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30 gallon stocking ideas My friend has an empty 30 gallon aquarium that will (eventually) be mine. I'm planning on doing sand substrate, and possibly live plants. For now I'm just brainstorming possibilities. One idea I had is doing a coldwater tank with dojo loaches and a big school or wcmm. What other coldwater fish are there(besides goldies)? That's just one possibility though, I could easily do a heated tank and have more options. I'm looking for some really unique and entertaining fish. Any ideas? Thanks a ton! |
Oh yes, I also have pretty hard water. If I did the coldwater thing I might include some shimp for algae? |
Dojo loach get pretty big, too big for a 30 gallon. Some corydora are colder water fish, but that depends on how cold you are going and how cold you can keep it in summer. There are smaller loaches too. What's "pretty hard" in numbers (ppm or dGH)? do you know the pH? Someone is going to ask, might as well get it over with now.:roll: Jeff. |
Minnows are nice, but loaches tend to prefer softer water, as a rule. JDM is right, though - most people here tend to be leery of advising on stocking without knowing exact numbers on how hard your water is. :) API makes a GH and KH test that sells for around $7, and the Master Test Kit includes a Ph test. If you don't have theses, you can try calling your local water supplier, they should be able to give you the numbers you need. |
A few thoughts while I am waiting for a phone call here. It is worth noting, only because I am seeing it now in my tank, hardness can reduce in the tank by, so far, as much as 25%. For me that means going from 23dGH to 17dGH in a week or so. I attribute this to the plants so it is not something that you can count on without some testing and I don't know how much of a factor my particular tank setup and stocking might play in this. Once you have the numbers it is only a matter of going through the fish profiles here fish by fish. Choose the ones that you really want first and check that they work. Eliminate the fish that need tanks larger than yours first, then eliminate the obvious out of parameter fish (needs softer/harder/colder/hotter etc). Then go through others that match tank and water parameters and read the temperament to be sure that they are compatible with your favourite fish. Be ruthless with this. It serves the fish better to not be stocked in a marginal situation for their health than trying to "squeeze" one in under the wire. A common one is to have fish temperature tolerances that overlap by a degree or two. Say a catfish that is good for 71F to 82F mixed with a cichlid of 80F to 86F. 81F puts them both near the edge of their tolerance already so anything else that is also not ideal just adds to the fish stress level and you are asking for problems. Oh, watch for numbers of fish. Most corys need groups of 6 for example, and more are better. Some fish should be bonded pairs or single fish only. I think that this is as important a factor as any as the fish will not behave naturally, not that they really do in a tank anyway, but, again, too few fish can cause other sorts of stress. For schoaling fish I went with double the minimum being my minimum as long as the tank can handle it... at the very least a few over as eventually there may be die off reducing the numbers to less than optimum. Jeff. |
um... as for the hardness of the water, I'm not quite sure, but i have A TON of mineral deposits on my tank walls from it! The last time it was checked, it was quite high, but I can't find the paper with numbers. Also, I've added more live plants since then and didn't take that into considderation. My tank, unheated would be in the 70's summertime, and 60's in the winter. But, heating can be adjusted, as can hardness(using shells or leaves etc...).so, Water parameters aside, what are some really interesting fish? Some factors that make a fish interesting to me are: Unusual behaviors or unusual look: not your basic 'fish shape' or extreme friendliness You know, that kind of thing. If you have a common kind of fish, eople see it and say- oh, you have fish. And you say- yup. But if youhave a fish like shellies for example who live in seashells and defend their territory, not just swim back and forth, that is a more cool fish! ( I don't actually want shellies though, but you get the idea right?) |
I think that if you are interested in particular fish, get what you like, don't worry about what "people" might like. I am happy watching our barbs chase each other around and defend their territory from each other. I thought they were going to be a typical schooling behaviour fish and they are not at all. People come over and really don't see the intricacies that you imagine them to. They see fish and say "ooo, fish". They see interesting fish and they still just say "ooo, fish". Jeff. |
[QUOTE=JDM;1402491 I think that if you are interested in particular fish, get what you like, don't worry about what "people" might like. I am happy watching our barbs chase each other around and defend their territory from each other. I thought they were going to be a typical schooling behaviour fish and they are not at all. People come over and really don't see the intricacies that you imagine them to. They see fish and say "ooo, fish". They see interesting fish and they still just say "ooo, fish". Jeff.[/QUOTE] Yes... but I see those intricacies. It's not so much about what other people like so much as what will keep me fascinated for a long period of time. One of the reasons i love the dojo loaches is they fit ALL my interest zones. They don't look like ordinary fish, they have unusual behaviors, and they don't mind handling or extra attention. So, any ideas? |
If you don't mind the hassles these guys are fun, interesting and smart. My daughter really wants them until I showed her their preferred diet. Dwarf Puffer or Figure 8 Puffer. There are so many interesting fish to choose from. If you like cichlids, the cockatoo dwarf cichlid would let you have a group of 1male and three females. Water is pretty average. There are some cool looking catfish but I don't know about personalities of any other than the ever popular corydoras. Upside down catfish are cool and fit. The loaches are popular but most get too large for a 30 gallon, your dojo loach needs 48". African butterfly fish ... you could have two of those with some cats or Cory's for the bottom. Just surf the profiles here or do some online searches for freshwater aquarium fish and see what catches your eye, then research it a bit. It's not hard to find information but I have found what is here to be among the best quality. Jeff |
Wow! great ideas! I have a dp allready in a smaller tank though. love him!How many upsidedown cats could i fit in a 30 gal if I did just them? Can you keep other fishes with the butterflies, because it would be kind of boring to have JUST those guys, cause they only use the very top. All the things you rreccomended are very cool! exactly what i had in mind! |
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Gimme a break, NY City tourist flights have long endured and survived very well during Presidential visits.

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Generally cars should enter the bike lane to turn right, but apparently not where there's a bike box. I guess that's really good in some ways, and something to be fairly jubilant about.
Does anyone else think that a bike box treatment might have been useful at the intersection of Harbord and Ossington? (Particularly at the north and west entrances.)
Good thing we all have our helmets on! I'm just off my training wheels too, I always wear my helmet and elblow pads. You never know when you could just fall off that bike! hehehe
@Ben Cars should never enter the bike lane.
Ben's right, the bike lanes with dashes near an intersection are designed so that cars enter them before making a right turn. Cyclists can either enter the lane and pass on the cars left, or wait until the way is clear. It's certainly not a perfect system, but that's how it is currently in Toronto. Bike boxed intersections are the only exception to this, although I still see drivers using them as turning lanes.
Also, Ben, about Harbord and Ossington, a bike box certainly should have been added there. The sharrows on Harbord, placed in the middle of the right-most lane, I believe, are for cyclists making right turns to keep them out of the right hook zone. Although I'm also certain many may also think the sharrowed lane is where cyclists should be for left turns, which is both against the HTA and a bad idea.
I agree, a bike box would be helpful at Ossington/Harbord. That said, I find that as intesections go, that one isn't too bad to make a left turn from. Drivers usually let me merge right in to the left turn lane and are pretty patient as I don't have to wait for oncoming traffic to clear before moving and they can use the left lane while I use the right once we're all on Ossington.
I'm not that much of a fan of Ossington, though. I always turn right at the next intersection to go where I'm going. I prefer Dovercourt for my north/south travels in that area.
No bike boxes on my route, but I'd like to comment on the right turn across the bike lane. I've experienced it from both perspectives many times, and it's definitely best for cars to move into the bike lane and totally block the right-side passage of bikes while waiting for pedestrians or whatever. As a cyclist, if you can't go around on the left, you should definitely not be trying to scoot up the right side of a right-turning car to go straight (it gets a bit tricky when the cyclist wants to turn right too, and cars should leave a gap on the right when in a right turn lane, as cyclists should not be going straight from there). What drivers should not do is charge in front of moving bikes to turn right, requiring the cyclists to execute full-on emergency braking manoeuvres, back wheel in the air, as I've had to do on several occasions (the driveway to the underground parking on Simcoe south of Front has got to be the worst spot for this). If you don't have room to change lanes into the bike lane comfortably, then you don't pass the bike at all. I've been right-hooked several times, and I will not ever pass a car on the right that's sitting outside the bike lane with the right turn signal on, trusting that they've seen me. From the driver's perspective, it's just too much to ask.
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With corporate globalization, trade increased along the U.S.-Mexico border and so did pollution. However, trade agreements like NAFTA fail to hold polluting corporations responsible or to provide resources for environmental protection.
Of the 66 documented toxic waste sites in Mexican border states, the most infamous is Tijuana's Metales y Derivados, a U.S.-owned maquiladora factory that recycled batteries imported from the U.S. The owner, José Kahn, fled across the border when the maquiladora was shut down in 1994 after community reports of health problems and repeated violations of environmental law documented by the Mexican government. Mr. Kahn left behind 23,000 tons of mixed contaminated waste, including 7,000 tons of lead slag, exposed to the elements and threatening workers and families living in the adjacent Tijuana neighborhood of Colonia Chilpancingo.
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BOSTON Feb 5 Some fund shareholders of Dell Inc said they were outraged by company founder Michael Dell's plan to take the computer maker private for less than $14 a share, accusing him of effectively trying to steal the company.
With Dell trading at a low valuation relative to other technology companies, the board of directors should not have approved a leveraged buyout at that price, they said. Dell is paying $13.65 per share in cash for the stock, which ended on Tuesday at $13.42, up 1.1 percent.
"Do the directors think Michael Dell is crazy and shareholders are lucky to lose their ownership to him?" asked Frederick E. "Shad" Rowe, general partner of Greenbrier Partners and a trustee of the $22 billion Texas Employees Retirement System. "Or do they think that the plans and projections make sense and they're leaving shareholders in the dust?"
Rowe said he dumped about 400,000 shares of Dell on Tuesday. "I was so irritated I didn't want to think about it anymore," he said.
The $24.4 billion deal, which requires shareholder approval, would end an almost quarter-century run on the public markets for a company that was conceived in Dell's college dorm room and quickly rose to the top of the global personal computer business - only to be rendered an also-ran over the past decade as PC prices crumbled and customers moved to smartphones and tablets.
Dell executives said the company will stick to a strategy of expanding software and services offerings for large companies, with the goal of becoming a full-service provider of corporate computing services in the mold of the highly profitable IBM . They downplayed speculation that Dell might spin off the low-margin PC business on which it made its name.
But some investors were not interested in pronouncements on strategy.
"This price is ridiculously low and looks like Michael Dell and all are trying to steal the company from shareholders," said Bernard Lanigan, who runs a wealth management firm in Thomasville, Georgia, that owned Dell shares. "We cannot believe the board would allow this inside deal at this low price."
Dell's board should instead have made a tender offer to buy back shares from pessimistic investors while keeping the company public, Lanigan added.
One major shareholder has already decided to vote against the deal, according to a report by CNBC. Pzena Investment Management, which owned 14.4 million Dell shares, or about 1 percent of the company, at the end of September, will oppose the LBO, CNBC reported, citing the firm's chairman, Richard Pzena.
A Dell spokesman rejected the criticism and said the board acted in the best interests of all shareholders.
"The Board undertook a highly disciplined and structured approach to ensure best interests of all stockholders were served from the beginning of the process and that it conducted an extensive review of strategic alternatives," spokesman David Frink said.
Investors complaining about the buyout price face the risk that Dell's shares could fall even lower if the deal falls apart, said Ted Crawford, co-manager of the Roumell Opportunistic Value Fund.
The deal price seemed appropriate to Crawford, who sold his fund's position recently when rumors of a buyout pushed the shares above $13. "Running the numbers on an LBO, it was hard for us to get north of $14," he said. "If the deal fell apart the stock could have gone back down around $10."
Some investors said they were trusting, at least for now, that Dell's board had done a thorough job and made the best available choice for shareholders.
Bill Nygren, who manages the $7.3 billion Oakmark Fund and $3.2 billion Oakmark Select Fund, which have a $250 million position in Dell, said he had hoped for a higher price but was trusting the board for now.
"Should we hear evidence to the contrary, we'll raise a ruckus," he said. (Reporting by Aaron Pressman; Editing by Dan Grebler and Eric Walsh)


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FOOD-PLANTS: Short to medium tongue-length bumblebees visiting shallow to medium flowers.
NESTING BEHAVIOUR: Nests underground or sometimes on the surface. Pocket-makers only early in colony development.
MATE-SEARCHING BEHAVIOUR: Males of a few species with eyes not enlarged relative to females may patrol circuits of scent marks. But males of many species have enlarged compound eyes and hover or perch before racing after potential mates. B. griseocollis males perch and race, but appear to avoid contact with other males and so are not truly territorial (cf. Williams, 1991).
Subgenus CULLUMANOBOMBUS Vogt Bombus (Cullumanobombus) Vogt, 1911:57, type-species Apis cullumana Kirby (= Bombus cullumanus (Kirby)) by subsequent designation of Frison, 1927:66 Bremus (Separatobombus) Frison, 1927:64, type-species Bombus separatus Cresson (= Bombus griseocollis (DeGeer)) by original designation Bremus (Rufocinctobombus) Frison, 1927:78, type-species Bombus rufocinctus Cresson by monotypy Volucellobombus Skorikov, [1923]:123,149, type-species Bombus volucelloides Gribodo (?= B. melaleucus Handlirsch) by monotypy Fervidobombus (Rubicundobombus) Skorikov, [1923]:154, type-species Bombus rubicundus Smith by subsequent designation of Sandhouse, 1943:597 Alpigenobombus (Fraternobombus) Skorikov, [1923]:156, type-species Apathus fraternus Smith (= Bombus fraternus (Smith)) by subsequent designation of Frison, 1927:63 Alpigenobombus (Funebribombus) Skorikov, [1923]:157, type-species Bombus funebris Smith by monotypy Alpigenobombus (Robustobombus) Skorikov, [1923]:157, type-species Bombus robustus Smith by subsequent designation of Sandhouse, 1943:597 Alpigenobombus (Coccineobombus) Skorikov, [1923]:157, type-species Bombus coccineus Friese by subsequent designation of Sandhouse, 1943:539 Cullumanibombus Skorikov, 1938a:145, unjustified emendation Bombus (Crotchiibombus) Franklin, 1954:51, type-species Bombus crotchii Cresson by original designation Bombus (Brachycephalibombus) Williams, 1985b:247, type-species Bombus brachycephalus Handlirsch by original designation Bombus (Dasybombus) Labougle & Ayala, 1985:49, type-species Bombus macgregori Labougle & Ayala by original designation
TAXONOMIC STATUS: For a discussion of why several former subgenera have been synonymised within this subgenus see Williams et al. (2008 [pdf]) .
Part of the bumblebee phylogenetic tree including available Cullumanobombus species from an analysis of DNA sequence data for five genes (Cameron et al. 2007 [pdf]). Values above branches are Bayesian posterior probabilities, values below branches are parsimony bootstrap values. Alternative resolution from parsimony analysis is shown with dotted lines.
baeri brachycephalus coccineus crotchii cullumanus ecuadorius fraternus funebris
griseocollis handlirschi haueri hortulanus macgregori melaleucus morrisoni robustus
rufocinctus-group of species
Bombus (Cu.) rufocinctus Cresson rufo-cinctus [rufocinctus] Cresson, 1863:106 11 names
MORPHOLOGY: photos of male genitalia.
DISTRIBUTION: W Nearctic, E Nearctic, S Nearctic Regions.
cullumanus-group of species
Bombus (Cu.) semenoviellus Skorikov semenoviellus Skorikov, 1910b:410 1 name
DISTRIBUTION: Palaearctic Region. This species is reported as spreading westwards in Europe (Smissen & Rasmont, 1999; Pridal & Tkalcu, 2003).
Bombus (Cu.) unicus Morawitz unicus Morawitz, 1883:235 controversus Skorikov, 1910b:411 2 names
DISTRIBUTION: Palaearctic Region.
Bombus (Cu.) cullumanus (Kirby) Cullumana (Kirby, 1802:359 [Apis]) examined serrisquama Morawitz, 1888:224 Silantjewi Morawitz, 1891:132 apollineus Skorikov, 1910b:412 23 names
TAXONOMIC STATUS: Some of these nominal taxa (serrisquama, apollineus) have been treated as separate species. However, aside from differences in colour pattern, they are closely similar in morphology (Panfilov, 1951). Rasmont (1988) has drawn attention to the co-occurrence of the white-banded B. apollineus with the yellow-banded B. serrisquama in northern Iran, apparently without intermediate individuals. But by analogy, it is possible that this colour difference could be the effect of just two alleles at a single locus for pigment (cf. B. melanopygus, see also the comments on B. keriensis). Evidence from COI barcodes is consistent with them being parts of a single species that varies in colour pattern.
IUCN CONSERVATION STATUS: Preliminary assessment as VULNERABLE (Williams & Osborne, 2009) by criterion A2 (IUCN, 2001, 2008) that it has undergone a a substantial decline in area of occurrence and numbers of records in >50% of the range since 1950. The last record of this species in Britain is 'c. 1941' (BMNH collection) (see declines in British bumble bees).
NOTES on this species in Britain.
brachycephalus-group of species
Bombus (Cu.) brachycephalus Handlirsch brachycephalus Handlirsch, 1888:244 neotropicus (Frison, 1928:151 [Bremus]) examined krusemani Asperen de Boer, 1990:1 3 names
TAXONOMIC STATUS: The description of B. krusemani shows that this nominal taxon, known from a single location, diverges slightly in colour pattern from the otherwise widespread, common and variable Central American species, B. brachycephalus. The information available at present for B. krusemani is consistent with the known range of variation within B. brachycephalus (e.g. Labougle, 1990). Until more evidence to the contrary is available from critical studies of patterns of variation, I shall treat them as parts of a single variable species.
DISTRIBUTION: S Nearctic, N Neotropical Regions.
Bombus (Cu.) haueri Handlirsch Haueri Handlirsch, 1888:234 1 name
MORPHOLOGY: Franklin (1913) and Labougle (1990) believed that this species is closely related to B. crotchii (although Labougle had not examined any males). Surprisingly, Milliron (1973b) placed B. haueri in his 'Dentatus-group', without explanation (B. dentatus is a junior synonym of the Indo-Chinese B. breviceps of the subgenus Alpigenobombus). Possibly Milliron, at least, may have been influenced by Skorikov (1922a), who placed B. haueri in the subgenus Alpigenobombus (as Alpigenobombus (Alpigenobombus) haueri, which he also listed next to Ag. (Ag.) crotchii). However, both sexes of species of the subgenus Alpigenobombus, as it has been accepted recently (Richards, 1968; Williams, 1991 [pdf]), are easily distinguished from any New World bumble bees because they have more teeth on the mandibles.
I have examined the morphology of both sexes and, on the basis of cladistic analysis, have grouped B. haueri with B. brachycephalus (Williams, 1985b [pdf], 1995 [pdf]) and with B. rubicundus (Williams, 1995 [pdf]). Further evidence is awaited.
DISTRIBUTION: S Nearctic Region.
rubicundus-group of species
Bombus (Cu.) rubicundus Smith [Napensis Spinola in Osculati, 1850:201, published without description] rubicundus Smith, 1854:400, examined 3 names
DISTRIBUTION: W Neotropical Region.
Bombus (Cu.) handlirschi Friese handlirschi Friese, 1903:255, examined 1 name
Bombus (Cu.) coccineus Friese coccineus Friese, 1903:254, examined 1 name
Bombus (Cu.) baeri Vachal Baeri Vachal, 1904:10 1 name
DISTRIBUTION: W Neotropical Region, E Neotropical border.
griseocollis-group of species
Bombus (Cu.) crotchii Cresson Crotchii Cresson, 1878:184 4 names
DISTRIBUTION: W Nearctic Region.
Bombus (Cu.) griseocollis (DeGeer) grifeo-collis [griseocollis] (DeGeer, 1773:576 [Apis]) separatus Cresson, 1863:165 4 names
NOMENCLATURE: The orthography of DeGeer (1773) employs a long 's' (similar to 'f' or 'f'), a common practice of the period. This convention has since changed and recent authors have consistently used 's'.
DISTRIBUTION: W Nearctic, E Nearctic Regions.
Bombus (Cu.) morrisoni Cresson Morrisoni Cresson, 1878:183 6 names
DISTRIBUTION: W Nearctic Region, E Nearctic border.
Bombus (Cu.) macgregori Labougle & Ayala macgregori Labougle & Ayala, 1985:50, examined menchuae Asperen de Boer, 1995:47, examined rasmonti Asperen de Boer, 2007:236, examined 3 names
TAXONOMIC STATUS: B. menchuae was described from a single location and, on the basis of the worker and male I have examined so far, appears to diverge from B. macgregori only in colour pattern. Until more evidence to the contrary is available from critical studies of patterns of variation, I shall treat them as parts of a single variable species.
B. rasmonti was described from three queens from Guatemala (plus one additional older queen) and contrasted with B. melaleucus, 'B. volucelloides' and B. vogti. However, the character states used to differentiate B. rasmonti from these taxa, in particular the larger punctures on the clypeus, the slightly paler wings, and the colour-pattern states such as the entirely black thoracic dorsum, are all shared by a worker tentatively identified as B. macgregori in the BMNH collection. This BMNH worker differs from the original descriptions of both B. macgregori and B. rasmonti in having many white hairs intermixed on the face around the antennal bases and on the vertex. In contrast, the hair of the vertex is described as brownish black for the queens of B. rasmonti (workers remain unknown) and there were apparently only a few of these white hairs for the paratype queens of B. macgregori (the original description notes no differences in the colour of the hairs of the head between castes). Until more evidence to the contrary is available from critical studies of patterns of variation, I shall treat them as parts of a single variable species.
Bombus (Cu.) rohweri (Frison) rohweri (Frison, 1925a:144 [Bremus]) examined 1 name
TAXONOMIC STATUS: B. funebris and B. rohweri have been regarded both as conspecific (Milliron, 1962) and as separate species (Frison, 1925a; Asperen de Boer, 1993a; G. Chavarría, pers. com.). They have been distinguished with reference to subtle morphological characters as well as to the consistently and strongly differing colour patterns. Both Asperen de Boer (1993a) and G. Chavarría (pers. com.) found that they co-occur at some localities without intermediate colour patterns. Further evidence is awaited.
Bombus (Cu.) funebris Smith funebris Smith, 1854:400, examined 2 names
DISTRIBUTION: W Neotropical Region, S Neotropical border.
robustus-group of species
Bombus (Cu.) fraternus (Smith) fraternus (Smith, 1854:385 [Apathus]) examined 2 names
DISTRIBUTION: E Nearctic Region, W Nearctic border.
Bombus (Cu.) melaleucus Handlirsch melaleucus Handlirsch, 1888:228, examined volucelloides Gribodo, 1892:119 melanoleucus Schulz, 1906:267, unjustified emendation 5 names
TAXONOMIC STATUS: Several of these nominal taxa have been treated as separate species.
B. volucelloides is closely similar to B. melaleucus, but has been considered to be a separate species (e.g. Milliron, 1973b; Asperen de Boer, 2007). B. vogti is also similar to B. volucelloides, and these two taxa have been considered both as conspecific (e.g. Franklin, 1913; Labougle, 1990) and as separate species (e.g. Milliron, 1973b; Asperen de Boer, 2007).
There is very little material available of the males in this group from South America, but the males of B. vogti are distinctly different in the morphology of the genitalia. B. nigrothoracicus seems more likely to be conspecific with B. vogti than with B. ecuadorius (see the comments on B. ecuadorius).
Thus B. melaleucus is interpreted here in a broad sense, to include much variation that is not yet well understood. While awaiting more evidence from critical studies of patterns of variation, I treat them initially as parts of a single variable species.
NOMENCLATURE: For this species, the oldest available name of which I am aware is B. melaleucus, which becomes the valid name. The name B. volucelloides has been in most common use for just part of this species. However, it seems premature to conserve B. volucelloides by suppressing B. melaleucus until the taxa are better understood, because the name B. melaleucus might yet be required for a separate species.
DISTRIBUTION: N Neotropical, W Neotropical Regions.
?Bombus (Cu.) vogti Friese vogti Friese, 1903:254 nigrothoracicus Friese, 1904:188, examined 3 names
TAXONOMIC STATUS: B. vogti is closely similar in morphology to B. robustus, but has been considered to be a separate species (e.g. Milliron, 1973b; Asperen de Boer, 2007).
B. vogti and B. robustus are usually separated using colour. Although B. robustus is variable in colour, the name is applied to individuals with extensive yellow bands, whereas the name B. vogti is used for individuals that lack yellow bands and are often almost completely black. There is very little material available of the males, but the males of B. vogti are at most only subtly different in the morphology of the genitalia. While awaiting more evidence from critical studies of patterns of variation, I treat them initially as separate species.
TAXONOMIC STATUS: See comments on B. melaleucus.
Bombus (Cu.) robustus Smith robustus Smith, 1854:400, examined 1 name
TAXONOMIC STATUS: See comments on B. hortulanus.
Bombus (Cu.) tucumanus Vachal tucumanus Vachal, 1904:10 5 names
Bombus (Cu.) hortulanus Smith hortulanus Friese, 1904:188, examined [hortulans Frison, 1925a:155, incorrect subsequent spelling] 3 names
TAXONOMIC STATUS: B. robustus and B. hortulanus have been considered both as conspecific (e.g. Franklin, 1913; Frison, 1925a) and as separate species (e.g. Milliron, 1973b; Asperen de Boer, 2007).
B. robustus and B. hortulanus are morphologically similar. Among the specimens I have seen, individuals that have the sides of gastral terga I-II yellow (B. robustus) also have pubescence extending to the middle or almost to the middle of tergum I, and the males have the space between the inner basal process of the gonostylus and the inner apical process narrower than the apical process. Conversely, individuals with the sides of terga I-II black (B. hortulanus) have at least the middle third of tergum I hairless, and the space between the inner processes of the male gonostylus is wider than the breadth of the apical process.
Until more evidence to the contrary is available from critical studies of patterns of variation, I shall treat them as separate species.
Bombus (Cu.) ecuadorius Meunier Ecuadorius Meunier, 1890:66 ?butteli Friese, 1903:254, examined 2 names
TAXONOMIC STATUS: B. butteli is closely similar to B. ecuadorius. They have been considered to be separate species (e.g. Franklin, 1913; Milliron, 1973b), although Franklin conceded that B. butteli (which has grey hairs intermixed on the thoracic dorsum) might be 'only a variety or subspecies' of B. ecuadorius (which has the thoracic dorsum entirely black).
B. ecuadorius females are very rare in collections. For example, Milliron (1973b) had seen only five putative specimens (as opposed to 42 specimens of B. butteli). Of these five specimens, four were females, and just one was a male, which is the same specimen as the holotype of B. nigrothoracicus (see the comments on B. melaleucus). This male is labelled 'Bolivia / ?Peru', whereas the rest of Milliron's B. ecuadorius are from Ecuador, with the exception of one queen from 'Peru' (it carries no further locality data). This putative male of B. ecuadorius also differs from the females in having yellow hairs intermixed on the front and the rear of the thorax. This was not mentioned in the original description of this male (under the name B. nigrothoracicus) by Friese (1904), which Franklin (1913) then used as the sole basis for associating the male with B. ecuadorius.
I favour another possible interpretation. This views the male holotype of B. nigrothoracicus instead as a semi-melanic male of B. melaleucus (the males of B. volucelloides [= B. melaleucus] that I have seen have the thoracic dorsum extensively yellow). This might explain the difference in colour pattern and distribution from other B. ecuadorius. However, a consequence of this interpretation would be that the only remaining known difference between B. ecuadorius and B. butteli would be in colour pattern, because the main morphological justification for regarding them as separate species (the broader apical process of the gonostylus of the putative male B. ecuadorius, now B. melaleucus in the broad sense) would have been removed. Further evidence is awaited.


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Ogilvy & Mather enters strategic partnership with China's Jiangsu Government
29 June, 2012
The Jiangsu Province Development and Reform Commission and the Jiangsu Provincial Administration for Industry & Commerce today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Strategic Partnership with Ogilvy & Mather, one of the largest marketing communications companies in the world.
The agreement marks a notable turning point in the economic advancement and globalization of eastern China's Jiangsu Province, one of the country's wealthiest areas, because it is the first MoU of its kind that the Jiangsu Government has signed with a global communications group. This signals the Government's intent to prioritize the internationalization of its cities, companies and talent in its development strategy.
In 2011, and for the third consecutive year, Jiangsu reported the second highest GDP of all Chinese provinces, with 11 percent growth year on year. Jiangsu now ranks 18th in the world in terms of total economic output.
O&M has a long history of cooperation with the Jiangsu Government and key companies in the region which helped the agency to secure this Strategic Partnership which will focus on four key areas, including:
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O&M will strengthen cooperation among universities, cities and companies in Jiangsu Province to nurture creative talent in the region.
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O&M's vast international network will help raise standards in the advertising, public relations, digital media and creative industries in Jiangsu province.
Miles Young, O&M Global Chairman and CEO, said, "Today's MoU signing and launch of the Nanjing University-Ogilvy Institute of Creativity are a clear reflection of the Jiangsu Government's commitment to building and nurturing the creative industries in this region of China. These defining actions will enable the critical shift from 'made in Jiangsu' to 'created in Jiangsu,' from making products bearing other people's brand names to creating Jiangsu's own brands. And this is key to driving the economic development and globalization of Jiangsu Province. I am thrilled that Ogilvy is part of this historic transformation."
Launch of Nanjing University-Ogilvy Institute of Creativity
Following the MoU signing, this afternoon O&M's Young participated in the opening ceremony of the first program to result from the Strategic Partnership – the launch of the Nanjing University-Ogilvy Institute of Creativity, a new department in Nanjing University's School of Journalism and Communication. The institute was established to improve Nanjing University's curricula, promote academic exchange between Chinese and international students, cultivate talent and increase internship opportunities. O&M and Nanjing University will also work together to improve research capabilities in the advertising and creative industries in Jiangsu province and the Yangtze River Delta region.
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Nevada's Republican Congressmen Joe Heck and Mark Amodei are famous.
They're among the 11 Republicans who stood against their party's majority last week in voting to continue without limitation President Barack Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which lets otherwise law-abiding illegal immigrants whose parents brought them to America avoid deportation.
"I cannot in good conscience vote to close the door on those individuals who have been given the opportunity to make a life for themselves in the only country they have ever known," Heck said after the bill passed anyway. Later, addressing a meeting of the Republican Men's Club, he added: "They have become members of our society," he said.
His vote — and his comments — are sure to disappoint conservatives and confound critics, who note that Heck voted last year to stop the funding for the deferred-action program. Surely that would have closed the door on the DREAMers? Heck voted against funding because he objected to the executive order that created the program, but that order didn't change; only Heck's vote did.
But let's take him at his word, and give him credit for doing the right thing. Why not? The two bills — one on deferred action, another authorizing $694 million in spending for the crisis of Central American children crossing the Southern border — will sit until the Senate returns next month. Lawmakers will still have to wrestle with the money bill, which provides badly needed funds to deal with the border crisis but also re-writes George W. Bush-era rules about swiftly deporting people from violence-torn Central American countries. Democrats were initially receptive to changing the rules, but later rejected the idea.
Ironically, the same week House Speaker John Boehner led the Republican caucus in voting to authorize a lawsuit against Obama for allegedly exceeding his constitutional authority by delaying a key provision of the Affordable Care Act, Boehner urged Obama to act alone on immigration. "There are numerous steps the president can and should be taking right now, without the need for congressional action, to secure our borders and ensure these children are returned swiftly and safely to their countries." (Again, many of "these children" are fleeing violence in countries that are anything but safe.)
But the ironies don't end there. Obama, commenting after the House action, said "They're not even trying to solve the problem. I'm going to have to act alone because we do not have enough resources." Later, the White House let slip that among the "act alone" options are a massive expansion of the deferred-action program, one that may include the parents of current beneficiaries, anyone closely related to a U.S. citizen or people who have been in the country a long time.
That sounds suspiciously like a plan immigration activists urged on the president in light of the failure of Congress to pass a comprehensive immigration bill, one that would see him cut down radically on deportations, using executive authority alone. But even Obama has said he doesn't have that power. As UCLA law professor Hiroshi Motomura told the Washington Post in February: "If the president can make a list to prioritize who should be deported first, then I think it's clear that he can give people at the bottom of that list a piece of paper saying you're at the bottom. That's how I think about DACA. It's clearly within his discretionary power. But if he did this for every single immigrant, he would no longer be exercising his discretion. That would be problematic."
In fact, that might be a legitimate cause of action in a lawsuit accusing the president of failing to uphold his constitutional duty to see that the laws are faithfully executed.
So, to sum: Heck and Amodei voted the right way on a bill that doesn't matter, which does nothing to solve a mounting crisis on the border, which prompted Boehner to urge Obama to act unilaterally, even though the House is suing Obama for acting unilaterally, which prompted the president to say he will act unilaterally, but potentially in a way that would make him subject to a legitimate complaint of exceeding his constitutional authority.
It would be comical if it weren't so tragic.
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WPP acquires Perspectives
30 September, 2000
WPP Group plc ('WPP') announces that it has acquired Marketing Perspectives Limited ('Perspectives'), the UK marketing communications agency. This move advances WPP's stated strategy of expanding in the fast growing relationship marketing sector.
Over the past year, Perspectives has been rated as one of the UK's five fastest-growing agencies in both direct marketing and sales promotion. Clients include American Express, Carlsberg-Tetley, Eurobell, Hewlett-Packard, Orange and Virgin Interactive.
Perspectives employs 70 staff and is based in West London. The company reported turnover of £9.5 million for the year ended 30 September 1998 and net assets of £1 million at that date.
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For Perspectives, this move will provide the opportunity to develop an increased international presence and to take advantage of the resource available within WPP Group, in order to enhance its ability to service its clients and drive growth.
John Williams, Chairman and CEO of Perspectives commented: 'We have spoken to a number of prospective partners. In the end, WPP impressed us as by far the best choice for the business, for our clients and for our people. This is because they are dynamic, focused and a learning organisation. The resources within WPP Group are second to none and we are convinced that as a result, we will be able to provide our clients with an even better service. We look forward to taking full advantage of the opportunities this move presents.'
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Posted Fri 1st of October 2010
This is my first story. I have an entire series planned out. If I get good reviews I will keep writing them. Criticism is appreciated. Just please make it constructive and don't be mean. Enjoy :)
The day I left for college was one of the scariest in my entire life. What was even scarier was that I would be a 115 pound gay boy living in a building full of straight guys. To some, even me, it was a fantasy coming true but the intimidation of it all got rid of any hope of getting with any of them.
The morning came when it was time to pack up my entire life into the back of the car and head to the university. I was on pins and needles the entire time. Mom tried to make small talk the entire way there but I just wasn't in the mood. After what seems like days in the car, we finally arrived. After checking in at the front desk, I received my room key and went to find my room before I began unpacking the car. Just my luck, my room ended up being on the third floor-with no elevators. I walked into the empty room and just stared at the blankness of it all. Four white walls, two desks, two closets, and last but certainly not least, two beds. In all of this hype and excitement I had completely forgotten that I would be sharing a room with a complete stranger. My stomach quickly filled with butterflies again as I made my way back downstairs to begin hauling my things to my room.
Mom and I each carried what we could and made our first trip back upstairs. With my hands full, I bumped the door open with my hip and slid into the room. Trying to rid my arms of the weight, I ran to one of the beds and dropped what I was carrying onto it.
"Hey man. You need help with that?"
I turned around to find an incredibly gorgeous guy standing in my doorway. Around 6'3", light blonde hair, and a cute baby face with an amazing smile. He came toward me with his arm extended to shake my hand.
"You must be Jace," he said, "I'm Alex-your roommate."
Trying not to seem too excited at the thought of living in the same room as this guy for the next year I just shook his hand and replied, "Nice to meet you. I'm gonna finish bringing my things up."
"Are you sure you don't need any help man," he asked, "I was a power lifter in high school."
With that, he rolled up his sleeve and flexed one of the most defined muscles I had ever seen. A slight moan escaped my mouth. I was mesmerized by a single arm and my mind began to wander about the rest of his body. Suddenly, my mom enters through the doorway carrying another lode of my things.
"Jace, are you just going to stand here or are you going to help me?"
"Sorry. I'm coming. I was just meeting my roommate," I replied.
Alex smiled and shook my mom's hand as I made my way out of the room and into the hallway. I turned around and told Alex, "You don't need to help us. You have your own things to carry. Thanks anyway though." Before he could say anything else, I quickly turned and made my way down the staircase. After a few more trips back and forth, everything was in my room. I was exhausted from moving everything so I plopped myself down on my crowded bed and secretly watched Alex move his things in. I was transfixed on his arms. My mom came over to me and gave me a hug.
"It's a long drive home. I'm gonna take off. I love you, Jace."
"I love you too mom," I said rolling my eyes at Alex trying to seem cool.
After she left it was just me and him. We both had all of our things in the room and were just taking a break before finding a place for everything. We talked about where we were from and just made small talk for about an hour. I noticed that he moved in alone so I asked him where his parents had been.
Alex said, "My folks kicked me out last year. They didn't really agree with my lifestyle."
My mind was racing now. Was he gay? What other lifestyle could cause you to get kicked out? I decided to just drop the subject - I didn't want to come onto him on the first night we were there. We both spent the next few hours putting things away and making our beds-making small talk the entire time. I was really looking forward to the coming year. After hours of unpacking, I was finally done. I turned on my tv and just lied in bed unable to move from exhaustion.
"Hey man, I'm gonna go take a shower. Do you need to get in there before I go?"
"Nah," I replied, "go ahead."
A few minutes passed and Alex came out of the bathroom with only a towel around his waist. His body was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen and along with his wet hair, I was in heaven. I was mesmerized by his abs and I caught myself staring a few times. Then, Alex turned from me and without warning, the towel dropped. My 7 inch dick sprang up instantly when I saw his perfect ass. I rolled over to my stomach to conceal my boner. Just when I thought I couldn't get any more turned on, Alex bent over forward to pick up a pair of boxer briefs. With that, his tight, hairless asshole and balls were in plain view. I wanted to just jump out of my bed and bury my face in his ass. I was so horny and I needed a release. FAST! I jumped out of bed when he was still turned around so he wouldn't see my throbbing cock through my jeans.
"I'm going jump in the shower," I said as I hurriedly made my way into the bathroom.
The minute the door was closed behind me, I began ripping off my clothes. My dick was aching from the tightness of my jeans and it was screaming to be let out. I turned on the water and got in. As the hot water rained down on my back, I pumped my hard cock thinking of Alex. I began to softly moan his name as I pulled my dick, being careful that he wouldn't hear me. I wanted him so badly. I jacked off for a few more minutes before I felt a familiar sensation in my balls. Soon after, shot after shot of hot cum flew from my dick landing on the shower wall. My knees buckled after I milked every drop from my dick. It was the most powerful orgasm I had ever had. I wiped my spunk from the shower wall and quickly finished up my shower. In a rush to make it to the bathroom, I had forgotten to grab clothes. I wrapped a towel around my waist and just like Alex had done, walked out of the bathroom. Alex was lying on his stomach in only tight underwear. His bubble butt was perfectly outlined in his baby blue boxer briefs and I felt my cock begin to stir again under the towel. Just like he had done, I turned from him and dropped my towel. I had no clue if I was right or not, but I felt his eyes on me the entire time as I slipped on a pair of green underwear – similar to the ones Alex was wearing. I climbed into bed and closed my eyes to get some sleep from a truly exhausting day.
"Do you want me to get the light?" I heard Alex say.
"Yeah, if you don't mind," I said in return.
Alex got out of bed and made his way over to the light switch across the room. My eyes widened when I noticed the sizeable bulge in his underwear. Once again my cock was pulsing under the fabric of my boxer briefs. Alex turned off the light and made his way back into his bed. When I saw he was in bed, my hand immediately went to my crotch and my growing boner. I had never been so horny in my life. I quietly slipped my underwear down, being careful not to make any noise and reveal to Alex what I was doing only 10 feet away from him. I slowly jacked off, biting my bottom lip to keep myself from making any noises. Images of Alex's bulge flashed in my head as I imagined myself shoving his big dick down my throat. I felt myself coming closer and closer to climax. I grabbed my boxer briefs that I had just slipped off and began to shoot my load into them. After what felt like 5 or 6 shots of cum, I threw my underwear under my bed, rolled over, and drifted to sleep.
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2011-08-12 02:03:26
I would love for you to give us another chapter. What happens in the rest of the dorm life? Does he get to have Alex? Good story, but I want to know the rest. LOL. Thanks!!
anonymous reader
2010-11-03 15:17:48
Please properly tag your story. There should be a M/M tag here.
anonymous reader
2010-11-03 15:16:39
Please properly tag your stories. Why does there seem to be a trend among M/M authors to, what appears to be deliberately, leave out the gay tags in their stories?
anonymous reader
2010-11-02 01:09:58
great intro! I`m looking forward to the next chapter
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- 'I enjoyed the warmth of the hospitality in isolated Athabaskan Indian and Inuit communities.'
- 'The fall of the White River ash likely had devastating consequences for the native residents of the Yukon, and numerous authors have suggested that the eruption initiated a large-scale Athapaskan migration out of the area.'
- 'On the basis of comparison with the other Athabaskan languages, Carrier must at some point in the past have had nasalized vowels, but it no longer does, and even records from the late nineteenth century don't show it.'
- ''While you're thinking about what you're going to say, they're already talking,' complained one Athabaskan Indian woman.'
- 'The name comes from the old native Athabaskan lingo for 'The Great One'.'
- 'One interpretation is that it may be an Athapaskan hunting tool known as a 'Little Owl.''
- 'In Athabaskan languages, they are focused on the land and the flow of the rivers.'
- 'That is to say, missionaries trained in the lower 48 states came up to Alaska to establish and serve churches among the Eskimo and Athabaskan peoples.'
- 'Other languages with similar devices to mark topic object include Wichita, Pawnee, Tlingit, and some Athapaskan languages such as Navajo and Schaptin.'
- 'Collectively, the Athapaskan people of this region refer to themselves as 'Dene'.'
- 'They have no linguistic relationship to any other language except for a vague similarity to the Athabaskan language.'
1mass noun The Athabaskan family of languages, sometimes classified in the Na-Dene phylum.
- 'The 'keepers of the language' should be the language family - Algonquin, Athapaskan, Eskimo-Aleut, Haida, Iroquoian, Hutenai, Salishan, Siouan, Tlingit, Wakashan.'
2A speaker of any of the Athabaskan languages.
- 'They also share some cultural similarity with the Athabaskan, with whom the Tlingit have interacted and traded for centuries.'
- 'Ron Scollon and Suzanne Scollon found that the personal 'display' required in argumentative writing was culturally inappropriate for the Athabaskan of Alaska, a tribe related to the Dene.'
From Athabasca, the name of a lake in western Canada, from Cree Athap-askaw 'grass and reeds here and there', + -an.
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