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Benefits of Bats – a Little Insight from Big Texas
Here at Bird-X, we are always discussing ways to get rid of "pests" – however, it's nice to take a step back and see the benefits that these animals bring and the positive effects they can have on a community. I recently visited my hometown of Austin, TX and had the chance to witness the exquisite site of the urban bat population taking flight.
A Seasonal Tradition for Residents
Since the 1980's when the Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge was renovated (formerly known as the Congress Avenue Bridge), Mexican free tailed bats have been calling it home. The renovation gave these little guys a perfect place to nestle in for the summer, making this bridge home to the world's largest urban bat colony!
Each year during the months of March through September, onlookers can witness the huge colony fill the skies at sunset. The best time to go is July or August because the mostly female colony has given birth, and the babies are old enough to fly. The colony usually reaches upwards of 1.5 million in number, all of which must feed on insects nightly. Needless to say it's quite the sight to behold! Thousands upon thousands of bats flood out from under the bridge, swirling and diving to catch their dinner. Within minutes, the sky east of the bridge becomes speckled as the colony continues to ascend. All in all, it can take between 30 minutes to an hour for the entire colony to take flight.
Having grown up in this area I have witnessed this gorgeous sight on many occasions, but every time I still stand in awe. Now I'll admit the smell of bat guano is rather unpleasant and can make the event a little less enjoyable. I suggest standing atop the famous bridge on the pedestrian side walk. I have known many to enjoy the sight from the grassy area just south of the bridge donated by the Austin American Statesman for bat watching or even renting a kayak to paddle underneath the bridge. Be advised though, that there is some danger with being pooped on so bring a light jacket to cover up. Also, if you do come into close proximity of a bat make sure not to touch it. Although they can be small and furry, they are still wild animals and precaution must be taken.
Tourist Attraction & Natural Pest Controllers
It is recorded that approximately 100,000 people come each summer to witness the bats take flight, which generates about 10 million dollars of revenue for the city each year in tourism. The bats also eat between 10,000-20,000 pounds of insects every night, which as a native Texan I can greatly appreciate. Mosquitos, among other insects, can be quite numerous and highly bothersome in this area. So not only do the bats positively affect Austin's economy, but they also help keep the residents a bit more comfortable.
Bat Control – It's Easy to be Humane
That being said most residents of Austin, myself included, have found the occasional wayward bat in buildings or residential areas they shouldn't be. Bird-X has a handful of products meant to deter bats such as the Transonic Pro (residential grade unit), the QuadBlaster QB-4 (residential/commercial grade unit), or the Ultrason-X (commercial grade unit). All of these products utilize ultrasonic frequencies to safely deter the bats from unwanted locations; so Austinites (as well as everyone else) can still reap the benefits of their bat population, while humanely keeping bats out of their attics. For more information about how to deter bats, click here. If you'd like to read about the scientific research behind our products, click here.
-Elizabeth Price, Bird-X Blogger
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Thanks for the insights! This bat phenomenon in Austin is definitely on my "Bucket List" (along with seeing an armadillo and visiting Big Bend National Park.) I've heard about the Austin bats before, but you really brought this sight alive and made me want to go even more! I think there are few sights more charming of a summer evening than realizing the fluttering thing overhead is not a bird but a little bat going about its batty business in the falling dusk.
Thank you so much for your article. Here in Las Vegas, we only have a small number of brown bats who roost outside of the urban area. I have been to Austin to visit your world-class Emergency Response facility as part of my job. It was lovely and maybe next time I can bring my family, esp. My daughter who is studying environmental health also. She would squeal with joy, as she loves animals and enjoys stories about bats. This sight alone would be worth the trip.
Keep up the good work. Your company's products are one of the early interventions in IPM that can prevent the need for chemical pesticides, which is always best. I work at our local health district and it never ceases to amaze me the number of cases that become critical when early action would have stopped the process.
I think that bats are cool. Even though I live in the dessert I still see bats the great thing is they eat bugs.
I just heard a bat!
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Tony and Pat have a meeting with Alec Murray from Rodway's to discuss the sale of the herd. Alec thinks it will take a couple of months to organise, giving them plenty of time to advertise. Each cow should fetch around £1,100 to £1,200 making a total ballpark figure of £200,000. This is great news. Pat thinks the amount will take some of the pain out of losing the herd. Tony doesn't want to count his chickens yet but it would be a nice lump sum towards their pension. They hope the news will perk Tom up, although Pat guesses at the moment he'd give it all up to get Brenda back.
Lilian is horrified when she realises Paul has driven them to the Felpersham races for her surprise trip. What if someone sees them!
Lilian is spotted by fellow board member Andrew Eagleton, who knows Matt. She quickly comes up with a cover story - that Paul is a builder pitched for the paper mill job. Unconcerned Paul thinks Andrew buys this. But he gets increasingly annoyed at Lilian's paranoia, especially as she wants to leave early. Why must they fit in around Matt all the time? Lilian promises to try to make things up to him but she just can't stay there any longer.

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I love all kinds of salads all year long - but last night I made the first spinach and strawberry salad of the year with spinach and strawberries grown about 2 km from here - and it was pure bliss. That is all I want to eat now.
What salad does that for you?
We've been eating a lot of spinach salad with strawberries and toasted almonds lately too. I found a honey curry salad dressing that's really nice with it.
Tonight. for a change, I'm making an asparagus and strawberry salad. I think I'll make green mango salad later this week to go with some satays. I also like tossing roasted sweet potato or squash along with some toasted pecans and feta cheese in a green salad, but usually later in autumn.
I love hearty one-meal salads in the summer
- salad nicoise
- broccoli salad
- sweet potato salad with chicken
I love one with spinach, beets, red onions and and goat cheese. Candied walnuts would be a good addition, too. I usually eat that with some sort of balsamic dressing.
I do something similar, with spinach, feta, cherry tomatoes, candied walnuts or pecans, and strawberries (or pears or grapes), with balsamic vinaigrette.
Apparently doing it rong and ruining it for everyone, but I don't give a crap anymore.
I like a mixed lettuce salad with fresh garden peas, radish and shredded carrots. I also like green salad with fresh dill and thinly sliced red onion.
I love black bean salad and orzo salads!
Black Bean Salad:
-1 can black beans (or make your own if you think of it ahead of time... I never do!)
-1 can corn (or use fresh)
-1/2 to 1 chopped bell pepper
-1/4 to 1/2 chopped red onion
-1 chopped avocado
-juice from 1-3 limes, to taste
-salt, to taste
Orzo Salad:
-cooked whole wheat orzo (I usually use about 1 c. uncooked)
-1/4 ish cup chopped kalamata olives
-1/4 ish cup chopped sun dried tomatoes
-1/4 to 1/2 chopped red onion
-1 chopped cucumber
-1/2 to 1 c. crumbled feta cheese
-olive oil and balsamic vinegar to taste
-black pepper to taste
Mama Bear , Papa Bear and Baby Bear (8/11)
Orzo Salad:
-cooked whole wheat orzo (I usually use about 1 c. uncooked)
-1/4 ish cup chopped kalamata olives
-1/4 ish cup chopped sun dried tomatoes
-1/4 to 1/2 chopped red onion
-1 chopped cucumber
-1/2 to 1 c. crumbled feta cheese
-olive oil and balsamic vinegar to taste
-black pepper to taste
I planned on having almost this identical salad for dinner tonight, but adding in some chopped red and orange bell peppers, chopped parsley, and grilled garlic shrimp, and substituting lemon juice for the balsamic vinegar. So funny that you posted it today.
Yum, sounds like a good way to change up my old recipe... I'll have to try it!
Mama Bear , Papa Bear and Baby Bear (8/11)
Chopped tomatoes with some olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt, pepper and as much chopped fresh basil as I can get my hands on is as good as it gets today.
I especially love my mom's carrot salad. She uses shredded carrots, raisins, canned pineapple with the juice, miracle whip, and 1 chopped apple. It is soooooo tasty! Dang, now I am craving that.
It was great! I doubled the recipe so there would be leftovers for lunch. I ended up sauteeing the shrimp in olive oil, crushed garlic, Herbes de Provence (all out of fresh herbs) and the zest from the lemon I used in the dressing.
Last night I had a lovely, refreshing mango salad with dinner. It had julienned mango, red and green pepper and red onion in a ginger lime vinaigrette. Perfect for a hot summer night.
I realized I hadn't mentioned one of my favourite summer salads for hot, hot days. It's Nigella Lawson's Watermelon, Feta and Olive salad. I know that sounds like an odd mix, but it's very refreshing.
Watermelon, Feta and Olive Salad
1/2 red onion, thinly sliced
Juice of 2 limes
Half a watermelon
Handful of parsely, chopped
Hanful of mint, chopped
3 Tbsp. olive oil
8 oz. feta, chunked
4 oz black olives, pitted
Marinate the red onion in the lime juice for 15 or 10 minutes.
Cube the watermelon into bite sizes. Toss with feta, parsley and mint.
Add the onion and lime juice, olive oil and olives and toss to mix.
A mixed tomato salad with olive oil, basil, & salt/pepper has been my favorite lately (ideally a few different kinds of tomatoes). So simple and delicious. YUM. The only unfortunate thing is that my kids hate fresh tomatoes so when we eat a tomato salad with dinner they need their own veg.
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By Ridge Mahoney
Real Salt Lake has been through this before: the impending loss of a goalscorer who wants to test the waters overseas.
But this time, it has already landed a possible replacement, though the cost of keeping Alvaro Saborio – who is on loan from Swiss club FC Sion – around for a few seasons won't be cheap by league standards.
If Robbie Findley finds a team overseas, as he and agent Patrick McCabe are planning to do, RSL could be under a lot of pressure to keep Saborio, a Costa Rican international who scored two goals a week ago in a 3-1 defeat of Houston – in which Findley scored his first goal of the season -- and last weekend set up a winning goal for Fabian Espindola in the 89th minute against Chivas USA.
Last summer, Yura Movsisyan – who is also represented by McCabe -- signed a pre-contract agreement with Danish club Randers after rejecting a new contract from MLS. Under FIFA regulations, a player in the last six months of his contract is free to solicit offers from other teams and sign an agreement by which he changes clubs as a free agent once his current deal expires. Findley – who led RSL last year with 12 goals in the regular season and five more in the playoffs -- will be eligible to receive offers and discuss contracts in July.
Randers offered $250,000 to buy Movsisyan during the European summer transfer window rather than wait until after the MLS season to get him, but RSL rejected the offer and kept Movsisyan, who celebrated a league title with his teammates last November. He moved to Randers and scored seven goals in 13 games as Randers successfully staved off relegation. It finished 10th in the 12-team league; the bottom two teams were demoted.
Yes, $250,000 is a nice price for an MLS player in the final months of his contract, but it doesn't get much in the transfer market. And RSL would only have been able to use about two-thirds of that money on a player acquisition. So it kept the player, and got the title, but got nothing for him when he moved on.
Saborio will be much costlier; written into his loan deal is a buyout price of $1 million, and while such figures can be negotiated to some extent, the number gives some indication of how European teams value goalscorers, even one from a Concacaf nation. FC Sion is hardly in the pantheon of European club teams, but it apparently spotted a pretty decent player in Saborio. It signed him from Deportivo Saprissa in 2006 and loaned him to English club Bristol City before farming him out to MLS.
Many players have come to MLS on loan from Colombian clubs, and Deportivo Cali is playing the waiting game with Sounders striker Fredy Montero. There is supposedly a buyout figure in Montero's loan deal, and it may be that Seattle – and Montero, whose listless play has been a major cause of his team's struggles so far this season – is just marking time until Swiss striker (now there's a coincidence) Blaise NKufo finishes up at the World Cup. Numerous teams have been in the bidding for Montero, who said last month he was all but signed, sealed and delivered to CSKA Moscow. He could wind up there in the summer, or go back to Colombia, or go somewhere else, or stay in Seattle.
Yet Nkufo turns 35 Tuesday, so there's always the possibility he won't have the stamina to endure the rigors of MLS when he gets here. Saborio just turned 28 and though he still has to get through an MLS season, he's leading the team with four goals. He's also winning over teammates and fans, and perhaps, RSL executives all too aware of how costly, and tricky, it can be to find and keep guys who can put the ball in the net.


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" Brand: Stardrops / Type: Disinfectants / Category: Cleaning & Disinfectant "
I actually forgot I owned this product until I was looking for something else the other day and stumbled across it in our utility room cupboard. We had this product bought for us in multiples by my future mother-in-law, when we first bought our house and it needed a LOT of work doing. The first thing we tried to do was clean the house and make it fresh, as nobody had lived in it for several years and it was pretty grim at the time.
Although I didn't buy this product, I've seen it in pound shops and discount stores retailing around the £1 mark. This makes it very good value in comparison to other cleaners, and although I believe Stardrops as a brand have been around for a while, I always thought they were a cheap brand that wouldn't be as effective as the supermarkets own labels. I'm pleased to say I was wrong about this.
The cleaner comes in a plastic bottle with a flip top lid. This almost dictates what you can and can't use it for because although it's suitable for many things, unless you go to the trouble of pouring some into a spray bottle you can only use it diluted in bowls of water or neat on work surfaces. The lid also isn't the most secure of fastenings they could have chosen for this product as usually you'd have something childproof or a screw top lid. I've never had any problems with leakage from this bottle, nor do I have children so this aspect isn't really an issue for me.
The disinfectant is green in colour and as you'd expect smells of pine which is really fresh and just makes the place feel cleaner just from the smell. It can be used neat on surfaces, although you're advised to experiment with an inconspicuous area first, and it can also be diluted in warm water to use on floors, bathroom suites and so on. It's quite deceiving because it looks very thin when you squirt it into water, but a little goes a long way and it works well despite its consistency.
**My Experience**
I have used this product for many cleaning purposes, and each time it has performed very well, even in extreme circumstances. For example, when we first got the keys to our house it was obvious it had been badly neglected for years and I used this disinfectant to clean years worth of dirt off fireplaces, stair bannisters, skirting boards and doors. It dilutes well so you only need a small squirt in a bowl of running water and it gets quite frothy and smells fresh and clean. The smell also filled the air so when people walked in they were hit by a nice pleasant clean smell rather than musty old dirt. You could see the dirt coming off on the cloth I was using, and the cloth ended up black in colour so I knew it was working.
On a day to day basis, this product has no issues dealing with general household cleaning, and can be used for a variety of purposes. I mainly use this to clean our wooden floors and tiled kitchen and bathroom. It smells fresh, and picks up dirt well you can see the water changing colour (although this probably indicates how infrequently I do housework LOL!). It leaves tiled floors sparkling clean and smelling fresh. I've dabbled with cleaners that are made specifically for cleaning floors but to be honest they're no better and cost more, so now I've found this at the back of our cupboard I'll continue to use it from now on.
When it comes to cleaning products, I think of them in a similar vein to beauty products in the fact that I am far from loyal and like to try anything new I happen to see.
When I was in my local Poundstretcher store recently I spotted this pine disinfectant by the mighty makers of Stardrops so was eager to check it out..
Growing up we always had Stardrops in our home though back then it was just the 'original' liquid cleaner in a glass bottle, so when I spotted a whole range of other Stardrops products I was slightly in awe of which to buy as they all promised varying degrees of cleaning capabilities. In the end I opted for this pine disinfectant cleaner purely for the fact that it seemed to offer a variety of universal cleaning options.
The disinfectant comes housed in a plastic upright standing bottle that is completely transparent meaning the contents are clear to view. I do like a product that is in this type of packaging, no matter what it may be, as it is much easier to see how much of the contents remain without having to resort to guess work.
The bottle seems relatively sturdy, though because of the weight and consistency of the liquid it is quite easy to knock over so make sure the cap is firmly replaced after use as I have accidently knocked it over twice causing slight spills on each occasion.
To access the disinfectant there is an easy to open flip top lid which is located directly on top of the bottle. As this is an irritant and will be harmful if swallowed I felt the lid wasn't secure enough to discourage young children from trying to open it so I placed my bottle well out of harms way.
The disinfectant is very, very watery and thin in consistency though the pine fragrance is surprisingly strong as is the green colour and a little goes a long way I found.
This is suitable for use in toilets, sinks and drains where it can be used neat or diluted down using 30 ml to 2 litres for general household cleaning.
*This must be stored upright and out of sunlight.
*~*My experience of using this*~*
When I came across this I was very impressed by the vast range of Stardrops items as up until spotting them in Poundstretcher I was under the assumption that there was still only the original liquid available. What mainly drew me to the range was the price - all the items were retailing at just £1 and bearing in mind this particular disinfectant is a 750 ml sized bottle I deemed this to be very good value and hopefully due to it's versatility would end up an economical purchase for me.
Though I often resort to using plain bleach in my toilet bowl I do admit to preferring a more pleasant aroma as bleach may be good at killing germs but it's not exactly aromatic, whereas pine has a clean and fresh scent to it.
I have squirted a liberal amount of this around the rim of the toilet bowl and left it to stand for about 10/15 minutes whilst I went off to see to other 'chores' (having a cup of tea..). On my return I found it seemed to cling rather impressively to the entire bowl rather than just running straight down and after cleaning the toilet found it easy to remove and not cause any staining ( I have used expensive toilet cleaners which have stained the bowl and I have had to resort to using bleach in the end ). My toilet retained an impressively clean pine fragrance for quite a while and not only did the bathroom smell clean but the pine wafted through my entire house resulting in a 'freshly cleaned' aroma.
*~*How did I rate it for other cleaning jobs? *~*
Having been uber` impressed with the results of the toilet freshness I was keen to try it out around the rest of my home. I found pouring a small cap full down my drains left a fresh lingering scent as did diluting it for mopping my floors. As I only have a small cottage I have three rooms that have vinyl and laminate flooring and require mopping to keep clean. A small dash of this into my mop bucket seemed enough to suffice doing all three rooms (they are small rooms though) though I would suggest it is up to the individual how much you wish to use but I found 20 ml adequate.
My most notable experience though has to be using this neat. I tip the bottle on to an already dampened dish cloth and simply wipe over where is needed. It does state to rinse afterwards with water and I have adhered to this each time and have had fantastic results.
I wouldn't say it's harsh though I would caution you test it on an inconspicuous area before hand if in doubt though I have used on an array of flooring and appliances and have had no problems to date.
As mentioned in a previous paragraph I was not overtly impressed with the lid as it opens with relative ease and if a young child got hold of this they would have no problem at all in opening it.
I really like this product as you may have guessed as it certainly is a very versatile cleaning product. My only negative towards it is it isn't very good at removing stains that a cream cleaner or bleach product would instantly eradicate so it couldn't replace all of my cleaning products. That said though, it is fantastic for cleaning my toilet, ideal for mopping my floors and leaves sinks/ drains smelling clean so all in all it is a very good product that I will definitely buy again especially at the low cost of just £1.
For more information check out www.stardrops.co.uk
Highly recommended.
Stardrops pine disinfectant
With the spring cleaning well and truly underway I seem to be buying cleaning products almost constantly in a bid for that shiny house- never seems to happen.
At only 99p for a 750ml bottle of the stuff, this one seems like great value especially when it promises to clean and protect my home from smells and germs.
It is quite widely available and a quick look at the website, www.stardrops.co.uk and on the shelves of my local bargain store, I notice that this manufacturer does produce lots of cleaning products.
The product comes in a clear plastic bottle with all of the information and instructions on the back and looking through the bottle the liquid looks as a pine liquid should, green! When I flip up the lid, and have a sniff, there is a definite pine smell, which if, like me, you like pine, then this won't offend.
The product can be used on work surfaces, toilets, drains, sinks, baths, so is a real all rounder. For general disinfecting, then 2 tablespoons should be diluted with 2 litres of water and then wiped over surfaces. It doesn't say anything about rinsing afterwards so i don't tend to and so far haven't noticed any nasty smears.
I use it mainly on the floors as we have a mix of wood and tiled floors and it seems to do the job nicely, lifting any dirt and leaving the house smelling really clean.
The product is easy to use and as I generally don't have the time i don't measure out the liquid but just tend to guess, which seems to do the job nicely enough. I like the smell of the product and the fact that it doesn't need rinsing off. It does a great job of cleaning bathrooms and floors although I wish it was an all round product and did windows as well.
Like many (most) cleaning products it can be quite harsh so i would suggest wearing rubber gloves to avoid hands drying out.
A useful product which does what it says, leaving the house disinfected and clean- I have to take its word about the germs as I can't see them to know whether or not they have been killed.
Inexpensive and effective- recommended.
Thanks for reading.
Daniela x


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Earlier this week well-respected news agency Reuters ran a story that spoke of 'Star Wars: Episode 7' returning to the Guatemalan temples that doubled as Yavin 4 in 'A New Hope'.
It read: "Yavin 4 and the rebel base return to the 'Star Wars' plot in the forthcoming 'Episode VII', announced in October by the Walt Disney Co, in which Skywalker comes back to the planet to build a Jedi Knight academy."
[Related story: The 'Star Wars' ties to the Mayan apocalypse]
[Related story: 'Star Wars' Christmas cards toe line between cute and creepy]
However Reuters has gone back on what it said, with reporter Mike McDonald saying he had made a "mistake".
"I misunderstood what fan clubs had told me and shown me in book plots and that storyline has not been announced by Disney," he said.
"Perhaps I should have written something along the lines of 'Yavin 4 appears in several Star Wars book plots and while Guatemala fans said they hope film crews return to Tikal, the company has not announced plans for the new episode.'"
Oh, the wonders of hindsight.
The original article wasn't focused on the alleged plot details but was about 'Star Wars' ties to the ancient rainforest city of Tikal, which will today celebrate the end of the Mayan Calendar.


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/// HP To Take A Lot of Bitter Medicine In Earnings Report Today
We already know most of the bad news, and some of the good, though it was spare, that Hewlett-Packard will announce after the close of markets in New York today. It announced nearly everything worthy of note on Aug. 9 . The good news is that earnings on a per-share basis at $1 will be slightly higher than had been previously expected. The bad news is that those earnings will count only on a non-GAAP basis because HP intends this quarter to take a combined $9.5 billion to $9.7 billion in charges, the most in its history: $8 billion for a writedown in the value of its IT services unit, the company formerly known as EDS; And $1.5 billion to $1.7 billion for restructuring charges associated primarily with the voluntary retirement and firing of some 9,000 HP employees. The job reductions are only the first round of an expected a combined 27,000 cuts that will occur between now and 2015. HP CEO Meg Whitman has said the restructuring is needed to get HP down to a size where its longer term business prospects are more tenable. However the pressures on its many lines of business are numerous and intensifying. If the results of rival Dell, reported yesterday indicate anything, they imply that the state of the personal computer business, of which HP remains the global leader though only by a whisker , is dismal.
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Like a stubborn grandfather, pets hate being taken to the doctor and like to have the radio on all day so that they don't feel alone. Take care of your extended family with this Groupon.
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$29 for a basic pet-care package (a $75 value)
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$95 for the expanded pet-care package as well as a bloodwork screening for dogs (a $275.95 value)
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Plywood sub floor over concrete slab
Need a little guidance here....have a concrete slab that was carpeted, mrs. decided she wants wood floor. So carpet is gone, concrete floor is sound, and moisture free. Due to transitions between two other rooms (one is 3/4" hardwood over 1/2" plywood over concrete slab, the other is kitchen ceramic tile).
My "plan" is to lay down 6mil plastic moisture barrier, then 1/2" plywood, and then 3/4" hardwood. This decision was made because I would like the transition from the existing adjoining wood floor to the new one to be "level".
Question is, what is the best way to attach the new 1/2" ply to the concrete? Power Nailer? Adhesive Glue? or?
My first thought was a "engineered" floor and glue down operation....but this is a dining room with some pretty heavy furniture, and not sure how it will hold up with 10 dining room chairs sliding around on it.
Comments and suggestions welcomed! Thanks in advance....
The plastic against concrete will cause moisture condensaton and eventually mold.
Plywood on a slab is NEVER a good idea. Installing plastic under it is even worse. If there's moisture, where do you think it's gonna go? The moisture has to evaporate into the room. If there's too much moisture, you need to find the fix for that first.
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I agree Jaz, plywood on slab is a failure waiting to happen, but some people are convinced it will work.
Thanks for your input.....but we have been in this house for 6 years, two of the existing hardwood floor rooms with the same set up that I am trying to duplicate, have shown no evidence of having mold problems (yet).
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So again I thank ya'll for your informed input, although no one has mentioned my original request for "guidance" on attaching plywood to the dry cement slab.
This wasn't a brain storm I just came up with on my own idle time....did some online research first on vapor barrier/plywood sub/and hardwood install...
One of the references I used I took some reference from: http://www.hardwoodcouncil.com/about.php, and their install guidelines.
But as I often tell my clients, opinions are like "noses" everyone has one, and one of my personal favorites......"it must be true, I read it on the Internet".
Again...thanks to all who chimed in.......
PS: Talked to former owner of our house tonight, the "existing wood floor" was installed in 2000....so if this install lasts another 11 years it will probably outlive me.......... :wink:
Good luck. Sometimes things work, even tho they are not done right.
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The SAS-1m, like previously the SAS-3m, was intended for a Comet Nucleus Sample Return mission. In order to get a simpler, robust system, the sampling depth requirement was reconsidered, and its goal reduced from 3 m to 1 m: 1 m was given as the very minimum depth to find a meaningful volatile sample. Technically, a corer of 1 m, in one piece, could be used. The diameter of the core sample was still equal to 10 cm, (Fenzi M. ET AL. 1993). The sample was held in a container tube inside the corer; having reached 1 m depth, a bottom shutter closed two hemispherical segments to cut the base; the container tube holding the sample was extracted and segmented in two, using an external cutter; the segments were closed with caps, and stored in the Earth Return Container (ERC).
The SAS-1m consortium associated Tecnospazio with Tecnomare and Rodio (I), DLR (D) and Rogalands (N). An extensive testing program was performed. Rodio selected a coring drill bit with polycrystalline diamond from initial tests. The industrial team at DLR extensively tested a prototype of the SAS-1m; Ettringer tuff (one of the reference materials) and solid ice were cored in liquid nitrogen. A cometary analogue material (a frozen, dusty water emulsion), was cored in thermal vacuum in a large Space Simulation chamber of DLR. These tests demonstrated that core sample acquisition could be achieved, respecting the requirements of low power (100 W at the bit), low axial force (100 N) and low torque (<50 Nm). Within the same study, a surface sampler able to gather some 5 kg of loose soil, and spacecraft anchors were developed and tested.
The SAS-1m was compliant with its requirements of coring at 1-m depth [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1993aems.nasa....1C ].
The heritage of this drill development is still alive in two ESA project activities:
- the drill SD2 on PHILAE, the ROSETTA lander;
- the EXOMARS drill.
ROSETTA has been launched on March 2nd, 2004; it is due to rendezvous Comet 67 P / Churyumov-Gerasimenko in May 2014. The PHILAE Lander should be ejected on the Comet in November 2014, The drilling tool 'SD2' will acquire small core samples (inner diameter 2.5 mm, max. lenght 6.5 mm) and deliver them to ovens for analysis by microscope and gas chromatographs (Civa, Cesac / Modulus) [Magnani 1998]. SD2 development was managed by SELEX GALILEO for ASI [http://www.esa.int/esapub/pff/pffv7n2/pozzv7n2.htm ].
The rover-mounted EXOMARS corer/drill [http://exploration.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=43611 ] shall acquire core samples at selected intermediate depths down to 2 m, using up to three extension rods.
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A wander through history today with apologies to those looking for punchy bullets.
The Web turns 20 today. Frickin' amazing if you ask me. My 10-year old wonders out loud what we all did before the Internet (by which he means the browser-based world of Club Penguin, Google, Yahoo!, and YouTube). And for the life of me, I can't remember, either.
How did we collaborate? Well, I remember that I wrote lots of letters to friends to stay in touch and was thrilled when someone wrote back (it was too expensive to make long-distance phone calls). My 7th grade buddies and I also wrote away to Pennzoil and STP to ask for stickers to put on our notebooks. I also spent a lot of time in the library (any library anywhere) and in book stores looking for books, magazines, research papers, whatever.
And for sharing information? Copies, copies, copies. I was an early and big fan of the mimeograph machine, stinky beast though it was. We used to sneak into the Physics office in college to get extra blanks in case we messed up when making copies for a seminar. And you had to get there early on seminar day to command a slot in the mimeograph line. (It was a blessed breakthrough when the Xerox machine was installed -- and only a dime a copy!)
And for creating, editing, co-authoring? It was typewriters, paper, and purple pens, folks. And pen and ink for graphics. Ugly stuff, but amazingly it worked. It took days or weeks do a turnaround, though.
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It was shocking to me anyway that we already have 34 million Americans working at least occasionally from home today. And that's with broadband to only 56% of US homes. But that's what the data say. And with our Consumer Technographics survey of 61,033 US and Canadian consumers, you can be confident that the numbers are accurate.
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In fact at its best the Sony Tablet P can feel like a multi-monitor setup in the palm of your hands and its form factor allows it to adopt either a tablet or laptop form factor depending on what is most useful at the time. The trouble is for every positive found in the Tablet P there is an equally powerful negative.
Most fundamental are the screen bezels. These are thinnest between the two screens but there is still 9mm (the thickness of a modern smartphone) between them which means your eyes never truly believes the illusion that they are watching one big screen. Worst still, the two screens are not generally bezel-corrected whereby the image is adjusted so it looks like the black bar of the bezel is physically in front of a larger screen, rather than the content starting and stopping either side of it.
With no bezel correction, content looks unnaturally seperated
Another fundamental problem is the aspect ratio itself which spread over two screens fits nothing properly at all. Videos have huge borders at any angle as do standard apps (some of which warp and stretch) and basic tasks like scrolling are made hugely frustrating when the action is broken every time your finger reaches the bezels between them. In short: unless both screens are truly borderless the whole concept simply doesn't work and it is relegated to freak status, a perfect illustration of Sony's simultaneous ability to be brave and utterly weird.
There are other shortcomings too. The five megapixel rear camera produces poor results with heavily pixelated images even in good light (though in fairness this is somewhat typical of tablets still) and the battery life lasted well under seven hours – not appalling but short of the competition. Despite this, so odd is the Tablet P we would like to recommend it for those craving something different, but with just 4GB of memory as standard for a hefty £499 RRP (£100 more than a 16GB iPad 2), which isn't being heavily discounted yet, it is an overly expensive experiment.
The Tablet P is the perfect illustration of why Sony has risen so high but also fallen so low. Its clamshell, dual screen design is daring, well made and has some key killer applications. The screens themselves are also of wonderful quality and the whole device has a premium feel. Unfortunately reality sets in and for its core tasks the Tablet P is more hindrance than help.
The dual screen aspect ratio doesn't work well with standard apps, video playback is horribly boxed off and simple actions like scrolling are made difficult by the dead area in the bezel between the two screens. Meanwhile the bezel itself is too thick to ever let the eye view both screens as a single display. We would love to recommend the Tablet P to those intrigued by its possibilities, but with an price that is more expensive than the competition, a proprietary charging port and a large power brick, it practicality won't let us.
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In 1987, Benjamin R. Needham and John M. Storey merged their respective funeral homes in Marion (Needham & Son Funeral Home)and Gas City (Jay-Swift & Storey Funeral Home), to form Needham-Storey Funeral Service operating funeral homes in both Marion and Gas City. At the time of the merger, Paul A. Shane, J. Mark Storey and Steven A. Wampner joined John and Ben as shareholders in Needham-Storey Funeral Service, Inc.
Benjamin R. Needham retired from the firm in 1997 and his interest was purchased by the firm through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The firm's name was changed to Needham-Storey-Wampner Funeral Service in 2000.
Marion History
In 1912 Benjamin Franklin Needham opened B.F. Needham Funeral Home in the 300 block of South Branson Street. Fifteen years later in 1927, the funeral home was moved to the corner of 6th and Washington Streets. While at this location, Mrs. Ben (Lola) Needham became the first licensed female embalmer in the state of Indiana. In 1930, Raymond E. Needham joined the funeral home and it was moved to 805 South Adams Street. The funeral home's name was changed to Needham & Son Funeral Home in 1935. In 1936, Raymond served as the President of the State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors when the main body of current state law pertaining to funeral practice was adopted. The funeral home was moved to 814 South Adams in 1946 and continued in operation until the building's sale in 1996. In 1969, Benjamin R. Needham joined the firm.
In 1989, a new 13,000 square foot funeral home, North Chapel, was opened at 1341 North Baldwin Avenue and featured 4 chapels. The Funeral Planning Center at 1337 North Baldwin Avenue was opened in 1996. This building was designed to provide an intimate, private setting where families can make funeral arrangements.
Gas City History
L.C. Frank established the L.C. Frank Funeral Home in the east portion of the Avalon Hotel at 310 East Main Street in Gas City in 1892. Mr. O.H. Jay joined Mr. Frank as a partner in 1933 and the firm became known as the Frank, Jay Funeral Home. In 1936, they purchase the property at 400 East Main Street, which was the original Gas City Land Company office. Mr. R.N. Swift purchased Mr. L.C. Frank's interest and the firm became known as Jay and Swift Funeral Home in 1946. Mr. John M. Storey joined the firm in 1960 and purchased an interest in the firm in 1963. The name was then changed to Jay-Swift & Storey Funeral Home which it remained until the merger with Needham & Son Funeral Home in 1987 and it's name was changed to Storey Chapel. The business was moved from an adjourning lot to it's current facility when a funeral home was constructed in 1981.
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Mr. Perry Wyckoff opened a funeral home in Swayzee in 1918 on Washington Street next door to the current post office and later in the same location as the post office. Mr. Morris Rybolt purchased the business in 1945 and changed the name to Rybolt Funeral Home. In 1953, the business moved to it's current address, 400 North Washington Street in a building designed specifically for funeral service. Mr. Philip Rybolt owned the business from 1979 until his retirement in 2000, whereupon he sold the funeral home to Needham-Storey-Wampner Funeral Service. The funeral home is now known as Rybolt Chapel in honor of the Rybolt family's dedication to the Oak Hill Community.


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Hello. I recently learned about making yogurt at home. I've done alot of research on it now, and I just made my first batch yesterday. It came out great. I would prefer it a bit thicker though. I used 2% milk and know that whole milk will yeild a thicker product, and that some people use a bit of powdered milk to thicken it also. I was wondering if I could use a single can of sweetened condensed milk in addition to my quart of whole or 2% to make it thicker and to add some sweetness to it. Has anyone ever heard of this or tried it?
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Letting it culture longer will also make a thicker yogurt. I use whole milk and let my yogurt culture for a full 24 hours (sometimes 25 or 26 if I forget to take it out) and it is very thick and creamy. I don't add anything to it.
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Lately I've been making yoghurt with a fairly good, reasonably thick consistency. It isn't quite as thick as the thickest supermarket yoghurts, but I think it could be if I let it sit in a cheesecloth-lined sieve for awhile as a final step. I think I'm using a recipe posted here awhile ago, so you may want to search old threads on the subject:
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Tess Vigeland: Getting people to save for retirement is one of the great financial challenges of our time. People tend to put it off and underestimate what they're going to have to save in order to stop working.
Five years ago, a law went into effect allowing companies to automatically enroll employees in 401(k) savings programs. The idea being that it's harder to opt out of a program you're already a part of.
But an analysis in today's Wall Street Journal shows that auto-enrollment may be costing workers, because they're saving less than they would if they signed up voluntarily.
Punam Anand Keller is a professor of management at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business. Thanks for joining us.
Punam Anand Keller: Thank you, my pleasure.
Vigeland: Remind us what the original rationale was for automatic enrollment.
Keller: Automatic enrollment was designed to overcome procrastination that may be related to uncertainty or lack of knowledge about how to save for retirement.
Vigeland: That sounds like it should have worked. And I know that the numbers show that certainly more people are enrolled in 401(k) plans than were before. So where did things go wrong?
Keller: I think the biggest problem is the assumption that one size fits all, or there is a common default that would be effective for everyone. We know that's not the case; there's research that shows that people who are younger need to save at different rates than people who are middle-aged or nearing retirement. So that's the first problem. The second problem is the default itself -- 3 percent -- was meant to be a recommendation, it was supposed to be a minimum. A more effective approach may have been to give them a range with 3 percent being at the low end, and that might result in a higher default. So for example if we wanted a 5 percent default, the range could have been 3 to 7 percent.
Vigeland: And then of course isn't there also the option of something called auto-escalation, where say you start at 3 percent and then each year, it's bumped up automatically? Again, unless you opt out.
Keller: Right. I think auto-escalation is a very good complement to auto-enrollment because it does allow customization, right? Because in this case, depending on the employee's salary, the default is automatically changed. But unfortunately, fewer employers adopt auto-escalation along with auto-enrollment. So we need to do something that encourages them to adopt both.
Vigeland: If it wasn't automatic enrollment itself that was the issue but the percentage at which employers set the default, isn't there a danger that if they raised that from 3 percent to, say, 5 or 7, that that would increase the number of employees who opt out? Because they simply think that they can't afford it?
Keller: I agree. That was the logic for setting that initial default at the lowest rate possible of 3 percent. But if employers really cared about employee health, they would segment their employees in terms of the best percentage for different employee groups. So if some groups have health issues, or some groups don't have other resources such as a significant other who works or has a lower household income, whether they do or don't have children.
Vigeland: But you are asking a lot of the employer to have what sounds like 10 to 20 different default options for 401(k).
Keller: I think at the end of the day, it's going to be a function of return on investment. So even if they have three or four and find that it's closer to meeting the retirement goals for different groups, that would be a more effective program than just having one that doesn't work.
Vigeland: All right. Punam Anand Keller is a professor of management at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business. Thanks so much for coming in.
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The demonstration of translucency to camera flashlights is totally unconvincing. It simply did not exhibit the claimed effect. The grooves too, were not obvious. As for the sphere, well, in a Roman Catholic country like Argentina, where there are religious paintings in almost every home, it would not be too hard to make a sphere based upon this painting. Furthermore, there was no demonstration of the other properties claimed for the fragment of metal.
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The changes to this iteration of iLife are perhaps the most minor we've seen to date, but Apple doesn't deny that this is an update more than a revolutionary refresh. That Apple's website invites you to "Upgrade Now" not to "Buy Now," isn't just because iLife '11 is bundled with all new Macs, we feel.
The price reflects the nature of iLife '11, too. At £45 the whole set of programs costs less than a single rival to each component part might. Obviously iPhoto and iMovie aren't going to rival Photoshop or Final Cut for users who need those more powerful applications, but for the casual user just grabbing content from their iPhone and chucking it on Facebook or Flikr that's not necessary.
The mix of component programs remains nearly unchanged, iPhoto, iMovie and GarageBand offering ways to improve or just play with photos, movies and music respectively. We did notice that iWeb seems to have been omitted from the iLife family, but we can't see anyone lamenting its departure.
iMovie remains as powerful an editing application as your average iPhone or Flip cinematographer requires. The additions in this iteration look particularly geared towards users of small, portable video cameras – such as those built into your iPhone or iPod touch.
iMovie's image stabilisation ability is a prime example of this beginner-friendly approach. On importing a video file from an external device, iMovie will ask if you want to apply stabilisation to it (you can also do this later if you chose). This processing did a pretty good job of removing the odd judder from our videos, of the sort induced by holding a small recording device with one hand – intentional shakes remained as present as ever though. Processing takes a couple of minutes on longer videos, or less powerful Macs (say, an 11in Air), but is tolerably fast.
Another option available on importing is to have People in your video files tagged using the same Faces detection as featured in iPhoto. As well as identifying which people are in any given video, this also gives the ability to find shots featuring anyone, specific persons or groups of people, which should prove useful if you're the type who ends up with holiday videos comprising three hours of scenery to every few minutes of family members doing something.
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As an iLife user and iPhoto fan (just can't be arsed with Adobe's clunkBridge) - as long as its used with the indispensible iPhotoBuddy, this update triggers that TR staple phrase - meh.
Now where the hell is iWork 11, been trying to fit a large table over two pages since it worked in iWork 06, till those pesky developers developed it....
Looking at some rumours, it seems the individual iLife apps will make their way onto the forthcoming App Store. If so, it seems a great way to pick up iPhoto by itself (pricing seems to be around $19.99 for individual apps).
@Jim - If another rumour is believed to be true, Apple are holding back the release of iWork, to coincide with the opening of the App Store. Link to story below:
Doesn't seem much better than whats available on Microsoft Live and that's free....
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1. Mac users.
2. Musicians. There is nothing like garageband, which is a pretty awesome tool for the price. However I recognise that most people wouldn't get much out of it being not musically inclined.
On a side note, if you want to learn an instrument, get a teacher, not a few videos.
Ah, but will upgrading nuke my entire iPhoto library like iLife 10 did?
@CodeMonkey - quite a lot of complaints on errr apple or amazon (can't remember which), and I think that was one of the issues.
@speedyg2012 - I signed in to Microsoft Live to see just what I could do with my photos compared with iPhoto '11.
In MS Live I could upload photos into albums that I can share with friends (although that sharing doesn't automatically include sites like Facebook or Flickr). I was also able to create a slide show plus if I wanted I could order prints. Oh I nearly forgot - I could sort the photos in different ways and rename them.
Unlike in iPhoto '11 - I couldn't edit the photos in any way, I couldn't create books or calendars very easily from them, I couldn't pull up a map of where all my photos were taken and there was certainly no face recognition. Basically all MS Live seems to let me do is create rather plain looking online photo albums.
As for what there is in MS Live that compares with GarageBand or iMovie ..... well I couldn't find it.
@rdsh True there isn't much functionality, but surely the likes of Paint/GIMP/Movie Maker/Handbrake et al. can offer functionality most casual users need? Its not going to be anywhere as good as Photoshop or Sony Vegas say, so it seems pricey for what it offers.
Garageband seems an extra that's not really going to appeal to iLife's original demographic, plus there is loads of tutorials and free software available to learn chords and other instruments before you have the option of taking lessons if your seriously into your music.
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Georgia Wildlife Resources Division
2067 U.S. Hwy. 278, SE, Social Circle, GA 30025
Lake Tugalo is a beautiful 600-acre lake formed by the Tallulah and Chattooga rivers. Owned and operated by the Georgia Power Company, Tugalo is on the South Carolina border near Clayton. Outboard motors are restricted to 25 horsepower.
Georgia Power: ph. 706-782-4014
|Best Bets
|Largemouth bass
|Among the six reservoirs in the Tallulah River system, Lake Tugalo supports the most abundant largemouth bass population. Bass in the 12 to 14-inch size range will be very abundant this year and an occasional 4+ lb largemouth will take the bait from time-to-time.
Because bass are abundant and receive relatively light fishing pressure, Lake Tugalo is a great place to introduce children and novice anglers to bass fishing. Lake Tugalo also provides the added bonus of quiet solitude and unmatched scenic beauty.
|From December through March, largemouth bass find security among the submerged branches of fallen trees that are scattered along Lake Tugalo's steep, undeveloped shoreline. Fishing the trees with wacky rigged Senko worms, pig & jig combinations and live baits are effective cold water tactics.
During the spawning season (April and May), cast soft-bodied jerk baits, floating worms, spinner baits or plastic lizards around visible structure near the shore's edge. Slow rolling spinnerbaits in the creek channels is also an effective springtime tactic.
When water temperatures rise in the summer months, look for quality-sized fish in the cooler headwater areas of the lake. Bouncing crayfish imitations or live nightcrawlers along the rocky bottom are effective baits for catching bass in these rocky, shallow water areas. Shallow running stickbaits in herring color patterns or jigs tipped with a curly-tailed grub can also be effective in the headwaters.
The transition into the cooler fall months pushes bass into the interior recesses of downed trees, especially on the upper end of the lake. Shad-imitating crankbaits, soft plastics and jigs are best bets in the fall. Anglers should also keep a watchful eye for surface feeding fish in the upper reaches of the lake and cast toward breaking fish with crankbaits and surface plugs.
|The shoreline of Lake Tugalo is very steep, undeveloped and dotted with fallen trees, which provide a haven for largemouth bass. The Chattooga River arm in the vicinity of South Carolina boat ramp is one of the best places to fish for bass during the spring and fall months. The upstream headwater areas on both river arms are the best places to fish for bass in the summer.
|Spotted bass
|Spotted bass are now present in Lake Tugalo in measurable numbers. Because spotted bass are relatively new to the reservoir, the bulk of the population consists of small fish less than 12-inches long. Spotted bass are more abundant in the Tallulah River arm of the lake.
|Spotted bass will roam a wide area in search of their favorite food, which is blueback herring. White-bodied soft plastics or hard baits that imitate herring will likely attract the attention of a hungry spotted bass on the prowl.
|Spotted bass are more abundant in the Tallulah River arm of the lake. Anglers who want to target spotted bass are advised to start in the mid-section of the Tallulah River arm and fish toward the upper reaches of the gorge. Spotted bass orient to points and areas with large rocks. During the fall months, spots can be seen feeding on blueback herring over open water.
|White bass
|Over the last three years, there has been an increase in the number of white bass in Lake Tugalo. White bass weighing up to 3 lb can be caught during their spring migration into the headwaters of the Chattooga River. October provides another window of opportunity to catch white bass when they are feeding on small blueback herring near the surface in the upper reaches of the Chattooga River arm of the lake.
|During the spring months, white bass will readily take small, in-line spinner baits like a Mepps Spinner or Rooster Tail, as well as small curly-tailed grubs in white, yellow or chartreuse threaded onto a light-weight jig head. Small topwater plugs will generate some strikes during the fall months when white bass are feeding on schools of small herring at the surface.
|During the springtime, anglers will find white bass in the upper portion of the Chattooga River. Start fishing where the river narrows down and fish upstream as far as motor boat access is possible. In the fall, look for breaking fish in the narrow section of the lake on the upper Chattooga River arm.
|Catfish were once very abundant in Lake Tugalo and was the number one favorite among its anglers. Today, the abundance of channel catfish and white catfish is much lower. Most catfish that are caught will weigh around 1 lb. The upper half of the Chattooga River arm supports the highest numbers of catfish.
|Catfishing techniques involve simple baits and simple tackle. Worms, liver, small bream and artificial catfishing mixtures are the most popular baits. Impale your preferred bait onto a size 6 to 1/0 size hook. Attach a few split shots onto the line and fish on the bottom near the shoreline at depths ranging from 20-40 feet.
|The best time to fish for Tugalo catfish is on a summer afternoon when the electrical generators are pulling water through the dam. The gentle current that occurs during power generation seems to trigger a feeding frenzy in catfish. Catfish are most abundant in the vicinity of the South Carolina boat ramp. Target the points on the Georgia side, especially in the sharp bends upstream of the boat ramp. During the summer, bank anglers can catch catfish from the South Carolina boat ramp.
|Bluegill, redbreast sunfish, and redear sunfish (shellcrackers) are plentiful in Lake Tugalo. Redbreast and bluegill in the 6-inch and 1/4 lb range are very common around downed trees and stream outlets in the upper half of the lake. Redear sunfish are less abundant, but trophies weighing up to 3 lb are caught each year along the steep rocky banks near the South Carolina boat ramp.
|Crickets and small spinners are effective baits for redbreast and bluegill. Cast around shallow water structure that is located in the small pockets and backs of coves. Fishing with red wigglers on slightly deeper rocky bottoms on the main shoreline is a more effective approach for targeting trophy shellcrackers.
|Fallen trees are abundant along the rugged, undeveloped shoreline of Lake Tugalo. The submerged tree trunks and branches provide a perfect hideout for bream that should be targeted by bream anglers. In addition, good numbers of bream reside in the many small creek mouths that drain into the lake.
|Among the walleye lakes in North Georgia, Lake Tugalo ranks near the top in terms of abundance and quality size. Although the lake contains some trophy-sized walleye that weigh over 8 lb, most of the walleye in Lake Tugalo are in the 2 to 3 lb size range, which is the perfect eating size!
|From March to early-April, cast Shad Raps or stick baits in crayfish and herring patterns or a small jig-head tipped with a nightcrawler or curly-tailed grubs into the flowing waters of the Chattooga River. This same tactic also works downstream of the Tugalo Power Plant on the Tallulah River side of the lake. Use a slow but steady retrieve and be prepared for gentle resistance on the line, which indicates a strike. During daylight hours, anglers should bounce nightcrawlers on the bottom around downed trees.
The summer heat forces walleye to migrate into the main body of the lake. Brushpiles and downed timber in 30-50-feet of water are the favorite summertime hideouts for Tugalo walleye. Using sonar, locate these areas on the Chattooga River arm and then slowly and patiently dabble nightcrawlers, minnows or jigs into every nook and cranny of the structure in hopes of enticing a gentle strike. If you suspect the walleye has taken the bait, allow plenty of time before setting the hook.
In the fall months, walleye often move into shallow water at night to feed on bluegill, yellow perch and blueback herring. Nightcrawlers, minnows and shad-imitating lures are effective this time of year. Walleye have a very light bite, so anglers new to walleye fishing should remain alert to slight movements in the line, which may indicate a strike.
|From March to mid-April, walleye congregate in the headwater areas of the Tugalo and Chattooga River arms. These areas are only accessible by boat. The Tugalo arm below the Power Plant is easier to fish during the non-generation periods, which usually occur from mid-morning to mid-afternoon. The Chattooga River arm maintains a steady flow all year. Anchoring in the slack water adjacent to the large cascade is the safest way to fish this fast water area, and it is well worth the effort because large concentrations of walleye are within casting distance of this spot.
From mid-April through June, anglers should fish on the bottom around downed trees along the upper half of the main lake. Cast nightcrawlers toward the bank and move it along the bottom very slowly.
Surprisingly, the best catches of walleye occur on the lower half of the lake during the summer months. Use sonar to locate downed trees and structure on the bottom in 30 to 50-feet of water. Walleye will hide under these structures and wait to ambush their prey. Slowly and methodically drift nightcrawlers or jigs in and around these structures to entice a strike.
|Additional Information
|Lake Tugalo is an excellent destination for those who fish from kayaks or small boats. Because of Lake Tugalo's rugged access roads, anglers should use vehicles with four-wheel drive and trailer small boats less than 16-feet long. Boating access on the Georgia side of the lake is available through Tallulah Gorge State Park, which is located off Hwy. 441 in Tallulah Falls, Ga. Easier access to the lake is available at the South Carolina boat ramp. Directions to the South Carolina ramp are as follows: From Hwy. 441 in Clayton, Ga., turn east onto Hwy. 76. After crossing the Chattooga River Bridge into South Carolina, travel about three miles and turn right onto Orchard Road. At the stop sign, turn right onto Battle Creek Road. At the fork in the road, bear right. After passing Damascus Church, turn right onto the gravel road. This long, winding gravel road will lead to the boat ramp, which becomes paved and very steep as you approach the parking area.
A walleye fishing guidebook is available at no cost on the Wildlife Resources Division web site at http://www.gofishgeorgia.com/Fisheries/Walleye?cat=2 [1]. Click on the link at the bottom of this webpage to download the guidebook.
Lake Tugalo has a 25 hp motor restriction. More information about Lake Tugalo is available on the Georgia Power website at www.georgiapower.com/lakes [2].
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[1] http://www.gofishgeorgia.com/Fisheries/Walleye?cat=2
[2] https://www.georgiapower.com/in-your-community/lakes-and-recreation/


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Casetop is a KickStarter project for now, hoping to raise pledges to the tune of $300,000 within a 30-day campaign. The project shows off a laptop-style dock, Casebook, which is a nifty case into which you place your smartphone. The case attaches itself to the smartphone and lets you enjoy the functionality of a complete laptop.
The processor and graphics power for the laptop is extracted from the smartphone while the handset itself acts as the trackpad while you use the laptop. The laptop case, itself, comes with many enticing features. It has an 11.1-inch 720p display together with stereo speakers, MHL video input, HDMI input as well as the ability to power up other devices via the USB port.
The best thing about Casebook is that it will support a whole range of devices once it launches. The team behind it promises that it will be able to support handsets from Apple, Samsung, BlackBerry as well as other vendors. You can contribute to the project by pledging $250 for your very own unit through the widget below. Within a day of its launch, the project has already raised more than $33,000 which indicates that it may be able to hit the $300,000 goal.
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Long hair is the trend of modern time
The hair styles are considered important in the events of present time prom parties. The girls think their preparation incomplete if they do have a prom hair styles.
With this thought that the hair style is necessary to attain a party, the girls also like to have long hair. So, now the girls are growing hairs. They are fully aware that the long hair is dressed in many ways as compare to medium or short hair.
So, the hair stylists are designing hairstyles for long hair for prom. According to a general view, the prom girls themselves are the designers of many hair styles. First of all the girls love to curl hair in wavy style near to the nape of neck.
These curly look hairs are used to make messy looking buns which are perfect for a prom night. These kinds of messy hair styles are also perfect with all kinds of prom dresses. But especially the long prom dress is used with messy buns.
It can be said that the girls of past time choose a hair styles according to prom dress but now the girls choose the prom dress according to hair style. So, it is the reverse gear of fashion or people's choice. From this thing it also realizes that the hair styles are very important for the girls of this modern time. The long hair is used to make long braids of different kinds.
The braided hair styles are also the trend of past time but it is used by girls with passion. The girls love to decorate braids with prom accessories. The mermaid and waterfall braids are new and lovely. They are also easy to make.
The years 2011 and 2013 are famous for using back combing hair styles at crown area of head. So, it is also used with long hair which is curled at bottom. It can be said that there are many hairstyles for long hair for prom. The long hair is also the symbol of beauty of girls. So, this beauty is decorated with different hair styles.


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Just because your boyfriends let you do that, doesn't mean I willOriginally Posted by DTR rex
This is a discussion on I can't beleive it guys.. I am selling the STi..(this is a sadd ass day) within the Comparison: WRX vs World forums, part of the Community - Meet other Enthusiasts category; Originally Posted by DTR rex Thanks. I'll be sure to take that into consideration when I urinate in your mouth. ...
Just because your boyfriends let you do that, doesn't mean I willOriginally Posted by DTR rex
1999 Corvette; vararam cold air intake; ls6 intake manifold; cartek stage 2x heads; cartek stage 2x cam; ported ls6 oil pump; hardened pushrods; 1 7/8" headers with full 3" exhaust back; hardened output shaft; 3.90rear gears.... 420rwhp
2001 Audi A4 2.8 Quattro; heated seats
Thanks for your input "kid".. but I think I know abit more than you do about this car.
Everyone here hates you for some reason.. ..wonder why.
I can day this Dr..whatver your gay name is..
Your a little sh-it with a wrx that won't be missed..
see ya!!
lol.Originally Posted by zigger
I tried to offer some friendly advice about a honest misconception you had about your car. An automatic S60R is simply not as fast as STi nor does it handle as well... Two things that you claimed in your post. I was just trying to clear things up, and even went ahead to make sure it was known by you that the Volvo was a nice car and that I hope you enjoy it.
So judging by your most recent post, I can only assume that you are a horribly insecure individual. I also find it rather humorous how you know nothing about me and yet you deem yourself to be in a position to tell me that you know more about a car than me, and that I am a "little-sh!t". I can assure, I am not little.... and I am not quite sure how you can tell me that my name is gay, when you cannot even properly type it out, and apparently do not know what it is. And if you truly did know more about the car than me, then you would not be stating things that are inaccurate and false (see above incase you had forgotten what you wrongly stated).
You make me laugh.
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Wow some people can't take rebuke. DTR was just pointing out corrections, he wasn't insulting you or the car.
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yeah, that usually indicates that the person has a lot of insecurity issues... but whatever, that's his problem.Originally Posted by trippy
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I have to say that even tho the Volvo is no Sti, I have been a pretty huge fan of that car ever since they were released. I hope that you have a great time with it and few problems! And don't listen to nay-sayers, if you like the car then who gives a damn what other people think about it.
"Hail to the king, baby." - BC
Jeez, interesting thread.
Congrats on the purchase, I love turbo Volvos. I've thought of the S60R as the STi for people who are older and go to country clubs, hahaha. Not saying you're either
Reliability will be fine as long as you don't try to go for 100+ hp more.
Not saying you'll mod it much, but if you decide to here's a good role model:
WOW that is one clean bay! for rad volvos
"Hail to the king, baby." - BC
yeah, that engine bay looks amazing.
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Its the way he did it though..It smelled of malice. Plus like someone else said the guy has driven both cars so I am sure he knows which is faster. If you really like something that is hard to let go you sometimes make yourself think it isnt as bad (aka the volvo is as good as the STi). Either way DTR could have just let the man say whatever he wanted its no skin of DTR's back.Originally Posted by trippy
I see where you're getting to but if this is a venting thing or a wishful thinking thing, put it in OT where facts don't really hold any grounds. Under this section, I would like to see true stories, and true facts. But its all good, no hard feelings.
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Originally Posted by DTR rex
<--- Robert
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.
I choose to point out incorrect information and correct it. I feel that is part of my duty as a long time member of this forum. And when I incorrectly state something, I expect others to do the same for me. And for the record, my post did not incorporate malice, in fact I made an effort to point out that the S60R is a mighty fine car and gave congrats on him for purchasing it. He made the decision to be a baby about it and turn a turn a simple incorrect statement he made into a full page worth of arguments.Originally Posted by Swordfish II
STi is faster and handles better than the Volvo. There is no debate on this.
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Originally Posted by GeneralGeeWhiz
I seriously think you spend like half your day searching for such pics to post on here
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|Patriots Look Poised For Another Super Bowl Run
|Bruins Trade For Drew Stafford
|Black and Gold Bruins Turn Yellow On Parade Day
|Inconsistency Will Continue For Bruins Unless A Change Is Made
The Teams: New England Patriots (3-1) At San Diego Chargers (2-3)
The Terms: Regular Season Week 6
The Place: Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CA
The Time: 8:15 pm
The Channel: NBC
3 Burning Questions:
The Chargers are a much more dangerous team than the 49ers and though the Patriots took care of business at Candlestick, it wasn't easy. The Chargers have been beaten three times this season, twice on the last play of the game. I think the Patriots have to get off to a good start, but I get the feeling it may be a lot like San Fran last week. With Jordan doubtful and Maroney questionable the running game is going to struggle. Cassel performed just okay last week with his two interceptions and needs to continue building that relationship with Randy Moss. It's set up for the Patriots to overcome the odds (and odds-makers), come together and beat the overrated Chargers. But I just see the Chargers establishing LT and opening up the passing game for Rivers. If the Pats get down early, it could be a blowout.
Chargers 31, Patriots 20
Tags: Kevin Faulk, Lamont Jordan, Laurence Maroney, Matt Cassel, Patriots, Randy Moss, Sammy Morris, San Diego Chargers
So if the Chargers beat us, and the Dolphins beat the Chargers and us…does that make the Dolphins better than the Patriots?
Tho…we did beat the Jets, who beat the Fins
The patriots defense is just like swiss cheese. They get killed all over the field. I mean…they never cause turnovers and always allow big plays, which is a horrible combination.
Matt Cassel has a tendency to hold onto the ball…which is bad when your O-line isnt good at all.
the end result? a blowout midway through the third quarter…
Close prediction X. This was a painful one to watch.
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A Qualitative Analysis of Reproductive Issues Raised by Young Australian Women with Breast Cancer
Connell, Shirley E., Patterson, Carla M., & Newman, Beth M. (2006) A Qualitative Analysis of Reproductive Issues Raised by Young Australian Women with Breast Cancer. Health Care for Women International, 27(1), pp. 94-110.
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Available literature concentrates on infertility concerns of young women with breast cancer, while attention to psychosocial issues related to maintained or regained fertility is scarce. As part of a longitudinal, qualitative study of experiences of young women with breast cancer (diagnosed at 40 years or younger); (n = 13), concerns about fertility, contraception, pregnancy, and breastfeeding after breast cancer were expressed. Using semistructured, one-to-one interviews over three time phases, we explored these women's experiences. Perceptions of fertility changed over time. Contraception issues were raised together with recurrence fears related to pregnancy and breastfeeding after breast cancer. Decisions related to unplanned pregnancies and breastfeeding were described as particularly onerous.
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Come run the ancient trails of the Pomo people. You will go back in time as you witness the wonder of rugged coastline, sandstone cliffs, kelp-dotted coves, tide pools, pygmy forests and panoramic views. August along the coast normally makes for favorable weather for a fast run. These pristine and historic trails should be on every trail runner and ultra-marathoner's bucket list.This event will be Saturday: 50K, 26K, 15K, 9KThe park caps the event at just 200 runners, combined for all distances and will keep this a special and intimate experience.In addition, to a fun-filled day and Pacific Coast Trail Runs unique vibe, you will enjoy World class aid stations, high energy volunteers, and the BBQ atmosphere at the finish line we are known for.Camping on both Friday and Saturday night at Ocean Cove Campground only a few hundred yards from the beach. We have prepaid for 20 spots in two adjoining group camp sites. First come first serve for spots. Each spot comes with room for one car. See below for additional park charge for those with two cars and one tent.Essentially, we can squeeze in a few more tents, but are being safe with 20 at this time. Each nightly tent reservation made through the registration system will come with one ticket for Friday Pasta Feed and on ticket for Saturday nights Cowboy Cook out. Each additional ticket will be $10. Adult Beverages included.Ocean Cover Campground Rules on for the day of events. Each additional car you bring in for your tent site you reserved with me, will incur a $27 charge. Any day use visit by non campers will be charged $7. Both fees will be collected by the park.Friday night, Race Director, Greg Lanctot will prepare his famous Tomato, Basil and Garlic sauce over angel hair pasta with all the fixings. This is the reason my wife married me, so she says ;-) Also, going to get my sister in law to make her linguini mac and cheese, my fav. Any questions, send email to RD to the right.
Start: Salt Point State Park, Jenner, CA The park is 18 miles (30 min.) north of Jenner along Coast Highway One.Bib Number Pick-Up:7:30 a.m. - 8:15 am at Salt Point State ParkSaturday Start times:8:00 am - 50km8:30 am - 26 km9:00 am - 15 km9:30 am - 9 kmParking: The Park entrance fee is $8.00Time Limit:There is a 9-hour time limit for the 50 km distance.
For the Course Map click hereFor the 50K Elevations click hereFor the 26K Elevations click hereFor the 11K Elevations click hereFor the Descriptions click here
Fully stocked aid stations every 6 - 10 kilometers. You can expect fresh fruit, salty snacks, PB&J sandwiches, assorted candy, boiled potatoes and salt, Clif Shots bloks and gels, electrolytes sports drink, cola, ginger ale and more. Additionally, it is highly recommended that runners carry at least 20 oz. of water between aid stations.
Sport-Tek or cotton shirt will be included with registration unless a no shirt option is requested.Sport-Tek: This Salt Point Trail Run Competitor Sport-Tek running shirt is a maximum comfort tee which has a roomy, athletic cut and controls sweat in both a men and women's fit. Next Level cotton blend Shirts: These are high quality shirts are more fitted that roomy.Awards:Awards are given to the 1st place female and male finishers overall in each distance. Age group 2016 medallions are awarded to the female and male 1st, 2nd and 3rd place finisher in each ten-year age group for each distance. Ultramarathon (50km) finishers will receive a custom event coaster. All distance runner finishers will receive a Salt Point logo and dated finisher woodallion.