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posted at 10:45 pm on June 27, 2012 by Allahpundit
The Supreme Court's healthcare ruling Thursday will deliver a definitive judgment on President Obama's effectiveness as a leader…
[P]recisely because of the scale of the [legislative] victory and its sweetness, its reversal in court on Thursday would be an especially bitter pill for the Obama camp to swallow…
"If this goes down, it reinforces the idea that he may be a very nice guy but he does not have the qualifications to be president," [Ron Bonjean] said.
Mr. Obama has been doing more than sitting back and waiting. The president has three separate speeches prepared in anticipation of the ruling on his signature legislative achievement, a person familiar with them said.
One of the speeches addresses a complete overturn of the law, while another is crafted as if the court strikes down the law's individual mandate but upholds other provisions. The third speech, for if the court upholds the entire law, is more celebratory, according to this person.
Let's put all this in historical context. The Democratic party is the oldest existing political party in the entire world, and it was founded as a people's party. Andrew Jackson's veto message of a bill to recharter the Bank of the United States stands to this day as a kind of mission statement for the modern party…
The individual mandate is an overwhelmingly unpopular item that requires a patently unjust transfer of wealth for the purpose of paying off the interest groups that have the biggest financial stake in health care. Considered next to Jackson's veto message: It is a signal that the Democratic party has become the opposite of what its founders intended to be. The individual mandate is a testimony to the broken nature of the modern party. It is a symbol that, despite their egalitarian rhetoric, contemporary Democrats are ready, willing, and able to bend the policy needle toward the interests of "the rich… and the potent," at the expense of the "farmers, mechanics, and laborers."
Mitt Romney reserved some of his harshest criticism of President Barack Obama's health care reform law for the eve of the Supreme Court ruling that will decide its fate, labeling the law as "moral failure" by a president who chose to focus on healthcare, rather than jobs, at a time of national economic crisis.
"His policies were not focused on creating jobs. They were focused on implementing his liberal agenda. There's nothing wrong with people having an agenda, but when the country's in crisis, you have a moral responsibility to focus on helping people come out of that crisis," Romney said at a rally here Wednesday evening. "It was not just bad policy; it was a moral failure to put forward a piece of legislation that wouldn't help Americans get back to work, and to focus the energy of the White House on Obamacare."
"I believe 6-3," Pelosi told the Reuters Washington Summit on Wednesday…
"If you get Kennedy, I don't think that Roberts would want it to look political" and oppose it, Pelosi said, alluding to the fact that Roberts has said he favors unanimity on his court…
Pelosi voiced confidence that the healthcare law she helped draft will meet any constitutional test. "It is ironclad. We didn't do this off the back of our hand," she said.
Becerra said the "worst outcome" would be a 5-4 decision, because "that will go, unfortunately, a long way [toward] confirming this growing belief in the gut of the American people that the Supreme Court no longer cares so much about the Constitution, it cares more about politics."
Becerra added, "We should all take some time tonight to pray a little to make sure the Supreme Court doesn't come out with another 5-4 decision which, once again, unmasks its political tendencies."
When Democrats lose, however, they tend to place the blame a little higher. The Supreme Court is rigged. The election was stolen by Diebold voting machines. After John Kerry lost in 2004, Democrats snickered about an electoral map showing the "real America" being composed of the West Coast and Northeast. The rest of the map — the red states Bush carried — was dubbed "Jesusland." The inference being that the real problem was with the American people.
All of which is why, facing the prospect of losing the Obamacare case, the left's first instinct hasn't been to blame a bad law. Or bad lawyering. Or even just bad luck. No, to the liberal mind there are no bad outcomes; only broken systems. (In the Washington Post, Jonathan Turley claimed the very possibility Obamacare might be struck down suggested we should rethink the structure of the high court. He proposes we start by installing 10 more justices.)
And so, later this week liberal Democrats will condemn the high court as a body no longer fit to adjudicate our nation's laws. It will have to be reformed and remade before any American, anywhere, can sleep soundly.
[Ezra] Klein wrote this week of how the Right built a "permission structure" allowing conservative judges to rule the individual mandate unconstitutional.
Here's the flip side of that story: liberal Strategic Epistemic Closure is all about dismantling any permission structure on the Right. For instance, get enough elites to dismiss an idea, and boom, it's "discredited." Get enough liberals to act shocked at a proposal, and you've made it "controversial." Then pretend some objective standard has been met, and warn the media not to give credence to discredited or controversial ideas…
[A] permission structure has been built in the form of legal precedent — including many bad decisions by liberal judges — slowly making it possible for Washington to do what sounds absurd on its face: forcing us into intrastate commerce in the name of regulating interstate commerce.
It would be easy to criticize all this for its sheer unselfconscious lack of seriousness: These people are actually saying that any outcome except the one they want must be driven by an outcome-oriented political crusade. Only their view could result from an actual engagement with the question before the Court, and any other view could only be a function of corruption or of cynicism. It must be nice to be so enlightened…
This debate is indeed a political debate, in the best and highest sense. But that does not make it a cynical debate, or an illegitimate one. On the contrary. The apparent inability of many left-wing commentators to see that point tells us more than all their diatribes in recent days. Their anger about the very possibility that the Court might disagree with them about Obamacare suggests that they do not believe that there can be such a thing as a serious political debate — they take serious and political to be opposites. And it shows.
"My guess is they're not sleeping real well at the White House tonight — that's the way it ought to be," Romney said of the pending decision during a campaign speech in Virginia…
Returning to his earlier remark, Romney predicted "there's going to be a lot of sleepless nights in the White House in the next few months."
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We can still prevent war with Iran.
Original post made by Tom R, Midtown, on Apr 17, 2007
In 2003 the Bush Administration led America into a war in Iraq that could have been avoided, for reasons that were not necessary. Four years, thousands of lives, and hundreds of billions of dollars later, we are still paying for that mistake. Yet we now find ourselves facing another war in the Middle East, this time with Iran.
The rhetoric is becoming heated. American politicians from both Parties assert Iran must be stopped from acquiring nuclear weapons, and an American military strike against Iran is being considered. While plans for the next war proceed, our government refuses direct bilateral and unconditional negotiations with Iran. After 9/11 Iran made several peace overtures to the United States which were rebuffed or ignored. Meanwhile Congress appropriated millions of dollars to fund "regime change" in Iran. America may have legitimate issues with Iran, but Tehran has legitimate reasons to distrust Washington's peaceful intentions also.
We are locked on a collision course with disaster, but there still is time to change that. A group formed by some of Americas most distinguished recent war veterans; VoteVets.org, has joined with former N.A.T.O. Supreme Commander and retired Four Star General Wesley Clark to found StopIranWar.com to inform the public and lobby our political leaders on the urgent need for diplomacy with Iran NOW, before another war starts. Their message to our President and Congress is simple: Actively pursue all peaceful efforts to resolve our outstanding issues with Iran so we can prevent another deadly war.
Please visit StopIranWar.com at: Web Link to learn more and add your name there to the tens of thousands of Americans who already have signed petitions supporting immediate open dialog between America and Iran. And feel free to pass on the text of this message to others that you know.
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 18, 2007 at 5:33 am
Here's one vet who will not sign on with "Wesson Oil" Clark. His sudden reluctance to go to war is a pleasant surprise considering why Clinton fired him.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 18, 2007 at 6:59 am
I am one vet who has proudly signed the petitions on StopIranWar.com. This time, the veterans will not sit on their hands and allow the worst president in our history to take our country into another bloody and unnecessary war.
a resident of Stanford
on Apr 18, 2007 at 7:11 am
Speaking to Saddam for 12 years worked so well.
There are consequences to every action...or inaction.
a resident of Greenmeadow
on Apr 18, 2007 at 10:13 am
typical that the war mongers would registed in below
that's all you know
a resident of Palo Verde
on Apr 18, 2007 at 10:39 am
Iran is at war with us, and has been for some time. Some people just don't realize it.
Better to eliminate Iran now--before they have nuclear weapons.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Apr 18, 2007 at 11:38 am
it's the other way around
we are surrounding iran on every front
breathing down their necks are we
military bases all around them
and your afraid of them
what about pakistan, india, israel,
they get nucleap power and nobody else
maybe they would negotiate is we
were not so bloody agressive
figure it out!
a resident of Palo Verde
on Apr 18, 2007 at 3:30 pm
Our enemy is Islamic Totalitarianism. Iran is the center of that ideology. Iran is run by a mad man. Iran is developing nuclear weapons for its jihad. These are enough reasons to make use of those military bases.
a resident of Stanford
on Apr 18, 2007 at 4:30 pm
Well said, Dick.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Apr 18, 2007 at 4:59 pm
Iran is an inegral part of the middle east and we are not. We have no business being there and threatening its countries. We have no busines deciding which country can have nuclear weapons and which doesn't. By invading Iraq we made Iran realize that they only way to preven a US invasion is to become a nuclear power. Unlike us, Iran hasn't invaded another nation in centuries. As much as I despise the Iranian regime and its theocracy, the greatest threat to world peace and stabilty is the Bush regime, not the Iranian regime.
a resident of Palo Alto Orchards
on Apr 18, 2007 at 5:50 pm
Our business is our self-defense. When a rogue nation threatens us and is busy developing nuclear weapons, its our business--actually our duty--to stop it.
a resident of Stanford
on Apr 18, 2007 at 5:52 pm
Yes, Bush the fascist maniacal dictator who believes he is the hidden Imam come to bring about the war that will ressurect him, who tortures and imprisons men and women with no law to protect them, who subscribes to Sharia law...Oh wait, wrong guy. No matter, clearly Bush is the more dangerous of the two. Too bad Ahmadinijad doesn't run our country, we would all be so much safer.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Apr 18, 2007 at 6:16 pm
Last time I checked, Ahmadinijad didn't invade a sovereign country using false pretenses, killing tens of thousands, if not more, civilians. One believes in Sharia law, the other in Rupture. Both are bad, but only Bush presents a grave danger to the entire world.
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 18, 2007 at 7:32 pm
Last time I checked Islamic jihad was threatening to kill or enslave all of us.
a resident of College Terrace
on Apr 18, 2007 at 9:43 pm
i think it's wonderful that dick cheney had time in his busy schedule to comment on this thread....way to go dick, your tough on crime!
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a resident of Stanford
on Apr 19, 2007 at 7:30 am
Tell you what, though I hope this never happens to you, Sarlat, if the day comes that someone is telling everyone that he plans to destroy you and your home, is seen building the factory to build the weapons to do it, most of your neighbors are on his side, and you can't simply run away and hide, tell us what your plan will be to protect yourself. Then let everyone tell you that you are more dangerous to the city than he is.
Though I feel tremendous pity for the Iranians who are stuck under the thumb of this guy, and hope they can overturn this guy soon, I am glad that my country is believing him. I am glad that my country believed Saddam, and took him out. Whatever happens after this, we won't be any worse off than with him in power, and the same would be true with Ahmadijinad.
Though I certainly hope and pray that "diplomacy" is more successful with him than it was over the 12 years with Saddam, I also completely support ending all talk LONG BEFORE they are nuclear, and can hold Israel hostage ( which is the goal), and sell weapons to come into the US ( the other goal).
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 20, 2007 at 5:41 pm
Since Iran has been at war with the United States for 28 years, it is a bit late to prevent war.
a resident of The Greenhouse
on Apr 20, 2007 at 8:40 pm
Just think: No Muslim or Arab nation have ever attacked or invaded or occupied USA. Never. Ever.
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 21, 2007 at 8:10 am
Nations are not the only entities capable of doing harm. And even in the strictest sense of the word your comment is demonstrably wrong. An embassy is USA soil. And just as you may have interests outside your own house, the US has interests outside our own borders. [Portion removed by Palo Alto Online staff.]
a resident of Palo Verde
on Apr 24, 2007 at 8:56 am
Hear the Beach Boys Doctrine on Iran.
Web Link
a resident of Palo Verde
on Apr 24, 2007 at 11:11 am
A chronology including various Islamic attacks has been put together by Professor John Lewis at Ashland University.
Web Link
This type of attacks has been their method, but Iran is the center for developing an Islamic nation powerful enough for a full scale attack.

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Somebody is angry.. relax I am just stating facts lol...
Somebody is angry.. relax I am just stating facts lol...
Seriously man relax... stop flaming me I am just stating a fact which is Cruz is not a necessary component to the long term success of the New York Football Giants... he can be replaced.. easily. When you have a QB like Eli it is easy.
You're trolling and this thread is bad..
You should feel bad.
I don't troll i state good facts you are trolling "eat razer blades ur an idiot" youre not contributing anything so just be quiet please.. this is a thread discussing if cruz could potentially leave and how we feel about if he does leave..
Fact remains that Giants do have the personell to replace a player like V Cruz.
My logic is not flawed and we do have the players to replace a person like Cruz he's not a top 5 wr.
Ty shake and bake that is giving me a headache now.


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I actually made a REALLY good trade for decker, however nobody could have predicted the way it turned out. I lost in that deal.
But i ended up acquiring Ray Rice in the first few weeks. But it didnt matter. I had Demaryius, Josh Gordon, and Andre Johnson.
4483 yards & 28 TDs? Yea, thanks....
Oderint Dum Metuant
It's too bad, I'm too good....
What's the matter, Rudy? Can't decide on an avi?
It was incredibly frustrating for me that I came in 2nd place in all my leagues this year.
So idk...i have time to decide lol
Even if I say I quit...i know i'll get dragged into more....happened in baseball this year....AGAIN....****ers
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Influence of pollen quality on ovarian development in honeybee workers (Apis mellifera scutellata)
H. Human, a, , S.W. Nicolsona, K. Straussa, C.W.W. Pirka and V. Dietemanna
aDepartment of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa
Received 31 January 2007; revised 4 April 2007; accepted 5 April 2007. Available online 24 April 2007.
Protein-rich diets are known to promote ovarian and egg development in workers of the honeybee, Apis mellifera, even in the presence of a queen. Since the main source of protein for honeybees is pollen, its quality and digestibility might be important dietary factors determining reproductive capacity. We have compared the effect of two types of pollensunflower, Helianthus annuus, and aloe, Aloe greatheadii var davyanaon ovarian development in A. mellifera scutellata workers. Under queenright conditions in the field, worker bees exhibited greater ovarian development when feeding on aloe pollen than on sunflower pollen. In their midgut, we observed higher extraction efficiency for aloe (80%) than for sunflower (69%) pollen. This may be attributed to the morphology and size of the two kinds of pollen grains and explains, together with the high protein content of aloe pollen (32% dry mass in bee-collected pollen) compared to sunflower pollen (15%), why aloe pollen promoted higher ovarian development. However, in the laboratory workers sustained on aloe pollen had significantly less-developed ovaries and higher mortality than those fed sunflower pollen. These detrimental effects may be due to an unbalanced protein:carbohydrate ratio. We discuss the effects of unbalanced diets on the physiology and ecology of honeybee reproduction.
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I have a fast questioni regarding the DoD 8570 implementation. I have googled and even read a pdf of the 8570 directive but could not find my answer. According to the 8570 document I read, a Level 1 Tech must secure a computer environtment (CE as per the document). A level 2 Tech must secure a network environment (NE as per the document) and a level 3 Tech is an expert at both CE and NE and additional tasks.
I would eventually like to work for the government, specifically Information Assurance, and I was wondeirng, does a level 3 certification supercede a level 1? Let's say I don't take the A+ or Net+ Cert. (Level 1) but have the GCIH (level 3). Would I be eligible to level 1 jobs?
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Lisa East is the first woman to become pregnant in New Zealand through a fertility treatment that is well established overseas but new here.
Mrs East and her husband Stuart, of Auckland, tried some less invasive fertility treatments, but without success.
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The world's first IVM baby was born in the United States in 1983, but the technique was permitted in New Zealand only in 2011, after an application by Fertility Associates.
Dr Kelly said the application was held up by the passing of the Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004 and the transition from Labour to National in 2008.
The main target group for IVM was women under age 35 with poly-cystic ovary syndrome, as they tended to get the best pregnancy rates. These rates were 5 to 10 per cent lower than for IVF but had improved, he said.
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Dream African getaways are about as diverse as the continent's geography. But for the serious outdoor enthusiast, this nine-day Escape to Tanzania from LivingSocial Adventure Tours—featuring a five-day trek to the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro—leads your all-time wishlist.
You'll always remember standing on top of the world—gazing down on the sun as it breaks through the pillowy clouds—but your experience along the way will stay with you just as long. Begin by traversing the low-lying jungles, crossing through alpine scrub, and eventually reaching desolate terrain that looks more like a view through the Hubble telescope than anything you've seen in real life.
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Montane Rain Forest
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Plan for precipitation in the rainy environs and listen up for a Swahili lesson: "pole pole" means "slowly slowly" in the local tongue. You'll hike for five or six hours (with a break for lunch, of course) and trek seven miles before stopping for a hot dinner and overnight at the Mandara Hut.
Heath and Moorland
Rise and shine for breakfast, then continue through the temperate forest. Once you reach 9,100 feet, you'll enter the heath and moorland zone of low-growing shrubs that provide glimpses of the snow-capped peaks above. Hike through the Maundi Crater for views of Mt. Kilimanjaro's Mawenzi Peak, stopping for lunch and to adjust to the altitude. After six hours and nine miles, you'll break for the day at the Horombo Hut. Enjoy a hot dinner, then drift off to sleep.
Alpine Desert
The day starts with a spectacular sunrise and hearty breakfast. The pace will be slower due to the altitude and you'll receive an early lunch. As you climb into the alpine desert, vegetation thins out to plants capable of withstanding scorching equatorial sun and whipping winds. The lunar landscape becomes harsh and otherworldly once you reach the saddle between the Mawenzi and Kibo peaks of Mt. Kilimanjaro. The six-hour, nine-mile hike brings you to the Kibo Hut, where you'll eat an early dinner.
Glaciers and Summit
Wake at midnight in frigid temperatures for a light snack, then gear up for the four-mile summit ascent. The pace slows to a deliberate walk due to atmospheric oxygen constraints. Along the way, your demanding path presents frozen snow and scree, demanding mental and physical strength.
The route begins on the rocky trail to Hans Meyer Cave, zigzags up to Gilman's Point, then follows the crater's edge to Uhuru Peak—the highest point in Africa. Watch the sun rise from your perch on top of the world, savoring the euphoria and snapping photos with your fellow hikers. The descent will be quick, as you stop for a hot lunch and short rest at Kibo Hut, then continue down to Horombo Hut for dinner and your last night on the mountain.
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Depart from Moshi
Rise to a full buffet breakfast, then use the morning to take a dip in the pool or head into town to stock up on local goods like shade-grown coffee, woodcarvings, and other handmade mementos. You'll enjoy included transportation to Kilimanjaro International Airport to catch your Ethiopian Airlines flight back to the US.
Touch down at Washington Dulles International Airport and head home.
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Do you know how huge Big Data is? It's so big that it's got its own book! Yup, today, "The Human Face of Big Data" by authors Rick Smolan and Jennifer Erwitt hit the shelves in retail shops.
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- A One-Night Stay for Up to Four in a One-King or Two-Queen Room, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays
- Breakfast for Up to Two Adults and Two Kids
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In recent years, Houston's Uptown District has become the city's de facto downtown. Never mind that once upon a time the area was beyond the city limits; today it's a hub for Houston's premier commercial enterprises, with high-fashion retail, top-notch restaurants, and four-star hotels drawing more than 20 million visitors to the district each year. Home to some of the nation's leading energy companies, The Energy Corridor District is alight with urban-style amenities like clean-running state-of-the-art public transportation that move about a setting with a green, suburban feel—truly the best of both worlds.
The Digs
Nestled right in the middle of the city's vibrant energy hub, Hilton Garden Inn Houston Energy Corridor is a live wire when it comes to comfort and convenience. The seven-story high-rise hotel features spacious rooms with soft king or queen beds and in-room perks such as mini-fridges and microwaves, complimentary high-speed Wi-Fi, and 32-inch flat-screen TVs. Dining options like the 24-hour snack center, The Pavilion Pantry, and the on-site sit-down restaurant, the Great American Grill, are ready to sate your appetite whether you're on the go or seeking to slow down. 24-hour business and fitness centers and ample conference and ball rooms for large meetings and events make this hotel ideal for business persons and tourists alike.
The Diversions
• Stroll through the natural paths and green gardens of Bear Creek Park
• Embark on a shopping spree at the Memorial City Mall
• Hit up City Centre for prime dining and entertainment options
• Take a quick drive to the placid shores of Galveston Beach
"This Hilton Garden Inn delivered beyond my expectations... Each of the experiences was top for this class of hotel. If I am in this area, I will definitely return to this hotel."-- TripAdvisor
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Croquet Beneath the Sugar Maples
Inn at Millrace Pond • Hope, NJ
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- A One-Night Stay for Two in a Standard Room, Sundays through Thursdays ($89) or Fridays and Saturdays ($114)
- Or, a One-Night Stay for Up to Four Guests in a Larger Room, Sundays through Thursdays ($124) or Fridays and Saturdays ($156)
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The Destination
Hidden among the centuries-old oaks and sugar maples of New Jersey's Skylands Region, the tiny township of Hope is lined with classic stone storefronts and acres of peaceful farmland. Founded by German Moravian missionaries in the 18th century, the settlement is one of the oldest planned communities in the US, with a number of its limestone structures earning a spot on the National Register of Historic Places. Today, visitors flock to Hope for its quaint green space, superb antique shops, and wealth of leafy trails.
The Digs
The 17 guest rooms and cottages of the historic Inn at Millrace Pond are spread out among three 18th-century buildings: a farmhouse, a stone cottage, and the village's 250-year-old gristmill. In addition to creature comforts like Wi-Fi, cable TV, and whirlpool tubs, Colonial-style accommodations feature exposed beams, dark wood furnishings, and airy linens. Stroll around the property's 23 rolling acres, where guests can kick back with a croquet match, or grab a craft beer in the Fireside Tavern. When you're ready to indulge in a candlelit feast, take a seat in the inn's main dining room. Located on the former milling floor, the restaurant boasts distinguished brass accents and is famous among locals for its drunken mussels and rack of lamb.
The Diversions
• Delaware Water Gap
• Jersey Skylands
• Jenny Jump State Forest
• Four Sisters Winery
"Hope, New Jersey, is a small town with a family feel, surrounded with forestland and farmland. The only restaurants in this small town are in Inn at Millrace Pond, Hope's historic bed and breakfast."-- USA TODAY
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text: I just purchased a 2001 Silverado with the 6.6 Duramax. I'm can't seem to locate the plug I would use to warm the block when the weather turns cold. From what I read it should be located near the power steering. Is it possible this truck didn't come with this option? At what temp would/could this become an issue?


text: went thru my 10 hives this morning...9 of 10 were ok... the one with a problem was a full hive split into 2 as a nuc....the bees had left the hive except about 3-400 ....the white worms or pupae ? were a 7-8 mm or a 1/4 inch long ..they also had a lot of brown fibrous casings in the bottom...what are they? ...i pulled the divider out of the hive .i also cleaned out the worms. also pulled two frames out that the worms had attached themselves to the frame....hopefully the other side of hive will clean up what i had missed?


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Thanks karl!
I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine. - Ayn Rand
You can have her I don't want her shes to fat for me
SOON-We already lost the war. You are the resistance.


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Wheeler was a small man, 5-foot-6 or 7. Wire-rimmed glasses, a tidy mustache, eyes that crinkled at the corners when he ventured one of the tight little smiles that were his usual reaction to the obloquy of his opponents—even at the peak of his power in the 1920s, he looked more like a clerk in an insurance office than a man who, in the description of the militantly wet Cincinnati Enquirer, "made great men his puppets." On his slight frame he wore a suit, a waistcoat and, his followers believed, the fate of the Republic.
Born on a farm near Youngstown, Ohio, in 1869, he was effectively born anew in 1893, when he found himself in a Congregational church in Oberlin, Ohio, listening to a temperance lecture delivered by the Rev. Howard Hyde Russell, a former lawyer who had recently founded an organization called the Anti-Saloon League (ASL). Wheeler had put himself through Oberlin College by working as a waiter, janitor, teacher and salesman. Now, after joining Russell in prayer, he signed on as one of the first full-time employees of the ASL, which he would turn into the most effective political pressure group the country had yet known.
It was, in fact, Wheeler who coined the term "pressure group." When he teamed up with Russell in 1893, the temperance movement that had begun to manifest itself in the 1820s had hundreds of thousands of adherents but diffuse and ineffectual leadership. The most visible anti-alcohol leader, Frances Willard of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), had diluted her organization's message by embracing a score of other issues, ranging from government ownership of utilities to vegetarianism. The nascent Prohibition Party had added forest conservation and post office policy to its anti-liquor platform. But Russell, with Wheeler by his side, declared the ASL interested in one thing only: the abolition of alcohol from American life.
Their initial objective was a law in every state banning its manufacture and sale. Their tactics were focused. A politician who supported anti-liquor laws could count on the league's support, and a politician who did not could count on its ferocious opposition. "The Anti-Saloon League," Russell said, "is formed for the purpose of administering political retribution."
Wheeler became its avenging angel. Years later he said he joined the ASL because he was inspired by the organization's altruism and idealism. But despite all the tender virtues he may have possessed, none was as essential as a different quality, best summarized by a classmate's description: Wayne Wheeler was a "locomotive in trousers." While clerking for a Cleveland lawyer and attending classes at Western Reserve Law School, Wheeler worked full time for the league, riding his bicycle from town to town to speak to more churches, recruit more supporters. After he earned his law degree in 1898 and took over the Ohio ASL's legal office, his productivity only accelerated. He initiated so many legal cases on the league's behalf, delivered so many speeches, launched so many telegram campaigns and organized so many demonstrations ("petitions in boots," he called them) that his boss lamented that "there was not enough Mr. Wheeler to go around."
Soon Wheeler and the ASL had effective control of the Ohio legislature. They had opposed 70 sitting legislators of both parties (nearly half the entire legislative membership) and defeated every one of them. Now the state could pass a law that had long been the league's primary goal: a local-option bill that would put power over the saloon directly in voters' hands. If Cincinnatians voted wet, Cincinnati would be wet; if Daytonites voted dry, they would be dry.
After different versions of the measure had passed both houses of the legislature, Gov. Myron T. Herrick persuaded members of the conference committee to adopt some modifications he deemed necessary to make the law workable and equitable. To the league, this was heresy. After Herrick signed the amended bill into law in the election year of 1905, Wheeler, playing for stakes greater than the ASL had ever risked before, took him on directly.
The governor was no easy target. A lawyer and banker from Cleveland, he was the political creation of Senator Mark Hanna, the Republican Boss of Bosses. In 1903, Herrick had been elected governor with the largest plurality in Ohio history; for the 1905 campaign, he had substantial campaign funds, as well as the goodwill of many a churchgoer for having vetoed a bill that would have legalized racetrack betting. And Ohio Republicans had lost only one gubernatorial election in almost two decades.
Wheeler and the ASL sponsored more than 300 anti-Herrick rallies throughout the state and mobilized their supporters in the churches by suggesting that the governor—"the champion of the murder mills"—was a pawn of the liquor interests. When the Brewers' Association sent out a confidential letter urging its members to lend quiet but material support to Herrick (his Democratic opponent was a vocal temperance advocate), Wheeler said he "got [a copy of the letter] on Thursday before election, photographed it and sent out thousands of them to churches on Sunday." In a race that drew what was at the time the largest turnout for an Ohio gubernatorial election, every other Republican on the statewide ticket was elected, but Myron Herrick's political career was over.
"Never again," Wheeler boasted, "will any political party ignore the protests of the church and the moral forces of the state." Nor, in a word, would they ignore Wayne B. Wheeler.


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New Software Notice alert!
The new Web Graphics Creator (version 4.0) will be out soon.
For now, version 3.0 is still active and works great on most Windows machines. It no longer runs on Macs using Lion or greater... (but the new version will fix this)
So hang in there! It's almost done!
eBook aspect ratio for the front, top and side images?
Discussion in 'Web Graphics Creator' started by Tommy, Apr 26, 2009.


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Northwoods Arts Council to host Dinner Show on March 3
The Northwoods Arts Council's annual Winter Dinner Show will be at 6 p.m. Sunday, March 3, in the Union Church Friendship Hall in Hackensack.
This annual event began in response to the many requests to do something in the winter. The first show in March 2002 included dinner and a one-act play. In following years the dinner has been followed by musical performances or re-enacted radio scripts from the Golden Age of Radio.
The evening will start with a ham and scalloped potato dinner with all the trimmings, prepared by Mike Bohanon and crew.
After dinner, the show will feature the musical group Just Us THE BAND, composed of Steve Reiter, Ray Fidler and Lynn Mineer. This group got its start when Reiter met Fidler, who happens to play fiddle and banjo, at an old-time sing-a-long.
Fidler is originally from Illinois and grew up in a musical family. He started playing the banjo at an early age, then picked up the fiddle and has played professionally in several music groups.
Mineer sings and plays guitar. He also sings with the group Gospel Four plus One. Reiter, the unofficial leader of the group, sings and plays the string bass. He has been singing and playing in various musical groups since high school. The group plays everything from rock and roll to bluegrass, folk and church music.
Tickets are $10 each and may be purchased at Southside or Swansons in Hackensack or call 218-675-6619.
No tickets will be sold at the door.


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Sure u can find stop gaps, as long as u have guys like Beatty or Snee on the line and in prime of career...
This whole Lineman by cheap aquisiton thing is finally starting to bite us in the rear as we finished last in Rush offense last yr and were not doing paticularly well this yr, and the pressure has seemed to be getting to eli more and more.. Snee's and Diehls primes being behind them are huge reasons why.. U can blend a Locklear(i raved about signing by the way..lol), and Boothe and etc, if u got a couple stalwarts on the oline...
Trust me, we'll be much better if we get some Oline help like a barrett jones, jonathan cooper, dallas thomas, or soemthing like that..
Not going to lie. That last loss has taken everything out of me, I was hyped up cause I had the week off, was going to review some tape on CB/OL/DL/S, buy my tickets for the final game of the season cause I will be making the 10 hr flight from base to home on the 29th, to enjoy my first game with my girlfriend... possible fiancee depending on how these last two games go lol. meh!
sorry for the sentimental nonsense back to business.
CB/S is a bigger need than OL ( can be debatable)
OL is a bigger need than DL
DL is a bigger need than LB
1. Eric Fisher
2. Desmond Trufant
3. Tank Carradine / or Will Sutton ( not as DT he is too small for that as a DE)
4. Kwame Geathers
not my best work but I am still down on the loss.
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What do u guys think of Devonte Holloman LB S.Carolina? He has expierence playing S as well, but got to big and played Outside LB for the game****s this past yr.. Seems like hes one of those in the right place at the right time guys and makes plays and has the size nessecary to play LB in the NFL, and also has alot of expierence in coverege on bigtime level of SEC from time as a S as well.. I think hes gonna be a ST ace as well.. I see him projected in the 4-7 range depending on where u look.. Reese loves versatility and a guy like Holloman may offer just that, on ST and Defense...
Also, Ray Ray Armstrong is eligible for this yrs draft.. He didn't play for Faulkner U after being let go by Miami, but certainly has intrigue as a 7th rd type, upside pick.. Hes got fantastic size and was a high draft pick potentially before off field issues lead to him going bye bye from the U..
Any intrigue in a guy like Armstrong in the 6th-7th range?
Look, I agree that Corner is a massive need for us and I certainly would never complain if we walked away with any of the stud corners avail this year(Milliner, Banks, Rhodes, and some others.) However, I also recognize that we have severely neglected our Oline in recent years. Age has caught up with us up front and this team needs to improve in the trenches, on both sides of the ball really. Call me old school, but I still believe the game is won and lost in the trenches.
I do not care if we address Oline via free agency, or via the draft but it has to happen. We have put it off far too long. I have all the respect in the world for Reese, but looking at our current roster I have to begin to doubt some of what he has done recently. Going into the offseason last year, I said I felt we had the most needs we had in several years. This year, I feel we have even more, and they are more pressing. I truly believe this offseason we are going to see roster shakups the likes of which we havent seen in a few years. In fact, I hope we do because my fear is TC will fight the change to new personel, which was his downfall in jacksonville. He has a history of being stubbornly loyal to his vets. The problem is we have some guys who arent earning their paycheck.
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They have severely neglected the DL too. How many DEs have they drafted in the past 5 years? 1?


text: Ok, so let me pick your brains. Zone 6b, kentucky.. What are some good lawn alternatives? I'm going to seed down some clover in the front and want some more to mix in. I'd considered Yarrow, heck still am, but getting mixed signals about if bees like it. I don't plan on mowing but once every week or less, highest setting. The state department also did a number on the front and ditched it out to the point where I can-not-mow at all there, so I'll be seeding it out with several perennials which will also surely include the above.


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Well the problem with the PKM conversion is there isn't much room in there for a striker setup anyway. A few years back when I was really trying to get this working I toyed with the idea of the "striker plate" which I learned was already done on the Swiss Pe57 (I think)? It is in one of my PKM discussions.
The other thought as I mentioned is to notch the bottom of a bolt carrier and use a different spring (perhaps AK spring) that is secured to the back via a vertical post that would clear the notch. Presto you made a short-spring PKM with room for the trigger group.
Only other thing I can figure is to use a dual-spring setup that is thinner than the standard, and is on both sides of the carrier. Allows clearance for a standard AK-style trigger group. The problem with THAT is that in my testing I couldn't find a good spring that would work well on both sides. IMO this is the best approach because it is the least labor-intensive, but locating the proper springs that work to operate the action is going to be the trick. Perhaps VZ-58 striker springs. Something of that diameter.
I got far enough to press the bulge in the bottom of my receiver shell but got distracted by Real Life and put it on the back burner. I would like to get cracking on it once again! :)


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Making and Binding Floor mats
Here's a pair of floor mats that have vinyl binding. While it's not hard to cut out these shapes to fit a certain area in the car, they tend to slip around. To stop this from happening, I first glued the carpet to a nib backed rubber product made specifically for this purpose. At the outside edge of this backing I had to cut the nibs off so I could sew the binding onto the carpet-backing sandwich. I did that with a sharp utility knife about 3/4" in from the edge and all the way around the perimeter.
I then cut 2 1/2" strips of contrasting vinyl and sewed them down to the carpet side of the assembly using a 3/8" seam all the way around. When I got to the beginning of the binding, I overlapped the end of the binding by 1", seamed the binding together, and finished sewing the binding down the rest of the way. After that, I pulled the binding over the edge, sprayed glue on the back of the nib-backed rubber and on the binding and glued it down to the rubber side, pulling the binding as tight as I could. after that, I made relief cuts in the binding at the corners to let the binding lay down flat. The next step is to flip the mat over to the carpeted side and sew as close to the inside edge of the binding as possible without sewing on the binding itself. This sews a seam through the binding on the back side of the mat and locks the binding in place. This procedure is called "sewing in the ditch". The last step is to trim off the excess binding on the back side of the mat. If you try to make floor mats, do yourself a favor and make the corners round. It makes sewing the binding a lot easier.
No one lives forever, the trick is creating something that will.
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Here's some more pictures of the binding process. Notice that I did not make the relief cuts in corners of the binding until after it was sewn onto the mat. When you sew around a round corner like these, give the binding a slight amount of slack so the corners don't curl up.
No one lives forever, the trick is creating something that will.
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And here's the last of the binding pictures, and the finished product.
No one lives forever, the trick is creating something that will.
Great looking work Dan!!!!!!
Those look like they go in a 34 Ford 3 window coupe . Very nice work
Excellent work, Dan! Here's another one for the tutorial folder. Thanks for posting this!
Strangely enough, that's exactly where they go! I'm glad you like them.
No one lives forever, the trick is creating something that will.
Thanks, Dan!
Another great tutorial. I'll be doing this one fairly soon, when I start finishing my interior this Winter. We're finally picking the colors for my truck's new paint -- I should be getting it back in a few weeks (it's been 5 months in the body shop already).
Yeah nice tutorial but...
Where in the world do you get that nibbed backing? Where do you get the carpet? What type of carpet do I buy that is flexible enough for automotive floormats?
I get it from one of my suppliers, but they only sell to upholstery shops. You don't really need the backing, but I have used generic flat rubber floor mats from Wal-Mart, cut them the shape I wanted and then glued on the carpet and did the binding. Almost any carpet that doesn't have a padding attached to the back will work, but thinner carpet under the nibbed backing works better.
You can get automotive grade carpet by the yard from www.accmats.com. 80/20 Loop carpet is standard on most older cars. It's hard to figure out how to order cut yardage from them. To do that online, click on "shop online" (You need to know which carpet you want to order ahead of time before you click on shop online.), then click on "select by item" (don't fill in the part about what vehicle you want the carpet for) and then click on "select yardage". If you want softer more pliable carpet, don't order it with the poly backing, that is a stiff plastic backing, although you may like that to make floor mats out of.
No one lives forever, the trick is creating something that will.
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Wow that website has to be the most confusing, hard-to-order-from website I've been to in a long time. I had to come back to your post like three times just to figure out how to get the damned prices for anything, and even then the "Essex" product wasn't showing up, after all their talk about how cool it is. Classic example of how a great business is going to go out of business for no other reason that there web site sucks so much.
It's hard to know just how stiff I need it to be. Obviously, if the carpet I buy from them is about as stiff as a thick towel, it will just bunch up on the floor or curl/ripple easily and won't lay flat. If it's a tiny bit too stiff, it won't contour itself to the various compound curves required for it to sit there with part of itself on top of the wheel well... Hmm...
I totally agree. I knew they sold cut yardage, but had to call them and have somebody explain to me how to order from the web site. It's ridiculous that they have made it so confusing.
No one lives forever, the trick is creating something that will.
I have a question to go along with the carpet tutorial.
My rod has some inexpensive carpet that I put in it with the idea that it would ultimately be replaced with something better.
Now that I have my own sewing machine I may as well practice putting some binding on it.
The carpet has a rubber like backing, not very heavy but it has a 'traction feel' is the best I can describe it. Now, will I have to use some kind of lubricant on the surface or the thread???
There is no doubt that the machine will sew it without even slowing down, I just am curious. The stuff cut pretty easily with a heavy scissors so I would think I could just plow into it.
Hot dog, my welting foot for windlace is on the way I should have it Friday.
Thanks for the help.
No, you don't need any lubricant. The thread you are using should be bonded thread, which has it's own lubricant built in to run through the machine easier. Don't ever buy thread that isn't bonded. Your sewing machine can easily sew through 1/4" plywood, there's no carpet that will slow it down.
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Great!! I can't wait to try it. I got 1/2" foam cord for the windlace today from Rochford. It's quite a big place. The foot should be here tomorrow.
I also finished a second set of roof bows with all the backets today.
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Welcome to the Quilting Board!
"Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned" Peter Marshall
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that
take our breath away". - Hilary Cooper
Welcome, I love all your colorful machines, especially the Pink one!! Would love to see pictures of some of your other machines.
I have heard the Morse IV described as "the result of an encounter between a Bel-Air coupe and a Delco radio". It actually has a FIN on top, plus all that chrome.
if you want to see some eye-candy, google sewingmachinesteve. He is about an hour from me, and I love to go over there. He has invested tons of money into professional airguns, sprayboothes, etc.
Me, I use a cheapo airgun and even more cheapo car paint.
Love the blue one. It is gorgeous!!.
so many quilts to make, so little time.
I would love to see your repaint/restore projects.
As for painting, go for the pink. Its your machine and if its' not in good enough condition to keep as is, why not? We just started painting (professionally) some machines and we're working on doing just that with the ones that are beyond saving. Its fun and i brings new life to what would otherwise be a boat anchor.
Hi Cil, love your machines, and welcome you to the board from NE Ohio.
Hello Cil, and welcome! Would love to see pics of your Featherweights, and other machines-repaint or not!
Be a blessing to others, as you may entertain angels unaware!
I just love old sewing machines!! And am so glad that others have the same passion.


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Security Hole Could Affect 99% of Android Smartphones
According to German researchers, 99% of Android devices might be at risk from a vulnerability which could allow unauthorised parties to snoop on your Google Calendar and Contacts information.
The discovery by the University of Ulm researchers brings to light a serious privacy issue, and underlines the difficulty that many Android smartphone owners appear to face keeping their operating systems up-to-date.
According to the paper by Bastian Könings, Jens Nickels, and Florian Schaub, entitled "Catching AuthTokens in the Wild: The Insecurity of Google's ClientLogin Protocol", in Android 2.3.3 and earlier the Calendar and Contacts apps transmit information "in the clear" via HTTP, and retrieve an authentication token (authToken) from Google.
That means that there's the potential for cybercriminals to eavesdrop on WiFi traffic and steal the authToken that your smartphone has just generated.
For full story:
http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/05 ... artphones/