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UTSA presents renewable energy panel Feb. 29
By James Benavides
Public Affairs Specialist
(Feb. 27, 2008)--The UTSA Mexico Center, the Friends of the Canary Islands Foundation and the Government of the Canary Islands will sponsor a panel discussion on renewable energy from an international perspective from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., Friday, Feb. 29 in the Buena Vista Street Building Aula Canaria (1.328) at the Downtown Campus. The event is free and open to the public.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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Experts from the United States and Europe will discuss current measures, developing technologies, and policy and implementation of strategies regarding renewable energy in the panel discussion, "Renewable Energy: What the Future Holds."
Representing the Canary Islands government on the panel will be Javier Morales, commissioner of the Cabildo of the Island El Hierro; Manuel Cendagorta, executive director of the Technological Institute of Renewable Energy; and Salvador Suarez, head of the Renewable Energy Department of the Technological Institute of the Canary Islands.
A small volcanic island chain off the coast of Morocco and a Spanish protectorate, the Canary Islands are a confined space and unique ecosystem presented with their own challenges in generating energy.
UTSA Professor Efstathios Michaelides, chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, will lead discussion on past trends in energy use by developing and industrialized nations. His research indicates there was a 50-percent increase in levels of carbon dioxide and greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere since the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century.
According to Michaelides, the repercussions include global warming, melting of polar ice caps and a rising sea level. He will share ideas on various energy sources including wind, solar and hydrogen.
"I am hoping we will have a closer collaboration with our peers in the Canary Islands," said Michaelides. "We are living in a global environment and our students need to know how they live in the Canaries, Europe and Africa -- and their students should have an opportunity to see how we live here. We look forward to an exchange of ideas. It is my hope that our discussions will lead to collaboration in education, research and technology development."
Paul Barham, senior director of generation research and planning for CPS Energy, will offer a local and regional perspective on energy programs. According to CPS Energy, they have one of the most aggressive renewable energy programs in the state, committed to meeting 15 percent of the electrical peak demand with renewable energy by 2020. With its Windtricity project, CPS Energy is the largest publicly owned purchaser of wind power. The utility is a partner in numerous solar energy projects around San Antonio and purchases enough landfill gas to power 7,000 homes annually.
The panel discussion helps bring a global perspective to the Mexico Center goal of opening dialogues that address, discuss and promote bilateral policies to resolve mutual concerns between the United States and Mexico. This is the second year the center has collaborated with the Friends of the Canary Islands.
For more information, visit the UTSA Mexico Center Web site or call (210) 458-2923.


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Backus Legion charitable contributions total $14,902 in 2012
Contributions to civic and community causes from the Backus American Legion Charitable Gaming Partnership totaled $14,902 in 2012, with education topping the list of donations.
Education support included $4,000, or $400 post-secondary scholarships to 10 Pine-River Backus students, and another $1,150 for community and family education, extra-curricular and safe graduation programs.
Total donations were down just slightly, $447, from 2011's total of $15,349. While charitable gambling receipts declined for several years, the decline appears to have leveled off and the Legion has budgeted an increase in donations for the upcoming year.
The post did increase its food shelf donations in 2012, awarding an extra $500 and raising the total grants to the Pine River and Hackensack area food shelves to $1,500.
Other funding highlights included $1,150 for youth recreation, including maintaining the post's ballfield complex for use by area youth; $500 for the summer-long Hackensack area Youth Fishing Contest; $1,350 in aid to distressed families, the ill and disabled and child safety; $1,400 to area community festivals, including $1,200 to the Backus Corn Fest and $200 for Hackensack fireworks; $1,536 for Veterans Administration hospitals, veterans activities, memorials and flags and support of active duty troops; $1,326 for support of Backus fire and rescue operations; and $650 for children's holiday parties.
State and federal taxes continue to consume a considerable amount of local and statewide charitable gaming dollars. The post paid $11,100 in state taxes and fees and $1,884 in federal revenues. The state of Minnesota continues to be the largest single recipient of post gaming revenues. Since 1991 the Backus Legion has paid $610,757 in state and federal taxes.
Donations to education, civic and community organizations, needy families, youth recreation, active duty troop units and veteran's programs during that period have totaled $684,377.
Changes in charitable gambling enacted by the 2012 Minnesota Legislature included authorization of electronic pulltab games to help pay for the new Vikings stadium and sports themed numbers boards. However, licensing of electronic distributors has fallen behind schedule and most charitable organizations have been unable to get vital information on operational and capital costs and requirements — and device availability.
That, and the fact that paper pulltabs are popular with the public, has resulted in a slow start for electronic tabs and a "wait and see" attitude by the majority of charitable gaming sponsors.
The state Gambling Board also used its authority under the law to ban the use of sports numbers boards, claiming federal law only allows certain "grandfathered" states to have any sports related gambling.
That decision was disappointing to Allied Charities of Minnesota, the umbrella group representing the charitable gaming industry. Some states are considering challenging the constitutionality of the law because it does not treat all states equally, or getting Congress to overturn it.
In addition, the state Gambling Control Board Feb. 19 postponed the implementation of electronic, linked bingo, also passed by the 2012 Legislature with the intent of boosting charitable gaming profits and funding stadium construction.
The Backus Legion Charitable Gaming Partnership includes the Legion, Willard's Saloon and Eatery and Triolo's Restaurant and Lounge
"We continue to be thankful for the community's support of our charitable gaming operations,'' said Post Commander Bill Taylor. "And we hope improved conditions in the industry, plus our own management and budgeting efforts, will help our bottom line so that we can maintain and increase our support of charitable causes in our communities."

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These two units are priced about the same, which is better?
Kelly's handyman knives are electric heated while the Unit from
Dadant or Cowen is steam heated. Is it worth the extra money
to go steam heated compared to either the maxant or the electric
knife handyman?
Are there other options for uncapping with severe carpel tunnel
with about 50 hives. Either uncapper seems like overkill for
50 hives, but I don't know if I can physically uncap the honey from
that many hives with my uncapping plane, once I get everything
established and stabilized. I plan to stop expanding at 50 hives.
Also I'm extracting on 4 different occasions this year, and will likely
continue to do that. So ease of cleaning is an issue, if I have to do it
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SCAD Style lecture, book signing: Amy Flurry, writer and fashion stylist: "Recipe for Press"
This event is part of SCAD Style 2012. SCAD Style, an engaging series of lectures, exhibitions and film screenings from renowned artists, designers and professionals, will take place April 16-20 at SCAD's Atlanta, Hong Kong and Savannah locations. This event is free and open to the public. Learn more about the SCAD Museum of Art.


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Chevrolet to Unveil Corvette Z06 at Detroit Show
Next month's Detroit auto show is a traditional spot for U.S. car makers to unveil new hardware. This has been especially true for General Motors, which has used the show to roll out redesigned Chevrolet Corvettes and Camaros, the electric-powered Volt and the enormous Cadillac Sixteen concept car.
At the coming show the company plans to reveal its latest hotrod – the 2015 Corvette Z06. The new model has an engine and suspension tuned for higher performance than the standard Corvette, which is already faster than most cars.
Chevy said it designed the Z06 "to deliver supercar levels of performance," particularly for customers who take their cars to racing circuits for high-speed "track day" events.
"Chevrolet is America's favorite performance car brand, and for 2014 we are going to offer enthusiasts more choices than ever before," said Alan Batey, Chevy's global senior vice president.
The company said the Z06 will complete its lineup of performance cars including the Corvette Stingray Convertible, Camaro Z/28 and SS sedan.


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That came online when they launched thier new website a few weeks ago. Waiting for thier webstore to open though.
Cool. I'll have to wait 'till tonight, though. Our filter here at work blocks this.
Customer Service does respond to requests when posted. I think this is a big + for H&K. I had called them in the past and the results were not as good..


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Pages from the past for May 23
75 years ago, May 26, 1938
From the Pine River Journal
Always something new, always something different is the way the VFW plans its dances. The Hot Peppers: Dorothy Schleiger, Helen and Elmer Olson and John and Robert Haack will furnish the music for the dance Saturday evening, May 28, at the local armory.
In spite of unfavorable weather and unavoidable postponement, the senior class play "You're the Doctor," which was held at the school auditorium Friday evening, drew a record crowd.
50 years ago, May 23, 1963
From the Pine River Journal
The opening weekend of fishing in this area was marred by strong winds and snow. Many fishermen were unable to get out on lakes at all because of the high waves and cold.
For some weeks now, Pine River Fire Department members have been plagued with fire calls, which, when answered, have proved to be false alarms. We have no way of knowing who these funny little people are, whether they be juvenile or adult, but one can only say that their actions brand them as being thoughtless, selfish and entirely irresponsible as far as having any consideration for anything else than their own criminal actions.
25 years ago, May 26, 1988
From the Pine River Journal
Scott Sater, music teacher at Backus School, was named Backus Teacher of the Year for 1988.
On the third day of May, late in the spring, Region 5ECSU sponsored a fair for writing. This being the second, was held at a lake with hopes that a better atmosphere it would make.
10 years ago, May 22, 2003
From the Pine River Journal
Centennial National Bank announced the opening of its new production office in Pine River. The office is located in the lower level of the Brad Swanson Law Office.


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So I started building my first game a text RPG over the Christmas holidays in Python:
I've decided to switch over to C++ for various reasons. I'm looking for other complete beginners since I feel chatting and sharing what is learnt is the best way to learn. I've decided to become serious about making games and not just thinking about making games. I'm tired of coming up with ideas for the "ultimate project" and then realizing a reasons it can't be done. I just want to program game after game and work my way up. I'm not really much for voice chat but there's always the messaging system on gamedev.net, Steam, e-mail, Facebook, whatever works.
I don't believe there's any sort of chat section on Gamedev.net if anyone has any other suggestions for beginner friendly chat areas on the web, let me know. Thanks!
Also comments on my code and how it could have been improved would be greatly appreciated.
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Ice storm affects drop-add, study day schedules
By Kris Rodriguez
Public Affairs Specialist
(Jan. 22, 2007)--Last week's ice storm shut down most of San Antonio and the UTSA campuses for two and a half days. Because of the closures, several UTSA academic deadlines were changed.
Additionally, the May 3 Study Day will begin at 11 a.m. in order to make up for the class time lost Jan. 18 when the university was closed until 11 a.m.
See the changed academic deadlines below.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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Updated UTSA Spring 2007 academic deadlines
Wednesday, Jan. 24
- Last day to add a class or late-register
- Last day to withdraw from all classes and receive an 80-percent refund of tuition and fees
Thursday, Jan. 25
- Last day to request challenge examination from instructor (examination must be administered by Feb. 7)
Thursday, Jan. 25-Monday, March 26
- Student can drop a course via ASAP and receive grade of "W." (Courses officially dropped before Census Day, Jan. 31, will not appear on student's transcript.)
Monday, Jan. 29
- Last day to pay tuition and fees for students who registered Jan. 10-24
- Last day to withdraw from all classes and receive a 70-percent refund of tuition and fees
- Last day to drop or withdraw without a grade, or drop a course and receive 100-percent refund (no refunds after this date if a course is dropped)
Thursday, Feb. 7
- Last day to submit an approved Request to Challenge Examination form to Enrollment Services Center. (Examinations must be administered by this date.)
- Last day to withdraw from all classes and receive a 50- percent refund of tuition and fees
Wednesday, Feb. 14
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Looking good, Brother Steeden and family! We're so thrilled that you're keeping this blog (for us and for you). Enjoy the rest of your time in the Midwest.
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Leah's mom, Leone, invited us to join her for four nights at the Arrowwood Resort in Alexandria, MN, along with her husband, Vin, Leah's sister, Anna, and our nephew and niece, Victor and Olympia. Great company, great food, very relaxing.
The kids spent most of their waking hours in the water. I (Steve) got to golf, run, and accompany the kids to the water park. Leah hung out at the beach with the kids, ran every day, and got to spend time with her mom and sister. And we all watched a lot of Olympic coverage.
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386: Duty Calls
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Title text: What do you want me to do? LEAVE? Then they'll keep being wrong!
Cueball, and many Internet nerds, feel an irrepressible urge to correct people on the Internet, and often get intensely invested in arguments over mundane or insignificant topics. In this comic, Cueball is presented as an exaggerated example of one such arguer. His statement that "This is important" shows his excessive investment in whatever [unnamed] topic he is arguing about. Additionally, Cueball's interpretation of the argument as "someone is wrong, I need to correct them" rather than "someone disagrees with me, I should learn from them" parodies internet arguers' insistence in the obvious, objective superiority of their viewpoint.
The title text reinforce this satire. The phrase "Duty Calls" used in the title is traditionally used in much more dramatic contexts [say, by a police officer, firefighter, doctor, etc. when talking about their job], so applying it to the job of arguing on the internet is a humorous mismatch that puts Cueball's disproportionate investment into perspective. Cueball's exasperated, all-or-nothing retort "What do you want me to do? LEAVE?" in the alt text further highlights the absurd nature of his emotional investment in this argument. His reasoning that "they'll keep being wrong!" if he leaves suggests that the only solution he sees is to continue to argue until everyone on the internet has agreed with him on all issues–a ridiculously impossible plan. By taking this satire to its logical conclusion–an eternity of arguing on the internet with no time for pleasure in real life–Randall reminds the reader that getting emotionally involved in internet arguments at the expense of real life is a terrible, terrible idea.
In 955: Neutrinos another incarnation of Cueball is cured of a similar disease. A much later comic is simply called 1731: Wrong, but here it is not the other people who are wrong!
- [Cueball is behind a computer.]
- Voice outside frame: Are you coming to bed?
- Cueball: I can't. This is important.
- Voice: What?
- Cueball: Someone is WRONG on the internet.
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Doesn't look like anyone's touched this during its spotlight as the Incomplete Article of the Day. But really, what else can we say? 184.108.40.206 03:06, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
Maybe how deeply compelling the "need" to fix something wrong on the Internet is? It's not just a plain correction.... it gnaws at you...126.96.36.199 03:17, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
Tried to flesh out/improve the analysis. Still needs some editing for clarity [I'm not sure how formal the tone of this wiki is supposed to be?] but hopefully it's an improvement on the previous edit. 22.214.171.124 17:47, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
I think its good. Hits on all the points, unless anyone sees differently I think it adequately explains the comic. I think all the editing from here is flow and stylistic stuff. And that's minimal. --Lackadaisical (talk) 20:22, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
It's a Cunningham's law reference, guys, that's it. 220.127.116.11 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
The title "Duty Calls" has a double meaning. One that Cueball needs to go "fix" the internet and that he needs to "be" with his S/O. 126.96.36.199 21:04, 26 August 2015 (UTC) 127.0.0.1 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)


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I think Randle will step up. His main lack of motivation is that he can't rise up on the depth chart enough to get playing time. IF he can get motivated he can make some great plays for us. Still wish we had Manningham (he's the first player in ever to have a decent football career after leaving the Giants), but we don't, so we need him to step up now...
However, I also see us running an offense more like we had vs. Carolina. The Browns and Panthers don't have the same level of defense that the Eagles do, and so I forsee Bennett going up the field more this game, rather than being kept in to block all the time. Still, we need that 3rd WR out there...
I'm Commander Shepard, and this is my favorite team in the NFL.
It was already pretty common knowledge, and if getting called out by a guy who was competing for a spot on our practice squad 2 years ago and is now one of the best receivers in the NFL doesn't spark a fire under his butt, nothing will.
I honestly can't think of a single person who it would have been more appropriate to have heard it from.
Id rather see JJ if Randles not motivated enough to play for the reigning Super Bowl champions.
I think what Cruz did is just fine.
However, there is this little part in the back of my brain that thinks Cruz may be slightly envious that Randle was drafted early, and will make more money in his first 4 years than cruz will have.
Maybe he just thought when he was drafted to be Mario's replacement, that he was just gonna be handed the #3 job. Now that reality has set in -- and TC makes you EARN your role -- he hasn't taken it in a way that you'd like.
He's still a young kid, and it's good to see Cruz snap him out of it. We'll see how he reacts this weekend, b/c at this rate, he may have to play out of necessity...
On Blast. Nice haha
Yeah, you know who else needs to be put on blast? Osi. Someone needs to blast his *** and I would love it if JPP would just straight up call him out.
It will never happen, but Osi is the laughing stock of this defense at this point in time. Hes a fool who only did well in his career along side Strahan (who regularly commanded double teams) and by picking on 2nd string LT's.
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Last year I bought 15 queens from a queen breeder. When the queens came they looked fine. We got them mid May. They were introduced into 10 production hives and 5 nucs. The queens were released by the workers eating the candy plug. Two were killed upon release. Three or four were superceded within two weeks. The queens that started laying were laying brood patches that looked like winter brood patches. None of the queens were laying patches that would support the hive population. It took the ones not superceded 6 weeks to lay a respectable patch of brood. Except for 3 all had been superceded by July 1. These queens were replaced by our own queens, and they have done well, except for two that were superceded.
Lets discuss commercial queen survival. I would like to know how the rest of you have faired with your boughten queens. I have been told that what I experienced is not too far off normal, but I have also talked to beekeepers that have had nearly 100% survival.


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If you put three beads onto a tens/ones abacus you could make the numbers 3, 30, 12 or 21. What numbers can be made with six beads?
Lee was writing all the counting numbers from 1 to 20. She stopped
for a rest after writing seventeen digits. What was the last number
she wrote?
Follow the clues to find the mystery number.
When you arrive in the classroom on Monday morning you discover all the numbers have fallen off the class number square and they are in a heap on the floor. All that is left on the wall is a blank grid!
There's five minutes to go before the lesson starts and you need the number square.
Can you find a quick way of putting the numbers back in their right places on the grid?
Where will you start?
To help you think about this there is a blank grid and number tiles here: .doc, pdf.
Before you start think - does your class number square start with $0$ or $1$? Or a different number?
Some of your friends may want to have a go too.
What different ideas are there about how to put the number tiles back as quickly as possible?
Click here to see how Jonah started.
Let us know what you think is a 'smart' way of putting the number square back together.
How quickly can you achieve this using your 'smart' strategy?


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Corona - Pescasseroli
- Free buffet breakfast, free WiFi, and free parking
Main amenities
- 39 smoke-free guestrooms
- Restaurant and bar/lounge
- Full-service spa
- Outdoor pool
- Free area shuttle
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- 24-hour front desk
- Coffee/tea in a common area
For families
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- Abruzzo National Park (3.4 mi / 5.4 km)
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Travelling with others
- Children's club
- Children (2 years old and younger) stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding
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- Free WiFi in public areas
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- Children's club
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- Supervised childcare/activities
- Free buffet breakfast
- Restaurant
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- 24-hour room service
- Coffee/tea in a common area
- Outdoor seasonal pool
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- Limo or Town Car service available
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- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Year Built 1995
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- Accessible bathroom
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- Minibar
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- Balcony
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The onsite spa has 5 treatment rooms including rooms for couples. Services include massages, facials, body scrubs, and body treatments. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy, Ayurvedic, and hydrotherapy. The spa is equipped with Turkish bath/hammam.
Children under 17 years old are not allowed in the spa without adult supervision. Guests under 18 years old are not allowed in the spa.
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- Health club
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- Bicycle rentals on site
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All guests, including children, must be present at check-in and show their government-issued photo ID card or passport.
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Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.
Children under 17 years old are not allowed in the spa without adult supervision.
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text: Selected from the private collection of Werner Feibes and Jim Schmitt, this exhibition presented fifty-five works by thirty-five important European and American artists of the twentieth century. Comprised of paintings, collage, drawings, and sculptures completed between 1914 to 2000, this exhibition included works by artists such as: Josef Albers, Jean Arp, Giacomo Balla, Wassily Kandinsky, Keith Haring, Grace Hartigan, Sol LeWitt, Robert Motherwell, Louise Nevelson, Man Ray, Isamu Noguchi, Bridget Riley, and Andy Warhol. A fully illustrated catalogue with an essay by Ken Johnson, a New York Times art critic and frequent contributor to Art in America, may still be available at The Hyde Collection's Museum Store.


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Look what i got in the mail yesterday!! It is perfect! and just look at the Egg Caddy's that she sent ! They are so cute! The label says struten chickens for Debbie to cute. I love everything thank you.
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Look what i got in the mail yesterday!! It is perfect! and just look at the Egg Caddy's that she sent ! They are so cute! The label says struten chickens for Debbie to cute. I love everything thank you.
I love to collect roosters of any kind. I also love embroidery thread for my machine. My favorite color is purple and i am just a plain old country girl.lol
Hobbykat I love that little beauty! So cute!
mooretll - I am so jealous! I love those little chic-a-dees!
Krystyna -- NO need for hoopla - I have truly enjoyed filling in for you! We all need a little help one way or another everynow and then. Who knows I may need you to get my back one day! WELCOME BACK!
Lisa B in NC
Quilting is my Happy Thought!
Mooretil, love your DQ and those little roosters are just so cute.
buslady, I could have sold your little DQ today at the stall I am having but kindly told the interested lady it was going to a good home far far away. .
QB Albums: Lynnie25's Quilts; Selvedge Quilts; Lyn's Dolls Quilt Swap Quilts
Hi everyone, I'd like to give a big THANKS to some special ladies who helped me with a special project earlier. Actually all I did was make the suggestion and everyone worked together and it came together.
Thanks go out to Needlegrammy (Barbara), HappyCatQuilter (Linda), Just a Quilter(Connie), Dotcomdtcm (Dotty), and Barbara's boss. Without the outstanding job you ladies did our project would not have run so smoothly. And to everyone else who contributed you did great .... thanks again .... hugs and happy quilting..... Crazy Quiltin Robin
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OOOOooooo! I am getting excited to see it. I took yours to group on Saturday, too. Loved by all. Most said they would not be able to part with it. I told them, I often do hate to, but I figure I can always make another. I try to put 1 new technique in each DQ, some times it is a good thing, sometimes not so much. This one turned out great, after a LOT of frog stitching. I mean a LOT. The old me would have thrown it in the UFO box, that is one of the things this board has done for me. I am better about following through, finishing a project and taking the time to do it right. Or as close to it as I can. LOL
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Very cute DQs coming in!
Freezing fog out our way. One person killed this morning when their SUV slid off the road, rolled into a ditch. Just takin' it slow. I hope everyone else is doing okay. I know it's much worse in other parts of the country. What wacky weather we are having.
HobbyKat1955, very clever of you! I love the spool fabric!
Krystyna, Your DQ is in NY at the post !!!!! Can't wait for you to see it!!!!!
May all your ups and downs be with needles and thread.
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Saturday 05/27/17 7:00 PM
Los Angeles, CAThe Comedy Store - Hollywood
Joey Coco Diaz
Born in Havana, Cuba and raised in North Bergen, NJ, Joey 'Coco' Diaz has quickly become one of the most sought after actors and comedians in the entertainment industry today. His love of storytelling is reflected in each role he takes: whether it is on film or on stage, his passion for entertaining and delighting audiences shines through every performance. This winter, Diaz can next be seen starring as 'Mikey' opposite Sylvester Stallone, Robert De Niro, Kevin Hart, and Kim Basinger in the highlyanticipated feature film "Grudge Match" (Warner Bros.). Diaz's start in comedy began while serving a short stint at a correctional facility in Denver, CO in 1988. "Each Wednesday we would watch movies on the projector, but sometimes it would break," he shares, "so I would get up and do stand up to fill the time." Learning he had the skills to make an audience laugh, he pursued comedy after his release and began performing at an assortment of comedy clubs in the area. While he was touring as a working comic, he began acting in a variety television and film roles. You may recognize him from his appearances in "The Mentalist", "Children's Hospital", "My Name is Earl", or "General Hospital" - to name a few. On the film front, Diaz has held roles in "The Longest Yard", "Spider Man 2", "Smiley Face", and "Taxi", among others.
In 2013, Diaz continues to perform stand up and act, while also staying on top of the new media move in podcasting. Currently, Diaz hosts his bi-weekly podcast "The Church of What's Happening Now," which ranks among some of the most highly downloaded podcasts online. He is also a regular guest on Joe Rogan's popular podcast "The Joe Rogan Experience."
On the comedy front, Diaz continues to tour and perform at the biggest comedy clubs in the country. His comedy specials in "The Testicle Testaments" have sold thousands of downloads, and have even made it to the Billboard Top 100. Diaz's raw style of comedy is highlighted on television with recurring sketch roles on "Stand Up Revolution" and "Jimmy Kimmel Live." Later this year, Diaz will release his new DVD/CD special - which will surely top the charts once more.
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Foggy, windy, cool, rain coming in.
Is that near one of your beeyards?
All finished.
Didn't see the queen. My ladder man refuses to get appropriate glasses and it was dark even with a light.
You probably sucked up the queen in your vacuum. So should I put you down for 84 hives now?
That is cool. I look forward to the opportunity some day.
Greg Barnett
Was that an open-air colony, or did you have to remove some structure first?
>Was that an open-air colony, or did you have to remove some structure first?
Open air under a elevated house. Near the San Francisco airport.
>Are you changing the rules now?
The challenge is named after me, therefore accommodations have to be made for me.
I gave the bees to my helper, so it did not change my count. He now has two. They were bringing in pollen, so maybe the queen survived the vacuum. Will report in a few days.
Removed the vac parts today, lots of pollen coming in, clustered on the brood and catch combs below, nine frames of bees, most rubber bands removed from the four brood frames, saw the queen, young and yellow. She was still dizzy from the ride down the vac tube. Couldn't see any eggs. Thumbs up on the Bushkill vac.
I'm glad the queen made it. So you had this poor guy do all the work and yet you charged him for the bees?
Your generousity knows no bounds. This is why all the Bay Area Beesource members are confident that you will make your honey house available for us (for free) this spring!
You're like a Father to us Olly!
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What used to be an operation consisting of a fleet of trucks plowing snow and throwing out rock salt or sand is evolving into a high-tech world of specialized chemicals, computerized discharge controls, decision-making software, road and weather information systems, automated treatment systems, and automatic vehicle location systems. Public works employees are increasingly challenged to find the most efficient and effective use of these technologies to meet their department's snow maintenance goals.
Some maintenance operations have faced this challenge with hesitation. For smaller departments—already overworked and understaffed—the overwhelming array of chemicals, equipment, and software, and the associated learning curve, may be too much to take on. Other departments have postponed implementation due to start-up costs. But with increasing environmental regulations and decreasing revenues, the time to embrace this technology is closing in.
Steve Gray, special projects engineer with the New Hampshire DOT (NHDOT), said, "Back in 1994 we participated in the T&E-28 project sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to test and evaluate the use of anti-icing chemicals. As part of that study, the NHDOT used potassium acetate as an anti-icing agent. After the project ended, NHDOT chose to postpone the implementation of a liquid anti-icing program due to the high cost involved in re-equipping our vehicles and facilities."
NHDOT recently made the decision to begin anti-icing treatments this year on a specific section of Interstate 93 near Manchester. "Our decision to use a liquid anti-icing chemical in this area was made for primarily three reasons," said Gray. "First, NHDOT has plans to expand that section of I-93 from four lanes to six or eight lanes of traffic. As a result of that plan, NHDOT agreed to not increase chloride levels in the area as part of a commitment to the agencies involved in overseeing the watershed in that area. Second, NHDOT is trying to reduce salt use due to a dramatic increase in salt prices in our area. Third, NHDOT is endeavoring to provide a better level of service to our citizens."
Environmental concerns, cost savings related to chemicals, and commitments to increase level of service have provided the motivation for other agencies already using chemicals for anti-icing to invest more fully in the use of chemicals in other snow maintenance activities. Many agencies now include the use of liquid chemicals in their deicing operations for prewetting rock salt or abrasives.
Moving from a more traditional method of snow and ice control to the new arena of snow maintenance is a big step for any agency. To help state and local jurisdictions make this move successfully, the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has prepared a publication titled Snow and Ice Control: Guidelines for Materials and Methods. This booklet, published by the Transportation Research Board as NCHRP Report 526, is an essential manual for those involved in winter maintenance.
Implementing an anti-icing/deicing program involves choosing the type of chemical to use, application guidelines to follow, and equipment to purchase. These choices are integrated with existing department policies concerning priority levels for routes and level of service desired throughout a storm.
The most widely used chemicals for anti-icing/deicing include sodium chloride, calcium chloride, magnesium chloride, potassium acetate, and calcium magnesium acetate. NCHRP Report 526 can be consulted for specific chemical properties such as mix concentrations and application rates.
A successful anti-icing/deicing program also requires the use of a road weather information system (RWIS). This system is capable of reporting air and pavement temperatures—which can sometimes differ by 20° F—relative humidity, wind speed and direction, subsurface temperature, depth of precipitation on the road, and salt concentration.
Public works personnel can consult an RWIS for help in making decisions related to anti-icing operations such as mobilization of personnel, selection of chemicals, snow or ice control strategy, and route priorities. This is important because anti-icing has proven to provide significant benefits, including preventing formation of a bond between the pavement and snow or ice, reducing clean-up times, eliminating the use of abrasives, and decreasing the amount of materials used, labor costs, and wear on plows and blades.


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The New Bellator Fighting Championships
"Bellator was a based on a tournament format, where if you win, you move on; if you lose, you go home."
It doesn't take long after getting into a conversation with Bellator Fighting Championships (BFC) Chairman and CEO Bjorn Rebney to begin to comprehend the deeper meaning of the company's slogan, "Where title shots are earned, not given."
The L.A. native recounted his 20 years in the sports industry, from his start as a practicing attorney with complementary degrees in Law and Sports Business to founding Sugar Ray Leonard Boxing—a lucrative franchise that at its peak hit 90 million homes in half a dozen countries—to ultimately developing Bellator, an international MMA promotion in the vein of UFC but with a goal of allowing fighters to "choose their own destiny" through a tournament format.
Rebney recalls first analyzing MMA for a possible franchise: "The overnight ratings that came out after the [MMA] show confirmed what I already knew. That it was the best sport in the world and that young male consumers were going to respond to it in droves and they were going to love it. And at this point, there was entry [for more players] in that space."
With its 84 tournaments on MTV2 over the past few years, Bellator has emerged as the MMA front-runner to challenge dominant Ultimate Fighting Championships (UFC), which largely holds a monopoly on the sport and the advertising dollars from the core male 18 to 35 demographic. In 2011 when UFC and broadcasting partner Spike TV divorced, Bellator saw its opportunity and offered Spike parent Viacom a majority controlling interest in the company. When UFC headed over to Fox in 2012—and Spike aired reruns during their yearlong noncompete clause—Rebney and the new Viacom management began to craft their plan to launch Bellator out of the bubble.
Even though Bellator counted millions of fans across 107 markets, including six-figure audiences in Russia and Brazil, the sport had failed to garner viewers over the half-million mark; the peak was about 325,000 back in May 2011 on MTV2. Now, with access to the considerable resources of Viacom and Spike's wide reach—nearly 100 million homes nationwide—Rebney's ambitious plan for 2013 included no fewer than 25 live events consisting of series in winter, summer and fall, as well as a reality show produced by double-digit Emmy-winning The Amazing Race producer Bertram van Munster.
The key to this smooth-rolling operation, however, lies in Viacom's experience in the field. According to Rebney, "Having Viacom own a majority stake in the company has given us access to accomplished people on the production part, sponsorship, promotion and marketing. Viacom wrote the playbook for MMA fighting." The benefits of this partnership have been immediately evident: Bellator 85 kicked off in its new home last Thursday and an average viewership of 938,000 tuned in. While a portion of the audience was enticed by the tournament's lead-in of TNA Impact Wrestling, which had an average of about 1.82 million viewers, Spike was pleased with the outcome. Rebney and the Spike executives kept their fantasy ratings projections to themselves, but Spike TV president Kevin Kay proclaimed Friday that "we had a great night last night. [The ratings] are fantastic."
Although Bellator lost roughly half of the audience share handed to it, the time slot may hold some of the blame. While previous MMA numbers, particularly on Spike, came primarily from UFC's Saturday night matches, it was a gamble for Spike and Rebney whether or not to go head-to-head with Fox with the new channel debut. As Rebney explained last fall, "we've been working with Spike for months in terms of what is the best day—what is the best time—to reach the largest number of consumers with Bellator content." The Thursday night placement was successful by BFC standards, and three tournaments running per year will allow for some experimentation to determine what works with audiences.
Ben Askren vs Jay Hieron
However, the most important factor by far to reach the success BFC and Viacom desire will be educating MMA fans about what sets Bellator apart from UFC. Rebney has been quite vocal when it comes to defining the two tournaments and their contrasting concepts, enough so that UFC and Bellator are regularly seen in corporate battles outside the ring, be it mentions in the media or court claims between fighters and promotion organizers over contract signings.
As Rebney states, "our point of difference from the UFC is very substantial: we are a real sports competition. We are a real sports competition, the likes of which we as sports fans watch every sport on earth. If you're a soccer fan, you watch the World Cup; if you're a fan of hockey, you watch the Stanley Cup; if you're a fan of the NBA, or Major League Baseball, or the National Football League—any sport that we think of—we all work the same way."
Rebney's most compelling argument for his company is the identifiable path toward a championship title. This model, rooted in "real, legitimate empirical data," advocates no begging or matchups, just the clear desire to win. "At the beginning of the competition there are a group of individuals or teams, and at the end of that competition there is one. The thing that determines that one is winning; not how good your hair looks or that you're married to a supermodel or whether you can talk yourself into a championship. It's about winning. Bellator was a based on a tournament format, an objective structure where if you win, you move on; if you lose, you go home."
Playboy.com: What originally inspired you to get involved with MMA?
Lawal: Pro wrestling, boxing, Heathcliff the cartoon and kung fu flicks really started my passion for combat sports. My love for combat got me into MMA, and it's what I've been doing ever since.
Playboy.com: You'll be competing in the upcoming season of Bellator when it moves to Spike TV this spring; what are you most looking forward to?
Lawal: I'm looking forward to just fighting and winning on Spike TV! Can't focus on anything else.
Playboy.com: Why did you choose to compete in Bellator instead of another MMA property?
Lawal: I chose to roll with Bellator 'cause they keep MMA pure and treat it like a true sport! It's not like other promotions out there with politics and everything else that is shady. Win and get a title shot. Love it.
Playboy.com: You compete in both MMA and pro wrestling events; do you have a preference for one over the other?
Lawal: I have no preference! I'm just glad they will both take place on Spike TV! Call me Mr. Spike TV!
Playboy.com: What's been the most challenging aspect of your journey so far?
Lawal: My battle with staph infection was the toughest thing I ever dealt with. I coulda died! But I ain't no quitta! I bounced back, and now I'm on Spike TV!
Playboy.com: What is your goal in this profession?
Lawal: My goal is to be champ and enjoy the ride from start to finish!
Playboy.com: What originally inspired you to get involved with MMA?
Curran: I really didn't know anything about the sport. When I graduated high school I went to firefighter academy and it really wasn't working out, so I figured I would give it a shot and moved up to Chicago.
Playboy.com: Why did you choose Bellator over UFC?
Curran: I was a replacement fighter going into Bellator. I had just won a fight over in the U.K. and my manager got a call from Bellator saying they were looking for a replacement fighter in the lightweight tournaments. It was an opportunity I couldn't pass up. I put on a bit of weight and I ended up winning it.
Playboy.com: What was your reaction to winning Featherweight World Champion?
Curran: It really didn't sink in at first. It happened so fast, but it was a dream come true. I was finally able to live by fighting; it was the first step to getting to where I am now.
Playboy.com: You compete in both MMA and pro wrestling events; do you have a preference for one over the other?
Curran: UFC has their way and Bellator has their way. I have to give a lot of credit to [Bellator] because of my success. Since the beginning of Bellator to where I am now, I have to credit the tournament format.
Playboy.com: What's been the most challenging aspect of your journey so far?
Curran: When I first moved up to Chicago, I moved up here with $1000 and got a job bar backing and training at night. It was hard leaving my family and friends in Florida to an area I'm not familiar with. I was chasing after a dream and stuck it out for a couple of years.
Playboy.com: What is your goal in this profession?
Curran: I just want to put on a show for the fans. I just turned 25, and to me I feel that I'm just peaking in my career. I want to see where Bellator goes, especially now on Spike.
Playboy.com: What originally inspired you to get involved with MMA?
Askren: I wrestled my whole life, so MMA was a natural progression for me.
Playboy.com: What pushed you to switch over to Bellator from wrestling?
Askren: I did international wrestling for a while—I made the U.S. Olympic Team in 2008—so I figured I'd give this a try.
Playboy.com: Why did you choose Bellator over UFC?
Askren: Bellator was the first MMA to come to me, and they offered me a chance to make a name for myself. The tournament format of Bellator is nice because it's clear and concise who is the next challenger to the champion. There's no popularity question for it.
Playboy.com: What's been your biggest brick wall on your journey so far?
Askren: For me the biggest challenge has been the transition from wrestling to full-fledged mixed martial arts fighting; the striking really didn't come natural for me. I was 24 when I started, which was really old to get going.
Playboy.com: What's your fight mentality like?
Askren: It's fairly level-headed. With wrestling you compete more often, with MMA it's only a couple times per year.
Playboy.com: What is your goal in this profession?
Askren: Just to keep winning and keep getting better at MMA.


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Dusclops and its Evil Eye.
Bannette, FTW!!!!! I rarely make a team with walls story-wise so bannette having a much higher spd + higher atk was an obvious choice. and will'o'wisp can make bannette stay in longer which can make up for the lack of bulk.
Dammit, I've been practically dead. Too busy fighting demons and shadows.......* points evoker at head*....... back to work...* fires*
I am a Christian and proud of it! Copy and paste this if you are too.
Dusclops :3
he is really beast in smart contest XD
i catch one breed it with wobbuffet so he got eeg move destiny bond
curse and destiny bond combo rocks
Dusclops is so... so... ugly >_> Fortunately they created Dusknoir, which look way better than its pre-evo.
I prefer Dusclops in terms of battling. He makes a great wall.
I prefer Banette in terms of looks. Who couldn't love a doll that has turned evil? :3
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I have a Dusclops on my team in Sapphire version; it's incredibly reliable. I've used Banette once before, and while it was decent, I wouldn't add it as a permanent member of my team because I feel that its moveset isn't as diverse as Dusclops'.
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Dear Dolores,
Not to overwhelm the editor but the YMCA issues are esculating.
Neighborhood parents now have issues with changes in school programs conducted by SRV YMCA. At issue is staff and the reality of baby-sitting versus realistic learning progams allowed by current MDR YMCA budgets.
Do you think parents and community should be involved to insure exceptional before-school and after-school programs?
Still waiting for EMC to allow coverage of the politics of this situation. What is the real offer to the community from SRV YMCA?
Hal/CDSI Research
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Unpleasant answers: YMCA planning results
Original post made by CDSI Research, another community, on Mar 8, 2010
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If the Y project is canceled, what will happen to my donation? It was made for a specific purpose and project! I want it used for that purpose.


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Lol about the quote from Leonova. Gives me a little insight into the mind of an athlete/skater, interesting.
And good to hear more info. about Evgeni (& Johnny).
Lol about the quote from Leonova. Gives me a little insight into the mind of an athlete/skater, interesting.
And good to hear more info. about Evgeni (& Johnny).
It's about Plushenko's comeback and apparently, the good fortune of a little something we call Youtube
Are you sure these times are correct? Icenetwork has the times for Eastern standard time and I don't think PST is 5 hrs behind EST.The following is the schedule for those in the USA (PST):
Men's SP -- 2:45AM
Pairs SP -- 4:35AM
Ladies SP -- 6:00AM
Men's FS -- 1:45AM
Pairs FS -- 4:00AM
Ladies FS -- 7:40AM
Here's icenetwork streaming times...
Friday, Oct. 23
5:30 a.m. : Compulsory Dance
7:45 a.m. : Men's Short Program
9:35 a.m. : Pairs Short Program
11:00 a.m. : Ladies Short Program
12:50 p.m. : Original Dance
Saturday, Oct. 24
6:45 a.m. : Men's free skate
9:00 a.m. : Pairs Free Skate
10:40 a.m. : Free Dance
12:40 p.m. : Ladies Free Skate
Here's first mens practice pics from Japanese media. Takahiko Kozuka and.... surprisingly, Evgeny Plushenko. Surprisingly, because they usually only post pics of Japanese figure skaters, so more honor to Plushy
Thanks so much for the pics.
http://ca.c.yimg.jp/news/20091022210...o-view-000.jpg plushy ballerina!
I swear I ll cry tommorow!
thanx so much for pics
kozuka has grown up!
any idea why i can't see any of them ? Thx
Johnny's Tweeter account
Good practice for today. I can't believe I compete tomorrow. Can't wait to shake my tassel. Pray for me!
about 3 hours ago from web
Thanks for the update ~tapdancer.
I too checked both icenetwork & the RC schedule, none of which makes sense to me. All I know is that I'm 11 hrs. behind Moscow, Russia's time, thus my configuration of the RC schedule, as listed below:
Time Schedule
(Local Time, GMT +03:00)
Date Time Category Segment
13:30:00 Ice Dance Compulsory Dance
15:45:00 Men Short Program
17:35:00 Pairs Short Program
19:00:00 Ladies Short Program
20:50:00 Ice Dance Original Dance
14:45:00 Men Free Skating
17:00:00 Pairs Free Skating
18:40:00 Ice Dance Free Dance
20:40:00 Ladies Free Skating
And thanks Ximena for the update from Johnny! I'll be praying for you, Johnny, as I am all the competitors. I'd love to see you make the Olympic Team!
any pairs practice pix?
Pang Tong, gogogogogog~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Lol, I just found out my original schedule was off by 2 hrs.
Which is great really because I need just that amount of time to get some work done (can't believe I'm pulling an all-nighter, haven't done that since college).
So sad he's retiring though.
Men's tennis won't be the same again!
Back on topic, thank you so much for the pics and the times, especially.
I have to go to bed now, but I will wake up anxious and excited!
Looking forward to watching Plushy skating most of all.


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Faculty probe key issues they're watching in the run-up to the 2012 presidential election.
Campaigning in 140 characters
By Herbert Lowe, journalism professional in residence
Midway through the venerable Sunday talk show Meet the Press the morning after Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney announced U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate in August, host David Gregory called it "the first VP pick in the age of Twitter." Gregory also said "the social platform really lit up" because of the choice and presented viewers with tweets from both sides of the political spectrum.
Throughout the same month, The Washington Post urged visitors to its website to suggest ways the presidential candidates should be using Facebook, Twitter, etc. "Which candidates or campaigns are using social media most effectively, and how are they using it?" the Post asked. "As a voter, what kind of social media campaign would make you want to interact with a campaign? Is there anything politicians could learn from the business world about how to use social media? Who could be using it better and how?"
The Pew Research Center seemed to wonder the same things. It released a study, also in August, concluding that President Barack Obama's campaign held a distinct advantage over Romney's in its use of digital technology to communicate directly with voters. The study found, however, that neither campaign used social media, well, socially. That is, they almost never commented on or retweeted something from mere citizens.
Times sure have changed. Most of us are too young to remember watching John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon spar in their televised debates the biggest events of the 1960 presidential campaign. Then, television was the new frontier. These days, citizen journalists, nonprofit advocacy groups, political action committees and others use Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google, Storify, LinkedIn, etc., to engage with a multitude of "friends," "followers" and "connections" about whatever is the biggest event of the past five minutes.
So much has happened since the Obama campaign seized upon social media and email en route to winning the White House in 2008. Who can argue that the 24-hour news cycle is not now the 24-second news cycle? Or that the new news cycle affects any notable election?
Technology of the times
What hasn't changed is that political candidates strive to use the technology of the time to push out their messages as unfiltered as possible. Campaign organizers are happiest when their standard-bearers engage voters during choreographed events.
It doesn't have to be this way. I favor the article, "Ten Ways Social Media Can Improve Campaign Engagement and Reinvigorate American Democracy," written by Darrell M. West, vice president and director of governance studies at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. West's first observation: Given that politicians often disagree not just on interpretations, but also on the facts, people are using their social networks as "trust filters."
West also wrote that grassroots networks generate ideas and force candidates to answer questions they would rather not, and that social media connects the public with its leaders in ways that create greater responsiveness and accountability. He called for embedding social media commentary in news coverage a la Gregory's approach on Meet the Press to add more diversity of voices in the political dialogue.
"There is no reason why 2012 should not be an engaging election," West wrote. "With the issues we face in the areas of budget deficits, health care, education, energy and foreign policy, we should use digital technology to involve people in the campaign."
So what if all West suggested happened? Would it make a difference? We would hope so. But does a candidate's social media activity during an election influence voters? And does online buzz generated via blog posts, news sites, video and image sites, message boards/groups and tweets necessarily translate into more votes?
In April, the social media research organization NM Incite of New York reported that it reviewed four significant races in the 2010 midterm elections for U.S. senate in California and Florida and governor in Maryland and Ohio. In three of the races, NM Incite found the candidates most frequently mentioned on social media won.
Which party generated the most buzz? NM Incite found equal social media conversation about Democrats and Republicans when it measured 50 days' worth of data from all four races. The company also pointed out that each party won two of the races examined.
All of this is well and good. But my journalism DNA leads me to believe that traditional media and its mandate to comfort the afflicted and to afflict the comforted remains the surest and best avenue for voters to make the best choices on Election Day. There's no doubt, though, that traditional media cannot simply rely on old ways to do its job.
The Poynter Institute in Florida is just one organization teaching journalists how to use social media for political reporting. Mallary Tenore wrote last year on poynter.org that social media gives "journalists a way to see how politicians and campaign staffers are interacting with voters and sharing news. And it has helped them find local voters and get a better sense of what their audience wants in election coverage."
Voters most want indeed, deserve genuine interaction with those who seek elected office. Considering the Pew Research Center's finding that the presidential candidates don't retweet or post comments, I offer the following: If Obama could hold the first-ever Twitter Town Hall from the White House in July 2011, he should spend an hour answering voters' questions via tweets from wherever he wants while seeking re-election in 2012. Romney should do likewise. It's risky, yes, but the rewards could be huge.
Herbert Lowe, Jour '84, the journalism professional in residence in the J. William and Mary Diederich College of Communication, is a former newspaper reporter who teaches students how to tell stories across multiple platforms: text, images, audio, video and social media. He is a past president of the National Association of Black Journalists.
What's the fuss about "dark money"?
By Dr. Amber Wichowsky, associate professor of political science
In January 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a controversial decision that overturned longstanding campaign finance restrictions on corporations and unions. While critics focused on the 54 decision in Citizens United v. the Federal Election Commission, news outlets paid less attention to the court's separate 81 ruling to uphold disclaimer and disclosure laws that require political committees to identify who paid for their ads and file public expenditure disclosure statements with the FEC.
Attention quickly turned to the issue of campaign finance transparency, however, as outside groups took to the airwaves in the 2010 national midterm elections. Examining campaign finance filings with the FEC, the nonprofit consumer advocacy organization Public Citizen reported that although nearly 100 percent of outside groups revealed their donors in the 2006 election cycle, fewer than one-third did so in 2010. Similar statistics have been reported in this year's elections.
How despite rules mandating transparency have the identities of some donors remained secret? In brief, groups have been able to take advantage of loopholes in the rules. For example, nonprofit groups are not required to register with the FEC as Political Action Committees as long as their "primary purpose" is not political. Some Super PACs have also constructed clever funding structures that allow them to attribute a portion of their contributions to nonprofit organizations rather than to the individuals, corporations or unions who gave to the nonprofit in the first place. And it should be noted that groups were already taking advantage of these loopholes in 2008, long before the heavily criticized Citizens United decision.
Disclosure in advertising
Given this context it is worth examining the Supreme Court's logic in upholding disclaimer and disclosure requirements. Since the late 1970s the court has provided several rationales for these requirements, specifically citing the government's compelling interests in deterring corruption, enforcing campaign finance limits and informing voters. But in recent cases, the court has relied almost exclusively on the "informing voters" argument. Writing for the majority in the separate 81 ruling in Citizens United, Justice Anthony Kennedy argued:
"The First Amendment protects political speech and disclosure permits citizens and shareholders to react to the speech of corporate entities in a proper way. This transparency enables the electorate to make informed decisions and give proper weight to different speakers and messages."
When asked in a recent interview with National Public Radio why he supports disclosure laws, Justice Antonin Scalia responded: "To evaluate speech intelligently … it's good to know where the speech is coming from. Or, put another way, it's important to know 'who's telling me this.'"
I am not a constitutional law scholar; my areas of expertise include campaigns, elections and voter behavior. But I was drawn to the Supreme Court's assumption that knowing who stands behind the message puts voters in a better place to weigh the merits of claims made in a 30-second commercial.
Political scientists have shown that voters use shortcuts, such as group cues, party labels and endorsements, to make informed political judgments in the absence of detailed information. Yet even though groups are required to attach disclaimer statements and contact information to their ads, the innocuous names of Super PACs, 527s and 501(c) groups provide voters with little information about the interests behind the message.
Is going negative a boon or a bomb?
Consider these two groups that aired controversial ads in Nevada's 2010 U.S. Senate race. One group, Latinos for Reform, urged Hispanics not to vote in November, saying Democrats had not delivered on immigration reform. Although in the ad it appears as if the group supports reforms that would provide a pathway to citizenship, it was individuals and organizations generally opposed to liberalizing immigration laws who funded the ad. Another group, Patriot Majority, sponsored a radio ad that sounded very much like a Tea Party-backed attack against the Republican candidate but paid for it with labor union money.
In response to the increased anonymity in political advertising, congressional Democrats have tried to pass legislation that would require the top five funders of campaign-related ads and the amounts they contributed to be listed within the ad. Justin Levitt, associate professor of law at Loyola Law School Los Angeles, argues for a "Democracy Facts" label similar to the Nutrition Facts and Drug Facts labels on consumer products that lists the total number of contributors, the top five donors and the proportion of support received from the top five donors.
But would any of this really make a difference? That question guided my latest research (co-authored with Dr. Conor Dowling, assistant professor of political science at the University of Mississippi). We prepared to answer this question by conducting an experiment using a political ad that ran in the 2010 national midterm elections. We enlisted 1,213 participants and assigned our participants to one of several treatment groups. Participants in our control group received neutral information about a U.S. congressional race. Among the other treatment groups, some participants were randomly assigned to watch an attack ad from that race. Others watched the ad and then read a news article discussing the donors who paid for the ad. Another treatment group watched the ad and then read a news article emphasizing that the group that paid for the ad kept the donors' identities secret. Finally, some watched the ad and then were presented with a "Democracy Facts" label similar to (but not the same as) the one discussed above.
We looked at whether participants in the treatment and control groups differed in how they evaluated the candidates in the race. Because our participants were assigned to their groups by the flip of a coin, we were confident that any differences would be attributable to the treatments themselves and not to differences among our participants.
We found participants who were shown the "Democracy Facts" label about the donors to the group were more supportive of the attacked candidate than were the individuals who only watched the ad. However, we also found greater support for the attacked candidate among participants who read a news article emphasizing the group's "dark money," or funds used without disclosure. Our findings suggest that voters do take note of campaign finance information in one form or another. The trick and a question that remains for future research is whether voters connect the dots between campaign finance information and the attack ads they see on television. And, of course, the effects of any change to how campaign finance information is presented in political ads may erode over time as voters tune out that information.
So much is up for debate
Although we were initially concerned with examining the Supreme Court's logic that campaign finance disclosure informs voters, another criticism of anonymity in political advertising is that it gives candidates a free pass to "go negative" in a campaign. Negative ads can be effective, but there is always a risk that the candidate will be punished for being too negative. In another experimental study, we looked to see if candidates escape this backlash effect if a benignly named group sponsors the attack ad.
Our results were resoundingly clear: Though the candidate was punished a bit for sponsoring a negative ad, the exact same ad sponsored by a group produced no such effect. We also found that disclosing campaign finance information about the group reduced some (but not all) of this advantage.
With the 2012 presidential election in high gear, outside groups continue to play a large role in what voters hear over the airwaves. These groups have also taken the lead in sponsoring negative ads. According to the Wesleyan Media Project, there was a 1,600 percent increase in ads sponsored by outside groups in the Republican primaries between 2008 and 2012; more than 80 percent of group ads aired in the presidential race as of late-August were negative.
The increase in outside group involvement in campaigns raises a number of questions. Political scientists continue to debate whether negative ads depress voter turnout or do more to inform voters about the issues. But the increase in anonymous spending also raises new questions about accountability in campaigns and the effectiveness of the current campaign finance disclosure regime. Although many questions remain unresolved, no doubt the sheer volume of negative ads in the 2012 election will give us an opportunity to examine these issues in greater detail.
Dr. Amber Wichowsky is an assistant professor of political science. Her teaching and research specializations include urban politics, public policy, public opinion and electoral behavior.
What the law school poll foretold
By Dr. Charles Franklin, director of the Law School Poll and visiting professor of law and public policy
The Marquette Law School Poll was created in January 2012 as part of the Law School's public policy initiative. In its first eight months the poll interviewed more than 8,000 Wisconsin voters on several hundred questions. It predicted the winners and closely matched the vote margins in the Republican presidential primary, the Democratic primary for governor, the recall election and the Republican Senate primary. If "getting the votes right" is a fundamental goal of polls, then the Law School Poll successfully passed that threshold. But that is not the only or even the most important purpose of the poll.
The poll is most importantly a mechanism for bringing the voices of the public into the discussion of politics and policy. Carefully designed polls are the only mechanism for enabling a representative sample of the public to have their say on issues and express their views of candidates before going to the voting booth. The reporting and discussion of the poll in turn is a way for voters to learn what their peers think without the bias inherent in talking only to friends and fellow partisans. The goal of polling is to help the public see itself as well as to express each individual's views.
Here are three ways the Law School Poll demonstrated some important facts about public opinion in Wisconsin that might not have been obvious from casual conversation but which revealed something fundamental about Wisconsin voters.
Gas prices
Gas prices are a fairly "objective" political issue. In March, gas prices rose sharply for several weeks to $4 or more per gallon before falling off, at least for a while. In our March Law School Poll, we asked, "Is the price of gas something a president can do a lot about or is that beyond a president's control?" In Wisconsin, opinion divided evenly: 46 percent said a president can do a lot, while an equal 46 percent said gas prices are beyond a president's control.
But Republicans and Democrats had sharply differing views: Two-thirds of Republicans said a president can do a lot about the price of gas, while two-thirds of Democrats said the opposite, a president can't control gas prices.
Or so it was in 2012.
However in May 2006, when the CBS News Poll asked this same question as gas prices spiked during the Bush administration, the partisans had opposite theories of presidential control of the economy. Then, three-quarters of Democrats were convinced a president could control gas prices while less than one-half of Republicans thought so.
The data illustrate strikingly that our ability to perceive gas prices and interpret presidential responsibility for them is a plaything of partisanship. When it is "our guy," we absolve him of blame, and when it is the "other guy," we heap the responsibility upon him. But just a few years later, with a different president, we come to exactly opposite conclusions. Perhaps an awareness of how powerfully partisanship plays with our views might warn us to consider our evaluations a bit more cautiously.
Political conflict
The Wisconsin recall process and election brought unprecedented levels of party polarization to the state, along with exceptionally high levels of political involvement and activity by many citizens. Our data showed several important results, but it was the interpersonal consequences of political conflict that produced the most-striking conclusion.
In our May Law School Poll, just before the Wisconsin recall, more than one-half of respondents said they had talked to other people and tried to show them why they should vote for or against a candidate. That is a significantly higher rate than is usually found during election campaigns 30-something percent vs. 54 percent found here reflecting the intense involvement in the recall. But we also found a side consequence: A full one-third of the public said there was someone they had stopped talking to about politics due to disagreements over the recall. We also found that the percentage that had stopped talking was virtually identical for Democrats and Republicans.
The data illustrate that participation is the foundation of democracy, but it is not without personal cost.
Polarized but not on everything
Some issues that have large majority support are associated with Democratic leaders, and other issues with equally large majority support are associated with Republican leaders. For example, substantial majorities oppose cuts to spending on education or health care, while at the same time large majorities support increased contributions to pensions and health benefits by public employees and a requirement of photo identification to vote. If voters were perfectly polarized by party, we would see these and all other issues split about 5050. Instead, we see that some "Democratic issues" command broad support, while other "Republican issues" are equally popular. Despite the current polarization, there remains a number of issues that appeal across party lines, some to the advantage of Democrats and others to the advantage of Republicans.
The Marquette Law School Poll provides an instrument for measuring and understanding how public opinion affects politics. Each party holds some winning cards and some losing cards. The fall campaign and the governing that will come afterward are chances to see how well each party plays those cards.
The Law School Poll initiative was created by Law School Dean Joseph D. Kearney as a forum for wide-ranging, nonpartisan discussion of issues facing Milwaukee and Wisconsin. In 2012, Dr. Charles Franklin, professor of political science at the University of WisconsinMadison, joined Marquette as director of the Law School Poll.
Longing for common ground
By Christopher Murray, visiting instructor at the Les Aspin Center for Government
On the morning of Nov. 7, either Mitt Romney or Barack Obama will wake up to the increasingly unenviable task of president of the United States. President Obama has had four years to become accustomed to the grueling nature of the job. If Romney wins, he will no doubt quickly discover that governing the United States while certainly always a difficult assignment has become virtually impossible.
What seems to be making the presidency such a thankless job is a function, I argue, of two forces. The irony is that both of these forces are, in and of themselves, positive.
First, consider the electorate that will go to the polls in November. As reams of demographic data show, the United States is becoming increasingly diverse across a range of variables: race, ethnicity, income, education level, religious affiliation, language, etc. In a course I taught this past summer on presidential campaigns at the Les Aspin Center in Washington, D.C., I recommended that my students familiarize themselves with the 2010 census. The picture the census provides is a fascinating mosaic and a testament to the notion that our country is indeed a melting pot. The difficulty with this image, however, is that as the diversity of the country increases, so do the range of issues, beliefs and policy preferences being brought to bear on our political system. To navigate this landscape and create a coalition of voters that will propel them to the White House, Romney and Obama have taken positions on difficult issues. No doubt, some of these positions will prove challenging to implement after the election.
A second force complicating modern politics is the rapidly advancing technology that allows this increasingly diverse electorate to mobilize and petition the government. Individuals and groups now have the ability to instantaneously organize and communicate their feelings to elected officials. Like the growing diversity of the country, this is in many ways a good thing. The functioning of a healthy democracy requires that its politicians be accessible, responsive and accountable to the people who elect them. The question I ask, though, is whether this access comes at the expense of deliberation and sound judgment. As many people who have worked in the office of an elected official can attest, it often seems impossible to make a decision on an issue without being bombarded from all directions by emails, phone calls, blog posts and twitter messages in support or opposition to the elected official's latest move.
As a result of these factors, I fear the United States is becoming increasingly fragmented and divided. Beyond being divided into the two main partisan camps of the Democratic and Republican parties, people now have multiple ways to express themselves politically. Our political identities are shaped by who we socialize with, where we live and work, what media we consume, and numerous other factors. Because we now have more choices available to us, and instantaneous means for connecting with each other, we are able to self-select into our own communities of like-minded thinkers. Rather than conversing or debating honestly, more often than not we simply re-enforce our own beliefs and filter out information that challenges our thinking. As a result, it is becoming increasingly difficult to find areas of common ground not because common ground doesn't exist but because we've walled ourselves off from those who might lead us to it. To make the compromises that are necessary to produce policy for the whole country, people first must be able to recognize how other people view the world. Increasingly it seems as if this empathy is elusive.
This might seem an overly pessimistic view of the American political process, but I believe there is a path forward. One of the things I most cherish about my Marquette education, and which has driven my work at the Les Aspin Center, is that it forced me to rigorously question the world around me, constantly reflect on my observations, and proceed with a realization that there is much out there that still needs to be understood. After nearly 20 years spent living and working in our nation's capital, I've come to conclude that the three most rarely heard words in Washington are "I don't know." It is only when we pursue knowledge with an intellectual humility that we allow ourselves to consider perspectives, beliefs and ideas that challenge our preconceived notions and assumptions. When we realize that we might be wrong, we make it easier to find what's right. As our country gets larger, grows more diverse, becomes increasingly mobilized and more highly interconnected, each of us has a responsibility to look at the world through as many lenses as possible. If we do so, it will be much easier to find the common ground that has recently eluded us on so many issues and problems. It will also make the job much easier for the next U.S. president.
Christopher Murray, Grad '95, is coordinator of student affairs and visiting instructor at the Marquette University Les Aspin Center for Government in Washington, D.C.


text: Well, I leave to go on a vacation next Monday, 6/17. Today, I got the call, someone had a swarm they didn't want. Well, I couldn't pass it up. I went for it. They were on a fire hydrant. I put them in a box and brought them home. I haven't really investigated yet to see if I have the queen or not, but I have a dilemma. If I have a queen and she starts doing her thing, I should be okay, but if I don't, I really don't have time to requeen before I leave. The only other hive I have is a young one that was also a swarm about two weeks ago. It has done really well and there is several frames of brood. I know if the new swarm I got today doesn't have a queen, I could take one of the frames of brood and place it in there. But that would weaken the other hive and I would have to hope that the really new hive raises a queen. Or I could combine. I've never done that and don't know the first thing about it. I'm rambling. Sorry.


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Vanguard Nursing Professor's Faith at Home Showcased in OC Register
Amanda Firestone, associate professor of nursing at Vanguard University, is the main subject of a feature article in the OC Register published on Tuesday. The article, called Making peace with two traditions, discusses Firestone and her husband's collaborative approach to celebrating the holidays as a family of mixed faiths. Firestone, a Christian, is married to a Jewish man who works in the medical field as an emergency room doctor. Raising her twin boys in the Jewish faith, Firestone makes great strides to capture the importance of her Christian faith through the Christmas season in her home while still giving as much attention to Hanukkah, according to the article.
This year, her family will accompany her to Journey Christian Fellowship in Irvine, where she regularly attends church services, for the Christmas Eve service, according to the article. While she goes on to say that she always takes her children to important Jewish celebrations, it is clear to the reader that her Christian faith has not diminished by the dual celebrations of Christmas and Hanukkah.
"The article is delightful and Amanda says that they captured her thoughts and story well," says Professor Mary Wickman, director of the nursing Program at Vanguard University.
The article goes on to discuss the many challenge of families of mixed faiths encounter during the holiday season and the creativity used in honoring the various traditions.
Click here to read the full article.


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