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Video: "Hell, no, you can't!"
posted at 9:30 am on March 22, 2010 by Ed Morrissey
"In this economy, with this unemployment, with our desperate need for jobs and economic growth, is this really the time to raise taxes, to create bureaucracies, and burden every job creator in our land?" So began the final effort by House Minority Leader John Boehner to turn the tide on ObamaCare, mainly by answering a series of difficult questions. Boehner really caught fire in the middle of the speech when he asked Democrats if they had even bothered to read the bill or any of its sidebars or amendments, ending with a "Hell no, you haven't!" Not surprisingly, this was one of the most popular moments for Hot Air commenters on the live thread. Most of it, however, was somber and sad, as Boehner said, "Shame on us, shame on this body, shame on each and every one of you who substitutes your will and your desires above those of your fellow countrymen." Full speech is below:
"Mr. Speaker and my colleagues, I rise tonight with a sad and heavy heart. Today, we should be standing together, reflecting on a year of bipartisanship, and working to answer our country's call and their challenge to address the rising costs of health insurance in our country. Today, this body, this institution, enshrined in the first article of the Constitution by our Founding Fathers as a sign of the importance they placed on this House, should be looking with pride on this legislation and our work.
"But it is not so. No, today we're standing here looking at a health care bill that no one in this body believes is satisfactory. Today we stand here amidst the wreckage of what was once the respect and honor that this House was held in by our fellow citizens.
"And we all know why it is so. We have failed to listen to America. And we have failed to reflect the will of our constituents. And when we fail to reflect that will – we fail ourselves and we fail our country.
"Look at this bill. Ask yourself: do you really believe that if you like the health plan that you have, that you can keep it? No, you can't. In this economy, with this unemployment, with our desperate need for jobs and economic growth, is this really the time to raise taxes, to create bureaucracies, and burden every job creator in our land? The answer is no. Can you go home and tell your senior citizens that these cuts in Medicare will not limit their access to doctors or further weaken the program instead of strengthening it? No, you cannot. Can you go home and tell your constituents with confidence that this bill respects the sanctity of all human life, and that it won't allow for taxpayer funding of abortion for the first time in 30 years? No, you cannot.
"And look at how this bill was written. Can you say it was done openly, with transparency and accountability? Without backroom deals, and struck behind closed doors, hidden from the people? Hell no, you can't! Have you read the bill? Have you read the reconciliation bill? Have you read the manager's amendment? Hell no, you haven't!
"Mr. Speaker, in a few minutes, we will cast some of the most consequential votes that any of us will ever cast in this chamber. The decision we make will affect every man, woman and child in this nation for generations to come. If we're going to vote to defy the will of the American people, then we ought to have the courage to stand before them and announce our votes, one at a time. I sent a letter to the Speaker this week asking that the 'call of the roll' be ordered for this vote. Madame Speaker, I ask you. Will you, in the interest of this institution, grant my request? Will you, Mr. Speaker, grant my request that we have a call of the roll? Mr. Speaker, will you grant my request that we have a call of the roll?
"My colleagues, this is the People's House. When we came here, we each swore an oath to uphold and abide by the Constitution as representatives of the people. But the process here is broken. The institution is broken.
"And as a result, this bill is not what the American people need, nor what our constituents want. Americans are out there are making sacrifices and struggling to build a better future for their kids. And over the last year as the damn-the-torpedoes outline of this legislation became more clear, millions lifted their voices, and many for the first time, asking us to slow down, not try to cram through more than the system could handle. Not to spend money that we didn't have. In this time of recession, they wanted us to focus on jobs, not more spending, not more government, certainly not more taxes.
"But what they see today frightens them. They're frightened because they don't know what comes next. They're disgusted, because they see one political party closing out the other from what should be a national solution. And they are angry. They are angry that no matter how they engage in this debate, this body moves forward against their will.
"Shame on us. Shame on this body. Shame on each and every one of you who substitutes your will and your desires above those of your fellow countrymen.
"Around this chamber, looking upon us are the lawgivers – from Moses, to Gaius, to Blackstone, to Thomas Jefferson. By our actions today, we disgrace their values. We break the ties of history in this chamber. We break our trust with Americans.
"When I handed the Speaker the gavel in 2007, I said: "this is the people's House – and the moment a majority forgets this, it starts writing itself a ticket to minority status. If we pass this bill, there will be no turning back. It will be the last straw for the American people. And In a democracy, you can only ignore the will of the people for so long and get away with it. And if we defy the will of our fellow citizens and pass this bill, we are going to be held to account by those who have placed us in their trust. We will have shattered those bonds of trust.
"I beg you. I beg each and every one of you on both sides of the aisle: Do not further strike at the heart of this country and this institution with arrogance, for surely you will not strike with impunity. I ask each of you to vow never to let this happen again – this process, this defiance of our citizens. It is not too late to begin to restore the bonds of trust with our Nation and return comity to this institution.
"And so, join me. Join me in voting against this bill, so that we may come together anew, and address this challenge of health care in a manner that brings credit to this body, and brings credit to the ideals of this nation, and most importantly, it reflects the will our people."
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Referring to any massively pregnant woman who has retained advanced dexterity in daily activities. Observers marvel at both the miracle of life and the developmental mom's freakish mobility, likened to the heroism of Lions' WR Calvin Johnson.
Those iron supplements were stocked way up high, but Pregatron managed to haul them in with crisp alacrity.
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The vengeful act of crapping on a lover's chest while they sleep.Buy the plush

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By- Jim Rouse, BRP Media
Ocala, FL
It's the World of Outlaws Late Model Series and the Bubba Army Hobby Stocks presented by Ferrea Racing Components turn to take to the 3/8 mile track of Bubba Raceway Park and the action is as hot as Darrell Lanigan's 2012 season.
Our Hobby Stock drivers sent what Grady Christian called "6 of the best in Florida" and they all went at it for a $1000 prize. Kevin Durden dominated the first 13 laps but when it came to crunch time he had plenty of good company on his back. Going into turn 3 Sean Monoghan dove for 2nd and lost it all as his #51 broke loose to set-up the Green White Checkers. Durden had Tim Gay, winner last time out, and "Shady" Grady Christian trailing and when Gay fell off the pace it let Christian squeeze right into 2nd from starting position #6. Gay actually brought the yellow out as he was unable to exit the track which left "Big KD" to hold off "Shady Grady" and Brian Morgan. Christian seized the opportunity and forgot about the berm in turn 1, held his ground, and escaped the leader. Car #36 led just half a lap but it was the most important part and Grady Christian earned a cool $1000. Durden was a disappointing 2nd while Brian Morgan, Hunter Gustafson, and Devin Walker rounded out the top 5, respectively.
For the 6th time the World of Outlaws Late Models made the trip to Bubba Raceway Park and every driver was trying to make the trip worth it, especially with $7000 on the line. Action started off quickly when Josh Richards, Mike Marlar, and Darrell Lanigan all broke the track record set by Lanigan 364 days ago. Richards won the Ohlen Racing Shocks Fast Qualifer Award with a 13.771 (98.03 MPH) that probably won't last very long with the way the track has been progressing. The 4 heat races were quite simple as the top 4 of each would lock-in to the A Main feature- Richards, Marlar, and Lanigan all won their heats from pole and Brady Smith won the fourth from the outside pole. The B Main races were quite entertaining as local driver and WoO Rookie of the Year candidate Dillon Wood charged to 2nd and earned the 20th starting spot. Wood joined Ivedent Lloyd, Jr. and Mark Whitener as the Local Representatives. Eric Wells dominated his B Main race and Shane Clanton cruised to victory in the 2nd B Main. The Keyser Manufacturing Last Chance Showdown pitted 3 of the biggest names in the sport right now- Clint Smith, Chub Frank, and Billy Moyer- against each other for 1 transfer spot. The catch, however, was that Frank and Smith had provisionals to fall back on. No matter as "Cat Daddy" Clint Smith won the Last Chance. Frank and Kent Robinson would use the Provisional starting spots while Moyer was sent to the grandstands for the night.
Rick Eckert drew pole for the 35-lapper with Scott James on his outside. Josh Richards and Darrell Lanigan made up row #2 and Ivedent Lloyd, Jr. would grid in 5th. After the field completed 1 lap Tim Fuller, Whitener, and Wood caused the biggest accident of the night and it would force Whitener to retire from the race. Fuller would struggle to a 17th place finish and Wood limped home in 13th. Action got back under way and Eckert was not pulling away from 3-time track champion Ivedent Lloyd, Jr. "The Professor" dove underneath of "Scrub" and put his family-owned #21 on top of the scoreboard as the yellow flew for a slowing Ray Cook. Review of the scoring devices would count the lap and give Lloyd the lead with 25 laps left. Lloyd held the point through a lap 13 caution for Fuller, "Cat Daddy," and "Chubzilla" on the backstretch but gave it up when Darrell Lanigan used the high line to overtake the Ocala driver. With 2 to go Bub McCool, the reigning Rookie of the Year, stalled on the backstretch- bitten by the Sophomore Slump- setting up a restart with Lanigan leading Tim McCreadie (who had just used a Lloyd slip-up to jump to 2nd), Ivedent Lloyd, Jr., James, and "Rocket Man." Lanigan waved goodbye while "Rocket Man" rocketed into 3rd as he barely got nipped at the line by "T-Mac." Ivedent Lloyd, Jr. was the top finishing non-World of Outlaws champion in 4th but what could have been for "The Professor?" Scott James finished a solid 5th leaving the chassis builders with a nightmare: Rocket-Warrior-Rocket-Snow Brothers- Warrior!
Josh Richards carries the points lead into Saturday's action which will be a 50-lapper for $10,000 while the Hobby Stocks will again battle for a $1000 prize. Action starts at 7 so pits open at 4 and grandstands at 5 for tomorrow- you don't want to miss it! For more info check out www.bubbaracewaypark.com or call us at 352-622-9400!
Bubba Raceway Park Results (2/15/13)
World of Outlaws Late Models
Ohlen Racing Shocks Fast Qualifer: 1 Josh Richards 13.771 (98.03 MPH)
1- 29 Darrell Lanigan
2- 39 Tim McCreadie
3- 1 Josh Richards
4- 21 Ivedent Lloyd, Jr.
5- 1G Scott James
6- 25 Shane Clanton
7- 5B Mike Marlar
8- B5 Brandon Sheppard
9- 24 Rick Eckert
10- 2 Brady Smith
11- 7R Kent Robinson
12- 25Z Mason Zeigler
13- 1W Dillon Wood
14- 14M Morgan Bagley
15- 1* Chub Frank
16- 18 Eric Wells
17- 19 Tim Fuller
18- 57J Bub McCool
19- 49 Jonathan Davenport
20- 28 Jimmy Mars
21- 44 Clint Smith
22- 11 Pat Doar
23- 53 Ray Cook
24- 71D Ron Davies
25- 58 Mark Whitener
Hobby Stocks
1- 36 Grady Christian
2- 17 Kevin Durden
3- 9L Brian Morgan
4- 15 Hunter Gustafson
5- 55JR Devin Walker
6- 12 Donnie Ashford
7- 51 Sean Monoghan
8- 14 William Edwards
9- 57 Wally Schneider
10- 19 Brian Shea
11- 90 Tim Gay
12- 77M Mark Maresca
13- 18 Marty Smith


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i love Bradshaw and he's still good. his feet has been a problem and cannot stay healthy.
Jacobs is an underachiever and his skills have diminished. he is not well liked and not as tough as he should be.
the only RB i love in the 1st round is Richardson but he's unlikely to be there for us.
LMiller has excellent size and speed but is not a willing blocker.
the top free agent RBa are RRice (Rutgers; New Rochelle product), Forte (out w/ a MCL injury) and MLynch (ok).
I'd love to get Rice but i doubt Baltimore will let him leave.
The money we could save by letting Bradshaw and Jacobs go could be spend on Rice. That's a pipe dream.
I think we'll draft a big back in the 3-4 rounds to replace Jacobs but i have no confidence Bradshaw can be reliable to stay on the field. his days in the NFL are numbered.
what should/ can we do?


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Great television is hard to come by these days. I don't use that term loosely. Among the plethora of reality programming and poorly scripted sitcoms, there are very few shows that can engage and entertain the entire family with humor, action and drama. One of these such shows is Leverage on TNT. While the show just wrapped up its five-year run for good, it appears to be living on through books and perhaps a movie, but that's just a rumor. The Book, The Con Job, is real.
If you haven't seen the show, then I suggest you hit it up on Netflix. An entertaining mix of capers, cons and witty banter, the show follows a former insurance investigator and his team as they help people fight back against (generally corporate) injustice. As the tag line goes, "The rich and powerful take what they want. We steal it back for you. We provide… Leverage." The show has a very modern A-Team feel for it, as while they are playing the role of Robin Hood, most of the activities would be classified as illegal regardless of the moral outcome. Continue Reading "Grift This: The Con Job Continues the Leverage Legacy" »


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This is a sports forum. You'll have to take it elsewhere

This is a sports forum. You'll have to take it elsewhere

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I want to share a story. This is something that happened today.

Some of you know that I own a rug business. I buy my rugs direct from Turkey, Saudi, and Belgium. Wesell them wholesale as well as retail to local and out of statestores.Anyway, I have salespeople that work for me who solicit business to business to furniture stores, rug outlets, hotels, resorts, etc. Some set up wholesale accounts, some retail. Some roadside. All that aside, today I get this resume from a kid that has worked in places like Circuit City, Sears, but then he apparently switched jobs to work at Wendy's.His experience is good so I look over his application and decide to interview him on the spot. This is something I don't normally do, but it happened to be slower than usual today. I talk to the kid. At first he seems ok, just a tad slow. He responds with appropriate answers and seems to know sales pretty well. I start to look over his resume and I notice something that totally makes me look twice. His e-mail reads: email@example.com I'm thinking: Is this kid serious? Does he actually think I won't notice something like this, or doesn't he care at all, I wonder???? I ask the kid in a upbeat way to see if he's paying attention: "So you get high..." He stutters. "Uhhhh....no man...I uh...don't do that anymore". I'm like "OK....so you won't minddoing a drug screening for me" "No man, no problem" he says. "Great....so see Alexandra on the way out, and she will give you the paperwork" "Sounds good" he says, and he walks outwithout getting the paperwork from my receptionist!

So I'm sitting there thinking: Did this just happen or was it a dream? Are we really in that much trouble as a country when kids apply for a job and overlook things like this? The kid basically told me he was smoking weed without coming right out and saying it. I think it's completely rediculous. Not necessarily because the kid gets high ( I did when I was 21) but because he overlooked something as basic as covering ones butt. I would have drug tested him anyway, but that's not the point. It's just really odd to me that it almost seems like it's not a big deal to some of these kids. I mean, are they proud that they get high, or do they think it's cool to smoke the babonia and not care what others think, espec potential employers? Seriously, this really had me scratching my head. I had this strange look on my face for probably five minutes afterward.

Can someone tell me what the hell is going on with this country?

As we were recently toldin a class, "1 in every 10 medical students, uses cocaine. The illegal drug trade is an 800 BILLION dollar industry, and it is not going to go away."

The kid that you interviewed, is just stupid. Unfortunately, he does not have mentors/parents in his life, that are helping him with common sense (which is never very common!), resume/interview issues.

The story that you told, is not nearly as sad, as the stories that you keep hearing, about these kids ruining their careers on Facebook/My Space. Companies are routinely checking the web on these kids and it is just pathetic what they are finding. Some kids do not have a CLUE, that the cutesy little obscene things that they think are funny...are not funny to a future employer.

I do not envy you.....what a HEADACHE!!!!

While statistics are often skewed, that one seems real to me. The MySpace thing is a trip. They are catching on now, but it did take a while to clue in.


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April 15, 1977
St. Louis, MO US
Arena (St. Louis)
The Song Remains The Same, (The Rover intro) Sick Again, Nobody's Fault But Mine, In My Time of Dying, Since I've Been Loving You, No Quarter, Ten Years Gone, Battle of Evermore, Going to California, Black Country Woman, Bron-Y-Aur Stomp, White Summer ~ Black Mountainside, Kashmir, (Out On the Tiles intro) Moby Dick, Jimmy Page solo, Achilles Last Stand, Stairway to Heaven. (no encore)
Click here to view the US '77 Tour Programme (flipbook)
Press Review: St Louis: "we aren't going to mess around – we're just going to play," a serious Robert Plant promised the capacity house who'd gathered in the 20,000 seat arena to witness the phoenix-like return of Led Zeppelin to the stage from what Plant euphemized as their "physical interlude" – the forced hiatus that resulted from the critical injuries he suffered in an auto accident during the summer of 1975.
It was obvious from his comment, made two songs into the programme, that Zeppelin weren't interested in tea and sympathy, but rather in defending their supergroup status which, as they well knew, was sorely in need of it in St Louis after their sorry past performances in this city.
Indeed, while they had been, as usual, nearly an hour late in starting, the openers, The Song Remains the Same and a tough, angry version of Sick Again, had offered considerable proof that they meant to keep their lead singer's word. And as if to further confirm it, there already a broken string hanging down from Jimmy Page's tortured double-neck.
But it was not until they were successfully done with the metallic blues of their next song, Nobody's Fault But Mine, that Plant himself (whose stint on harmonica had been Fault's special treat) seemed fully satisfied they would live up to his commitment.
"It looks like it's going to be a good one, he righty, if cautiously surmised, and they quickly moved ahead to In My Time of Dying – It's challenging breaks, and Page's bottleneck leads and Plant's woeful wails all most impressively executed. But should there happen to have been any yet-remaining doubts in anyone's mind as to Zeppelin's fitness, the soul wrenching dealt by Since I've Been Loving You could not help but have dispelled them completely.
Plant's purgative, bleeding cries – so reminiscent of Janis Joplin – and the taunting, almost brutal exchange between his voice and the instruments brought the concert to its first of several climaxes. That there had been a deep-down change in this group was now impossible not to recognize; one could only presume the vicarious effects of Plant's ordeal had served to turn Led Zeppelin inside out. More than making statements, their music was asking questions, to such an extent that most of the songs sounded as if they were ended on the interrogative (as opposed to carelessly open ended).
There was absolutely nothing to deny their purposefulness – no smugness, no sloppiness, and no more holding back. Just an apparent all-out effort on the part of each man to make Led Zeppelin the best and most significant rock band in the world. (MM/ P. Dewing | April 1977)
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I was at the St. Louis '77 concert!
I wish I could remember more but back then people passed around and shared their pot at concerts and I sat by some people with some good weed. Led Zeppelin was always and still is my favorite band and I enjoyed and cherished this concert but I didn't even know what happened at the end. I thought I heard that one of the band fell off the stage or got hurt. Ahhh to be 20 years old again.


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Roadrunner Cafe, UTSA 1604 Campus
UTSA faculty-staff dining plans: value, flexibility
By Domingo Gonzales
District Marketing Manager, ARAMARK Higher Education
(Sept. 12, 2008)--UTSA faculty and staff now can leave the leftovers, bagged lunches and frozen meals at home. This year, they have the opportunity to buy one of two dining plans offered by ARAMARK, UTSA's dining services vendor. Not your ordinary meal plans, they have been created with flexibility and value specifically for faculty and staff members. (See the plans below.)
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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Each plan includes a bonus Dining Dollars incentive of up to 8 percent, a guaranteed $5 meal cost at RFoC at Roadrunner Café (Real Food on Campus) and an extended time period to use the plan -- from Aug. 22, 2008, to Aug. 21, 2009. The $5 guaranteed price at Roadrunner Café can be used for as many people as you like at one visit -- bring a friend, two or even 12. As long as you have a Dining Dollars balance on your UTSACard, you can pay for as many people as you wish.
The UTSA faculty and staff dining plan can be used at these UTSA dining locations:
1604 Campus
- RFoC at Roadrunner Café John Peace Library Building food court (Chick-fil-A, Sushic, Montague's Deli, Bene Pizza and Pasta)
- University Center (Panda Express, Taco Cabana, Grill and Pizza, SUBWAY, Starbucks)
- Business Building (Extreme Pita)
- Biotechnology, Sciences and Engineering (Einstein Bros Bagels)
- Smoothie King (opens Sept. 20 at the Recreation and Wellness Center)
Downtown Campus
- Frio Street Building food court (SUBWAY and Grille Works)
Say goodbye to leftovers and head to any of UTSA's ARAMARK dining locations to purchase your faculty and staff dining plan. Have your payment ready and tell the cashier which dining plan you would like to purchase. It's that easy to begin enjoying the benefits of dining on campus. Save money, save time and save room for lunch!
For more information, visit the UTSA Campus Dish Web site or call ARAMARK at (210) 458-7682 (8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday).
UTSA faculty-staff dining plans
Faculty/Staff 250
- $270 Dining Dollars credited (with 8 percent bonus, final cost is $250)
- $5 meals at RFoC at Roadrunner Café
Faculty/Staff 150
- $157.50 Dining Dollars credited (with 5 percent bonus, final cost is $150)
- $5 meals at RFoC at Roadrunner Café


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The knock on Wall is that he can't shoot and is defense is so atrocious, he reached out to Garry Payton for help. Last night's effort reinforced Wall's weaknesses and that for now, he should no longer be considered in the same class as Steph or Kyrie.
With the critically acclaimed new book, "Shock Exchange: How Inner-City Kids From Brooklyn Predicted the Great Recession and the Pain Ahead," Ralph Baker breaks down the NBA and college games and recommends remedies to improve both.
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text: Hey everyone, this is my baby. I just turned 16 the 11th if this month. I got my first truck last year, an 87 silverado, mom and dad paid for that. Sold that truck. Then two days later I traded my 4 wheeler for a built 85 silverado. Then i bought this truck by myself. Soon after i bought it, I traded the 85 for a 84 camaro. Tell me how you guys like it. Also who likes to crank up the bass?


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What does a day in the life of Playboy's Barmate of the Year Hannah Gappa look like? Check out my behind-the-scenes pics from my photo shoot in Chicago, where I mixed up a handful of Sobieski cocktails to get you ready for the holiday season. Cheers!
Arriving on set in the Windy City!
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Young women who live and work in the most impoverished, rural districts of Zimbabwe have very limited income, lack collateral and cannot access loans at affordable rates
Camfed's borrowers are young women who live and work in these remote rural areas and belong to the Cama network (the association of Camfed alumni). Most Cama borrowers will have received money management and business training through Camfed's programs for young women who have completed high school. Borrowers will repay interest upon their loans as a "social interest" – through their volunteer efforts to enhance the quality of the education provided by their local schools.
Borrowers commit to contribute a minimum of 2.5 hours per week as volunteers. As Learner Guides, they will lead students through a new wellbeing curriculum that helps develop students' skills and capacities for decision-making, problem solving, leadership, entrepreneurship, resilience, communication, and empathy.
About Camfed
The Campaign for Female Education (Camfed) is an international nonprofit organization operating in five countries in Africa that focuses on eradicating poverty in rural Africa by investing in education for girls and supporting the economic self-reliance and leadership of young women. Camfed provides support for the long-term, working with individuals from primary to high school, and through the Cama empowerment and community outreach group.
Kiva lenders' funds are used to link women living in rural Zimbabwe to the capital they need to expand their businesses, support their families and contribute to their communities.


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On marijuana, feds plan to address banking issue
WASHINGTON - A Justice Department official says the federal government will enable financial institutions to transact business with the legitimate marijuana industry without fear of prosecution.
The issue has taken on greater urgency now that Colorado and Washington have become the first states to legalize recreational use of marijuana.
Currently, processing money from marijuana sales puts federally insured banks at risk of drug racketeering charges.
In an appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, Deputy Attorney General James Cole said the issue was one that the federal government needed to deal with.
The Justice Department announced Aug. 29 that it won't try to stop Colorado and Washington state from legalizing recreational marijuana use as long as they implement strong enforcement systems. Marijuana is an illegal drug under federal law.


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Based on your criteria the only gun that fights every single category is the Glock 30SF. Mind you, I don't care for Glock guns at all. They don't fit my hand and don't point well and the triggers suck. The G30 is really the only true high capacity compact 45 ACP.
There is the Kahr P45 but it is a single stack and not quite as reliable than the Glock.
I don't trust Taurus and thier factory service sucks.
The Sig, M&P, XD,H&K really aren't all that compact. Not compared to the G30 anyway.
Don't know much about the Cougar but I do not like DA/SA guns anyway.
Personally I like the M&P 45 Compact. But the G30 is smaller. I have 2 other M&P guns and they are excellent.


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I have been switching out some of my older boxes with new boxes. Quite a treat. Our farm has made a deal with some local Amish box makers to barter boxes and wooden frames for breeding bulls. Fantastic deal! I also built a bunch of migratory tops and bottom board pallets that I built myself.
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Set beneath the sweet-smelling date orchards and leafy palms of the Coachella Valley, the mineral waters of Desert Hot Springs are celebrated for their healing qualities. Known as America's Spa City, this Southern California resort town has been host to a wellspring of world-class resorts ever since Hollywood hotshots started swarming here in the 1950s. In addition to being only 20 minutes north of the world-class shopping, dining, and golf of Hot Springs, the city is just a 45-minute drive from the rust-colored landscapes and breathtaking hiking trails of Joshua Tree National Park.
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Lone worker security has become a very important issue all over the world. UK based PPSS Group has announced its Lone Worker Safety 2014 Conference and Exhibition. This event will open its doors at London Olympic Conference centre on Tuesday 25th of November 2014. This annual event has been set up to help professionals charged with […]Read more


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Robert Watts is one of the many freewheeling thinkers whose work was associated with Fluxus but not contained by it. A mechanical engineer by training, he turned to art during the late 1940s, focusing on abstract painting only to abandon it, in 1958, for the multidisciplinary hijinks of what would soon be known as Fluxus. He was a core member of the Fluxus cadre over the next two decades—a composer, performer, visual artist, and filmmaker with an incisive mind and clownish wit. His scientific bent was balanced by a metaphysical streak that led him to such extra-Fluxus activities as the observation of seasonal rhythms and energy fields. Toward the end of his life, he mused to a friend that if he had it to do over he might like to spend his life as a "scientific monk"—one who balances an active spiritual life with the unhurried exploration of physical phenomena.1 In fact, he seemed always willing to see the profound within the unremarkable.
Although Watts didn't consider himself a Pop artist, he was included in important Pop exhibitions at the Leo Castelli and Bianchini galleries during the 1960s on the strength of his droll sculptural works: rows of plaster casts of bread painted in a graduated gray scale; a box of chocolates filled with chrome-plated bronze bonbons; and a mock supermarket display of multicolored wax eggs and chromed fruits. These are clever visual puns, but also meditations on the collision of desire and illusion. Often they depend on photography—the lid of a wooden fruit crate bears a shot of a dozen perfect apples in waxed paper, and TV Dinner (1965) is a group of laminated images (with the exception of the cast-plastic peas) depicting a classic frozen turkey dinner in an aluminum foil tray, accompanied by cutlery and wine glass all arranged on a pedestal as formally as if they were crystal, silver, and filet mignon.2 Eventually, though, Watts' constant sampling of media and approaches couldn't sustain an association with Pop, which became as slick and predictable as the products it parodied.3
The erotic appears in various degrees and guises throughout Fluxus; Watts' taste ran to images of the naked female body, from girlie pix to classical nudes. Portrait Dress (1965) put a semiotic spin on the theme: a transparent vinyl shift is covered with pockets, each containing a photograph of a female body part. Our assumption that a portrait should present a holistic, psychologically penetrating image of an individual is completely upturned by this collection of desultory, anonymous fragments. Images of skin adorn a garment—a second skin—while also revealing portions of the wearer's (nude) body. More pointedly fetishistic is the punningly titled Chest of Moles (Portrait of Pamela) (1965–1985), composed of sixteen photographs picturing skin with moles, which are embedded in plastic and displayed in a lighted cabinet.
Among his many other activities, Watts taught for thirty years at Rutgers University, where he developed the Experimental Workshop, an interdisciplinary seminar. According to the artist, their work was "limited only by the equipment we can find or buy, what you have on hand, who you are, and what you want to do."4 An apt description, in fact, of Watts' own blend of curiosity, humor, and pragmatism, and the surprising range of his art.
Larry Miller, "Robert Watts: Scientific Monk," in Benjamin H. D. Buchloh and Judith F. Rodenbeck, eds., Experiments in the Everyday: Allan Kaprow and Robert Watts—Events, Objects, Documents, exh. cat. (New York: Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, 1999), 85. ↩
Among Watts' numerous ideas for Fluxus editions (some of which were realized) were tabletops and place mats laminated with photographs of meals. See Jon Hendricks, ed., Fluxus Codex (Detroit: The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection, in association with Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1988). ↩
Benjamin H. D. Buchloh has written extensively on Watts, Pop Art, and postwar commodity culture. See especially his essays in Miller, Experiments in the Everyday, and Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Robert Watts, exh. cat. (New York: Leo Castelli Gallery, 1990). ↩
From Watts' course description, quoted in Larry Miller and Sara Seagull, "Grounds for Experiment: Robert Watts and the Experimental Workshop," in Geoffrey Hendricks, ed., Critical Mass: Happenings, Fluxus, Performance, Intermedia, and Rutgers University, 1958–1972, exh. cat. (New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 2003), 26. ↩


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We have an exciting event coming up at Menlo-Atherton High School on October 30 & 31st, called Challenge Days.
This is the third year that MAHS is offering the program to freshmen. The Challenge Day program is professionally run for high schools and is designed to unite the members of the incoming freshmen class. Participation will empower the students to develop the themes of compassion, acceptance, respect, communication and connection amongst themselves as a class and then carry those themes back into their academic classes and the entire school population at large. Students are divided into small groups of 5 students and are led through a series of bonding exercises designed to break down walls of separation between them.
This year faculty and counselors from around the Bay Area will be attending with the intent of taking this program back to their schools.
Another exciting happening is that the Challenge Organization will be highlighted on an upcoming Oprah Show segment in November.MAHS will be highlighted as one of the schools successfully utilizing this program.
www.challengeday.org. The home page is great! It will show you how this organization is moving across the country.
Question: How can we get reporters/photographers to attend this event and let the community know that positive, affirming, and uplifting events are happening at MAHS?
Please let me know your thoughts and how best to move forward.
> Thanks so much in advance for your time-
> Margie Lawrence (co-chair MAHS Challenge Day)
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Amazing Challenge Day Program
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I am a former teacher at Paly. I am now the Activities Director at Carmel High School and so excited to be bringing a small group of CHS students and staff to Challenge Day at M-A. It sounds like a great program and we can't wait to be a part of it!


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Im currently in the process of making my own 2D DirectX9 / Direct3D Game Engine based off the one in Beginning Game Programming book. So far so good, but I have hit a bit of a brick wall with this one. Despite my googling, I cant seem to find much on these topics despite the fact that an awful lot of games allow the player the option to A) Toggle full screen mode (Alt+Enter) and B) Change the screen resolution.
I understand how to easily set up my game to initially run in full screen mode or windowed mode by changing the D3DPRESENT PARAMS and changing a few settings in the CreateWindow function... But what I cant seem to do is give the user the option to press Alt+Enter in game to change to full screen.
I have read that I need to change the D3DPRESENT PARAMS and call Reset() via the Direct3D Device object... But this blew up my game and im not sure why.
To be honest, I may just force the player to use full screen mode for my game anyway... but it would be nice to have this option implemented within the game engine for future projects.
This is the feature I really think I need to implement - and yet, I cant seem to find anything out there to help.
Currently I have a global const int that represents my Screen Height and Width. This is then used when creating the window and also in the D3DPRESENT PARAMS when creating the back buffer.
One other thing that has bugged me regarding resolution changes - How do you guys handle rendering? For example, say my window is of size 1024 by 768. Lets say I render my Texture (with the transformation matrix) at point 1024, 768 (centred) - This obviously renders right at the bottom right of the screen... but lets say the user changes the resolution settings to 1920 by 1080. That image is no longer rendered at the bottom right of the screen.
How would you guys suggest solving this problem? Do you change your rendering code so that you render at a percentage along X and down Y? EG: You render the same Texture at (100,100) and this would happily render the image at the bottom right of the screen no matter how the user has set his/her settings. Of course, this brings about another issue - the texture would still remain the same size in pixels as before the resolution change so you would end up with blank spaces in between textures (I plan to use tile maps)...
Or should I draw to a back buffer that is 1920 by 1080 and scale the surface down when rendering on screen??
Anyway... thanks for any help
EDIT1: Im also looking for some good open source DX9 Direct3D Game engines to have a look at - Afterall, this is the best way to learn a new tecnology. Ive been looking arround the forum and have seen some references to engine developed and available on the forum - but I cant seem to find any
EDIT2:This is GameMain - Handles directX init and the game loop.
[source lang="cpp"]#include "GameMain.h"#include <iostream>//Direct3D variablesLPDIRECT3D9 d3d = NULL;LPDIRECT3DDEVICE9 d3ddev = NULL;LPDIRECT3DSURFACE9 backbuffer = NULL;LPD3DXSPRITE spriteHandler = NULL;const string APPTITLE = "Game Engine - Windowed";const int SCREENW = 1024;const int SCREENH = 768;//Game Loop#define MAXIMUM_FRAME_RATE 60#define MINIMUM_FRAME_RATE 15#define UPDATE_INTERVAL (1.0 / MAXIMUM_FRAME_RATE)#define MAX_CYCLES_PER_FRAME (MAXIMUM_FRAME_RATE / MINIMUM_FRAME_RATE)//DX9 rendering engine set upbool DirectXRenderingEngineInit(HWND window){ //initialize Direct3D d3d = Direct3DCreate9(D3D_SDK_VERSION); if (!d3d) return false; //set Direct3D presentation parameters D3DPRESENT_PARAMETERS d3dpp; ZeroMemory(&d3dpp, sizeof(d3dpp)); d3dpp.Windowed = true; d3dpp.SwapEffect = D3DSWAPEFFECT_DISCARD; d3dpp.BackBufferFormat = D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8; d3dpp.BackBufferCount = 1; d3dpp.BackBufferWidth = SCREENW; d3dpp.BackBufferHeight = SCREENH; d3dpp.hDeviceWindow = window; //create Direct3D device d3d->CreateDevice( D3DADAPTER_DEFAULT, D3DDEVTYPE_HAL, window, D3DCREATE_SOFTWARE_VERTEXPROCESSING, &d3dpp, &d3ddev); if (!d3ddev) return false; //get a pointer to the back buffer surface d3ddev->GetBackBuffer(0, 0, D3DBACKBUFFER_TYPE_MONO, &backbuffer); //Clear to black d3ddev->Clear(0, NULL, D3DCLEAR_TARGET, D3DCOLOR_XRGB(0,0,0), 1.0f, 0); //Init the sprite handler D3DXCreateSprite(d3ddev, &spriteHandler); return true;}void GameRun(HWND window){ //Game Loop will be handled here //It is a Time based, fixed interval system //Based off the system located here: //sacredsoftware.net/tutorials/Animation/TimeBasedAnimation.xhtml static double lastFrameTime = 0.0; static double cyclesLeftOver = 0.0; double currentTime; double updateIterations; //Get instance of the sharedInputManager - Basically init it here static InputManager* sharedInputManager = InputManager::GetInstance(window); //Get instance of the sharedGameController static GameController* sharedGameController = GameController::GetInstance(); //Set initial scene if this is the first run through. static bool hasInitialSceneBeenSet = false; if (!hasInitialSceneBeenSet) { sharedGameController->SetInitialScene(); hasInitialSceneBeenSet = true; } //GAME LOOP LARGE_INTEGER queryLargeInt; QueryPerformanceCounter(&queryLargeInt); currentTime = (double)queryLargeInt.QuadPart; updateIterations = ((currentTime - lastFrameTime) + cyclesLeftOver); if (updateIterations > (MAX_CYCLES_PER_FRAME * UPDATE_INTERVAL)) updateIterations = (MAX_CYCLES_PER_FRAME * UPDATE_INTERVAL); while (updateIterations > UPDATE_INTERVAL) { updateIterations -= UPDATE_INTERVAL; //Ask current scene to update logic sharedGameController->UpdateCurrentSceneWithDelta(UPDATE_INTERVAL/MAX_CYCLES_PER_FRAME); } cyclesLeftOver = updateIterations; lastFrameTime = currentTime; //Render current scene sharedGameController->RenderCurrentScene();}void GameEnd(){ //Clean up DX if (spriteHandler) spriteHandler->Release(); if (d3ddev) d3ddev->Release(); if (d3d) d3d->Release();}[/source]
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Cass County pharmacies, Take It To The Box medication disposal program partner
Cass County pharmacies and Cass County Take It To The Box have partnered to provide information with prescriptions about the Take It To The Box medication disposal program that is available in Cass County.
Beginning Jan. 1, the Take It To The Box began providing partnering pharmacies with 1,400 information cards to be given out with prescriptions filled at Cass County pharmacies.
Pharmacies are able to refer their customers to Take It To The Box sites for proper disposal of unneeded medications with use of information cards and posters.
Partnerships with pharmacies are critical for them to be aware of the Take It To The Box medication disposal programs and be able to help get the word out to customers who are asking them about proper disposal of unneeded medication resources that are available in their communities they serve.
Cass County partnering pharmacies include Lakes Area Pharmacy in Pine River, Longbella Drug in Pillager and Thrifty White Drug stores in Walker.
It is no longer safe to dispose of unneeded medications by flushing them down sinks and/or drains due to increasing pollution of water supplies with these compounds. Medications should be brought to a Take It To The Box location.
People should check medications regularly for expiration dates and clean out medicine cabinets at least annually of unwanted medicine.
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"Typical Morehead!"..................and he didn't even mean that as a compliment..
Its not made up. he threw the ball away significantly more in 2011. more than twice as many times as he did in 2010
I'm just saying Lawl, you can claim that he threw the ball away more if you want, whatever...but everything that can be looked at to see if that's the case points to the exact opposite conclusion.
perhaps you and morehead were just seeing what you wanted to see?
You dont understand. its not a random observation. it was a hard stat from a 3rd party that was posted on the forums last year. i tried searching for it all night to no avail. you can choose to.believe me or not.
The combination of more thrown away balls, more sacks taken and a maintained comp pct provide great evidence that he was that much better in 2011.
I'm not saying Eli manning doesn't get better every year....mostly what I'm saying is that the "dramatic" improvement from 2010 to 2011 wasn't his...he made his own little adjustments and tweaks...but he was "already" very good in 2010, the "dramatic" improvement came from new receivers coming into their own and actually doing the right things and executing correctly...
little tweaks don't make dramatic changes, learning a playbook, getting used to the "speed of the game" the type of improvements 1st year to 2nd year players make...that's whats responsible for dramatic improvement.
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To reduce the number of
To reduce the number of on the ground floor, do not approach the icon at the entrance to the factory; it will trigger a cutscene and force Niko to enter the building. Instead, stay well clear of the doors and equip the [[sniper rifle]]. It is possible to take out several targets if you're quick . The gun battle will then begin (the icon will disappear, meaning the cutscene is not shown). The gunmen will not exit the building, though you can get hit by bullets. grenades through the doorway reduce the enemy further.
When you're ready to enter, do so and proceed through the mission as
When you're ready to enter, do so and proceed through the mission as above. Remember to duck, as there is no cutscene to automatically do this and you will still be targeted by gunmen above and in the further corners of the main level.
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|Hostile Negotiation
Niko Bellic receiving a text from Dimitri Rascalov.
|Roman Bellic
|Dimitri's men & the kidnapper
|Bohan Industrial, Bohan
|Dying, shooting or killing Roman, Stepping too close or taking too long to kill the kidnapper holding Roman
|New Algonquin safehouse
|Weekend at Florian's
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Hostile Negotiation is a mission in Grand Theft Auto IV triggered after a phone call. Niko saves Roman after he is kidnapped by Dimitri Rascalov.
Once the player has completed Have a Heart and Photo Shoot, Niko Bellic will receive a call from Mallorie Bardas, who tells him that Roman has been kidnapped. Dimitri Rascalov sends a violent picture of Roman held at gunpoint which Niko mutters at (if you call Dimitri after reading the text, Niko will angrily curse at him, saying he will cut his fucking head off and threaten him).
Grab the Assault Rifle outside of the warehouse as extreme firepower is needed, especially in the warehouse which is full of cover, and guards. At first, the thugs will not notice you. Using the element of surprise, take a burst of shots at a group of enemies and aim for the heads. Take out every guard from the first floor while in cover. Some are in cover too, so go inside and finish them. Remember to always take cover, and try to kill any guards on upper floors too. Walk up the stairs to the second floor and look to your right. About five goons are hiding. Shoot them and use their cover to kill the rest of the people on the second floor. It is possible to shoot the fuel tanks that are out of the crate, causing a large scale explosion, ending any nearby enemies. There is a guard just before the stairs to the third floor, who will drop some well needed armour once killed, should you need it.
Make your way to the third floor and shoot the goons on the roof that become visible, one shot is enough to send them sliding and the fall will kill them. The last guard has heavy armor and will need several shots to kill. Walk into the last room after he is dead and a cutscene shows Roman Bellic and an unknown kidnapper emerge from the back of the room. The kidnapper has Roman in a chokeheld, with a gun to his head. Take cover, and quickly free aim at the killer's head. If you take too long, the kidnapper will fire at Niko, and eventually execute Roman. Use any gun, but the pistol is the safest, and shoot the kidnapper.
Once Roman Bellic is freed, a scene will play where Roman will thank Niko for his rescue. Follow Roman and get into the nearby Bobcat, and drive him to your safehouse in Bohan. Make sure the truck doesn't hit any explosive barrels near the warehouse as this will blow you up.
After this Roman reveals his gambling addiction and also a few in-game hours after you drop Roman off, he will call you to inform that he has purchased a new penthouse in Middle Park East, Algonquin to hide from Dimitri. You can now use that as your safehouse. Also because Roman is making a great deal of money, he's bought a new fleet of cabs for his Cab Service. Instead of the rusty old Esperantos, it's now black Cavalcades.
Alternative strategy
To reduce the number of enemies on the ground floor, do not approach the icon at the entrance to the factory; it will trigger a cutscene and force Niko to enter the building. Instead, stay well clear of the doors and equip the sniper rifle. It is possible to take out several targets if you're quick enough. The gun battle will then begin (the icon will disappear, meaning the cutscene is not shown). The gunmen will not exit the building, though you can get hit by bullets. Careful tossing of grenades through the doorway can reduce the enemy count further.
When you're ready to enter, do so and proceed through the mission as described above. Remember to duck, as there is no cutscene to automatically do this and you will still be targeted by gunmen above and in the further corners of the main level.
- The events in Hostile Negotiation mark one of the few links between the GTA IV storyline and its episodic counterparts. In this example, the events shortly prior to this mission are played through the perspective of Johnny Klebitz in The Lost and Damned episodic content. It is revealed that Johnny Klebitz kidnapped Roman because Ashley owed Dimitri's men a favor after acquiring a large debt. This side of the kidnap, the mission name is Roman's Holiday, and has Johnny and Malc kidnapping Roman after gambling at his usual spot and then taking him to the warehouse in Bohan's Industrial District.
- This mission, along with some other missions, is triggered automatically by a phone call.
- While talking to Roman after saving him, Niko will say that he gives Roman money; but Niko is never shown giving money to him before or after this point it is possible that this is featured in a cutscene in one of the Deleted Missions.
- This event is also briefly referenced in the original GTA IV storyline, in the form of Roman sending Niko a text explaining how a biker kidnapped him.
- Once you receive the picture message of Roman from Dimitri, Niko will talk furiously about him, saying; "You've crossed the line, Dimitri"!
- If you try to land on the roof of the warehouse with a helicopter, you will be shot by two guys standing on the roof with rocket launchers.
- The staircase where you will go down (after you have rescued Roman) can actually be used to speed up the mission (on the part when you are about to save him); instead of going to the yellow marker, go upstairs, then you will hear the dialogue of Roman and the captor (because you are already at the same floor with them, only that you are outside the warehouse). Most of the henchmen from inside the building will take aggressive action and go up the stairs as well, making them prone to gunfire and, therefore, easier to kill (they have no cover). So it makes the mission a killing spree instead of a takedown.
- An interesting phone call can take place if Niko calls Dimitri after he receives the photo of Roman. Niko will furiously describe how he will cut off Dimitri's face, and hang it on his wall to remind himself of what a treacherous, cheating scumbag looks like, then saying "Goodbye, friend." Niko calls him "friend" as a reference to Dimitri ending his own text messages to Niko with "Your friend, Dimitri."
- There is a Carbine Rifle in one of the rooms on the bottom floor of the warehouse.
- If you killed Ivan Bytchkov in the mission 'Ivan The Not So Terrible', a Russian-American goon will shout 'Say hello to Ivan the Terrible for me!" before being shot by Niko, possibly explaining Ivan had more connections with the Russian Mafia than previously known about.
- If you have Dwayne's special ability you can call him and he will send two of his guys round to help.
- As this mission is triggered by a phone call and not optionally triggered on the players own time by going to a location, it can be costly in terms of losing a prized vehicle, for example, if the mission triggers immediately following a date and before Niko can park at a safehouse and save. The game provides advance warning that the mission is coming by having Mallorie phone Niko a number of game hours prior to the mission expressing her concern that Roman never came home last night.
- Roman's Kidnapper without a released name - The kidnapper was executed when he was threatening Roman at gunpoint.
- A ton of Russian goons - Over 30 of Dimitri Rascalov's goons were supposed to kill Niko Bellic and Roman Bellic however failed when Niko came to rescue Roman.
A bloodied Roman Bellic being held at gun point by one of Dimitri Rascalov's men.
Niko Bellic fighting the people holding Roman Bellic hostage.
The kidnapper talking to Roman Bellic.
Niko Bellic attempting to rescue Roman Bellic by killing the kidnappers.
Roman Bellic thanking Niko Bellic for rescuing him in Bohan.


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When two gay men are having anal sex and the man giving it doesn't have the courtesy to give a reach around.
The sex was awful, he was ramming that shit up my ass and he forgot the reach around!! Talk about Annoyance 101 !!
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Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, spent their last hour in Manawatu today impressing Royal New Zealand Air Force personnel and their families.
More than 300 staff and family members waited at an Ohakea Airbase hangar for their Highnesses to visit this afternoon, in the last of their stops in Manawatu during their tour of New Zealand.
Prince Charles arrived ahead of his wife and, although he was running late, took the time to speak with everyone waiting for him.
He was joined by RNZAF chief, Air Vice-Marshall Peter Stockwell and Commanding officer Captain Darren Webb.
Many children presented flowers to the prince and later the Duchess of Cornwall, when she arrived.
Flight Lieutenant Sam Paterson said it was thrilling to have the prince visit the base.
Prince Charles asked him and his wife Sarah about life on the base, and asked whether he was able to spend much time with his toddler Eva and baby Quinn.
"It's amazing how personable he's been,'' Mr Paterson said.
Nine-year-old Aimee Clark gave Prince Charles a bunch of flowers she had picked.
"He said thank you and patted me on my shoulder. It's so cool because it was a once in a lifetime opportunity,'' she said.
The Prince asked Flight Sergeant Craig Harnett about whether bombing exercises are carried out near the base and the type of planes he worked on.
"He was a lovely, warm and engaging man,'' Mr Harnett said.
"We're lucky he was able to come out in such a small gathering.''
His wife Tanya Harnett said the Prince put them at ease straight away.
Air Vice-Marshall Stockwell said it was an exciting day for air force staff.
"Because it's our 75th anniversary, the Prince was really keen to spend as much time as he could with the air force.
"Today's quite special for the base because it's an opportunity for people on an informal basis to have a chat with him and the Duchess.''
He said given that Prince Charles was the country's future king it was good to be able to develop a relationship with him.
Despite a long day at public events, Prince Charles maintained a dapper look, with a black and silver diagonally striped tie and pink carnation in his buttonhole.
After chatting with staff and family members, Prince Charles inspected some of the old planes and new air force helicopters, and spoke with personnel who maintained them.
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One of my queens is almost all black. 98 % anyway. I realize the multiple drone matings and the variety of daughters. What has to happen genetically to produce a black daughter queen?
One of my queens is almost all black. 98 % anyway. I realize the multiple drone matings and the variety of daughters. What has to happen genetically to produce a black daughter queen?
Since your queen is already almost completely black, you will need to mate her to other black drones (or as many as possible). Color can be a hard trait to get because you don't often know if the queen's or the drone's ancestors had that same black gene or whether it is recessive or dominant. So your best bet would be to keep the desirable drones (the black ones) around a virgin queen and inhibit the drones with the lighter colors so they don't fertilize her. If your queen that you describe is already laying eggs, then you need to somehow produce a virgin queen, preferibly many, then select the darkest queen and mate her with the darker drones.
I hope this helped.
Yes, it helps. Aside from artificial insemination, or, over populating the drone spectrum with black, drones, it is pretty much what ever open mating produces. I'm thinking about a round of queens to over winter some Nucs. Might punch a few of her eggs to see what happens. Does that make it recessive I guess?
You will know if it's recessive if most of the offspring are different in color. If it is a dominant trait it will produce black bees most of the time. It can be hard to determine if it is either because the queen mates with so many drones. It's more like a guideline.
Gotcha,,,,What I do not understand is how it plays into queens being heterozygous, and drones homozygous. I know enough to know I don't understand.
Queens are heterozygous because they have both a mother and a father as they come from a fertilized egg. Drones are homozygous because they only have a mother as they come from unfertilized eggs. The drones still pass genes down, but only the ones of their mother. Queens pass genes down from their mother and father. So, only during every other generation (when new drones are added) will it affect the gene pool (assuming you use the same hive every year and they make their own queens). By always adding more or keeping black drones in the yard, you will eventually get black bees. I'll try and find you a chart I once saw to help understand this.
Take a look at this:
What color are the worker bees? The daughter queen would resemble the workers.
Cool chart thanks. I love the part where it says, "to keep keep it more simple" It is a better understanding of the real world of bee genes.
Hopefully tomorrow. I plan an inspection. There should be ample daughters to view. I'll post on You tube if it is worthy.
Have fun and good luck!
There are many genes that control color. It is along the lines of an additive effect in that the more "dark" colored genes the bee has the darker it will be. The more "light" colored genes it has the lighter in color it will be. Light coloration appears to be slightly more influential. As JD wrote, take a look at the worker offspring which should give you a pretty good indication of what to expect if they were queens. Coloration is not an either or situation, just look at all of the different colors you see in the worker offspring.
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I've done some test breeding to see the consistency of daughter queens from several of my queens. I have one standard solid black Carnie queen that produces so far, 100% of the time, huge daughters with a large black thorax and long blond abdomen. Really striking and super easy to see with the small black carnie workers. Remember, you will see dominant genes or homozygous recessive ones. What you can't see is the single recessive gene they may carry. Simplest way would be to so some tests.
Since my Carnie queen is so consistent with what she produces, it is safe to determine she has several positive homozygous Dominant traits. That means I can rely on her to, time after time, produce consistantly nearly identical daughters. Now if those Daughters are great layers, etc etc and will over winter well..I'll be happy for sure.
If you dig around on the net, you will find some information showing that there are 7 different genes that control color in honeybees. There is one oddball gene for yellow that derives only from african stock, and the cordovan gene that results in golden yellow bees when combined with genetics for yellow or in a purplish color if combined with genes for black. Generally speaking, black is dominant over yellow, but keep in mind that with 7 genes, you have to get nearly all of them to one particular combination to get a pure black queen or a pure yellow queen. This is only important if color is a significant part of your breeding objective. IMO, color should only be considered important because it has a measurable impact on wintering effectiveness in northern climates
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thanks all,
I'm more interested in quality queens. This is a novelty,,,,,interesting and am learning more in the process. There seems to be some fascination with all black queens though.
A color can be dominant or recessive, but sex of the carrier does not influence it. But bees as others have mentioned are also unique in how the genes are passed on. the queen has more say or votes if you prefer to look at it that way. You also may have genes that show up more and more depending on just how many of them are in the mix. In chickens for example with one white gene which is actually a mutation that is semi dominant and 3 black genes you will get a black and white chicken. with two white and two black you will get a grey or "Dunn color" also called blue. with more white genes you will end up with a white chicken. Then there are different types of white genes that cause other color variation. Since white in a chicken is actually a mutation it is an extreme example of just how a mutation that is dominant can take over. Most people think that the normal chicken is white because it is so common among chickens.
Same thing with bees. A dominant mutated gene could very well be behind the problems such as CCD. not making that claim just pointing out the possibility. If so it would go a long way toward explaining why it is so difficult to figure out. Certainly if it is a gene that has no visible expression. or obvious clear visible expression such as hygienic behavior for example. Proliferation in egg laying as another. these are harder to see and monitor.
Everything gets darker, as it goes to where there is less light. Darrel Tank (5PM drawing instructor)
Nice example Daniel.
Breeding bees has been challenging and somewhat different that other livestock such as rabbits and horses. Different is the fact by the time you get your best queen chosen and do some test daughters, your season is over for the year (In my area anyway) you must overwinter your breeder queen successfully before you can really get into production.
Breeding rabbits was a great ay to see quick results of color genetics. Breeding horses takes a year and you get one example, but luckily there are labs you can send DNA sample to to get results for some color or disease genes in just a few days-saving you thousands of dollars and years of trying.
Here is one example of how color genes are directly effecting some other body function.
Below is a paint colt with one copy of the dominant paint color gene 'Overo':
Below, out of the same mare (Who is overo positive) is a sample of what they call Lethal White Overo Syndrome.
This colt has two copies of the Overo gene and they are always born solid white. The problem is the overo gene also effects the formation of the gut. In homozygous form, the gut is not functional and the foals will colic and die within hours of their first nursing.
You can see how color genes can really be a helpful visual marker for other traits..both positive and negative depending on how they are applied. Luckily they now have a genetic test for the overo gene and this breeding result can be avoided simply by having one parent negative for the gene. This poor little guy got a quick 22 mag. round before he could suffer (After some love from me of course)
Think of the old wives tales, such as"Buckskin horses have the best hooves' Hmmmm..Do you think hoof structure could be connected with the cream gene?
So all this may help some understand the link between color and other features, such as hardiness, CCD, production, temperament, etc. I always pay attention to clues and keep notes from year to year. Sometimes I wil see patterns forming and them experiment with that information.
The great thing about breeding bees is, like rabbits, you can get several samples of offspring in a single month.
It drives be a bit crazy to have to let the virgin queens go out and mate with Who knows what though.
I'll eventually have to get my own insemination equipment..More $$$ though. It will have to wait a while.
This is a god discussion for me and it is greatly appreciated. Your white colt reminds me of deer I see in our area from time to time and actually squirrels. When we see deer that are mixed white, they are genetics anomalies. It is an indication that the gene pool is too close. I have seen all white but not albino. They are not normal and most do not survive as long. I live near the water and my previous job had me visit some peninsulas. I noticed black squirrels. There is only one specie here, eastern grey, so it too is a genetic anomalie. I suspect the squirrel gene pool may be too close as well because of the isolation. I have no idea if this aides them, other than being more difficult for a predator to spot, or not.
It is fascinating Guess I'll have to keep notes.
Checked them today. Her daughters are all dark bees. I guess that is no surprise really given her parent hive. They do seem to be on the smallish side, Hummmm. Nice temperament. I gave them a compliment of drawn comb. See what they do with that.


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Asia's richest man buys NZ's second biggest waste management firm from Ironbridge.
Asia's richest man, Sir Li Ka-Shing, is EnviroWaste's new owner after his Hong Kong-based Cheung Kong Infrastructure (CKI) paid $501 million for New Zealand's second biggest waste management company.
Li, who started out in commercial life selling plastic flowers in Hong Kong, is no stranger to New Zealand, having picked up the Wellington electricity network for $785 million in 2008.
CKI said it had agreed to buy EnviroWaste from Australian private equity company Ironbridge Capital, for $501 million - being $490 million and $11 million of assumed debt. The deal still needs Overseas Investment Office approval.
Ironbridge said the transaction value assumed finance lease obligations and represented a multiple of 10 times the company's earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation, for the June 2012 year.
Ironbridge acquired EnviroWaste from roading contractor Fulton Hogan in April 2007 for $365 million and went on to make 17 related "bolt-on" acquisitions.
Today, EnviroWaste and Australia's Transpacific form a duopoly in New Zealand waste management, with the latter the bigger competitor.
EnviroWaste's management team of Kim Ellis, Gary Saunders and Earl Gasparich will continue to lead the business under CKI's ownership.
Ellis, who headed up the NZX-listed Waste Management when it was bought by Transpacific in 2006, said CKI had paid a full price for EnviroWaste.
The $500 million price tag put on the company by Ironbridge was viewed with some scepticism when the asset was put up for sale last year.
"It's not like selling things in 2005 but I think under the circumstances it's a reasonable multiple and now we have moved on to a new owner," Ellis said. "From a management point of view, sure they made a few dollars - but not much - and it is now just business as usual under a new owner," he said.
Property development and contaminated site work - important sectors for waste management companies - have been slack over the last few years in the aftermath of the global financial crisis, but Ellis said the future was looking brighter thanks to better economic conditions.
EnviroWaste's earnings before interest and tax of $32.16 million in the year to June 30, 2012 was up from $25.45 million in the previous year. Revenue of $163 million was up from $144 million in the previous year. Finance costs took the bottom line to a loss of $18.98 million.
CKI is part of Li's Cheung Kong Group which includes, Hutchison Whampoa, and Power Assets Holdings.


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Do you not think that the things that Tracey Wilson and others have noticed:
Doesn't resonate with judges or are reflective in scoring? I think it's because of those things that Jason has been able to be competitive in juniors and seniors (at the national level) despite not having a 3A. He just missed being in the final group of Senior Nationals FS, that's nothing to snuff at, beating many guys with a 3A.... how interesting his skating was, how quirky and innovative his choreography was, and what a mature performer he was, and how he used every beat of the music, and how memorable he was.
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The Pulaski Technical College Foundation's will host its 2nd annual Business of Art event on Thursday to raise scholarship funds for Pulaski Technical College students.
The event includes an evening of food, art, and music plus presentations from this year's honorees: James Hayes, owner of the James Hayes Art Glass Company in Pine Bluff, and Little Rock businesswoman Renata Byler, vice president of Roller Funeral Homes.
The event will take place 6:30-9 p.m. in the Campus Center. Tickets are $50 per person and can be purchased online by clicking here or by calling (501) 812-2271.
Hors d'oeuvres, desserts and drinks will be served during a reception, and special entertainment will be provided by Lawrence Hamilton.
Hayes has donated a piece of his artwork that will be sold during a live auction at the event. Event attendees will also be able to bid on items during a silent auction.
Proceeds from last year's event provided scholarships for two Pulaski Technical College students.
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Mr. Bush;
You state the lifters are to large.
I believe I read in your previous posts that you sand the edges of your frames so as to fit 9 in a 8 frame hive, would this have a bearing on the tool being too large.
Please correct me if I am wrong.