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Play-By-Playmate: 'Round the Horn
From Tebow Time at Mile High to the big game on the Bayou, Jaime has you covered this week with another 'round the horn.
This has been an absolute whirlwind weekend in sports. Between NFL playoffs, College Bowl season and an MLB hot stove that just won't stop, my head is spinning with all the news in sports. So I thought it was about time we went around the horn again and looked at some of the bigger stories that have popped up over the last week, including one involving the LA Kings and some pancake related injuries.
The Big Game
LSU and Alabama play tonight for the National Title and we couldn't have asked for a better game. These are two great traditions, two great fan bases and two teams that are used to playing in a big game. Now, I'm not saying I don't like me a good ole' fashion shootout, but I've always said defense wins championships and Alabama has the best D in the country. That said, they're supposed to be playing at a neutral field and I'm no geographer but I think LSU is a little closer to New Orleans than Alabama so they might have the home town crowd behind them. LSU has also played more top 25 teams this season and three in their final five games compared to Bama's one so I think they have a little more experience coming into this. But I'm not counting Bama out. They'll be playing for revenge and that's a pretty sweet taste. I'll say they upset LSU's perfect season.
The Mighty, Mighty Marlins
Wow! Miami has upgraded everywhere this year except in the fashion department. I still maintain that they have the most heinous jerseys in sports. But we've made some power moves on the field. We've got three new all-stars in Buerhle, Bell and Reyes and we just picked up Carlos Zambrano for a bargain basement price. He definitely wore out his welcome in Chicago but I know my Marlins fans and we are going to welcome him with open arms, especially at that price. I know he's got some anger issues, he gets emotional (let's be honest, you boys have your time of the month too) but I think a change of scenery will be good for him and us.
Tebow Time
I'm seriously starting to think that Tebow took a trip down to Georgia and came back with a golden fiddle. Forget all this God talk. Tebow might have made a deal with the devil. I was shocked. I went three for four in my picks this weekend and was looking forward to being perfect when Tim Tebow showed up on an 80 yard drive in OT against last year's AFC Champs. I know Big Ben and half their team was injured but I just didn't see this coming. I really thought the Broncos buck was going to stop here. That high snap at the end? What was that!? It's either the man upstairs still shining on Mile High or a done Denver deal with the devil. I'm standing by the rest of the picks I made last week though. As much as I hate the Patriots, I do not see Denver getting past them, deal or no deal.
The Full Stack
Listen fellas, there is nothing sexier than a guy who can hold his own and hockey players can. They are the rough and tumble type I like. There is something sexy about a guy who can go out onto the ice for 60 minutes, get smashed all around the boards and just keeping on ticking. All guys should be able to do this. Which is why I found it so surprising to read LA Kings forward Dustin Penner will be out with back spasms due to breakfast related injuries. For those of you who haven't heard, Penner was apparently trying to eat the heaviest pancakes in the world but when he bent over to dip them in maple syrup he pulled his back, missing Saturday's game and tonight's. I don't know if this is better or worse than Brian Tallet missing three months last year with a rib injury he picked up after sneezing too hard. No it's worse. No wonder the Kings are doing so poorly this season.


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Who are some players the Giants are projected to go after with our 1st round pick that folks would consider "freak athletes?" With our BPA mentality, is there a freak we may go after that could surprise us b/c it's not a need.
The only person I can think of from an intangible standpoint is the WR from Georgia Tech. He's tall, can leap and is very fast.
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The Time To Protest Trump Is Now.
November 15, 2016 By Daniel Fincke
It is time for a negotiation, not a coronation. [Read more…]
Don't Assume Trump Will Be A One Term President.
November 15, 2016 By Daniel Fincke Leave a Comment
During their first terms, I never understood people who scoffed at the idea that George W. Bush or Barack Obama could possibly win a second term. To me they were always odds on favorites. Incumbents always are. In the last one hundred years going back to the election of 1916 a sitting president has lost only a [Read More…]
My Thoughts on Social Justice Activists on Campuses and Why Philosophy Matters
September 1, 2016 By Daniel Fincke
I'm delighted that I just got the chance to go on Trav Mamone's Bi Any Means podcast! The first half is about who I am and how I got where I am and why I named my blog what I did. In the latter half of the issue Trav asked for my thoughts on social [Read More…]
On Steelmanning Arguments and Personally Customizing Them
August 10, 2016 By Daniel Fincke
When you straw man someone's argument you present an easy-to-refute misrepresentation of their reasoning rather than countering what they actually think or the actual reasons that they have for thinking it. Rob Talisse coined the term "weak man" to refer to a related but distinguishable tactic of focusing on someone's weakest arguments for their position [Read More…]
After Orlando: An Open Letter To Conservative Christians About Loving Gay People
June 22, 2016 By Daniel Fincke
Conservative Christians, if you loved gay, bisexual, lesbian, and transgender people you wouldn't erase or minimize the fact that Orlando was a persecutory act against them. You also wouldn't love them only for their potential to become conservative Christians like you. Your typical attitudes show you not only don't love gays, but you don't even give them the basic civic respect that you give others you think are at least as equally displeasing God. And you certainly don't treat them as you would tolerate being treated for one solitary second. [Read more…]
The Year in Quotable Finds
June 13, 2016 By Daniel Fincke Leave a Comment
"When someone shows you who they are believe them; the first time." ~ Maya Angelou "Ethics is basically the study of Nazis in convoluted, improbable scenarios." ~ Paul Keith "My rule of thumb: if at first you don't succeed, try again until your failure is statistically significant." ~ Melissa Chen "If you only read the books that everyone [Read More…]
Help For Academics Thinking Beyond The Professoriate
May 3, 2016 By Daniel Fincke Leave a Comment
Dr. Jennifer Polk, PhD is an academic, career, and life coach who specializes in helping people who are transitioning out of academia or who are contemplating doing so. Her transitioning clients include everyone from graduate students to tenured professors. She runs the website From PhD to Life and is running a conference the next two Saturdays (May [Read More…]
My Podcast Tour–Rationally Speaking, Life After God, Secular Sexuality, Naked Diner, and The Phil Ferguson Show
March 7, 2016 By Daniel Fincke Leave a Comment
I recommend you check out one of these podcasts a day, Monday through Friday this week. [Read more…]
Virtues, Values, and Meaning In Life (New Class)
February 24, 2016 By Daniel Fincke Leave a Comment
I am delighted in this post to announce and explain my new classes, "Virtues, Values, and Meaning in Life" and a revamped and relaunched version of my Philosophy for Atheists class. Both will start as soon as students are ready in March 2016 and run year round as students are able to continue or join midstream. Contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com or, preferably, on Facebook to express your interest and help me nail down the schedule around your availability. [Read more…]
Massimo Pigliucci and Me Talking Stoicism on MeaningofLife.TV
February 2, 2016 By Daniel Fincke Leave a Comment
I got to have a fantastic chat with Massimo Pigliucci about stoicism. Check it out below:
If you want to watch selected segments, here are direct links to portions of the video where we discussed different distinct topics. For those interested in debates about the legitimacy of a lot of social justice activism, the segment about applying Stoicism to the social sphere connects directly to those issues.
I am also going to spend this month (February 2016) teaching a four week class on Stoic Ethics that will meet February 5, 9, 16, and 23 from 3pm-5pm Eastern. (Essentially it's a Tuesdays class but the first session will now be on Friday to accommodate a time conflict for one of the students.) There's still time to sign up if you want to. Just write me at firstname.lastname@example.com to let me know you want to join or to ask any questions. If you cannot make the class this month but want me to do it again in the future, please write to let me know that too! For more on how my courses work and a fuller menu of them, see this page. [Read more…]


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We first meet Morgane when she is 8 years old, living with her mother on Bounty Island while her father is sailing the high-seas. But when her mother dies, her father, heartbroken, takes Morgane away with him on his adventures. Upon her 17th birthday, Morgane is told to find a crew of her own and a cargo to sail with. To the feisty and confident young woman, this sounds straight-forward, but in the dangerous waters of the 17th century Caribbean, this is more difficult than even she realises! However, along the way, we find out that her long lost uncle is still alive so she forges ahead and begins the journey for Turtle Island where both her uncle, and the treasure, awaits her.
Alessandro Castillo, Morgane's father, is both proud and protective of his daughter. A respected Pirate, he soon realises that he'll not always be around to look after her and decides to teach her his pirating ways and how to captain a ship of her own.
The merchant, Thomas Briscoe, hires Morgane to help him find something that he's been obsessed by for the last ten years – the fabled Golden Turtle. A pampered and overweight man in his fifties, Thomas has a greater ambition than being just a successful merchant. All his life he has dreamed of exploring for riches, but his wife tells him he's not the adventuring kind! Undaunted, his quest with the pirates is his one last chance of a real adventure.


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The Senior Nutrition Program offers a nutritionally balanced meal for all people to enjoy.
Meals are served Monday-Friday at 11:30 a.m. The suggested voluntary donation is $3.85 per meal for those over 60 and $6.80 for those under 60.
Meals on Wheels are available for homebound seniors.
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Great show, My wife and I enjoy it. Best of luck to you Will, and everybody at RED JACKET as you head into the future.
Great show, My wife and I enjoy it. Best of luck to you Will, and everybody at RED JACKET as you head into the future.
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Will, any general ballpark idea what the M203-12 will cost?
I'd rather hear more about the 5.56mm rotary...
I'm sorry but both will have to wait till a more appropriate time . I can say this , we are more full force on the rotary and have a revolutionary de-linker/feed system for it along with other features that greatly expand it's utility in the field .
Merry Christmas to me... just got this on transfer and I'm ready for the weekend to put some rounds through it. It's an incredible looking rifle; this cell phone pic does it no justice. It disappeared from your website a week or so ago and I freaked out. I was lucky enough to stumble across Atlantic having stock of some.


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Sunny Studio with Pool (Blazis House Studio 4)
Size35 m²
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- Parking available
- Pool
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- Towels
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The cozy studio is perfectly equipped for 2 people, and contains 2 single beds which can be combined to make a double, a wardrobe and a TV. Guests can use a compact kitchen with an oven and small fridge. The bathroom has a shower. End the evening sitting on a balcony with a view of the Lefka Ori Mountain Range.
Almyrida is a picturesque maritime village 30 kilometres from Chania Airport, 15 kilometres from Souda Bay and 20 kilometres from Chania City. It is home to 2 sandy beaches, and wonderful seaside taverns serving fresh fish and delicious local food.
Guests can benefit from a selection of cafes, bars and markets available locally. Cars and bikes are available to rent, or a taxi service can be used.
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Reviews of this property
Hello Nicholas, we had an fantastisch vacation in Almerida, Blazis House. It was a very nice appartment and also the aria arround. Very friendly people avery where and we had a very nice contact whit your housekeeper. We are for sure coming back! Thanks.
The accommodation looked fine. We were received by Ms. Roula, house keeper Nicholas, taking us by mail of this was informed. We ourselves have not seen Nicholas.
The signage to the property was very unclear and poor. The added card in the mail from Wimdu.
We assumed that it was on the outskirts of city of Chania. But it was the village Arymido far outside Chania. Thanks to helpful locals we found it.
De accomodatie zag er prima uit. We zijn ontvangen door mevr. Roula, house keeper van Nicholas, die ons per mail hiervan op de hoogte stelde. Zelf hebben we Nicholas niet gezien.
De bewegwijzering naar de accommodatie was erg onduidelijk en slecht. Ook het toegevoegde kaart bij de mail van Wimdu.
Wij gingen ervan uit dat het aan de rand van stad Chania lag. Maar het was het dorpje Arymido ver buiten Chania. Dankzij behulpzame bevolking hebben we het gevonden.
The stay was very pleasant. Regularly (about 2x / week) Bed linen and towels were replaced altogether new and the garbage was disposed of. The room was equipped with everything you needed. The terrain had been well presented and designed with great attention. The Hauskepperin was very very friendly and accommodating. Even the owner was always fast and reliable information. All in all a great holiday!
Der Aufenthalt war sehr angenehm. Regelmäßig (ca. 2x/Woche) wurden Bettwäsche und Handtücher komplett neu ausgewechselt und der Müll wurde entsorgt. Das Zimmer war mit allem ausgestattet was man brauchte. Das Gelände war schön hergerichtet und mit viel Liebe gestaltet worden. Die Hauskepperin war sehr sehr freundlich und zuvorkommend. Auch der Besitzer gab immer schnelle und zuverlässige Auskünfte. Alles in allem ein super Urlaub!
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A very nice, clean apartment with well serviced pool. Roula was very helpful and it was great to have the sheets and towels changed and the apartment cleaned mid-stay. It would have been helpful to have some information about the local amenities, such as the location of the bakery, bank, where to buy bus tickets and bus timetable, leaflets about the surrounding area, etc.
Perfect Holiday!
Terrific location in the middle of beutiful Almerida. The hotel and the rooms were really clean and nice, the pool were shining clean! The personal were really helpful and friendly. The best hotel in Almerida!! :-)
Thank you for a wonderful week!
/Regards Thomas with family
Blazis House and owner Nicholas with his wife and housekeeper Mrs Roula has an excellent nice place and they were very helpfull and friendly. Than You very much You all. Grand children were with us and the enjoy a lot. Almyrida-village was also surprisingly nice, many good tavernas, beach was also very suitable for children. It was a great pleasure to relax one week at Blazis House. We have still one lemon from Your lemon tree. We will have Your lemon tomorrow when celebrating Midsummer eve at home. Greatings to You. Hannele and Harri from Kuopio, Finland.
The apartment is fantastic. We stayed as a family of 5 in the Easter holidays at the beginning of April. The apartment was spotlessly clean and everything you needed was provided. The hosts were extremely friendly and did everything they could to ensure we had a great time, including being flexible in meeting us after at 10 pm on arrival due to flight times, providing advice about places to visit, checking we didn't need anything and regularly emptying bins etc. The swimming pool was in operation which was a great bonus at this time of year. I used it daily and although it was too cold to play in, it was ok for some serious swimming. The apartment is really well designed with two balconies to catch the morning and evening sun. A very short walk to the beach and some excellent family restaurants. We can not recommend this apartment to others enough. Thanks to our hosts for a great holiday!
I was with friends at the home of Nicholas in May 2015. We are very pleased with the holiday. Description of the apartment we stayed in was consistent with the facts. The owner quickly responded to those questions by e-mail. Taking care of the house Mrs. Roula was very friendly and helpful. Swimming in front of the house pure and priceless during hot days. The house itself is located close to the sea about 200m. Near the shop, bakery. We would recommend Wojtek (age 45)
Byłem z przyjaciółmi w domu Nicholasa w maju 2015r. Jesteśmy bardzo zadowoleni z tych wczasów. Opis apartamentu, w którym mieszkaliśmy był zgodny ze stanem faktycznym. Właściciel bardzo szybko odpowiadał mailowo na zadawane pytania. Opiekująca się domem Pani Roula była bardzo miła i pomocna. Basen przed domem czysty i bezcenny podczas upalnych dni. Sam dom położony blisko od morza około 200m. W pobliżu sklep, piekarnia. Serdecznie polecam Wojtek (lat 45)
Great apartment with a lovely pool. Definitely recommended! In the village Almeryda you can eat at t cozy restaurant Makis.
Geweldig appartement met een heerlijk zwembad. Zeker aan te raden! In het dorp Almeryda kun je heerlijk eten bij t gezellige restaurant Makis.
A lovely spot to relax, 3 minutes walk from the beautiful bay of Amyrida.
Een heerlijk plekje om te relaxen, 3 minuten lopen van het mooie baaitje van Amyrida.
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Speaking Event: Malalai Joya - A Woman Among Warlords, Prospect for Afghan Women & Non-Intervention
Malalai Joya, 35, first gained international attention in 2003 when she spoke out publicly against the domination of warlords in Afghanistan. In 2005 she became one of 68 women elected to the 249-seat National Assembly and was the youngest member of the Afghan parliament.
An extraordinary young woman raised in the refugee camps of Iran and Pakistan, Joya became a teacher in secret girls' schools, hiding her books under her burqa so the Taliban couldn't find them; she helped establish a free medical clinic and orphanage in her impoverished home province of Farah.
In 2010, Time Magazine placed Malalai Joya on their annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Foreign Policy Magazine listed her in its annual list of the Top 100 Global Thinkers. In March, 2011, The Guardian listed her among the "Top 100 women activists and campaigners."
Her widely praised book, "A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice," was published 2009 by Scribner in the U.S. Copies of her book will be available for purchase and signing by Ms. Joya.
Contributions requested at the door.
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Ben Affleck didn't feel "entitled" to win an Oscar for Best Director this year.
The Argo director and star missed out on an Academy Award nomination despite winning a string of accolades over the past few weeks for his Iranian hostage drama but insists he is over the snub.
The 40-year-old star told reporters in the press room after picking up the top prize Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Motion Picture at the Director's Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles on the weekend: "You're not entitled to win anything. You're not entitled to anything in life. I'm really happy - I'm thrilled and honoured - that the Academy nominated me as a producer for the movie... It's okay. I'm really lucky. I'm in a great place."
Affleck - who is married to actress Jennifer Garner and has three children, Violet, seven, Seraphina, four, and Samuel, 11 months - admitted during his acceptance speech that he decided to become a director because he was so confused about his acting career.
He said: "I got to a point in my life where I was really down, really confused, really felt beset on all sides by life, didn't know what was going to happen. [So] I thought, 'I should be a director!'
"I worked really, really hard to become the best director I could be, by putting in as [many] hours as I [could], and banging my head against a wall, berating myself, lying to myself about whether it was going to work. And I don't think this [award] makes me a real director - but I think it means I'm on my way."
Other big winners at the ceremony included Girls creator and star Lena Dunham, who won Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Comedy series.
The Directors Guild Awards can be one of the most-accurate forecasts for who will take home the big prize Best Picture at the Oscars on February 24.
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"The combination of the generous Forty Acres Scholarship and the prestige of the McCombs Business Honors Program clinched my decision to attend the University. So far, the opportunities presented by both programs seem endless. Every day, I am fortunate to be surrounded by the best and brightest students, faculty and alumni, all of whom inspire me to challenge myself and take full advantage of my time at UT."
The McCombs School of Business has placed a historical emphasis on awarding scholarships to enrolled students as a reward for demonstrated performance at the college level. As McCombs has evolved into one of the nation's leading names in business education, this legacy has left it inadequately equipped with the freshman scholarships needed to recruit the nation's top students. Each incoming class numbers some 800 talented freshmen, but McCombs awards only 19 (2%) of these students scholarship packages.
Not surprisingly, the lack of ability to provide scholarships costs McCombs many of its potentially best students. Surveys show that in instances where honors students chose to decline their offer in favor of another institution, half cited lack of sufficient financial support as their primary reason for doing so.
Tom Gilligan, Dean of the McCombs School, has made it a top priority to remedy this problem. With his support, we have set a goal to establish a community of scholars built on a tiered "McCombs Scholars" program meant to complement the existing Forty Acres Scholars Program. Over the long-term, this ambitious initiative seeks to equip the McCombs School with 375 total scholarships (over 90 per class)—enough to ensure that the very brightest young minds in business have every reason to call the McCombs School home. We hope you will join us in contributing to this important effort.
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[Article]-Review: SANS vLive 580 Metasploit Kung Fu for Enterprise Pen Testing
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SANS vLive! Online Security Training and Courses, promoted as the solution to employers' lack of travel budget, offers a great alternative to a security conference. The training material and instructors are the same as you'd expect from a SANS conference, par excellence. The material is presented using the typical power point slides with live streaming of the instructor's head, Max Headroom style, and of course an audiocast. The instructor will answer any questions posted via a chat window as they are asked.
I recently attended SANS 580 Metasploit Kung Fu for Enterprise Pen Testing via SANS vLive!. The course was taught by one of course authors, John Strand. Typically a two-day course, the vLive! training was broken down into four 3-hour sessions with each session delivered bi-weekly for two weeks, i.e. three hours Monday, three hours Tuesday and the same the following week. Not being a fan of webinars, I was surprised by how well this medium worked. The combination of excellent material and engaging instruction by Mr. Strand provided an outstanding learning experience. The time between sessions gave students a chance to read the course material and do the exercises when they had the time. The instructor was available via email and phone to answer any questions about the material and labs, though I found that the material was written well enough, that I had no trouble completing the labs without additional help.vLive! from SANS is their live, online training platform.
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Statement of Beth Campbell
Energy Information Administration
Department of Energy
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Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality
Committee on Energy and Commerce
U. S. House of Representatives
Natural Gas
February 28, 2001
Natural gas prices have been high this past winter by any measure. Residential consumers have faced large bills for delivered gas because of a combination of strong demand and high commodity prices. Spot prices were highest in late December and early January, corresponding with cold temperatures. Gas spot prices at Henry Hub in southern Louisiana reached as high as $10.53 per thousand cubic feet (Mcf) on December 29, 2000, but fell below $6 the week of February 19, 2001. The California market has been the location experiencing the highest spot prices.
The high national prices have been due to a number of factors, including record-setting demand for natural gas in 2000. At 22.7 Tcf, demand increased approximately 1 Tcf over the 1999 level. The year-to-year production increase was about 0.5 Tcf. The gap between consumption and production was closed by record levels of gas imports. Strong demand throughout 2000 meant that smaller quantities of natural gas were injected into storage for use during this winter's peak demand.
EIA projects that this winter spot wellhead natural gas prices will average about $6.10 per Mcf, more than two and one half times the price of the previous winter season (prices expressed in nominal dollars). Assuming normal winter weather and continued low underground storage levels, the annual average wellhead price in 2001 is projected to be about $5 per Mcf, an increase from the price of $3.60 per Mcf in 2000. In The Annual Energy Outlook 2001 natural gas consumption is expected to increase at an average rate of 2.3 percent per year for the next two decades, reaching a consumption level of 35 Tcf in 2020. EIA forecasts are contained in the Short-Term Energy Outlook and the Annual Energy Outlook 2001 and can be reviewed at www.eia.gov.
Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee:
I appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss current and future natural gas prices and supplies in the United States.
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) is an autonomous statistical and analytical agency within the Department of Energy. We are charged with providing objective, timely, and relevant data, analysis, and projections for the use of the Department of Energy, other government agencies, the U.S. Congress, and the public. We do not take positions on policy issues, but we do produce data and analysis reports that are meant to help policy makers determine energy policy. Because we have an element of statutory independence with respect to the analyses that we publish, our views are strictly those of EIA. We do not speak for the Department, nor for any particular point of view with respect to energy policy, and our views should not be construed as representing those of the Department or the Administration.
The Committee has requested information about:
Each month EIA prepares information about natural gas supply, consumption, and prices derived from a variety of respondents and data sources. It also updates its Short-Term Energy Outlook, which contains quarterly projections through the next two calendar years, taking into account the latest developments in energy markets. The Annual Energy Outlook provides projections and analysis of natural gas consumption, supply, and prices through 2020. The projections in this testimony are from the Short-Term Energy Outlook February 2001 (STEO) and from the Annual Energy Outlook 2001 (AEO2001), published by EIA in December 2000. These projections are not meant to be exact predictions of the future, but represent a likely energy future, given technological and demographic trends, current laws and regulations, and consumer behavior as derived from known data. These EIA products are the basis of the information provided today.
Recent Natural Gas Prices
Natural gas prices are measured in several ways. There are spot market prices for immediate sales, long-term contract prices, and futures market prices. There are also price measurements made at different points in the supply system -- for example, at the wellhead or the citygate -- and at different market locations throughout the United States including the Gulf Coast, the U.S.-Canadian border, or the Northeast. Prices are also measured for different end-user groups -- residential, commercial, or industrial consumers and electric utilities. Our home bills reflect the price of the gas commodity purchased by local utilities or marketers in a mix of spot and long-term contracts, charges for shipment to the citygate by interstate and intrastate pipelines, storage charges, and charges for local distribution company services.
At the beginning of the supply chain, however, is the wellhead price. During 1998 and 1999 wellhead gas prices hovered around $2 per thousand cubic feet. Spot gas prices in the supply region, which are usually slightly higher than the composite wellhead price comprised of spot and longer-term sales prices, were generally below $3 per thousand cubic feet. Preliminary data for last summer indicate that overall wellhead prices were above $3.60 per thousand cubic feet (Figure 1) and spot prices averaged more than $4 per thousand cubic feet. Spot prices remained above $5 per thousand cubic feet in the fall. This was more than double the average spot price a year earlier, all prices in nominal dollars. In late November, gas spot prices (as measured at the Henry Hub in southern Louisiana -- a major pipeline interconnection and transshipment point) moved past $6 per thousand cubic feet, reaching as high as $10.53 on December 29, 2000. Since that point spot wellhead prices have fallen and were below $6 throughout the week of February 19, 2001. In addition to higher prices nationally, some regional markets have experienced particularly high prices. California has experienced the highest of the regional prices.
The sustained high national prices are due to a number of factors. The first of these is the strong demand for natural gas throughout 2000. Preliminary data for 2000 indicate that U.S. natural gas consumption reached a record 22.7 trillion cubic feet (Tcf), passing the previous high of 22.1 Tcf in 1972. The year-to-year increase in consumption from 1999 to 2000 was almost 1 Tcf. The high levels of demand the past year are related to the strong economy in 2000 and the return of cold winter weather in late 2000.
The industrial sector accounts for about 40 percent of U.S. natural gas demand, followed by the residential, electric utility, and commercial sectors. Natural gas consumption peaks in the winter due to residential and commercial space heating demand. Electric generator demand, however, peaks in the summer when gas-fueled generators are in greatest use. Another contributing factor for high prices of natural gas has been the high price of crude oil. Some industrial consumers and power generators are able to switch between natural gas and distillate fuel oil or residual fuel oil. The rise in natural gas prices has usually followed the rise in crude oil prices.
Production of natural gas also rose last year but was more modest than the consumption increase. Preliminary data indicate that the year-to-year increase, about 0.5 Tcf, resulted in production of approximately 19.1 Tcf. The gap between consumption and production in 2000 was closed by record levels of gas imports, primarily from Canada. Production appears to have increased throughout 2000 as the result of successful drilling and well completion. Gas drilling rig activity remains high and should result in increased production in 2001 and 2002.
Strong demand for gas in summer 2000 meant that smaller quantities of natural gas were injected into storage for use during this winter's peak demand. At the beginning of the winter heating season on November 1, 2000, natural gas in storage was about 7 percent below the average 5-year level (Figure 2). Data as of February 16, 2001 indicate that national storage levels are 33 percent below the average 5-year level and storage in the West region is 56 percent below its average 5-year level. Nonetheless, it now appears, presuming that withdrawals for the rest of February and March are average, that U.S. working gas storage will remain above 500 billion cubic feet at the end of March 2001. While end-of-season storage will be at or near a record low, there were concerns early in January 2001, when the temperatures had been coldest, that working gas storage would be depleted by the end of the heating season. This fear contributed to the price spikes at that time. Concerns about storage levels in the West region remain.
Regional storage and pipeline capacity are also part of the explanation for the regional differences in prices seen across the nation. Storage and pipeline capacity nationally have generally been adequate to meet most peak-day demands during recent winters. However, there are some points on the system where capacity constraint and bottleneck problems could arise during severe weather periods, if incremental demand increases beyond local capabilities. The California market and the Northeast region are examples of areas where concern about supplies or deliveries led to price competition for available supplies. By contrast, gas production increases in Rocky Mountain States during recent years have resulted in constraints for gas exiting the region. This has resulted in the region having the lowest average natural gas spot prices in the nation.
Supply problems in California for natural gas-fired electricity generation have helped to increase natural gas prices and have frequently caused interruptible customers to be cut off in that State. The situation in California is characterized by low natural gas storage, natural gas pipeline bottlenecks, high electricity demand, and low availability of alternative means of electricity generation, e.g., hydropower and nuclear electric power.
The Outlook for Natural Gas
Short-Term Outlook. EIA projects that this winter spot wellhead natural gas prices will average about $6.10 per thousand cubic feet, more than two and one half times the price of the previous winter season (all prices expressed in nominal dollars). Assuming normal weather and continued low underground storage levels, the annual average wellhead price in 2001 is projected to be about $5 per thousand cubic feet (Figure 3). In 2002, we expect the storage situation to improve, leading to a decrease in the average annual wellhead price to $4.50 per thousand cubic feet. Domestic natural gas production for 2001 and 2002 is expected to rise as production responds to the high rates of drilling experienced over the past year. Production is projected to increase by 5.4 percent in 2001 and 2.5 percent in 2002.
The Outlook for Natural Gas to 2020. AEO2001 provides an integrated projection of U.S. energy market trends for the next two decades on an annual basis. Natural gas consumption is expected to increase at an average rate of 2.3 percent per year. Increases are expected in all sectors, but the most rapid growth is for electricity generation, where natural gas use (excluding cogenerators) is projected to grow from 3.8 to 11.3 trillion cubic feet between 1999 and 2020 (Figure 4). Unlike oil, domestic natural gas production, with its larger and more accessible resource base, is expected to increase from 18.7 trillion cubic feet in 1999 to 29.0 trillion cubic feet in 2020 to meet growing domestic demand. Increased production comes primarily from lower- 48 onshore conventional nonassociated sources, although onshore unconventional production is expected to increase at a faster rate than other sources. In order to fill the gap between domestic production and consumption, net natural gas imports are expected to increase from 3.4 trillion cubic feet in 1999 to 5.8 trillion cubic feet in 2020. Net liquefied natural gas imports are projected to increase from 0.1 to 0.7 trillion cubic feet by 2020; however, most natural gas imports are by pipeline from Canada. In EIA's reference case, average natural gas wellhead prices are projected to eventually return to the historical trend and gradually increase thereafter, driven by natural gas demand growth, particularly in electric generation, and the natural progression of the discovery process from larger and more profitable fields to smaller, more costly ones. Average lower-48 wellhead prices are forecast to increase at an annual rate of 2.0 percent from 1999 levels. Because of expected improvements in transmission and distribution efficiencies, average delivered prices are expected to increase by only 0.5 percent annually.
Electricity consumption overall is projected to grow by 1.8 percent per year through 2020. Generation from both natural gas and coal is projected to increase through 2020 to meet growing demand for electricity and offset the decline in nuclear power expected from retirements of some existing facilities. Assumptions about electricity industry restructuring, such as higher cost of capital and shorter financial life of plants, tend to favor the less capital-intensive and more efficient natural gas generation technologies. The natural gas share of total generation is expected to increase from 16 to 36 percent between 1999 and 2020 but coal is expected to continue to be the leading fuel for electricity generation.
The Future for Adequate Supplies of Natural Gas
EIA does not propose or advocate any particular policies and programs. We do note that, in general, there are a wide range of policies that could alter the energy future described in the AEO2001. In this section, EIA presents a summary of recent changes in energy markets, policies, and technologies that affected natural gas consumption and supply and also summarizes the assumptions used in the AEO2001 which contribute to the forecast of balanced growth in natural gas consumption and supply. These provide indications of the kinds of policies and programs which could contribute to adequate supplies of natural gas.
Between 1986, when gas consumption had fallen to 16.2 Tcf and the new peak in gas consumption last year, a number of important changes in energy markets, policies, and technologies occurred. These included:
Assumptions underlying the forecasts for natural gas in the AEO2001 include the following:
Together these overviews of past changes and assumed future changes indicate the variety of factors which could influence energy supply and demand in the future.
Conclusion. In the near term, we expect annual average natural gas prices to be higher in 2001 than in 2000 but to decline in 2002. Storage volumes of natural gas are low and replacement of gas in storage will contribute to strong summer 2001 demand and higher gas prices that will make storage for next winter costly. Thank you, Mr. Chairman and members of the Subcommittee. I will be happy to answer any questions you may have.
Source: EIA, Natural Gas Monthly
Source: EIA, Natural Gas Monthly; Short-Term Energy Outlook, February 2001.
Source: EIA, Natural Gas Monthly; Short-Term Energy Outlook, February 2001
Source: EIA, Annual Energy Outlook 2001.


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Celebrating Women's History Month
March is Women's History Month, and to celebrate we've featured some of the National Women's History Month Project's 2012 Honorees. This year's theme is Women's Education - Women's Empowerment." The honorees were recognized for their "pioneering leadership" and their "impact on the diverse areas of education." You can learn more and read extended biographies of the honorees at the Women's History Month Project website.
Charlotte Forten Grimke
Charlotte Forten Grimke (1837 – 1914) was raised in a wealthy, black abolitionist family. She studied literature and teaching and joined the Salem Female Anti-Slavery Society. Grimke went on to teach white children in Massachusetts, and was the first black woman to do so. A champion for education, Grimke taught freed slaves in South Carolina, and later recruited educators in partnership with the United States Treasury in Washington, D.C.
Johanna Mansfield Sullivan
Johanna Mansfield Sullivan (1866 – 1936), commonly referred to as Annie Sullivan, grew up nearly blind due to untreated infections, and was without access to an education. While in an orphanage in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, Sullivan advocated for her education and was rewarded; at 14 she began at the Perkins School for the Blind in Boston. After graduating at the top of the class and undergoing several successful operations to restore her eyesight, Sullivan began teaching, and instructed the now famous Helen Keller. Sullivan and Keller's teacher-student relationship blossomed into friendship and the two became advocates for the American Foundation for the Blind; both received honorary degrees from Temple University.
Gracia Molia de Pick
Gracia Molia de Pick (b. 1929) began her activism young; at just 16 she founded Partido Popular, the only political party in Mexico at the time advocating for women's suffrage. After moving to California in 1957, she earned two Education degrees. Later in life Molina de Pick founded several programs of study, including Chicana & Chicano Studies at Mesa College and Third World Studies at the University of California, San Diego. She went on to start many organizations advocating equality for women, including the premier Chicana feminist association in Mexico. Her many achievements were celebrated in San Diego, California on January 12, 2010 for Gracia Molina de Pick day.
Okolo Rashid
Okolo Rashid (b. 1949) was born to a family of sharecroppers and grew up in the tumult of racial strife in the south. She has been a longtime advocate of social justice, multiculturalism, and anti-racism. After earning degrees in economics and public policy, she has had a varied career life, specializing in community development projects including historic preservation, working primarily with inner city communities and grassroots organizations. She helped found and is executive director of the International Museum of Muslim Cultures in Jackson, Mississippi.
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Council Commissioner Manual , No. 522-015This manual was compiled and written from the point of view that it would be a basic, yet comprehensive, guide for someone who has never been a council commissioner. It is meant to orient someone who does not have many years of Scouter experience at the council level and who is not familiar with council operations. It also is intended to be a comprehensive manual, covering all subjects one might need to know to perform the task.
Administration of Commissioner Service , No. 34501This manual has combined the previous editions of the Administration of Commissioner Service, Basic Commissioner Training, and Continuing Education of Commissioners. Some great additions have been made to the manual to support council-level commissioners and their support to districts, as well as some new sessions of commissioner training to be offered at all levels.
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Source is a metroidvania style game from Fenix Fire on Kickstarter
Source, an action-adventure game in development at indie studio Fenix Fire, has been announced for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It is also up on Kickstarter.
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Source SDK 2013 adds Linux, Mac and Oculus Rift support
Attention current and would-be mode developers: Valve's free Source SDK has been updated with a swag of new features.
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The Academy of Interactive Arts and Science has announced Gabe Newell will be the 17th inductee into the AIAS Hall of Fame. Valve's co-founder and president will also headline the D.I.C.E. 2013 Summit stage as Thursday conference keynote speaker.
Black Mesa Source gameplay footage turns up everywhere
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Wild at the Edges: Inspiration from a Creative Life available now.
Wild at the Edges: Inspiration from a Creative Life evolved by keeping in mind the kind of book I like to take to bed with me (maybe with a glass of wine or a mug of hot chocolate) and peruse as the spirit moves me.
You will find encouraging thoughts about life and art, hidden treasures of poems, close-up photos of art and nature and, last, but not least, a very personal view of the driving forces behind my creative life.
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2) Best worlds (in laws not in look. i mean like for example the well known avatar cartoon where they can control elements)
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Textra Sensory Perception--When you know that you get a text right before you do, or when you are get a text from the same person you had immediately before decided to text.
I have TSP: Textra Sensory Perception -- I KNEW that my gf was going to text me, and a half a second later, she did!
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The Philadelphia Center and Hope College are proud to announce the appointment of Dr. Rosina S. Miller as Executive Director of The Philadelphia Center, an off-campus internship program founded by the Great Lakes Colleges Association. The 2007-2008 academic year also marks The Philadelphia Center's 40th anniversary, and, under Miller's leadership, the Center hopes to enrich and expand its offerings of personally and professionally rewarding experiences to continued generations of undergraduate students.
Miller has played a key role in experiential education at The Philadelphia Center for over 16 years. After several years on staff, Miller joined the faculty as a full-time faculty advisor in 1994. Faculty advisors at The Philadelphia Center not only teach city and experience-based seminars, but they also work very closely with students, helping them make the most of their internships, adjust to the urban environment, and take advantage of all that experiential education has to offer.
An active proponent of education, Miller is also one of the co-founders of the Independence Charter School (ICS), a community-oriented elementary school. ICS provides an intellectually stimulating curriculum with an international focus and boasts the city's first Spanish immersion program. Since the school's inception in 2001, she has served on the school's Board of Trustees, each year being elected an officer and sitting on the Executive Committee, most recently completing a term as President.
Carrying this base of knowledge into her role as Executive Director of The Philadelphia Center, Miller says she plans to uphold the Center's legacy of careful attention to student learning in all aspects of life. "I feel privileged to be able to participate in the student growth that our unique program offers. Experiential education is a powerful tool to connect learning in different contexts - in and out of the classroom - and a valuable one to employ throughout one's life. I am honored to inherit the leadership of this premier program and look forward to advancing The Philadelphia Center in this changing world of higher education."
Hope College Registrar and Dean for Academic Services Jon Huisken states, "I am looking forward to working with her as she leads this excellent program into the next decade. Rosina's past experience as a faculty member and her proven administrative ability as the president of a charter school board give her the tools and perspective needed to make this program prosper. She understands and strongly supports experiential learning and she relates well to the community and to her peers in the program."
Miller graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a degree in English from Temple University, and received her M.L.A. and M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. She also earned a Ph.D. in Folklore and Folklife from the University of Pennsylvania. Miller, a lifelong resident of Philadelphia, currently lives in Center City with her husband and two children, and looks forward to sharing her passion for education and the city with generations of students to come.
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Fingers crossed that tomorrow night's NRL grand final contains at least one doozy of a mistake by the video referees.
"Our great game", as the commentators love to call five-tackle-kick, has been taking itself far too seriously of late and the video botch-ups have proved the perfect tonic.
Of concern, there are killjoys about, like the Canterbury Bulldogs captain Michael Ennis, who reportedly (or purportedly) hopes more mistakes do not ruin rugby league's big day. Hey, Michael, if a dud ruling helps your Bulldogs beat Melbourne, get back to us then.
The bug is catching. All of America (purportedly again) is up in arms because replacement referees are ruining NFL football during an officials' strike. If America puts this much energy into reducing poverty, Harlem will be dining on foie gras.
Boiling point arrived this week with a result-turning decision enabling Seattle to beat Green Bay. The winning, last-gasp touchdown involved undetected pass interference that almost put a Packers' defender into a grandstand. Seattle ended up with as much grip on the ball as Charlie Sheen has on reality.
At first look, or 100 looks, Seattle had as much chance of being awarded the touchdown as you have of getting all tax back. But the referee's video review could not overturn the decision because a) he was not allowed to rule on the interference, and b) A equals 12 minus your age times the number of apples in a barrel over six. This has gone all the way to President Obama who, having struggled to save the world, is taking on the even tougher task of saving us all from stupid referees.
The NFL is trying to act concerned, although the controversies have won them publicity that money can't buy. Every column centimetre on the subject has planted football deeper into national life. Drawing a presidential comment is PR gold.
Australian league is a quick learner. Debating and analysing the rugby league video stuff-ups can take up most of one's week, especially when combined with supporting all of the NRL's charities.
In the latest video-review disaster, Melbourne ace Billy Slater was awarded a try even though the gap between his arm and the ball was so big that it looked like an Eden Park rugby union crowd.
In a previous game, the Sea Eagles were awarded a try even though their playmaker Kieran Foran whacked the ball forward with his hand.
The debacle has reached a point where even Brad Fittler is starting to twig that something might be amiss. Next Wally Lewis will start to notice.
Tossing a coin would be a better accuracy bet, except this would place the NRL referees in the tricky position of working out heads or tails.
The harder they try, the worse it gets unless you understand the publicity deal. This failure of the forensic approach has reminded us of two things - how O.J. Simpson got off and that there is no such thing as bad publicity.
So the NRL must pretend to make sure the grand final emerges unscathed. A leading referee named Shayne Hayne has been yanked off the field and plonked in the video review box and his mate Chris Ward designated as the button pusher.
Rumour says a flag-draped Phil Gould, rugby league's Superman, will deliver a stirring pre-game speech to the video refs. As requested by Hayne, their chips will be only lightly salted. Ward has won an assurance that Hayne won't blow his whistle all the time.
This will all be in vain. The grand final will end with a bang, as sure as iconic TV commentator Ray Warren loves "our great game".
Horror headlines, Twitter overload, pain, ecstasy, and a statement from the Aussie Prime Minister's office will ensue.
Delta Goodrem will be forced to comment. Hayne and Ward will never speak again. Gould will be beside himself.
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I thought you meant Mason Foster and I actually liked the idea.
For who and what? This exercise is almost pointless if you don't at least offer an idea of a trade that you might like seeing.
that was just an example not that that would happen.
Would love to see Reese ****
That's what I got out of Harooni :rolleyes:


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Inside the natural history museums of the world are billions of animal and plant specimens from birds, fish and beetles to flowers, mushrooms and grasses, all stacked, stored and preserved in jars and collection drawers.
The rich and diverse collections could be critical to understanding how the Earth's biodiversity is changing in the face of a growing human footprint — if only the information were easily accessible.
A new online project, brought to life with the help of a team from the University of Colorado Boulder, is using citizen scientists to help solve the problem. Notes from Nature, www.notesfromnature.org, allows anyone with a curiosity for natural history, a computer and a little time to transcribe the often hand-scrawled tags attached to each specimen, which typically record the date, time and place where the plant or animal was collected, among other details.
"You can look at maps of the globe and you can see spots where we just don't know anything about vertebrates, let alone insects or plants or mollusks," said Robert Guralnick, associate professor in the department of ecology and evolutionary biology and CU-Boulder's point person on the Notes from Nature project. "We can fill in the gaps with these kinds of data that come from those drawers."
The concept that underpins Notes from Nature grew out of a collaboration among the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, the Natural History Museum of London, the South Eastern Regional Network of Expertise and Collections, or SERNEC, and University of California Berkeley's Calbug project, an umbrella for the nine major insect collections housed in California.
The vision was crafted into a reality by data-visualization specialists from Vizzuality and by Zooniverse, a web portal that already hosts online citizen science projects that allow the average person to comb through cosmic data in search of far-off planets, transcribe old ship logs to glean historical climate records, or listen to audio clips of nighttime bat calls to help identify and track the flying mammals.
"Our projects help answer research questions that can only be solved by a significant amount of human attention — they require people, not computers," said Arfon Smith, director of citizen science at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago and the technical lead for Zooniverse. "People have responded in a way that is truly great. There is an appetite for contributing to something real."
When Notes from Nature launched in late April, cyber citizen scientists had access to two collections for transcription: insects from Calbug and plants from SERNEC. In the future, the project plans to add the London museum's bird ledgers and possibly other museum collections as they become available.
The University of Colorado Museum of Natural History's zoology records have largely been entered into a database already. However, major digitization efforts are currently underway in the museum's botanical, entomological and paleontological collections, work that is being supported through a nationally funded initiative to increase access to museum records.
Almost immediately after the website went live, hundreds of people started transcribing thousands of records, contributing a person-year's worth of work in just a handful of days. A month in, more than 2,100 people have completed more than 101,000 transcriptions.
Guralnick, who is the curator of invertebrate zoology at CU-Boulder's museum, is working to determine the cost-benefit tradeoff of crowdsourcing the transcription of museum collections as well as checking the quality of the resulting data and monitoring the time it takes to do the transcriptions online.
To create a baseline for his research, Guralnick paid a student to transcribe more than 1,000 records from the vertebrate zoology collection and logged how long the transcriptions took, as well as the quality of the student's work. He is now providing Zooniverse with the same records so they can be transcribed as part of Notes from Nature and the results compared.
The costs associated with each method vary based on the rate for a student's time versus the cost to build the web infrastructure for the Notes from Nature site. The online transcription also requires a digital photo be taken of each specimen, though new whole-drawer imaging technologies may make that process cheaper and more efficient in the future.
Guralnick has yet to crunch numbers, but the overwhelming initial enthusiasm from citizen scientists is promising. "We think, even in the first week, we've paid it off," he said. "That's really cool."
Each record uploaded to Notes from Nature is transcribed by three different people. By comparing the results, Guralnick and his colleagues will be able to come up with a quality metric and compare that metric to the quality of records transcribed in the traditional manner.
Once all the records in a collection have been transcribed, the larger goal is to make the resulting data accessible to more people. For example, the data could expand existing projects, like the Map of Life, www.mappinglife.org, which already allows people to use mapping software to access hundreds of millions of natural history records from specific geographic areas.
"When I see transcriptions happening at Notes for Nature I'm really watching little points on a map fill in," Guralnick said. "That's really exciting to me."
Notes from Nature is part of an ongoing effort by CU-Boulder's museum to engage the public in citizen science projects. Earlier this year, the museum launched The Bees' Needs. The project involves 250 participants recruiting solitary wood-nesting bees to pollinate their backyard gardens and then monitoring the bees' nesting habits.


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Are sunflowers a good source of late season nectar? We will be surrounded by them for next month. Thanks for sharing.
Are sunflowers a good source of late season nectar? We will be surrounded by them for next month. Thanks for sharing.
Can be, depends on the variety, Oil seed tends to be better. Lots of pollen and the honey crystallizes quickly.
I read in a seed catalog last week that some sunflowers does not produce any pollen at all . Check what variety you have because some is raised commericaly.
Many ornamental sunflowers are very poor choices for bees. Some agricultural varieties, if I recall correctly, are also to be avoided due to low pollen production and/or poor cross-pollination capability.
The (very) small sunflower plantation near my hive did not attract any of my bees, as far as I can tell. Plenty of sunflower bees (Svastra obliqua, or possibly Milissodes spp.), but no honey bees. No idea what varieties they planted, though, but I guess the bees must have had better forage elsewhere at the same time.
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Maximillion is not a typical sunflower. It's a native plant with very tiny seeds. It's actually perennial. I planted some last week. Don't know if bees like it. Wiki says insects like it.
Just realized that this is an old thread. Really like to know if the bees worked the Maximillian? I'm actually using them for other purposes, but I was hoping the bees would like them. They have lots of flowers. I'm using one patch to shade a mushroom garden and the other as a screen between my bees and the neighbors dogs. Hope they'll bark at me less if the can't see me.
For me macimilian sunflower blooms in the fall. Leaves are falling/fell off the trees when its blooming for me. It is a contrast with bright yellow flowers and everything else in the landscape going brown and dormant. With not much else blooming, the bees are all over the flowers. It is so easy to transplant and split, so it can be spread easy. My clumps have been split and moved several times to get them in just the right spot. It grows out ward in a slow clumping spread. If it gets to much water it grows to high and falls over when it starts to bloom.


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A blacksmith apron is the english terminology for a gunt. Basically this is when a females gut hangs over her genitals. Not an attractive look!
by Malcy-Malc March 16, 2005
This afliction is when a persons gut hangs over thier belt, so much so, that it covers thier genitals, in the style of an apron.
by Malcy-Malc March 14, 2005
An overabundance of pubic hair. Usually but not always covering the entire frontal pelvic area from hip bone to hip bone. Just immagine the blacksmiths apron. Dirty Dirty hair.
by Saltlick March 23, 2011
An overabundance of pubic hair. Usualy covering a majority of the frontal pelvis. Very popular in the 1940's but falling from favor in the 90's.
That Demi Moore realy has a nice Blacksmith's apron.
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Never argue with an idiot. They will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience. MB Rule # 1
a)Tebow is that bad
b)Woody Johnson & Rex Ryan are pissed at Tebow
c)the Jets are the stupidest organization in Football
d)all the above
This is the last game of the season; you are playing in Buffalo in a meaningless game what do you have to lose by starting Tebow?
Sanchez is like a bad addiction for the Jets. They just keep coming back to him.
Two expensive quarterbacks the Jets are going to have to eat salaries for. Does my heart good to see such turmoil in that organization. Who needs Angry Birds when you have the Jets?


text: I read an article on Pistontalk.com that the Knicks are talking about a possible buyout of Rose's contract. Do you think we could get him? I think he would like being a Piston as Detroit is his home town. We do have an empty roster spot..Would he help off the bench?


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Just wondering what results people have gotten using those molded plastic frame/foundation pieces... obviously, it won't rot over time, but do the bees take to them well?
Just wondering what results people have gotten using those molded plastic frame/foundation pieces... obviously, it won't rot over time, but do the bees take to them well?
Bees always prefer wood and wax to plastic, but I haven't had a lot of trouble with plastic and as long as it's wax coated I have even less.
I've used rite cell (which is just foundation). I'm using PermaComb, which is fully drawn plastic foundation and frame in one peice. I am wax coating the PermaComb to get smaller cells and am having no problems with acceptance. The problem I have and the problem I have heard of with Peirco frames, is that the bees fill in the gap between one level and the next. In other words they build comb hanging down from the bottom of one frame to the top of the one below it. This isn't a huge problem but is a bit frustrating when you have to break the comb every time you inspect a frame and there is usually brood in the gap. Also, it's a common place for them to build queen cells and I often destroy one when I don't want to.
The advantages of the PermaComb far outweigh any frustration I have about this. The Perico frames wouldn't have as many advantages (not fully drawn) but you don't have to assemble frames and it has some of the same problems as the PermaComb. I think the wax coating and the skinny top and bottom bar space causes them to not leave a bee space. The PermaComb has cells all the way to the top and bottom so this effect is even more. Also PermaComb had a bigger space (5/8" of an inch which is 1/4" too much) at the bottom of the frames.
Personally, I'd recommend the PermaComb.
Michael. You just threw me a curve again.. I am always finding something new here that I don't understand.
Perma Comb. Aparently the entire frame and "wax" is plastic. All the way out. Do they make it in medium deep size? Do the bees leave it as is and therefore no drone cells? How do you uncap it to get at the honey? You mentioned "waxing" the plastic. How do you do that? Is it made deep enough for 9 frame spacing or will the bees add on to it?
Under the equipment forum there is a section that talks about the honey hackler punch for use on perma comb. I find bees like wood and wax best. But I have used 100's if not 1000's of pierco frames/ or foundations (mostly wood with pierco foundation)and find if wax coated the bees work them just fine. One thing to consider however is that if you wish to utilize small cell methods in the future (???) with full plastic frames you suddenly are stuck with these and must start from scratch. With wood you can remove the comb and add any foundation you want.
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>Perma Comb. Aparently the entire frame and "wax" is plastic. All the way out.
Yes. It is fully drawn comb. For brood the bees just cap it.
>Do they make it in medium deep size?
The only size it's made in is theoretically medium. Actually it's 1/4" short.
>Do the bees leave it as is and therefore no drone cells?
They build some drone between the boxes, but they don't mess up the plastic fully drawn cells.
>How do you uncap it to get at the honey?
The recommended method is the hacler honey punch. If you use 9 or 8 frames you can use a cold knife if you are careful not to cut the plastic.
>You mentioned "waxing" the plastic. How do you do that?
I heat the permacomb in a 200 degree oven. Then I dip it in 212 degree wax and then I shake and knock as much of the wax back out as I can. It's a lot of trouble but I end up with the equivelant of 4.95mm cells.
>Is it made deep enough for 9 frame spacing or will the bees add on to it?
Yes they do and 9 frames is recommended for supers.
I'm using the Pierco frames (all plastic w/ foundation in 1 molded piece). Nothing else. They took to it very nicely (w/ no other option, of course), but seemed a bit slow to draw out the outer frames which I think was just their timing as it is all drawn now. Pierco suggests that you can improve the bees acceptance of the plastic by spraying the frames w/ sugar water (I added honeyBHealthy). You should NOT try to mix woox / wax w/ plastic as they will prefer the wood.


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The act of a dude in the bottom of a Home Depot shopping cart hidden under store items, gives a blow job through the cart slats to the dude who pushes the carriage and pretends to shop.
Mars Man covered a random homeless man with tile, insulation, and a case of Round Up while he leisurely enjoyed a Rockland rickshaw.
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text: The EPA pushed by the Agriculture industry is lobbying for higher Ethanol limits in pump gasoline with proposed changes to take affect later this summer. As always theres multi sides to the story: Fuel producers/suppliers argue the agriculture industy is attempting to boost sagging crop sales/profits and the added expense will be passed on to consumers. If approved the result will be to finally force per gallon fuel prices above the $5.00 mark, permanently. Resulting in another blow to an already troubled economy and forcing crop whole sellers to leverage remaining supplys at higher prices forcing food suppliers and ethanol suppliers to compete for the same product, at you guessed it, higher prices to be passed on to consumers. Auto mfgrs have stated their opinion on the issue by simply stating Ethanol use in engjnes promotes/creates increased corrosion in engines, this corrosion issue is not covered under vehicle mfgr warranties and increased coverage on the mfgrs part is not a negotiable option. Additionally Ethanol has also been proven to reduce fuel mileage and increased use will affect CAFE standards negatively, if passed some favored model vehicles may no longer be produced as without major reengjneering they would never pass existing standards. Reengineering would be so prohibitively expensive the mfgrs would be forced to forgo the product or possibly face financial issues attempting to develop product. Ag industy has stated they, and they alone with the production of Ethanol have reduced the U.S. dependency on foreign oil from 65% to 41% and prevented untod levels of polution from being developed. The proposal their backing would further reduce polution and decrease dependency by at least another 15 to 20%. While allowing the farming industry to flourish and develop new markets and increased crop yield that would eventually decrease overall operating costs. ( no statement on how/whether consumers would benefit on this savings in their pocket book).


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I've got a few pieces of news to pass on to all of you!
First, Jon and I will be attending NMBP Instructor training on Mar 6th. That will give us three instructors for training purposes.
Second, I've arranged for new batteries for the patrol radios. Ragan Communications will be giving them to us at cost which is $35/radio. I'll need to make a motion for reimbursement at the next meeting or after the first race.
Finally, there will be a patroller training class on March 31st at EP's Timeout. We've got the garage room from 8am to 2pm. The final cost per person isn't available yet but it's looking to be $15/person for the CPR/First Aid training and no cost for those who dont need the CPR/FIrst Aid portion.


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