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July 12, 2004, 03:17:29 PM »
Just wanted to introduce myself. I took a class in beekeeping in 1998 in Sacramento, CA and finally started with my own bees this April. I live way up in Northeastern California, so you can put me in Nevada if you want to make your map look a little better (I'm only 8 miles from the state line).
I've got one hive with a marked russian queen and I've been reading the posts about not finding queens when checking hives. I've been able find her at each inspection until I added my third super. I looked everywhere and didn't see any eggs (I'm somewhat farsighted - so it's a challenge for me anyway), found four queen cells, weird comb and started to panic. I took the time to remove all of the queen cells, comb and excess propolis. Still didn't see my queen.
Waited two days and checked the top two supers. No queen. No eggs. Lots of honey. Sigh.
Waited two days and opened the hive again yesterday. Went through the top super - bees beginning to draw out comb. No queen.
Went through the second super. Removed more bits of burr comb. Lots of honey, some capped. No queen. Moved second super onto first super. Started going through the bottom super. Saw some youngish larvae. Finally saw an egg and more larvae. Got to the very last frame in the very last super. There she was! Did I mention - THE LAST FRAME IN THE BOTTOM SUPER??! Sheeze.
Now I will leave them alone for ten days. They've earned a break from me.
Field Bee
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July 12, 2004, 05:04:36 PM »
Welcome, Mellifera. This is a good and helpful bunch of people. They haven't shut me down for asking my incessant panicked questions yet! I'm certain you'll find something you need here, and maybe offer back something someone else can use, too.
-- Kris
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July 13, 2004, 02:08:50 PM »
Thanks for the welcome!
Living out in the "boonies" like I do, I don't have a club to bother with my newbie questions. It's kind of good in a way, because I have to take chances on my own and I don't think that I would be so assertive if I had someone handy to ask about every single curious behavior that I see.. I just have to push ahead on my own. So far, so good. From everything I've read, the first year is the easiest, so the true test will be next year for me and the bees.
If that's not the case, I'm sure that you will hear from me this season..
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July 13, 2004, 02:10:38 PM »
Hey, wait. I'm not a "guest".
House Bee
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July 13, 2004, 02:24:00 PM »
"Lurch my good man,…what did you mean when you said just now that 'You've got better things to do than run my petty little errands'…….?"
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July 18, 2004, 01:10:01 PM »
Where at in N. E. California? I used to have bees in Glenn, and Marysville. I really enjoyed it up there
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July 18, 2004, 03:04:28 PM »
Howdy and Welcome! :lol:
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July 18, 2004, 05:27:17 PM »
Welcome to the forum!
"If you have no money and you have few possessions, if you have a dog you are still rich"
"Forgiveness is easier to get than permission"
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July 18, 2004, 07:50:15 PM »
Thanks for all the welcomes!
I live up in the Northeastern corner of the state. I'm about as far as you can go in the corner and still be in California. Modoc County - about 8 miles from Nevada and 30 miles from Oregon. (Northeast of Glenn County)
It's an agricultural area. Cattle and alfalfa and feed grasses, plus Great Basin high desert plants, such as sagebrush, rabbit brush and bitter brush.
The bees seem to like it, but were slow to start, as we have a pretty short season. We should get our first frost about October 1.
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July 18, 2004, 08:05:36 PM »
Perfect time of year to jump in the sacramento river at Chico, and float down to the sand bar tavern in glenn!! Oops!! my misspent youth revealing itself again!!
New Bee
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modoc county bees
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December 30, 2005, 06:26:34 PM »
Hi - I am a total newbie to beekeeping and am just now thinking about starting a hive or 2 in Modoc County (near goose lake). I'd really appreciate any help regards species that are doing well for you and tips on over wintering protection.
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December 31, 2005, 04:42:44 PM »
Welcome to the forum, it is great to have you join us! bye :D
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December 31, 2005, 05:00:01 PM »
I've never bought anything but Italians. Lots of people choose carnys, russians, or some other bee, because of their frugal behavior with stores, proclaimed resistance to mites etc. You have access to alot of queen breeders up your way, and plenty of people that shake bees for packages. Get a couple colonys going and try a few different types.
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Hey Mell :)
Glad to have you aboard as all the others stated!!! Happy New Year to YOU and to ALL MEMBERS, I wish HEALTH, INNER PEACE, COMFORTABLE PERSONAL WEALTH, plus ALL the TOYS SANTA forgot to bring you :lol:
The feeling of killing off queen cells and THEN seeing NO QUEENS is a frightful thing. I have made it a habit to take an old shipping cage and make a MAKE-SHIFT NUC to place some workers and the excess queen cells (cut a chuck right out of the frane - they'll fix it eventually) and raise a queen or two JUST INCASE I killed the queen in my inspection.
Glad everything is working out well for you - that is always a good thing!!!!
I'm really glad you gound the forum, I hope you find the time to come here often and keep us abeat on your hive's growths - we all enjoy the good stories and sadly learn from the not so grand tales.
I've had some cold days and two good cleansing flights - one made my wifes green car look as if it had the measles - lol. She didn't exactly find it as funny - lolol.
I'm at work, where I have returned to after a 5 day weekend around Christmas. It is Christmas Eve and I'll be here until about 12:30am Jan 1, 2006 letting a co-worker (who is also celebrating his 40 birthday) enjoy midnight with his family - no sense BOTH of us getting fouled up because of the holiday.
Personally, I don't have many rememorable NYEs, but at the age of 47 I hope to have a few more chances at a great chance to see the new year enter. I've spent 11 of the last 19 at work, 4 at home asleep and the others with my wife just watching TV. Only one actual party that I can remember and I was a bacholor at the time.
I did mention in a previous post that I bought for my wife (and myself) tickets to Cirque Du Soliel (the French touring "Circus of the Suns") in July, I'm really waiting on that - and as I sit here typing I'm listing to LAST NIGHTS ART BELL (for those who do not know him - he founded Coast to Coast AM After-Dark) radio the largest late night radio show in the USA and I'm a online member where I have 9 months available in streaming and 3 months available in MP3 always available to me.
I'm playing it on my new 6GIG Creative ZEO Micro MP3 player - a terrific mini MP3 player which I have both my massive website and the forum backed up on, PLUS about 500 songs and nearly 50 Coast to Coast shows to alway listen to.
So, I'm a tech lover, not the most tech savvy guy, but I love toys and this MP3 player really has some awesome sound quality whether I use the ear buds (wich come with the player) or the Bose Noice Reduction Headset.
MY GOALS for 2006
I have had a few people (less than 5 - honest) donate to the forum to help with the necessary growth of bandwidth, so I know I need to go "out of pocket" and expand the forum - there is so much I can do - Video files (both insturctional) and entertainment based for the members of the forums and the guests of the website.
Also, I have dozens upon dozens of fully produced audio shows which are quite entertaining (I'm told, but I felt so anyways -lol) and also a handful of new options for the members to easily build and share their own beekeeping blogs complete with embedded clips of their choice. It really comes down to available space to place the data and I refuse advertizing and I think I have given up on the idea of Beemaster tee-shirts, coffee cups, etc.. The reason, cost vs. lablr is very tough to obtain profit.
What I am planning though (and this is a first to here) is produce a SLIDESHOW HIGH RES PHOTO COLLECTION with approx 1000 images and ALL with audio sound track. This one or two CD collection will be 1) easy to mass produce for me, 2) inexpensive to ship and 3) not only offer the members hundreds of original Beemaster hi-res images, but a massive wallpaper collection to bring their desktop to life - this is a realistic way to make money for the site and give something personal and multifunctional for anyone buying to CD/s.
I have many many quality photos, but I want the reslution to be 1280X1024 - which about I think will satisfy MOST all people in their description of Hi-Res - personally I'm pleased with 1024X768 but I want to give EVEYONE the biggest bang for their buck.
The pictures will cover many topics, most notably bee related, but then flowers, wildlife, scenery and other pleasant and relaxing images - plus a relaxing meditative sound-track. I want to creative an experience, not just a disk filled with wallpaper images.
Those who know I was the Covershot Image Photographer for the Beekeeping for Dummies Book
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will get an idea of the photos I will be compiling. I promise them to be worth every penny and the profit level (compaired to cost and shipping) makes it a feasable way to grow the forum to (and even beyond) its potential. I have a real great feeling about this.
PS.... I'll love to hear feedback on this idea. I'm not sticking to the cost, but I'm looking somewhere between $12.00 and $14.00 for the collection which with come on Lite-Scribed and Autographed hard case. I think this is a fare market price for something so special to the wonderful members of this ever growing forum. Best of all, it's a great way to give to the forum and get something unique in return!
As you can tell. I do tend to get off the topic alot - lol. I'm a prolific writing and often I ramble, but new members excite me and talking positive things while stuck here at work makes for a cheerier night.
So welcome again, checkout those photos (note - the Beekeeping for Dummies book liked above - is a one of a kind, the final version that went to print REVERSED the image of the worker bee - so the only image that looks as this one does is at that page!!!)
Happy New Year, please post often and I know you will find the members to be the friendliest bunch of people you ever come across - the forum is less than 2 years old (believe that or not) and even during a lull of posting the last month or so, my server feedback tells me that MANY people are reading nearly every post, I just assume they are too busy to reply, but Family ALWAYS comes first - I'm happy just to know they are checking in, even if the can't always find the time to write back. Happy and safe New Year to you and everyone aboard!!!!
NJBeemaster my YOUTUBE Video Collection
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Looks like it is the other way around there.
Up in Saline, Michigan
Mark Hildebrandt developed a fondness for solar energy back in the 1970s. Over the years, it became his vocation. So, it's fitting that he counts on the sun to charge his Chevrolet Volt, right? Hildebrandt, owner of Sunventrix Solar in Saline, MI, says that:
I made the switch to renewable energy a while ago, and thus with solar energy, I can power my house, charge my Volt and pump energy back into the grid, which I get credit for. As more Volts are sold, I believe the demand for solar charging stations will increase. I have spoken to a handful of Volt owners in Michigan that are really interested in charging their Volts from solar energy.
Hildebrandt is not the only one that's harnessing the sun's energy to charge his Volt. ZD Wines' chief executive officer, Robert deLeuze, has counted on the sun to power his California-based winery since 2007. Now, deLeuza's Volt is often plugged into the winery's photovoltaic system. DeLeuza's claims that:
Solar power generation makes sense, and I think the Volt will help generate more interest in home installations. ZD Wines has had a solar power station for the past three years and purchasing my Volt was a driving factor in installing a solar photovoltaic system at my house.
Of course, even General Motors relies on the power of the sun to charge Volts at the Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant before the vehicles are hauled away to dealerships.
Shouldn't one worry about Bad Gas?DiPisa said he was given the car with eight gallons of gas in December and still has four in the tank.
it's all been built in to the programs.
If you don't burn enough of it, the car takes over and burns the gas before it goes stale
http://www.plugincars.com/putting-th...olt-69473.htmlThe Volts computer system is monitoring this activitykeeping track when the gas door opens and closes, how much time has passed, and how many EV miles youve driven since the gas engine was last called into action. If you open the gas door, but dont put in any gas, the Volt knows. The cars system is double-checking to make sure that new fuel has been added, because old stale gasoline is potentially bad for the system and bad for emissions. An outside temperature sensor is even keeping track of hot days to determine if the fuel might be cooking.
If you havent burned fuel for a while, the dashboard display will encourage you to burn some gas, by driving the vehicle beyond its 40 miles battery-supplied power. You can ignore the call to action, but after two warnings about the need to drive using some gasoline, the car will take matters into its own hands. The Volt will then start up the gas engine in order to burn off stale gasoline, circulate engine oil, and pressurize the engine system.
When the car completes this engine and fuel maintenance mode, it shuts down again, giving the reins solely back to the electric motor. At that pointfor drivers who stay close to homethe gasoline is again left in reserve for days, weeks or months, until your next rare and infrequent trip to the pumps.
Nathan Pinsley 26... first time car buyer.
has it in New York city. Plugs into his underground garage.
Whats your favorite Volt feature?
Aside from the obvious (low-emission driving and freedom from oil dependence), my favorite feature is the "L" gear which makes stop and go driving in NYC much more tolerable because I can use the Volt's regenerative braking for "one pedal driving" instead of constantly switching back and forth to the brake pedal. Truly an under advertized feature.
Originally Posted by mitch hedberg
im going to try hard as hell to convince my dad to get one of these as his next car. his company gets him a car every 5 years or 100k miles and hes been driving an acadia, 7 passenger and 16mpg, to work and back every day by himself for the past few years.
hes convinced that our family needs a big car for long trips, with 2 kids in college and last summer myself and my sister living in dc and richmond doing internships, he only had my mom and little brother to drive around. i think its time for him to abandon the 90s love for cheap fuel and oversized cars.
3.8 cents per mile. Now assuming he gets free electricity at work (which is a trend that will likely only last until enough people do it to make it too expensive for employers) he's still paying for something like 700 miles worth. 700 * 0.038 = $26.6. Although the gas bill seems to be inflated bigtime, I can believe a $250/month gas bill and given the free electricity at work, the math seems to support a modest $30/month worth of electricity. So at least half of what he said checks out.
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I just love this car, its one of the best cars in the world. I don't know why, but i find it better than some of the leading cars in the market.
Write up on Merit Herman's car
Herman, an executive with a Santa Cruz-based food nutritionals company, agrees with the accolades. He says the cars performance has exceeded his expectations.
Buying an electric car probably isnt a stretch for the 45-year-old married father of twins. After all, the roof of his two-story home is covered with solar panels. But the self-professed solar geek says hes not a tree-hugging environmentalist, hes just a practical spender who was also committed to buying an American car.
Originally Posted by PattonOriginally Posted by Einstein
I could see my family having a Chevy Volt on one side of the garage, and a Tesla Model S on the other...
HAVE/HAD: Mercedes, Porsche, Cadillac, Land Rover, VW (x5), Buick, Mitsubishi, Chrysler, Dodge, Nissan, Ford, GMC, Jeep, Fiat
WANT: Fiat 500C Abarth, VW Scirocco Mk1, Alfa Romeo GTV, Lotus Esprit, Audi TT, 240Z, Lancer Evo VIII RS,
Hudson Hornet, Porsche 964, Mini Cooper, Caterham SV, M-B CLS63 AMG, DeTomaso Pantera
Love this car. I can't wait until the second gen of the system, and hopefully they fit it in a smaller car like a Cruze or Sonic.
Can you guys post links if you're getting these stories from articles on other sites? I appreciate the info though. The Volt is a very cool car, it will be interesting to see how far the price of the technology can come down in the next decade or so.


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As the Olympic torch made its way through the streets of Hong Kong, angry crowds shouted at one another and waved their separate banners of greeting. Pro-tibetans waved in anger at the torch bearers while Chinese responded with cries of patriotism and denounced those who failed showing respect to the nation. A 21 year-old university student, Christina Chan, drapped herself in a Tibetan flag which aroused the anger of nationalist Chinese. Police had to intervene and take her away before an explosion of anger erupted from the pro-Chinese demonstrators.
The city government encouraged citizens to wear patriotic red and they clearly dominated those observing the flag procession. Lhadon Tethong, executive director of Students for a Free Tibet, had vowed dto do "everything in their power to protest the torch relay" and while they made their views known, the torch went on its way to the final destination in Beijing.
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A second place finish from the Canisius College men's cross country team – which ties the best finish in program history, and is the best finish since 1995 – highlighted the Griffs performance at the MAAC Championship in Van Cortlandt Park on Friday in New York City.
The Canisius top-five all finished in the top 21 overall and sophomore Cooper Roach led the way with a ninth place finish (26:04).
Freshman Jeff Antolos (26:23) and sophomore Michael Anvelt (26:24) finished in 13th and 14th respectively. Freshmen Brennan Root (16th) and Xavier Sauvageau (21st) rounded out the Griffs scoring.
"I'm very proud of our program and what our student-athletes accomplished today," said head coach Nate Huckle. "On the men's side, we had an opportunity to do something great and we took advantage of it. Our runners went out aggressively through the first two miles and then kept pressing hard through the hills in the middle of the course. By the end of the third mile we had second place wrapped up, but our leaders kept driving hard and we ended up with three individuals earning All-Conference honors."
Roach, Antolos and Anvelt were all awarded All-MAAC honors by finishing in the top-15.
"It was a total team effort, as one through nine had their best races of the season," Huckle said. "Cooper and Jeff were outstanding up front, but Mike, Brennan and Xavier really pulled through for us. Mike finally broke out of his sophomore slump and rallied our pack behind Cooper. They were not to be denied today."
Iona swept the top-six places in the race to win the title with 15 points. Canisius raked in 73 points, and Rider finished third with 109 points.
On the women's side, Canisius raced to a sixth place finish. The Griffs were led by a pair of seniors up front as Mikelle Cala (23:21) and Catherine Phillips (23:43) finished 15th and 20th overall respectively.
Freshman Haley Keene was the third Griff to cross the line in 31st place (24:22). Senior Jaime Wallace and freshman Macey Walker both crossed the line at 24:52 and finished 51st and 52nd respectively.
"The women were only three points back from Rider, which overall was tough to take," Huckle said. "But overall, they were in the hunt for a top-five finish. We were solid up front and our pack ran well, but we needed to hold position better through the second mile. We are a young team, and we gained valuable experience and confidence this weekend."
The Griffs finished with 150 points, behind Rider's 147. Iona also won the women's competition with 30 points.
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'"I just kind of strained it a little bit in practice early in the week," said Drury, reinjured during a penalty kill in the final minute while chasing a high clearing pass that turned into a two-on-one with Mike Grier. "Someone flipped it high and I was chasing the play, and it jumped up and grabbed me wrong. I didn't want to make it any worse, and I got treatment right away."'
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The Canisius volleyball team overcame a 2-0 deficit to defeat the host Bucknell Bison in five sets on Saturday afternoon. The Golden Griffins won 22-25, 20-25, 25-23, 25-23, 15-12 and took both of their matches at the Bucknell Invitational in Lewisburg, Pa.
Sophomore middle hitter Lauren Siebert recorded a career-high 19 kills (including five kills on five swings in the fifth set) to go along with five blocks while senior middle hitter Roxanne Hernandez had eight kills and nine blocks. Siebert and Hernandez each hit .500 in the match with Canisius posting a season-high 14 blocks on the day.
"I am proud of the way our team didn't give up today and battled back, not only to force a fifth set but when we got down in the fifth set," Canisius coach Cathy Hummel said. "We definitely used and showed our team depth today, and a number of different players came through at key portions of this match."
Senior Sydney Palka and sophomore Grace Streicher combined for 62 assists as each setter also posted eight digs. Freshman Jacklyn Malusa had her second double-double of the weekend with 13 kills and 15 digs.
Canisius jumped out to a quick 5-1 lead, but Bucknell (5-3) scored the next five points to claim the lead. The Griffs regained the lead at 10-9, but could never extend the lead as the Bison pulled away late to take the first set. Bucknell broke open the second set with a 7-1 run to go up 15-9, and the Bison never let the Griffs get closer than two points the rest of the way en route to going up 2-0 in the match.
The Griffs again built an early 5-1 lead, but Bucknell battled back in the third set. The Bison evened the score at 13-13, before Canisius reclaimed control by winning the next four points. The Bison answered back by taking the next four points and knotting the score again. Canisius took the next three points to go up 20-17, but Bucknell tied the score at 22-22. After trading side-outs, a block from Hernandez followed by a Bucknell attack error gave the Griffs the fourth set.
Canisius never trailed in the fourth set, building a 13-8 lead and extended the advantage to as many as seven points on multiple occasions. The Bison fought off the first four six points before the Griffs used a kill from Seibert to force the fifth set. Siebert and senior Emily Elek each had four kills in the fourth set.
In the fifth set, Canisius had its best hitting set of the day, and of the season, as the Griffs posted a .409 attack percentage to complete the comeback. The Griffs won the first two points but Bucknell took seven of the eight next points to go up 7-3 and force Canisius to use both of its timeouts. Canisius would win 11 of the final 15 points of the match, including a four-point run on the serve of junior Olivia Chrzanowski, as the Griffs won the match on a Bucknell attack error.
Canisius (2-8) returns to the Koessler Athletic Center to host the University at Buffalo on Tuesday night for its final non-conference match of the regular season. Match time between the cross-town rivals is set for 6 p.m.
Notes: Elek was named the Bucknell Invitational MVP while Siebert was also named to the All-Tournmaent Team... Canisius overcame a 2-0 deficit for the first time since Oct. 13, 2012, when the Griffs defeated Fairfield in five sets in the KAC… The nine blocks by Hernandez were the most by a Golden Griffin since Samantha Good had 10 blocks against Manhattan on Sept. 30, 2012... The 19 kills from Siebert best her previous career high of 14 kills set against Loyola on Oct. 28, 2012… Canisius had double-digit blocks for the third time this season.


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Some of the exterior features available in the SR5 package include heated outside mirrors, integrated fog lamps, a roof rack, power tilt moonroof and running boards. A peek into the interior shows three-zone front and rear climate control, cruise control, map lamps, a leather-trimmed steering wheel that both tilts and is telescopic. Other features include Bluetooth hands-free telephone controls and 16 cup and bottle holders.
The driver's seat is 8-way power adjustable for the pickiest driver, while the front passenger seat is 4-way adjustable. The second row seat slides, reclines and lays flat. It also provides one-touch access to the third-row seating. The rear doors open at such a wide angle that not only can passengers enter and exit with ease, but the installation of a child safety seat is made simple. This is something every parent and grandparent can truly appreciate.
The CD player has standard AM/FM capacity, the ability to play MP3 and WMA files, is set up to handle Sirius Satellite Radio subscriptions and has 14 speakers and a subwoofer to provide optimal sound quality. Music streaming via Bluetooth technology is also an option, guaranteeing music no matter where your Sequoia is taking you.
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The six-speed automatic is available in both two-wheel and four-wheel drive and offers reasonable EPA estimates for fuel economy, with 13 miles per gallon city and 18 highway for a two-wheel drive. The four-wheel drive option only drops the expected mpg for highway travel by one, keeping city driving expectations to 13 mpg.
Standard safety features for the newest model of Toyota's off-road family SUV includes a four-wheel ABS with both Brake Assist and Electronic Brake Force Distribution. The Sequoia also has ventilated disc brakes for both front and rear and a rack-and-pinion steering system that recognizes vehicle speed and has Variable Flow Control to respond in kind.
The Limited and Platinum packages for the Sequoia also offer front and rear parking sensors that recognize standing objects and their distance from the vehicle, relaying that information to the driver. These packages also have the option to include a back-up camera to further assist in parking safely.
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My school's team is picking up again and I'm not going to be playing anything other than Airball for a while, so it's time to thin out my already small collection
I adore both of these markers, but I don't realistically see myself using both, let alone either any time soon. Just to be clear, I'm not adding for anything, and I don't need another marker.
Marker: GoG eNMEy
Condition: 9.5/10
Color: Titanium (Grey)
Upgrades: Aftermarket bolt (has two tail o-rings)
Known Problems: NONE
Asking Price: $135 shipped
Shipping Options: USPS w/tracking
Trades of interest: Rotor, Halo TOO + CASH, hoppers + cash, packs + cash (preferably 4+3 or 5+4)
Location of item: MD
What is Included: Marker, barrel, small parts kit, barrel sock, aftermarket bolt, NO STOCK BOLT
I've had this marker for under 2 months, and I've only used it 3 times. It was supposed to be my marker for LL6 (could potentially still be), but I need cash or a new hopper because I'm playing with my school again so it's potentially for sale.
SOLD Marker: Trilogy Pump (Custom Milled)SOLD
SOLD Condition: 7/10 SOLD
SOLD Color: Black/Red SOLD
SOLD Upgrades: 12" CP barrel, V2 CP Regulator, Slide Frame SOLD
SOLD Known Problems: Crack at rear of frame (see picture)SOLD
SOLD Asking Price: $120 shipped SOLD
SOLD Shipping Options: USPS w/priority SOLD
SOLD Trades of interest: Rotor, Halo TOO + CASH, hoppers + cash, packs + cash (preferably 4+3 or 5+4)SOLD
SOLD Location of item: MD SOLD
SOLD What is Included: Marker w/barrel SOLD
This is super fun to shoot, and there is minimal farting when fired. The lower tube was recently cleaned/oiled. I'm a lot less likely to sell this than I am to sell the eNMEy.
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Does anyone have any ideas for ice-breaker games for beginners? I've recently been offered a new job, teaching adults (beginners, elementary, upper-int and FCE) and first lessons are next week. This will be my first post (completed CELTA in Aug). I had some ideas for ice-breaker games but they would really only be suitable for groups with SOME level of English. Is there any kind of game you can play with beginners, or is it only really feasible to start with introducing their names etc via demo'ing?
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Before I list some of the options I have looked at I will give some background. If it's too much just skip it.
I am an Ice Coast snowboarder just moving into the park scene. I had gone 8 or 9 times in middle school but was never great. I got back to the mountain 2 weeks ago after 4 or 5 years off and with the help of some of snow wolfs videos I was able to link turns and carve (although I need to get better at bleeding speed while carving and improve technique). That day I also met up with my friends and learned how to 50-50 boxes and do simple grabs on small jumps. I want to be able to jib everything, take mid size jumps and throw spins (I think the biggest we have locally at ski liberty is about 25 feet), butter around the hill, and have a fun time all around the mountain and in different conditions. Most of my time in the future will be spent in the park though. Being able to ride fakie is also extremely important to me.
I plan on getting a board now rather than later to save rent money and because of a trip north during our college's spring break. I have money to blow from jobs so price isn't really an object but I don't see the point to spending extreme amounts on a first board that will get used heavily in the park and on the street when the snows there.
I am about 5-10 and weigh between 175-185 pounds depending on what weight I need to be at for the school boxing club.
For bindings I was thinking Union Force's would be good, especially with Sierra's deals
Union Force - Snowboard Bindings Reviews & Sale | SierraSnowboard.com
For Boots the Rome Libertine looks good as do the 32 lashed and burton hail and jeremy jones, but I will need to find a local shop to try boots on and see what really works.
For boards here are a few that stood out to me after checking out reviews and company websites
Capita Sierrascope 156 $300
Capita Sierrascope FK - Snowboards Reviews & Sale | SierraSnowboard.com
Capita Indoor Survival FK $280 (156? i know bigger people sometimes swing 154 but I have no idea about that for me at this stage of riding)
Capita Indoor Survival FK - Snowboards Reviews & Sale | SierraSnowboard.com
Rome Graft 155 $300 for 2010 about $140 for 2009
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Capita Stairmaster 156 $230
Capita Stairmaster - Snowboards Reviews & Sale | SierraSnowboard.com
I also looked at the burton blunt but I didn't like the graphic and it was $370 on sale at sierra. In general LibTech costs too much for me and seems more advanced. K2 and some other brands like ride didnt fit into my price range either, but I have no objections to other suggestions.
I like the forum youngblood chillydog as well, my friend already has one though and I think it would be cool to rock something different.
I won't really have an opportunity to test things but from descriptions I have read the Capita Sierrascope and Indoor Survival FK seem the most appealing to me. I like the graphics on the survival FK the best, with the stairmaster in second.
If anyone has input on traditional camber v reverse camber and jib-rocker tech. or experience with these or any other similar boards I would love some help.
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607.5. "Mining rights" or "mineral rights." In the event that a separate assessment of rights and privileges appertaining to mines or minerals and land is made, the descriptive words "mining rights" or "mineral rights" on the assessment roll shall include the right to enter in or upon the land for the exploration, development and production of minerals, including oil, gas, and other hydrocarbons.
History.—Added by Stats. 1955, p. 2057, in effect September 7, 1955.
Generally.—Without evidence of the existence of a reasonably probable market in certain tax years for the sale in separate form of an oil company's rights of surface entry for exploitation of its mineral rights, there was no support for an assessment which included, in an approximate $80 per acre assessment of the mineral rights, $58 per acre as the market value of the rights of surface entry. Union Oil Co. v. Ventura County, 41 Cal.App.3d 432. The conveyance of a mineral interest in land creates two separate estates in the land, each of which is subject to taxation and thus may be separately taxed. If the mineral interest is for so long as minerals can be extracted in paying quantities, the interest is perpetual and is considered to be a fee interest, which is a freehold estate. If the interest is for a term of years, it is considered to be a chattel real, but is nevertheless an estate in land that is subject to taxation separate from the remaining interests. Howard v. Amador County, 220 Cal.App.3d 962.
Valuation.—For property tax purposes, oil and gas leases, which involve income-producing properties, are ordinarily evaluated based on the income capitalization method of appraisal. Dominguez Energy, L.P. v. Los Angeles County, 56 Cal.App.4th 839.


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Thursday 10th May 2012
As disappointed as we all felt walking away from our last home game I couldn't help but feel it was just another incredible game in a season that has been simply full of them.
The high-scoring results have gone both in our favour and against us of course and Saturday was one of those where I walked away full of emotion somewhere between frustration and anger.
We knew a win was vital and we couldn't have made a better start, Yossi's superb curling strike setting us on our way early on.
Our visitors played with the kind of freedom you often see from teams who are comfortably mid-table and totally relaxed and this made them a dangerous opposition on the day.
Although as a team defensively we were poor on the day, everything that could go wrong seemed to.
Most analysis correctly suggests that arguably the Canaries deserved to take something from the game and we didn't play well enough, certainly defensively, to secure all three points.
The following aspects are all factual however, whatever way we look at it.
Chezz has enjoyed a quite superb season, especially for one so young. He will be disappointed at the first goal, a mistake that proves like all goalkeepers, he is in fact human!
Kieran's attempted block for the second meant the ball could have gone anywhere. To loop up and bounce gently into the net was extremely unlucky.
We created so many chances in the second half that it looked like being one of those days. Our patience however, was admirable and it looked to have paid off with RVP's late double.
Even after we somehow allowed our visitors to equalise we saw two or three great chances go begging.
Sitting at the north end of the stadium I had a perfect view of our late penalty shout but even with the various angles TV provide it is extremely difficult to see how or why it wasn't awarded. RVP was about to roll the ball into an empty net when the incident happened, a goal that would have proved absolutely crucial.
There is the argument of course that we shouldn't need an injury-time penalty to win a home against a mid-table team and I completely understand this point of view.
Football dictates however, games don't always go as planned and whether it should be required or not is irrelevant.
We haven't been awarded one penalty at home in the League all season. I'm really not sure what that tells us but it's certainly an incredible fact.
While enjoying a local beer festival's offerings come the Sunday afternoon, news filtered through that results elsewhere had been favourable meaning we head for The Hawthorns knowing a win will clinch that all-important third spot.
In a season full of rollercoaster rides it is time to get on the very last one.
If it's the slowest and most boring of the 38 and we get the three points it will do me and all us Gooners just fine!
Come on you mighty reds!
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Hi I just joined, love your helmet wolter, where did you get or how did you make it?
very nice that armor has to be a lill heavy...... is it ?
very nice, you leaving it white or you painting it up?, can i ask where you got the helmet from?, or did you use a pep file?
Tried accessing that blog link that was posted, and it no longer exists. :( Anyone know where I can obtain the Commando pepakura files? Google hasn't turned up any results.
freaken awesome
Wow that kit looks amazing!
you should throw up some schematics and pics of how your put your ori'jate kit together. this is one is down the road for me but its a diffanent future build for me. love the nulls and rcs.
It would appear I am years late to this thread. The skipspepakura link does not work (at least for me), and I was just wondering if there are templates/plans for an RC build anywhere. I may not be a costumer (yet), but having grown up with a wood and metal working shop in my basement (may my father's soul blaze forever in the manda!), I bloody well know how to follow a blueprint and work with tools...if I could just *find* some blueprints. Thanks all!
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wish they said what materials to use on these templates and also step to step instructions on how to make them. I hope to one day make my own custom Beskar'gam.
I feel your pain. I am new to the armor creating world and there are a few of my favorites that I hope to make in the future. I have looked all over the web searching for step by step tutorials on how to construct an R/C or Commander Gree suit and helmet. I have seen some steps in making armor with low grade materials but I am looking for guidance on what materials to use to make a top grade set of armor/helmet. Naturally it is understandable that these sets can take many man hours to make. I have seen many impressive creations surfing this site. I hope to learn as much as I can from others on here.
Looking at those pics just makes me wish Disney would commission Karen Traviss to finish her Republic Commando story................:(
Is polymer armory a good place to buy RC gear? My son wants some so bad including the deece they sell.
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The RC armor is on my list, if I ever finish a Boba first! Like others, I think Traviss' books are some of the best in the EU. Love this look! Thanks for more inspiration!
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If one of these words appears by your ancestor's name, you might wonder what led her to that means of supporting herself. People then had bad luck and made questionable choices just as they do today. The husbands of prostitutes in the 1870 or 1880 census, for example, may have been killed in the Civil War.
For the most part, US censuses counted prostitutes the same as anyone else: In the 1870 enumeration for Ohio's rural Van Wert County, Susanna Stevenson, age 35, is listed as a prostitute, as is her 16-year-old daughter, Nancy, and 25-year-old neighbor Anna Myers. In some cases, though, you may have to read between the lines. The 1860 Yreka County, Calif., census lists a residence of Chinese women (each recorded simply as China Woman) ages 19 and 20, all with the occupation unknown. (The same census taker recorded miners as John Chinaman.)


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This is a discussion on Basic Tactical Carbine M4/AR-15 Course 9/26/2009 in Virginia within the Defensive Carry & Tactical Training forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Tactical Carbine M4/AR-15 Course 9/26/2009 in Virginia Folks this will be the (11th) OPEN enrollment Carbine class in 2009 for PTTA & CCJA. We will ...
Tactical Carbine M4/AR-15 Course 9/26/2009 in Virginia
Folks this will be the (11th) OPEN enrollment Carbine class in 2009 for PTTA & CCJA. We will be shooting on Steel and Paper from barricades and vehicles. We can shoot out to 500 yards on the Carbine range.
Hope to see you on the range!
September 26,2009 starting @ 9:00am
Prerequisite: Basic Understnding of Safety
Class Size: 15 Students Max
Instructors: Tom Perroni & CCJA Staff Instructors
This course is designed to develop a solid foundation of shooting skills with the carbine. The student will exercise these skills in a variety of shooting situations. The student will quickly gain experience, confidence and increase their skill level with the carbine and using it in tactical situations.
The following topics will be discussed during the course:
Armorer Maintenance & Proper Lubrication
Fundamentals of shooting: Stance, Sights, Grip, Trigger Control
Malfunction Drills (Tap, Rack, Fight) Status Check
Magazine Changes & Weapons Handling Skills
Multiple shoots, Multiple targets, Shoot, Move Communicate
Shooting on the move, Shooting reactive targets
Shooting behind cover and from barricades
Transition from Carbine to Handgun
Breaking Contact & Peeling Left & Right (Bounding)
We will BZO @ 25 & 50 yards using iron sights and then co-witness
EO Techs or Aimpoints.
This one day course is very comprehensive and packs in a great deal of information. It is not a canned course, it is very dynamic and teaches real world skills from Instructors that operate or have operated in High Threat Environments. You will learn more in this one day course than you will from most 2/3 day courses.
CCJA & PTTA M4/ AR-15 Tactical Carbine Course
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Let me know what you think about this. I lost my mother almost two years ago and was struggling with how God could take my mother away from me. I went through a period where I was struggling with the existence of Him. I no longer struggle with this and accept Him and what He took from me, as it was her time. I again have faith in our savior. My question about the above link is what do you think He thinks should have been done in that situation. The law, man law that is, is very sketchy when it comes to taking an intruder's life. In Illinois, where I've studied criminal law, there has to be the intent to hurt one's self or others in the household. However, once the danger has passed (i.e. he's passed out) it's unlawful to take an intruder's life. What do you think the lord would say about this. As long as the father asks for forgiveness and is truly wanting it, he will be forgiven, but what father would not do the same thing and not want to take it back? What may lie ahead for this man when it comes his time? Thanks, everyone!


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WASHINGTON -- The Dollar Coin Alliance, formed in December of 2010, has already spent $250,000 lobbying Congress to kill the $1 banknote in favor of exclusive reliance on the $1 coin, according to a recent story in Roll Call, a newspaper that covers Congress.
Absent from the DCA membership list are the Amusement and Music Operators Association, the American Amusement Machine Association and the National Automatic Merchandisers Association.
Roll Call quoted AAMA president John Schultz as saying that he doubted the manufacturer and distributor group would devote any additional resources in attempts to promote the $1 coin or eliminate the $1 bill.
"Thirty years we've been working on this and thrown a tremendous amount of money to it. Its time has passed," Shultz told the paper.
Growing elements of the amusement and music industry are bypassing hard currency altogether, including both paper and coins, in favor of credit and debit cards and other forms of cashless vending and electronic payment. In the view of many industry members, this is where the trade's future lies. Separately, the American merchandise vending industry continues to advance the cashless payment space. NAMA now offers its own cashless program in partnership with Bank of America Merchant Services.
In contrast, DCA officials said they believe conditions for the demise of the dollar bill are more promising today than at any time in recent years.
Favorable factors include a recent study from the U.S. Government Accountability Office, affirming the potential cost savings that could result from making the switch. (The GAO has done several $1 coin cost-savings studies, which offer the same suggestions.) | SEE STORY
Another important factor that has swung the political balance more in favor of dropping the $1 bill is the November 2010 Republican takeover of the House of Representatives. As a result, the House Finance Committee -- which would have to approve any bill to eliminate the George Washington banknote -- is no longer chaired by Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA).
Frank's state of Massachusetts is home to the nation's chief currency paper manufacturer. Frank and his constituents were and are strong defenders of continued printing and use of paper money including dollar bills.
Shawn Smeallie, a former aide to President George H.W. Bush and a lobbyist at the American Continental Group, heads the DCA's campaign. Smeallie told the Capitol Hill newspaper that he expects a bill to be introduced into the House Finance Committee soon that will eliminate the dollar note.


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Jacobs: A Work In Progress
by Barry Jacobs, GoHeels.com
There's always a temptation to see the world the way we'd like it to be, rather than the way it is. So it was that, entering the 2012-13 men's basketball season, casual observers and even supposed experts foresaw immediate excellence for the current North Carolina squad despite personnel losses that would stagger most programs.
Now that the Tar Heels have a dozen games under their belts, a more complicated if predictable truth has emerged: it will take a considerable amount of work before the '13 squad is a finished product, let alone a national championship contender.
"I said in the spring, summer, fall, I said we have a really young team," coach Roy Williams said, "and who knows what's going to happen?"
A tradition of excellence isn't the only factor that convinced observers a Carolina unit with nine underclassmen, a wealth of jump shooters, and almost no proven interior players would contend for the '13 ACC title.
After all, the Heels boast Williams, a Hall of Famer with two national titles under his belt and a stunning six advances to the Elite Eight or beyond in the last eight NCAA tournaments.
The roster includes five McDonald's All-Americas: Dexter Strickland, Reggie Bullock, P.J. Hairston, James Michael McAdoo and Marcus Paige. McAdoo, a sophomore, was a preseason selection for the All-ACC squad alongside four upperclassmen.
At this point, however, no one disputes the 9-3 Heels have serious questions to answer before becoming a suitably formidable team.
Some limitations are the inevitable result of youth. All four freshmen average at least 11 minutes per game, a lack of experience that's sure to surface in wavering concentration, effort, and understanding.
"Some kids pick up quicker," Williams said. Summoning a frequent touchstone, he added, "Tyler Hansbrough was a freshman, but he picked things up pretty quick."
Seven seasons later no freshman is comparably advanced. All are feeling their way.
Paige, a playmaker with the most polished game, is as much conveyer as creator at this early stage of his career. He and Strickland both start and share ballhandling duties. The senior, who's evolved into a creditable point guard after service as a defensive stopper and second guard, ranks among the ACC's top five in assists, steals, and ratio of assists to turnovers.
Perimeter prowess was always going to be essential to this year's squad, given the presence of experienced shooters Reggie Bullock, Leslie McDonald and P.J. Hairston. Moreover, it's dictated by the lack of proven inside punch.
Carolina averages 21.4 attempts per game from 3-point range, most of Williams' decade-long tenure. More than 30 percent of the field goal tries are launched from beyond the arc, compared to 23 percent last season.
The Heels convert 37.4 percent from that range; in 2012 it was 33.5 percent. The current club ranks fourth in the ACC in 3-point accuracy; the '12 unit ranked eighth.
Most tellingly, this year's Tar Heels gain nearly 29 percent of their points from the bonusphere, contrasted with 19 percent last year.
An inside-out offensive balance is essential in a Dean Smith-Roy Williams system. But the only interior practitioner with any substantial playing experience is McAdoo, whose game is as much finesse as power.
Consequently UNC has struggled on the offensive boards, especially against better opponents, even while compiling the second-best rebound margin in the ACC (+7.2).
Williams has adapted, as a good coach must. Not only do the 3-pointers fly frequently, but the mobility of even his frontcourt players has sparked use of more trapping defensive tactics than we've seen at Chapel Hill in recent memory.
Williams repeatedly has built UNC for national title runs. The 2005 champs were fashioned from a largely inherited group he shaped into a cohesive force in a two-year span. The 2009 champs were crafted steadily from a core group that arrived in 2006, led by Hansbrough, and 2007.
Last season's squad similarly was built from a nucleus of 2010 and 2011 arrivals, along with championship holdover Tyler Zeller, the 2012 ACC Player of the Year. One can certainly argue the '12 Tar Heels were en route to another competitive peak until point guard deluxe Kendall Marshall suffered an injury during NCAA competition.
Taking the long view, then, the current team is transitional, building toward greater things down the road.
That may mean taking lumps at times in order to develop proper habits. Big men must learn the nuances of post play, for instance, even as they strengthen their bodies for the more physical action they encounter.
Certainly the most imposing young interior player is 6-10, 260-pound Joel James. After McAdoo, the most productive on a per-minute basis is slender Brice Johnson - the son of a prep coach leads the team in field goal accuracy (.620) and per-minute rebounds, with one every 2.7 minutes played. (McAdoo, the team leader with an 8.3-rebound average, gets a rebound every 3.4 minutes he's on the floor.)
The reliance on jumpers and a lack of dominating big men is reflected in only a dozen free throw tries per game. Last year UNC averaged 15. Virginia Tech, this season's ACC leader in free throw accuracy, tries nearly 20 foul shots per contest.
A long-term formula for success doesn't preclude flexibility in the present. Williams is sure to balance a determination to follow a proven path with a desire to win now.
That's why eight different players have started games so far. And that's why in the Texas loss aggressive 6-5 wing J.P. Tokoto played virtually as many minutes as James, Johnson, and 6-10 Desmond Hubert combined. Tokoto had six rebounds, compared to four for his taller teammates.
Williams insisted throughout the preseason there was no way Reggie Bullock, the burly 6-7 junior who's emerged as the team leader, would be deployed at power forward. Yet it was clear such an unconventional approach might be desirable in certain circumstances after Bullock paced UNC with 18 points and a career-best 13 rebounds in the Texas defeat, and the 6-6 Hairston led in scoring (20) and rebounding (8) against McNeese State.
"This is a team that is just still finding our way through things," Williams said the other day. "I believe at the end of the season we'll be a heck of a lot better than we are now."
Then, perhaps recalling Marshall's injury, he added, "As long as we stay healthy."


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Events Highlight New EDMs, Micromachining Technology
Back-to-back events drew hundreds to Makino's Auburn Hills, Michigan tech center last week for technical presentations, machine demos, networking and more.
These tiny parts were machined on a Makino UPV-3 wire EDM.
Although the official unveiling of a new series of wire EDMs was the most newsworthy aspect of my recent excursion to Makino's tech center in Auburn Hills, Michigan, the back-to-back events there last week had a great deal more to offer. The wealth of technical information conveyed during the Micromachining Conference September 10th and the subsequent Technology Expo September 11th and 12th reinforced my belief that these types of expositions are well-worth the time and expense for any manufacturer interested in staying competitive. Although many of the presentations and demonstrations would lend themselves quite well to online videos or webinars, the opportunity to ask questions and to interact face-to-face with both technology developers and industry peers is invaluable. There's nothing quite like being there.
If you weren't, I'll do my best to cover some of the highlights here. First, the new wire EDMs, which were a major focus of the Technology Expo. The line consists of four offerings: the U3 and the larger U6, as well as the U3 and U6 "HEAT" (High Energy Applied Technology), a variation on the standard models designed for greater horsepower, speed and flushing capability.
The new U3 and U6 EDMs feature a stacked-axes configuration that ensures support throughout the entire range of travel. Other features contributing to rigidity and accuracy include large, dual-anchored ballscrews, large linear guideways, and both rotary encoder and glass scale feedback.
The machines are the first equipped with the company's Hypercut Technology, which produces surface finishes as fine as 3 µm Rz (15 µin Ra) on standard tool steels in three passes. This is said to reduce cycle time by 20 percent and wire consumption by 14 percent. Also notable is the new Hyper-i CNC. With a 24-inch touchscreen interface that works just like a typical smartphone or tablet, the CNC provides fingertip access to manuals and instructional videos to help navigate the machine's functionality. Other key features include the Pro-Tech anti-electrolysis circuit, which protects the entire workpiece (as opposed to just the cutting zone) against rust without chemical additives; a choice of round or V-shaped wire guides that can be indexed without disassembly and changed without re-referencing; and a robust construction in which the dielectric reservoir is built into the casting to save space.
As always, the company's five-axis offerings also drew large crowds at the Technology Expo, particularly a demonstration of how five-axis machines can reduce roughing time by making the most of multi-flute cutting tools. Both that event and the previous days' Micromachining Conference also offered plenty in the way of equipment designed for precision measured in microns—what one company representative called the "Ferraris" of its offering. Demonstrations covered direct milling of carbide, the value of robust machine construction in micromachining applications, complementary measurement technologies, and more. Click here for a brief overview of what I saw.