I guess that the area of law in which I work (the same area in which I'll practice) is a very small group of attorneys who really only go up against city attorneys or the state attorney general's office. It's been my experience with the OAG's office that they don't quite understand some of the fine distinctions of this area of law, and tend to misrepresent it a lot. Right now, we've been handling a lot of one type of case, so we're going up against the same person in the OAG's office each time. It's gotten to the point where it's getting down right hostile. She's tried to bury us a few times in paperwork, by needless filings, some of which were in contravention of the judge's order. I don't think rule 11's or ethics reports are necessary when it's a one off occasion, but when it gets this far, they become worthwhile. If the judge hadn't signed another order chastising the OAG's office and summarily denying all of their excess motions before we responded, a rule 11 motion would certainly have come up in that context.

ooo.. sanctions.

Gotta love 'em! I work with a non-profit and Ohio has an equal access to justice act providing attorney fees for cases brought to protect constitutional rights, and that's our bread and butter. Sanctions don't really help us in those cases, because we're covered anyways. But they'd still be nice!

have you already taken the bar?

February 2010. Which means that I'm presently enjoying the fun that is bar preparation. In Ohio, 3rd year law students (and those waiting for bar results) can get a limited license to use with government agencies, law clinics, or nonprofits. I fall into the later category, which is how I've been able to handle administrative trials and appeals thus far. There's an original action in my future as well. I worked in the legal clinic for a while, where I prosecuted for a suburb of Columbus, and handled everything ranging from criminal defense to divorces to wills.

SpectraPure finally sent a tracking number! It's just billing info at this point, with a scheduled delivery date of Thursday. We'll see if the quality makes up for the wait!

Wow, already?

inorite?







I guess the important thing is that it's on the way. that it is working properly.

oh man! just like opy, now i got A LOT OF PAGES TO READ TO CATCH UP! lol

Everyone once in a while, you'll find a nice summary to help along the way.

no siblings, but I'm looking to offload her soon. Let me know if you're interested - though the price of overnight shipping would be more than buying a new one. However, Greta is proven to wipe out a flatworm problem.

Yeah, the overnight shipping could be pricey. I'm thinking of either going to get one locally (either a no-guarantee but good store, or a crappy store with a 14 day guarantee + my own QT tank) OR I might wait until I'm ready to get the chalk bass pair and get the sixline then from LA.

I suppose this is a good time to ask these question. What kind of setup should I have for a QT tank? I don't have a lot of space, but a 10g seems a bit small for a QT tank for fish like chalk bass and a sixline, especially if I get them all at the same time. I'm thinking about getting a 14g rubbermaid, so that it would at least have a bit of extra room. Other than that, I'm guessing just a heater and a HOB?

Law school grades came in today... and I passed! (shocker ) Now I just need to find out when I can get that nice piece of paper to hang on the wall.


Also, I shipped my first corals today!!!!

hmm.. is it too late to get your money back?

(in all seriousness, congratulations!)

I think I already had to promise them my first born child, so the money would only come back after recovering that, an arm, and a leg.


Thanks!

I just realized something..... the SYA site never gave me an option of requiring (or waiving) a signature. Hopefully that's not problematic! Did I miss it, or was the the experience of everyone else?

First, Congrats my friend!

Second, no, I did not see that option either. I am still pizzed that my package still has not been scanned into the system as being picked up

Do you see yours yet?

Thanks!



Glad to know I didn't screw it up in my haste to get everything ready today. Nah, I don't see anything other than "Billing Information Received" for the package I dropped off. The UPS store said their last Air pickup was at 7:00PM, and I dropped mine off between 4:00 and 4:30, so maybe nothing will be up there until after 7:00PM for me. Then again, I checked my RODI, which is supposed to arrive tomorrow, and it still says that it is still where it was at 2PM yesterday.

lol did I here... er, read my name? Yea being sick, working 2 jobs and being married has been a killer on my posting the last 2 weeks. Time to catch up. Be back in a couple of hours when I finish reading the last week and a half worth lol.

Oh and I had the same problem with Fed-Ex not updating the status untill it was out for delivery. I dont understand what their problems are but they need to update you guys before the reef mob gets involved.

Hmm. Here I went out of my way to drop it off at a UPS store thinking it may be picked up sooner. We ship UPS at work and I could have just frag sat all day and handed him the box at the end of the day lol. Then again, I have seen him handle packages

Looks like we will all be worrying together this evening.

Luckily there hasn't been as much activity, so you shouldn't have too much.





"Okay. You wanna play rough? Okay. Say hello to my little friend!"




Yeah, that's what I thought too. Looks like UPS stores suck.

Group worry!

Please sit back and relax. I think all will be well here.

Let me buy.

Yeah, I think so too, but that doesn't help the back of the mind worrying. Thankfully the worrying won't last too long!

Still just Billing Info. How bout you, Richie?

9:04 P.M. DEPARTURE SCAN
01/20/2010 6:48 P.M. PICKUP SCAN

Whew!

Package is on its way to...well, just have to wait and see now won't we?

Good to hear! Oh the waiting game.... how I love it.

Yup.

I freaked out when I also saw "In transit- RESCHEDULED" HUH??!? WTF!!??

Yet, the scheduled delivery date is tomorrow

I guess the dates were screwy cuz I paid the night before. May have said 1-20-2010 originally and I never noticed.

Hope your status changes soon, Imma gettin' tired

Nasty cold is kickin' my arse big time!

Oh that would have given me a coronary for a minute!

Then again, with everything else going on, I'm easy to set off.




Me too! But I won't be able to sleep until I know it's at least in the system.






Maybe ya need sommah grandpa's cough syrup.

Mine has just "arrived" again. at 9:45. May be the airport.


like the kind that dribbles outta the little tube like mah RODI??



ooops, uhm rodi, ugh. sowwy bud. i didn't.....sry.

Finally, an update! "Your package is on time with a scheduled delivery date of 01/21/2010."




Nah, I'm thinkin the kind that has a rusty color and comes with a black (or green) label.



Tis OK. It's supposed to be arriving tomorrow, and with the WL shipment going out today, I'm in a better mood. Oh, and a good weekend helped too! Though there's a bit of complication, I think this complication will end up being A'OK.

So, whats up??

UPDATE:

RODI is Out for Delivery!

Coral Shipment is in its destination state, although not yet out for Delivery.

Lookie at wah I gotz:




Oh, and Weetie got the package! The last word was that everything seemed OK, other than a high SG with the trumpet's bag. She said she's let me know more after the lights were up for a while.

inorite? The folks at SpectraPure said I need a few more hours of flushing, on account of the cold water in my house, but still, I'll have some ultra wet water to be mixing up for a WC tomorrow!

I'm also thinking about getting some kind of tub for making water. It would be nice to have another decent sized tote for the water to go into for mixing, but that would result in some mess when it comes to putting it into buckets to then go to the tank. The only other option I can come up with is to just have the water be made straight into the buckets, and I'll just have to keep an eye on the unit. It limits me to making up 5 gallons of SW at a time, because I only have one spare powerhead. That's what made me think of a bigger tub, so that I could mix bigger amounts with my little pump. I think I'll have to go with the 5 gallon bucket plan for now, unless someone has a better suggestion for me.

if you take a look at my nano cub hqi thread i have my plan on how to set up my rodi unit i think its on the bottom of pg 13

Or if the power head is an MJ, MJ, you could get that cool fitting and a section of hose to use the same mixing PW to also pump the water into your bucket (s)

mj lol

Sounds like a nice setup! I've got to be careful about humidity in my house though, and that much water sitting around my basement probably wouldn't be a good idea. I only use about 10g per week for WC, and my space is limited.

Maybe I'll get a bigger tote and go that route if I can find a used Mag pump to use as a mixer and a transfer pump.

sounds good

Hm.... MJ getting an MJ could do the trick! Unfortunately, the powerhead I've got is one of those super old school things where it's a little box that sucks water at the bottom and pushes it out from a tube on the side. Now I've got two options, either hunt for a used Mag pump or an MJ with the pump fitting. Good call!

Finally found it....

BRS reactor-fitting

Pretty sure Lowes has similar fittings. Ace may as well.

It looks like a compression fitting of sorts? The pump I've got can't handle pumping much distance through vinyl tubing, but if that's a compression fitting, I might be able to also use a reducer for 1/4" piping,and that might be just enough to let the pump I've got do some work!

Actually that looks more like a slip lock fitting. You just slide the hose in and it locks. Looks like it fits right on the pump too. I will have to bookmark that for future reference.

JohnGuest fitting


^^^^ this ^^^^^

I was right ! lol

Very noice!


Oh, and good job reading Richie's mind, Opy.

Looks like my next step is to first get a container for mixing water. I'm torn between small trash can and rubbermaid tote. The 14g tote seems to be doing the trick as a sump, so maybe I'll just go back to that watering hole.

New Stuff!!!

Phishy's was having an in-store sale today, with all cultured acropora and montipora colonies on sale for $35.


So, I got this:


For those playing the home game, this is a pissed off blue digitata.


So, here it is on the left island:


And here's the FTS:


Also, somewhere in there is a new emerald crab! He's being shy right now, and I have no idea as to where he scurried off.

That is a big colony of PO'd digitata!!!!

inorite? Not bad for $35!

Nice buys! Good luck seeing the emerald much. Mine only came out at night or during feeding time lol.