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Cry-Baby #1: Kayla A. Bonkowski
The incident: A woman did not wash her dishes.
The appropriate response: Maybe a passive-aggressive note. Maybe nothing?
The actual response: Her housemate attempted to poison her with bleach.
College student Kayla A. Bonkowski (pictured, above left) was arrested after allegedly putting bleach into the iced tea of her housemate Emily Joseph (above, right).
After drinking the poisoned tea, Emily was taken to her local hospital, and treated for non-serious injuries. Upon being discharged, she complained to the police and Kayla was arrested and charged with "felony poisoning".
During her interview with police, Kayla admitted that the reason she attempted to kill Emily was because "she is mean", and had not washed her dishes. She now faces up to 15 years in prison.
My old housemate once got really mad at me because I put all of her dirty dishes (which had been sitting in our kitchen for like, five weeks, BTW) in her bed while she was at work. She wouldn't shut up about it for like, six months. I'm gonna forward her this article to show her how lightly she got off.
Cry-Baby #2: Vanessa Ryan
The incident: A woman found a maggot in an apple she was eating.
The appropriate response: Throwing the apple away. MAYBE returning it to the shop where you bought it, depending on how much spare time you had that day.
The actual response: After complaining to the Morrisons supermarket where she purchased the apple, she contacted her local newspaper.
Twenty-five-year-old Vanessa had taken two bites out of the apple when she discovered the maggot. She promptly ran to her bathroom, where she was sick.
Speaking to her local paper of this terrifying incident, Vanessa said: "It's a good job it wasn't my daughter who ate it. She had been eating the apples for her lunch all week. She loves fruit and this would have put her off apples for good. The whole experience was just vile."
Before adding: "Everything I eat now I pull apart to make sure there is nothing inside. I just hope it doesn't happen to anyone else."
She also took photos of the apple and maggot, and gave them to Morrisons who offered her a refund and some gift vouchers. A spokesperson for the supermarket chain said: "We've offered our apologies to Mr and Mrs Ryan. Our technical team are investigating further."
How would you even go about approaching a newspaper about something like this? Do you think she just called up their news desk and said: "Guys – you are not gonna believe this. I found a f***ing bug in my apple"?
And can you imagine how little you would need to have going on in your life for this to be "a thing" for you? I can think of at least three occasions in the past that I have found bugs in fruit I was eating, and I don't think I even mentioned it to the people I was with when it happened. It's a fucking apple! It grew on a tree. Outside. Surely that's just a risk you take when you eat an apple? Does she want them to X-ray each individual apple before selling it to her? They cost like, 10p.


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One of the best album cover designers of all time. Designed almost every one of Pink Floyd's album covers, notably Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here, among countless covers for other bands like Muse, The Offspring, The Cranberries, and YES, to name a few. Known for his subtle distortion of reality and use of wide open space in his work.
Person A: Pink Floyd's album covers are pretty fucking trippy, who designed them?
Person B: Storm Thorgerson designed almost all of them.
Person B: Storm Thorgerson designed almost all of them.
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Last Modified: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 5:48 PM
DENHAM SPRINGS (AP) — Livingston Parish authorities are investigating a drowning at the Cajun Lagoon water park off La. 16 near Denham Springs.
Authorities said a 14-year-old boy drowned Tuesday afternoon. Medical personnel tried to revive him but were unsuccessful.
Deputy Chief Joe Koczrowski says the parish's District 5 firefighters and sheriff's office were called around 1 p.m. about the drowning.
Further details about what happened were not immediately available. No information about the victim was released.


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Hardware Upgrade
Intel Core Duo T2350 1.86Ghz, 2MB Cache,
(2X512MB) 1024 MB DDR2 Expandable to 2048MB DDR2,
120GB SATA 5400RPM Hard Drive,
Intel Shared Graphics 950,
Optional Floppy Disk,
Built in Dual Layer DVD Burner,
15.4" Colour Shine with WXGA (1280 X 800) Resolution,
10/100 LAN, Bluetooth V2.0 +EDR and Wireless 802.11 a/b/g, 1xExpress Card slot, 4xUSB V2.0 Ports, 1xVGA out, 1xS-Video, 1xFirewire IEEE1394
Built-in 1.3MP Webcam.
and replacing it with either a....
DELL Inspiron One 2310 - All in One
Intel Core i5
460M Processor (2.53 GHz, 3M Cache),
4GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM (2 x 2GB)
500GB SATA Hard Drive @ 7200 RPM
WLED 23" Full HD ( 1920 x 1080)
Digital TV Tuner ( with media remote control)
Integrated 2.0 Mega Pixel Web Cam
1GB ATI Radeon™ HD 5470 Graphics,
Tray Load 8X DVD +/-RW with Dual Layer Write
or a Hewlett Packard Pavilion DV6-7031TXwith;
Intel Core i7
Processor Bus:1333MHz
Processor Cache: 6MB L3 Cache
Processor Speed:2.3GHz - 3.3GHz
NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M Graphics 2GB GDDR3
Memory info
Hard Drive Size:640GB
Hard Drive Speed:5400-rpm
Memory:4GB DDR3
Bluetooth Compatible: Yes
Network: Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector)
Wireless: 802.11b/g/n WLAN
what are peoples thoughts on this...? The main difference obviously is that the first one is a all-in-one computer and the other is a notebook the other would be that one is slightly cheaper being a couple of hundred dollars then the other.
Look forward to reading your responses.


text: I'm not sure If this would fit under product reviews but it's about the customer service of lmctruck.com The policy about purchases is outstanding i just purchased a new set of clear lenses for my tahoe and apon shipment to my place after inspection i noticed the mount was broken. I called the customer service about the issue and they are replacing the unit for free. no bickering or arguing didnt even have to send the old units back! basically all in all it's a great company to deal with and parts are not to shabby for prices


text: Police are searching for a woman who robbed a Farmingdale convenience store at gunpoint. Kennebec County Sheriff's Sgt. Scott Taylor says the suspect entered the Circle K store on Maine Avenue just before 7:30 p.m. Sunday, showed a gun and made off with an undisclosed amount of cash. Police tell the Kennebec Journal, she left the area on foot. The woman was described as white and wearing jeans, a dark jacket and something over her face. Police brought in dog units to look for the woman.


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A - American Chopper: The Series - Season 3 Episode 1 Junior's Dream Bike 1
Summary : Documentary series about the goings-on behind the scenes at Orange County Choppers, a custom motorcycle fabrication company located in Montgomery, New York. The series is also a study of the interplaybetween the Teutels, Paul Sr. and Jr., a .
Aired : 2005-08-02
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Nice work! Enjoy the show!
Link Copied!
INSIGHT: A morning workout with a Picasso watching
Opening Sequence
Appeals court refuses to reinstate Trump's travel ban
Trump scolds NATO partners over spending
Republicans face fallout from dire CBO report on health bill
Vote in Montana no slam dunk for GOP after assault charge
VERBATIM: 'I do not think this is acceptable behavior'
Former Greek PM injured in car blast
Trump promises UK leaks probe
VERBATIM: Manchester victim's family plead unity
Amazon returns to the scene of the crime: opening a NYC bookstore
INSIGHT: Fleet week sails into New York City
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PS1 Warm Up 2010 Line-Up Announced
MoMA PS1's historic Warm Up music series begins July 3 and will take place every Saturday through September 4. This highly anticipated outdoor series celebrates its twelfth year of exposing audiences to the best in experimental music and live bands, performances, and DJs.
Taking the stage for ten consecutive Saturdays over the summer, Warm Up 2010 will highlight performances by a diverse group of musical artists, coinciding with the annual Young Architects Program and a new courtyard installation, Pole Dance, created by the architectural firm Solid Objectives - Idenburg Liu (SO - IL).
Warm Up Saturdays are from 2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Admission fee is $15. Included in this price is access to all exhibitions and Warm Up (ticket info here). Your line-up is below.
July 3Live: Delorean // Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang // Glasser
DJ Sets: John Talabot // Korallreven
July 10
agnès b. presents:
Live: Klement // Acid Washed
DJ Sets:Veronica Vasika
July 17
Live: Air France // ARP
DJ Sets: Ratatat
July 24
MoMA PS1 Greater New York presents:
Live: MEN // Kalup Linzy and the Sweet, Sampled, and LeftOva // Surprise Guests TBA
DJ Sets: JD Samson // Kalup Linzy // DJrupture
July 31
Live: Blondes // Oneohtrix Point Never // Prince Rama
DJ Sets: Animal Collective // CFCF // Babe Rainbow
August 7
Live: Alden Tyrell // The Crystal Ark
DJ Sets: Gavin Russom // Special Disco Version (ft James Murphy & Pat Mahoney)
August 14
Live: These Are Powers
DJ Sets: ?uestlove // Treasure Fingers // Kingdom
August 21
Live: Peter Zummo Ensemble // Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra
DJ Sets: Glissandro 70 // Tim Sweeney
August 28
Live: Big Freedia
DJ Sets: DJ Rusty Lazer // DJ Rashad // GHE20 GOTHIK DJs Venus X and Brenmar
September 4
Live: Holy Ghost! / Special Guests TBA
DJ Sets: House of House // DJ Mehdi
mp3: Muse - Muscle Museum (Soulwax Remix)


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Beautiful quilt! You do lovely work, and love the black and white!
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Beautiful quilt! You do lovely work, and love the black and white!
Be a blessing to others, as you may entertain angels unaware!
girlfriend, I LOVE,LOVE,LOVE, your quilt, what a great job. Big Hugs
Have a great day, grannyp70
Very beautiful ! Love the way you put it together.
Have a Blessed & Prosperous Day !
That is a beauty. The snowflake quilting is perfect!
Jojos Nana, Carol
Love the quilt!! I can see why you quilted it in a snowflake pattern. Great job.
Thanks everyone.
April's mom
Tara's mom
I love that Over the River design. You have certainly done it great justice!
Another beautiful quilt from you!!! You do amazing work....love the black and white!!
Do you use a Heat and Bond behind it to embroidery on?
I did buy this one too and my biggest problem is finding a window big enough to trace on..my sil has a patio door and I think that would do the trick
If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went. -Will Rogers


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by Cisco
Feb 20, 2013
IDC expects spending on cloud server and application management software will total more than $3 billion by 2016 as IT customers of all sizes and across many industries embrace more efficient and automated datacenter operations strategies.
Often, the first step in this journey focuses on implementing an in-house private cloud environment to enable self-service provisioning for end users. Traditionally, the provisioning of physical and virtual servers has been a complex, time-consuming multistep process. However,using entry-level private cloud automation tools, many IT organizations can standardize and streamline the process, reducing the time from order to provisioning completion from weeks to less than 15 minutes.
Getting started with private cloud automation can be challenging. IT teams are often under significant pressure to deliver value quickly and need private cloud automation solutions that can validate the business case with a minimum of delay or business disruption.
This paper examines the value of entry-level private cloud automation and orchestration solutions in helping customers ramp up private cloud environments quickly and cost effectively.


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Awesome commercial for the RS200......With a hint of the Rocky Series theme "Gonna Fly Now" Commercial Now they NEED to bring this car back..Cosworth engine and all
If they're smart, they will...Slim chances then, ey?
They have the RS everywere else but here.....
Yea did you see my thread - ford is so mean to their own country. Its sad.


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World Youth Day 2011: Madrid, Spain August 16th to August 21st
August 11th, 2011
Photo from Photos.com
World Youth Day is the world's largest event for young people who want to commit themselves to Christ and a life guided by faith. Every three years, this worldwide encounter with the Pope is held in a different country. This year, it will be celebrated from August 16th to August 21st in Madrid, Spain.
For more information and Coverage of the event, visit the World Youth Day website at: www.madrid11.com/en
Additional information and coverage of the event can be found on:
The event will also be aired on television by EWTN and on the EWTN website at: http://www.ewtn.com/wyd2011/
SiriusXM's Catholic Channel (129) will offer listeners live coverage. For more information, please visit www.siriusxm.com/thecatholicchannel


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Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino doing charity work for the late Paul Newman's foundation gets the top spot.
Tony Bennett was there with his wife and
the incomparable Sara Bareilles performed.
Quite the front row. Howard and Beth Stern. Mr and Ms New York and Howie Mandel.
BAG looks his usual jovial self on the set of his wife's movie where he paid a surprise visit.
Brad Pitt is back in LA.
Connie Britton meets her fans.
David Beckham's new swimwear line and
more modestly attired yesterday in LA.


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Transform your home into a macabre masterpiece
Halloween Party Supplies
Are you afraid of the dark? Transform your home into a macabre masterpiece with these easy, eerie Victorian touches, sure to conjure up the Halloween spiritMore
Looking like something from Dark Shadows, this haunted portrait will cause startled partygoers to do a double take.
To make, just download the supernatural picture, enlarge at a copy shop, and hot-glue to a painted plastic ceiling medallion — cheaper than a frame — from the home-improvement store.
Get the balance right: sweets that look gross but taste good. These scary-simple desserts include Spooky Fingers (pretzel rods dunked in white chocolate); Eyeball Donuts (white-chocolate and dark-chocolate-dipped donut holes); and Creepy Red Velvet Cake (store-bought or from scratch, dripping with oozy chocolate glaze).
Dish up your smorgasbord of desserts in shiver-inducing serving pieces, like a split-open plastic skull. Sinister crows in secondhand cages will bring a terrifying touch to the table.
Display your homemade sweets along with classic Halloween candy — wrap some in layers of tulle — under cloches and on cake stands for a decrepit-cabinet-of-curiosities effect. Vintage surgical forceps (to be kept far from small hands) complete the gloomy tableau.
Perfect Presents for Any Occasion


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[Article]-Reverse Engineering 101 - Newbie Contest and Webca
Details on the new training course from eLearnSecurity is out! There's been some buzz about the new eLS course and what it could possibly be. As the above title indicates, one of the premier online training organizations is getting into RE. If you are interested in Software Reverse Engineering, either driven by curiosity or by the dream to become a professional in this subject, then the Advanced Reverse Engineering of Software (ARES) course is just what you need to get all the theoretical and practical knowledge to start your journey into the world of RE. And it starts right here with Reverse Engineering 101.
It's been a while since we've had a webcast or a hacking contest, so why not combine them into one big EH-Net Special Event? And to get your Holiday Season rolling in proper EH-Net fashion, we're also able to offer 5% Off with Coupon Code: EH-Net-5-eLS, even before the official launch date of Nov 26. So go reserve your seat now.
So here's what we've cooked up for all of you EH-Netters out there. Just like you, eLS is also driven by passion, so they prepared a small challenge for their future students. Below is an executable just begging to be broken. You'll have until Monday Dec 9 to break it. If you do, you'll be entered into a pool of candidates where one of you will win the entire ARES course + Certification Exam for free! Then tune in to our Webcast with eLS's Armando Romeo and Kyriakos Economou on Tuesday Dec 10 at 11:00 AM CT (GMT-6) for an Intro to RE, the solution to the challenge and the announcement of the winner. Good Luck.


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Traditional index is not weighted to take account of modern trading realities - it ignores China, for one thing.
The New Zealand dollar has hit 76 on the Reserve Bank's trade-weighted index, its highest level since at least 1990.
Surely that means manufacturers have a point when they plead for a defensive response from policymakers at the bank or in the Beehive?
Only up to a point.
The TWI is highly unlikely to reflect the exchange rates relevant to any particular manufacturer, either exporting or competing with imports.
For many the US dollar will be much more significant than its 30 per cent weighting in the TWI.
For others the Australian dollar is far more important than its 22 per cent index weighting.
And remarkably, the TWI, whose composition was last revised in 1999, does not include the renminbi even though China is now New Zealand's second-largest export market and largest source of imports.
It does include the pound sterling even though the United Kingdom is now only slightly ahead of Korea in terms its two-way trade with New Zealand
Helpfully, though, the ASB Bank economists have compiled two alternative exchange rate indices, weighted by manufacturing import and export flows.
They define manufacturing narrowly, excluding the output of dairy factories and meat works, so as to reflect the position of more value-added, or in the jargon of statisticians "elaborately transformed", manufactured goods. Such goods represent about 19 per cent of exports and 51 per cent of imports.
Like the official index, it includes five currencies, but with the renminbi replacing sterling.
During the last cycle - from the recession at the start of the millennium to the more recent one - the three indices tracked each other quiet closely.
But since 2009 they have diverged.
All three have appreciated, but the index reflecting manufactured imports less so than the official TWI, and the index for manufactured exports less still.
The result is that the ASB exchange rate indices for both manufactured exports and imports, and especially the former, are even now at levels lower than they were during the boom years of the mid-2000s.
That does not mean there isn't a problem, of course.
There was plenty of collateral damage to the tradeables sector during the mid-2000s' housing and consumption-driven boom. (All the more reason to be wary of stoking another one.)
And these indices are, by their nature, averages. As the saying goes, the trouble with averages is that when Bill Gates walks into a bar the average net worth of the people in the bar shoots up, but the other patrons don't suddenly become billionaires.
But it does help to calibrate the scale of the current problem.
ASB chief economist Nick Tuffley says the fact that the manufacturing-relevant exchange rates have not climbed as much as the official TWI highlights a key difference between the most recent appreciation compared with that of the early to mid-2000s.
"In the 2000s the New Zealand dollar appreciated more broadly, that is, against most major currencies and to a similar degree against each. Since 2009, though, it has held broadly stable at a low level against the Australian dollar."
Australia is the destination for nearly half of New Zealand's manufactured exports.
"The appreciation against the Chinese renminbi has also been more muted compared to the previous decade as that currency has been strengthening against the [weak] US dollar," Tuffley said.
"Overall, the alternative exchange rate baskets we have constructed suggest that for the manufacturing sector it is import-competing businesses that appear to be facing the broader impact of the high New Zealand dollar. The competitive challenges for the manufacturing export sector are likely to be slightly lower overall and apply to exports that don't benefit from exposure to Australia."
Tuffley is quick to add, though, that firms exporting to markets such as the US, Britain and Europe face the twin challenges of unfavourable exchange rates and weak demand, and those challenges are considerable.
The Australian dollar has a weight of 44 per cent in ASB's manufacturing export weighted index.
So it is a bit of a worry that the transtasman cross rate has risen to 81c lately compared with an average 79c over the past three months.
But at these levels it is still low by the standards of the past 20 years.
By contrast the US dollar, against which the kiwi is at historically high levels, accounts for just 17 per cent of that index.
It could be argued that understates the importance of the US dollar, as a higher exchange rate against the greenback reduces the competitiveness of New Zealand goods not only in the US market, but in other markets where they have to compete with goods from the US or priced in US dollars.
It is to reflect those indirect effects that the official TWI also takes into account the size of the five trading partners' economies (although, again, with the conspicuous omission of China).
A further complication arises from the prevalence of long international supply chains in modern trade.
The trade accounts may record an imported smartphone, say, as made in China but much of the value embedded in it will have been added in other countries upstream of the final assembly.
The OECD and the World Trade Organisation have set up a database to take account of these effects.
On that value-added basis, the United States is New Zealand's largest source of imports, ahead of Australia and China, both of which outrank it in the unadjusted trade accounts.
It also means New Zealand's trade deficit with China is more than a third, or US$300 million ($355 million), smaller than the unadjusted numbers indicate.
The OECD says that on average there is a smaller foreign value-added content in New Zealand's gross exports than in other developed countries (19 per cent compared with 28 per cent across the OECD), reflecting geographical remoteness.
Among manufactured exports the foreign value added content ranges from 20 to 40 per cent.
Conversely, a relatively high proportion of the intermediate inputs New Zealand imports - such as materials and components - end up in exports.
And, echoing a point made by some of the submitters to the parliamentary inquiry into manufacturing, the OECD says that "exports of manufacturing goods incorporate a large share of value added from the services sector, highlighting the importance of services in export competitiveness and the fact that services are more traded than usually thought when taking into [account] global value chains".
It is an important point and a reminder that it is real, not nominal, exchange rates that matter for international competitiveness, and there are many influences on them.
Clearly, it is a more nuanced story than the usual one:
"Look how high the dollar is. Manufacturers have got no show."


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Recognizing candidates who are capable of performing well on agile teams doesn't require keyword searches through a stack of resumes. It requires asking candidates questions that allow them to show you they understand the principles and can apply them in their daily work—even if their resume doesn't list particular terms. In this StickyMinds.com column, Johanna gives some excellent tips for the interviewer and the interviewee.
I recently spoke with a recruiter who told me, "I just can't seem to find agile candidates. No one has 'stand-up meetings' listed on his resume."
When you're reviewing resumes, it would be nice to find some keywords so you could see if the candidate has had agile experience—but it's unlikely. However, implementing a few new interview techniques can increase your chances of finding people who are able to adapt to the agile practices on your project.
I recommend starting with a job analysis, so you can identify the minimum necessary skills and experience. Once you know what you need in a candidate, you can develop a phone screen. Since agile practices and projects are still new and uncommon in the industry, it's useful to find people who fit with the team and have used the agile principles (see www.agilemanifesto.org/principles.html) instead of looking for specific practices.
Use a Phone Screen to Filter Candidates
I ask about some of the agile principles in a phone screen, phrased as behavior-description questions to determine how a candidate has applied the principles in his or her work. For example, let's look at some questions I've used for the principle "Working software is the primary measure of progress": I ask about the most recent project because that experience is more likely to represent future work than previous experience. If the most recent project was a disaster or if a different project caught your eye on the resume, ask about that one instead.
I've heard a lot of answers to these questions. One developer told me he made progress because the schedule indicated progress had been made. When I probed more—"Tell me about the interim deliverables"—he had no good answers. It was clear to me he was not a good candidate. Another developer said, "I like to make short tasks for myself. I write and test as I go, checking in as I finish each little piece. I build as I go, too, so it's easy for me to see progress." Based on that answer and several others in the phone screen, the second developer was worth an in-person interview.
One tester told me, "I wanted to create a system-level regression test we could run after each build. I started developing representative tests to the regression test suite, maybe a couple of tests every week. I was able to keep up with the developers, so we knew months before our release date where things were working and where we had trouble. Then I could develop more tests in the trouble spots to help the developers pinpoint the problems." That tester had promise for an agile team, yet I would need an in-person interview to know more about his qualifications.


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Spring football ... in Detroit? 2 groups think so
Two groups — one a small local effort led by the grandson of Detroit Tigers great Willie Horton, and the other a California-based endeavor with national aspirations — this year are launching spring professional football leagues that include Detroit as a market.
Both ventures say they have the formula for success where so many other leagues have failed, as does a third national spring football project that is avoiding Detroit and other current pro football markets.
Trying to buck the trend are the Livermore, Calif-based A11 Professional Football League and the Clinton Township-based Rivals Professional Football League (led by Horton's grandson Quentin Hines) — both of which have Michigan teams. Not coming to Detroit is the "new" United States Football League led by former longtime National Football League executive Jim Bailey.
Hail Mary?
Such spring football attempts are nothing new: The spectacular $140 million flameout of the first iteration of the USFL in the 1980s hasn't stopped entrepreneurs from investing in subsequent spring pro football leagues, with Detroit often among targeted markets.
The history of spring pro football is a graveyard of failed attempts over the past 40 years, but the economic theory behind every spring league effort is the same: American thirst for football is year-round, and there's money to be made by fielding teams in April through June before the $12 billion NFL and college football dominate the rest of the year.
What has doomed spring efforts has been the lack of national television broadcast rights contracts, which provide billions of dollars for the NFL and NCAA; the lack of lucrative corporate sponsorships; and overspending by undercapitalized owners, sports industry analysts say.
"Devising a business strategy that truly works over time, including how best to break through the clutter and garner meaningful dollars from corporate America, and the media continues to be key fundamental challenges for upstart leagues," said David Carter, executive director of the University of Southern California's Sports Business Institute.
All of the proposed spring leagues use variations of the same primary cost-control business strategy to try to succeed where other efforts have failed. The model: League ownership of the teams rather than individually owned franchises, known as a single-entity league. (This model is used by Major League Soccer, but not the other four major U.S. pro sports leagues.)
A single-entity league allows management to (theoretically) control player costs, the source of fatal overspending in past leagues.
Last month, the A11 Professional Football League announced that the seventh of its eight teams will be the Michigan Panthers — using the name, logo and colors of the USFL team owned by Detroit billionaire Al Taubman.
"We've been close observers of what's occurred before. The problems are correctable," said Michael Keller, the A11FL's president and COO. He was director of football operations for the original Panthers when they played at the Pontiac Silverdome and won the inaugural USFL championship in 1983.
"These leagues have failed because of circumstances that could have been eliminated early," Keller said. "This country loves football, and it's wide open in the spring."
The A11FL estimates that it needs $50 million in startup capital to operate for three years, at which point it forecasts that the league will be solvent, Keller said.
It's charging $5 million for the rights to a team market, said Keller, who played at the University of Michigan and in the NFL to start a career that's seen him work for several pro football leagues.
The league has said it wants to be in certain former USFL markets to capitalize on the nostalgic popularity of those former teams.
The NFL's Detroit Lions confirmed that Keller approached them in March 2013 about the possibility of leasing Ford Field, but no deal was signed.
The A11FL's on-field gimmick is allowing any player on the field to wear an eligible uniform number at any position, allowing for different formations on the field than seen in the NFL or college football.
The league has a deal with ESPN2 to air exhibition games on May 17 from Raymond James Stadium in Tampa and June 5 from the Cotton Bowl in Dallas.
The full league is scheduled to launch in 2015, and ESPN2 will air two games a week, Keller said. The deal is a barter agreement in which the network gives the league some of the advertising inventory to sell instead of paying it cash.
Keller said the deal is immediately profitable for the league, and is the only way a nationwide football league can survive.
"The business plan just doesn't work unless you have a huge TV deal," he said. "We're looking at major markets because the TV people want the major numbers."
Other markets include San Francisco, Dallas and Chicago. In addition to Michigan, the A11FL has revived three other USFL team names and markets: the Los Angeles Express, New Jersey Generals and Tampa Bay Bandits. An eighth team, for the 2015 season, has yet to be announced.
The A11FL has hired a third-party firm to sell corporate sponsorships to the major national brands in such segments as soft drink, beer, hotels and apparel, Keller said. He declined to disclose details on the sponsorships.
Smaller efforts
The more modest locally based effort organizing now is the Rivals League, owned and run by CEO Hines, who was briefly with the NFL's New England Patriots and is the grandson of Horton, one of the more famous members of the 1968 Tigers team that won the World Series.
Hines' development league has four teams in Michigan, Ohio and Illinois scheduled to begin play in April.
The two local teams — the Detroit Cougars and Southern Michigan Mustangs — will play games at Mt. Clemens High School and Gibraltar Carlson High School, he said.
Hines said he and several NFL friends pooled money to start the league, and they have almost the entire $400,000 they need to operate the RPFL its first year.
Developmental leagues rely on money players pay to try out for teams, and they'll be paid a base salary of anywhere from $100 to $350 a game plus incentives, Hines said. Other revenue comes from tickets and merchandise sales.
"Our cost is low. We're not like these other leagues," he said. "We're not trying to compete with any of those leagues. I want to give guys an opportunity to continue playing football when the door closed for them."
The 'new' USFL
The other major national effort at a spring league is the "new" USFL led by former NFL executive Bailey. His San Diego-based league has the rights to the USFL name, but not the old teams, which belong to A11FL.
"We have a fairly sophisticated capitalization plan that we're at work on the first phase of right now," he said, without disclosing details other than that he's seeking individual and corporate investment in two phases before a 2015 kickoff.
"We're working hard to structure a financial package that minimizes the risk to the investors and allocates the rewards," he said, adding that he expects the league to lose money for a few years until it has the leverage to negotiate TV deals that will make it profitable.
Bailey said he's analyzed why all the other leagues have failed.
"I've studied those really hard. The common feature is undercapitalization. They tried to start playing before they were capitalized and got deeper in the hole," he said. "We're not going to implement anything until we're real — money in the bank to sustain us," he said.
His other strategy is having the USFL operate as a single-entity league, with owners buying shares that allow them to operate a team. That prevents owners from overspending in a competitive race, he said, which is what doomed major efforts such as the USFL and the World Football League in 1974-75.
"That leads down a bad path," he said.
The USFL will target cities that have no NFL or Major League Baseball team, reducing competition for discretionary fan dollars. So no Detroit for the USFL, which Bailey said will be a minor-league developmental league.
The new USFL also was dealt a setback when its founder, Jaime Cuadra, pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $1 million and tax fraud in June 2013. Cuadra resigned from the USFL, and Bailey and other league executives re-formed the business as a new entity with no ties to him.
Investor blitz
Why do investors keep trying to find a model that works with spring leagues? Analysts say they can't resist.
"America loves football, so (investors) are willing to try it and pour money into it. When they find out after they spend the money is it's very difficult to create a structure of what is even a shadow of what the NFL is," said Marc Ganis, president of Chicago-based sports consulting firm Sportscorp Ltd.
"It is an enormously difficult business to put together logistically. You can do it on a small scale. To try to do it on national scale, where you have to draw fan interest, it just doesn't happen. It's is not practically feasible."
Exacerbating problems for startup leagues are player health concerns and organized labor issues, he said.
Still, under a very narrow set of circumstances, with the right timing and skill, a spring league could work, Ganis said.
"There is a gap in the calendar where there could be something put together, but I think it has to be done by the NFL. It's just so difficult and so expensive," he said.
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I told you yesterday remember? I came down with something today. lol Had to get my oil changed and they brought these dumpsters out on my street so we threw away mad ****. It was great.
I can't believe I spelled Jimi wrong. I did slap myself. I want you to know that. Shame on me......
ahhh yes..
marijuana effects the memory (half baked)
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Atlantica Online: My Home
A player said, Hey... You got your "Sims 3" in my Turn Based MMORPG!
Oh Yeah! Just unwind for a while from pvp and pve battles; this is one of the most anticipated features along with the Troy. Atlantica Online added a new housing system and this update was known to be My Home. Some says that this system makes you feel of the game similar to Sims that is successfully attracting casual gamers. But I think this is going to be another side of Atlantica that makes it a practical investment.
Some normally continue their adventure alone with their army of mercenaries but through this it lets players to socialize more. Players have to add friends and can send invitations to their friends to come over to their homes and hang out, throw parties, to gain new items and after that there are some bonuses that gained from interaction, where players will be able to use during their PVE battles.
Some consider a house as a status symbol where players had a chance to decorate their dream house and gain popularity in the community. This allows players to customize their home with a variety of decorations. But to be able to gain popularity like in real life, you need to work for it.
Are you familiar with Facebooks Famville?
Theres also a Farming System where players can manage to have a farm, herb garden, mine, or lumberyard in your home. And be able to get crafting materials for your furniture and even recipe needed in cooking something.
But who will do this cooking and crafting? Of course, you need an employee.
All through out of the players adventures and battles, how about pulling out the mercenaries on your party and hire them as a Cook and Artisan? Isnt it nice? To see your Viking merc wearing an apron and your Gunner like a utility woman?
Well, these employees also require energy to work. And as they work, energy steadily decreases. And to be able to increase its energy you must grant him a rest, gift and have a chit chat with them and that depends on their feelings towards you.
This is going to be another activity in the game that we can spend time.
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My five year old son has had sinus problems for the last two years. Last summer we got to the point where doctors wanted to remove his adnoids and tonsils in order to stop the frequent infections. Antibiotics given orally didn't seem to phase the infections and he was given shots on a regular basis until we could schedule a surgery.
My son is also my beekeeping sidekick so we eat alot of honey together. I started to notice that the infections were only occuring when we weren't eating that much honey and i asked my wife to make sure that he ate a spoonfull a day... We had no problems for quite a while. We quite going to the doctors office altogether.
This winter we have slacked off a little on the honey feedings and over this last weekend he began to show a massive sinus infection. He had a slight fever by Friday night but the doctor didn't want to see him until Monday morning and so we fed him a few spoonfulls of honey and I finnally mixed some honey and water and gave it to him as a sinus rinse.
This morning was his appiontment with the doctor, but my wife had to call and cancel as the infection is almost GONE!
He is still a little snotted up but the improvement is hard to deny and faster than we have seen in the past with prescribed antibiotics!


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January 19, 2012 at 04:56:37 Jan 19, 2012 @ 04:56
my friends and i were planning a cruse right after graduation but after further investigation we need people over 21 to supervise us in adjoining rooms. fuck that noise, thats no fun. Vancouver seems like the next best place to go. we could go up to whistler for a couple days and board and such, Canada is fulled with weed and the drinking age is 19. is there alot of fun things to do in Vancouver or would it be better to actually get a hotel on whistler for maximum fun? whats the weather like mid june? or is there any better places to for a vacation for 18-19 year olds in Canada, keep in mind we are driving from Seattle Washington


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Real Manhood, Swagger or Stagger?
This past weekend our community was once again invaded by a group of men from Indiana. Their presence is not noticeable unless you sell fishing licenses or donuts in the early morning. They come to fish and bond as a group of men, but more than this, they come to draw close to their Savior. Late each evening they gather to reflect on the memories of the day and then to look deeply into themselves. The place men fear to go, yet a place that Christ knows intimately.
As breakfast was served on Saturday the men rose to join the chow line. Men from their late teens well into retirement age sharing a common meal. I was struck by the varied styles of their strides. Some walked tentatively while others demonstrated confidence with each step. Some exuded the energy of youth while others were marked by the pain and stiffness from years of rigorous toil. As I watched in silence I was captivated by a simple question: What is the true sign of manhood? Is it marked by a swagger or a stagger?
Each of us, whether man or woman, is marked by the events of our lives. Some leave a positive impression while other leave a jagged and painful scar. Our days are often filled with challenges, struggles and questions. We wrestle with our jobs, our families, our Maker, and our very soul. The Bible records one such event in the life of Jacob. The story is found in Genesis chapter 32. Faced with a potentially life-ending confrontation with his brother Esau he devises a plan to protect some portion of his possessions and appease his older brother whom he had defrauded years earlier.
At the end of the long day Jacob finds himself alone as he wrestles with a heavenly messenger. While Jacob is unable to dominate he is also unwilling to concede. Finally as day begins to break the messenger dislocates Jacob's hip. Still Jacob holds fast. He has lived by his own strength for too many years to give in easily. The messenger asked him, "What is your name?" And he said "Jacob." And he said "Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel; for you have striven with God and with men and have prevailed."
Imagine the swagger of Jacob as he walked away from the battle. He was victorious! Yet the Scriptures record a very different outcome. Genesis 32:31 records that as the sun rose Jacob was limping from his overnight encounter. So distinct was the change in his stride and character that the people of Israel consider the meat around the hip to be sacred to this day.
We live in a culture that attempts to hide the "marks" of our life changing encounters. We mask the pain through "medications" of many types. We may refuse to allow others to get close enough to see our scars. But Christ gave us a wonderful example as He highlighted the wounds of his suffering, "See here the marks of the nails". He learned obedience through the things that He suffered. Our response to the challenges of life provide living proof of His vicarious death and atoning work. May we choose to walk differently because of our encounter with Him.


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-interjection. Deriving from its roots of the word "What's up". Used in many ways 1. Greetings between two bros who share a common scumbag persona. 2. a greeting to a girl so she knows instantly that you would like to have sex with her that night. 3. Can also be used in the longer form of sauuuuuuup which is used in place of a traditional hello.
1. Saup bro ready to run a train on these freshmen girls in the basement
2. Saup girl you trying to dance?
3. Sauuuuuuup dude
2. Saup girl you trying to dance?
3. Sauuuuuuup dude
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I have prepared 10 pound bags of sugar by soaking them in about one cup of water and allowing them to harden.
To fit in a 5-frame nuc box I cut the opening in the side.
A piece of wax paper or plastic wrap is used to hold the sugar in the bag while inverting the bag into a baking pan/dish.
A cup of water is enough to saturate the bottom inch or so of the sugar.
Allow several days for them to dry.
Like fondant, I place the bag directly over the openings in the inner covers. The hardened layer of sugar prevents the rest from cascading into the hive.
A hive body is used to house the bag of sugar.
Here is one that had been worked on by the bees...
I generally do not break the inner covers loose until the first warm days of February or March. The sugar bags may be an economical alternative to fondant, and like fondant (over the inner cover), there's no need to open the hive in winter.


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On October 19, NFL officials announced that players could be suspended without pay for dangerous hits to an opponent's head. The stiff punishment was put into play after a weekend when several players suffered concussions from tackles.
It usually takes at least two weeks for a concussion to heal, but athletes are often under pressure to return to the field sooner. "There's a warrior mentality that exists," says Kevin Guskiewicz. He is the head of the Department of Exercise and Sport Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
That tough-guy attitude creates dangerous situations. Studies of retired NFL players have found that players who had three or more concussions during their career are more likely to suffer from later problems, such as depression and memory loss.
"If concussions are not managed properly, they can lead to significant long-term consequences," Ruben Echemendia, an expert on sports-related brain injuries, told TFK.
Be Tough and Play Smart
Football helmets are designed to protect against skull fractures, but not concussions. Helmets may not be able to absorb the impact that causes concussions.
The NFL is taking steps to change the culture of a sport in which players pride themselves on being strong. "You can be tough and still play smart," says Echemendia. "The brain is not an injury you can play through. It's not like a knee or an ankle. You can't replace it."


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Looks like my Mama's sewing machine--I learned to sew on it.
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Looks like my Mama's sewing machine--I learned to sew on it.
Very nice machine and sewing area!
I think the noise is normal, and your new machine is a beauty. I love the way you have things set up. Great find and judos to DH for getting you all fixed up in style!
That is one GREAT setup!!! :) And a centennial - how beautiful!
The bobbin rattle would probably disappear with a magic genie bobbin washer. (and any problem with tiny snarls and birds nests on the back of your quilts would, too)
I was donated a 15-91 and was so excited, until later when I had tome to really examine her, only to find out that there is a gaping hole down there, no bobbin hook, nocase and no bobbin, naturally, nothing to hole it. The case and the bobbin are easy to replace, not so the hook. So, she sits in the foyer, useless for now. I do have a 15-90 in a Queen Ann cabinet and she sews beautifully. I could rob her, I suppose, but am reluctant to displace her from her rightful home.
Donna, here's an auction for all the parts except the bobbin case - clamp, bracket, hook, screws. I'd snipe this! :)
The bobbin case is going to be cheap and easy to find. :)
Here's another one that also includes the bobbin, but the Buy It Now price is too high, IMO - as many of these machines as there are around, parts are as common as toast.
I might email the seller and offer him $25 for it - if he accepts, you'll have a complete set at a fair price. If he doesn't, then there'll be another set along momentarily. :)
Wow only $20.!!! How wonderful.
Your machine is very pretty. I have a 15-91 and the stitch is as good,if not better, than my new computerized machine. I love to sew with the old mechanical machines. I have not noticed the bobbin in my 15-91 rattling. These old machines are great.


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I've heard of good results from using mineral oil in a propane fogger for the control of mites. The Fat Bee Man swears by it. And it makes sense to me. Since the oil coats everything in the hive, I'm curious how it affects the honey. I have visions of a thin film of oil floating on top of any honey that is extracted. What have been your experiences? And opinions. Have you found it to be effective?
Another question: If one uses FGMO, are you no longer treatment free? My thought is in the affirmative - no longer.


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White Apartment in Gdańsk Old town
お部屋の大きさ31 m²
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Accommodation summary
|Podwale Staromiejskie, 80-844 Gdańsk, ポーランド
Its a small but cosy and fresh apartment filled with all amenities necessary for you for both shorter and long stay in our town.
Our apartment is just across the street from Old Town Gdańsk, by the city famous fresh indoor and outdoor farmer's market Hala Targowa ( so shopping will be easy for cooking/reheating in the apartment ) and St Hyacinth Tower which was a part of old town city walls - still visable from our apartment windows.
It is only minutes away from all Gdańsk attractions.
All major banks, shopping mall Maddison, grocery stores, coffee shops, several excellent famous bakeries, cinema Krewetka, Gdańsk Wybrzeże theatre, restaurants, old churches, museum, river walk are just near the apartment or minutes away as well as trams, busses and SKM trains connecting Three Cities, taxi stop is also just 30 meters away. There is an excellent 24hr secure car park just 100 meters from apartment however youcan park underneath the building and on the main street ( hourly rates ).
Apartment consist of an entrance hall, bedroom with large double bed, bathroom with shower, living room with open kitchen and a balcony. In the living room large sofa opens and sleeps extra two people.
Kitchen is fully equipped - with oven, dish washer, kettle, and all necessary other equipment. Towels, fresh linen will of course all be provided.
There is a small balcony overlooking Gdansk Old City walls in the apartment so if you are a smoker you can comfortably smoke there.
Apartment has a plasma TV with Polish as well as English and other language channels, wifi, hair dryer, washer dryer, iron, iron board, hoover.
There is a bowling alley just across the road which is open till late ( U7. In summer there is a bike hire in the courtyard.
There is a free standing airconditioning unit supplied for the bedroom in case its hot and our guests prefer to keep windows closed.
Apartment is on the second floor.
If your arrival or depart in unusual hours please don't worry, we have a system for all our customers check in's/check outs in place that is simple, easy and hustle free!
For one night stays only there is an extra surcharge for cleaning.
It will be a pleasure to host you!
Karolina & Izabela
ハウスルールWe kindly ask our guests not to smoke inside our apartments as well as a staircase in the building - it upsets our neighbours. If necessary its ok to do that on balcony but please don't drop ash onto the street.
We are pet friendly so if you like to bring your cat or dog - we are more than happy!
If you are travelling with small children and need a cot please let us know, we will be able to provide it.
Our check in time is from 2 pm onwards and check out is 12pm but if there are no other reservations we are more than happy to offer extended hours.
If you are arriving or leaving at odd hour don't worry, we have a system in place that will make it easy for you and for us!
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This apartment is very cosy and is in a great location. The market is directly opposite and whilst there we went to an organ recital in the bascilica next to the market. The old town is only a short walk away. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay in what is a lovely town
Great apartment in a good location. Has everything you could need. Karolina gave good concise instructions and directions. Would certainly recommend it and would come back again.
it was a very nice stay in gdansk. the flat isn't very big but for two people okay. the character is modern-classic and it's well equiped. we can recommend it absolutely.
A picture can says a 1000 words, and so no words are really needed for a place that was exactly how it was described.
The location is perfect and the size suitable for a short stay in the city..
Great Appartement, great Service, great location in the middle of Gdanks!!!!
Thank You, Karolina!
Very clean and cozy apartment, centrally located, close to shopping and restaurants. The host, Karolina, was very helpful and gave a clear instructions on how to find the apartment. A little bit of discomfort is that there is a driving street running below so one can hear the noise from the street but this is compensated by the very central location. I strongly recommend this apartment!
Lokalizacja perfekcyjna! 10min wolnym krokiem do dworca głownego (gdzie mozna złapac autobus czy tramwaj w rozne fajne miejsca) 5 min na stare miasto. Blisko sklepy. Apartament czysty i przytulny, jest wszystko aby sobie cos ugotowac czy zjesc. Ocena bardzo dobra :) Polecam
Klein, maar effectief appartement. Goede informatie vooraf gekregen, om zelfstandig te kunnen in- en uit checken.
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Got out this morning for some early goose action with my buddy Mike. It was hot and there were a ton of mosquitoes but it was worth it!
We ended up with nine birds and I got two bands!
The best part was bringing Bella out of the truck to let her sniff around and be in the 'field' for the first time! I don't think she knew what to think of the 'big' geese at first!
All in all, not a bad way to start the season.


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Too many stem haters in here. Dont scoff at the free fiber. Eat it boy, its good for you! I made some sakuma wiki for dinner two nights ago, collard greens + kale + Swiss chard + onions + tomatoes + garlic + Mchuzi Mix + everyones favouriteBEEF!!! Its no wonder my wifes grandmother lived to be 115 years old in a third-world country without modern medicine (all the while at 8,500 feet altitude!!!)its the GREENS!
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Thanks I will be using this tutorial.Sandy
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Thanks I will be using this tutorial.Sandy
Love every day you are given.
I'm a little confused as to why the 2 1/2" x 5" goose would not be 3 3/8 x 6 1/4, rather than 3 5/8 x 6 3/4 if you are adding 7/8 and 1 1/4 for any size....am I reading something incorrectly?
Sterjane....go back and read all the comments, she recants the example. I love this, I had never seen it before. I will be using this method. Thank You for sharing!!
Penny aka PLS 1946
What would be the sizes I would cut for a 2 1/2 x 4 1/2? This sounds like something that would really help me.
So if I wanted to make a 2 1/2" x 4 1/2" flying goose, the size for the small block would be 3 3/8" and the large block would be 5 3/4". Is that correct??? That's usually the size I have to make for my flying geese, for some reason.
"Be yourself...everyone else is taken."
Strong people don't put others down...they build them up."
"Remember that your instincts are more important than rules"
I can't find the pictures of cutting a business card and making smaller geese at the same time, was I dreaming?
Oops! That was Bonnie K Hunters Bonus Triangles from a snowball block, I have too many things going at one time....
Thank You for sharing your 'flying geese' fast - easy way with 'No Waste'...... Bless You & Happy Quilting!!
Question for you...I need to make Flying Geese and the measurements are 3" squares and the rectangle is 51/2". I tried the 3 7/8 X 6 3/4, but they are way too big for my project...care to assist?
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McQuilter your 3" and 5 1/2" squares have seam allowance in them......... you need to work with finished size.
so use the finished size square of 2 1/2" and add the 7/8"
5" and add 1 1/4" your geese should come out to the size you need.


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My hive is only in direct sunlight for a couple of hours a day now. Being concerned about heat loss, I insulated the three sides of the hive that do not receive any sunlight. I was wondering if this might create a heat imbalance inside the hive (one wall possibly being colder than the others) causing the bees to cluster to one side.
I asked around, but none of the beeks I know insulate their hives -- unlike mine, theirs are in sunlight all day during the winter.


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Interesting video of the hive. Very impressive cloud of bee when the exterminator shacks the flat piece of material. I've handled some hot hives, though not africanized. To me it doesn't look like they're covering the exterminators suit very much. Certainly nothing like this picture from Purdue. http://www.purdue.edu/uns/images/hunt.attack.jpeg
I guess it's no fun telling the reporter that you'll know if they're africanized after you've sent samples to Beltsville.


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U.S. Rep. Reyes informs mayor of 'disturbing' emails between City Manager and City Rep. Ortega
EL PASO, Texas - Just as it seemed City Manager Joyce Wilson was about to close a chapter on the leak of unprofessional emails sent from her account, others surfaced.
Tuesday El Paso City Council evaluated Wilson in executive session. Mayor John Cook said private emails played a role in the city's top employee's work performance measure, but wouldn't divulge details of the meeting, calling it a "personnel issue."
"The council expressed their opinions on the emails. but right now, it's time to move on," said Cook.
Out-going Congressman Silvestre Reyes informed Cook of an email thread between Wilson and City Rep. Steve Ortega. Reyes described the email thread as "disconcerting" in a letter dated Dec. 10, the day before Wilson would be evaluated.
In a March 27 exchange, Wilson and Ortega wrote about a Reyes news conference with Cook to work on shortening bridge wait times on the border.
"Interesting how he's pushing so hard right now. Must really feel threatened," wrote Wilson.
"I agree with you, this was a campaign ploy in which the Mayor was complicit in assisting," replied Ortega. "He does feel threatened and he will lose and then we can start working with a federal official that will move our community's agenda forward."
Reyes lost to former El Paso City Council member Beto O'Rourke in the Democratic primary election. O'Rourke then won Reyes' seat in the general election in November.
"..It is very disturbing to me that while we were addressing this important issue, the City Manager and a City Representative were engaged in political activity, cheerleading and/or advocacy of their preferred candidate, apparently during work hours and using City resources," wrote Reyes.
"It's regrettable," said Ortega of the March 27 email exchange with Wilson."I, like many (people) send thousands of emails. There are going to be some that are regrettable."
A May 30 exchange between Wilson and Ortega, the morning after O'Rourke won against Reyes, also has surfaced. Its subject header reads, "Beto's the man"
"Now all we need is you in the mayor's office and the dynamic trio is in place!!!!!!," wrote Wilson.
"It's very exciting," replied Ortega.
Ortega formally announced his run for Mayor in November.


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Over the past few years, Global Positioning Tracking System (GPS) applications have become extremely popular among automobile consumers and in fact anyone who drives a vehicle on a regular basis probably use them. So much so that many car manufacturers offer GPS capabilities built directly into their cars. Mobile device providers have also found themselves competing with each other over their location aware applications using GPS technology. While there are several applications on the market that offer functionality for individual consumers, there is not a lot available for companies or small business owners who need to manage several vehicles at once from a central location.
The Open GTS (Open GPS Tracking System) Project is an open source project developing the Open GTS application, focusing on a GPS application specifically built for managing fleets of vehicles for small businesses. Fleet vehicles have different requirements for GPS applications than individual vehicles. For instance, the dispatch manager's ability to keep track of each vehicle's location through the work day is just as important as the driver's ability to find their way around with accurate real time mapping and directions.


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Brian Hayes
Can a game played with colored dots tell us anything useful about housing patterns and race relations in real cities? Racial segregation is not purely a result of individuals expressing preferences about their neighbors. There are legal, economic, and institutional forces at work as well. And segregation is generally not a symmetric process, in which two groups agree to live apart, but rather is a mechanism by which one group excludes the other. All of this is left out of the Schelling model.
But the absurd simplicity of the model is also its main fascination. Even mindless colored dots, entirely innocent of history and geography, can give rise to complex patterns no one expected or wanted. The dynamic at the heart of the model is more mathematical than sociological. It's just this: If I move from Downtown to Uptown because I seek different neighbors, my presence in one place and my absence from the other alters both of those environments, which may induce others to move in turn. What could be more obvious? Yet the consequences are not easily foreseen.
My own qualms about the model focus not on oversimplification but on questions of robustness—of sensitivity to details of implementation. For example, in Schelling's first version of the model, an unhappy agent moved to the nearest open location, not to a randomly chosen one; this deterministic choice seems to yield dramatically different results in some cases. Small changes in the rules governing favorable, neutral, and unfavorable moves also have major effects. Such sensitivity to minor variations is worrisome in a model meant to represent human behavior.
Markus M. Möbius of Microsoft Research and Tanya S. Rosenblat of Iowa State University have tried to test the model against real-world data. Working with census records for Chicago, they find evidence supporting the hypothesis that local interactions have the strongest influence on racial preferences, as in the Schelling model; the effective radius when people choose a neighborhood may be as small as 150 meters.
Meanwhile, back in my old neighborhood on the western edge of Philadelphia, the social fabric of segregation has begun to fray. According to the 2010 Census, the block group that includes my former home is now two-thirds African-American; on the other hand, the city neighborhood across the creek is still only 1 percent white.
Regrettably, the Schelling model can have nothing to say about this further evolution of the urban scene. The model describes only the genesis of segregation; once the colored dots have all sorted themselves into monochrome units, the map can never change. I would love to believe that the time has come for a model of racial reintegration.
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text: Governor releases his budget On January 26, Governor Deval Patrick released his proposed budget (House 1) of $30.5 billion for the upcoming fiscal year, which begins July 1. The state faces enormous fiscal challenges as it begins to move out of the worst recession since the Great Depression. The recession, which began in 2008, saw tax revenues decline dramatically and the demand for services increase significantly as a result of unemployment. By all accounts the Commonwealth weathered the crisis better than most states. The state was aided by a sales tax increase of over $1 billion and federal stimulus funds. However, even with these increases in revenues there has been a toll on public education. Other important services fared even worse. During the current fiscal year, the federal government provided over $1.5 billion in one-time funds that are not available for FY12. The budget gap between maintaining current services and expected revenues is nearly $2 billion. In order to present a balanced budget that is required by law, House 1 makes significant cuts to public safety, public higher education and safety net programs. House 1 calls for ending some programs and closing some facilities. Local aid is cut $65 million. The budget calls for using $200 million from the stabilization account which leaves only about $550 million in the rainy day fund. Overall funding levels for education are reduced as a result of the depletion of federal stimulus funds – including the loss of $71 million in federal monies that went to higher education last year. This funding is not made up by state dollars for the upcoming fiscal year. As a result of the November election and the change in the control of the U.S. House of Representatives, there is little likelihood that additional federal funds will be available to the states this fiscal year. Below is a summary of the key elements of the budget that affect public education. For more specific information, see these budget spreadsheets. PreK-12 Education Chapter 70 – State Aid to Local School Districts House 1 increases state funds to Chapter 70 by $140 million to $3.99 billion and keeps districts' funding levels at foundation. However, because of the loss of federal stimulus monies and Education Jobs funds, resources distributed through the Chapter 70 formula decline by about $81 million. On the other hand, less than one-half of the federal $200 million in Education Jobs money received in late summer 2010 and allocated to school districts has been used. This means that there is currently over $100 million additional funds that can be used in FY12. Other Local Aid – Unrestricted General Government Aid In addition to Chapter 70 funds, cities and towns receive state funds through local aid called Unrestricted General Government. In some communities, as much as 50 percent of this other local aid helps pay for public schools. The governor proposes to fund local aid to cities and towns at $834 million, a $65 million decrease, a 7 percent cut across the board for each city and town. The proposal also includes a new $9.7 million Regionalization and Efficiency Incentive Grant Program to help cities and towns design programs to save money. PreK-12 Education Grant Programs Special Education Circuit Breaker – the governor proposes funding the Special Education Circuit Breaker program at $213 million, an $80 million increase from the current FY11 budget. Other increases over FY11 include: MCAS Low-Scoring Student Support – $9.7 million, an increase of $561,000 from FY11 School Breakfast Program – $4.4 million, up by $290,000 from FY11 Targeted Intervention in Underperforming Schools – $7.7 million, an increase of $951,000 from FY11 MCAS Remediation – increases funding from FY11 from $9.1 to $9.7 million In addition, a number of important education programs were level funded, including: Regional School Transportation – funding at FY11 appropriation of $40.5 million Full Day Kindergarten – funding at FY11 appropriation of $22.9 million Expanded Learning Time – funding at FY11 appropriation of $13.9 million METCO – continues FY11 funding at $17.6 million Alternative Education Grant Program – continues FY11 funding at $146,000 Early Education and Care The governor proposes to essentially level fund Early Education and Care from the current FY11 budget at $510.1 million. Higher Education Campus Line Items – Beginning in FY12, all campuses are allowed to retain tuition from out-of-state students. The governor's proposed appropriation for each campus is set at a level which, with assumed tuition retention, holds each campus at its FY11 state appropriation (including collective bargaining supplemental appropriations). State Fiscal Stabilization Funds, which totaled $71 million in FY11, have been exhausted and will not be available in FY12. (Campuses do have until September 30 of this year to spend any unexpended funds from prior years.) The State Scholarship Program is proposed to be funded at $88.3 million, a small decrease of $1.2 million from the current FY11 budget. The governor does not propose any change to the health insurance premium shares for state employees, leaving the premium payment split at 80/20 for those hired before June 30, 2003, and at 75/25 for those hired after. Employee Benefits Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) – The governor's budget provides for a 3 percent increase on the first $12,000 in pension benefits for retired state employees. For retirees who receive their health insurance through the GIC, there were no premium cost changes. Revenues A significant challenge in the development of the Governor's budget proposal is the loss of about $1.5 billion in federal stimulus funds, including approximately $200 million in federal reimbursements provided in the "Keep Our Educators Working Act of 2010", commonly known as the EduJobs bill. The FY12 consensus tax revenue estimate is $20.525 billion ($741 million above FY11), representing revenue growth of approximately 3.5 percent, and assumes that the national and state economies will continue a moderate recovery throughout the fiscal year. The governor's budget does not rely on broad-based tax increases or by raising user fees that the state's residents pay for specific government services (such as licenses and permits). The governor's additional revenue proposals totaling $627.3 million for FY12 include ($s in millions): Use of Stabilization Fund reserves (one-time) $200 Estimated DOR Tax Enforcement $61.5 New Revenue Initiatives: $88.8 Enforcement of Room Occupancy Tax on Hotel Room ResellersEnhanced Medical Support Compliance for Child Support CasesCapping Life Sciences Tax CreditDelay FAS 109 Deductions for CorporationsFix Corporate Excise Sale Factor Expanded Bottle Bill $20 Revenue Maximization $40 Sale of Assets $15 Quasi-Public Contributions $25 Abandoned Property (one-time) $99 Expanded Federal Revenue through Medicaid Waiver $78 In addition, the governor has proposed a Municipal Relief Bill that includes an expansion of the local property tax base by closing the loophole on the telecommunications equipment exemption which is estimated to generate approximately $26 million. Pension and Municipal Health Insurance bills In recent weeks, the governor has filed bills on changes to pensions which, if passed, will affect mostly future employees, not people currently employed, as well as proposals dealing with municipal health insurance. MTA will be updating members on both issues very shortly. Neither bill has even been sent to committees for hearings in the Legislature. The Senate has just completed its committee assignments. The House Speaker has not yet announced his leadership team or appointed legislators to committees.


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So while MTV and ESPN attempt to commercialize a made-up generation of ultra-athletic, brainless risk-takers who only exist to push the boundaries of 'things to do that may or may not kill you,' the gamers wait and wonder how these 'extreme' events will fare as video games. We've seen one recent translation of snowboarding with the decent Cool Boarders 2, but this was only for the PSX. This prompted Sega to make their own, and while Steep Slope Sliders has some glaring faults, it manages to be a nice diversion for those of us too 'un-extreme' to do it for real.
I'm going to come right out and say that I can't snowboard to save my life, or for that matter the lives of loved ones, pets, or even complete strangers. In fact, I'm a barely passable skiier, generally opting for the bunny slopes over the triple black diamond run (usually named something like 'Devil's Armpit'). But I love sports, I love video games, and I absolutely ADORE the Saturn 'Nights' controller. So before I continue with this review, please take my advice and go get this controller. It rules and every self-respecting Saturn fan should own it.
With that out of the way...
Steep Slope Sliders is a straightforward game. You choose a boarder, choose a track, and off yah go rumbling through the snow. On the way to the finish line you are encouraged to leap off of anything and everything in order to score big air and big trick points. You are then ranked by both time and tricks.
The graphics are a mixed bag. In general, most of the tracks and racers are super blocky with enormous pixels. The collision detection is pretty bad; you'll occasionally bump into invisible tree edges or pass right through a snow bank. On the other hand, the animation of the boarders is fantastic. They pull off the tricks with remarkable smoothness and realistically bend limbs to deal with the physics of snowboarding. But overall, this is not a particularly pretty picture.
What is pretty, however, is the killer control. To perform stunts, you simply press a button and the D-pad, even stacking moves in order to pull off some neat combinations. The triggers are used to rotate; this helps to slow down when things are getting a bit too wily and to add flash to tricks. The response is tight and accurate, the feel is dead on, and the moves are easy and fun to pull off.
There are also some nifty options in the game, the most impressive being the replay/edit function. You can save any race, then go back and edit it to your liking. You manipulate various camera angles and cheesy MTV effects (oohhh...strobe lighting...whoa) to create a more 'aesthetic' view of your descent. I actually found this to be a great addition - it really highlights the aforementioned character animations and smooth movements.
Unfortunately, this is where the good stuff ends. There are a lot of problems with the game that really hold it back. For starters, THERE IS NO TWO PLAYER MODE - it's just you and the track. This really cuts out any competitive energy, which takes away from the whole experience and kills the replay value. While you are supposedly careening down a hill at breakneck speeds, the tracks rarely offer much in the way of speed. You never feel like you're going very fast...a bummer, as tracks with names like 'Extreme 3' should at least offer some serious speed. Additionally, the realism is, well, unrealistic. You can somehow scale boulders almost vertically in order to catch air, and perhaps due to some unmentioned contract with the devil, you never fall off the board.
Another gripe I have is the lack of any sort of Tournament mode. Right from the start you can challenge any of the 5 tracks, but there's very little incentive to explore these much. There aren't many different choices of descent routes, and with only 4 secret tracks, there just isn't much gameplay variety. So little, in fact, that you'll get burnt out pretty quickly.
Steep Slope Sliders is a good example of Saturn gaming - some extremely bright spots overshadowed by a roughshod and incomplete feeling product. The 'extreme' imagery just doesn't match the lackluster play. If you're a boarder who's dying to catch monster pixel-air, then take a peek at this one. For everyone else, rent before yah buy.


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School bus confusion as school starts
SMYTH COUNTY, Va. - The first day of school can be hectic with students getting used to their new teachers and classes. In Smyth County, Virginia new bus routes and a new school had some kids not getting home until 5:30.
This school year brings a new school for Smyth County Schools and with that comes new school bus routes, and a delay for some kids getting to and from school. "We had no idea that the kids were going to be that late coming home," says parent Theresa Cunningham.
Cunningham has two kids in the Smyth County school system. She tells us her kids got home around 4:20 -- that's 30 minutes later than last year.
She considers that early compared to the time other students got home. "[A friend's] son didn't get home until almost 5:30 Thursday night. He's 10 so I would have been hysterical," adds Cunningham.
Superintendent Mike Robinson tells us they are aware of the problem and have been working all night and day to fix it. "Friday morning most of our routes came in 10 to -15 minutes earlier than they did Thursday," says Robinson.
Robinson says a new school and new bus routes were a part of the problem. He tells us they're looking at several options to fix it. "We went down streets that we didn't pick up kids. We called the parents and said, "Is your kid going to ride the bus?" If they say no, then we don't go down that road anymore, so we pick up time," adds Robinson.
Robinson says they have 42 new bus routes this year and they are looking at modifying routes to fix the problem. "It may mean that we have to add an additional bus to help with coordination. We're studying all the different ways that we might be able to do it," says Robinson.
Cunningham tells us another problem parents had was contacting the school system to ask where their children where. We learned the communication problem was because of the new phone system because it turned on the automatic voice mail but it's also been fixed. "Parents that call the school asking where that bus route is, we may not be able to tell them exactly where it is but that it left around this time and is headed that way," says Robinson.
Robinson also told us on the first day many parents want to take pictures when their kids get on the bus and have questions they want to ask the drivers, and that added to some of the delays.
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Gallery: Natural Balance float honors canines
IRWINDALE - Famed skateboarding bulldog Tillman has added yet another title to his resume for this year's Rose Parade - Honorary Marine.
Tillman, who has surfed, skateboarded and snowboarded down Colorado Boulevard for four years, will ride this year atop the Natural Balance float titled "Canines of Courage," which will honor dogs that have served in the military.
The Pacoima-based dog food company's past floats have broken the record for the longest and heaviest floats ever in the Rose Parade. This year's theme will be more serious than skateboarding, but no less "special," said company President Joey Herrick.
"We can never do a more meaningful float than this," said Herrick, who has designed all four floats his company has entered, with help of Fiesta Parade Floats. "It's great to do fun things, but I'm honored to do this and to pay respect to the dogs that save American lives."
The float's deeper significance this year means the talented canine is ditching his skateboard for Marine `dress blues.' His owner Ron Davis said this may be Tillman's toughest gig yet.
"It's a lot easier to train him to skateboard than to sit still for four hours," Davis said. "I'm more nervous this year than in other years. And I will have to have a case of lint rollers with me."
The float's theme and design were inspired by the Military Working Dog Teams National Monument, which was approved by Congress this year and will be built at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, in October 2013.
Herrick was touring Washington, D.C. with Tillman when he heard about the monument. The stories of the canine war heroes touched him so much, he said, that he offered to raise the money to pay for the monument's construction.
Herrick said he would like to see another, smaller monument in Washington, D.C., someday. Nonetheless, he hopes the float can help parade viewers understand that not only humans who fight for their country.
"I hope people can actually realize how important dogs are, not just for the family, but (for) our lives and freedom (too)," Herrick said.
Six of those `heroes' will join Tillman on the parade route, including Lucca, a German Shepherd/Malinois mix who lost her front leg sniffing out hidden bombs in Afghanistan. Marine Cpl. Juan Rodriguez, 23, who was with Lucca when she was injured, said he was "shocked" when he saw the explosion go off.
"It was one of those experiences you never think will happen to you," Rodriguez said.
Rodriguez performed first aid and stayed by the dog's side until she recovered and eventually moved into retirement with a military family in Finland. He said the dogs on the front lines are just as important as the human soldiers.
Robert Harr, who served in World War II as what today would be a Navy SEAL, said his German Shepherd, Rex, nicknamed "Oki" for his service in Okinawa, saved 150 Marines by sneaking behind enemy lines.
Without dogs like Oki, he said, many more American soldiers would lose their lives.
"They have about 100 times the amount of capability of smelling things, feeling things," Harr said. "Animals have this tremendous capability that we as humans can't fathom. These are the greatest friends we have in the service."
Oki became the most decorated war dog in the Pacific Theatre and was honored by President Harry Truman in the Oval Office.
Because the dogs' services are so great, Herrick said, he hopes that parade viewers will stand and salute as Lucca and the other war dogs ride down the parade route on Tuesday.
"They are heroes," he said. "I hope everybody would show them the respect they deserve."
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If the quilting is going to enhance the squares, then do the color blue, which is my favorite. If the quilting is only going to blend in the background because the squares are so brilliantly bold and show off as well as you sew, then do the cream for safety. To me, in my opinion, it all depends on how secure you are in your quilting. I love to add that punch of color to a quilt if it is going to make the blocks look exciting. Since this is probably mine you are talking, go for the gusto.
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Well, show me the quilt and I will tell you. (LOL, ha ha ha ha ha). If you were advised to do the cream, then do so. I have not seen the top so I don't know. I am sure it is fabulous. Just thought if you were asking, I would chime in. Without seeing the top, I am sure you made the right choice.
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Why wouldn't I, it was made for me by someone who likes me. How good can it get!!!!!!
I finally am finishing up that cancer quilt. Have the yucky binding to do. Then another cancer quilt to finish and a vet quilt to finish up. Three quilts in the process YIKES! Then I get to cut yours up. I may do that inbetween and bring to office to do since I am finally getting caught up. Thought of something else to do though at work that I think needs redone so that will take up the work time for sure. Oh yeah, that is what I get paid for. LOL. Well, bettter get finishing up for day.
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Well, the stomach bug hit our house, so no sewing right now. Don't want to get anyone sick.
So now onto the next fun project. Another Cancer quilt needs done. Breast cancer this time. I do not do well with pastels. Went into LQS to get some fabric (DH bought some but was a cream and needed a white base fabric, but I have some gorgeous fabric to play with later) and they just laughed at me, took the embroidered blocks and began the search for the right fabric. Sure enough, they came up with some of the same fabric I had purchased last year for a soft quilt I made for a swap partner. Who would figure. LOL So now to get that pieced and quilted and mailed off. Hard to work with pink.
Then for my swap partner, keep staring at the fabrics thinking of getting it done. I may change it up again. Not sure. Wanting to play with some different types of blocks that I have not made before and having fun doing different settings of my blocks. I suppose I should ask if she does not mind it being a little bigger than the 60" required if I happen to see something else I like.
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Hi everyone. I haven't done any sewing in the past two weeks. I am hoping to get my top sandwiched Today or tomorrow. This is the one step I hate doing. I have already finished my house cleaning. I am off to sew. Hope everyone has a great weekend.
Hey ladies...I haven't gotten to sew at my house in weeks. I am hoping things will ease up at home this week so I can get back to sewing these beautiful blocks. I need some good thoughts sent my way if you don't mind. My lil man (3 yr old) has been dealing with a really bad stomach bug since Valentine's day. He was doing better Thursday and Friday and into Saturday. Yesterday morning he relapsed again. Called the doctor this morning and waiting for a call back. I'm really worried now and am exhausted. I will keep y'all updated on my lil guy. Hugs and love!!!


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[quote user="critters"]That's funny. Maze never appeared to be pudgy to me, but maybe he celebrated a little too much after the BCSCG and couldn't work out because of his hamstring. Either way, what a ridiculous thing to complain about. Sorry bro, you're small.
So wait, you ask for a link and get it and I am now small? He is 5'7 186 lbs, that isnt ideal size at all. I noted his immaturity too, with a backup link. You ignore that too? Sounds like your a blind bama fan.
How about the fact that he was 2.5 inches shorter than his listed Alabama height of 5'10 and 7 pounds heavier....you ok with that too?
Am I small for thinking that size, fitness and maturity matter in the NFL? If so, then I guess I am small.
If you disagree with me, feel free to make an argument. But claiming these things dont matter and " I am small" for thinking they do just make you look like a Bama homer.


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Whether you're looking for drawings, paintings, jewelry, sculpture, or even something more unusual, you'll find an eclectic and beautiful selection of items in Comic-Con's Art Show.
Located in the Sails Pavilion upstairs at the Convention Center, the Art Show contains original works for sale by both amateurs and professionals. It also displays the nominated books and comics for this year's Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards and houses a special exhibit devoted to members of the Will Eisner Hall of Fame.
Many of the original pieces displayed by artists are for sale by silent or voice auction. Some pieces are marked for quick sale. Bidder numbers and Art Show information can be obtained from the administration table inside the Art Show. You must be 18 or older and have legal identification to purchase artwork, and payments may be made with cash, check, Visa, or MasterCard.


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Extracting, processing and manufacturing conventional building materials eat a significant quantity of energy. Novel biocomposites are reducing that embodied power and delivering high-performance, eco-friendly materials at no added cost. Outside building facades, internal partitions and suspended ceilings which form an integral part of building structures are characterised by high energy that is embodied. Biocomposites overcome the power downsides of current materials such as steel, brick, concrete and plastic that is even fibre-reinforced. Nevertheless, susceptibility to dampness and biodegradation decreases service life, particularly for outdoor applications. A new project has been launched to address these challenges. The objective that is main to reduce embodied power by at the least 50 per cent over current materials with no escalation in price. Consortium users have chosen four case studies to create demonstrators. The BIOBUILD newsletter has publicised the option of parts, needed performance, while the designs and manufacturing processes – all supported by life-cycle assessments to lessen the embodied energy regarding the parts. Researchers used two various resins: an unsaturated polyester whose monomers are partially produced from agricultural feedstocks, and a furan-based resin based on agricultural waste full of hemicellulose. The reinforcements are strong cellulosic fibres through the stems of flax and jute flowers. The focus that is main date is the furan-based polyfurfuryl liquor (PFA) resin. Scientists have actually explored parameters pertaining to its synthesis, curing and natural fibre impregnation. They determined that PFA resin is most effective to formation of prepregs, materials pre-impregnated with a resin system that currently includes the necessary curing agent. Researchers formed an Industrial Interest Group. The articles of these meetings can be found in the project site. The project has additionally been commonly publicised through postcards, leaflets, educational documents and posters besides the project's publication. The task additionally exhibited at EcoBuild in London to produce the new items to a wider audience. This is the trade that is leading for sustainable construction materials.
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