text: MTA calls House budget plan a "mixed bag" for public education MTA President Paul Toner described the House Ways and Means proposed fiscal year 2014 budget as "a mixed bag" for public education and "a tremendous loss for low-income children compared to the governor's budget proposal." The bright spot in the House budget plan is a proposed 8 percent increase in spending on public higher education. The MTA represents 110,000 preK-12 teachers, education support professionals and public higher education faculty and staff in Massachusetts and advocates for adequate spending for early childhood education, public schools and public higher education institutions. "The governor's budget placed a high priority on public education, and he proposed fair and reasonable tax increases to pay it," said Toner. "By rejecting a more ambitious revenue plan in favor of a smaller tax increase targeted to transportation only, the House has missed a great opportunity to advance a vision for an excellent 21st century system of public education, from preschool through graduate school."Early Education and CareToner described the House spending plan for Early Education and Care as "a big disappointment that shortchanges low-income children and will cost us all more down the road." The House plan allocates $17 million less for EEC services than had been approved in the original FY13 budget, despite a waiting list of30,000 low-income children. The House plan is also $148 million lower than the governor had asked for. The governor's budget called for making preschool services available to all low-income 4-year-olds in the state. "Quality preschool that is available to all is extremely important for making sure students arrive at kindergarten ready to learn," Toner said. "Our classroom teachers know what study after study has shown – that every dollar spent on early education leads to many dollars saved by not having to pay for future remedial education programs, social services and incarcerations."Public Schools Toner described the House spending proposal for public schools as a "modest improvement" for K-12 students, though far short of the governor's more ambitious plan. Total spending on K-12 public schools is about $79 million higher under the House plan compared to the amount allocated in the fiscal year 2013 budget. That increase includes a $107 million hike in Chapter 70 local aid that will keep all districts at their "foundation" levels of spending and guarantee a minimum of $25 more per student. However, the Chapter 70 line item is $117 million less than the governor budgeted, and overall education spending in the House plan is $140 million less than in the governor's plan. Even compared to the budget for the current fiscal year, the House plan would make significant reductions in several education programs and services, including career academies in Gateway Cities, Adult Basic Education, early intervention literacy tutoring, the METCO program, alternative education programs and charter school reimbursements. The House budget also rejects the governor's proposed funding of expanded learning time for middle school students in the Gateway Cities. "Middle school years are difficult in all districts," said Toner. "They are especially challenging for students in low-income communities that may not have many affordable enrichment activities available for students." Under the ELT program that the governor wanted to expand, the school day is lengthened by nearly two hours and the additional time is used to provide students with enrichment programs, including art and music, and with personalized academic instruction. Extra time is also used to give teachers more common planning time. "We do appreciate that K-12 education has been squeezed but not decimated while the economy has floundered," said Toner. "That said, we believe our state is in a good position right now to take education to the next level and really narrow the achievement gaps. The governor's plan would move us in that direction better than the House proposal." Public Higher Education Toner said the House plan for higher education is mostly "good news" for students, faculty and staff on the state's campuses. "State spending on public higher education has been cut significantly since 2001, so the plan to increase spending in the coming year is a welcome change," Toner said. The House plan would increase public higher education spending overall by about 8 percent. That includes a $35 million increase for UMass, a $24 million increase for the state universities and a $35 million increase for the community colleges compared to FY13. Contractual pay raises are included in this funding. As a result of the increases, tuition and fees would be frozen at most, if not all, public higher education campuses. There would be a two-year freeze at the University of Massachusetts. On the down side, the House plan rejects the governor's proposed $112 million increase in scholarship funding for students; instead, the House budget would maintain scholarship funding at the same level as in the current fiscal year. "Too many students are dropping out or graduating with a lot of debt," Toner said. "The students have made a compelling case for more need-based aid that the House budget does not address." Toner concluded by saying that the MTA will continue to press for the revenue increases needed to make sure Massachusetts preschools, public schools and public colleges are "second to none" and provide opportunities for all students, regardless of where they live or how much their parents earn. 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I love TCW, and I particularly enjoyed the episode: Trespass!! The episode was a great one but what made it more enjoyable was this:
I've been wanting to post pics of this sooner but I wasn't happy enough with how it was looking until now. I'd say I've been working on this for about 2-3 weeks? It's not finished yet but may I present to you, my Snow Clone lid!
This is the second shot of paint it's seen, the first was to highlight spots that needed filling. This second coat is so I can see the surface to check the dome.
It's a two part helmet right now consisting of a face plate and the dome. The face slides into the dome and will be fixed above the visor inside the brow. I've rough cut the holes that will eventually make up the breath filters(I think that's what they are), the three strips at the mouth and will tidy those up more tomorrow.
I'm just waiting on some new supplies and tool part so arrive in the morning before I crack on.
I'm not sure what else to say right now so I'll leave you guys to have a look and let me know what you think.
Thanks! :)
The price again is $190 plus shipping per kit, you'll get the face plate, dome, 2xaerators and the three small parts for the mouth vent. The general word was that people would be happy to suply their own cowl material so that's not included nor is visor material. Though I do have vinyl here so if some people want a cowl it can be done until my vinyl runs out. PM me for info.
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In a bustling city that never sleeps, you can still find old-world tranquillity in Hong Kong among the incense wreathed Taoist temples and rustic remote walking trails. Sit on a roadside plastic stool and sample fabulous street food wherever you go. Give Cantonese food a try, as it's known for its freshness, with oils and garnishes to bring out every dish's essence. Bite into dim sums, tasty little dumplings that are great for breakfast, or any time you need a snack.
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Emperor scorpions belong to the class of arthropods Arachnida, in the order Scorpiones. They are further classified into the family Scorpionidae. Four genera of scorpions are in this family: Scorpio, Opistophthalmus, Heterometrus and Pandinus. The genus Pandinus has about 24 species.
While scorpions live worldwide (with the exception of Antarctica), the emperor scorpion lives in the coastal countries of Western Africa, from Senegal to Congo and Gabon. The range map above represents the ranges of all scorpion species.
Emperor scorpions are found in the hot, humid rainforest, nestled in their own burrows, which they dig in the soil. Emperors also dig under rocks, logs or tree roots.
The body is up to 6.5 inches (16.5 cm) long, including tail. Weight varies, up to 1.1 ounces (35 g). Scorpions grow and shed their entire exoskeleton several times before they are full grown. As adults, emperor scorpions are difficult to distinguish from a distance, since males and females act and look similar. Males can be smaller or narrower, and spend a majority of their time looking for females with which to mate.
Emperors are glossy black, but can be dark brown to green. The stinger and claws can also be red-colored. Their overall color gets darker after subsequent molts; this dark coloring also acts as camouflage.
Unknown in the wild; no research done. Five to 8 years old in captivity.
In the wild: arthropods and other scorpions, or any animal they can successfully subdue At the zoo: crickets
It is not known when emperors reach sexual maturity in the wild; it takes about three years in captivity. Mating can occur year-round, but requires warm temperatures. When the two meet, the male holds her in his grasp. He holds and pushes the female around until he finds a suitable place to mate. When he finds the appropriate spot, he deposits his spermatophore on a solid substrate. Then, he pulls the female into position over the spermatophore, and she accepts it into her genital aperture. He quickly leaves after mating, for a smaller male could be the female's next meal.
For seven to nine months, the young gestate inside her body, until she gives live birth to as many as 35 young. The babies are very tiny, about one half inch (12.7 mm) in length, when they first appear on their mother's back. The mother protects and cares for the white-colored young, as they stay with her for quite some time. She may even share prey items with the young. A communal society of young scorpions can exist for a period of several molts, since the young of this species seem to have a better chance of survival when living in a family group.
Scorpions are sensitive to light, so they are primarily nocturnal. They may rest in a burrow, waiting until prey comes close to ambush it. Or, they may actively hunt for their prey. As they lie in wait, potential prey passes by, creating vibrations the scorpion can sense. They quickly strike with the stinger or grasp the victim. Larger emperor scorpions rarely use their stinger to capture prey, instead they crush it with their claws. Smaller and younger emperor scorpions rely on their stinger to subdue prey. Scorpions must predigest their food before they consume it. Once the prey is subdued, they secrete digestive enzymes onto the prey, which liquefies the food and prepares it for consumption.
Scorpions are ancient arachnids, for they have been roaming the Earth for over 400 million years. These hardy animals live in barren deserts, on windblown beaches and in the mountains, tropical rainforests and deep caves. Their secluded burrow often acts as a shelter from extremes. To conserve energy in times of famine, scorpions can slow down their metabolism. Certain scorpions can survive almost a year without food. Scorpions do not need to drink water. They get all the water they need from their food, and their feces consists of a dry powder-like substance. Even though they are cold-blooded, scorpions can be cooled to below freezing, or endure the blistering heat of the desert.
Emperor scorpions are located at Bug World, although they are not on exhibit. However, you'll go "buggy" while viewing exciting seasonal displays that take you on a journey to different bioclimatic zones around the world. You may come face-to-face with recycling cockroaches, assassin bugs, web-spinning spiders or scuba diving beetles, to name only a few. The only way you'll find out which bugs you'll encounter is by visiting Bug World. Don't miss it!
There are over 1,100 identified species of scorpions, but less than 30 species are considered dangerous to humans.
The sting of most scorpions is only as harmful as a bee sting. Even though large, heavy and terrifying in appearance, the emperor's sting is not lethal.
All species of scorpions are beneficial to their environment, because they prey on pest insects and arachnids. Many more species of scorpions remain undiscovered, but research is difficult. Scorpions tend to live in hostile environments, and are difficult to distinguish between species.
The emperor scorpion is collected in Africa for the pet trade. Consequently, they are listed on the CITES Appendix II list to monitor wild populations. With the proper permits they can still be imported, but removal from their natural habitat results in a smaller chance that they will repopulate their environment. If you want an emperor scorpion as a pet, buy a captive-bred scorpion, as they breed well in captivity. Other threats to the survival of all scorpions are mostly human-caused, due to fear or misunderstanding, deforestation, habitat destruction, desertification, pollution and farming.
The effort to save animals and their habitat requires cooperation and support at the international, national, regional and individual levels. You can help in this cause. Join and become active in Woodland Park Zoo and other conservation organizations of your choice. To conserve habitat for beetles and other insects, reduce your use of pesticides and herbicides, and work to preserve vegetation in your neighborhood and in tropical regions.
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Polis, Gary A., ed. 1990. The Biology of Scorpions. Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA. 587 pp.
Myers, Walter D. 1988. Scorpions. Harper and Row, New York, NY. 244 pp.
Levi, H.W. and L.R. Levi. 1968. Spiders and their Kin. Golden Press, Inc., New York, NY. 160 pp.
Burton, Maurice. 1984. Insects and their Relatives. Facts-On-File, Inc., New York, NY. 64 pp.
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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by mikhail1973, Jun 22, 2009.
I'm guessing the 9th item in the 5th row.
When the negotiations are slow, he can just roll up his sleeve and go all "Game of Thrones" on 'em.
@ Linwood, Roscoe Doctor says Bogut should play again soon - SFGate
Not sure if this was posted anywhere else, but this is a very good read. And not just because Woj is sticking up for Knight. Backward culture makes punch line of Brandon Knight for trying to stop DeAndre Jordan's dunk - Yahoo! Sports
Way to repost my article. Jeeez.
Didn't see any Pistons did it since 2007. Great move. Hard time, gotta sew patch to clothes, pack paper to shoes and swallow the teeth.
Hey man, no foulplay intended, ok? Just didn't see it. That's why I said "not sure if this was posted elsewhere". I haven't really read any of the game threads last week.
Do I need to put '/s' at the end of every post where I am kidding? I don't care, for the record.
Sometimes it's hard to read sarcasm online. Try adding one of those wacky smiley faces.
Shut it, Bill.
I got the sarcasm that time. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
That was really mean, linwood. You are usually a pretty nice guy. Are you mad at me?
What is this sarcasm thing I keep hearing about, and where do I get some?
Find out where BillLaimbeer lives...and bring a lot of shopping bags.
If you must know, this is where I live: 934 U.S. 9, South Amboy, NJ
Bulls TV analyst Kendall Gill suspended after fight with Big Ten Network analyst - NBA - Sporting News Kendall Gill punches some dude on a show I don't watch. The only reason why I put this up was because Kendall Gill was one of my favorite players. Mostly because I scored a stack of rookie cards for $1. I think I saw Stuckey in him...A guy who had budding PG skills with a crappy outside shot. Only, Kendall really became a nice defender. And a boxer. Sux to be the other guy. Also his coverage during Orlando Summer league was entertaining.
Gill played 15 years in the L, wow!
Man, was Gil wrong on his analysis. That's a goal tend all day long. So, he was dead wrong and then punched the guy that called him out on it.
Wow, Gill is such a slappy for Chicago. Disgraceful.
oh man. you did NOT just say that... One day, you will feel my pugilistic rage upon your face...
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Working from home • A hearing on a proposal to establish a Major Home Occupations permit process and allow construction-handyperson and similar uses as home occupations will be held at a meeting beginning at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 5, at City Hall, 5025 S. State St.
Learn about SpyHop • The mission of this nonprofit center is to mentor young people in the digital media arts. Teens can hear representatives talk about who they are, what they do and the hands-on opportunities available in film, radio or music at a workshop from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, at Holladay Library, 2150 E. Murray-Holladay Road (4730 South).
Keep plastic bags out of the landfill • The city is encouraging residents to recycle plastic bags rather than put them in the trash can. Ace Disposal will take them in its biweekly recycling pickup; bundling them together is preferred.


text: There is a severe lack of Canadas over here in the Tiverton/Little Compton area? Is this the case in other parts of the state? We've been able to scratch out a handful here and there, but the numbers are not large for this time of year. I keep hoping that the cold will push them down but then I remember some lean years in the past. What do you see in other places?


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So after traveling this week, I finally got some time to go out and take a look at the latest press releases out there and wanted to give you, dear reader, an update.
The IBM press release is entitled "IBM Scientists Create Ultra-Fast Device Which Uses Light for Communication between Computer Chips - Ultra-Low Power Device Could Greatly Further Energy Efficient Computing"
The device, called a nanophotonic avalanche photodetector, is the fastest of its kind and could enable breakthroughs in energy-efficient computing that can have significant implications for the future of electronics. With optical communications embedded into the processor chips, energy-efficient systems with performance at the Exaflop level might be closer than we think.
HP's latest press release is "HP Reveals Next "Must Have" Fashion Accessory - Teams with designer Vivienne Tam to create eye-catching netbook" They also partnered with Dr. Dre for audio.
And Oracle. They talk about an application to help butter.
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'"The whole team knew this was a must-win for them and for us," said DiPietro, who claimed to be "fine" despite going down briefly after taking one late shot off the knee. "This was as big as it gets."'
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OK, so I got a set of the metal GMH ears and I also have one of the micro switches. but it doesn't fit! :( and I thought oh jeez, I guess I got the wrong switch! well, my GMH shows up with the resin ears that came with it, and guess what? the switch fits in the resin ones... am I doing something wrong? has anyone else had this problem?
Also I'm trying to make this screen accurate (PP2), does anyone know if the holes that hold the ears on are supposed to be cut big? I cant seem to find any good reference shots without the chin straps in the way... Thanks guys!


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Boockmeier, Green Bay Just Off the Pace in Home Tourney
By: Andrew Gavin (@GBGavin)
GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) – Junior Tom Boockmeier (Green Bay, Wis.) made seven birdies as part of an eventful 1-under par 71 on Monday at Green Bay Country Club, leading the Green Bay men's golf team to a 4-over par 292 in the opening round of the Green Bay Invitational. Boockmeier sits two strokes off the lead in third place while the Phoenix is in second place, eight strokes behind Loyola.
On the 7,097 yard, par-72 course, Loyola had three of its five players shoot par or better as the Ramblers carded an impressive team score of 4-under 284. Chicago State (298, +10), St. Ambrose (302, +14), Creighton (304, +16), Lewis (309, +21) and Green Bay's white team (309, +21) round out the field. Tuesday's final round at Green Bay Country Club will begin with a shotgun start at 8:30 p.m.
Starting on hole No. 11, Boockmeier had an up-and-down round of golf which included more ups than downs. After bogeying his opening hole, the junior birdied No. 12. After another bogey, he birdied holes 16 and 17 and made the turn toward the front nine at 1-under. Finding the hazard at No. 1, Boockmeier carded a double bogey before birdieing four of his next five holes to get to 3-under after 14. The Green Bay native parred the next three holes before a closing double bogey left him two shots off the individual lead.
Loyola's Nick Dennis posted a 1-under 69 and teammate Alex Cusumano carded a 2-under 70 to lead the way and join Boockmeier as the only players to shoot under par.
Green Bay sophomore Gene Kiela (Plymouth, Wis.) made three birdies and three bogeys en route to an even par round of 72. Senior Joe Collard (Marinette, Wis.) was second in the field with 13 pars and made two birdies as part of a 1-over par 73, and senior Dan Ozga (Edgerton, Wis.) carded a 4-over 76.
The Green Bay white team was led by junior Chad Bonis (New Berlin, Wis.), who was tied for 13th place after a 3-over par 75. Sophomores Joe Du Chateau (Fond du Lac, Wis.) and Ryan Reinke (Brillion, Wis.) were a stroke back in a tie for 18th after matching 76s.
On Sunday in the Green Bay Shootout against Chicago State, Ozga shot a 73 to lead the Phoenix to a victory over Chicago State. Green Bay shot a 10-over par 298 to best the Cougars by 12 strokes, and Green Bay White posted a team score of 316. Collard was a stroke back after a 74 while senior Sam Weber (Heartland, Wis.) posted a 75, Boockmeier shot a 76 and Kiela carded a 77.
Du Chateau shot a 75 to lead the white squad while Reinke carded a 76 and Derek Fiestadt (79), Tyler Schmidt (80) and Bonis (81) rounded out the scores.
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05/03/2013 , 4:20 PM by Narelle Graham
About a megalitre of water is now being treated each day under a newly expanded wastewater treatement scheme.
The Renmark Paringa Council has spent $1.1 million dollars to increase storage capacity and reduce reliance on the Murray River.
The Council's ultimate goal is to use only treated wastewater to water its parks, gardens, ovals, local golf course and other assets.
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Green Bay Falls at First-Place Milwaukee, 3-1
By: Ryan Hartwig (@RyanHartwig)
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) – With a tie for first-place in the Horizon League standings on the line, the Green Bay volleyball team suffered a 3-1 (25-21, 24-26, 25-21, 25-21) road loss at Milwaukee on Friday night at the Klotsche Center. The Phoenix dropped to 8-9 overall and 3-2 in league play, while the Panthers improved to 9-8 overall and a perfect 5-0 in conference action.
Sophomore Mikaela Gunderson (Casco, Wis.) led all players with a career-high 17 kills in the match, maintaining an impressive .536 hitting percentage. Freshman Shannon Hurley (Connellsville, Pa.) also reached double-figures for the Phoenix on Friday, tallying 13 kills, while sophomore Emily Riese (Fond du Lac, Wis.) posted a double-double with 48 assists and 10 digs.
Milwaukee out-hit Green Bay .291 to .222 over the four sets, highlighted by a .515 hitting percentage in the fourth. Julie Kolinske led four Panthers in double-figures with 16 kills, hitting .343 for the match.
The Panthers used a 4-0 run to move ahead 14-10 in the opener and pushed its lead to as many as seven (22-15) before finishing off the 25-21 win. Milwaukee's Nicole Latzig led the way in the first set, recording six of her 13 kills, while four different Phoenix players had three kills.
"I think at the beginning we were allowing Milwaukee to set the tone of the match," Green Bay head coach Michaela Franklin said. "If you bring the kind of energy we came out with, you're not going to win a lot of matches. We played well in spurts, but just weren't able to do it for an extended period of time tonight, and that was really a factor in the entire match."
Milwaukee threatened to take a commanding 2-0 advantage, leading 24-21 in set number two, but Green Bay ended with a 5-0 rally to tie the contest at 1-1. Senior Katie Mroczenski (New Berlin, Wis.) got the run started with her first kill of the night, and sophomore Sophie Jaskulske (Maplewood, Minn.) drilled home a pair of her career-best six kills down the stretch to end it at 26-24.
Green Bay came out strong in the third, opening up a 5-2 lead early on, but Milwaukee regained control and built a 16-9 lead of its own thanks to a 6-1 run. The Panthers extended their lead to 10 at 23-13, but a 6-0 Phoenix run cut it to four and forced a UWM timeout. Green Bay got to within three (24-21) after a double block by Mroczenski and Jaskulske, but the Panthers avoided another Phoenix comeback and closed out the 25-21 win on a kill by Kolinske.
A kill by Hurley gave Green Bay an 18-17 lead late in the fourth, but the Panthers rattled off three straight points to move ahead 20-18 and force a Phoenix timeout. Another Hurley kill got it back to one after the break, but the hosts scored five of the final seven points, capped off by Latzig's 13th kill, to claim the set 25-21 and the match 3-1.
Green Bay wraps up its four-match road stretch next Tuesday with its final non-conference contest of the season at DePaul. Match time is set for 6 p.m. CT in Chicago.
#For the latest and most up-to-date information on Green Bay Athletics and Green Bay Volleyball, please visit GreenBayPhoenix.com.


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The Moscow Times has been fighting aganst the increasinging spread of Putinism within Russia, a modern form of disease known as "latent Stalinism." It offered the story of Mikhail Trepashkin who was arrested in October, 2003 on charges of illegal firearm possession just days before he was to offer testimony regarding the alleged role of Russia's Federal security Agency in the 1999 Moscow bombings. He was held in a detention center for over a year and kept away from contact with the outside world on grounds that he was ill and therefore might have some form of contagious disease. Trepashkin claims it has become normal in Putin Russia for those who oppose the regime or cast doubt on any of its agencies to be "detained for medical reasons" as a means of keeping them quiet.
The horror of Vladmir Putin is he had a wonderful opportunity to develop a modern Russian economy and move his nation forward towards democracy. Instead, he and his former KGB allies, are introducing the old Stalin ideas of locking up dissidents in psychiatric wards and keeping those who oppose in the cells of silence.


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sorry to sound like such a noob, but are these functional belts at all?
shipping to AUS please?
No these are not functional, shipping outside the states will be alittle more, I will need to know address to get exact shipping.
Thanks for the heads up. You can disregard my last PM :)
Hey TacoMan, great to see you are making these available again. Can't tell you how much I love the one I bought from you a while back.
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jump on this people, i love my belt
Just to let some know, I have done some minor updates on the belts, I am using a new nice brown oil tanned leather, and I'm using a slightly thicker white nylon thread, they are coming out great, If there isn't any more takers on the list, look for them finished in the cargo hold. They will be done but will only come in a size big enough to fit a 32-40 inch waist. They will be made slightly adjustable. I will try to post pics of the updated belts soon.
Got mine today. Great belt! Thanks!
My issue hasent been taken care of
I still havent recieved a belt
I sent you PM for a tracking number on the 27th and havent recieved a response back
I haven't gotten amy pms from you
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leester not sure if you got any pms from me but your belt went out Thanks!


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Since the beginning of her mandate, the Chairperson of G77, H.E Gladys Urbaneja Durán, reiterated this proposal, calling the G77 and China Membership to participate in an Open Ended Working Group (OEWG) being integrated by the Bureau of Regional Groups and Members with institutional memory in FAO and other UN Agencies, in order to add value and historic knowledge to the Group.
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I treated with Formic Acid in late August for 5 days.There was a fairly high mortality rate on the old bees but I had plenty of brood.In late October I treated with Fumagilin-B for Nosema.They went into winter with a large population and 100 pounds of honey at least.In February I check the food supply in each hive then give the protein patties and 1-1 sugar syrup with Pro-Health.I was out in one of my bee yards this afternoon and the bees were really flying.I thought from the sound there might be a swarm out there but nupe just them gals bringing in pollen and I seen several drones at each hive.I look to be getting swarm calls at anytime now.
This kind of news is widespread in Michigan this spring. We have talked to folks that have lost between 80 & 90% of there hives. Whether they treated for mites and nosema, seemed to not be a factor in their losses. Tests are coming up with nothing so far. Scary for us!
I feel your loss. Last year I went into winter with 15 double deeps and no treatments. Some were relatively weak but still strong, others were absolutely packed. I lost 14 during the winter. I refused used to repeat my mistake and changed my technique. This year I went with consistant drone removal and Hopguard. All 15 survived (I worked them yesterday).Are you planning to change anything? Considering you've already vowed to not treat your bees with anything, if you change nothing be prepared for years where you repeat those losses.
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'WWE Heroes' Is Not Very Good
Back when it was first solicited, I made the bold assertion that it was going to be terrible, but now that I've actually sat down and read through the first issue of Titan's "WWE Heroes" after it hit shelves at my local shop last week, it looks like I might've spoken too soon. As much as I hate to admit my mistakes, I have to confess that "WWE Heroes" #1 is not as bad as I thought it was going to be.
It's worse.To start with, there's the plot, which… well, let's just say that I would've preferred to have a line-by-line adaptation of that WWE angle where the Big Boss Man fed Al Snow chili made from Snow's dog, and then they wrestled in the infamously awful Kennel From Hell match. As near as I can figure, the comic centers around two mythical eternal foes, the Firstborn and the Shadow King, who are reincarnated over and over to fight each other throughout history.
I'm going to assume that writer Keith Champagne introduced these characters for one of three reasons:
A) There just weren't enough good guys and bad guys to draw from in the WWE already
B) He realized that there had to introduce the concept of over-the-top battles between good and evil to pro wrestling fans, who had absolutely no familiarity with that structure, or
C) He realized that the last thing anyone buying a comic called "WWE Heroes" would want is to actually get a story about the WWE wrestlers themselves, instead preferring to see what would've happened if Hulkamania ran wild on the Civil War.
Okay, okay: Sarcasm aside, I would totally buy a comic where wrestlers just cold traveled through time cutting promos on history, if only to get the lost version of Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural speech, where he claims he's gonna bind up the nation's wounds with the 24-inch pythons, brother.
Instead, Champagne goes with drawing comparisons between pro wrestling events and historical battles, comparing stuff like Royal Rumble to the European conquest of South America. Seriously, that's in there. Except that apparently South America was populated solely by Jaguar Men and Mola Ram from "Temple of Doom."
It's stupid and it's done pretty sloppily, but it's not egregious until he tries to draw the parallel between WrestleMania and World War II, which is the point where even someone with fond memories of Paul Bearer and the mystical urn that gave the Undertaker his supernatural power lets out an "oh come on."
And matters are only complicated by artist Andy Smith. I've seen his work in other places, and he's certainly capable of far better than the art he's doing here, which is just atrocious. For starters, there's the Shadow King himself, who–aside from the scarred half of his face, is drawn to look an awful lot like WWE wrestler Triple-H. Specifically, he's drawn to look like the version of Triple-H in his Conan-esque entrance gear from WrestleMania 22. Which is the version that's on the cover of the comic book.
The problem? Again, as near as I can tell, he isn't meant to be Triple-H at all. He's just some other dude with long hair in Conan the Barbarian cosplay.
And that's not the only example of characters looking similar to one another, either, and nowhere near the worst. No, that comes later, in a scene with Randy Orton and Batista. For those of you unfamiliar, here's what these two look like:
Orton's on the left, Batista on the right. Now, to be fair, there are some similarities, especially on the broad strokes: They've both got light skin and dark hair and — as they're both pro wrestlers — they're both pretty muscular. On the other hand, Batista's about ten years older than Orton and has a goatee, and also they both have giant, distinctive tattoos.
Here's how they appear in the comic:
If only there was some way to tell those two wrestlers apart other than the fact that one of them is wearing elbow pads! If only they had, for instance, giant, distinctive tattoos. And again, these aren't background players; they're the focus of the scene.
I could rattle off other panels that are equally terrible — I'm pretty fond of the one where Smith draws Triple-H's signature ring entrance move of spitting water everywhere by drawing a bunch of water hovering somewhere to to the right of his mouth — but there's one that really stuck out to me, and it follows along the same lines of not drawing any of the wrestlers' tattoos. Check out the ring apron at the comic's version of WrestleMania 24:
Other than cropping, I didn't alter that image at all: The WrestleMania logo is that pixelated in the comic itself, which gives me the sense that someone Photoshopped it in there after the rest of the panel had been drawn. And given how bad it looks, I assume they just typed "WrestleMania Logo" into Google image search and went with the best result they could find there, which is just hilarious. You'd think the WWE would have high-res versions of that stuff pretty handy.
And then there's the absolutely mystifying last panel. This is meant to be the hook that pulls readers back in for the second issue, and yet I absolutely cannot figure out what is supposed to be happening here. Just so you aren't missing the context, here's the setup: The Shadow King's cultists go to WrestleMania in order to find out which wrestler is the reincarnated Firstborn. They get their tickets ready, and then… this:
I have no idea what is going on there. Is it sand? Did they put some sand in a box of WWE Equipment to accomplish some sinister purpose? I'm not even kidding here, I just don't know what that's supposed to be. Is it just me? Am I actually just too stupid to understand a plot point in "WWE Heroes?" Although really, even if I am, I still think I can go ahead and count that as a flaw of the work itself.
Because here's the thing: I like comics, and I actually like pro wrestling a lot. I'm a lifelong fan, and I'd actually like to read a comic about the WWE. I mean, I read Big Apple Takedown, the novel that recast a crew of wrestlers as undercover spies that was gloriously stupid, and whose only flaw was its lack of violence. But "WWE Heroes" is just not good on any level, and fails to even exce
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I bought one of these from woot! several years ago. Its still working fine, great to throw a quick image up on a wall in a dark to very dimly lit room. For the price it is good, don't let the low lumens ratings fool you, it puts out bright enough image for 80" screen in a dark room, better than most pico projectors and a fraction of the cost. DVD's and casual console gaming work great on it. Perfect for kids as it doesn't get hot, doesn't require a cool down period and has very little to mess up in settings.
I got one last time around about a month ago. Paid $99,now I'm in for another at $79.99. Probably should have waited,but you never know. They are going for about $150 on Amazon,so $99 a good deal,but $79.99 even better. You would pay that much or more for a replacement bulb for most projectors. Haven't had long enough for long term test,but pleased so far. Its small,lightweight and runs cool. Don't let 50 lumens brightness put you off. Its more than capable and has a fairly clear picture. Mostly using mine for projector effects in my yearly Haunted House,so because of minimal use expect to be using these for years to come. Not to mention LED's never need replacing and are rated at 20,000 hours of use,which is about 4 hours a day for 13 years.
"854 x 480 native resolution"
htf is that a "gaming" projector?
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htf is that a "gaming" projector?
I was thinking the same thing, but then I remembered the Wii.
Hey, you could always put Super Mario Bros. 3 on it and reenact The Wizard.
I also got one of these from wooot a couple years ago. Not as bright as I would like when your trying to do a larger screen (which for me was over 60inches), but a very useful item to have for the price. I've used it more than a few times as a portable projector.
I got one of these on woot a while back. It works great in a dark room. The sound is decent too. Don't get it expecting a regular projector, think of it as a really well made kids projector.
Warning to anyone thinking of buying this. 75 Lumens is NOTHING. You will need a 100% dark room for you to see this the way its intended. I had an 900 lumens projector and could't watch tv during the day unless i had blackout curtains. Sunlight washes out the image and you can't see I like turtles!.
Does it work with Pong?
I am thinking about getting this and looping a scary movie with it, projected on my garage or something for Halloween. For this price, it is cheaper than a lot of other decorations.
Or maybe put up a sheet in a window and project a video of a giant eyeball or something, from inside the house. Then from outside it would look like your house has a giant glowing eye.
This + HDMI to VGA convertor (http://www.amazon.com/HDMI-VGA-converter-Audio-Converter/dp/B003O55U8K) + Chromecast would be pretty amazing...
Any thoughts on what this projector would be like for watching movies outside?
jazzlilly wrote:Any thoughts on what this projector would be like for watching movies outside?
I've had the slightly higher model of this projector. The one with 100 lumens. The projector only works in complete darkness, so if you want to use it outside it'll have to be dead in the middle of the night without a lot of ambient light.
IMO, not the best for outside if you want a full movie experience, but decent enough if you're not expecting a perfect picture.
I got a similar one ~2 years ago (pt125 or pt150) and it is not bad. It should be pretty dark to use this. I don't use the speaker. The focus has been my biggest problem. It is a little loose and seems to go slightly out of focus. Picture is otherwise decent. I don't game or watch blu-ray. $80 is def worth it.
Get the Neo-I over this. This is just a watered down version, I've had my Neo-I for 2+ years now and it's still amazing. I have an 80 inch screen every time I go to bed, and it has dual speakers which are superior as well. I just have it hooked up to a ROKU


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I watched a documentary on this... It was explained as this.... Dogs never completely grow out of the puppy brain. They will always be more dependent on someone else. You can also take a young wolf, and a young dog... Raised with the exact same human contact... place a piece of food in a cage and let them go.... The wolf will be relentless and never asking of help. It will just keep trying to pry the door open, while the dog.... After trying for a few moments.... Will look to the human for assistance.
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They said that if they are harsh enough with the wolf, it would learn to listen. And if you raise it from a puppy, like a domestic dog, it would be just like a domestic dog.
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Being "harsh" with a wolf is going to get your friend killed. What limited training CAN be done with wolves & wolf hybrids is most successful in completely the opposite direction.
Dogs have been selectively bred and domesticated for submission to humans. Wolves will give you a VERY nasty authority challenge that will land you in the hospital if you are lucky!
I assume this is a young person.
When I was 19, I was that romantic dolt, and thought having a wolfdog as a pet would be the coolest thing ever. Others warned me, but being 19, I knew everything already and thought *my* wolf would be different! Other people just didn't know how to raise 'em right! Predictably, getting a wolfdog was one of the biggest mistakes I've ever made and one of my worst regrets.
The breeder made me take him home at 4 weeks of age so that he would "bond" with me. I already had a GSD mix at the time, so the pup would have a canine buddy. The wolfdog worshipped my GSD mix and pretty much ignored me. He was cute, and friendly, and loved people and other dogs when he was young. He also chewed through doors, ate trees, the siding off the house, and constantly escaped the yard. He screamed and howled if left alone. He knew "sit" and "lie down" if you had a treat for him, otherwise he pretty much did what he felt like.
He got me kicked out of my rental, and at 10 months of age I had to give him up, as I became homeless. I gave him to a couple who lived in the mountains, which I thought was great, until I went up to visit him and found him chained to a tree with an empty water trough. He subsequently escaped that home and wound up about 20 miles away across the canyon, at a home where a female wolfdog was living. They liked him and asked to keep him, I of course was only too happy to say yes. I visited him often and he seemed to be getting on well in that home.
Then one day while I was volunteering at the local animal shelter, I saw him in one of the kennels. Seems he and the female had gotten loose and were harassing a neighbor's chickens. The female was shot and killed, so in fear for his life, the family took him to the shelter. He was adopted by some folks who were moving to acreage in Washington and I can only hope he lived out the rest of his life well.
Feel free to share this story with your friend, and expect them to say "But THIS time it'll be different, because I'm going to do it right!" But thinking that you can tame, train and make a wolf into a pet by being "harsh" is going to get your friend seriously hurt or killed. Mark my words.
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I think I started this controversy, and after reading some of these posts, I first decided not to respond, because I am not trying to raise anyone's hackles, I also believe that we can learn from each other SO much, and there is no room for bickering, etc.
However, I decided I would like to add a few words here, because I think there are too many generalities--I hate generalities, they're never accurate.
I think the question was asked, why a wolf anyway? Well, I wouldn't have a pure wolf. They are wild animals and should live where they were meant to live, I don't even like to see them in zoos. Yes, they can be trusted when they accept you as a pack member, but you have to really understand the dynamics of a wolf pack, and understand all the postering, true canine behavior, etc. A number of people have done that, with one man actually living in the wild with them. They are affectionate, loyal, intelligent, and their family structure has actually been studied to further understand human dynamics.
The canines I have posted about have been wolf/GSD crosses, with the lowest wolf content of mine being 50%. Also, I have never had over 75%--I have other responsibilities, and would not have had the time to devote--that would be a full time vocation.
In one of my posts I pointed out that I did not, and would not, debate the issue of breeding dogs to wolves. They can be bred, and the resulting offspring are NOT hybrids (hybrids are almost always sterile--mules, for example). In fact, the DNA between a dog and a wolf is so close that examining DNA of a wolf dog cannot tell you whether it does or does not carry wolf blood, it will only tell you who the mother and father are if you have their DNA. The head of our animal control, in a casual conversation with me a few years ago (not because there was ever a problem with my animals) pointed out that, yes, there were lots of good people who were responsible caretakers for wolfdogs. But the fact that we purchased them from breeders encouraged irresponsible breeders, those who sold puppies to just anyone, regardless whether they could offer a good, responsible and caring home. I couldn't offer an argument to that, although the same can be said for any large, aggressive dog breed, we see rescues and shelters full of them.
His comment did make me think, however, and the last wolf shepherd I opened my home to was a rescue.
Why do we love them as we do? Contrary to what some have posted here (and I speak from personal experience) they ARE deeply loyal, they love children they are raised with (with proper supervision, just like with any large breed), they are extremely intelligent and affectionate. No, they are not always obedient, they are not always protective (it's often like, "umm, you're the alpha, I think you should handle this, let me get behind you..."), they require a LOT of time and attention, you aren't going to get many get-away vacations--but there are humans who make sacrifices to enjoy the privilege of sharing their lives with these animals. No, they are not for everyone, but neither are GSDs, pit bulls, rotties, dobies, mastiffs, malamutes, malinois, huskies--the list could go on.
So, for the sake of being peaceful, I won't post anything more about the wolf shepherds who shared my life in the past, and I will happily sit back and learn more here about the care and training of my favorite dog breed, the working line GSD. (Sorry for the length of this post!)
Books on wolves by David Mech are also great reading.
Dominance in dogs- fact or fiction?
DOMINANCE IN DOGS - FACT OR FICTION? - Dog Training and Behavior - Dogwise.com
This book "Dominance in dogs- fact or fiction?" by Barry Eaton is a great, concise summary of the differences between dogs and wolves and how it affects our training methods. It covers how some of the training methods commonly used are based on misconceptions of wolf behavior caused by studying unnatural, captive wolf packs.
I highly recommend it.
A friend of mine wants a wolf, and I told them this. They didn't believe me.
They said that if they are harsh enough with the wolf, it would learn to listen. And if you raise it from a puppy, like a domestic dog, it would be just like a domestic dog.
I wish they could just talk to a wolf expert and get this information in person. Maybe they'd finally get it through their thick skulls.
Dogs have been selectively bred and domesticated for submission to humans. Wolves will give you a VERY nasty authority challenge that will land you in the hospital if you are lucky!
|Thank you both for the replies. I'll show them your posts. I want this friend to actually understand what a wolf is.
A friend of mine wants a wolf, and I told them this. They didn't believe me.
They said that if they are harsh enough with the wolf, it would learn to listen. And if you raise it from a puppy, like a domestic dog, it would be just like a domestic dog.
I wish they could just talk to a wolf expert and get this information in person. Maybe they'd finally get it through their thick skulls.
Growing up, I had an uncle who had a wild animal permit. He took in rescues (native and exotic) from these idiots until they were rehabilitated enough to go to a wildlife reserve. I can't count how many coyote and bobcat babies people thought they could tame, until the bobcat ate their Pomeranian (true story!). He even raised a pair of Bengal tiger cubs from a bottle, and they were still very much wild animals, even at just 4 months old. As a kid, it was the single coolest thing to get to experience those animals, but it also gave me a healthy respect for the "wild" in wild animal.
I had someone give me a wolf/GSD hybrid as a week old puppy who's mother abandoned them, and he helped me raise him. That was the most challenging animal I've ever owned, I could not have done it without expert help. He was three when I went off to college and my uncle still has him, he's old now but still very wolf-y. You can just see it in his eyes. Anyone that thinks he'd make a good family pet is an idiot. No doubt he was a fun companion and I love him, but he had zero tolerance for small children, and the only other pet we could have was my female mastiff mix who he looked up to like his mother. He had to go in the barn if we had company and couldn't have packages delivered. I won't ever have another, and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone without experience with wild animals.
Tell them to check out "Nova: Dogs Decoded" on Netflix. Really simple and interesting show. Really covers the differences between wild canines and domesticated ones.
They ran an experiment where the same people raised puppies, then raised wolves, and compared the behavior. Wolves just didn't listen. No matter what. They just didn't care. Even at like 3-4 months, nothing mattered but what they wanted. Dogs on the other hand...well, we know how dogs act.
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The booklet "Saving the Titanic" was originally published by Paul Freundlich, founder of Green America (formerly Co-op America). It contains a dozen green strategies for our society to avoid the "icebergs" of climate change, nuclear catastrophe, economic collapse, and other ills. Today, we excerpt Solution #5, and over the coming days, we'll share the rest of Paul's solutions:
Nothing will be more productive than the development of technologies that support energy efficiency, address areas of environmental concern, or reduce major costs built into the present system. Alternative sources of energy like wind, solar, geothermal and hydrogen fuel cells are obviously at the top of the list; more efficient pumps that husband our fragile water supply; controlling emissions; stem cell research to alleviate the cost and human burden of caring for chronic disease. The long-term effects of genetic engineering need to be considered carefully. Germany, China, Brazil and Denmark are among the leaders in recognizing their economic future is tied to developing potent technologies.
How: Market forces encouraged by governmental and private incentives, including tax credits and loan guarantees for start-up financing. Envirolution, a non-profit, energy training company, has garnered funding from a mix of business, educational institutions and several levels of government by creating a core curriculum focused on youth, and a program that prepares them for jobs in energy audits and retrofitting. Envirolution has its first two sites successfully established in New York and Nevada, with most of their trainees from disadvantaged or minority neighborhoods.
Result: Incentives for new and needed technologies spurs growth and increases efficiency, while reducing environmental impact.
Probability: This is one area where the market economy dis-plays its strengths. Venture capital is moving swiftly.
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hi.. i've been holding on to the feb 2009 issue with budget sledgehammer. 95-98 gm vortec 447 hp build. My question.. if i was to do this build for a 69 camaro what are my options for cooling. I would prefer to keep my v-groove pulleys with standard rotation water pump. What do i have to do to make this work with the vortec block? Thanks for any suggestions.69camaro 12.99
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They then place a hive in an area when 5 (or 6?) people join the CSA at $45/share. They give 1 lb of honey to each share member. They leave a substantial amount of honey for the bees, and the amount left over they sell at Whole Foods. Whole Foods then gives the proceeds (all of it) back to the CSA. They do outreach and stuff - just remember you can't show a profit. So are you going to try it?
So do the share holders get a check back from the profits of the proceeds?
$46 for a pound of honey and a warm fuzzy feeling? What a deal! Where can I buy in? Or is this a "call within the next twenty minutes 'cause we can't do this all day" sort of thing?....Sheesh, I don't even have THOSE cahones.Scott


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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Marcus Holman scored the game-winning goal with 1:28 to play and Kieran Burke saved David Lawson's shot with six seconds remaining as third-ranked North Carolina defeated sixth-ranked Duke 18-17 Friday night in the ACC Tournament semifinals at Kenan Stadium.
A crowd of 4,567 fans witnessed the highest-scoring game in ACC Tournament history as the teams combined for 35 goals, exceeding the previous record of 33 goals set in a double overtime semifinal game in the 2000 tournament when Virginia beat the Tar Heels 17-16.
Second-seeded Carolina (11-3), which last won the ACC Tournament title in 1996, will play fourth-seeded Virginia (7-7), in the championship game on Sunday at 1 p.m. at Kenan Stadium. The game will be nationally televised on ESPNU. UNC advances to the ACC Tournament championship game for the third time in Coach Joe Breschi's five years after the Tar Heels failed to win an ACC Tournament game for 12 successive years from 1997-2008.
Holman's late heroics overcame a monumental comeback effort by the Blue Devils (11-5) who had won nine straight games coming into Friday's contest. UNC led Duke by as many nine goals early in the third quarter before the Blue Devils scored 11 of the next 12 goals to take the lead with less than seven minutes to play. North Carolina (11-3) scored the last two goals of the game to pull out the victory and win its eighth successive game.
Carolina achieved its nine-goal margin at 15-6 with 11:31 left in the third quarter before Duke ran off eight straight goals and 11 of the next 12 tallies to take its first lead of the game with 6:12 to play. But Jimmy Bitter tied the match with 5:01 to play and Holman, who was named Friday as a Tewaaraton Trophy nominee, scored the game-winner off Chad Tutton's assist with 1:28 to play.
Duke had an extra-man opportunity at the end of the game and a chance to tie but Kieran Burke made a save on a point-blank shot by David Lawson with six seconds remaining and the ball bounced out of bounds before either team could gain possession as the clock expired.
Holman led the Tar Heels with four goals and two assists while Chad Tutton had a career-high four goals. Jimmy Bitter had three goals and an assist for the Tar Heels while Joey Sankey had two goals and two assists.
Jordan Wolf led the Blue Devils with five goals and two assists while Josh Offit had three goals and two helpers. Josh Dionne also had a hat trick for the Blue Devils.
Duke outshot the Tar Heels 47-44, including an edge of 29-13 in the second half when it outscored the Heels 11-5 after UNC had raced to a 13-6 halftime lead. The Blue Devils also won the ground ball battle 38-29, including 15 pickups by face-off man Brendan Fowler who was 25 of 38 at the X.
Kyle Turri started for the Blue Devils and made six saves while allowing 14 goals in 52:54. Turri was replaced by Luke Aaron for the last 7:06 of the first half. Aaron allowed four goals and did not make a save. Freshman Kieran Burke went all 60 minutes for the Tar Heels and made 12 saves while allowing 17 goals. But after Duke went up 17-16 with 6:12 to play, Burke stopped the last three Duke shots on goal, giving his team a chance to rally.
Duke finished the game with 13 turnovers while the Tar Heels played nearly perfect on offense, committing only six. Duke went 14 of 15 in the clearing game while Carolina was 12 of 12. UNC converted on three of its four extra-man opportunities and Duke was two of three on man up.
It was UNC's first win over the Blue Devils since 2010, ending a five-game losing streak in the series, and only the second win by Carolina over the Blue Devils in the last 18 meetings between the two teams dating back to 2005. UNC broke a 10-game losing streak to the Blue Devils in tournament play. The Heels had lost their last six meetings to Duke in the ACC Tournament and last four meetings in the NCAA Tournament. Carolina's last win in tournament play over their arch-rivals came in the 1996 ACC Tournament semifinals when Carolina won 18-8 in Charlottesville, Va. The win for Carolina was its first over their neighbors from Durham in Chapel Hill since a 14-9 Tar Heel win on March 19, 2003.
Carolina's 18 goals were the most it has scored against a Top 10-ranked team since April 6, 1996 when the Tar Heels beat #1-ranked Virginia 19-18 at Fetzer Field. The 18 goals allowed by Duke were the most it has given up since April 5, 2003 against Johns Hopkins and the 17 goals scored by the Blue Devils were the most it has ever tallied in a loss in their history.
Marcus Holman inched closer to setting Carolina career records for points and goals in a career. The senior attackman now has 202 career points, just two short of Bruce Ledwith's school record of 204 from 1970-73. His four goals give him 120 for his career, eight shy of the school record of 128 scored by Bert Fett from 1972-75. His two assists give him 82 for his career and he is tied with Dennis Goldstein for fourth place in Carolina history in that category.
Holman's 69 points are the fifth most in a single season in school history as are his 33 assists. Three players had hat tricks Friday with Holman recording the 17th of his career, Bitter his seventh and Tutton his sixth. Tutton's four goals were a career high.
Holman extended his school record streak of consecutive games with a goal to 29 in a row. Jimmy Bitter recorded a point for the 24th straight game and Sankey now has a streak of 18 consecutive games with a point. Tutton has scored goals in 24 of the past 25 matches.
Carolina improved to 14-9 in one-goal games in Coach Breschi's five seasons, including a 4-2 mark this season. It was only the second one-goal game between the two teams over the past 18 meetings, the other being a 12-11 win by Duke in the 2009 NCAA Tournament quarterfinals.
The two teams traded four unassisted goals at the start of the game with Joey Sankey scoring at 12:41 for UNC, Jordan Wolf at 9:13 for Duke, Chad Tutton at 8:17 for UNC and Jake Tripucka at 7:34 for Duke.
Carolina then ran off eight of the next nine goals of the game to take a 10-3 lead with 5:48 left in the first half. Marcus Holman scored a man-up goal for the Heels with 1:11 left in the first quarter off an assist by Davey Emala and then T.J. Kemp scored on a 40-yard shot from just inside midfield with one second left in the quarter as Holman screened Turri on the play for Kemp's half-field strike.
Holman scored again with an assist by Bitter 1:04 into the second quarter but David Lawson answered 37 seconds later for Duke, cutting UNC's lead to 5-3.
And then began the game of runs, and there were many of them. The Heels ran off five goals in a row to go up 10-3. Greg McBride scored on a fast break off a Kieran McDonald assist at 12:22. Tutton scored on a bounce shot at 8:35 and Steve Pontrello added a highlight reel worthy tally at 7:17. After a third face-off violation in the first half against Duke resulted in a 30-second penalty, Walker Chafee scored man up off an assist by Davey Emala at 7:06 and Holman cemented his hat trick with a goal at 5:48.
Duke did not go quietly and three goals in a span of just 1:42 had the Blue Devils back within 10-6 with 3:17 left in the half. The Tar Heels answered all three of those goals before intermission with Sankey, Tutton and Bitter scoring at 2:07, 1:05 and eight seconds to lift the Heels to a 13-6 halftime edge.
The Tar Heels came out in the second half and tacked on two more goals, an unassisted tally by Bitter at 13:48 and a Ryan Creighton goal assisted by Holman at 11:31.
UNC led 15-6 at that point but for the next 20 minutes of the game the contest was all Blue Devils. Duke outshot the 17-5 in the third quarter and it won seven of nine face-offs in each of the third and fourth quarters.
The Blue Devils scored six straight goals to end the third quarter with a goal by Myles Jones cutting UNC's lead to 15-12 at 1:43 of the period.
Wolf scored his fourth goal of the game 57 seconds into the fourth quarter to cut the lead to two and Josh Offit tallied with 11:06 left to end the eight-goal run and make it 15-14.
Chad Tutton's extra-man goal off a feed by Joey Sankey made it 16-14 Carolina with 9:52 left but the Blue Devils were relentless in their comeback. Josh Dionne concluded his hat trick with a goal at 8:45 and Wolf scored his fifth goal of the game just 27 seconds later to tie things up at 16 all.
Duke then took its first lead of the game when defenseman Bill Conners scored off an assist by Offit with 6:12 left in the game.
Carolina freshman Brent Armstrong won the ensuing face-off against Fowler and after Turri saved a shot by Sankey at 5:20, UNC scored the game-tying goal 19 seconds later. Holman drew a double team and made a back-handed toss back to Bitter who scorched a lefty shot inside the near pipe.
Duke won the next face-off but Burke saved a shot by Christian Walsh at 4:19. On the other end of the field Turri stopped Tutton's tough angle shot at 2:48 but after a Duke clear Burke saved a shot by Myles Jones with 2:10 left.
After a near failed clear by Carolina, Joey Sankey scooped up a ground ball and fed Matt Shannon whose shot from point-blank range was saved by Turri with 1:52 left. In the race for the ball, a Duke player was called for a loose ball push and Carolina got the ball back with 1:48 to play. After a timeout for the Blue Devils, Carolina scored 20 seconds later as Tutton fed Holman on the right side and the senior sent his shot into the upper left just inside the crossbar and pipe.
Duke won the next face-off but turned it over and Mark McNeill cleared the ball for UNC. After Joey Sankey missed wide, the Tar Heels had the ball with 1:05 to play. Duke called a timeout but when play resumed the game clock did not start for nearly 13 seconds and confusion reigned.
Steve Pontrello went to the open goal only to see Duke's Henry Lobb step into the goal and making a phenomenal defender save. Chris Hipps tracked the ball down in the left corner and fed Turri and the Blue Devils got a successful clear. A flag went down against the Tar Heels and Lawson's shot was blocked out of bounds with 28.7 seconds left on the game clock.
The officials assessed a 30-second holding penalty against Pontrello and reset the game clock to 16 seconds. Burke then saved Lawson's shot with six seconds to play, ending one of the wildest game's in the history of the rivalry.
The only Duke-Carolina game in which more than 35 goals have been tallied came on April 21, 1990 when UNC beat Duke 26-13 at Kenan Stadium.


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Phoenix Women Improve to 2-0 with Win at Youngstown State
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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (GreenBayPhoenix.com) – Less than 24 hours after last night's season-opening win over Wright State, the Green Bay women's swimming and diving team was able to improve to 2-0 on the young season with a 182-118 victory over Youngstown State on Friday at the Beeghly Center Natatorium.
Green Bay broke a pair of pool records on Friday, and senior Parker Wolf (Kohler, Wis.) and sophomore Racheal Weiland (Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.) both won two individual races as the Phoenix claimed 10 of the meet's 13 events.
Wolf won the 50 and 100-yard freestyle races with times of 24.43 and 53.52, while Weiland claimed the 200 free (1:56.08) and the 200 breaststroke (2:26.48). Wolf was also a member of Green Bay's pool-record-breaking 200 free relay (1:37.74) in the meet's final event, teaming up with a trio of freshmen in Claire Walters (Northfield, Minn.), Samantha Rottel (New Berlin, Wis.) and Claire Friederick (Lancaster, Wis.).
Four other Phoenix freshmen picked up individual wins on Friday. Haley Lucas (Menomonee Falls, Wis.) finished first in the 200 butterfly, setting a new pool record of 2:06.04, Alyssa Udean (Brooklyn Center, Minn.) powered her way to a long-distance triumph in the 1650 free (17:50.30), Autumn Roepsch (Dubuque, Iowa) raced to a win in the 100 breaststroke (1:08.05) and Natalie Neuwirth (Stevens Point, Wis.) earned a win in the 200 IM (2:12.26).
Sophomore Anna Gomez (Burlington, Wis.) recorded Green Bay's ninth individual victory of the night, finishing first in the 500 free in 5:08.20.
Both the Phoenix men's and women's squads will be back in action tomorrow at 11 a.m. CT at Cleveland State, finishing up the three-day, three-meet Horizon League road stretch.#


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Originally posted by erendorn View PostI mostly agree, but I don't know if the activist gets any money from youtube (I don't think so, at least). I think it is youtube that monetize the content, which is fair, as they are the cost bearer.
I would never link any online account of mine to any form of ID, financial information, or any form of verifiable personal information because of who I am. I close all accounts that attempt to demand that I "add a phone" and throw up barriers to refusal. In addition, it would be hypocrisy for me to sell ads on a video condemning some of the advertisers. If I am looking for videos like my own posted by others, I regard monetized results showing up in search as spam because I prefer not to use them and they pollute the search field of the true activist videos that are NOT monetized.
No adserver will ever be welcome on any server or web page that I operate or administer. My purpose is elsewhere. Compare what I do to a gaming industry fed up with a walled-garden Windows 9 to such an extent that the gaming authors subsidize something like Phoronix for the sole purpose of helping make free software performance competitive so their people can get away from Windoze 9. The gaming execs don't need to make money on the Linux forums or on the research and may spend buckets on hardware. The benefit for them is getting out from under MS control, so they are in better shape later. OK, some people write games, others write political theories for real-world application in "meatspace." Think of Windows as a microcosm of capitalism, and Linux as a microcosm of a direct competitor to capitalism. Free software has proven (as has the majority of human history that was tribal) that economies based on mutual cooperation by those with common interests can function.
Now let's consider a sucessor to the Internet as a larger microcosm of economics: No phone companies, only distributed mesh networks by wifi hooked together by a decendant of amateur radio (the Tunisian Revolution model), and no corporate servers, only local and distributed servers. Bandwidth is controlled by hardware and the physical limits of RF spectrum, local nets needing more can be wired with coax between houses. Each user is allowed to use the same amount of bandwidth they contribute, to control leechers and spammers. Hell, the NSA will help bring this about, by forcing the growth of darknets beyond their control.
Back on subject, it would be great if VP9 et all could get in on the ground floor and squeeze out H265. If nothing else, this would be insurance against the TPP and TTIP trade deals that could extend software patents to many places in Europe and Asia where they are not now recognized. We will always have sanctuary countries that do not sign the deals to host from, but better to take the patented shit out of play entirely while we still can. We got stuck with H264 but its patents will expire, let's NOT let an H265 patent evergreen this like the Nexium patent!


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House investigators: $200 million of TSA equipment in storage, gathering dust
posted at 11:05 am on May 9, 2012 by Howard Portnoy
Who would have guessed it? The Transportation Security Administration, that model of bureaucratic efficiency and keen government oversight, is wasting taxpayers' money.
The Washington Post reports that the agency "has shelved $184 million in security equipment in a Texas warehouse rather than in the airports for which it was bought." And it gets worse. When House investigators sought information about the stored material, the TSA "provided inaccurate, incomplete, and potentially misleading information … to conceal the agency's mismanagement of warehouse operations."
The Post quotes a member of the House Committee on Transportation as saying, "When our guys went down there, the manager told them they'd been trying to move stuff out so we wouldn't see it." Despite the effort to get rid of the evidence, inspectors found 5,700 pieces of equipment on the premises—100 more than the number included in the inventory TSA provided to the committee.
Committee Chairman John L. Mica (R-Fla.), one of the TSA's fiercest critics, has prepared a report on this most recent administrative black eye, which will be the subject of a meeting in the House on Wednesday. The report, which was made available to the press mere minutes ago, is here. In advance of the meeting, the congressman's office released a statement:
A joint investigation by the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, along with recent efforts by the Government Accountability Office, reveal that little has changed in the past three years and that systemic flaws continue to plague the TSA. These flaws are exacerbated by a management structure that seems content to throw millions of dollars at untested solutions that are bought in excess and poorly deployed and managed. That is not a security operation, but rather a recipe for disaster.
Today's hearing will help to explore these lingering issues and outline remedies.
I am concerned that the TSA has grown into a top-heavy, unmanageable agency, evidenced by its 400% increase in workforce since its founding. The agency's flaws are not the fault of TSA employees working everyday on the front lines, but instead that of a bloated leadership structure in Washington, DC. When attempting to conduct oversight, instead of cooperation from TSA the committees have been met with obfuscation, excuses and attempts to mislead.
I am impressed, I must admit. Here I thought the TSA's sole activities were limited to traumatizing old women and crippled children, failing to nab would-be terrorists, and stealing from passengers. Now I find they are also liars. Less power to them!