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Insect pests of stored foods
Insects infesting stored foods are one of the most common household insect problems. The many different kinds of insects that infest stored dried foods are often referred to as "pantry pests."
Pantry pests contaminate more food than they consume, and most people find the contaminated products unfit for consumption. Pantry pests are often discovered when they leave infested foods to crawl or fly about the house. They often accumulate in pots, pans or dishes or on window sills. Fortunately, they do not bite or sting people or pets nor do they feed on or damage the house structure or contents.
What do they eat?
Nearly all dried food products are susceptible to insect infestation, including cereal products (flour, cake mix, cornmeal, rice, spaghetti, crackers, and cookies); seeds such as dried beans and popcorn; nuts; chocolate; raisins and other dried fruits; spices; powdered milk; tea; and cured meats. Non-food items that may be infested include birdseed, dry pet food, ornamental seed and dried plant displays, ornamental corn, dried flowers, garden seeds, potpourri, and rodent baits.
Stored food insects are most likely to infest products that have been opened but are also capable of penetrating unopened paper, thin cardboard, and plastic, foil, or cellophane-wrapped packages. They may chew their way into packages or crawl in through folds and seams. Insects within an infested package begin multiplying and can spread to other stored foods not only in the same area but in other rooms in a home. All stages (egg, larva, pupa, and adult) may be present simultaneously in infested products.
Where do they come from?
A stored food product can become infested anywhere during the process from production until it arrives in your home. However, stored food is most likely to become infested in stores or in homes. Most of the stored food insects also are pests of stored grain or other commodities and may be relatively abundant outdoors. Food products that are left undisturbed on the shelves for long periods are particularly susceptible to infestation. However, foods of any age can become infested.
Identification and biology of common stored product insects
Indianmeal moths (Plodia interpunctella) are the most common moths infesting food in homes. These moths have a wingspan of 1/2 to 5/8 inch. When at rest, they fold their wings behind themselves, over their bodies. The base of the front wing is pale gray or tan and the outer two-thirds is reddish-brown with a coppery luster. The wing markings are distinctive, but may be less clear if the scales have been rubbed from the wings. Indianmeal moths may be found inside infested products or flying around homes.
The larvae are whitish worms with shades of yellow, pink, green, or brown and grow to 1/2 inch long.
Only the larvae feed in stored products, which can be any dry stored food or whole grain. Foods infested with these insects will have silk webbing present on the surface of the product. Larvae often leave the food when mature and may move long distances before stopping to spin a cocoon. It is common to find caterpillars and cocoons on ceilings and walls. Adult moths may be seen up to several weeks after the food source has been removed.
Meal moths (Pyralis farinalis) have a wingspan of about 3/4 - 1 inch. Their forewings have a dark reddish brown band across the top and bottom of the wings with an olive or yellowish green band, outlined by wavy white lines in the center. Their abdomen is typically curved up at a 90° angle when at rest. The larvae have a black head and a whitish body with some orange at the end of the body. They often form feeding tubes made of silk and tiny pieces of food. Meal moths are found feeding on a wide variety of flour and grain products and seeds, especially when they are damp. These moths are not common in homes.
Sawtoothed grain beetles (Oryzaephilus surinamensis) are about 1/10 inch long, slender, flattened, and brownish-red to almost black in color. They are easily identified by the saw-like teeth on each side of the thorax. Larvae are cream-colored, slender, and about 1/8 inch long, although they are rarely noticed by residents. Sawtoothed grain beetles are found in many different food items, including dried fruit, cereals, nuts, dried meat, macaroni, and seeds.
Drugstore beetles and cigarette beetles (Lasioderma serricorne and Stegobium panicum) are about 1/8 inch long, oval, and brown. The head is bent downward giving the insect a humped appearance. Both species fly and can be found around windows. Larvae are 1/8 inch long when mature, and yellowish-white with a light brown head (the larvae are not usually noticed by residents). They have a curved body covered with fine hair. Cigarette and drugstore beetles feed on a wide variety of dried plant products such as spices, macaroni and other grain based foods, dried flowers, tobacco products, and even paper products, including books.
Flour beetles (Tribolium confusum and T. castaneum) are 3/16 inch long, reddish-brown, and elongate oval in shape. Larvae are cylindrical, whitish, or cream-colored and up to 1/4 inch long and have two small pointed spines on the tail end (the larvae are not usually noticed by residents). Two species of flour beetles may be found: red flour beetles are common in homes and the confused flour beetle is a frequent pest in flour mills. Flour beetles infest many types of dried food products, such as flour, bran, cereal products, dried fruits, nuts, and chocolate.
Warehouse and cabinet beetles (Trogoderma spp.) are elongate oval and 1/8 to 3/16 inch long. They may be solid black or mottled with yellowish-brown markings. Larvae are long and narrow, yellowish to dark brown, hairy and generally grow to about 1/4 inch (although they may not be noticed by residents). Warehouse and cabinet beetles feed in a wide variety of food products, such as grain products, seeds, dried fruits, animal by-products skins, fur, hair, and pet food. They are also known to feed on dead insects and animal carcasses.
Granary, rice, and maize weevils (Sitophilus spp.) are slender insects with a conspicuous snout projecting forward from the head. They are dark brown, sometimes with four orangish spots on the wing covers. They are less than 3/16 inch long. Larvae are white, legless, and looked wrinkled and are only found inside whole kernels or seeds. These weevils attack only whole grains or seeds, leaving small round exit holes in infested kernels. They rarely are found in nuts, dried fruits, macaroni, and caked or crusted milled products such as flour. (A different, larger species of weevil can be found in homes during the fall due to emergence from acorns or hickory nuts collected and stored inside).
Spider beetles (family Ptinidae) are reddish brown, 3/16 inch beetles with long legs and a somewhat, spider-like appearance. The larvae are C-shaped and whitish; they remain in infested material and aren't normally seen. Spider beetles infest a variety of dried plant products.
Bean weevils (Acanthoscelides obtectus) are a type of seed beetle. They are a mottled light and dark brown, broadly oval, and about 1/8 inch long. They have short wing covers which exposes part of the abdomen. Unlike other weevils, bean weevils lack a conspicuous snout. The larvae are small, whitish, legless, and C-shaped. They feed inside dried beans and peas.
Purchase dried foods in quantities small enough to be used up in a relatively short period of time. Use oldest products before newer ones, and opened packages before unopened ones.
Inspect packages or bulk products before buying. Packages should be sealed and unbroken. Also check the freshness packaging date. Look for evidence of insects, including holes in the packaging or wrapping.
Store insect-free foods in tightly closed glass, metal, or heavy plastic containers especially if you do not use up the food very quickly (this is less important for food that is used up more quickly). You can also store susceptible foods in the refrigerator or freezer.
Keep food storage areas clean. Do not allow crumbs or spilled food to accumulate. Remove and discard old, unused products and inspect the remainder. Thoroughly clean cracks and corners with a vacuum cleaner. Also check and clean areas where pet food and birdseed are stored as these are particularly common sources of infestations.
Washing areas with detergents, ammonia, or bleach will not prevent insect infestation. There is no evidence that proves that placing bay leaves or sticks of spearmint gum in a cupboard will prevent or deter stored food insect pests.
There are several ways you may become aware of a stored product infestation. If you find small beetles in susceptible food products, that is a sure sign of a problem. It is also common to find stored product beetles on counters and in cupboards. In some cases, the beetles are attracted to light and may be found around windows.
You may find Indianmeal moths flying around kitchens and other rooms. As caterpillars move away from infested food to pupate, they can be found on walls and ceilings in rooms adjacent to infestations. When examining food packages, you may not only find caterpillars but silk webbing inside infested packages.
Be careful, as not all small beetles or moths found indoors are necessarily a pantry pest. If there is not a direct association with food, be sure the insects are identified correctly by an expert to determine whether they are a stored product food insect.
When you know a stored product problem is present, be sure to examine all susceptible food as there could be more than one infested source. When inspecting them, look at the top surface of products with a flashlight or pour the package contents onto a cookie sheet.
Pest elimination
When you find food that is infested, just throw it away.
Use a vacuum cleaner to thoroughly clean cabinets and shelves, especially in cracks and corners. This will pick up crawling insects and spilled or infested material that is present. Empty the vacuum cleaner or discard the vacuum cleaner bag after use to prevent reinfestation. Washing shelves with detergent, bleach, ammonia, or disinfectants will not have any effect on insect pests.
As a precaution against re-infestation, store susceptible foods in sealable glass, metal, or heavy plastic containers or in the freezer or refrigerator until you are convinced the infestation is gone. It is not unusual to see an occasional Indianmeal moth flying for as long as 3 weeks after the infested sources have been eliminated. However, if you continue to see Indianmeal moths after three weeks, that indicates there is an infested food source that has not been discovered yet.
If you have older food products and you are not sure if they are infested, you can place these products in the freezer at 0 degrees for at least 4 days or in shallow cookie sheets or pans in an oven at 130 degrees for at least 30 minutes. These temperatures will kill any eggs or insects that may be present. If insects are infesting ornaments or decorations made with plant products or seeds, place the items in a freezer for at least four days.
Insecticide sprays are not recommended for controlling insects in stored food cupboards. Household insecticides have no effect on insects within food packages and any control of insects outside of them is temporary unless the source of the infestation is found and eliminated.
Also, the amount of extra work that is necessary when treating cupboards or other areas usually is prohibitive. It is necessary to first remove dishes, glasses, and food packages so they are not contaminated by pesticides. Time is then needed to allow the spray to dry before items can be returned.
This article was written in collaboration with University of Minnesota Extension, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, and University of Wisconsin-Extension.


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OXFORD – The organization known as Forward Rebels has disbanded and will make an internet announcement to that effect late Tuesday morning, the Daily Journal has learned.
More than half in a core group of roughly 20 people are believed to be extremely wealthy. Beginning last September the group bankrolled a campaign of full-page ads in a number of daily newspapers calling for change in Ole Miss athletics including the replacement of former athletics director Pete Boone.
In November on the day the firing of former football coach Houston Nutt was announced — 48 hours after the team's 12th consecutive SEC loss – it was announced that Boone would step down at an unspecified time. A window of up to a year was left open for his continued employment.
He remained on the job but became less visible, and in April the school announced it had hired Western Kentucky AD Ross Bjork to fill its vacancy.
Forward Rebels had remained largely silent since the Boone decision was first announced.
"Forward Rebels' goals have been accomplished. We simply provided a vehicle for fans to assert the most basic truths, that Ole Miss deserved better leadership and that we should avail ourselves of a nationwide pool of candidates rather than only hiring from within," group spokesman Lee Habeeb said in a prepared statement.
"The old way of doing things may have been good for a few, but it was not good for Ole Miss. Ole Miss needed to find the best possible talent anywhere, with the help of an outside search firm and with a process that was open and transparent.
"Our work is done. Now it's time to cheer on our new leaders and support our athletes."
The group has communicated this message to Bjork and intends to lock its social media accounts.
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Carbon monoxide-related deaths will not stop until the causes are accurately reported and understood.
Back in the early 1980s, when I was reporter and presenter on TV Eye - a nationally networked UK current affairs programme - I was sent to Portugal to investigate a series of mysterious deaths of British holidaymakers in Portuguese resorts.
The deaths had all occurred over the space of a couple of months and all involved holidaymakers, often golfers, who had escaped the British winter for some Portuguese sunshine.
Accommodation for the summer trade was often empty during the winter; chalets were often built alongside golf courses and British golfers were a welcome boost to trade. The tourist operators, though, as well as the Portuguese and British authorities, became increasingly concerned at the unexplained deaths.
The deaths all had common features. They usually occurred in the early evening, often after a round of golf. The victims typically exhibited no symptoms prior to collapsing for apparently no reason and dying within a few minutes.
One typical case was that of a middle-aged British couple who had returned to their accommodation after a round of golf. As the sun went down and the temperature dropped, they had closed the windows and the wife had apparently gone to run a bath. She was discovered naked lying beside her husband on the living-room floor; it seemed that they had died within a minute or two of each other.
The Portuguese doctors were totally flummoxed by these deaths. The only symptom common to all the deaths was the victims all had a rosy colour, perhaps because of the sunshine they had enjoyed. The death certificates variously ascribed the deaths to sun stroke, food poisoning and, in the case of the golfing couple and reflecting the wife's nakedness, to "excessive love-making".
The British media were equally mystified. The finger was pointed at lax Portuguese building standards and it was speculated that gas leaks were responsible. The Portuguese authorities were adamant, however, that there was no sign of the gas supply being defective in any way, nor were the symptoms consistent with gas poisoning.
By the time I arrived with a film crew, the tourist trade for winter golfers had come to a premature halt. I began my inquiries when most possibilities had been dismissed.
I could place no reliance on the Portuguese death certificates. They were so much at variance with each other and in some cases so fanciful that they were completely unhelpful. The state of Portuguese medicine at the time was illustrated by my discovery of organs taken from one victim during an autopsy stored in an empty Nescafe tin in a shed!
It was clear to me, however, that the victims had died from some kind of traumatic cessation of their ability to breathe properly. I was eventually able, following considerable research of medical histories and of meteorological records for those couple of months, to establish what had happened.
All the cases seemed to involve the use of some form of heating - sometimes just to warm the room or to heat water for a bath or shower. On the date of each death, the external temperature had dropped suddenly and an inversion of usual temperature layers had occurred; colder air had dropped suddenly closer to ground level.
The holiday-makers closed windows that would normally have remained open in summer; the heaters had all been properly flued, but the flues were not high or long enough for winter conditions. The perfectly normal exhaust gases from the flames of space or water heaters had, as a result of the abnormal drop in outside temperatures, cooled before they could escape into the atmosphere; they had then fallen back down the flue and on to the flame, denying the flame the oxygen it needed to operate normally.
The result? The flame produced carbon monoxide - a colourless and odourless gas that is heavier than air. As the level of carbon monoxide built up, it would eventually reach the level of someone sitting or reclining. The lack of air would cause that person to collapse. A potential rescuer, dropping to floor level to help, would also lose consciousness. Pinkness of the skin is a classic symptom of death by carbon monoxide.
I am prompted to recount this story by the reports of the family of five who nearly died in West Auckland last week from what was reported as "gas poisoning" arising from "petrol-generator fumes". Carbon monoxide is not poisonous in the normal sense. Nor does the fuel that produces the flame have anything to do with it. The records show a case in a tenement building in Glasgow, for example, where someone died when exhaust gases from a coal fire in the room above cooled and fell back down the shared chimney into an open fireplace without a fire. All that is needed is poor ventilation, coupled with a flame that is denied oxygen.
Every year or so, we read of similar cases - in caravans, boats, holiday accommodation. These tragedies will not stop until they are accurately reported.


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Well…. actually Baden Powell said it before.. I just keep saying it.
"Never do what a boy can do".
That simple little saying means the world to our Scouts. I know that it is hard for your average parent to understand, but your son is a very capable young man. You just gotta let him be one.
This was illustrated today during our Districts Scoutcapades event. 5 young men (two teams) from my Troop went toe to toe..or cast iron to cast iron with other Scouts in the District in the third annual Dutch oven cook off.
They planned the menu, gathered the materials, set up, started the coals, cooked the meal and presented to the judges their cast iron delight. All with out one adult so much as saying hello.
They are capable of just about anything that we let them do.
Oh and by the way.. they came in 3rd and 5th place in the contest. The place is not so much the big deal. The big deal was how they felt knowing that they did there best and we had enough confidence in them to let them do it. I could see the pride in their faces as they served up a great cobbler and some real nice pork roast…mmmm.
And so it goes with everything in Scouting. Let them do it. Parents…Leaders… Get out of the way for a minute and let your Scout set the limit…pass the limit… find a new limit… and challenge himself to great things.
Your son is a perfectly capable young man that wants to prove to you that he can do it. He is used to having everything handed to him and is not used to earning his way. He needs to be challenged and allowed to conquer those challenges without mom and dad hovering with a first aid kit and kid gloves. It does not hurt him to get a little dirty..or tired..or cold..or hungry… he learns from those conditions. He wont starve on a camp out..get the flu.. or learn to shoot craps on a Scouting outing. He will learn to be a part of a team, develop life long skills, and habits for life with value.
Our kids have enough obstacles in their lives, we don't need to be one of them. Rest assured the Adult leaders of the troop have nothing but the best intentions for your Scout. We want them to develop Character and Citizenship, and to be physically fit. We want them to leave Scouting with a set of skills that they can pass on to their sons, Scouts, or friends.
Your Scout is capable.. are you going to let him show you?
I want to say it in public… I am proud of James, Jakob, Josh F, Lucas, and Josh S. I am so very proud of you guys for showing me, and the rest of the Thunderbird district, that you are capable!
Happy Scouting!


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Thanks Grant...
[QUOTE=GrantK]No offense, but again you're trying to simplify something that is not simple. And, the anti-government sentiment, while all too common in a variety of contexts today, is not really as accurate in finding a single monolithic entity at fault as some might hope or believe. Like it or not, the government in this country, local, state, and federal, is government by the people and of the people--even if not always for the people. So in a sense if blaming the government is ultimately like blaming ourselves for allowing what has happened to happen, then I'd agree. But somehow I don't think that's how you meant it.
As one of those "feds", its frustrating to see individuals spout off w/ generalized accusations against or at feds, or any other simply defined group (insert DNR, ODFW, et al.)... As Grant stated - The feds is all of us! Regardless of where you cut your paycheck... the other thing, and i think more important, is the frame work inwhich Grant describes the klamath Basin and its fisheries... The complexities are endless... And I guarantee you could super impose that frame work on ANY system in the OP or Puget Sound River, as well as the Columbia Basin systems, et al... The complexity of the problems and the symptoms are enormous. One will not effectly respond to the challenge w/ simple understandings, nor one liner paragraphs blaming this, that or the other......
next time you see the "feds" as the problem, take a look in the mirror. Whether you want to believe it or not, the "Feds" is you....
Yes, I agree wholeheartedly that conservation is not a partisan issue. It is something that we should all be concerned about.
I also agree that we the people have all too often just sat by on the sidelines while special commercial interests have gotten from the government what they want to enhance their bottom lines or economic interests, often to the detriment of the resources, which belong to all the people.
It is high time we the people pay attention to what is happening or being proposed by whatever political party or special interest and get involved instead of just standing by wringing our hands.
Wow Grant you know WAY too much about this issue!
Thanks for the details, it makes for interesting reading.
The story of the Klamath River system and it's fisheries is much more about the triumph of special interests--a variety of interests in reality, including agriculture, commercial, tribal, and recreational fishing, logging, and hydroelectric power--at the expense of public resources than it is about the inherent failings of the federal bureaucracy. The real irony there is that the only way the Klamath, not unlike a lot of other rivers and fisheries in the country, will ever be even partially repaired is through government action. That's right, the people, by and through the government, must get themselves involved in these issues in order to assure that the public interest is protected. It is literally the only way. So not only is government not primarily to blame, it is the only real hope.
I guess I don't know which dam it is you're referring to when you say "the" dam that is the primary culprit, but to be sure the system of dams and diversions that affect the Klamath are responsible for everything from loss of habitat to unpredictable flow regimes that adversely impact fish and fisheries. Most of those dams are completely unassociated with irrigation. Unfortunately, there are more dams and diversions that impact the Klamath system and its fish and fisheries directly than I could possibly list. Here are the major dams that regulate lake level, river flow, and generate power along with the date of their completion and their location: Link River Dam (1921) at river mile 254; Keno Dam (1931) river mile 233; J.C. Boyle Dam (1956) river mile 225; Copco 1 (1917) river mile 198.6; Copco 2 (1925) river mile 196.8; Iron Gate Dam (1962) river mile 190. The first of the dams, Copco Number 1, eliminated access for anadromous fish to not only the upper stretches of the Klamath River itself, but to the Klamath Basin as well. It is, of course, over 60 miles downstream from the Klamath Reclamation Project and has no role in its operation.
Interestingly enough, the Klamath Reclamation Project--which I assume are the irrigators you refer to--predates the creation of any of the major dams in the Klamath system (the project was built in 1906) and is really not directly reliant upon any of them for completing its diversions. That is, even without the Link River Dam which is used to regulate lake levels on Upper Klamath Lake, the Klamath Reclamation Project would be able to divert much of the roughly half million acres of water it uses annually for irrigation. In fact, diversions from Upper Klamath Lake for irrigation began as early as 1882, and the first large-scale canal, (Ankeny-Henley Canal) was online in 1888–nearly 20 years before the Klamath Project and over 30 years before the lake was dammed. And, Link River Dam was originally built by private interests for power generation--not by the government for irrigation. Below is a history of the Klamath Project from the Department of the Interior. Keep in mind that the Bureau of Reclamation is part of Interior, so they're not disinterested parties in all this.
Of course conspicuously absent from the list of dams above are the dams and canals on the Trinity River--largest tributary of the Klamath River--which divert water from the Klamath system to the Sacramento River Basin for operation of the Central Valley Project (another irrigation system). The loss of that water impacts not only the health of the fisheries on the Klamath but on the Trinity as well, and in recent years has been cause for upstream irrigators in the Klamath Project to lay some blame for the fish kills and water quality issues in the Lower Klamath on Central Project irrigators. It's said that politics makes for strange bedfellows, but sometimes it causes some odd divorces as well. This Interior Department link has a history of the Trinity diversions--again please keep in mind the evident bias of the source.
So while the dams and irrigation projects have both contributed significantly to the problems currently faced for both the native sucker fish in Upper Klamath Lake and other parts of the Basin as well as the andadromous fish populations that remain below Iron Gate Dam, it's a mistake to link both issues together and name the government as chief culprit. That's simply not realistic and ignores the realities of the history of the region. Frankly, in all of this the government didn't provide anything that wasn't sought by specific private interests.
I don't mean to be argumentative here, but I do want people to resist the temptation to sum this whole issue up in a nice little paragraph. It's not that simple. There are a lot of very powerful special interests in conflict here, and if the public would like to have its best interests kept in mind, there needs to be some genuine efforts to understand what has happened, and is happening, and why. Blaming the government might be simple, and might support the political philosophies of some, but it's only going to get us more recreational fishing season closures followed ultimately by extinction of what were once magnificent runs of anadromous fish.
When I reflect upon how a government of the people, by the people, and for the people should operate in the context of the Klamath system, I think of the establishment of the Lower Klamath Lake National Wildlife Refuge in 1908, during the administration of Republican president Theodore Roosevelt, as the first waterfowl refuge in the United States . I remember waterfowl numbering in the millions that I saw there as a boy, and am deeply grateful for the foresighted individuals that made such a place possible. You see, government and conservation can go hand-and-hand; it's just that we don't demand it nearly enough. Successful conservation should not be about partisan loyalty, ideological division, or the access of special interests to avenues of power; it should be a common principle that recognizes that far more than can be calculated in the coin of the realm is lost when large portions of the natural world are caused to be gone forever in the name of commercial immediacy. It's a damn shame more people don't understand that.
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|During this period, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that then govenor gray davis forbade the California Dept. of Fish and Game from enforcing the laws against illegal taking of river water by the agricultural interests.
Thanks for the good summary of what is going on.
In my opinion, the biggest culprit is the irrigation system the feds built along with the dam. Actually, I view both the dam and the irrigation system as one and the same because without the dam, the irrigation system probable would not have been built. And without the dam, the native marsh lands would have remained to support the suckers, the river would have flowed freely, and there would never have been a fight over the water in the dam or in the river. But hey, the feds always have an answer to the problems they create, even if everyone but the feds lose.
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Grant Excellent post thank you for taking the time to share that wealth of information with the rest of us it is greatly appreciated.
I appreciate your detailed summary. As you might have known I suspected that irrigation interests had a hand in this.
Since the dollars and cents don't make any sense, and the drought conditions were so obvious there must've been a bit of the ol' boy network influences driving such poor decisions which often cascade into devastated runs a few years down the line.
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First, the two ESA listed sucker species in the Klamath Basin--the Lost River sucker (Deltistes luxatus) and shortnose sucker (Chasmistes brevirostris) are in fact both native species. Suggesting otherwise is, well, wrong. There are many non-native species in Upper Klamath Lake, i.e., fathead minnows, yellow perch, etc., but the listed sucker species are not among them. And, while the causes of their demise are debated, there is not much doubt among scientists that it's largely related to water quality issues in Upper Klamath Lake. These conditions can also adversely impact the native trout populations for which the area is famous. The link to the USGS below gives a good overview of the fish in question.
Not only are both fish indigenous to the Klamath Basin, they were once so prolific that they were the historic source of subsistence fishing for the local natives and they provided both commercial and recreational fishing opportunities in the relatively recent past. In fact, the "sucker run" on Oregon's Williamson river was literally one of the state's most popular recreational fishery at one time. The fishery was so popular that the ODFW office in Klamath Falls maintained a mailing list of "mullet" fishers from Los Angeles to Seattle and sent a postcard informing them of the beginning of the run each year. The recreational harvest in 1966 alone was estimated at approximately 12,500 fish. To put that into perspective, that would easily rival the steelhead harvest on any of Oregon's largest rivers. The links below provide good background information as well.
What caused the water quality problems blamed for the demise of the suckers? Well, that too is a point of contention, but there is little denying that the combination of the elimination of riparian and wetland areas, which cleaned the system, as well as the introduction of untreated agricultural effluent--in the form of waste from cattle operations, for example, which is said by some to rival the sewage output of a town of approximately 500,000 people--have been at the very least part of the problem. The governing biological opinion issued in 2001 that now, at least theoretically, impacts water levels in the lake focused upon raising water levels as a means to improve water quality in the lake itself.
Second, completely independent of the ESA issue, the Klamath Tribe–headquartered in Chiloquin, Oregon--has treaty rights that create certain legal obligations. In the simplest terms possible, the tribe has an 1864 treaty with the United States that creates certain trust responsibilities on the part of the federal government. Here the most important of those trust obligations is the preservation and maintenance of traditional subsistence fisheries. As a result, regardless of what may or may not happen to the ESA, the tribe has legal grounds to compel protection efforts for the suckers. Right now, the governing biological opinion indicates that the best way to guarantee the survival of those species, along with the hope of returning them to levels which would allow limited harvest, is through maintaining higher lake levels during the summer months. Because the treaty predates most other water claims, and because the reclamation project itself is operated by the federal government which has the trust obligations to begin with, the Tribe is a major player in this issue. The link below gives an overview of the legal context.
Third, the Klamath Basin is not a "desert plateau". In fact, the Klamath Basin is home to the largest remaining natural freshwater marsh and wetlands west of the Mississippi (even at an estimated only 20 percent of their former size); it's home to the largest natural lake in Oregon (over 30 miles long and nearly 8 miles wide); it's the drainage for the eastern slope of a large portion of the Cascades, including Crater Lake National Park; and it is the headwaters of one of the largest rivers on the West Coast. And despite claims to the contrary, agricultural operations in the Klamath Basin predate the creation of the Klamath Reclamation Project by quite some time. To be sure, there are too many competing claims for what has become an ever decreasing supply of water during summer and fall, but suggesting that the area itself is "desert" is not correct.
Personally, I suggest learning more about the area and its very complex problems. Visiting it would be a big surprise for most. But be sure to bring a fly rod, because it's home to some of the largest trout found anywhere on the continent. They're measured in pounds, not inches, in the Klamath Basin, and a double digit fish generally won't raise too many eyebrows until they weigh in the upper teens.
Of course, none of this addresses the downstream issues associated with the coho–which are listed as threatened under the ESA–or the fall chinook die-off in 2002 which has prompted much of the concern for returning adults this year. It should be noted, however, that 2002 was not the year of the water shut-off for irrigatiors in the upper basin. The shut-off occurred in 2001, and in 2002, the year of the die-off, virtually full irrigation water deliveries were made despite continuing drought conditions. Both lake levels and river flows were affected accordingly. There was an article written by Bob Hunter, staff attorney for Oregon Water Watch, which appeared in Fly Fisherman Magazine a couple years ago which attempted to explain the downstream issues as they relate to the upstream issues. One particularly interesting point he made was that the downstream commercial and recreational fisheries had an estimated economic value of roughly 800 million per year, while upstream agriculture had an estimated economic value of roughly 100 million per year. Interesting stuff if true.
And then there are the dams. But my head already hurts enough for one day.
We know those poor suckerfish (which are not native to the basin) in Klamath dam just had to be protected because the Native American Tribe located therein insisted on it, and that the farmers (who eventurally had their irrigation water turned off) needed the water to grow their crops on that desert plateau they a located on. We must also keep in mind that it was the feds who built this dam and the irrigation canals, which they then used to get folks to farm this high desert.
Personally, I wish the feds would have let the river have the water, the heck with the non-native sucker the small tribe of Indians and some other wanted protected and the heck with the farmers who are raising crops in an area that would still be high desert if is wasn't for the irrigation the feds built for them.
The fish lost, the farmers lost, and the tribe lost. Ah but the beauty of the federal beaurocaracy is that the feds lost nothing. Don't you love government make work programs like the Klamath dam or the lower Snake dams?
|They did not list the cause of the flow depletion in the Klamath, which would seem to be among the root causes of the problem...
|That's probably good news for the future. If the stocks are already low, no reason to make them even lower!
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Because of the behold threshhold numbers of returning Klamath River fall chinook, the ocean salmon seasons for both recreational and commerical ocean salmon fishing will likely be closed this season. The closed area runs from Point Sur in the south to Cape Manzanita in the north.
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John Olsen has been one of Australia's most consistent and outstanding visual artists. Sydney Sun encapsulates the spirit of delight in life which is the essence of this artist's work.
A dramatic, large-scale painting in three panels, Sydney Sun has been in private collections since 1965 and will be seen publicly for the first time in three decades in the Gallery's exhibition Federation: Australian Art and Society 1901-2001 that opens tomorrow. The work, purchased for $500,000, was undertaken at a time when Olsen was receiving widespread acclaim for his original approach to painting and his creative response to his local environment.
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One cannot reason someone out of something they were not reasoned into. - Jonathan Swift
Running for President is the very highest level of politics. The amatuers are going to get their asses handed to them. That is what happened to Rubio. He can learn from the experience and look for those pitfalls going forward or he can blame everyone else for pointing out his mistakes and do them all over again. It was a huge oppurtunity his party gave to him and he blew it. If he is planning on running in 2016, he better recognise his campaign has already started and that he will not be afforded another error.
So what he took a drink of water. The lib are using that to try and lose the content. Just wonder when there going to blame him for killing somebody like they did to Mitt.
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It's amazing as hell to me after reading this entire thread not one communist supporter has bothered to mention that the content of Rubio's speech was dead on the money. You would not have had a second thought about him taking a simple drink of water had Wolf Blitzer not mentioned it and it was picked up by all the other liberal sheep. The problem with our system of government now is not two parties, it's a bunch of dingle berries with no more sense than to believe and vote for a community organizer who had and has known relationships with domestic terrorists, a racist socalled minister who advocates the downfall of america and is a pimp for George Soros and Peter Lewis. If you or I had a close relationship with Bill Ayers we couldn't get a security clearance to visit the Lincoln Memorial much less access to our high level of intelligence. This is not a trivial argument about our two favorite basketball teams, it concerns the future of our children and grandchildren if anyone has thought far enough ahead to consider it.


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A memorial service for Stanley Kelley Jr., Princeton professor emeritus of politics, is set for 1 p.m. Saturday, March 27, in the University Chapel. A reception will follow in the Chancellor Green Rotunda.
Kelley, who left an indelible mark on the University after chairing a key committee on governance in the late 1960s, died Sunday, Jan. 17, in Princeton from complications of Alzheimer's disease. He was 83. A full obituary is available online.
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During a Friday news conference, Police Chief Noble Wray called the allegations against Heimsness "troubling." He said none of the incidents are related Heenan's shooting. Two of the investigations were underway before the shooting and one started after the shooting. All of the investigations were started based on complaints from within the department.
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Michael Bell, an advocate for the Heenan family, told WISC-TV that he spoke with Heenan's parents Thursday afternoon and they didn't know about the U.S. attorney's decision then.
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Shares of Facebook (FB) are down 15 cents, or half a percent, at $37.48, after earlier briefly touching $38.31, regaining their IPO price for the first time since that fateful offering on May 17th of last year.
Susquehanna Financial Group's Brian Nowack, who has a Neutral rating on the shares, and a $28 price target, after digesting a report this morning by Bloomberg's Edmund Lee that said the company plans to sell TV-style commercials for $2.5 million a day, citing two unnamed sources.
Writes Nowack, "We believe FB is doing this in order to protect the user experience and decrease the risk of engagement declines from too many ad units."
Nowack sees Facebook being competitive on pricing of video spots:
FB's massive daily average user base (700mn DAUs as of 2Q13) has the potential to lead to competitive video CPMs (cost per thousand views). As shown in Figure 1, depending on pricing and users' ad load, we estimate effective video CPMs for 25-34 year-olds could range from ~$2 (lowest price and highest ad load) to $14 (highest price and lowest ad load). We see 35-44 year-old video CPMs ranging from ~$3 to just over $20. Our industry conversations indicate FB's video ad pricing ask is likely to skew toward the higher end of the range ($2mn-$2.5mn per day) for these larger demos, and this table is supportive of this point, as it speaks to how low FB's video CPMs would be for these large audiences at the bottom end of the reported pricing range. Even at the high end, FB's video pricing is competitive with other display and online video offerings (see Figure 2), if we assume ~$9-12 FB video CPMs (an average of the top-end pricing), it is still a modest discount to premium non-video display advertising on other sites and a material (~$20+) discount to other premium online video advertising. This will help FB in its pitch to brands to adopt the video product.
However, Nowack also thinks some of the new video revenue will come out of other money spent on Facebook:
FB is likely to have to eliminate some non-video sponsored news feed ad units to make room for the videos (to protect the user experience). This means the video ad dollars will not all be incremental. Further, the advertiser demand and budgets aren't likely to be all additive either, given FB has already driven ~34% of the N. American display market over the past 5 years as advertisers have shifted dollars toward the site. As such, some of the video adoption is likely to be budget shifting rather than growth.
He advises keeping an eye on how much "big brand" budget Facebook can scoop up this year and next, in order to meet estimates.
Cantor Fitzgerald's Youssef Squali, who was on CNBC this morning, and who has a Buy rating and a $40 price target, agreed with host Kelly Evans that it is a "delicate balance" putting more ad formats into the news feed of Facebook without alienating users. Squali said he has been expecting video ads for a while now, and the company has appeared to delay the effort multiple times. "I think they are struggling with finding a video ad format that is acceptable" and won't turn off users, said Squali.
In related news, data from a new Nielsen study show Facebook stacks up favorably compared to the U.S. television networks as engagement of people 18 to 24 years of age, according to another write-up this morning by Bloomberg's Lee.
Facebook gets traffic from half of people in that age group during the hours of 8 pm and 11 pm on weeknights, versus just 37% to 43% for the big four U.S. networks. (Presumably, the Nielsen report used Facebook data just from the U.S., though that is not explicitly mentioned in Lee's write-up.)


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By NEMS Daily Journal
NRA's word about guns isn't the only viewpoint
The NRA's response to the mass murders in Newtown, Conn., was not any type of gun control, but to put armed guards in our schools. I have no idea how many schools we have in Mississippi but can you imagine the cost of a guard in every school in the state? Of course there would have to be a tax increase to cover the cost. And what about schools which have multiple buildings? Do you put a guard in every building? And would these guards walk the halls with an automatic rifle over their shoulders? What would happen when a guard with his side arm is confronted by some nut with an automatic assault rifle with a large capacity clip?
Usually when there is talk about gun control one of the first things you hear is references to the Second Amendment, which I support. I think a person who hunts and/or wants to protect his home should be able to have guns. But bear in mind, when the Second Amendment was passed, the only type of guns was muskets, and if a person were extremely fast he might be able to get off three shots per minute.
I can see no reason why anyone except the military and law enforcement would need an automatic assault weapon with large capacity clips. The last three cases of mass murders involved these types of weapons.
I feel the first step in controlling school violence is to make it illegal for an individual to own any type of automatic assault weapon.
Earnest "Dee" Streit


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in refernce to our conversations regarding canuck die cast gift pack , if you have yet to aquire it, i refer you to this auction.
it ends in 2 days or so, and the price is still $1.00
in refernce to our conversations regarding canuck die cast gift pack , if you have yet to aquire it, i refer you to this auction.
it ends in 2 days or so, and the price is still $1.00
what's so funny 'bout peace love and understanding
Thanks for the tip. Hopefully this one won't go as high as the last one and hopefully I remember to place a bid before it's too late.
BTW, don't I still owe you something for the Jonny Quest MMs you got for me quite a while ago? I e-mailed you a few times but never heard from you. I believe you were hoping to get an emblemless AF green A-Wing. I still haven't seen one even up on ebay in a very long time, but I do search for it frequently.
i'm too lazy fer the moment to go weedin' through the archives to find my responses to you.
you keepin an eye out for the emblemless green a-wing is di-di aynu! (translation: good enough for me!)
thanx for being on the continued lookout!
what's so funny 'bout peace love and understanding
GSJ: I actually managed to bid on it and get it this time, but I almost missed out. The auction was ending at just about 1:30 AM EST. At 1:15 I remembered the auction was ending soon so I had to fly home real fast to make it. I got in 3 minutes before it ended, placed my bid and won the auction for 29.00. I was very happy until I just woke up and found out what I missed out on last night on ebay. I need Babylon 5 MM sets 5, 6, and all of them loose. I also need most of the harder to find ST MMs loose. Check out these auctions:
It would have been nice to get at least some of them. I really don't understand why someone would put a buy now price on something if they have no idea what the going rate is.
. . .you're actually complaining that rare sfmms went for too LITTLE? personally, if i ever auctioned stuff off that's exactly how i'd do it- set a buy it now price so tempting it'd be claimed in a flash. that's how memories are made
that said, i wish i coulda spotted these for y'all too. but this falls under the "snooze you lose" category (speaking of which, are you EVER gonna answer my emails about your order? ). collecting's the art of the possible. we should just be glad Someone was able to buy these items without getting inordinately gouged (just so long as buyer doesn't plan to re-sell at a profit, that is, but there's no way to know that kinda thing right now).
np: sister sledge, "easy street"
Last edited by vulcantouch; 08-24-2001 at 02:54 PM.
you may wanna e-mail the sellers, and tell em about our little slice o' heaven here. who know's maybe they have other micro's that they may be interested in offering in exchange fer trades, or would be willing to provide happiness to the collectors here!
people go to ebay, cause they don't know where else to go.
i got's to agree with vt, it's refreshing to see that someone is offering little peices of plastic at reasonable buyt it now price!
the last time i saw that done wuz when i bagged the bp's fer swaffy, they were all the origianl ones with the dropped figures, and the buy it now was less than srp for the lot!
sometimes good deals do pop up on ebay. i check in over there every once in awhile to see if anything that i know that baal or anyone else might want is available, but i don't keep regular tabs, as i just completed my collection!
as indicated in the st mm thread, irc.rockford came through for me, and bagged me those pesky tail end x-rays!............
doh! i lie like a rug
i still don't have that emblemless green a-wing
what's so funny 'bout peace love and understanding
. . .i.e., invite them here & see if they'd want to trade (or otherwise ethically part with) anything from the lots they bagged
np: chic, "you can't do it alone"
since s43 can apparently find time to continue participating on this forum but has not been able to reply to my repeated emails re the stuff i'm Still holding for him, i have decided that he will not be eligible for my forum-wide offer to hunt for y'all at the trekcon this weekend. i have further decided that until further notice he shall not be eligible for advance credit, and will have to pay for the items i'm currently holding Before i send them. as most of you know, this is in sharp contrast from the way i usually conduct business, particularly with those (such as s43) with whom i have previously done business.
it is hoped that the patience i have shown, in only now resorting to these limited sanctions, will prompt a satisfactory resolution to this situation, and forgo the need for more comprehensive, result-oriented measures.
if and when said resolution is acheived, i will promptly post notice of same here. until then, everyone reading this is advised to delay or avoid all business dealings with s43-
Last edited by vulcantouch; 08-27-2001 at 11:19 PM.
VT: I didn't mean to sound as if I was complaining that they went for too little. I was just jealous that someone else got to them before me. I love getting good deals and I like to see others get good deals as well. If I actually didn't miss them I wouldn't need any B5 MMs loose or carded and I don't think I would have needed any ST MMs either. It would have been nice to get them all out of the way, but I did snooze and so I did lose.
shinakuma, our most Valued bounTy hunter may grow tired of this waitin' game. as he has indicated many time in the past, he is not only bounty hunter extraordinaire , he is also a Venerable Tightwad, who does not like to part with dineros unnecessarily. (heck! he rides heard on me everytime i spend moolah like it grows on trees!) he extends credit, where credit has shown to be trustworthy. by not responding to his attempts to close the transaction request which you have made of him, it weakens the position of the community as a whole. vt has come to my help many times, in securing hard to find items, and has always put the money up front, trusting in the relationship which was formed over at the buzz board, and solidified here. i don't want him 2nd guessing me jes cause another long time trusted member here, ended up stiffing him for something which he himself couldn't care for.
please conclude you're dealings with mr. touch.
it is critical that the trust we have established with one another here be maintained and continued. we have set the standard for the rest of the star wars (and star trek) collecting community, displaying how proper collecting business should be conducted. (this is why at the present time, we are not required to hoof it down to the trading section to help each other out).
what sets the mm community apart from all other sw related collecting folks, is that hasbro at present refuses to make any new product. the only way possible for any of us to get the mm toys that we wnat and do not posess, is through the efforts of others. this situation requires that each of us treat eachother in the manner which we wished to be treated ourselves.
as this particular arrangement between you and VT is gettin' a little long in the tooth, it's high time that this transaction be completed.
what's so funny 'bout peace love and understanding


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Alice In Wonderland – Black Humor – Some Japanese Contaminated Beyond 100,000 CPM – Minister Of 'Nuclear Power' Goshi Hosono's Face Shows Hiroshima 'City Entering Exposure' Spots? (Pics) – Decontamination Volunteers Die of Heart Attack
– Alice in wonderland (Fukushima Diary, Nov. 15, 2011):
Today I appeared to somewhere official.
4 men interrogated me.
They wanted to make up a story that I was an international criminal or something.
It was a strange spectacle.
They tried to make me state I was involved in an international money laundering though I only bought an A-bike on eBay.
and I explained how risky the internal exposure of tritium is. lol
I told them to evacuate too ,but they were too busy at suspecting me.
It makes me feel like I'm alice in wonderland.
Nobody seems to care about radiation around in Tokyo.
Once you mention radiation,they'd call you ambulance.
Anyway,the result of today's interrogation is supposed to come out around on 25th.
If it's not friendly enough, I might need to emigrate to North Korea by boat.
It is the safest country because there is nothing to eat.
No risk of internal exposure.
My diarrhea stopped.
Ms.Noro,the organizer of Bridge to Chernobyl said adults get used to radiation. That is the problem.
Huge problem will attack you later.
I mustn't stop walking on down.
Now my turtles,who have been with me for 19 years are sleeping with white eye lids.
They don't know anything.
They don't know they'll be left in Japan.
I hope to come back some time to see them.
Today I heard the story that they measured beyond 100,000CPM from 5 people in Minami soma shi.
They were actually "unmeasurable".(Source)
They are too radioactive so people around them are irradiated by themselves.
Minister of nuclear power, Hosono is promoting meaningless decontamination in Fukushima.
He and his funny frieds are trying to make us believe it's become CLEAN because volunteers decontaminated the land.
However,some of the volunteers have already died after decontamination labor because of cardiac infarct.
This will never be news on main street.
but the spots on Hosono's face can't be hidden.
People who entered Horoshima after atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima had the spots like that.
It was called "city entering exposure".
Again, I still expect someone to be a sponsorship for this blog.
For what ? for your honor. To show you never surrender to the power.
If you have a bit of extra money,it won't hurt your reputation to be a sponsor of the truth teller.
(Not only Mochizuki's Fukushima Diary could make good use of some donations. Infinite Unknown received only one donation in 2011 so far. Obviously we are not doing this for the money.)
Tags: Environment, Fukushima, Global News, Goshi Hosono, Government, Health, Heart attack, Hiroshima, Japan, Nuclear, Nuclear reactors, Politics, Radiation, Society


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By David Wheeler/Special to the NEMS Daily Journal
The Itawamba Indians' 2013 baseball team has 16 more games scheduled before its first North Division contest.
Head coach Rick Collier hopes to build some team chemistry before those games in mid-March.
His Indians opened the season with a pair of weekend losses on the road at Calhoun and begins their home campaign this afternoon with a doubleheader – delayed from Wednesday by bad weather – against Southwest Tennessee.
First pitch is set for 1 p.m.
"We could have several different batting orders in the first 18 to 20 games," Collier said. "I like this team, it's a mixture of sophomores and freshmen.
"It is a good group of sophomores from the 39-13 team last year, and we have a chance to do some good things."
The defending North Divisionchampions have sophomores scattered throughout the various phases of the game that could provide leadership and clutch baseball, beginning with pitcher Ben Hudspeth of Tupelo.
The right-hander was 11-0 last season with a 1.42 ERA, and has already signed with Mississippi State.
Collier will have other options on the mound as well, beginning with the sophomore experience of Dylan Earnest of Hamilton and Collin Minga of Mantachie. Look for freshmen help from Tyler Nelms from Kossuth and Ben Aldridge from Tupelo, with sophomores Jake Smith from New Hope and Will Cockrell from Tupelo Christian in the mix.
Shortstop Tyler Tipton from Kentucky is another Southeastern Conference signee (Kentucky), and should help anchor the defense for the Indians.
Expect William Goss from Tupelo to anchor the outfield, with Brent Younger from New Hope, Ethan Gill from Pontotoc, and Brayden Owen from Tupelo as other infield options.
Outfielder Cody Shrewsbury from Tupelo should make more of a splash with the bat after a .381 average with seven home runs and 37 RBIs in 2012.
"If some freshmen grow up, we could be better offensively than last year," Collier said. "Hopefully we'll have no injuries, and hopefully everything will come together."


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Title: Farm Equipment
Description: Cushman combined 20-horsepower all steel threshing outfit.
Date: 1900
Item Type: Photograph, b/w
Collection: General Collection (P1), Farming--Equipment, Number 5
Local Subject: Farming Equipment; Machinery; Farms
Digital Format: JPEG
Barcode: 10002973
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CAR: Working to avert a humanitarian catastrophe
UN agencies and humanitarian partners today appealed for $152 million to help meet the immediate needs of people affected by the ongoing violence in the Central African Republic (CAR).
Since the start of the violence in early December, nearly 800,000 people have fled their homes seeking greater protection from the fighting and about half of them have sought refuge in makeshift camps in the capital, Bangui. Nearly 48 per cent of the population desperately needs humanitarian assistance.
"Hundreds of thousands of people in CAR are today in a deplorable humanitarian situation which requires immediate action to avert a humanitarian catastrophe," said Senior Humanitarian Coordinator Abou Dieng.
A 100 day plan
The funding will allow humanitarian organizations to scale up emergency efforts over the next three months as described in the 100 Day Plan for Priority Humanitarian Action in CAR. The plan, which is a part of a wider response strategy for the country in 2014, needs to be implemented now to provide life-saving assistance and implement programmes that will ensure the protection of civilians. Some of these programmes will focus on establishing women- and child-friendly spaces where people can feel safer and receive psychosocial support, as well as rehabilitating houses to improve security for families.
Despite the growing insecurity, aid organizations continue to reach as many people as possible. Over the last few weeks, the World Food Programme (WFP) has reached over 196,000 people with food assistance, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has distributed tents, blankets and other supplies to displaced families, and the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) are making sure that children are receiving emergency health care and nutrition treatment.
"I commend the courage of humanitarian workers who have decided to stay side by side with the people of CAR during this difficult time," added Mr. Dieng. "And there is no better time than now for the donors and others to help humanitarians reach everyone in need."
Throughout 2014, humanitarian organizations need a total of $247 million to help provide emergency assistance and support recovery efforts across the country. The funding requirements could rise if the situation worsens and the needs increase.
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