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Large logs jam the outflow stream of Bull Trout Lake in the Sawtooth Mountains of Idaho (USA). Log jams are common in lakes in this region, and they substantially modify the habitat for aquatic organisms. Photo 2004.
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[quote user="nycsportzfan"][quote user="Redeyejedi"]Kuechly is a great wrap up tackler . I just dont value that as high as other skills[/quote] Hes mad* instinctive as well.. The dudes a beast.. I'd trade up to the mid teens for him in a heartbeat...** Hes the type of dude whos always gonna be in the right place at the right time, and has a solid frame to boot, and is a sure tackler to boot, and is a quality person it seems, as well.. He's a probowler in 2-3 seasons, mark it down...[/quote]
Trading up for a 43 linebacker in the first round is insane if you ask me. Especially 10+ picks.

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Ooo, that doesn't sound too bad. I like the idea of a mini grapefruit tree haha. However the problem comes about with a plant that needs direct sunlight, the windows I have don't really provide much, and the ones that do are already taken up by smaller plants and such.I first saw it at a farm I stayed at in Sienna Italy (Agroturismo). They had huge beautiful terracotta pots filled with lemon trees that they kept in an old carriage house over winter and brought out during spring/summer/fall. I have a grapefruit, lime, and lemon. They are dwarf so I think they get between 6 to 8 feet tall but the container and pruning keep them manageable, similar to the principle of bonsai. I have terracotta looking (plastic - reduces weight) containers with watering reservoirs in the bottoms. At this time of year I have to water daily. Mine bloom more than once a year so I generally get a winter bloom inside too. The blooms smell heavenly, especially the red grapefruit. I got them before I even thought of keeping bees for the fruit and blossoms, being a nectar source is a bonus. The dwarf Meyer Lemon was sold at one of the big box stores here this summer in small pots for a reasonable price. That one is more cold hearty. I had one but it was an old, poor or off, version of the hybrid and I got rid of it in favor of a real lemon tree.
Has anyone heard of a dwarf tulip poplar? It would be really interesting if they did manage to get a dwarf one!
The two biggest problems with growing indoors. 1. providing enough light. We are not talking about light you can see by. we are talking about light that replicates the sun. you know that stuff that will cause your skin to peel of if you stay in it to long.
2. since you can really never come close to replicating the sun. when you fist move your plants into real sun. they will not like. it. in fact full sun will kill them. you have to do is slowly and carefully.
Finally growing plants indoors is not he same as growing them outdoors. be ready for the change.
Everything gets darker, as it goes to where there is less light. Darrel Tank (5PM drawing instructor)
Nick, if you don't mind a personal question, I was wondering about your college plans? It sounds like you should be studying botany or something related to bees. I wish I'd gone with botany and done plant breeding. Most people don't realize how precarious the world food supply is overall. I wouldn't say that it's precarious in the US. Developing new varieties of plants or hArdier strains of bees could really make a difference. I'm not sure if anyone is even working on breeding better plants the natural wAy. I don't like genetically engeneering plants so they can stand more chemicals.
My BA is in Sociology.
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Right tackle Todd Herremans suffered foot and ankle injuries in Monday night's loss to the Saints. He had an MRI on Tuesday and was on crutches. Comcast SportsNet in Philadelphia, citing two sources familiar with the test results, reported Herremans might miss the remainder of the season.
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[quote user="allentown PA"][quote user="mjg407"]Great win. I like our matchup against the Falcons. I was waiting for Tony to cry.....
agreed it was a great win I like this team a lot...all the injuries, looking finished and then rebounding the final 2 weeks...we are also as healthy as we've been all year...do not like this matchup with atlanta other than the saints this is the worst matchup in the nfc for the giants imo.[/quote]
Don't know who else they could have matched up with that would have been preferable.
when they are clicking, they have the potential to stand toe-to-toe with about any team.
yes Drew, Matthew, Aaron and Matt have great QB talent but I still remember a certain Terrific Tom that hated getting planted in the turf.


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There is nothing worse than being woken up in the middle of the night by the cold because the down in my quilt has migrated to the sides.
After making an "ultimate" winter quilt last season I thought everything would be fine, until I woke up with freezing toes in October. I couldn't believe it. My "ultimate" quilt had 15 ozs of 900 f/p down and I was still cold!
When I got home I tried adding additional vertical baffles to the footbox. . . and by March I was sleeping through the night while cowboy camping on the snow.
For this season in the Sierras I set out to make a lightweight 3 season quilt with no cold spots. I added horizontal and vertical baffles throughout and there are NO sewn through seams. I am 6' 195 lbs so I made it 6'8" long and 57" wide at the shoulders and hips. The last 5 baffles gradually narrow to the 40" foot girth".
I decided to use blue M50 for the shell and grey NoBul 1 for the liner. Although M50 has a good DWR it has a plastic feel so I used NoBul 1 for the shell and liner on the top baffle. The baffles are 0.34 oz/sqyd cuben.
Also, considering the Zpacks and Katabatic 30 degree quilts w/ similar dimensions are between 16.4 ozs and 20.1 ozs I figured a weight in the 16.5 to 17.5 oz range was reasonable.
Making the horizontal and vertical baffle 'matrix' was more work than I had imagined. After experimenting I realized that it was best to just attach the horizontal and vertical baffles first, then attach the whole thing to the shell.
I used 17 baffles total. The first 11 are 57" x 5" x 1.75". The next 5 diminish in width from 55" to 40" (also 5" x 1.75"). The last one is made up of two baffles, each is 20" x 1.75" x 1.75". This final double baffle is used to cover the seam of the interior of last baffle on the liner.
The middle 37" of each horizontal baffle is completely sealed by vertical baffles. The idea is to keep the down in this middle baffle over the body (and not migrate to the sides). The remaining sides of each horizontal baffle are also sealed.
The center of the bottom of the footbox is made up of 5 baffles that diminish in size as they reach the foot end. Each of these is continuous and none of the seams are sewn through.
To complicate things each baffle had to be stuffed and sealed individually before moving on to the next.
I calculated the weight of the down to be 11.48 ozs before starting. This is based on 30% over-stuff using 900 f/p down.
The final weight for the completed quilt turned out to be 17.53 ozs.
Although the baffles are only 1.75" deep the single layer loft is around 2.5" between baffles (about 5" double layer loft). 2.5" of single layer loft should be warm to 20 degrees. This is about 10 degrees warmer than I had anticipated.Jun 18, 2013 at 5:36 am #1997625
J CBPL Member
Wow! This is super impressive. Makes me feel a little guilty for ordering a quilt made by someone else! I will have to try my hand at a making one one day…
Can't believe your final weight. What temps have you tested it to?Jun 18, 2013 at 6:02 am #1997631
Greg MihalikBPL Member
@greg23Locale: Colorado
Very Sweet Indeed.Jun 18, 2013 at 7:17 am #1997649
Jerry AdamsBPL Member
@retiredjerryLocale: Oregon and Washington
Nice! and really nice pictures!
I have M50 and Nobul1. I was going to make an Apex quilt, but with down it's so much lighter.
Do the M50 or Nobul1 leak any down?
Is there any condensation? A little hard to know because it's inside where you can't see it.Jun 18, 2013 at 7:30 am #1997651
Thanks Jeremy and Greg. I finished it just in time to leave for the SHR this Saturday, so i dont have experience in the mountains yet. When trying it at home it quickly gets uncomfortably hot. I think it should be warm down to the low 20's. The Thru-Hiker kit uses a similar amount of down and is rated to 20 degrees. The Zpacks and Katabatic 20 degree quilts with similar dimensions use slightly more down.Jun 18, 2013 at 9:21 am #1997680
Daniel SaundersBPL Member
@bouldermanLocale: Front Range
Looks great! How did you stuff the down into the middle chambers? Did you seal up the two long sides and a short side, stuff to the end of that chamber, then sew up the remaining short side?Jun 18, 2013 at 9:33 am #1997685
Michael GeogheganSpectator
@gogetterLocale: SoCal
Great job Andy. I can't wait to hear how it performs in the field. Enjoy the SHR!
MichaelJun 18, 2013 at 10:03 am #1997695
Ryan SmithBPL Member
@violentgreenLocale: Southeast
Nice job Andy. I've made a few quilts so I can appreciate how much work that must have been.
RyanJun 18, 2013 at 10:53 am #1997710
Thanks for your comments everyone!
@ Jerry, I haven't noticed down leakage or condensation with the M50 quilts I've made before. I used a summer quilt made with M50 for the shell and liner last season, I don't remember having problems with condensation. Do you mean condensation inside the down chambers? A small amount of down has made it's way through a pair of booties I made using NoBul 1, although they probably get more abuse than a quilt.
@ Daniel, for the middle chambers I first sewed the entire baffle system to the shell. Then I sewed all of the baffles to the liner except the horizontal and vertical baffles on one side. Next, I started by filling each of the large middle baffles one by one then sewing the corresponding vertical baffle at the end to seal it and the first side horizontal baffle. This way I could more easily access the next vertical and horizontal side baffles after filling the next large middle baffle. In other words, what you said. . .
@ Michael, after staring at a sewing machine for too long I can't wait to get back out on the SHR!
@ Ryan, thanks, I had no idea what I was getting into w/ this one. It probably took 4 times longer than usual due to all of the starting and stopping.Jun 18, 2013 at 11:09 am #1997717
Jerry AdamsBPL Member
@retiredjerryLocale: Oregon and Washington
There's another thread where someone switched from eVent bivy to M50 and started getting condensation inside from body perspiration.Jun 18, 2013 at 11:41 am #1997728
Thanks for clarifying. I have had similar problems using M55 (the previous version of M50) for a bivy, especially when sleeping near water. I thought you were referring to condensation when using M50 for the shell material of a quilt.Jun 18, 2013 at 4:07 pm #1997791
Sam FarringtonBPL Member
@scfhomeLocale: Chocorua NH, USA
Remarkable job, and more evidence that baffles are key, even though they are a PITA and we try to avoid them.
Bought some 17 gram netting from Extrem Textil suggested on an earlier thread, and that might also work well for baffles. Unless the internal vapor barrier created by the Cuben is somehow important for reasons unknown. Also purchased some very sheer panty-hose material, but it is pretty fragile stuff, even considering it would be protected inside a shell.
Am thinking seriously about using Thinsulate LiteLoft (a mixture of fine Olefin and coarser polyester fibers to produce a puffy batt that also has very small air pockets like conventional Thinsulate). Less baffles would be required for the synthetic, it would be free to reach its full loft, and it resists moisture much better than down. All just theory at this point.
Empathize totally with how the project developed into a major undertaking, as has happened to me also. Yet you stuck with it and created a super warm and super light piece of gear. Congratulations. Hope it serves you well.Jun 18, 2013 at 7:52 pm #1997889
scott NelsonBPL Member
@nlsscottLocale: Hawaii/Sierras
I just made a sleeping bag using Karo baffles. I think it will have better down control to prevent down shifting to the sides. Have not taken out yet.Jun 19, 2013 at 6:29 am #1997985
Jeff McWilliamsBPL Member
@jjmcwillLocale: Midwest
Very impressive, and great pics. Looks professionally done.
I don't have near your sewing skills, so nice to see how well some of these projects turn out.Jun 19, 2013 at 12:29 pm #1998093
Thanks Samuel and Jeff. I'm looking forward to some comfortable nights in the mountains next week. Scott I hope your Karo quilt works out this summer. Maybe I'll try one of those next time.Jun 19, 2013 at 9:22 pm #1998259
Amy LauterbachBPL Member
@drongobirdLocale: San Francisco Bay Area
Holy Moly. It takes enough hours to put baffles in one direction. Amazing piece of work.Jun 21, 2013 at 3:31 pm #1998745
Peter NashMember
@nash-pattbi-comLocale: West Michigan
Very impressive baffles Andy. I hate to think how much work it must have been to construct such an intricate design. Looks way warm.Jun 22, 2013 at 10:14 pm #1999028
Aaron SorensenBPL Member
@awsorensenLocale: South of Forester Pass
This quilt design is perfect.
I will be making one last quilt with almost the same specs. I am skinny so I will taper a little higher and will use 12 ounces of down. I will also just use the M50 fabric for baffles.
It should be right at 18 ounces.
I will be doing the top the same as you, only add more fabric to the bottom of area under the head so it is flush with the top.
The only things I do different that make the quilts much easier to do are to have the baffles just run a little past the 40" width and just make a sewn-thru line strait down (where you did your vertical baffles) . The seam tucks underneath you anyway so there are no colds spots from it.
Then I just run a sewn-thru vertical line on each of the sides, just cutting the excess width in half for the measured width. In your case 57-40÷2 for the two 4 1/4" vertical chambers on each side. The swen-thru chambers also only get about 70% of the down as the rest of the bag. Again, since it is under you the 70% stuff is adequate.
These 2 steps are very effective and cut the time for making the quilt a lot more than full baffles all the way across.
I also like to sew my foot-box up instead of horizontal. When you are skinny it gives you a lot more room for the feet.Jun 25, 2013 at 9:01 pm #1999810
Thanks Amy, Peter and Aaron.
Amy I was impressed with the Love Bird double quilt you made last summer. The attachment system was great, now if I could only convince my wife to give up her mummy bag. . .
Aaron I wish I had thought of your idea when making my summer quilt last year. What a time saving technique! Although I will definitely try that next time I still like the box type baffles for the sides, especially in the possible shoulder season 15-20 degree nights. I have found that the full side baffles create a semi rectangular cocoon type fit. I think this will be my 'one last quilt' for a while!Jun 26, 2013 at 12:18 am #1999854
Jason GBPL Member
@jasongLocale: iceberg lake
lookin good andy..
Based on your post above.. shouldn't you be on the SHR right now?
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Pacman returneth
The sad thing about Adam "Pacman" Jones is that we won't have him to kick around in columns like this much longer. There are really only two outcomes left available for this kid, and neither of them involves any kind of celebrity as an active sports superstar. He's either a) going to end up in a cell next to Cecil "the Diesel" Collins, drinking fermented prune juice out of a plastic bag and staring at a wall full of centerfolds for the next 15 to 18 hard years, or b) he's going to graduate to the level of "former big-name athlete, often arrested on weird and disturbing minor charges," à la former Nebraska Cornhuskers star linebacker Chad Kelsay — who, not long ago, was picked up for eating off of other customers' plates at an Amigo's in Lincoln.
It's going to be one or the other, and there really isn't any middle ground here. When last seen on the football field, Pacman Jones was the most dynamic and unstoppable athlete this side of Devin Hester, an absolute beast of a player who, on returns, walked through NFL linebackers like they were high-school cheerleaders, and on defense lit up wideout after wideout, leaving them shaking on the turf and communicating with team trainers using blinking eyelids. All this cat had to do to guarantee himself a $150 million career was not commit multiple violent felonies.
Think about that. How many guys currently in the prison system would be there if all they had to do to make $100K a week was not shoot, rape, or stab somebody? If you took all 2.7 million of America's prisoners and asked each of them if they could handle a daily regime limited to playing football, getting repeatedly and spectacularly laid, drinking comped highballs, and buying gigantic diamond necklaces, how many of them would say, "No, sorry pal, I've got to work some A-felonies in there as well"? I bet you're talking about maybe three, four thousand guys, tops. Not a lot.
And Pacman is one of them. Out of football this year after a pair of strip-club shooting incidents that in one case left a man paralyzed, Pacman stood a very good chance of being reinstated next season, provided he could stay out of trouble. Specifically, he had to stay out of strip clubs. But not only did he reportedly go to a strip club the night before a meeting with commissioner Roger Goodell earlier this fall, he also went again, and once again managed to get himself arrested. This time, he was accused of punching a female attorney in the eye in an Atlanta strip joint (sports-crime by-rule No. 16B: it's always an Atlanta strip joint) called the Body Tap. Weirdly, the victim, a Wanda Jackson, was a lawyer handling a divorce case involving Jones.
The story goes that Jones accused Body Tap management of stealing one of his bracelets and stormed into the club office. When Jackson came over to "gawk," as she put it, Jones allegedly lunged at her and punched her in the eye.
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Excerpt: "I spent the better part of my ride home from Sunday nights game trying to think of a fitting analogy to best describe the Giants 2012 season.
I finally settled on a childhood favorite of mine, the fable of The Tortoise and the Hare by Aesop, which, if youre not familiar, you can read here.Of if youd rather have the condensed version of the tale, the gist of the story is that the hare, thinking he had all the time in the world to beat the tortoise in a race, decided to slack off only to awaken when it was too late and to find that the tortoise, whom no one would have even imagined could beat a hare in a footrace, had indeed won.
So what does this have to do with the Giants 2012 season?
Repeatedly, we heard the players say after a loss that they werent worried, that the season was a marathon and not a sprint.It was almost as though they were shrugging off that, like the hare in the fable, they had perhaps grown fat with their positive press clippings that came with being the defending Super Bowl champions or that perhaps someone would stumble, and all would be right again.
It didnt work out that way, and the Giants, after a disappointing second half of the season that saw two uninspired and forgettable losses to the Falcons and the Ravens, awoke from their slumber to thump the Eagles into oblivion.But it was too late. Gone was having destiny in their hand. And with that, gone was their chance of defending their world title.Its a harsh lesson, but one that the Giants faithful can only hope that, whichever players are back next year, remembers and passes down to any of the new players who are coming in via free agency or the draft.
There are many hits to be handed out despite the Giants failed to get into the playoffs. Here are a few that stick out the most to me.
There must be something to playing against the Eagles for linebacker Chase Blackburn, who earlier in the season had one of his best games against Philly and who had yet another good game in the regular season finale. The Giants best pass rusher, Blackburn was all over the place, very nearly sacking quarterback Michael Vick., And when he wasnt harassing Vick, he was limiting the damage LeSean McCoy and Bryce Brown tried to inflict against the Giants run defense.What was particularly impressive with Blackburn is that of his seven tackles, the majority came at or near the line of scrimmage and not seven or more yards down field, as we had seen from others on the defense in previous weeks.
I dont know what the future holds for Blackburn, an unrestricted free agent, but hes definitely one of the most underappreciated linebackers out there.
Offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride split the carries between David Wilson and Ahmad Bradshaw, and guess what? both were effective, especially Bradshaw, who has operated on one leg almost all season. by reducing the workload, he was kept fresh, and boy did he look pretty good in the process.
Assuming he returns next season right now its probably 50/50 as hell likely have to take a pay cut I hope that he considers following his lead blocking a bit better than he did at times this year.
A solid showing from Martellus Bennett, who mostly blocked in this one and did so effectively. He spoke the day after about how he hoped to be back next year hes an unrestricted free agent because he believes that another year in this offense will put him and Eli Manning together on the same page, something that wasnt always evident this year.
People like to pick on offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride why I honestly dont know but give him and the rest of the staff credit for aggressively going after the Eagles defenses weak link, the linebackers, who were at fault for a couple of big Giants pass gains, including one of Mannings five touchdown throws that came on a wheel route.
I thought both Giants offensive tackles turned in good games.
David Diehl, who went up against DE Brandon Graham, needed very little help and while Graham was successful with some early game pressures, credit Diehl for tightening his bootstraps and shutting the youngster down.
Will Beatty was almost spotless in his showing. I dont think we heard Trent Coles name uttered once and thats saying a lot considering Cole is one of the Eagles best pass rusher, if not their best. While Beatty appeared to be the guilty part who yielded the Eagles lone sack, it was hard to tell if Philip Hunt, the linebacker was supposed to be blocked by Kevin Boothe.
And how can I forget the entire organization for reaching out to the Sandy Hook Elementary School community?
The Giants hosted roughly 200 teachers, parents, students, and administrators, making them a big part of the pregame ceremony and it was just one of the most touching things Ive witnessed.
To see all those little bundled up children well lets just say I didnt need my binoculars to take note of how wide their eyes were in getting the opportunity to mingle with their heroes. It was simply an awesome way to pay tribute to a community that was rocked to its core by a senseless act of violence that we might never understand.
And along those lines, kudos to the Eagles, who were just as responsive as when they ran out of the tunnel trough the group assembled on their side, their players stopped to high-five all the children. As one of my colleagues had said at the time, that was a sure-fired way to stop the crowd from booing, and sure enough, the Giants fans, always classy, did just that.
Finally, love him or hate him, former Eagles head coach Andy Reid had a tough season, both personally and professionally. Perhaps the most devastating blow to him was losing his son Garrett back in August, an occurrence that no parent should have to go through.Yet Reid somehow found the strength to carry on and continue to coach, even as the team around him was falling apart. Sure, hes gotten the better of the Giants these past few years, but I think we can all agree that what he went through what with losing his son puts everything into perspective." Read more...


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If Lungs doesn't leave you out of breath, you're ready for competitive sprinting. The Wilbury Group staging of this transfixing two-person play by Duncan Macmillan, directed by Steve Kidd (through October 27), is a don't-dare-miss-it masterwork of the current season.
It's such a riveting play and production that it can cavalierly dispense with customary theatrical aids. Not only does it forgo scenery and props, it also does without the subtle guidance of lighting. The house lights are on throughout, just like in real life. The performance space isn't a black box that eliminates distractions but rather a square just a few steps on each side, bordered by three rows of footlights to remind us that this is a theater as well as an old mill building.
The subject of the intermission-free 90 minutes is both simple and complex: a young couple considering whether or not to get pregnant, and the consequences thereof, such as discussing whether it's advisable, or even conscionable, to bring another human being into the world.
The unnamed woman (Rachel Dulude), is admirably capable of explicating the dilemma to her partner and us. Thinking aloud more than conversing, she's a torrent of observations, recollections, anticipations, and anxieties that would sweep away the poor guy (Jed Hancock-Brainerd) if he didn't just stand there like a boulder.
What a challenge, for Dulude especially. She has to control the pace and emotional ebb and flow not only of her character but of the play's entire dramatic arc. She frequently speaks in sentence fragments, which is appropriate for her disconnected thoughts and her excitable personality. For his part, Hancock-Brainerd is no slouch, although that could describe his character much of the time. He doesn't get as much to say, not by a long shot, though toward the end a couple of interesting monologues fill out our appreciation of him. The actor has to remain alert to his partner's nuances, conveying reactions as much in his eyes as through his words. Tough job. He deserves a bonus.
The setting changes are signaled deftly, sometimes just by taking a step or abruptly shifting mood. One moment they're talking normally in their apartment, the next they raise their voices and they're in a nightclub.
He is a musician with a part-time job in a used record store; she's going for, and eventually receives, a PhD in an unnamed subject. He's the one bringing up the notion of having a kid for the first time. They are in an IKEA, and she immediately gets excited by the thought, though at first in a frantic way rather than pleased by the idea. When she stops freaking out, she admits that ever since she was a little girl there was "an image I had of myself, with a bump." She imagines the tiny little socks but also "the vomit."
They come to agree that it's so enormous a decision that people would never have a kid if they thoroughly thought it through. After all, we might destroy the planet before the century's out, so how can we in good conscience put someone through that? But then again, they might be creating some him or her who could be the one to save the world.
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Ryanair has urged the European Commission to abandon its "eco-looney" Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), under which airlines are fined for exceeding carbon emission limits.
The unpopular scheme has faced strong opposition since it was established at the start of the year, with many airlines around the world refusing to sign up.
In an attempt to head off the threat of a global aviation trade war, non-EU airlines have been made exempt from ETS, but those flying within the EU must still take part.
Stephen McNamara, a Ryanair spokesman, said: "We do not believe that European aviation should be included in the ETS scheme since it accounts for less than two per cent of the EU's CO2 emissions.
"This continuation of this eco-looney tax will damage traffic, tourism, European competitiveness and jobs at a time when no other economic block is including aviation in their ETS schemes."
The International Air Transport Association has previously estimated that ETS could cost airlines around the world £1 billion – although that figure will fall sharply if non-EU airlines remain exempt.
The extra cost is already being passed on to consumers. Ryanair, for example, currently charges all passengers an "ETS levy" of 50p (76c) per return flight. The airline carries around 80 million passengers each year, meaning it will collect around £20 million (AUD $30.4 million) from the fee in 2012.
Its first annual ETS bill will be payable in April 2013, although Mr McNamara said how much that bill will be, and how it will be collected by the EU, remains "a mystery".
The cost of flying long-haul from Britain has already soared in recent years, following sharp increases to Air Passenger Duty (APD), which – when introduced in 1994 – was billed as an environmental tax.
Since 2007, APD on long-haul flights has increased from £20 ($30AUD) to £92 ($140AUD) per person in economy class, and it is to rise again in April. Calls for APD to be reduced, to offset the introduction of ETS, have so far been ignored.
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Ok, let me know if you're tired of these, but here's another build-up post. Had an event yesterday and Jango couldn't show up without a flamethrower.:lol
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The inner box can be slid in and out and is held in place by a set screw on the inside. I did this in case I ever wanted to put laser pointers in the flamethrower tips. And I'll get accurate looking tips when I find somebody selling them, but for now these will work.


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Value added tax (VAT) concerns are becoming a more common issue for U.S. taxpayers due to the increase in direct international trade between U.S. taxpayers and residents of foreign countries that impose VAT.
VAT Handbook is a new publication designed to acquaint U.S. tax practitioners with the rules and procedures generally applicable to the payment and collection of VAT. It explores the general concepts associated with the collecting and reporting of VAT, provides numerous examples illustrating the application of these concepts, and addresses many special issues and problems that are unfamiliar to U.S. tax practitioners.


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Section D
The policies designated as (BL) in this manual constitute the By-Laws of the South Plains College District and govern the actions of the Board of Regents and the officials of the College. The policies designated as (BP) are official board policies that govern the operation of the college. All other policies not designated as (BL) or (BP) represent administrative policies that serve as detailed guidelines for the operation of the college. (See Policy BF).
Section D: Personnel
DA. Affirmative Action Plan (BP)
DAA. Americans with Disabilities Act
DB. Non-Discrimination Policy (BP)
DBA. Protection of Rights and Development
DBC.Conflict of Interest Policy
DBC-E. Disclosure Form
DBD. Intellectual Property Policy
DBDA. Student Intellectual Property Rights
DBE. Copyright/Patent Fair Use Policy
DC. Grievance Procedure
DD. Replaced by DDA
DDA. Sexual Harassment Policy
DDB. Racial Harassment Policy
DDC. Due Process (Dismissal/Non-Renewal)
DDD. Corrective Action
DDE. Employee Conduct and Work Rules
DDEA. Smoking in the Workplace (See Policy GF)
DDF. Personal Appearance
DDG. Workplace Violence/Firearms (See Policy HHA)
DE. Substance Abuse Policy
DEA. Substance Abuse Program Implementation
DF. Employment Procedures
DFA-E. Personnel Requisition
DFB-E. Personnel Action Form
DFD-E. Affirmative Action Letter
DFE-E. Employment Application
DFEA-E. Supplement to Professional Application
DFF-E. Approval Notice and Status Change Notice
DFG-E. Application for Classified Positions
DFH-E. Part-Time Teaching Applicants
DFJ. Nepotism (BP)
DFK-E. Oath of Office Form
DFL. Definitions of Employement Status
DGA. Personnel Records and Privacy
DH. Employee Benefits Plan (BP)
DHA. Employee Benefits Program
DHAA. Sick Leave
DHB. Worker Compensation and Sick Leave
DHBA. Maintaining a Safe Work Environment
DHBB. Accident/Injury Reports
DHC. Disability Policy (BP)
DHDA. Family and Medical Leave of Absence
DHDA-E. FLMA Checklist
DHE. Personnel Leave
DHF. Bereavement Leave
DHG. Professional Development Travel (BP)
DHGA. Professional Leave Approval
DHH. Professional Development Leave, Faculty (See Section 5.4 of Faculty Handbook)
DHI. Leave of Absence (BP)
DHJ. Military Leave (BP)
DHK. Vacations
DHL. Jury Duty
DHM. Group Insurance
DHN. Tax Sheltered Annuity
DHNA. South Plains College Pension Trust Fund
DHOA. Payroll Deduction
DHP. Definitions of Payroll/Personnel Actions
DI. Retirement Policies
DIA. Texas Teacher Retirement System
DIB. Optional Retirement Program (BP)
DIC. Medical Benefits Following Retirement
DID. Retirement Recognition
DIDA-E. Retirement Award
DIE. Retiree use of College Facilities
DL. Outside Employment of Faculty and Staff (BP)
DM. University Interscholastic League (UIL) Assignments and Responsibilities
DN. Parking Permits
DO. College Keys
DOA-E. South Plains College Key Request Form
DP. Building Security
DQ. Personnel Classifications
DQA. Employee Handbook, General
DQG. Handbook Supplement, Classified Part-Time (Class A)
DQH. Handbook Supplement, Classified Part-Time (Class B)
DQI. Handbook Supplement, Classified Full-Time (Class C)
DQJ. Handbook Supplement, Maintenance and Custodial Personnel
DQK. Handbook Supplement, Police Officers
DQL. Handbook Supplement, Dorm Supervisor
DR. Compensation Schedule and Options (BP)
DRA. Salary Increases and Supplements (BP)
DRB. Holidays
DRC. Supplemental Pay Procedure for Exempt Employees
DRC-E. Exempt Employee Supplemental Pay Form
DT. Evaluation of Personnel
DTA. Evaluations- Administrators and Supervisors
DTA-E. Administrators and Supervisors Process Form
DTB. Faculty (See Section 3.4 Evaluation, Faculty Handbook)
DTC. Administrative Assistants and Clerks
DTC-E1. Personnel Assessment Process Form
DTC-E2. Physical Plant Personnel Performance Evaluation
DUA. Employee Service Awards
DXA. Exit Interviews
DXA-E. Employee Exit Interview Form
DY. Food and Drinks in Classrooms and Laboratories
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text: Finger Lakes Health is offering two-hour diabetes education classes for individuals that cannot attend full-day classes, or need education on specific diabetes management topics. Classes are held on the campus of Geneva General Hospital in Geneva, and a support person is welcome to attend. Nutrition and Meal Planning will be held on November 26, 9-11:00 a.m. This program explores foods that raise blood glucose levels and those that do not, appropriate portion sizes, dining out, travel and work related-meals, and how to pair foods together for blood glucose control. Participants will use food models and learn plate mapping. Class costs are covered for persons with diabetes by Medicare, Medicaid, and most insurances. In addition to the new two-hour diabetes classes and the full-day course, Finger Lakes Health offers individual diabetes education and free monthly diabetes support groups in Geneva and Penn Yan. For further information about course offerings and support meetings, call (315) 787-4006 or visit Finger Lakes Health's website and click on Calendar of Events at www.flhealth.org. To register for a class, please call (315) 787-4555.


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26 March 2012 News in brief
Airbus Military has successfully demonstrated the A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport's (MRTT) refuelling compatibility with Mirage 2000 and F-16 Block 60 fighter jets – which are the primary aircraft types to be supported by A330 MRTTs in future service with the United Arab Emirates Air Force. This receiver qualification was achieved through a series of flight tests performed in Abu Dhabi, which included air-to-air refuelling at speeds throughout the flight envelope; at a range of altitudes; and in turns, climbs and descents as well as level flight. The United Arab Emirates has three A330 MRTTs on order, with delivery of the nation's first two aircraft scheduled for this year.


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This Morning: Upgrades on Apple, MSFT Activism, GOOG Flash?
Here are some things going on this morning in your world of tech:
Shares of Microsoft (MSFT) are up $1.11, or 3.8%, at $30.88, after CNBC's David Faber this morning reported that $12 billion activist investor ValueAct took a $2 billion investment in the stock, noting that the firm's CEO, Jeff Ubben, is due to make a presentation about Microsoft at an investment conference later today, the Active-Passive Summit. Faber notes discontent among some investors about the weakness in Microsoft's Windows product line.
Shares of Apple (AAPL) are up $5.72, or 1.5%, at $396.25, following a slew of mixed notes this morning. The stock got two upgrades, from Avondale Partners's John Bright, who raise his rating to Market Outperform from Market Perform, with a $600 price target, writing that "We expect a return to growth in FY14 (~10-15%) as gross margins stabilize and see a number of catalysts which could drive a top-line reaccelerating."
And BGC Financials' Colin Gillis raised his rating on the shares from Hold to Buy, despite cutting estimates and cutting his price target to $500 from $550, writing, "market appears to have already priced a slowdown in demand for iPhones and iPads in front of the next product cycle, and any positive news could be a catalyst to move the stock up closer to $500."
Gillis was on CNBC a short while ago, reciting what he billed as his Haiku poem for Apple: ""Jump in the fire as any Apple good news could boost the stock."
At the same time, Citigroup's Glen Yeung reiterates a Neutral rating, and a $480 price target, writing that the company will probably "guide 3Q13 (Jun) well below current consensus" because of $38.3 billion and $9.75 per share. "Although it is fair to say much has been built into the shares, in our view, we see little from upcoming results to warrant buying the shares."
Speaking of Apple, a piece by contributor Gene Marcial of Forbes.com is getting some attention this morning. Marcial writes that some "sources close to some APple executives" say there is "a move afoot" to replace CEO Tim Cook. CNBC jumped on that bit of speculation this morning, asking BGC's Gillis "how much time does he have left," to which Gillis replied, "I think till the end of the year.
Shares of Google (GOOG) are down $8.40, or 1%, at $791.47, and there was a brief item a little while ago about an apparent "flash crash" or "fat finger" in the stock earlier this morning, as 8,000 shares or more traded below $780 for a very brief amount of time. That is unconfirmed at this point in time.
Analysts continue to analyze Google's Q1 revenue miss last Thursday, with William Blair's Ralph Shackart reiterating an Outperform rating, writing that "Google's core business net revenue (excluding Motorola) reached $10.0 billion, beating the StreetAccount consensus estimate of $9.8 billion."
Shares of Amazon.com (AZMN) are down $1.23, or 0.4%, at $259.09, in advance of the company's earnings report on Thursday. The Senate is expected to hold a procedural vote today on passing an Internet sales tax, with a more substantial vote expected tomorrow.
Merrill Lynch's Justin Post this morning writes that it's possible Amazon will miss consensus of $16.2 billion in revenue when it reports Thursday, citing the effects of foreign exchange and international sales. Post reiterated a Buy rating and cut his price target to $310 from $315.
In case you missed it, The Associated Press's Annie Huang has a longish piece yesterday about how Taiwan believes Samsung Electronics (005930KS) is trying to "undermine their competitiveness in markets around the world," by spread false reviews of Taiwanese tech products, and other malicious acts as a "Kill Taiwan" effort. Samsung has denied the allegations of underhanded business practices. Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission is looking into the matter.
Samsung shares today rose up 2% at ₩1,503,000 in Seoul trading.


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I Have Never Played A Good Star Trek Game
Posted on 29th Sep 2009 at 10:05 by Joe Martin with 42 comments
I've played a lot of them, from idiotic non-games like The Captain's Chair which offer a virtual tour of some of the ships in the series, to poorly thought out action games like Hidden Evil. The ones I've spent the most time with though are probably A Final Unity and Generations.
Generations is a particular sore spot for me, as I pressured my parents into pre-ordering it for me from America based solely on hype I'd read in a copy of the official Star Trek magazine.
Yes, I was that sad as a teenager. I like to think I'm a lot cooler now though, even if I still can't grow a beard.


text: On the Shoulders of Titans: Part 1 of 2 - Written by FABIAN NICIEZA Art and cover by MARCUS TO & RAY MCCARTHY Red Robin finally combines forces with his former teammates in a 2-issue crossover with TEEN TITANS that kicks off right here! Is there even enough room for Tim Drake and Damian Wayne - the new Robin - on one team? Meanwhile, Catman and the Calculator have their own agendas for this highly anticipated reunion! Don't miss the pulse-pounding second part in this month's Teen Titans (2003- 3rd Series) #92! 32 pg, FC Cover price $2.99.


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Apparently, I'm one of those artist-types. Except it's not called "artist" anymore. That term is too, well ... artsy-fartsy. It doesn't adequately convey my critical importance to society. And in today's difficult economy, conveying your importance is more crucial to your survival than painting, making music, or filling the front hall of the Portland Museum of Art with fake bricks and calling it a sculpture.
Particularly if you're looking for a tax break.
So, for purposes of government bailouts, I'm renouncing art to take my place in the "creative economy."
That term — coined by Richard Florida, author of the 2007 book The Rise of the Creative Class — seems to cover anyone from a writer such as myself, slaving away in an isolated mountain retreat, struggling to express the deepest yearnings of my soul ("beer, more beer"), to the guy who dreamed up that bonus scheme for AIG executives ("money, more money").
Just in case some bureaucrat mixes up the two of us, could I get my TARP payoff in small-denomination bills with non-sequential serial numbers delivered to an offshore address?
Besides artists and writers, other occupations that Florida tosses into the creative-economy mix are software engineers, scientists, and businesspeople who depend on imagination and innovation. That seems to include everybody from Bernie Madoff to the owners of the MERC trash incinerator in Biddeford.
But make no mistake, the creative economy is not some Ponzi scheme or blackmail-by-stench operation. It's a major contributor to the financial health of our state. In Portland alone, arts and cultural undertakings contribute $30 million a year to the local economy, according to a 2008 study conducted by arts and cultural undertakers. Statewide, wages paid to creative types amounted to more than $575 million in 2003, which seems to be the most recent year the creative types in Augusta have bothered to compile figures.
That's a lot of dough. So, how come I'm getting so little of it? It's simple. The big money in the arts isn't in ceramic pots, hand-woven baskets, or cheap-shot political columns.
It's in films.
Even a boring made-for-TV mini-series like Empire Falls, shot in Skowhegan in 2003, qualified for enough state givebacks to pay my bar tab and that of all my friends for years. Well, months. If we stayed away from the top-shelf stuff.
If I were the producer of Politics & Other Mistakes: The Movie, the lavishly budgeted but nonetheless uplifting tale of a struggling writer trying to express the deepest yearnings of his soul, I'd be eligible for a substantial package of tax credits from the state. I'd also be in line to be reimbursed for 12 percent of the wages I paid to Mainers working on my flick (including me), as well as 10 percent of the money I paid to out-of-state labor. With a bit of paper shuffling (all perfectly legal, of course) I could finish shooting this cinematic masterpiece with more money in my pocket than I started with.
Trouble is, Maine's bribe — I'm sorry, incentive — doesn't compare to that of other states. I can get tax breaks worth 25 percent of my production costs from Massachusetts, and I only have to spend one-fifth as much to qualify. New York offers 30 percent. Michigan will give me 40 percent. And Wisconsin recently conducted a study that showed it was paying $128,000 in taxpayer money for each full-time job it created in the film industry, compared to $6200 in subsidies per new worker for every other type of business.
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after last years debacle i want as little crying as possible
and its hilarious that Pappy is asking why are we voting on everything after he was leading the tears last year, second in command to Lando
i disagree.. .and by your own stats of arguing about having the 2 WR flex - would prove that even more.
It doesnt matter how many players you know, and how well you know teams, and their depth charts....
In a league like ours, the only thing that matters is waiver priority. Everyone on sunday/monday night is scrambling to put in their waiver claims in hopes that someone higher than them in the order has not put a claim in for a 3rd string RB who might get a shot the following week. It really does not matter what you know, as long as you have access to the internet to know who the backups are. its a crap shoot.
Oderint Dum Metuant
It's too bad, I'm too good....
Handcuffing is normal in a 10 man league with the normal 5 bench spots....in a ****ed up league like ours, i'll be robbing the **** out of all your handcuffs =P
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It's too bad, I'm too good....


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September 23, 2009
Student GovernmentAssociation
September 23, 2009
I. RollCall
Absent: Natalie Ehlers
II. Approvalof Minutes
Move: Mike
III. Approvalof Agenda
Move:to strike the agenda (Mike – move to next week)
IV. GuestSpeaker
VI. SpecialTopics
VII. AdvisorReport
Excellentjob last week
VIII. AdvisoryReports
Angela Watts-CCE
-Poetsperformance went well and a good success.
JourdanOtis- Athletics Amb.
JamieHamsa- Interclub Council
2. Sociology
3. Mountain Rescue
NatalieEhlers- Intramurals Director
Opengym Tuesday and Thursday
ElijahRedding- PC Director
TrishDelong- Student Affairs
Talkedto health center and they accepted the flue shot subsidy.
H1N1 October 21st
SoeilSmith- Treasurer
$1571on homecoming- good job, we over budgeted. Needs the receipts for petty cash, and anything else we usemoney for like ordering pizza.
BuckCrocket- WP
Mountaineeringskills went well- trip this weekend is to Hensen creek
Halley Parks-
CoreyVander Veen
Special election- Lauren gotelected and had prior commitments and will miss every single meeting. We will be sending her all theemails. She will be sending us areport and talking to class mates about issues.
For the senator position we pickedthe next person in line- Sarah Forster.
We have a list of the committeesand will be sending out the committees and their times out to everyone.
Good job for last week- one of thebest homecomings we have had in a while
Parade bonfire- football game etc.
Matt Bartholomew
Homecoming was awesome and wentwell. He is thinking of a RTAfundraiser let him know about ideas.
IX. SenateReport
Travis Elliott
Watershedbill- discussed with class mates and it is split. It is not exactly forstudents put on by students. Primary thinking of fully supporting the school- divided straight downthe middle of 50-50 one of the more opinionated issues.
PutPosters on the senate boards! Presenting the bill for the water shed next week
Meetingfor the new construction center. New Taylor plans look great.
Swineflue shot is not coming soon enough- up to the fed but response from thestudents is that its not going to get here soon enough-
headwaters speaker everyone seems really excited about it
X. CommitteeReports
Sustainability Committee
They discussed some of the projects that they are creating; a second compost, recyclephones, and expanding the gardens. Struggling with getting an advisor for the greenhouse, which is what isstopping it. 50 people came to the meeting. They had a ladder to go check out the solar panels and thekids seemed very active- holding a bicycle demonstration and bikes around as agroup. It is done all over theworld- there is no protest- and community building other people do it to provepoints. The Earth tub is set up to go into the new college center
XI. Unfinished Business
XII. NewBusiness
Needs people for the committee- Programming 2500 forboth semester Alex Stigal set aside is for program planning project.- Info onthe website- 6th week of school and was able to tell class needs three students to get theproposals ( not suppose to give classes money)
Meeton the 5th or 6th and make a decision about submissionsof proposals.
XIII. Remarksfor the Good of the Order
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The Fayetteville-Manlius School District wants to make sure its students know the dangers of driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol.
On April 19 and 20, F-M High School junior and senior students participated in the "Every 15 Minutes" DWI prevention program. The national program educates students on the risks of drinking and driving as well as texting and driving. The program's title refers to the statistic that every 15 minutes, someone in the United States dies as a result of an alcohol-related accident.
The school district partnered with the Manlius Police Department and the Manlius Fire Department for the event.
On Thursday, April 19, about 60 pre-selected junior and senior students wore Every 15 Minutes t-shirts and white face makeup, representing those who die as a result of an alcohol-related accident every 15 minutes. They did not speak during the school day unless it was necessary in class.
During the afternoon, junior and senior students were dismissed to the student parking lot near F-M High School House I for a mock accident. Following the accident, the "victims" went to various locations to be filmed and then joined the rest of the 60 students who were involved in the program throughout the day for an overnight retreat.
On Friday, April 20, all junior and senior students took part in an assembly based on the previous day's events. They watched a video of the previous day's events and talked about the dangers of driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs.
On Monday, April 23, at 6:30 p.m. the Manlius Fire Department will be hosting in the high school auditorium a community viewing of the Every 15 Minutes video that was shown to all junior and senior students during the April 20 assembly.
Related News
Fayetteville-Manlius students participate in mock drunk driving accident- cnycentral.com, 4-19-12
Mock accident shows Fayetteville-Manlius students the dangers of DWI- syracuse.com, 4-19-12
Program aims to scare kids sober during prom season- 9wsyr.com, 4-19-12
F-M teens get life lessons with DWI simulation- Eagle Bulletin, 4-19-12


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just to all our americans brothers and sister, irregardless of where your politics lie, have a good day
a historical day indeed
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just to all our americans brothers and sister, irregardless of where your politics lie, have a good day
a historical day indeed
I refuse to watch. lol
What's so historic about it?
The swearing in of the first multi-racial US President makes it historical... I am not an Obama supporter by any means, but I can say for the sake of the country, I hope he just does a good job in office... that is all I ask of him as a leader.
Perhaps it is a matter of opinion. I feel it is a historic day. Having a family who were involved the civil rights movement and living in Atlanta, there have been changes in the way that some people think.
Any Inauguration day is a good. Who ever is elected, it shows we have a great system called Democracy.
I am going to go ahead and post this now as I can easily see this thread headed in a direction that will lead to a poor conclusion. Per the Code:
Any discussion regarding politics/religion or political/religious beliefs is prohibited.
There is nothing wrong with pointing out the fact that this is Inauguration Day in the US and this is a rather unique inauguration, but please make sure you leave any politics at the door. TDH has members from the democratic US to communist China, and everything in between. We do not all hold the same political/religious/social views but we all love Star Wars and we all love Boba Fett. Lets make sure we leave our differences outside to be debated and discussed elsewhere, and focus more on our common goals and similar interests.
Lol, saw that one coming.
I predict.... that this thread will be gone by day's end :lol
You might as well close it now Dent.
Before this get closed some words from me :lol
I wish you all, american sisters and brothers a happy inauguration day here from my little place in germany.
I hope and wish that the world will turn into a better place than it is right now.
Happy inauguration day here from germany.
We had a great day... even though we live about five miles from the activities yesterday, we stayed home and watched from a warm couch. Popped some champagne at the exact moment he was sworn in, perfect timing. Had some friends over and enjoyed the day. :cheers


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State legislation would require restaurants to post calorie content of meals in plain view
Original post made by Checkout, Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park, on Feb 7, 2007
SACRAMENTO—New legislation introduced by State Senator Carole Migden (D-San Francisco) may revolutionize the way Californians eat when dining out—and help combat our perennial battle of the bulge. It's a battle we appear to be losing: 64 percent of Americans are now overweight.
SB 180 would require chain restaurants to post calorie content about their meals in plain view on restaurant menus and menu boards so customers can make informed decisions before ordering meals. A chain restaurant is defined as five outlets in California or one in the state but at least 10 total outlets in the U.S.
"Californians need to know the calorie content of their meals to make healthier decisions about the food they consume," said Migden. "There's no denying the link between overeating fatty foods and obesity. We're spending nearly half of our food dollars outside our homes while obesity rates have risen 100 percent over the last 10 years. Health planners and policymakers are trying to influence eating habits to curb diabetes rates and skyrocketing health-care costs."
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, only 12 percent of Americans eat a healthy diet.
Our fast-paced lifestyles, combined with the prevalence of affordable, convenient fast-food outlets, have led to greater reliance on restaurants to feed our families. With our current system of voluntary labeling, it's difficult for people to make informed decisions about what they eat. Increased caloric intake has been directly linked to people eating out more frequently. Studies have found that children eat almost twice as many calories when they eat at a restaurant than at home.
Currently most restaurants do not provide nutritional information about their meals. Many restaurants post nutritional information on their websites which, while helpful in theory, is unworkable for many people at "point of purchase" who face a menu with no nutritional information provided.
a resident of Portola Valley: Brookside Park
on Apr 17, 2007 at 11:28 pm
This is a great law - I'm all for it - but I think its hard to measure - so caveat emptor may be better - do we really need to government to prevent us from the danger of overeating - I was amazed how many calories a Vente Soy Latte was at Starbucks until I asked to see the calorie book.
The best thing one can do is write down everything you eat then show it to a spouse at the end of the day - or use a diet tracking program on a PDA or cellphone. Just writing it down prevents you from having the extra cookie.
Some years ago we spent time at the Pritkin Center and my husband heard a lecture on dining at restaurants without putting on extra calories.
One question to ask is:
Have you put oil or butter on the meat/fish?
You'd be amazed - I asked this of some calamari - it had been soaked in oil, covered in butter before grilling then topped with olive oil before it was to be served - fortunately I managed to avoid the last two dousings in fat by asking the question.
Another trick is to eat salad instead of getting a bread basket.
A fish stew kind of dish is often not very fatty.
Things like salmon or steak that can seem reasonable are often marinated or given sauces containing fats.
a resident of another community
on Apr 18, 2007 at 9:57 am
One big plus for this bill is this: If restaurants had to post the calorie contents of meals, they'd be more likely to reduce portion sizes. The heaps of food dished out by these chain restaurants for single orders is gross, bordering on obscene.
Studies have shown that portion sizes in American restaurants have grown in the last few decades, and -- guess what -- so has the girth of Americans. When I travel and am forced to eat at some of these restaurants, I am appalled by the portions, and feel terrible about wasting the food that I have to leave on my plate.
If people were aware that the plate of steak and potatoes they order contained 2,000 calories, perhaps they would start pressuring restaurants to reduce the amount of food that arrives on the plate.
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on Apr 19, 2007 at 11:06 am
Anyone who patronizes a McDonald's knows they are doing their body a grave disservice, with or without a calorie count.
I'd much rather know the origins of my entree than the number of calories. Is it processed? Is is fresh? Is it local? Was it sustainably or humanely raised and/or slaughtered?
All calories are not created equal, and to assume that a number is going to aid Americans in eating healthfully and sensibly seems naive. Fat calories from partially hydrogenated oil are not the same as fat calories from olive oil, avocados or tree nuts.
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on Apr 19, 2007 at 12:12 pm
If restaurants limit calorie counts by decreasing portions, they won't neccessarily cut prices. Instead of demanding that restaurants give us less bang for our buck, you can always, i don't know, not eat all the food that's put down in front of you.
Restaurants have these contraptions called "boxes" that you can put food in and take home.
I agree the portions can be obscene, but last time I checked, the Applebee's staff isn't cramming french fries down anyone's throat -- people are doing that to themselves.


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Those are well fed cells. Could you share a little more about how you set up your queen right starter/finisher? When and where to you place the freshly grafted cells?
Those are well fed cells. Could you share a little more about how you set up your queen right starter/finisher? When and where to you place the freshly grafted cells?
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Those are pretty cells. Always interested to hear how others do it, particularly when they look so nice. Please share your details if possible.
Wow, those are some nice looking peanuts there JBJ!! Looks like most of your grafts take as well!! What breed of bees do you run?
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Ahh... the secrets of the trade!
All right there is not really a secret. Its just biology. We all know that there are two strong impulses for a hive to build cells; swarming and supercedure. A good cell builder will exploit both impulses.
Firstly, one needs an exceptionally strong hive flowing over with resources and bees, especially young bees, they have all the magic when it comes to cell building. If the cell builder hive is not boiling over with bees make it that way with brood and bee additions and then feed, even if they already "have plenty". Building cells is energetically expensive and one wants no scrimping by the bees when it comes to lavishing future queens.
For us the first graft is the most work. The queen must be caught and put under an excluder in the bottom box. Take care to give plenty of nice comb for her to lay in. Sort the brood so that all the open brood, or as much as possible (within the basic framework of brood nest architecture) is in the top box. We may have as many as 1 to 3+ boxes between the excluder and the cell building box on the top; all full of bees and ample stores. We leave one frame out of the middle of the top box to receive the graft frame. Timing wise you will get less rogue cells if the graft frame is placed in the hive sooner than later. Depending on schedule and weather, this may be from hours to days. If it is days... be on alert, they have already started some cells and yours will loose the race. By now the open brood is so far from the queen the supercedure impulse will kick in and they will want to build cells so they may as well build the ones we want and not random ones.
Meanwhile, an incredibly vigorous queen is laying her brains out under that excluder. It wont be long and that swarm impulse will be going strong. This is perfect... depending on conditions this may take between 10-14 days or longer if things are running lean. Either way, for the subsequent grafts, the queen is caught, placed under an excluder, and the fresh open brood rotated to the top with room to receive a graft frame. Make sure there is open brood next to the grafts. This guarantees that your grafts will immediately be attended to by ample nurse bees. I have read several books that said not to and have heard not to do that, but experience shows otherwise. The cells speak for themselves. This cycle can be repeated as necessary, although there is considerable judgement involved to discern how hard one can push the cell builder.
If the cells are few, small, brown, and not flowing over with jelly, you are missing one or more of the key elements. The best cell builders will make plump white cells with few if any misses (assuming the grafting is proficient). Lots of young bees and plenty of protein are critical.
There are some nuances depending on if it is spring, summer, or fall. Abundant conditions yield ample cells.
Remember that poorly reared queens off of superior stock will always be inferior to well reared queens off of marginal stock. Techniques and conditions mean lot. Great genetics and good technique are what we strive for.
It is possible to have both.
Always learning!
Some good advice by Old Sol on cell raising. I agree that keeping some open brood around the cells is a good practice. We diligently rotate brood "upstairs" in queenright builders to encourage the presence of plenty of young bees around the grafts. If there is a cold night and no semblance of a brood nest surrounding your cells above the excluder the great majority of the bees will abandon the cells in favor of the main brood nest below.
"People will generally accept facts as truth only if the facts agree with what they already believe."- Andy Rooney
You can also get some really good cells with a queenless cell builder.
"Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself." - Mark Twain
We have used queenless cell builders in the past, however I feel they are much more resource intensive and more work to maintain over the long hall. Queenless units are really only tapping the the emergency impulse to raise cells. I suspect it is better to work for triggering both impulses. It would be interesting to track the weights of the cells to determine roughly the amount of jelly provisioned and the size of the virgin.
Nice pic Broke T, is that the genuine take or did you move a few cells around?
Very interesting JBJ, I've tried various methods of starting cells in a queenright hive, with mixed results. Never put the cells in the 4th box among brood though, but can see it may work, I'll give it a shot.
To me the main problem would be rogue cells on the upstairs brood, I guess you'd have to go through it every few days. How does it work during a heavy honey flow, when the bees have lost interest in swarming and want to choc out that top box with honey?
"Thinking Inside The Box"
The method I'm using at the moment is built around the need to use just a few hives to raise cells and house the breeder queens. I live in suburbia and am allowed 3 hives in the back yard. Swarming is also a no no I have to ensure that doesn't happen. From these circumstances I need to get around 40 cells per week.
So the breeder queens are housed in the same hives the cells are raised in. They are long hives, holding a maximum of 22 frames. The breeder queen is held in a 3 frame compartment at one end in an area sectioned off with a queen excluder. She produces an egg comb once a week for cutting and glueing strips of cells onto the cell bars, I don't graft.
The cells spend a day in a queenless starter, and are then transferred back to the breeder hive, down the other end to where the queen is along with a couple of frames of brood.
Not an ideal method but means I don't have to drive anywhere to do it, I can comply with the 3 hive requirement and do it in the back yard.
Using the cut cell method you don't end up with pretty uniform rows of cells like if you are grafting, but I feel the cells are of good quality. The smallest get culled.
In the frame pictured, I allowed my neighbors, who were curious, to do a bar each, so the two bottom bars have a few less cells than normal, however there are still 35 cells, more or less enough to get me through that week.
The hives are rested, ie, not every hive raises cells every week, or quality will drop off.
"Thinking Inside The Box"
OT, that was for real. Not very often I get 45 of 45. Thats reason I took pic. Most times I can get 40+.
The webbing in your pic is why I move mine to an incubator as soon as they are capped. I hate having to cut them apart.
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Oh i see, I was wondering how come they were all so perfectly clean!
"Thinking Inside The Box"
JBJ are you saying to put the queen right cell builder together at least 10 to 14 days prior to grafting? So that the bees get into swarm mode.
Oldtimer do you cut your comb like the Alley method, like this?
Alley cells.jpg
Yes, I just googled the Alley method to see what he did, and that's what I do as far as the way the cells are cut. But in his method he destroys every secong egg, i destroy two and leave one, or else some of the cells are too close to seperate them without killing one.
"Thinking Inside The Box"
Alley was the first to write about cutting strips of comb (in his case old comb).
Joseph M. Brooks wrote about a similar method using NEW comb instead of old comb and this was adopted by Isaac Hopkins and written about in The Australasian Bee Manual.
Later it was reinvented by Jay Smith and written about in Better Queens:
All of these are basically cutting strips of larvae and destroying some so the cells won't be all stuck together. But I think Hopkins eventually found it easier to just destroy the larvae without cutting and waxing strips and just turn the frame flatways:
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Thanks Oldtimer can you tell me how you attach the comb to the cell bar. I would imagine that you do it with wax, but can you tell me the procedure. I have all the equipment I need to try grafing a few queens this year, but I really like the idea of the Alley method. Steve
The wax is melted in my high tech custom wax melter pictured below.
The wax is painted on the bar with a small paintbrush and the cells glued on, then some more wax is painted on the join just to make sure the cells won't drop off.
Although the cut cell method is reasonably simple, the most difficult part if starting out, would be getting the comb with eggs. Grafting offers the advantage that you can pick and choose larvae so don't have to produce a comb with all larvae the same age. For this reason I'd recommend anyone starting out does learn to graft, ( it's actually pretty easy ), but the cut cell method is also a good way, or in my opinion, the best, long as you are organised to produce the combs with larvae all within 24 hours of each other.
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From Masterpieces from Paris: Van Gogh, Cézanne, Gauguin and beyond Post-Impressionism from the Musée d'Orsay exhibition book, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra 2009
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I would think it helps but you have to do it right.
there is a guy named eric cressey who has a lot of baseball strength stuff. he mainly works with pitchers though.
I do a strength training consisting of the classic lifts, along with plyometric rotational training like this:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrYzhL4KTpQ
and also do some overload and underload swings. with that training I got my batspeed up from the high 60s to low 80s last winter (I have a swing speed radar).
this winter my goal is to get to 90 although I'm not sure I'm genetically capable to do that. But I will try.
I now have my own non commercial blog about training for batspeed and power using my training experience in baseball and track and field.
Power comes from bat speed not strength. Strength can improve bat speed. I've seen some kids lift too much and lose bat speed because they muscled up. Whats needed is a balance of strength and quickness.
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Mechanics not strength. Strength will aid anyone, especially those with good mechanics but how many times do we see the 6'2" 225 OG who plays football and hits a few doubles and homers push the bat with the muscles in his chest? Yet there are smallish, thinish kids on the team hitting balls just as hard most of the time who can't bench within 125 lbs of the beast. Those kids are more whippy, whereas the brute is more rigid and muscled up in approach. He does hit a few a country mile, but the whippy kid does it more often.
Also bat speed is not everything, some of these guys who move their arms really fast have tremendous bat speed, but they've lost any kind of power that the body might help provide, by pushing their hands with tremendous force. For instance, I would think Doc's Yeager's guys rate well on bat speed, but since their hands have pushed across the body (down through the nipple) so early in the swing it takes the perfect pitch for them to hit one out.
As my son has gotten stronger I see him hitting more pitches harder. By that I mean the pitch doesn't have to be center cut or in his preferred area of the plate for him to cream it.
There are two kinds of losers.....Those that don't do what they are told, and those that do only what they are told.
I believe both have their part and especially in the off season you have to work on both. With my son I've opted for workouts with medicine balls, plyo box work, jump rope, etc. At age 13 I prefer to stay away from the weights in general for a few more years. We focus on legs and his core section. I feel free ranging movements will benefit him better than just pure traditonal free weight stuff like I did at his age. We hit 3 times per week with around 50-70 balls each time (I don't believe in hitting till he's exhausted). This is our 4th off season doing this and this year we've upped the gym workouts from the previous year. We've seen consistent improvement each season in regards to his hitting, especially power, and even more improvement with speed and quickness which has been really positive given his size (big slow kid). I really believe the gym work he's done has played a big role in his progress.
There's value in becoming stronger and there's value in making mechanical adjustments. There's also value in developing the mental part of the game.
One of the things that I've stressed to my son and a couple of his friends at times is that so often the ball will dictate how you hit it, where you field it, what you do with it, and reveal (or expose) how prepared you really are. You practice routine baseball. Your training in the off season makes you "that" guy in the spring. And your willingness to invest more than most gives you the legit right to expect more than most.
That's one thing that's way, way, way overlooked. I went to a HS whose mascot was the Hornets. We ran a conditioning drill called the "Hornet-maker." Every school, every sport, every coach has their version. It's nasty. And it's not just for conditioning. It's making the declaration that you are all in. Your "will" is now ready to give fate the middle finger and be ready to back it up. That time in the weight room does a lot for a young man's head as well as his body.
There are two kinds of losers.....Those that don't do what they are told, and those that do only what they are told.
When we arrived at the school coaches hosed us down. We never really stopped. There was a trough with the old sprinkler style water dispensers. You sort of jogged the length of it getting your drink of water. Then there was a hellish course that included pushing sleds, running through a tunnel, carrying sand bags, and a bunch of other stuff - probably some up-downs and bear crawls. Helmets on. Half-racking it. Lots of puking.
My son's school has one drill they call 6-6-6 Running with the Devil. It's suicides, sprints, and stairs.
Reminds me of the military. "Will you quit?" That's what it's about. Will you quit? And, how bad do you want it? But really its investing. And the more invested, the more fight there's going to be to succeed.
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There are two kinds of losers.....Those that don't do what they are told, and those that do only what they are told.
however baseball is more like 3-5 second effort full power followed by 20-30 seconds rest. some believe that pattern should followed in training too. I have read a citation by a famous cycling coach (which unlike baseball is an endurance sport!) who said that most guys are too intense during "recovery ride periods" an not intense enough during the actual speed intervals (because they are still banged up from the "recovery").
doing a block of basic endurance is great but I believe most of the training should be in the anaerobic-alactic (1-6 seconds at full power) zone which is what baseball is mostly about. doing 30 consecutive minutes of subthreshold to threshold effort or 2 minute intervals will not be very baseball specific. it looks cool to have the kids hustle for two hours without a break but MLB baseball is 90% lollygagging and 10% at maximum intensity.
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I now have my own non commercial blog about training for batspeed and power using my training experience in baseball and track and field.
Does strength help.
All other things being equal... i.e. a player making solid contact on a 90 mph pitch one season results in the ball travelling _____ distance. A stronger player, making the SAME contact with the same pitch the next season WILL hit the ball harder and farther. Again... I'm talking the SAME contact. Nothing to do with being TOO big, hampering mechanics, or things like that.
"Herman Franks to Sal Yvars to Bobby Thomson. Ralph Branca to Bobby Thomson to Helen Rita... cue Russ Hodges."
In the preteen years strength may matter more than mechanics. But as the field gets larger and the talent funnel gets smaller and smaller mechanics matter more. What's most beneficial as kids get older is adding bulk and strength to mechanics without bulking up past the point of optimum agility. My son entered college at 6'1", 170. He was 180 by the end of the first semester. This year he's 6'2". Her put on another ten pounds of muscle this fall to 190. The coaching staff told him another 5-10 max next year unless he continues growing so the bulk doesn't start affecting his speed. He runs a 6.6 sixty.
There's a reason that guys on Steroids hit so much better. Because they get stronger..very simple.