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Watonwan County and Cottonwood County currently share the Watonwan County server for email storage and IS director Greg Walsh's time as he works to solve both counties technical problems, but all that will change Jan. 1.
Watonwan County and Cottonwood County currently share the Watonwan County server for email storage and IS director Greg Walsh's time as he works to solve both counties technical problems, but all that will change Jan. 1.
"Their email is actually starting to become a burden on our servers," said Walsh. "I've tried to get them to limit their emails, but there are individuals in Cottenwood who refuse to listen."
Watonwan County gets $793.23 for sharing their server with Cottonwood County.
Recently, the working situation in Cottonwood County has become difficult for Walsh – and there are signs which indicate that Cottonwood is looking to export their IT needs to Jackson County. However, Walsh states they would like to stick with Watonwan County's support through 2013 because it is convenient for them.
Jackson County has hired two new IT members to take care of the added workload of Cottonwood County, who look to be moving in their direction – though they have yet to contact the Watonwan County Board.
"Sounds like we're getting a divorce and they've already hired an attorney," said Commissioner Scott Sanders.
That coupled with Walsh's general disappointment moved the board to cancel the existing contract as of Jan 1 unanimously.
"Our employee is more important than anything," said Commissioner John Baerg.
With all commissioners present, the Watonwan County Board also met with Ed Connell to discuss the rental of a fairgrounds building.
Connell hoped to rent the roller rink Nov. 19 and 20 for a remote mini tractor pull. About 26 participants would engage in the tractor pull and it is a not for profit event.
Usual rental rates are $150 with a $2 million insurance policy with Watonwan County listed as an additional insurer.
The commissioners agreed to lower the rate to $25 for rental of the property, pursuant that Connell would list their name in the insurance policy – a cost of $100 to the MMMTPA.
Public Works Director Roger Risser updated the commission on the projects of the Public Works Department.
Risser commented it was a good month for county vehicles since expenses dipped below $1,000.
Risser then listed the two bids for the rental of a tar kettle. Bids were received from Bargen Incorporated at $3,415.73 for 80 hours and Brock White at $3,740.63 for 80 hours. Commissioners approved the bid by Bargen Incorporated.
Commissioners then looked at bids for crack sealing material. Bids were received from Bargen Incorporated at $11,952.90 for 16,000 lbs., and Brock White at $11,286.00 for 16,000 lbs. The commissioners decided unanimously to accept Bargen Incorporated's bid.
"A consistent product and flexibility justifies the difference," said Commissioner Sanders.
A notice of hearing on sale of state land was issued and will be held by the Department of Natural Resources at the Watonwan County Human Services Building, in the community room in St. James, Nov. 27 at 11 a.m. The purpose of the hearing is for public input regarding the sale of 99.75 acres of state land situated in Watonwan County.
Risser then updated the commission on the Watline Trail expenses. As reported, the Watline Trail is coming in about $500,000 over budget. The current plan extends the original two stage plan to a three stage plan, in the hopes that the final stage can be partially funded by MNdot. The Watonwan County Board unanimously decided to move forward with the plan as it currently stands.
Environmental Services Officer Bruce Johnson issued the annual request for signatures. The agreement brought to the commissioners is the same agreement that has been instated in the past. The motion to authorize the chairperson to sign the agreement was passed unanimously without much discussion.
All minutes and training requests were passed unanimously at the Nov. 6 meeting.
The Watonwan County Commissioners wanted to thank Steve Laingen and Sara Carlson as they retire, for their years of invaluable service to Watonwan County.
Laingen's position at the Watonwan County Highway Department will be taken over by the County Supervisor with compensation at $40 per day, until the position can be filled.


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Nashua couple charged in pair of Manchester robberies
November 16. 2013 3:10PM
MANCHESTER — A Nashua couple committed two robberies about 10 minutes apart early Saturday, netting about $550 in cash before they were arrested in Nashua, police said.
Stephen Ham, 47, and his wife, Debbra, 50, were charged with two counts of robbery each. Mr. Ham also was charged with being a fugitive from justice for a warrant out of Massachusetts on a robbery charge. They were last known living at the Motel 6 in Nashua, according to police Det. Robert Keating.
The first robbery was reported at 3:08 a.m. at the Mobil on the Run, 1019 Second St. Mr. Ham entered the store, wearing dark clothing and a dark ski mask covering his face, police said. He showed a knife and told the clerk to give him the money. He took the cash register out of the drawer and appeared to move around the corner looking for more money. He took about $200, police said.
About 10 minutes later, Mr. Ham entered the Shell station at 245 Eddy Road, and waited for a customer ahead of him to cash in a lottery ticket, Keating said. Mr. Ham showed the clerk a knife and left with the cash register unit minus the monitor, snagging about $346 in cash, authorities said.
Mr. Ham fled, and the cashier got a partial license plate belonging to the vehicle driven by Mrs. Ham, Keating said.
A state trooper spotted a vehicle matching the description of the one spotted fleeing the Shell station and arrested the pair, he said.
In an unrelated robbery, two men entered the N & K Market, 374 Pearl St., around 6:40 p.m. Friday.
One man jumped the counter showing a knife. He is described as between 5-feet, 6 inches and 5-feet 8 inches tall, wearing jeans with rips in them, white sneakers, a white sleeveless shirt over a dark long-sleeved shirt, a black hat and a red bandana over his face. He also sported white batting gloves, police said.
The second man was armed with what appeared to be a crow bar. He was described as 6-feet tall, wearing a dark shirt, gray-green pants, dark sneakers, dark gloves and a black hat with yellow stripes, Keating said.
They escaped with about $100 cash.

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"US and China disappoint the world", says Jo Leinen
"The biggest polluters turn out to become the biggest failures for climate protection", commented EP Environment Committee Chair Jo Leinen (S&D, DE), on this weekends events. On the contrary, the December climate conference in Copenhagen "needs to become a success", stressed Mr Leinen, who will chair the EP's Copenhagen delegation. Source : © European Parliament
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The Baltimore Orioles re-signed 2B Travis Adair, 1B Steve Pearce and C Chase Weems to minor-league contracts Friday, Jan. 18. Adair is the son of Orioles pitching coach Rick Adair.
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BaseballAmerica.com reports that the Atlanta Braves have released Ps Dennis Accomando, Adam Bullard and Casey Hodges, IFs Travis Adair, Chais Fuller and Chad Lundahl, OFs Kuyaunnis Miles and Jon Mark Owings and C Dan Coury.
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When students sit down to take their mandated English Language Arts assessment the third week of this month, and then math a week later, fewer will pass than last year. That's the message from the New York State Education Department, which recently sent out a memo to school officials, warning them to expect a drop in scores.
The predicted decline is due to the implementation of the Common Core Learning Standards this year, which includes revised tests. The memo, from Deputy Commissioner Ken Slentz, explained that the purpose of Common Core, implemented nationally, is to improve students' college and career readiness.
"New York State, for the first time, will be reporting student grade-level expectations against a trajectory of college- and career-readiness as measured by tests fully reflective of the Common Core," Slentz wrote, "and, as a result, the number of students who score at or above grade level expectations will likely decrease."
With concerns that American students were falling behind their counterparts in other countries, Common Core was designed to create a nationwide set of high expectations so Americans would be able to compete in a global job market. In Kentucky, the first state to give tests based on Common Core, the number of students meeting the standards for their grades dropped by a third.
Bill Heidenreich, superintendent of the Valley Stream Central High School District, where seventh- and eighth-graders will take the tests, said that history shows an "implementation dip" in the first year after a major change takes effect.
The memo stated that the expected drop in scores should not necessarily be taken as a decline in student performance. Instead, the tests will give educators and the public a more realistic picture of how prepared students are for the post-high school world.
Heidenreich said that educators will know how to interpret the scores, but he is worried that the general public won't. "The concern that I have is it gives the perception that our schools are not performing," he said.
"You're not comparing apples to apples," added District 24 Superintendent Dr. Edward Fale. "The tests are more rigorous, and they're measuring different things."


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Pet monkey returned to adoptive family in Brazil
SAO PAULO (AP) — Chico the pet monkey has been returned to the only home it has ever known, police said Tuesday.
The tufted capuchin monkey gained fame earlier this month when Brazilian environmental officials seized it from the home of 71-year-old Elizete Carmona. The monkey had lived with her for nearly 40 years.
An officer with Sao Paulo state's environmental police department said the monkey was returned late Monday. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the news media.
The officer said Judge Gabriela Muller Attanasio ordered the cat-sized monkey returned to its home in Sao Carlos after police took it to a protection center because of laws that restrict the keeping of wild animals as pets.
Environmental officers renamed the monkey Carla after discovering it was female.
"It's like a dream come true" Carmona told the Globo television network as she embraced the monkey. She said she would continue calling her pet Chico.
"It was really cruel to take him away from me," she said. "For me he will always be my son Chico."
"The family is once again complete," she added.
After Chico was taken to the animal protection center in the city of Assis, more than 300 kilometers from Sao Carlos, thousands of people signed an online petition calling on Sao Paulo state environmental officials to return the monkey to Carmona.
The monkey's removal followed warning letters from state and federal authorities dating back 20 years, Globo's G1 internet portal quoted Carmona as saying. The family has insisted it had received special permission to keep Chico.
The Carmonas adopted Chico in 1976, decades before a 1998 law that banned the acquisition and possession of wild animals. The Carmona family had said that Chico was completely domesticated and might not survive the stress of separation.
Chico was brought from central Brazil by a truck driver, who gave it to the Carmona family after the monkey bit one of his children.


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Remember when this was a thing? People chucking their Wiimotes in excitement...typically in the age of Wii Sports but I wouldn't be surprised if a few of these guys slipped hands when playing Mario Kart 8 or something. DayDreamRadio's game to blame in this case happened to be Wii Bowling.
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At this moment in your life what are the batteries from which you charge yourself on a daily basis or even in life as a whole? what drives you? what motivates you to keep going...the definition in you heart of hearts which powers the "you" now and possibly forever?
try your best to describe it in one word, my word is "truth" you can also share why you chose such a word
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Praise is my word. I know it's deep and cool.
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Family. I am the eldest of 5 kids (plus an aunt that professionals have stated has the mental state of a 12 year old), my dad has a full-time job and my mom is a midwife with her own practice (meaning she has to leave in the middle of the night on a regular basis). I do most house-work and cooking for the family.
I am of the mindset that family is your base. When you come into the world, you start on family and become your own person off of it. If at any point you took out family, however, the whole thing falls apart.
I may just be old school, but that is what drives me.
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Usagi: Warrior of the Rabbit. Killing Psychotically.
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For me: Stories.
I'm the type who's always milling stuff around in my head. I spend a good portion of my free time thinking about philosophy, examining my own thought patterns, or coming up with neat ideas pertaining to my interests. Mostly though, I'm a lifelong fiction nerd. A good story, to me, is the best thing in the world, and all my career plans involve working with stories, whether it be teaching literature, editing, or writing my own fiction. I never feel more energized that when I've just finished reading, watching, or playing through a good story. I love watching characters interact and drawing my own conclusions about their personalities and motivations, I love trying to wrap my head around the plot and whatever zany supernatural or science-fiction elements it may include, I love keeping a watchful eye on the presentation and being able to appreciate the stylistic flourishes that denote a savvy creator, and I love seeing how the themes that the writer wants to explore are presented, and turning them over in my head as the story progress and gives me even more to take into consideration. Fiction is my lifeblood, plain and simple, and don't know where I'd be without it.
My impossibly large ego won't allow me to accept less than perfection from myself. It forces me to throw my all into everything I do and pushes me to smash through any obstacles in my way because to do anything less would mean doing less than my best.
The Cult of Personality
In every sense of that word i mean it, i started of with a shitty life, a story i have written out if anyone here has interest in a good read but i wont bother typing any of it here. School was over i had nothing, i was fat, unfit. So the first thing i did was, try and get back into education, i did that and got slightly back on track with a future, then i exercised, dieted and am now a skinning (and to my suprise) good looking guy, now i am weight training to make myself even better whilst i finish my course on "Health, Social and Child Care".
So by strength i basically mean... Strength to make myself better, stronger, smarter. I heavily believe that if we dont try to make ourselves a better person, then whats the point? We all have bad negative things about us, i'm far from, far far far from it but i aim to make myself as perfect as i can!
Many things drive me though, this is just one, the thing drove me to pursue strength? That would be probably "love" I want to find love and get a family, my family was horrific, i was looking after my autistic brothers from the age 12 which is why i missed the entirety of school, so i want a wife, who i can love and treat like she's perfect, with kids who i can grow into awesome people (I've already raised three). I love helping people, making them smile and making them happy... I am pretty much sure i was built solely to help people and be a father but the main thing stopping me from doing that right now is that in real life, i have a huge wall not letting be myself around people until i get to know them. So i am working on getting rid of that!
I'm not stupid enough to think that i am perfect the way i am, i'm not... People judge you on looks (it's sad) but very true! So i work hard to make myself look good and it payed of yesterday (first day of college) When i was in a class of 23 girls and the only guy there. It was hard for me to socialize but none of the girls were telling me to go away, so i take that as a good sign!
Oh god i typed a lot... (ramble King) I can't really answer your question because many things drive me honestly but if i had to pick a single one it would be "Love".
The reason is i want to leave the USA and move to japan one day with my wife and son. to live a pure life were i can live a worry free life. of course its going to be a lot of hard work to get me there.


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Z-Vex Releases two new noise monsters: the Distortron and the Mastotron FX Pedals!
If you thought Z-Vex couldn't possibly invent any great new pedals...which planet are you from??? The fact is they still come up with cool stuff: the Distortron distortion pedal and the Mastotron sillicon fuzz are here to prove this!
Z-Vex Vextron Series Distortron
The ZVex Distortron guitar pedal is the gifted little sister of ZVex's "Box of Rock" stompbox. ZVex designed the Distortron distortion effect to simulate the "everything on 10" sound of a classic Marshall JTM45 non-master-volume amplifier.
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The new Z-Vex Vextron Distortion features simpler graphics than you have come to expect, but the sounds are pure fuzz heaven.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - January 15, 2013 --More than three dozen students have spent the night in a hospital after carbon monoxide leaked at their Nashville private school.
Drexel Preparatory Academy principal Cheryl Bowman told WTVF-TV students began coming to the office Monday morning complaining of flu-like symptoms. Officials decided to cancel classes.
After students were sent home, the school got a call from Vanderbilt University Children's Hospital, saying several students had been brought in and showed high levels of carbon monoxide.
Hospital spokesman Craig Boerner said Tuesday that 49 students were eventually brought in by parents and 40 of them were admitted for 23 hours of oxygen treatment.
Workers found a hole in a heating unit that serves the central part of the school. Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless gas produced by combustion.


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Police grant for bulletproof vests gets Derry council's supportBy HUNTER McGEE
Union Leader Correspondent
October 22. 2013 10:09PM
DERRY — Police officers on patrol in town will be better protected because of a U.S. Department of Justice grant that will help fund the purchase of replacement bulletproof vests.
Town councilors voted last week to accept the personal body armor funding of $2,762.50 that will pay for half the cost of 13 vests. Derry Police Chief Ed Garone said every patrolman in Derry is required to wear a vest and that he also occasionally wears one.
Bulletproof vests need to be replaced about every five years, said Derry Police Capt. George Feole.
"So, anticipating our needs over the next several years, we were able to predict the number of replacement vests we will need to purchase, Feole said. "The grant authorizes reimbursement by the U.S. Department of Justice for costs up to 50 percent of the purchase price."
The department received the award under the Department of Justice's Bulletproof Vest Partnership program. The town has participated in the program for a number of years, according to town staff.
The award may be used for National Institute of Justice compliant armored vests.
The funds can be used until August 31, 2015, according to town staff.
The department also recently received an award for the purchase of portable radios from the state. Feole said the radios will be used to replace existing radios.
Under the grant, the Derry Police Department will receive three Motorola APX radios, including carrying cases, batteries and microphones. The radios and equipment are valued at $10,613.52. Programming of the radios at an authorized shop is also included in the cost.
"The radios being made available by the state are newer models than we have been using," Feole said, adding that the newer radios have greater capabilities and interoperability than the department's older equipment.


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David Hall: The 1940-S has the distinction of being the worst struck of all the Walking Liberty Half Dollars. The typical 1940-S is very weakly struck at Ms. Liberty's left hand with many specimens showing no hand detail at all. The phrase "flat as a pancake" is very appropriate for this issue. Decently struck examples do exist, but they are scarce. The 1940-S is the rarest Walker of the 1940s in both uncirculated and Gem condition. It is quite a bit rarer than the more highly touted 1941-S. The 1941-S gets more attention because of a holdover from the days of coin albums when the Walking Liberty half dollar set came in two albums, the 1916-1940 issues in one and the 1941-1947 issues in another. The 1941-1947 albums were know as the "short set" and the 1941-S is the rarest coin in the "short set," hence it's popularity as a late date Walker rarity. However, the 1940-S is definitely rarer.
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Altamonte Crossfit's Mattie Rogers, 17, of Apopka, Fla. was crowned Varsity Gauntlet Champion after winning first place the women's varsity division of CrossFit Kids Teen Gauntlet held in Carson, CA in conjunction with the Reebok CrossFit Games.
Rogers, who grew up in a gymnastics gym, teamed up with USA Weightlifting and CrossFit coach Danny Camargo of Altamonte Crossfit just over a year ago. After competing and posting her scores in the annual CrossFit Open, Teen Gauntlet organizers extended one of 12 select invitations for her to come to California, pitting her against the best of the best, and the future of the rapidly growing sport.
She was tied going into the third and final test, which came down to the last nine reps of the workout. Rogers said "I knew I was tied for first place going into WOD 3, but didn't know I actually captured the gold medal until Coach Danny ran up to me to celebrate minutes after all the other girls were done. I was just trying to perform at my best, and I feel I did. I was excited to hear I actually won."
"Mattie was a great sportsman," said Camargo. "After she solidified the win, there were several other athletes still executing their movements, and under fatigue, Mattie walked over and cheered her competition on right next to them. Mattie has the full package. She's a stud. She's only 17. She's got a big future ahead of her."
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DETROIT (AP) — The family of a Michigan woman who died in Syria last month still lacks confirmation she was killed during fighting, a relative says. But a U.S. official says the government is working behind the scenes in the war-torn country to get a death certificate and return her body.
Deidra Mansfield told The Associated Press that federal officials haven't provided a death certificate for her cousin, 33-year-old Nicole Mansfield. Family members say agents informed them of her death on May 30 but details have been scant since.
The family still holds out hope for a proper burial but first seeks the proof.
"It's hard not having answers or knowing for sure what happened," Deidra Mansfield said. "We don't even know for sure if she is dead."
The U.S. official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to speak publicly, said the State Department hasn't received a death certificate from Syrian authorities, which it needs to issue what's known as a Consular Report of Death of a U.S. Citizen Abroad.
The official said the Czech Republic — the U.S. protecting power in Syria — is working with the Syrians to get a certificate but it isn't clear when that might happen because of the chaotic situation in Syria. The Czechs also are working with the Syrians to try to return Mansfield's body but the exact location of the remains isn't known, the official said.
The United Nations says about 93,000 people have been killed in Syria's conflict, which started in March 2011 with largely peaceful protests against President Bashar Assad's regime but eventually turned into a civil war. The United States and its allies recently said they will help arm the rebels.
Mansfield is the only American known to have been killed fighting in Syria. A pro-Syrian government news agency reported last month that Mansfield and two others were fighters for a group opposed to Syria's government and were killed in a confrontation in the northwestern city of Idlib. U.S. officials have yet to publicly provide information about her death.
A spokesman for Democratic U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee, whose district includes the Flint area where Mansfield's family lives, said in a statement that the congressman understands the family's frustrations.
"Since the incident, our office has also been in regular contact with the State Department seeking information and Congressman Kildee hopes they provide more details soon," spokesman Mitchell Rivard said.
Mansfield first became interested in the Middle East after a boyfriend introduced her to Islam several years ago, friends and relatives say. After the relationship ended, she continued with the religion, going to services at a nearby mosque and wearing a hijab.
She later married an Arab immigrant, got divorced and traveled to Dubai, telling her family at the time she wanted to learn more about Arab culture and the politics of the region, relatives said.
Though family members asked questions, Mansfield, who has an 18-year-old daughter from a previous relationship, never told them the details of her marriage or trips overseas.
Longtime friend Tasha Williams told the AP last month that Mansfield called in mid-May to say she would be returning to the U.S. on a flight from Turkey after traveling to Syria to see a man. She wanted to be picked up at the Cincinnati airport.
Deidra Mansfield, who grew up with Nicole, said this week that the mystery compounds the grief felt by her and other family members.
"We're just going one day at a time, hoping that something will come up," she said. "I guess we'll never really know or never have closure."
Associated Press writer Lee reported from Washington, D.C. Mike Householder in Detroit contributed to this story.
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Locarno International Film Festival. August 5 - 15 2009
Every August the Swiss-Italian town of Locarno becomes the world capital of film for eleven days. Moleskine is on the spot as usual with a customized notebook, bearing embossed on its cover the Leopard, symbol of the Festival. The Moleskine notebook is the official present to the artists and guests visiting Locarno. It is also on sale at the Magnolia shop in Piazza Grande.
During the Festival, the Piazza Grande with its giant screen, one of the biggest in the world, turns into an open-air cinema ready to welcome over 8000 viewers every night. Its long-standing tradition of openness and dialogue have made Locarno an ideal platform for the promotion of national film traditions from Europe and the all the world, from South America to Asia. The Locarno Film Festival knows no borders, neither geographic, thematic or stylistic, and in its dozen different sections welcomes all kinds of films and formats.
For further info: www.pardo.ch
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Hassan's choice: For college, but not K-12EDITORIAL
February 23. 2013 1:26AM
Try figuring this one out: Gov. Maggie Hassan is pushing state-funded, need-based scholarships for college students while trying to eliminate need-based scholarships for students in grades K-12.
In her budget, Hassan renews the state's funding of UNIQUE college scholarships. Like many states, New Hampshire has what is called a UNIQUE 529 college savings plan. Parents can put money into the account and use it, tax-free, to pay for college. The state gets a cut of the administrative costs.
Hassan's budget takes $4 million from the UNIQUE administration fees and offers the money to college-bound Granite Staters. The best part: These need-based scholarships can be used at any college or university in New Hampshire.
The big higher-education news in Hassan's budget was her restoration of most of the University System of New Hampshire funding cut in the last budget. These scholarships, though, could end up being much more important in the long run, for they undermine the entire justification for USNH subsidies.
The old way of subsidizing higher education was to build a state college and finance it. The better way is to give money directly to students and let them decide where to spend it. That empowers the student. The old way empowers state-subsidized institutions.
Hassan's embrace of need-based scholarships that can be used even at private colleges and universities is a positive development for college-bound students. So why does she oppose almost identical scholarships for K-12 students?
Hassan has pushed hard to eliminate the state's new tuition tax credit program in which businesses can take tax credits for 85 percent of what they donate to scholarships for lower-income K-12 students. Students can use those scholarships to attend private schools.
The House voted last week to eliminate that program. Hassan is eager to sign the bill, which would deny K-12 students the same opportunities she is offering college students. The intellectual inconstistency is stunning. Young students at risk of losing their ticket out of failing public schools are left to wonder whether their fate would be different if they had as much clout with the Democratic Party as do the unions to which their teachers and administrators belong.


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Is It Trademark Infringement To Resell A Product You Legally Bought?
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The details of the case are pretty interesting. Basically, Mary Kay requires its "independent" distributors buy a certain amount of product every month to sell -- and the amount required is often a lot more than they can reasonably expect to sell. So, one former Mary Kay distributor set up a pretty good business in buying the "remnant" inventory from others at lower prices (better than being stuck with it completely) and then reselling it online. It's basically arbitraging the inefficiencies set up by Mary Kay's ridiculous system that pushes excess product onto its distributors.
But, of course, Mary Kay doesn't like any of this (despite the fact that it still gets paid for its product) -- and, in theory it should have no case due to the always popular first sale doctrine (i.e., you can resell stuff you bought). Except, Mary Kay is trying to get around this by claiming that the online seller's goods are "materially different" and thus first sale doesn't apply. Why are the products materially different? Apparently, they're old, expired and not supported any more -- which doesn't necessarily seem to be "materially different," but perhaps a judge will find otherwise.


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Winx Club - The Angel of Doom
Watch Winx Club - The Angel of Doom online full movie.
The second season introduces Aisha (named Layla in the 4Kids and Rai English versions), the Fairy of Waves, and princess of the distant watery world of Andros (called The Realm of Tides in the 4Kids version). The newly expanded Winx Club face a new villain, Lord Darkar, who has the Trix become his helpful allies and loyal minions. They also meet the Pixies of Pixie Village, who they each bond with psionically. As sophomore students, the six Winx Club girls will earn their Charmix powers; a secondary fairy evolution that greatly amplifies a fairy's unique magical powers and spells tenfold, which is achieved when a fairy does something that will help her get in touch with her true self.


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Elder Scrolls V goes dragon mad
First glimpse at new engine
The first trailer for the fifth major instalment in the Elder Scrolls series was released yesterday, giving us a glimpse at the new engine, and whetting appetites for the dragon-filled land of Skyrim.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, set 200 years after the events of Oblivion, takes a new direction in the series and centres around fire-breathing creatures and the god of destruction.
Bethesda's new engine, the Creation Engine, promises more convincing landscapes and believable scenery. Items in the distance have greater detail and a lot of work has been done on shadows and tiny details, such as the effects from weather on foliage.
Another big talking point is 'Radiant AI', which gives the Skyrim population a more complex and engaging personality. Friendships and grudges will be unique experiences that may generate interesting side quests depending on personality traits.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is out this November. There goes another 100 or so hours of my life then. ®


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Pure Fix Cycles Premieres 'GLOW' Bike Series
The good people over at Pure Fix Cycles are making late-night bike riding that much easier—and a whole lot safer.
Marketed as the the first commercially available glow-in-the-dark fixed gear bicycle hits the market, this two-wheeled beauty—known as "The Kilo"— comes finished with a glossy luminous neon yellow frame and black deep dish wheels.
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Anything could happen over the next 16 days before the Bruins officially report for training camp, but right now general manager Peter Chiarelli says that the roster you see now will be the roster you'll observe then.
"I'm happy where we're at. I know there's been some stuff in the summer with Tim [Thomas] and Marc [Savard], and that has blown by, and we've got those two players on our roster, we've got some young blood coming and that's where we're at," Chiarelli told TheBruinsBlog.net Tuesday afternoon.
Obviously the trade rumors surrounding Boston's top-line center and former Vezina-winning No. 2 netminder have dominated the Bruins' news wire since the draft. Both players have publicly expressed differing levels of disappointment about being shopped, with Savard describing his feelings as "hurt" and Thomas skewering the inaccuracy of much of what was reported.
Chiarelli said that he doesn't expect any problems when both players report for duty.
"I expect them to be professional. I think the feedback that I've had has been positive," said the GM. "A lot of what you read, what you report on, is more illusory than anything. And they read it and they get … they don't get upset, they get concerned. And I talk to them, and that's professional sports. They're going to be in a good frame of mind, as will the rest of the squad."
As for two key contributors from last season – Steve Begin and Miro Satan – who are still unsigned unrestricted free agents, Chiarelli hasn't closed the door on a possible return for either player. Chiarelli said he last spoke with Satan's agent last month and is due to talk with him again soon.
"My guess is, nothing will happen at this time. That's where it stands right now," said Chiarelli.
Remember, Satan didn't sign last year until January.
As for Begin, Chiarelli said he hasn't "ruled it out." There are plenty other veterans available and looking for work in this odd free-agent summer, but Chiarelli isn't actively pursuing anymore older players at this time.
"We've got a couple roster spots up for grabs and I'd like to give a chance for a couple young guys," said Chiarelli.
•Center David Krejci has had the pin removed from his injured hand as scheduled and the procedure was successful. Chiarelli said Krejci is about 95 percent and should be fine for training camp, although the team will "take it slow" with the center "for precautionary reasons."
•Longtime assistant equipment manager Keith Robinson has been promoted to the head job to replace the departed Mark Dumas. The New Hampshire resident has been with the Bruins for more than 20 years.


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September Meet and Greet at Molokos
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By badxgillen
As mentioned in the September meeting thread the meet and greet at Moloko's would make an opportune place/time to have a frag swap so lets get one started here. These are the general guidelines I like to recommend for these coral exchanges.
If you would like, you can do your trading on the fly by just bringing by a few pieces and hoping that some one will have a desirable coral you want...Or better yet, you can post up what you have to trade and work out a preemptive exchange here on the forums, that method always works best for me. You can feel free to use this thread to post your trade-ables in or start a thread of your own.
But First, let me get you some of Bert's basis tips for success here.
1.) make an attempt to have a fragment of reasonable size and health and try and get things cut and ready a few days to a week ahead of time to have the wounds healed up for the exchange. And double/triple check for pest invertebrates or algaes before sending your corals out, we try to keep invasives to a minimum here...And once you get your frags home, just in case, always acclimate the specimens then dip the corals before you put them into your personal aquarium. QT Aquariums are best but good old Revive, Coral RX, Melafix, Iodine, or Bayer will do much better at prevention than nothing.
2.) Try to package your corals appropriately. This can mean not putting a spiny coral like birds nest into a thin dollar store bag or not utilizing insulation on an extended cold or warm trip. Try a small cooler or Styrofoam. If you can't find either of these and the destination is a long distance, keep the vehicle air conditioned or heated appropriately. As far as packaging goes you can double bag and use thicker mil plastics, or something else like a Tupperware or specimen container. I have even used washed out yogurt or cottage cheese containers that stack well inside the coolers. Just use something that will work, nothing like losing a nice and colorful animal because the bag got too cold and leaked all the water out on the way home.
3.)Do your best to be courteous and fair to one another by not take advantage of each others ignorance or generosity. These are people of all levels in the hobby so give them the benefit of your knowledge and experience instead of the cold shoulder. And speaking of generosity, that giving nature has always been smiled upon here at PNWMAS and pay it forward tends comes back around these parts.
Well, the meeting is closing in fast, less than two weeks yeah. I believe Christian who runs the place will also be interested in doing some trades as well, I imagine he will post up in the forum here soon.
So Let's see em folks, Whatcha Got!? Corals that is!
By badxgillen
May 2018 meet was another over the top meeting for the PNWMAS. For those who could not make it you missed out on a great event.
Rudy at The Golden Basket hosted the May gathering and did Great, his family works together seamlessly and handled the clubs needs without a hitch. And Kim, Siirena, Scott, and Saun did an amazing job of coordinating, cooking, and setting up all of this. Wonderful people right here!
Kim an Sirena in this pic getting all the kinks worked out before anyone even got there, this is an amazing couple right here. Emerald is ready with tickets for raffles in hand and in the background Sirena is making sure the margarita machine is ready to go...
And Yes, You heard that right, margarita MACHINE! One side was for the virgin blue raspberry slushy mix and the left was for the real deal margarita with tequila. This is the first "meeting" I have been to that had a margarita machine to dispense beverages.
Chef Scott helped Sirena by making a few things at home and maning the grill like he does so well. That marinated skirt steak was tasty stuff, never would have guessed there was soy sauce involved.
Albertareebt in and setup a whole sound system for music along with a mini amp for the speakers and raffles. As you all know Saun is a stand up guy, always willing to pitch in here and there.
I had to include as much vertical as I could on a couple pictures here, not only to show off our OSU Beavers tent, but to take notice of the amazingly beautiful clear and sunny day we had. Several people had enough forethought to bring camping chairs to sit down outside and enjoy the sunny weather.
Like Lewisfisherman here, polarized shades are not a bad idea today...You might still need them once you go inside and see some of the amazing corals. I know you found a few bright gems in Rudy's shop.
Mark and Exodus having a conversation right before things got started, there were several early birds who were more than willing to be of assistance where needed like these two. Both are seasoned veterans in the salt water hobby.
Eclipse on a sunny day!? Good to see you, glad you found a little time to come out and hang with the PNWMAS crew.
As usual, once inside you see Rudy and his team just working away, move em in and move em out. These guys are either taking pictures or bagging corals, not a bad gig if you ask me.
Pantherguy, stopping in for a little bit. This guy has some insanely colored corals if you ever get a chance to snag a frag from him I highly recommend it.
BAAHHH!!! Its OptimusPrime rolling in with the cooler in hand, full of goodies no doubt. Sounds like you might need to setup an anemone containment tank, I have that other bubble tip for you next time we meet up.
Maxicurls here is a guy I haven't seen for a while, maybe we should make one of those impromptu Molokos meets and see whats in the reef tanks by the bar, while eating my panini.
PDXMnkey aand Albertareef talking about financial changes in the market and effects on consumers, alot has changed in the last few years that's for sure, I think it is great when things become more available and affordable. Win win for a guy like me.
Did someone call for, the Zorro!? Whenever there is a reefer in trouble he is there, and whenever there is a must have high end Acro, he will have it. No trouble here,except trying to pick only ONE must have high end acros at Rudy's...I went with the Olympic Torch but really there is no wrong choice.
Tesch here for another round of PNWMS meeting fun! We are one big coral reef family here at our Marine Aquarium Society with everyone on the same page of reefing. Hit me up sometimes if you want to do some trading man, I always have something that needs a trim.
Youcallmenny conversing with PDXreefer front left, in the back ground we have Albertareef laughing on the left, FlashyFins and Princeton talking with the Sasquatch center background, and Ken on the right.
Sharklover and DarkAngel didn't miss out on the festivities, so many cool corals and cool people this was certainly the happening place to be this last Saturday.
Was nice to meet a couple folks I had not seen before. Thanks Saltedwaffles for the zoa frags, hope the chalice works out for you, just let me know if it gives you any trouble and I will see what I can do.
Jeremevans and his future reef enthusiast. hope you two are ready for a talk, because the PNWMAS Board chose a few members to act as a panel to answer some SPS focused questions.
We missed you Roy, but Rudy and I tried to manage without you, we covered a lot of ground in a short time so I hope some of the audience was able to use at least some of the information spoken. For those of you who missed it Roy answered a few questions right here. http://www.pnwmas.org/forums/topic/43136-what-sps-questions-do-you-have/?page=2
We even had Danlu speak about lighting wavelengths and LED diodes which can shed some "Light" on aspects of coral colors and growth. Recurrent flicker of %100 strength diodes to solve wavelength issues seems totally sound. If you want to talk about lights this guy knows a thing or two for sure.
After the presentation was done we moved onto the next event...The Raffles!
Get Your Tickets!!!
Just look at all these prizes! I don't know how we pull together so much good stuff for these raffles but alot of it has to do with our amazing group of officers and our generous sponsors, Thanks You Guys and Gals!
Patiently waiting with tickets for the ensuing raffle. Back left R-3, front right ReefRun, and behind right we have Walt.
Damien taking home one of the LED units, Whoop Whoop!!! Solid units right there man, nice score.
FlashyFins taking home the Upscalees Certificate here. Show me the Money!
Spectra coming in for the win! This guy most certainly deserves it, he has always been very generous as well as being a helpful hand when he can, Scotts a good man.
Lora and SRoberts took home not only the other LED unit but also a pass to the upcoming MACNA event. Talk about a lucky day!
At the end of it all we had all the helping hands we needed to take it down and wrap it up, you could call this team work or comradery , either way I love this crew.
Sirena and Kim loading the truck to the brim Ike they have done this before, these two are real troopers, excellent job ladies, excellent job.
So that was our Awesome May 2018 meeting. Another one for the records, a most outstanding meet if I do say so myself. The feeling of community was really there, the laughing, the trading, the conversing, and all round good times.
Thank You GoldenBasket, Thank You Emerald, Thank You Sirena, Thank You Spectra, Thank You Albertareef. you ALL made this one special and one to remember. And thanks to our PNWMS Crew, you make this forum go round, keep it real y'all...See you next month at the MHSC yeah!
Reef On!!!
By badxgillen
We bring you another public PNWMAS announcement, the Annual summer MHSC visit is almost upon us and the day is set for this informative upcoming meeting. Last year the weather was wonderful making the trip to the Newport Coast fabulous for before and after visits up and down our west coast! Sid is doing his best to make sure we have access to their personal break area which includes an indoor and outdoor alcove with benches, picnic area, and a grill spot sporting a Weber BBQ. I recommend a potluck style event were you can bring a dish and sample others so bring something healthy, or bring something sweet, just bring something good to eat.
You all will want to save the date on the calendar for this one.
June 30th 12:00 at the Hatfield Marine Science Center.
2030 SE Marine Science Dr, Newport, OR 97365
And for those of you who don't know the facility has had a recent overhaul a couple months back improving just about everything there is, so it should have plenty new to see even for those of us who have attended the previous years. And if all this wasn't enough reason to come out, the director Sid is going to take us to a different wing of the marine center and give us a personal hands on fish health workshop demonstration! Here are a few pics from last years killer presentation.
Last year this was an amazing experience in which we learned a number of protocols implemented in a facility like the HMSC including skin scrapes, gill samples, microscope identifications, and health assessment.
I mean who wouldn't want to get the knowledge and experience of this kind of nitty gritty tooth and claw kind of stuff!. There is much to see and learn here.
Say AAAHHHH Mr. Wolf Eel, its time for your check up.
Looking forward to seeing you all there.
By badxgillen
Holy Smokes! you all feel the same way about that last gathering as I do?
That meeting was Amazing!
It was probably the biggest and bestest shindig I have ever seen at Jeff's shop, wall to wall people, Boomin music, great corals, and really good food. Jeff and the PNWMAS Club really came through for this one folks. I am glad I did not miss out on this.
Before even entering the building there were two tables of various side dishes and condiments provided along with a number of dishes brought by some of the members attending. There were also plenty of "Refreshments" on hand...I swear I saw a keg around there somewhere, but no jello shots like the party bus.
We were all fortunate to have Chef Scott as our on hand grill man, working not one but two at a time! Thank you so much for coming in and manning those grills, you did it like a champ, and great food as always. Spectra is a man of many talents, so lets give him a mental applause for a moment.
And as usual the store was looking good...And Packed.
Packed with customers AND Corals! This was no joke!
Whatever you needed they about had it, Acroporas CHECK, Zoanthids CHECK, Bomb Mushrooms CHECK!
I think this gentleman and I had the same feeling, this is so feaking cool I have no idea where to begin. A cooler in hand is a good place to start though, I like that kind of thinking.
As many of you know there were a few group buys for this meeting in particular and I think it all worked out rather well.
Here we have PDXmonkey on the left scoping out a nice anemone to take home, which was hard because they were all very nice. Gill&Fin top middle was doing the wet work of getting those anemones bagged and handed out. And far right is Emerald being of assist in getting things in order, there were ALOT of participants on this one.
Gumby on the left going in for a frag of that delicious looking CNC Acropora that is going up on another Grow Out contest.I believe that contest is being put together by the man to the right of Jim, ReefNJunkie. Eye on the prize, bragging rights and a very nice Acro.
And then there was the happy recipients of the CNC Acans and the Zoanthid Grow Out contest frags. Fishoutofwater Let the games begin!!!
So Many people and so little time, at every tank in the store was a friendly conversation going on about the salt water hobby.
Optimus Prime, left, looking into what Stylaster, Right, is pointing at. A killer Acro no doubt, he has an eye for that reef candy and there is plenty of that here at CNC.
The owner of Cuttlfish and Corals sees to it that there is no shortage of ocean goodness in stock, and speak of the devil.
Here he is, the man himself. Thank You Jeff, for opening your store to us, helping out on the raffles, and for just being an all round cool guy. You and your crew did a bang up job, it was great and everything went like clock work, tell your staff that we appreciate them as well.
Jorge right here working non stop while the meeting was rockin, he didn't skip a beat.
Jack was also being put to the test with all the foot traffic in the shop but he was bagging livestock like it weren't no thing. At some points it was pretty intense but he kept his cool...Even when the sumps kept running low from all the bags of water taken out of it.
Just watching him made me want to grab some coral of my own to take back home.
Anyone need a frag!? Why yes Miles, Yes I do. MilesMiles here leading the way to a nice looking batch. Hope the move went alright my man, feel free to hit me up when things settle down and you are wanting a couple frags again.
Paratore here, getting a complete photo bomb by Lewisfisherman. A couple of real Zoa nuts, I need to swing by both your places at some point to check out the systems and get a trade on.
Kai here plotting the next course of action. Don't worry buddy, the crowds are thick but there tanks are full, plenty for all.
One of my main homies from the West Side! HigherThinking came over and brought me a beautiful favia, just because he is a nice guy. I will return the favor Andrew, you can bet on that my friend.
I usually see David on the other side of the table, with me buying coral frags, nice seeing you able to enjoy yourself man.
ZoroReef, sounds like your new system is coming along just fine, and it sounds like you are being very selective on what is going in to the new tank. Just the most exquisite pieces yeah, the man knows what he wants.
Trailerman getting his raffle on, he always seems to have a smile on his face, raffle or not, winning or not.
And yet Another Sasquatch sighting, no doubt the party at Jeff's brought him out of hiding once again. And why are you not in the Zoa grow out!?
Kasah Left, and Walt right, didn't get to chat with these gentlemen this time around but I do believe I will be competing in the Zoa GO against Kassah. Watch out man, these polyps are just getting ready to slip the jab.
Rudy also came by and said whats up, The Golden Basket hanging in Cuttlefish and Corals, very cool. Rudy is opening up his place next month for the May meeting so be on the look out for more details on that.
Danlu on the right having a good conversation with Gumby to the left. Looking forward to seeing some of the new advancements being made on the lighting frontier, keep us posted would you Daniel. And Jim, once I get my act together I will get you another little package going on of frags.
Sharklover just chillin, once again we didn't get to talk much, but be sure there will be a next time.
Lexinverts and Jeff having another in depth conversation. That Redsea reboot should be about past all its cycling stages and what not, I can get that slimer back to you when your ready.
Well Jim here has been all over the place hasn't he? To the far left is KKnight our TFT coordinator. In the background you can kind of see R-3 and Paratore having a good old time...And obviously the man on the far right holding the fish food is Gumby.
Look here, as cool as a cucumber it is our very own Albertareef! Always wiling to lend a helping hand, a stand up guy, and now I believe he is about to get those raffles going on.
Willapa taking away the Molokos Certificate, get that panini while you snag a frag man. A win win in Portland.
Exodus got the Avast certificate he wanted, although I am not too sure you really need anything else for your system. It is pretty solid right now as is.
Kingifhser got hooked up with the Coral magazine subsciption, YES!
SRRoberts on the left in disbelief of Spectra, middle left, winning double time on the CNC gift certificates. Yeah Buddy!
SAY WHAT!!! Paratore in for the Win! Radion in the Bag! Congratulations man, it is a sweet prize for sure, put it to good use yeah.
Another thing that was cool was there was a number of families that attended, it is always nice to see a reefer educating his children in the hobby and the club interactions we partake in. Keeping a reef together takes alot of knowledge so get em started early. Here are some nice looking families in the hobby.
Ron coming in and just dominating the rock flower anemone buy...The little tyke just couldn't take it anymore and went down for a nap. But I bet once those anemones are all opened up in the same spot they just POP and this kid will dig the in tank fireworks.
Here Jeremyevens was equipped with the front baby harness, so this kid could get the best view of the frag tanks. Very clever.
DJ came over from West Linn, always nice chatting with you man, and good to see the fam.
We all got to see Robyna and BlackIce with their new baby.
Just look at this kid.
And isn't this shirt just too much? Love It!!! Grow that one out for sure.
There were plenty of familiar and unfamiliar faces at the meeting and I love that, just the right mix were people all feel welcome and just start opening up to one another.
Here, Corals make everyone happy, its like a reefer ice breaker, just look at the smiles here...Genuine good times.
And yet another cheerful hobbyist, Tesch with the contagious grin, the vibe in this room is so amazing. All the folks here are on the same wave length.
Kevin just happy to be here it seems, and who wouldn't be in this kind of reefer party. It was about as good as anyone could hope for really.
I have some more pictures that I can post up but I would also like to see some of the other pictures different people got of that day, you can only have so many vantage point by yourself yeah.
I want to say a BIG Thank You to all those involved, you know who you are Holy, Albertareeff, FlahyFins,...Especially Emerald for getting this all together and to Jeff for puling a lot of strings for us. The club appreciates it.
I had a great time and from what I can tell so dd everyone else, this was a Grand event.
Love you all, Reef On my PNWMAS People! Be seeing you on the forum yeah....And at our next meet.
Whoop Whoop!!!
By badxgillen
As usual PNWMAS had an outstanding monthly meeting. Just In case you were not there or aware, this month one of our old school members that you all know as Stylaster opened up his home for the February 2018 gathering. Not only did he host the meet but he also put on a coral fragging demonstration for the club of two very different corals, a chalice and an acropora. But before I dive into the demo we should take a look at things from a proper order.
Due to the distance and a couple small accidents causing traffic Miles and I were a tad late to the party, but its cool. The demo had yet to begin, people were just getting social,
raffle tickets were getting sold,
and there was plenty of shrimp on the platters for me to "sample".
I have to give some credit to the hosts offerings and all who brought a food item, the appetizers put out were very tasty and much appreciated. So Yummy.
After making some quick greetings I made my way around to snap some pictures of Stylaster's main tank, and let me tell you, shes a beauty thats for sure.
Such nice dimensions and such clear acrylic, not sure how he keeps all that coraline algae at bay without scratching it all these years but he does and it is crisp!
The dimensions make it necessary to take this shot in at least 3 parts. Each side being just as in depth and diverse as the other.
These fish are really lucky to have made it into Roy's tank, they got it made in there.
Once I got a number of pics of the display I made a dash to the garage...That is were the reefers were aggregating at, and I know why. This thing is a straight operation!
Pacific Corals Is In The HOUSE!!!
Actually I am in the house of Pacific Corals but you know, I just wanted to raise the roof on this one.
Who wants some Corals!? Roy has got a Plethera hiding out in his frag tanks, a straight treasure trove i'm tellin ya.
Better get those bone cutters out man, I am gonna need my Acro fix after seeing these colors pop.But I suppose thats enough of the marine systems for now, I will move onto some of the Human members who attended...Sorry Princeton and Max.
OH SHOOT!!! The Frag Demo is about to begin.
Gather round to see what Roy has in store for us. The club funded the purchase of two colonies for the meet with everyone attending getting one of each coral cut during the demonstration. How Freaking Cool is That!? Great idea Roy!
Here are the pieces half cut, getting ready for their turn under the saw for division amongst the club. An interesting Chalice here with UFO ringed eyes And...
This Crazy green tabling Acropora, I swear I saw something very similar at The Premium Aquarium a couple weeks ago. Good Stuff right here.
Love this shot. Both of these guys are veterans to the reef hobby but Roy, right, being the owner of Pacific Corals was leading the demo for us today. And Roy is going to show us how its done!
For the chalice he used an Inland diamond bladed band saw to make short work of the plating coral. Just so oyu know Inlands do not normally have that nifty light unit attached tot he side, that is Roy's idea...That I am going to use. Love the little improvements and tricks each ingenuitive reefer has to develop.
You cannot tell by the picture but the band saw allows for very precise cuts even curved slices are able to be made. Something you can see in this picture though is to the bottom right is a HUGE thing of super glue. So many frags..
The acropora got its turn in the spotlight as well, Roy payed a special amount of attention here as some of the branches overlap making it harder to get the proper cuts.
Right after the Chop! The fresh frags go into a bit of tank water with a few drops of Lugols Iodine in it, this helps prevent infection to the damaged tissue.
These Bad Boys are now ready to be glued down or simply placed in the aquarium now to heal up. The whole process is actually rather quick, especially on a band saw.
As usual it was super fun getting to see many familiar faces and a couple new ones from the North.
The Clark here, he is kinda like super man, though he won't admit it. He is one of our IT Tech guys along with the Chief. He keeps the forum purring like a kitten, whenever there is trouble Clark and Chief are on the case. Good seeing you man, I am always glad to see you at a meeting. You always have some good ideas about reefer related equipment and have been a generous guy all around. Weather is warming up again so maybe we can work something out again ship wise. Oh, and I will be moving some GI Joes up in the tank for some higher PAR...Gonna BLAST em and see if I can get the effects you were talking about.
OptimusPrime, I didn't know you were getting into SPS. I could have brought you some frags just to try out in your tank. If you ever have too much problem with some of your zoas trying to mess with your acro base feed em a little bit of kalkwasser paste and they will go away right quick. In coral wars someone always loses, it is neveer fun but sometimes you have to pick a side. I will also see about getting you a frag of the Chongs Bongs and something else different. Looking forward to seeing your tank in the near future man.
Got to formally meet Lewisfisherman, left under the 460 nanometer LEDs. Hope you like the frags I brought over, the zoas are bright and beautiful and so is the yuma...But be careful, as that Ricordea will get pretty good size when it is happy and will win many coral to coral confrontations. Hit me up if you need a few more flavors at some point yeah.
Gumby on the right is another Outstanding member who lends a helping hand when he can in addition to doing a bit of behind the scenes work for the club here and there, he actually helped land the Fragfest Venue for us...What a guy. He is another person who also has some pretty intense corals in his system. With his connects in Washington it is not uncommon for Gumby to have something special on his frag rack.
Here we have Karen, our head of the Tanks For Teachers program and a great member of our PNWMAS BOD. We really didn't get to chat much this time around Karen, sorry about that.Don't forget though, if you want a coral or two for a TFT tank give me a shout out and I will see if I can get something your way. I always have something I can trim back or rehome. And apologies on the photo, I had very few pictures of her this time around so I apologize about the slight blur. Apparently I need to take more pictures, who would have guessed?
Now I know this is a saltwater reefer forum here but I thought that this picture of FlashyFins and the Carissa with their canine kin was too cool to not post up. They were both such well behaved animals...Cherany on the other hand!.. Just kidding, I kid, I kid. FlashyFins , left, does a great job sitting on our PNWMAS Board Of Directors making great use of her abilities in organization and enthusiasm. She did much of the coordination with Roy to make this meeting a success.Thank you Cherany, and thank you Roy and Carissa.
Well, instead of being redundant with some of the pictures taken I decide that some of the raffle photos could serve as some "profile" shots as well.
We had an impressive number of sponsor gift certificates to be had, as well as some killer door prizes given out by Pacific Corals. Upscales!, Barrier Reef!, Pacific Corals!, Seahorse Aquarium!, and some of my favortie frozen foods Rod's fish food!
Some of the ORA posters were Great! I scored one for myself but there were so many kinds it was a hard decision on which one to choose. Now I gotta collect a few more and get them laminated, they need to be in a fish room or by an aquarium.
A funny pic here of AlbertaReef far right, enthused about his raffle win! You can practically hear him sayin, YES!!! Middle is The Clark, and Far left is Stylaster. Look at that blue background glow, like our own kind of Party lighting for a reefer atmosphere.
MilesMiles won in the ORA drawing and snagged this Sweet coral poster, way to go Miles! This is another member of our PNWMASS officers always trying to do his part for the team, good man.
What a good looking bunch right here. Danlu and family made it out to the meeting, as you can see Daniel took home the ORA Tridacnid clam poster. And you can also see that his son doesn't need no regular blue, he wants a nice black and gold striped Maxima. He knows whats up. Always fun to watch the next gen reefers grow up.
Before I say thank you I have to apologize on not getting everyone picture in here, as well as not having all the raffle shots. I was having some technical difficulties with my camera battery dying and am now ordering a brand new one, I think the existing one is no longer holding a charge. Who knows how many photos I have taken with it though so it is what it is. To those I did not have in here, please forgive me, maybe Cherany or someone else had a few pictures to share with us that will have a different set of faces in it or another vantage point.
And at last I must say a BIG Thank You to all those who made this possible. Thank you to the Officers of PNWMAS and to the Board Of Directors for keeping this whole Marine Aquarium Society thing running, it is no easy task that no one person could do. All of your selfless participation means everything to the club. So Keep up the good work!
And a BIG Thank You t the club members to whom without there would be no club at all, thank you all for being who you are, considerate, conscientious and thoughtful reefers. Thats what we all try and promote here.
Thank you to all that is PNWMAS!


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