text: As Ray Lewis stood in the very same Locker Room a year ago, he gave an inspirational speech to his Baltimore Ravens team-mates. They would be back here next year, and when that time came, the outcome would be different. A year on, the legendary Linebacker was right. The Ravens pulled off a monumental upset over the New England Patriots to ensure their undisputed leader gets the send off his career undoubtedly deserves. Lewis will get all the headlines, without question. However, he will be the first to admit that this was a collective effort. He has long been a believer in this team, convinced that this year they would reach the promised land. They didn't make it easy for themselves, their route through the playoffs made it difficult to believe they could achieve their goal. After all, 3 of the NFL's best Quarterback's would stand in their way. First up was Rookie Sensation Andrew Luck. Luck found the Playoff much harder than the Regular Season and the Colts were easily disposed of 24-9 in Lewis' last game in-front of the adoring home crowd. Next up was MVP candidate Peyton Manning at the daunting Mile-High in Denver. This will go down as one of the greatest games in Playoff history, a 38-35 double-overtime victory which sent shockwaves through the league. What next? Well only the small matter of Tom Brady and the Patriots. Take two. Not many thought the Ravens had much hope in overcoming the odds. 9 point under-dogs with the Vegas bookmakers, most felt after last weeks effort this would be one obstacle too much for this team. After all, the Patriots had never lost an AFC Championship game at home and they were at their ruthless best last week as the destroyed the Houston Texans 41-28. You could only imagine what was going through the minds of the Ravens players as they entered the visiting locker room once again. The pain of last years defeat took a long time to get over for most of them. One missed field-goal away from taking the game to over-time. A heart-breaking way to end a season without question. Now they had a chance to redeem themselves, to put to rest the ghosts of last season, just as Lewis had predicted one year ago. The similarities to last year were endless. Cold conditions, the wind swirling and the hostile crowd would ensure this would be the toughest of tests. As the National Anthem played, the emotion on Ray Lewis's face said it all. He was very tearful, as intense as he's been throughout his glittering 17 years as a Raven. It was almost as if he realised the magnitude of the situation and was letting all his emotions rise to the surface before it was time to get to the business in hand. The game itself started much as it did a year ago. Defenses were on top throughout much of the first quarter and the Punters were busy. Brady did lead the Patriots within field-goal range on one drive, which they converted. The first quarter ended with the Patriots winning 3-0, exactly the same as the previous year. This was not to last though. The Ravens started with poor field position most of the half, but this time they made something out of it. Joe Flacco led the Ravens on a 13-play drive which ended in Ray Rice going untouched into the end-zone to give the Ravens a 7-3 lead. The Patriots came right back at them with an impressive drive of their own, the dangerous Wes Welker prominent throughout and he finished the drive catching a pass from Brady to give the Patriots a 10-7 lead. Game on. The Patriots seemed to have the edge over the Ravens, Belichick conjuring up some trick plays that had the Ravens defense extremely confused. However, a costly error by Brady at the end of the half would prove telling. After connecting with Aaron Hernandez on a 17-yard play Brady did not call time out and instead tried to get a snap off quicky to make sure the Ravens weren't organised. In truth, it was the Patriots who couldn't get set and Brady had to call a time-out with 4 seconds left, costing them a shot at the end-zone. 13-7 at the Half, all to play for. The Ravens were still in with a chance of winning despite only totalling 130 yards of offense in the first half.. Whatever was said in the Locker Room during the break, worked wonders. The Ravens dominated the rest of the game. They battered the Patriots in every phase of the game, playing like this wasn't just Lewis' last game, it was everyone's. Flacco connected with Dennis Pitta, then with Anquan Boldin for two scores and they surgically demolished the Patriots, they showed the hunger and desire that Lewis demanded of them a year ago and this game was a foregone conclusion even before the Patriots threw in the towel just after the two-minute warning. A 28-13 victory, The Ravens had done it. Amazing scenes followed, Lewis on his hands and knees in prayer with what looked like the world's media surrounding him. This is what he returned for, redemption. Lewis recorded 14 tackles throughout the game, leading all players. Leading by example. He wasn't alone in making a difference. Joe Flacco, who is out of contract at the end of the season and had some even questioning whether he would be brought back, gave another assured and confident performance on the road. Flacco now has 6 victories on the road in the Playoffs, the most by any Quarterback in NFL history. There is no question that this Playoff run has earned Flacco a new deal, probably in the region of $50 million guaranteed. Most thought he would be brought back regardless, but the first round pick out of Delaware has emerged as one of the elite quarterbacks in the league. Flacco finished with 240 yards and 3 touchdowns, with no turnovers. An exceptional display. Anquan Boldin also came good in the second half. He was largely shut-down by Aqib Talib in the beginning of the game but Talib suffered a thigh injury in the second quarter and did not return. This gave Boldin a lot more room and made his presence felt in the second half, finishing with 60 yards and two stunning touchdown grabs that tipped the scales in the Ravens favour. This is the sort of performance that the Ravens envisaged Boldin giving in a game of this magnitude when they gave in a $28 million, 4 year extension in 2010. Whether this would have occurred had Talib remained healthy enough to continue is irrelevant now. The likelihood is it wouldn't, Talib was brilliant in stifling Boldin in the first quarter and this was just another star aligning for the Ravens in their quest for glory. Bernard Pollard also came up with an extremely important turnover with a vicious hit on Stevan Ridley that had the Patriots running back wondering where he was when he finally came to. Pollard has been a nightmare for the Patriots for years. He was the one who injured Brady's knee whilst playing for Kansas City in 2008. He then gave Wes Welker the same ACL injury he had given Brady, this time while playing for the Houston Texans in 2010. As if that wasn't bad enough, in this game last year he was the one who gave Tight-End Rob Gronkowski a high ankle sprain which left his severely limited in the Superbowl against the Giants. One thing is for sure, The Patriots will be glad to see the back of Pollard once he decides to call it a day that's for sure. The defense in general was relentless, as it has always been. This is the first year they have finished out of the top 10 in recent memory and people questioned whether they had enough in the tank to make another run. They have answered that and then some. Paul Kruger's pass rushing has been exceptional and while Terrell Suggs isn't the force he once was, he still commands attention which has aided Kruger's game enormously. Dannelle Ellerbe, the heir-apparent to Lewis at Linebacker, was everywhere. His energy was infectious and galvanised this defense, particularly in the second quarter when the Patriots looked to be gaining an advantage. Ultimately though, it will be Ray Lewis who the world will be talking about. Leading his team to another Superbowl 12 years since he last appeared in one. The mood in the locker room was a lot different this time around. Celebratory but also reflective. With former Ravens linebacker O.J Brigance, battling Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, there to present the team with the AFC Championship trophy, there was a sense that what they had achieved had barely sunk in. "Work to do" Lewis stated, knowing that failing now would deem this moment irrelevant. The prophecy was fulfilled, the Ray Lewis Story has one more chapter to be written, in 2 weeks. New Orleans, Superbowl 47, who would be against him now? Dean Jones: Follow me on Twitter @DeanJones_1028434


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While New Year's Eve is celebrated around the world, the Scots have a long rich heritage associated with this event - and have their own name for it, Hogmanay
There are many theories about the derivation of the word "Hogmanay".
The Scandinavian word for the feast preceding Yule was "Hoggo-nott" while the Flemish words (many have come into Scots) "hoog min dag" means "great love day".
Hogmanay could also be traced back to the Anglo-Saxon, Haleg monath, Holy Month, or the Gaelic, oge maidne, new morning.
But the most likely source seems to be the French. "Homme est né" or "Man is born" while in France the last day of the year when gifts were exchanged was "aguillaneuf" while in Normandy presents given at that time were "hoguignetes".
For Hogmanay it's worth splashing the cash for something special to help celebrate midnight.
Go for a nice single-malt from somewhere like Islay or Jura, perhaps, but if you're planning to drink whisky through the night, opt for a good-quality blended whisky.
It may not be widely known but Christmas was not celebrated as a festival and virtually banned in Scotland for around 400 years, from the end of the 17th century to the 1950s.
The reason for this has its roots in the Protestant Reformation when the Kirk portrayed Christmas as a Popish or Catholic feast and therefore had to be banned.
Many Scots had to work over Christmas and their winter solstice holiday was therefore at New Year when family and friends gathered for a party and exchange presents, especially for the children, which came to be called hogmanays.
There are traditions before midnight such as cleaning the house on 31st December (including taking out the ashes from the fire in the days when coal fires were common).
There is also the superstition to clear all your debts before "the bells" at midnight.
Immediately after midnight it is traditional to sing Robert Burns' "For Auld Lang Syne". Burns claimed it was based on an earlier fragment and certainly the tune was in print over 80 years before he published his version in 1788.
"Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot and auld lang syne For auld lang syne, my dear, for auld lang syne, We'll take a cup o kindness yet, for auld lang syne."
An integral part of the Hogmanay partying, which continues very much today, is to welcome friends and strangers, with warm hospitality and of course a kiss to wish everyone a Guid New Year. The underlying belief is to clear out the vestiges of the old year, have a clean break and welcome in a young, New Year on a happy note.
"First footing" (that is, the "first foot" in the house after midnight) is still common in Scotland. To ensure good luck for the house, the first foot should be male, dark (believed to be a throwback to the Viking days when blond strangers arriving on your doorstep meant trouble) and should bring symbolic coal, shortbread, salt, black bun and whisky. These days, however, whisky and perhaps shortbread are the only items still prevalent (and available).
Visit the distilleries for yourself
Festivals around the world that celebrate Whiskey
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Welcome to Planet Traveler Hostel, the newest, greenest and most innovative hostel Toronto has to offer.
We have put a great deal of thought into providing the most enjoyable hostel experience possible. It's guests that make a hostel fun, and our staff and facility are here to help you make the most of your time in Toronto.
Our turn of the century building has been restored from the ground up to suit the needs of the most discerning traveler. The property has been renovated and rebuilt into a purpose-designed hostel incorporating the latest in green technology: geothermal heating, photovoltaic electrical production, solar thermal water heating, building-wide LED lighting and wastewater heat reclamation.
Secure dorms have custom-designed hotel style ensuite bathrooms, private locker areas and extra comfy memory foam mattresses to ensure the best night's sleep you'll ever have away from home. Cook up a feast in our fully-appointed kitchen or relax and meet other travelers in our beautifully designed common area, which features a fireplace, phone booths, a dining hall and an awesome couch where you can watch TV and movies on our flatscreen television.
Free breakfast is served daily in our rooftop lounge, where you can also enjoy panoramic views of the Toronto skyline and play X-Box Kinect with new friends.
Our location in the heart of downtown Toronto is minutes away from the best the city has to offer. Kensington Market, Little Italy, the Annex and Chinatown are literally at our doorstep. These neighbourhoods are famous for their diverse mix of bars, restaurants, cafes and great shopping opportunities.
We're also very close to the Royal Ontario Museum, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the University of Toronto and the Bay Street Bus Terminal.
Available for guests:
Free WiFi.
Free guest internet terminals.
Free coffee and tea available all day.
Free breakfast every day.
Free local calls.
Free personal lockers with integrated powerpoints for charging laptops, phones, cameras etc.
Free same-day luggage storage.
Free laundry detergent.
Free rice and popcorn.
Pre-made beds with free towels.
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I like!!!
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Its really feel good for staying in this budget hotel. The staff are friendly and helpful. Like a family.
Will come back again.
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Great building (geo-thermal and solar panels), great location right next to the kensington market. Really nice staff and very helpful. It is a hostel so the clientele is quite young but it brings a really familiar feeling to the place. You're breakfast is paid for and is available late so you can party hard on the rooftop, go to bed late and still get a bite to eat the next day. I was there for the owner's birthday party so it got kindda crazy in the pseudo-bar on the rooftop and it was awesome!!! The washrooms are really clean and well kept, the best kept hostel I've been to. There are different wifi access points in the buiding so your connection is never too weak to stream. There is one thing you absolutely need though, especially if you are sleeping in the 6 occupant dorms... ear plugs. So overall awesome!
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great place to have as a temporary base in Toronto.
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I enjoyed my stay there very much. The hostel is new and shows consistently good quality.
Each room has its own bathroom. You get towels and linen are warm duvet.
Every saturday, the host makes a great BBQ for free on the roof top. From here can you enjoy the Toronto Skyline. Unfortunately, the roof top closes at midnight. During the daytime can you chill out on a large lounge sofa.
Everything there was made with much loves and also of little things was thought (dishwasher, rice cooker, iron and breakfast till 1 pm!!!)
I've checked in two times and I´ll do it at the next Toronto Trip definitely again.
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I really wanted to like this place; on paper it sounds great, with all the important touches and more. However, reality during our visit showed this place to be understaffed and undermaintained. Airconditioning broke on the 2nd day we stayed here, and still was broken when we checked out on the 5th day. The stove was broken during our entire stay (two crappy portable electric heaters replaced it), the doorbell was broken during our entire stay, one of the dishwashers was 'broken' (missed a tray) during our entire stay, WiFi was badly configured and only usable during non-peak hours, etc.
The single person staffing front-desk was friendly when present, but most of the time wasn't present, apparently running errands throughout the hostel (yet never managing to get around to freeing up the overflowing dishwashers, which apparently also was part of their tasks).
Rooms are extremely sparse; a bed and nothing more (a hook on the wall or a bedside table wouldn't be too much to ask, would it?); soundproofing from the outside is excellent, but soundproofing from the inside of the hostel is non-existent, which sucks as all rooms have these heavy hotel-style doors which lock with very loud clicks, easily keeping you up deep into the night.
The few positives to this place would be its rooftop area with nice views over the Toronto skyline, its location (just south of the great restaurants and shops on Bloor and Harbord Street) and the awesome hours for (the quite decent) breakfast: 7:00 (or similarly early) up to 13:00!
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I stayed there for 2 weeks.
All staffs and guests are friendly and kind. I enjoyed a lot!
Only one thing is.... Sometimes I can't use WiFi I don't know why.(other guests said same thing).
So Overall is 4 stars. Other things is ALL GREAT!
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The place is great. It is brand new, has a friendly staff, great location, nice kitchen, great internet, fireplace, tv, upstairs balcony. It would be great if the bathrooms and the rooms had a few shelves and hooks. The floors should be swept before the rooms are given out. I had a private room and it had a few dust bunnies living under the bed. The sheets and towels were very clean. The breakfast was very basic the morning I was there but I heard that sometimes there are pancakes. Finally this is an amazing LEED certified facility with heat exchangers, grey water, and solar panels.
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by catherine park | January 7, 2014 | Lifestyle
Dressing the part is half the job. To that intent, we gather 2014's top exercise gear, hoping to stylishly kickoff our New Year's resolution: getting fit. From running shoes to an all-encompassing lifestyle app, these 4 picks are the first step to a healthier, and more exercise-driven, year.
Hoka One One Conquest Sneakers
Every woman should own a pair of… Hoka One One Conquest sneakers. Slated to be the year's top running shoe, the model boasts two layers of molded foam, which provide weight-to-resilience ratio, along with comfort and stability. $170. Available starting January 27, 2014. hokaoneone.com/storefinder
FitBit App + Force Wireless Tracker
The FitBit app and the Force Wireless Tracker will upgrade your lifestyle as a whole. The stylish wristband tracks steps, distance, calories burned, and monitors sleeping patterns. Bonus points? It's waterproof. App, free; tracker, $129.95. fitbit.com
Manduka Black Swoon Limited Edition Pro Yoga Mat
Yoga enthusiasts can upgrade their experience with the two-toned limited edition Manduka Pro yoga mat, featuring a coral surface with a mulberry-colored bottom. $118. manduka.com
Jaybird Bluebuds x Bluetooth Wireless Earbuds
Comfortably listen to music and stay focused during your workouts with Jaybird's wireless earbuds. The compact audio headphones allow playtime of up to eight hours with high-quality capabilities. $169.65. jaybirdstore.com


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Friendship is a Verb (in a hurting world) HTML version
As we live-out our faith each day we encounter joys and sorrows, trials and
temptations, pleasure and pain. Sadly, some of our most traumatic life-
experiences can come from within the Christian community.
Although it may come as a shock to some of us, church leaders are human and
therefore, perfectly capable of making mistakes. Many of these mistakes are
made as fellowships seek to work out their interpretation of what God says in
Scripture (The Bible). They are important for growth, maturity and forward
movement. However, it is when leaders try to claim infallibility and take over
God's role that the mistakes become dangerous. Pride can all too easily replace
humility, and spiritual fervour displaces common sense and discernment. "What
would Jesus really do?" is replaced by "Let's sort this out!"
It is also possible for pastors and teachers to be placed in positions of
responsibility which they cannot hope to fulfil. Young pastors, with no real life
experience, are expected to perform miracles without adequately mature backup
or support. Alternatively, and more sinister, the leadership may close their ranks
to protect or even cover up mistakes from which lessons need to be learned. The
end results can be disastrous leaving lives, or whole communities, irreparably
The material in this book is based on personal experiences, and those of close
friends, over many years. I have used my favorite tools of poetry and verse to
challenge attitudes which we often accept as normal. I have also tried to express
some of the joys and rewards of knowing the Creator God, who loves us, cares
for us and enjoys a relationship with us.
I pray that through the words of this book the hurting will find healing, the silent
will find a voice, and the abusers will see the damage they can cause "in Jesus'
Name." More than ever, I hope that all readers will find something which
encourages them to keep going and to see that God IS at work in His church.
I would love to receive your feedback.
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My JGC has the off-road adventure I package. The ground Clearance is only 8.6 inches. Is that enough clearance for most off-road applications?
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8.6" is certainly better than 6", but difficult to say if 8.6" is adequate for most off-road applications. I wheeled with my previous 2 trucks that had 16" ground clearance and sometimes that wasn't enough. Too many variables when it comes to off-roading. Basic trails should not be a problem though.
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The songstress looked sexier than ever, rocking over-the-knee leather boots and a tiny pair of shorts as she celebrated the released of her self-entitled album in NYC! Did you love her look? VOTE.
Beyonce is having quite the week! She wowed fans with the surprise release of her self-entitled album on Dec. 13 on iTunes and she performed an amazing show on Dec. 19 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY — and that's not all! The talented star headed out to celebrate as she attended a private album release party at Dave & Busters in NYC following her Brooklyn show. The 32-year-old singer, who dons a slew of sexy looks on stage, looked just as good in printed separates and thigh-high leather boots.
Beyonce's Album Release Party Outfit:
Queen Bey's body is in amazing shape, and we don't blame her for wanting to show it off! That's exactly what she did in her printed ensemble which consisted of a t-shirt and matching shorts from LOVER's Spring 2014 collection. The songstress rocked the 'Hudson Fitted Tee' which she wore tucked into the brand's 'Tribal Shorts' — and she looked phenomenal in the little outfit! Adding to the effortlessly sexy vibe of the get-up were her black, thigh-high leather boots.
Since her party was at the fun location I think her casual yet sexy separates were a great choice — and they looked amazing on Beyonce! Not only did she flaunt her figure in the outfit but she was also comfortable enough to play games and really enjoy the private bash. What do you think? Did you like Beyonce's album release party outfit or do you think she should've gotten more dressed up? VOTE and comment below.
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The next-generation iPhone is set to launch in just three weeks and trade-ins are peaking, so now is the perfect time to start exchanging those soon-to-be old models to earn some cash for Apple's upcoming smartphone. 9to5Mac compiled a list of reliable places to help you trade in that ole' dusty iPhone for cash or credit—up to $500s worth in some cases! That is enough to buy a new iPhone and cover the AT&T early termination fee for moving to a carrier that fully supports FaceTime.
Before browsing the options, take a moment to identify the condition, features, and model of the swappable iPhone. This will help determine its potential value, because most online programs use a survey to calculate the iPhone's estimate. Moreover, it is prudent to act now, as retailers will likely drop their prices as the launch date draws nearer.
Check out the top 10 trade-ins list below.
Trade Stories February 29, 2012
The Internet is abuzz with stats about iPad trade-ins going through the roof as the March 7 iPad 3 unveiling in San Francisco looms closer, and while percentages and graphs are vaguely interesting, the real meat to the story concerns where and how people can get the most bang for their buck.
Look no further as 9to5Mac compiled a list of places to trade in an ole' dusty iPad for cash or credit to buy Apple's upcoming toy. Before perusing the options, identify the condition, features, and model of the swappable iPad. This knowledge will help decide its maximum value, because most of these online programs use a survey to determine the slate's estimate. Moreover, it is prudent to act now as some reports indicate retailers are steadily dropping prices with Apple's event drawing nearer.
Trade-in websites and their prices are available below.
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Trade Stories May 19, 2011
As noted by TUAW, you can now trade-in your iOS devices via Amazon's Electronics Trade-In program. If you wanna get rid off your aging iPhone, simply mail in the device to Amazon in exchange for some Amazon gift card credits.
A sampling of other iOS device trade-in prices includes up to $114 for iPod classics, $235 for first-gen 16 GB Wi-Fi iPads and $162 for an 8 GB iPhone 3GS. That's definitely way more than you'll get if you let your old iPhone rattle around in a desk drawer after upgrading to a new one.
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Date of Stay: April, 2014
Excellent RV park, staff friendly. Being from the UK & having an older RV which we store & use a few weeks per year, we have sometimes felt staff have been 'judgmental' when showing us in! Stayed on a lake view which is always a good spot. Fantastic location for being able to cycle to the beach etc. Clean, modern and well maintained facilities. Great pool, but pity the trees have grown so tall that the sun in of it is obscured towards the end of the day. Only complaint was having to pay extra to store trailer which has the motorbike in it. Particularity as we were only there two days this time and try to visit once or twice a year!! Previously some staff have made it clear that they don't feel that motorbikes are welcome. Luckily many other people are welcoming & we love HHI too much to be put off!!
Date of Stay: March, 2014
Wi-Fi did not work during our stay & obviously does not work judging from other comments. This was frustrating as a visitor from the UK trying to contact family at home. Staff informed us that the WiFi issue was a new problem which is clearly not accurate. Pool needed cleaning - lots of leaves in it. Needs upgrading. Staff friendly. Get what you pay for.


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"And plus she's a mother of five. And we were out at the state fair and somebody said, 'Look, any person who can help raise five children, any mother who can raise five children … certainly could be vice-president of the United States.' Because, they said, being a mom is tougher than being vice-president."This could either be an accolade for being a mom, or a mocking of the responsibility of being VP. Based on the amount of influence Cheney exerted during the Bush administration, I think it's supposed to be an accolade for being a mother.
Freudian slip there? The part about "help raise five children" (per the weekend rumors about her last child)?
But based on this, shouldn't Michelle Duggar, mother of 17 with 18 on the way, have been McCain's pick?
At any rate, what we should really worry about is whether a mother of 5, two-year governor of a state who's population is smaller than that of 16 cities in America, whose only other experience was as mayor of a village of 8,500 (from which she was nearly recalled), is capable of being president.
Because as VP, she's a heartbeat away from that, and with John McCain being 72 and having been treated for melanoma more than once, is that someone we want to take a chance on?
What do you think would happen if she met with Vladimir Putin? He would destroy her.
Watch the video, from Fox & Friends, broadcast September 1, 2008.


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Emergency workers at Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant were forced to evacuate after radiation hit dangerous levels yesterday, while two New Zealanders were contaminated after landing near the exclusion zone.
Prime Minister John Key said an Urban Search and Rescue team member and an interpreter were in a Black Hawk helicopter forced to land 20km from a 30km exclusion zone around the station.
Mr Key said the men, with four Australians, tested positive for low levels of radiation when they arrived back at their base.
Mr Key said the helicopter had had to land because of ice on its blades.
The workers would remain in Japan, he said.
Japan ordered emergency workers to withdraw from its stricken nuclear plant yesterday amid a surge in radiation, temporarily suspending efforts to cool the overheating reactors.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said the workers had no choice but to pull back from the most dangerous areas.
"The workers cannot carry out even minimal work at the plant now," Mr Edano said, as smoke billowed above the crippled complex. "Because of the radiation risk we are on standby."
The workers - a core team of 70 - had been regularly rotated in and out of the danger zone to minimise their radiation exposure. It was not clear last night if any had returned after the evacuation.
Helicopters were used for the first time last night to dump water on to the most troubled reactors in a desperate effort to cool them down.
United States nuclear expert David Lochbaum said he feared the worst.
"It's not like you wait 10 days and the radiation goes away," said the nuclear engineer, who now heads the nuclear safety programme for the Union of Concerned Scientists, an activist group. "In that 10 days things are going to get worse.
"[The evacuation is] basically a sign that there's nothing left to do but throw in the towel," Mr Lochbaum said.
A New Zealander yesterday spoke of his concerns for his family as they wait in their home 50km from the Fukushima nuclear power station.
Translator Graham Chave says he and his wife and two children are going "stir crazy" as the radiation threat forces them to stay inside.
Petrol rationing means they could only get 100km from their home.
"It's not a good thing, but we are not talking Chernobyl," he said yesterday.
"I've been watching the radiation levels and they haven't increased but all it needs is one big explosion and a wind change to make that happen."
Originally from Whangarei, Mr Chave added: "The kids want to go out to ride their bikes but they're staying inside and playing games."
He said Fukushima looked surprisingly normal, with many people going to work. The only thing out of the ordinary was the military helicopters overhead, delivering supplies.
"People are not freaking out. They're like: Well, we have gotten through natural disasters before and we will get through this one."
Mr Chave's family have electricity but are relying on family nearby who have a well for water.
Shoppers are queuing for an hour to get into a supermarket. His wife went to the petrol station and was given a piece of paper with number 137 on it. She waited two hours to get petrol.
Petrol is being rationed to about 20 litres and Mr Chave said his family would be able to drive only about 100km from home before they ran out.
He said locals were stressed but were showing a "stiff upper lip" and community spirit.
"People don't know what to believe, there are conspiracy theories out there ... people are saying the evacuation zone is small because there is not enough room for everyone."
He said friends of his had been evacuated from towns near the coast and had only the clothes they wore.
"Some people are sleeping on cardboard under a sheet."
Asked if he had thought about getting his family out, Mr Chave said: "Maybe I should've done so, I don't know. I'm quietly confident that it seems to be under control and my wife is keen to stay unless we get the evacuation call."


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By DAVID RAINER
For N. Gunter Guy Jr., his appointment as Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources completes his reconnection with Alabama's great outdoors.
Having grown up on the family farm between Pintlala and Letohatchee, Guy cherished the rural life that allowed him to enjoy nature's bounty.
"I grew up helping with cattle, fixing fences and driving tractors," Guy said. "My dad had me driving a tractor when I was 7 years old, which, looking back on it was a great life experience. I've got two girls and they've been driving the tractor since they were about 12 years old.
"And when we weren't working on the farm, my dad and I were fishing or hunting, whatever the case may be."
Guy said he enjoyed the social aspect that accompanied small-game hunting and recommends it highly for anyone who wants to introduce someone to the outdoors.
"When I started to learn how to use a gun, my dad always stressed safety," he said. "Back then we did a lot of dove hunting, squirrel hunting and a lot of quail hunting. I'd say squirrel hunting may have been the most fun. Of course, I did more shaking vines than anything else. Deer weren't hardly even in our area of the woods back then. Turkeys started coming along about the time I went to high school."
There were bream, bass and catfish in the Guy property's four ponds, which continue to provide fishing opportunities for family and friends to this day.
Somewhere between the time he graduated from Lanier High School in Montgomery, received his undergraduate degree from Auburn University and then his law degree from Samford University's Cumberland School of Law, Guy said life and a law practice kept him away from the outdoors more than he would have preferred.
It was his commitment to his father, who had been disabled by a back injury and subsequent surgery that brought him back to the country where he was reared.
"We were living in Montgomery and my dad was in a wheelchair," Guy said. "I was down there every weekend, and I needed to help him. I talked to my wife (Patsy) and asked if dad gave us five acres would you move down there? Of course, she's a great person and she said, 'Sure.' As things worked, when I moved back down there, I fell back in love with the things I loved as a kid. You know, when you go off to college and you're young, sometimes you don't necessarily lose your roots, but you move to different things. I was more about law school and then got married and started having children.
"When we moved back to the farm, my wife fell in love with it, too. She loves to fish. She tells people the reason she married me was because we had four fish ponds."
When his father died and left him the farm with his older sisters' blessing, Guy knew the cattle business was hard work and he couldn't devote the time that business required. Instead, he decided to transform the farm into a haven for wildlife.
"I like turkey hunting, but deer hunting is my passion," he said. "I'm fortunate enough to be able to hunt the family farm. It's got two creeks on it and some high property, but there was a lot of open pasture land."
He enrolled some land into Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and planted different plots with hardwoods, longleaf pines and loblolly pines.
"That's my project," Guy said. "It may create an income source for my kids, and I'm doing what I like doing. That's my relief from work. I go down there and get on my tractor and plant corn and soybeans for the deer and turkey. I fix roads and bush-hog. It's kind of a passion. And it's been neat what has developed.
"My wife calls it 'tractor time.' There's nothing better that getting on my tractor and doing something with the land. I love it."
Guy also loves his time in the hunting woods, as well - not necessarily for the game harvest, but the entire experience that includes all God's creatures.
"When I'm sitting in the stand, I'm sitting there watching the hawks, the bobcats," he said. "What I tell my wife, it's a good day just getting to see all those things that you cannot see unless you're sitting in a deer stand. In the morning, you get to see everything come to life. You get to see turkeys fight or deer standing up on their hind legs. People just don't get to see that. And birds, you don't really pay attention to the redbirds or hawks in your everyday life unless you're in a deer stand or turkey hunting. If you love the outdoors you love all those things."
Before his appointment, Guy admits his familiarity with the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) was somewhat limited to Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries. Like many people, Guy really didn't realize DCNR also included State Lands, State Parks or even Marine Patrol. That didn't mean he wasn't familiar with State Parks, he just didn't realize it fell under the DCNR umbrella.
"We have beautiful parks," Guy said. "When I was with the Young Lawyers, we used to meet in Montgomery. I said, 'Hey, why don't we start meeting at state parks so people don't have to travel so far.' We went to Cheaha, Joe Wheeler, Desoto and Gulf State Park before Ivan.
"We need to get people to think about our parks more. We need those revenues to help State Parks, help the state. If we create revenue, we create jobs. You know, Gov. (Robert) Bentley said he would not take a salary until Alabama was back at full employment, and I want to get him back on the payroll."
Guy said at various times he has been involved with the Alabama Wildlife Federation, the National Wild Turkey Federation and Ducks Unlimited.
He was also very heavily involved with the Alabama Governor's One-Shot Turkey Hunt, serving as a landowner who hosted one of the guests.
"The people I hosted on my property still call me and tell me what a great experience it was," Guy said. "I know the reason we had to quit that was because the economy was bad. One of my goals here will be to get that up and running again, because everybody enjoyed it. I think it had a benefit to the State of Alabama, bringing in folks for business development. We just need to make sure the timing is right. I do think it will happen again."
Guy said he's traveled to several other states to hunt and enjoys seeing how other states manage their wildlife. He thinks Alabama's great advantage in comparison is the length of the hunting seasons.
"I think Alabama has a lot to offer," he said. "With deer hunting, people want big bucks with big racks. Alabama isn't necessarily known for that, although we do have good quality. And the management that Alabama deer hunters are buying into is helping to create bigger bucks. The thing is our deer season ends after everybody else's, and we should take advantage of that to bring in money from out of state. I think we do some of that already, but we really need to let these deer hunters know that when their season ends, ours is open the whole month of January. And we have nice, liberal limits because we have a lot of deer."
Rebuilding the Gulf State Park Hotel and Convention Center is also very high on Guy's to-do list, as well as the remediation involved with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
"The hotel and convention center is my priority and Gov. Bentley's priority," he said. "Barnett Lawley and Gov. (Bob) Riley need to be commended for everything they've done. We just need to keep going forward. Gov. Bentley is looking for a first-class facility that will bring folks there from Alabama and other states.
"We also know that the oil spill is an item that Gov. Bentley wants to resolve favorably for the state. We want to get the Gulf Coast back up and running."
Guy said when he was appointed Commissioner it was with the full blessing of his wife.
"She's excited about my job," he said. "She said, 'The Good Lord has blessed us because you love that, and I know you're going to do a good job.' She encouraged me to accept it if it was offered. That's a pretty big step to close your law practice to take a job that is a political appointment, even though it looked like a job that I would love.
"I didn't come here with a personal agenda. Just like Gov. Bentley said, I want to be of service to the people of Alabama. I want to help this department be good stewards of our natural resources."
PHOTOS: Conservation Commissioner N. Gunter Guy Jr. holds one of the reasons his wife, Patsy, purportedly agreed to marry him – ponds on the family farm filled with big bass. Another Guy passion is turkey hunting, and guest Dennis Terry shows off a big gobbler the hunting partners managed to outwit during the Alabama Governor's One-Shot Turkey Hunt.


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Sep 16 2012
Life Bird at Conneaut
It's rare for me to see a Life Bird within a day trip of Pittsburgh but that's because I hadn't been to Conneaut harbor.
Conneaut, Ohio is on the shore of Lake Erie near the Pennsylvania line. The harbor is protected by two long breakwaters whose arms reach out into the lake. You can barely see them on Google's satellite view but they protect the harbor and a large, sandy mudflat that's grown between the boat launch and Conneaut Township Park.
Conneaut is excellent during migration so I jumped at the chance to join yesterday's Three Rivers Birding Club outing led by Shawn Collins.
We saw thousands of gulls and about two dozen shorebirds. One of them was this buff-breasted sandpiper, a bird I'd never seen before. He's just slightly larger than a semi-palmated plover and very handsome with an almost innocent staring expression.
I love how he looks when he runs.
I traveled 142 miles to see him but he made a much longer journey to get there. He flew about 2,500 miles from his Arctic summer home to Conneaut and is only 1/3 of the way to his winter home in Argentina at the Rio de la Plata watershed.
I feel privileged to have seen him. Buff-breasted sandpipers almost went extinct in the 1920's due to overhunting. They recovered but are declining again and are listed as Near Threatened by the IUCN.
Thanks to Shawn Collins for leading the outing and for these beautiful pictures of my latest Life Bird.
(photo by Shawn Collins)
p.s. A "Life Bird" is a species that you've seen for the first time in your life.
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Congrats on the lifer and glad you had a fun day, Kate!


text: A cloud of pot busts lingers over college football -- and the smoke isn't clearing By Mark Schlabach | ESPN The Magazine DAYS BEFORE the University of Georgia broke for spring break in March, athletic director Greg McGarity gathered more than 600 athletes and warned them about the consequences of consuming alcohol and illegal drugs. Not everybody heard him. Before the end of the month, police had arrested Bulldogs starting cornerback Branden Smith for misdemeanor marijuana possession and, according to multiple reports, All-America safety Bacarri Rambo tested positive for weed. (The school has not confirmed or denied the reports; according to Rambo's high school coach, he unknowingly ate pot-enhanced brownies.) Under the school's drug policy, Rambo, whom the school had previously suspended for a rules violation, could face a multigame suspension. Smith, a first-time offender, will miss at least the Sept. 1 opener. The incidents highlight a trend in college football that has taken hold of the news cycle several times since the beginning of last season. Most recently, on April 11, former Auburn running back Michael Dyer testified during an ex-teammate's trial on armed robbery charges that he consistently smoked synthetic marijuana while playing for the Tigers. Dyer was suspended for last season's bowl game and has transferred to Arkansas State. In February, four football players were among 17 Texas Christian University students arrested in a campuswide drug sting. Linebacker Tanner Brock, safety Devin Johnson, offensive tackle Ty Horn and defensive tackle D.J. Yendrey are charged with delivering a quarter-ounce to five pounds of marijuana to undercover agents. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram also reported that five TCU players tested positive for marijuana and another 11 had trace amounts within the margin of error after a Feb. 1 test. Read more:http://espn.go.com/college-football...one-many-elite-college-programs-espn-magazine


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U.S.: Greenspan Is Counting On Consumers To Lie Low
Given the importance of consumer spending in the outlook for the economy and monetary policy, it's not surprising that Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan devoted a large chunk of time to the subject during his semiannual report to Congress on July 20 and 25. What was unexpected, especially to the financial markets, was the somewhat dovish tone of his remarks.
Wall Street had anticipated a more cautious message, but instead the Fed chief seemed optimistic, particularly with regard to his chief inflation concern: the widening disparity between the growth of demand and potential supply. The chairman appears to believe that the consumer-led slowdown of the last quarter will extend into the second half, even as productivity gains continue to support strong growth in potential supply.
This sanguine view shows up in the Fed's latest economic forecast (table). For 2000, the Fed's projection of economic growth centers on a range of 4% to 4.5%, with inflation picking up slightly to the range of 2.5% to 2.75% and unemployment ending the year at about 4%. For 2001, the Fed sees both growth and inflation slowing a bit, with unemployment holding about where it is now.
The forecast suggests two key conclusions about the Fed's thinking. First, the Fed may well stand pat, even if second-half growth is as high as 4.5%. Second, the Fed does not see the need to drive down economic growth so substantially as to raise the unemployment rate and loosen up the labor markets. The bottom line? Unless new data in coming weeks prove him wrong, Greenspan is likely to argue for holding interest rates steady at the Aug. 22 policy meeting.
GREENSPAN WAS CAREFUL to recognize the ongoing debate over the permanence of the second-quarter slowdown. And, in fact, the latest consumer-related data hardly suggest that consumers will keep scaling back their buying. So far, weekly surveys of July retail sales look strong, and consumer confidence in July rebounded. Plus, sales of previously owned homes in June also increased, to an annual rate of 5.23 million. The June level is above the record pace averaged during all of last year, and it is the highest since August, 1999. Home sales suggest that Fed rate hikes have had little impact on housing demand. Mortgage rates are actually down about 50 basis points since mid-May.
Greenspan, though, left little doubt about where he stands on the soft-landing issue. Prominent in his talk were "factors that may be exerting more persistent restraint on spending." He listed this year's flattening out in equity prices, households' rising debt burden, higher oil prices, and the already sharp runup in the stock of consumer durable assets, including houses.
Some of Greenspan's arguments, however, were less than compelling, and the point on consumer durables was downright confusing. On the wealth effect, for instance, his own measure, which relates the broad Wilshire index of 5,000 stocks to personal income, shows little--if any--diminution in the effect of wealth on spending (chart). Stock prices have picked up this summer, compared to this spring, on the belief that the Fed is almost finished with its tightening cycle, a view that Greenspan's remarks only supported further.
THE FED CHIEF'S CONCERN over debt burdens lies in the fact that household debt-service payments as a percentage of aftertax income have risen substantially over the past year, reflecting both the rising volume of outstanding debt and higher interest rates (chart, page 28). However, the combination of strong income growth and wealth gains has given consumers the increased capacity to take on more debt. Plus, the current level of debt service is still well below the peaks reached during the borrowing binge of the late 1980s, levels that at the time exerted no discernible downdraft on the growth in consumer spending.
Higher oil prices are probably the most restrictive factor mentioned by Greenspan. By his numbers, costlier oil has amounted to a $75 billion levy exacted by foreign oil producers on U.S. consumers, equivalent to a tax of 1% of aftertax income that cannot be spent on other items. However, even Greenspan noted that the effects may prove to be largely transitory.
The most curious observation that Greenspan made about restraints on consumer spending was that demand for durable goods and homes will wane because the past runup in the stock of these assets has left household demand close to a saturation point.
However, even a data hound like Greenspan is hard-pressed to find data that compares the stock of durables and homes to some desired level. And as long as fundamentals ranging from income growth to interest rates to wealth gains remain favorable, consumers have little reason not to buy a second house, a third car, or a fourth air conditioner. Indeed, Sears, Roebuck & Co. reported a 17% jump in second-quarter profits, led by sales of appliances and home electronics.
Economist Ian C. Shepherdson of the research firm High Frequency Economics calculates that the stock of houses and durable goods as a percentage of total household assets has fallen in recent years, reflecting the surge in stock prices. He adds that the growth in spending on houses and durables in this expansion has lagged behind overall economic growth. So, the recent speedup might simply be a period of catch-up as consumers feel increasingly upbeat about the economy.
BUOYED BY THE LOWEST unemployment levels in decades, strong income growth, and a booming stock market, consumer confidence remains very high. The Conference Board's index increased in July to 141.7, up from 139.2 in June. Households' expectations of future conditions rose in July, and their assessments of present conditions hit a record. That runs counter to Greenspan's arguments that high debt and energy prices are biting consumers in the wallet and will cause consumers to reduce their spending in a big or lasting way.
It seems more likely that much of the second-quarter slowdown in consumer spending and construction was simply a "payback" for the exaggerated first-quarter strength in home-building and car sales, which was largely the result of an unusually mild winter that "stole" some economic activity from the second quarter. Indeed, the drop-off in construction employment alone accounted for more than half of the slowdown in private-sector job growth between the first and second quarters.
All this is not to say that Greenspan's apparent optimism is totally unjustified. Clearly, more of the data are moving in the right direction now than three months ago. The crucial period for policy will be the months--and the data--immediately ahead. If the economic numbers heat up again, Greenspan's tone will surely become more strident, and market expectations will take a turn for the worse.


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America: Standing in the Way of Democracy
By Dave Lindorff
It is pathetic and even laughable to hear American leaders, and the leaders of the other Western democracies in Europe, cautioning that Egypt's revolution needs to move slowly, as they call for a "transition" government that would be gently guided to elections by the very man, Omar Suleiman, who for years has headed the dreaded Mukhabarat, the Egyptian secret police, all under the protective umbrella of the Egyptian military.
What is this nonsense?
Did America's revolutionary government have a slow transition to democracy? Did America's revolutionaries sign the Declaration of Independence and then hand over the reins of government to a general from the British Army to oversee things as they prepared for elections? No. They immediately set up a democratic system, even in the midst of a bitter war for independence. Did the African National Congress turn to a general from the South African military to run a transition government in South Africa when they finally ousted the Apartheid regime in that country? No, they held an election, and went on to rule as the elected majority. When the People Power revolution in the Philippines toppled the Marcos dictatorship after a generation of autocratic and brutal martial law law, did the people turn to the country's military and ask it to run the country for a transition year to democracy? No, of course not! They held a snap election and elected the widow, Corazon Aquino, wife of the martyred democracy activist Benigno Aquino.
Democracies don't need "transitions" run by military rulers and hold-over tyrants. These are tactics designed to subvert, delay and even prevent true popular rule.
How tragic, sad and outrageous to hear our own political leaders, like Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Obama, calling for a period of interim rule--either under the hated dictator Hosni Mubarak himself, or under his hated enforcer, Suleiman. Is this what the young people who have already defended, with their blood, the idea of a truly free, democratic Egypt, were struggling, and even dying, for? Of course not!
How many times have we heard that the vast army of 100 million unemployed, uneducated young people in the Middle East, including Egypt, is a vast "breeding ground" for terrorism, as if these young people were just some species of deadly mosquito larvae. And yet, here these young people are, in Tunisia, in Egypt, in Yemen, in Algeria, in Gaza , in Iraq, and even perhaps in Syria and Saudi Arabia, engaging not in terror, but in peaceful if militant protest to demand what we in the West take for granted: freedom and a voice in their own destiny...
For the rest of this article by DAVE LINDORFF in ThisCantBeHappening!, the new independent online alternative newspaper, please go to: ThisCantBeHappening!
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It is beyond obvious that the Obama administration is playing a good cop, bad cop game against the people of Egypt. This is the same thing they do in the USA by continuing the lies and activities of the Bush-Cheney crew, while manipulating the left with happy talk and half-baked attempts at change, (ergo deception).
The Tea Party movement is clearly the tool of those that Mr. Obama actually works for. Contemplate Machiavelli, ergo divide and conquer, to grasp what the past and current political leaders have done, and are still doing, to the USA and the rest of the world.
The unfolding events in Egypt are serving to shine a very bright light on our current administration and proving their true purposes. The patterns are undeniable and we must stand up and ensure that truth and justice come to those in Egypt and elsewhere, by forcing true change here in the USA. We are allowing others to be oppressed by allowing our politicians to get away with blatant deception.
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Did we not bomb the hell out of Iraq in order to install democracy in that benighted country? Here are the people of Egypt and other Middle Eastern countries calling for democratic reform -- like not torturing and killing your opponents and free and fair elections (something we don't have), and what do we do? We call for slow and steady change. Why did we have to have violence and destruction in Iraq rather than slow and steady change?
You know these guys are just too obvious.
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...in the case of a good nuc (of the quality Sol would sell), it is very little work to put a 5 frame box of foundation on top and remove brood as they get overcrowded....bait up with one comb and use foundationless and do cut comb....put them in an old box with some new pf100s or foundation and get some great new comb drawn....do as mike palmer does and use them as "brood factories"....none of this is much work. You can keep many in a rather small area. A two story hive booming with bees requires management and equipment (honey supers)...but good nucs ready to pop will do well almost no matter what you do...even if they swarm, you _still_ have a nuc.
The worth of something and what one may be willing to sell it for are two different things.
I have plenty of customers who buy nucs from me and at the end of the season they tell me how much honey they got off of that nuc. Had I kept that nuc, maybe I would have gotten something similar, maybe not.
But, if I can make 60lbs of honey off of a 5 frame nuc, that would potentially be $120.00 to $180.00 income compared to what I sold the nuc for. The sale of the nuc is gauranteed income to me when I sell the nuc. That is worth something.
My nucs are selling for $100.00 each this year and I have had no one balk at that price. If they go to $120.00 next year I wonder?
Mark Berninghausen
..but Sol's nucs (and our nucs...which we are not selling) are treatment free, the bees would be managed without treatment, the honey would be produced without treatment.
I can't do anything about your prices...but consider if you were getting $10/lb or more (rather than the $1.60-1.80 you seem to be getting)? A 60lb pail is $600.
I'm relatively sure you could devise a plan where you kept 100 nucs (2-4 yards?) with minimal management and pull an average of 20lbs of honey from each without much management or effort on your part. $20k.
I agree. Our circumstances are quite different. Your points are valid and accurate.
$600.00 per pail would be great. Do you get that much? This is somewhat Off Topic perhaps, but yours is a niche market, isn't it? How many places are there that would support such a price. PM me if more appropriate. Don't wanna hijack a Thread.
Mark Berninghausen
No, we don't get that for a pail. We have very little of our own honey at this point...what we have is sold only in small jars. We are in a unique situation in that we are already at the markets selling premium honey that isn't local....we can sell whatever we produce in small jars at this point. Even if it is to pricy for some, it shows the customers that we _are_ beekeepers and not flunkies in a booth and adds another taste to the customer experience. It helps with our sales even if it doesn't sell....but it does sell, and it makes it impossible for us to sell nucs or mated queens.
Mark Berninghausen
Thanks guys, great discussion, keep it going.
So my plan this year is to set aside a couple booming hives to try to make a good honey crop and use the rest to make mating nucs and then graduate those into five frame nucs, merge the dinks with the awesomes and sell the rest until I end up with 25 hives for next winter.
Thanks for all the compliments about the quality of my nucs (even if you were joking.) I would not let a hive out of the yard that didn't pass muster. The bees I sell are daughters of the queen in the box. You know what you're getting.
>The nuc as is is only worth what it is worth. you don't sell it's potential value.
I see your point, but the only reason anyone buys a nuc is it's potential value... if it was never going to be any more than a nuc they wouldn't bother.
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Through a grant from the Spencer Foundation, Vera's Center on Youth Justice (CYJ) is studying how school disciplinary practices—in particular zero-tolerance policies—and other aspects of school climate affect juveniles. The study aims to contribute evidence-based analysis to the public debate over whether harsh school disciplinary protocols push youth toward antisocial and criminal behavior and justice system involvement—a trajectory known as the "school-to-prison pipeline."
This work, begun in January 2012, seeks to fill a critical gap in the body of research on the influence of school climate and punitive disciplinary policies on young people's delinquency and long-term criminal justice involvement. The widespread adoption of such policies since the late 1980s—including mandatory expulsions for certain infractions, the presence of police officers in schools, and higher levels of collaboration between schools and juvenile justice agencies—has increased the need for research into their effects.
Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health)—a nationally representative study of adolescents in grades 7 to 12 in the United States during the 1994-95 school year—CYJ researchers are exploring how disciplinary policies and other school climate factors are related to delinquency, crime, and justice system involvement over the short and long term. They are also examining how these characteristics of schools interact with other influences on youth—such as family, peers, and community—to affect these outcomes. Add Health provides a unique opportunity to draw on data on a large scope of topics, including school practices and youth behavior, from the perspective of youth, parents, and school administrators.
Why study school disciplinary practices?
Harsh disciplinary practices operate on a punitive continuum that often leads to removing youth either temporarily or permanently from school, thus contributing to higher dropout rates and diminished educational, social, and civic opportunities. If these practices that marginalize young people push them toward a greater probability of delinquency and crime, they in effect form a "school-to-prison pipeline" that propels youth into the juvenile and adult justice systems. Studies have shown that students suspended or expelled from school under zero-tolerance policies are more likely to be arrested within one year than those not subjected to such punishments. Vera's study will contribute the kind of rigorous, longitudinal research needed to clarify how school policies influence crime and delinquency outcomes in both the short and long term.
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Themaister and Squarepusher has released a new version of the RetroArch multiplatform emulator. This update features the usual changes and bugfixes to the various cores that make up the homebrew. Take a look at the changelog for more information:
[FBA core] Various changes/fixes
- Hook up Armed Police Batrider controls
- Afterburner – make fire buttons work
- Hook up Bad Dudes controls
- Hook up Cyberbots controls
- Hook up 1942 controls
- Add missing Chase HQ controls
- Add missing WWF Wrestlefest controls
- EEPROM save should now work (tested with EEPROM-based system such as Capcom CPS2)
- Samples are now looked for – should be in 'samples' subdirectory
- Hiscore files should now be read from/written to.
[SNES9x Next] Added big speed hack for Star Fox 1 – makes it fast enough for it to run at fullspeed on the Wii.
[Genesis Plus GX] Set samplerate back to 44Khz.
[CONSOLES] Audio resampler is now adjustable – can choose between Sinc resampler (new) and Hermite resampler (old). Sinc is now selected by default, is superior audio-quality wise and will fix a lot of sound issues.
[PS3] Save Preset fixed
[PS3] Starting with Dual Shader/Custom Scaling mode OFF and then turning it ON works now
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Linda Rodin Shares Her Beauty Rules
Model, revered stylist, successful entrepreneur: Linda Rodin does it all while maintaining well-deserved style icon status (her signature coif alone deserves a dedicated spot in the beauty hall of fame). And her accolades don't stop there. She's also credited with single handedly putting face oil on the map via the inaugural potion (Olio Lusso forever!) from her eponymous product line, Rodin.
We asked the skincare superstar to share her less-is-more hero kit, the secret to silver hair upkeep and — wait for it — her plans to penetrate the lipstick market!
Rule #1: Stick To Basics
"My beauty M.O. in 3 words: Rodin Olio Lusso."
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- Face Oil, Rodin $150
Rule #2: Sun Protection Is Key
"Sunblock is not billed as "anti-aging" but any sun damage prevention is in fact anti-aging."
- Sun Broad Spectrum SPF 50 Face Cream, Clinique $21
Rule #3: Do Some Shady Business
"My go-to lipstick shade is the one I'm developing now. It will be a combination of the various shades I use to achieve the ideal hot pink."
Photo: Paola + Murray
Rule #4: Know What Works For You
"My hero kit includes my own face, body and hair oils, in addition to the Crema hand cream and, of course, my lip balm. They're really all I need."
- Crema Luxury Hand & Body Cream, Rodin $80
- Luxury Body Oil, Rodin $110
- Luxury Hair Oil, Rodin $65
- Lip Balm, Rodin $30
Rule #5: Play With Perfume...
"Even before I developed my own scents, I was a very loyal perfume user. For the last 50 years -- since I was about 15 -- I used only 4 or 5 fragrances: Le De Givenchy, L'Heure Blue by Guerlain, Joy by Jean Patou, Chanel's Cuir De Russie and Tabu when I was a teenager."
- Le De Spray, Givenchy $89
- L'Heure Bleue Eau de Toilette Spray, Guerlain $76
- Joy Eau de Parfum, Jean Patou $190
- Cuir De Russie Perfume, Chanel $280
Rule #6: ...And Secure A Signature Scent
"I always need my Rodin perfume – it makes me smell and feel wonderful."
- Olio Lusso Perfume, Rodin $220
Rule #7: Stay True To Yourself (And Don't Be Afraid To Splurge)
"As far as beauty trends go, I don't think I was ever very into them. I don't buy too many products and don't partake in too many treatments, I only splurge on my own products. I do, however, treat myself to personal manicures by Jackie Padilla -- they last for weeks -- and once a month, a wonderful massage by Holly Haupt."
Photo: Nadia Sarwar
Rule 8: Care For Your Coif
"Clairol Shimmer Lights makes my hair silvery and silky. The shampoo and conditioner are wonderful, I've been using them for 10 years now."
- Shimmer Lights Original Conditioning Shampoo, Clairol Professional $9
Rule #9: Don't Be Afraid Of Color
"I love all Jin Soon colors. But right now I'm wearing an Essie shade that looks like a fresh, beautiful geranium petal."
- Nail Polish in Coquette, JINsoon $18
- Nail Polish in Rose Bowl, Essie $9


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It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a…tuner GT-R? Actually, it's none of the above: what you're looking at is likely one of the two Nissan GT-Rs the automaker plans on entering in this year's 24-hour endurance race at the Nurburgring.
Per Nurburgring rules, cars entered need to be production-based. Nissan's Godzilla twins are reportedly based on the Japanese-spec GT-R Club Track Edition, but boast a few small revisions, including a revised suspension, different wheels and tires, and an enormous flat-blade rear wing.
This isn't the GT-R's first go at the Nurburgring 24 Hours, but it is one of the first factory-backed GT-R teams to take part in the event. Gran Turismo creator/ producer Kazunori Yamauchi helped drive the only GT-R in last year's pack to a class win, fending off three incredibly quick, factory-modified Volkswagen Golfs.
"This year will be different," according to GT-R chief engineer Kazutoshi Mizuno. "We have two factory-backed GT-Rs racing on special Dunlop rubber. And we have a very interesting driver lineup, too!" That lineup includes GT-R development driver Toshio Suzuki, along with Michael Krumm, Tetsua Tanaka, and Kazuki Hoshino – all SuperGT racers. GT creator Yamauchi will help pilot the second car, though his co-drivers will include those developed through the Gran Turismo Academy video game and instructional program.
We won't have to wait long to see how Nissan's venture fares, as the Nurburgring race kicks off on May 19. Until then, watch Nissan's background video below, or click here to see Motor Trend's full gallery of spy shots.
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By John Gruber
CNET reports that Sony is going to start supporting MP3 audio files later this year; but with a big exception: they're only adding MP3 support to their flash-memory-based players. I suspect it's only a matter of time before they face reality and support it in their hard-disk-based players as well. They're so far behind the iPod it's embarrassing.
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omewhat lost in the tumult of Wednesday night's Labor leadership confrontation and the exodus from Parliament of Julia Gillard, Craig Emerson and Peter Garrett were the resignations of Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott. These NSW country independents were widely regarded as having done more than most to deliver government to Julia Gillard back in 2010 - and to ensure she kept it even while Labor battled a succession of parliamentary crises of its own making. For that reason, their decisions not to re-contest their seats of New England and Lyne were welcomed by conservative voters.
The sense of betrayal that Windsor and Oakeshott evoked in sections of the electorate was born of the fact that both were National Party politicians in former lives, albeit at state level. Because of that, many New England and Lyne voters felt the pair were honour-bound to side with the Coalition during the negotiations that followed the 2010 election - as indeed another ''conservative'' independent MP, Bob Katter, did. In the event, they and independent Tasmanian MP Andrew Wilkie chose to support Ms Gillard in the belief that Labor would be a better guarantor of the stability and workability of the 43rd Parliament than the Coalition.
Whether this was the correct judgment will remain a matter of conjecture. In terms of legislation passed the 43rd Parliament was productive. Given the intense pressure to which the parliamentary agreement between Labor, the Greens and the three independents was subjected by the Coalition, it was reasonably harmonious. Mr Windsor and Mr Oakeshott deserve much of the credit for this, as does Ms Gillard: when those about them were losing their heads, the trio's steadfastness and common sense held things together. It's an achievement that has tended to be overlooked.
Those of a more sardonic mindset have pointed out that Mr Windsor, Mr Oakeshott and Mr Wilkie were motivated largely out of self-interest and because of the rewards they believed would come their way as holders of the balance of power. Had this been the case, however, then it's more likely the trio would have gone with Tony Abbott, whose promises of largesse included the construction of a new general hospital in Mr Wilkie's Hobart electorate. Indeed, Mr Abbott is alleged to have told Mr Windsor during talks that ''Tony, I would do anything for this job. The only thing I wouldn't do is sell my arse, but I'd have to give serious thought to it''.
Self-interest did, of course, play a role in the trio's deliberations. Mr Windsor cited Labor's national broadband network and its potential for improving lives of people in his electorate as being a crucial factor in his thinking, as did Mr Oakeshott. Mr Wilkie pushed for and received an undertaking of support from Ms Gillard in pursuit of his primary campaign issue - poker machine reform. But it's clear, too, that pet projects and pork-barrelling weren't the only thing on their minds. A commitment to improve the workability and accountability of Parliament was one; a genuine desire to address the effects of climate change was another.
All recognised the electoral consequence of throwing in their lot with Labor, if not the other flow-on effects. Mr Windsor, for example, said on Wednesday that the vitriol from the hung parliament had impacted on him and his family - a sentiment Mr Oakeshott would echo.
Ms Gillard would certainly sympathise with their plight, having borne the brunt of a sustained barrage of invective - much of it sexist in nature - during her prime ministership. Snide criticism of our political leaders is, unfortunately, a staple of Australian political life, but no prime minister has their dress, appearance or manner dissected as frequently, or with such vitriol, as Ms Gillard did. That she dealt with this robustly and called it for what it was - sexist - won her admirers across the political spectrum.
It may be that Ms Gillard's prime ministership is remembered chiefly for these reasons. But that would do a disservice to her political success in assembling, and maintaining, a minority government - an achievement for which Mr Windsor and Mr Oakeshott can take more credit than some within the former prime minister's own party.


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Originally published in Organic Gardening magazine, December 2013/January 2014
Leeks You Should Try
|Summer/Fall Varieties
|60 to 80 days
|Long, slender shafts similar to spring onions
|75 days
|Long, thick white stalks and dark green leaves
|'King Richard'
|75 days
|A popular cultivar with pale green, slender shafts; tolerates light frosts
|85 days
|Green leaves and uniform stalks that don't bulb
|90 days
|Thick and blue-green, much like a winter leek
|90 days
|A European variety; blue-green with thick stems
|'Dawn Giant'
|98 days
|An early and huge leek, often grown for competitive showing
|105 days
|A hybrid, deep blue-green in color, similar to winter leeks; erect and very uniform; easy to cultivate
|Overwintering Varieties
|95 days
|A great leek for the novice gardener since it's adaptable and reliable
|100 days
|A rich dark blue import from Holland; extremely cold-tolerant with a thick base
|'Blue Solaise', a.k.a. 'Bleu de Solaise'
|100 to 120 days
|A French heirloom with blue leaves that turn violet after a cold snap; dependably cold-hardy, making it great for short growing seasons
|'American Flag'
|105 days
|A relative of 'Giant Musselburgh', bred to endure cold Northeast winters
|'Giant Musselburgh'
|105 days
|A Scottish heirloom grown throughout the British Isles that produces thick, short shafts. Cliff Seruntine grows this old standard in his nearly 1-acre Nova Scotia garden, but winters there are so cold he can't harvest in winter. William Woys Weaver grows it for sentimental reasons—and flavor. "This was the leek my great-grandmother grew," he says.
|110 days
|A disease-resistant cultivar with thick shafts; overwinters in all but the coldest places


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My post didn't seem to make it yesterday, so here it goes again. Sorry if there are duplicates.
I made this quilt as a retirement gift for a dear friend I have known since childhood. It highlights her love of Asian fabrics and her own glowing loveliness. It was machine quilted, machine appliqued and embellished with crystals, fabric painting and inks. My friend's gown was made from satins and tulle; her earrings are tiny crystals and her pendant is a small bead on a "chain" of doubled metallic foil thread. The misty wisps in the sky are sheer organzas and tulle. The stars in the sky are all individually glued.
I am giving it to my friend today and hope she likes it.


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Post-cellular compounding was a biological process through which the Iyaarans reproduced. This was very different that the sexual processes most other species used.
At the conclusion of the process, Iyarrans emerged fully grown from natal pods, and did not exist as children. (TNG: "Liaisons")


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Tube commuters have voted Canary Wharf, Charing Cross, Baker Street and London Bridge as their favourite stations.
Among the most hated stations, Bank easily made it into first place, followed by Elephant & Castle, King's Cross and Oxford Circus.
Two-thirds of those questioned in a YouGov survey put Canary Wharf — served by the Jubilee line — at the top of their lists because it was light, clean and close to good restaurants and shops.
However, they said Bank was like a "maze" because of its 10 exits and entrances. During the morning peak, it is used by 96,000 people and it is estimated its absolute capacity of 100,000 will be reached by 2016.
Bank is linked to Monument by long underground passageways, slopes, stairs and escalators. The two stations are served by the Central, Northern, Circle and District lines, as well as the Docklands Light Railway.
With so many exits situated so far apart, passengers often find themselves emerging in a different section of the City from which they intended. "The fact that two-thirds of Londoners have a favourite Tube station and six in 10 have a station they dislike most shows how central the London Underground is to the daily lives of people living in the capital," said YouGov pollster Laurence Janta-Lipinski.
"While there isn't a great deal of consensus as to what is the best station, what's interesting is that Bank has clearly come out as the most disliked.
"Perhaps this poll will have Transport for London bosses asking how they can make it a more pleasant experience for customers."
A YouGov spokesman said the poll was one of a number being carried out about life in London.
Commuter Ben Koslowski, 28, an architect from Dalston, told the Standard: "Canary Wharf is very grand, almost like a cathedral."
Kate Prance, 26, an account executive from Fulham, said Charing Cross was her favourite but added: "The one thing that lets it down is the lack of seating — there is nowhere to sit except a bar, which isn't ideal at 8.30am."
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Jay-Z is taking his Roc Nation empire to 125th street and Lenox avenue, where the Rocawear RocPopShop has officially opened in Harlem. It looks pretty cozy up in there. Shopping hours are from 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM now through


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|Case Study: A gift of real estate
Barb Habstritt called Oshkosh home for nearly 40 years.
She made a good life for herself with plenty of close friends and good memories from her decades as a high school economics teacher. In her retirement, trips to spend time with family near Marshall, Minn., became more frequent and the drive felt like it got longer every time. (Read More)
|Are the rich more generous? Or are they rich because they're greedy?
According to the 2010 Study of High Net Worth Philanthropy, more than 98 percent of the nation's richest households give of their wealth and time to charities supporting basic needs and personal interest causes. (Read More)
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Whether you're donating cash, food, clothing or other items to charity, you want some assurance that your gift is going to the people who need it most. (Read More)
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