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- Yellow Jackets.
Eastern Yellow Jacket Eastern Yellow Jacket
- This Eastern Yellow Jacket can be distinguished from other yellow jackets by the wide arrow shape at the top of its abdomen. Eastern Yellow jackets possess all of the typical yellow jacket physical characteristics, such as a half-inch long stout body, yellow and black coloration, yellow legs and black antennae.
- Northeastern Yellow Jacket
- Like some Forest Yellow Jackets, the Northeastern Yellow jacket is most easily recognized by the thick black band across the upper portion of its abdomen. However, the Northeastern Yellow jacket will never have the two extra spots through the black band, which are present on many Forest Yellow jackets. This species is often called a ground hornet, most likely due to its larger than average size -- roughly 5/8 inch long.
- Transition Yellow JacketTransition Yellow Jacket
- If insects could experience human emotions, they would probably have an identity crisis. This species (sometimes called a hybrid Yellow jacket) is so named because it's thought to be a cross between the Eastern and German Yellow Jacket, and possibly related to the Common and Western Yellow Jacket. Like these other species, Transition Yellow jackets have yellow and black coloration and a stout body, and are roughly 1/2 inch in length.
- Common Yellow JacketCommon Yellow Jacket
- As its name suggests, the Common Yellow jacket possesses all the most common features of yellow jackets: stout body, roughly 1/2 inch in length, yellow and black coloration, yellow legs and black antennae.
- Aerial Yellow Jacket
- Aerial Yellow jackets are typically not "picnic pests", but may be attracted to sugary foods such as fruit and soft drinks. They also have been known to follow humans around, though not with the intent to sting. This species will forage for only live prey such as grasshoppers, spittle bug adults, leaf hoppers, tree crickets, flies and spiders.
- Forest Yellow Jacket Forest Yellow Jacket
- This species is known to have three different marking patterns. Many will resemble the Northeastern Yellow jacket with a solid black band across the upper portion of the abdomen. The majority, however, will have two yellow or brown spots on this black band. Most rarely observed are the specimens without the black band and more yellow coloration on the abdomen. Their stout bodies measure roughly a half-inch in length like most other yellow jacket species.
- German Yellow Jacket
Introduced to the U.S. from Europe, the German Yellow jacket is found primarily in the Northeast. This species is rapidly expanding and now found in limited areas in the Western states of Washington and California.
Like most yellow jackets, the German Yellow jacket is roughly a half-inch long with yellow and black coloration. It possesses an arrow shape at the top of the abdomen, much like the Eastern or Transition Yellow Jacket, but this marking on the German Yellow jacket is usually narrower than that of other species.
- Black Jacket Black Jacket
- Unique to most species of yellow jackets, Black jackets have a black and white coloration. The queens are often confused with Bald-faced Hornets due to their larger size and similar coloration. The difference is that Black jackets have a white band across the upper abdomen. Workers of this species can also be distinguished from the Bald-faced Hornet by their smaller size. As with most other yellow jacket species, the Black jacket's stout body measures roughly one-half inch in length.
- Yellow jackets are usually about 1/2 to 3/4 of a inch and have alternating yellow and black markings on their abdomen. These are easily distinguishable from honey bees by the yellow coloration of their legs, as honey bee legs are consistently dark brown to black. In addition, yellow jackets have no hair or "peach fuzz" on their body and they appear glossy when viewed up close. These insects are very aggressive in defending themselves or their nest. Their stinger is not barbed, so they can sting repeatedly. Like honey bees, yellow jackets can be found nesting inside structures such as soffit, walls, ceilings, etc. If not dealt with early on, yellow jackets are perfectly capable of eating through your sheet rock and coming into your home.Yellow jackets are by far, the most common insect we find when called in to do a bee removal. The cost for removing these will be cheaper than honey bees since their nests are smaller but more expensive than bald faced hornets. On a scale of 1-10 of bee removal bad luck...... yellow jackets are a 5. An interesting fact about yellow jackets that many people don't know is that they make no honey. They actually have a hankering for bacon, fish, and hot dogs. They will feed this protein to their larvae which in turn, excrete a sugary solution that the adults will eat.
- Bald faced Hornets
- The nest can be quite large for some colonies of Bald faced Hornets. It is made of a papery material and will usually range in size from a softball to a large pillow. Nests can commonly be found hanging from tree branches, bushes, and soffit. These insects are most easily distinguished by there large size, black and white colors and their aggressive nature. Amazingly, Bald Faced Hornets have the ability to spit venom into the eyes of people or predators. I learned this lesson the hard way and you will now see that we wear eye protection on all of our jobs. Bald faced hornets are a best case scenario if you need a bee removal. These infestations are the easiest and least complex to abate so the price to you will be minimal. On the scale of 1-10 of bee removal bad luck...... Bald faced hornets are a 1.
- European Hornets
- European Hornets are easily recognized by their large size and black, yellow and rusty red coloration. About 1 -11/2" long with a plump body shape, the European Hornet can appear rather intimidating. Their heads are yellow and red, and the thorax is black with red markings. The abdomen starts out red and continues with bands of yellow and black. Not common to the northeast, however I have removed them from Watermill Long Island to Greenwich Connecticut. Although typically active during the daytime, European Hornet workers may fly at night in humid, windless conditions and are attracted to external lighting and windowpanes. European Hornets have an exceptionally long seasonal cycle, reproducing from late August through November. Workers prey on a variety of insects -- including grasshoppers and other orthopterans, flies, honeybees and yellow jackets -- to feed their larvae.
- Honey bees
- Honey bees are easily distinguished from yellow jackets by the color of their legs. Honey bee legs are uniformly colored as dark brown or black. Honey bees also have "peach fuzz" or fine hairs on their thorax, abdomen, and legs. Although they are not as fuzzy or hairy as a bumble bee, they are a stark contrast from yellow jackets which have no hair and appear glossy in color. Another way to determine if you are infested with honey bees or yellow jackets is to observe their entrance. If, during the middle of a warm summer day, you see only a handful of insects around the entrance then it is more than likely a yellow jacket colony. If you look at the entrance and there are 50 or 60 insects at the entrance at any given time, then it is more than likely a honey bee colony as they tend to be much larger than yellow jackets. Honey bees are the insect we see least frequently (to our dismay) and unfortunately for you, this is a worst case scenario infestation due to the large average size of a honey bee colony. This also means that honey bees are the most labor intensive to remove and many pest control agencies won't kill them because they see the importance of this insect to pollinating our crops. We will do a live removal of these bees and relocate them to an organic farm in the Catskills of NY. Honey bees usually nest inside dark voids so if you are seeing an external nest on your property, you aren't looking at honey bees.
- Honey bee swarm
- Honey bees swarm in the late spring and early summer as a means of expanding their species. When a colony of honey bees outgrow their current home, they create a new queen and depart the nest with upwards of 40% of the original colony. These bees will cluster on branches, siding, cars, etc. until a suitable new home can be found. Bees who are swarming are at their most docile state since they have no home to defend. I have a video on this site of a swarm removal that I did bare handed and with no suit or other protective equipment.
Bumble Bees
bees are traditionally considered solitary bees, though some species
have simple social nests in which mothers and daughters may cohabit.
However, even solitary species tend to be gregarious, and often several
will nest near each other. It has been occasionally reported that when
females cohabit, there may be a division of labor between them, where
one female may spend most of her time as a guard within the nest,
motionless and near the entrance, while another female spends most of
her time foraging for provisions.
Carpenter bees make nests by tunneling into wood, vibrating their bodies as they rasp their mandibles against the wood, each nest having a single entrance which may have many adjacent tunnels. The entrance is often a perfectly circular hole measuring about 16 millimeters (0.63 in) on the underside of a beam, bench, or tree limb. Carpenter bees do not eat wood. They discard the bits of wood, or re-use particles to build partitions between cells. The tunnel functions as a nursery for brood and storage for the pollen/nectar upon which the brood subsists.
Cicada killer .
It is 2 1/2 to 3 inches long and black with pale-yellow markings on the last three abdominal segments. These wasps are very intimidating to see flying near you but they are one of the least aggressive species. They will only stung if handled roughly and the females of the species are the only ones capable of stinging. Luckily, these scary looking insects also have one of the weakest stings. If you have cicada killers you will see what appear to be small ant mounds dug into any exposed dirt with a hole in the center. These insects burrow underground.
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Couple, 4 children missing in frigid weather
LOVELOCK, Nev. - A search resumed Monday in the remote mountains of northwest Nevada for a couple and four children who went to play in the snow and haven't returned after a night of sub-zero temperatures.
Pershing County deputies said aircraft and crews on the ground were searching for 34-year-old James Glanton, his 25-year-old girlfriend, Christina McIntee, and the four children: a 10-year-old, two 4-year-olds and a 3-year-old. The relationship between the couple and children was unclear.
Officials said the group went to the Seven Troughs area Sunday in a silver Jeep with a black top but hadn't returned home. It was unclear what supplies they might have been carrying or whether they were able to communicate with rescuers.
"I'm hoping they all huddled together and stayed in the Jeep," Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper Chuck Allen said Monday. "That would be a best-case scenario."
The situation was considered especially urgent because of unseasonably cold temperatures. In the nearby small town of Lovelock, temperatures dipped to 16 below zero early Monday, National Weather Service Meteorologist Mark Deutschendorf said.
"The temperatures out here are very cold. We would like to bring a successful end to this. We would like to find them as soon as we can," Pershing County Sheriff Richard Machado told CBS affiliate KTVN.
Dispatcher Jerry Reid said the search began Sunday evening and continued through most of the night. A Navy search and rescue team was assisting Pershing County authorities, and the Civil Air Patrol was expected to join the effort, Reid said.
Several inches of snow was on the ground in the area, but the black top on the silver 2005 Jeep should help make it easier to spot from the air, authorities said.
The Seven Troughs is named after a series of seven parallel canyons below Seven Trough Peak - elevation 7,474 feet - in the Kamma Mountains stretching north across the Pershing-Humboldt county line.
Allen said it's an isolated area with spotty cellular coverage.
It's about 20 miles northwest of where Lovelock sits on Interstate 80, about 80 miles northeast of Reno and about 20 miles southeast of the Black Rock Desert, where the annual Burning Man counterculture festival is held.
"It's remote, and it's rocky," Nevada Department of Wildlife spokesman Chris Healy said. "There are good dirt roads into the place, but they are dirt roads, and it is cold and snow so it's not ideal."
The Pershing County sheriff's office said in a news release that Glanton, McIntee and the children had gone to the area to play in the snow. It did not elaborate.
Healy said Seven Troughs is a popular area for hunting chukars, a pheasant-sized winter game bird.
"So it's not the kind of area where there would be nobody around," he said Monday. "But most chukar hunters are smart enough not to go out in the weather we have now."

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At its announcement in May 2012, the Aperion Aris was billed as the world's first wireless speaker for Windows. While there are dozens of Apple AirPlay speakers, and even an Android speaker or two, why has no one thought to make a Windows one? Apart from sounding unfashionable, play with the Aperion Aris for 5 minutes and you'll find out why.
The problems with the Aperion aren't exactly the fault of the speaker, as Windows' Play To feature is fairly unreliable, but it does make us pine for the Apple AirPlay option that's due for the Aris this spring. Sound quality is fairly good for a device of this type, and it can go plenty loud. If only it weren't so expensive.
Design and features
The chassis of the Aris is pretty distinctive, constructed from a single piece of brushed aluminum and sitting atop a red steel stand. The thin stand is removable if you don't like the look and the bottom of the unit has a rubberized surface you can use instead. On top you'll find volume controls and power; there is no remote.
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The Aris features a total of six drivers -- two tweeters, two woofers, and two passive, rear-facing radiators -- and boasts an amplifier with a total power output of 100W (likely 50W per channel). While it lacks an EQ circuit it does come with three different sound modes: Natural, Bass Boost, and Enhanced Stereo.
At the rear of the unit you'll find a PC Card-like expansion port and a 3.5mm input. Included in the box is a compatible adapter that adds wireless connectivity (with WPS) and an Ethernet jack.
The manufacturer anticipates that the main use of this speaker will involve Windows Media Player's Play To feature, as used in Windows 7 and 8. Right-click on a file in Windows Media Player and choose Play To -> Aperion Aris and the sound will (theoretically) appear out of the Aris. The box is also DLNA-compatible, so you aren't limited to Windows, and there are numerous apps, including the official Aris app, available for iOS, Android, and Mac.
The Aris Control app is available for iOS and Android and is designed to be used specifically with the Aris. Unfortunately, it didn't work as well as even Windows' Play To function (about which more shortly) and either refused to recognize the Aris player or failed to offer up a usable library from within my Android phone.
In the three years since Windows 7's Play To debuted with promises of effortless streaming, I can say there is not a day that I've found it could fulfill them. I've used a dozen different configurations of networks, PCs, and playback devices, and Play To has consistently proved buggy.
Compared with Sonos' system, Apple AirPlay, or even other implementations of DLNA, Windows Media Player didn't satisfy. It either couldn't find the player or the stream would stop and start more frequently than an NFL match. I was hopeful Microsoft had fixed the problems with Windows 8, but no, playing to the Aperion would stop after 30 seconds or simply say Device Disconnected and require a reboot.


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apr 05, 2016
CMS-supplier CARE Internet Services and software-as-a-service provider Siteimprove, today announce a collaboration that will help Siteimprove and CARE customers to save time and money during the website redesign process.
The common goal of this collaboration is to help organizations in the private and public sector make and maintain flawless and accessible websites, while reducing the time investment. After the launch of a new website by CARE, is it important that the website is maintained and this is where Siteimprove offers the best solution.
"After a number of routes where CARE and Siteimprove were jointly working, we became increasingly convinced of the added value that Siteimprove provides our customers collaboration" said Joost Sanders, Managing Director of CARE. "We see that our customers are already using the Siteimprove tools to make managing their website easier and to help meet for example the accessibility requirements.
With over 20 years' experience in the private sector, CARE is one of the Netherlands most experienced internet agencies. Since 2012, CARE has been servicing the public sector, and is considered a trendsetter in the field of innovative and customer-friendly municipal websites, intranets and web-based narrowcasting.
Siteimprove is the world-leading provider of web governance tools and solutions. The software automatically scans the user's website every five days, or as often as requested, and sends an automatic report to their inbox. Here they can get an easy overview of there any accessibility, content and SEO problems. Siteimprove provides a simple user interface with direct links to the user's own content management system and this helping the user save about 70% more time than manual monitoring and editing.
"We want to take as much of the manual work as possible out of the task of website management and at the same time optimize the performance of their websites," said Chantal Van Melle, Key Account Manager for Siteimprove Benelux. "Ensuring websites are inclusive should not be difficult or expensive, and our mission is to make it achievable for every web designer, editor and webmaster, to achieve this task."


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Howard set for precautionary MRI on left knee
PHILADELPHIA -- Ryan Howard will have a precautionary MRI on Monday to take a look at his sore left knee.
The power-hitting first baseman was held out of the Phillies' lineup Sunday against the Reds, and he said his knee was bothering him more than usual. Howard did not travel with the team to Miami on Sunday evening, but he was scheduled to join the Phillies on Monday after getting the MRI.
"Yesterday was when it really kind of kicked in more than normal," Howard said about his knee. "It's been acting up a little bit since Spring Training, but I've been able to tough it out. Yesterday, it kicked up a little bit, so we'll see."
Howard said he told manager Charlie Manuel that his knee was giving him some trouble before the game, and Manuel kept the lefty out of the lineup. Howard added he was available to play if needed, and was in the on-deck circle at one point, but did not enter the game. Manuel said he would be surprised if Howard played Monday when the Phillies open a three-game set in Miami.
The 2006 National League Most Valuable Player is hitting .245 with six home runs and 22 RBIs in 41 games.


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I had an email from Stephanie a while back...
I'm coming to London in September and am reading many things in preparation.
Forgetting Dickens' novels for just a tick are there any books (I'm thinking novels, but I'll take any suggestions) that just embody London for you? Something that especially captures the spirit of the place?
Shall I ask the blog? I replied...
That would be FABULOUS!!
And with the eyes of the world on London right now, this seems like a good time to ask you all.
I hope you will agree that London has been looking spectacular through the Olympics, all the sights of the city on the various courses, even the rooftops on all the aerial shots seem swept and manicured, and the city displayed at every turn right down to the jumps on the equestrian course. What a party this has been and though I will be chewing my knitting today willing Tom Daley to pike and flip and twist and end up headlong into the water from ten metres up, I will also be looking forward to the promise of a Closing Ceremony to beat all Closing Ceremonies tomorrow night. Rumour is rife from Pink Floyd to the Royal Ballet to Ray Davies of The Kinks singing Waterloo Sunset.
So before London waves cheerio to the Olympics and the focus shifts to the Paralympics, and though I know Stephanie has asked for novels, and I feel sure you will all suggest plenty, my starters for ten are both non-fiction and would be as follows...
Londoners - The Days and Nights of London Now - As Told by Those Who Love It, Hate It, Live It, Left It and Long for It by Craig Taylor.
This book arrived almost the same day that Mrs KFC e mailed all the way from Canada to let me know about this brilliant book on London that she thought I might enjoy. I picked it up, and though I haven't read past the first fifty pages yet, what I have read so far has had my full attention. Craig Taylor has gathered every voice in the city between two covers, from the announcer on the London Underground, to a Guardsman at Buckingham Palace along with market traders, rickshaw riders, chefs, students, commuters et al. It feels like a true and fascinating insight into the multi-cultural city that London has become.
My second choice and a book that I love and would recommend to anyone heading London way is Badaude's London Walks . The twenty two walks, three bus rides and one boat trip are varied and unusual and all illustrated with Badaude's wonderful eye for detail and for the quirky eccentricities so often overlooked. I look at it frequently and it is easy to imagine yourself walking the streets of London as you pore over the minute details on every page, even better to walk some of them next time you are in the city.
And a very happy final Olympic weekend everyone. I don't know about you but our TV is nearing melting point and will be grateful for the respite, but thank you for joining in with the party and for bearing with the diversion from the usual here. We have a few more Port Eliot posts still to come, and then Team Middlemarch gathering over the weekend of August 25th... normal service should be resumed in September, whatever 'normal' is.
So over to you... any books that embody London for you and that you would recommend to Stephanie ... books that capture that spirit of place??
If any suggestions come in I will edit them into a list on this blog post for easy reference, and I am now thinking of loads more but you go first.
Secret London - An Unusual Guide
The Water Room by Christopher Fowler
The Hours by Michael Cunningham.
Duchess of Bloomsbury Street by Helene Hanff
One Million Tiny Plays about Britain by Craig Taylor.
Spitalfields Life by The Gentle Author (who I met at Port Eliot festival, but keeping the faith on no pics, no ID)
Peter Ackroyd's "London the biography"
Tony Judt's The Memory Chalet
Johnson's Life of London -Boris Johnson
The Annals of London: A Year by Year Record of a Thousand Years of History by John Richardson
Hawksmoor by Peter Ackroyd
William Boyd's 'Ordinary Thunderstorms'.
The Fields Beneath by Gillian Tindall
A Taste for Death by P.D.James
Down and Out in Paris and London - George Orwell
Keith Waterhouse's "Soho"
The Girls of Slender Means - Muriel Spark
Mortal Engines - Philip Reeve
Jennie - Paul Gallico
Granta issue #65 "London - The Lives of the City"
Mirosla Sasek, "This is London"
Mrs Dalloway - Virginia Woolf
Zadie Smith - White Teeth
Sebastian Faulks - A Week in December
Alan Hollinghurst - The Line of Beauty
Virginia Woolf - Mrs Dalloway
Michel Faber - The Crimson Petal and the White
John Lanchester - Mr Phillips
Sarah Waters - The Night Watch
Henry Mayhew's "London Labour and the London Poor"
London Belongs to Me - Norman Collins
Pevsner Architectural Guides to London
1966 "Companion Guide" to Lodon (John Piper)
"The Birds of the London Area" London Natural History Society
"London's Disused Underground Stations" by J E Connor
"London Illustrated Geological Walks" by E Robinson
The Quincunx - Charles Palliser
The Strange History of Buckingham Palace" by Patricia Wright
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont, Elizabeth Taylor
Falling Slowly - Anita Brookner
Family and Friends - Anita Brookner
Strangers - Anita Brookner
Brick Lane - Monica Ali
A Kid for Two Farthings - Wolf Mankowitz
London Bridges - Jane Stevenson
Lights out for the territory - Iain Sinclair
Sorrows of the Moon - Iqbal Ahmed
London Born - Sydney Day
The World my Wilderness - Rose Macaulay
Robinson in Space - Patrick Keiller (DVD and book)
Robinson - Christopher Pettit
Journey Through a small Planet - Emanuel Litvinoff
London Fields - Martin Amis
The Lowlife - Alexander Baron
London - Elain Harwood & Andrew Saint (HMSO, Exploring england's Heritage - gazeteer of london buildings - a great UK servies by region)
Charlotte Mendelson novels
Patrick Hamilton's books (particularly Hangover Square and Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky)
Primrose Hill - Helen Falconer
Stanley & the Women.' - Kingsley Amis
White Teeth - Zadie Smith
Jack Maggs - Peter Carey
Elizabeth Bowen, Muriel Spark
Novels by Leon Garfield
Sally Lockhart series by Philip Pullman
Mrs. P's Journey - Sarah Hartley.
Rivers of London - Ben Aaronovitch.
London A modern Babylon (Julian Temple) on BBC i-player or in cinemas now is a MUST!!!!
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Welcome To Foodie Friends Friday Party 216
Thank You all for joining us each week and sharing your delicious recipes and terrific DIYs. We enjoyed all the delicious Fall Recipes and DIY projects you shared last week.
We always have a great time and we look forward to seeing your new recipes and projects this week!
Below are the 3 Recipes/Posts with the Most Clicks from Last Week's Party:
Below are the Host Favorites from Last Week's Party, we chose Fall DIY Projects this week. They are featured on the Foodie Friends Friday Daily Dish Magazine. Each featured recipe or DIY/craft is linked back to the original blog post.
You also do not want to miss a few extra "Too Good Not Share" favorites as well.
One of my favorites Fall DIY Projects shared last weekend was the Pumpkin Candlesticks project from Frog Prince Paperie blog.
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The Canadian government has worried for some time about the possibility of having its creative industries squeezed into oblivion by competitive pressure from Hollywood and elsewhere. To support homegrown content, the government offers money to content creators and uses regulation to mandate that certain amounts of Canadian content end up on TV. But what happens when broadcasting moves onto the Internet?
That was the question confronting the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), which was facing pressure to set up a levy system on ISPs to help fund Canadian Internet audio and video content. The CRTC today decided not to adopt the levy proposal, though, and also voted not to regulate broadcast content on the Internet (read the complete report).
Internet broadcasting has had a special regulatory exemption since 1999, but some cultural groups and content creators argued that it was time to apply the same standards that govern TV to Internet broadcasting. ISPs were totally opposed to the plan, which would in some ways regulate them like traditional broadcasters.
Since late 2008, the CRTC has been examining the issue, especially the contentious claim that ISPs should start paying their "fair share" to create Canadian content. "With respect to the source of the funding for the creation of such a fund, certain parties, including creative unions, guilds and producers, argued that ISPs and wireless service providers (WSPs), to the extent that they deliver broadcasting content, are an important part of the broadcasting system in Canada," says the new CRTC report. "These parties were of the view that ISPs and WSPs, in their distribution capacity, should be required to contribute to Canadian program creation and exhibition."
But, in the end, the ISPs won out. "While broadcasting in new media is growing in importance, we do not believe that regulatory intervention is necessary at this time," said CRTC Chair Konrad von Finckenstein. "We found that the Internet and mobile services are acting in a complementary fashion to the traditional broadcasting system. Any intervention on our part would only get in the way of innovation."
The move was cheered by Google, for one, which said that the "new media" regulatory exemption was the best approach to "keeping the Internet awesome." Canadian law professor Michael Geist concurred, saying, "Overall, the decision to avoid new regulations and levy schemes is a good one."
"New media" was spared regulation this time, but only through an "exemption"—the CRTC still considers Internet video to be "broadcasting" and could therefore remove the exemption at some future date and treat TV and the Internet exactly the same way.
One CRTC Commissioner, Tim Denton, wrote a concurring opinion in which he called the entire Broadcast Act an outdated law that needs to be scrapped. "Commissioners of the CRTC should not be deciding at five-year intervals or less whether massive amounts of personal and corporate communications should be subjected to a comprehensive scheme of prior approval by the state," he wrote. "This is the issue which should be put permanently beyond the reach of the CRTC. It is for this reason especially that steps must be taken to limit the Act to 'broadcasting,' as it is popularly understood, and to leave the Internet to evolve."


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There has been a lot of discussion on the web as to The New York Times and Wikipedia's collaboration on the news blackout they agreed to keep on the kidnapping of reporter David Rohde by members of the Taliban last November. Rohde had been held against his will for seven months, but we didn't learn about it until June 20, after he managed to escape along with his translator.
Believing that widespread news reports of Rohde's kidnapping would boost the reporter's prominence in the eyes of his captors and therefore complicate negotiations for his release, the NYT requested other news outlets to embargo the story.
The really tricky part – and the one action causing quite a stir about censorship's various shades of gray – was keeping the news out of Wikipedia.
Jimmy Wales, co-founder of the community encyclopedia, agreed to block any information referring to Rohde's captivity, which proved easier said than done.
At least one contributor furiously tried to update Wikipedia's entry on Rohde's, but every change was almost immediately erased. According to the NYT's Richard Perez-Pena, Wikipedia was incapable of reaching the anonymous member to explain the situation. Wikipedia received several challenges from the frustrated user(s), who pointed out their updates were sourced and should be allowed to stay.
The Christian Science Monitor, Rohde's former employer, collected some of the responses to the news blackout circulating on the web.
On the one hand, supporters of the decision argue that the distribution of information detailing Rohde's kidnapping may have put his life in more danger and "The Times simply had do everything in its power to increase (Rodhe's) chances of survival." The Online Times proposes that the concern for privacy was significant enough to justify the blackout.
Critics, on the other hand, got antsy about the decision – even if it was made with lofty intentions in mind. They argue it's a stark reminder that Wikipedia has the final say as to what appears in its Web site and exercising such control measures threaten to undermine its philosophy of open access.
One blogger framed the dilemma like this: "Luckily for Wikipedia, this issue was clearly life or death. But what if it isn't? Or what if it's just a ho-hum person and not a NY Times reporter? And how can you stop the crowd from releasing possibly harmful information- and should you? If so, when?"


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Webster Choir Selected for Prestigious Appearance
Jun. 26, 2013
ST. LOUIS, JUNE 26, 2013 - The Webster University Chamber Singers will present a main session concert at the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) biennial divisional conference, March 19-22, 2014 in Little Rock, Ark. Of the 34 universities that submitted performance applications, only five collegiate choirs were selected to appear at the 2014 conference in Little Rock, through a blind audition process.
This will be the first performance of a Webster University choir at an ACDA conference and also the first time that any university in the St. Louis region has appeared on a divisional ACDA conference program.
"People will work their entire careers to try and earn one of these coveted spots," said Jeffrey Carter, chair of the Webster University Department of Music, located in the Leigh Gerdine College of Fine Arts. "A convention appearance of this caliber puts the school on the map."
Webster Chamber Singers is led by Trent Patterson, Director of Choral Studies and Music Education. This flagship choral ensemble at Webster University is comprised of select students who reflect the artistic strength of the vocal studies program of the University. Many of the students are music majors, with others representing a variety of majors at Webster University.
"Dr. Patterson has developed an amazing sound and spirit in these students," Carter said. "They will soon learn that this honor is similar to being invited to a regional NCAA tournament that includes colleges from high-powered states like Texas. This selection is a true game-changer for these students and for this music program."
According to the ACDA, it is "a nonprofit music-education organization whose central purpose is to promote excellence in choral music through performance, composition, publication, research, and teaching … and strives through arts advocacy to elevate choral music's position in American society." The Southwestern Division is comprised of seven states: Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.
With its home campus in St. Louis, Webster University (www.webster.edu) is the only Tier 1, private, non-profit U.S.-based university providing a network of international residential campuses and a robust online learning program. Founded in 1915, Webster University's campus network today includes metropolitan, military and corporate locations around the world, as well as traditional residential campuses in Asia, Europe and North America. The University is committed to delivering high-quality learning experiences that transform students for global citizenship and individual excellence.


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This extension of a 1970s brick stone house in Tuusula / Finland was realised by Helsinki based Vesa Honkonen Architects. With the slightly waving form and the wooden cladding of the additional second floor the architects set a contrast to the exististing typical standard solution of the flat roofed house.
Design: Vesa Honkonen
Project architect: Jaana Tiikkaja
with assistance by Anja Hämäläinen
to the Vesa Honkonen Architects profile @ Architonic


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Just curious to know if it is required or necessary to update BIBM each time there's an update ?
I'm still on my original version ( 1.35 ) but see it's now up to v1.35c
If it is recommended to update, I assume I would have to boot from my BIBM CD to update and then make a new CD.
I do update the Drive Image Suite when there's an update, but haven't done the Boot Manager updates.


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SC Senate District 8
Candidates for SC Senate District 8: Jeff Dishner, Ross Turner
Jeff Dishner:
Age: 46
Years living in district/county: 46
Family: Wife: Amy, Children: Catherine, Elizabeth, and Bowen
Education: B.S. Design, Clemson University 1988 and Masters in Architecture, Clemson University 1990. Charles E. Daniel Center for Architecture and Urban Studies, Genoa, Italy
Current Occupation Architect, Self-employed
Previous Employment/Military history:
Community Involvement: American Institute of Architects, Chair, Sterling Elementary School Student Improvement Council, Greenville County Historic Preservation Commission, City of Greenville Design and Preservation Commission, President Upstate Triathlon Club, Hands on Greenville, Greenville Chamber of Commerce, Construction Specification Institute, Greenville County Museum of Art, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Palmetto Trust for Historic Preservation, Fourth Presbyterian Church, YMCA Youth Sports Programs
Elected or appointed public offices: Elected: none, appointed: Greenville County Historic Preservation Commission, City of Greenville Design and Preservation Commission
Other political/governmental experience:
Why are you seeking this office and why should people vote for you?
I have lived in District 8 all of my life and I have seen the complacency by our state government to adequately fund our struggling public education system. I have three children all in the public school system in Greenville County and I have been actively involved in their schools, witnessing the hardships caused by lack of funding. I want to make a difference in the lives of the children of this state and provide them with a brighter future rather than the same disregard for their well- being that has been shown over the last 40 years. I am sometimes embarrassed by how poorly our state performs compared to our neighbors and as a proud, native South Carolinian I want to stand with my neighbors to bring much needed change to our state government.
What are the three most important issues you would address if elected and how would you address them?
The three most important issues I want to pursue are adequately funding public education through a stable revenue stream, providing incentives to encourage economic development and new business, and to develop new opportunities for jobs. I want to provide the people of District 8 a new voice in Columbia who will work with others, respecting my counterparts rather than admonishing their beliefs, understanding that cooperation achieves results and acting as an example of virtue and morality we desperately need in our state government.
Compared to our neighboring states, we have a relatively low personal real estate tax structure, which in itself makes living and working here very attractive to people and to business wanting to relocate here. The main goal of my candidacy is funding public education and promoting economic development in this state. These challenges take money to implement but it is an investment in our future and my preference would be to use existing revenue streams rather than increase any taxes or fees.
Manufacturing is coming back to the U.S. and we in South Carolina must be ready to encourage companies to locate here. This is a two-fold approach. We must provide an educated, qualified workforce through adequate funding and support of our public school system, vocational education system and our publicly funded, in-state universities. The second arm of this model requires providing incentives in the form of expedited investment in public infrastructure projects, utility rate subsidies, tax and regulatory incentives. This approach will yield tremendous results as evidenced by the $150M in incentives provided to BMW by state and county agencies in 1992 which has subsequently yielded over $4.1B in net economic impact to our area. To spur this development investment, industrial and commercial property tax rates must be lowered.
I will propose and support legislation which encourages new real estate development and construction activities in South Carolina.
What specific steps will you take to make the government process and your office more open and accessible to the public?
I will work with like-minded lawmakers in Columbia to strengthen the South Carolina and Senate Ethics Commissions rather than cutting their funding as previous legislatures have done. I will propose and support legislation which promotes transparency in government especially that which will bring to light wasteful spending practices and implement new ways to use our tax dollars efficiently.
Ross Turner:
Age: 48
Years living in District/County: My entire life with the exception of three years in Columbia 1986-1989
Family: Parents are Clarence and Anne Turner, Jr. Married to Julie Barker
Turner. Three Children: Clay (19), Carey (15), and Ellis (12)
Education: B.S. Clemson University, 1986. Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC)
Current Occupation: President of The Turner Agency, Inc. Employed with The Turner Agency since 1989.
Previous Employment: My career began in 1986 with the Travelers Insurance Company, where I spent four years working in the claims area.
Community Involvement: • Leadership Greenville Class of 33, • Greenville's Best and Brightest under 35, 1997, • Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of South Carolina Board (2004-2008), • Chairman of youth ministry board 2012 and former member of the board of trustees for Buncombe Street United Methodist Church, • President James L. Mann High School Booster Club 2010-2011, • Executive board member of Beck Academy PTA 2005-2007, • Former member Greenville Rotary Club, • Past president of YMCA Camp Greenville Board and former board
Member, • Past president and board member of Greenville Clemson Club
Elected or appointed Public Offices: none
Other political/governmental experience: Upstate Citizens Committee for Judicial Qualifications 2000-2012
Why are you seeking this office and why should people vote for you?
I believe that to whom much is given, much is expected. I consider it more than good luck that I was born and raised in Greenville County, South Carolina.
We have a wonderful family and many cherished friends. Our efforts in operating a small local business have been blessed with success. For these reasons and so many others, we decided as a family last year that the next logical step for giving back would be running for the Senate. My experiences as a husband and father, community involvement, and career in private business give me a perspective that I believe is very much needed in Columbia.
As Senator, I will rely on my deeply held strong conservative values. Just as importantly, however, I will use the skill that I have found most valuable in business, which is listening.
Anyone who has spent much time with me will tell you I spend as much time listening as I do talking.
What are the three most important issues you would address if elected and how would you address them?
The size and spending of state government in Columbia is one of the top issues I am concerned about because as this problem continues to grow out of control, it puts a larger burden on our families and businesses. Any wise business manager or owner will tell you their company should focus on the things it must to do and the things it does best. This is the philosophy that I want to see used in Columbia. Refocusing government on its core functions will deliver better results for taxpayers.
Also, the key to succeeding in business is to spend less than you take in. For too long, the government has achieved this by bringing in more tax dollars. Along with my small business background, I will use tools like zero-based budgeting to work to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse, so that government can get more done with less tax dollars. That leads to me my next issue.
Tax Reform is another area that I want to address. Reducing, simplifying, and eventually eliminating state income taxes on working families and businesses will make South Carolina more competitive with neighboring states for recruiting industry and retirees, as well as improving the overall quality of life. Every day for the last few years, both businesses and families are having to get more done with less money. I am ready to go to Columbia and work to make sure state government does the same by reforming the tax structure.
While eliminating the state income tax will take some time, simplifying it is a good start. Identifying and eliminating special interest sales tax loopholes could help speed this process along. I will constantly be looking for ways to uncomplicate the confusing and counterproductive elements of the tax code, putting the hard-earned dollars of families and local businesses back into their pockets.
The third issue I would like to focus on is education. We cannot attract as many high skilled, high paying jobs to South Carolina without giving employers confidence that we offer a strong educational foundation. Incoming businesses want to know that their employees' children have great opportunities to learn, and that they can hire from a well educated work force as well. I believe that the best way to educate children is rejecting top down, one size fits all education in favor of recognizing the uniqueness of each community and its educational needs. I also believe that properly funding education isn't enough. The best way to improve education is to cut state administration and bureaucracy, applying the savings towards actual instruction. By returning the focus to the classroom, we can empower parents, teachers, and local school districts.
What specific steps will you take to make the government process and your office more open and accessible to the public?
As Senator, I will strive to be accountable and accessible to the public. The following are some of my ideas:
1. Routinely post my roll call votes on my Facebook page.
2. Hold annual town hall meetings in the district with rotating locations.
3. Have a monthly in-district open office day 4. Routinely host online surveys to get
district input on major issues
These are ideas that I think will bring more transparency and accountability to my service,
but in keeping with that philosophy, I will always be open to other ideas that people in the
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Jul 2013
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Brady, who grew up in East Hampton and graduated from Portland High School, represented the Nutmeg state as Miss Connecticut USA at the national pageant. She will actually be trading in her South Glastonbury digs this year for a penthouse in New York City – the headquarters for the Miss Universe/Miss USA organization – and is embarking on what will be a whirlwind tour of the country and elsewhere, as part of the duties that come with her title.
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Bob Baffert is looking loaded for the Breeders' Cup.
The Hall of Fame trainer has a pair of 2-year-olds who showed promise in their Grade 1 races at Santa Anita on Sunday.
Lookin at Lucky won the $300,000 Norfolk Stakes for 2-year-old colts by 1 3/4 lengths, while Always a Princess finished second in the $300,000 Oak Leaf Stakes for 2-year-old fillies.
Lookin at Lucky improved to 4-0 and earned an automatic berth in next month's $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile on Nov. 7 at Santa Anita.
"He's the best 2-year-old I've had in the last five years," Baffert said. "He's got something different than the other ones have ever had and it's exciting."
Blind Luck overtook Always a Princess in the final sixteenth to earn an automatic berth in the $2 million BC Juvenile Fillies on Nov. 6.
Under Garrett Gomez, Lookin at Lucky ran 1 1-16 miles in 1:43.11 and paid $3.60, $2.60 and $2.40 as the 4-5 favorite.
"At three-eighths, I couldn't tell if he was running," Baffert said. "All of a sudden he pushed the button and took off. I'm becoming a big fan of his watching him run."
Pulsion returned $6.80 and $4, while Gallant Gent was another half-length back in third and paid $8.40 to show. Jung Man Scott and John Scott finished in a deadheat for fourth in the 11-horse field.
Lookin at Lucky is co-owned by Mike Pegram, Baffert's longtime friend and client. They also teamed up to win the fifth race Sunday.
"We're Lookin at Lucky," Pegram said. "Now we got to stay lucky."
It was Baffert's fifth Norfolk win in the last 13 years. Last year, Gomez rode Midshipman to a second-place finish for the trainer and then went on to win the $2 million BC Juvenile.
Lookin at Lucky was running longer than seven furlongs for the first time. Gomez had him off the early pace in fourth before making their move.
"He made the lead turning for home and when he did, he threw his ears up and kind of waited on that horse inside of him," Gomez said. "When I got after him though, he went on with it and finished up real game. How good is he? Well, he's 4-for-4 and I guess he'll tell us how good he is."
Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith, who rode Pulsion, hailed Lookin at Lucky.
"Forget about the winner being the best 2-year-old on the West Coast," he said. "I think the best 2-year-old in the country won the race, and we weren't far off of him."
In the Oak Leaf, Blind Luck and Tyler Baze covered 1 1-16 miles on the synthetic Pro-Ride surface in 1:43.19 to win by 2 1/2 lengths. She paid $9, $4.60 and $3.60 at 7-2 odds.
"She was a little keen at the break and it took me a moment to get her to settle," Baze said. "Things got a little tight around the first turn, but besides that, we had a clean trip. Turning for home, the seas parted and she ran great to the wire."
Always a Princess returned $4.60 and $4 as the 3-1 wagering favorite. Bickersons paid $11.40 to show in her first race on a synthetic surface. It Tiz was fourth in the 11-horse field.
Baffert said he was looking for Always a Princess to hit the board to get into the Breeders' Cup.
"She got a little tired at the end, but she did all the running," he said. "This will set her up perfect for the Breeders' Cup."
Always a Princess led all the way along the rail under Gomez until getting beat late.
"I liked the way she did everything," he said. "She fought herself back into second after being all the way back to third, and she galloped out nicely. Hopefully, this will set her up to end up in the winner's circle next time."


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After a torrid start to their domestic campaign, manager Arsene Wenger seeks a morale-boosting Champions League victory.
Arsene Wenger has told his Arsenal stars to banish the fear factor as the struggling Gunners try to secure a first place finish in their European Champions League group.
Wenger's side travel to Olympiakos on Tuesday in desperate need of a morale-boosting victory after Saturday's 2-0 home defeat against Swansea left the north London club teetering on the brink of a full-blown crisis.
Arsenal, languishing in 10th place, have made their worst start to an English Premier League season in Wenger's 16-year reign and the sense that their club is in decline has prompted a furious response from Gunners fans.
Some supporters staged a protest march before the Swansea match to underline their frustration at the Arsenal board's failure to back Wenger in the transfer market, while many more unleashed a torrent of abuse at the Frenchman and his players after the final whistle.
Mental toughness
In the circumstances, Arsenal could do with a win in Athens which, combined with a draw or defeat for Schalke at Montpellier, would allow Wenger's men, who have already qualified for knockout stages, to snatch top spot and secure a potentially easier draw in the last 16.
But to achieve that goal the Gunners will need a stronger mental approach after crumbling too easily under pressure in recent weeks.
"At home, we [Arsenal] look like we play a little bit with the handbrake. It is not fluent, there might be a psychological component in there as well. "
– Arsene Wenger, Arsenal manager
"At home, we look like we play a little bit with the handbrake. It is not fluent, there might be a psychological component in there as well," Wenger said.
"There was no movement or speed in our passing and we looked laboured, not sharp.
"We had a lot of possession, but they created more chances than we did. We have to find a solution to this because we turn teams around without hurting them."
While Wenger would love to finish top of the group, he acknowledges that Schalke are likely to win their tie against a Montpellier side already eliminated from the tournament and, with that in mind, he may not send out a full-strength team against Olympiakos.
"There are many players who need a rest, because they are on the verge of getting injured and some played with knocks," Wenger said.
"But we hope that we get a good performance at Olympiakos because it is important for us."
Bad news
To make matters worse, Arsenal will travel to Greece with heavy hearts after Gunners chairman Peter Hill-Wood suffered a heart attack on Sunday following a bout of pneumonia.
Hill-Wood is recovering in hospital, but concerns over his health put Arsenal's struggles into perspective and Gervinho, the club's Ivorian striker, claims winning the group is not that important.
"Whether you finish first or second, there will always be some big teams in the next round," he said.
"If a team has qualified for the last 16, it's because there is a lot quality in it, so the further you go in the competition, the tougher it gets.
"Our objective is to finish top of the group, but if we finish second, it won't be the end of the world either.
"Look at Real Madrid, they are sure to finish second, so if you win your group, you could still face them in the last 16.
"The most important thing is to be in great form before playing in the knockout stages."
Arsenal have faced Olympiakos twice in the previous three seasons, losing each of their ties in Athens.
But the Greeks have little to play for as they can't qualify for the last 16 and are already guaranteed to go into the Europa League as the third-placed team in the group.


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Sausage City: Gilbert's Craft Sausages
Reviews of sausages.
"Honest ingredients, unique recipes, no funny stuff!"
That's the slogan of Gilbert's Craft Sausages, a small-batch craft sausage maker manufacturing in Denmark, Wisconsin whose product is slowly making its way into fine Chicago markets (it's currently available in dozens of stores across the city, including Costco). Their sausages combine original ideas, innovative packaging, and plenty of whimsy that adds up to a pretty solid collection.
Gilbert's currently offers four varieties: two traditional (a Sheboygan bratwurst and an all-beef hot dog) and two inventive ("Ouisconsin" smoked beef sausage with morsels of blue cheese and "Catalana" smoked pork sausage with chipotle and lime). I picked up all four for a taste test.
All of Gilbert's sausages come fully-cooked, which comes with the huge benefit of shelf life; these are even individually packaged and then cooked in their bags, which means they'll last for months. I'm sometimes suspicious of products like these—can a pre-cooked sausage ever have the same richness and juiciness of one you cook yourself?—but there are some kind of sausage which are always sold fully cooked. The hot dog, for example.
And while I quite liked Gilbert's Catalana—a nice blend of smoke and spice—far and away the best sausage was indeed the Froman, their all-beef hot dog. While the official stance on hot dogs here at Sausage City is always in favor of natural casings (skinless dogs just don't have the right "snap" when you bite into them), they're not always easy to find for home cooking if you don't visit the Vienna Beef factory store.
Besides getting its name from the beloved, if fictional, "Sausage King of Chicago," The Froman lands somewhere between skinless and natural, using a beef collagen casing instead. And Gilbert's founder Chris G. Salm claimed via email that the collagen casing "gives us a better snap than natural casings without the tough chewiness." Could it be true?
Truth be told, the collagen actually has an impressive bite to it, and it also means the Froman is truly "all beef," whereas a natural casing comes from lamb. The sausage itself was perfectly spiced and textured.
But I've got to run. Ferris Bueller's Day Off is about to start.
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