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Frequently Asked QuestionsWhat are your diving programs?
- Cage Dives are designed for anyone age 8+ (no experience necessary).
- Scuba Dives are for certified Scuba divers age 15+ (proof of certification required).
How much do the programs cost?*
- Cage Dive: $60 for Zoo members; $75 for non-members
- Scuba Dive: $105 for Zoo members; $120 for non-members
Where are the dives held?
In the 240,000-gallon, warm, salt-water South Pacific Aquarium.
How many sharks are in the tank?
16 sharks, five different species
What is a Cage Dive?
Dive details
A sturdy cage is suspended in the South Pacific Aquarium. You will stand underwater in the cage with a trained diver as a guide.
Will I leave the cage to swim in the aquarium?
Cage Divers will remain in the cage during their experience. Scuba Divers will have the opportunity to leave the cage and rest on the bottom of the exhibit for an even closer view of sharks.
How big is the cage?
12 ft long, 4 ft wide and 9 ft deep.
How will I breathe underwater?
You will wear a mask and breathe surface-supplied air through a special mouthpiece. Dive staff will show you how to use it.
What is the Scuba dive?
Scuba divers will be escorted out of the cage and into the South Pacific Aquarium exhibit by a trained dive-guide and swim to specially selected viewing spots inside the aquarium.
Do I need any special equipment?
No. We supply all the necessary gear for both cage divers and Scuba divers. You don't even need a bathing suit. Our dry suits will zip over your street clothes and seal out water.
How long does a dive last?
- Cage Dive: Approximately 20 minutes in the water. The entire program runs about 1 hour.
- Scuba Dive: Approximately 30 minutes in the water. The entire program runs about 75 minutes.
How do I register for a dive?
Registration & requirements
Register online, at the front gate, or by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com.
What is the cancellation/change policy?
All purchased dives are non-refundable, non-transferable and reserved for a specific date and time. Changes to the date or time of a dive will be considered only if received seven days before the confirmed dive date and if there is room available. A 20% rescheduling fee per participant will be charged for each dive session change.
Are there any restrictions for participants?
- Age: 8 and up for Cage Dive; 15 and up for Scuba dive
- Weight: No more than 275 pounds
- Health: You must be in good health and fill out a health questionnaire. You may not dive if pregnant.
Day of your dive
Where do I go for my dive?
After you make your reservations online, your ticket for entrance to the Zoo and the Eye-to-Eye Shark Dive will be emailed to you. With that ticket, you can bypass the line at the Zoo's main gate and scan your barcode through the turnstiles for entry. Meet outside the entrance of the Stingray Cove exhibit 15 minutes before your scheduled dive time. There's an Eye-to-Eye banner at the meeting spot, where you'll be greeted by dive staff. View map of where to meet.
All dive programs begin promptly, so we ask that you arrive at the meeting area 15 minutes ahead of time. Please allow ample time for traffic, parking, and walking down to the meeting site. Unfortunately, we cannot accommodate late arrivals. We cannot issue refunds or reschedule for those who miss their dives.
Clothes and gear
What should I wear?
Wear comfortable street clothes, free of jewelry like dangling earrings. Although the water is warm (about 75 degrees) you might want a thermal shirt or sweatshirt under your dry suit. We have extra fleece pants and tops available.
I'm a Scuba diver. Can I bring my own equipment?
You may bring a prescription mask if you need one, but that's all. We supply everything needed for your dive.
Will a dry suit keep me from getting wet?
The dry suit is designed to keep your clothes dry. Your head, hands and feet will get wet. We have facilities for you to dry off and shower if you choose.
What if some water does get on my clothes?
That's unlikely, but if your clothes do get damp, we can dry them for you. And we have fleece pants and shirts to loan you while your clothes dry.
May I wear contact lenses or glasses during my dive?
Contact lenses, yes. Glasses, no - they interfere with the mask sealing. We have some masks with preset prescriptions. If you have your own prescription mask, you may bring it.
Other details
Lockers: We have secure lockers available for your belongings during your dive.
Showers/hair dryers: We have facilities available for showering, if you choose.
Wet clothing: In the unlikely event that your clothing gets wet, we have laundry facilities and fleece to wear while your clothes dry.
Cameras: For safety reasons, divers aren't allowed to bring cameras on their dive. Our trained diver will take video of your dive and you may purchase a copy before you leave.
Additional photos: Friends and family can photograph Cage and Scuba divers from the South Pacific Aquarium viewing window.
Friends and family: There's a spot in the South Pacific Aquarium for them to watch through a viewing window. All visitors not participating in the dive must be members or pay admission to the Zoo.
Parents: May accompany their children if they also purchase a dive. Parents who don't dive must pay Zoo admission. They may accompany their children through the safety briefing then watch through the South Pacific Aquarium viewing window.
Purchasing dives as gifts: Zoo gift cards are available at the Zoo front gate. They may be used for Eye-to-Eye Shark Dives.
Souvenirs: A video of your dive is available for purchase after your dive.


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Lovers Nest on Paris Rooftops
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Rozmiar10 m²
Piętro8(z windą)
- Winda w budynku
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|Rue des Renaudes, 75017 Paris, Francja
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|3 dni temu
Studio conveniently located in the heart of Paris, 5mn from Arc de Triomphe,Champs Elysée and Manceau Parc.
Pleasant and quiet area, close to the metro and RER, giving you quick access to all Parisian monuments (the Eiffel Tower, Place du Trocadero, Notre Dame, Sacred Heart ...) and to the airports
Housing 10m ² fully renovated, very bright with views over the rooftops of Paris, for 1 to 2 people.
This studio is fully equipped kitchen (cooker, sink, refrigerator, microwave, coffeemaker, dishes, pots and pans), shower and toilet room
If you see the bad note and comment about this place, please take a look on our comment about this guest to understand why he left such note. Thank you.
Checkin possible only before 10pm.
Please avoid to make any excessive noise or loud music after 9pm and before 9pm.
Cleaning fee of 35 € and deposit of 150 € will be asked upon arrival.
It will be paid back when checkout.
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It was a great experience with this studio. To be honest it's a tiny placer, but that is not a problem. It has all that you need.
It has a bed-couch; the bathroom is ok. The view it's amazing.
It's really close to Arch the Triumph. The metro station of Ternes is the closest one.
Our host Snezana was really helpful and nice. I'm 300% sure that if we back to París we'll stay at Snezana's.
I recomend this placer......the best placer to stay in Paris :)
Tiny room but everything fine. Nice view and everything near you what you need like bakeries, supermarkets, a street market even see food.
Small, but with everything need to enjoy a short trip in Paris.
5 minutes to metro, quiet area.
The studio is located very central, near citycenter and metrostation. It is very small, but nice and clean, and with a view to montmatre. We had a very good stay. The studio is perfect for couples. The host is professional. Thank you for a Nice stay
Great accommodation for 2 persons in Paris. It is small but doable, recomended for young people.
We had a really lovely host in Paris and the appartement is at a great central location. The room is clean but really small. If you just need it to sleep it is OK for two people.
To start to discover Paris it is the perfect location because it is just a 5 minute walk to Arc de Triomphe. You also have a nice view from the room to Sacre Coeur.
The apartment is next to the centers are. Littles are quite hot. not something terrible but convenient. we had no problem. super market and other shops all around us
Hello, It is very small, dirty bedding, the TV did not work well, no bed, sofa bed and this is broken.
To enter it is very difficult.
The bathroom was broken when we were there.
Do not go back there.
Noisy neighbors.
Friendly host..
This place is very nice, A look is impressive! Unfortunately a girl who gave us athe keys didn't speak english and we had to pay 25 eur for our late (because of plane).
Hi everybody,
the place was just as awesome as it seems. It has been hard to live in 10 m square (i had never tried that before) for five days, but the studio is just amazing for two. The view is unbelivable, the location is great and the landlord is very nice and gentle.
If you have to remain in Paris for short periods, for sure i would recommend the studio.
Good trip to all!
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The latest college graduate generation who keeps saying they aught to do important things but never do! This is from the "Mother Goose and Grimm" newspaper comic strip by Mike Peters.
The comic strip's Blurb is "The Aught Generation" and shows recent college grads thinking lines like: I ought to have a job! or I ought to get health insurance! or I ought to pay off my student loan! or I ought to move out of my parents house!
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The reason you can't find any info is because it's really expensive to go to HK beltfed ($1k just for the parts, if not more especially for the 5.56 parts), and there's really only about a dozen or so people in the US that really know how to do it. If you don't get it right you'll fuck it up and end up with a pile of parts.
My advise is buy one already made by a reputable gunsmith. Don't try this one on your own it's not worth it and your build (should you ever finish it) won't be worth anything.


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Lawmakers in Washington are working hard to write and pass laws that would have fuel efficiency standards in the U.S. changing drastically in coming years. While some in Washington support the new standards for vehicle efficiency, others oppose the standards. Along with mandating better fuel economy across a carmakers fleet, Washington is also seeing green and renewable fuel alternatives for vehicles.
In the U.S., ethanol has been added into the fuel we run in vehicles for years. Ethanol is as high as 10% in fuels today and some that are against ethanol, which is derived from corn, claim that the biofuel is increasing the price of some food items in America. A report published by the GAO claims that the use of ethanol has driven the cost of some food items up as much as 20%.
With all of Washington in cost cutting mode in an effort to shore up the federal budget lawmakers are looking at everywhere money can be saved. One place that some in the Senate want to save money is by repealing the subsidy on ethanol. The
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Growth Energy, and ethanol association, CEO Tom Buis said, "The Senate missed an enormous opportunity to take real action on deficit reduction and energy policy when it failed to put oil subsidies and giveaways to the same test as ethanol."
On the other side of the coin, Kate McMahon coordinator of biofuels campaigns for Friends of the Earth said, "Senators scored a win for the public and for the environment by voting to end this $6 billion giveaway." She continued saying, "[the Senate delivered a message] that the ethanol industry's days of living high off the taxpayers' hog have come to an end."
The effort to end the ethanol subsidy now goes to the House for voting. White House spokesman Jay Carney says that the Obama administration supports a reduction in the ethanol subsidy, but does not support a full repeal. Some claim that 39% of the corn produced in the U.S. is currently going into fuel tanks. With the costs to reach the
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HuffPost Launches Alberta, British Columbia Editions
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AOL Canada and The Huffington Post Media Group announced yesterday the launch of two new editions of The Huffington Post Canada, Huffington Post Alberta and the Huffington Post British Columbia. Both sites will provide a powerful new online platform from The Huffington Post Canada that will deliver local stories and embody the unique culture of Alberta and B.C. respectively.
The sites will deepen the conversations around the stories that matter most to communities in each Province, including politics, business, opinion, energy, lifestyle, affordable housing and news. In the spirit of the mission of the national edition, The Huffington Post Canada, the sites will inform, inspire and connect readers to a platform that allows them to be involved in their online communitiesand encourages visitors to participate in the conversations and stories that interest them most.
The Huffington Post Canada's first regional expansion, Le Huffington Post Québec launched in February 2012; regional expansion into the Western Provinces of Canada includes The Huffington Post British Columbia ("HuffPost B.C.") also launching today. The Huffington Post reaches 3.4 million online Canadians per month and has grown 117%* since launch. Le Huffington Post Québec has seen a similar growth trajectory at 156% since launch. HuffPost Alberta will bring a more local flavour to the already 535,000 monthly unique visitors to Huffington Post sites that reside in the Prairies.
Regional based editorial teams will be a key ingredient to the success of HuffPost Alberta and HuffPost B.C. The Alberta site will be managed by Pablo Fernandez, news editor, formerly of the Calgary Sun with support from Michelle Butterfield, associate news editor, formerly of the Calgary Herald, reporting to Kenny Yum, managing editor of The Huffington Post Canada. The site will feature stories from Huffington Post editors, bloggers, and will feature contributions from high profile members of the surrounding communities.
HuffPost B.C. will be managed by news editor Andree Lau, formerly of the CBC, and associate news editor Jesse Ferreras, formerly of Canada.com, also reporting to managing editor Kenny Yum. The site will feature contributions from Huffington Post editors, bloggers, andinfluential British Columbians including author Robin Rowland, radio broadcaster and filmmaker Tetsuro Shigematsu, and singer Sarah McLachlan.
The Huffington Post Canada has an ever-growing social following, boasting more than 50,000 Facebook fans, more than 36,000 Twitter followers and more than 14,000 comments per week.
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"Since I've been with the Reds in 1989, we've never had a farm system this loaded," Bowden said. "If we were the New York Yankees and had unlimited dollars, we could have traded for Colon, (Jeff) Weaver, Rolen, (Cliff) Floyd, (Kenny) Rogers and Finley and gotten them all -- and still held onto our top five prospects. That's an amazing statement."
C.Trent is saying that Broxton is at GABP throwing a bullpen.
...the 2-2 to Woodsen and here it comes...and it is swung on and missed! And Tom Browning has pitched a perfect game! Twenty-seven outs in a row, and he is being mobbed by his teammates, just to the thirdbase side of the mound.
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I'm already in the park. BP event. Think we win for some reason.
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2017 Reds record when I'm attending: 6-22017 Dragons record when I'm attending:
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I suppose Heisey has good numbers against Westbrook.
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Last time he was up, Cingrani got nothing to show for seven innings of shutout ball. Here's hoping he's in similar form tonight and the Reds's offense shows up.
cingrani allowed sometimes lots of baserunners/hits and got away with it... I hope he has it tonight => lets win a ballgame
not that it really matters, but why would i be getting red sox / d-backs on mlb network, when i'm closer to both cincy and st. louis, both of which are central rivals to the cubs?
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The Decadence of Delafield
Delafield Hotel • Delafield, WI
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The Destination
Situated in the heart of Wisconsin's Lake Country, the quaint town of Delafield welcomes visitors with a charming turn-of-the-century aesthetic mixed with a casually cool vibe. Cultural hipsters will love the historic Brooklyn-style downtown strip, lined with a smattering of independent coffee houses, artisanal shops, upscale spas, and sophisticated restaurants with a sprinkling of live theatre, concert bars, and eclectic art galleries. Outdoor enthusiasts will flock to some of the state's best trails in the Kettle Moraine State Forest, while the pristine waters of Lake Nagawicka (and more than 30 other nearby lakes) will beckon boaters, fishers, and swimmers to dive right in.
The Digs
Clad in red brick and creamy antique trim, the stately Delafield Hotel rises like a zenith atop a grassy knoll in Delafield. Given top honors by the likes of US News and World Report, National Geographic Traveler, and Luxury Living, the Delafield raises the standards for opulent accommodations. Spacious guest suites are brilliantly awash in antique décor set against deep cherry woodwork. Five-star amenities, such as period-piece Baker furniture, dreamy beds, and sumptuous bedding bask in turn-of-the-century elegance, while lavish spa bathrooms equipped with a Kohler spa tub, multi-jet showers, and a flatscreen TV are deliciously decadent accoutrements. Slip down to Andrew's Restaurant for a meal that is equally as intoxicating to the senses with modern-American fare served in a posh Victorian ambiance.
The Diversions
• Erin Hills Golf Course
• Be Fitness and Wellness Center
• Group Tours of Delafield
• Lake Nagawicka Yacht Club
"The Delafield Hotel blends modern conveniences with vintage décor, with rooms featuring antique furnishings, Kohler spa bathrooms (read: awesome showers), HDTVs, and complimentary high-speed Internet access."-- US News & World Report
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Passing Away
The decay we see around us every day bears witness that this world will not last forever. Indeed, the new age that began with the coming of Christ will one day be consummated in a new heavens and a new ...Read More
The Love of the World
Evangelical Christians are often quick to protest rampant immorality, and rightly so. However, sometimes it is easy for us to become overly eager to possess certain things and make wealth an idol. While we must not consider buying and selling ...Read More
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The qualities mentioned in today's passage are qualities for which all Christians should strive, and each of them contributes to the believer's assurance. As we engage in the spiritual disciplines of prayer, Bible study, worship, stewardship, service, and fellowship we ...Read More
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Everyone who is reading this devotional today has not walked in the light as he should. Each of us has fallen short of the glory of God and will fall short of it again in the future. But those of ...Read More
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Police respond to early morning shooting on Columbia's south side
Gunfire hits local business as officers recover shell casings
COLUMBIA, Mo. - Columbia police responded to a report of shots fired in the 3900 block of Peachtree Drive in south Columbia early Sunday morning.
Officers on the scene found several shell casings and damage to a business from gunfire.
Dave Faron, co-owner of 44 Stone said a bullet ricocheted through a window of his restaurant, sailed through the dining room, went through a wall and into an office.
"The bullet hole in the curtain here, that's right about head height," he said. "So if someone would have been sitting down in a chair right here, it could have gotten really bad."
Faron said it started with a fight at Southside Pizza and moved across to his parking lot. Shots were then fired before at least one vehicle peeled out and left the scene.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol said they were in pursuit of a vehicle overnight that matched the description of one involved in the shooting. The chase ended in the El Chaparral neighborhood in Boone County. Troopers said the two suspects abandoned their car and fled on foot.
No injuries have been reported at this time and as of Sunday night, no suspect descriptions were available.
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Bright apartment in central and quiet location
Size56 m²
Floor No.0
- Kitchen
- Washer/dryer
- Disabled access
- Lockable room
- Towels
- Parking available
- Internet/WiFi
Accommodation summary
|Sonnenstrasse, 40227 Düsseldorf, Germany
|Property type
|Property ID
Central and Quiet Location,
Separated Entrance, Ground Floor,
Ready furnished, Internet, Desk,
Parking Lot in Courtyard,
Perfect Transport Network Connection.
Recreation and Sports at Südpark
Centrally located in Duesseldorf, well designed Apartment ,
ideal for one person or a couple with guest.
There are one bedroom, a living room, kitchen, bathroom, small entrance.
It is about 603 square feet.
It is a non-smoker flat.
The lovely flat is situated in the area Oberbilk/Friedrichstadt and the Südpark/Volksgarten.
The quarter is part of the city centre.
It is very convenient to shopping possibilities, restaurants and to public transport.
One supermarket to buy the daily food is nearby.
It is open from 7.00 am until 10.00 pm.
Three others are in the range of 500m.
It is 5 minutes to walk to the Volksgarten/Südpark.
It is ten minutes to walk to Central Railway station,
It is 20 minutes to walk "DownTown" to the "Königsallee", one of the major highlights in Duesseldorf with its fashion-stores and shopping malls Kö-Galerie, Sevens et cetera.
The old town is reachable by public transport in 15 minutes.
Public transport: Tram and train:
50m to walk to the tram 715, station Kruppstraße,
100m to walk to the tram 706, station Kruppstraße,
250/300m to walk to S-Bahn S6,S1 railway-station Volksgarten
250/300m to walk to S-Bahn S8,11,28 railway-station Friedrichstadt.
The flat is on the ground floor of the apartment building.
The locked flat has a separate entrance.
It is bright and friendly furnished.
The flat is made up of a spacious livingroom, bedroom and separate kitchen, as well as bathroom and a small entrance.
The living- and sleeping area as well as the kitchen have huge windows. Livingroom and bedroom facing the backyard.
The flat is ready furnished. Please see the attached pictures.
Small entrance with wardrobe.
Modern built in kitchen, dinging tabel with two chairs,
with fridge, cooking plates, microwave, water boiler, washing-machine, coffee-machine, dishes, kitchen-supplies, electric iron and ironing-board.
House rulesIdentifycation card must be shown at arrival.
A deposit of 150 Euro will be taken at the day of arrival.
Internet is available via WLAN with separate agreement at no extra charge.
Bedlinen and Towels:
The first starter-set towels and bedlinen for one person at no charge. Each other by request at extra charge.
Cleaning by request: please ask for separate pricelist.
Final Cleaning: 35 - 85 Euro, if needed.
Parking lot on the courtyard by request at extra charge of
8,-- Euro / Day or 29,- Euro / Week, 59,- / Month
|Price for > 1 guests
|$ 138 HKD per guest/night extra
|Check-in after
|Check-in before
|Check-out before
|On arrangement
|Cancellation Policy
Reviews of this property
Bettina was very friendly and helpful to me. the apartment is wonderful and very central. very clean.I enjoyed my stay. congratulations on your apartment.
Nice clean apartment!
Schönes sauberes Appartment!
Beautifully decorated and a large apartment on the ground floor, there is everything that you need. The location was ideal for us.
Only cons, the General heating was not turned on which means that in the morning you need in a cold bath and the shower head is not ideal, so that long-haired girls can entshamponieren hair neat;) The second sleeping place in the kitchen is right across the street Here you get more noise from outside.
All in all we were very pleased and grateful that the landlady is very flexible for checking in and out.
Schön eingerichtete und grosse Wohnung im Erdgeschoss, es ist alles vorhanden was man braucht. Die Lage war für uns ideal.
Einzige Minuspunkte, die Generalheizung war noch nicht eingeschaltet was bedeutet, dass man morgens in ein kaltes Bad muss und auch der Duschkopf ist nicht ideal, damit auch langhaarige Mädels die Haare ordentlich entshamponieren können ;) Der zweite Schlafplatz in der Küche liegt direkt auf der Strasse, hier bekommt man mehr Lärm von aussen mit.
Alles in allem waren wir sehr zufrieden und auch dankbar, dass die Vermieterin sehr flexibel ist für das Ein- und Auschecken.
Super apartment in a great location plus a very friendly hostess
Super Wohnung in Super Lage und dazu noch eine sehr freundliche Gastgeberin
Great Unterkunft.Nette hosts.
We have felt ourselves very well.
Gladly again.
Tolle Unterkunft.Nette Gastgeber.
Wir haben uns rundum Wohlgefühlt.
Gerne wieder.
Cosy apartment with its own character and great flexibility, just like their owners! Thank you!
Gemütliche Wohnung mit seinen eigenen Charakter und großer Flexibilität, genau wie ihre Eigentümer! Herzlichen Dank!
nice apartment with lovely details and very nice hosts
schönes Appartment mit vielen liebevollen Details und sehr nette Gastgeber
Nice apartment, more than enough space and very cosy! Hosts are very friendly and helpful!
L'appartamento è al pian terreno (le finestre interne danno su di un cortile/parcheggio) ed è esattamente come lo vedete nelle fotografie. La proprietaria è molto precisa, cordiale, amichevole. Comodo, ospitale, vicino ai mezzi pubblici su cui è possibile arrivare direttamente in Stazione, in centro città, in fiera, all'aeroporto.
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Animal shelter to move into downtown Palo Alto post office
Original post made on Apr 1, 2012
In their latest effort to raise revenues and refresh the city's dilapidating infrastructure, Palo Alto officials approved a land-swap plan Friday that involves moving the city's animal shelter to the current site of the downtown post office, relocating the historic MacArthur Park restaurant to the unoccupied mezzanine at City Hall, building an auto row in the Baylands and constructing a waste-to-energy plant at Gamble Gardens.
Read the full story here Web Link posted Sunday, April 1, 2012, 9:45 AM
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a resident of College Terrace
on Apr 1, 2012 at 10:31 am
Ha, Ha, and happy April Fools to you too! :-)
a resident of Greenmeadow
on Apr 1, 2012 at 10:32 am
Has the city investigated the possibility of barking dogs and filed an environmental impact study report on having animals at the site.
Since I live in the southern part of Palo Alto this isn't a big deal but for downtown residence-the noise problem could create a problem.
a resident of Green Acres
on Apr 1, 2012 at 10:53 am
Does anyone remember Inside at the Outside at Hamilton and High? or was it the other way around?
a resident of Crescent Park
on Apr 1, 2012 at 11:00 am
This story had me for two seconds until I got to the moving of MacArthur Park to the City Hall mezzanine! Good set of stories!
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Apr 1, 2012 at 11:14 am
They set this up well with the article yesterday regarding the animal shelter and car dealerships. They had me going (though shocked) until I got to "selling El Palo Alto" on eBay. "Member," read the article! Very funny, and great satire on all the major issues in the news lately! Great job, April Fuller! Happy April Fools Day everyone!
a resident of Downtown North
on Apr 1, 2012 at 11:19 am
What good news! Palo Alto has chosen a great place for the Animal Shelter!! And a building site for the theatre. YES!
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 1, 2012 at 11:33 am
Oh my gosh! It had me till the ebay thing, too.... but not fully - I was like, what the heck? Has everyone gone mad ... and things don't move that fast in city government! Good one! Happy April Fool's Day to you to!
a resident of Downtown North
on Apr 1, 2012 at 11:42 am
All these things - including selling El Palo Alto on Ebay - seem
par for the course at city hall.
a resident of Greenmeadow
on Apr 1, 2012 at 11:48 am
We never get Express on weekends--so before even reading the headlines, I knew it was gonna be a spoof. Thanks Weekly for a good laff. Too bad our local gov takes itself soo seriously . . . do they realize how ridiculous some of their everyday decisions and "process" really are?
a resident of Barron Park
on Apr 1, 2012 at 12:07 pm
Oh, we'll done online weekly! I ran into read this to my husband, aghast, and got to the waste plant bit before the light went on!
So funny. So very funny. You all know the town of which you write.
a resident of Greenmeadow
on Apr 1, 2012 at 12:41 pm
You got us, although I must say that I was scratching my head wondering how so much could be passed by the council in such record speed! A great April fool's article! VERY funny.
a resident of Professorville
on Apr 1, 2012 at 1:05 pm
I could hardly believe what I was reading! You really got me.
And then I read:
"As a 'public benefit,' the auto dealers have agreed to provide a giant digital billboard with the words, "Welcome to the Baylands!" in blinking, fluorescent lights. "
And I realized what the date is.
Nice job. :-)
a resident of Charleston Gardens
on Apr 1, 2012 at 1:44 pm
Golly, are you absolutely certain that all these plans are not part of an April Fool joke??? Or, perhaps, some of these plans....
a resident of Charleston Meadows
on Apr 1, 2012 at 5:59 pm
Wow, you got me really good! I was reading and saying "what?!" out loud over and over again...i thought wow, im moving out of town for sure with these choices! LoL. Good, funny read! :-))
a resident of St. Claire Gardens
on Apr 1, 2012 at 6:59 pm
LOL!!! But wait; the idea of building the digester in Gamble Gardens makes sense. Why does it have to be in the Baylands?
a resident of University South
on Apr 2, 2012 at 12:35 am
It was all believable, until I got to where you misspelled Arillaga's name. Arigato is a Japanese word. . . . Can't fool all the people all of the time.
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 2, 2012 at 8:38 am
I hate to be, as we say in Mexico, "un aguafiestas" (throw water on the parade), but... as someone who is extremely concerned about the future of PAAS (the animal shelter) and the impact on this community and surrounding communities should PAAS services be lost, this mock piece of news is no laughing matter... it creates false hopes. I'm very disappointed that such a serious issue was presented as something to be laughed at.
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 2, 2012 at 9:52 am
My favorite part was:
"Councilman Larry Klein said the goal is to reduce greenhouse gases by placing the new waste facility in a central, pedestrian- and bike-friendly urban setting."
If such a move of the waste facility to Gamble Gardens did not upset his influential friends, he probably would think it was a good idea. The Weekly's staff knows the local political actors quite well.
Thanks for a good laugh! I read the article to my wife this morning, and we laughed 'till we cried!
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Apr 2, 2012 at 9:58 am
Hook, Line and Sinker.
a resident of Downtown North
on Apr 2, 2012 at 9:59 am
Nicely done. April Foolery masked as the Palo Alto Way had me grinding my molars while harrumphing and sputtering at the exasperating tone-deafness of our elected officials and their appointed minions.
a resident of Barron Park
on Apr 2, 2012 at 10:04 pm
Sounds like business as usual to me!
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A la Carte & Art, the lively annual street fair, takes over downtown Mountain View this weekend, May 4-5, on Castro Street. The event, a fundraiser for the Mountain View Central Business Association, includes live music, artisans and crafts, a classic car show, children's activities, food, microbrews and drinks, and the farmers market. Free admission. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Call 650-964-3395 for information.
[Web Link ==B Music:== Blackfest 2013]
The rapper Future headlines this year's Blackfest, a free cultural festival at Stanford University's Levin Field that features music and dance performances and clothing and food vendors. The event starts at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 4, and lasts about four hours.
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The annual Silicon Valley Open Studios event begins its three-weekend run this Saturday and Sunday, May 4 and 5, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Peninsula and South Bay artists open up their home and group studios to show and sell their work, and to talk to the public about their creative process.
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don't forget to mention the county fairs that go on through the summer. there are places to go and things to do. the summer concert season is coming up. stay busy and active around the bay area. just don't forget to "bring your jukebox money." are we right or what?
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PVC trim looks and cuts like wood and it lasts forever, but there are a few special installation techniques you need to know about to install it successfully.
PVC trim is available in standard trim sizes, as tongue-and-groove, as pre-made corner board, and in larger sheets.
Tired of scraping and repainting your trim? Or disheartened when you find that your trim has rotted and will no longer hold paint? Then step back and consider the advantages of replacing those problem boards with PVC trim—your worries will be over.
Cellular PVC (polyvinyl chloride) trim is a close cousin of the familiar white plastic plumbing pipes. (The "cellular" part just means it's filled with zillions of tiny air bubbles to make the material lighter and less expensive to manufacture.) But unlike its cousin, it's specially formulated to make it resistant to sunlight, hold paint well and easy to work with.
PVC trim looks just like wood (well, flawless wood) and lasts virtually forever. It's impervious to rot and insect attack and doesn't absorb water. It holds paint well because water can't penetrate the material behind the paint. And if you like the look of white trim, you may not have to paint it at all (more on this later). It's an especially good substitute for wood trim in areas that are highly exposed to water, such as corner board and door trim that's near the ground or unprotected by an overhang.
Although you install cellular PVC trim almost like wood, there are a few crucial differences. In this story, we'll show you those special cutting, joining and fastening techniques so your PVC trim will perform flawlessly for the life of your home. Don't worry—there aren't any fancy tools or skills required. If you've cut and installed wood trim before, you have the moxie to work with PVC.
PVC trim is sold in 5/4 (1-in.) and 4/4 (3/4-in.) thicknesses in the common widths found with wood. But the selection may be limited. You'll probably have to special-order some thicknesses and widths. Trim is sometimes only sold in 18-ft. lengths, so you may want to have your order delivered. Most companies offer material that has an embossed wood grain side and a smooth side, so you can choose the look you want. Don't confuse cellular vinyl trim with polyurethane-core, vinyl-coated products. While they too are highly durable low-maintenance products, their installation techniques are different.
PVC trim isn't cheap; expect to pay about the same price you'd pay for clear, knot-free wood. Other PVC products are also available, including preformed outside corners (Figure A), tongue-and-groove boards, and sheet goods that you can carve up and work just like plywood.
Find PVC trim by contacting lumberyards in your area.
Work PVC trim with standard woodworking tools, but use carbide-tipped cutting tools.
Saw blades with carbide teeth will hold their edge when cutting PVC.
Use carbide router bits; high-speed steel bits, though less expensive, dull quickly.
Cut PVC trim with the same hand and power tools that you use for wood. But use only carbide-tipped saw blades; plain steel ones will dull quickly. In general, the more teeth a blade has, the smoother the cut edges will be. We recommend standard combination saw blades. You can easily rout decorative edges or grooves with routers or shapers, but use carbide-edged bits as well.
Sawn edges aren't as easy to sand as wood. So if possible, plan your work so that newly cut edges will butt against siding, soffits or other trim, and let the smoother factory edge show wherever possible. Sanding isn't always necessary, especially if you plan to paint. But sand exposed edges that are highly visible, like near the front door. Use a random orbital sander with 100-grit paper. Belt sanding doesn't work well because the friction from the belt melts the plastic rather than smoothing it.
Stainless steel trim-head screws are the best fastener for PVC trim.
When it comes to choosing your fasteners, don't scrimp by using fasteners that won't last as long as the vinyl trim. Stainless steel screws with small finish heads are the best choice because they'll never corrode. You can also use hot-dipped galvanized nails, but they may corrode and stain the trim over time. If you want a flawless finish, choose screws, countersink them slightly, and then use an exterior filler to hide the screw heads. In areas that are completely protected from water, like under a soffit, you can use a 15-gauge air nailer with galvanized nails and fill the holes with paintable caulk or filler.
PVC tends to expand and contract with temperature changes, so fasten it well. Drive screws or nails into framing only, never just to the sheathing. Select fastener lengths that will penetrate at least 1-1/2 in. into the framing. No predrilling or countersinking is necessary if the temperature is over 40 degrees F when you install the trim. But lower temperatures call for both drilling and countersinking; otherwise the vinyl may split. Place fasteners every 16 in. at both sides of the trim, spacing them about 1/2 in. from the edges. If you're using 10-in. or wider trim, add another fastener in the middle.
Follow all of the flashing techniques that you would with wood trim. You still want to prevent water from penetrating between the trim and the wall sheathing behind.
Glue joints and miters together permanently with PVC cement.
One advantage of PVC is that you can "weld" joints to keep them tight and prevent water from penetrating behind the trim. Manufacturers recommend a special type of PVC cement that has a longer "open time" than the type of cement that plumbers use on plastic pipes. You can buy this cement wherever you buy the trim. You'll have about five minutes of working time to clamp and fasten the joints before the cement sets. Smear a little cement on both surfaces and then clamp or screw the joint together. Wipe off any excess right away with a damp rag; unlike PVC pipe cement, it's water soluble and won't mar finished surfaces if you remove it immediately.
For tight joints that will never open, join trim pieces together on the ground and then install them as a unit.
Use a pocket hole jig to predrill holes at the joints.
Coat the sides with PVC cement, clamp the two pieces, then draw them together tightly with pocket screws.
Prebuild PVC trim assemblies and then install them as a unit rather than a piece at a time as you would with wood. This will take a little longer but will result in perfectly tight joints that won't need caulk. Cement and screw end joints like miters and butt joints. Longer joints like corner boards can be simply cemented and clamped.
Pocket screws are the best method of joining corners when you're cementing window and door trim assemblies (Photos 1 and 2). Use the coarse-threaded version of pocket screws. Cut miters to fit and dry-fit your cuts to check the joints and lengths. Measure carefully when applying trim around vinyl or aluminum-clad windows to leave a 1/8-in. expansion gap between the trim and frame for caulk.
Rip the two sides on a table saw, then coat the cuts with PVC cement.
Tape or clamp the two boards tightly together until the glue sets.
Some manufacturers offer pre-made trim for outside corners, but it's somewhat pricey. It's easy to make your own. Start by ripping 45-degree bevels on one edge of each board on a table saw. Then push the bevel tips together tightly and tape the boards together with packaging or duct tape. Apply cement to both bevels, then fold the boards together and clamp the joint for about 15 minutes with more strips of tape.
Fill expansion gaps with acrylic or urethane caulk.
PVC trim will expand and contract with wide variations in temperature. If you're installing trim in temps higher than 80 degrees F, cut pieces to fit tightly. If it's between 60 and 80 degrees, leave a 1/16-in. gap for every 18 ft. of length. Below 60 degrees, leave a 1/8-in. gap. After installation, cover the gap with acrylic or urethane caulk. Avoid silicone-based caulks; they don't adhere well to vinyl.
Fill fastener holes in the PVC trim before painting.
Fill small holes with an exterior filler and lightly sand it smooth after it dries. Or use a paintable caulk and smooth it with your finger. Fill larger holes or damaged areas with auto body filler, and again, sand it after it cures.
Cut 45-degree scarf joints and join them at studs with PVC glue and stainless steel screws.
Splice long pieces of trim with "scarf joints," that is, overlapping 45-degree joints. Cut the first piece of trim to fall just short of a stud so the second overlapping trim piece can be fastened to the stud an inch or so from the end to prevent splitting.
Finish the job by painting the PVC with two coats of acrylic paint.
Although painting PVC trim isn't necessary, we recommend it. Otherwise your trim will look stark white and you may see filler over holes that's not an exact color match. And the edges and ends (especially ones that you have cut or routed) will collect dirt and begin to look gray over time.
There's no hurry for painting after installation; you can wait as long as you want. PVC won't weather or lose its ability to hold paint. Before you paint, use mild detergent to clean off grime and oils left over from handling and make sure the surfaces are dry. Then finish it with any exterior 100 percent acrylic paint. Use lighter shades rather than darker shades. Dark colors tend to absorb more heat and increase expansion.
Have the necessary tools for this DIY project lined up before you start—you'll save time and frustration.
You'll also need a random orbit sander and carbide saw blades and router bits.
Avoid last-minute shopping trips by having all your materials ready ahead of time. Here's a list.


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Hope College volleyball coach Becky Schmidt has been elected to the board of directors of the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) as the NCAA Women's Division III representative.
Schmidt just completed her fifth season as head coach of her alma mater. The 2008 Flying Dutch posted a 26-7 record en route to winning the championship of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) and earning a berth in the NCAA Division III championships.
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How good do they winter in TBH's? I made a tbh and put a small swarm in it 2 weeks ago. Looking good so far.
How good do they winter in TBH's? I made a tbh and put a small swarm in it 2 weeks ago. Looking good so far.
Not well in the North.
We have a local top bar hive retailer here in Maine.
Apparently she brought 17 TBH into winter and none of them survived.
I tried to winter one and they also didn't make it.
From what I hear, of the 40 or so TBH I know about in Maine, 4 survived the winter of 2009-2010 (which was a very mild winter)
TBH are fun until your bees die. Then you feel a bit like a jerk.
I am trying again with two this year. So far they're gangbusters but winter will be the real test.
Erin Forbes, EAS Master Beekeeper
"Apparently she brought 17 TBH into winter and none of them survived." Wow!!!
"From what I hear, of the 40 or so TBH I know about in Maine, 4 survived the winter of 2009-2010" Wow! WOW!!!
Are the losses connected with the hive design or is this a coincidence?
We do have cold winters and mine over-winter fine.
There are a few things you can do to prep them:
Watch the cluster going in the winter. You can rearrange the honey stores so they are all on the same side of the cluster.
Top entrances for moisture ventilation.
Make the hives a little taller so they can move vertically and not have to move across comb, along the cold walls, in long cold spells. (I believed this for many years and build my hives accordingly until last winter when the bees showed me they don't care. I lost some taller KTBHs but of the two 9 5/8" tall, straight walled hives, both survived.)
I'm sure there are other suggestions. Check out MB's Website he keeps them in Nebraska. Dennis Murrell was keeping them in Wyoming, I believe. Plenty winter in those places!
Why folks in cold climates keep trying to use TBH's is beyond me....clusters don't move sideways from frame to frame very well.
Bees like to go up and down......
In a TBH they get stuck in the cold, unable to move to the next bar and starve.
Milk Cows Not Taxpayers
I have a friend (in Connecticut) who tried to keep bees alive in tbh's but finally decided to go with Lang's...
Trying to think inside the box...
Regards, Barry
>Why folks in cold climates keep trying to use TBH's is beyond me....clusters don't move sideways from frame to frame very well.
I don't try. I do. And the bees do just as well horizontally as they do living vertically.
Michael Bush bushfarms.com/bees.htm "Everything works if you let it." ThePracticalBeekeeper.com 42y 40h 39yTF
some people read to many books,, my bees cant read
You know bees live just fine winter after winter in spaces between floors in old buildings. These combs are not more than 8 inches deep and lined up all nicely in a row, horizontally. How they do it, I don't know: I never spent the winter with them, but they do it. They can live in old gas tanks and none of the horrors that we worry about seem to matter to them one bit. I agree with Michael, and my bees built their hive the way they wanted it. If they can't find their food then they will starve. Ok, because if they can't find their own food how do I expect them to go outside the hive in the spring and find it. Just for the record, In this area bees didn't make it through last winter in Langs either. If the box is big enough and has enough stores for winter the bees should be fine. On the other hand if their first big warm winter day meal has high levels of systemic chemicals perhaps their tummy aches prevented them from returning to eat any more. I'll die before I eat any more of that; and so they do. Must have been the type of hive, don't you thing Joe. No Tom must be the cold weather. We I think they got lost and couldn't find the honey. By the way....for real; my at least 4 year old bee tree died last fall. Must have been the wrong size tree.
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Dave - PM me if you are interested in natural beekeeping in Hancock County Maine.
You should not be wasting your time on the forum. You must use this time to teach the bees to read. It won't take all that long since they really only need to be able to read and follow arrows with food written on them. You know what take the longest.....painting those tiny flippin signs and fitting them in the hive in the proper places. This is a huge responsibility because once you teach them to read it's all on you buddy. One wrong turn and well you know the rest.......
Dave - PM me if you are interested in natural beekeeping in Hancock County Maine.
If it works for you then great, have at it.
You really don't need to look far for evidence that bees prefer to move up and down than side to side.....take a nuc, hive it and intentionally give it an extra box on top of your cluster.....which way are they going to go? Over to the next frame or up onto frames above them.....they will predictably go up.
Everyone I know that has TBH's in New England has extremely high mortality rates, much much higher than Langs and it makes sense why. Bees go in one direction in your TBH and end up at one end with no stores.....except for the stores at the opposite end of the hive many many bars away. When its cold a cluster can rarely move quickly enough accross multiple empty combs before starving.
Barry's idea is essentially stacking bars like a lang which reduces the problem dramatically.
If it works for you then keep doing it.
Milk Cows Not Taxpayers
Yes, they need to be at one end at the begining so they don't leave half their stores behind them. Left to themselves they usually are, but if they are not, I intervene. It seems to me that what they have troulbe doing is changing direction. If they are moving sideways that's not a problem. But they don't back up and they don't change back to up or down after coming from that way. Which makes some sense, but also, in a ten frame Langstroth, leaves a lot of stores behind...
Michael Bush bushfarms.com/bees.htm "Everything works if you let it." ThePracticalBeekeeper.com 42y 40h 39yTF
Ok, given the higher mortality rate and the fact that like most bees they choose to make their brood nest in the middle and if they also are likely to starve without human intervention that forces them to one end of the box at the beginning of the colder weather (ie it requires even MORE management than langs), requires that you crush and strain instead of extracting....why would anyone that lives in cold climates choose to use TBH's?
If you want your bees to draw their own comb then give them frames that are designed to foundationless or take your wedge and nail it sideways and rub it with some bees wax.
I'm all for trying new things, particularly things that make life easier and increase chances of a colonies survival....but TBH's in cold climates don't accomplish any of the above......unless I'm missing something that is.
Milk Cows Not Taxpayers
>Ok, given the higher mortality rate and the fact that like most bees they choose to make their brood nest in the middle
Actually they usually choose to make it at one end...
> and if they also are likely to starve without human intervention that forces them to one end of the box at the beginning of the colder weather (ie it requires even MORE management than langs), requires that you crush and strain instead of extracting....why would anyone that lives in cold climates choose to use TBH's?
Well, I wouldn't recommend an extractor for anyone with only a few hives... langs or top bars. They don't requre any more intervention than langs. And what does cold climate have to do with any of those things?
Michael Bush bushfarms.com/bees.htm "Everything works if you let it." ThePracticalBeekeeper.com 42y 40h 39yTF
Moving a cluster/brood space is a lot more intervention/management than is required in managing langs.
In the north where temps will sit below freezing and dip well below zero for good periods of time have a MUCH harder time moving and if a cluster gets too small and cannot move....they starve where the same cluster in warmer climes can move and will survive.
The point obviously is that theres a lot more room for error in warmer climates.....and TBH's make it more difficult for bees to get to stores.....lets say all things equal you winter with 2 deeps in a Lang and ~20 bars in a TBH. The distance between the two furthest frames in a lang is about half that of a TBH
Milk Cows Not Taxpayers
"Ok, given the higher mortality rate..."
Not a given. Other than the dismal survival rates I've seen at the beginning of this post, that is not my experience. If someone brought southern bee packages and did nothing but put them in top bar hives I'd expect as much as 50-60% die-off the first winter in my area. Someone starting with 17 TBHs and losing all of them... there's got to be something else wrong than the hive design. (Could be that coastal Maine is actually warmer and a lot more humid than inland US??? Then hives of any design would have different ventilation/ stores requirements.)
Here's a colony I removed from 6" depth space between 2X10" floor beams. They overwintered fine. Probably for a few years in a row as I saw signs of the previous owners having tried to seal them out.
"... and the fact that like most bees they choose to make their brood nest in the middle..."
This is something I'll have to pay more attention too. In my hives the queen pretty much shuts down while the bees still bring in stores, backfilling what used to bee brood nest. Cold nights, warm days. So I can't see much of a brood nest. I watch where they cluster and it's not (usually) in the middle. I only once moved a bar (to the far end of the cluster) mainly because it was loaded with pollen and I wanted the bees to have access to it in the early spring.
I have average temperatures as Michigan and have no problems with overwintering TBHs ( Bush design ).
If you think about it...people overwinter in 2 deeps, some even in 1 ! ! ... so go and make TBH that is suitable for your climate. That's all.
Anyway... if you have the comb height high enough bees will move up even in TBH
I leave them to arrange their nest on their own for overwintering and they stay on one side taking food from the patch of honey on top of the comb They kind of move up. If we look at the hive, they pretty much stay at one place and don't move much. 100% overwintering in climate with average temps as Michigan. 4 seasons with quite hard winters with weeks under -15 Celzius....
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The only given here, is that some folks don't like tbh's, which is fine. You don't have to. But with plenty of anecdotal evidence offered by folks like Mike Bush who aren't just talking about a guy they know, but their own first hand experience, I'll be more inclined to take their word for knowing what they are talking about than someone who knows a guy who knows a guy.
What is happening here however is spreading Fear, Doubt and Uncertainty about something that doesn't need to be. It doesn't affect non-users for beans what type of hives other people use, yet folks continually try to bully others with mis-information and biased opinion an what equipment they should use.
Folks are certainly entitled to have their own opinions about equipment, but I'll prefer to listen to the opinions of people who actually know what they are talking about.
Big Bear
No, I am NOT a bee "Keeper". Anything I post is just my opinion. Take it easy and think for yourself.
Aram, what you're describing in the example of your cutout doesn't really translate to TBH for a couple of reasons.
1. A cutout, particularly one in the photo you provided is going to have temps moderated for them due to heat from the house.
2. The cutout in the photo would actually *ALMOST* be more similar to a TBH with the bars perpendicular to the direction they run in current designs.
This makes it MUCH easier on the bees because they can move back and forth on very long comb instead of having to move across many short/smaller "frames"
There have been more folks that just chimed in on the last couple of posts that HAVE had successes than I've heard in the last couple of year.
Maybe a poll of TBH users with success rates would help.
I frankly don't care what people use and if I thought that there were advantages to TBH's I would use them myseld, but I just don't see it and the majority of folks I know that that DO have TBHs have much much higher mortality rates.
Milk Cows Not Taxpayers
JPK : we can agree that we don't agree
It is not TBH that is at fault here. Certainly there might be some problems due to lack of information on actually beekeeping with TBHs if we compare it to information on Langs.
The thing is that you have to do some research yourself and see what works for your (micro)climate. If bees in your winters overwinter in one deep + one medium then they will probably overwinter in TBHs ( Bush design ) also. It is really no brainer......at least for me.
I am 100% successful in overwntering in TBHs in climate with average temperatures as in Michigan, USA.
What is bugging me is that people who overwinter in one deep or deep+shallow or medium are telling me that my TBHs will overwinter poorly because bees will not move up. They kind of not realize that bees in my TBHs have more way up(or similar) than bees in their hives
I guess they don't think before they talk or write hehe. They just think that because they use Langs and stack them upwards that they have comb with more height ah well. I will leave you now to continue telling me how it is not possible or something. This thread reminds me of "you cannot keep bees without treatments" thingie...
I keep bees for fun and a little profit here and there. Just so we are clear on that. If I would go big ( 200+ hives ) I would settle on LR or some other "standards" that are standards around here.
Currently I keep bees in frame hives also ( LR and some other standards ) and see no real world difference in overwintering and overall colonies strenght. This is probably because I leave them alone, don't add or take frames, bars and take very little honey from them since I don't feed ( to lazy to feed them in August and September so they can overwinter doh ). Let them bee


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#1 Thu 07 Feb 13 12:55pm
Political correctness gone mad!
Toby Young � disabled children should be excluded from schools
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(This is not satire � it�s Toby Young)
Toby Young, writing in The Spectator, thinks disabled children should be excluded from schools.
No � I�m not exaggerating � he really does say that wheelchair ramps in schools are an example of �ghastly, politically correct� inclusiveness.
Sun columnist Toby presumably reckons that educating children who can�t walk would mean more �dumbing down� of the level of education in our schools, so much better to exclude them then.
As opposed, presumably, to allowing more �dumbing down� of the level of education by accepting children of the rich and influential who fail their exams into exclusive universities? (bear with me for a moment and I�ll explain what I mean by that).
This nonsense about excluding children with disabilities is particularly interesting if you consider the little known fact that it was Toby�s father, Michael Young, who coined the phrase �meritocracy� � you know the seemingly radical idea that people�s position in society should be based on merit rather than on what family they were born into or what school they went to.
His father, a Labour peer, must be turning in his grave.
Still � Toby likes to boast about how he is a perfect example of how anyone can succeed because he still managed to get a place at Oxford despite failing most of his O� Levels.
He managed to do this because apparently Brasenose College, Oxford sent him a letter of acceptance �by mistake� (No � I�m not making any of this up).
Of course Toby, you were accepted into Oxford �by mistake�.
It had nothing to do with the fact your father was MP and life peer, Baron Young, and your mother a well-known artist, writer and BBC Radio producer.
No � it was just a mistake � the kind of �mistakes� which only seem to happen to the children of the rich, the influential or the well-known.
Toby � I�d like to explain to you why excluding disabled children who use wheelchairs from schools is not one of your best ideas, by making a technical point about biology � clearly one of the O� Level subjects you must have failed.
People don�t think with their f***ing legs you bonehead.
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Re: Political correctness gone mad!
"Toby Young, writing in The Spectator, thinks disabled children should be excluded from schools."
Toby Young has finally mastered writing??????
I don't believe it!!!!
What a Hammer/spanner/screwdriver...(Tool).....
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Re: Political correctness gone mad!
abdullahcohn wrote:
Toby Young � disabled children should be excluded from schools
Clearly Toby Young has not yet met any disabled children and been able to see for himeself that they are beautiful young people, who, dispite their extreem problems always seem to make the best out of life.
Toby Young should be ashamed of himself for being so discriminatory.
I have had the great pleasure of being a helper for children with cerebal palsey in a Primary school
I have had the great pleasre of helping children with autism at a primary school and I have had the great pleasure of helping other children with special needs in a primary school .
Disabled Children grow up to be disabled adults..... does this mean that Toby Young also thinks that disabled Adults shold not be at university ?
or disabled adults should not be in the workplace .
I am proud to have had the opertunity to have helped children with some sort of problem in school , I am proud not for me, but for the children who dispite having some sort of problem go on with things and got the most out of school life the same as any child would do .
they joined in with all aspects of school life , they went on educational visits and residential trips with the rest of the children , they were no different to any other school child apart from the fact that they did need a bit more help sometimes .
#4 Thu 07 Feb 13 7:53pm
Re: Political correctness gone mad!
The thing is he failed his O-levels. Got in to the best University in this country, maybe the world because his mum and dad.
And then he doesn't want kids that can't walk but much smarter than him to go to schools.
#5 Sat 09 Feb 13 1:05pm
Re: Political correctness gone mad!
You know in the real world what Toby Young is calling for is actually being implemented.
It is SEN makes that sort of discrimination illegal. But SEN has no teeth. No consequences for not complying with it.
It states that schools have to abide by the SEN document but it doesn't say what will happen to the school if they don't.
Our SEN named a C of E school that was all on the ground floor as my child's school. The School agreed and the SEN was drawn up. Just before he was about to start at the school, the school illegally changed its mind, leaving us no time to find another school.
We contacted out LEA but all they did was tell the school that it is illegal for them to withdraw the place.
I told them the LEA again that the school still refuses to let us in and what will the LEA do about it. And they said, "We will just keep telling them it is illegal for them to do so".
What Toby Young is calling for is being implemented right now. That is the only reason why there are children without a mental disability in special schools.
But I have more respect for filth like Toby Young than for the Church of England Schools because he said it straight while the C of E school pretending to do the evil they did for good our best interest.
The school said things like "We do not discriminate against disabled children but will refuse for his best interest." The excuse they used was there is sometimes a step in parts of the school. As apposed to the alternative we had to accept, which involves my son dragging himself up flights of stairs to get to his first floor class room.
That is it, they said because he is at risk of falling of a single step at that school they think he is better of falling of an entire flight of stairs in another school.
When we and the school tried to get the LEA to pay for a lift in the school he goes to now. They refused because they said they don't have a legal obligation to do so because an alternative ground floor school already exists in the borough.
The C of E school which had a legal obligation to take him!
That refuses to take him!
And the LEA did nothing to force them to take him!
It is true Toby Young is nothing but a **** stain on his fathers old underpants but what he called for is what has always been implemented.
The laws on SEN are just slogans. They state discrimination is illegal, but do nothing to punish discrimination when it happens.
Sort of like that old law in France banning women from wearing trousers that has recently been repealed. It was just something on the statute books that doesn't really mean anything.
And you know when Toby Young spoke about how wheel chair ramps dumb down schools?
When they teach Maths at my sons school the divide the class according to abilities.
My son was judged to be in the high ability class, but because that class is taught in a room above he is kept in the lower ability group to reduce the amount of times he would have to go up and down stairs.
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