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I want to come back to an earlier point first, before turning to the last posts, and this has to do with so-called "algae-free" planted tanks. These do not exist; there is always going to be some species of algae in an aquarium. The aim is to keep it under control, and that is possible. Plants will "out-compete" algae but the light and nutrients must be in balance.
Floating plants will help, but in my view you are going to have to lessen the light intensity to really get at this brush algae. You are not over-fertilizing from what you have told us, and that can cause this too. The duration of the light is important, but duration and intensity are not interchangeable, meaning you cannot make up for one with more or less of the other. You are at 7 hours, and I would not go below 6, but that is in my opinion really not going to do much.
To illustrate how delicate this light issue really is: I brought brush algae under control when i reduced the duration of light down to 8 hours. I have moderate light, some say it is low light, over my tanks to start with, but brush algae was a problem until I reduced the duration to 8 hours. Over a period of two years I noticed that the brush algae also increased during the summer, and I came to realize it was because of the increased daylight during the longer days. I added heavy drapes and kept them closed during the next summer, and with no other changes, end of brush algae problems. This has now worked the last 2 summers. It was simply the increased ambient room light from the brighter sun during the longer days that affected the balance.
I would increase your water change volume to half the tank, and stay with once a week.
The wood in my tanks is absolutely covered in brush algae. I don't worry about it. I take action when it begins to increase onto the plant leaves. And there are several types of "brush" algae, as the attached photos show. I have both of these, though not in all tanks. It is another aspect of a tank's biology being unique that certain tanks will attract one algae but no others.
brush algae1.jpgbrush algae2.jpgByron Hosking, BMus, MA
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Something we all need to remember: The fish you've acquired was quite happy not being owned by you, minding its own business. If youre going to take it under your wing then youre responsible for it. Every aspect of its life is under your control, from water quality and temperature to swimming space. [Nathan Hill in PFK]
Thanks for all of the detailed info! I am going to try and disable one bulb and see if that helps. I don't have much natural daylight to contend with since the tanks are in my basement office. If I cannot disable one bulb I am going to try some floaters to greatly diminish the light. I appreciate the insight you gave Byron.
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Most likely your phosphates are high like Byron said and also check your nitrates; nitrates are best kept below 5 ppm. Phosphates should be pushed as low as possible but under 0.5 ppm works well to control algae and leave more than enough for plants. Avoid any fert that has phosphates. After killing the algae off using the Excel treatment, increase your size and number of water changes. An algae filter will also work wonders (killed my algae problem completely.
Rather than removing a bulb just get two lower wattage bulbs with the correct color temp.Knowledge is fun(damental)
A 75 gal with eight Discus, fake plants, and a lot of wood also with sand substrate. Clean up crew is down to just two Sterba's Corys. Filters: continuous new water flow; canister w/UV, in-tank algae scrubber!! Finally, junked the nitrate removal unit from hell.
For Fishless cycling:http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/aqua...ead.php?t=5640
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I finally got rid of my mess when I added some otto's and got rid of my plant light. I kept mine on a timer at 6 hours, as well, but it was simply too much light. I now have two- Home depot clamp-on lights at the whooping cost of $13! My $100+ light sits in my closet now but my tank is clean, neat and free of algae.
Floating plants will not work if you have filters that will throw them all over the tank. I tried that one, too. I have read of someone who got some window screening and attached it to his light to cut down on the brightness.
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Check Out the HIghlights of the Lion Fight 9 Weigh-Ins
- Written by Dave Walsh
Today is going to be a jam-packed day for fighters kicking each other as there is not only the K-1 World Grand Prix Finals today, but Lion Fight 9 goes down tonight on AXS TV. Lion Fight have released a rather comprehensive video highlighting the weigh-ins where all fighters made weight for this event. We even got Tiffany Van Soest putting on a pair of "Deal With It" sunglasses, even if that wasn't what she meant, to me, that is exactly what it means. Deal with it.
So check it out and don't forget to tune in tonight at 10PM Eastern Time to AXS TV to catch all of Lion Fight 9.


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Lansky discusses music and technology, March 24
Posted March 18, 2005; 06:04 p.m.
Music professor Paul Lansky will discuss the evolving relation between music and computer technology in his work at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, March 24, in 102 Woolworth Hall.
Titled "The Evolution of an Idea," his lecture will include a discussion of how technology has influenced our perceptions of what music is and can be.
Lansky, the William Shubael Conant Professor of Music, earned a Ph.D. in composition from Princeton and has been a faculty member here since 1969. His music focuses on the use of the computer and musical synthesis. He is fascinated with the sounds of the human voice and uses the computer as what he calls an "aural microscope" to explore this world and to recreate it in his music.
Lansky's talk is part of the /@rts (pronounced "slash arts") lecture series, which explores interrelations of new media, technology and traditional forms and practices of arts and humanities. It is co-sponsored by the School of Engineering and Applied Science, the Office of Information Technology, the Council for the Humanities, the Program in Visual Arts, the Department of Computer Science, the Department of Music and the University Art Museum.


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Menigitis Outbreak : Products Recalled
(WENY)---The pharmacy at the center of the meningitis outbreak announced Sunday a voluntary recall of every product it makes.
The company, New England Compounding Center, released a statement saying, "This action is being taken out of an abundance of caution due to the potential risk of contamination"
The outbreak is spreading quickly, all because of those steroid shots to the spine for patients.
In the past 24 hours, at least 27 more people have become sick. That brings the total number of cases to 91, including seven deaths.
Health officials say the steroid is contaminated with a fungus that goes from the spinal fluid up to the brain, causing a rare form of meningitis.
The Former Chief Counsel of the FDA, Sheldon Bradshaw, says the industry has been hijacked by those now just making cheap copies of, safer drugs.
He says, "These individuals are no different than counterfeiters. Instead of manufacturing fake uh Rolexes, they're manufacturing fake drugs."
Officials say there are no reported cases of meningitis in New York related to steroids.
Both Guthrie and Arnot Health Systems tell WENY TV News that they do *not* use products from New England Compounding Center.


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Once again, on request from Darthsal heres my review of the Rebel Blockade Runner that I posted over at the From Bricks to Bothans website the 6th of November 2001 and just like the review of the Darth Maul Bust its a complete copy of the original post.
Okay, here goes people:
Tim and all, I shout out loud: WOW! As Ive said in my earlier post Great News III! my sample of the Rebel Blockade Runner was delivered to me by mail straight to my doorstep Monday the 5th of November 2001 and I was just as thrilled as I guess you guys are.
So heres my review of the Rebel Blockade Runner Ive got earlier then I said yesterday:
The Box:
The Rebel Blockade Runner box is in Ultimate Collector Series style but with black and white artwork and is NOT labeled as an Ultimate Collector Series model but belongs to the Sculptures series that The LEGO Group has made. The box itself is HUGE and measures around 65 centimeters (25,5 inches) wide, 48 centimeters (19 inches) high and 11 centimeters (4.5 inches) thick looking at it from the front and also worth to mention is that theres NO additional pictures of the spaceship on the backside of the box. This box is with other words a bit low budget styled but its rather classy anyway and makes a great display along with the Rebel Blockade Runner itself which will impress anyone seeing it. Another thing to mention to all the LEGO fan-atics out there is that the box is of US style with piece count and notification that its a building toy on the lid just like all US boxes.
The instruction booklet:
Is of course in full color and takes you through the building of the Rebel Blockade Runner step by step but unlike the Darth Maul Bust I felt that the construction of the spaceship was much clearer in all cases so no extra caution is needed at all. The building of the Rebel Blockade Runner is divided into first building the fore/cockpit (hammerhead) section, second building the midsection and third building the engine section for easier construction of the spaceship before finally putting them together in the end. The very best thing about the instruction booklet is that ALL of the January 2002 System, Technic and Ultimate Collector Series sets are shown off in some rather great pictures on pages 126 to 127 in the 128 pages long and thick booklet.
The Rebel Blockade Runner itself and building it:
I started building the fore/cockpit (hammerhead) section as per the instruction booklet at 9.00 PM on Monday the 5th and then I went onto the midsection and last the engine section and at 5.40 AM on Tuesday (today) the 6th I was done building it. It took me 8 hours and 40 minutes to build the Rebel Blockade Runner and except for a few breaks for a few minutes I built the entire spaceship in one sitting because I were SO very excited about it. Unlike when I was building the Darth Maul Bust I got it all right this time around and I didnt have to re-build the Rebel Blockade Runner except for having to leave one flat hinge part out since it was of the wrong kind. Since the part isnt a vital one and is easily replaced Ill order a new spare part from LEGO later on and except for that theres not much else to complain about at all and Im very pleased with the end result. I had great fun building the Rebel Blockade Runner and seeing how piece by piece sculpted this very beautiful spaceship was truly amazing and seeing how the LEGO design team solved all the complex shapes was just as amazing as well. Ill tell you guys that the Rebel Blockade Runner is one HUGE LEGO sculpture/spaceship being 71 centimeters (28 inches) long at around 1:211 scale and its definitely something that will catch peoples attention when they see it on display in your home and collection.
So, is it worth the investment you guys ask?
Yes, the Rebel Blockade Runner is most definitely worth the 1829.00 Swedish crooner (around $173.00) I paid for it because it was great fun to build and is a TOTALLY AWESOME piece in my Star Wars LEGO collection indeed. I calculated that the price per piece were around 1.00 Swedish crooner (around 9 cents) so one gets a whole lot of pieces for a very good price I believe so to me it was worth the $$$ I paid for it. I built the entire spaceship at my girlfriend Evas place where it now is on display and shes just as impressed as I am with the Rebel Blockade Runner so double thumbs up LEGO!
I know that all of you guys out there has some questions about the Rebel Blockade Runner so Ill answer the ones that I can remember at the moment and here goes:
Is it an Ultimate Collector Series model?
No. At least its not officially labeled as such but its most definitely of Ultimate Collector Series style and caliber so I guess you can call it that but personally Id call it an Sculpture Series model since its basically sculpted out of bricks because of the way its done.
Does it have a descriptive label in Ultimate Collector Series style?
No. But it has an descriptive label thats around ¾ of an inch high and around 2 inches wide that you put on a sign made of bricks but thats a stand-alone-piece sort of say.
Is it in mini figure scale?
No. It isnt but its a 1:211 scale sculpture/model of the Rebel Blockade Runner spaceship.
Is it possible to customize an interior in it?
No. Even if its a VERY large sculpture/model in 1:211 scale theres simply no room at all for an interior in it because itd have to be at least 2 or 3 times as big for that and then again the inside mostly contains an armature for added strength.
Is it rubber bands thats on the ends of the fore/cockpit (hammerhead) section and are they needed to keep the plates in place?
Yes there are but theyre not really needed to keep the plates in place but its better to use them in my very own humble opinion.
Does it include brand new parts?
Honestly, Ive got no idea what so ever so you guys better ask someone with better knowledge about all the different parts that LEGO has made over the years.
Does it have the stand that we saw in those pictures a while ago?
Yes. Unfortunately the Rebel Blockade Runner does have the stand we saw in those pictures a while ago so see my personal comments about that bellow.
My very own personal comments:
Being a former model kit builder very much into wanting large studio scale models of spaceships and vehicles used in movies and television Im very impressed with what The LEGO Group and the design team has done with the Rebel Blockade runner but
The sculpture/model is very heavy and is NOT suitable to play with but just to have on display to look at and for showing off since some smaller sections of the spaceship way too easily falls off if caution is not taken.
The stand This is simply the absolutely worst thing I can say about the Rebel Blockade Runner sculpture/model and I cant understand why LEGO didnt design a much better stand for this otherwise very excellent model while at it. If it wasnt for those (in lack for correct name of the parts) feet parts directly under the engine section the stand is a VERY wobbly thing and cant really support the weight of the spaceship for secure display. So if anyone wants a better display stand you better design one on your own because the one thats included in the sculpture/model of the Rebel Blockade Runner has a whole lot to wish for I can tell you people out there. Another little thing on the minus kind of side Where those feet parts are theres a gaping hole in front of the two lower engines in the middle but I guess thats because LEGO wanted the feet parts to have a solid foundation to attach to but it looks kind of weird without any plates there Easy to solve though with parts I guess.
The stickers Details could easily have been printed on the cylinder parts but its not much big of a deal but I havent put the stickers on my Rebel Blockade Runner yet but Ill do it in the coming days since I wont take this very excellent sculpture/model apart ever.
Lars Olsson in Sundsvall, Sweden.
Btw Ive found my old camera and Ive taken some test shots of my Ultimate Collector Series X-Wing Fighter and they turned out pretty decent so tonight Ill take a bunch of pictures of the Rebel Blockade Runner at my girlfriend Evas place. Ill get them developed tomorrow and if they turn out real good Ill try and do my very best to get those pictures scanned and sent to Tim but I cant make any promises yet. Stay tuned.
End of the review dated Tuesday the 6th of November 2001.
Kindest regards,
Lars Olsson in Sundsvall, Sweden.


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Oscars 2013 – Infrequently Asked Questions
It's that time of year again, when the weather is chilly and we all read Wikipedia entries on American foreign policy in Afghanistan so we don't sound like idiots while discussing 'Zero Dark Thirty.' Oscar season is here!
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World's Biggest Trade-In? Boeing Buys Five Airbuses to Seal China Eastern 777 Deal
Tags: Airbus, Airbus A340-600, aircraft orders, Boeing, Boeing 777-300ER, China Eastern
China Eastern announced last week that it had reached a deal to purchase 20 Boeing 777-300ERs worth just under $6 billion at list prices. A portion of the purchase price will be offset by essentially trading in all five of their A340-600 airliners to Boeing, who will in turn try to unload them on other buyers.
The A340-600s were delivered between 2003 and 2004, but are much less efficient than the 777s that will replace them on long-haul routes. Five A340-300s will remain in the China Eastern fleet.
While unusual, it is not the first time Boeing has purchased rival Airbus jets in order to smooth over a sale. In the early 2000s, for example, Boeing bought
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A Call to Action
Friday, August 28, 2009
By Glenn Beck
What a week.
The president said he was going to fundamentally transform America. Since January 20, he's been racing full steam ahead toward doing just that. This week, can you feel a pivot point? Doesn't it feel like, as a nation, we are waking up?
We've showed you some amazing, frightening facts and the White House hasn't challenged any of it.
Unfortunately, I guess that means they agree with the information we've presented on people like green jobs "czar" Van Jones. He's an avowed communist and radical activist who co-founded the communist group STORM — a group that describes themselves and their activities as:
"We upheld the Marxist critique of capitalist exploitation. We agree with Lenin's analysis of the state and the party. And we found inspiration and guidance in the insurgent revolutionary strategies developed by third world revolutionaries like Mao Tse-Tung and Amilcar Cabral."
The White House hasn't bothered to even spin the information we presented on FCC diversity "czar" Mark Lloyd. This guy actually lamented the fact that non-state-run radio stations prevented the "incredible" revolution in Venezuela:
MARK LLOYD, FCC DIVERSITY CHIEF: In Venezuela, with Chavez, really an incredible revolution — a democratic revolution — to begin to put in place saying that we're going to have impact on the people of Venezuela the property owners and the folks who were then controlling the media in Venezuela rebelled — work frankly with folks here in the U.S. government worked to oust him and came back and had another revolution. And Chavez then started to take the media very seriously in this country.
That pesky private sector! It's just littered with that non-propaganda talk.
Lloyd has talked about balancing out the airwaves — and that's not just conservatives, that's everyone who doesn't agree with the state. Again, the White House is not disputing any of this. That should frighten you. Especially in light of the story on Drudge today about the bill that would give Obama emergency control of the Internet. Wait, that sounds familiar… oh yeah, that's "czar" Cass Sunstein's idea.
How about the New York chair of the Apollo Alliance — the people who designed the stimulus package? His name is Jeff Jones. Before deciding who to give your tax money to, Jones co-founded the Weather Underground with Bill Ayers. The Weather Underground is a domestic terrorist group that came out of the communist revolutionary group Students for Democratic Society of the 1960s.
Does that bother the White House? Apparently not because they haven't denied any of this, nor have they fired anyone or even denounced these radical backgrounds. And the radical Jones is currently helping New York spend more of the stimulus.
Yet, the White House does seem pretty concerned about you.
The Department of Homeland Security warned of the rise in "right-wing militia" groups — their report said if you are concerned about "legislation on tighter firearms" you could be in a "white supremacist militia movement."
They are name-calling you.
Saul Alinsky's big strategy was to take the enemy out of their comfort zone. Van Jones and all of these "czars" know this; they are radicals. To quote Van Jones: "We need to be about the whup-a**. Somebody's f****ng up somewhere. They have names and job descriptions. You have to be creative about how you engage the enemy, because if you do it on his terms, the outcome is already known."
You are fighting on their level. We're taking it. We're being called greedy hate-mongers who only care about profits whatever else and we cower.
Tonight, I am going to lay out a plan.
Step 1: Fear not and take them on.
We've been fighting on their terms — afraid to say anything. It's time to forget that! Let's make them uncomfortable with the facts:
— You think I want to starve inner-city children? Really? Let's look at the policies where radical progressives have had control. The cities with the top 10 poverty rates in America have been run by Republicans only 8 percent of the time since 1965 and eight out of the 11 have been run by Democrats 100 percent of the time.
— Am I the one that hurts education? Washington, D.C., has long been controlled by progressives. They spend $15,000 per student (the national average is $10,000), yet they are still ranked among the worst in the country: Only 60 percent of the kids graduate and only 9 percent will complete college within five years of graduating.
— Am I reckless for supporting gun rights? In England they banned guns in 1998. For the next seven years, the number of deaths and injuries from gun crimes increased 340 percent — because, guess what, criminals aren't going to wait on a background check on their way to shoot someone.
— I'm "unpatriotic" and "cold-hearted" and even part of "the mob" for opposing government-run health care? When was the last time, in America, you saw patients in hospitals so thirsty they had to drink water from the nearby plants or 4,000 new moms being forced to give birth in hallways because of a shortage of rooms or see someone have their supposedly removed spleen suddenly rupture? Because all of those things did happen in the U.K., where they do have government health care.
The argument isn't about the facts anymore. When the shouters — on either side — are wrong, instead of admitting it, they just call you a hatemonger. They try and shame you into silence.
We need to screw our courage to the sticking place and, without fear, force them to face the tough questions — no matter what name you're called or what threat you face because the truth shall set you free.
Sure, groups will come after you. If you disagree with man-made global warming the radicals will attack you and call you a flat-Earth believing, Holocaust-denying, selfish jerk who would rather drive an SUV than save the planet from certain destruction.
But the IPCC report that they so love to quote says the best way to fight global warming isn't by getting a Prius, it's by not eating meat. How many of your Earth-loving green friends are vegans? From here on out, when they start lecturing you about the planet, ask: Do you eat meat? Do you have leather shoes? If they say anything else other than "absolutely not," tell them to sit down and shut up. And when they stop doing more supposed damage with their steak, then you can talk to me about my SUV.
And maybe we'll also talk about the green jobs "czar," who sees green jobs like this:
VAN JONES, GREEN JOBS 'CZAR': We want a green economy that is strong enough to lift people out of poverty. We're not leaving anybody behind. We don't want an eco-elite economy.
We're talking about people that don't have a home. How do they get to be part of this green economy?
What good is a green economy if at the end of the day, it's just eco-apartheid anyway?
Which is it: We need green jobs because the Earth has a temperature (like Al Gore said) or we need green jobs for social justice?
By the way, that's Marxist code language. Social justice equals "take from him and give to him."
America, don't you see it? This isn't about Republicans vs. Democrats. This is about Republicans and Democrats and Independents against radicals, revolutionaries and anti-capitalist nut jobs.
Almost all Americans love the Constitution and we may disagree with this policy or that, but the fundamental transformation — the change that 80 percent of America was looking for — was a driving out of the money changers — those in bed with special interests, global corporations, Wall Street fat cats and political party hacks.
In the coming weeks on this program I'm going to ask you to continue to watch with a piece of paper because I'm going to continue to expose these connections and plans that are out of step with almost everybody in this country — unless you live in the basement of Nancy Pelosi's house in the most radically progressive neighborhood in the country while eating arugula and roast beef sandwiches!
But we're also going to arm you with facts. It's time to be unafraid and stop fearing name-calling, because sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me.
And just so you know, for those of you who are working for this revolution at the White House and SEIU and ACORN and Americorps, you should go back and listen to The Beatles' "White Album." Listen to a song, co-written by your progressive friend, John Lennon — who got it.
Even during the peak of 1960s radicalism, the Beatles understood:
"You say you want a revolution.
Well, you know,
We all want to change the world.
You say you'll change the Constitution,
Well, you know,
We all want to change your head.
You tell me it's the institution,
Well, you know,
You better free your mind instead.
But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao,
You ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow.
Don't you know know it's gonna be all right."
— Watch "Glenn Beck" weekdays at 5 p.m. ET on FOX News Channel
In or Out 2010
Friday, August 28, 2009
By Glenn Beck
The first part of Friday's show dealt with the loudmouths — the shouters — the folks who refuse to argue the facts and instead resort to intimidation and bumper-sticker slogan-esque arguments like: "He wants to starve cute cuddly kids without armpits! He hates poor people so much, he'd rather eat them then help them!"
No, I really don't. And I don't think they do either.
But the politicians they support keep enacting policies that don't help the armpit-less kids. They instead, continue to hurt people and make them more dependent on government.
The second part of the problem is politicians. They toss-out red meat for the shouters to feast on and the result is: "He's a shill for the GOP! He just hates Barack Obama!" And my favorite recurring Twitter comment: "Where were you during the Bush administration? He increased government too!"
I think it's futile to answer this charge again, because those who levy it don't listen or watch my shows anyway, so this will be the last time I respond to it:
I did say the same things about George W Bush.
I did complain about his out of control spending and debt.
I did complain about his failures on the border.
I did complain about his "abandoning free market principles to save the free market system."
I did complain, constantly, as Bush presided over the largest increase in government since Lyndon B. Johnson.
Because I, apparently unlike many (on both sides), have actual principles and I choose to hold on to the truth before the party,
The "where were you?" argument says nothing about what's going on today. That's like an argument you'd hear at recess between a couple of third-graders; it distracts from any real conversation. If you are now suddenly pointing out George W. Bush's big government policies (the same ones that you seem to love now), the third-grader in me would say, "Oh yeah? Where was your support for Bush while he was, just like Barack Obama, increasing the size of government and fascism?"
Stop looking through the partisan lens; both parties are screwing you over right now. They are using you. Ignore the R or the D next to their name and start supporting or opposing the politicians in a very different way: Look at what they believe.
Little thing I learned; a great man taught me: "Judge by the content of character."
Here's something I want you to send to every politician and demand an answer. And they are either in or out:
Dear Mr. Politician, yes or no:
1. I believe in a balanced budget and therefore will vote for a freeze in government spending until that goal is realized.
2. I believe government should not increase the financial burden on its citizenry during difficult economic times therefore I will oppose all tax increases until our economy has rebounded.
3. I believe more than four decades of U.S. dependence on foreign oil is a travesty therefore I will support an energy plan that calls for immediately increasing usage of all domestic resources including nuclear energy, natural gas, and coal as necessary.
4. I believe in the sovereignty and security of our country and therefore will support measures to close our borders except for designated immigration points so we will know who is entering and why and I will vehemently oppose any measure giving another country, the United Nations, or any other entity, power over U.S. citizens.
5. I believe the United States of America is the greatest country on earth and therefore will not apologize for policies or actions which have served to free more and feed more people around the world than any other nation on the planet.
If your politician doesn't believe, support or reflect these beliefs in their actions (not the little words they say), then they aren't supporting you. More importantly, they aren't supporting, protecting or defending the Constitution and it's time to vote the bums out.
Make it very clear: You are either in or you are out.
— Watch "Glenn Beck" weekdays at 5 p.m. ET on FOX News Channel
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Lippincott returns for concert at chapel, March 27
Posted March 19, 2004; 01:14 p.m.
Former Principal University Organist Joan Lippincott will return to the University Chapel for a concert at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 27.
Her program is titled "Sinfonia," after her popular recording of the same name. She has taken organ obbligato movements from J.S. Bach's cantatas and arranged them in appropriate fast-slow-fast sequences to produce three concertos. Lippincott will be joined by the Princeton Chapel Camerata, an orchestra of strings, oboes and harpsichord. General admission is $20; students are admitted free.
Preceding the concert from 4 to 5 p.m., there will be a free presentation on "The Image of Bach" in the Chapel crypt. Teri Noel Towe, a 1970 Princeton graduate, will examine portrait images of Bach and discuss how our contemporary understanding of the composer was established. The session will also include a student performance of Bach's music for the solo violin.
The event is sponsored by the Office of Chapel Music .
Contact: Tom Bartus(609) 258-3601


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Tim - I have contacted our local Agway (seedway dealer ) and have talked to them a couple of times since. They expect to have info for me mid April. This is busiest time of year for Seedway. Saw Montler took 2nd in Springer trial.
Paul I haven't followed up since my initial inquires about seeding mixtures. We've been so busy doing land clearing, cutting and burning brush and trying to schedule machine work for good weather that I haven't had time to look into the seed mixtures. It's only my wife and I doing the work on weekends so it doesn't go as fast as we'd like. We're trying to do as much of the clearing as we can ourselves to cut down on expenses once our contractor gets here which will be as soon as the ground conditions are acceptable. Could be April, could be August we'll just have to see what the weather has in store.
Have you had any success in determining a suitable seeding mixture?
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Paul, thanks for the tip on Brian. Hopefully I'll get invited to train again down at Bob's once it warms up a little. I'd like to talk to him in person vs. over the phone. My email is firstname.lastname@example.com
Sorry for the cryptic message. Brian Parsons is a good friend of Bob Montler
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Another source might be Brian Parsons - he now works at LCS but used to be with Monsanto -- good friend of .
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Pls let me know the seeding mix you settle on. We are located in NEPA also and will be reseeding some cover strips this spring.
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Season has been great so far we've shot a boat load of pheasants and a few ducks. Deer season not so good I pasted up a five point the first day and a six point the second even passed up about a 400 lb. bear I shot a bear three years ago and last year I don't need another bear for a while. Haven't seen a legal buck since that's the way it goes I have some really nice bucks on trail cam just not showing up. This weekend were either duck or pheasant hunting next weekend their stocking hens in Elmsport's game lands so were headed there? Then the following weekend heading back to cabin for muzzle loading season. Lots of hunt but as usual not a lot of training. How are you doing see any big bucks? How did you make out with double T and where are you now with your pup?
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As a long time float tuber before becoming a stealhead addict and moving to the PNW, I'll offer my $0.02 worth.
pontoon boats can cover more water. That is they can move from one area to another by the use of oars with less effort. And you sit higher out of the water so you have a better casting position. The down side of pontoon boats is: first of all, because you are up out of the water, you get blown around by the wind more than a float tube. And you have oars and foot rests and a whole lot of stuff getting in your way.
Float tubes, on the other hand, have none of that garbage getting in the way. However, since you sit lower in the water and you are now a dispalcement vehicle. Moving from one place to another requuires more effort,,,,and time. And because your butt is down in the water, your casting position is compromised. BUt, you are able to move short distances better by using your fins.
Everything is a compromise. What I have found to be the best of both worlds is a U-Boat style float tube with the addition of a 2 inch thick piece of really high density closed cell foam cut to fit the seat of the tube. this accomplishes several things. It raises your casting position. It raises your butt out of the water, but not so high that you get blown around by the wind. Because the foam is rigid, you now have a plaining surface rather than a displacement surface so moving about is more efficient.
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I'm starting to look at float tubes and personal pontoons for fishing some of the backwaters of the Mississippi. I live in South-West Wisconsin, and have mainly been a trout fisherman. The spring creeks around here are all easily wadeable, so I've never really looked much into float tubes or pontoons before.
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Hmm, it's quite annoying when I come over here to make a diary posting and all my thoughts have left my head.
Hmm, it's quite annoying when I come over here to make a diary posting and all my thoughts have left my head.
As Wheat and Matt got a new domain to go with the new server I got one too: mentaltux.com. Dunno what I'll do with it yet except that there will probably be a penguin on the web page.
It sounds like we had a good reception at LWCE. I didn't get to go myself but hopefully one day I will. ;)
I finally got my remote working on my WinTV card - stupid permissions ;)
That new Nvidia Geforce2 Ultra sounds sweet. Bloody expensive but sweet. I wanna get one but the guys think I'm nuts. We'll see when they come out how eager I am too part with my money.
Wow, I haven't posted a diary entry in over a month. We finally got one CD out the door so life is slowly coming back to normal. Today we had a going away lunch for Avideh, Jen and Chris. They are great people and we will miss them. I had a caesar salad and chicken fingers to eat. I should of had more.
We went to the new 7-11 downtown today. I wanted a slurpee. It was good.
Pulling a all-nighter at work......I forgot what we were doing Krimmit.
There has been a depletion of clouds above the city. Everything is too bright!
I've been hacking some packages lately for centerain customizations, like adding x-window-manager to a script. I also made a decent background too but it probably won't be going in.
Had lunch with a graphic artist friend of mine yesterday from my last job who is looking for employment now so he was downtown at interviews. We went to White Spot on Georgia and Seymour. Boy the service is slow there. Good food though.
Mmm, breakfast of penguin mints and coffee. How come my monitor's shaking.
I've had too much pizza this week.
Did a Slack->potato update on my family's firewall yesterday. It went pretty smooth with the help of neuro who has done a few of these already. Now all I have to is clean up the leftover crap. apt-get is sweeet.
It's been a while since I entered a diary entry but not much is new.
I think all my modules are ready for QA testing.
Spicey peanuts make me sneaze.
Worked some of the sunny long weekend. What fun!
Found some bugs yesterday that I fixed today. Something about wanting a list entry that was already deleted. /me fun with steak's himself.
I have my Annual General Meeting for my strata tonight. Joy.
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Hmm, weekend was good. Nice weather got me outside. It's starting to seem like summer again.
Congrats to my bud, neuro on becoming a full debian developer.
I finally got some UT playing time in. Kicked some ass too which means the other players were pretty lame ;)
The people that went to Linuxworld Expo Japan are back today. Horray for swag and goodies!
bah. Over the weekend I spend most of my time bashing my head over gettext. Yesterday I finaaly figured out what I had wrong so I gettexted one of neuro's modules as well.
I have the adduser module converted to sil2 but it isn't working correctly yet.
I had a look at IBM's Toppage beta. Nice product if you want a wysiwyg html editor. I don't and won't be using it.
I still haven't received my thinkgeek order. it better come soon. I like getting toys at work.
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- antarctical, south, pole, bif, cyro, amundsen-scott, station
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Here is a view of the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station as it appeared on March 1, 2009. I photographed this landscape as I was walking back from a weather balloon launch in the BIF.
March 1st was a very calm day with the sun still high enough above the horizon to give a pleasant warmth to the -50 degree Fahrenheit air. We were fast approaching sunset, and you will notice that the shadows are quite long. By the end of the month, the sun will be gone and we will not see it again until the equinox in September.
There is some haze in much of the image because the exhaust from the power plant sinks quickly when it hits the cold air, and then it stays close to the ground, making a bit of a fog around the station if the wind isn't strong enough to carry it away. The wind that day was less than 5 knots and was blowing from grid east, as it commonly does, and so the exhaust was blowing slowly towards grid west. The wind at the South Pole blows so seldom towards grid east that the Clean Air Sector is located there.
From this angle, you can see the four wings of the station, all of which face grid south, which is the general direction of McMurdo and New Zealand. From left to right, the wings house the gymnasium, the emergency pod and the two main berthing areas. In the center of the image you can see the Dome, the stacks of the power plant, and the doors of the LO and VMF shop at the ends of the arches. The unfinished particle board siding of the BIF and the cryo lab stand out on the right side of the image.
Have a look around and see what you can find.
The 23 images of this panorama were photographed with a Nikon D80 and stitched with Autopano Pro.


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Virginia Galleries Apartment
Size45 m²
Floor No.5(with elevator)
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- Disabled access
- Elevator in building
- Balcony/terrace
- Towels
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This one bedroom apartment, accommodating up to 2 guests in one king size bedroom, has an open plan living/dining/kitchen with balcony. Fully equipped kitchen with dishwasher and washer/dryer, oven/hob, microwave, iron/ironing board. Bathroom with shower over bath. Digital TV, DVD player. Free WiFi. Fifth (top) floor with lift access. No parking - public car park less than 100 meters. No smoking. Disabled accessible (but shower over bath).
Less than 1 minute to Argyle Street. Minutes from Merchant City bars and restaurants. 5 minutes to George Square and Buchanan Street. Just over 5 minutes to Queens Street Station and Central Station.
House rulesMust not be booked for partying.
Phone 1 hour prior to arrival and you will be met at apartment with keys.
Check-in is from 15.00 until 22.00. Guests may also check-in after 22:00 by appointment only. There is a late check-in fee of GBP 35 between 22.00 and 24.00. Check-in after midnight is not possible.
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Reviews for this host's other properties
Very dusty in the recovery. Poorly cleaned the apartment. The toilet in one of the rooms upstairs was not working properly. The aerial cable to the TV was not in order.
Some sloppy finishing works in the apartment. The backyard was overdue and muddy.
Very nice kitchen. Spacious apartment.
Sum: "Luxury appartment" not quite descriptive.
The apartment we rented in 2014 in Gallowgate was much nicer.
Geir Otnæs
Veldig støvete i oppgangen. Dårlig rengjort i leiligheten. Toalettet på et av rommene oppe virket ikke skikkelig. Antennekabelen til TV var ikke i orden.
En del slurvete oppussingsarbeid i leiligheten. Bakgården var forfallen og møkkete.
Veldig fint kjøkken. Romslig leilighet.
Sum: "Luxury appartment" ikke helt beskrivende.
Leiligheten vi leide i 2014 i Gallowgate var mye finere.
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Large, clean, well organized, very quiet and well positioned to visit all Glasgow, Kelvin Park and metro 2 steps.
There was a small problem that was quickly resolved by Ronnie and Andy on a simple e-mail to which they responded pronto.
WIFI ok
Grand, propre, bien organisé, très tranquille et bien positionné pour visiter tout Glasgow, Kelvin Park et métro à 2 pas.
Il y a eu un petit problème qui a été très rapidement réglé par Ronnie et Andy sur un simple é-mail auquel ils ont répondu illico.
WIFI ok
I have previously rented apartments through Wimdu - and this time the whole process enjoyable uburokratisk and functioning. The apartment in tip top condition (is however in the ground floor, that for a Dane bit of a basement apartment) is located two minutes from a subway station and also within walking distance from the city. Close to park and sights. Can be recommended
Jeg har tidligere lejet lejligheder gennem Wimdu - og også denne gang var hele forløbet behageligt uburokratisk og velfungerende. Lejligheden i tip top stand (ligger dog i ground floor, dvs. for en dansker lidt af en kælderlejlighed), er beliggende to minutter fra en subway-station og i øvrigt i gå-afstand fra city. Tæt på park og seværdigheder. Kan klart anbefales
Really good appartment, more than enough for 4 people. Situated close to town centre, 15min walk to bus station, and similar to the train station. The wi-fi worked prefectly, really good beds and furniture. There is an Aldi opposite the front door so it´s esay to go there if you miss something.The only 'but' is the toilet fan, extremly noisy for us. Everything else, great. I´ll recommend this one if you are planning to visit Glasgow.
Perfect appartment, had everythig we needed, Speedy service when the refrigerator broke down on a Sunday morning
We had a wonderful time in Glasgow visiting family and your flat met our need perfectly. Everything was as described from arrival to departure. The bedrooms were spacious and comfortable, the kitchen was well equipped, and the living and dining rooms were great. We will definitely contact you when we plan our next visit.
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And dead on about the playoff thing. I said the same thing. If there were a playoff and you had Bama as the 2 seed and LSU as the 1, you wouldve just watched those 2 teams destroy everyone until they wound up playing in the title game anyway. It wouldve been a complete waste of time. Bama won the title because they deserved it. They were a better team than LSU and they got a chance to prove it after losing a very close game that they shouldve won the first time.
One could argue the only reason they lost aside from missing FGs, was the ridiculous college OT system. If LSU had kicked off to Bama and Bama afforded the opportunity to punt instead of each team getting the ball automatically at the 25, I seriously doubt LSU ever gets into FG range in the first place. Their offense did much of nothing in that game as well. Bama deserved to play in that BCS title game and anyone who argues different is a ****ing moron.


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http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/h...-election.htmlHouse Republicans will approve a short-term increase of the debt ceiling in exchange for an official budget resolution from the Democrat-led Senate, a chamber that hasn't passed a traditional budget since the early days of President Barack Obama's first term nearly four years ago.
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., said Republicans will exchange a three-month increase for an official Senate budget resolution. If Democrats in the Senate cannot pass one, Cantor said, members won't get paid.
"The first step to fixing this problem is to pass a budget that reduces spending. The House has done so and will again. The Democratic Senate has not passed a budget in almost four years, which is unfair to hardworking taxpayers who expect more from their representatives. That ends this year," Cantor said in a statement from the House Republican retreat here on Friday. "We must pay our bills and responsibly budget for our future. Next week, we will authorize a three-month temporary debt limit increase to give the Senate and House time to pass a budget. Furthermore, if the Senate or House fails to pass a budget in that time, members of Congress will not be paid by the American people for failing to do their job. No budget, no pay."......
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Friday responded to the GOP plan by saying he "would be happy to consider" a debt-ceiling increase from the House, but only if it doesn't include extra stipulations.
"If the House can pass a clean debt-ceiling increase to avoid default and allow the United States to meet its existing obligations, we will be happy to consider it," Reid said in a statement. "As President Obama has said, this issue is too important to middle-class families' economic security to use as a ploy for collecting a ransom. We have an obligation to pay the bills we have already incurredbills for which many House Republicans voted."
Now we're cooking.
And yes, i know there will still be brinkmanship and sniping from both sides, but im just relieved they are speaking to one another....which is a kinda sad thing to be pleased about


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"If the offence was unintended, an apology should be cheap."
An apology is cheap, it's true — but it's also counterproductive, because it reinforces the false belief that such an apology was necessary or appropriate.
Pandering to these people just contributes to the utterly idiotic culture of political correctness which blights our society.
Let's take a look at what he actually said, for crying out loud...
"A release is an amazing thing; I'm not talking about the happy ending..": 3:02It's crude, but I don't see it as being sexist. The terms 'release' and 'happy ending' could just as well be used to describe the female experience as the male experience, although ladies are less inclined to make such reference to it in public. It's not excluding women; it's excluding prudes.
"Your printer, and your mom's printer, and your grandma's printer": 35:30Oh, for crying out loud. Would it really have made that much difference if he'd said 'dad and grandma', or 'mom and grandpa'? No, it wouldn't. Some people must have been trying really hard to find something to take offence at.
Of course your mum is likely to be less technical than your dad. That's just the way the world is. Does your mum complain when she gets cheaper car insurance? Men and women are different, and we shouldn't be burned at the stake if that fundamental fact of life affects the minor details of how we phrase what we say.
My own mother died a few years ago; did I cry myself to sleep after Mark's keynote because I felt excluded by his choice of words? No. I didn't. Some people really do need to grow up.
"we'll have less trouble explaining to girls what we actually do" at 35:55
There's another one which excludes me. I'm not single, so I don't spend my time trying to impress girls. Should I have been offended? Of course not.
In this context, I'd usually have said "normal people", meaning non-geeks, rather than "girls"; I tend to be quite self-deprecating about my geek nature.
But when I say "normal people" I often have to then explain what I meant by it. It makes more far sense to say "girls", because then people instantly recognise what I'm trying to say.
So I think it's entirely reasonable that Mark said "girls" in that context. When trying to communicate to a room full of people, of course you communicate in a way which will be understood by all of them without having to go back and explain yourself.
He certainly didn't mean to say "Hey, I think the Linux community is entirely comprised of single (or philandering) males, and lesbians."
If you draw that inference, then you are being bloody stupid!
(I should probably point out that the 'single or philandering' qualification in my above sentence applies to both males and lesbians. I didn't mean to suggest that lesbians aren't capable of a monogamous relationship. Please put the torch down and back away from my front door. But thank you for demonstrating just how stupid some people can be when they're looking for a way to take offence.)
There are problems in the geek community which make it hard for females to join in, and there are real problems with some of the things that people say sometimes. The geek feminist lobby certainly has a point, in the general case.
But Mark's keynote was not an example of this. By throwing their toys out of the pram over Mark's keynote, they cheapen the whole debate and perform a stunning ad hominem on themselves.
If you want to be treated with respect and integrate into the society, you don't achieve that by behaving like a Jemima and kicking up a fuss over nothing. You could try contributing to the real debate, like talking about some of the other crap Mark was spouting in his keynote.
So no, I don't think an apology is a good idea. Unless it's offered by the people who have been making all this stupid fuss — and it's offered both to Mark, and also to the people who really want to promote the integration of women in the community.


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Rails Tip: Avoid mixing require and Rails autoloading
I've seen in a few Rails applications warnings about constants being redefined at some point. Problem was always the same: a file was autoloaded and required afterwards, and this results in the file being interpreted twice. If the class or module defines ordinary constants you may be lucky and see a warning, but if not you may not even be aware of it. Let me explain why this happens.
For example, given:
# lib/utils.rb module Utils X = 1 end
If we autoload the module and then require the file:
$ script/runner 'Utils; require "utils"'
a warning is issued:
warning: already initialized constant X
This is an artificial example, but in practice it may be the case for instance that some initializer autoloads Utils and later a model requires lib/utils.rb. Of course you don't need and shouldn't do that, but perhaps the model was written by someone not conversant in Rails or whatever.
OK, the warning is telling us lib/utils.rb is being interpreted twice. That happens both in development and production modes, but for different reasons.
In development mode Rails autoloading uses Kernel#load by default to be able to reinterpret code per request. So, the usage of the constant Utils triggers the interpretation of lib/utils.rb with load, and since require knows nothing about that file it happily interprets its content again.
In production mode Rails autoloading uses require, and that is supposed to run the file once, what's the matter?
When require loads something, it stores its path in the array $":
$ ruby -rdate -e 'puts $"' enumerator.so rational.rb date/format.rb date.rb
require checks that array to see whether a given file was already loaded before it attempts to go for it. If it was there's nothing to do and just returns (false). The point is that require does not detect whether two different paths point to the same file, and Rails autoloading passes absolute pathnames to autodiscovered source files:
$ script/runner -e production 'Utils; require "utils"; puts $"' ... /Users/fxn/tmp/test_require/lib/utils.rb utils.rb
Since they do not match, the file is again loaded twice.
The solution to this gotcha is as simple as removing the call to require. An idiomatic Rails application names its files after the classes or modules they define and delegate their loading to the dependencies mechanism. Generally, the only calls to require load external libraries.


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Academic Regulations & Procedures
Academic Progress Reports
Faculty members are expected to notify the Office of the Dean of Students of any student at any point during the term, who they believe is experiencing serious academic difficulty, who has missed a large number of classes, who frequently submits late work, or who, for some other reason, should be brought to a dean's attention. This information is passed on to both the student and the student's academic adviser.
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