with technological aids these days. I'm glad I can scrutinize their opinions nowadays with the protocols made available to all. I wouldn't argue about their judgements without at least first looking at the detailed scores, in context of a competition and in comparison with relevent competitors.
I believe all athletes want to do their best and be chanllenged to achieve highest level possible or even not yet possible. The mourning for the demise of quads and digression of figure skating was indeed premature. It has become more multi-faceted and technically demanding. There is simply a transition period for switching of scoring system. The COP system has brought about some applaudable scenarios, among which are the opportunities for young talents to rise quickly, already evident in Ice Dance, and the different processes young skaters can progress and develop their various skills at different and individualized rates. It's exciting now that many COP babies are coming of age. Patrick Chan is the most precocious COP baby and unfortunately has to bear the brunt of much misdirected angst about the new system. But controversies aside, he's still extremely exciting as still developing and a work in progress, as much as he has achieved at his very young age.


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German Shepherd Dog Forums (http://www.germanshepherds.com/forum/)
- Ears Up?????? (http://www.germanshepherds.com/forum/ears-up/)
- - Glued ears to head ? (http://www.germanshepherds.com/forum/ears-up/458154-glued-ears-head.html)
Glued ears to head ?
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So this week I've been experimenting with all different ways of gluing Loki's ears up with little success Breath right strips... mole foam, mole skin w/ breath right strips etc. Most things I tried, the ears would still kind of fall over of lean forward, and he would scratch like crazy. Even with mole foam supporting the entire inside of the ear, they still fell forward. :(
So finally last night, I found something that worked! I just glued a little bit of the base of the inner side of his ear to some fur on his head and they stood right up! It looks very natural too, no one would guess they were glued unless they looked really close! I can't believe how well this is holding them up compared to everything else I've tried!
Was wondering what you guys thought about this as a way of getting his ears up. It allows them to stand up, but they are also flexible like normal ears. He can lay them back flat when greeting people and they bounce around when he walks.
One of his ears stands perfectly, and the other sometimes the top of the weaker one flops forward a little. Do you think this would still help out the cartilage even though they are bendable instead of being rigidly supported into one shape all the time? Im debating if I should glue them in a teepee for a more consistent positioning.
I attached a pics! :D (last one is his before ears)... Never realized how giant those things were.. no wonder they were having trouble standing on their own!!
Also... from looking at his "before" picture, would you say I have a good chance at getting his ears up? They've never really been up before. One has stood up for a few days then went back down and thats about it. He is turning 6 months on monday and he's been teething and bleeding like crazy this week!
They look great.....
I recall on one of my coated pups using a bit of all that excess ear fuzz as an anchoring point for a bit of gluing....and it worked as well.
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Good luck!
All about the looks?
I was on another site for GSD owners. They seemed so snotty. Someone recomended this one. It doesnt seem alot better. Too many are willing to do horrible things to their dogs so they will look "perfect". Look in the mirror and realize your not.
honestly i have felt the same somewhat but then i remember that we got gsds and uppy ears were part of the package or so we thought
but things like cropping a dobies ears to make them stand which is controversial
that to me seems a lot more vain than making your dogs ears stand when they were actually meant to stand
as long as the dog is not in pain all is good
Huh ????
Propping a dog's ears for a week or so is "horrible" ??
Actually, a dog with ears standing upright eliminates so many ear problems down the road. I wonder if you have ever owned a dog which has had ear infections but perhaps that is a better thing to subject your dog to, rather than a week of propping the ears up...read your post and please explain what part of it is not completely judgmental as well as "snotty".
I also will challenge you with a few thoughts...a GSD's ears are meant to be erect...and not for the simple reason of aesthetics. Watch the movement of a GSD's ears and how it uses the ears as one of it's keen senses...a downed ear reduces a dog's sense of hearing to a degree...so using the same standard...do you think it is "horrible" to put braces on a child's teeth ??? Do we solely do this for the child's aesthetic value or do we do this to prevent future dental problems? I could come up with many an example if this one doesn't suffice.
However, where I do agree with you wholeheartedly, if in fact this is your point...if a particular breed of dog, whose ears are meant to be erect, end up not being as such....does that take away from the essence of the dog and how we care and love for it? If a person answers "yes", then I agree with your premise....if a person answers "no" then I think you are barking up the wrong tree...pun intended.
I really am curious and would hope you might reply...are aesthetics important to many dog owners??...of course but at the end of the day a dog is no less loved for it's superficial faults.
You paint with a broad brush suggesting this forum is "snotty". Owners just take pride in their dog companions just as a parent would in their children...I think you have, for some reason, an axe to grind regarding the vanity humans exhibit. I am long since past that "wrestling match" and just sit back and get a chuckle out of it at times.
Do you realize that just about every post you've made on this forum is nasty and combative in response to things that are not even remotely so?
Pot, meet kettle...
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#1 Wed 08 Sep 10 12:36am
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Schweinshaxe - Pork Knuckle Recipe
Hello everyone,
In about three weeks, my husband and I will host a Oktoberfest-Weekend for our American friends. One of the Americans asked me whether I would prepare Pork Knuckles, which he had in the Hofbrauhaus in Munich. Well, even though I am German, I have never prepared a Schweinshaxe. Does anyone have a nice recipe. Everything I found online so far asks for boiling the knuckle in water for about two to three hours and then bake it in the oven for another half hour sprinkling it with beer. Could I instead also grill it after the boiling?
Many thanks...
#2 Wed 08 Sep 10 1:16am
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Re: Schweinshaxe - Pork Knuckle Recipe
I have no idea but I'm watching this thread with anticipation
#3 Wed 08 Sep 10 1:31am
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Re: Schweinshaxe - Pork Knuckle Recipe
I'm sure you could grill it. The main point of the final roasting is to crisp the skin, so whatever floats your boat. Just make sure to baste it repeatedly with the beer during this stage. You need to add garlic and spices to the water, too.
I've never cooked them myself (though I've eaten quite a few...) so I can't contribute a recipe but this is the general gist of things!
#4 Wed 08 Sep 10 1:36am
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Re: Schweinshaxe - Pork Knuckle Recipe
I'm just about to run out the door but Ill try and find a recipe I came accrossnot long ago, will post in a few hours when I get back.
#5 Wed 08 Sep 10 1:45am
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Re: Schweinshaxe - Pork Knuckle Recipe
We roast ours in the BBQ. Surely not authentic but they still taste great. The ones we buy from the German butcher are huge ...... and I can eat a whole one
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Re: Schweinshaxe - Pork Knuckle Recipe
i use this German recipe (translated just in case the other guys fancy trying it ) ...
1kg pork knuckle
1 tsp salt
200g soup vegetables (suppengr�n) ie. celeriac,carrots,leek,parsley
1 bay leaf
1 onion
Peppercorns (I usually add about 1 tsp of peppercorns)
1/4 liter beer
3/4 liter meat stock
1 slice of white bread
To baste:
7 tbsps of beer
1 tsp of honey
1 tsp of cornflour
Rinse the knuckle under cold running water then pat dry.
Place in a large, heavy based pan and add the soup vegetables (chopped) bay leaf and peppercorns.
Pour in the stock and beer.
Cover with a lid and simmer for approx. 1 hour (I think longer is better so i usually cook it for about 1.5 hours just to make sure it's really tender).
Remove the knuckle from the liquid and pat it dry with some paper kitchen towels.
Score the skin then brush with a mixture of cornflour, beer and honey.
Place on a small oven tray ( middle shelf) then grill on a medium heat for about 7 mins on one side, basting it regularly. Turn over and baste the other side then continue grilling for another 6 or 7 mins.
To make the sauce, add the slice of bread to the meat stock, boil for a couple of mins then push the sauce through a sieve.
you can boil these the day before you need them then finish cooking them in the oven/grill the next day...it's better to re-heat them in the oven first THEN grill them (IMO) , just to make sure they're warmed through properly
#7 Wed 08 Sep 10 11:03am
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Re: Schweinshaxe - Pork Knuckle Recipe
Sounds wicked good.. any chance of you serving those up with a couple Steins of beer wearing a Dirndl ??? rwrrooaw
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#8 Wed 08 Sep 10 8:43pm
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Re: Schweinshaxe - Pork Knuckle Recipe
Allora, you are fantastic! My husband works for a German company and enjoys the pork knuckle in Munich every time he visits. I've tried to improvise it but it was pretty dismal - I'll knock his socks off with this one! Thank you!
#9 Thu 09 Sep 10 2:56am
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Re: Schweinshaxe - Pork Knuckle Recipe
Here tis
http://www.sbs.com.au/food/recipe/622/P … earch/true
Edit: here's the video link for the above recipe.
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Re: Schweinshaxe - Pork Knuckle Recipe
Did somebody mention Fraulein im Dirndl mit Bier und Schweinhaxen? Quick somebody slap me!
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LIVE: Wales v Italy
- Wales open up against an Italy side that they beat 26-9 in Rome on their way to the 2013 title.
- Warren Gatland is back at the helm after sitting out last year because of his British and Irish Lions commitments.
- Wales, who are skippered by Alun Wyn Jones, are overwhelming 1/25 favourites with the bookies to beat the Azzurri.
- But Italy are led by one of the best players in the world in number eight Sergio Parisse and beat France and Ireland in 2013.
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Has anyone ever built or thought about building there hive out of PVC board that is used for exterior trim work on houses? Or can you use it?
Has anyone ever built or thought about building there hive out of PVC board that is used for exterior trim work on houses? Or can you use it?
Most people will say that if it doesn't breathe, its not a good idea. I'd agree with that, but I have seen fiberglass hives and someone on here talked about making some aluminum hives that worked well.
I don't know if I would use it for hive bodies do to the expense, but I have used scraps from construction sites to make landing boards, it works great and never rots.
There is a type of PVC board called "Versatec" and last year I made several bottom boards, the frames for tops and 2 honey supers. At the end of the first year (except the honey super which was not used), they appear to be working great. Normal PVC glue will not work, it takes a special type. Can't recall the name right now, but, can look it up.
I tried it on a shallow super, and "Versatec" worked great, but the glue dries very fast, not much time to work with it. You can pre drill holes and nail or screw, only problem I found is, if you are off center only a small amout, the board will chip out.
Versatec works well in all operations, sawing, ripping, planing, box joints, rabbet etc.
Last year I was told one of my customers had a lifetime supply of cutoffs, 4 and 8 inch width, 2 to 4 ft. length. Unfortunately, after receiving a small amout, I haven't been able get any more. Don't know if it would be feasible to buy it.
I especially liked the Versatec for the box frame for tops, and the side rail for bottom boards, but, did not get around to putting a honey super on, so can't report on that.
Is versatec the type of PVC you were talking about?? I suppose there are others.
I've tried a marine grade pvc board that is 3/8" thick. It worked well and looked good at first but last summers temps in the full sun caused it to soften and deform. I have also experimented with aluminum framed hive bodies with pvc board and also thin wood. Nothing I have found works better than the tried and true method of using wood boards. Its probably cheaper and certainly dryer than pvc, but that's just my opinion.
Cleo, believe the boards I looked at were the Versatec ill have to double check. I'm just trying to think of a product that is very low maintenance with a long life span. The PVC board is weather resistant and I believe it's also termite resistant. It is a bit pricey up front but long term you won't have to replace or repaint ever so many years.
I see some good uses for Versatec, if my tests holds up the next few years as it has the first year. For those who use telescoping covers, the Versatec makes excellent frames. Will never need painting. The white color matches the white metal I use on the tops. Side rails for bottom boards GREAT also. Never rot, no painting. I believe the entire bottom board can be made of Versatec for those who use solid bottom boards. And as stated above, box joints, and dado cuts, are easy in Versatec.
Cost would be the controlling factor. I thought I was going to have a lifetime supply free, but, unfortunately so far, that hasn't happened. But, if it does, I will certainly use it.


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Senate approves Manitou Incline legalization bill
Measure sent to president's desk to be signed into law
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Senate approved a bill that clarifies the legal status of the popular Manitou Incline hiking trail late Sunday night.
The legislation addresses a right-of-way issue with the Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway Company. It allows for the U.S. Forest Service to accept the railway's relinquishment of its right-of-way. This is necessary based on an 1875 federal law.
The legislation will ensure that the Forest Service can manage and maintain the trail, Representative Doug Lamborn said.
The bill now heads to President Barack Obama's desk for a signature before becoming law.
Lamborn led the effort in the House, where the bill passed in July.
"The passage of this bill formalizes what hundreds of Coloradans already know - how incredibly challenging yet beautiful the Manitou Incline hike is. The 'vertical mile' is a source of great local pride for residents of Manitou and Colorado Springs, and I'm glad that we can finally make it official," Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet said.


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It pays to be an elected official in San Ramon. Mayor Bill Clarkson earned nearly $18,000 during his first year in office, plus close to $16,000 in benefits, for a total of $33,404. His salary may be more than that of the rest of City Council -- $17,691 versus $15,754 -- but that's less than the benefits received by others.
Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, February 21, 2013, 9:35 PM
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San Ramon City Council tops area for pay, benefits
Original post made on Feb 23, 2013
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I don't think any elected officials should receive pay or a pension. It's a civil service to serve your community, not a job to be paid in wages.


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Think of it like wine. What do you look forward to drinking more? The wine that has the elegant, classy feel and look to it. And when you drink it, you need to take the cork out and you your nicest wine glasses ......or....
Do you want franzia? Box-O-wine? Where you drink it out of a solo or dixie cup?
What experience do you want your customer to have?
Do you put a short blurb on the back of the packaging that tells what type of bees the honey came from? The landscape? The family that raises the bees? et cetera.
How do you connect your customer with you/the product and give them the opportunity to feel like this honey was made just for them?


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Announcing AOL Reader
Jun 24, 2013
A Unique Perspective
At AOL, we have a unique perspective on RSS readers and content aggregation apps because we are a publisher of content as well. Our goal is to create the best possible experience for users who want to read the best content on their phone, tablet, or desktop computer, whenever and wherever they want.
Current RSS readers do reasonably well at aggregating content, but sometimes can cause information overload (only 995 unread articles today!) and present a tradeoff between user experience and revenue for the publisher (full text feeds vs. snippets of content that make you link out to read the full story). We're interested in helping adopt new ways to ensure that publishers -- both big and small -- continue to produce great content well into the future and simultaneously provide a better experience for our users.
AOL Reader Version 1
The first version of AOL Reader provides an outstanding reading experience across devices. It is a perfect upgrade for those of you who have been using Google Reader or other reader products.
We're committed to keeping the core RSS reading functionality free for our users. Other advanced features (e.g. search) may be available for a fee as we evolve the Reader.
Current features in version 1 include:
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- Subscribe to any RSS feed
- Works across Desktop, Tablet, and Mobile (HTML5, no plugins required)
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Version 1 of AOL Reader is all about getting the core functionality right, but there is a lot more to come in the near future. We can't wait to show you what we're up to. You can follow the latest product updates on the AOL Reader blog at http://blog.reader.aol.com.
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That is very nice. Very cool and great workmanship
bought a few parts to build one of these
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That is very nice. Very cool and great workmanship
That is sweet!One way to get one of the ''unabtainable 9mm prototypes''-make your own! Now if you could make one like the experamental 30-06 thompson....
Nice work!
Please send me pic's when completed. I would love to post them on our site. It is really cool how builders are using my mag wells to make some really creative and beautifully unique builds. Let me know where I can help.
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WOW! Great work on the Tommy.
"Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in."
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Very nice, It looks very good. I like the way the lines of everything flow together.
Awesome!! I just came across this build and I love it! Keep up the good work. Any chance for some pics on the internals?
you have my respect very nice & bright ideas. I would like to see more belt fed bastards come full circle. We could learn from those kyber pass boys & old men missing a leg with time on there hands. Things are going to get right bad in this place they used to call the usa now all we are is a large state of tex mex dont know where we are going people


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Mike Bub: Guitar Winner at Americana
It took pure talent to land Mike Bub where he is today: bass player for the last 13 years with Del McCroury, and now part of the super group 18 South. Several Grammy awards, Bass Player of the Year 5 times over, 9 Entertainer of the Year awards, and countless other awards couldn't have prepared him for the surprise win of a Voyage-Air Guitar!
As his name was announced at the Cannery Ballroom, he was shocked when his friends said, "They are calling your name, Mike!" He didn't even hear it... and certainly wasn't expecting to win out of the countless entries to chose from. Coming up on stage to accept his win, Mike unfolded the guitar, gave it a few strums and announced to the cheering crowd "it's even in tune!"
Click this link to check out Mike in action from Merle Fest, performing with the legendary Peter Rowan.


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PR-B Community Education offers February classes
Pine River-Backus Community Education offers the following classes in February:
• Ultimate Martial Arts Karate and Self-Defense Session No. 2: Tuesdays and Thursdays in February.
Instructors are Rob Nelson, Master Instructor sixth Degree Black Belt, and Monica Volz, second Degree Black Belt Instructor. Family discounts available. Testing and uniforms available for an extra fee.
Children ages 4-5, 6-6:30 p.m. Tuesdays, $25 for four weeks. Juniors ages 6-12, 6:30-7:15 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, $49 for four weeks. Adult ages 13+, 7:15-8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, $49 for four weeks.
• Archery (5th-8th grades): 6-7 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays through March 21, elementary gym.
There will be two classes: Beginners class for those who have not shot a compound bow and an advanced class for those who own a bow and had prior instruction and experience. Instructor is Kraig King, certified DNR instructor. Fee: $10.
• Tea Time: Warmth for the Soul: 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, at Stone Woman Herbals Store, downtown Pine River.
Make a personal blend that is your signature tea. There will be lots of tea tasting and treats in this workshop. Fee is $10.
• Basic Beading: 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10, Thrifty Living.
Create a jewelry necklace, bracelet and earrings. Beads and supplies are included; additional beads are available for purchase for future projects. Fee is $12
• Story Book Favorites: 10:30-11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12, CLC classroom.
Make a book using different papers and supplies. Use your imagination to make extra books. Instructor is Mary Jo Litke. Cost is $7 per family.
• Downhill Skiing at Ski Gull for 5th-9th grades: 6-10:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15.
Bring a snack and beverage or money to purchase on-site. Meet in the Commons after school to board the bus. Parents should pick up their student in the back at entrance #17 by the Commons at 10:30 p.m.
Adult volunteers are needed to help supervise. Call Teri at 218-587-2080 or make a note on your child's registration form. Fee is $20 (includes skis, lift ticket and bus).
• Power of Plants: 3-5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19, Room 107.
Discuss the power of plants while planting many different plants while retrieving seeds and examining seeds. Students will take home all the plants discussed along with seeds and experiments to continue at home. Fee is $15.
• Beads, Bobbles, Buttons and Bows: 3-5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20, Room 107.
Create your own style of jewelry and make a headband. Bring hair-clips or a box to decorate and keep your creations in. Fee is $5.
Note: Winter sports overlap Feb. 21 and 22. Final Registration is due by Feb. 15. Contact PR-B Community Education at 218-587-2080 to register or for more information. Or register online at prbschools.revtrak.net.


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Hi Mr. Spruce,
Completed my molding installation. It came out quite well, thanks to your advice of sizing each corner first with pre-cut scrap pieces.
Thaanks again for your help.
Guy, it is best to keep questions in the open forum where you will receive a more diverse response from more members. I've posted my reply to this question in your original topic on accurate angles.
Thank you Mr. Spruce for your reply to accurate angles. It appears that a protractor is what I need. The Starrett protractor/angle finder looks ideal but a little bit pricey. For such a small job I am wondering if I could possibly just line up my T-bevel on my combination saw. what do you think?
im really so glad for your reply. sure thing i will follow each steps.thank you very much
Thanks for your help in figuring out the wiring for my cEIling fan.....you and Jack are the best
thank you for your reply.i checked the aerator it was clean.
Thanks so much for your reply. I will certainly save you on my contact list.
It is best to keep all technical questions posted on the forums so that you get a broader perspective.
Bondo used to offer a tub refinishing kit, found in the paint department of your local supplier. I do not recommend attempting to refinish the tub yourself because it will result in a less than professional finish, and likely be less durable than having it professionally done. Consult your phone book for "bathroom refinishing" and variants of that for local refinishing contractors. If cost is a concern, then ask the refinisher during your interview whether you doing some or all of the prep work will affect the cost. IMHO, the prep work is the hardest and most laborious part of the job, also IMHO, most refinishers don't go to the level of detail that you might when it comes to removing old caulk and cleaning of the surface.
just curious about what to do to refinish a fiberglass tub surround, 450$ to 500$ but with what product or do I need a professional? and any concerns with refinishing in white when the existing tub is a yucky brown?? thanks! Janis
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Board OKs funds for study of Norway Lake Dam in Pine River
Pine River Mayor Jim Sabas successfully appealed to the Cass County Board on Oct. 15 for $10,000 toward a feasibility study to determine whether the Norway Lake Dam can be replaced or repaired. The city has engaged its city engineering firm, Bolton and Menk Inc., to do the feasibility study and to identify possible funding sources for the work, Sabas said. The study is expected to cost $25,000 or more.
Bolton and Menk plans to have draft options ready for public review by early 2014, with possible funding sources identified by May 2014. It is possible that preliminary design, environmental review and final design phases could be completed in 2014 and 2015, with possible construction by 2016 and 2017, Sabas indicated in a recent letter to Cass County Land Commissioner Joshua Stevenson.
In addition to the deteriorating condition of the dam, another reason to address the issue at this time is that Minnesota Department of Transportation has programmed removing/relocating the Highway 84 bridge from its current location on top of the dam.
Minnesota DNR has identified the dam as a high hazard dam on its statewide list. The DNR has informed the city of Pine River that agency might contribute $150,000 toward construction if a fish migration facility is incorporated in the new design, Sabas said.
Cost to rehabilitate or reconstruct the dam could be $1 million or more, he said, adding the city expects at this time to ask the county to contribute another $50,000 in 2016 or 2017 to help pay for construction.
The $10,000 the board approved Oct. 15 will come from the county's Fund 73, a fund set aside from revenue the county received several years ago from selling former state leased lots. The state allows the county to spend interest earned on that money, but not the principle. The land department manages the fund.


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Suicine is cool. It also is the only legendary dog that isn't a roaming Pokémon in HeartGold/SoulSilver.
I like the others as well though.
Suicine is cool. It also is the only legendary dog that isn't a roaming Pokémon in HeartGold/SoulSilver.
I like the others as well though.
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I never knew my father...
...had such a diversified portfolio!
Firetruck this guy. I hope he gets banned for good.
Gotta say Entei. I really love Suicune, don't get me wrong, but I'm a pushover when it comes to fire...
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Suicune because it's the one with the higher possibility of building a varied moveset.
Entei, without a doubt. When I was younger I used to pretend he was real and we went everywhere together <3
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Suicune by far don't know why but I just love it <3
Suicune, its not necessarily any better than the others. Its just due to design and being Crystal's mascot.
The almighty Turtwig is my claim
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Suicune with Celibi.jpgI like Suicune the most but Raikou is the close second. I don't like Enti that much.
Suicune ftw! I love water Pokémon!
Suicune was my very first legendary.
My personal favourite honestly has to be Raikou, for quite a few reasons but Suicune came in as a close second. I love Raikou being that I generally love Electric-types and I love it's sleek, cool appearance, its design is interesting for me, the purple feature on its back appears to be some sort of thunder cloud which is fascinating. I've also used it once in twice in battle and personally, I found it a powerhouse with all sorts of interesting attacks and combos, along with some of the roles it played in movies. So personally Raikou is my favourite.<3
Suicune since it has so much storyline in crystal, HGSS, and the anime. I love my shiny suicune!!!
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Raikou by far <3
I use the Movie 13 Shiny with Aura Sphere a lot in competitive battles, it's so powerful!
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I love Suicune. I almost always like the ice or water Pokemon of a trio the best.
I love entei the best , can't believe it lost in the poll pretty badly! :-( It is so awesome and cool and in 3rd gen it had a much better move set than the other two....don't ask how that applies now, because it doesn't :P
I have 2 Friend codes I use about equally. One is 4055-3723-1345 and the other is 0576 3520 6954. I'll try to mention which one to look for when needed, if I don't then ask.
I try to train pokemon with the best natures and IVs, but generally don't breed for IVs and occasionally use a pokemon that could have a better nature out of laziness (on the other hand I have reset or recaught the same species 20+ times to get the best nature and decent IVs sometimes). I somewhat do EV training, but don't calculate it out so it's perfect, just rely on the chart in the super training thing.
Obviously Suicune that is wonderful and graceful. I actually love water types too...
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I always thought Suicune was the most superior of them.
Has a better design
Is a water type, which I specialize in
Is a version mascot
I've been trying to work this one out since I was about 12, but still don't have a answer! They're all really amazing, by far the best trio ever. In fact, think its the only trio of which I've used all three members in my team for a sustained amount of time
i personally like Suicune the best, i love how beautiful and graceful it's design is and how much of a side role it played in HG/SS.
All of them are equally good but Suicune is more equal than the others. Pokemon Crystal is the reason I fell in love with it.
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I used to adore Suicune based purely on its design, but I think I like Raikou more now. I've used one at the Battle Frontier and I think it's more balanced and reliable. I've yet to use Entei though, so maybe I'll give it a shot later on. But right now I really think Raikou is awesome and Suicune is a close second.
Raikou is, I love his saber-toothed tiger appearance, and his typing, electric, is my favorite type. Hmm, usually I have more to say....... nope, I've got nothing.
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Raikou is my favourite. C: I've been told that is strange, because it was the least featured of the three, but it just looks the coolest to me. I love Suicune too, but not as much as Raikou. I think it helps that my favourite type is Electric too, even though I've never actually used Raikou in battle, so it wouldn't really matter. And it sort of looks like a tiger, which I prefer to lions. XD Sorry, Entei.
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I kinda like Suicune. Just because to me it looks better then the other 2. Fire, water, or electric. The other 2 are OK. I like Suicune because its easier to catch now instead of running all over for it. Raikou and Entai are decent but harder to find and catch
Between Suicune and Raikou... definitely Raikou <.> I don't know.. its just pretty cool. I actually decided he would be my favorite beast because of his short on Pokemon Chronicles. The Legend of Thunder made it look majestic @_@
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UTSA volunteers at pet adoption event
April 21 is UTSA Volunteer Appreciation Day
By Jennifer Lilly
Assistant Director of Volunteer Services, Inclusion and Community Engagement Center
(April 16, 2009)--UTSA Volunteer Appreciation Day is 1-3 p.m., Tuesday, April 21 at the University Center paseo on the Main Campus. Hosted by the UTSA Inclusion and Community Engagement Center, the event is to thank UTSA students, faculty and staff involved in volunteer activities.
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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UTSA community members who volunteered for one hour or dozens of hours during the past year are invited to celebrate with music, ice cream and giveaways. The event occurs during National Volunteer Appreciation Week.
The UTSA United to Serve event was April 4, which recognized more than 300 students, faculty, and staff members who volunteered at 14 projects across the city ranging from the Special Pets Special People adoption event, to sorting items at the San Antonio Food Bank, to painting handrails at the San Antonio State School.
Thanks go to the UTSA volunteers who helped make the event a huge success.
For more information on volunteering, contact the UTSA Inclusion and Community Engagement Center at (210) 458-4770.


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For nearly a decade, Acorn Productions has been staging world-premiere works of playwrights who live right here among us. Over the last few years, its spring Maine Playwrights Festival has grown considerably, and now produces full-length as well as short works (next year's Festival runs April 16-May 1). This December, in the company's intimate new Studio Theater in the Dana Warp Mill, Acorn is instituting a new tradition: a "Best of Fest" retrospective series, performed by members of the Naked Shakespeare Ensemble, featuring some of the highlights of Festivals of years gone by. The inaugural edition features six short plays from as far back as 2005's Festival and as recently as 2009's. All are comedic, though they range over the spectrum from heartwarming to dark.
A full half of the selections concern the foibles of love and dating. John Manderino's dark and clever Jill and Jack presents the married title characters (Kerry Rasor and Corey Gagne) in separate chairs on opposite sides of the stage, in a series of quirky and hyper-articulated marital crises: Jill grasping desperately for something strange and unknown about her mate; Jack prescribing babymaking as an antidote for his infidelity; Jill and Jack staving off bourgeois and/or existential ennui via Things and the Footwear Channel.
In Jon Potter's Romance, Laura (Patricia Mew) advises love-lorn Luke (Gagne) to try the personals. The results of Luke's snarky and acronym-riddled ad (TKYPO and TKYI: "The Kid You Picked On" and "The Kid You Ignored") are diverting, to say the least, as three crazies descend upon him. Between Karen Ball's sex-obsessed Treesa; Laura Graham's prim, Christian, and scary Sarah; and Rasor's butch outdoorswoman Veronica, Luke has way more than he bargained for.
And Speed Dating, by Diana Sterne, has a little of both dating and marriage, as Laura Graham's Jennifer machinates her way into a spot on the date-card of her former husband, Tom (Gagne). Her blithely in-denial Jennifer holds plenty of pathos beneath her comic flights, and Gagne's compassionate firmness brings some of the few somber notes of the evening.
Themes dealing with performance get nearly as much treatment as romance. In John Rizzo's Put Your Hands Together, Seth Berner portrays a developmentally disabled janitor at a comedy club, who tells the owner (Jeffrey Roberts) that he wants to be a comedian. Rizzo's script is tender; Berner and Roberts are gently empathetic. There's a lot more irony in Carolyn Gage's The Poorly Written Play Festival. A variety of in-jokingly named characters (Hedda, Loman, Bracknell) sit around a table selecting the worst play ever to produce. As they do, Gage lampoons some of the worst offenses in playwrighting: talking heads with no action; repellent central characters; the premise that repeating a gimmick makes it funny.
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I figure this is as good of a place as any to ask.
First and foremost I'm not a commercial beekeeper, not even a sideliner. Barely considered a serious hobbyist but I'm trying to tread as lightly as possible with this upcoming endeavor I plan on tackling this spring. I've been doing bazaar's with the wife on the weekends when they are available and have been talking a lot with people and networking with people around the community. I've received nothing but positive feedback about our products and had the opportunity to talk with educators and hobbyists alike. At our most recent show I had several inquiries in to people asking if they could purchase 5 frame nuc's from me and what the costs would be. Here comes my dilemma. I just recently learned how to raise queens via grafting and produced about forty nucs last fall. I produced the nucs to late in the year for them to do much besides build up a little before they dwindled and pretty much died off. The whole purpose of creating the nucs and the reason I wasn't to concerned about whether they lived or not was simply an experiment for ME to see if I COULD produce queens, get them mated, get them laying, and start an actual colony. I've told several people who have asked if I would have nucs available for sale that I hope too but I would be selling them for a fraction of the cost of what they would find elsewhere on the internet for the first year simply because I have no idea what I'm doing and because I can't guarantee the quality of the product with confidence because I'm not confident in the product just yet. I've explained to people they would actually be doing me a favor by caring for some of these nucs that I produced and letting me know how the queens in them and the nucs themselves fair. I've given rough quotes of about 75$ per nucleus colony to cover the cost of queen production and the cost of the equipment that I'll be giving up.
I know all this may sound stupid or that I've already committed a plethora of mistakes but I don't know how to go about doing this especially since I've never done it before. I don't feel it's fair to charge people a premium, I don't want to just give away hard work, and I don't want to give people a false sense that they're receiving anything other than an experiment from me.
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|25-19 astoria blvd. they're right across the street from astoria manor, that big wedding/dining/event hall. just a few blocks from the astoria blvd subway station.
hey pplz,
can ne1 tell me the address for Seavision? I would love to go there since i live in Astoria, and b/c all the other LPS suk like hell!
p.s.their webadd doesnt work!
sound, SeaVision's web published prices are MSRP
when you go into the store you get the bargains.
For example, a 4x2x2' 125gal is MSRP for $775.
They quoted me $410 in the store
and I'm not even Asian...
also, you can't judge a store by it's starter tank prices.
petlanddiscounts loss leads with cheap starter tanks
because they figure you'll end up buying a few hundred
dollars of their other overpriced crap with any new tank.
I once walk in there to only buy a 10gal tank to isolate
a sick fish, and the manager almost had a heart attack.
I'm glad you had some good experiences with Pacific.
I've gone there three times and never bought a thing
because the item was still not in stock yet -"so sorry"
or any left over fish were too small or sickly to risk it.
I've seen toilet bowls cleaner than their fish tanks.
I'm sure if I got there when they are unpacking a
major fish delivery, I could get some real bargains,
however then you risk having the fish die from
acclimation in your own home tank. I'd rather they
die in the pet store so I don't have to pay for it.
They also like to bait and switch you on rock prices.
when I brought a cheap lace rock up for weighing
and paying, they claimed it was something else that
commanded a much higher price. I just left in disgust.
thanks, Skypet.
I'll definitely check them out for the petrified woods
However, I just checked their website, and a standard AGA(that's All-Glass Aquarium,right?) 20 gallon I paid $24.99 at petland discount cost $65.69.
regarding Pacific, I had both good and bad experience with them, you are right about them say anything to get you in. Maybe we should start another updated LPS thread.
sound, make sure you confirm over the phone multiple times that they restocked the wood/rock you want. whenever I call Pacific Aquarium they are notorious for lying over the phone and telling you whatever you want to hear to get you back into the store. either that, or their delivery schedules are terribly unreliable, since every time a delivery is due, I come to the store only to find out "tomorrow" or "next week"... "so sorry".
I was just in Seavision, which is a small very well kept LPS in Astoria only a block off the Grand Central, and a few blocks from the N,W train 718.777.1007 and they had a fresh box full of petrified wood around $2-$3 per pound. They also had the same price on a large box full of Pagoda stones. They also have probably the best prices in NYC on standard AGA tanks and stands so ask for a quote when you are there. These guys probably sell more tanks than all other Queens LPS's combined. They may also be the only LPS in NYC with real live Blackworms $1/oz, not the red Tubifex junk every other LPS has. Just to give you an idea how into our hobby this place is, they actually had 40gal breeder tanks in stock and ready for sale. They only charge $20 to deliver any size tank & stand here in Queens, can you believe it!?
You need to find a friend who lives in the suburbs LOL. I have a couple places up here to find different color granite along the side of the road, or even in a friend's backyard...
I do suggest that you find somewhere local so you can pick your own, it will be worth it. I have hunted through literally tons of rocks to find three or four that were just perfect for my 20 tall.
I have found petrified wood and slate at petland discounts up here... It might be worth a try. It is expensive, but how many pounds of rock could you need for a 8" tank?
nice wood!!
in addition, I came across a single piece of very "amano" looking petrified wood in Pacific Aquarium on Delancy, I didn't get it because I would want a few more pieces. The owner (John I think) is restocking them after I told him they're out of stock on those.
I should check it out this weekend.
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On 28th street between 6th and 7th avenue are a bunch of places that seemed promising for various items. I ended up stopping at Dry & Silk (123 W 28th Street) since they had a nice selection of manzanita branches right out on the sidewalk in some large bins.
did they have red bark? or only sandblasted?
please let us know how your rock hunt goes.
I finally found some time to get out to the wholesale/flower district over the weekend... I've also been thinking of using it as a resource for my planted tanks. Anyways, thought I'd share some info and pictures on my brief hunt for manzanita branches there.
On 28th street between 6th and 7th avenue are a bunch of places that seemed promising for various items. I ended up stopping at Dry & Silk (123 W 28th Street) since they had a nice selection of manzanita branches right out on the sidewalk in some large bins. They had varying sizes ranging from small branches to full on 5+ foot trees. The 2 branches I picked up were $15 each.
The large picture is of the 2 branches straight from the store, the smaller 3 are pictures of the branch on the right cut into 2 pieces using a hacksaw. To get an idea of the size of the branches, the boxes in the pictures are 8" cubes... I'm planning on using the branches in my 8" nano cubes if it isn't already obvious haha.
I'm still looking for local places (accessible by subway/bus) to find suitable raw/natural rocks and stone... having a hard time finding leads for stone suppliers. I'm thinking out here in Brooklyn or maybe Jersey will be my best bet. Anyone know any general contractors or landscape architects? I figure they might be a good place to start asking.
mikey, I've been to every major petstore in the 5-boros and they all disappoint when it comes to planted tanks and nano needs. since it's a small tank, you are much better off buying from ebaY where tons of rocks are being sold each day which is what I will end up doing once I get a larger tank. first research what types you like, make sure to research that they are inert, then go for it. try to pick a seller who flat USPS ships for $8-10 as they are usually the most honest and best to deal with. don't think buying locally will save you money as most LPS know they are competing with online sources so they build the shipping into their already exorbitant markup.
if you insist on shopping locally so you can see and touch the rocks first, a good place would be Pacific Aquarium 46 Delancey St (212) 995-5895. call them at least twice (different guys will give you different stories) to be sure you come right after their bi-weekly rock&wood delivery. everything is displayed dry, but they always have a few empty poorly lit tanks you can use, to see how the rocks look immersed.
a better place that might be worth driving out to would be Fish Town USA, 196-33 Northern Blvd (718)-539-5396. also call first so you get to arrive after a fresh rock delivery. keep in mind this places inventory is half salt, half fresh, so alot of their rocks are for salt and brackish tanks. this place is also one of the few great, algae free, aquatic plant sellers around New York, but they are mostly large leaf low tech plants.
I've never done this, but always wanted to try, so let us know how it works out; most of the Flower Market District is still around 27th Street and 7th Avenue. there are a few Bonsai hobby supply houses on the street and upstairs. I imagine most of them sell wonderful nano appropriate rocks at wholesale prices. so if you work or commute through that area, it may be worth the pit stop. try to go before work or during your lunch hour while the place is still buzzing, since after 3pm most of the area shuts down for the day.
one last piece of advice when rock shopping; alway buy a few more pieces than you need. that way when you get home you can try a few extra combinations in your tank. so you waste a few dollars on rocks you don't need; sure beats having to go back for more and remember; for iwagumi you only need 3 rocks, so choose them wisely, grasshopper...
here is the type of rocks most local pet stores will sell;
Natural Aquarium Rock & Stone
so if you want something more exotic, you MUST buy online.
here are some rock type ideas to explore;
Feller Stone - Welcome to Feller Stone
rocks I'm exploring for my own tanks;
Schist rock
petrified wood rock (especially from Arizona)
Manzanita Burlworks - The Source for Quality Handcrafted Manzanita Products
Definately not in your area, but well worth it.
hardscape resources
anyone have any good resources for aquarium safe hardscape (rocks, driftwood, root, etc) in the nyc metro area aside from the usual suspects? i'm starting a set of nanos and getting ideas together for a planted 20 gallon long i plan to setup after i move apartments. i'm going to try an iwagumi style for one of the nanos. any leads would be greatly appreciated!
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So given the choice between learning .NET or C# as your first language which would you choose? Which will be most useful, I am not so much worried about ease of learning, as I am sure is the same with most people here, because I learn fairly quickly.
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5. Building Pressure, Enforcing Compliance
The United Nations has escalated its focus on journalist killings, declaring that unpunished attacks against journalists are a major threat not only to press freedom, but also to all major areas of the U.N.'s work. In recent years, it has adopted two resolutions addressing journalists' safety and impunity and launched a plan of action. These have come on top of existing Security Council Resolution 1738, which condemns attacks against journalists in conflict. "There must be no impunity for those who target journalists for violence," U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon proclaimed in a statement in the run-up to World Press Freedom Day, May 3, 2014.


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I followed one of the ads in the banner at the top and found a new product called the Mite Zapper. It appears to be a drone frame with a built in 12 volt heating element. Instead of freezing drone brood, you heat kill it and it can be done in the field without opening the hive. mitezapper.com
Under our definition of treatment, it appears to be a manipulation like freezing drone brood.
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Earnings: TLAB Halted, ANGI Soars, SIMO Slumps
Here are some more earnings events going on this evening:
Shares of Tellabs (TLAB) were halted as of 6:25 pm, Eastern time, pending the company's Q3 earnings report.
Update: Tellabs just reported revenue of $264 million, missing the consensus $277 million, and a 2-cent profit per share versus the consensus for just penny. The company sees Q4 revenue in a range of $240 million to $260 million, below the consensus for $290 million. The company plans to cut about 200 positions starting this quarter in order to save $20 million in general and selling expenses annually. Tellabs shares are projected to resume trading at 7 pm, Eastern time.
Update 2: Tellabs shares have resumed trading and are up 9 cents, almost 3%, at $3.25.
Shares of video conferencing firm 8x8 (EGHT) are up 20 cents, or 3.3%, at $6.28 after the company reported fiscal Q2 revenue and profit per share in line with expectations.
Shares of genealogy web site Ancestry.com (ACOM), which agreed Monday to be taken private, are up 8 cents at $31.58 after the company reported Q3 revenue that beat expectations but missed by a penny on the bottom line.
Shares of local professional services directory Web site Angie's List (ANGI) are up $1.15, or 13%, at $10.24 after the company reported Q3 revenue that slightly exceeded estimates and beat on the bottom line by two cents. The company forecast this quarter's revenue in line with consensus.
Shares of fiber-optic networking equipment vendor Infinera (INFN) are up 20 cents, or 4.3%, at $4.90 after the company beat Q3 revenue and earnings expectations.
Shares of telecom property storehouse InterDigital Communications (IDCC) are up 18 cents, or half a percent, at $35.40 after the company this afternoon reported Q3 revenue that easily topped consensus estimates but missed EPS projections.
Shares of chip maker Intersil (ISIL) are down 10 cents, or 1.5%, at $6.47 after the company slightly missed Q3 revenue expectations but beat on the bottom line, and forecast this quarter's results to miss expectations.
Shares of hosted remote access provider LogMeIn (LOGM) are up $1.04, or 5.2%, at $21.11 after the company reported Q3 revenue in line with consensus and beat on the bottom line, and projected this quarter's revenue and profit per share in line with to a little above consensus.
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|Business Idea Competition is first step for three start-ups.
The a-ha moment for Business Idea Competition winner Shanshan Mei '14 came in the entrepreneurial competition's first workshop.
During a discussion about how to brainstorm an idea, Mei was cleaning her dusty laptop screen, using the tail of her raccoon plush pencil case:
"Then I suddenly realized this is a good idea, because everybody's laptop gets dusty, and to most people, the way to clean it is by wiping the screen with their sleeves."
And Mei had her idea for a product: a portable screen cleaner for mobile electronics that's functional and fashionable.
Hers was one of three winning entries in the School of Business' first Business Idea Competition. Initiated by entrepreneur Chris Burch '76, the competition offered $25,000 in prize money to the 12 teams that reached the final round. Each winning team received $5,000 in prize money. The other nine teams received lesser amounts. And each of the 12 final teams is eligible to apply for $5,000 more in seed money to start up their business.
In addition to Mei the other winners were:
- Justin Lee '13 and Michael Wehrhahn '13 for their web service RevoPT
- Adiba Afros '12, Martin Cerny '14, Adeesha Ekanayake '14 and Morgan Lemke '14 for their software traceIT
The competition began in mid-September with the first of five weekly workshops on brainstorming an idea and preparing to present it in a four-minute pitch to judges. Twenty-four teams entered the first round, in late October.
The 12 finalists presented to a panel of three judges two weeks later. Teams again made a four-minute pitch and answered questions for an additional four minutes.
The judges included Burch, chairman of J. Christopher Capital, co-founder of the Tory Burch fashion line and an investor in technology and luxury brands; Gregory J. Hartz, president and CEO of Tompkins Trust Co.; and Jennifer Tegan, partner and owner of Cayuga Venture Fund.
"Regardless of whether it was a digital or physical product, the winning presentations delivered innovations with its customer at the heart. Each winner had spent time understanding his or her customers and their needs," said Burch.
He said the winning presentations offered "disruptive ideas that can scale. The presentations had to be comprehensive in scope and outline a product or concept that connected with its target customer."
Mei, a native of Nanjing, China, is journalism major with a minor in writing in the Park School of Communications.
Her product started as a plush toy screen cleaner ("like a SpongeBob with a microfiber cloth in the back"), but she discounted that after research showed a Japanese company with a similar concept not yet targeted to the American market. She then researched Burch and the products he develops, learning how highly he values design.
"I agree with him completely – whatever is on the market, they are ugly. So I shifted my focus to design and subsequently changed my market to higher-class people," Mei said.
She has given her own name to her product, calling it "Mei." She describes it as low-cost, high-profit and aimed at a market that hasn't been developed.
Her four-minute presentation included a video and handmade prototypes.
Drawing from her Visual Journalism class and using the Final Cut Pro video editing application, Mei produced a 47-second video to demonstrate the inadequacies of current screen cleaners. (See the video here: http://youtu.be/L-zWlD2E9Hk)
"Instead of verbally distributing the problems with a language that I'm still not perfectly fluent in, I'd rather using something innovative and interesting," she said.
"Mei is really about all about design," she continued.
"I've been working really hard on making it special, yet practical enough that when people saw my product, they would be attracted by its look first, then amazed by how practically useful it is – like people's reaction to Apple products. I don't want 'Mei' to be a piece of useless, beautiful crap."
The three judges rated each idea in specific categories.
"There were numerous ideas that could have won and are likely viable business ideas," said Hartz. To him, the winning teams demonstrated a clear marketability of their product or service, the ability to differentiate from the competition and a well thought-out business plan.
For Tegan, the winners "had creative ideas/solutions to real problems and needs in the market, and the idea was compelling enough to make us believe that it was a solution that could really win."
The competition was open to all Ithaca students.
"This cross-fertilization of ideas and people is exactly what we are hoping to achieve with IC 20/20, the College's strategic vision," said School of Business Dean Mary Ellen Zuckerman. "Such interdisciplinary activities promote creativity and innovation, which are at the heart of entrepreneurship."
Lee and Wehrhahn are fifth-year physical therapy majors in the School of Health Sciences and Human Performance. Their RevoPT website will allow physical therapists to record personalized rehabilitation videos and track when clients have viewed them. They had the concept in mind when they started the workshops.
"Our key element was just being prepared," said Lee. "If we didn't get first place, we wanted to make sure it was because someone else just had a better idea, not that our idea lacked preparation."
The third winner, traceIT, is a cell phone application allowing users to scan a bar code and learn if the product was produced in a socially ethical way or contains ingredients that are deemed a health risk.
Afros is a business administration major. The other team members are students in the School of Humanities and Science, with Ekanayake and Lemke computer science majors and Cerny an expoloratory major.
Burch, whose business career began when he sold sweaters on campus as an undergraduate, wanted to stimulate innovative thinking among a new generation of entrepreneurs. He said the results exceeded his expectations.
"Ithaca's students are diverse and impressive group, engaged in their community and not defined by their curriculum," Burch said. "It is critical that today's Ithaca students are still great risk-takers, willing to push themselves in new directions."
Competition administrators Tom Schryver and Brad Treat designed a follow-on course this Spring called Ideas Into Action, where student entrepreneurs can continue to develop their business.