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Definition of raptor in English:
1A bird of prey, e.g., an eagle, hawk, falcon, or owl.
Example sentences
- They have also been known to steal prey from other raptors and to eat fresh carrion.
- As raptors like hawks and owls prey on the rodents, they risk being hit by a car.
- They may steal prey from other raptors, and have been known to eat carrion as long as it has not been dead too long.
1.1 informal A dromaeosaurid dinosaur, especially velociraptor or utahraptor.
From velociraptor, a shortened form used originally by paleontologists, popularized by the film Jurassic Park (1993)
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- The first room in the Creation Museum will show paleontologists digging up a dinosaur raptor.
- No creature was spared, from the largest sauropod to the smallest raptor.
- Some of the dinos seen are the brontosaurus, vicious raptors, and tyrannosaurus rex.
Late Middle English: from Latin, literally 'plunderer', from rapt- 'seized', from the verb rapere.
Words that rhyme with raptoradaptor, captor, chapter
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It means that javasound cannot find a line with the rather common audio format specified. It is used for microphone capture. This format is often available on hardware sound cards or os or jvm. Are you running an odd pc ? Or mac os ? Are you running another application that is using sound ?
My advice is to write a test program to find the audio format supported by your platform an "transcode" the available format to the one written in exception. Thus, you'll be able to use the same codecs.
Hope this helps,
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A : "[peers:discussion]" firstname.lastname@example.com
Objet : [peers:discussion] Building my own peers.jar
I worked it out. The XML format seems to have changed compared to the jar I downloaded. Svn rev 205 uses something else.
My own jar built from eclipse now runs;
The next error is presented to me; is this a known issue?
Exception in thread "TransportManager 5060" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: No line matching interface TargetDataLine supporting format PCM_SIGNED 8000.0 Hz, 16 bit, mono, 2 bytes/frame, little-endian is supported.
at javax.sound.sampled.AudioSystem.getLine(Unknown Source)
at net.sourceforge.peers.media.SoundManager.openAndStartLines(SoundManager.java:89)
at net.sourceforge.peers.media.MediaManager.successResponseReceived(MediaManager.java:97)
at net.sourceforge.peers.sip.core.useragent.handlers.InviteHandler.successResponseReceived(InviteHandler.java:530)
at net.sourceforge.peers.sip.transaction.InviteClientTransactionStateProceeding.received2xx(InviteClientTransactionStateProceeding.java:44)
at net.sourceforge.peers.sip.transaction.InviteClientTransaction.receivedResponse(InviteClientTransaction.java:154)
at net.sourceforge.peers.sip.transport.MessageReceiver.processMessage(MessageReceiver.java:184)
at net.sourceforge.peers.sip.transport.UdpMessageReceiver.listen(UdpMessageReceiver.java:60)
at net.sourceforge.peers.sip.transport.MessageReceiver.run(MessageReceiver.java:69)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Any help is appreciated.
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GE Engine Was 'Miscast' as Earmark, Immelt Tells Employees
General Electric Co. said it will seek to restore funding for its alternate Joint Strike Fighter engine, which was labeled a waste of money when the U.S. House of Representatives voted to kill the program.
Having a competitor to the primary engine made by United Technologies Corp.'s Pratt & Whitney unit would save $20 billion over time, Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Immelt said today in a memo to employees, repeating an estimate from the Government Accountability Office.
The vote to eliminate $450 million in engine funds for the fiscal year through Sept. 30 occurred in "the midst of an important fiscal debate," Immelt wrote. "The JSF funding decision received significant scrutiny and was miscast as an 'earmark' on wasteful spending."
President Barack Obama's administration has sought to cancel the engine for the F-35, the stealth fighter made by Lockheed Martin Corp. Last week's vote was the first by the House in more than four years against the engine, which is being developed by GE and Rolls-Royce Group Plc.
The F-35 is the Defense Department's most-expensive program, with a cost surging to about $382 billion from an estimated $250 billion for development and other expenses a decade ago.
Pratt's Response
A spokeswoman for Pratt & Whitney, Stephanie Duvall, disputed figures in Immelt's letter, including the $20 billion. The unit of Hartford, Connecticut-based United Technologies has sided with the Pentagon in deeming the GE-Rolls engine a waste.
The Pratt & Whitney engine "is performing flawlessly and we are keeping costs down," Duvall said. "This is why the Department of Defense has said they only need one engine for the F-35 program."
Immelt that while he is "completely respectful" of the budget debate and deficit-reduction efforts, the Pentagon's acquisition process hasn't received the scrutiny it deserves in the current round of spending cuts.
"The budget debate has completely skipped a critical policy element -- Pentagon acquisition reform," Immelt said. The JSF program "is the largest procurement in U.S. military history and has been one of the toughest to execute."
GE, based in Fairfield, Connecticut, has developed 80 percent of the engine over the past 15 years and will "press our case in the U.S. Senate and elsewhere" to restore funding, Immelt wrote.
The F-35 is about four years behind most of its initial schedule. The estimated cost of an individual jet has increased about 84 percent, to $92 million in 2002 dollars. GE has said that killing the alternate engine cedes a market of as much as $100 billion over the life of the program to Pratt & Whitney.
GE fell 45 cents, or 2.2 percent, to $20.37 at 4:15 p.m. in New York Stock Exchange composite trading, while United Technologies fell 77 cents to $82.79.


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It's all in the title.
I've installed the plugin, changed the settings and inserted '[toc]' into a couple of posts but each of these posts does not replace '[toc]' with a table of contents. Instead I just see the '[toc]' shortcode in the post.
To try and debug this I put a 'die;' just after "function shortcode_toc($attribs) {" on line 254 of "content-table.php" and, even though I do have '[toc]' in the post the function never fires!
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'Early Help' describes the type of early intervention and support that can be provided when a child or young person's needs are not being met by routine universal services, but do not meet the threshold for a specialist service such as children's social care.
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BearFest Village
Date, time and location
Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015
11 a.m.
BearFest Village
Event details
Fans of all ages are invited to join Boomer, the spirit squads and fellow Bears at BearFest Village!
BearFest Village hosts gatherings organized by student organizations and University departments, as well as games, music, food and more.
BearFest Village is located north of Plaster Stadium in the grass plaza in front of McDonald Arena, extending to Carrington Hall to the east and the Hammons Fountains to the west.
MarooNation tent
Missouri State graduates and friends are invited to visit the Alumni Association's MarooNation tent for free snacks, $1 beer and more.
Food and drinks
Guests are invited to bring their own food or purchase food from one of the many vendors in the Village.
Approved alcoholic beverages at BearFest Village include beer, wine, wine coolers and other malt beverages. Patrons must be 21 years or older to consume alcoholic beverages, and hard liquor is prohibited. (Alcohol Policy).
Reserving space
Alumni and community groups may reserve tailgating space in BearFest Village by contacting Missouri State Sports Properties at 417-836-5001 or by printing out and completing the public tailgate package order form.
More information
Visit the BearFest Village website for more information.
Individual vehicle tailgating
If your group or organization would like to tailgate but does not want to reserve space in BearFest Village, you are welcome to tailgate in parking lots 18 or 24 south of Grand Street.
General tailgating spaces are available on a first come, first serve basis. Advance reservations are not required and no fees are required.
Tailgating begins three hours before kickoff and ends at kickoff.
Alcohol possession and consumption is allowed in these lots, but must adhere to the University Alcohol Policy.
If you have questions, please contact Athletics Marketing at 417-836-5278.


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I tried to use the Role of User code by previously provided by Sader:
"To change role of user on the blog while it is being created add the following to "mu-plugins" the change occurs immediately after the user creates a blog either on first signup or anytime they visit signup to create an additional blog:
function ds_new_user_meta($blog_id, $user_id) {
add_user_to_blog($blog_id, $user_id, 'author' );
add_action( 'wpmu_new_blog', 'ds_new_user_meta', 10, 2 );
I already had a MU folder so I just created a new php file named editor-at-signup.php and placed in the MU folder.
I get the following at main domain:
Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/content/31/7500231/html/caritaskids.com/wp-content/mu-plugins/editor-after-signup.php:9) in /home/content/31/7500231/html/caritaskids.com/wp-includes/pluggable.php on line 897
1. Did I do the insertion properly into MU?
2. Please advise how to solve.
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It's mailbag time, kids! You've been hitting me up for tips and analysis on the e-mail, and I thought, "Why not kill a couple birds with one stone and answer some of them here?". I always answer my e-mails, so keep them coming. It may take a day or two to respond -- my life, wife, and other things have an amazing way of taking priority at times -- but I will get back to you.
Without further ado, here are your e-mails and my replies:
Javier (Chicago): You've most likely been flooded with e-mails about your ankle story telling you how people lost one of those guys. Well, I lost Tony Parker, Josh Smith and Kirk Hinrich. All 3 are on one of my teams. With only one IR space (I placed Parker here), I released Hinrich, and will leave Smith on my bench.
I grabbed Rodney Stuckey off waivers who joins Derrick Rose, Jordan Farmar, Russell Westbrook, Kyle Lowry, and Rudy Fernandez in my backcourt.
Up front I've got Carlos Boozer, Al Jefferson, Tyson Chandler, Luc Mbah a Moute, Darrell Arthur, Andres Nocioni, and Joakim Noah. In a standard cat ESPN h2h points league, how does this team stack up for the next three to five weeks? This is a deep league and there aren't many immediate impact type of FAs left.
So, I think my team will remain competitive even after losing three players in three days. I'm certainly not panicking, but I have depth at PG that I can trade for a solid player. What do you think?
Lake: I have seen a lot of e-mails asking what to do when you lose important players to injury. Javier's e-mail was the only one where three of last week's big injuries all landed on one team. In these cases, the second order of business -- after banging your head into your keyboard -- is to prioritize. Assess where you are weak, where you have a surplus and how you can plug and play free agents.
Shedding Hinrich for Stuckey was a good move, though there were some concerns about Stuckey's health after he missed the first game of the Pistons' road trip with dizziness. The Detroit Free Press reported that he was tapping his chest before leaving the game against Boston on Sunday. The Pistons haven't disclosed what tests Stuckey underwent, but have said he is cleared to play and could be back as soon as Thursday against Golden State. Hinrich is out for three months and wasn't lighting it up when he was playing. This time of year if you hold onto too many injured players, you risk not picking up the emerging talents and missing out on them for the season. Hinrich can be let go in most leagues.
I actually disagree with Javier's assessment of his team. I see far more depth up front than in the backcourt. With Parker on his team's IR, he is rolling three rookies and a pair of bench players out there. Only Rose inspires confidence, though I expect good things from Westbrook eventually. My suggestion is that Javier actually look to move Stuckey ASAP. This has nothing to do with his health. I think he is a bit overhyped, and in a keeper league, owners will be more likely to overlook the shortcomings he has displayed this season. Pair Stuckey with Andres Nocioni (always try to capitalize on a 20-point game from a fantasy bench player) and see if you can't get Randy Foye. Yes, he's an underperforming combo guard, but he won't shoot 33.9 percent all season. His career average is 42.7 percent, and he has been getting minutes despite his struggles. He's a player I would be stealing, as he will be available for very little.
Another reader, Luis, has been going back and forth with me for a few days. Luis is in a 12-team league and has had a number of offers thrown his way. He too was hurt by Josh Smith's injury. Check out the offer he received from an owner who tried to capitalize:
Luis: Wow, it's so lame that Josh Smith got hurt. I'm thinking of dealing him. Here's the trade:
I give up Josh Smith/Raymond Felton; I get Greg Oden/Michael Beasley.
I really want to keep Josh Smith, but is this trade worth it?
Lake: I almost yelled at my laptop when I saw this e-mail. Luckily the exigencies of fatherhood and sleeping children held my tongue. I will type (some) of what I would have said: In the name of all that you hold on to, reject this offer immediately! There are many things wrong with this deal. First, Josh Smith is clearly the most valuable player in the deal, and he has proven a fast healer in his career. It is way too early to bail on him. Even if he misses the maximum four weeks, that leaves a ton of the season to be played. Second, I know David Thorpe said he looks "fantastic," but Greg Oden has yet to make it through a single NBA game. I believe in his talent, but before I give up a known quantity like Smith, I want to see some consistency on the health front. Beasley is going to be better than what he has shown, but taking on two rookies in this deal is asking for trouble. The other owner is attempting a GTR. You must block him.
If you have an owner you think might be wavering on holding Josh Smith in one of your leagues, by all means make a pitch for him. This e-mail shows there are owners who will be tempted.
The following reader disagreed with my call to sell Marc Gasol last week.
Tyler: You are [synonym for intellectually challenged]. Marc Gasol is gold. One of your commenters had it right: I'm not trading Gasol unless I get a top 50 player.
Lake: First rule about Marc Gasol: Don't talk about Marc Gasol, or the fact that in the four games since the Golden State game he has averaged 8.5 points, 6.2 rebounds and 0.2 blocks. Top 50, eh? I wouldn't hold your breath, Tyler. And yes, I type with a helmet on.
Misha: I am in a league with expanded categories (double-doubles, triple-doubles, turnovers, assist/turnover ratio and steals/turnover ratio) in addition to the standard eight. My team is: Chris Paul, Brandon Roy, Marquis Daniels, Travis Outlaw, LaMarcus Aldridge, Danny Granger, David West, Carmelo Anthony, Mehmet Okur, Al Horford, Francisco Garcia, Jermaine O'Neal, Luis Scola.
I'm in a 10-man league. I'm currently in fifth place. A lot of my guys (Melo, Horford) are underachieving. I'm getting KILLED in rebounds and 3-pointers and DOUBLE-DOUBLES.
I was offered Josh Howard, J.R. Smith, Samuel Dalembert and Kevin Love for my Brandon Roy, Jermaine O'Neal and David West.
Lake: I wrote back to Misha and stressed what a poor offer this was. He could have kissed his season goodbye with this deal. He would have surrendered the two best players in the deal (Roy and West) and lost where he needed help the most: rebounds and double-doubles. Misha rejected the deal and worked the following counter with the same team.
Misha: I think I'm about to pull an amazing deal. I give: Roy and Outlaw. I get: Zach Randolph and Andre Iguodala. Good no? :)
Lake: Good, yes! Randolph was much-maligned before the season (ADP of 97.1) but he has put up excellent numbers under Mike D'Antoni, averaging 19.1 points, 12.0 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game, and has five double-doubles in his past five games. He is shooting less than his career average of 46.4 percent from the field and, at 27, is entering what should be his statistical prime. This is a guy to target for a steal. Iguodala is another steal candidate. Owners are getting very frustrated with him. As my colleague, Eric Karabell wrote, he may not get back to where he was last season with Elton Brand in town, but he should climb to 16 points per game once he gets back to slashing and getting to the line. His other numbers are fine; it's just the shooting percentage and lack of attempts that are holding him down.
The lesson from Misha's trade is that while the initial offer he received was insulting, he didn't act insulted. He kept the lines of communication open and got a far better deal in the end. Next week, communication strategy and tools are going to be the focus of the column. Too often owners fail to use their most important asset when trading: their voices!
Until next week, keep sending your deals and steals. I will answer them and they may make a mailbag in a future column.
Guy Lake is a fantasy basketball analyst for ESPN.com. He can be reached at email@example.com.


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I have a method that reads a list of messages from a message queue. The signature is:
IList<TMsg> Read<TMsg>(MessageQueue queue, int timeout, MessageQueueTransaction tx);
The basic functionality is that it will reads as many messages as it can from the queue, within the timeout, using the given transaction. The problem I'm having is deciding on how best to enforce the timeout. I have two working versions at the moment. These are:
- Using BeginPeek with a timeout. If it succeeds, the message is removed with a transactional Receive call. The timeout for BeginPeek is recalculated after each call, based on the time the Read began, and the current time.
- Using Receive with the timeout value, and catching the exception when the timeout expires.
The problem with the first approach is that it requires the queue to be read in DenySharedReceive mode, otherwise you can't guarantee the message will still be there between the Peek and Receive. The problem with the second method is that an exception needs to be thrown and handled (albeit, internally and transparently) which is probably not a great design since each call will always end in an exception which goes against the idea of throwing exceptions only in exceptional circumstances.
Does anyone have any other suggestions how I might achieve this, or comments on these two techniques and my concerns?


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text: American Financial Group Company Profile (NYSE:AFG) Analyst Ratings Earnings Estimates Dividends Insider Trades Headlines Social Company Profile Chart Analyst Ratings Consensus Ratings for American Financial Group (NYSE:AFG) (?) The ratings breakdown includes the most recent rating from each analyst that has rated the stock within the last twelve months. The ratings score is a calculation of the average number of sell, hold, buy and strong buy ratings (0-1.5 = Sell, 1.5-2.5 = Hold, 2.5-3.5 = Buy, >3.5 = Strong Buy). The consensus price target is a mean average of the most recent price target set by each analyst that has set a price target for the stock in the last twelve months.Ratings Breakdown: 2 Buy Rating(s)Consensus Rating:Buy (Score: 3.00)Consensus Price Target: $72.00 (1.23% downside) Analysts' Ratings History for American Financial Group (NYSE:AFG) Show: All Ratings For This Stock Only the Most Recent Rating From Each Brokerage DateFirmActionRatingPrice TargetActions6/30/2016Janney Montgomery ScottReiterated RatingBuy 4/10/2016MacquarieReiterated RatingOutperform 4/17/2015Keefe, Bruyette & WoodsReiterated RatingHold$65.00 -> $70.00 (Data available from 7/25/2014 forward) Earnings Earnings History for American Financial Group (NYSE:AFG)DateQuarterConsensus EstimateActual EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueRelease LinkConference CallActions8/3/2016Listen 5/2/2016Q116$1.22$1.25$1.04 billionViewListen 2/2/2016Q415$1.58$1.52$1.10 billion$1.62 billionViewListen 11/3/2015Q315$1.44$1.38$1.11 billion$1.68 billionViewListen 8/4/2015Q215$1.19$1.28$1.03 billion$985.00 millionViewListen 4/27/2015Q115$1.14$1.25$1.01 billion$1.29 billionViewListen 2/2/2015Q314$1.32$1.35$1.05 billion$1.06 billionViewListen 10/29/2014Q3$1.16$1.40$1.10 billion$1.13 billionViewListen 7/28/2014Q214$0.97$1.08$845.50 million$931.00 millionViewListen 5/6/2014Q114$0.96$1.00$811.25 million$1.21 billionViewListen 1/31/2014Q413$1.22$1.28$840.70 millionViewListen 10/30/2013Q313$0.99$1.06$844.08 million$949.00 millionViewListen 7/29/2013Q2 2013$0.87$0.96$753.91 million$709.00 millionViewListen 5/8/2013Q1 2013$0.83$0.92$713.00 millionViewListen 2/11/2013Q4 2012$0.67$0.67$718.87 millionViewListen 10/29/2012Q312$0.59$0.82$766.40 millionViewN/A 7/30/2012$0.79$0.91ViewN/A 4/30/2012$0.78$1.14ViewN/A 2/1/2012$0.94$1.06ViewN/A 8/1/2011$0.59$0.78ViewN/A 5/3/2011$0.75$0.81ViewN/A 2/3/2011$0.96$1.03ViewN/A (Data available from 1/1/2011 forward) Estimates Earnings Estimates for American Financial Group (NYSE:AFG)QuarterNumber of EstimatesLow EstimateHigh EstimateAverage EstimateQ1 20161$1.26$1.26$1.26Q2 20161$1.14$1.14$1.14Q3 20161$1.47$1.47$1.47Q4 20161$1.64$1.64$1.64Q1 20171$1.41$1.41$1.41Q2 20171$1.33$1.33$1.33Q3 20171$1.40$1.40$1.40Q4 20171$1.66$1.66$1.66(Data provided by Zacks Investment Research) Dividends Current Dividend Information for American Financial Group (NYSE:AFG)Annual Dividend:$1.12Dividend Yield:1.54%Payout Ratio:23.00% (Based on Trailing 12 Months of Earnings) 19.79% (Based on Current Year Consensus EPS Estimate)19.11% (Based on Next Year Consensus EPS Estimate)Dividend Growth:12.70% (3 Year Average)Dividend History for American Financial Group (NYSE:AFG)AnnouncedPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable DateShare7/1/2016quarterly$0.281.55%7/13/20167/15/20167/25/2016 4/1/2016quarterly$0.281.59%4/13/20164/15/20164/25/2016 1/4/2016quarterly$0.281.58%1/13/20161/15/20161/25/2016 11/3/2015$1.0012/11/201512/15/201512/24/2015 10/1/2015quarterly$0.2810/13/201510/15/201510/26/2015 7/1/2015quarterly$0.251.51%7/13/20157/15/20157/27/2015 4/1/2015quarterly$0.251.56%4/13/20154/15/20154/27/2015 1/2/2015quarterly$0.251.68%1/13/20151/15/20151/26/2015 12/2/2014special$1.001.63%12/11/201412/15/201412/24/2014 10/1/2014quarterly$0.251.74%10/10/201410/15/201410/27/2014 7/2/2014quarterly$0.221.49%7/11/20147/15/20147/25/2014 4/1/2014quarterly$0.221.53%4/11/20144/15/20144/25/2014 1/2/2014quarterly$0.221.55%1/13/20141/15/20141/27/2014 12/5/2013special$1.001.52%12/12/201312/16/201312/24/2013 10/1/2013quarterly$0.221.62%10/10/201310/15/201310/25/2013 7/1/2013quarterly$0.201.58%7/11/20137/15/20137/25/2013 4/1/2013quarterly$0.201.65%4/11/20134/15/20134/25/2013 1/3/2013quarterly$0.201.94%1/11/20131/15/20133/25/2013 1/2/2013quarterly$0.201/15/20131/25/2013 12/9/2012special$0.2512/13/201212/17/201212/24/2012 (Data available from 1/1/2013 forward) Insider Trades Insider Trading History for American Financial Group (NYSE:AFG)Transaction DateInsider NameTitleBuy/SellNumber of SharesAverage Share PriceTotal TransactionActions5/10/2016James E EvansDirectorSell10,000$71.72$717,200.00 3/21/2016S Craig LindnerCEOSell40,000$70.39$2,815,600.00 3/11/2016Lehman John I VonDirectorSell2,043$70.07$143,153.01 3/11/2016S Craig LindnerCEOSell37,500$69.27$2,597,625.00 12/9/2015James E. EvansDirectorSell29,059$73.18$2,126,537.62 12/7/2015Carl H Lindner IIICEOSell37,500$74.73$2,802,375.00 12/1/2015John B. BerdinginsiderSell20,000$74.67$1,493,400.00 11/18/2015Carl H Lindner IIICEOSell75,000$70.84$5,313,000.00 10/21/2015James E. EvansDirectorSell4,600$72.52$333,592.00 10/20/2015James E. EvansDirectorSell9,930$72.51$720,024.30 6/30/2015Vito C PerainoVPSell6,798$65.23$443,433.54 6/23/2015John B BerdingDirectorSell27,016$66.42$1,794,402.72 6/23/2015S Craig LindnerCEOSell25,000$66.38$1,659,500.00 6/18/2015John B BerdingDirectorSell14,000$66.42$929,880.00 6/10/2015James E EvansDirectorSell25,000$64.68$1,617,000.00 6/8/2015William W VerityDirectorSell2,555$64.09$163,749.95 5/20/2015Lehman John I VonDirectorSell2,055$64.56$132,670.80 5/5/2015S Craig LindnerCEOSell58,000$63.61$3,689,380.00 2/26/2015Terry S JacobsDirectorSell1,955$62.94$123,047.70 2/24/2015Terry S JacobsDirectorSell2,745$63.26$173,648.70 2/13/2015James E EvansDirectorSell30,000$62.85$1,885,500.00 2/12/2015S Craig LindnerCEOSell100,000$62.34$6,234,000.00 2/6/2015Carl H Lindner IIICEOSell75,000$61.94$4,645,500.00 12/19/2014John B BerdingDirectorSell10,128$60.01$607,781.28 11/18/2014James E EvansDirectorSell25,000$60.13$1,503,250.00 11/3/2014S Craig LindnerCEOSell50,000$59.84$2,992,000.00 9/5/2014Vito C PerainoVPSell24,000$59.62$1,430,880.00 8/19/2014S Craig LindnerCEOSell40,000$57.93$2,317,200.00 6/26/2014James E EvansDirectorSell51,283$59.32$3,042,107.56 6/3/2014Terry S JacobsDirectorSell1,600$58.43$93,488.00 5/14/2014Lehman John VonDirectorSell2,000$58.46$116,920.00 5/9/2014S Craig LindnerCEOSell50,000$58.84$2,942,000.00 3/28/2014Carl Lindner IIICEOSell32,500$57.07$1,854,775.00 12/10/2013John B BerdingDirectorSell10,243$58.20$596,142.60 11/4/2013S Craig LindnerCEOSell71,163$56.44$4,016,439.72 9/16/2013John BerdingDirectorSell10,000$53.61$536,100.00 9/11/2013S Craig LindnerCEOSell50,000$53.28$2,664,000.00 9/5/2013William W VerityDirectorSell2,173$52.14$113,300.22 8/5/2013John BerdingDirectorSell10,000$52.70$527,000.00 8/1/2013Carl H Lindner IIICEOSell85,000$52.71$4,480,350.00 7/31/2013S Craig LindnerCEOSell60,000$51.91$3,114,600.00 7/9/2013James E EvansSVPSell24,724$51.00$1,260,924.00 6/14/2013William W VerityDirectorSell2,579$49.11$126,654.69 6/3/2013Terry S JacobsDirectorSell2,706$48.49$131,213.94 5/20/2013S Craig LindnerCEOSell26,281$49.52$1,301,435.12 5/15/2013John B BerdingDirectorSell16,950$49.65$841,567.50 3/22/2013James E EvansSVPSell10,250$47.03$482,057.50 2/26/2013Carl H Lindner IIICEOSell23,300$43.56$1,014,948.00 (Data available from 1/1/2013 forward) Headlines Latest Headlines for American Financial Group (NYSE:AFG)DateHeadline07/25/16 09:34 AMBRIEF-American Financial Group sees Q2 core oper EPS $1.25-$1.30 - * American Financial Group Inc enters into merger agreement with National Interstate; announces preliminary second quarter 2016 results 07/20/16 09:37 PMNorth American Financial 15 Split Corp.: Regular Monthly Dividend Declaration for Class A and Preferred Share07/19/16 07:20 AMAmerican Financial Group, Inc. breached its 50 day moving average in a Bearish Manner : AFG-US : July 19, 2016 - 07/13/16 10:27 AMAMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP INC : ex-dividend day07/12/16 02:24 PMTim Minard Joins Great American Insurance Group as Senior Vice President07/12/16 08:33 AMAmerican Financial Group, Inc. Announces Its Conference Call and Webcast to Discuss 2016 Second Quarter Results - [at noodls] - CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul. 12, 2016-- American Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: AFG) expects to release its 2016 second quarter results after 5:00 pm (ET) on Tuesday, August 2, 2016. The release will ...07/11/16 02:20 PMEx-Dividend Reminder: BankUnited, American Financial Group and Bank of the Ozarks07/06/16 12:10 PMAmerican Financial makes 'final offer' for public company buyout - 07/02/16 10:02 AMAmerican Financial Group (AFG) Declares $0.28 Quarterly Dividend; 1.5% Yield06/30/16 01:05 PMTarget company responds to American Financial buyout bid - 06/29/16 07:29 PMNational Interstate (NATL) Committee Rejects Great American Insurance Takeover Proposal06/28/16 07:32 AMAmerican Financial Boosts National Interstate Takeover Bid06/28/16 07:32 AMAmerican Financial Raises Offer for National Interstate06/21/16 07:06 AMAmerican Financial Group, Inc. breached its 50 day moving average in a Bullish Manner : AFG-US : June 21, 2016 - 06/16/16 09:33 AMAmerican Financial Eyes Growth Despite Cat Loss Exposure - 06/08/16 10:47 AMSara C. Brothers Joins Great American Insurance Group's Environmental Division as Divisional Vice President06/06/16 10:45 AMThese Cincinnati firms made this year's Fortune 500 list - 06/02/16 03:15 PMAmerican Eagle Outfitters Declares a Regular Quarterly Dividend of $0.125 Per Share - [at noodls] - PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE: AEO) announced a quarterly cash dividend of $0.125 per share, marking the company's 48 consecutive quarterly dividend. The $0.125 dividend ...06/02/16 12:25 PMAMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP INC Files SEC form 8-K, Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Termination of a Materia - 05/31/16 08:12 AMAmerican Financial Group Management to Participate in the 2016 Morgan Stanley Financials Conference - [at noodls] - CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 31, 2016-- American Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: AFG) announced today that Carl H. Lindner III and S. Craig Lindner, Co-Chief Executive Officers and Joseph E. (Jeff) Consolino, ...05/19/16 10:02 AMAmerican Financial Group Management to Participate in the 2016 Macquarie Global Emerging Leaders Conference - [at noodls] - CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 19, 2016-- American Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: AFG) announced today that Carl H. Lindner III, Co-Chief Executive Officer and Joseph E. (Jeff) Consolino, Executive Vice ...04/01/16 01:44 PMBRIEF-American Financial Group co-CEO Carl Lindner III's FY 2015 total compensation was $7.6 mln - SEC filing - * Co-CEO Carl H. Lindner III's FY 2015 total compensation was $7.6 million compared to $7.6 million in FY 2014 - SEC filing 02/22/16 05:34 PMAmerican Financial Set to Grow on Buyouts, New Products - 02/04/16 09:48 AMAmerican Financial Group, Inc. Earnings Analysis: 2015 By the Numbers - 02/03/16 03:34 PMAMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP INC Files SEC form 8-K, Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Financial Statements - 02/03/16 02:43 PMEdited Transcript of AFG earnings conference call or presentation 3-Feb-16 4:30pm GMT - 02/03/16 10:30 AMAmerican Financial Group Inc Earnings Call scheduled for 11:30 am ET today - 02/03/16 10:00 AMAmerican Financial Misses Q4 Earnings, Up Y/Y, Gives View - 02/02/16 05:21 PMAmerican Financial misses 4Q profit forecasts - 02/02/16 04:24 PM5:24 pm American Fincl misses by $0.08, beats on revs; guides FY16 EPS in-line - 02/02/16 04:21 PMAmerican Financial Group, Inc. Announces Record 2015 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Core Net Operating Earnings Per Share - [Business Wire] - American Financial Group, Inc. today reported 2015 fourth quarter net earnings attributable to shareholders of $129 million compared to $127 million for the 2014 fourth quarter.02/02/16 07:14 AMAmerican Financial Group, Inc. breached its 50 day moving average in a Bearish Manner : February 2, 2016 - 02/02/16 06:07 AMQ4 2015 American Financial Group Inc Earnings Release - After Market Close - 02/01/16 01:27 PMLloyd J. "Pat" Stoik Named Senior Vice President of Great American Insurance Group - The members of the Great American Insurance Group are subsidiaries of American Financial Group, Inc. (AFG), also based in Cincinnati, Ohio. AFG's common stock is listed and traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol AFG.01/29/16 08:00 AMShould You Buy American Financial (AFG) Ahead of Earnings? - 01/27/16 03:45 PMAmerican Financial Group, Inc. to Present at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2016 Insurance Conference - [at noodls] - --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2016-- (NYSE: AFG) announced today that S. Craig Lindner, Co-Chief Executive Officer and , Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will make a company presentation ...01/12/16 03:45 PMAmerican Financial Group, Inc. Announces Its Conference Call and Webcast to Discuss 2015 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results - [at noodls] - --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 12, 2016-- (NYSE: AFG) expects to release its 2015 fourth quarter and full year results after on . The release will be available shortly thereafter on AFG's website at www.AFGinc.com. ...01/08/16 07:15 AMAmerican Eagle Outfitters Provides Fourth Quarter Update, Reiterates EPS Guidance, Announces Participation in the 18th Annual ICR Conference - [at noodls] - --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- (NYSE:AEO) today announced that fourth quarter comparable sales to date have increased 4%. The company continues to expect fourth quarter EPS to be in the range of to per diluted share, ...01/06/16 02:40 PMLindners sell millions in their company's stock - 01/04/16 08:28 AMAmerican Financial Group, Inc. Declares Quarterly Dividend - [at noodls] - --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 4, 2016-- (NYSE: AFG) announced that it has declared a regular dividend of per share of Group Common Stock. The dividend is payable on to holders of record on . ... This is an abstract ...12/29/15 07:01 AMAmerican Financial Group, Inc. breached its 50 day moving average in a Bullish Manner : December 29, 2015 - 12/28/15 01:06 PMAMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP INC Files SEC form 8-K, Other Events - 12/28/15 06:15 AMAmerican Financial expects to bank more than $100M from latest sale - [at American City Business Journals] - American Financial Group Inc. has closed on the sale of two insurance companies that will result in $110 million to $115 million in proceeds. The Cincinnati-based insurance company (AFG) completed its sale of United Teacher Associates Insurance Co. and Continental General Insurance Co. to HC2 Holdings Inc. (HCHC). AFG will also provide $35 million in capital support for the companies it sold over the next five years in exchange for 2 million shares of HC2 stock.12/24/15 11:13 PMAmerican Financial Group, Inc. Announces Completion of the Sale of its Long-term Care Business - [at noodls] - American Financial Group, Inc. Announces Completion of the Sale of its Long-term Care Business12/17/15 03:15 PMAmerican Financial Growing on Startups, Buyouts, Launches - 12/14/15 08:36 AMAmerican Financial Group, Inc. breached its 50 day moving average in a Bearish Manner : December 14, 2015 - Social About American Financial Group American Financial Group, Inc. (AFG) is a holding company engaged primarily in property and casualty insurance businesses. The Company, through Great American Insurance Group, focuses on commercial products for businesses, and is engaged in the sale of fixed and fixed-indexed annuities in the retail, financial institutions and education markets. The Company has four segments: Property and casualty insurance, Annuity, Run-off long-term care and life, and Other. AFG's property and casualty operations provide a range of commercial coverages, through its approximately 30 insurance businesses. AFG's property and casualty insurance operations allow local decision-making for underwriting, claims and policy servicing. The Company's property and casualty insurance products include property and transportation, specialty casualty and specialty financial. The Company's Specialty Casualty insurance products include Executive and Professional Liability, and Umbrella and Excess Liability. Industry, Sector and Symbol: Sector: Finance Industry: Property & Casualty Insurance Sub-Industry: Multi-line Insurance Exchange: NYSE Symbol: AFG CUSIP: 02593210 Key Metrics: Previous Close: $71.9050 Day Moving Average: $72.15200 Day Moving Average: $70.00P/E Ratio: 14.97P/E Growth: 1.59Market Cap: $6.32BBeta: 0.81Current Year EPS Consensus Estimate: $5.66 EPSNext Year EPS Consensus Estimate: $5.86 EPS Additional Links: View AFG on Google FinanceView AFG on Yahoo FinanceView AFG's Company Profile on ReutersSearch for American Financial Group Inc. on Google American Financial Group (NYSE:AFG) Chart for Monday, July, 25, 2016


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, Volume 30, Issue 2, pp 252-262
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Does Long-term Grazing by Pack Stock in Subalpine Wet Meadows Result in Lasting Effects on Arthropod Assemblages?
- Jeffrey G. HolmquistAffiliated withUniversity of California White Mountain Research Station Email author
- , Jutta Schmidt-GengenbachAffiliated withUniversity of California White Mountain Research Station
- , Sylvia A. HaultainAffiliated withSequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
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Pack stock are often used in mountain environments and are grazed in uplands and wetlands, particularly subalpine wet meadows. Effects of pack stock on wetland invertebrates are unknown. Sequoia National Park, (Sierra Nevada, USA), was an ideal location for the study of lasting stock impacts on fauna, because a) there was an 18-year database of stock usage, b) there were meadows with little grazing that could be contrasted with grazed meadows, c) there is a long winter with no stock use, and d) the start of grazing for each meadow is controlled, so we could sample after greenup but just before stock arrived. We could thus address persistent conditions produced by many years of stock use in isolation from any potential short term impacts. We sampled terrestrial arthropods in paired "grazed" and "ungrazed" meadows across the Park and collected associated vegetation data. We found some negative effects of grazing on vegetation structure, but few lasting negative or positive effects of long-term stock grazing on arthropods in these wetlands. Although it appears that pack stock do not cause lasting damage to this arthropod assemblage, the extent of impact at the height of the grazing season remains unknown.
KeywordsAraneae Baiting Disturbance Insecta Sierra Nevada (USA) Sweep netting
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- Title
- Does Long-term Grazing by Pack Stock in Subalpine Wet Meadows Result in Lasting Effects on Arthropod Assemblages?
- Journal
Volume 30, Issue 2 , pp 252-262
- Cover Date
- 2010-04
- 10.1007/s13157-010-0020-3
- Print ISSN
- 0277-5212
- Online ISSN
- 1943-6246
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
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- Keywords
- Araneae
- Baiting
- Disturbance
- Insecta
- Sierra Nevada (USA)
- Sweep netting
- Authors
- Author Affiliations
- 1. University of California White Mountain Research Station, 3000 E. Line St., Bishop, CA, 93514, USA
- 2. Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, Three Rivers, CA, 93271, USA


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Skip to comments.McCollum to file lawsuit against health care bill
Posted on 03/21/2010 9:30:36 PM PDT by NoobRep
ORLANDO, FL -- Moments after Congress voted to approve President Obama's health care legislation, Florida's Attorney General announced he will file a lawsuit to declare the bill unconstitutional.
Bill McCollum will join Attorneys General from South Carolina, Nebraska, Texas, Utah, Pennsylvania, Washington, North Dakota and South Dakota to file a lawsuit against the federal government.
"The health care reform legislation passed by the U. S. House of Representatives this evening clearly violates the U.S. Constitution and infringes on each state's sovereignty," McCollum said in a statement distributed late Sunday night.
"If the President signs this bill into law, we will file a lawsuit to protect the rights and the interests of American citizens."
McCollum will hold a press conference at his Orlando office Monday morning to discuss his plans.
They have official immunity anyway.
I don't know about the soccer moms. I know a lot of people who are upset, but I tread carefully among the fellow moms around here. Many of them are big libs, or at least they were in November '08. We're in Montco.
No, you can't.
Liberals are racists. They think they are rich because they got this money from "white" people. Truth is they stole it from honest people, dishonoring parents, stealing from grandparents, conveniencing their lives out of killing their own babies and that of others etc...
Anybody they touch or revere makes these revered automaticaly dishonoring their own loved ones. They are a plague and they will be hated and their honors will not even be used for toilet paper.
Watch this, just watch this. They are a world embarassment of a prostitute of Babylone, the whole lot communist antigod lot of them accross the world. Soddomites indulging in romaticized science, the whole lot of them. May they rot and the worms eat them.
people who don't like a law always yell 'unconstitutional'.
big deal
You technically can sue them via not obeying their orders. Then their suit against you is a suit against them. The example of war criminal is a prime one. AND THEY ARE WAR CRIMINAL BECAUSE SOCIALISM IS INHERENTLY A WAR CRIME.
They never want to fight, but either plead "victimhood" and complain of "hate", or they gain the power to stomp you without you having the ability to fight back. That my friend is the very cowardly Hitlerism against the Jews.
They will now be in full vicious circle death camp mode because they know they are going to be sued. There is no end to this spiral until it all gets revealed and collapses.
This is not a civil matter anymore. Ironic and very Jungian projecting that they turn every single civil peace of legislation into government lead criminal prosecution via thugery and bullying...
what is your point lefty ?
Take your Du talking points elsewhere.
Well, that's what I'm talking about. ;)
Montco... I lived in Hatfield, worked in Horsham and Warrington. Had a friend from Telford, and another in Souderton, but he moved to Q-town.
Indeed, never trust them. You cannot trust a self indulging sinner who is in so deep they could be hanged for treason or war crime. The minute legislation or application of the law against such corruption is enacted, they are D O N E.
They will never let that happen. When it was easy they were cowards, don't expect them when the reality is coming hard on them that they will do the brave thing.
It cannot happen. Save a major thyroid and testicular operation on them and years of spiritual treatment, people like this cannot change and cannot be trusted. It certainly cannot be done by "chance" like this, but a major war or even must occure internaly and externaly for these fools to even start wanting to see differently. Because even wanting to see properly is not enough to purify or to intimate purification from them: as the congress man said, tie our hands, put us in jail, save us from ourselves before it is too late.
A freer nation with less taxes? In our galaxy? Praytell - where is this magical place?
I believe he was on Greta last night. I was impressed.
He sure wants that Governor position. Last week he joined the lawsuit over the endangerment finding.
Where's was Charlie when this happened? Hmmmmm...
It says WA is in on this!!!!!!!!!!!!
We need a WA ping.
It won't happen here in Ohio unless John Kasich is elected governor in November. Our state is run by the marxists as of now.
Well with all that Botox, she's hardly a real woman either.
Personally, I think some of them are Pod People.
It's too bad all those congress Critters are indemnified.
I like to get a pound of flesh from them personally.
Where are you going?
OK, I just want to know - who are we supposed to aim at?
It will get there fast, like the Al Gore vs Bush case. This is a higher profile case than McCain-Feingold. Only political junkies followed McCain-Feingold, but everyone is following Obamacare.
It just happens that this law is unconstitutional.
You are going to claim that this is the freest nation on earth long after it is not. With the passage of Obamacare the freest nation claim is already becoming dubious.
Here's a small amount of comfort: The USSC can say anything they want, but they have no power of enforcement. Yes, Obambi has such, but the if the States/People simply choose not acknowledge such bad USSC decisions and choose to follow the original intent of the Founding Fathers, we COULD prvail. It will take fortitude and possibly civil disobedience, which I've been promoting for some time.
Come and get me SS.
That is my biggest fear. Other than our brave Military and Vets, many of this country have become metro cowardly whiny effeminate wimps. There was a time when real MEN would have marched on DC with weapons on their side to protect our Constitutional heritage.
I applaud the many stalwart patriots in their TEA Party demonstrations, but it has been to NO avail. Did I not tell you?
Worse, the rest of the Country has sat on their ass while watching the latest reality show. Hate to say it, but I can hardly wait for them to get their just due. I long for the day when those "hope and changey" idiots are taxed into oblivion and have to deal with some new regulation that impacts there little soccor practice. But then, I will probably have to pay more taxes for their stupid decisions.
Yes, I'm pissed. Got problem?
It's the end of the American dream I grew up in. I HATE the Joe-six-pack-soccor-moms of this Country. Yes, I said the HATE word, come get me LEO's.
My Country died today because of their selfish little worlds. You who voted for these marxists are beyond my contempt!
You "gimmes" want more stuff? Good luck, because our economy is going to tank and you will have even less. And while I'm sorry for those who didn't support obambi and his socialist agenda I'm sorry for your troubles
Those who did vote for the usurper: eat crap, lose your home, and hope you have to sleep on a street. I did and it's not fun, but then I didn't deserve it as you most certainly do.
Suck soup in a line. Gawd knows I won't be serving you. Hope your children don't suffer, but hope YOU do for voting in these Marxists! See you next Christmas in the line, you frigging idiots!
This is good news!
Nothing at all would surprise me anymore. The federal government appears to be bought and paid for, and unless the states unite and stand up for their rights, it's over. I don't know why they'd start now though, after rolling over for the feds on everything else in the past. Remember the federal highway fund blackmail they used to get the states to bump the drinking age to 21?
Yeah, well, I said the same thing in another thread. That is actually our best legal arguement out of this mess.
Read through these threads and other boards. Countless clueless claim they are not going to be forced to buy health insurance. It's actually in the Senate bill tha the House just passed.
Think of the millions and millions of youngsters who will say WTF? Really? I don't have the money. Then what? Oh yeah, the IRS with their new 16,000 agents will investigate and make them pay into Obambicare.
This is going to be funny to watch the IRS try to collect from kids who have squat. Wonder if the new and improved and newly armed IRS will go after the parents' assets? Wouldn't doubt it. We are now in the Brave New World where everyone MUST buy health insurance or have your assets taxed or be fined or imprisonment.
I'm going to love to see how that "Hopey Changey" thing works out for all those idiot college kids and their liberal parents. RWII is coming. Mark this post.
This thing is about as transparent as mud, but I think the provision for a fine is based on income at this point. No income no fine, though that might be imputed to the parents/guardian for a dependent.
38 or so HAVE decided to unite.
God bless Bill McCollum.
Exactly. Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
Not even when the Japanese did.
Although some protion of the bill might be covered under the federal power to regulate interstate commerce, it is difficult to see any enumerated power in the Constitution that permits the federal government to implement such a vast medical care program on its own delegated authority.
It is a settled point of law that, under the concept of "dual sovereignty," federal law can govern the activities of individuals, but it cannot govern a state or require it to do anything, including enforcing a federal law. [Printz v. United States and Mack v. United States, (June 27, 1997)]
The Court has, however, ruled that the federal government, under something called "cooperative federalism," can allow the States, within limits established by federal minimum standards, to enact and administer their own regulatory programs, structured to meet their own particular needs. If they don't, then the regulatory burden is entirely up to the feds. Hodel v. Virginia Surface Mining & Recl. Assn., 452 U.S. 264 (1981)
Under what is termed the federal "spending power," Congress may use monetary allocations to achieve its aims.
["The clause thought to authorize the legislation, the first, confers upon the Congress power 'to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States..." U.S. v. Butler, 297 U.S. 1 (1936)]
In New York v. United States 505 US 144 (1992), the Court declared: "...the Constitution authorizes Congress "to pay the Debts and provide for the . . . general Welfare of the United States." Art. I, 8, cl. 1. As conventional notions of the proper objects of government spending have changed over the years, so has the ability of Congress to "fix the terms on which it shall disburse federal money to the States..."
"...'Congress may attach conditions on the receipt of federal funds.' South Dakota v. Dole, 483 U. S., at 206. Such conditions must (among other requirements) bear some relationship to the purpose of the federal spending, id., at 207-208, and n. 3; otherwise, of course, the spending power could render academic the Constitution's other grants and limits of federal authority. Where the recipient of federal funds is a State, as is not unusual today, the conditions attached to the funds by Congress may influence a State's legislative choices. See Kaden, Politics, Money, and State Sovereignty: The Judicial Role, 79 Colum. L. Rev. 847, 874-881 (1979). Dole was one such case: The Court found no constitutional flaw in a federal statute directing the Secretary of Transportation to withhold federal highway funds from States failing to adopt Congress' choice of a minimum drinking age. Similar examples abound. See, e. g., Fullilove v. Klutznick, 448 U.S. 448, 478-480 (1980); Massachusetts v. United States, 435 U.S. 444, 461-462 (1978); Lau v. Nichols, 414 U.S. 563, 568-569 (1974); Oklahoma v. Civil Service Comm'n, 330 U.S. 127, 142-144 (1947)." and .."if a State's citizens view federal policy as sufficiently contrary to local interests, they may elect to decline a federal grant..."
So that is part of the key to responding to this. The states are free to decline the program (such as the expanded Medicaid,) but that also means declining the federal money and the strings attached to it.
/sarc Yeah..that's why the Supreme Court eviscerated most of McCain/Fiengold and declared most of that law unconstitutional right?
Tom Corbett is running for governor and is the Republican favorite. Great guy.
My point is this: We'll see how long they carry on the fight, if the court doesn't throw it out. Will they decide to stand their ground, or will they decide to fold like cardboard, the way so many have done on several previous issues? I hope the hell this is the line in the sand, but from previous experience, I'll believe it when I see it.
The Supreme Court agreed with the "people who yelled "unconstitutionalal"" on McCain/Feingold, no?
As long as it takes, till we vote the Democrats and 0bama out of power and repeal it ourselves.
" Will they decide to stand their ground, or will they decide to fold like cardboard, the way so many have done on several previous issues? "
Umm...it took 8 years after McCain/Feingold was passed before the SCOTUS finally repealed most of it. No one "folded like cardboard".
That is why we put our trust in God and not men. Mankind will always fail; God is always faithful.
This will be a hoot.
I own nothing. I have no income and so do not file a tax return, haven't for years. Why file a piece of paper that says $0.00?
So how do I live? I take care of elderly relatives. They provide me with room and board, even allow me to use their computer.
I guess the Feds will have to throw me, also an old Navy vet, into the grey-bar hotel.
The sooner the better.
Wondering if Mike Cox in MI is on board. It would certainly give a huge boost to his run for governor.
Wait and see...I don't think he has the...cherries, personally.
He stated on FB he would only if the Deem/pass was used. If he doesn't, he gives Hoekstra lots of ammunition.
Looking for NY on the list.
What? No NY?
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The most recent album from post-punk rockers The Fall may just be a diamond in the rough from "the best new band in Britain," as one critic called them. A curious designation, as Reformation Post-TLC is generally regarded as The Fall's 26th album, and one source even puts their true career total at around 90.
For three decades, onetime Manchester dockworker Mark E. Smith has been ending and then beginning again. In January 2006, a reporter from the Guardian in England wrote a piece about tracking down all 43 of the band members Smith had used up. That May, three more escaped his sardonic wrath by hopping on a plane, mid-tour, in Phoenix.
So the next day, he flew to Los Angeles with his keyboardist wife — his second keyboardist wife, to be exact — and cut Reformation Post-TLC with some fresh American musicians.
Odd as it may seem, Mark E. Smith is perhaps best understood as the post-punk James Brown. That may seem a strange thing to say about a working-class song poet renowned for his mad, knotty, verbose rants. But The Fall has always been about the headlong momentum of Smith's delivery, and the drive of ensembles that always nailed the same signature groove. Above all, The Fall are a groove band (or, at least, a series of them).
The rants themselves are a little less knotty than usual on this album. When his keyboardist Eleni Poulou takes a song, things get a mite too quiet. There's an unfortunate, slow, 11-minute electronic-noise experiment and a rather sweet if barely tonal cover of Merle Haggard's "White Line Fever."
But especially for the first half, Reformation Post-TLC's groove is simultaneously hilarious and unrelenting. Smith turned 50 years old in March, but his energy puts wonders of science like Iggy Pop to shame. He hasn't just maintained physically, but spiritually, as well.
One couldn't in good conscience recommend joining Smith's band. But happily, not everyone will follow that advice.
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Saturday morning began early for Henderson County students as many headed to Asheville to compete in the Wade Edwards Mock Trial competition at the Buncombe County courthouse.
The day began at 9 a.m. for registration with the final round not ending until after 6 p.m. Eleven students from Henderson County took home honors for their courtroom performances.
The mock case involved the fictional state of Utopia vs. Tracy Palmer. Palmer was accused of the premeditated murder in the first degree of his long time friend.
After hours of objections and witness testimony, students found themselves in the large fifth-floor courtroom awaiting to hear which school would be moving on to the final round.
At the end of the award presentations, it was announced that West Henderson High School would be competing against Hendersonville High School. Both teams were excited to be competing against each other, but that was before it was announced that the scores had been added incorrectly. West would not be moving on. Instead, Graystone Day from the Charlotte area would take the school's place.
Students and parents from West Henderson were not happy to hear the news, but were content with the students' performance for the day. Hendersonville High School put on a strong fight against Graystone Day, objecting at every opportunity and staying on their feet. By the end of the case, no one in the courtroom knew who would be moving on to the state competition.
Either way, both schools had performed on a level close to that of pre-law students. Graystone Day won, but Hendersonville High School was glad to be returning to the final round after their two-year absence. Adam Roper of Hendersonville High School said, "For our first year back it was pretty good."
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Skip to comments.House bypasses governors veto to claim Oklahomas sovereignty
Posted on 05/06/2009 7:39:50 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
Although Gov. Brad Henry vetoed similar legislation 10 days earlier, House members Monday again approved a resolution claiming Oklahomas sovereignty.
Unlike House Joint Resolution 1003, House Concurrent Resolution 1028 does not need the governors approval.
The House passed the measure 73-22. It now goes to the Senate.
"Were going to get it done one way or the other, said the resolutions author, Rep. Charles Key, R-Oklahoma City.
"I think our governor is out of step.
House Democrats objected, saying the issue already had been taken up and had been vetoed, but House Speaker Pro Tempore Kris Steele, R-Shawnee, ruled the veto is not final action.
Key said he expects HCR 1028 will pass in the Senate. HJR 1003 earlier passed the House 83-18 and won approval in the Senate 29-18.
Henry vetoed HJR 1003 because he said it suggested, among other things, that Oklahoma should return federal tax dollars.
Key said HCR 1028, which, if passed, would be sent to Democratic President Barack Obama and the Democratic-controlled Congress, would not jeopardize federal funds but would tell Congress to "get back into their proper constitutional role. The resolution states the federal government should "cease and desist mandates that are beyond the scope of its powers.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsok.com ...
Excellent news. Hopefully more states will start fighting back against tyranny.
"House Democrats objected, saying the issue already had been taken up and had been vetoed"
Dem's just hate it when they have to follow the 'rule of law' and the Constitution (State or U.S.).
Unless, of course, it's in their favor.
Yes exactly! One state needed to take the lead.
Bless those Okies!
In researching which states to move to upon retirement, OK seems to be the leader of the pack as far as conservatism goes. They vote Republican at a higher percentage than other states (I know, these days that may not be a consrvative thing but...) And their anti-illegal immigration laws are top notch.
Making plans to move back to McLoud, OK... my home town... Yippeee!!!
>Hopefully more states will start fighting back against tyranny.
Maybe we should buy a copy of Liberty and Tyranny for our representatives, governors, and such.
N.C. WAS on the list what happened?
Bingo. This is what this country needs.
I hope this state sovereignty thing is a growing trend. States rights have been stripped away from us for years.
The American people are no longer being represented, and they know it!
The tea parties are going to get bigger and bigger. Thank God, people are finally speaking up.
If you want on
or off this list
Freepmail me.
We get it right down here. Now, if we can get the governorship back this state can really move forward.
This is great news. The politicians in Washington must be dumbfounded.
Can you ping someone that can ping Tennesee as well?
Well, since I'm from New York, I guess being on the OKLAHOMA ping list isn't quite the place to be.
But thanks for the invite anyway!
Our Governor is a doofus Dem. He served his first term, acted rather conservative and got reelected, but this second term has him firmly in the Dem fold and proudly showing his colors. Good thing he's term limited, altho I really doubt he would be reelected even if he could run.
Another step forward for the Constitution.
Let's all join in support of the Tenth Amendment.
It wasn't really an invite...I was just pinging Oklahoma to your most excellent post!
A meaningless gesture. The piece of paper has no teeth.
Link of facts, please?
The story is the link.
The piece of paper is asking Washington to be Constitutional. What do you think the answer will be?
It`s red meat to the masses that does nothing but temporarily satiate and calms.
Hasn't passed the Senate yet.
I read one states docs that had specifics that the feds must commit in order for the state to break away. Gun rights, in basic language, the U.N. usurping the U.S.I do not think it is an immediate action, only one that breaks away when the feds and the U.N. and Obama go (pardon the droll black helicopter term ) all NWO global.
Good for those people
Good for those people
And Texas in a strong way.
It is odd that Tx. and NC are missing from the list of states all of a sudden.
Leave New Orleans behind and it might work.
Now if Texas would only do the same. Obama is driving states out of the union with his big taxes and tyranny.
I'll ask again why is Tx. and NC no longer on the list? Anybody know?
Not funny. Don't be dissin NOLA man! Baton Rouge nor yankee La. are much better. LOL.
Sorry, States do not have a Constitutional leg to stand on and declare unilateral cessation from the Union.
You have ol` Abe to thank for that USSC decision. He packed the court with his stooges and they made up this law from nothing.
There are alot of things done today that are supposedly not of the rules of law. I suggest the right all live on the right of the USA and the left the left. We can historically name it the Marxist-Conservative line.
I hope the tea parties get tremendously huge!!!
OBAMA: " Joe, is that the sound of State's Right's adovcates tryin' tuh f**k up my sh*t?"
BIDEN: "Duh... I dunno..."
You've been brainwashed, and have it exactly backward.
The federal government is a creation of the states, and the people thereof. The Constitution defines the federal government, and the limits within which it must exist.
The powers not specifically delegated to the federal government, are retained by the states and the people.
Voluntary association. Abe was wrong in forcing the issue. The length of time someone believes a "wrong" thing does not make it any more true or logical. This goes double for the FedGov and the SCOTUS.
Tennessee Senate Affirms Sovereignty under the 10th Amendment
On May 4th, the Tennessee State Senate voted unanimously in support of Senate Joint Resolution 311 (31 yay - 0 nay). The resolution, sponsored by Senator Randy McNally, is designed to send Congress a message that the federal government has overstepped its Constitutional bounds by mandating a massive amount of federal policies upon the states in violation of the 10th Amendment.
The resolution now awaits transmittal to the House.
Read the full text below:
WHEREAS, the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States reads as follows:
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.; and
WHEREAS, the Tenth Amendment defines the total scope of federal power as being that specifically granted by the Constitution of the United States and no more; and
WHEREAS, the scope of power defined by the Tenth Amendment means that the federal government was created by the states specifically to be an agent of the states; and
WHEREAS, today, in 2009, the states are demonstrably treated as agents of the federal government; and
WHEREAS, many federal laws are directly in violation of the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; and
WHEREAS, the Tenth Amendment assures that we, the people of the United States of America and each sovereign state in the Union of States, now have, and have always had, rights the federal government may not usurp; and
WHEREAS, Article IV, Section 4 says, The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and the Ninth Amendment states that The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people; and
WHEREAS, the United States Supreme Court has ruled in New York v. United States, 112 S. Ct. 2408 (1992), that Congress may not simply commandeer the legislative and regulatory processes of the states; and
WHEREAS, a number of proposals from previous administrations and some now pending from the present administration and from Congress may further violate the Constitution of the United States; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, that the State of Tennessee hereby claims sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the Constitution of the United States.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this serve as Notice and Demand to the federal government, as our agent, to cease and desist, effective immediately, mandates that are beyond the scope of these constitutionally delegated powers.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that all compulsory federal legislation which directs states to comply under threat of civil or criminal penalties or sanctions or requires states to pass legislation or lose federal funding be prohibited or repealed.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of this resolution be distributed to the President of the United States, the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, the Speaker of the House and the Speaker of the Senate of each states legislature of the United States of America, and each member of the Tennessee Congressional Delegation.
What happened to Tx. and NC doing this?
Your post was a link. After visiting it I thought it was worth the real thing as a post. I'm from Tennessee and wasn't aware of the event.
NC? Tx? I don't know
Welcome back!
I agree, never said it was right.
Ol` Abe was a tyrant and proved it stacking the court with his stooges to make up law out of nothing .
Naturally, i agree. The Fed is i`m guessing about 80% unconstitutional. Even Jefferson asked for an amendment to the constitution for the fed to get involved in education.
" The bill does not have any practical legal effect "
Henry vetoed HJR 1003 because he said it suggested, among other things, that Oklahoma should return federal tax dollars.
Because the gov is a DEMOCRAT.
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The Billings Gazette, Martin Kidston, Associated Press
CODY, Wyo. — For a biologist who aspired to work as an oceanographer, Steve Yekel is a long way from the sea.
And who should be thankful for this geographical mix-up? Wyoming's population of Yellowstone cutthroat trout, for one, and anglers keen on river access.
Yekel is in his 35th year as a freshwater biologist for Wyoming Game and Fish, continuing a career capped by innovation, accolades and promotions.
His stories date to 1977, the year he moved to the region to conduct fish counts on the Shoshone River. Despite his years on the job, Yekel, when joking with his peers, shows no signs of slowing down.
"I like what I'm doing," he said. "We're doing some good things, we think, for the resource."
Yekel was promoted in 2002 to fisheries supervisor for the Cody district of Wyoming Game and Fish. The year before, he was recognized by the American Fisheries Society for his work on restoring Yellowstone cutthroat trout.
Once headed for endangered species status, the imperiled trout is making a fragile comeback, thanks in part to the work being done by Yekel and his staff of biologists.
"We just completed Dead Indian Creek, restoring that drainage to Yellowstone cutthroat," said Yekel. "We've got another project over in the Bighorns to remove brook trout from the headwaters of South Paintrock Creek."
Yekel and his staff also are looking to create fish ladders, like those being built on the Greybull River, to help Yellowstone cutthroat and other species navigate the manmade obstacles in their way.
Diversion dams and irrigation canals make it difficult for fish to migrate from winter habitat to high-elevation streams, where they typically spawn.
"We're in the process of developing this large database that shows where these diversions are," Yekel said. "We're developing plans to keep the fish out of the canals and find ways for them to get over the dams."
Yekel earned his bachelor's degree in biology and his master's in zoology from the University of Wyoming. He wanted to become an oceanographer, but a chance to study invertebrates on the North Platte River helped changed his plans.
His experience on the Platte was needed on the Shoshone River, where accurate estimates on fish populations were lacking.
"I did population estimates between the diversion dams on as many fishes as we could count," said Yekel. "It was very difficult with the stuff we used back then to get much. Now, we can do a lot better job. We've refined those techniques tremendously."
Over the next 25 years, through fish counts and restoration efforts, Yekel's accomplishments added up.
He helped found the Game and Fish Biologists Association in 1998, serving as its first president. As president of the Great Plains Fisheries Worker Association, he established a scholarship for aspiring fish biologists at the University of Wyoming.
Now, as district supervisor, Yekel is working to improve Shoshone River access. Additional boat ramps and take-outs are high on his list of goals, along with building the partnerships with private landowners to make it happen.
"If we don't do it now, it's going to be very difficult to do in the future," Yekel said. "We're getting folks in who want their own little part of the world, and they're not very interested in access sharing. We need to step it up."
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Belmont coach Rick Byrd remembers his players' wide-eyed looks, their innocent expressions, their sense of awe.
Six years ago, the Bruins were NCAA tournament rookies.
Strangers in a strange land.
"You say all the right things, but your mentality is really is like your first time at Disney World," Byrd said Thursday. "You're looking around and you don't know what to expect, and you are pretty much just happy to be there."
Those days are long gone. The Bruins now know their way around March's amusement park.
In Friday's opening round of the Midwest Regional. No. 14 seed Belmont (27-7), once an unknown small-school curiosity, will make its fifth tournament appearance in seven years. The Bruins, who lost their season opener by one point at Duke, will try to upset No. 3 seed Georgetown (23-8), a first-round knockout victim the past two years.
The Bruins haven't slayed any giants yet in the NCAAs. But they've been close.
On March 20, 2008, Belmont had its one shining moment. With a national TV audience tuned in and office workers from coast to coast holding their bracket sheets in terror, the Bruins led Duke by a point before Gerald Henderson's driving layup with 12 seconds left bailed out the Blue Devils.
Belmont may have lost the game, but won hearts and respect.
"It did wonders for us in terms of recognition and in terms of belonging, and that was the third straight year in the NCAA Tournament," said Byrd, who has been at the Nashville, Tenn., school for 26 seasons. "Every high school player, every recruit wants to play in the NCAA Tournament. We could at that point say, well, the odds are pretty good here. We've gone three straight years."
The Bruins went 30-5 and made it again last year before losing in the first round to Wisconsin.
According to senior guard Drew Hanlen, the Bruins began this season with three goals: to win the Atlantic Sun Conference regular-season title, the conference tournament and "multiple games in the NCAA tournament."
"We've been waiting for this day since that Wisconsin loss last year," said the 5-foot-11 Hanlen, who made 48 percent of his 3-point tries this season.
The Hoyas have anxiously anticipated this tournament, too, for a far different reason.
Georgetown's past two NCAA trips have been brief.
As a No. 6 seed last season, the Hoyas were thumped 76-56 by Virginia Commonwealth, the Rams' first win on their shocking run to the Final Four. It was a similar story for Georgetown in 2010, when the third-seeded Hoyas were stunned 97-87 by No. 13 seed Ohio.
Those losses are part of an inglorious history these Hoyas don't want to add to.
"We all know what happened," said senior guard Jason Clark, one of only three upperclassmen on Georgetown's roster. "It's definitely a motivator. Everybody has it in the back of their mind. We try not to focus on it. We know we didn't do it in those games. So we want to learn from our mistakes, and that's what we've been working all year for."
Hoyas center Henry Sims believes it's unfair for this year's squad to be constantly reminded of past failures.
"It's hard for people to forget what happened until you make something different happen," said the 6-foot-10 Sims, whose size could give the Bruins trouble. "So it gets kind of repetitive when people talk about it, but the best way for us to fix that is to win this first game."
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Video game coverage in my school newspaper, help me out!
By Jayross 23 Comments
I have joined my school newspaper, and have been given an entire page to dedicate to video games.
As an aspiring video game journalists (yikes!) joining my school newspaper was a relatively easy step. Now I have to figure out what kind of coverage I should be working on. Let me give you a bit of information about the paper...
We are having 5 issues for the year, so I will not be able to cover every game in a very timely manner. For instance, I won't be able to cover Halo: Reach as by the time the issue comes out, it would hold much relevance.
My deadline for content is November 3rd, so I need to decide what games I should review for the November issue.
Medal of Honor: October 12th, 2010
By the time our issue comes out, Medal of Honor will have been out for over a month. I might have a quick blurb about it, but I doubt I will do a full review. I'm also not sure what significance this game will have for the mainstream. I will have to wait until I get to play the singleplayer.
Fallout: New Vegas: October 19th, 2010
Fallout 3 was very popular among my classmates back in 2008, so there should be some interest in New Vegas. A review 20 days later shouldn't be that bad for such a (hopefully) large game, but the gap is still rather significant.
Fable III: October 26th, 2010
I'll be honest: I have never played a Fable game, despite it being fairly popular with some of my friends when Fable II first came out. Given my lack of experience with the series, I'm not sure if I should review it. On the flip side, I doubt anyone reading the paper will really care about that at all. It comes out late in October, so the review should be somewhat timely.
Rock Band 3: October 26th, 2010
I think everyone I know is burnt out on music games. I also don't know if I want to shell out for another plastic instrument. I will probably pass on covering this for the paper.
Black Ops and Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood will come out early/mid November, most likely too late for the November issue.
I was going to have one or two highlighted reviews, most likely of Fable III and Fallout: New Vegas. I will have a blurb about Medal of Honor, maybe talking about the Taliban "controversy".
Then, I will have a section looking forward. There I can briefly talk about Black Ops, AC: B, and maybe the World of Warcraft expansion.
So, sound like a good start?
What do you guys think about the choice of games I will be reviewing? How about the format?
Any tips about how to make this appealing to an average reader?


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In this episode of the Consumerism Commentary Podcast Tom Dziubek speaks with Jeff Rose, Certified Financial Planner™ about financial planning. Jeff talks about different professional designations for financial planners and what it takes to become certified. He shares with Consumerism Commentary Podcast listeners some of the trends he sees with his clients, advice that could benefit everyone.
Tom also interviews Jeff Bartlett, online editor for autos at Consumer Reports, about how the magazine tests and evaluates cars. Jeff also shares suggestions for shoppers who are currently in the market for a safe, reliable car, either new or used, and offers tips for negotiating with car salespeople.
To listen, use the player above (Adobe Flash required), download the podcast here, subscribe to the podcast RSS feed, or use the iTunes link. Note: open links in a new window (Ctrl-click or Command-click) to avoid interrupting the podcast.
[00:00] Introduction from Flexo and an announcement about Money Quantum
[00:58] Interview with Jeff Rose, Certified Financial Planner
– [01:12] Difference between Financial Planners and Financial Advisers
– [01:57] The CFP and other designations
– [04:50] Jeff's website, Good Financial Cents
– [06:36] Changes in saving habits since the beginning of the recession
– [08:10] Tom asks Jeff for free 401(k) advice
[13:02] Interview with Jeff Bartlett, Autos Deputy Editor for Consumer Reports
– [13:15] Auto testing methodology at Consumer Reports
– [15:05] How Consumer Reports handles reliability reports from customers
– [17:02] Consumer Reports' perceived bias towards foreign cars
– [19:20] Qualifications for the Cash for Clunkers program
– [21:17] Possibility of Cash for Clunkers hurting domestic car sales
– [22:12] American cars that have made the best strides in fuel efficiency
– [22:46] Best buys for new cars
– [23:58] Negotiating with car salesmen
– [26:37] Best choices for used cars
[28:58] End
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Jano Starker: Cello Concertos
Antal Doráti, János Starker, London Symphony Orchestra & Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
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Nacido(a): 09 de abril de 1906 en Budapest, Hungary
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Años de actividad: '20s, '30s, '40s, '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s
Most of us only think of the great Antal Dorati as a conductor, but this prominent Hungarian came from a family of musicians and started the study of music at the age of five, learning the cello a couple of years later and composition lessons beginning at 12; this in spite of the fact that he had already written several works, including three operas with original libretti, all of which he considered to be immature effords. His first composition teacher was Leo Weiner (1885-1960) who had a profound...Biografía completa
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Website puts focus on eco-homes
Wednesday 6 June 2012
Realestate.co.nz will promote environmentally-friendly and energy-efficient properties in a new deal with home environmental rating system Homestar.
By Benn Bathgate
Alistair Helm, chief executive of Realestate.co.nz, said the alliance was a natural fit for the company as the real estate industry was increasingly recognising that eco-efficiency improved the value of a home.
"Evidence from overseas shows that homes with a proven low environmental impact are more appealing to buyers and will increase in value," Helm said.
He said Homestar was well established within the building industry as the benchmark in New Zealand for the design and construction of sustainable homes.
The deal means all homes with a Homestar Certified Assessment that are for sale via Realestate.co.nz will get a premium listing on the website, with links to information about the environmentally sustainable elements of the house.
"More and more Kiwi property hunters will be looking for the Homestar symbol to assess a home's overall impact on the environment and ongoing running costs," Helm said.
"This is a clear message for home sellers to think about how a Homestar rating could improve the value of their home and help it sell faster."
Homestar director Krista Ferguson said the tie-in with Realestate.co.nz marked a significant step forward in improving the overall quality and performance of the country's housing stock.
"Houses that are warmer, drier, more energy efficient and kinder to the environment will always be more appealing to buyers," she said.
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