Does anyone offer beaver dam removal? If so, at what price? Just thinking of the harder to reach areas that flood and are unattainable with machinery that will have to be done by hand. Most of the areas I get my business on are blocked culverts or dammed drainage ditches. Just thought I could make some more money per job by offering a dam removal option. Any input would be appreciated.
Without beaver trapping too, you will be spinning your wheels. The beavers will probably have the culverts blocked again within a week or two. In my area of the state, even with complete removal of the present colony, more beavers will move in. It may take a week, a month or two, but, they will come.
It is just part of the job when we do a nuisance beaver removal contract.$50 to restore the water to natural flow.
Boco, seems like a lot of work for an extra $50. How do you do it if you don't mind me asking?
Beaver hook.Not hard to break a beaver dam.If you go about it in the right way the water will do most of the work.Some smaller culverts are tricky when you have to go in from the lower end.The big ones are no different than any other dam.I have broke thousands of dams by hand,it was my steady job for years along with beaver control.
Stick dams are the easiest,you just throw out the sticks or cut them up with a chainsaw then rip er out.
Last edited by Boco; 09/09/18 07:45 PM.
I usually do $50 to $150 depending on the situation. Had one where a development had previously called for high pressure water to blow out the dam, small tube so no way to come in from the low side. Culvert was covered in completely, but I remembered where the culvert was under water from the year before. Once located and could get a small flow it would be easy. They were about to call the water guys which costs several thousand dollars each time. Told them a buck and a half and was done in 45 minutes. I haven't used the Husky on dams yet, but I'm sure that would make it go a lot easier. Still like getting some exercise and playing in water, so tearing out a dam is a good excuse. Most of the dams are minutes, less than an hour.
Heres one from today.I like opening these culverts on the hydro roads.They got good gates in front with smooth rods easy to pull.I just throw the long sticks out by hand,then just pull the rods.The water pressure flushes the pipe clean,then I replace all the rods and the job is done til more beaver show up.The trick to these is to make sure the water is sufficient to flush the debris entirely out.Some make the mistake of letting debris into the pipe without sufficient water to flush it out,or not removing the long sticks first.
This location had no beaver for 3 years.
I patrolled a road today and there is a big culvert with no gate plugged right to the top.I will need to let the owner know about it and see if he wants to make a contract.last time the road washed out and it cost many tens of thousands of dollars to fill the washout and replace the big pipe.I'm pretty sure he will contract my services.
Last edited by Boco; 09/16/18 07:00 PM.
I would not have a set price per dam. There are too many variations between dam situations. Trapper/customer relationships need to be based on faith. We trust that they will pay when we are done, and they need to trust that we will charge them a fair price for what we do, including dam removal. I charge by the hour, and dam removal can be back breaking and is charged accordingly. It is never $50.00 when I do it. I haven't had anyone flinch at what I charge for dam removal. If one were ever to say, "No, I'll do it.", I'd bet they will pay me to do it the next time.
Our council when we negotiated the protocol with the clients assigned a $50 charge for dams.All the trappers agreed unanimously with the council executive that that was a fair charge.It must be mutually agreed by both the trapper as well as the client.Sometimes it is too dangerous for the trapper to do it,and sometimes the clients want to do the dam removal.One unionized company is not allowed to contract the dam removal because of union rules.
I broke thousands of beaver dams(Bever control was my job for many years and dam removal was a must in all cases) and there isnt any I cannot remove with the hook,chainsaw,or come along.
$50 to remove a dam for me is easy money.
I will be removing a couple within the next couple weeks,I will get some pics.
Last edited by Boco; 09/18/18 11:12 PM.
This quote would be my answer.
Some dams here have much height and length. Many locations have series of these. It is one thing to remove the water with a small opening. It is another, to remove a 50' long 6' tall dam that has been there for 20 years with trees growing in it (and little elevation change).
Not necessary to remove an entire 50 foot long dam with trees growing on it.Only necessary to return the stream,creek to natural flow.There are old dams everywhere here,that are part of the landscape that have breached on their own to natural flow thru erosion.They don't impede the flow at all.
Actually the larger dams that hold a lot of water are easier to break to natural flow than some smaller ones.Once the supporting downside structure is cut or removed,the water does the work.
If a client wants a dam removed by machinery it is his prerogative to do so.Also Like I stated above when a trapper is not willing to remove a dam for any reason it is also his prerogative to refuse to do so.When I did full time beaver control for the railroads I had access to railway machinery and dynamite(not used anymore for dam removal) but hardly ever was it necessary to employ it.In fact in most cases by law you cannot let large amounts of water flow downstream all at once which is not controllable with dynamite,and too costly to get machinery back in the bush for 2 or 3 stages of water lowering.
The most dangerous beaver dams are inland dams sometimes over a mile from infrastructure usually in series and on high ground,only visible by aerial survey.These dams need to be broke by hand in stages in order not to cause washout of infrastructure downstream.
Your protocol may be set up different but that is what works well here for both our trappers and clients and has worked for over 30 years.Our Nuisance beaver program has been running successfully since the late 80's.I will add that the railways are the only companys that do not use our nuisance beaver program services,because of access issues.
Last edited by Boco; 09/19/18 10:44 AM.
I agree with removing small portion of the dam at a time. Not only will the water keep working at the opening but it will also show you if a new comer has came in and plugged. I have a hook also I use, looks like a heavy 3 tined potato fork with the tines bent over. It doesn't take long to remove mud or sticks with it.
Where can a guy get one of these industrial strength hooks? All of the hooked tools that I have used eventually fail. Not made for the necessary type of pulling?
I got mine from Lizotte solutions,a company that does beaver control out of Quebec.
I usually have a set price per hr that I need to make on any job I'm doing. Dam breaking is no different. Figure if you need to make $20/hr then how much time will you have in this job. Have a minimum that you charge for small and and go up from there.
I use tannerite for dam removal. Saves a lot of pulling sticks.
I have never understood how you get the tannerite to explode, on a 7' tall dam, with the tannerite buried 6 feet in the ground below the dam to get a "good" deep blow. I understand 2' or maybe 3' lowered but how do you blow a wide deep opening with tannerite with out using additional material or a lot of tannerite and do it safely.
Here is a spot I just finished up.4 big beavers and I let the water down in stages as I was trapping them out.An easy 50 bucks with the beaver rake to open the culvert.Water back to natural flow.
Last edited by Boco; 10/03/18 07:14 PM.
On the rare occasion I get a beaver job it's usually so close to rds or easements the county tears them out for me. one the the farmer told me to leave it and he'd take care of it. Others were are creeks are so violent if you remove all the beaver it will blow out in the next big rain.


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Trump administration announces nationwide eviction moratorium through end of year
by: Madison Neal
The Trump Administration said Tuesday it is implementing a national four-month moratorium on residential evictions. The moratorium, announced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was the latest measure by the administration to get a handle on the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic
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After his initial diagnosis in the 80s, and because of issues he and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates were having at work, Allen left Microsoft in 1983. His cancer went into remission, and he spent the next few decades buying sports teams (the Seattle Seahawks and the Portland Trailblazers), buying yachts, and making a huge impact with his philanthropic efforts.
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Some of the dates for the new year have been finalised.
You can find them under the Events 2019 banner at the top of the page.
As new dates are locked in they will be added. The club would also like to post up other bike related events that members are involved in so send in the details via the email form under the Contact us Banner.
The next club meeting for the year is on 2nd Monday in March at the Mitcham Angling club.
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What's 3-1/2 Inches High X 9 Wide
Roanoke Times, 12/31/08, Pg 1: Major Heading and leading article: Council prayer stokes e-mailer's ire. More inside pg 8. Roanoke's vice-mayor hit a hot-button issue by opening a city meeting with a prayer that referred to God's son.
WOW! What a major front page story to ring-out the old year!
A person (as in one) wrote an email complaining about a council member mentioning God.
Has anyone ever written so much about so little in journalistic history?
At first folks focused on the VICE-mayor title and thought Roanoke had some real excitement in process, but alas, that was not to be.
It's just the frustrations of a disgruntled person who is a kindred spirit to the editors of the Roanoke Times and their liberal associates and friends at the ACLU.
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2008/12/can-you-spell-christmas.html
I hardly think the founders of the Constitution, who prayed at every opportunity, would consider this prayer a transgression or problem or even an issue. In fact they clearly would have expected a more robust expression of our religious heritage at this holiday season.
I note that the RT uses the date of 2008. What do they think that date represents?
posted by Lars Hagen # 1:12 PM
Mr Gore's Problem With The Data
Roanoke Times, 12/30/08, Pg Va 9: Commentary: A slow approach to warming by Jay Ambrose of Scripps Howard New Service. KUDOs to the RT for publishing this article.
Mr Ambrose expresses doubts about global warming magnitude and cause and effect and what if any government actions are appropriate.
Why do so many good people doubt Mr Gore's hypothesis that man-made CO2 is causing major increases in atmospheric temperature that he says will very soon cause catastrophic environmental and human damage?
Mr Gore, as the salesman for the UN's IPCC group, went so far outside the "truth and reality box" with his presentations and movie that many people now doubt his entire hypothesis. His PR campaign enveloped the concepts of: global warming: man-made CO2 and adverse climate change without any regard for the natural forces that has dominated earth's environment for millions of years. This structure was designed to give his hypothesis the broadest possible coverage of any weather event anywhere and cloud the facts between regional weather events and fossil fuel use and global changes and natural causes and variations.
Mr Gore and the IPCC knew that their infamous charts showing CO2 causing major temperature variations occuring hundreds of thousands of years ago are patently false and not accepted earth science theory.
Many good, reasonable, prudent and intelligent people question that man-man CO2 has caused the warming that has occurred since the end of the "little ice age" in 1750. Mr Gore and the IPCC refuse to explain their time line of current warming starting in 1750. Clearly the first 150 years of major land-based glacier retreat occurred before any significant man-made CO2.
They question the exaggerated forecasts of huge rises in sea levels due to arctic sea-ice melting because they all have watched ice melt in a grass of soda without overflowing and they know that the north-west-passage has been open before.
They know that one component for increasing atmospheric CO2 is natural increased global temperature from whatever cause. Even youngsters have watched the CO2 escape from a bottle of chilled soda as it warms up.
They know that there was a significant global cooling for the 35 years from 1940 through 1975 in spite of the major CO2 releases from WWI, WWII, Korea and accelerated world-wide fossil fuel consumption.
They know that there has been only one degree warming in the past 100 years and NO global temperature increase during the past 10 years in spite of the increased level of atmospheric CO2.
They know that the significant global warming that occurred during the medieval period did not result in catastrophic disaster. In fact, it was the following "little ice age" that produced major negative impacts.
They know that only those who are hiding the truth would mount a campaign to silence the questions about their hypothesis and not participate in meaningful and professional dialogue.
They know that Mr Jim Hanson, prophet of man-made global warming and paradoxically the keeper of the official government temperature data, has continually published faulty data that were only corrected due to scrutiny by doubting-bloggers.
And so these skeptics and doubters and deniers continue to ask for the truth and nothing but the truth about the global and regional changes we observe and measure and what part if any man-made actions are contributors. Perhaps that's what everyone should be seeking including Mr Gore and his associates at the IPCC. The debate about the causes and effects of regional and global changes are clearly not over and the current data does not favor Mr Gore or draconian government actions that will cripple our countries economic systems and infrastructure.
Click for global warming data:
http://www.roanokeslant.org/GlobalWarmingThoughts/
Prior Items:
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2008/08/250-years-of-natural-global-warming.html
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2008/07/g8-current-natural-global-warming.html
Can You Spell CHRISTMAS?
Roanoke Times, 12-25-08, Pg 1: Heading: Happy holidays
12/26/08, Pg A3: Christmas now official holiday in Iraq
Apparently Dec 25th is Christmas in Iraq, but not at the Roanoke Times!
It's disappointing that the liberal press, who boast of their "inclusiveness", find it so difficult to say "Merry Christmas". What a sad and forlorn group that have given up their independence in order to serve on the altar of "political correctness".
Click for Prior Items:
Christmas at Arlington
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2007/12/christmas-at-arlington.html
Roanoke Times, 12/17/06, Pg Horiz 1: Editorial: Christian bullies manufactured this "War on Christmas"
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2006/12/fake-war.html
LTE Writer Takes Gloves Off
Roanoke Times, 12/25/08, Pg Va 14: Letters to Editor by Peter T. Sarjeant, Bedford, Va.
Radmacher (RT Editor) finds no bliss in ignorance.
"The article, "Efforts to clean coal's image won't work." (Dec.21 commentary), in the Horizon section by Dan Radmacher is the most negative, biased, bilious baloney I have ever read in the Roanoke Times."
"Has he ever visited on of the coal-burning power plants to witness what is being done to "clean" the coal? He simply copies the tripe that is generally spouted by anti-coal mongers in the free press. It is totally useless information, largely fabricated and without any scientific foundation whatsoever. A real Scroogy attitude."
"Poor man. He lives in an ignorance that has no bliss."
My, My! And the editors of the RT think that my blog items here in the RoanokeSlant.org are unnecessarily harsh and qualify as "roughing the quarterback"!
I don't know Mr. Sarjeant, but apparently we have a similar view of many of the RT's editorial board pronouncements.
This blog contains over 1,000 items that highlight the one-sided liberal views expressed in the RT both as comment and as "news". I felt compelled to include Mr. Sarjeant's LTE as yet another blog item reflecting a valid contrarian view of the RT's Editorial Board.
Some Sample Prior Items:
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2008/12/kaine-steers-va-into-green-something.html
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2008/12/90-million-shoes.html
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2008/12/we-want-you.html
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2008/09/roanoke-going-green.html
Throw Emanuel Under the Bus
Roanoke Times, 12/21/08, Pg 1: Past ties to Ill. Governor a liability for Emanuel.
A carefully crafted AP hedge-paper setting the stage for Ram Emanuel's ejection from Obama's Chief of Staff position should the government wiretaps be embarrassing of Emanuel discussing Obama's "up for bid" vacated senate seat with Ron Blagojevich. The inference is that Obama wouldn't have had any idea that was going on!
Click for Blago-Obama-Daley and fun times in Chicago.
http://www.roanokeslant.org/Blago-Obama-Daley.jpg
Exactly how dull does the AP think people are, and what a difference with their handling of the Plame-Wilson-Libby situation. The AP and the liberal press were so into that story that they have even refused to publish the 550 tons of yellow-cake nuclear weapons material discovered in Iraq and then moved by the US to Canada.
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2008/07/sadams-yellow-cake.html
Regardless how this particular incident turns out, the public is well aware of the history of Chicago politics and are just now starting to get an insight into Obama's history within that political swamp.
Prior Item:
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2008/12/audacity-of-transparency-not.html
Big Out of State Student Tuition Reduction
Apparently the Va Election Board directed local election officials to not require ID as a requirement for voting in the 2008 general election Nov 4.
As a result it appears that many out of state students successfully voted as state residents at the polls near their school.
It now appears that a large number of these students will be using this Virginia Government certified residency to apply for in-state-tuition at all Virginia Public Colleges and Universities. Resistance to these applications will constitute the basis for a class action law suit to enforce these rules.
Seems like a proper and simple followup activity. However, there may be significant economic implications for the schools and the state.
It turns out there are 28,234 out of state undergraduates enrolled in Virginia Public four year institutions.
It also turns out that there is approximately a $10,000 per student per year fee charged to out of state students.
That will result in $282.3 MILLION dollars per year that these students will save!
Not clear how that reduction will relate to state and school budgets.
Perhaps Gov Kaine will address that in his upcoming budget.
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2008/12/no-real-vote-recount.html
Kaine Steers Va into Green Something
Roanoke Times, 12/12/08, Pg Bus 8: Kaine steers Virginia in direction of "green jobs". Virginia has the potential to create tens of thousands of green jobs by 2025, Kaine said.
Governors Warner and Kaine have clearly NOT supported Virginia GREEN Wind-power. The Wind-farm in Highland County, now five years in a Virginia regulatory swamp, still does not have Virginia Democrat support to move forward over objections about insignificant impacts to birds and bats.http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2007/09/virginia-wind-farm-someday.html
What are these green-jobs going to produce that will be greener than wind power on the Va-WVa highlands?
Based on his total lack of leadership to support the highland wind farm, how can anyone, even someone from the Roanoke Times, take this political hot air seriously?
To put the total hex on anything that could possibly be done, the article quotes Glen Besa of the Sierra Club as saying he hopes to be supportive of Kaine's initiatives. Since the Sierra Club has not been supportive of any energy project I have ever heard of, one wonders what new invention he is talking about?
1) We have increased our US population by 2 million persons per year for over 50 years. Every one of these people need and use energy.
2) The Democrat party and the so called "environmentalists" have not supported any additional energy sources in the last 20 years.
3) Our current dependence on foreign energy has created massive financial and security issues for our country.
We look forward to these new green-jobs that the Sierra Club endorses.
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2008/11/drill-but-dont-really-drill.html
90 Million Shoes
Roanoke Times, 12/17/08, Pg A 11: Yet another AP and liberal media gleeful and festive article on the shoe thrown at Pres. Bush at a Bagdad news conference.
It's interesting that AP and the major media don't talk about the 90 million Iraqi shoes that are now free from the terror of Sadam and Usay and Kuday. No one threw shoes at them because everyone knew their feet would be cut-off and then their head and then the heads of all their family members would be cut off just like journalist David Pearl who the liberal media has chosen to forget. No liberal media medal of honor for him!
On the subject of liberal media gross slant and bias, please advise if anyone has ever seen a significant liberal media article on the 550 tons of yellow-cake nuclear bomb making material the US army removed from Iraq and sent to vaults in Canada for safe keeping.
All this shoe hype wouldn't be a part of the ongoing media effort to keep folks from asking about Obama's ChicagoGate issues, would it? Perhaps reporters should be throwing shoes at him until he comes clean on this scandal and the corrupt Democrat machine!
The Audacity of Transparency NOT
Where are the media cries for the Obama promised and advertised openness of the new administration relative to communications between the "Office of the President Elect" and Blago, the Democrat Gov. of Illinois who has been busy selling a US Senate seat to the highest bidder.
Obama told us (on TV) that neither he nor his team have been involved in discussion with Blago "about this subject".
Turns out: Ron Emanuel, Obama's new chief of staff, had lots of discussions and now there's silence until "the team" figures out what's recorded on tape and what they have to "fess up to" and how to spin the story. What a refreshing new approach to transparency and the media just rolls over and lets it roll by! Wouldn't want to spoil the start of the Obama Honeymoon.
Certainly a far cry from how the major media have handled all the items that have surfaced during the Bush term and the media feeding frenzy focused on Gov. Palin.
So much for fair and balanced!
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2008/12/13/report-obamas-aide-discussed-senate-job-blagojevich/
"Communications between Emanuel and the Blagojevich administration were captured on court-approved wiretaps, a source confirmed for the newspaper.
Another source told the newspaper that contact between the Obama camp and the governor's administration over the Senate seat began the Saturday before the Nov. 4 election, when Emanuel called the cell phone of Blagojevich's chief of staff, John Harris.
Emanuel delivered a list of "acceptable" candidates, the source told the newspaper. The list named Obama adviser Valerie Jarrert, Illinois Veterans Affairs Director Tammy Duckworth, state Comptroller Dan Hynes and U.S. Rep Jan Schakowsky of Chicago, the source told the Tribune.
After the election, Emanuel called Harris back to add the name of Democratic Attorney General Lisa Madigan to the approved list, the source said."-
We Want You?
Roanoke Times, 12/14/08, Pg Horiz 1: Extensive editorial about "joining the RT reader panel".
Article should read: we want your input if you're like us! And we'll make that decision!
Very interesting! Back on 1/7/06 the RT launched a similar effort to:
"we'll be keeping a sharp eye out for thoughtful conservatives who can present views that differ from the Roanoke Times editorial board."
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2007/01/searching-for-whom.html
That diligent search brought us articles by folks like Ray Stubble, yet another clone of the left-wing and liberal editorial board of the RT, hardly a contrasting view of anything.
Good news RT editors: There are over 1,000 items in this blog that should fulfill your objectives of having reasonable, prudent and contrasting views of the material presented in the RT with the author clearly identified and not receiving any compensation for anything. All this great stuff and free too!
Your search is over! What a Holiday gift! Just link to this blog and you'll get the feedback you deserve.
http://www.roanokeslant.blogspot.com/
Obama and the Real Fat-Cats
Roanoke Times, 12/10/08, Pg Va 8: Political cartoon roasting the Va Republicans for holding a function at "The Homestead".
Good cheap shot. Of course those dollars will go to support jobs and taxes here in rural Virginia.
Now for fairness and equity: how about a cartoon roasting the Coronation of Prince Obama.
After buying the election for over $700 MILLION DOLLARS his jesters are now selling tickets to the coronation ceremony for $50,000 per ticket. (not found in the RT!)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2008/12/12/g-buys-day-presidential-inauguration-trip/
One might wonder why the editors of the Roanoke Times would try to portray the Republicans as the fat cats of politics given the facts of the 2008 primaries and elections.
Prior Items
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2006/05/those-poor-democrats.html
The Bailout-Bridge to Nowhere
Roanoke Times:
12/10/08, Pg A7: Big bailout ($14 BILLION) has GOP stalling
12/08/08, Pg A7: Key senator calls for GM chief to resign
12/09/08, Pg A6: Congress, White House craft auto aid plan, key item: "car czar"
12/12/08, Pg A6: Auto bailout talks collapse over union wages
The Alaska "bridge to nowhere" was actually designed to connect Juneau, the capital city of Alaska, to the airport that services that city and to the only land available to expand that city.
View that in contrast to the Bailout-Bridge to Nowhere that will pump billions of tax dollars into the failing car companies and their pack-man UAW union workers who get 90% of their pay weather they're making cars or drinking coffee!
The key to Democrat support for this bill is the "pay back" for their funding and votes during last months elections. The Obama $700 MILLION dollars certainly didn't come from $5 internet donations.
Key senator calls for GM chief to resign. This from Democrat Sen Chris Countrywide Dodd the guy who got a secret sweetheart mortgage deal from THE major player in the current financial collapse. What's his opinion worth these days?
And what's with all the discussions about a "car-czar"? Does anyone remember what happened under the last real czar – and – what happened to him and his family? How about our past czars for health, drugs, and poverty. There is a car-czar! His name is Katsuaki Watanabe and he's the CEO of Toyota Motors.
In order to get out of this swamp, The United Auto Workers (UAW) Union leadership and membership must accept the fact that the "new world economic reality" will no longer support the outlandish contracts that they have extracted from the US auto industry through coercion and intimidation. They can either adjust or perish.
The Bailout-Bridge to Nowhere should not be built with tax dollars. The parties involved must construct a new business and product model. This will take years, not months!
In the mean time the big-3 are making lots of money off-shore. Interesting!
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2008/11/deunionize-gm-ford.html
Can you say "DEMOCRAT"
Roanoke Times, 12/13/08, Pg A5: Defiant Illinois Governor not stepping down
Those rightwing guys at Fox news were lamenting that after this story broke none of the major media morning shows ever mentioned that Blagojevich was a DEMOCRAT. I was skeptical.
However here we have the Roanoke Times article with the major headline, the sub-headline the description under the Blagojevich picture with no mention that he's a DEMOCRAT.
In fact, the first time the word DEMOCRAT is printed is in the third column where it's dropped as the AG "also a Democrat" etc.
Sure a different approach to coverage of folks like Ted Stevens (AK) where it's made very clear right up front and over and over that he's a Republican!
And the RT and major media continue to insist that they don't have any slant and bias! These folks need not apply for the Tim Russert fairness award!
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2008/12/audacity-of-blind-slant.html
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2008/07/roanoke-times-and-bloggers.html
Calling In Heterosexual Today
Roanoke Times, 12/9/08, Pg A 4: Homosexuals urged to "call in gay" today.
Not clear why one would call in to tell their boss they're not coming to work based on their sexual preference.
It's also not clear what they expect their boss to reply to that statement.
Perhaps we all should just handle our sexual preference the same way we handle other personal things that other folks don't have a "need to know" and that really shouldn't matter for most situations.
Perhaps "don't ask – don't tell", is good advice for all of us!
TWO DAYS THAT LIVE IN INFAMY
No Real Vote Recount
Roanoke Times, 12/2/08, Pg Va 8: Editorial: Goode won't get a real recount. Without a paper trail in the 5th Dist. Officials can only double-check their arithmetic.
The Editors are correct – for all the wrong reasons!
The major issue with the recount is not adding up the numbers of votes in each precinct whether cast by paper, mechanical incriminators, terminals or colored marbles.
The real BIG issue is who is registered to vote, are they valid voters and who actually voted under their name.
The Roanoke Times and their friends find nothing wrong with the ACORN voter registration activities and they adamantly oppose requiring valid voter ID at the polls. They also oppose asking people to fill-out provisional ballots for cases where the poll workers have doubts about a voter's qualification to vote.
These are the real issues why our voting system is not valid and why a recount won't be "real"!
The lack of valid ID was a major issue in the 9/11 attack, many of the terrorists had invalid Virginia ID and the 9/11 Commission directed that all states implement a proper personal ID system. It's been seven years since 9/11 -- why hasn't that been done?
It is sad indeed that the very basis of our system of government is being undermined by people who claim to hold high our constitutional values.
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2008/10/vote-early.html
The Audacity of Blind Slant
USA Today, 12/1/08, Pg Money Sect B Pg 1: "Obama's actions perk up Wall St. Investors respond to a clear strategy. NY: Pres.-elect Obama hasn't even moved into the White House yet. But Wall street is already showering him with praise for injecting confidence into the battered psyche of investors and working quickly to hatch a plan meant to jolt the economy out of its worst funk in decades."
Hatch a plan – NOT – hatch an egg is more like it!
The DOW on Monday 12/1, the date of the above big headline story, DROPPED -680 points or – 7.7%, one of the biggest drops in history!
The left-wing liberal media is still going strong as if the election wasn't even over!
Exactly how much bias and spin and heifer-dust is the liberal media going to continue to feed us until they settle down and start reporting the real news? And this piece in the front page of the "USA Money News" section of a national paper that should be practicing professional journalism! What a sad sack of losers!


NOTES: Class XI, Principles of Economics, "Quasi Rent"
The concept of Quasi rent was first introduced by Marshal according to him, quasi rent is a surplus earned by investments of production other then land. It is the income derived from appliances and machines, which are the product of human effort. Quasi rent stands for whole of the income, which some agents of production yield when demand for them is suddenly increased. It is earned during a period that their supply cannot be increased in response to increase in demand for them. Hence it is a short period concept. It has also been defined as the excess of total revenue earned in the short run over and above the total variable costs.
The concept of quasi rent can be understood with the help of an example. At the time of independence of Pakistan, the demand for houses increased due to sudden increase in population but the supply could not be increased due to the scarcity of building material. The abnormal increase in the return on capital invested in capital (building) is quasi rent.


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Potters on pots
Potters on Pots: Phil Rogers
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Time spent in South Korea had a huge impact on Phil Rogers. Inspired by the local Buncheong pottery, here he discusses the influence the style of making has had on his own work and the wider world of Western studio pottery.
Joseon dynasty buncheong bottle from the 15th century. Photo: © Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art
In September 1997 I went, by invitation of Chungnam National University, to live and work in South Korea for three months. My home was a small house in the village of Sangsin-ri, about 10 miles from the city of Daejeon, two hours south of the capital Seoul. The village, nestled in a wooded valley surrounded by rice fields, is almost entirely populated with potters, centred around a traditional communal, six-chamber climbing kiln. Each morning as I drew back the curtains I could see the forested outline of Gyeryongsan, a mountain sacred to many Koreans just a couple of miles away. I was soon to learn that the area around Gyeryongsan was very important to the history of Buncheong pottery and the whole experience of living in this beautiful and historic place was to have quite an impact on my own work.
Almost from the very beginning of my professional life as a potter I have been drawn towards Korean ceramics of the 15th and 16th centuries. Buncheong is a contemporary term that describes a dynamic, bold, often whimsical and strangely modern ceramic type that was made throughout the Korean peninsula during the first 200 years of the Joseon dynasty (roughly speaking the 15th and 16th centuries). The style of pots is typified by three elements in its manufacture: dark, iron rich clay; white slip; and a clear, sometimes grey or pale green glaze. The clay that was available to the potters tended to be iron rich, and in order to introduce lighter tones to their finished pieces, a white slip was used to coat the dark clay. Buncheong sagi translates literally as 'greyish-blue ceramic wearing white make-up'.
There are seven traditional means of decorating Buncheong with white slip. My favourite and the one with which I have the greatest connection is called Cheolhwa, the painting of designs in iron pigment onto the white slip surface. It is this technique for which the potters of Gyeryongsan are well known. The images were drawn with exuberance and a direct, confident and spontaneous approach. Stylised, childlike drawings of fish, birds, animals, flowers, trees and plants adorn the pots with an innate sense of composition and placement… a form of art which we might today refer to as 'naive' or 'unsophisticated'.
It is sometimes thought that Buncheong was a form of crude pottery for the common man that superseded the elegant and refined porcelains of the Goryeo period; that assumption is not entirely fair. Buncheong owes much of its decorative technique to the Goryeo porcelains – inlaid white clay particularly – and was often made specially for government and provincial officers, and for the homes and offices of other high-ranking officials. Indeed, the government took over control of all Buncheong kilns nationally and built royal kilns in Gwangju. The style faded away by the end of the 16th century and gave way to the white porcelains of the later Joseon period.
Buncheong has had a profound and lasting influence on Western studio pottery, largely because of the impact it had upon the works of Shōji Hamada and Bernard Leach and subsequently upon their respective careers. Both potters experienced pottery being made in the countryside of Korea at the turn of the 20th century while visiting with their Japanese mentor Yanagi Sōetsu. The anonymous, inexpensive, utilitarian pots appealed to Sōetsu who espoused similar thoughts about the craft versus industrialisation debate as William Morris. He coined the word Mingei to describe just these kinds of handmade objects – Buncheong is typified by the same unpretentious swiftness in its making that the potters observed in the traditional Onggi pots they had sought out and watched being made. Hamada once wrote in admiration: 'The Koreans don't mind anything; they are casual and are not concerned at all about how they do things. They know what the pot needs and they do it… Whether the pot is crooked or not is not important to the Koreans; they turn off large chunks of clay – sometimes the foot is uneven, and often the bowl is better because of it…'
Phil Rogers, square bottle with gwiyal iron brush patter. Photo: courtesy of the artist
Phil Rogers. Photo: Ben Boswell
Even though the time span for Buncheong was barely 200 years many potters working presently in Korea have revived the techniques and contemporary versions can be seen in a many shops and galleries in Seoul. Contemporary Korean Buncheong potters such as Lee Kang-hyo and Choi Sung-Jae have cemented a place for themselves internationally, while globally with its beauty in imperfection, and its direct, spontaneous and wonderful idiosyncrasies Buncheong remains a very strong influence for a great many studio potters. Today, both the National Museum in Seoul and the Leeum Museum also in Seoul, both have large and wonderful collections.
In making my new pieces I have tried to take the three important elements of Buncheong – dark clay, white slip, and a clear glaze – and my inspiration from the potters of Gyeryongsan to devise my own vocabulary of iron painted motifs. Those who know my work will appreciate that this is something of a departure from the decorative treatments I usually employ, working as I do into the surface of the clay. I haven't left those previous techniques behind, however, brush pattern is a whole new area and thereby a fresh challenge for me. There is some way to go but I hope this new approach will sit comfortably alongside other facets of my work as a further expression of my own way with clay.
For more information visit philrogerspottery.com. This article is taken from Ceramic Review issue 296 (March/April 2019). For more, subscribe below.
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Stride empowers self-employed people to build lives they love. This week, we chatted with Brett Chung, one of our Product Managers at Stride, about what sparked his interest in independent lifestyles and healthcare, his love for his favorite office dog, and what a typical day as a Product Manager at Stride looks like.
I'm Brett, Product Manager for Stride Health.
A self proclaimed healthcare nerd, I studied Biomedical Engineering at Columbia and have an MBA in Healthcare Management from the Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania. I've spent my career building a diverse set of products across the healthcare spectrum.
What got you interested in healthcare and digital health?
When I was in high school, my dad was diagnosed with a rare form of prostate cancer. The National Institute of Health was running an experimental trial with an innovative radiation therapy treatment. They were able to eliminate his cancer, and he was in remission for 10 years. This is what sparked my interest in biotechnology and healthcare. At first I wanted to be a doctor, but I landed in biotech when I realized I could help millions of people with cutting edge technology.
I quickly realized that it takes 10+ years and billions of dollars to get to market, so I went back to get an MBA. I was determined to learn about other ways I could help people with their health through products that can be built faster, cheaper, and at the same scale. In digital health, you can spend as little as a few days developing code for a product that can help millions of people at a fraction of the cost of a biotech investment.
There is no typical day at the office! As Product Manager, my primary responsibility is to do whatever needs to be done to build a product and put it in the hands of our members. I conduct research with our members, gather user feedback from our Member Experience team, review mockups with the Design team, work through technical challenges with Engineering, collaborate market strategies with our Growth team and pitch ideas to upper management (just to name a few!) No day is complete without playing with our office dogs, though!
Some of the most complex decisions we make in our lives surround health and financial well-being. At Stride, I strive to build simple products that give self-employed people financial security so they can focus on their passions.
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Armin van Shiba. He's 5 years old, and he's named after a famous DJ, Armin van Buuren! Every year for his birthday, we celebrate by letting him eat McDonald's chicken nuggets. I got Armin before I went back to grad school. If you're going to make a lot of big life decisions, you might as well do them all at once, right?!


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Entrepreneurial Anti-Capitalism, Stigmergy - C4SS Blog, The Weekly Abolitionist
Entrepreneurial Anti-Capitalism: The Anarchist Black Cross
Nathan Goodman | @dissentingleft | Support this author on Patreon | July 21st, 2014
Prisons are the antithesis of all we stand for as anarchists. While we seek a society built around peace and bodily autonomy, prisons are violent institutions that trap inmates at gunpoint and make them vulnerable to rape and murder. Where we seek justice through restitution, reconciliation, and self-defense, prisons are based on punitive vengeance. While we seek a society free from oppression based on race, gender, class, national origin, disability, or sexual orientation, prisons systematically brutalize the most marginalized among us.
As anarchists, we admire those who resist oppression. The state, on the other hand, uses prisons to confine and brutalize those who resist. Heroic whistleblowers like Chelsea Manning and John Kiriakou are locked up, while the war criminals and corrupt rulers they exposed keep their positions of power and privilege. The state locked up CeCe McDonald, the New Jersey 4, and other queer and trans people in a notoriously transphobic and homophobic prison system, simply as punishment for defending themselves from aggressors. Black liberation revolutionaries are confined in cages and often tortured in solitary confinement, while cops who murder people of color keep their jobs and their power.
One way to mitigate the violence and harm inflicted by the prison state is to support its most immediate victims: prisoners themselves. Since the early 20th century, the Anarchist Black Cross has been doing just that. Their members write letters to political prisoners and prisoners of war. This builds social relationships and community across the divides the state seeks to maintain, it lets prisoners know they're not alone, and it helps undermine the dehumanization that is core to imprisonment. Anarchist Black Cross groups also raise money for political prisoners and their legal defense funds.
Rather than requesting reforms from the state, Anarchist Black Cross members directly make the world a better place for those the state has brutalized. Their approach is fundamentally entrepreneurial, as it involves using the resources at one's disposal to directly serve people's needs. Yet it is fundamentally revolutionary, using this entrepreneurship to support those who have lost their liberty in the struggle against capitalist domination. It's thus quite fitting that the Center for a Stateless Society's Entrepreneurial Anti-Capitalism Project has sent funds to two active chapters of the Anarchist Black Cross: the Denver Anarchist Black Cross and the Mexico City Anarchist Black Cross.
We urge you to support their work too. You can donate to the Denver ABC here and you can contact the Mexico City ABC here to find out how to help. You can also help support prisoners by writing to some of the various prisoners these organizations support. Around the world, the Anarchist Black Cross is engaging in vital work to support prisoners, resist violent repression of social movements, and build up mutual aid. Until all are free from the state's brutal prison system, the work of these Anarchist Black Cross groups and others like them will remain a vital part of the anarchist movement.
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Half Tree Hollow ist ein Distrikt, eine Ansiedlung und ein Vorort von Jamestown auf St. Helena. Mit 1034 Einwohnern (Stand 2021) auf 1,55 Quadratkilometern  ist es zugleich der bevölkerungsreichste und der mit Abstand am dichtesten besiedelte Distrikt der Insel. Half Tree Hollow befindet sich am oberen Ende der berühmten Jakobsleiter.

Infrastruktur und Tourismus

In Half Tree Hollow gibt es mehrere Unterkünfte für Reisende und einen Supermarkt mit Treibstoffabgabe. Zudem befindet sich hier seit 2015 eine Solarfarm, durch die der Anteil der erneuerbaren Energien an der Stromversorgung der Insel von zuvor etwa 22 Prozent auf über 33 Prozent gesteigert werden konnte.

Neben der Jakobsleiter sind vor allem die bis 1950 in Dienst befindlichen Zisternen, das Ladder Hill Fort und der Wanderweg Half Tree Hollow Trail von touristischer Bedeutung.

Sakralbauten

 St. Andrew Church der Diözese St Helena der Anglican Church of Southern Africa
 New Kingdom Hall der Zeugen Jehovas
 New Apostolic Hall der Neuapostolischen Kirche
 Salvation Army Hall der Heilsarmee

Weblinks
 In & around Half Tree Hollow. Offizielle touristische Informationen. In: Explore St Helena – Visitor Guide. St Helena Tourism, Januar 2014, S. 20 (PDF; 3,86 MB, englisch).
 Half Tree Hollow – home on the hill. Informationsseite mit Fotos und Stadtplan. In: Saint Helena Island Info: All about St Helena, in the South Atlantic Ocean. John Turner (englisch).
 Solar Farm. In: Connect Saint Helena Ltd. Offizielle Website des Versorgungsunternehmens (englisch).
 Half Tree Hollow; St Helena Island. Topographische Karte 1:6000. In: gis-sthelena.gov.sh. Geospatial Information, Mapping and Survey Systems (GIS) St Helena (PDF; 168 kB, englisch).

Einzelnachweise

Ort auf St. Helena
Distrikt von St. Helena

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Book Review - Eventide
A young Amish woman harbors a difficult secret. Does she dare share the truth with the man she hopes to marry?
Elsie Keim doesn't want to be left behind. Her twin sister, Viola, and her older brother, Roman, have both found love and are building lives of their own. But Elsie? She's still stuck at home, being treated like a child. No one seems to consider her a capable woman-all they see are the thick lenses of her glasses, constant reminders that Elsie suffers from keratoconus and is slowly going blind.
Elsie knows there's much more to her than her disease. That's why when a new neighbor, Landon Troyer, shows some interest in her, she doesn't want anything to scare him away . . . even if it means keeping her condition a secret.
Landon is ready to start a new life and feels like Elsie may just be the right woman to start it with. But when Roman steps in and shares the truth about Elsie's illness, Landon is floored. His job is demanding and takes him away from home, sometimes for days at a time. How could he keep up with his responsibilities and take care of Elsie?
Shelley Shepard Gray is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the "Sisters of the Heart", "Seasons of Sugarcreek", "Secrets of Crittenden County", and Families of Honor series. She lives in southern Ohio, where she writes full-time, bakes too much, and can often be found walking her dachshunds on her town's bike trail.
Connect with Shelley here: http://www.shelleyshepardgray.com/
I read this book in one day! I loved each and every character and the message of the book. I really hated to turn that last page and set the book down because it was so well written and it made me care about what happened to everyone.
Elsie is a young Amish woman whose family sees her in just one way - a woman who is going blind. They protect her to the point that she really has to push to be allowed to live her own life. When Landon moves next door, he doesn't know about her eye disease and is quite smitten with her. It's so lovely to follow along as Elsie encounters her first courting. She never thought she would ever have anyone interested in her, but of course, longed for it nonetheless.
Landon is a young man with goals. Everything is black and white with him and when he finds out that Elsie has an eye disease that could potentially blind her, suddenly that doesn't fit into his goals. He forgets who she is and instead, is looking on the surface and his own wants.
I also loved the back story of Lovina and Aaron, Elsie's grandparents. It's the story of assuming one thing when really it's another way entirely (how many of us have done this?) and how facing the situation makes it clean and allows forgiveness. They had walked away from their past, but it had followed them for decades anyway. It was a wonderful and powerful lesson for all of us in this storyline.
There's also a major decision that Elsie has to make towards the end of the book. This had me on pins and needles and I had made up my mind which way I thought she should go. It made the story even more powerful when you find out what her decision is.
I highly recommend this book! It's one of the best I've read this year and you'll love it just as much as I do - I'm sure!
*This book was provided to me for my honest review by LitFuse Publicity Group
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Marzahn-Hellersdorf – dziesiąty okręg administracyjny (Bezirk) Berlina. Liczy ponad 250 000 mieszkańców. Powstał w 2001 z połączenia dwóch okręgów administracyjnych Berlina Wschodniego: Marzahn i Hellersdorfu.

Położenie
Okręg położony jest w północno-wschodnim Berlinie i graniczy z dzielnicami Lichtenberg oraz Treptow-Köpenick, a także na północy i wschodzie z krajem związkowym Brandenburgia.

Podział administracyjny
Okręg administracyjny składa się z pięciu dzielnic. Dzielnice Hellersdorf, Kaulsdorf i Mahlsdorf tworzyły w latach 1986–2001 osobną dzielnicę – Hellersdorf. Dzielnice Biesdorf i Marzahn natomiast dzielnicę Marzahn. Złożona była z ziem dawnej wsi Marzahn i na północy z części ziem Friedrichsfelde.

Historia

Wszystkie pięć dzielnic z których powstał okręg administracyjny, wywodzą się pierwotnie z byłego powiatu Niederbarnim i zostały w 1920 włączone do tworzonego podówczas Wielkiego Berlina (niem. Groß-Berlin). Wspólnie z dzielnicami Lichtenberg i Friedrichsfelde tworzyły do 1979 roku okręg administracyjny Lichtenberg. Z powodu wznoszenia nowego budownictwa wielkopłytowego w latach siedemdziesiątych, rozrosła się bardzo przede wszystkim dzielnica Marzahn, dlatego też w 1979 roku podjęto decyzję o utworzeniu okręgu administracyjnego Marzahn z pięciu dzisiejszych dzielnic.

W kolejnych latach dalsza rozbudowa budownictwa wielorodzinnego, szczególnie w dzielnicach Hellersdorf i Kaulsdorf pociągnęła za sobą dalszy wzrost liczby mieszkańców we wschodnio-berlińskiej dzielnicy. Z tego powodu z dniem 1 stycznia 1986 z dzielnic Hellersdorf, Kaulsdorf i Mahlsdorf utworzono okręg administracyjny Hellersdorf, który pozostawał niezależny aż do reformy administracyjnej z 1 stycznia 2001.

W okręgu Marzahn-Hellersdorf zaszły największe przemiany demograficzne w Berlinie. W 1991 roku przeciętny wiek obu dzielnic wynosił 30,5 lat. Obecnie wynosi on 39,6 lat, zmiany spowodowane są przede wszystkim emigrowaniem z dzielnicy ludzi młodych.

Mieszkańcy
31 grudnia 2015 okręg administracyjny Marzahn-Hellersdorf był zamieszkiwany przez 261 954 mieszkańców na powierzchni 61,8 kilometra kwadratowego. Gęstość zaludnienia wynosiła wtedy 4239 mieszkańców na kilometr kwadratowy. 31 grudnia 2012 udział obcokrajowców wśród mieszkańców wynosił 4,6%, a osób z tłem migracyjnym 12,2%. Szacunkowo, okręg jest zamieszkały przez około 30 000 Niemców pochodzenia rosyjskiego. 30 kwietnia 2013 roku stopa bezrobocia wynosiła 11,5%

W okręgu Marzahn-Hellersdorf nastąpiły największe spośród wszystkich okręgów administracyjnych Berlina zmiany w demografii. W obu dzielnicach średnia wieku w roku 1991 wynosiła 30,5 roku. W 2009 wzrosła do 42,4 za sprawą emigracji młodych. W grudniu 2012 roku wartość ta wynosiła już 43,1 lat.

Gospodarka

Przedsiębiorstwa z siedzibą w okręgu
W okręgu Marzahn-Hellersdorf znajduje się największa strefa ekonomiczna w całym Berlinie – Berlin eastside. Najważniejszymi przedsiębiorstwami mającymi tam siedzibę są:
 Alba AG
 Harry-Brot GmbH (zakład w Berlinie)
 Inventux Solar Technologies AG
 Knorr-Bremse AG (filia Berlin)
 Niles Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH

Związek gospodarczy
Okręg gospodarczy Marzahn-Hellersdorf (niem. Der Marzahn-Hellersdorfer Wirtschaftskreis e.V.) został założony w 1991 roku. Jego mottem jest "Razem do sukcesu". Zadania jakie sobie wyznaczyli, to wzrost zainteresowania okręgiem administracyjnym wśród przedsiębiorców, a także przedstawicieli wolnych zawodów. Zajmują się zarówno informowaniem, jak i doradztwem.

Transport
Przez okręg Marzahn-Hellersdorf przebiegają następujące linie kolei miejskiej: S5, S7 i S75, a także linie metra U5. Jest także komunikacja tramwajowa i autobusowa. Poprzez drogę krajową B1/B5 i B158, a także przez Ladsberger Allee / Landberger Chaussee istnieje połączenie drogowe z autostradą A10 (Drogowy ring Berliński).

Współpraca
Miejscowości partnerskie:
  Budapeszt, Węgry
  Halton, Wielka Brytania
  Hanoi, Wietnam
  Lauingen (Donau), Bawaria
  Mińsk, Białoruś
  Tychy, Polska

Zobacz też
 Hellersdorf
 Marzahn

Okręgi administracyjne Berlina


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Премиерата на филма се състои на фестивала "Саут Бай Саутуест" () на 11 март 2022 г., а в Съединените щати излиза по кината на 25 март 2022 г. Филмът се изплаща многократно в боксофиса, надхвърляйки границата от 100 милиона долара и получава възторжени отзиви от критиците; много публикации го обявяват за най-добрия филм на 2022 г.

Филмът получава 11 номинации "Оскар" и печели общо 7, сред които за най-добър филм, най-добра актриса, най-добър поддържащ актьор, най-добра поддържаща актриса, най-добър монтаж и най-добър оригинален сценарий. Филмът печели също така две награди "Златен глобус", пет награди "Изборът на критиците" (включително за най-добър филм), една награда "БАФТА" и много други.

В България филмът е излъчен по BTV Cinema с български дублаж в деня след връчването на Оскарите.

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As the remains of the Fellowship prepare for battle, Frodo and Sam, with Gollem in tow, make their way to Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring.
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Q: Python selenium function return True If image exists in page I'm trying to do something with live streams on social media and when someone send a gift to streamer I want to know what gift is that so I need a function which is returns True when the selected gift .png exists in page.
That code part which is I select as a solution work perfectly.
from selenium import webdriver

driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get('https://www.google.com/')

def checkString(yourstring):
    if yourstring in driver.page_source:
        return True
    else:
        return False

print(checkString('googlelogo_color_272x92dp.png'))

A: How about Beautifulsoup?
parser = BeautifulSoup(driver.page_source, "html.parser")

and then call find_all, if you have an example I can be more specific :)

A: try:
from selenium import webdriver

driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get('https://www.google.com/')

def checkString(yourstring):
    if yourstring in driver.page_source:
        return True
    else:
        return False

print(checkString('googlelogo_color_272x92dp.png'))

A: How about this xpath?
'//img[contains(@src, ".png")]'

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Hacker help: Any idea how to stop a clock from clicking?
Description: I'm looking for your help. We bought some Rusch wall clock, they're cheap and quite sharp. And, more over, when you don't like 'em, you can easily hack'em.
I can hear the one in the bathroom from the bed, and it's like 5meters. Not ensuite. And I have a PC in my bedroom, on most of the nights.
But it tics and tics and tacs.
Hackers Help: Shortening Billy bookcases. Is it possible?
Hackers Help: Do you know this metal + glass IKEA table?
Bought Scotch Removable Mounting squares….. Placed over entire back of square box…… almost entirely absorbs clicking sound…..
Removing the second hand worked perfectly .
Use Dynamat it's a thin adhesive backed stuff used in cars for sound proofing. Or pack the back of the clock with "high density" foam. Please keep us posted on any results it's 2015 – people seek answers for the same problems year after year.
best way, let the clock fly.. open the window and let it fly wherever it wants.. no more clock no more ticktackerackackack….
There are movements that are silent, but to quiet this movement, try this: Get some adhesive foam feet and then listen to where the loud click is coming from on the back of the movement itself and stick a foam foot there. You might also stick one or two foam feet on the back of the dial to "deaden" it. Some clock suppliers have felt or foam "donuts" that fit between dial and movement as a sound deadening method, too.
simulated super silent conditions for focusing on work ..
First, reduce the noise at it's source, that is, lubricate the gears in the clockwork mechanism.
Second, and that has even greater impact, reduce resonance. The cheap plastic case of this clock resonates with the ticks and thus amplifies them in loudness, as the empty body of acoustical string instrumens such as guitars does.
Fill the complete case with putty, or cover the case's backside very lavishly with silicone (the stuff you also use to make your bathroom's shower less incontent with), or attach a sound reducer as used on stainless steel kitchen sinks. Don't know what I'm referring to? Just peek at the underside of your kitchen sink, you'll notice some black material attached to it. This is also used in cars and can be gotten from spare part dealers (in german, that would be named "anti-dröhnmatte" for instance from Teroson, but I know neither the correct english term for it nor a widely-spread brand).
I've got one of these and I didn't realise I could hear it ticking until I read this article! Just get used to it – it is a bit like birdsong in the morning or a snoring partner.
I have the same type of clock. I bought it along with a Bondis clock. Because of the ticking noise I threw the Rusch clock away the day after I bought it. The Bondis clock is still quietly ticking away in my living room. I guess you pay for quality.
you can use a heavy and compact body for the clock to reduce resonance. concrete clock??
The gears are what cause it to click. If there is no click, there will be no movement. If you don't want the clicking sound, you need to get a silent/sweep movement clock. It's the one where the second hand doesn't click, but rather continues moving in a sweeping motion.
You could try installing this onto something or making your own clock template.
sorry for beeing shortly absent, i left for a brief long weekend in the middle of the week ;-). i was obviously tempted of taking the battery off, even of destroying all the ikea clocks in the house, but have you ever tried living with a younger sister almost still in her teen years? everytime i tried to hide the sound in the middle of the towels, in a few hours the clock is back on its wall.
i did thought about some foam/paper/fabric in the back, but i was sure my friends ikeahackers had some better ideas coming for me. and they did.
i don't feel like the seconds hand removal will be useful, 'cause, like someone said, the clock doesn't know it's missing.
earplugs are out of sight (hearing?) 'cause in this way i will not hear the alarm when i need to.
i'll try the butter or silicon based lubricant solution. or my sister and her boyfriend will. they're the ones dealing with electronic parts.
we bought ikea cloks because they easily blend with almost any furniture, because they're not expensive, because you can hack them.
but i'll definetely keep the customer care option in mind…. maybe the better suggestion as far 😉 do you think it can works in ikea italy too?
I took a round cork drink coaster – I think they were purchased at IKEA- and taped it on the back covering up the mechanism using heavy packing tape. It barely makes a sound.
The coasters are like this but without the design.
PS Take the clock back to IKEA an tell them that it's making strange noise like "tics and tacs" so something must be wrong!
Get a second one! And put it in the kitchen or so. They will never be in sync, but form an interesting sound pattern which just fascinates as much as counting sheep.
I cut off the long parts from the red hand, so only a red circle remains. The ticking is still there, but it is more quiet….. for me it was ok.
Yeah, I'm not sure about removing the second hand either. We bought a clock without a second hand especially to avoid this issue, but it still ticks every freaking second. I don't notice it when we're eating/cooking/watching TV, or even when I'm reading a really good book, but if I'm reading a so-so book or on my computer or I want to take a nap on the couch, it's really bothersome.
Have you looked into Nixie Tube clocks?
I recently "hacked" a Rush that was awfully noisy but unfortunately I didn't take pictures. Maybe next time… Briefly, you carefully take apart the little black box (After taking apart the clock, removing the hands etc). Do it with the shaft pointing UP, or wheels will fly in all directions. There's a wheel stuck to a magnet that's seated in a recess in the electronic part. That's the one that drives the movement each second. What I did was to take that out, put a drop of machine oil in that recess, and put it back. Then I sprayed some silicone lubricant on the other wheels and re-assembled the clock. It's totally quiet now.
I Tried removing the seconds hand before, but that made no significant difference for the noise.
I tried stuffing the back of one with spray foam insulation and it did not help, so don't bother trying that.
But when you remove the second hand, the clock loses the half of its function. I understand that you can guess the minutes with the small hand, but still you have to make an mantal effort. Well, if you really don't have any other choice to stop the ticking, it's a solution. And it's better than removing the batteries, right?
You're definitely a product of the digital age.
Dude look at the picture. The second hand is the red one. the minute hand is the longer black hand, and the short black hand is hours. Hope this helps.
OK, ok. So the second hand is the hand for seconds not the 2nd. Sorry.
I use foam. Lots of foam in form of adhesive tape. Covering the space between the wall and the clock improves a lot. If it's a big one you could also use some inside the clock to cover the edge of the front glass.
I never thought of asking the ikeahacker network for solutions to this problem, but obviously there are many intelligent and creative members – thanks for the ideas – you're awesome – have a great day!
Removing the second hand worked on one of my Ikea wall clocks. I didn't think it would (since it doesn't change the internal mechanics of the clock), but it made a huge difference. I guess that removing the weight of the hand itself makes the internal clock movements smoother. Either way, it was a quick and easy fix.
Easy answer? Not worth it.
Hard answer? WD-40. I used it on a cheap WalMart clock and it seemed to help quite a bit. However, it took forever to get the clock mechanism back together. If you can get it apart, spray the WD-40 inside. Then you have to get it back together and working. Good luck!
Made me laugh but doesn't help. If one doesn't like the tick-tack, buy another clock.
We only have digital clocks for this reason. When I visit my parents the cute little desk clock on the dresser goes out into the hall. Strangely though, the clock that chimes the hours in the front room I don't mind at all.
I don't have any help, but I understand the issue. I know analog clocks are pretty, but they're annoying.
sledge-hammer it. simple. effective. no more tick, no more tack.
That's really the major difference between expensive and cheap clocks. Sealing all the gaps would help a bit, but this particular one has a lot of gap on the front. The easiest way is to remove the red hand for the seconds so that it doesn't tick every second.
Lube the clock mechanism. The noise is mostly caused by the extra free play in the mechanism, thick enough grease will dampen the sound. You have to carefully pry open the plastic. I was annoyed by the ticking and had no other lubricant than butter, but it worked. Almost silent. I guess it would be better to use a silicon based lubricant for plastic parts.
Just remove the second hand, it'll go much quieter, and the battery will last for decades instead of years!
A PC always on in the bedroom at night? Not good for your health and wellness.
the clock tick tock is due to the mechanism of the clock.
Did you try removing the battery?


Earth simmered through its fourth warmest year on record in 2018, a notable benchmark that builds on an alarming trend — the past five years were the hottest since measurements began more than a century ago.
Annual climate reports released Wednesday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA found 2018's average temperature worldwide was 1.42 degrees above the 20th century average putting it behind top-ranked 2016, runner-up 2015, and 2017, which was the third warmest.
"For people studying this a long time, there is a very serious concern, some people would say dangerous," Sublette said. "Global records go back to 1880 and the top five hottest years have been the past five. That didn't happen by chance."
While 2018 didn't crack the top 10 warmest years for the contiguous U.S., ranking 14th, scientists said it was significant in that it marked the 22nd consecutive year that ended warmer than average.
This past year was Florida's sixth warmest in records dating back to 1894 with an average temperature of 72.3 degrees, according to the Southeast Regional Climate Center at the University of North Carolina.
The partial government shutdown delayed the release of some of NOAA's reports, leaving the annual climate data to come out the same day as the 2018 climate and weather disaster report.
From winter storms and wildfires to hurricanes and hail, 14 natural disasters that exceeded $1 billion in losses and killed at least 247 people hit the U.S. in 2018.
Related: Hurricane Michael: "Confluence of awful factors"
That puts the year in fourth place for total number of billion-dollar events and for total costs at $91 billion. The worst year in the U.S. for weather and climate disasters was 2017 with $312.7 billion in loses, followed by 2005 at $220.8 billion and 2012 at $128.6 billion.
October's Hurricane Michael, which slammed into Florida's Panhandle as a high-end Category 4 cyclone, had total loses of an estimated $25 billion. September's Hurricane Florence, which made landfall as a Category 1 storm in North Carolina, had loses of $24 billion. The monetary losses from the summer and fall wildfires in California also are estimated at $24 billion.
NOAA and NASA researchers were hesitant Wednesday to directly tie 2018's natural disasters to climate change, noting however, that the world is seeing more extreme rain and heat events that are because of a warmer planet.
With higher temperatures comes higher rainfall events because warm air holds more moisture. At the same time, warm air causes more evaporation, which, depending on the time of year, can mean higher incidences of drought.
Rising seas — buoyed by ice melt and warmer water temps — may mean higher storm surge when hurricanes, such as Michael, reach the coast.
According to Western Carolina University researchers, Hurricane Michael wiped out Mexico Beach with a storm surge that left high water marks of up to 21.2 feet.
Florida's Panhandle also experienced rain amounts up to 20 inches more than normal with Hurricane Michael and May's Tropical Storm Alberto contributing to the deluge. Pensacola got 90 inches of rain in 2018, which is nearly 25 inches above normal and marked the year as the fourth wettest on record.
Nationwide, rain totals averaged 34.6 inches in 2018, making it the third wettest year since record keeping began in 1895.


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Some philosophers believe that humans share collective knowledge. One person might come up with a unique idea that another human being thought of without the influence of the other. While this is absolutely possible, unfortunately, this belief isn't a good enough reason when you face a lawsuit concerning copyright issues.
It usually happens in the publishing and music industries. Coincidentally writing a content that appears plagiarized is one of the authors' biggest nightmares. That also implies to music producers, composers, and songwriters. Several artists, musicians, and writers have faced legal battles questioning the originality of their work.
Katy Perry Vs. Marcus Gray
The rapper Marcus Gray sued Katy Perry for copying the rhythmic instrumental riff of his song Joyful Noise in Perry's Dark Horse
Aside from denting your reputation, it could also cost legal fees, settlements, and a lot of stress. Just like the American singer-songwriter Katy Perry experienced when the American hip hop artist Marcus Gray, also known as Flame, claimed that the pop icon copied one of his songs. They spent five years and millions of dollars worth of attorney's fees fighting over the rights of their music.
Big Names of the Music Industry
Flame sued Perry and her collaborators, including the music producer Dr. Luke, and her record label Capital Records for copying the rhythmic instrumental riff of his Christian rap song, Joyful Noise. The rapper's legal team filed a $41 million lawsuit for violating the plaintiff's copyright in Perry's 2013 hit song, Dark Horse.
They based their demand on the $10 million earnings of the songwriters and Capital Records' $31 million revenue from the album Prism where Dark Horse appears. According to Flame's attorney, Michael A. Kahn, his client should be entitled to the album's forty-five percent of revenue although, Perry's defense team argued with the absurd figures.
Katy Perry had to pay Marcus Gray $2.78 million for plaintiff infringement
Perry's attorney, Aaron M. Wais said the complainant was just trying to squeeze as much money as possible and not really seeking for the musical rights. Wais also added that the dispute only consists of five percent of the song's earnings.
Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams, and Sam Smith Faced the Same Issue
Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne filed a lawsuit against Sam Smith for copying I Won't Back Down
After five long years, Flame won the case, and the court ordered Perry's team to pay more than $2.78 million for the infringement. It did not meet the rapper's expectations, but he was still happy with the jurors' decision.
Several artists like Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams, and Sam Smith faced similar legal challenges as Perry did. Thicke and Williams had to pay $7.4 million for copying Marvin Gaye's song, Got to Give it Up in their 2013 mega-hit song, Blurred Lines.
Meanwhile, the legal fees for the lawsuit Smith faced were undisclosed, but Tom Petty won a right to Smith's single, Stay with Me. Petty and Jeff Lynne sued the British soul singer for the resemblance of the song to their 1989 song, I Won 't Back Down.
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Prysm Tackles The Globe
By AVNetwork Staff (Systems Contractor News) 2010-11-17T15:27:23Z Business
SAN JOSE, CA—Following the introduction of its Laser Phosphor Display technology to the AV industry, Prysm is now focused on expanding its presence into global markets. Prysm has announced 16 worldwide channel partners that will promote, sell, and support its LPD display solution. Working with its channel partners, Prysm will now be present in key locations across North America, Europe, and the Middle East.
To support this goal, Prysm recently began a global road show to exhibit the LPD solution. Working with its channel partners, Prysm will visit key locations in Europe, the Middle East, and North America. Partners will be available to educate attendees on how the Prysm display solution can provide a cost-efficient, vivid digital display solution.
Graham New Loud CEO
WOODINVILLE, WA— Twenty-year audio industry veteran Mark Graham, formerly president of Crown International, has joined Loud Technologies as CEO. Graham succeeds Rodney Olson, who over his two-year tenure as CEO steered Loud through supply chain disruptions and the worldwide economic downturn. Graham will relocate to the company's Woodinville, WA headquarters and will work with Olson and Loud's management team on transition plans.
Extron Heads To Dallas
ANAHEIM, CA—Extron plans to open a new training and support center in Dallas, TX. This new facility will be staffed by Extron S3 Institute experts and will serve as a training location for those in the Southwest, Midwest, or Mountains/Plains regions. The facility will feature a familiar variety of Extron training choices, including hands-on training with real-world scenarios, and courses to pursue various Extron Certifications.
NEWARK, NJ—The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) has added a Yamaha PM5D-EX system to its existing stable of Yamaha consoles. Purchased through Masque Sound in East Rutherford, NJ, the system was installed in the four-tiered, horseshoe-shaped Prudential Theatre. Pictured with the new desk are NJPAC personnel (l-r): Bill Worman, Mario Corrales, Al Betancourt, and Paul Allshouse.
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