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Everyone I know who is self employed goes through a period of work scarcity at some point in their career. I've been there. It was the best thing that could've happened to me. I was young, I took things for granted, didn't appreciate things and I needed some humbling. Plan for this. One of the benefits of being self employed is that I know exactly what is coming in and going out in terms of bills. Pay yourself, before you pay your bills and use that money to build up a "emergency saving slush fund". Either by saving or safe investing(i.e TFSA). In Ontario, if you are self employed you can still pay into EI. It's your option. Being self employed doesn't mean, you can't have nice things. You can still have nice things as long as you can afford them.
Also use this period to assess if this is where you want to be in terms of your career goals and to further your education. Look at emerging trends and position yourself accordingly.
Don't dwell on the negative. Don't go through a period of self doubt. You give it power and allow it to manifest and also make yourself sick. I've interviewed consultants for clients who have been out of work for a period of time. They may not realize it, but when you're negative, it permeates through who you are. Potential clients can detect it.
Depending on your situation, sometimes it is worth moving backwards to go forward. A number of years back, I had two potential clients. One kind of the same old same, I've always done, the other a pure management consulting gig with a big Consulting company, that paid less. After much debate, I took the management consulting gig and added a new dimension to my skill set and career. These days that skill set is more in demand then what I use to do and has opened up a new world of clients. Take calculated risks.
Lessons I've learned:
- • Trust your gut. If you're uneasy about a project, organization or the people, walk away.
• Always read and understand contracts. Never assume anything. Ask questions. If the answer is unsatisfactory, have a lawyer look at it.
• Get everything in writing in the contract.
• Everything is negotiable on a contract.
• Have a lawyer. It's been rare, but I've had issues getting paid in the past. After exhausting all avenues on my own, having a really good lawyer to advise you helps. If you're doing cross-border corp to corp business agreements a lawyer is useful, some States have some interesting laws.
• Never do work without a signed and agreed contract in place.
• Don't get stuck in a niche or vertical. Expand your skill set and industry experience
• In your contract, set the project scope as best as possible. This sets expectations for both sides.
• I always provide work plans and estimate costs where applicable for projects. This is to avoid surprises on the client side, when I bill. I also track my portion of the project cost with the client. If we're getting close to the high end of the estimate, I let them know.
• It's okay to do business with organizations that are in bankruptcy re-organization, however to reduce financial risk to yourself, its best to work off a financial retainer. Monitor that financial retainer with the client and have them top it off when it starts to run out.
• Get yourself a very good accountant. One that specializes in self employed people or small companies. It took me 3 tries to find the right person who understands both CRA wording and tax laws.
• Not all clients are equal.
• Always be professional.
Tyger Das is a management consultant with 13+ years experience who originally started his career as a programmer. His experience includes executive advisory, business strategy, business systems analysis, marketing strategy, program/project/vendor management, marketing, consulting or IT operations (including offshore) management, best practice(s) implementation, business process re-engineering (six sigma), cost and work effort reduction through business process optimization, change management and technical(IT/IS) or advertising RFS/RFP process management. Some of Tyger's past and present clients include: Aon, RBC, CGI, General Electric, Maclaren McCann, various US and Canadian health agencies, General Motors, Ford Europe(Jaguar, Land Rover), Diageo PLC(Pilsbury, Guinness & Co. and Smithwick's, Burger King), NASA, Rogers Communications, various municipal, provincial and state agencies, a number of non-profits, Porsche AG, a handful of boutique advertising agencies and the National Basketball Association.


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Iranian architecture refers to 5000 BC to this day. From architecture in Syria to North India and the borders of China, from the Caucasus to Zanzibar. From peasant huts to traditional tea houses, gardens with huge Pavilions, some majestic structures, the world has ever seen in it. From ancient civilizations in Iran, who started the construction of Tepe Zagheh, Tepe Sialk, Tchogha Zanbil Ziggurat, Persepolis, Pasargadae to islamic time period where the construction of mosques, Traditionel houses, hamams, gardens and bazaars architecture has continued. In total, and the whole, traditional Iranian architecture has up to seven construction titles we mean by "SABK". Pre-Islamic Style: The Pre Parsi (Persian) style is the sign of progress in the Iranian architecture. The remains of an architectural component called a temple stairs leading Zagheh near Qazvin to mention. Elamite and proto-Elamite buildings are covered within this category Architecture. Other existing examples that address the architecture of that period and its style are the following structures: Chogha Zanbil, Sialk, Shahre Sukhte and Ecbatana.
The Azari style:
The "Azari" style is a style (Sabk)
Examples: Soltaniyeh Dome, Arg-e-Alishah, Varamin Mosque, Goharshad Mosque, Bibi Khanum Mosque in Samarghand,
the Grave of Abbas Samad, Gure Amir and the Friday Mosque in Yazd.

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Using Absolute and Relative References in Excel 2010 Formulas
You can use three types of cell references in Excel 2010 formulas: relative, absolute, and mixed. Using the correct type of cell reference in formulas ensures that they work as expected when you copy them to another location in the worksheet. Formulas and functions are at their most useful when using references, so you need to understand them.
Excel is dynamic when it comes to cell addresses. If you have a cell with a formula that references a different cell's address and you copy the formula from the first cell to another cell, Excel updates the cell reference inside the formula. Try an example:
In cell B2, enter 100.
In cell C2, enter =B2*2.
Press Enter.
Cell C2 now returns the value 200.
Select cell C2.
Press Ctrl+C or click the Copy button on the Home tab.
Click cell C3.
Press Ctrl+V or click the Paste button on the Home tab.
If you see a moving marquee around cell C2, press the Esc key.
Cell C3 should be the active cell, but if it is not, just click it once. Look at the Formula bar. The contents of cell C3 are =B3*2, and not the =B2*2 that you copied.
What happened? Excel, in its wisdom, assumed that if a formula in cell C2 references the cell B2 — one cell to the left — then the same formula put into cell C3 is supposed to reference cell B3 — also one cell to the left.
When copying formulas in Excel, relative addressing is usually what you want. That's why it's the default behavior. Sometimes you don't want relative addressing but rather absolute addressing: making a cell reference fixed to an absolute cell address so that it doesn't change when the formula is copied.
In an absolute cell reference, a dollar sign ($) precedes both the column letter and the row number. You can also have a mixed reference in which the column is absolute and the row is relative or vice versa. To create a mixed reference, you use the dollar sign in front of just the column letter or row number. Here are some examples:
|Reference Type
|What Happens After Copying the Formula
|Both the column letter A and the row number 1 can change.
|The column letter A and the row number 1 do not change.
|The column letter A does not change. The row number 1 can
|The column letter A can change. The row number 1 does not


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In this guest post Ann Kaupp, at the Smithsonian Institute, shares with you an interesting tale of the filming of a 1931 University of Pennsylvania anthropological expedition – Matto Grosso.
The Human Studies Film Archives joined the University of Pennsylvania Museum in returning to the São Lourenço Bororo people in the Brazilian village of Tadarimana DVD copies of the only surviving films from a 1931 film project considered to be one of the first synchronous sound ethnographic film projects after the advent of sound technology. In 2010 archivists at HSFA and Penn Museum discovered that HSFA had the only known existing copy of The Hoax, one of the films made from the University of Pennsylvania sponsored 1931 Matto Grosso expedition. In 2011 HSFA worked with the University of Pennsylvania Museum, which archives what remains of this filming project, to issue this film and the only other existing film from this project on DVD. Recently, the Brazilian anthropologist, Dr. Sylvia Caiuby Novaes worked with members of the São Lourenço Bororo people to translate the sound. Click here, to view the Penn Museum's blog post on the translation and the earlier blog post on the discovery of the film.
There is also a clip attached to the SIRIS catalog record.


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Mark Hagger
Mark Hagger
Mark has done great work over the years as Right-to-Ride rep for Aberdeenshire, and is one of the most active reps, always ready to raise new issues and respond to current initiatives.
He has represented cycling interests at the long-running public inquiry into the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Road (AWPR). This involves confronting the might of the Transport Scotland team, not least their formidable (by all accounts!) QC, not only to oppose the road in principle but also to argue for the creation of a cycle route in parallel with the new road if built, since cyclists would be banned from it.
He scored points by, at one critical stage, exposing the QC's ignorance: she claimed there was no precedent for cycling provision, but Mark was able to refer to the Trunk Road Cycling Initiative of 1996, which promised that cycling provision would be taken into account in all new trunk road schemes, and which is still in force. I suppose the QC could be forgiven for not knowing of it - even most of us had forgotten about it!
To make a written submission to a PLI takes a lot of work, but to actually participate, and be prepared to stand in the firing line, takes an extra dimension of guts and determination.


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Some generic raid-heal strategies
Amazingly, you can boil most raid-heal strategies to a handful of generics, needing only a small tweak to fit both the specific encounter and the number of available healers.
First, of course, we have to account for the number of healers. Again there's a generic solution. The most common solution is groups +1. That is, one healer per five players, plus one more. Yes, there are lots of times when it's groups or groups +2 or 3, but groups +1 tends to show up a lot. So that's our composition for all the following healer strategies. And for examples I will assume a 25 player raid – adjust for 10 or 20 or 40 as necessary (it should be obvious). As to the strategies themselves….
The default strategy is Free For All (FFA). Every healer heals as they see fit. This works, to a point. That point being when things get a bit hectic. At that point you see a lot of overheals and interrupted casts aimed at the Main Tank, followed by the first and second off tank. And you start seeing dead DPSers as the heals started on the MT and interrupted to recast on other players are just that tiny bit too late.
A somewhat less chaotic strategy is a Modified Free For All (MFFA). Essentially the raid is divided into two or three groups, and the healers divided between them. Within the groups it's still FFA, but with wise grouping the players habitually last on the heal chain now are SOMEBODY's priority. A minor variation here is to dedicate one healer to a specific player – usually the Main Tank – which lets all the other healers know they're support for that one and able to devote MORE time to the rest of their group. A major hurdle here is getting the raid leader to make clear (through some sort of grouping) which players are in which group for the benefit of the healers.
Another common strategy is the Squared Party, with its major variation of the Round Robin. An intuitively obvious system, in the squared party every group of five has its own healer, with the extra being either whole-group support, dedicated to the main tank (or in main tank's party), or dedicated to healing the healers. In the round robin, each party's healer watches two groups – theirs and the one numerically higher, with the highest looking at the first. (Example – in a 25 man raid, the healer in group 4 would heal groups 4 and 5. Her group 4 would also be watched by group 3's healer, and group 5 has its healer as well.) And the floater gets, well, you know.
Notice that with very small adjustments, all of these can handle the common raid leader instruction of "heavy heals on the Main Tank, and spread out on the rest". For example…
Use a 2-group MFFA, with the MT and two healers in the "heavy" group, and the remaining four healers covering the remaining 22 players (counting themselves).
Use a Round Robin, assign floater to the tank AND tell healers 1 and 5 that their priority of heals is to the MT.
Squared party, with MT and two healers dedicated to the MT. Oh – this one often has the other two players being solid support for the healers — a mana battery of some sort (shadowpriest, innervating druid, shaman, etc) and a healer protection player (frequently but not always a hunter with traps unused for CC).
[Gorda in comments reminds me (thank you) that there is one more generic. Call it "Tanks Plus". Basically, the tanks (main and off, however many "off" there are) each gets a dedicated tank, and the remaining healer(s) cover the group, normally as FFA.]
Are there variations? Sure. But most of the generic healing strategies for a raid fall into these
four five systems.
Note that this can make it, well, easier to train both the healers and the raid leader(s) in planning heals in the raid. And with practice, planning a change on the fly becomes a lot easier. "OK, this time [much discussion of combat tactics]. And healers will round robin with MAXHLZ dedicating to the main tank – and MINHLZ and HLZOR will make TANKER their priority." (RR, MT emphasis from supporting group healers, floater dedicated to MT.)
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For Kara, we do one healer dedicated to the MT, one to the OT, and the third float heals. Being a Priest, my only complaint is when they don't locate me in the same group as my tank, meaning he doesn't get the benefit of my big Prayer of Healing when things get ugly.
In 25 man raids, we do FFA or assign each healer to a specific player with the remaining healers on "the rest of the raid".
Of course, that's for trash and stuff with boss fights getting more complicated assignments.
They always stack the groups for max dps so most healers end up together in one group, which makes a heal-your-own-group proposition impossible for us.
There's another crucial one when all else fails and your raid is nearly annihilated but the boss is in the single digit range: All heals on the MT!
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Everton defender Phil Jagielka says England's players will all have points to prove when they tackle old rivals the Republic of Ireland in an end-of-season friendly at Wembley Stadium in London today.
England travel to Rio de Janeiro after the game for a glamor fixture with Brazil and the two matches represent opportunities for players to convince manager Roy Hodgson that they can play key roles in the weightier games to come.
Following another friendly with neighbors Scotland in August, England will resume their 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign with a double-header against Moldova and Ukraine in early September.
With only three games scheduled before Moldova travel to Wembley on Sept. 6, Jagielka is hoping to prove he deserves a chance to become one of England's first-choice centerbacks.
"We don't really know what the starting 11 will be, so it's all about putting down a marker this week," said the 30-year-old, who has not played for his country since October last year because of injury. "There are no points available, but I'm sure everyone will be trying to cement their place ahead of the games in August and September. Previous players nailed down that position for three or four years, so it will be interesting."
Andy Carroll, Tom Cleverley and Kyle Walker have all pulled out of the squad due to injury, with injuries to captain Steven Gerrard and Jack Wilshere leaving England particularly light in central midfield.
Although Hodgson drafted Jack Rodwell into his squad to provide cover last week, it is more likely to open the door to a starting place for Cleverley's Manchester United colleague Michael Carrick.
Carrick was one of the outstanding performers in United's Premier League title triumph, earning a place in the Professional Footballers' Association Team of the Year, but he says he is bemused by suggestions that he has enjoyed a breakthrough season.
"It slightly amuses me when I see or hear people saying different things, as if I have suddenly appeared from nowhere," Carrick said. "I have maybe played a little bit better than I have done in the past, but I have been happy with my form for a long time really."
Today's game marks the start of a run of four matches in two weeks for the Republic of Ireland, who host Georgia in a friendly on Sunday, before meeting the Faroe Islands in a World Cup qualifier on June 7.
They finish the season with a prestige friendly in New York against world and European champions Spain, who beat them 4-0 at Euro 2012.
Manager Giovanni Trapattoni has challenged his players to prove they are capable of competing with England.
"The [Republic of Ireland] players play in England for Stoke [City] and many teams; the England players play for Manchester United, they play for Arsenal, but we can show them we are the same — that's a stimulation for me. It's very important that they show they are every bit as good," the 74-year-old Italian said.
The Republic of Ireland's all-time leading scorer Robbie Keane has been granted dispensation to play by the Los Angeles Galaxy, but Leeds United midfielder Paul Green has withdrawn from the squad due to a hamstring problem, with Hull City's Stephen Quinn brought in as cover.
The game represents the first encounter between the two teams since a 1995 fixture at Dublin's Lansdowne Road had to be abandoned when English hooligans went on the rampage.


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Sport, trad, or big wall—get up there with the DMM Shadow Carabiner.
DMM's I-beam construction gives the Shadow Locking Carabiner a burly 24kN of strength. The Shadow comes with a standard screwgate, a speedy auto-locking quicklock gate, or a super secure locksafe gate. All Shadow carabiners have keylock noses to prevent snagging.
- I-beam construction
- Screwgate, quicklock, or locksafe gates
- Keylock nose
- Item #DMM0018
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The only locker I use anymore.
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
my favorite locking carabiner. the gate is ultra smooth way better than any of black diamond screw gate locker My friends like them better then there petzl. The shape is just big enough for any sport or trad climbing need. An it's ultralight wait make it perfect for alpine climbs. Ive replaces all my lockers with this one an if you buy it you'll make the switch too.
Great auto locker
Only complaint is that the autlock sleeve knurling could be grippier. Itâs pretty smooth. Wish I could replace all my lockers with these guys
Screw it
So light and such a crisp action. Screwgate is super smooth and doesn't show any sign of getting sloppy even after many many canyons in the desert.
Does The Trick
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
A great option for a lightweight, good value locking carabiner. I use this and the DMM phantom whenever I'm in the gym - it's strong, durable, and I've never had problems with it staying locked. Great purchase.
A Solid, Light D
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
Quick comparison of three lightweight lockers:
DMM Shadow
Petzl Spirit
Mammut Wall Micro
All are offset D's with similar strength, weight, and profile. They're 'normal' sized - smaller than BD's Vaporlock and larger than DMM's Phantom Screwgate. I've used the Spirit the most (along with the slightly smaller Edelrid Pure Screw), but I can easily see going with any one of them.
Since personal preferences change with little things, here are the details: this has the widest frame at the top, with a more gentle angle than the Spirit, and firmest gate spring.
BD's Positron is in this general group, too, though it's a tad heavier and stronger, with a slightly wider gate.
How else to choose? Maybe from their multilingual pictogram instructions.
• Clearest: Petzl. A few words go a long way.
• Best rebus puzzle: BD. 'Check for signs of wear before clipping into a clothesline'?
• Most amusing pictures: DMM. 'Never, ever use your carabiner to build a sandcastle.'
Great lightweight lockers
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
I have appreciated the craftsmanship of other DMM products like their nuts. These locking carabiners are very light and as others have noted the locking mechanism is smooth.
I picked up a few of these for use in anchors. It would be too small for my taste in use with a belay device. But, for ascenders, anchors, and other places you want a locking carabiner these would be great.
Shadow Screwgate
Nice little biners, very versatile. The two I have are almost always on my harness. Very well made by DMM.
Feels solid
Feels good in your hand, locking action is crisp and consistent, attractive anodizing. I've belayed my wife with it multiple times and it works great.
Solid biner
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
As mentioned before, this thing is noticeably lightweight compared to some of my older Petzl biners. I prefer the screwgate lock and love it.
The Perfect Light Weight Carabiner
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
This is one of my favorite beeners because it's light weight, it looks cool, the locking is solid, and the price isn't bad. When you need light weight and versatile it's got you covered, the only thing I wouldn't suggest using this for is when you need your belay device to have a large range of motion because it is thinner on it's inside edge than most carabiners I've used. (I bought the screwgate, the auto-locking is probably the same though)
Great Lightweight locker for multipitch
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
This is a great lightweight biner for long routes, alpine routes and anywhere you want to keep the weight down. This is the qualify folks expect from DMM.
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Great Locking biner to use on an anchoring system. The movement of opening is ergonomical sound. Simple twist, don't have to fight it, and fits well in the hand. You need to physically try this biner to love it's functioning.
The perfect lightweight locking biner!
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
I bought this biner for using on my PAS for clipping myself to the chains. It is my favorite biner I have found yet for this purpose! It is incredibly lightweight, and is small enough that you can clip through any link on the chain. :) As always, DMM delivers a super smooth screwgate that glides more smoothly than any other carabiner I've tried. (P.S. Also, DMM products are made in Whales, not sweat shops, so you can feel good about buying their product).
Ultralight and solid. With an issue
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Grab couple of these screw locks to trad or sport multi-pitch.
I use one to clove hitch myself and another to belay my second off an anchor. I prefer something bigger (e.g. Petzl Attach 3D or Mad Rock Tech HMS) as a belay binner due to a high friction between my ropes and DMM Shadow.
It's a solid ultralight binner with common ultralight binner issues - high friction and gets only one clove hitch. Also I wouldn't take it to alpine climb because it's too small to be handy when wearing gloves.
Gate action and screw lock is very smooth (like any other DMM binner).
For summer trad or sport multipitch climbs it's hard to get something better.
Updated on Tue Apr, 9th 2013 after approx 1 year of use. This binner paints rope badly. Do not use it for TR setup.
Well, if your rope is dirty, especially if it has picked up sand, it WILL wear out a carabiner. Since DMM biners are both anodized and hot forged, they are as tough as they get, so ignore that "binner paints rope badly" comment folks.
5 Star ratings are over used IMHO
..but these bad boys truly deserve it. They really are a joy to use, the gate action is so smooth and the biner is so nice and light, but it also feels strong and reliable. I have owned a few of the screw gates for a few years now (they are my de-facto biner for anchors). I have only just ordered a locksafe one now so comment on that one but the screwgates at $13.90 are good value I would say, based on the quality of the product.
If people are wondering what the difference is between the Zodiac and the Shadows, the Zodiac is slightly bigger, a bit heavier and a bit stronger (32Kn major axis versus 24Kn on the Shadows per Backcountry specs). The two are very similar and the size differential is not that noticeable, both are excellent and you can decide which one is more suitable for your own use but I think both of them are top of their game.
Light and smooth
I love these lockers. They're pretty light and the screw and gate action is very smooth. This is all I pack now when I head out to the crags or ice climbing.
While I own a good deal of BD biners, I have two DMM lockers, and the gate action always feels smoother than the BDs. Just an observation. Maybe it's all in my head. Regardless, BD and DMM both make awesome gear.
I totally agree with you! While I admit to being a BD zealot for most of my gear, I have found DMM biners have a much better gate action. I switched out my locking biners last year for Shadows, and in no way is that depressing.
DMM - Best Biners In the World, Hands Down
Without question, DMM manufactures the finest carabiners made anywhere in the world today, and these are no exception. I use these for general rigging and for locking draws, and they are awesome. Silky smooth lock and gate action for easy clipping, keyhole notch-less gate closure for snag free operation (great when trying to unclip a draw from a crowded gear sling), and almost unimaginably light weight make these the best general purpose lockers you'll find anywhere. Plus, they're drop dead sexy! Sure, you can get three BD quicksilvers for the same price, but you'll die a little inside every time you try and use one of them. These will set you right! Totally worth the price.
This carabiner is super! I won't be buying any other locking biners from now on.
Awesome locker
DMM biners are great! The locking part always works smoothly and easy to lock with 1 hand. I would love to have only DMM biners from now on!
I need a carabiner for boats lifting. The...
I need a carabiner for boats lifting. The boat (j/24) weight will be 1500 kg. So need to be a carabiner that takes at least 15KN of working load. This one says that it will hold 24KN at the direction that I need. Since it is made for climbing. The project idea is for impact. Not exactly a working load idea ... But can I trust it for the need I have?
If you need multiple biner's, get these ...
If your lifting the entire boat with one biner, be safe and get a steel biner ...
This biner is priced high because of the brand name and the locking type. You don't need this high priced biner for your application.
Pretty much all of the climbing biners are rated really high to handle an impact fall, which generates way more stress than holding a weight. Do what the others said and get some cheap steel locking carabiners. They'll be plenty strong and save you some $$.
I need a carabiner for use in a hunting...
I need a carabiner for use in a hunting tree stand. The biner will be fastened to a harness in case of a fall. I assume the biner should withstand the force of a body falling 4 feet because it was make for rock climbing, but the specs do not list a maximum working weight. I am not familiar with how the specs provided correlate to maximum working weight. Will this product do the job?
These climbing biners are rated for climbing falls, I'm sure they'll work. 24kN translates to 4800 pounds of dead weight, so as long as you use a dynamic line (which you need to anyway), then you'll be perfectly fine. I've only seen a carabiner break once in a real world situation, and that was trying to tighten a slackline with a car.


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Congratulations! You've been accepted to multiple schools. Now you need to determine which schools are most affordable so you can factor school cost into your decision. If you listed a school on your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) form and have been offered admission by that school, the school's financial aid office will send you a financial aid offer. The amounts and types of aid you're offered will likely vary from school to school, so it's important to compare your financial aid offers. Here are a few tips and resources to make understanding and comparing your financial aid offers easier.
1. Know the different types of aid
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An interesting map reputed to be spring 1918, before the German attack of March 21st. The St. Quentin area is comprehensively covered and it is interesting to note that most of the British trenches have French names, as indeed the Tricolor had
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Exotics keep the hunt going on Texas ranches
I often hear folks discussing whether our local weather conditions are normal or not. Is it colder than normal or perhaps warmer than normal seems to the never answered questions in the barber shop. Yes, there are still some of those around. What's unique about our area is that we rarely have extended periods of either cold or warm temperatures. That situation allows the folks that enjoy the outdoors to do so practically all year long.
Therefore, deciding whether to head afloat or afield is the outdoors person's choice. The only situation that restricts the decision is that some of the hunting activities are governed by seasonal restrictions. Even so, there is still plenty of exotic game and predators to hunt. Besides that, fishing activities are always open except for some of the offshore species.
The exotics, for the most part, were originally imported from their native lands and have done extremely well on Texas ranchers. The fact is that some of them have been trapped on the Texas exotic ranches and shipped back to their native countries. This allows the countries where the game animals are not surviving well to be restocked so that they will continue to be in their homelands.
Whenever the exotics become more numerous on a ranch and there is no request for them to be exported then they must be controlled. Some of the ranches offer discounted fees for taking the does or otherwise non-trophy animals. Others have learned that it is legal to sell the surplus animals to specialized meat producers for food. Whenever you see items in a store's meat counter marked as venison, it is not native whitetail or any other native animal that is being sold for meat. There are also some restaurants that offer venison on their menu. This is also the steak from exotic animals.
Then there are the organizations of ranchers that buy and sell the exotics at auctions. Ranchers that are working to upgrade their herds, ranchers in search of what are considered trophy animals, and those that have either overpopulations or need to restock belong to these groups. So the exotic animals that have been imported to our state have created a very large business.
The primary purpose of having the wild ranging exotics is to offer hunting opportunities to the folks that either prefer to hunt them in Texas or in other states that keep them or for actual trophy hunting on their ranches. This type of ranch will likely also have some of the surplus does available. This could be a real bonus since most of the exotics are excellent table fare.
Since the introduction of the non-native animals into Texas, which has now been many years ago, some have become free ranging. The ranches that host the exotics are usually surrounded by high fences. That's both to be sure that their purchased exotics can't escape and that native whitetail deer can't get in. In most cases, both the whitetails and the exotics will choose similar habitat. Invading whitetails would share much of the forage that the exotics eat. They would also enjoy eating the supplemental groceries that are fed to the exotics. The high fences do a good job as long as they are in good repair. Over the years with various weather conditions and little maintenance, some of the fences did not remain intact. With escape routes readily available, numbers of the exotics escaped and became free ranging and available prey to everyone that has the opportunity to take one.
Many of the free ranging hunting ranches choose to feed supplement feed for the whitetail deer all year around Even those that don't will have feeders that will contain corn or some other grain that will continue to be spread until it is all gone. Without the deer hunters, the grain-eating animals are free to enjoy that fresh grain. With a couple of years of drought, and in some cases less natural growth, the animals large and small will head to that food source. More and more ranches are reporting that they are seeing more exotics on their property. Since the animals compete for the food source and the browse is less abundant now, the deer will suffer most. The axis deer is the species most reported on Hill Country ranches, and they are more aggressive that the whitetails so they get the most food. That situation is not good if whitetails are your main concern. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has highly recommended that hunters and ranchers take the free ranging exotics as often as they appear. There is no closed season on them and this is a great source for some really great tasting low-fat red meat.


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Cardinals excited for Opening Day at home
SAN FRANCISCO -- Following two months on the road, the Cardinals are eager to get back to Busch Stadium for Monday's home opener.
Manager Mike Matheny spent five seasons as a player with the Cardinals and took part in last year's opener at Busch Stadium, saying there's nothing quite like it.
"Opening Day in St. Louis is different than anywhere else. There's no question about it," Matheny said. "I think that's pretty universal; people agree with that."
Jaime Garcia will receive the starting honor in front of what figures to be an energized St. Louis crowd when the Cardinals host the Reds for the opener of a three-game series.
The Cardinals could also receive a boost from David Freese, who could be activated from the 15-day disabled list as he rehabs from a back injury. Freese is on track to rejoin the Cardinals on Monday after he played nine innings at third base Sunday with Triple-A Memphis, going 3-for-5 with a double, two RBIs and a run scored.
"Things look good right now," Matheny said before Sunday's series finale against the Giants. "We'll see how the day finishes up before we make any strong statement."


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Burke was born and raised in Maspeth. she attended St. Adalberts Elementary School in Elmhurst, while her high school years were spent at Christ the King Regional H.S. in Middle Village.
After graduating from high school, Burke started her banking career in 1983 at Maspeth Federal Savings as a teller before being promoted to the Credit Department, where she worked until 1993 when she left to raise her second child.
In 1995, Burke returned to working part-time in the Mortgage Origination Department until 2002, when she was offered a full-time position as secretary to Thomas Rudzewick, executive vice president and chief lending officer of the department.
In 2010, she was promoted to assistant vice president, where she continues her work with the organization on free summer concerts and Smile on Maspeth Day, as well as coordinating the Maspeth Memorial Day Parade.
In 1986, she married her husband Dave and the couple started their family in Middle Village, which includes two children, Justin and Stephanie. She has been involved with the United Veterans & Fraternal Organization of Maspeth since 2002, serving as corresponding secretary, and enjoys volunteering at Martin Luther School, where both of her children attended.
Masone was born and raised in Maspeth. He received his education at Archbishop Molloy High School and Villanova University. He earned his law degree from Saint John's University, where he graduated with honors and was associate editor of the Law Review.
He has practiced law in Maspeth for 40 years with the firm of Masone, White, Penkava & Cristofari. Masone is married to Elizabeth, his wife of more than 40 years, and has three daughters, Carol, Lisa and Michelle, all of whom work with him at the law office.
He is a member of the American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association and Queens County Bar Association, where he served on the Grievance Committee and continues to serve as a mentor for newly admitted attorneys. He is also a member and past president of the Blackstone Lawyers Club of Ridgewood.
Masone is very active in community affairs. He is an active member and a past president of the Maspeth Kiwanis Club and is currently president of the Maspeth Kiwanis Foundation. As chairman of the Maspeth Kiwanis Scholarship Committee for 34 years, he has overseen the distribution of nearly $500,000 in scholarship money to high school seniors residing in Maspeth and surrounding neighborhoods.
He has also served on the Board of Maspeth Town Hall for over 30 years, serving as president for nine of those years, during which time the building was completely renovated. Masone is also proud to have served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Maspeth Federal Savings Bank and Loan Association for over 40 years.


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I know there is plans to but I doubt it will be anytime soon.
Would pay top dollar for Ad Muncher on a mobile device!
Jeff wrote:Windows phone has such a tiny market share we may never release a product for it.
iphone or android.
they have 95% of the market.
AnthonyB wrote:Jeff wrote:Windows phone has such a tiny market share we may never release a product for it.
iphone or android.
they have 95% of the market.
Very true, but also plan for where the market will be if you release something (could be years away if AM 5.0 timeline is anything to go by..)
iPhone is plateauing in most markets and falling in some. North America is the one market it remains strong.
Android is still growing and is currently the clear leader and no signs of that changing in the short term.
Windows Phone is growing steadily and has overtaken iPhone in 12 countries to become 2nd place to Android.
I'm going to take a guess that the majority of your customer base is in North America and therefore any business plan would be based on short term ROI and therefore you would take the predictable route of iPhone and Android based on platform market share in North America.
Another consideration is 'willingness to buy' on each platform. From the developers I've spoken with in the mobile app world, Android users generally have a significantly lower desire to pay for apps as compared to iPhone and Windows Phone users.
Anyway, I'd happily buy AM on my household's two Windows Phones, two iPads, and if you will do a Windows RT version, on that platform as well
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Rockies and Root Sports partner for Hit Count campaign
Every hit counts, every kid counts
DENVER (July 3, 2013) - The COLORADO ROCKIES are pleased to announce a partnership with ROOT SPORTS™ to benefit Children's Hospital Colorado and Special Olympics Colorado with a new charitable campaign called "Hit Count." Beginning today, all fans and even Rockies players can donate to the campaign by going online at www.Rockies.com/HitCount to select one or more of their favorite Rockies player or teammate for the second half of the Rockies season.
The total donation for the Hit Count program is determined by the number of hits ($1 per single, $2 per double, $3 per triple and $4 per home run) that player(s) has from July 19 (the first game out of the All-Star Break) through the remainder of the 2013 regular season. Starting July 19, on the campaign's dedicated web page, www.Rockies.com/HitCount each player's statistics will appear next to their name and will be updated as the season progresses, so those participating can track their donation on any given day, with their credit card charged at the end of the regular season. Both position players and pitchers are included in the campaign. All proceeds from the Hit Count campaign directly benefit Children's Hospital Colorado and Special Olympics Colorado. Every donor will receive an "I backed (player's name) Hit Count" button and will be entered for an opportunity to win one of over 20 prizes, including tickets to the 2014 Rockies Opening Day at Coors Field and autographed baseballs.
"Giving back to the communities in which we live and work is a COLORADO ROCKIES tradition," said Owner/Chairman and CEO Dick Monfort. "This campaign will be fun for fans and players, while at the same time assisting young people in our community through two outstanding organizations, so it's a great fit for us. We are delighted to partner with ROOT SPORTS to publicly highlight the positive impact baseball has on our community."
"We are excited to collaborate with the Rockies for the Hit Count campaign this season," said General Manager of ROOT SPORTS David Woodman. "Our organization looks forward to supporting this initiative of the Rockies, which captures the fun of baseball and provides a creative way to continue building support for Children's Hospital Colorado and Special Olympics Colorado."


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The glitz and glamour of drifting professionally is not actually what it appears. It takes many years of hard work and endless dedication from the drivers, their family, and friends. They sacrifice everything they have in order to drift. 1KIND proudly presents another side of drifting in Formula D to show you their humble beginnings and the efforts to keep doing what they love.
Thank you to Formula Drift, A'PEXi, Chuck Griffice, Pat Mordaunt, Rick Wilkerson, Walker Wilkerson, Ryan Tuerck, Chelsea DeNofa, and Matt Powers
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While Austria's wine experience begins in Vienna, it certainly doesn't end there. In fact, hop in a car and take a road trip towards the Southeast. If this is your first out-of-Vienna excursion, you might expect to encounter mountainous vistas. Surprisingly, the horizon stretches out towards infinity. Then, inexplicably, it appears as if you've arrived upon the shores of a great sea. Welcome to Neusiedlersee (Lake Neusiedl) in the state of Burgenland.
To lovers of dessert wine, the lakeside vineyards are nirvana. This shallow steppe lake moderates the otherwise extreme climate, and creates the magical, misty conditions necessary for noble red. Sweet wine has been the traditional calling card for many Burgenland vintners. Burgenland's next generation of wine makers now offers intense, spicy reds made from grape varietals unique to Austria. If sweet wine isn't your bag, uncork a bottle of Blaufränkisch next to a plate of barbecue. The next thing you know, you'll dial up your favorite rib joint and beg them to stock some of your beloved Blau-Frank.
Burgenland presents its wine in haute style. Many local wineries have commissioned Austria's talented architects to create fabulous buildings. This movement, descriptively referred to as WineArchitecture, makes touring Burgenland like strolling through a design gallery. There are steel-skinned additions perched atop ancient cellars, glass-walled tasting rooms and dramatically angled structures jutting out from gentle hillsides. In tandem with this outdoor gallery, there are many al fresco attractions including biking, horseback riding, bird watching, sailing, hiking and even classical music festivals.
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Skyline Hogbacks Preservation Committee / Special to the Daily Record
Monica McGowan / Special to the Daily Record
After years of planning and collaboration, the Hogbacks Restoration project soon will be underway.
In recent months, Cañon City has been awarded two significant grants to get the project off the ground. Between a National Fish and Wildlife Federation grant (partially funded by the Bureau of Land Management), a Great Outdoors Colorado Mini Grant, matching funds and contributions from other individuals and groups, more then $250,000 has been garnered for the project that is expected to begin this fall and be completed by the first part of 2015.
The Hogbacks Open Space Park follows a north-south running hogback, covering about 500 acres.
"When we started looking at (the National Fish and Wildlife Federation grant), it was a really good fit for the hogbacks and what the city is trying to accomplish out there," said Kalem Lenard, outdoor recreation planner for the BLM.
Lenard was instrumental in advising on project scope and management and developing a budget.
"Here at the BLM, we are really committed to trying to work with the local community and address their needs," said Kyle Sullivan, public information specialist for the BLM Royal Gorge Field Office. "I think (this project) is evidence of that."
Garnering the grants was a collaborative effort, said Monica McGowan, director of the Hogbacks Preservation Society. Kristyn Econome, assistant director of the Lower Arkansas Mountain Bicycling Association, penned the two detailed grant applications.
McGowan said a small group of concerned citizens first met in 1998, and user groups have been meeting since 2008, when the hogbacks were closed to all uses before it officially became designated as an open space. The groups began meeting formally in the fall of 2013 when they decided to go after some funding to get the project up and running.
The user groups include LAMBA, Cañon City School District, Garden Park Paleontology Society, the local chapter of the Audubon Society, Rocky Mountain Back Country Association, neighborhood representatives of Fifth Street, Cañon City Geology Club, Skyline Hogback Preservation Society and Cañonland Walkers & Hikers.
"Having all the unified pieces of the user groups is important," McGowan said. "It is amazing to see it all pull together and see a proactive community that is coming together to make sure this is done."
Econome said one of the goals to be met through the grants is to improve management on 5.5 miles of existing trails. Six miles of user-created trails and other social paths will be closed off.
"This is going to actually designate trails for people to go on so they will know where they are supposed to be and where they are not supposed to be," Econome said.
There will be 2.5 miles of new trail constructed, which includes the core trail. It will not be motorized, but it will be wide enough for wheelchair access, for families to ride bikes together and for City of Cañon City crews to access culverts. The area will be reseeded, barriers will be installed to define trails, and closed trails will be recontoured to restore ecological function.
The GOCO Mini Grant specifically will fund the construction of a 2.2-mile long bench-cut trail, improving the hogbacks' main trailhead access point at the bottom of Skyline Drive including kiosks with a trail map and information on the area's geology and paleontology, and reseeding and contouring.
The Mile High Youth Corps is expected to begin working on the new trail this fall. Through the Healthy Lands Initiative submission, the local BLM field office is focusing on watershed improvements and landscape restoration.
Econome said the proposed Core Trail in the Hogbacks area will utilize culverts and inlets to accommodate the water drainage of the Hogbacks area and will help conserve geological and paleontological artifacts located in the Hogbacks.
Rex Brady, parks director for the Cañon City Parks Department, also has been a key player in the process. He said the grants are a long time in coming, but the community, the user groups and the stakeholders have come together to make it happen. He said he hopes the project will be a catalyst in creating a demand for even more trails.
"Our user groups have come together and have been a fantastic help in grant writing," Brady said. "We've got some money to spend and trails to blaze."
McGowan and Econome said the grants would not have been possible without the Hogbacks Master Plan that was adopted by the Cañon City Council in 2012 and the anonymous donation of $50,000 to purchase a piece of property that bisects the north and south sections of the hogbacks.


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As a student of poultry at age 14, I became fascinated with the breeding and hatching of eggs. Even when I only raised mixed breed chickens and ducks I was always trying to find ways to incubate eggs. I started my poultry hobby with a few Araucanas and a few White Jersey Giant hens. My challenge became to find a way to get them to become broody. I never did. So I started trying to figure out how to make an incubator. I tried everything you can think of and nothing seemed to work. A few months later an old friend of mine told me he had an old redwood incubator that hadn't been used for 15 years or longer. I asked what he wanted for it. He replied that he'd like to have my car stereo. So I went out to the car and took it out and swapped it even. Man what a deal I thought. This thing was huge to me. It was 4 feet long, 2 feet wide and 3 feet tall. It had no egg turner and it had a water pan that had more holes in it than a sifter. I brought it home on my dad's old pick-up truck and cleaned it up. I plugged it in and decided it would probably need some work before I trusted it enough to leave it alone, much less hatch in it. Well, to make a long story short, I did fix it up and got it working. Then placed it in my bedroom, much to my parents' dismay. Man I was in the hatchery business.
I hatched every egg I could find. Tried everything imaginable from ducks to geese, from chickens to guineas, from quail to wild turkeys. I had some success but mostly failure. I had no understanding of how a bird develops in the egg, knew nothing about humidity, heck I didn't even know about turning eggs in the incubator. I just knew it was fun to see baby chicks come out of the shell. Still today it is what I love most about the hobby.
The next year I added my first foam Hova-Bator from GQF. Reading the directions I found out for the first time about how to add water and the importance of turning eggs. For the first time I had a thermometer and I learned what a thermostat wafer was. Boy was I excited.
I started to incubate in conventional ways of adding water and turning the eggs, keeping the temperature at 99.5 degrees, and candling with a flashlight. I had good success but never hatched better than 60% and that was on rare occasions. Still I thought that was great. I had a few friends bring their eggs to me and ask me to hatch them. So I started a little enterprise at age 15 doing custom hatching for $1.00 per dozen. That first year with my new incubator and my old redwood incubator I incubated over 750 eggs. But all along I never realized how these hatcheries got 90-95% hatches. That was until a few years later.
I met an older gentleman who asked me how I was hatching my eggs. I told him this story and explained that I could never get the hatch rate above 60%. He then replied, "Have you ever tried incubating dry?" I said I hadn't. Then he explained what I am about to tell you. He said, "Bill, you need to stop adding water to your incubator. Those foam incubators are real bad to drown the chicks inside the egg." I said to myself, yeah right. That doesn't sound like any way of incubating I ever heard of. But I listened. This man changed my incubation practices forever. I took the info he gave me and experimented with it. And soon my hatch rate went to 70%, then 80%, then 90% and has even been 100% on several occasions. I now use it exclusively in my foam incubators. I will add just a teaspoon of water on occasions when the humidity is real low here, especially in the winter time. In our new 1202's we will add 1/4 inch of water in the pan but we cover half of the pan with foil to cut back the water surface and we leave the vents open all the way, even the bottom one's. We have found that the humidity will stay around 40% inside the 1202's when we do this. Then about every 3-4 days we add another 1/4 inch of water. The water wont last for 4 days but we like to dry the bator down totally for about 12-18 hours before we add any more water. When the 1202 is out of water it will still register 25% humidity or there abouts. We have only had 1202's for a short time so we are still experimenting with them a bit.
I now incubate fewer eggs each year and have more chicks that I did when I was incubating several hundred each year for myself, though most of what I hatch today is for other people. At one time I was hatching over 1,000 eggs per month and sometimes 1,000 per week for other people. So this is not theory. I still use it today and will never go back. Here is how it works:
First, you have to remember a few things. An egg must lose approximately 11% to 14% of its weight during the incubation cycle. That is, it has to have some evaporation of the contents of the egg itself in order for the chick to have room inside of the egg to develop and still have room to turn in the egg so it can spin around and pip the shell. Where most folks go wrong is they add water to often or they add too much to the incubator and cause the humidity to increase to levels that slow or stop the evaporation process. This causes the chick to grow too large inside the egg. The chick will pip the shell on day 21 and never go any farther. Or they wont pip at all because they puncture the internal membrane of the egg and there they are met with a gush of water, causing them to drown. Have you ever wondered why this happens? I sure did.
Second, the closer you can get to the proper temperature and keep it there the better. That is, keep your incubator in a room that the temperature doesn't fluctuate drastically. My old redwood incubator will hold heat in a room where the temp doesn't fluctuate more than 20 degrees. My Hova-Bators aren't near that good. Even our new 1202's will not hold temperature real well if the room changes temperature often. They need to be in an area where the temp is close to the same within 10 degrees or so. I recommend that placement be in a room that doesn't get direct sunlight in any windows. If you have central air or heat, you can leave the doors open and the vents open. This will make the whole house one constant temp.
Lastly, start with good eggs. I never set odd shaped eggs or eggs that are too large or too small. They must have good shell quality and be from healthy birds. I recommend you feed a well balanced diet to your birds including Kelp, and D.E. as a de-wormer. I also recommend that you supply dried garlic to help with overall health and to boost the immune system. I also would advise you to gather eggs often in extreme weather and store them in an environment that is around 40-50% humidity and also the temp is below 70 degrees.
And finally, set your eggs each week or 10 days maximum. I usually set mine every week on Sunday's or Wednesday's. We think that if Sunday or Wednesday rolls around and we don't have to stop eggs from turning or eggs aren't hatching or being put into the incubator, we don't have anything to do. This is what works for us.
Now that you have your room set up, I would plug in the incubator and add no water. Allow the incubator to stabilize for a minimum of 48 hours to be sure it is at 99.5 for forced air (fan installed) or 101 for still air (no fan). While it is stabilizing, get a room hygrometer (instrument that measures humidity) and place it in the room. Bring the humidity level in the room up to between 50%-75% preferably 50%. If you live in a humid environment, you may actually need to dehumidify your room. But nevertheless, if you keep the humidity at 50% or close to it, you will do great. By controlling the room humidity, you can be more precise with your moisture in the incubator especially the foam incubator's. Since your incubator gets its air from the room, it will have some humidity. You may on the 1202's, have to add a small amount of water as they tend to run a little drier than some incubators. If the humidity in the room drops to 40% don't get concerned. The eggs themselves will supply some of the humidity needed inside the foam incubator's. They will also supply some humidity in the 1202's but not near as much with 1 tray full of eggs as they will if the 1202 is completely full. Higher humidity is worse that lower humidity as higher humidity hinders evaporation.
By the way, if you are using a foam incubator, make sure the red plugs are not in the vent holes. I have been trying it both ways for a long time and I have recently came to the conclusion that if you take the vent plugs out, the room humidity will work a little better inside the incubator. In the 1202's we leave all the vents open, including the top and bottom vents.
After 48 hours of stable temps in the incubator and stable humidity in the room, you are ready to place eggs in the incubator. I use turners as they allow me to incubate the eggs without having to open it up 2 or 3 times a day. Place your eggs in a turner with the big end up. Close the incubator and forget about it for 7 days.
For foam incubators: On day 7, open the incubator and candle your eggs with a good candler. Throw away all the clear eggs as they will soon rot and could explode inside the incubator causing loss of the healthy eggs. Be very gentle when handling these eggs, as the tiny embryos are very fragile at this stage in incubation. After the first candling, close the incubator and forget it for another 7 days. Also while you have the incubator opened, check the humidity inside the incubator. In foam incubators, add a teaspoon or two of water if the humidity is real low. Low being 25%.
For 1202's: Open the bator every 4 days or so and add 1/4 inch of water to the pan. I have found that small bantam eggs do much better with a little moisture so if we have bantam eggs in the incubator, we make sure the humidity stays at or about 40%. We always let our 1202's dry down for about 12-18 hours before adding more water. We think this is the best method according to our hatches. On large fowl eggs we have found that the lower humidity levels, say 25% are fine for them for 24-36 hours.
For foam Incubators: On day 14, open the incubator and candle the eggs again with your candler. Look for a real dark mass inside the egg and a small clear cell at the big end of the egg. This is the air cell. This is where the chick pokes through first to get its first breath of air. If you were using the conventional means of incubation and had the humidity too high for these 14 days, your chick might encounter a good amount of water here. This could and often does drown your new chick before it even has a chance to pip the shell. We recommend that you watch the air cells real close. If too large or growing to fast, you need just a little humidity. If they are no bigger than when you started, then you need to decrease the humidity. If you see any eggs with large amounts of clear spots in them, compare them to the others and if they are very different, discard the eggs that have big clear patches.
These embryos may have died for various reasons while developing. After you candle them, put the lid back on the incubator and forget about it until day 18.
For 1202's: You should keep and eye on the humidity in these every 4 days or so and candle on the 7th, 14th and 18th days. Watch the air cells closely as they are the best indicator of too dry or too wet.
For foam incubators: On day 18, open the incubator and add a very small amount of water to one of the water channels in the bottom of the incubator. If you notice the humidity in the incubator is above 65% add only a tablespoon of water or two. If your incubator humidity is below 65% add about ½ of the channel full of water. Remove the eggs from the turner and lay them flat on their sides. Try to allow a little room between them. Then close the incubator. Place the vent plug that doesn't have the metal inside it back into the bator. You know the one that opens directly into the inside of the bator? Leave the one that has the metal inside of it out of the hole for now. Now, follow the next direction very closely.
Hate to shout at you but this last 5 days will make or break your hatch. I get a little aggravated when people will go through all the previous steps and then it gets down to the moment, and they can't resist opening the incubator. Every time you open the incubator, you release valuable moisture out of the incubator and allow dry air in. This is what causes chicks to stick to their shell membranes. All you will have to do is lose a few chicks to this and you will change your habits. This means don't open the incubator until day 23. I do recommend that on day 20, you place the last vent plug back into the bator. This will allow the moisture to stay inside the bator for the last day and while the chicks are hatching. When the first chick hatches, you will notice that the windows in the foam incubators will form a lot of condensation of them. If this condensation is covering nearly the entire window, remove the vent plug that covers the hole with the metal in it and turn it upside down and place it directly over the hole you just took it out of. This will allow a little bit of moisture to escape. In an hour or so, you will be able to see inside the window again. If it doesn't dry the window a little, then slide it away from the hole just a tiny bit. Then check it again in about 1 hour.
On day 23 the chicks will be ready to take out of the incubator and placed in the brooder area. Make sure you have water ready and chick starter in low feeders ready for them in the brooder box. When you take a chick out of the incubator, dunk his beak in the water and make sure he gets a drink. Do this for all of them.
Make sure they have a source of warmth, (i.e. a heat lamp, light bulb, brooder, etc).
I recommend you have 2 incubators (one for an incubator and one for a hatcher). This will help if you have several different hatch dates in one incubator. On day 18 place the eggs over into the hatcher incubator. Then add water and you're good to go.
We always have hatching incubators and incubating incubators. We fire up our old redwood incubator and then keep it at the proper humidity. Since we hatch weekly, we need the hatcher to be ready at all times. This also keeps the incubating incubators clean because no egg or chick mess is ever in there. We like to hatch at about 65-70% humidity in the redwood.
A final thought: We have used this method to hatch chickens for a long time here at Briarpatch. We have not tried it on water fowl, but we have used it on quail, turkeys, guineas and other type of dry land fowl with excellent success. We cannot guarantee that this method will work for you. Heck we don't even know how you operate your incubator's or what environment you use them in. Your climate will play an important role in how you modify this to meet your hatching needs. We recommend that you not be afraid to experiment a little with eggs that you can spare to learn how your incubator performs and how you perform. We get numerous emails during hatching season telling us they use this method with great success. We also get some that have no success. Before you incubate eggs that really mean something to you, try some eggs that don't mean so much to you and get them down pat before you jump in and start incubating eggs that you paid a lot of money for. We only want to help you succeed at incubation.
You may want to visit our homemade incubators section or ask questions about incubating your eggs in our chicken forum section on Incubating & Hatching Eggs.
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I thought that it was appropriate that I mentioned this life accomplishment on this blog, for two reasons. First, I started this blog as a way to de-stress way back in 2008 when I completed my Masters thesis defense. So in many ways, this T-Shirt blog exists because of my academic pursuits. Second, I've developed a lot of awesome relationships with YOU – the readers of this blog. I've shared with you some of the greatest moments in my life over the last couple of years, and this one might be the biggest so far.
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CINCINNATI -- Before the Reds played their Opening Series finale vs. the Angels on Thursday, it was mentioned to manager Dusty Baker by a certain reporter that his opponent's big hitters -- Mike Trout, Albert Pujols and Josh Hamilton -- hadn't really contributed much yet.
Baker kind of hates it when reporters do that.
"We want them to get out of town before they wake up," Baker said.
The dreaded Angels offensive trio did show some signs life, but not enough to ruin the Reds' day. Cincinnati claimed a 5-4 victory to take two of three in the season's first series at Great American Ball Park.
"Every game was a great game that could have went either way," Baker said.
It was a game victory boosted by the power of three home runs -- one each by Shin-Soo Choo, Todd Frazier and Chris Heisey. But the series as a whole, which began with a 3-1, 13-inning Reds loss on Monday, was claimed on the shoulders of Reds pitchers -- both starters and the bullpen.
The Reds' staff notched nine more strikeouts in the finale and had 36 for the series, a club record for strikeouts in the first three games of a season. It broke the record of 32 set in 1990. It was also a new record for Angels hitters in a three-game series.
Trout finished the series 4-for-15 with five strikeouts, while Hamilton was 1-for-12 with five strikeouts and Pujols -- the former Cardinals main nemesis -- went 1-for-11.
Reds starter Bronson Arroyo did his part as he pitched six innings, allowing three runs and eight hits while walking one and striking out five.
"Albert was obviously a guy who knew me a lot, and he was going to give them some information," said Arroyo, who earned the win. "But they have a lineup that seemingly doesn't change their approach a whole lot. For that reason, we got to exploit a little bit of the weaknesses they showed the last couple of days."
To close it out, closer Aroldis Chapman had to run the gauntlet of the top of the Angels' order -- beginning with Trout -- during his first save attempt. The top of the ninth began when Trout scorched a 1-1 pitch -- a 95-mph fastball -- for a sharp single to left field.
"That's how baseball, for some reason, is. You never face the bottom of the order in the ninth," Baker said. "You've got to face the 3-4-5 or 1-2-3. You really hate when Trout gets on. This guy can do a lot of things."
After an Erick Aybar sacrifice bunt that Chapman briefly bobbled before getting the out at first base, Pujols lined a 96-mph first pitch to right field for the second out.
That left Hamilton, who looked at a 97-mph fastball for a strike. He fouled off the next two pitches, including a weak half swing at a 99-mph 0-2 pitch. Hamilton went down swinging at a 98-mph fastball on the outer half of the plate to end the game.
"It doesn't look like 98, 99," Hamilton said. "I've faced guys who throw 94 and it looks harder than that. But it just kind of comes out of nowhere. It's kind of weird. That makes it challenging. ... I couldn't figure out where his arm slot was. That's a problem. You just try to look in a general area."
Against Angels starter Joe Blanton, leadoff homers in the first and second inning by Choo and Frazier made it a 2-0 game, with Choo clubbing the first pitch he saw for his first Reds long ball. Los Angeles evened the game in the third as Pujols' first hit of the season, a double to left field, put runners on second and third base. Hamilton followed with his first hit and RBIs of the year when his single scored Aybar and Pujols.
Frazier doubled and scored from third base on Ryan Hanigan's sacrifice fly in the fourth, while Pujols got his first RBI in the fifth with a sac fly that scored Trout. Heisey lifted a two-run homer to left field to keep the Reds ahead, but Angels pitchers retired the final 12 batters in a row.
Cincinnati also didn't get much production from Joey Votto or Jay Bruce. Votto was 1-for-10 in the series, with Wednesday's game-winning RBI single. Bruce was 1-for-13 with seven strikeouts, and he stranded 14 runners on base.
Therefore, solid Reds pitching became even more critical.
"We had excellent pitching against these guys," Baker said. "You have to do that because these guys have some tremendous players over there. You feel very fortunate to win two out of three. They're a good team, and that says a lot about the team that we have."
Reliever Alfredo Simon gave up two hits that led to a run in the seventh to make it a one-run game. Then Sam LeCure enjoyed a sensational eighth in which he struck out the side to net the staff's new strikeout record.
"You see the strikeouts. I always look up to see how many we have," Frazier said. "It's pretty sweet to see these guys going down from top to bottom against these top three [starters] we've got. It's exciting to play against. You know you're going to get your ground balls, and it's exciting to beat a team like the Angels. It's pretty nice to start off the year with two out of three."


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