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Lessons are hard ones, despite Kate Wilkinson's soft exit.
The two-volume, 440-page report of the inquiry into the Pike River mine disaster is an exemplary piece of work - thorough, comprehensive, rigorous and surely one of the most hard-hitting produced by a royal commission.
The report cuts a lot deeper, however, than simply fulfilling the commission's prime task of apportioning responsibility for the loss of 29 lives.
The ramifications of the inquiry's findings are potentially huge.
They stretch way beyond a drastic and belated tightening up of health and safety regimes and inspections of underground coal mines.
Because large chunks of the report deal with the adequacy of regulations, the commission's conclusions have relevancy not just for health and safety practices in other accident-prone industries, but beyond.
There cannot be a single chief executive of any government department who has not pondered this week whether the regulatory regimes underpinning his or her department's operations are working effectively, be it gambling licences, telecommunications policy or whatever.
In highlighting the decline of the Department of Labour's coal mining inspectorate in terms of staffing and expertise to the point where it could no longer do its job, the report places big question marks over the wisdom of the deregulatory thrust of the 1990s which placed much more onus and obligations on employers to comply with health and safety standards.
It is here that the report may have major influence on political behaviour and bureaucratic practice. It confronts the kind of blinkered ideological mindset which decrees there is one way - and one way only - of doing things.
What the royal commission has essentially stated is that such a "one size fits all approach" should not have been applied to the hazardous conditions of underground mining.
That National was wedded to deregulation and Labour did little in terms of reversing it should have prompted MPs from both parties to have kept their heads down this week.
Not so in Labour's case, however. Its frustration was that Labour Minister Kate Wilkinson did not follow the usual script of a minister in trouble.
Instead of dragging out the agony - as was the case with Nick Smith's departure from the Cabinet earlier this year - Wilkinson announced she was "doing the honourable thing" and resigning just as the embargo was being lifted on publication of the contents of the royal commission's report.
The net result was that Opposition parties could not spend the rest of the week demanding heads had to roll when one had toppled already.
The sense of anti-climax was further accentuated by David Shearer saying Labour would accept its share of responsibility.
This might have been the sensible tack for Labour to take. But the Labour leader's gesture was obviously too namby-pamby for the likes of Trevor Mallard and Damien O'Connor who spent the rest of the week conducting an unseemly show trial of Wilkinson in her absence.
There are occasions when the politics is best left at the door of the parliamentary chamber. This was one of those times.
But Mallard and O'Connor had points to prove. As Minister of Labour in the latter stages of the last Labour Government, Mallard might have been excused for raising his eyebrows at Shearer's stance.
Mallard, who hates to waste an opportunity to give his opponents a good rucking, wanted it known that as minister he had initiated a review of mine safety following two mining-related deaths in 2006. Wilkinson inherited that review with the change of government in 2008 and did nothing of note in response.
However, this raking over the coals - so to speak - only highlighted the fact that Labour was also complicit in the rundown of the mining inspectorate during its term of office.
Mallard might have remedied that had Labour won in 2008. But Labour lost that election.
The crux of the commission's report is that an effective regulator would have acted more decisively at Pike River and probably would have issued a prohibition notice stopping the methane-accumulating hydro mining which the company began two months before the disaster.
O'Connor, the West Coast-Tasman MP, persisted in targeting Wilkinson by demanding National explain why she was still a Cabinet minister.
Deputy Prime Minister Bill English pointed out that Wilkinson had taken responsibility for the failings of her department.
That was more than could be said of O'Connor who, as Corrections Minister in the last Labour Government, had refused to resign after the disgraceful incident of 17-year-old Liam Ashley being beaten to death in the back of a prison van.
His own goal aside, O'Connor's question was a good one. If Wilkinson has fallen on her sword, it seems to have been one of those inflatable ones which cushioned her from dropping her other portfolios of Conservation and Food Safety and thereby losing her minister's salary and other perks.
There has been a rash of ministerial resignations during Helen Clark's and John Key's prime ministerships.
But these have all been the outcome of personal failings unrelated to portfolio responsibilities.
Resignations flowing from "culpable" individual ministerial responsibility - the result of action or inaction by a minister's department - is comparatively rare. The previous case was Conservation Minister Denis Marshall in 1996 following the Cave Creek tragedy. He also kept his other portfolios and remained a Cabinet minister. Unlike Wilkinson, Marshall initially clung onto his Conservation job, claiming he needed to fix the "systemic" problems revealed by the inquiry into the collapse of the viewing platform at the West Coast reserve. Wilkinson did not make that mistake.
Marshall's name is forever associated with the deaths at Cave Creek. Wilkinson will likewise be punished for mostly being remembered as the minister who resigned over Pike River.
Marshall's resignation set a precedent which meant Wilkinson had to go if the royal commission found her department culpable even though she was not to blame for decisions made or not made.
There have been murmurings that Paula Bennett should similarly lose her job over the information kiosk-related privacy breach at Work and Income.
Constitutional lawyers, however, argue that a minister is not responsible for everything their officials do or do not do.
Whether a minister stays or goes - either from the relevant portfolio or the Cabinet completely - is a matter of political judgment for the Prime Minister.
The latter is more likely to ask a minister to step down where either the minister has been lax in maintaining sufficient oversight of his or her department. Or if the political price of keeping him or her in the portfolio is too high.
Despite the privacy breach, Bennett remains an asset for National and enjoys Key's full backing.
In short, there are no fixed rules as to when a minister should resign. But it is always obvious when it has to happen.


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happened. The date was September 11, 2001 and I was
in the middle of a paragraph recounting the terrific
time I had while giving a talk in Sioux City, Iowa
when the scenes that transfixed the world began to
unfold across my television set. The juxtaposition
between the terrorists who unleashed such horror and
the caregivers I met in Iowa was striking and I
commented that no such acts would tear this country
apart, rather…
"No matter what ends they hope to accomplish, I
guarantee you that with the community, love and
support that I have seen across this country in
cities large and small, these cowards will never
Seven years forward and much of what was to be
expected has happened as has much that we could not
have anticipated. One positive thing which occurred
in the days immediately after the attack was the
sense of unity we felt as a nation, not to mention
the support and well-wishes of much of the world.
Unfortunately, it did not take long for a dizzyingly
fast series of events to unravel those feeling.
Now, so many deaths later and with the events of
that horrific day and those that followed having
turned into a political football, this is a perfect
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Think of those we lost and their loved ones, as well
as those brave First Responders who are dealing with
unforeseen respiratory illnesses to this day. Think
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injuries, seen and unseen that they will be dealing
with for years to come and think of their families
that stand by their side as they work hard to
Especially in the midst of the partisan battles of
an election year, we need to find a way back to the
solidarity and sense of community we felt those long
days and nights ago. That is truly the only way to
guarantee that the bad guys never win.
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I hope this doesn't offend you hotrod enthusiast, but I am looking for help with my hunting rig.I have a 1985 Chevy Suburban. I love this truck, it will run through almost anything. I was working on her the other day and noticed the carb is looking a little rough and could use replacing. I am trying to decide which carb to go with. I would like to improve highway gas mileage and improve low end power. The truck has the 350 small block. Again, I'm not taking this to the drag strip. I drive it about 100 miles to my land, play around in the mud, run over trees etc. then drive it home.While you are here. Are there any other suggestions (other than new carb) that would help me towards my goal of a more powerful/efficient beast?Thanks in advance!
Both Holley and Edelbrock make nice replacement carbs. You'll want a 600-650cfm.Holley makes a carb just for the trucks. Vacuum secondaries, electric choke and they are tunable. Your gas mileage will have to increase...LOL... The linkages are all there also. Go to Jegs.com Don't go any bigger than 650CFM.... It won'r help you at all...Bob
Jegs has the Holeey Street Avenger Carbs.Holley P/N 510-0-83570 570CFM $369.99Holey P/N 510=0=83670 670CFM $385.99 I think this is too big...Bob
a carb won't really help fuel economy, unless the last carb was out of whack, which is what it sounds like...how about the exhaust? what goes in must come out, you could probably go with a header setup to replace the cast iron log style manifolds your engine came with from the factory. the carb will need a jet change to something richer, since a good flowing exhaust will pull enough exhaust out to lean out the cylinders. a good muffler shop with performance experience can hook you up with all that.
Just because you can't do it...doesn't mean its impossible
something else I should point out, which is your air cleaner...if its stock and you're bouncing about in the dust and mud often, its clogging up quickly. Washable reuseable air filter elements can help you by allowing you to blow them out of goo after every hard run, so they allow the fresh air to get to your carb. sometimes you'll find a cold air induction system to go with it,but they may go downwards to the bumper, which is about where the dirt is getting kicked up, so something that goes to the cowl (where the botton of the windshield meets the back of the hood) would be the better ticket if you find one, plus it keeps the air filter element from sucking up water. you may have seen some snorkels that go right up the windshield pillar to almost roof level. it can help add 10hp if designed correctly.there may also be PROM chips for something that old, but I'll bet the exhaust and intake setup does the trick for a while...
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I'm hankering for the better flow (which will permit better valves) of a bottling tank, but can't justify dropping the $1000+ for one. I have several legitimately acquired stainless beer kegs of different sizes, and access to a local skilled welder who can do SS no problem (I know it's not elementary welding). I'm picturing one keg inside the other on a small riser. Is a bottling tank anything more than one vessel sitting inside a larger vessel with:
- A fill and a drain fitting in the outer vessel,
- an immersion heater element in the gap between the floors of the inner and outer vessels, and
- a welded fitting through the outer shell allowing you to drain the inner vessel through a threaded fitting for the gate/valve?
And a lid. I know some will have paddles for agitating the honey or other fancy geegaws, but I don't need that.


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ACA and the Native American Health System compared
FORT HALL, Idaho - A speaker told tribal members in Fort Hall to both get an exemption and sign up for insurance under the Affordable Care Act.
Thursday evening the Shoshone-Bannock Hotel hosted Mark Trahant, the Atwood Chair of Journalism at the University of Alaska Anchorage and also a member of the tribes, to talk about the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, and how Native Americans should be looking at insurance.
"The United States - through treaties which the Constitution calls the Supreme Law of the Land - made promises," Trahant said. "And one of those promises was health care. Even though it was a sacred promise through those treaties, it's never been funded. In fact, at best the Indian Health System was about half-funded."
Trahant said Native Americans should sign up for the insurance even if they do think it was already a guaranteed right.
"The government never lived up to it," Trahant said, "and here's an opportunity to get full funding."
He also said Native Americans have a very specific exemption, and the best way to make sure they get that is to submit with their taxes.
"It's kind of a contrary thing to say to get the exemption, but then get insurance," said Trahant, "but I think you should do both because the exemption provisions are there. And it's a lifetime exemption, because if someone's a member of a tribe that's not going to change overnight."
Trahant also said this health care reform will be a major factor in lowering the federal deficit. He said the United States spends the most money in the world on health care, but also has the highest number of bankruptcy caused by medical bills.


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A term used to describe when people playing Dungeons and Dragons get distracted during the game and get off track, which happens often. Derived from ADD. (attention deficit disorder)
by TheSue July 26, 2009
Advanced Dungeons and Dragons - Usually electronic and contains many more things than regular DnD (since hundreds of die roles are much faster on a computer)
Neverwinter Nights - good
Baldur's gate 2 - alright
Baldur's gate 2 - alright
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Welcome to the Quilting Board!
I am an Alexander Henry lover....they are so unique. I am sending out different red fabrics and going to ask for everyone to use just true white or tone on tone white. You will be helping me finish up one of my UFO's.
Let us help a local QB member Elisabrat even a dollar can add up
Sounds good Melinda, I have too many UFO's
Never look down on anyone, unless you are helping them up.
Melinda did you put boom8 together yet? you had some great bright combos. I loved working on your block though thought it was tough on us for you to sneakly send solid black. good trick Red alexander henry any sneak peak at the fabric like a corner so we can drool and anticipate receiving it? I wrote my notes yesterday thirty five of them by hand. cramp cramp cramp! printers definetely have an advantage. how are we on sign ups?
Here today... why what a lucky bunch we are.
my fabric is here! yipee!! i ordered some clearance moda from hancock's, and it came this morning!! i am excited to try this swap... i am working on finishing up the mini train ride mystery and then i should be ready to go.
I am in! I am excited on doing this again. Ladies if this is your first time being in this swap you will be amazed at all the beautiful and amazing blocks that you will get from everyone. Just a huge variety of different block patterns you will get.
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"Live Alltag, als ob es Ihr letzter wäre!"
"Live every day as if it were your last!"
Yes I have hot pink hair, yes I listen to heavy metal music, and YES i'm a quilter!!
Let us help a local QB member Elisabrat even a dollar can add up
oh yes you will be amazed! I havent gone back a page how many are signed up for a large group? two small groups or more? so many postings I think there should be 50 in each group!
open! open! open! come on in! the sign ups are OPEN! I might just sign up for one more international ok small group oh ok fine can do sign me up April.. one large one small and THATS it. Not as fast as some others here but think I can tackle two. unless its not needed.
Here today... why what a lucky bunch we are.
I'm in for small group! Have my fabric cut and ready to address....and I even got stamps...LOL
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Ok in my mind I was going to do an owl duvet cover for my grand daughter but then I couldn't find Owl material in the colors her mom wanted. So I went with the colors. She also likes butterflies. But here is the pretty material.
I took all that they had on the bolt and so I only got 20 pieces. So 20 people will be getting this. JUst use the colors in the material or anything that blends.
Dreaming of New England while being stuck in So. Calif.(the asphalt jungle of the world.) But hey the Happiest Place on Earth is here.


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Buffalo Man Lives In Underground Bunker
Clarence Rounds and his Bunker Home
Posted by: Stefan Mychajliw
Believe it or not, there's a guy that's been living in an underground bunker in Buffalo for the past six years.
His name is Clarence Rounds. He's 47-years-old. His home is literally down to earth.
2 On Your Side's Stefan Mychajliw: "Why this lifestyle?"
Rounds: "I just wanted something simple, and basic, down to earth."
Mychajliw: "What is it about this lifestyle that suits you?"
Rounds: "I pretty much, am on my own. And I'm my own boss here. I do what I want to do."
The Buffalo man said he was living on Squaw Island and had to leave once the area was cleaned up and turned into a park.
He was walking in the section of the City where he lives now, found a fairly wooded area, and decided to build a bunker as his home.
It took him about two years to dig the roughly 16-by-20 foot underground home. It's close to six-and-a-half feet deep.
Mychajliw: "How did you do it?"
Rounds: "With a bucket and a shovel, day by day. I'd go to the soup kitchen, and then I'd just start digging the hole. The bunker is more energy efficient and loses less heat. I wouldn't be exposed to the wind. And I wouldn't need to build any walls. I'd just use the dirt for the walls. So I'd only need a roof. So it was more economics that I did it for."
Clarence went to the Buffalo Public Library and read engineering books to learn how to make the bunker as structurally sound as possible. The initial fear was that heavy winter snow would cause it to collapse.
"I got books on roof framing, post framing, and things like that, so that I would have the formulas available to calculate the loads properly so the roof wouldn't collapse on me while I was sleeping," added Rounds.
A car battery serves as the main source of power for a small light and clock just above his bed.
That car battery is also connected to a spliced extension cord that powers a radio with speakers inside and outside of the bunker.
There's a fireplace with a vent that serves as a heat source and stove.
And then there's the issue of a bathroom.
Mychajliw: "This is somewhat of an embarrassing question, it's the first thing I thought of: what about a bathroom?"
Rounds: "The bathroom? I use the porta-john that I got from one of the elderly people in the neighborhood. They donated it to me, because they knew I needed that."
It isn't exactly a porta-john.
It's a walker that has a toilet seat positioned over a bucket.
Some canned goods like peanut butter and pork and beans are on a small shelf, as well as a number of books, including a Bible and a paperback copy of "The Black Marble," by Joseph Wambaugh.
Mychajliw: "Do you ever get lonely?"
Rounds: "I don't get lonely. I try to keep myself busy. I've got my drafting. I love to read books. And I always try to learn stuff."
According to Rounds, he didn't know his father and his mother passed away at the age of 29. He grew up in an orphanage, spent time studying at Seneca Vocational High School, and served two years in the Army "during the Carter Administration."
He is Native American, states his family is from the Arapaho tribe.
Mychajliw: "Do you feel as though growing up in an orphanage either led to this or this type of lifestyle?"
Rounds: "It changes you for sure, especially at a young age. I grew up in an institution. I didn't have much family around me. So I didn't have a support network there to help me out with that."
Money for food is earned through a number of odd jobs like landscaping, construction and roofing.
That's how he learned how to put together his bunker.
Mychajliw: "What about the property itself? Anyone ever give you a hard time about being here?"
Rounds: "Nobody has given me a hard time. I've never bothered my neighbors. I support my neighbors. I keep people away from their fence line."
There's a fire pit outside of the bunker and some touches of home, including a Sabres flag and a "Welcome Friends" mat near the ladder to the bunker.
Mychajliw: "I think a lot of people would think, Clarence, why doesn't the guy just get a house, get an apartment?"
Rounds: "A lot of people have asked me that question. I like it here. I like nature. I like to be in the woods. I grew up as a child; I always wanted a cabin in the woods. Like Michael Landon in Little House On The Prairie."
Mychajliw: "People could think, this guy is nuts?"
Rounds: "I'm not nuts. I'm a clever person. I use clever ideas. I use the materials that are given to me in life and God's talents that are given to me, to make this a possibility. It's not easy hanging here; it's a lot of work."
Mychajliw: "Why not just get an apartment?"
Rounds: "I know. It just seems to me this is a worthwhile thing to do. It's down to earth, and it makes me happy."
Mychajliw: "How happy are you?"
Rounds: "I'm happy. I'm a happy, go lucky guy. Life in general is pretty good. I don't think of my life as being bad. Life is just a continuation of yesterday."
Black Blade: When things look bleak and hopeless, you sometimes come across stories like this showing that people can survive anything. Actually this looks more like an adventure and a test of survival skills.


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^your fine with listen mode?
Heck yeah. It's a game, not real life. I think it's good, a nice feature. You don't have to use it, and it's only a couple of feet, not like in Batman where it's the whole map.
Re: Would TLOU Win GOTY?
I truly hope it does win GOTY as much as it's in a very tough competition with other games like Bioshock Infinite (I hope Call Of Duty, Battlefied and GTA stays out of it).
Can't wait to see how it goes. So excited about this title my most anticipated title this year.
Re: Would TLOU Win GOTY?
The contenders for this year's GOTY is to be between The Last of Us and Bioshock: Infinite. Don't be saying things like "CoD is going to win" because they're not. Just stop. Any site that has any CoD after W@W is unreliable with no credibility. Battlefield will win the the multiplayer aspect. No doubt about it, Battlefield is the best modern military multiplayer FPS on the market. But as for overall GOTY, that will belong to either TLOU or Bioshock Infinite.
Re: Would TLOU Win GOTY?
I've always set my mind straight for TLOU. Considering that last year's GotY: The Walking Dead was chosen for its remarkable storyline, I have a high expectation that this year's dealbreaker will be, you guessed it, graphics. Wait, no, storyline. The only year where gameplay was the dealbreaker in the last few years was 2011's TESV: Skyrim. Even GTA4 was voted GotY because of its storyline. But in all honesty, who exactly plays GTA for the narrative? This year, I want to say that it will be a tough battle between Bioshock Infinite, The Last of Us, and Beyond: Two Souls. It's a tough shot, but I know Naughty Dog has what it takes to take the throne yet again.
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Re: Would TLOU Win GOTY?
I never really liked Bioshck Infinite, the story was surprisingly short and some moments felt like filler. I really think they could have made it bigger and longer (No sexual innuendo intended) especially since it's a Single-Player only game. Those type of games don't do too well. If anything, I think it should of had a lower price when it was released or contained some of the DLC that you can buy. Let's face it, most DLC id designed alongside the main game, so you might as well include it if it really coincides or relates with the main story. GTA 4 The Lost and Damned & The Ballad of Gay Tony are examples of how they relate with the main story but can still pass as DLC campaigns (Especially since they were released far after the game came out). It looked obiously planned from the start but was still pretty good.
I'm pretty much just venting at this point, but I do beleive it will be in the running along with Watch Dogs, GTA V, Destiny, Bioshock Infinite, and probably some first-person shooter game. Halo 4 was nominated for tons of categories during the VGAs, and I think The Last of Us will, too. Such as Best Graphics, Best Story, and of course, GOTY. ND may even be in the running for Best Developer. To me, it looks like this game will be getting some great awards, but as for GOTY, I'd need to play Watch Dogs, GTA V, and The Last of Us to compare them all.
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The purpose of SkillsUSA clubs is to help the student develop social and leadership skills. Activities which enhance the development of these skills will be conducted by the clubs' members and advisers. The activities may include events between vocational technical institutions and between students, such as parliamentary procedure contests, troubleshooting contests for mechanics, etc.
Each club may elect officers from its membership to serve as follows: president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, reporter, and parliamentarian.
Membership in the SkillsUSA is open to students and other persons interested in the various career fields represented.
Each spring semester competitions are held on campus to determine who will be sent to the state competitions. The winner of the state competition is sent on to compete at the national level.
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it got up to 70 today for the first time and the pollen counts are off the charts.
i have 12 colonies that survived the winter, and they were all foraging in earnest.
all are queenright, have good brood patterns, and a little honey still left from last fall.
cluster size varies greatly from 3 frames of bees to 10+, but most are about 8 to 9. on average they have doubled in size in the past 4 weeks.
all are in a single deep, with checkerboarded medium supers on top. i'll report on the success of the checkerboarding as we get through swarm season.
when there are more drones flying, i want to combine two of the hives to make a double deep starter/finisher. i am going to try the cloake board method.
i'll be taking mite counts to help decide which queens get grafted from, and which ones are sacrificed for the queen rearing program.


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Follow these four steps for successful fundraising:
Step One—Brainstorm Ideas
- Get your CIO together to throw out fundraising ideas. Write down all ideas, no matter how unrealistic, on a whiteboard or flip-pad where everyone can see them
- Afterwards go through and start eliminating ideas that are unfeasible
Step Two—Plan Strategy
- Establish a realistic goal
- Establish a budget
- Advertise to ensure lots of people are involved (see Advertising one-sheet for tips)
- Learn university rules and regulations to prevent unexpected losses*
- Evaluate the fundraiser, discuss possible changes to improve the next time.
Step Three—Consider Alternate Sources of Funding
- Student Council Appropriations: http://www.uvastudentcouncil.com/cios/appropriations/
- Student Council co-sponsorships: http://www.uvastudentcouncil.com/cios/co-sponsorships/
- Cultural Programming Board (CPB): http://www.virginia.edu/newcomb/programs/culturalprog.html
- Office for Diversity & Equity (ODE): http://www.virginia.edu/vpdiversity/
- Arts and Sciences Council co-sponsorships: www.ascuva.com
- Parents Program Funding: http://uvaparents.virginia.edu/
- Vice President for Student Affairs (VPSA) Funding, http://www.virginia.edu/vpsa/programawards/index.html
- Click here for a full list of alternative sources of funding
- Class Councils: http://alumni.virginia.edu/student-programs/class-councils-trustees/
Step Four—Solicit a Fundraiser
- CIOs seeking solicitation/fundraising approval should submit a request online at http://www.virginia.edu/newcomb/forms/new/FundraisingForm.pdf or in person to the Newcomb Event Planning Office
- Go to atUVa > Campus Links > EVENT POLICIES: Sales, Solicitation and Student Organization Funding Policy
*ALL groups should contact the Event Planning Office before attempting any fundraising activities to insure compliance with University rules and regulations
Possible Ideas for a Fundraiser
- Alumni donations
- A-thons (dance, run, swim, walk)
- Auctions
- Sales (bagels, donuts, balloons, flowers)
- Car Wash
- Concession stand at a football or soccer game (email Aramark at email@example.com or call at 434-243-4370)
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Going through my referrals, I discovered that the one entry on this blog that always generated a large portion of the weekly hits turned out to be my report of Genndy Tartakovsky's new series, Sym-Bionic Titan. It wasn't so much because of it being a hard-hitting article, but rather the wait for its broadcast felt like listening to the first prolonged note of a three-hour opera –you want it to just start already! Thankfully enough, as of Friday night, that first note finally carried into what we came for.
Sym-Bionic Titan finally made its premiere on Cartoon Network, one of the two things worth watching that night (the other being the Star Wars: The Clone Wars season premiere. Screw everything else), and I'll just tell you right now: It was worth every second of the wait. I posted about it on Facebook straight away, telling my friends "Animation buffs, you will love what they did with the style and backgrounds. Mechaholics, you will love all the homages and nods. Star Blazers[/Yamato] fans, you will cream yourselves at the climax". Really, that's the shortest possible way I can best sum up this premiere, but if you want the long-version? Hit the jump.


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Apartment with Roof Pool, Sydney
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Floor No.15(with elevator)
- Kitchen
- Air conditioning
- Gym
- Elevator in building
- Washer/dryer
- Pool
- Balcony/terrace
Accommodation summary
|College St, CBD, Sydney, 2000 Sydney, Australia
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This property accepts bookings starting within the next 180 Days.
Overlooking Sydney's skyline, and with Harbour glimpses, this well furnished apartment in the Hyde Park Plaza, is ideally located to City, Darling Harbour, The Rocks and close to all conveniences, transport, shops and city landmarks.
The apartment has a open plan kitchen/ living area which opens to a small balcony. The kitchen is fully self contained. The bedroom area includes a Queen bed + a sofa bed for two extra guests. There is a full bathroom through the walk in wardrobe. The apartment comes with linen and toweling.
There is a rooftop pool and gym available to all guests with magnificent views.
With all its amenities and convenience, this is a perfect place to stay in Sydney.
So what are you waiting for!
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House rulesAll bookings & tenancies incur a departure cleaning fee of $132
Please note that there is a minimum booking period from 23rd December to 2nd January. We cannot accept bookings with arrival or departure inside these dates.
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The apartment is in a good position, near the metro station, on bus routes, just a few minutes walk from Circular Quay, Darling Harbour, The Botanic Gardens and Central Station. Comfortable and well equipped though a bit dated. The weather was cold and the heating took a long time to warm the apartment up. The weather also meant we weren't able to take advantage of the large balcony. During our stay the hotel pool area was being refurbished but I'm sure it will be a great asset. There was nowhere to leave luggage after checking out, the hotel staff were friendly but we weren't treated as guests. There is a Thai restaurant on the ground floor which was very good.
no problem! Good stay!
aucun problème ! Bon séjours !
Overall the apartment was adequate for our needs. It was clean, although décor is getting tired. The only minus was it's location near to the lift and the lift noise which we did get used to over the week. We reported the broken chair back and broken lock on the patio door which was quickly acknowledged for repair/replacement although neither happened while we were there. The location is great. Good value.
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Fantastic view, Good bed, a little bit shabby but clean, perfect contact,
We had a great stay at his condo before our cruise. It was just as advertised and anything we needed was only a phone call away.
It was very clean when we arrived and the beds are very comfortable.
The condo is in a great location within walking distance to the CBD and Darling Harbour. We will defiantly be staying here again when we come back to Sydney.
Fabulous apartment, very spacious and clean, with a gorgeous view of the bridge and cityscape, lovely little touches by the host made us feel at home, very secure building and parking made all the difference I will definitely be booking this apartment again in the future
Appartment is very good located and has space enough for 4 to 5 people (one bedroom for adults, the other bedroom rather for 2-3 kids). Great is tennis-court and pool on the rooftop with amazing few.
The price was rather high and for this, in our opinion all details shoud be perfect (like dishwashing machine must work correctly, all lights should work, no broken chairs).
Very nice spacious apartment with a fantastic view of Sydney. Great location. We really enjoyed our stay.
We stayed at the apartment in April 2015 (2 adults and 2 children) and found it to be excellent. Great location (handy to transport and also easy to walk into town and around), great facilities, spacious, very comfortable and very clean and tidy. The one negative was dealing with Peter and his office staff. When asking for clarification or assistance, they were very defensive and their general communication was not great. Once they sort that out, I would have no hesitation in recommending the apartment as a great place to stay.
Apartment very well located, the whole town can be done on foot
The downside is that this is the same street is very busy and noisy at night.
The pool and rooftop jacuzzi its a real plus
Everything conforms to the description on the website (missing a few dishes when we are still 5)
I highly recommend
Appartement très bien situé, toute la ville peut se faire à pied
L'inconvénient c'est que de ce fait la rue est très passagère et bruyante même la nuit.
La piscine et le jacuzzi sur le toit son un réel plus
Tout est conforme à la description faite sur le site (manque un peu de vaisselle quand même lorsqu'on est 5)
Je recommande vivement
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'Sponsor A Dancer' campaign launch
Northern Ballet has announced a new fundraising campaign which aims to fill a gap in government funding and ensure that the Company can retain its full complement of 40 dancers. The campaign was launched last night at an event hosted by Mint Hotel in Leeds, which saw the Company celebrate its many achievements over the past year.
The Sponsor a Dancer campaign comes at the end of a year of great recognition for Northern Ballet, which moved to its new home in Leeds in October 2010 following a hugely successful fundraising campaign. More than 2,500 people came to visit the new building in the centre of the city, which is the largest purpose-built space for dance outside London, on its opening weekend in January 2011. February saw the world première of David Nixon's Cleopatra at Leeds Grand Theatre. The production went on to tour to 11 theatres throughout the UK, and was performed to around 55,000 people. Cleopatra won widespread acclaim from critics and audiences alike and made nearly £1.2m at the box office, a clear indication that audiences are hungry for new work. Premier Dancer Martha Leebolt, who won the Outstanding Female Dancer (Classical) award of the National Dance Awards 2010, created the role of Cleopatra.
The Company is recognised around the world for the high quality of its performers and its performances. It is uniquely prolific, regularly creating new full-length ballets for audiences on tour and at home. Since 2001, Artistic Director David Nixon OBE has added 12 new titles to the Company's repertoire – more new work than any other British ballet company. In order to continue to create and perform the work for which it is renowned, Northern Ballet needs to retain all its dancers.
Northern Ballet received a 15% cut to its core funding for 2012 to 2015, when government funding cuts were announced in March of this year. [1] The reality of these cuts mean that the Company stands to lose up to ten dancers – a quarter of those currently employed – over the coming year. Northern Ballet is the only UK company planning to lose dancers as a result of cuts in funding.
The Sponsor a Dancer campaign invites support from members of the public, private donors, companies, trusts and foundations to sponsor a dancer of their choice. Levels of sponsorship range from £30 to £10,000 per year and benefits include signed photos, updates from the sponsored dancer, theatre seats, opportunities to see the dancer in rehearsal and to meet them after performances, acknowledgement of support on the Northern Ballet website and on media screens in the Company's new home, regular enewsletters and invitations to special events.
The Sponsor a Dancer campaign has got off to an encouraging start with recent gifts from the Monument Trust and Garfield Weston Foundation which will fund 3 dancers for two years. They have been joined by James Hare Limited who is supporting one of the Company's young apprentice dancers.
Josh Barwick trained with Northern Ballet Academy, the Company's training school, and joined the Company as an apprentice in 2010. He is now a dancer in his first year. He says: 'My pathway into the Company was nurtured all the way through Northern Ballet and the Academy. It's a big step straight from school into a company and a whole different life. An apprenticeship is such a great way of taking that step."
Kenneth Tindall has danced with the Company since 2003 and his worked his way through the ranks to Premier Dancer. He says: 'The way everyone works together is really special. It's the repertoire that puts us in a different field. We try to make ballet for everyone; we try to make dance for now, for tomorrow. For everyone that hasn't seen it we try to make it accessible in every way that we can.'
Premier Dancer Pippa Moore has been dancing with Northern Ballet since 1996 and has performed numerous leading roles. Talking about the possibility of gaining sponsorship she says, 'To me it would mean that someone amazing is on the sidelines cheering me on, sharing the same dream understanding my vision and supporting me along the way.'
As a result of government cuts, Northern Ballet's fundraising targets have been considerably increased across the board to ensure that the Company can continue to operate at its consistently high level. So far this year the Company has already generated close to £600,000 of financial support from private donors, companies, trusts and foundations thereby reducing the overall target to a further £900,000 of new income over the next three years. The Company is focussing on increasing tickets sales as well as maximising the commercial opportunities offered by its new building.
Chief Executive, Mark Skipper, says: 'We have had a very strong year artistically and our fundraising efforts have achieved a great deal which is a promising reflection of the great belief in and passion for Northern Ballet.
'Nonetheless, we are still very actively seeking support and continue to be proactive in supplementing our funding and encourage anyone who is interested in our Sponsor a Dancer campaign and securing the future of our Company to contact us.
'Our dancers are our greatest asset. In order to ensure we can maintain a full complement of dancers and continue to commission the new productions for which we have an unrivalled reputation, private investment is now of paramount importance.'
For full details about the Sponsor a Dancer campaign or to find out more about other fundraising schemes, from corporate partnerships to sponsoring productions and national tours, visit northernballet.com or contact Janet Myers, on 0113 220 8000 firstname.lastname@example.com
Notes to Editors
Northern Ballet tours to more UK venues than any other company in the country. Over the past four years Northern Ballet has given over 650 performances in the UK, performing to more than half a million people during approximately 100 weeks of touring across 17 different venues. Northern Ballet also tours overseas and has already performed in China (twice), Milan, Miami, Barcelona, Beijing, Bangkok and Macau.
The Company has carved a unique place in the UK's cultural landscape and was voted Britain's favourite dance company for three consecutive years at the National Dance Awards.
The individuals, companies, trusts and foundations who have pledged their support to the Company in the past few months include the Sir Siegmund Warburg's Voluntary Settlement, The Monument Trust, The Foyle Foundation, The Emerald Foundation, Leeds Community Foundation: HESCO Bastion Fund, Monument Trust, Garfield Weston Foundation and James Hare. Donations will be used towards the creation of new productions, including Northern Ballet's Christmas production of Beauty & the Beast, as well as enabling the Company to retain dancers and develop the operational capacity of its new home on Quarry Hill in Leeds.
[1] Taking into account additional one-off grants, this means that the Company is contending with £800,000 less in government funding for 2012/13 than it took to successfully run the Company in 2010/11.


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Boston-based Gianni DiMarco's Con/Fused (2009) is astounding. From the opening sequence in which Alexander Akulov walks toward the audience flapping his wing-like arms while Erica Chipp and Leticia Guerrero alternately peak under them to the closing image of Akulov's waifish self on the ground, legs flailing gently, with the two women standing over him, this piece is unforgettable. Torn between two relationships (or ideas), Akulov has short interludes with each of the two women, at one point moving his eyes along Chipp's body from toe to top, as he slowly stands. Later, Guerrero throws her whole body sideways between Chipp and Akulov; Chipp then bourrées next to the two of them, her vibrato toes making their whole bodies shake apart. The title might indicate the sometimes fused, sometimes contrary interactions we all have, sometimes with the same person.
Another 2009 premiere, Viktor Plotnikov's Atom, is set to the music of minimalist composer John Adams. Plotnikov says he was inspired by the sounds of the music to envision the inner workings of an atom and its nucleus for his four dancers. As with most Plotnikov pieces, timing is everything, never more so when each dancer must move among the others, as hyper-energetic electrons, protons, and neutrons, in ever more complicated rotations, with much agitated jumping, circling of arms and wrists, and an eventual explosion. A clever and canny piece indeed.
So, too, is Mark Harootian's Partitas Connected (also 2009). Set to a portion of Bach's Partitas, a six-part suite, this dance begins with four female dancers, their hands linked, their steps en pointe matched to each quick beat of the music. When not intertwined as a foursome, two pairs still hold tight, mirroring poses and executing symmetrical phrases. They eventually also pair up with two male dancers, in shifting twos and threes, the quick-time movement of their feet and the wave-like undulations of their arms fitting snugly to Bach's music.
Choreographer Yves de Bouteiller, who created Romeo & Juliet for Festival in 2005, presents Starry Night (1999), a pas de deux every bit as bittersweet as anything the star-crossed lovers danced. It's a tight duet, in which Heather O'Halloran and Ilya Burov are clasped and curled against each other, almost never stepping apart. Full of embraces and caresses, the work ends with a memorably tender pose: just heads leaning on each other's shoulders.
The second half features a stunning solo, Over Again (2008), created by Boston Ballet's Boyko Dossev, performed alternately by Leticia Guerrero and Davide Vittorino. The piece opens with a headstand and continues with writhing, slithering, and splayed limbs on the floor. It evolves as the harsh drama of a prisoner being beaten, prodded, gagged, and choked — a gripping use of acrobatic dance to remind us of the horrors of torture.
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Details released on deadly crash that killed Jackson teen
TETON COUNTY, Wyo. - The Wyoming Highway Patrol has released information on the rollover crash in Teton County, Wyo., that killed a Jackson teen.
Police said the accident occurred Sunday around 5 p.m. when Sydney L. Judge, 16, of Jackson was southbound on U.S. Highway 89, five miles south of Jackson, in a Ford F-350 pickup loaded with hay bales.
Judge drifted off the right side of the roadway. Judge overcorrected the to the left, then back to the right. The right steering maneuver caused the vehicle to go into a broadside slide, whereupon it hit the curb, then rolled multiple times down a grade, crossing a bicycle path.
The vehicle stopped rolling when it struck a residential building.
During the rollover, Judge, who police said was not wearing a seat belt, was ejected from the pickup.
Judge died at the crash.
Police said the reason Judge drifted in the first place is unknown in a news release Wednesday. However, the Jackson Hole Daily earlier reported that investigators believe Judge, a high school rodeo competitor who just finished her junior year at Jackson Hole High School, may have been distracted by an electronic device while driving. An iPad displaying the login screen was found on her passenger seat. Investigators are also examining her cell phone. A witness said no one cut her off.
Teton County is also mourning the death of another teenager who died over the weekend. On Saturday, the body of 19-year-old Austin Kortum, a Summit High School graduate, was found by deputies along Greys River Road in Lincoln County. No cause of death has been released in that case.


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If 2009 lives up to the grace and power of some of the concerts that began it, we can look forward to a vintage year. The good stuff began when New England Conservatory served up a rare evening of Haydn keyboard trios, with the Boston Museum Trio's John Gibbons on fortepiano, young violin master Gabriela Diaz, and cellist Laura Blustein, chair of NEC's string-and-piano-chamber-music division. To judge by the program booklet, you'd have thought these were fortepiano pieces with minimal string accompaniment: Gibbons's name was printed four times larger than his colleagues' (surely an embarrassment to him), and his biography filled half a page, with the rest blank, nothing at all about the other two. And as with most of the program booklets for NEC's free concerts, there wasn't a syllable about the music. These aren't difficult pieces, but they're played so seldom, listeners could have used some context.
The five trios dated from both early and late in Haydn's career. It's a form he practically invented. As with Beethoven, the earlier pieces are formally accomplished and inventive; the later one are more ambitious, profound, and idiosyncratic — occasionally they're even sublime. The heavenly looping Adagio of the 1795 post-Mozart F-sharp-minor is a transcription of the slow movement of the great Symphony No. 102 of the previous year. And the exuberant "Gypsy" Rondo of the G-major made an exhilarating ending.
These were all elegantly played, and Blustein's appearance was generous, since the cello part amounts to accompaniment. In fact, the warmth and color of her rhythms added immeasurable support. Gibbons played with a continuously unfolding, singing line. And Diaz shone in her extended solo passages, finding a balance between bravura display and self-abnegating cooperation.
Two more piano trios were central to the latest in the Gardner Museum's series of "Composer Portraits." The composer was Leon Kirchner, who, on the eve of his 90th birthday, is now living in New York, after a long teaching and conducting career at Harvard. In lieu of program notes, his friend flutist Paula Robison interviewed the reluctant composer. "I thought wisdom came with age, but I was wrong. . . . I shouldn't be forced to do this at this age," he muttered.
The music, however, was ageless. Kirchner is one of America's most mercurial composers: intense, uninhibited, alternating (and combining) ferocity and delicacy, agitation and soulfulness. The marvelous Claremont Trio (twins Emily and Julia Bruskin, violin and cello, and pianist Donna Kwong) gave radiant, thrilling performances of the early Trio No. 1 (1954) and the later Trio No. 2 (1993), both of which are on their latest Tria CD. Robison and gifted young Tokyo-born percussionist Ayano Kataoka nodded to Kirchner's middle period with the atmospheric Flutings for Paula (1973), which was conceived for Lily, Kirchner's opera based on Saul Bellow's Henderson the RainKing. And two other impressive musicians, violinist Corey Cerovsek and pianist Jeremy Denk, provided knockout versions of Kirchner's knotty Duo No. 2 (2001), which he composed in memory of the legendary violinist Felix Galimir, and the early, breathtaking Sonata Concertante (1952). Kirchner said: "Isn't a composer lucky to have such youngsters play his music?"
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Services and memorial fund announced for murdered Iberia girl
IBERIA, Mo. - Funeral services have been announced for Macala Shelton, the Iberia teenager murdered over the weekend.
Visitation will be Tuesday, July 2 from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Fancher-Rekus Funeral Home in Iberia. Services will follow immediately at 11 a.m. with interment in Hawkins Cemetery near Iberia.
The City of Iberia has set up a fund to help pay for Macala's funeral. Donations can be made to the Macala Shelton Memorial Fund at the Bank of Iberia located at 841 East Highway 42.
Bank employees also say donations can be mailed to:
Bank of Iberia
P.O. Box 205
Iberia, MO 65486
Steven Neal Henderson, 30, is facing counts of first-degree murder and armed criminal action for the murder of Shelton. Law enforcement says he is Shelton's step-uncle.


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Christmas is a time for family gatherings and family activities. When playing your favourite card games why not use our exclusive Christmas Trivia Playing Card double deck set. Enjoy the interesting trivia. Learn how people celebrate Christmas differently around the world. Also contained within the decks of playing cards is interesting background information about Christmas songs, books and movies that are familiar to us all.
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Rudolf's original name was supposed to be Rollo, then Reginald but executives of Montgomery Ward, where author Robert May worked, did not like the name. Rollo was deemed to be too cheerful and carefree a name for a story of a misfit reindeer and Reginald was too British. Rudolf was named by the author's young four year old daughter Barbera. The story of Rudolph was written in verse as a series of rhyming couplets. May would work on the project in the office and come home and test out the themes and story lines on his daughter.
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Every Friday night, subscribers can watch a brand-new 'Spotlight' interview live on Arsenal TV Online.
These wide-ranging interviews give Arsenal's fans a chance to get to know the players they cheer on week-in, week-out.
Craig Eastmond was the player who went under the 'Spotlight' last week. If you missed the live programme, you can catch up now. The midfielder discusses:
- making his debut against Liverpool
- whether he was nervous
- what Wenger and Rice said to him
- training with the first team
- dreaming of playing for Arsenal
- the posters he had on his wall as a boy
- facing Man City's big names
- taking his chance when it comes
- how the media treat footballers
- his plans for the summer
Subscribers can watch this video now.
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Mulch Brothers: "Everybody Loves Summertime" Contest Winner
Labor Day may mark the unofficial end of Summer for most of us, but Michael Booth of Pensacola, Florida has plenty of reason to keep celebrating: he just won the national contest with an original music video for the Mulch Brothers popular tune "Everybody Loves Summertime."
"What struck me about Booth's entry was that he so captured the spirit of "Everybody Loves Summertime," said Mark Mulch.
"Everything about this video was just plain fun," adds Nick Mulch. "He really got the message of the song... good times with friends and family... all summer long."
Placing second in the contest was Andres Izturriaga of Franklin, Tenn. and third was Theresa Musser of Nashville. Officials at the Mulch Brother's label, Savannah Records, and its publishing company, Savannah Music Group, were pleased with the turnout. The song was downloaded from as far away as Australia and Great Britain. In the United States, entries came from 33 states, from Maryland to California, Michigan to Texas.
"We are happy that the Mulch Brothers have such a loyal fan base," says Savannah Music Group. "Their tour, Everybody Loves Summertime Tour 2010, was highly successful, and radio stations asking them back to participate in station events, yet another indication that they are growing their fan base each day."
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The news is spreading everywhere about what was thought to be the valid Las Venturas map which appeared by accident on the german San Andreas site. Rockstar has since confirmed it was nothing more than a placeholder image used in error. Many fansites have put together maps based on this anyway. GTASanAndreas.net appeared to have contacted Rockstar about it and were told it was not accurate.
I've posted this news item as we are continually getting news submissions about it :)
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New city attorney appointed
Three members of the Nisswa City Council on Monday, Aug. 26, accepted the city attorney's resignation and appointed a new legal firm until 2014.
Council member and mayor pro tem Gary Johnson along with council members Jan Pierce and Tina Foster met Monday afternoon to accept city attorney Clyde Ahlquist's resignation and to appoint the Gammello, Qualley, Pearson & Mallak firm as city attorney.
Mayor Brian Lehman was absent because he was out of town. The council currently has four members after Lenny Hodgson resigned last month.
Ahlquist's resignation letter reads: "Pursuant to your request, I hereby resign as the City Attorney for the City of Nisswa effective as of the date of this letter (Aug. 22). Thank you."
When asked why the council asked Ahlquist to resign, Johnson said the council didn't feel comfortable with the direction Ahlquist gave regarding Police Chief Craig Taylor.
Ahlquist drafted an offer from the council that offered Taylor a year's pay and benefits in exchange for his resignation. The offer also stipulated that Taylor not disclose the details of the agreement or disparage the council or the mayor.
Taylor rejected the offer, maintaining that he has no sustained complaints against him and has never had any disciplinary action taken against him.
Regarding the reason the council suspended Taylor, sought his resignation and then reinstated him, Johnson said Monday it was best to refrain from commenting until council members can confer with their new attorney.
Johnson and Foster said an Aug. 14 closed meeting and an Aug. 21 meeting that originally was to be closed but remained open were held at the Ahlquist Law Office in Pequot Lakes because the closed meetings needed to be held off-site (not at city hall).
The council on Monday appointed Pierce and Foster to meet with city attorney Jim Gammello regarding a notice of mediation services the city received regarding a unionization petition with a Sept. 3 deadline to respond. Lehman and Johnson were unable to meet with the attorney in the next week.
"Some damage has been done here, but our goal is to work with staff as best we can to repair the damage," Johnson said when asked how the council planned to restore trust at city hall.


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Losses higher or lower , experiments fair or unfair, really does not matter. That is not why people choose to try or be TF. If every person who tried TF was required to sign a statement saying they understood their losses would triple and their production would be nil that probably would not change the course of events. Branding aside, it really is freedom of choice, independence, and not much more.
Oldtimer hit it right on the head, encouraged to persevere. The whistle has not blown, game not over. Science is all about experientation. We are arguing about who is ahead right now. I'm rooting for the underdog, not all in with my money, but if they win we all win.
I was simply pointing out that the statement MB made regarding the survey was counter to the message being publicly delivered by the BeeInformed Project Director.
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Not sure if that shows more about product used or experienced /not experienced based on # of colonies. You can't have that many colonies without being good at it.
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I didnt read the rest, so forgive me if I am spouting things already stated.
I am FAR from an expert, but this is the approach I am taking. I have hives composed of feral bees captured from swarms out of KNOWN feral survivors that i DO NOT treat in ANY way.. In fact I try to stay away from them. the problem is that they are not fun to deal with. Manageable in the spring, and BEASTS during honey harvest.. I have vsh cross queens ordered for spring that I will hive in my home yard. I will winter them, check for mites etc.. I will pick the best and split them with no concern for production, working to prepare them for winter. I believe it will take me a few years of doing this to get the best of them singled out and split.. I will then make queens and put them in nuc's in my feral yard in hopes that they mate with the feral drones in an effort to maintain the mite resistance, but end up with bees that are calm...
Will it work?? I have no idea, but I AM CERTAINLY having a ball working toward that goal.. If it does work, I will have GOOD bees to sell. if it doesnt? I had a lot of fun trying...
I know you do not want to treat. I don't either.. However.. if you do a mite check and you know your going to lose that hive... TREAT!!! Save them, and re queen them with the genetics mentioned by others in the attempt to find something better. It is FAR easier to treat an infested hive, and requeen it later than it is to start from scratch. A 20 dollar queen is cheaper than an 80 dollar package that you will likely have to requeen anyhow.
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SS1, my feral crosses definitely have more spunk than regular bees, but they also produce more. Can't speak for bees from other areas. I can see how mine would not be ideal for large scale industrialized beekeepng where time is money, and the bees get tossed around a lot. They don't take it very well. However, out of all my hives it seems mostly the domestic ones have issues. I do not recall any of my wildish bees hives I have ever lost to mites or mite related issues (IBDS). I have lost purely domestic hives, such as my Italians. I have only ever bought three packages, and those were eaten by bears. Bears are a bigger concern to me than mites currently. Don't plan on buying any more. Like I said, I really like my current bees, with the exception of a few domestic colonies I picked from other beeks that seem to be a bit on the slow side.
I do have one totally wild swarm that moved into an empty hive that is pretty defensive. They will definitely get a new queen next year, but the others are totally managable, my Italians being far more misbehaved. This is after several years of selection though. Hopefully I can keep them that way.
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Ha Ha good comment Paul.
I've worked with some mean bees in my day. But commercially, you have your head on a beehive all day, every day (in season). Working with nasty bees is just too unpleasant, wears you out. One of my main selection criterion for breeding stock is gentleness. Thing is, if the work is pleasant, you actually do a better job of the hive. When you are getting the crap stung out of you the temptation is to rush through & get that hive slammed back together so you can get out of there.
"Thinking Inside The Box"
It's a survey of beekeepers perception of what happened, not an independent measurement. Voluntary instead of being done at random. It's apples to oranges. It has value. But it is a very blunt tool. You want a very specific answer to, your bees, your location, your skills, your goals.
31% loss??? It all depends on how, where, and WHY you keep bees.
Fighting bees is definitely wearing on you. I have spent 8 hr days fighting those little wild girls when I was doing it full time (when I thought I was going to retire), before I scaled my operation back a bit and limited myself to strictly sideline type stuff on a very small local scale. The most tiring part is having to pace yourself not to make them angry and fly at you, while still trying to get things done. Very hard when you are by your self. I have help now, and nicer bees, and can get more done. But still not enough time to really get my queen raising going as I should.
Time management is the bane of beekeeping.
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But if he does the survey, he would say the hive was treated, but died. So the results are inaccurate because they do not account for operator skill, and no doubt many other factors. I've seen this scenario play out on Beesource so often I'm certain it happens enough to skew the results, the hive was actually killed by lack of timely treatment, but is recorded as a treated hive that died.
"Thinking Inside The Box"
I find it interesting enough to note that it's not enough to simply get hold of resistant stock. You'll have to do the work of artificial selection to end up with the type of resistant bees that you want to work with.
So, it will take quite a few seasons to accomplish your goals.
"People will generally accept facts as truth only if the facts agree with what they already believe."- Andy Rooney
very good points made. the bee informed survey wasn't set up to answer the question of whether treated colonies fair better than untreated ones. the survey serves only to guide the way to more specific studies in which scientific rigor can be applied. with all due respect to those who have made the claim, to suggest that there are no differences in losses between treated and untreated based on the survey is a stretch.
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Certainly any statement that is black or white (as most surveys are and most "scientific" studies are) especially when they are broad general statements (such as "treat" or "don't treat") are prone to erroneous conclusions, yet they are constantly thrown around and used to describe things in black and white terms.
"unless a distinction can be made rigorous and precise it isn't really a distinction."--Jacques Derrida (1991) Afterword: Toward An Ethic of Discussion, published in the English translation of Limited Inc., pp.123-4, 126
In order to discuss something precisely, one must define it precisely and in order to experiment accurately one must have cases that are precisely differentiated and only draw conclusions that are warranted and conclusions that are narrowly defined to match the limitations of those cases tested.
Unfortunately things are seldom discussed or tested in precise terms...
This imprecision leads to other fallacies such as "we tried that once and it didn't work". I've even had people tell me that when I was quite precise and further questioning reveals that what they "tried once" in no way resembled what I had just described...
Michael Bush bushfarms.com/bees.htm "Everything works if you let it." ThePracticalBeekeeper.com 42y 40h 39yTF
Rather than a 20 dollar queen, why not make a couple splits from your best hives, and then you'll have free bees to replace deadouts? Your queens will be stronger, and the various commensal and symbiotic organisms in the colony will not be injured.
Of course, I'm a beginner, so all this is completely theoretical. So far so good, but I fully expect my hives to start collapsing left and right, and I may end up wishing I'd done things differently.
Ray--1 year, 7 hives, TF
Just make splits and either let the old pass on, or shake it out. Your on the right track. Normally, if you make splits in time, and have resistant stock, the dead-out is a non-issue at least for me. That is how the MDASplitter method works. You can always re-combine them after a brood break.
NM desert/mountain beekeeper - Black Mesa Honeybees.
in my opinion this last round of comments have been the most pragmatic on the subject that i have seen thus far.
in my first post to whaler i pointed out that it is up to him or her to weigh cost/benefit as best one can and proceed according to whichever goals or priorities are most important.
there is room in the universe of beekeepers for all kinds of approaches, and i submit that it wouldn't anywhere near as interesting if all of us did it exactly the same way.
so whaler, have you decided on how to proceed?
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Several Wayne State University professors and alumni will be honored as part of the State Bar of Michigan (SBM) Annual Meeting Sept. 19 in Grand Rapids.
Distinguished Professor Robert Sedler will receive the John W. Reed Michigan Lawyer Legacy Award. This award, created in 2011 and named for former Wayne Law Dean John W. Reed, is presented to a professor from a Michigan law school whose influence on Michigan lawyers has elevated the quality of legal practice in the state.
For more than 50 years, Sedler has been educating law students. The last 36 of those years as a professor have been at WSU, where Sedler is a revered member of the Academy of Scholars. Membership in the academy is voted on by faculty members, and is the highest academic honor that can be bestowed on a professor by university colleagues.
He has earned many awards over the years, and Sedler, who has published extensively and still travels abroad frequently representing the Law School, is often sought out by the media for his comments and insights as an expert on Constitutional law. He also has litigated a large number of important civil rights and civil liberties cases in Michigan and elsewhere.
But it's the work of "professing," as he calls it, that still gives a thrill to the honored educator.
"I love being a law teacher," Sedler said. "I love teaching my classes and engaging in extensive research and publication. It is a great pleasure to me to see the successes of so many of my former students. I am very glad that I made the decision to become a law teacher and am happy to be at Wayne State."
When he started teaching law in 1961 at St. Louis University, the classroom composition was very different than it is today, he said.
"There was one African-American student and no women in the law school," Sedler said. "Law school was a white male preserve, and the white maleness of the law school was, of course, reflected in the legal profession. Notions of equality came slowly. I began to see the change at the University of Kentucky in the late 1960s, and by the time I came to Wayne State in 1977, the law school was fully diverse in all respects. As a result of that diversity, which was due in no small part to affirmative action, the legal profession is fully diverse today. Today, law students reflect the diversity of American society."
The SBM also will honor three Wayne State alumni: Judy B. Calton, the Hon. James H. Fisher and the Hon. Willie G. Lipscomb Jr.
Calton, a partner at Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn, will receive the SBM's Unsung Hero Award. A 1986 graduate of Wayne Law, she was associate editor of the Wayne Law Review and is now an expert in commercial law, bankruptcy and reorganization.
Judge Fisher, retired from the 5th Circuit Court, will receive the SBM's Michael Franck Award. He graduated from Wayne Law in 1976.
Judge Lipscomb will receive the Frank J. Kelley Distinguished Public Service Award. A 1970 graduate of Wayne State, Judge Lipscomb received his bachelor's in psychology before attending law school at Notre Dame. He retired from the 36th District Court in May.
Assistant Professor Christopher Lund will receive the Wayne Law 2012 Donald H. Gordon Award for Excellence in Teaching. This award is named for former Dean Donald Gordon, who served from 1975 to 1980, and includes a $1,000 stipend. Lund's principal academic interest is in religious liberty. He has represented a wide variety of groups and causes. He has worked for the American Civil Liberties Union defending the rights of Christian parents to homeschool their children, and for a diverse coalition of religious groups supporting the freedom of Muslim detainees at Guantanamo Bay. He regularly advises church-state groups regarding litigated cases and pending legislation. He is a past chair (2009-10) of the Law and Religion Section of the Association of American Law Schools.


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The criteria for being named an ITA Scholar-Athlete includes maintaining a 3.50 grade point average or higher for the complete academic year.
An engineering major and three-year letterwinner, Dody will be a senior in the coming school year while Ruch, a business management major and two-year letterwinner, will be a junior.
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Despite forging a largely succesful professional career, Heskey's low scoring strike-rate for England - seven goals in 62 internationals - earned the mirth of critics and pundits who took the chance to create their favourite quip about his lack of goals.
At club level his numbers have been similar - nine goals in 92 league games for Aston Villa in the English Premiership from 2009-2012, although his time at Wigan Athletic yielded a slighty better return.
Heskey's strengths lie in his ability to hold the ball and create space for others and he isn't a goal poacher in the traditional sense.
The 34-year-old also enjoyed spells at Birmingham City, Liverpool and Leicester City, but the only people laughing about Heskey now are the Jets who signed the veteran forward in September as their marquee player for this season.
He has scored five goals in six games since his arrival in the Hunter region and leads the A-League's golden boot standings alongside Central Coast's Daniel McBreen.
On Sunday the Wellington Phoenix will meet the third-placed Jets in Newcastle where central defenders Andrew Durante and Ben Sigmund will be charged with keeping the 1.88 metre frontman in check.
Heskey's recruitment - on a A$1 million deal - came at a time when the Phoenix trumpeted the acquisition of their own European striker, Stein Huysegems ,who played 15 internationals for Belgium between 2004 and 2009 but never managed a goal.
The latter is on a wage understood to be about one-fifth of what Heskey banks, but he has also produced the goods this season.
Huysegems has scored three times in six starts for the Phoenix and has been one of the side's hardest workers during their three-match losing streak.
Heskey and Huysegems aren't very similar in their style of play but will likely have a mutual respect for each other given they have each been professionals for more than 14 years.
"He's been pretty good. He already had a good career in England," Huysegems said of Heskey.
"He's a strong boy. He can hold the ball very good so it's easy for a team if you can have somebody up front who can hold the ball. Other guys can support him and he's scored five goals so he's a good signing for the A-League."
Huysegems appears to be one of the better value-for-money buys in the competition this year but didn't want to talk up his efforts so far.
"I scored three goals, so that's good, but like I've said already a couple of times it was better if I score less goals and we had some more points," Huysegems said.
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Looks like you made the recipients very happy with these thoughtful, personalized quilts. Nice job!
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Thieves have forced the closure of Paris' Louvre museum. But an art heist was not the reason.
Instead, the closure came after staff walked off the job on Wednesday in protest against the increasing number of pickpockets operating in the museum.
According to a report in The Guardian, the pickpockets work in organized gangs and are targeting both tourists and museum staff with "increasingly violent tactics," including spitting and kicking.
Despite increased co-operation with the police and temporary bans on offenders, pickpocketing remains a growing problem for the museum, staff said.
The Louvre's press department was unavailable for comment early Thursday but a representative of the museum said the Louvre was "open as normal, until 5.30 p.m."
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The Louvre also closed in 2009 and 2001 as a result of staff protests about industrial disputes and working hours.
The protest will be a pressing challenge for new director Jean-Luc Martinez as he takes up the post this coming Monday, taking over from Henri Loyrette.
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