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New and improved from stem to stern...
So let's start at the stem then, or more to the point, the bow. High points to Yamaha for making one of the most, if not THE most, innovative bow that I've seen. It's easily changed between five different configurations to suit your desires of the moment. Starting with…1. The basic seating on both sides. The seats are long enough to extend your legs out without feeling cramped. Nothing new here but it's included in the series so we mention it. Now let's move on to…2. Filler cushion sunpad. Again, so far nothing new here. Practically every bowrider on the market allows for a filler cushion that turns the entire bow area into a sunpad. And not surprising, so does Yamaha. Next...3. Rumble seating. Lift the forward cushions and pull up a separate cushion. This makes a small seatback for facing forward. Remove the forward most cushion and your feet are on the deck while facing forward. The kids will love this, as you'll really get a feel for the speed from this forward most seat. It's duplicated on both sides. 4. Padding under the legs. Re-insert the forward cushion and you have a very comfortable support under your knees, and your legs are still extended forward. It has a sort of chaise lounge feel to it. You also now have four seats with everyone facing each other and an arm rest between the two people on each side. Very cool. 5. Three across seating. The filler cushions that make the sun pad also make another forward facing seat in the center. Now more people can be facing forward while sitting up at the bow. This is ingenious and Yamaha is the first I've seen do this, but I have little doubt that they'll be the last. Close off the walk-through windshield and both it, and the center seat back, will block the wind on those chilly days. And because the bow is flat, you have room for the anchor and rode storage, plus an extendable swim ladder at the bow.
The cockpit...
The gauges all have visors over them to block the glare, and you have full instrumentation for the twin 1.8L engines. A little flat area lies aft of the gauges for putting "stuff" and it's got a non-skid pad thank you very much. The bucket seat swivels and slides but no up and down. Throttles are mounted on a slight angle toS starboard. And as if Yamaha has read every one of my boat reviews, they put the stereo at the helm. Now, because the controls are fly-by-wire, Yamaha has the ability to pull a few cool tricks. Starting with Cruise mode. Get above 3000 rpm and hit the single rocker switch and now you're in cruise mode. You can incrementally increase or decrease your speed eight increments either way for sixteen settings from the speed you first pressed the switch at. In no wake mode, you hit the same switch and you have three increments up or down while still keeping the speed down and not having to worry about fiddling with the throttles. On previous boats, Yamaha had this feature with dual switches, one for each engine, but virtually everyone used them together so they're finally combined into one switch.Both engines and boat conditions are monitored with a GPS-based information control center: Digital displays can provide latitude, longitude, compass heading, elevation, water depth, water temperature, trip odometer, clock, engine hours, engine speed, vessel voltage, vessel speed, highest speed, fuel level, fuel used and they are the first in the industry to provide real time (gallons per hour and miles per gallon) fuel flow data.To port is a second adjustable bucket seat. A glove box is to port, but it's a little clumsy to open with its twisting knob. I'd rather see a latch to pull and lift. Just forward is a roomy storage compartment. You're welcome to put a Porta-Potti there but Yamaha doesn't include one, and since they're rarely used anyway, it's better left to storage. There's no floor drain so keep it dry in there. Aft seating is wrap-around and grab handles and drink holders are everywhere. Lift up the cushions in the center and you have a walkthrough to the transom, easily the most popular spot on the boat when at anchor. There's a rather large step in the middle of the walk through so mind your step as you traverse.
The Handsome Transom...
Because Yamaha's are jet drives, they have no clunky engine box to work around. This gives them the freedom to design this really great transom seating that no one else seems to be able to copy. Outboards can't even try and stern drives haven't got a chance. It's always been the envy of the competition. Two very comfortable aft facing seats, drink holders, a removable pedestal table, and the swim platform, which is mere inches above the water making the re-boarding ladder a bit redundant. It's really quite an attractive and comfortable package, and Yamaha has really hit one out of the park with it.
Starting with the engines, Yamaha has installed their largest engines yet, twin 1.8L high output fuel injected Yamaha marine engines. Suffice it to say that no one will be crying about her performance, but we'll see at another time just how she performs. Her L.O.A. is 23'6" (7.2 m), beam is 8'6" (2.6 m), and draft is 16" (.4 m). Her dry weight is 3,298 lbs (1496 kgs), and she carries 50.2 gal (190 L) of fuel. The out the door price for the Yamaha SX240 HO is $47,499. Notice I didn't say "base price". Yamaha sells their boats as a complete package, no options. You get everything. So that's the price. And since it's the lowest price in its class it's, there's little complaining about getting everything for your dollar. And that suits Yamaha just fine.
Test Result Highlights
- Top speed for the Yamaha SX240 High Output (2013-) is 51.4 mph (82.7 kph), burning 23.2 gallons per hour (gph) or 87.81 liters per hour (lph).
- Best cruise for the Yamaha SX240 High Output (2013-) is 31.7 mph (51 kph), and the boat gets 3.25 miles per gallon (mpg) or 1.38 kilometers per liter (kpl), giving the boat a cruising range of 147 miles (236.57 kilometers).
- Tested power is 2 x 1812cc High Output Yamaha Marine Engines.
Standard and Optional Features
|CD Stereo
|Shore Power
Exterior Features
|Carpet: Cockpit
|Swim Ladder
|Swim Platform
|Bimini Top
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The Yolo County Sheriff's Department has seen a recent surge of applications to carry concealed weapons, even though the county's policy remains the same.
The 9th U.S. Court of Appeals ruled last week against the county's policy of requiring people to prove they face a threat or violence or robbery before they can get a concealed weapon permit.
But according to Yolo County Sheriff Ed Prieto Thursday, "the 9th District ... decision is not yet final, nor is the (San Diego County) decision on which it is based."
Prieto said Yolo County has not changed its concealed weapon license policy and is in the process of appealing the court's decision.
San Diego County's policy demands proof that a person has good cause before obtaining a concealed weapon permit.
"Unless and until these decisions become final," Prieto said. "Our current concealed carry policy will remain in effect."
Under Yolo County's current policy, there are only a few valid reasons to request a concealed weapon permit.
These reasons include: victims of violent crime or documented threats of violence, business owners who carry large sums of cash or valuable items, and business owners who work all hours in remote areas and are likely to encounter dangerous people and situations all meet the criteria for a permit.
If and when the new policy is finalized, any law-abiding resident with the desire for self-defense would be able to apply for a permit, which Prieto finds "alarming." He said that his main concern is that people who are involved in criminal activities, who have never been convicted, would be able to carry a concealed weapon.
"It's alarming to me that these individuals are going to be able to carry a concealed weapon," he said. "The significant difference here is that these criminals are going to have a card with my signature saying that they can carry the weapon."
According to Prieto, there have already been about 20 people who have came into the Sheriff's Department, placing applications and inquiring about the change in policy. Some of which became upset when they were told the policy has not been changed.
Prieto is not sure how long the appeal process will take, or what the final decision on the policy will be, but said that the Sheriff's Department will respond appropriately either way. Until then, the policy will remain unchanged.
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Strike Four in Climate Change: A "Climate Space" to Rethink Analysis and Strategies
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Strike 4 and then what?! When it comes to climate change negotiations, former Ambassador of Bolivia to the United Nations Pablo Solón believes we already have 4 strikes. So where do we go from here? Here's what Mr. Solón had to share.
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To the Editors:
I enjoyed the article "Lifelong Impact of Early Self-Control" (September–October) by Terrie Moffitt, Richie Poulton, and Avshalom Caspi, reporting on an interesting study that has significant social policy implications.
They presented strong evidence that people who show good self-control capabilities at three years of age tend to be more successful in various ways later in life, and then discussed at length how self-control might be enhanced in order to improve people's lives. On an intuitive level, I find it credible that a person's self-control capability would be instrumental—causally related—to success in life. However, some of the analysis presented seems to suggest that self-control, while indicative of success, may not be instrumental.
The analysis shows that higher levels of self-control at age three are strongly correlated with success in life. But self-control levels at older ages are only weakly correlated with self-control at age three. This hints that self-control levels when the subjects are older than three do not correlate as strongly with success. If that is indeed the case, then it would suggest that some other underlying factor affects both self-control at age three and success later in life, and that self-control per se is not the cause of success.
My question for the authors is, How does the correlation between self-control and success vary according to the subject's age when self-control was assessed? If the correlation between adult success and self-control increases with age, then the case that self-control is causally related to success and that enhancing self-control should be beneficial would be buttressed. If, on the other hand, self-control assessed later is less correlated with adult success than self-control assessed at an early age, then it would suggest that some other underlying factor is influencing both self-control and success.
John Freidenfelds, Ph.D.Chester, NJ
Dr. Moffitt and collaborator Dr. Salomon Israel respond:
To answer the question, "Which predicts life outcomes more strongly, childhood or adult self-control," we turned to data from the Dunedin Study, which was described in our recent article. It is important to appreciate that the same method cannot be used to measure self-control in children and adults, because the expression of self-control often differs at successive stages of human development. For example, children with low self-control have difficulty taking turns on playground equipment; adults with low self-control are disorganized at work and make unwise snap decisions.
Each Study member's self-control in childhood was measured through ratings of age-relevant behaviors, as described in our article, and were compiled to make one composite scale. In contrast, self-control in adulthood was measured through ratings of an age-relevant personality trait called conscientiousness. These ratings were made by informants who knew them well during our latest assessment carried out at age 38. These ratings also yielded a scale.
Here, we report two examples of life outcomes from our article: adult credit ratings and health problems (metrics detailed in the article). First, the Pearson correlation coefficient (r)—a measure of the strength of a linear relationship between two variables, where higher magnitudes represent a stronger relationship—measuring the association between childhood self-control and adult credit ratings was r = .26, and between adult conscientiousness and adult credit ratings was r = .27. Second, the association between childhood self-control and adult health problems was r = –.19, and between adult conscientiousness and adult health problems was r = –.18. Therefore, despite the differing content of the child and adult self-control measures, their statistical associations with life outcomes generated coefficients of similar magnitude.
Our article reported that self-control measurements were less stable from childhood to adulthood than measures of the IQ. In part, this lesser stability could arise because measures of self-control given to children versus adults differ in content and format (unlike the Wechsler IQ tests, which were designed to test intellectual skills in a standard way from age 7 to 70). But the long-term instability of self-control measures probably also means that many people change their rank on self-control over time, relative to their age-peers. Simply put, all of us get better at self-control as we grow up. Few small children can wait to eat a marshmallow, but most adults find it easy. However, some of us improve more than others. In the feature article, we reported one factor that improved some Study members' self-control rank: working as a supervisor responsible for subordinate employees. Regardless of what caused improvement, Study members who improved most had better adult outcomes than expected. Whether self-control is ascertained in children or adults, more of it is associated with better health and wealth, and lower proclivity to crime.
We caution against overemphasizing the question of stability in self-control. People improve skills, even if changing a psychological trait seems more challenging. For instance, the track record is weak for efforts to enhance intelligence, but this does not stop us from teaching skills that use intelligence, like reading and math. Likewise, it might not be necessary to alter the core personality trait of conscientiousness in order to teach people the skills necessary to look after their health and plan for retirement.
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La Pine-area murder suspect, 86, appears in court
Autopsy set Wednesday for wife, 83, who was fatally shot
La PINE, Ore. - An 86-year-old La Pine-area man appeared in court Tuesday afternoon on a murder charge, one day after he allegedly shot and killed his 83-year-old wife.
Lawrence Hubert Loeffler called police to their Old Mill Road home Monday morning, saying his wife of 39 years was dead, officials said. An autopsy is planned Wednesday to confirm the cause of death of Betty Loeffler.
Lawrence Loeffler appeared before Deschutes County Circuit Judge Michael Adler for the very brief initial court appearance. He is due back in court Friday, presumably for arraignment on the formal charges.
Jail staff wheeled Loeffler, who uses a cane, into the camera's view. Loeffler was silent, but indicated he could not hear the court proceedings.
We'll have more tonight on NewsChannel 21 at 5 and 6.
Sheriff's Capt. Tim Edwards told NewsChannel 21 at the scene that Loeffler called 911 dispatchers around 8 a.m. to report his wife's death at their home on Old Mill Road and Day Road.
Betty Loeffler's body was found on the back porch of the couple's home, dead of a gunshot wound, Edwards said. He said he could not comment on initial police reports the woman had suffered head trauma.
Snow-covered Old Mill Road was blocked off and crime-scene tape encircled the home as detectives talked with neighbors and the crime scene was processed.
Edwards said no one else was in the home and it was an isolated incident. Lawrence Loeffler is cooperating with sheriff's detectives investigating the case, he added.
Edwards said Tuesday there were no indications of dementia or intoxication when they went to Loeffler's home and took him into custody.
Edwards said neighbors were interviewed and asked their knowledge about the Loefflers. He noted that a records check found no domestic-dispute calls to the sheriff's office from the address -- only a minor dispute with a wood-cutter about the price of wood.
Initial reports indicated Loeffler was told to come out of the home with his hands up, but that he could only lift one hand because he uses a cane. La Pine Fire medics were called in to check the man for possible breathing problems, those reports indicated.


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Methods of Algae Control
Algae is the number one problem anyone with a planted tank faces. More people shut down their planted tanks because of algae than any other reason. I hate to see someone scrub the idea of a planted tank because of algae, where there are a few basic concepts and a few techniques that could easily eliminate most of their algae. In this thread, I'll highlight most of the better approaches to algae control.
First off, it's important to digest the fact that algae exists as a part of nature. It's in ponds, lakes, creeks, and rivers. There is no way you will eliminate all of your algae, and if you are attempting to create a natural environment, there's really no reason to even try. Go ahead and settle into the idea that a healthy planted tank will have algae. I think for most people, simply accepting this fact will make them 100% happier with the state of their planted tank.
However, algae can become a real pest, and usually there are two culprits for it's cause: light and co2. No matter what anecdotes may be out there, most algae blooms(of any kind) are caused not by an exess of nutrients, but because of too much light and/or co2. The easiest way to control algae in a planted tank is to max out your co2(to that point just before your fish begin to suffocate) and then simply use the light like a gas pedal. If your co2 is maxed, and you have a steady supply of nutrients, all you need to do is worry about light. There's no easy answer about light. Light can be manipulated by adding/removing bulbs, raising/lowering the fixture, and increasing/decreasing the photoperiod. You'll simply have to experiment with this to find out what works best for you.
So you've got your lights, co2, and nutrients dialed in. CO2 is maxed out, you're dosing EI(or whatever), and you've gotten to the point that BBA and string algae aren't constantly covering your tank, but there's just that last bit of algae that you can't get rid of, but you consider it unsightly. Well, there are a few ways to deal with that. For starters, glutaraldehyde/Metracide/Excel (Glut from here on out) are excellent method of algae control.
Glut can be a great way to help speed up the destruction of algae AFTER you've slowed and/or halted it's growth by dialing in your lights/co2/ferts.
A planted tank blog has completed a case study using glutaraldehyde to eliminate BBA. You can read about it here:
Their method is fairly similar to mine.
When I'm spot treating BBA with glutaraldehyde, I make a 1:4 dilution (that is, 1 ounce of glut and 4 ounces of water) and put it in a spray bottle. Then, during a water change, after I have drained the water out, I spray that dilution directly on the BBA and let it sit for about 5 minutes, then fill the tank up. Within 30 minutes the BBA turns white, and flakes off and disappears within a few days.
This method also kills GDA and GSA on the glass, hardscape, and plants.
However, be careful because not all plants respond well to this strong of a glut solution. I'm sure this list is bigger, but in my personal experience, rotalas, mosses, and vals do not like to be hit with this solution. Again, in my experience, Crypts and Anubias(two that are prone to GSA) respond positively to this solution.
For more information, that is an extensive sticky about this subject:
"But Jeffrey, I still have some GSA/BDA/diatoms on my rocks/wood/glass/plants and I can't use Glut to get to it and I consider it the most unsightly thing"
Never fear my good friends, there is yet one LAST resort.
First and foremost, you should really try every other method first. Animals cannot control an unbalanced tank...they simply can't eat that much. On top of that, there's a limited number of fish you can put in any one tank, so you should think long and hard about if a particular fish is worth the space/water chemistry simply to eat algae IF there are other things you can do instead.
However, once you've thought about the ramifications of adding another animal to your tank, there are several options and they all have their ups, and many of them have some BIG downs.
Otos: These are your go-to. Otos primarily eat GSA, GDA, and diatoms, but I've even seen them munch on wee bits of BBA and string algae. They are small and don't contribute significantly to your bioload. Generally, they are fairly cheap. The downside is that they tend to be sensitive fish. Large pH/TDS swings will wipe them out so you need to acclimate carefully. Also, if you accidentally adjust your co2 too high, these will be the first to go. The other downside is that, if you have a considerable amount of GSA/GDA/diatoms you'll need a lot of otos to handle. Otos are nice at controlling that last 2% of algae that your co2 and glut just can't wipe out. Otos need supplemental food as well. Algae wafers, veggies, and spirulina flake are good treats every few days. Otos rarely successfully breed in a community tank, so therefore you'll need to repurchase them every few years.
Amano shrimp: Amano shrimp are algae destroyers. They eat everything: String Algae, Clado,BBA,GSA,GDA....the list goes on and on. On top of that, they munch on detritus as well. Amanos are some of the largest FW shrimp. No matter how many Amanos you have, their contribution to your bioload is insignificant. Generally, for algae control (if there is nothing else in your tank working on the algae) you'll need 1 per gallon. The downside of Amano shrimp is that they are fairly pricey, especially considering the whole 1 per gallon thing for total algae control. The other big downside is that they don't breed in FW, and even in a brackish environment, captive successful breeding is incredibly rare. You'll have to replace these guys fairly regularly. They don't really require supplemental feeding as long as some of your food from regular feeding makes it down to the substrate for them to clean up later. If you want to give them a treat, foods like those for Otos are nice.
Red Cherry Shrimp(or any shrimp easily bred in captivity): RCS/Tigers/Snowballs/etc are a great form of algae control. Most people don't think of them this way, but let me explain. When it comes to algae eating shrimp, you really can't beat the Amano shrimp....but dang if they aren't expensive to keep a population. Well, individually, these other shrimp don't put near the hurt on algae as Amanos do, but they are DIRT CHEAP and breed like rabbits. These shrimp primarily munch on detritus, diatoms, and left over food, but once a healthy population gets going, they'll eat string, clado, bba...pretty much anything. It's hard to list a downside to these guys. I suppose the major downside is that they aren't a cure-all for algae and that keeping them can limit what fish you have, because if a shrimp can fit in their mouth, they'll eat it. However, in a heavily planted tank, if you introduce breeding shrimp BEFORE you introduce fish and get a population going, you'll have no problem keeping them. The other benefit of breeding shrimp is that they can be a healthy snack for fish. I suppose I'm a little too over eager about them, but they are just great additions to the planed tank.
Nerite Snails: Of all the algae eaters on this list, Nerites almost take the cake. They are real work horses. Anybody that thinks snails move slowly has never watched a Nerite....ok, that's a bit of an exaggeration, but these guys chug along compared to other snails. They eat EVERYTHING and I mean EVERYTHING. Diatoms, detritus, BBA, GDA,GSA, Clado, String...I mean EVERYTHING. They'll work on the easier to get stuff first, but once that's gone, they'll start in on the BBA, clado, string and have that gone before you know it. These things love to eat. However, there are downsides. For starters, Nerites typically start at $1.50 each for Olive Nerites and work their way up for larger/more decorative species. Like Amanos, for complete algae control, 1 per gallon is a good number. Also like Amanos, they can't successfully breed in FW and, while I've seen efforts, I've never read about any successful captive breeding even in brackish environments. Another thing, and this is the real kicker: They don't live long in soft acidic environments. For most of us living in Atlanta and for anybody that injects CO2...this means your tank. Their shells slowly get eaten away by acidic water. You can help them out by giving them food intended for snails/inverts with calcium, and you can make sure you're water doesn't get too soft...but their's no stopping fate.
These are your miracle workers. You can go with any of these, but I personally "use" and recommend a good mix. A good mix of the above will control that last bit of algae down to the point that you don't even notice it. For example, in my 120g, I've got 35 olive nerites, 30 otos, and 60+ RCS. I had a 45g tank with 8 Otos, 12 nerites, and 20 Amanos. A 75g with 30 Amanos, 50+ RCS, 15 otos....you get the idea.
Honorable Mentions: Believe it or not, Mollies and Platies are pretty good algae eaters. They munch on GSA, GDA, String, BBA, and Clado. The upside is that they are dirt cheap. The down side is that they breed a lot (so that they are dirt cheap). They'll eat algae, but they'll also take over your tank if you'll let them. If you decide to go this route, just find someone in your local club with a wolf fish and send the fry over their way :P.
The following are a list of fish that are often suggested for algae control, but personally I believe they should be avoided for this reason. I strongly recommend you do not purchase these fish for the intent of algae control, but for the sake of being thorough I will describe them.
SAE: The true Siamese Algae Eater, C. Siamensis. When SAEs are young (6 months or less) they eat the hard stuff and work their way down, which is cool. They start out with string algae, BBA, and clado, and then start working on GSA and GDA once the other stuff disappears. SAEs are social fish and should be in groups no less than 3, but 5 is really a much better number. SAEs have SEVERAL large downsides. First off, they get big, really big, like 6+ inches...digest the last two sentences: they should be in groups of 5+ and grow to 6+ inches. In case you can't put it together, these fish need AT LEAST a 55g tank but really belong in a 75g+. On top of all that, after about 6 months, they stop eating algae, and instead turn to anything and everything else: shrimp, small fish, hairgrass, moss....anything and everything but algae. So now you've got a bunch of huge fish that don't eat algae, great. But wait, there's more! SAEs also become more and more territorial as they get older and they'll quickly turn on your other fish. In short, these are not the miracle fish you've been led to believe.
Florida Flag Fish: Florida Flag Fish(or the American Flag Fish) are also often touted as being great algae eaters. Like the SAE, they tend to work on the hard stuff first and work their way down. They are killies, so they'll breed pretty easily. However, like SAEs, if the algae supply gets low (and as they age) they start to munch on stringy plants (like hairgrass) and moss. Also like the SAE, they tend to become more and more aggressive/territorial as they get older/start breeding. People still mention this one from time to time as being a "good" algae eater, but I think most of the hobby has moved on from suggesting this one.
Plecos, of any kind: Plecos of any kind just aren't the best algae eaters. Most Plecos will eat your plants. Generally, the hobby knows this, but still suggest BN Plecos and Rubberlips. These fish do eat algae(and tend to leave plants alone), but it's really not their preferred source of food, so simply throwing them in your tank with only DW and algae to munch on isn't very nice of you. These fish are great, but should be kept because they are great, not because they are algae eaters(because, compared to the other fish on this list, they just aren't). There isn't really a big downside to BN and Rubberlips except, as stated, they aren't really great algae eaters. The other downside, and this is strictly a personal opinion, is that, even at 4", they are a bit too big and bulky for the planted tank, often disturbing plants. I don't have a lot of negatives for the fish, except, as I said, they just aren't "algae eaters".
Dishonorable Mentions: Chinese Algae Eaters are Not Algae Eaters, and they are majorly aggressive.
I feel like I'm leaving some off, so if I think of them, I'll add them.
Finally, If you have any questions or comments regarding the above, feel free to let me know.
How do you obtain the one Nerite per gallon statement?
As I mentioned, I recommend a good mix. A 45g tank with 45 nerites would really look pretty crazy, unless you just really love snails.
I suppose it would depend on the amount of algae present, however.
Im sure there are lots of critters that eat algae, I just want to point out one that I never see listed ; Rainbow Shark ( Epalzeorhynchos frenatum ) although-you have to be careful with tank mates.
Great job with the writeup--thanks for taking the time to do it!
I would say they are more attractive fish and slightly more fun to watch, though.
Have to say well done!
Never had Amanos, are they OK in soft(low PH water) that is what we have in NYC.
Are they OK to keep with large Angels?
What about using antibiotics? I've heard this mentioned before but I'm not aware of the specifics.
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I noticed the goofy pic & also that the writer called it a RIFLE . That whole crowd has no clue.
White House releases photo of prez shooting shotgun. It is pretty staged and phony looking. He needed to take lessons just for the photo-op. Lots of stuff in that picture just don't add up. The things Obama must endure so you can have him as President.
I noticed the goofy pic & also that the writer called it a RIFLE . That whole crowd has no clue.
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I seldom talk to liberals.............................. But when I do, I order fries............
Why is there smoke coming out the side of the barrel? I don't understand the smoke. Black powder blanks?
I haven't seen the pic but as a trap shooter there is pleaanty of smoke comng out of the barrel . I blow it out when I break the gun open so it don't burn my eyes an screw me up. the federal multipurpose loads I use a lot some some .
im sure mr Obama is friend to all hunters an sportsmen these days .
White House releases photo of Obama shooting a gun - latimes.com
link to a picture
looks fairly normal to me the barrel is likely ported.
didn't know he is left handed ???????
was taken in the summer by the looks of the green bushes an trees.
Big Don, it's a ported barrel
OK I'll try to post the pic, but first
BigO made a speech the other day, and in this speech he claims him & the family "shoot skeet all the time at Camp David".
Then a day or two later someone came out and said "he only did it one (1) time and only fired two or three rounds, he looked uncomfortable doing it too, he never shoot skeet after that".
Also if you look into it, I bet you'll find he's only been to Camp David a few times compared to all the other places he's been wasting our money at.
"Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem" Ronald Reagan
sure the big "O" has to be a crack shot , remember a year or two ago when he was heading the SEALS on the hunt for Osamma??
and were going to get all that FREE healthcare too--
and the budget crisis is over too--
and the dow just topped 14,000
and he balanced the budget!
and he is walking on the water!
Does his PR team think this will get him some points with us??
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(July 19, 2007)--The UTSA College of Business was named one of the top 10 research institutions nationwide for faculty scholarly productivity in business administration according to a study by Academic Analytics.
"I commend our faculty for their outstanding scholarship and research productivity," said Lynda de la Viña, dean of the College of Business. "We are proud to be the only Texas school included in this ranking. The national ranking attests to the quality of our faculty and ultimately to the quality of education that we provide to our students."
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i have installed 10 frames of foundation in a brood hive on my bees .... and it is amazing to watch them draw out the comb. i am feeding 1:1 syrup using the baggie method and they are going to town.
two frames almost complete in one day! love my bees.
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As to the question on commericial queen replacement - we replace our queens no later in the 2nd year although a great deal of that comes directly from 2 queen units which get a new queen in the top unit (on top of what might be a 2nd year queen or a 1st year queen) and after 23days are combined. My observations and study tell me the young queen usually survives. I do care about hive longevitiy and I think most commercial guys would, even though they could use nucs and purchased queens to replace losses every year. Being commericial does not reduce our need for better stock.
As to survivor stock, we have run a yard of untreated bees for many years in working towards better stock. I would consider those my survivor stock and everything else at least has some of those traits bred in as well. I would agree with Marla's concept of a hive which survives for at least 18 months as a minimum benchmark but a any treatment would nix the label of survivor stock. I get calls all the time about bees that are "survivor" stock because they are in a location for years but most when investigated show evidence of "breaks" in brood comb telling me likely it is a hive which was repopulated annualy by swarms. I look for those little dark bees (maybe the little is evidence of small cell) which normally seem to have smaller but somewhat aggressive stock and are visibly different from the norm. Those in the wild, with anecdotal support, I would call survivor stock.


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Since the introduction of the "Genesis" sport sedan by Hyundai, they have now introduced the new coupe under the same name. They share the same rear-wheel drive platform and are dubbed BH/BK respectfully, but since their introductions they have not been given proper names or alphanumeric signatures. Could this be Hyundai's way of introducing a new nameplate for themselves? They have slowly introduced vehicles in the past few years as concepts and then they aren't seen for awhile for example:PorticoRelatively the same size as the Chrysler Pacifica and Mercedes-Benz R-class. Said to be powered by a hybrid engine but could also house V6 or V8 engines.TerracanNot sold in the US, but is roughly the size of a Ford Explorer and it definitely gives a perception of elegance if nothing else. Currently it is powered by Hyundai's new 3.8L V6, but I would think if it came stateside it would also boast Hyundai's new 4.6L V8 or another V8 power plant.Genesis SedanThe start of Hyundai's first attempt at a luxury sedan and also referred to as the Lexus killer by several magazines and boasts Hyundai's first as well as their most powerful attempt at a V8 producing 380hp.Genesis CoupeRumored to be the size of the 350Z/G37 coupe, underpinned by a modified version of the Genesis sedan platform, and being tested with up to 3 engine variants: 2.0L turbocharged inline 4 (240 hp), 3.8L V6 (300+hp), & 4.6L V8(yet to be finalized/speculation).I-BluePowered by a hydrogen fuel cell, but whose to say it won't be powered by one of the gasoline or diesel powered engines. Just the first four alone could start a brand, look at Acura they only have five in their lineup and they are still holding on and with the I-Blue powered by a conventional engine so would Hyundai. Could we be looking at a new upset by the South Korean automaker, bringing affordable luxury to everyone? It would be a great "beginning" and bright future for Hyundai, the Azera proves that they can step up to the plate as it does offer similar packaging to the Lexus ES350. Could Hyundai build on the "GENESIS" marque and strive stateside or will the stigma of Hyundai/Kia turn buyers away?
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I dont know if Genesis is going to be their lux brand name, but I guess it wouldnt be a bad one. I think the Hyundai still has a ways to go before it can shed its cheap car image. Certainly putting out this Genesis lux sedan and the next Tiburon will help build cred. Consistently putting out good vehicles at good prices will eventually bring the customers around. Some of Hyundai's newer products have received some praise, but many of their offerings are still lacking in many respects IMO. The only Hyundai brand vehicle I have ever driven is a Sonata. It was supposed to be a great competitor but I didnt care for it personally. The Azera has no appeal to me what so ever. The Veracruz and new Santa Fe both look good and the new product launches will only help matters.
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But how long can a business do that, before the people really come around. My sister is dead set on a Nissan, refuses to give any other brand a chance. Me, being the *** brother stated what you can't keep an open mind, I'm ashamed of you!! She knows it wasn't personal, but I was trying to prove a point to her. If people honestly have an open mind (I Sell Hyundais and Subarus) I can sell them. If they come in with preconceived notions, then honestly it's a waste of my time and their time.
It's already been stated that the RWD Genesis-based coupe will replace the Tiburon in the Hyundai lineup. Thus, the "spy shots" of future Tiburons are moot.I wouldn't be surprised to see an equivalent to the Terracan (which has been sold overseas for decades) come to the US market in the form of a Kia Mesa platform-mate. I just find it odd that Kia was allowed to introduce their version first. I'm still clueless as to how the two brands are managed to be independent of each other... Kia and Hyundai offer far too much intercompetition for a healthy corporation.As for a new brand, I'm not sure, but there is talk of a completely revised Hyundai logo/emblem debuting along with the Genesis in Detroit this coming January to celebrate the corporation's anniversary. I'm not sure if this will be an additional brand logo or simply a replacement.
I think introducing a third brand would be folly for Hyundai. They should introduce these beauties and just keep them as Hyundais. Move Hyundai up-market, and let Kia be the every-man's car/sporty side.We don't need yet another brand.
I don't think Hyundai's quite ready for a full blown luxury brand. Bring out the new Genesis sedan as a Hyundai and let it do for the brand what the Cressida and 810 Maxima did for Toyota and Datsun/Nissan. The Veracruz and Azera are already a good start.If they do actually start another sales channel, they need a better name. Genesis is a clunker, at least for a brand name. It's a great model name, though...kinda reminds me of the old Acura Legend.
In the current climate, I don't think there's room for a Korean uber-machine. The Grandeur/Azera has been a phenomenal flop despite the fact that it is beautifully engineered. The Sonata is a fine car, with almost Audi-like lines and build quality. It suffers from huge depreciation, but it's as large as I'd go with a Korean product.
"Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes. After that, who cares? ...He's a mile away and you've got his shoes" -Billy Connolly
aatbIoke:In the current climate, I don't think there's room for a Korean uber-machine. The Grandeur/Azera has been a phenomenal flop despite the fact that it is beautifully engineered. The Sonata is a fine car, with almost Audi-like lines and build quality. It suffers from huge depreciation, but it's as large as I'd go with a Korean product.The name Genesis means "beginning", which I think gives a company meaning if anything. Besides no one even thought twice about the name's Lexus, Acura, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, etc. most are either acronyms, someone's daughter, or have no relative/definitive meaning at all. I see your point with the depreciation factor, but you also have to take into account that most people are keeping their cars a lot longer now than they did years ago. Cars are more dependable and with a warranty that practically is unmatched by other dealers it would make it hard to pass up a luxury lineup with even it's largest vehicle being under $40K. Another thing is people are also keeping these cars as the everyday driver when they purchase a new vehicle instead of trading them in. The point is Honda started Acura (1986) with the Legend and the Integra, then came Lexus (1989) with the LS400 and ES250, and finally Infiniti (1989) with the Q45 and M30, some of the same skeptics thought they were crazy when they were launched with only two vehicles each. Looking at their success now, they have surpassed the American luxury marques and have gained ground on the Germans, the Koreans may be no different. As far as build quality is concerned they have stepped it up and shown that they can compete with the mainstream and have gotten comparisons to top brands like Audi. Here's the real scenario, there are those out there who spend just to create an image and the budget minded/penny pincher. For someone who watches there dollar and want the most for little to nothing and having the peace of mind of an outstanding warranty behind it, it doesn't matter if the car is held together by tape and glue, never mind who the parent company is. Hyundai was strong enough to buy out one time competitor Kia and as other brands have successfully launched their own marque brands, Hyundai would definitely have a chance.
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The sideshow to the main event has ended, leaving omelette-faced ex-international John Parker in retreat mode as he tries to salvage his band of rebels he calls The Group.
Parker today issued a "sincere apology" to Brendon McCullum for a potentially defamatory 77-point document known in infamy as "The Taylor Affair". Really, he should be apologising to this country's long-suffering cricket fans for driving a wedge through the sport - and potentially the national team -when a vibrant and enthralling England tour had started to heal a game that had been riven by poor results and mismanagement.
In December, the Herald embarked on a week-long series of cricket articles under the banner, 'The Shame Game'.
During the series we highlighted several of the sport's failings and concluded that New Zealand Cricket needed fundamental change, particularly at board level where we felt the game's governors had been caught asleep at the wheel.
It seemed a good idea to have more high-level cricket expertise on the board, but the discrediting of Parker and his inchoate band of renegades - most of whom displayed the clean heels of Usain Bolt when distancing themselves from The Group at the threat of legal action - has hurt his movement for change.
Are the sort of people who spit out documents based on innuendo, half-truths and mistruths the sort of people we want running sport? Easy answer: No. The game has endured enough nastiness lately.
Parker, and by extension The Group, has come across as mean-spirited and manipulative, prepared to use a clearly hurting Ross Taylor as a pawn in their endgame. Parker identified friendly faces in the media and used them to push a tired message. Any noble intentions dissolved in those 77 badly written, poorly fact-checked points.
New Zealand cricket needs fresh thinking; it needs to better use the accrued wisdom of those heroes of the 1980s who clearly feel disenfranchised from their sport. It doesn't need petty squabbles played out in public.
It needs skilled people who recognise that cricket's environment is evolving so quickly and so profoundly that New Zealand needs to run just to stand still, it needs to sprint to catch-up.
It's time to look forward now, not keep getting dragged down by the past.
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Ed Skoudis wrote:Hello, Challenge Fans! We're back with this year's Holiday Hacking Challenge, our tenth annual installment and our biggest and best ever. This one's based on that classic holiday movie, It's a Wonderful Life. Working through this challenge, you'll explore numerous features of CyberCity, the kinetic cyber range SANS built to help train people about the kinetic impact of cyber attacks and how to defend critical infrastructures. You'll analyze numerous attacks against the real-world industrial control systems and related components of CyberCity, trying to figure out how the bad guys targeted and exploited the town. Along the way, you'll also see several defenses that blocked many of the attackers' attempts, and you'll help ensure that the head of security of the town, George Bailey, has a happy holiday season.
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National Monument & Preserve
Aniakchak is part of "the Ring of Fire". In this active volcanic area along the pacific Ocean rim, volcanoes occur as the Pacific plate is thrust, or subducted, beneath continental plates. Very explosive, these subduction volcanoes produce large volumes of ash. They build island arcs and high mountain chains. Aniakchak is cousin to America's Katmai, Redoubt, and Mount Saint Helens, and to Japan's Fuji, and Indonesia's Krakatau.
Remote and Recent Volcanic Wildlands
Midway down the wild and roadless Alaska Peninsula lies one of the nation's most fascinating recent volcanic features. Aniakchak is a 6-mile-wide, 2,000-foot-deep caldera formed by the collapse of a 7,000-foot mountain. Lying inland in a region of frequent clouds and stormy weather, Aniakchak remained unknown to all but native inhabitants until the 1920s. Then, geographers remotely plotting mountain locations along the caldera's rim noticed their circular configuration. Eventually, in 1922, a geologic field party gazed down into the caldera. They brought back news of Aniakchak's immense proportions.
Although a dozen calderas stand on the Alaska Peninsula, Aniakchak ranks among the largest. Its fascinating volcanic history can be read from its exposed internal plumbing. About 3,500 years ago, a dramatic explosion caused the loss of some 3,000 feet of the upper mountain. The remainder of the mountain next collapsed, leaving a relatively flat-floored, ash-filled bowl. Since the caldera first formed, many lesser eruptions have created the small cinder cones, lava flows, and explosion pits dotting its floor today. Because some explosion features seem to have been created underwater, the caldera probably once contained a deep snow-fed lake, much like Crater Lake in southern Oregon. Eventually, however, at a low place along the rim, lake waters began to spill out. Over time, this fast-flowing stream created the great breach in the rim known as The Gates. The Gates now allow the Aniakchak River to begin its tumultuous 27-mile course southeastward to the Pacific Ocean.
Aniakchak's most recent volcanic activity came in 1931. A small but impressive explosion pit was added to the pockmarked caldera floor that year. Many thousands of tons of ash lay strewn within the caldera and scattered up to 40 miles away over the small villages. Fortunately, this volcanic episode was documented both before and after by an indomitable geologist and Jesuit priest, Father Bernard Hubbard. His photographs and descriptions provide an important benchmark for judging the likely rate of recovery of vegetation to the devastated caldera. Mosses, grasses, and more complex flowering plants have invaded sheltered spots. Brown bear and caribou have returned. Spawning runs of sockeye salmon now fight their way up the Aniakchak River and into Surprise Lake, the river's shallow headwater lake inside the caldera.
In creating Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve, Congress recognized the unique geological significance of the caldera and also acknowledged the outstanding wildlife and recreational values of the Aniakchak River by designating it a wild river within the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
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Prehistoric and historic peoples hunted, trapped, and fished the Aniakchak area, but the caldera's modern exploration began only 70 years ago with geologists in the 1920s. The area's most dramatic visits were those of "the Glacier Priest", Father Bernard Hubbard. He was flown into the caldera itself in 1930, where he witnessed "a world within a mountain" and called it Paradise Found.
A year later Aniakchak erupted and Hubbard returned, this time hiking some 30 miles from a base camp on Kujulik Bay with three companions. En route across the coastal-barrier mountains and Aniakchak River valley their footsteps sent up clouds of ash that made their hair like wire brushes. Desert-like dust whirlwinds everywhere raised miniature tornadoes. They made 30 miles to the volcano rim the first day and climbed it the next morning.
we were going through a valley of death in which not a blade of grass or a flower or a
bunch of moss broke through the thick covering of deposited ash. Black cinders clinked
under our feet and slid away. It was like walking on wheat in a huge bin, and equally
At the rim, they "were to see Paradise Lost after having lived in Paradise Found the previous year."
The reaction was silence. "There was the new Aniakchak, but it was the abomination of desolation, it was the prelude of hell. Black walls, black floor, black water, deep black holes and black vents; it fairly agonized the eye to look at it."
A new sight since 1930 greeted them: "There was a huge black crater built out from the wall, and from its black maw yellow and brown gases were pouring, and clouds of escaping steam." Here, too dust whirlwinds danced like mad ghosts, and deadly gases and smoke created a "vision of hell in Aniakchak."
The only familiar sight was those hot springs whose flow sufficed to wash away the ashfall. In an explosion pit, like a huge paint pot, "Yellow sulphurs seethed and boiled around the edge of broken blocks of red lava... Colored fumes too heavy to rise rolled about like waves on a stormy sea."
Hubbard's party stuck a glass tube in the ground and lowered a thermometer eight inches. "It burst in three minutes at 200 degrees centigrade!"
They verified a new theory that chlorine gas can be found in volcanoes. They witnessed a bird being overcome by lethal gases. Lava bombs had made living room-sized craters on the caldera floor. The party climbed to the new subcrater's steaming rim: "We stood awe stricken on the edge," wrote the priest, "looking, like Dantes, into a real inferno."
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Parks and Plates: The Geology of Our National Parks, Monuments & Seashores.
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I took my extractor for a spin, I extracted my first medium super .
My question is, other than bolting it to the floor what methods do people use to prevent it walking away? It's a Maxant 10/20.
It has bolt holes in the 3 feet, and I was thinking of bolting those to a wooden base and then rested my 105 pounds of John Deere tractor weights on the wood. Is that enough weight? What do other folks do?
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Hope senior pitcher Adam Clements of Saline (Saline HS) heads the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) all-conference baseball team announced today by the league's coaches. Clements has been named the MIAA's most valuable pitcher and is joined by six teammates of the all-conference teams.
Adam Clements, Jon Ponte, Ty Peterson,
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Clements posted a 6-1 record in league games with a 2.12 earned run average. He topped the MIAA in strikeouts with 58 in 47 innings pitched. For the regular season he posted a 7-2 record to become Hope's career leader for victories (24-7) and complete games pitched (20). His career record in MIAA games was 18-5.
A two-time All-MIAA honoree, Clements is joined on the first team by battery mate Jon Ponte, a senior from Novi (Dearborbn Divine Child HS).
Hope players named to the All-MIAA second team include junior second baseman Ty Peterson of Wheaton, Ill. (Warrenville South HS), sophomore third baseman Eric Dawson of Grand Haven (Midland HS), senior shortstop Chris Mattson of Muskegon (Mona Shores HS), junior outfielder T.J. Klein of Circle Pines, Minn. (Centennial HS), and junior pitcher Cory Schmidt of Milan, Ohio (Edison HS).
Coached by Stu Fritz, the Flying Dutchmen tied for second place in the MIAA standings and posted a 22-18 regular season record.


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Celebration of Food Festival
Celebration of Food Festival 2015!
11 a.m.-4 p.m. | Sun., May 17 | Lynnwood Convention Center
Food Revolution Snohomish County, a movement aimed at encouraging growing, cooking, preserving, and eating real healthy food, brings this unique community event to Snohomish County.
A free, family event where you can taste, explore, and experience real food.
- Food — Free samples, demos, displays, and items for purchase (see list of vendors below).
- Gardening — Demos, displays, and activities by farm and garden professionals will show how to grow your own food and where to purchase locally grown food.
- Resources — Experts, displays, books, and resources will be available for children and adults to learn everything about growing to cooking to preserving food.
Thank You, 2015 Celebration of Food Festival Sponsors!
Cedar Grove Compost | Central Market | City of Lynnwood | Edmonds CC Campus Green Fund | Edmonds Community College | Grow Northwest | PCC Natural Markets | Swedish Edmonds | Verdant Health Commission| Whole Foods Market Lynnwood
Thank You, 2015 Festival of Food Partners!
Edmonds Boys and Girls Club | Edmonds School District | Farmer Frog | Imagine Children's Museum | Snohomish County Focus on Farming | Snohomish County Health District | WSU Extension Snohomish County


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Track and field games, and particularly those dumped on the market every four years in honour of the Olympics, have never been particularly good at either simulating real sporting events or being a fun gaming experience.
With London 2012, you won't get a complete simulation, but you'd have to be particularly stony-hearted not to have any fun.
The button-mashing is still there in events like the 100m sprint, but with the help of a stamina gauge, players are made to pace their controller abuse.
Simply wearing the button out with repeated blows will cause your competitor to burn out, so you have to introduce some rhythm in order to keep yourself in the race.
That mechanic applies to plenty of sports in the game, from hurdles to javelin, which is far more fun than it sounds. The tap-tap-tapping is there, but there's skill in getting the run-up down pat before quickly pulling the thumbstick at just the right time to produce an optimal throwing angle.
And if you nail a personal best, you really do feel accomplished. The enthusiastic commentary and - if you're good enough - medal ceremony national anthems are the icing on the cake.
For every hit though, there's a miss. The triple jump, requiring precise 45-degree jerks of the thumbstick, is built on a foundation of frustration and challenges patience more than legitimate skill. The diving is fun to do, when you get it right, but a pain in the rear when your rhythm goes. Trampoline has a similar mechanism, but somehow seems to play far worse.
There are no licensed athletes appearing in the game, so Sega's developers in Australia looked to lesser lights to put in the national team lists. So it is that New Zealand's first-choice male shot put competitor is a chap named Troy Rawhiti-Forbes. If I were a raging egomaniac I'd give this game five stars simply for letting me tick "be a video game character" off my bucket list.
As it is, it comes highly recommended but with a suggestion that once the real Games are over, this game may lose some of its gloss. In Britain, where I'm writing this from, it has been topping the sales charts recently. Expect that to drop once Jacques Rogge declares London's to be the best Olympic Games ever.
It is fair to say though that this is the best Olympics game ever.
Stars: 3.5/5
Platform: PS3, Xbox 360
Rated: G


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Westmont College wins NAIA Division I Women's Basketball National Championship
Warriors capture school's first National Championship in basketball
FRANKFORT, Ky. - Westmont College is a National Champion in basketball. The Warriors defeated Lee, Tenn 71-65 to win the NAIA Division I Women's Basketball National Championship in Franfort, Kentucky.
Tugce Canitez scored 25 points and grabbed 20 rebounds while teammate Kelsie Sampson also scored 25 points to lead the Warriors to victory. Esther Lee made 4-of-5 three-pointers to finish with 12 points.
Lee was named to the All-Tournament team while Canitez was selected as the National Tournament MVP and the NAIA National Player of the Year. The Warriors Kirsten Moore was named the NAIA Coach of the Year.
Westmont finishes the year 30-4 and National Champions. It is the first basketball title for either men's or women's basketball as Westmont. The 2003 women's soccer team captured the last title for the Warriors back in 2003 until now.


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Apartment Plaza Mayor
Size60 m²
Floor No.5
- Internet/WiFi
- Kitchen
- Air conditioning
- Washer/dryer
- Towels
- Dishwasher
Accommodation summary
|Can Carrio, 07003 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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The charming apartment features a master bedroom with a comfortable double bed, and a second bedroom with a single bed and a large wardrobe. The living area includes a sofa, a flat-screen TV and a dining table. The modern kitchen is fully fitted.
Nestled in the historic centre, many of the city's most popular attractions are just a few steps away. In the surrounding area guests will also find a great selection of restaurants, bars and cafes to enjoy.
The nearest bus stops are a mere 3-minute walk away, and provide regular access to all other parts of the city. The nearest beach can be reached within just a 15-minute walk.
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Reviews of this property
We liked the site, the flat was great, spacious end clean, Wifi always connected.
Close to center in 1 minute walk. Supermararkets around the corner, and Bartolome kind in sending us messages for our arrival and before the departure.
Be aware of the stairs, 5Th floor without lift, but we decided that the apt was ok for us, and the going ( up and down ) was kind of a Gym included, not bad! Eheheh!
Will return in case. Thank to the owner for everything.
I have been in Palma before, but never in a more beautiful place. When you walk out the door you are directly in the old town and the playa Mayor. The apartment is very nice, quiet, clean en the 5 stairs climbing more then worth it. I hope to return some day to the apartment of Bartolome
Perfect Place to stay in Palma de Mallorca. Close to the cathedral. Supermarkets are around the corner. The Appartment was clean and in good conditions. Washmashine, Dryer and Dishwascherare there. Simply wonderful
This marvelous apartment is advantageously positioned in the very centre of Palma. Immediately coming out of the block you are totally absorbed by Palma warm and busy ambiance: fancy shops, typical markets, cozy bars and restaurants and stylish walking areas. From the logistic standpoint the flat is only two minutes walk from the "Intermodal Station" from where practically all island's buses, coaches, trains and metro lines depart. In fact the transportation network is rich and efficient serving all the most important and famous historical, touristic and traditional locations of the island. The apartment is super-tidy, spacious, very well-ventilated and amazingly full of light. It is extremely equipped and furnished with good taste. Bartolomé is a very considerate, kind and professional host. Indeed we spent wonderful days.
Alles in Ordnung, gute Kommunikation. Als besonderes Plus: man hat die Möglichkeit, sein Gepäck abzustellen, wenn man schon früh anreist oder erst spät abreist!
Todo ha ido perfectamente: La communicación con Bartolomé era rápida y muy amable y toda la información que hacía falta la recibimos con antelación. El piso también nos gustó muchísimo. Está muy centrico y bien equipado. Volveremos seguramente.
Alles war perfekt: Die Kommunikation mit Bartolomé verlief reibungslos, super schnell und sehr, sehr freundlich. Alle notwendigen Informationen haben wir mit Vorlauf erhalten. Auch die Wohnung hat uns sehr gut gefallen. Sie ist sehr zentral gelegen und gut ausgestattet. Wir kommen sicherlich wieder.
El apartamento esta pegado a la Plaza Mayor en pleno centro de Palma, y estaba impecable. Bartolome resolvio todas mis dudas por whatsapp y no tuve ni un problema. La una pega que es un quinto sin ascensor, pero ya estaba informada!
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Gallery Talks, Lectures and Events
Third Show: The Urban Condition - Works from the Israel Museum, JerusalemMarch 22, 2012-July 31, 2012
Location: Mani House, Tel Aviv
Artist: Andre Kertesz, Alfred Bernheim, Absalon, Ido Bar-El, Gilad Ophir, Johanna Billing, Cao Fei, Hannah Starkey, and others
Curator: Sivan Eran
Media: Photography, video art, drawing, and sculpture
One of the first houses built in Tel Aviv in 1909, Mani House hosts works from the Museum's collection for the third time. This show features photography, video art, drawing, and sculpture by Israeli and international artists, focusing on the modern city and the experience of living in it over the past century. The Modernist architecture, shop windows, and residential buildings depicted in some of the works emphasize the play of geometric shapes, at times offering criticism about the consequences of urbanization. The urban lifestyle, the individual's confrontation with the city, and its socioeconomic texture are foregrounded in another group of works. Andre Kertesz, Alfred Bernheim, Absalon, Ido Bar-El, Gilad Ophir, Johanna Billing, Cao Fei, and Hannah Starkey are among the artists represented.


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This is the .25 ACP pistol, right? Not the .380 ACP.
I bet that it depends upon the date on the sales receipt. Older is probably more valuable.
Without the box or receipt, the gun seems to be worth between $350.00 and $500.00, depending upon condition and age. (Reference: Standard Catalog of Firearms)
If the outfit is old enough, maybe add $50.00 to $100.00 for the box and receipt?


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Music Discovery Series presents - BOOGIE KNIGHTS Music Discovery Series presents - BOOGIE KNIGHTS at Foundation Room
Don't miss this evening's acclaimed disco revival group - Boogie Knights! You will be tapping your feet and singing all night long to some of the most memorable tunes.Foundation Room Members and their guests receive complimentary general admission tickets. Please call your concierge (702) 632-4803 for details.
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It's summertime and you head out for a run. Before you even finish the first mile, your body feels as though it might ignite from the heat. It's not your imagination. Fifteen minutes into your run and your body temperature could be as high as 5° F above normal. If you were to continue at this pace, fatigue and heat illness would no doubt take over.
The above scenario doesn't have to happen. Drinking enough fluid, whether water or a sports drink, is imperative for exercising in hot or humid weather.
Maintenance of body fluids is essential to maintaining proper body temperature. Sweat cools your body by evaporating off your skin. Visible beads of sweat that don't evaporate only dehydrate you without the beneficial cooling effect. If you let your body become dehydrated, you'll find it much more difficult to perform even the lightest of workouts.
But don't wait until you're thirsty to start replenishing those fluids. Chances are, by the time you actually feel thirsty, your body is well on its way to becoming severely dehydrated.
The following strategies will help you protect yourself from the onset of heat illness:
Fluid replenishment before, during and after exercise is essential to avoid progressive dehydration. Always strive to drink 7 to 10 ounces of fluid every 15 to 20 minutes during exercise. Water isn't the only thing your body loses in sweat. Electrolytes such as sodium, potassium and chloride are also lost in sweat. It is equally important to replace these with a sports drink during continuous exercise lasting longer than one or two hours.
You should probably reduce the intensity of your workout, particularly the first few times you are exposed to higher temperatures.
High humidity prevents sweat from evaporating, and remember that sweat that does not evaporate does not cool the body. Use the heat stress index to determine the risk of exercising at various combinations of temperature and humidity. While a 90° F outdoor temperature is relatively safe at 10% humidity, the heat stress of 90° F at 50% humidity is the equivalent of 96° F. When the heat stress index rises above 90° F, you may want to consider postponing your exercise session until later in the day. Or, plan ahead and beat the day's heat by working out early in the morning.
When you go outside to exercise, refer to the heat stress index and consider the associated risks:
Physical training and heat acclimation can increase your blood volume, helping to regulate body temperature more effectively. Interestingly, the acclimatization process can be completed in seven to 14 days of repeated heat exposure. However, you must always continue to drink fluids before, during and after exercise.
Wear minimal clothing to provide a greater skin surface area for heat dissipation. Your clothing should be lightweight, loose-fitting, light-colored to reflect the sun's rays and of a fabric that absorbs water, such as cotton or other moisture wicking material.
Know when to say "no" to exercise. Using common sense is your best bet for preventing heat stress when Mother Nature turns up the heat.
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text: Sometimes my truck will not start. I replaced the starter relay (fuse box under the hood) and that seemed to help for a while. I can tap the top of the relay and get power to the starter and I have even just tapped the fuse box under the hood and got it work. Then there has been times that didn't work. Yesterday it wouldn't start and tapping on the relay didn't work. I got under the truck and tapped on the starter and solenoid with my pocket knife and it started. Today it wouldn't start and I tapped on the relay and got it started. I am thinking there is a loose connection under the fuse box. Has any had this problem before? This is a 2005 Sliverado.


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From time to time, various questions arise concerning the faculty lump sum benefit ("Benefit") that is described in Section 9.8 of the collective bargaining agreement in effect between the University and the American Association of University Professors, University of Delaware Chapter ("CBA"). Given that many faculty members have the same questions about this Benefit, we thought it might be helpful if we provided these frequently-asked questions, and their answers, to all faculty members.
What am I required to do in order to get the Benefit?
In order to get your Benefit, you must: (1) enter into a Retirement Agreement with the University, and (2) continue employment with the University at least until you meet the age and service requirements for retirement. The Benefit will be paid to you within the month following the date that you have met requirements (1) and (2).
When must I enter into my Retirement Agreement?
You should provide written notice to the Vice President for Finance & Administration at least six months prior to the anticipated beginning date of phased retirement or retirement leave, as described in Section 9.8 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2013). Generally, you may elect a one-semester retirement leave at full salary, or a full year leave at seventy-five percent salary, ending on the date of retirement. (Please note that both leave options include full-time University benefits; however, some benefits such as the retirement savings plan, life and disability insurance will be adjusted in relationship to any change in salary.) In place of a retirement leave, you may elect a phased retirement of three years in length (see Section 9.8 of the CBA for details).
May I choose any Retirement Date?
The University encourages a retirement date of May 31, August 31, or January 15 if you are on an academic-year appointment and June 30 or December 31 if you are on a fiscal-year appointment.
May I revise the terms of my Retirement Agreement once it is signed?
No. After you have entered into your Retirement Agreement with the University, the terms of your Retirement Agreement cannot be changed for any reason.
When will I receive the benefit?
Any full-time faculty member signing on or after January 1, 2011 shall receive, within the month following the signing of their retirement agreement (or, if not yet eligible for retirement, within the month following the date that they qualify for retirement), a one-time payment at the rate of two and one-half percent of annual base salary for each year of University service.
Will I still get the Benefit if I quit working for the University after I enter into my Retirement Agreement but before my agreed-upon Retirement Date?
If you quit working for the University before your Retirement Date you will not get the Benefit, even if you have met the age and service requirements as of the date you terminate employment.
What if I die after I sign the Retirement Agreement but before my Retirement Date?
If you die after signing the Retirement Agreement but before your Retirement Date, your designated beneficiary or estate will get your Benefit. In addition, your surviving dependents will be eligible for the other retiree benefits (such as health coverage) provided for under the CBA if, on the date of your death, you meet the age and service requirements set out in the CBA.
How do I designate a Beneficiary?
You designate a beneficiary by completing a Faculty Lump Sum Benefit Beneficiary Designation Election Form ("Election") and filing the Election with the Human Resources Department. You will be required to complete this Election at the time that you sign your Retirement Agreement. You may change your Election at any time by completing and filing a new Election with the Human Resources Department. The Election on file with the Human Resources Department at the time of your death will be the form that is followed.
May I defer all or a portion of my Benefit under the 403(b) and/or 457(b) Plans?
Yes. You may defer all or a portion of your Benefit under the 403(b) and/or 457(b) Plans as long as you have not already met the contribution limits for the year, as explained under the terms of each Plan. You must notify the Human Resources Department in writing, at the time of signing your retirement agreement, if you want to defer all or a portion of your Benefit under the 403(b) and/or 457(b) Plans.
Who do I contact if I would like to enter into a Retirement Agreement or have questions about electing phased retirement in lieu of retirement leave?
You should contact Corey Wright by e-mail (firstname.lastname@example.com) or by phone (831-2171) when you are ready to enter into, or if you have questions about entering into, a Retirement Agreement. You may also contact Corey Wright if you have questions about electing phased retirement in lieu of retirement leave.
Prepared: October 16, 2009, revised February 16, 2011
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