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This blog is about the history of the Elg family, originating in Säfsnäs county, Sweden (note that there are several unrelated Elg families from Sweden). It is a complement to the family history website at http://web.telia.com/~u85435856/ , I intend to post new information - and questions - here, where you can get access to it before I have time to update the website.
I have set up a second collection of photos, for Swedish family photos. To start off, a set of photos I rediscovered, from my bachelor party back in 1971. It made the newspapers...http://www.flickr.com/photos/len_elg/collections/72157603803019468/

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Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi to Make Album With Queen's Brian May
Two guitarists from legendary British rock bands plan on working together to record an album of riffs. Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi and Queen guitarist Brian May want to join forces on the project. In the latest issue of Kerrang! fellow musicians asked May various questions. Iommi asked, "When are we going to get to work on that album of riffs together? You know what I'm talking about."
May replied, "Yes, I do know what he's talking about and I'm very, very keen. The record he's talking about was supposed to be a secret but I guess he's blown it now!"
The idea came about when May visited Iommi's studio. The Queen guitarist was amazed by the amount of unnused music Iommi had. So, they want to put together an album of the riffs so people could put their own music to it. As May says, "You could make your own music with Tony Iommi on guitar!"


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When will AAPL reach $700 per share?
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The move up from $500 to $600 didn't take long. Will $700 happen as quickly?
The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. — Steve Jobs
AAPL could always further reprice. At my semi-conservative estimates I don't see it happening until around July earnings.
BUT, AAPL is _still_ repricing! Anything can happen it seems…
The Summer of AAPL is here. Enjoy it (responsibly) while it lasts.
AFB Night Owl Team™
Thanks, Steve.
After amazing April earnings, and before "the big reveal" to take place at WWDC in early June.[ Edited: 20 March 2012 02:27 AM by Burgess ]
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- Pro: Apple HDTV, iPhone Air, Stock split, Consumer robotics
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$500 to $600 share price level from 13 February to 19 March = approx 25 trading days? When is the next financial results release date?
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I think that we have to accept now that AAPL is undergoing a repricing by the market. Because we are into a generous all time high, no-one is too worried about riding small pullbacks (i.e. "no overhead resistance" in chartist terms).
If the dividend opens AAPL to more institutions, that can deliver the trading capital for the reprice. To me, there's no reason the current trend shouldn't run for another hundred dollars.
So I said May.
At this 2% a day increase, it shouldn't be too long. Maybe April.
David Nelson
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I voted for June. I think it will happen relatively quickly but I'm giving it a little time since there are a lot of ups and downs in the market these days. There could easily be a world event or some bad PR that takes time to recover from.
That said, the sooner the better! Apple makes up a huge amount of my portfolio right now. It's a percentage that would traditionally be considered extremely risky with any single stock. But I have a lot of confidence in Apple and it has done so well that even a massive pullback would still be a win in the longrun. Bring it on!
Next poll… how long will it take to get to $800?[ Edited: 20 March 2012 07:13 PM by David Nelson ]
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I am thinking that if I was a PM at a firm that could now suddenly buy AAPL due to the divy - I would buy it now before earnings to get the full effect of this quarter through earnings announcement. That's what they should be pushing for internally.
Keep Calm and Carry On
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Sounds like a nice idea. Speaking optimistically, I wouldn't be surprised to see a stellar year for the stock price. We've got the apparent success of the new iPad, the beginning of dividend payouts and the new investors that will attract, the inevitable next iPhone with LTE this summer, and potentially new MacBook Pros that shift toward the Air form factor. If they do release an actual TV, that'll be icing on the cake.
If I were a divvy fund manager I sure would push to buy AAPL sooner than later.
But I hear the divvy fund's acquisition process can take a while.
The Summer of AAPL is here. Enjoy it (responsibly) while it lasts.
AFB Night Owl Team™
Thanks, Steve.
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If I were a divvy fund manager I sure would push to buy AAPL sooner than later.
But I hear the divvy fund's acquisition process can take a while.
They do but it runs the gamut on time required. So if I were in a position where I could push, I would in order to get a jump start and differentiate myself amongst my peers.
Keep Calm and Carry On
C'mon Buffett…buy a few shares. I dare you.
The Summer of AAPL is here. Enjoy it (responsibly) while it lasts.
AFB Night Owl Team™
Thanks, Steve.
C'mon Buffett…buy a few shares. I dare you.
, follow his principles and heed his advice but don't do what he does.
Since I've calendar (May/Jul $700), I vote for AAPL <= $700 on May OE. And then rush up to $1000 on Jul OE, this is not a non-advice, just day dreaming.
Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. - Steve Jobs
Heheh, I doubt Buffett will buy AAPL even with the divvy because of pride and/or rationalizing IBM as the better pick in tech (better in terms of "more stable", sure, IBM's a great company but much more mature growth-wise).
C'mon Mace, don't just daydream. You and I, we'll both buy a few home-run $150-something or so bull call spreads. Like May 690/700? And I blame you if we lose
The Summer of AAPL is here. Enjoy it (responsibly) while it lasts.
AFB Night Owl Team™
Thanks, Steve.
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I have a question involving mutual funds that are restricted to purchasing shares of dividend-issuing companies.
When can they actually jump in and start building their Apple holdings in their portfolio?
With yesterday's announcement?
Or does it have to be with the board declaration?
Or after the first dividend is actually paid out?
I am curious about the technical end of it.
I am assuming when the board declares it.
At the same time I wonder if the funds have started to buy calls and thus take positions.
(And the market makers would begin taking immediate neutral positions but indirectly causing downward pressure on the share price.)
In other words when would we see downward share pressure as a result of options taken by funds to grab Apple shares? Can anybody enlighten me? TIA
Saw a story the other day that allowed as how funds could spend a certain percentage of their funds outside of the mandate, and mentioned value and even a bond fund that held some AAPL
Anyone see or read that?


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A jizzcuzzi is when a you are having intercourse and when pulling out, you blow your load and all the warm jizz fills up her bellybutton, creating a jacuzzi of jizz.
This Jizzcuzzi I made last night was overflowing with jizz.
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1)When you are jizzing so much that you are bathing in the jizz. Hench the jizzcuzzi.
2) While having sex in the jacuzzi you jizz creating a jizzcuzzi
2) While having sex in the jacuzzi you jizz creating a jizzcuzzi
by JizzDNA August 02, 2010
An ex-christians home jacuzzi. Seeing they don't believe in the lord anymore, they are free to masturbate in their jacuzzi as much as they want.
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Chief Petty Officer Mitzi Zahn entered the storefront Navy/Marine Corps recruiting station. Navy to the left. Marine Corps to the right. The path up the middle was known as the DMZ, demilitarized zone. Potential recruits stepping onto that worn patch of blue carpet were fair game.
For the past several months Mitzi had had the hunting grounds to herself. Which was why the jarhead standing beside her desk, holding the only framed photo to be found there, made her natural territorial instincts kick in.
Letting the heavy glass door swing shut on the sounds of the midweek morning rush, Mitzi cleared her throat. "You must be the new Marine."
Leatherneck looked up, unapologetic.
She couldn't help itshe shivered. Penetrating green eyes, eyes she knew to be hazel when he wasn't decked out in that belted olive drab uniform, gave her service khaki blouse and pants the once-over.
"Mitzi," he said in a timbre that penetrated even deeper than those eyes.
"Calhoun." She caught her breath as she said his name for the first time in over a yearmonths of devastating loss from which she was just beginning to recover.
"Have I changed that much?" he asked.
She glanced at the photo in his hand and shook her head. "I don't know, maybe," she confessed, her answer running the gambit of her emotions.
Somewhere along the way the man she'd fallen in love with had become a lean, battle-hardened Marine. And even though she'd been there for most of the ten-year transformation, it was as if she was seeing him for the first time.
But he wasn't the only one with battle scars.
"What brings you here, Calhoun?"
The obvious answer was military orders.
He'd left his garrison cap and an official-looking folder on the chair in front of her desk. He was dressed for travel in his service uniform. Sharp military creases in his pants, despite the fact that he'd probably spent hours on an airplane.
"It's good to see you, too," he said in that all-too-familiar tone. "Nice new uniform."
She snatched the picture from him, then set it back down on her desk with deliberate finality. "It's Chief Petty Officer Zahn now," she said, stowing her hat and handbag in the bottom right-hand drawer. The move served to put her behind the gunmetal-gray desk and in the power position.
After all, they were on more than just opposite sides of a piece of government furniture. If he was the new Marine recruiter, then he was her competition.
"Chief," he acknowledged.
Challenge resonated in that single word.
"A chief is the Navy equivalent of a Marine Corps gunnery sergeant," she reminded him. In case he thought that extra stripe on his sleeve meant he outranked her. "Gunny."
"For the record, Zahn, I still have date of rank on you." He'd graduated from high school and enlisted in the Marine Corps two years before she'd joined the Navy.
He'd always been at least one pay grade ahead of her. But she'd exceeded all her recruiting quotas, and one of the perks for superior performance was advancement.
"Okay, then " Just because they were no longer friends didn't mean she wanted to make an enemy of him. "Now that that's settled Still take your coffee black?"
"Black's fine."
"I like cream and sugar. You'll find the coffee mess and everything you need right over there." She nodded in the general direction of the alcove that led to the back of the building. "Feel free to help yourself," she said, in case her message needed a little reinforcement.
Do not expect me to wait on you.
Waiting on him held a whole other meaning for her.
"Like I said, Chief, can I get you a cup of coffee?"
"Thank you, yes," she responded with a saccharine-sweet smile. She'd make it through today the way she'd made it through any other. By faking it. Turning her attention to the papers piled on her desk, Mitzi struggled to keep her composure.
She'd gotten really good at faking it.
"And Gunny " She looked up as he started to walk away, noticed the hitch in his step and hesitated. He turned. It was nothing short of a miracle to see him walking again. "Please don't touch anything on my desk," she said, forcing herself not to get caught up in the drama of their shared past. "We have a no-poaching policy in this office."
He stared at her as if she'd been the one caught rifling his desk instead of the other way around. "Isn't it time we called a truce?"
"A truce?"
"We're going to be working together." He gestured toward the empty desk on the opposite side of the room. Just as she'd suspected. He wasn't here for her. Would it have made a difference?
Maybe. Maybe not.
They'd been the best of friends once. More than friends. Now they were what? Not friends. Not enemies.
He wanted a truce. There was a time when she'd wanted nothing more than to surrender to those hazel-green eyes.
"Bruce Calhoun, Gunnery Sergeant, USMC." He offered his hand. "Marine Corps recruiter, at your service."
She heard the self-reproach behind his words.
For Calhoun there'd be nothing worse than riding out his career behind a desk. For her she'd like nothing better. She'd gotten used to the idea of being home again.
The telephone rang.
Taking a deep breath, Mitzi ignored his outstretched hand and picked up the phone. "Navy Recruiting, Englewood Station. Chief Zahn speaking." She covered the mouthpiece. "Cream and sugar."
Cream and sugar. As if he needed the reminder.
Dumping two packets into the paper cup, Bruce studied Mitzi while she talked on the telephone. She might not outrank him, but she'd outmaneuvered him.
All of five foot nothingif he hadn't seen her in action it would've been hard to believe she rescued guys like him for a living.
California. BUD/S training. A lifetime ago. Before Iraq.
Before he'd decided he wasn't worth saving.
If there'd been a spark of something left for him in those columbine-blue eyes, he'd have been here long before now. But there wasn't anything left. Not that he could blame her. He wasn't here to compare her eyes to the state flower.
Bruce scowled at the cup in his hand. He'd reached a new low in his ten-year military career, stirring cream and sugar into coffee with a swizzle stick.
His commanding officer had recommended recruiting school as a way to keep his mind active while his injured body went through the rigors of a long rehabilitation at Balboathe Naval Medical Center in San Diego.
Recommendations, requests mere suggestions from a superior were the same as an order to a Marine. And orders were meant to be obeyed without question.
When voluntold, he did his jobwhether that job involved pushing himself to the limit in some war-torn Middle Eastern country or pushing a pencil in his own hometown.
But this was by far his toughest assignment to date. It was clear she didn't want him here any more than he wanted to be here. Did she blame him for her brother's death? As he blamed himself?
The door opened and Bruce looked up to see the United States Army stride in. Tall and fit. Desert cammies and combat boots. The guy looked as if he'd walked off one of those Army recruiting posters next door. He carried a drink tray with two large cups of McDonald's coffee.
Bruce instantly recognized the enemy for who and what he was and put down the coffee he'd been stirring.
"Cream and sugar," Army announced, leaning in for a kiss just as Mitzi hung up the phone.
She pulled back with a quick glance in Bruce's direction. With that less-than-subtle rejection, the other man noticed Bruce tucked into the alcove.
"Didn't see you standing there," he apologized. "You must be the new Marine recruiter." He took two steps in Bruce's direction and held out his hand. "First Sergeant Daniel Estrada, I0th Mountain Division."
Just his luck they were all the same enlisted pay grade. Though Bruce doubted Mitzi had given this guy the same speech she'd given him.
"Calhoun," Bruce said, refusing to meet the other man halfway. "And you must be the new boyfriend."
Nice Guy Estrada had already bridged the gap and was in the middle of a firm handshake. He stopped short of an over-the-shoulder double take at the photo on Mitzi's desk and the man he was shaking hands with as realization dawned. His smile became tight. Forced. "Nice to meet you," Estrada lied smoothly.
"Dan teaches JROTC at the high school."
Bruce grunted in acknowledgment. His own four years in Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps had earned him a couple extra stripes out of boot camp.
"He also coaches the boys' basketball team," she added after an awkward silence. "Bruce is Keith's brother," she said to Estrada.
Half brother. But that was neither here nor there.
They were brothers. They had the same mother, but Keith's father was Bruce's paternal uncle. Yeah, a real blendedas in blurredfamily.
"Calhoun, of courseI should have realized," Estrada said. "Bright kid. Bright future. Couple of college scouts interested."
"Bruce played basketball in high school," Mitzi said. She could stop trying to cement a bond. That was never going to happen.
"Still play?" Estrada asked.
"Not in a long time." Bored by the subject, Bruce checked his watch. "Excuse me, I was just heading out for a haircut." He picked up his hat from the chair and nodded to her on his way to the door.
As if her kissing another man had no effect on him whatsoever, he added his blessing. "Carry on."
"You forgot to mention the new Marine was your Marine." Dan picked up the photo Bruce had been holding when she walked in.
"He's not my Marine." Mitzi took it from him. The picture was of her, her brother and Bruce. "This is the last picture taken of my brother before he was killed."
"I'm sorry," Dan apologized. "Jealousy is one of my less attractive traits. I could make you a list of some of my more positive ones."
She couldn't help but smile, relieved that with Bruce gone, some of the tension she'd been feeling had dissipated.
"For example," he said, perching on the corner of her desk. "I always put the cap back on the toothpaste. And I grew up with three sisters, so I learned early on to put the toilet seat down. Have you made up your mind yet, about Vail?"
They weren't quite at the toothpaste-and-toilet-seat stage of a relationship yetjust a couple casual datesbut she could see herself with him. Dan had asked her to cochaperone a class ski trip in Vail over the Thanksgiving weekend. He owned a cabin there and took his senior class skiing every year.
"Sure, why not?" The kids would be their chap-erones as much as they'd be theirs. She saluted him with the cup in her hand. Taking a sip, Mitzi mulled over the need for honesty in a new relationship. She decided on full disclosure in this case.
"He was my Marine," she confessed. "I mean, we were engaged. But that's all in the past."
"Okay " Dan glanced at the snapshot, then back at her. "Just let me know when you're ready to Photoshop him out of the picture." He checked his watch. "I've got a class to teach."
"Danny," Mitzi called as he reached the door. "See you tonight?"
"Of course." Without hesitation he stepped back in to give her a quick kiss before heading out again.
Relieved, Mitzi sank to her seat. Wrapping her hands around the warm paper cup, she stared out the glass front at the slushy, snow-covered street and hoped she hadn't sounded desperate.
Dan had been stopping by on his way to school every morning for weeks. He'd flirted his way to a first date. Then last night she'd taken him to the Broadway Bar & Bowl, where he'd met her father and where she'd laughed for the first time in a long time.
She was ready to date again. Dan felt safe.
Why did Calhoun have to show up now? And why did she feel this sudden urgency to prove she'd moved on?
Had she moved on?
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Champion jockey Damien Oliver has until the end of the week to decide between Media Puzzle and Distinction as his ride in the $4.6 million Melbourne Cup on November 2.
"I've told the connections of both horses I'll give them an answer by the weekend," Oliver said after testing Distinction at Sandown yesterday.
Before making his decision for Flemington, Oliver will ride Media Puzzle, on whom he won the 2002 Melbourne Cup, in a gallop at Sandown tomorrow.
Oliver had a "sneak preview" of Media Puzzle's progress for this year's race when he rode the eight-year-old out to work at Weld's stables at the Curragh in Ireland during a visit in July.
He was more impressed yesterday with Distinction than when he first rode him at Sandown two weeks ago.
"He felt better (yesterday)," Oliver said. "He is still inclined to be lazy but he goes much better when he has a horse to follow."
Oliver was to have ridden Distinction again at Caulfield last Thursday but the gallop was called off when trainer Michael Stoute decided not to start him in the Caulfield Cup because of a small hiccup in his blood profile.
Since returning to Sandown, Distnction's exercise routine has been extended and his diet changed and, according to Stuart Messenger, one of Stoute's assistant trainers, his blood is back to normal.
"It wasn't a serious problem but Sir Michael was not prepared to take any chances with him," Messenger said.
After doing walking exercise for about 40 minutes yesterday, Oliver replaced track rider Kerry Jones on Distinction and, with working partner Ten Cents, they walked again, then cantered, before Oliver took him for a strong 1000-metre hit-out.
The final 200 metres was uphill and Distinction seemed to relish the work, although Oliver said the big horse was still inclined to take it easy.
Among the several interested observers at Sandown were Racing Victoria chief executive Robert Nason, Racing Minister John Pandazopoulos and jockey manager Des O'Keefe. O'Keefe revealed he had been "peppering" Stoute with faxes asking him to consider Brett Prebble, who is in Hong Kong, for the Melbourne Cup ride on Distinction if Oliver did not take the mount.
"I finally got a reply from Sir Michael - asking me not to send any more faxes," O'Keefe said.
The Godolphin team had its first look at the track since arriving on Monday night, although there was a moment's alarm among the watchers when Razkalla and Favourite Love went out without Mamool, who started favourite and was injured in last year's Melbourne Cup.
It was explained that they had only two track riders and once the first two had stretched their legs over a circuit of the track, Mamool then came out alone.
Godolphin's head lad Sammy Avis said all three horses had settled in well and would start cantering either today or tomorrow.
Media Puzzle and Vinnie Roe worked together and followed their usual routine of walking a lap, cantering a lap and then walking another lap.


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I adopted out of birth order, and it turned out wonderfully. Everybody is getting what they need. The pathologizing of older-child adoption is a really outdated attitude.
THAT SAID, with a 15-month-old and a baby on the way, this is not the time to get involved with the kind of pain and drama that will go along with breaking up this family. Honestly, OP, I think you should find a new babysitter. You don't want to touch this situation with a ten-foot pole. If your own kids were older, I'd be giving you very different advice. But a newborn and a two-year are quite enough stress on their own without diving in life as a foster family right now!
I understand. When we're pregnant or nursing we sometimes feel the need to take everyone under our protective wing. The best thing you can do for this family is to be a friend. Be an "auntie" figure who the 21 year old can confide in and come to for advice. Be loving but set boundaries. You already have a great deal on your plate right now with a toddler and a baby on the way.
This sounds like a complicated situation. Is DHS/CPS involved? Is the little girl at risk of going into foster care? If so, you would likely need to become a licensed foster parent in order to provide care for her and have her able to legally live with you. It sounds like the mother of this child is not looking to willingly place her with you. The older children are different, they have a little more say about where they live. If you want to be a resource for this child you can always tell the sister that if little sister is pulled into care she can give your info to DHS for possible consideration as a home. But be forewarned that the primary goal of DHS is reunification so you would likely be looking at least a year or more of family visits with the mother/siblings (not to mention all the training, home inspections, etc you would need to do)...possibly driving to DHS office for visitation weekly (or more often) and lots of other things that will take time away from your current family. It will likely be much much harder than you ever imagined (just in terms of dealing with the agency, with the birthfamily, etc etc)....im not saying dont do it, just saying it can be a hard road to travel.
Is there a reason why the oldest sister cant also care for the younger one in addition to the other siblings?
Mom through birth and foster care adoption to DS 9, DD 6, and DD 7 mos
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A few weeks ago saw a mesmerizing performance on behalf of Holton Rower at this year's Art Basel Miami. The live art piece was part of Fresh Basel, an exhibition curated by The Hole and Kathy Grayson which took place at the historic Villa Vecchia, originally built in the '20s. Known for his approach to combining colors through pour paintings, the event offered a heightened sense of intrigue courtesy of a Playboy-provided model. The photos above are NSFW.
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own internally developed wireless charging technology. It is uncertain whether the next version of the Apple iPhone will have this technology built in or if the phone's owners will have to purchase accessories that will attach to the device.
While other handset manufacturers like HTC, Nokia, Motorola, Sony and LG are already members of the Wireless Power Consortium, the expected success of the Samsung Galaxy S 4 (Samsung expects over 100 million to be sold in the first year), should help the Consortium become the standard for the industry beating out the Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP) and the Power Matters Alliance (PMA).
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IronPigs losing streak reaches eight
The IronPigs suffered their eighth straight loss on Sunday, falling 9-4 at the Buffalo Bisons.
The 'Pigs surrendered seven runs in the third inning.
Jo-Jo Reyes (0-2, 16.23) allowed eight runs in less than three innings of work.
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1. Could this have been the larva from the wax moth they killed??
2. How in the world could they propolize such a big blob??
I am thinking of placing a screen over this top notched entrance for the winter as I do not see how the bees can protect this space when they are clustering down below. What do you all think about this???
Annette, When do you winterize your hives? By the calendar or temps?Thanks,
A blob of propolis with or without a pest in it is a sign they are healthy and strong. If they killed a pest and propolized it, they are doing their job. If they didn't they are not doing their job. I always consider it a good sign when they have stuck the lid down well and glued everything together well. Hives where they are stretched thin or overworked because of a lack of population don't get those jobs done well.
Annette, I was going to winterize but they are still dragging in some pollen. I thought the entrance reducer may inhibit that. I was waiting until the daytime temps were in the 50's around the end of this month. I guess I should winterize now. I read on another forum about small cell being about 40% of the broodnest comb and the rest being large cell for honey and pollen storage. I am going to start a new colony from a package next spring and I was going to use 100% Mann Lake Pf120 foundation in the brood nest. Have you any opinion about the 40% vs 100%??Thanks, Bill
I don´t doubt that a blob of propolis is a good sign, but actually the real and authentic sign of healthy hive is the homogeneus emerging brood, if you see spotty brood you have problems, because you are losing a percentage of bees. You can calculate the number easily, only counting the young brood or eggs among the emerging bees.And the new young adult bees, how long they will survive?If you have a handful of mites you have to control the brood.
A handful of mites (I am talking about 4-5) after 24 hours is a very low count from what I understand.
QuoteA handful of mites (I am talking about 4-5) after 24 hours is a very low count from what I understand.Well, It is a hand-empty. :-D


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On top of two formal recommendations, each month in our Hidden Gems newsletter (click here for a free 30-day trial), I feature a watchlist of companies that I think offer compelling values. These are small-cap businesses generating excess cash for their owners that I believe trade at a discount to their intrinsic value.
Atop that list last month was a total unknown on Main Street and Wall Street: Rimage Corporation (Nasdaq: RIMG ) , a very small company that makes integrated writable CD and DVD publishing systems. Minneapolis-based Rimage is more than 15 years old, having worked in digital storage since 1987.
Rimage's mission statement is "Changing the way the world delivers digital information." Could this be the next Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT ) , Intel (Nasdaq: INTC ) , Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO ) , EMC (NYSE: EMC ) , or... Iomega (NYSE: IOM ) ? Let's have a look under the hood and see what kind of diagnosis we come up with.
When it was watchlisted in Hidden Gems, Rimage was priced below $12. Yesterday the stock was at $13.59 for a market capitalization of $119 million.
For its second quarter 2003, the company posted 24% top-line growth (when adjusted for a one-time large order from Kodak last year). Gross margins improved to just south of 50%. Net margins rose to 13.4%, with the company paying a 36.5% tax rate. On the balance sheet, Rimage finished up with $40 million in cash and no debt. That makes for $4.15 per share in cash for this $13 stock.
What you have, then, is a growing, profitable franchise, with solid core assets that is underfollowed. The fact that it is completely unknown increases the possibility that it is undervalued.
The cash-flow characteristics are quite promising. The company has a run-rate north of $6 million. In other words, it's on track to generate more than $6 million in cash that it won't need to run its business. That's the goal of every great business -- to spin increasing amounts of cash not necessary to the operation or survival of the venture. In Hidden Gems, these are exactly the sort of companies we're targeting -- those with rising free cash flow selling at a discount.
Common risk: What could go wrong
Unfortunately, what you'll frequently find in the universe of cash-generating, small-cap companies are organizations rapidly diluting their existing owners. Stock option grants, secondary offerings, and acquisitions can disburden shareowners of their cut of that cash. In too many cases, the early risk-takers in a stock are treated to executive gift-giving that washes away cash-flow growth per share. Here's the process: The company creates its recipe, outside investors fund the ingredients, but then insiders slice the pie up for themselves.
You wouldn't want me to feature a company and executive team engaged in self-dealing, would you? Well, over the past two years, Rimage executives have done the reverse -- buying back 2% of the company's stock at very attractive prices. By reducing the size of the pie, they've enlarged the stakes of existing owners -- owners that took a risk on an unknown and overlooked company and stock. And in its most recent quarter, Rimage diluted shareowners by just 1.5%. Elsewhere in the ownership structure, insider selling has been very light given how well the stock has done over the past year.
Valuation: But is it worth it?
The problem with individual stocks is that you can find a well-run company with super-strong financials that offers products meeting increased demand, that is not diluting its existing owners... all at a dangerously-high price.
Our challenge is to not invest unless we see a wide margin of safety. One great way to find wide margins of safety (i.e., inexpensive prices) is to look where other investors aren't. Our underlying philosophy at Hidden Gems is that large institutions can't and don't invest in small-capitalization companies. If you managed money and had $5 billion under management, would you invest in a business capitalized at $115 million? If you were to invest $50 million of your capital -- or just 1% of your total assets -- you'd be buying nearly half the business. The stock price would run away from you in the process.
In investing, as in life, giants can't survive eating insects. Rimage Corporation is a tiny mosquito. It is overlooked, underfollowed, and unknown. Let's see if it's undervalued.
On a multiple-based valuation, I consider Rimage Corporation inexpensive. With top-line growth of 24% (15% if you pull out the currency gains from its foreign business) and a run-rate above $6 million in free cash flow, with $37 million in cash and no debt, and with an executive team that is managing the company for its owners, I believe Rimage is a bargain. I value the entire company nearer $20 per share ($190 million total market cap) than yesterday's closing price of $13.59.
To be sure, my valuation relies on a continued resurgence in corporate spending on technology. It relies on management generating excess cash while keeping a lid on the dilution of their existing owners. Obviously, it relies on a stabilized U.S. economy. I don't consider any of those to be long shots.
Rimage is exactly the sort of company we are looking for each month (and each day in our private discussion folders) in Hidden Gems. If you'd like to take a 30-day free trial, click here.
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Loneliness Linked To Premature Death
Social isolation may be associated with poor health consequences, including heart disease, researchers say.
People with atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, and who live alone may be at higher risk of dying than those living with others, an international study finds.
Learning more about how living alone affects health is important, considering that about one in seven American adults live alone. People in both developed and developing countries increasingly live apart from friends and family and communicate and work remotely.
In Monday's online issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine, Dr. Jacob Udell of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston and his co-authors said living alone was associated with four-year mortality (14.1 per cent vs. 11.1 per cent) and cardiovascular death (8.6 per cent vs. 6.8 per cent) compared with those not living alone.
Living alone was riskier among those aged 45 to 65, but not those 66 or older, the researchers found.
"Living alone may be a marker of a stressful situation, such as social isolation due to work or personal reasons, which can influence biological effects on the cardiovascular system," Udell said.
"Also, patients who live alone may delay seeking medical attention for concerning symptoms, which can increase their risk of dying from a heart attack or stroke," he added in a release.
The study looked at 44,573 people in North America, Europe, Japan, Middle East, Latin America and Asia. Of these, 19 per cent were living alone.
Participants either had atherothrombosis such as heart disease, angina and stroke, or had at least three risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
Social factors can undermine health
The researchers said the findings should encourage doctors to ask patients with cardiovascular disease if they live alone.
In a second study appearing in the same issue, Dr. Carla Perissinotto, of the University of California, San Francisco, found that loneliness was associated with an increased risk of death during the study's six-year followup period.
Older people who said they felt lonely tended to have more difficulty taking care of themselves, which could increase the risk of dying from any cause, after considering depression.
"Loneliness is a negative feeling that would be worth addressing even if the condition had no health implications," Emily Bucholz of Yale University in New Haven, Conn., concluded in a journal commentary accompanying the research papers.
"Nevertheless, with regard to health implications, scientists examining social support should build on studies such as those published in this issue and be challenged to investigate mechanisms as well as practical interventions that can be used to address the social factors that undermine health."
Udell's research was supported by Sanofi Aventis, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Waksman Foundation in Tokyo, Canadian Institutes for Health Research and the Canadian Foundation for Women's Health. Perissinotto's study was funded by the U.S. National Institute on Aging.
SEE: Five causes of loneliness, from Delia Lloyd:
Sure, depression is common in old age, and people are living longer than ever before. But the role of the elderly within communities is also shifting, from traditional societies where the elderly held a hallowed place as the repository of community customs, history and stories, to post-industrial societies where this guidance function is much less valued. As this sociological shift takes place, older people risk feeling marginalized from their families and neighborhoods, particularly if they end up in nursing homes. Flickr photo by Horia Varlan
Writing about the loneliness epidemic, one national columnist talked about the "three Ds": death, divorce and delayed marriage. It's not hard to see why the death of a spouse would trigger a feeling of loneliness. Jane E. Brody had a lovely meditation on this topic in the New York Times not long ago. The divorce point is more interesting. We know, for example, that online dating has seen its highest growth rate among baby boomers. But all that dating doesn't necessarily translate into feeling less lonely. Sometimes it just reinforces it, as people bounce from one partner to another. Flickr photo by firemedic58
Which brings us to social media. The central thesis of The Atlantic article I referenced earlier is that even as we become ever more connected as a society digitally, we are becoming less immersed in real-life social ties. This is not a new thesis, and as someone who spends a lot of time online I can readily attest to its accuracy. What's interesting about the article is that it looks very closely at Facebook and references research suggesting that while "active" interaction on Facebook -- e.g., making a comment on someone's status update, sending a private message -- tends to make people feel less lonely, just passively scrolling through other people's feeds and hitting the odd "like" button can make you feel more lonely. An earlier study offers some insight into this finding: Because we are psychologically predisposed to overestimate other people's happiness, when we see the invariably upbeat, relentlessly witty and sometimes just plain gushing status updates that pretty much define Facebook, it makes us feel worse about ourselves.
Here's a factor I hadn't considered, but which makes perfect sense. According to Robert Putnam, the famed Harvard political scientist and author of Bowling Alone, long commuting times are one of the most robust predictors of social isolation. Specifically, every 10 minutes spent commuting results in 10 percent fewer "social connections." And those social connections tend to make us feel happy and fulfilled. Flickr photo by Richard Masoner
There is also likely a genetic component to loneliness. One survey of loneliness among twins showed much less variability in the self-reporting of loneliness among identical twins than among fraternal ones. There's also been a lot of fascinating research coming out of The University of Chicago about the way in which loneliness shapes brain development and vice versa, suggesting a neural mechanism in explaining loneliness. Flickr photo by Sheryl


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Fair Grounds: Risen Star attracting horses from coast to coast
NEW ORLEANS – Five invaders – from Florida, California, and points in between – are expected for the Grade 2 Risen Star Stakes at Fair Grounds on Feb. 23.
As of Thursday, the racing office considered 12 horses possible for the 1 1/16-mile race, the final two-turn stakes prep for the Louisiana Derby. Entries will be taken Monday.
Remsen runner-up Normandy Invasion, trained by Chad Brown, and Palace Malice, who will be making his stakes debut for trainer Todd Pletcher, will be coming from Palm Meadows in Florida. Each of those colts has raced three times.
Normandy Invasion, a late runner, will be racing for the first time since losing the Remsen by a nose to Overanalyze on Nov. 24 at Aqueduct. Brown said he was looking to run Normandy Invasion at a track that would fit his style better than Gulfstream Park, which generally is speed-favoring.
"I don't have a lot of experience at the Fair Grounds," Brown said. "I know the track at Gulfstream wouldn't be conducive to his style. We're searching for a better situation."
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Palace Malice is coming off a runner-up finish behind Majestic Hussar in a seven-furlong optional claiming race Jan. 19 at Gulfstream. "It wasn't an ordinary allowance race," Pletcher said. "Majestic Hussar is a pretty nice horse, and the race got a pretty good number."
Oxbow, who ran away with the Lecomte by 11 1/2 lengths for trainer D. Wayne Lukas, will be back from Oaklawn Park for the Risen Star. Other invaders expected are Code West, trained by Bob Baffert in California, and Agent, whom trainer Amy McAnally has sent to Fair Grounds from Sam Houston.
Fair Grounds-based 3-year-olds headed to the Risen Star are Mylute, Golden Soul, Departing, Sunbean, Ive Struck a Nerve, Proud Strike, and Bethel.
This looks like it will be a very competitive, fun to watch race. Several very impressive horses in a pretty good test against one another. I'm looking forward to seeing it.
Oxbow ran a 1:42 and change in the LeCompte. Gonna be very hard to beat.
My top pick now is Oxbow, so I'm very interested in this race. Hopefully the low beyers mean nothing,
Fairgrounds isn't gonna fit Normandy's style either if it's running same as last spring.
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Microsoft to boost Xbox 360 high-definition video ability
Published 10:00 pm, Tuesday, September 19, 2006
[Editor's Note: This story has been corrected since it was first published. Microsoft originally misstated the date for the release of Microsoft's Xbox 360 HD-DVD player in Japan. It is scheduled for Nov. 22.]
Microsoft Corp. plans to give its Xbox 360 game console the ability to output high-definition video with better resolution than it currently does on televisions that support the capability.
The company was slated to the make the announcement today at the Tokyo Game Show. Microsoft also is using the show to demonstrate upcoming games for the Japanese market, where Xbox 360 sales have been slow.
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The developments come as Microsoft prepares for the release of the rival Sony PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii later this year.
Microsoft says it will give existing Xbox 360s the capability for 1080p output through a free software update to be distributed online later this year. The numerical designation stands for 1,080 lines of vertical resolution. The Xbox 360 already offers high-definition output at the somewhat less-advanced 720p and 1080i resolutions.
Shane Kim, corporate vice president of Microsoft Game Studios, acknowledged that the number of people benefiting from the 1080p upgrade will probably be "a very small percentage." But he called it an example of Microsoft's ability to update the Xbox 360's capabilities after purchase.
The upgrade doesn't mean that the Xbox 360's built-in drive will be able to play movies in next-generation DVD formats. For that purpose, Microsoft is separately offering an external HD-DVD drive for the Xbox 360 for sale later this year. It will be released Nov. 22 in Japan at a price of 19,800 yen (about $168), the company said.
Microsoft will be announcing the release schedule and separate pricing for the HD-DVD drive in Europe and the United States soon, Kim said.
Sony has taken a different approach, building a next-generation Blu-ray Disc drive directly into the PlayStation 3. Versions of the Sony console are expected to sell for about $600 and $500, compared with $400 and $300 for the Xbox 360. The Wii, which comes with a unique motion-sensitive controller, will be priced at $250.


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the creative rendering you see here is based on camouflaged test mules spotted along the highway wilderness. Some details are impossible to make out, but the ones that count have been captured and illustrated for you to see.
Too soon for me to commit to liking it.
Of course it won't look exactly like that, but there is something that makes sense about the rendering ... the design retains current elements, and incorporates well established design features present across newer Cadillac models. Essentially, it feels right ... at least it's the first rendering I have seen that is plausible and isn't a stylized dream vehicle.
I thought it was worth noting it for future reference. :)
I rwally hope they keep the esv around
I absolutely agree with your assessment!!!
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Much better then rendering I posted.
From spy shots I think it will be real close to this.
Looks great.
Thanks you.
Not a bad looking SUV. I have enjoyed every model with the exception of this latest model. I think I prefer the current model a bit more. Maybe I will. Change my mind when I see it in person...
No sir, I don't like it. Looks like a giant hearse.
Lol. I'm trying to support the brand...
I agree with some of the posts above. The rendered image above is not clicking with me and prefer the current model over the new design as well. When the real deal comes out I may change my stand depending on the whole package. This feels a like a Durango sort of a look. (I know I know, my apologies for the comparison):)
When I saw our current model for the first time back in 2007, it was love at first sight.


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*Important: The City of Seaside has asked that parade participants DO NOT throw candy from their floats. Instead, parade walkers may HAND candy to attendees along the parade route. They would also like to ask that entrants refrain from using car/truck horns or sirens during the parade.
Please fill out the form below to register your parade entry for this year's parade. Make sure to include a complete description of your entry in the "Description" field. We are especially interested to know the overall estimated length of your entry as it helps us determine the space needed for staging along Necanicum Dr. the day of the event. You must include your email address to receive updates and the final line-up.
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Charles Doolittle Walcott, Paleontologist. Ellis L. Yochelson. 510 pp. Kent State University Press, 1998. $49.
Charles Doolittle Walcott was an eminent invertebrate paleontologist and an important figure in the organization of American science in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He would be little known today, except by specialist historians of science, were it not for his appearance as the "villain of the piece" (if that is not too strong a phrase) in Stephen Jay Gould's Wonderful Life (1989). In that book, Gould argued that evolution has been an essentially unpredictable procees, and as evidence he cited the alleged diversity of life in the Cambrian era, especially as revealed by the spectacular fossils of the Burgess Shale in British Columbia. It was Walcott who first explored the shale and decribed its fossils, and according to Gould he deliberately played down the differences between them and the familiar invertebrate forms known from the rest of the fossil record and the present.
Gould's interpretation of the Burgess Shale fossils is highly contentious (see my review this past issue of Simon Conway Morris's The Crucible of Creation), and many paleontologists would now take a much less negative view of Walcott's descriptions and of the theoretical perspective that shaped them. Unfortunately, Yochelson's biography of Walcott misses this whole episode because it deals only with the first part of his life up to his move from the U.S. Geological Survey to the Smithsonian Institution in 1907 (the Burgess Shale was not discovered until 1909). Although this limitation is noted on the book's dust jacket and in its advance publicity, I cannot help feeling that it should have been flagged in the title too, considering the prominence that Walcott has been given in the modern debate. The title surely leads the reader to expect a complete survey of Walcott's contributions to paleontology, Burgess Shale and all. Yochelson notes in the introduction that he thinks Gould's characterization of Walcott's descriptions is unfair, but he can offer only a general defense based on the range and quality of his subject's previous work.
What we do have is an immensely detailed account of Walcott's career as a paleontologist and his work in the Geological Survey. He joined the survey in 1879 and rose to become its director in 1894. He worked especially on the Cambrian, making numerous field trips and linking the fossils to the sequence of rocks in a way that made important contributions to stratigraphy. He served as director of the survey for 13 years, displaying a talent for organization—as Smithsonian secretary he would go on to become one of the most powerful figures in the American scientific community.
Yochelson's biography provides a mine of information about how Walcott balanced his scientific work and his strategies in the politics of state-funded science. This information wil be of immense value to historians seeking to understand the professionalization of American science in this key period. But Yochelson is by training a paleontologist, not a historian, and his approach focuses on the details of Walcott's life at the expense of any interpretation that might have been informed by the substantial historical literature of the professionalization of science. This is a biography written by an enthusiast, and it has all the strengths and weaknesses of that genre: a passion for detail that can make it difficult for the reader to get an overview of exactly what the subject achieved.—Peter J. Bowler, Social Anthropology, The Queen's University of Belfast
You can find this online at http://www.americanscientist.org/bookshelf/pub/doolittle-too-early
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Can anyone tell me what the absolute lightest quilt/top bag is out there. I'm looking to try this system for sub 4 pound summer hiking but don't know where to start.
@awsorensenLocale: South of Forester Pass
Hey George,
Here ya go.
This is from a quik search on this site.
The Mount Laural Devotion $175 and the Nunatak Ark Edge $283.
Both weigh 11 ounces.
I belive there is a top bag out there that weighs 10 ounces, but it will give you much less coverage than the 2 above.
@junkLocale: The Great Lake State
It's funny, as I was just searching for the lightest summer quilt that I could find too. I came up with the Nunatak Arc AT. It's a 3/4 length summer quilt to be used in conjuntion with a jacket. It's about exactly what I was looking for. If I remember correctly it weighs about 8 oz and is rated at 40 degrees. I plan on ordering one to try.
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It is not the pure lightest…but the JRB Stealth quilt at sub 15 ounces and being a wearable insulation layer you can save weight on a total basis. Find it here http://22.214.171.124/index_files/Stealth.htm
I'm biased though.
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Thanks folks. Nathan I saw the 3/4 AT also. Looks interesting at 8 ounces. This is my 1st attempt at the top bag thing so I'll only be using it in the summer on the AT, so even the lightest of bags will suffice.
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|Sesame Street
|Snuffy does something important
|Air date
|January 15, 1993
|Season 24 (1992-1993)
| Telly gives a Monster on the Spot report on a nursery rhyme crisis: Little Miss Muffet has just got married, so her name is now Ms. Muffet-Malone, which sets her poem askew. They replaced the tuffet with a throne, which rhymes with her new name. The new poem goes:
| Jeff Redd sings "Between".
(EKA: Episode 2822)
| K for keyhole, ketchup, kitten
(EKA: Episode 0811)
| Ernie and Bert: Against Bert's will, Ernie plays a game with him in which he says a word which is the opposite of every word Bert emphasizes. When Bert finally agrees to PLAY, Ernie becomes stumped, since he can't figure out of the opposite of the word PLAY.
(EKA: Episode 2675)
| "¡Él juega fútbol!"
(EKA: Episode 2396)
| "We Are All Earthlings"
(EKA: Episode 2835)
| Heavy and light characters are weighed on a scale.
(EKA: Episode 1094)
|Luis finishes fixing Gabi's xylophone, and goes out to get some ice cream. When he leaves, two Martians fade into view, and look in their book to identify the object they see before them. They try some attempts to make music with it, and realize they can strike the keys with their antennae. Luis hears "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" being played while he's outside, but by the time he gets back inside the Fix-it Shop, the Martians have disappeared.
| Fay Ray listens to classical music on headphones. "Are you listening to me?"
(EKA: Episode 2614)
| Edgar Turtle sings "Green Grow the Rushes, O."
Artist: Jeff Hale
(EKA: Episode 2440)
| A boy who lives in Arizona narrates a film of himself and his family, who travel through a canyon with their sheep to stay at their summer house.
(EKA: Episode 2678)
| The Pink Panther - K For Karate
(EKA: Episode 1041)
| Gina introduces Bruno and the Trashmen, who sing a doo-wop song, "Put It in the Trash Can."
(First: Episode 2595)
| Two dots play hide-and-seek amongst different shaped blocks.
(EKA: Episode 0833)
| Growing Numbers #20
(EKA: Episode 3038)
| "I Am Chicken"
(EKA: Episode 2995)
| A playground is destroyed by bad weather, and a teacher has her class rebuild it from memory.
(EKA: Episode 1453)
| "Visiting Iesha": Olivia sleeps over at Iesha's house, and spend the morning together. Olivia is white and Iesha and her family are black. Next time, Iesha wants to visit Olivia's family.
(EKA: Episode 2756)
| Rubber Stamp #20
(EKA: Episode 2943)
|Snuffy takes his little sister Alice for a walk, and points her attention to some people doing their jobs, explaining to her how important they are, and what the word important means. They pass Luis at the Fix-it Shop, and Mr. Handford at Hooper's. Snuffy then decides to find something important to do, but Alice wants to play instead. Snuffy shows her how to play "Follow the Leader," but she misunderstands his directions and bumps into a small tree. The branches she wears look like antlers, so Snuffy decides to play "Santa Claus" with Alice instead.
| Ornate Ks fly through the air to a song.
(EKA: Episode 2945)
Sesame Street News Flash: Kermit looks for the Old Woman who Lives in a Shoe. At first he ends up visiting The Young Man who Lives in a Glove, and the Young Woman who Lives in a Hat. When he reaches the shoe, it turns out the old woman needs a babysitter for her kids, and what better candidate than Kermit?
| V for violin
(EKA: Episode 2475)
| Wish You Were Here
Big Bird finds himself in Phoenix, Arizona, where he hangs out with Diego and his family. He learns that cacti can survive the hot, dry weather, and is treated to birdseed burritos at a picnic with the family later on.
| Lillian discusses the adjustments she had to make when her parents had a new baby. She ultimately appreciates her sister.
Artist: Craig Bartlett
(EKA: Episode 2746)
| "Off to School"
(EKA: Episode 2944)
|Snuffy is now ready to do something important, but Alice still wants to play. They start to play Snuffle-tag, but Alice runs into Mr. Handford, knocking over him and his bags. Snuffy apologizes to him, and decides to instead play "Snuffle-hop" with Alice, which involves pretending they're rabbits. Since the Snuffleupaguses are so big, this game also knocks Mr. Handford over.
| The Villain in the Panama Hat (V)
(EKA: Episode 0844)
| "It's Easy" / "I Can Do It By Myself"
(EKA: Episode 1736)
| A female head is drawn as its voice-over lists its parts, ending with earrings that "do nothing" ... and promptly wiggle around.
Artist: James Rizzi
(EKA: Episode 0821)
| Pageant: How a flower grows
Gladys the Cow stars as a seed. Ernie plays a rain cloud and Herry Monster is the sun, whose attentions cause the seed to bloom into a flower.
(EKA: Episode 2459)
| A mother sings the story of how water travels down the drain and becomes rain.
(EKA: Episode 2955)
| Squares are shown in close-up.
(EKA: Episode 2482)
|At night, Luis closes up the Fix-it Shop, and finds Snuffy and Alice looking sad. Snuffy is disappointed that he spent all day playing with Alice, and didn't get to do anything important today. Luis points out that spending time with family members is important, which makes them both feel better. They decide to go home, but end up wanting to go in opposite directions. Mr. Handford announces the sponsors, and the credits roll.
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Airtel Launches Free Twitter Access Service for Airtel CustomersSubmitted by Mamta on Thu, 12/01/2011 - 17:11
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Date of Stay: June, 2011
We camped the week of June 26-July 2nd. We had front row site with bridge view. The sites were very tight. We could have our slide out but not our awning. I think the campground would do better to make 1 site for every 2 sites in that front row. They would have more satisfied customers if they offered a little more space. We camped with friends beside us and we put the vehicles on their lot and the picnic tables and fire dish on ours. We made do with the space the best we could. The upside is the view! It was beautiful! The entire lakefront area is open green space for all to enjoy. Everyone was very friendly, the kids loved the pool and we golfed several times at a great discount rate. All in all we had a great time in the area and we would return. We did check out the campground down the road: it was just as crowded with less amenities and a very small waterfront area.
Date of Stay: July, 2005
We liked this park! Sites were spacious and shady, bathroom was good and pool was nice. The folks were very friendly. We would stay here again.
Date of Stay: July, 2005
Restrooms very small for all the sites, but clean, the kids enjoyed the pool. Sites were very very tight. Like a parking lot. I could have touched the camper next to me. No fires allowed unless you rented a fire pit from them! Tons of freeway noise! Would probably skip this place and pull into the Wall Mart parking lot next time!
Date of Stay: July, 2005
We loved this place. We stayed in the ranch camp, and had a great site with a nice view and some privacy! Decent showers and laundry. There are about 5 different areas to pick from. The camp area between the pool and stables was full sun but all the other areas appeared spacious and at least partial shade; nice pool and store. Lots of open space to walk, ride bikes etc. Would defineately return!
Date of Stay: July, 2005
A little deceiving, lake is really a rather small pond! No campfires are allowed and sites are a little close. Kind of parking lot-ish! The up side is that the restrooms/laundry and pool were very nice, and there was a fairly good view of mountains and we had elk that walked right through the park.


text: 1. Carnell "Cadillac" Williams, RB, Auburn: He has been passed by former teammate Ronnie Brown on most lists after Brown melted the track with sizzling times but it was Carnell who started at Auburn and his vision and balance are the reasons why. He participated in the Senior Bowl showing he just loves to play football. A true producer and potential Hall of Fame back. Sharing carries in college helped his tread for the pros. 2. Antrel Rolle, CB, Miami (Fla.): Antrel was the best pure playmaker I saw on the college level this past season. He was used to cover the best WRs Miami faced and even then he was avoided so Miami brought him on the blitz or set him up as the free safety. He has more than enough speed to cover guys and the strength to push them around as well. Pac-Man could be rated higher by some but not me, when you consider who these guys will be guarding in the NFL. 3. Braylon Edwards, WR, Michigan: Edwards leaves a school which has produced some big time WRs as the school's all-time leader in most receiving categories. He played with a young QB this year in an offense that needed to run to win yet still made highlight reel catch one after the other. He was never granted the Mike Williams-like luxury of other 1st day draft picks around him. No Heisman-winning QB either. 4. Cedric Benson, RB, Texas: Benson has been a prodigy for 7 years. He lead the state in rushing in high school and helped put West Texas football directly under the recruiters glare once again. He never bested OU but did show off a well-rounded game that was based largely on hard running between the tackles. May not be a superstar back but should be a very consistent performer who gets it done every week. 5. Shawne Merriman, DE/LB, Maryland: One of the very few proven tweeners coming out. Shawne is a physical freak with power to match his speed. So many workout guys never like to hit but Shawne's nickname is Lights Out. Merriman should be near the tops of any 3-4 Teams' lists as he is a proven pass rusher who can anchor versus the run as well. A 40" vertical with 4.67 speed in the 40 for a guy weighing 272 pounds is ideal at OLB. 6. Ronnie Brown, RB, Auburn: Ronnie is the fastest of the elite backs but did not start. He certainly showed he can play and make plays behind Carnell Williams but may be more Stephen Davis than LaDainian Tomlinson. Big backs often have trouble escaping the DL. 7. Alex Barron, OT, Florida State: Barron is not a superstar LT prospect because he didn't truly dominate every play the way Orlando Pace did in college but he is not far behind. He did win battles consistently in both run and pass protections. A guy who is at 6-7½ that can run a 4.6 short shuttle, 4.85 40-yard dash and vertical jump 38 inches can play a long time in the NFL and at a high level. 8. Alex Smith, QB, Utah: Alex Smith is an excellent pure athlete and he can certainly execute an offense. What we don't know is can he execute "any" offense. He is not the tallest or biggest guy in the world but offers excellent athleticism and proven mobility. Arm strength may not be Favresque but is not poor either. College competition an issue with him. 9. Carlos Rogers, CB, Auburn: Rogers is a big enough CB at over 6' and has 4.3 speed in the 40. He faced stiff competition in the SEC yet never crumpled. Is a versatile player who can cover small or big WRs, return kicks and come up to tackle. Has been a rising prospect based solely on 40 times but in this case that may not be misleading. 10. Marcus Spears, DE/DT, LSU: 280 plus pound DE who can play run and pass. Spears is an excellent prospect as a 3-4 DE. He was coached by Nick Saban which has generally meant good things on the pro level. May lack pure pass rush skills but has strength to make up for it. Requires double teams. 11. Adam "Pac-Man" Jones, CB, West Virginia: Jones is a brash and confident guy. He is a CB's CB with pure return skills and a swagger that begs to be tested. Is a playmaker who punishes teams that test him. Only concern is facing bigger, heavier WRs. Should be a shut down type guy in many match-ups. 12. Derrick Johnson, LB, Texas: DJ is a finesse player but a very effective one. His 458 combined tackles and 10.5 sacks at Texas are very attractive numbers for NFL teams. Guys who put together a great 4 years seldom bust out of the league. He has the measurables and the production. Only questions are can he form tackle and can he rush the passer. Two things he didn't do often enough at the University of Texas. 13. Mike Williams, WR, Southern Cal: Mike has good hands and can break a tackle. He can adjust in air to catch a ball thrown to either side of him. MW is an excellent target for a QB who offers a 39" vertical as a 6'4" WR. Might have to battle his weight as staying under 230 is a severe challenge. Probably would have been the number 1 overall pick hands down had he been able to help USC and duplicated his sophomore stats for the National Champs. 2005 Workouts showed a much more fluid player than his previous year'd did. 14. David Pollack, DE/OLB, Georgia: Pollack started his career as a part time DT but works harder than anyone. Is a devout Christian who walks the walk so no off field issues to fear. David lifted entire defense his final two campaigns. He caused some concern when he weighed in at only 265 but had excellent cone drill and other agility, short burst times. His agility is off the charts for a guy his size. Could be a poor man's Randy White type with his agility. 15. Shaun Cody, DE/DT, Southern Cal: Cody reminds me a lot of Pollack in a bigger body. He has a non-stop motor and makes plays in the backfield regularly. He could be a quick DT or a 3-4 DE. There are concerns after he battled depression in college. Would go higher if he was a step faster and might not be quick enough to be considered a pure pass rushing DE in the 4-3. 16. Mark Clayton, WR, Oklahoma: Compact and powerful WR with best balance in the class. Showed big play ability after the catch and has given clinic-like post college workouts on route running. He has excellent hands. Mark lacks ideal height in this day of the 6'4" WR but offers so much that he will not be overlooked in round 1. 17. Travis Johnson, DT, Florida State: Johnson is 6-4 and 296 pounds, he has the size to eventually live up to hype coming out of high school. He is not as consistent or strong as Cody but may have a quicker first step. A bigger risk than Cody but might have a higher upside potential. Strikes me as a Corey Simon type player. 18 Erasmus James, DE, Wisconsin: James is a proven pass rusher but he is also a proven injury concern. In highlights he dominates but if you wonder why he isn't in the frame on a given play he is probably on the sideline. He was there far too often to get the top 10 consideration he would have otherwise. Could be best pure pass rusher in the class as a 4-3 DE but also carries red flags. 19. Aaron Rodgers, QB, Cal: Aaron is a solid QB and a good potential guy for the future but he doesn't seem as polished as Ben R. did last season. He probably needs a year on the bench at least and a good QB coach. He is a little short and too slightly built for some scouts but did produce at Cal. Probably slightly overrated due to weak QB draft class. 20. Jammal Brown, ORT, Oklahoma: Brown is not fleet of foot but is strong and plays with good leverage. He had a chance to go top 10 before being really abused by USC's DL. Brown will need coaching and to stay disciplined but he could be the very best RT to come out of this draft class. He opened holes all year for Adrian Peterson against the run.


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Dhaka, May 22 (UNI) Bangladesh's Foreign Advisor Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury today termed ''speculative and unsubstantiated'' the accusation made by some Indian media that some Bangladeshis had complicity in the recent Hyderabad bombing.
The Advisor made the remarks when his attention was drawn to a news item published in a section of Indian media that purported to accuse some Bangladeshis of complicity in the recent Mecca Masjid blast at Hyderabad .
''The accusation is purely speculative and unsubstantiated,'' he said, adding, ''Finger pointing of this kind without adequate proof is extremely unhelpful to the spirit of good neighbourliness.'' He said Bangladesh condemns all terrorist activities and reiterated that terrorists have no nationality whatsoever.


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Well a lot has happened since our last entry. To begin with, we are in another country, Brazil to be exact. This is our last day, we are headed off to Argetina this evening and cannot wait for $5US Wagu steaks and red wine. Food here is better than it was in Chile, but that is not saying much. We both missed garlic so much yesterday, that last night we cooked pasta for dinner in the "kitchen" (I use the term loosely) at the hostel
We have done a lot over the last week in Rio. The first full day we had we spent walking around Copacabana and Ipanema, both of which are gorgeous beaches. People here spend their day in one of two ways. The morning consists of running along the beach in their bikinis and budgie smugglers, doing push ups and showing off their muscled bodies, and the second half consists of laying on the beach drinking in the sun & Skol, the local brew. It is a hard life in Rio. The two of us looked like "Gringos"on our first day on the sand because we were so white in comparison to the locals.
The second day we partook in a surfing lesson. After the roasting the sun gave me on the first day, I lathered on the sunscreen for the surfing lesson, everywhere except my legs! The backs of my calves were so burnt that it hurt to walk. John gave me no symapthy. We were both surprisingly better than we had expected we would be in the surf. John got up on his first try!! That, however was immediately followed by him falling off and getting dumped. I was so jealous. It took me at least an hour to get myself up
How could we be in Rio and not attend a futball match at Maracana stadium? We watched one of the local teams Fluminense play Sao Paulo. It was madness!! There were only 45,000 people at the game, but every single one of them was mad!! It was like being at Subi during the prelim final!!. There were flares and banners and streamers!! Among all this madness, in the middle of Rio de Janeiro, we found a man wearing a Collingwood jumper!! Of all the unholy things. We had to get a photo to show Mick that he is not alone. It was so funny
We happened to be in Rio during a 4 day long weekend which made for quite a bit of partying. It was no ordinary long weekend though, this long weekend also happened to fall on the same day as the Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade!! It was hillarious. There were thousands of people down at Copacabana dancing along with the floats. They do nothing in halves here...
We have also done the usual tourist activities like been to see the Christo Redeemer Statue, which is huge
We also took a rid on a cable car to another hill called the sugar loaf.
Have been mingling with the other backpackers at the hostels and they have introduced us to the local cocktail, Caiprioskas. It consists of Cashasa, lime and sugar and heaps of ice. Very yummy!! Laura, you would love them.
It is a little sad for us both to be leaving Rio, beacuse it really is an awesome place. Definately on the list of places to come back to!!!
Hope all is well back in Oz. Both of our hearts were roken to hear about Ben Cousins being dropped from our beloved Eagles. No Judd, Cousins or Chick next year :(
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i'm asian with very fair skin that freckles easily. I'm in my late 30's and have light brown/green eyes and medium brown hair. I'd like to tighten my skin a little bit (increase collagen) without doing a procedure that is drastic. I've heard that IPL increases collagen and tightens skin a little bit. I've also heard the same of a low-grade TCA peel. Which is better for me? I have a keloid scar from when a dermatologist removed a mole. Will that affect which procedure is best? For TCA peels-should I do a series of 8% peels? Or how many IPL's?
TCA Peel (8 to 12%) or IPL for a Little Skin Tightening?
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