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Nice to see them stroking the figures by giving percentages
Show the real $value and also take off the visitors that each year come in sept / oct vs previous years
Foreign vistors spent just over $154 million last month, says electronic transaction merchant Paymark.
The spend is a 29.4% increase on last year. An extra 254,000 transactions were put through in September, amounting to $32 million in total.
According to Paymark chief executive Simon Tong, the figures show an injection of Rugby World Cup-related spending contrasting with more moderate general growth rates. But he also warns that other influences need to be factored into the total equation before judging the World Cup's impact.
"Our figures show what is being spent via electronic transactions around the country, but as we have heard from a number of our merchants, tourists are using cash for a lot of their purchases. Also pre-paid bookings and other agent bookings need to be considered as part of the total spending picture as well."
He says there has been a "pockets of spending" pattern since the beginning of the World Cup. The spending pockets occur as tourists travel the country; eating, drinking and watching Cup games.
"This has been a huge bonus for some regions, particularly amongst hospitality merchants."
Hospitality sectors show game-time surge
Transactions for all hospitality sectors were up compared to the same day last year.
Nelson – up 45% on match day and the next day, up 11% other days
Waikato – up 34% on match day and the next day, up 7% other days
Southland – up 26% on match day and the next day, up 14% other days
Otago – up 15% on match day and the next day, up 6% other days
Auckland/Northland – up 14% on match day and the next day, up 6% other days
Situation still tight
But in other parts of the country, there is only a modest change in spending both in the hospitality sector and across retail sectors.
Mr Tong said spending within other sectors did not change significantly on a national level. While some spending increasde and some decreased, there appeared little change elsewhere that could be related to the Rugby World Cup. "Overall the general situation remains tight."
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Nice to see them stroking the figures by giving percentages
Yes - lets see what happens in the months AFTER the RWC. If spending then declines in Nov, Dec etc then all that has happened is that the RWC drew spending forward and TOTAL annual spending is hardly changed. Mind you with the hot air promises made before the Cup began no wonder there are so many vested interests trying to gild the lily
No wonder Auckland City is spending an extra $5M for te closing stages of the World Cup
How ridiculous - all Auckland city is dpoing is subsididng the bars around the Viaduct and free entertainment for non tax paying tourists and rugby supporters - the GST from the tourists hardly justified this spending or the Governments total spend
Sure it's a great World Cup but the only winners are the greedy baaarrstards from the IRB
DUH! To all the Anonymous above. The use of percentages is common when putting forward information such as this. The percentages used, as being up, you have to start with a point to measure where you are now so the percentages quoted are on previous years. Paymark is not counting prepaid hotel nights and prepaid transfers, tickets etc that's all part and a large part of the $500 million. You forget the teams and the IRB, who stay in expensive accommodation and eat on account is also part of the $500m. Of course spending will decline, those who came to the cup will be gone for the most part. How could the RWC bring the spending forward of those who main reason for coming to NZ was the RWC. Golly is that so hard top comprehend? Non tax paying tourists, HUH? Last time I was in Auckland last week I paid GST on everything I purchased including my hotel my ticket to the game, beers food etc. Same as all tourists. No I don't pay rates in Auckland any more, thanks goodness.
Gee take some time out to think before you write. AND when you count it all up, note the many people who are getting a wage due the RWC being here and many, many of those are in Auckland. Where I live we did OK too
List Phil just because you didn't get to DJ on Radio don't give me grief.
PS. Notice you are plain anonymous, just like Phil
I suspect a big chunk of the credit card expenditure has also been on ticket sales which have been strong since the tornament began. I understand many hospitality businesses are in fact well down on the same period last year. Spend is focused around the council funded party central. Way to go Auckland City going into competition with hospitality venues that have struggled for the last two years.
Council staff going around viaduct venues placing restrictions on the number of patrons they are allowed based on 1 toilet per 40 patrons when they have 12k people at party central with how many portaloos, not many.
All the hype about Auckland's hospitality not being abvle to cope is a nonsense.
At least Auckland City can pack up the cloud once they have taken all the tourist dollars, what will the other operators do?
Pity we can't all have rent holidays like the Wynard Quarter tenants, who's the landlord again....that's right Auckland City.
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White Shepherd Sep 30, 2012 9:06 AM
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Few days ago my MBP 13" mid 2012 still run well Lion... just before 10.7.5 update messed completely Spotlight indexing and TM backup tasks. These problems (described in several threads on this forum) also probably corrupted my Time Machine backup. I spent 3 days trying everything that could be tempted: no way to fix it.
Spending more time to reinstall system from Clone or else, I finally decided to try Mountain Lion (not that brand new anymore) upgrade.
In 2012, at our computing age, Apple's developpers are still allergic to "variables" in their apps, "variables" that would give possibility to customize snooze time (like in Busycal for instance). It's certainly easier to offer only few "hard coded" choices (and not always very logic, don't hesitate to tell me if "Repeat in 1 minute" in iCal snooze time choices is very useful).
But not having a single possibility to set/choose snooze time for Apple Calendar alerts is as much unbelievably stupid that it is very unreliable for customers .
Notification Center is great improvement at first glance but such regression makes Calendar and Reminders almost unusable.
Besides the whole workflow based on iCloud is disrupted .
Apple's decision-makers obviously never have serious jobs, appointments... to fullfil, they might spend their time playing (and preferably with our productivity and our nerves)!
Apple wants to be ahead? Good! But IMO emergency is to turn professional first
MDF2 Oct 1, 2012 1:05 AM
in response to White Shepherd
Add my voice to the list of complaints!!
Top right is disastrous if you are reading something full screen. If it is Safari, the reminders cover both the Reader button and the download button. If it is Windows under VMWare or Parallels, it covers the "Close" button and on and on and on.
I love OSX over Windows (particularly since they corrected in ML a bunch of problems with Lion) but I have to say that the way Windows handles windows is far superior to OSX. The bottom of pages doesn't occupy the same space as the Dock, you can easily compare two 1/2 pages side by side. Why can't OS X do that?
But fixed snooze time on reminders is a total disaster!
mastreips Oct 9, 2012 6:48 PM
in response to Jeremy J. Dodd
What they said - Reminder snooze is absolute rubbish and needs to be changed.
Blue Wammer Oct 10, 2012 3:32 AM
in response to Treloar
I agree 100%. I rely on this feature - now I have to fiddle about opening events and setting new reminders.
Having recently wasted hours of my time dealing with 10.7.5 wrecking Time Machine and Spotlight I am not best pleased with Apple at the moment.
shane blyth Oct 10, 2012 3:55 AM
in response to MDF2
Try Moom addon if you want much superior window managment in OSX
RandyChev Oct 24, 2012 8:18 AM
in response to Jeremy J. Dodd
I just took the plunge to Mountain Lion and I'll never forgive myself. While I now have some semi-useful things like messenger and notification center, but I've had business deadlines set up in iCal for years with the idea that I set an alert a week to ten days ahead so I can then work that report or tax return into my to-do list for the week. Sometimes I know I can't get to it this week so I set 1 Week snooze. Perhaps I really want to get to it tomorrow... 1 Day snooze. You know the drill.
Now Apple has screwed up my whole work flow process. I too thought SURELY Apple would IMPROVE iCal by setting up snooze OPTIONS that could be changed by users. (4 hours would allow me to get something off my mind until the afternoon!) BUT NO! They've gone backwards and taken away even the options we had before.
Shame on you Apple. You forced me to "upgrade" to this OS that is supposed to help me integrate with my phone (no iCloud without leaving Snow Leopard). And you talked me into orphaning 10 years of documents (no Rossetta so no Appleworks draw documents which is what I used for my letterhead thus all my corrospondance). Now you force me to restructure my whole calendar database to conform to your latest ecosystem whims.
I've sent feedback to Apple about this. If you agree with me, give them your feedback at http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html and/or http://www.apple.com/feedback/ical.html .
Richard Tench Oct 31, 2012 8:07 PM
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Indeed. I've left the following feedback at http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html
"Hi. Please reinstate the ability to choose how long to snooze any particular alarm. Beginning with Notification Center, the user can only click a Snooze button, but cannot specify how long to snooze.
"Rationale: Currently the snooze time is always ten minutes. However, certain items need to be snoozed for hours or even days. Ten minutes is great for reminders like 'take out the garbage', but poor for 'time to do your tax return'."
perceptionmd Nov 3, 2012 3:59 PM
in response to Jeremy J. Dodd
I have left the following feedback.
Now that I cannot snooze ical events for variable times, the application is useless to me. But worse than that, you have COMPLETELY DISRUPTED MY PERSONAL AND BUSINESS WORKFLOW. You may think of this as a simple change in an application, but you are failing to consider that we integrate these programs into our lives and they become part of the way we live. Before ical, I had a terrible time keeping track of what I had to do -- missing appointments and disappointing both clients and friends. With ical, I could set an alarm for two days ahead, then remind myself one day ahead, then two hours ahead. Suddenly, I was no longer missing appointments. And now, I don't know what I will do. If I had known this would happen, I would never have updated my OS. I am devastated by this change. WHY DID YOU DO THIS?
estibot Nov 3, 2012 11:04 PM
in response to perceptionmd
It doesn't look like Apple is actually reading the feedback. Certainly they are not reading these boards. This is one of the issues that should definitely have been fixed already. A very easy fix, yet a major flaw in the new OS.
What I'm wondering is, don't Apple developers use their own products at all? Surely they would have seen the error of their ways if they actually used their producs. Maybe they use Windows PCs outside the office
Salda Nov 8, 2012 7:58 AM
in response to Jeremy J. Dodd
Add me to the list, been running ML for about 2 weeks now and love the integration with iOS devices, but the inability to change snooze duration is laughable. I'd like to meet the developer that suggested removing this functionality and berate him for his ignorance. Submitted feedback online, if I get time, I'm gonna make a phone call to support and ask them how to enable it. Then let them have it when they say that it is unavailable.
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e-bear Nov 12, 2012 10:15 PM
in response to Jeremy J. Dodd
Bring back snooze durations Apple. You've made your Reminders hard to use. Are you going to let Outlook beat you on this one?
You've traded functionality for a pretty black reminders bar that looks IOSish. Big deal.
Vic Hooper Nov 25, 2012 12:58 AM
in response to e-bear
I too add my voice to the frustration of not having variable snooze times. I have tried to adjust but am finding my frustration continues.
Tnapal Nov 27, 2012 3:04 AM
in response to Jeremy J. Dodd
if Apple does not correct the problem of the snooze in Mountain Lion 10.8.2, I propose to make an Internet site which will enable us to send automatically an e-mail of complaint at Apple every 15 minutes.
Perhaps they will thus understand the silly thing of their snooze.
What do you think of this idea?


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"In Seattle, teriyaki is omnipresent, the closest this city comes to a Chicago dog," writes the Oxford American food columnist, in a rare assignment above the Mason-Dixon line.
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The loan she'll take out now is to diversify her business. She will buy seeds from stores in the city of La Paz and will then plant them in her orchard so that she can sell them when they mature. This way of working allows her to support her family however possible since she's married and has two children. When asked what she likes about Pro Mujer, she answers that she likes the health training and the credit.
El crédito que sacaran beneficiara a pequeñas microempresarias con distintos rubros, donde la señora Sucy es parte integrante, ella indica que es la primera vez que se incorporó a la institución por invitación de una promotora que fue a visitarla a su casa. En la actualidad ella tiene el negocio de venta de verduras, cuenta que este negocio lo aprendió desde niña, ya que en su familia siempre se realiza la cosecha.
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FORT JACKSON, S.C. -- Five months after Fort Jackson leadership introduced the installation's campaign plan, senior leaders touted the plan's progress during an offsite meeting at the Columbia Museum of Art last week.
Brig. Gen Bradley May, Fort Jackson commanding general, said the plan has already made its mark on all aspects of business on Fort Jackson.
"We see the campaign plan really driving our daily operations," May said.
Col. Jeffrey Sanderson, Fort Jackson chief of staff, who briefed those in attendance on the progress made on the plan's initiatives, said he was pleased with the developments in recent months to achieve the campaign plan's objectives.
"Overall, we have made tremendous progress with all aspects of our campaign plan," Sanderson said. "We are confident we identified the correct campaign objectives, or targets, that we can then devote mental energy and resources against."
The campaign plan follows three lines of operation -- training, quality of life and support and sustainability. A total of 10 campaign objectives and 49 major objectives fall under the lines of operation, as outlined in the plan's strategy map.
"We have made significant progress all across our strategy map," Sanderson said.
He pointed out that one area that has seen significant progress is the development of new housing on post. Sanderson predicted that the improved housing situation will change the dynamics of Fort Jackson from a commuter installation to an installation with a larger number of on-post residents.
Another area that has seen significant progress is the campaign objective "mitigation of persistent conflict" (7.0 on the strategy map).
"We have made several great strides in this area, as we think it critical to provide for the health and welfare of our Soldiers," Sanderson said.
Some of the key initiatives in that area are Soldier and drill sergeant resiliency programs, the suicide prevention board and Battlemind training.
Sanderson also expressed pride in the progress made along the support and sustainability line of operation.
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Sanderson said the campaign plan has provided the installation's leaders a valuable self-assessment tool.
"The campaign plan has been instrumental in allowing us to 'see ourselves' and make some significant long-term business decisions," he said. "Overall, we are making great progress, and I am very proud of the teamwork and cooperation we have among all our leaders and agencies across the installation.
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With special thanks to Republican Senate candidate Ken Buck for one of those brief shining moments.
When Colorado Republican Senate candidate Ken Buck briefly (and temporarily) suggested support for allowing state legislatures rather than the public to select U.S. senators, he stuck his well-known bovine digestive refuse-covered boots into the messy civics lesson that is the 2010 election.
For the first time during my 25 years of following politics, people who have the poor taste to bring up (in public!) the Founders, the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, natural rights, and basic precepts of good government are no longer automatically judged to be wacko fringe extremists and likely members of "militias," nor automatically tagged with the perennial establishment insult of "libertarian" -- being called which has always been my own version of Br'er Rabbit being thrown into the briar patch.
The American public, with minds largely uncluttered -- just how the left wants you -- by a basic education in what used to be called "civics" (then "social studies," and now "comparative Native American basket weaving philosophies -- see footnote on page 273 for information on George Washington"), is learning the importance of fundamental American precepts the hard way: by living through government of, by, and for people who dislike, distrust, and completely misunderstand those precepts.
The day after Mr. Buck expressed his position on legislatures selecting senators, he retracted that position and has restated his current position -- leaving the election of senators in the hands of the public -- multiple times since. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee ("DSCC") nevertheless ran an ad calling Buck's idea "radically different," saying Buck wants to "rewrite the Constitution" and "end our right to vote."
The message of the DSCC is that Ken Buck, a mainstream conservative Republican, is "extreme." But the presumption of their message is that Americans are too ignorant of our own history to know that Ken Buck's original suggestion represented little more than returning to the system of senatorial selection preferred by our Founders and which was in place for the majority of our republic's history.
In particular, the United States Constitution in its original form said in Section 3, Clause 1 that "The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof…" It was not until the 17th Amendment, passed by Congress in 1912 and ratified in 1913, that "chosen by the Legislature" was changed to "elected by the people."
The DSCC's ad is doubly dishonest: It says that Buck holds a position which they know he doesn't hold, and they portray the position as radical even though it represents the system which was in place for 55% of the time since our Constitution was adopted. Unfortunately, the DSCC is rightly betting that few who see the ad will know this history (or that Buck doesn't support the repeal of the 17th Amendment.)
What people should -- but mostly won't -- learn from the DSCC's ad is nothing about Ken Buck and a lot about the impact of the 17th Amendment. It's not as if the small handful of (Republican) candidates for federal office who have suggested its repeal will be able to get more than a 5 second discussion on the issue from John Boehner. (OK, 5 seconds is an exaggeration since Boehner's likely response of "What planet are you from?" can be scornfully delivered in two seconds flat. I timed it myself.) But even the mention of the idea seems to scare the DSCC -- as it should, more than it should scare any other group on the planet.
The 17th Amendment is a direct attack on federalism and one of the greatest transfers of power from the states to the federal government, and particularly to Democrat senators, in our nation's history. In a moment of remarkable candor, a U.S. government website states directly that the change was pushed by "Progressive reformers." It's no wonder; they knew exactly what they were doing.
In an important paper on "The History of the Seventeenth Amendment and its Implications for Current Reform Proposals," George Mason University law professor Todd Zywicki makes some key points:
• The Senate was intended "to provide an anti-democratic role under the Constitution, an American version of the English House of Lords designed to check the democratic excesses of the House of Representatives…"
• "Appointment of Senators by state legislatures gave the states a constituent role in the national government and a means to protect themselves from laws emanating from Washington designed to subvert state sovereignty and independence."
• Following the passage of the 17th Amendment, "the 1920s showed for the first time federal intervention in traditional state functions, and the first use of federal grants to the states -- along with accompanying federal control. Moreover, the state governments have more and more been downgraded from independent policy-making bodies to mere instrumentalities of the federal government… Indeed, it is inconceivable that a Senator during the pre-Seventeenth Amendment era would vote for an 'unfunded federal mandate,' thereby requiring state legislatures to raise taxes and spend money on projects they did not devise and for which they receive no political benefit."
(You can hear a Cato Institute podcast on the topic with Todd Zywicki here.)
Even Alexander Hamilton, the leading champion among the Founders of a powerful central government, said (in Federalist 59) that while there is risk to the central government from a system in which state legislatures choose senators, a system which had direct election of senators "would doubtless have been interpreted into an entire dereliction of the federal principle; and would certainly have deprived the State governments of that absolute safeguard which they will enjoy under this provision."
The threads of the original intent -- and why Democrat senators in particular would want those threads shredded -- quickly become clear. Weakening a senator's connection to his state and putting him in a position to buy citizens' votes with other people's money -- standard operating procedure for both of today's major political parties -- erodes any incentive to protect federalism or to fight for limited, low-cost government.
Direct election of Senators turns them into slightly-glorified Representatives, people who work in a body with slightly different rules and who can wait 3 or 4 years before putting on a full-court fund-raising press before their next elections rather than House members who have to shake their tin cup for campaign funds barely 12 months after an election. It's a distinction without a difference, but a real difference is what our Founders intended for good reason.
To be sure, the repeal of the 17th Amendment would not necessarily change much. Even if not required by the federal Constitution to have popular election of senators, most states would simply implement that same policy on a state level -- as many did at the urging of Progressives prior to the amendment's passage. Furthermore, the sad history of the past several decades in which the federal government peddled its opiate of "block grants" and "highway funds" other "free" money to the now-addicted states is something that will require a rather potent budget-methadone treatment that many citizens -- and most politicians -- might not be able to handle.
But just having the discussion about repealing the 17th Amendment -- and I thank Ken Buck for bringing it up while wishing he had the courage to stick with his gut instinct -- represents a valuable service to Americans by stoking a much-needed national remedial civics lesson. When the Constitution becomes a topic for public debate, it forces Democrats and Progressives to explain why they routinely ignore, dismiss, or attack the Constitution with their ultra-expensive Nanny State policies and their faux philosophies of government such as a "living Constitution." And when our Constitution takes center stage in political discussion, particularly when it can be shown that we ignore it at our own peril, America takes a baby step toward relearning the value of our Founding documents and principles. When even Germans are telling us that "America has become too European," the civics lesson can't come a moment too soon.
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Mayor Vince Gray sent a letter to Ward 8 Councilmember Marion Barry today kindly asking him: what the shit is this?
Barry has long made it a habit of issuing disapproval resolutions, a legislative stalling tactic that any councilmember can do to put the breaks on all kinds of legislation and city functions. Most recently, Barry introduced a disapproval resolution to halt $1.5 million in funding for security upgrades at New Beginnings, the city's troubled juvie jail operated by the Department of Youth Rehabilitative Services.
"These security upgrades are necessary for DYRS to protect the health, safety and welfare of the youth within the care of the Department and the greater community," writes Gray in his letter to Barry. "By virtue of this disapproval resolution you introduced, we already have lost more than a month in achieving the upgrades everyone, including you, agrees are important."
Barry wasn't immediately available for comment. This summer, he voted against the confirmation of Gray's pick, Neil Stanley, to lead DYRS. Stanley's still on the job anyway, so maybe Barry's still unhappy with the pick. Or maybe he just wants attention.
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The White House's honey hive Political veterans would probably caution against planning victory celebrations prematurely, but at least one Seattle area family has its celebratory
The White House's honey hivePolitical veterans would probably caution against planning victory celebrations prematurely, but at least one Seattle area family has its celebratory beverage ready should President Barack Obama win re-election next month.
Chris Dufore, manager of Gallaghers' Where-U-Brew, says a group of customers recently used the Edmonds facility to produce six cases of the White House Honey Porter and Honey Ale. Recipes for both beers were released this September in response to an energetic online campaign. Although the beer recipes were developed for home kitchens, a few commercial microbreweries across the country have experimented with them.
"The porter was really exceptional," Dufore says of the batch produced at Gallaghers'.
According to Dufore, the Gallaghers' version probably doesn't taste exactly like the beer the Obamas pour. "The big thing I noticed is they use a different type of yeast," he says. "We use the same kind of hops though."
But Gallaghers' couldn't obtain White House honey, which is farmed on the South Lawn. Dufore says the flavor of honey, which is highly geographically specific, has a strong influence on an ale's character. Many customers who are attuned to the diversity of honey propose making beer with honey produced by Seattle bees, but usually become discouraged by the cost. Ballard Bee Company honey typically retails for about $1 an ounce, which Dufore says adds up quickly when a recipe calls for two pounds worth.
"We keep a big jug from Costco," he says.
The standard honey worked well in the White House Porter, described by Dufore as "nice, dark and full-bodied with a sweet finish."
Dufore suspects he'll see the recipe again if Obama has the chance to plan another inauguration, giving supporters reason to toast.
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Mother's day is just around the corner, and sure enough the rivers here in Utah are swarming with caddis. One great thing about caddis is their awesome abundance from now until late fall. Over the course of a year they make up a large portion of a trout's diet. Caddis are very active bugs that can be identified by the splashy aggressive rise of a trout. A caddis hatch is one of my favorite times to throw a dry fly because of the aggressive nature exhibited by trout at this time. These little critters are not easy meals for trout, and after a few escape early on in the hatch it seems that the trout turn up their energy level and really get going after them. Not many casual sips during a caddis hatch!
The tan foam and ginger hackle combination is my go to color variation. It has fished very well for me to both match the hatch, and as a searching pattern in the summer months.
The chartreuse foam body caddis is a great attractor or "searching pattern". The profile of this fly with a little added color can also fish well during a hatch if the fish are not too highly pressured.
One great thing about caddis is their awesome abundance from now (late spring) until late fall. The foam body caddis is hands down my favorite caddis dry fly, followed closely by the classic Elk Hair Caddis. Give this pattern a shot in a variety of colors, and I'm sure you won't be disappointed.
Tan Foam Body Caddis
Hook: Any dry fly hook size 14-18
Thread: Uni 8/0 Camel
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Wing: Elk Hair
Legs: Ginger/Brown Hackle
Chartreuse Foam Body Caddis
Hook: Any dry fly hook size 14-18
Thread: Uni 8/0 Olive
Underbody: Dark Olive Antron Dubbing
Foam: Chartreuse 1mm X 1mm
Wing: Elk Hair
Legs: Black/Dark Grizzly
Early every spring I start to get dry fly fever. The thought of small midge adults coming to the water's surface to get pummeled by hungry trout get me excited every year at this time. The Hi-Vis Griffith's Gnat represents a cluster of adult midges, but all in all it is just a buggy looking fly. With grizzly hackle and a peacock herl body, it is hard not to look buggy and delicious! This variation is identical to the traditional Griffith's Gnat with the exception of the parachute that makes it more visible, especially in faster water. It is quite buoyant and floats well enough to suspend small nymphs such as midge pupa imitations or unweighted beatis patterns. It is not only effective during the early parts of the year when it is still freezing outside, but if truly works well year round on many streams and lakes.
Sizes: Anywhere from 14 to 22, but my favorites are 14-18
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Should not hurt the fish. Most are not lead anymore anyway. I would remove them though for the plants sake because they can restirct growth and cut into the stems as the plant grows.
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He was tracked down to an old U.S. Air Force warehouse, where he held Stabler hostage with a shotgun. A standoff ensued between him and Benson, to whom he issued threats that he would shoot Stabler if she didn't drop her gun. Benson relented to shoot Gitano under Stabler's urging, but refused to lower her gun. In the end, Gitano was shot and killed by a police sniper, and the surviving child was safely rescued.
- Victor Paul Gitano is based on real-life serial killer Joseph E. Duncan III. Duncan kidnapped two children after killing the rest of their family, after skipping bail for a prior sex crime and disappearing. Prior to that, he served his sentence for sodomizing a young boy and claimed to have raped dozens of younger boys.
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TROY, Ala. — Jeff Mullahey scored a career-high 19 points as Troy defeated Nicholls State 77-62 on Tuesday night.
Troy (2-2) closed the game on a 12-2 run after Nicholls State cut its lead to 65-60 with 4:19 to play. Nicholls State (0-3) led 12-9 in the first half but Troy went on a 13-2 run and never trailed again.
Mullahey was a perfect 9-of-9 from the free-throw line, where the Trojans shot 86.1 percent (31-of-36) as a team. Troy was 52.6 percent (10-of-19) from the field in the first half.
Tevin Calhoun and JC Bonny also scored in double figures for Troy, finishing with 12 points and 11 points, respectively. Dantrell Thomas led Nicholls State with 14 points and eight rebounds. The Colonels have now lost by double digits in all three of their games this season.
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At some point, everyone just needs a helping hand.
The truth in this statement is something Franklin County Extension Coordinator Katernia Cole has seen time and time again with the many different programs she implements through the county extension system.
But one of those programs that she said truly tugs at her heartstrings is the Grandparent Support Program, which recently received some aid through the extension system's Farm to Table initiative.
This past holiday season, Cole said they were able to provide essential items to prepare a holiday meal to help local grandparents who are raising their grandchildren.
"The Grandparent Support Program is something that is special because it takes a very strong and loving person to step in and accept the responsibility for raising their grandchildren," Cole said.
"We try to do things that will make this responsibility a little bit easier for them, and the food we gave out was just one way of us doing that."
Cole said the holiday food giveaway was also sponsored by Rep. Johnny Mack Morrow and his wife, Dr. Martha Morrow.
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Rep. Morrow said he was glad to be part of such a worthwhile project.
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Cole said each grandparent who is part of the program received potatoes, corn, yams, green beans, macaroni and cheese, rolls, cake mix, icing and a ham.
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