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Monterey and San Benito Counties weigh tougher conservation measures
MONTEREY, Calif. - Water managers on the Monterey Peninsula are taking a step to ramp up their conservation efforts. But the peninsula is actually in a much better position than another nearby county because it's been able to conserve more water.
The Monterey Peninsula Water Management District is going to move forward with some options taken from several different tiers of conservation to keep things under control. But San Benito County Water District said it's in a dire situation because the federal government may tap into some precious resources.
"We're experiencing an extremely dry period, that's probably the driest period in the last 150 years or more," said San Benito County Water District manager Jeff Cattaneo.
Cattaneo said he's scrambling to come up with more water for the district's agricultural and urban customers. he says last week the federally-run bureau of reclamation came knocking on his door for 8,000 acre feet of water his customers had squirreled away for a time when the reservoirs ran dry.
"One of their considerations for meeting their base needs because they were so short of water -- was for them to come and take that water that we had purchased and saved," Cattaneo said.
On Wednesday, the San Benito board decided to move forward with plan to hold a discussion meeting in February, where an emergency drought declaration will be considered. Even though the Peninsula is in a better spot, its still taking steps to be conservative.
San Benito County said it's water rationing could happen a lot faster if the federal government steps in.
"Our allocation, amount of water that we're going to get from the central valley project this next year for our agricultural customers is going to be zero," Cattaneo said.
Cattaneo said agricultural customers should expect a 15 percent reduction in water and a 25 percent reduction for urban customers.
Water managers on the Peninsula said, if we don't get 5-6 inches of rain by May, we could be pushed into stage 4 rationing.


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|January 2nd, 2009, 08:38 AM
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Also have had many questions about the speedometer thing....
So, The Dana 300 uses a GM style speedometer cable. The fitting on the transfer case is a 7/8" inch 18 TPI fitting. (Toyota transfer case also use this).
So, you can get a sender like what I have in the picture above. www.summitracing.com sells them, among other places.
Here's what I've got (mine was included in my big kit, but you can buy them seperately).
Other companies also make them, search in gauge sending units for speedometer senders.
|January 3rd, 2009, 04:11 PM
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Didn't get to do anything yesterday, company was over. Today, I got a little done, but football is on now, so no more work today.
Basically just dragged the front axle out of the snowbank that its been buried in, and got it up to start cleaning it..
Here it is:
Ugly. Wire brush time. Then Plasma time. Then grinder time.
So, here's where its going to go under the Jeep. Its a bit of a trick of perspective. Its directly underneath the + sign on the frame there. 99" wheelbase.
Oil pan clearance won't be a problem :) That bar hanging in front of the oil pan is going to be removed. It was welded in place to make the engine mounts all one piece, so that I could slide it all along the frame while I determined the engine position. It would be in the way of the front links, so will get cut off in the next couple days.
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|January 3rd, 2009, 06:51 PM
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Thanks :)
After 3+ years of a flattie in the garage, its good to actually have this thing under construction.
The wife's van has to go back into the garage tuesday, so monday will be a blitz to try to get the front links in place, and also get the trans crossmember/belly pan supports done.
Overall, having fun, and like how its turning out.
|January 3rd, 2009, 10:08 PM
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So, looking at where the numbers are currently lining up.. This illustrates exactly why I'm building this thing.
Look at the size, compared to a basic TJ Rubicon on 33x12.5s and a 2.5" lift.
............Rubicon 33s/2.5" lift.......CJ-3b
So, it'll be shorter, much much lighter, better power to weight, better ground clearance, wider track, longer wheelbase. And in my example, the CJ3b is fully built, with a full cage, winch, 37s on beadlocks, etc. The Rubi in my example is bone stock, except for 33x12.5s on some 15x8 (4"bs) wheels and a 2.5" short arm lift.
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|January 3rd, 2009, 10:23 PM
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|January 14th, 2009, 02:41 PM
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I'm trying to figure the front axle out, but I needed some tooling for my lathe for what I'm doing, so waiting for those parts to arrive.
Overall, getting ready to put the front axle in and the air shocks in place, but doing tons and tons of drawing, measuring,, more drawing, more measuring, etc, to make sure everything can fit.
Look for updates in maybe 2 weeks, since I'll be busy most of the upcoming weekend on house projects.
|February 22nd, 2009, 08:33 AM
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yes and no. I've run into an issue with the axle in the pictures above being too narrow. I should be close to having the new axle ready today, I will hopefulyl put up pics tonight maybe if I have time.
Won a new piece of business at work that I've been put in charge of, so free time is drying up. But I have some time off in April and May that should get stuff done..
|February 22nd, 2009, 08:25 PM
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OK, a bit of an update. So, got that front axle in the pics above all cleaned up, about 6 weeks ago. Then spent lots of time with the tape measure, paper models, CAD models, etc, looking at the geometry. The problem is the axle is just too narrow. With the suspension being air-shocks, I need to package them properly. But there was no way to get them to clear the tire at full stuff and clear the frame at full extension, without severely notching the frame, which I just don't like. Really wanted a wider axle, anyway. Tried to find a Dana 44 that I liked, but none were right, and honestly, they don't seem to hold up as well as built Toy fronts, in my personal experience (your experience may be different).
So, decided to try making my own axle. I have a spare housing, so if I destroy it, I'm not out much money.
So, first step is to chop up the old axle. Cut off the knuckle balls, and then cut the tubes off by the housing.
Then cut the housing more to fit the new tubes, which are 3.25 x 0.250 DOM. Plasma made this a little easier.
|February 22nd, 2009, 08:33 PM
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So, next, I worked on the balls
I've seen a few different people rig up something to hold it in the lathe, but didn't see the need. I trimmed the excess tube just past the end of the knuckle ball with a grinder. Then you can use a 3-jaw chuck to grab the inside of the knuckle shank. Then ran a bull-nose live center into the machined inner diameter of the other side, worked fine. Just had to be carefull as I turned them, as I was working very close to the chuck. Carriage stop is your friend here.
I was assured my lathe was the latest model then I bought it
While I was working with the lathe, I made 6 other pieces to align things. 2 for the knuckles, 2 for the tubes and 2 for the differential. The knuckles, once the old tube is removed, have a 70mm outer dimension, which is 2.756". So they just need a little bit removed to be a light press fit into the axle tubes. The inner dimension of the knuckles is 40mm, so the alignment pieces are made to fit in there, from some scrap 1.75 x 0.250 dom. A 1.25" alignment bar is going through everything to hold it all straight. I used some pucks of aluminum to make spacers to fit in place of the carrier bearings. The bearings are 79.95mm OD.
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|February 22nd, 2009, 08:54 PM
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To align everything, I got a piece of 1.25" x 60" stressproof steel, which has been ground, trued, and polished.
The third member was bolted back into the housing chuck, and the alignment bar was slid in. Then the knuckles were slid on, on their alignment tubes, and I could measure up the axle tubes.
Here's a side shot, you can see all the pieces which keep it aligned.
And here's where I am as of now. I'm basically ready to weld, but I want to measure everything 17 more times to makes sure. I have another set of alignment pucks, which go into the other end of the tube, and slide insde the housing end, which were to hold the tube in line. But, I don't think they are really necessary, as the housing holds it pretty well centered ( I test fit them, things lined up fine with our without them. ). So, hopefully tomorrow night I can weld it. Thats about 3 weeks of progress there, but i've only had 1 or 2 hours per wekeend to work and thats it. This is 4" longer on the long side, and 2" longer on the short side. Total width will be 62" wms/wms without any spacers.
One thing I need to do before welding is figure out the angles I want. I think stock Toys only run about 1.5 degrees of caster, and I think 5 degrees would be better for DW prevention. And then I want to tip the pinion upwards about 5 degrees from stock, which is what I ran on my diamond axle.
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I recently had the opportunity and pleasure to speak on a panel held at Oracle HQ in Redwood City, CA. It was a small conference – sponsored by Oracle – and attended by current Oracle ISVs to discuss the issues of converting and/or building a SaaS business. The panel was moderated by Kevin Dobbs with Montclair Advisors .
Joining me on the panel were Byron Deeter, a GP at Bessemer Ventures and Joel York, CMO at Xignite. I really enjoyed the panel members and the audience interaction and was reminded again just how bright the people are throughout Silicon Valley and how fortunate I have been to work in an industry where the US still continues to lead the rest of the world.
Some of the topics the panel bandied about regarding the SaaS business model reminded me of lessons I have personally learned that I thought were worth repeating here.
The first big question thrown at the panel is whether a company can successfully negotiate a hybrid model that embraces both SaaS and traditional software delivery.
My point of view – based upon personal experience and observing other companies attempting to do it – is "no". While a number have tried (e.g. Microsoft, SAP, Oracle), I still haven't seen any existing company do it very well, at least not yet.
The problem is at least two-fold:
- The SaaS model demands that a company not only be a software development organization but it must also take on the responsibility for running the sofware 24/7. It requires a different way of thinking about how you develop, market and deploy your products v traditional software.
- The differences between the business models drives completely different comp plans, completely different behavior throughout the company and different expectations by Wall Street/investors. For example, a traditional software model is sales capacity driven, a SaaS model is typically marketing/demand driven. It's hard enough for large ISVs to address this schism let alone a small company with extremely finite resources – while I haven't seen any company do it successfully to date, I'm willing to keep an open mind here and if you have great examples of companies doing this well, please tell me about them and how they are doing it.
In addition to these basic structural issues, I think back to when I took over Siebel's CRMOnDemand division after returning from a long sabbatical. I found myself having to learn a different vernacular and to develop an instinct for managing a different set of operating terms (e.g. CMRR, ACV, Churn, CAC Ratios, etc.).
In addition, we had to create a different organizational structure to manage the business model. For example, I created a Customer Success function in order to ensure someone woke up every morning worried about customer usage and adoption to manage Churn. In a traditional model, this responsibility was largely an issue/expense that the customer bore.
Where I had no cost of labor associated with managing software in a traditional model, the SaaS model demanded that with every new customer Ihad to ensure that performance did not diminish. This meant putting in more CPU, more storage, and doing a lot of SQL optimization work – especially for our analytics/reporting modules – whatever it took to ensure our customers were happy.
Of course, this is all "old hat" for execs at pure SaaS companies but for those ISVs who are just now contemplating deploying a SaaS solution, this will be new ground to cover.
The point I – and many others – have made is that embracing SaaS is just not as simple as doing a technical overhaul to make a product "multi-tenant" or to virtualize it – virtualization is the Larry Ellison method of delivering SaaS which Gartner now "endorses" as another viable form. Remember when it was sacreligious to say you were a SaaS company if your underlying architecture wasn't multi-tenant? It must be those high fees Oracle pays Gartner.
Actually, to Larry's credit, he is right about the fact that companies don't like commingling their data with others. Some market reports I have seen show there is demand for companies to deliver a "private" SaaS offering where each company's data is guaranteed to be kept separate. Those reports also show that companies are willing to pay more for this offering.
Another big question asked of the panel was if/when the Back Office/Mission Critical applications (e.g. ERP, etc.) would open up to a SaaS delivery model. The key constraints that most of the attendees identified as impediments to the sales cycle for these types of solutions today revolve around objections regarding performance, reliability, scalability and security.
These objections reminded me of a lesson I learned at Oracle back in 1987.
At the time, I worked for a recently anointed Oracle VP – Tom Siebel – in the newly formed Product Line Division. Under Tom were DEC VMS (Oracle's biggest product line at the time), IBM MVS/VM, DG AOS, Unix and PC organizations. I was given the responsibility to run the Unix division – a nascent product line.
One of the great value propositions that Oracle provided was that you could take an application built to run on top of Oracle (e.g IAP/IAG and its sucessor SQL*Forms), and run it on top of an Oracle RDBMS irrespective of the operating system/hardware platform.
In 1987, Unix was a fledgling commercial operating system and was primarily used in academic and/or scientific environments. It had few mainstream commercial applications. Then, Unix lacked a lot of what enterprises felt were basic requirements – clustering, disaster recovery, fault tolerance, scalability, etc.
A number of Unix systems start ups emerged to take advantage of the fact that Unix was relatively "cheap" to license and they could instead focus their engineering dollars on delivering fast, relatively inexpensive hardware systems. Companies such as Pyramid, Sequent, AT&T Information Systems, began to take on the mini/mainframe computer markets with these low cost systems – low cost when compared against a DEC VAX, IBM Mainframe, etc. vis a vis price/performance.
However, these new systems lacked commercial applications.
My strategy – er, Larry's strategy – was to go after the Unix systems manufacturers and to get them to license Oracle so that they could then take applications written on top of Oracle for DEC and/or IBM and have them immediately run on their machines for substantially less.
It turned out that the "magic" ratio was 10:1. Once the Unix vendors could offer an Oracle solution for 10x less than a comparable DEC Vax Oracle solution, many of the issues of security, reliability, etc. that previously plagued the Unix vendors selling into a commercial environment began to evaporate.
Instead, companies found areas where they could use an Oracle/Unix combination that wasn't as dependent upon security, reliability, etc. and Unix vendors used the profits from these sales to fund R&D to plug the commercial gaps. A classic Innovator's Dilemma cycle occurred.
We all now know how it ended up – Unix is now the standard operating environment for many/most commercial applications. Many Unix vendors were acquired and many incumbents disappeared – the computer systems landscape was irrevocably transformed.
I think it is easy to use this history lesson to predict where "cloud computing" is going to end up. Today, many large enterprise IT departments decry cloud computing as not reliable, not secure, not scalable, etc. However, with recent price/performance ratios tipping 10:1, we are beginning to see cloud computing enter the periphery of the enterprise and we will see a lot more in the next couple years.
It started first with front office applications. Now, it's penetrating the back office at several different levels that include applications (e.g. Workday) and infrastructure (e.g. AWS, Rackspace, etc.).
If history repeats itself – and I do not believe there is any reason for it not to do so in this case – I predict that within 5 years, private clouds and public clouds will achieve massive penetration inside the Global 2000 and completely disrupt the way computing is deployed and managed. It will also change the vendor landscape, irrevocably.
However, as much chaos as this will introduce now, in 10 years, I doubt that cloud computing will be a big topic of discussion because it will be de rigueur; just as Unix is today.


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|The 700R4 is 30.75 inches long about the same lenth as a th350 LONG shaft it has a 306 first gear and a .7 final drive for swap info go to www.smokemup.com then go to the tech area there is a section on swaping to 700r trannys
|I found myself asking the same questions recently when I went to purchase my 700 R4. A friend of mine who is a trans mechanic told me that they are all good. If you are planing to use it in a HD application you should have a few of the parts updated. But if you are using it in a mild streat car you should have nothing to wory about. If I remember corectly the yoke is the same as the TH 350 and TH 400 trans. I think I read that the trans is the same length as the 400 so you may not have to cut the driveshaft.
700R4 what to look for ?
I am contiplating replaceing my original TH400 with a 700R4 in a 67 Impala SS. I will be rebuilding the engine and this might be a good time to swap tranny's. From what I have read the 700R4 has better acceleration and bettter fuel mileage over the TH400. How do I go about finding one in the yards? What do I look for? Are certian years better then others? What should be rebuilt or tricked out for performance? Will I need a new drive shaft? Will I need a new sifter on the console? Is the 700R4 as dependable as the TH400? Thanks in advance ...Jim
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The three national wildlife refuges managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service along the 500-mile-long Bear River are exactly that: shelters for wildlife from the ever-expanding human presence on the Western landscape.
Recognizing the refuges in Utah, Idaho and Wyoming are limited in size, Fish and Wildlife Service officials have come up with a plan to protect more crucial lands along the Bear River as it flows from the north slope of the Uinta Mountains of Utah into Wyoming and then Idaho before returning to Utah where it ends in the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge west of Brigham City.
The plan does not involve creating new federal refuges but allows willing landowners along the Bear River to partner with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in conservation easements.
"We feel this is a good way to deliver conservation on the ground without changing land ownership from private hands," said Amy Thornburg, Bear River Watershed Conservation Area project team leader and land protection planner for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. "Easements are another tool in our tool box. They maintain a working landscape that wildlife depends on."
A series of five meetings two in Utah will be held in the three states over the next week to inform people about the program that allows the Fish and Wildlife Service to purchase easements from willing owners of land with important habitat for fish and wildlife in the Bear River watershed. Public comments will also be heard at the open houses.
Conservation easements are a voluntary legal agreement between the landowner and the Fish and Wildlife Service. The easements allow for traditional land practices like grazing and haying but prohibit subdivision. Public access remains controlled by the landowner, and taxes on the property remain local. The easements are signed for perpetuity and funded through the Land and Water Conservation Fund; prices are decided by fair market price.
"We are interested in getting input, ideas and concerns to help us design a project that is successful," said Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge manager Bob Barrett. "We have a sense of a great deal of support for the concept of conservation easements from the agricultural community. These easements allow the agricultural community to continue current operations but also protects the important lands of the Bear River watershed from development."
Other refuges along the Bear River include Cokeville Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Wyoming and Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Idaho. The watershed area is not limited to the Bear River corridor, it also includes tributaries and the lands around the waters. The area starts at the Bear River headwaters in the Uintas, flows through southwestern Wyoming and downtown Evanston, makes a quick jaunt back into Utah and then returns to Wyoming running north past Cokeville before turning west into Idaho.
In Idaho, the river passes near Montpelier, Soda Springs and Preston before making its final state border crossing into Utah's Cache County. It flows through the Cutler Marsh through Cutler Gap and into Box Elder County as it flows toward the Bear River Refuge and its eventual end at the Great Salt Lake.
Biologists say more than 200 species of birds can be spotted within the conservation area. Mammals within the Bear River watershed include elk, mule deer, moose, pronghorn, bear, coyote, fox and many more.
Three species were selected to help biologists track the health of the watershed and help them focus on the best locations for easements.
"We call them surrogate species," Barrett said. "They are umbrella species that are indicators of the quality of the habitat."
Two birds, the American avocet and sage thrasher, were selected as surrogate species, and so was the Bonneville cutthroat trout, Utah's state fish. It is unlikely that the species Utah has listed as sensitive resides on the last stretch of the Bear River between the Idaho border and the Bear River Refuge, but the fish remains in stretches of the river in Idaho, Wyoming and northeastern Utah.
Warren Colyer, watershed restoration programs director for Trout Unlimited, welcomes the easement program.
"This a great fit for work we have been doing along the entire Bear River drainage since 2005 as part of our native trout project. Conservation easements and land protection are crucial. We like to see ranches continue in perpetuity and see the agricultural community succeed," he said. "The alternative is we see subdivisions and development. Those things are pretty hard on fish and wildlife."
Colyer said that at last count Trout Unlimited, which does not do conservation easements, has worked on 35 fish passage restoration projects, improved or restored connections in about 150 miles of streams in the watershed and spent more than $5 million helping landowners create more efficient and fish-safe means of delivering water across their lands.
The five public meetings the two in Utah are Tuesday in Logan and Wednesday in Randolph will gather comments and input that will be given consideration before the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service takes the step of actively seeking landowners willing to sign conservation easements. There are already a number of volunteers.
For more information on the program, go to 1.usa.gov/TwCd5C.
Meetings set on Bear River watershed plan
P The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is hosting a series of public meetings to provide information about and hear public comment on a draft land protection plan and environmental assessment for the Bear River Watershed Conservation Area. The project would create a conservation easement program for willing landowners in the watershed area of northern Utah, southwestern Wyoming and southeastern Idaho. Visit the Fish and Wildlife Service website for more details. All meetings will run from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday • Cache County Fairgrounds Pavilion, 450 S. 500 West, Logan
Wednesday • Rich County Senior Citizens Center, 21 N. Main St., Randolph
Thursday • Bear Lake County Senior Citizens Center, 300 Hospital Way, Montpelier, Idaho
Friday • Franklin Fire Protection District, 55 W. 1st St., Preston, Idaho
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Eduardo Del Rio, who used the pseudonym Ríus, worked in the trade and industry before he made his debut as a caricaturist in Ja-Ja magazine. Soon, he contributed to several weeklies and dailies, like Diario de la Tarde, Ovaciones, La Mañana, and Ojo. In 1961 he was the first foreign author to publish in the Russian Izvestia of Moscow. His first two comics series were 'Los Supermachos' and 'Los Agachados'. The revolutionary 'Supermachos' series about the mythical town San Garabato, was an example for many political comics that followed. In 'Los Agachados', Ríus continued this line of work, but this time without central characters.


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Standard text documents or spreadsheets, such as those created in Microsoft Word or Excel, aren't always the best formats to use, especially if you don't want files to be edited by other users or you want a file only for display purposes. While the Adobe Acrobat Reader program for viewing PDF files is free, unfortunately the Writer counterpart for making your own PDF's is not.
But not to worry, you don't actually have to lay down any cash to convert files over to PDF format. In fact, you don't even need to download and install a separate program, as there are completely free conversion tools available online that are used directly through your Web browser.
To get started converting a document, head over to a PDF conversion website such as FreePDFConvert.com [1] or WordToPDF.com [2]. Click the "Choose File" button (or the equivalent option for whichever online tool you are using) near the top of the window.
Use the folder navigation panel at the left side of the window to access the folder containing your Word or Excel document. Click the name of the document you want to convert and then select "Open."
Type the email address where you want a link to the converted PDF file to be sent into the text box at the center of the window. Leave the "Attach Files to Email" box blank if you just want a link sent, or instead click the box if you want the converted document to be sent to you directly. While this is a more convenient option, it may cause problems as your email client's spam filter will likely prevent the message from getting through. Click the "Convert Your File" button to begin the conversion process.
Some PDF conversion sites also require you to verify that you aren't actually a software program trying to automatically click links on the page. Simply type the listed phrase into the text box before clicking the "Convert" button.
Close the tab and then navigate to your email program and wait for the email message to be sent, which can take up to 10 minutes, depending on how large your Word or Excel document was before being converted. Open the new email message and then click the provided link.
Click the text link on the new web page to download a zip archive folder containing your newly converted PDF file. PDF conversion sites only keep your converted file for a limited amount of time to save space, so you may need to start the process over if you don't get to the email containing the link within 24 hours.
Open the folder where your downloaded files are saved. Right-click the zip file and choose "Extract All" to extract your PDF file from the zip archive.
Double-click your new file as normal to open the converted PDF document.
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Oregon's Highway 101
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Headlights weave a path along Highway 101 south of Gold Beach, Oregon, in this time exposure. The historic highway was commissioned in the 1920s and runs along the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California.
Santa Ynez Valley, California
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A path winds through a vineyard in California's Santa Ynez Valley. The Santa Ynez Mountains parallel the Pacific Ocean coastline, a long stretch of rugged cliffs, windswept beaches, and sometimes lonesome beauty.
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Five friends ride horseback along Sands Beach in Santa Barbara, California. Santa Barbara beaches, most of which face south and not west, are part of the 18,000 acres (7,000 hectares) of park space created by the city.
Pebble Beach, California
Photograph by Norbert Wu, Minden Pictures
Thought to be around 250 years old, Lone Cypress Tree springs out of rock along the coast in Pebble Beach, California. The tree is visible from 17-Mile Drive, a route that winds through Pacific Grove, Del Monte Forest, and Pebble Beach.
Santa Cruz, California, Boardwalk
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The Giant Dipper roller coaster is the star of the show at California's Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. This classic wooden thrill ride, a designated National Historic Landmark, was built in 1924, making it the sixth oldest continuously operating roller coaster in the United States.
Surfers in Bolinas, California
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On a quiet beach near Bolinas, California, a group of beginning surfers enters the water. Marin County, just north of San Francisco across the Golden Gate Bridge, is surrounded by water on three sides, allowing for a variety of beaches, tidal pools, and lagoons.
Cape Arago State Park, Oregon
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Pieces of driftwood lie washed up on the sandy beaches of Cape Arago State Park in Oregon. Cape Arago, which juts out into the Pacific Ocean, was first sighted by one of Sir Francis Drake's expeditions in the late 1500s.
Olympic Mountains, Washington
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A heavy fog fills a valley in the Olympic Mountains of Washington State. Created from ancient seafloor, the mountains are not very high—Mount Olympus is only 8,000 feet (2,400 meters) above sea level—but they include more than 200 glaciers.
Coastline Near Crescent City, California
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An aerial view of the Pacific shoreline shows the majesty of the cliffs near Crescent City, which is also home to the famous redwoods of northern California.
Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
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Headlights illuminate the Golden Gate Bridge as the sun sets on San Francisco. The bridge took four years to build, and since opening in 1937, some two billion cars have traveled its length.
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Reading your posts is exhausting! I don't know how you do it!
Good luck with everything! I hope all of the home checks go great!
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With two litters, I am constantly exausted - going to bed around 11pm and getting up around 4am. AND they are both completely looking after their litters - I can't even imagine how someone who has an abandoned litter or sick mama do it! I hope to never experience that...ever....
I am back at work, so I get up - let the girls out for their potty break, get them both breakfast. While they are eating, I play with the puppies, clean paper, bedding etc. Then I get myself ready to be at work by 6:45 am. At 11am, I drive back home (20Kms) and check on puppies, let Ironhide out to potty (My Pom and her litter come to work with me), feed both the girls lunch, eat my own lunch, train for 30-40 minutes with my male Shepherd, let the other 3 dogs out for a potty break, pack the Poms up again and head back to work for 1pm. When I am done at 4:30pm, I head home and do it all over again!
I am SO LUCKY my moms have been amazing!! I have not gotten any sleep in weeks, but its due to my own paranoia, the girls have been fabulous moms. I am the creep who keeps waking them up in the middle of the night to check that the puppies are ok - which they always are
The next two weeks will be incredibly challenging for me - I have a 3 day dog show this weekend, followed by an agility seminar next week, then a UKC Trial next weekend.
In between all that and looking after the puppies, I have home checks to do, buyers who pass the interview and home check then get to come meet the puppies, so I have one buyer this week coming to meet them, and two home checks. Next week, so long as the home checks go well, I have 2 more families coming to meet the puppies.
I have 4 dogs to groom before Friday, a raw food delivery to pick up mid-day on Thursday, a Kennel Club meeting (I am on the board), set up for the dog show and training for the UKC trial to prep for.
I just need to make it through the next two weeks....If I break down and cry randomly, just go with it...
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So we just started week 4 today with the puppies! They are doing fantastic. I weighed them last Wednesday (so just over 2 weeks old) and the smallest 4 were all weighing in at 3lbs 13 ozs and the next largest (M&F) were 4lbs 4 ozs and the biggest male was a whopping 5 lbs!! They are just big babies, they are not "tubby" puppies by any means.
Last night was their first tast of "real food"! They had ground turkey carcass, made soupy with some warm water. Two were not super impressed and preferred mom, the other 5 dug right in and the big male ate almost two muffin cups to himself! I had to stop him from eating anymore, I was worried he would make himself sick.
So tonight we will try again and see how they do! Here is the video of them trying their turkey last night.
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Puppies 2.5 weeks:
Puppies 2.5 weeks - YouTube
Puppies Wrestling:
Wrestling #1 - YouTube
Wrestling #2 - YouTube
Puppies at the milk bar:
Shepherd Babies eating - YouTube
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So at 2.5 weeks, the babies are still doing SO well. Ironhide is just the best mama and is keeping them well fed and looked after.
I am still not having to do much, I make sure they are held every day, check everyone's collars to make sure they are not too tight, clip nails (seems like every 3-4 days!!) and cuddle and maneuver them around, so they are used to being handled.
They are all hitting the 4lb mark - a few have surpassed it! And all have their eyes open! They have begun some light barking and gumming each other, and will actually run to the edge of the whelping box when I say (in my super girly high pitched voice) "Puppies!!"
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They have started to want to solicit interaction from me and will climb on me, gum me, lick me and follow me around the box. A couple of the larger ones are almost big enough to follow me out of the whelping box, so we will be expanding it next week most likely.
I started their potty training last night - I got an end roll of newspaper and have put that over half the whelping box and a sheet over the other half. From yesterday evening at 5:00pm to this morning at 5:00am - so 12 hours - only 1 pee on the sheet!! Everyone else hit the paper! It is so amazing they just knew what to do. Hopefully I haven't jinxed it by telling everyone and I hope it will continue LOL
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I have some really cute videos of a couple of them "playing" with me. I will try to get them up to youtube so I can share. I will also try to get a couple more of them tonight!
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Adorable! Congratulations. I remember when I bred my Yorkie. Big difference but such a joy!
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So the pups are now a week old and doing very well! Ironhide is an amazing mama and takes very good care of her babies.
The puppies are all now over 2lbs with a few approaching the 3lb mark - they are only 7 days old! LOL
Mom has been doing a good job cleaning them, so the whelping box has been easy to up-keep, I expect that to change in the coming weeks I am still sleeping in the whelping area, but only have to get up once a night or so to let Ironhide out to go to the bathroom. On occasion a rogue puppy starts to cry because it has "lost" mom, so I will observe and see if it finds it's way back - after giving it a fair chance, I will help the pup get back to mom if needed. The pups have come a long way since the beginning of the week and are getting around the box well enough that 9 times out of 10 I don't have to intervene and they will get back to mom.
My Pomeranian had her puppies Saturday night - the puppies are all around 3-4 ounces, so there is quite a difference in the puppies size, I think it is hilarious!!
Here are some puppy pictures of the Shepherds:
|Awww they look healthy and happy and doesn't mama look proud!
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New York City -- Hennes & Mauritz AB Thursday reported that its net profit in the first quarter fell 30% from a year earlier on "significantly higher" cotton prices, higher transportation costs and a stronger Swedish krona. The chain said profit in the quarter ended Feb. 28 fell to 2.62 billion Swedish kronor ($414 million).
The gross margin slipped to 57.8% in the quarter from 61.9% a year ago, with H&M noting "significantly higher" cotton prices, less spare capacity and higher transportation costs along with a negative U.S. dollar effect.
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DETROIT (April 22, 2010) – Wayne State University Law School students, faculty and staff members are leading the way on a new environmental initiative that has changed day-to-day operations at the Law School. As a result of their efforts, Wayne Law is pleased to announce its official enrollment in the American Bar Association-U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Law Office Climate Challenge in the paper management and Energy Star programs.
The Climate Challenge, according to the ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources and the EPA, was designed to "take specific steps to conserve energy and resources, as well as reduce emissions of greenhouse gases – which cause global climate change – and other pollutants."
To qualify for enrollment in the paper management program, Wayne Law increased recycling efforts, began purchasing paper stock with recycled content, and switched to doubled-sided printing and copying. To qualify for enrollment in the Energy Star program, Wayne Law adopted an energy management plan and set a goal to reduce electricity use by at least 10 percent.
Slightly more than 200 law firms and organizations have qualified as ABA-EPA Law Office Climate Challenge partners or leaders thus far.
"This project was initiated by our students, who found a practical and effective way to make the Law School greener while saving money and valuable resources," said Wayne Law Associate Professor and environmental law expert Noah Hall. "I thank and commend students Elizabeth Kruman, Nathan Dupes and others for taking the lead on this initiative."
Added Kruman, "Wayne Law's role as a Climate Challenge partner demonstrates how easy it is to make small, cost-effective changes that significantly reduce our impact on the environment. Our participation in the Climate Challenge helps establish Wayne Law as an environmental leader among law schools."
According to Kruman, efforts are under way to create a student committee that will focus further on the Law School's commitment to going green.
In 2009, Wayne Law launched its Environmental Law Clinic to teach students the skills and strategies needed to affect environmental policy in state and federal government. The clinic, supervised by Wayne Law Adjunct Professor and Executive Director of the Great Lakes Environmental Law Center Nick Schroeck, complements the Law School's strong environmental law curriculum and provides students with opportunities to represent citizens and community groups interested in protecting area air, water and land.
"We are fortunate to have the expertise of our faculty and commitment of our students as we move forward in making the Law School a greener place," said Wayne Law Dean Robert M. Ackerman. "Enrollment in the Climate Challenge is another example of how Wayne Law excels in the area of environmental law. I thank Professor Hall, Ms. Kruman, Mr. Dupes and others for their efforts and look forward to additional green initiatives at Wayne Law."
For more information about the Climate Challenge, please visit http://www.abanet.org/environ/climatechallenge/overview.shtml. Please note that this program was initially titled the ABA-EPA Law Office Eco-Challenge, but was renamed the ABA-EPA Law Office Climate Challenge in May 2007. The Climate Challenge is scheduled to continue through March 2013.
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Managing interactions with current and future customers in order to maintain satisfaction and loyalty is key to growing any business. In today's world of social media, blogs, online reviews and more, a new category of customer relationship management (CRM) technology, known as Social CRM, is allowing companies to interact with customers online, react quickly to feedback, and manage online reputations.
"Social behavior is changing so fast, we need tools to keep up with that behavior," says Are Morch, a consultant working with independent hotels, who uses Nimble (www.nimble.com) as his own social CRM tool.
As more technology becomes available in the social CRM space, there are still some operational best practices that operators should heed.
1) Develop a Strategy
"Operators need to know exactly what their story is from a brand perspective and what the goal is for them," says Michael Brito, group director at WCG (www.wcgworld.com), a W2O Group company, and expert in transforming brands into media companies by implementing social business initiatives.
The goal could be to drive sales or raise brand awareness, but knowing this objective can dictate the needs of a technology system, and also help create processes and workflow.
"Our strategy is focusing on engagement and building our communities," explains Katherine Gear, e-commerce marketing manager for six Hyatt Regency (www.hyatt.com) hotels in Chicago. They are using SproutSocial (www.sprout
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2) Choose a Vendor to FitYour Needs
Rather than picking a technology vendor and then adapting a company's needs to the system, experts recommend developing a strategy and requirements first, and then finding a vendor to meet those needs. At Chop't (www.choptsalad.com), a restaurant chain based in New York, the company was monitoring social media posts, as well as Yelp and Trip Advisor reviews, but knew it wanted a system to aggregate it in one place and allow for analyzing and reporting. Two years ago, it implemented newBrandAnalytics (www.newbrandanalytics.com).
"The system pulls from Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites, as well as review sites and blogs," says Lysa Chen, director of marketing at the chain. "We can pull reports daily, and also look at things monthly and quarterly."
3) Select a Point-Person or Team
For some companies, one or two employees manage social CRM centrally, while others filter the responsibility to general managers at each location. The key is to have someone designated to the task.
"We don't follow a cookie cutter approach because we are a boutique hotel operator and each hotel has an independent attitude," says Dev Dugal, vice president of sales and marketing at Broughton Hotels (www.broughtonhotels.com) based in Newport Beach, Calif., explaining the consumer base differs in the U.S. and internationally. "We like the hotels to be involved so our general managers will designate a team member to lead social CRM."
However, at Chop't, social CRM is entirely corporate monitored, with Chen and another employee monitoring feedback and running reports. When they are responding to feedback about a particular location, they will also send the information to the store manager to reach out to guests as well.
4) ID & Engage VIPs
Influencers are those with large followings or high Klout Scores; measured by www.klout.com, this is an accumulated score between 1 and 100 that calculates an individual's influence across all social networks. Brand advocates are those customers who talk about the company often or comment the most on Facebook posts. Operators need to recognize and involve both influencers and advocates, says Brito.
"Brands need to identify advocates who are already engaging in conversations and already love the brand. They offer more business value than influencers," he notes. "Incentivize them and invite them to an exclusive community, and then provide them with content and ideas for feedback."
To pinpoint advocates, some CRM platforms will give a descending order of who the top commenters are on a brand's Facebook page, or the top people who share posts and favorite content on Twitter. For influencers — celebrities or those with a large following — Brito recommends finding 15 and sending out gift certificates to influence them and engage them with your brand.
"We pay attention to the conversations and will acknowledge people by sending out an amenity like a room upgrade," says Hyatt's Gear. "It helps with brand loyalty and also helps people know we are listening to them."
5) Watch & Respond Quickly
Social CRM systems allow brands to react to questions, comments or feedback on social media, blogs or review sites, but the key is to monitor these comments and react swiftly.
"We have keywords set up for our hotel names, spas and restaurants so we can catch as many conversations as possible and jump in when we need to," explains Gear.
At Broughten Hotels, the company tracks key points in the customer lifecycle from planning and searching for a hotel to the review process after the stay. "We monitor in real time so we can react quickly," says Dugal. "For example, if we are doing renovations on our pool, and we see mentions about it affecting customers negatively, we can adjust the renovation hours so it doesn't interfere with guests."
Also, Chop't sends out daily e-mail reports to team members with feedback summarized in green or red to see how people are reacting to the brand, and also the overall scores to see how sentiments are changing over time, says Chen.
6) Monitor Online Rep
Part of social CRM is monitoring a brand's reputation online, including blog posts and review sites. At Hyatt, Gear uses Revinate's system to pull from Trip Advisor, Yelp, all the company's online profiles and more than 40 review sites. "We can see what people are saying positively or negatively and can respond quickly," she says.
Dugal uses the newBrandAnalytics system to aggregate social media comments, blog posts, review sites and even internal guest surveys. "We monitor all channels in real time to take quick action," he notes. "It allows us to deflect a bad review before it gets out into the public. We can turn the guest experience around very quickly, and when you do that, guest loyalty increases dramatically."
7) Use Tools to Link Social and CRM
Many vendors offer social tools as part of a traditional CRM system, while others allow for integration of two separate systems.
Tying them together offers even more insight, according to Brito. It can allow a company to see a customer's last purchase connected with their online profile.
"Some platforms also have APIs built in so they can talk to the traditional CRM so it doesn't require development and integration," he notes. "When I check in on Foursquare to my local Westin, it should trigger the CRM system to let them know I'm there and they can have my room ready. I think we are about 12 to 18 months away from that."
8) Analyze the Data forTrends & Feedback
"You want to analyze in real time because social media is real time, but also have the ability to analyze short-term and long-term patterns," says Morch. "Measuring doesn't help if you don't analyze and react to it to support customers."
At Chop't, they run reports daily, quarterly and monthly to compare how sentiments changed over time, and also run reports whenever they have a big promotion or make a change to see what the feedback is from customers.
"Every 60 days we launch a new set of seasonal specials, and now we have the feedback collected all in one place," Chen notes. "We went in and checked how many times each special was mentioned by customers, and how many wanted them to come back."


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|thanks for the link ill check it out! anyone else have any input or suggestions? Im gonna get a thread going on over at gbodyforum.com but i would still like to hear some other opinions.
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I figured I will start with these since my current ones are bent from my lack of welding skills
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Hey Everyone! I have a long list of upgrades to do this winter to my 1986 Olds Cutlass Supreme. My current setup is a vortec headed 355, Howards roller cam 180325-08, 10:1 compression, 2800 stall converter, Th350, ford8.8 rear end, Factory 14x6 Rally Wheels , and factory replacement monte carlo ss supsnesion through out.
For the winter I am planning on putting AC back into it, a 200-4r OD transmission, dual 2.5" exhaust, and hopefully new wheels, tires, and suspension so it doesn't handle like a complete mess...
Right now if your driving down the road and you jog the wheel back and forth there is a huge amount of body roll and it just feels horribly sloppy. I am not into road racing but I would like it to handle much better than it does now. What would you guys suggest?
A lot of people say to start with anti roll bars and wheels. I figured due to the factory 14" wheels I am loosing a lot through the large amount of side wall I have. I really like the design and look of the Olds rally wheels on my car but I believe the largest size the factory made were 15x7 which idk if that will give me enough of an upgrade to make it worth it. Suggestions?
Also since I swapped in the 8.8 the axle tube is bigger in diameter so the rearend sits really high. I would like to drop it down some so I will have to look into some lowering springs.
Also is the factory power steering setup worth upgrading? Leave it alone?
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Well, another Selection Sunday has come and gone and to be honest, there weren't a ton of surprises. Check out the bracket, released at 10:30 p.m. on Sunday night, here.
As usual, a few teams with a legitimate shot of dancing in May wound up on the outside looking in but they all had several factors holding them back. In general, I think the selection committee did an excellent job assembling the best tournament possible and making it extremely competitive. Teams who missed out, Skidmore and Haverford, for example - they're great teams but struggled staying consistent down the stretch and have some questionable results keeping them out of the tournament.
One of the bigger surprises that many people anticipated was placing Pool B teams Denison and Ohio Wesleyan, two NCAC rivals, to the North bracket to face one another in the play-in and draw #1 RIT in the following game.
I'm also pretty shocked to see Gettysburg get in (shoutout to former IL employee/Gettysburg grad Tommy Kehoe) with six losses but with the postseason experience they have, I could see Hank Janczyk's boys being successful. They'll face Scranton in the play-in round.
Some big time matchups with great storylines looming down the road if things play out how most people expect it to: Tufts-Cortland, Salisbury-Dickinson and Roanoke-Dickinson.
We'll get into that more once everything's solidified, so check back on IL.com all week for more coverage of the Division III tournament.
Tufts head coach Mike Daly on the tournament field and his team's outlook
"How they [the selection committee] did it was a bit wacky but it looked pretty straight forward at the same time. I didn't see a heck of a lot of surprises....Pretty interesting for the winner of Endicott-Springfield to have to go down to Salisbury, which happened last year........the field shrinks pretty quickly after Wednesday.....It will be an interesting matchup for us next Saturday with two opponents [Nazareth vs. Union] that we don't know a ton about......We're pretty focused on keeping our heads down, taking care of our business and keep striving - we're just focused on that."
Dickinson head coach Dave Webster on the tournament field
"There are always a lot of disappointments with Pool B's and AQ's - it's real tough. It always comes down to winning one more game, Skidmore [who beat the Red Devils 9-7 on March 16th] is a good example of that.... there are certainly good teams that are left out, Haverford is another one of those teams......we're very excited for our next oppurtunity and think we may have to go through Stevenson or Salisbury but we can never look past the winner of Adrian-Wittenberg."
Stevenson head coach Paul Cantabene on his team's outlook
"It's great to to be the #1 seed in the South and get homefield advantage throughout, that's definitely big. We're going to try and take it one game at a time because in this situation, you really can't look forward and worry about who you got after that..... Playing the type of schedule we did really toughened us up and makes you play a certain way. They got us focused and put us in this position and we're looking forward to the rest of the month."
"A couple of teams I thought had a good chance were Bowdoin, Nazareth, maybe even Lynchburg who got hot late but lost the conference final [12-10 to Roanoke on Sunday].....Nazareth had some interesting one-sided results but they're a real tough team and topped Stevens a few days ago. Haverford's a heck of a team as well and can play with anybody - obviously it's their two losses to Gettysburg that held them back."


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The Certificate in Latin American Family Therapy is designed to address the growing need for clinicians to develop competencies in working with Latin American populations. The program will focus on assisting clinicians to develop general multicultural and international competencies, increase their understanding of the historical and cultural influences impacting Latin American clients, and the ability to identify best practice procedures for assessing and addressing issues in Latin American mental health.
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JERMAINE PENNANT, the youngest ever player to pull on a first team shirt for Arsenal, is hoping to boost his Premiership hopes with Arsenal and help Watford to join us in the top flight.
Pennant is currently on loan at First Division Watford and made his debut for Gianluca Vialli's side last weekend against Rotherham. Having impressed in that match he was due to play again for the Hornets against Millwall on Tuesday night.
Pennant said: "I'm going to produce as much as I can. That's what Luca got me here for, to get his side some goals and to get a promotion place.
"Arsène Wenger wants me to get some first team experience and build my strength in first team football and go back to Arsenal a stronger player.
"For the first 10 minutes on my Watford debut I was a bit shaky, but I got into it and after that I was cruising. The whole idea is to come here and get experience.
"Watford's a great club, Vialli's a great manager, and it would be nice to see Watford get into the play-offs.
"If they did get into the play-offs they'd have to recall me and it would be nice to help Watford get into the Premiership with Arsenal."
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I recently came across this new proposal by the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board (See Below) in regards to INCREASING Vermonts Black Bear Hunting opportunities. (Why its called an increase in opportunities is beyond me, but anyway)
Apparently the board wants to add a $5.00 tag to the normal Vermont hunting license in order to hunt black bears in the State. Beyond the fact that I don't see how adding a fee to get a tag to hunt bears in the State, which is essentially part of the regular hunting license now, I have one major problem with the proposal.
I have asked this question a number of times, and can not get an answer from Vermont Fish and Wildlife. I bought both of my kids Lifetime hunting licenses over 5 years ago. With those lifetime licenses they received Bear tags, and presumeably would receive those tags for life. Now the Board, in order to increase revenue has adopted a Bear Tag with a $5.00 fee. Both of my kids will now have to pay the $5.00 tag fee in order to hunt bears in the State. Thus they have lost out on an opportunity that I feel as though they were promised. The issue is not the $5.00 fee for the bear tag, but where does it end? In 5 years when the State needs some other type of revenue stream, will they adopt a deer tag? How about a trout permit, or Ice fishing permit? I see this as an erosion of what was promised with the lifetime license. I am not the only one out there with the same questions. I have emailed all the memebers of the Fish and Wildlife Board, and paid members of Fish and Wildlife.
Anyone with a Lifetime License has the same issue. You aren't getting what you were promised. I urge everyone on here to contact the Fish and Wildlife Board on this issue.
Board Votes to Increase Vermont's black bear Hunting Opportunities
VERMONT FISH and WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT
News release
For Immediate Release: Mar. 22, 2012
Contact: Mark Scott Director of Wildlife, 802-583-7194 or email@example.com
Forrest Hammond 802-885-8855
Board Votes to Increase Vermont's black bear Hunting Opportunities
Early season bear tag also part of proposed changes to bear hunting
WAITSFIELD, VT – The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Board on Wednesday gave preliminary approval to a proposal designed to stabilize the growth in Vermont's bear population, expand hunter opportunity, and provide Fish & Wildlife Department biologists with important data to better manage black bears in Vermont.
The board voted on a proposal presented by department biologists that would extend the annual bear season by four days and establish a new, separate black bear tag for those hunters who want to pursue bear in advance of the November deer rifle season.
Under the proposal, the overlap of the annual bear and November deer rifle season would increase from five to nine days. Additionally, bear hunters pursuing bears from the Sept. 1 opening day of bear season up until the opening day of deer season would be required to purchase an inexpensive bear tag ($5 for residents and $15 for nonresidents). Hunters wishing to only take a bear during the time period of the bear season overlap with the November deer season will continue to get a bear tag along with their deer tag on their general hunting license at no additional cost. The changes will take effect in 2013.
"We're fortunate in Vermont to have a healthy, and growing, black bear population," said Mark Scott, Director of Wildlife for Vermont Fish & Wildlife. "The additional four days of hunting opportunities we'll add in November under this proposal will help us to slowly stabilize the bear population. Additionally, the bear license will enable us to gather essential information about hunter effort and success as well as an idea of overall bear hunter numbers, measures that are vital for better estimates of bear populations across Vermont. It is our belief that bear management in Vermont can then be more responsive to changing bear populations and public interests."
Biologists estimate Vermont's bear population at about 6,000 animals, which is at the upper end of the population goals outlined in the Vermont Big Game Management Plan (2010-2020). Four hundred bears were harvested in 2011. Hunters typically harvest between 400-600 black bears each autumn in Vermont. The annual bag limit for bears is one per hunter.
"In 1990, Vermont's bear season was shortened by four days in November because we had an objective at that time to increase the bear population," said Scott. "We achieved that objective, and now we're aiming to stabilize the population. In recent years we've seen a tripling of bear-human conflicts and an eightfold increase in automobile collisions with bears."
As part of the Fish & Wildlife Board's rule process, the proposal must be voted on at two more upcoming board meetings. Additionally, the department is recommending that one or more public hearings be held related to the adoption of this rule.


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In an annual competition between the Wayne State University Law and Medical Schools, the Law School students have triumphed. After serious competition in dodge ball, basketball, volleyball, and Texas Hold 'Em, the two schools were tied. (The Law School had won the dodge ball and Texas Hold 'Em contests.) With victory in the tug-of-war, the cup came to the Law School. The students would like to congratulate their colleagues from the Medical School on a good competition and let them know they look forward to next year's challenge.


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Have you ever wanted to change the color or your iOS dock to something that matched your tastes? Or maybe you have a theme that doesn't affect the dock installed and the stock look of the iOS dock just isn't cutting it. A new free jailbreak tweak dubbed DockColorize by iOS developer gil ben moshe will allow you to change not only the color of your iOS dock, but also the color of the linen background in the multitasking App Switcher.
The colors that come with this tweak are limited to six built-in colors – these include black, pink, purple, blue, green, and yellow. As these are the built-in colors, the developer also offers you the ability to add your own colors manually. This can be done by navigating to /Library/ApplicationSupport/DockColorize/ through an SSH client and putting your own colored dock .png file into that folder. You can put both dock and multitasking App Switcher images in this folder.
For those of you that don't want to worry about using SSH to manually use colors that aren't available, you can choose to use any of the six pre-loaded colors instead. Unfortunately, changing the color of the dock or the multitasking App Switcher is also a pain. The developer doesn't give you a list of colors to choose from and use. Instead, you have to manually type in the name of the file pertaining to the color you want. Then you have to find your own respring method as the developer doesn't give you one. You can use SBSettings, IntelliScreenX, Springtomize 2, or another method to respring, or you can reboot, which takes even longer.
For the dock colors, you must type in any of the following file names to use them:
- Black - "dockBlack.png"
- Pink - "PinkDock.png"
- Purple - "PurpleDock.png"
- Blue - "BlueDock.png"
- Green - "GreenDock.png"
- Yellow - "YellowDock.png"
For the multitasking App Switcher colors, you must type in any of the following file names to use them:
- Black - "LinenBlack.png"
- Pink - "LinenPink.png"
- Purple - "LinenPurple.png"
- Blue - "LinenBlue.png"
- Green - "LinenGreen.png"
- Yellow - "LinenYellow.png"
The preferences pane where you enable and disable the tweak on demand and change your dock or multitasking App Switcher colors is shown below:
These colorization options give you a lot of flexibility for tricking out your iOS device the way you have always wanted to. There are a fair share of stock colors for both boys and girls. It would be better for the future of the tweak if the developer offered a color picker instead of putting the burden of typing out file names on the user. If you want to change your dock or multitasking App Switcher colors, give DockColorize a try. It is absolutely free!
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A 17-month-old infant assigned male at birth, Roy Antonio Jones III, was killed by his mother's boyfriend for acting too much like a girl.
Pedro Jones was babysitting Roy Jones (no biological relation) at the Shinecock Indian Reservation. When the less-than-two-year-old baby failed to fulfill his caretaker's idea of what a less-than-two-year-old boy should act like, Pedro Jones began beating the infant with closed fists all over his body and then choking him. The child went into cardiac arrest, and later died at the hospital.
Pedro Jones has pled not guilty. He also admitted to abusing his victim in the past:
"I was trying to make him act like a boy instead of a little girl...I never struck that kid that hard before. A one-time mistake and I am going to do 20 years...All human beings are expected to meet certain gender requirements based on their sex assignment at birth - from presentation to personality, expectations based on genitalia are cruelly enforced. Though everyone's gender presentation and performance is policed and punished, these standards are applied with particular stringency and violence to trans folks.
A tribe spokeswoman said the whole tribe is in mourning, but the child's grandfather said, "He infiltrated my family through our trust, through the heart of my daughter and then stole the life of her child. I hope the justice system turns around and steals his."
Rather than being exempt from these unfair and unforgiving norms, children are especially targeted for rigid gender training, particularly children assigned male at birth like Roy. As Julia Serano has written, femininity is heavily discouraged and punished in MAAB folks; the worst thing a man or boy can be is like a woman or girl. This particularly nasty brand of cissexism is the frequent cause of abuse, in this case fatal abuse.
But this is not just about cissexism; it's also about ageism and the violence infants and children face for being infants and children. Children who do not meet gender norms (according to whatever always-arbitrary standard imposed upon them) are particularly vulnerable to abusive behavior from adult caretakers.
The context of this child's cultural history is also vital to understanding the conditions of this terrible tragedy. Native people have been massacred, devalued, and dehumanized by the forces of the United States government's racism and violence. While violent abuse and death as manifestations of cissexism and ageism are far from unique to Native society, the genocide enacted by the kyriarchy on Native society is one factor in the abuse children like Roy suffer.
Monica wrote the following in covering Roy and Ronnie Paris' murder at TransGriot:
Homophobia and transphobia feeds into these hypermasculine attitudes,and it has got to stop. We need to have some serious ongoing discussions about gender identity and gender roles in communities of color...We need to slay the hypermasculinity dragon in our community because it's killing our kids.Roy Jones is the victim of an abusive, terrible man. But Pedro Jones did not act alone; he is an enforcer of the greater social forces of cissexism, ageism, and racism. Roy Antonio Jones III is a victim of the abuse of both his caretaker and the kyriarchy.


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Q & A with the Bride:
1. What was the one thing about your venue that made you know it was the one?
It was the beautiful setting with an amazing rustic, elegant barn that matched what I had always envisioned for my wedding. I did not think I would find something like that in the North Texas area. There were also two details that sealed the deal for us though. The first was the owner's story. We loved the heart behind why they created this venue, and I loved hearing the story directly from Ann, who answered my phone call herself one morning. The second was that they actually had an available day in April! Because our engagement was so short, most venues laughed at me when I said that I was looking for dates available in April 2013 and not 2014. We had prayed for God to provide us a venue, and we knew He had provided in abundance when we found Thistle Springs!
2. Which three details from your wedding were your favorites?
The first would be the handmade decorations by my father and mother. My father made the wooden cake stand, and the flower box used on the head table. I burned the writing on them. My mom created the window that had a scripture painted on it with pictures of Michael and I. He also handcrafted a wine box with a key/lock and engraved initials. In it we put love letters in to each other for our "first fight" to remind us of the deep love we truly have for one another. He handpicked the wood he used with knots and imperfections as a symbol of how real life and love is, imperfect yet beautiful!
The second thing would be the table decorations. The "thank you" cards on the plates with the "to do" list on the back were cute. I LOVED picking out all the different lanterns that were the center pieces. It was the first decision I made on decorations. I wanted lanterns because they were a symbol to me of what Michael and I wanted our marriage to be. We want to have a marriage that honors God and is and light/example of His love for the world to see.
The third thing would be the floating wish/prayer lantern send off at the end of the night. It was beautiful! Every family got to take one home as their gift so that they could choose their own special time to celebrate with a floating lantern together. I wrote a little poem explaining it. It was fun.
3. Give us the one moment from your wedding you can't stop thinking about.
Michael and I lighting our floating lantern, letting it go together and then watching all the glowing lanterns float into the sky right before we left. It was BEAUTIFUL!


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The Alberg 22 is very good looking with it's traditional lines.
And with that full keel, she will track like a charm compared to a fin keel.
Do you guys know how small is the smallest sailboat that ever crossed the Atlantic Ocean? She was 5 ft long and made out of ply wood...I think her name was April fool. That being said, I'm pretty sure that the Alberg 22 can be pretty safe for off shore cruising even if she is on the small side. She have a good V hull shape so she will almost never pound when going up wind. She is not very beamy so she will heel alot but she will stiffens up at about 20 degrees, just like omaho5 said.
Yes, this boat will recover from a capsize, but be sure to close the companion way in heavy weather because it doesn't take a lot of water to sink a small vessel. (the smaller the boat, the bigger the pumps)
There is probably not enough space under the cockpit for a small inboard engine, but those small sailboat have a lazarette for the outboard engine, so your prop will stay under water.
If you compare the contessa's line with the Alberg 22, you will notice a resemblance...and the contessa26 is very sea worthy
|Anybody considering to buy an Alberg 22 should really search for a Cape Dory 22 as it is almost identical but newer. (80-85)
When questioning the value of a full keel, consider what boats were popular in the past. The Typhoon (full keel alberg) had a production run of 2,123 boats not counting the Typhoon Sr. design later introduced. They are still desirable today. People appreciate the classic lines and the smaller full keel boats often perform very well due to the lower amount of weight resulting from size.
The Alberg will not sail like a modern boat, becuase it is not a modern boat. But if you appreciate stability and a forgiving platform, Alberg is a designer to keep right on top of the short list. I know of a typhoon which cruised the east coast extensively (months), that is 18', so it is certainly capable of sailing in a variety of conditions. You have to give these guys credit. They knew how to build a real safe boat for the conditions.
Alberg 22
I have a Cape Dory 22..same as Alberg 22. Beautiful boat. Sails well.
If possible, look at CD22D. It has an inboard diesel.
Keep ther value well, too.
I own a Cape dory 22..virtually the same boat. Had it three years now.
Know of one trans-Atlantic sail. I have taken several modern design sailors
for a sail... let 'em sail it. They ALL loved the boat. It does not sail as close to wind as modern fins. This is am much over rated asset. It has a narrow beam and is initially tender but stiffens up past 20 degrees.
Off the wind is is a beauty... Suggest you read about "form" stability vs. Ballast stability.
The Cape Dory 22D had an inboard diesel.
Alberg 22
Essentially the same design and numbers, ratios as Cape Dory 22.
I own a CD22... It is a great boat. At least one trans Atlantic crossing.
Small Cruiser, great day sailor for two.
CD made a 22D with a inboard one cylinder diesel.
They are not as common as once were.
Will NOT point as high as modern fins, but very very good on reach
Initially tender but stiffens up nicely at 15 *.
That is the older design. Lots of Atta boyz
|I love my Alberg 22. It is a very seaworthy design and actually has a good turn of speed. I singlehanded it up the Mobjack this week when the wind was 15-20kts from the NE. The bay had kicked up some step 3-5 foot waves and the Alberg had no trouble going to windward just a little shy of 5kts in those conditions. I'd have like to had a reef in the main to lighten the weather helm, but otherwise it was a fantastic sail. Coming home in the same conditions I reached/surfed down those waves at 7kts. The accomodations are a little cramped for my 6'4" frame, but it's luxurious compared to backpacking. I can't say enough good things about this fun, simple boat.
|Very good advice sailguy. I guess with experience comes more confidence.
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Hi Everyone,
I have been looking into buying a small sailboat, and one of the potential purchases I am considering is an Alberg 22. I had a few questions regarding this boat and would really appreciate some help from you guys and girls.
The Alberg 22 is a full keel boat. Being that the boat is probably too small for offshore cruising, I was wondering what advantage a full keel would be to a boat that is pretty much limited to sheltered waters. Can a boat that small handle really rough conditions? Is it much more likely to recover from a capsize? Has anyone owned an Alberg 22 and taken her out in open ocean? Can she handle that?
I really like this boat, but I noticed that all of the Alberg 22s for sale here are equipped with an outboard. Has anyone ever seen an Alberg 22 equipped with an inboard? Or is an inboard not practical for such a small boat? I really appreciate any help. I really like the look of this boat, and the price is right. I just don't want to go out and buy one and find out I made the wrong choice...
Much Thanks,
From what I read, its not necessarily the boat that can't handle rough conditions, its more often the ability of the skipper. I had my 22 out in some pretty rough situations and never felt unsafe yet and mine is not even a full keel vessel as your Alberg 22 is. Oh and I have only been sailing for 8 months now so I am NOT a highly experienced skipper. I sure hope I will be someday, practice makes perfect and I am sure as heck having a great time learning
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