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Regional Insect Control
Do you sometimes feel as though you'll never rid turf of insect pests? You conquer one only to find that another has taken its place? It's no wonder. There are more kinds of insects on the earth than any other kind of living creature. In fact, 95 percent of all the animal species on the earth are insects. And millions can exist on a single acre of land — hopefully not an acre of land that you manage. And while many of these insects have common characteristics, usually, national appeal isn't one of them. For the most part (and with the exception of the crane fly [leatherjacket], which was targeted by two regions this year as Enemy No. 1), region is going to dictate which insects give your turf the most problems, as different regions are more conducive to different insect environments.
As such, we have asked university experts in five regions of the United States to identify what they perceive to be their area's most troublesome insect pest (defined either by the damage they can cause to turf, sheer number or, in some cases, the fact that they are often misdiagnosed) and methods you can use to control them.
If, after reading, you are disappointed to not find your most irritating insect pest described here, please don't be. This article is designed to expose only those insect pests with the dubious honor of being bad enough to capture the attention of the researchers we invited to contribute. Even though the information is representative on a national level, it is not intended to be comprehensive. However, as these experts are in touch with the pests that worry turf managers most, they probably have a good idea of the ones that have been bugging you. Here's what they had to say.
By Daniel C. Peck, assistant professor
Cornell, Geneva, N.Y.
In 2004 leatherjackets (the larvae of crane flies) were detected for the first time in extreme northwest New York. This includes two species: Tipula paludosa (T.p., the European crane fly) and Tipula oleracea (T.o., the Marsh crane fly). By the end of 2005, we confirmed populations all along the Erie Canal corridor from Buffalo/Niagara to northeast of Syracuse.
Both species can be problematic in any grass-based system, from low- and high-maintenance turf, like home lawns and golf courses, to production-based systems like sod farms and grass seed fields. All turfgrass species appear to be susceptible. Populations are favored by mild winters and wet, cool summers, and in areas with moist soil conditions and thatch buildup.
Larvae cause injury in two ways. In the soil, they feed on root hairs and roots, pruning and disrupting the rooting zone like white grubs. When larger, they will also graze on the surface like black cutworms. Western New York in 2005 was witness to populations as high as 40 per square foot in irrigated home lawns and scalping damage in the form of "ball-marks" on putting greens.
There are many species of native crane flies in the Northeast, and a few occur in grassy habitats. None, however, has ever been linked to damage. The injurious invasive species can be recognized in several ways. First, adults will emerge from over a 2- to 3-week period approximately in May (T.o.) and September (T.o. and T.p.). They can be abundant and noticeable as they flit about low in the turf, often congregating during the day on the sides of buildings, sliding doors, window screens and fences. Adults are about an inch long and look like gigantic mosquitoes. In low-mown turf (greens, tees), it is easy to spot the pupal exuvia the adult leaves behind when it emerges. These pupal cases, or "leatherjackets," look like small black twigs sticking up from the ground.
If signs of insect activity and turfgrass injury suggest leatherjackets, core sampling is the best way to detect and sample larvae. Inspect soil cores for the larvae by digging up from the soil to find them in the rooting zone, and also inspect down from through the grass into the thatch to find those that may be on the surface. On low-mown turf, disclosing solutions (based on dilute detergents or insecticides) may force some larvae to the surface so you can capture them. When mature, larvae will be almost an inch long. Eggs are not detectable in the field; they are black, about 1 mm long, and are laid at the soil surface. The habitats most likely to harbor leatherjackets are lower-lying protected areas, irrigated lawns and other areas with continual moisture.
T.o. completes two generations a year and is thought to have a greater dispersal potential due to the behavior of the adults. T.p. only completes one generation a year but is probably the more problematic of the two species because it is expected to rapidly build up populations in areas where it has established. Once eggs hatch, larvae grow rapidly, usually achieving third instar before cold temperatures force them to descend in the soil profile. When conditions warm again in the spring, they emerge to continue feeding and development. Injury will be most likely expressed in May when they are as large as they will get. By early June, larvae have stopped feeding and descend once again in the soil profile where they will aestivate in an inactive non-feeding state until pupation in late August. Depending on health of the sward, action thresholds range from 15 to 50 larvae per square foot. Vertebrate predators may contribute to substantial predation over the winter season, so just because thresholds are surpassed in the late fall does not mean that populations have not declined considerably by early spring.
Cultural controls include draining chronically wet areas. Any other careful manipulation of soil moisture and irrigation is also expected to suppress populations given the susceptibility of eggs and small larvae to dry conditions. Avoid irrigation in the late fall. There are two windows for applying control products against larvae. In the late fall, preventive applications can target eggs and small larvae, but sampling to assess thresholds is impossible to do at that stage. The other option is an early spring treatment that can be applied as warranted given damage or sampling. If both species are present, the fall application will be target both; in the spring, however, T.o. is inactive or in pupation so it will not be affected by control products.
By Eileen Buss, assistant professor
University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.
The biggest insect problem on golf courses and sports turf in the Southeast may be a toss-up between fire ants and mole crickets. In residential turf, it may be chinch bugs or spittlebugs. But, billbugs, which are small browish-black weevils (less than ½ inch long), may frequently be present as well, and their damage is often misdiagnosed.
Billbug damage often resembles drought injury, other insect or disease damage, or delayed spring green-up. Infested turfgrass thins, patches of turf die, stems break easily and adults make tiny push-up mounds. Infested stolons will look dead, are broken about ½ inch from the crown and have frass inside. You may even be able to see a small exit hole. Damage is most obvious when turf has low fertility and low soil moisture.
The hunting billbug (Sphenophorus venatus vestitus) is considered the most damaging billbug species in transition and southern turf areas, but it occurs north to New Jersey and west to Texas. Its primary hosts are bermudagrass and zoysiagrass, but it also attacks bahiagrass, centipedegrass, St. Augustinegrass, orchardgrass, crabgrass, signal grass, barnyardgrass, corn, sugarcane and leatherleaf fern.
The hunting billbug is actually part of a billbug complex in southern turfgrass. Although 25 species occur in Florida, only seven infest turf (S. apicalis, S. cariosis, S. coesifrons, S. inaequalis, S. minimus, S. parvulus and S. venatus). Their life cycles have not been thoroughly studied. Hunting billbug is thought to have at least two to three generations each year, with the greatest abundance of adults from November to December and again in April to May, but adults are found every month of the year. Billbug adults deposit one to two eggs into small holes that they chew into grass crowns and stolons. Each female may lay more than 200 eggs. Tiny, legless larvae feed inside the stems, then move into the soil and feed on turfgrass roots. Larvae pupate in a soil chamber about 1 to 2 inches deep.
Some options that are available for controlling billbug infestations include host plant resistance, biopesticides and preventive or curative insecticides. Several resistant cultivars of bermudagrass and zoysiagrass (Zoysia matrella cultivars Diamond, DALZ9601, Cavalier and Royal) exist. Perennial ryegrasses with endophyte fungal enhancements are considered resistant to billbug attack, and could be used as overseed in the fall. Applying insect-parasitic nematodes (e.g., Steinernema carpocapsae, Heterorhabditis bacteriophora) may help reduce billbug populations. Any specific parasitic wasps or predators of billbugs are currently unknown.
Chemical control of billbugs can be difficult. Preventive control of billbug larvae using typical preventive grub insecticides (e.g., halofenozide [Mach 2], imidacloprid [Merit]) has variable efficacy, depending on your location. Generally, they are applied when adults are laying eggs, so the residuals control the young larvae. Most turfgrass managers in Florida have been aiming their applications (e.g., acephate [Orthene or Precise], bifenthrin [Talstar]) against adults.
Knowing when adults or larvae are present is crucial. Monitor for billbugs using a shovel or cupcutter and sift the top 3 to 4 inches of soil near damaged areas to look for adults or larvae. If billbugs are an ongoing problem, try placing small cups or pitfall traps in the soil and periodically check them for adults that have fallen in. In general, if you find more than 10 to 15 billbugs per square foot, a treatment is warranted.
By Thomas E. Eickhoff, Ph.D. student; Tiffany M. Heng-Moss, assistant professor; and Frederick P. Baxendale, Extension entomologist University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb.
Over the past 15 years, the western chinch bug, Blissus occiduus, has emerged as a serious insect pest of warm-season turfgrasses in Nebraska and other mid-western states. The western chinch bug was first detected in Nebraska infesting a heavily damaged buffalograss lawn in the early 1990s. Since its initial discovery, it has been found associated with buffalograss throughout Nebraska and surrounding states. This chinch bug has now been detected in zoysiagrass and, since the summer of 2000, the University of Nebraska has received numerous inquiries from homeowners about this chinch bugs in their zoysiagrass lawns.
The western chinch bug overwinters as an adult and has two generations per year in Nebraska. In both buffalograss and zoysiagrass, damage first appears as reddish-purple discoloration of the leaves followed by patchy areas that turn yellow and dry to a straw-brown color as feeding progresses. At higher infestation levels, chinch bug feeding can result in severe thinning or death of the turfgrass stand. You can detect chinch bugs by removing a small section of turf and vigorously shaking it over a sheet of white paper to dislodge the insects. An alternative method for detecting chinch bugs involves attaching a mesh bag to the end of a leaf vacuum and vacuuming a small area of turf with a suspected chinch bug infestation. Examine the contents of the bag for the presence of chinch bugs. If chinch bugs are estimated to exceed 20 to 25 per square foot of turf and feeding damage is present, control is most likely warranted.
The use of sound cultural practices and maintaining a high-quality turfgrass stand will help the turf to tolerate low chinch bug infestations. Because these insects prefer turf areas high in thatch and organic debris, mowing and cultural practices that minimize thatch accumulation will discourage initial infestations and may even help reduce existing chinch bug problems. A second approach for deterring chinch bug infestations involves planting chinch bug-resistant turfgrasses. Research at the University of Nebraska has shown that the seeded buffalograss cultivar Cody and the vegetatively propagated cultivar Prestege are highly to moderately resistant to western chinch bug feeding. Likewise, the zoysiagrasses Cavalier, El Toro, Emerald, Palisades and Zoro also have moderate levels of resistance to this chinch bug. It is important to remember, however, that heavy chinch bug infestations can damage even these resistant turfgrasses.
Insecticide efficacy trials conducted at the University of Nebraska indicate that applications of insecticides containing the active ingredients bifenthrin (Talstar) or carbaryl (Sevin), provide effective chinch bug control. In order to improve the efficacy of your insecticide treatment, mow the turf to a height of 1.5 to 2 inches and remove the clippings prior to the application. This will minimize interception of the insecticide by the turf canopy. Immediately following application of liquid formulations, irrigate the treated area with ⅛ inch of water to wash the insecticide off grass blades and down into plant crowns and thatch where chinch bugs are feeding. If you apply a granular insecticide, irrigate the turf with at least ¼ inch of water to activate the insecticide. In areas where chinch bug numbers are very high, you may need to make two insecticide applications to achieve satisfactory control. You should apply the first treatment when chinch bugs are still small (typically in late May to mid-June), and the second in late July.
Western chinch bugs can be effectively controlled though sound turfgrass management practices, use of resistant turfgrass cultivars and/or the use of insecticides. However, as with any turfgrass pest, routine scouting and early detection are critical in quickly identifying and remedying the pest problem.
By Tom Cook, associate professor of horticulture
Oregon State University (Corvallis, Ore.)
Compared to the rest of the United States, the Pacific Northwest has only modest insect pressure. It is entirely possible to maintain turf for a lifetime here without having to treat lawns with an insecticide. Given that insects are not normally a major problem in lawn care, we do have one insect that is with us every year.
European crane fly, Tipula paludosa, has been in the Pacific Northwest since the mid 1960s and has steadily moved south through western Washington and western Oregon with potential to move along the coast to at least the San Francisco Bay area in California. Recently, there have been reported infestations in central Oregon and there has been at least one report from the Spokane area in eastern Washington. A second crane fly, Tipula oleracea, has also been observed in association with European crane fly but has never been shown to cause turf damage.
European crane fly produces one generation per year, with adults hatching from August through October. Mating occurs just after adult emergence, followed by egg-laying and hatch of first instar larvae from mid September through October. Larvae develop into the third instar stage by early December. The third instar is the stage that does most of the damage via feeding on both roots and shoots. Peak activity often occurs in February and March, which coincides with damage symptoms. Early symptoms often involve turf thinning. Thinning to 50-percent cover can be tolerated in most years without long-term lawn damage. Unfortunately, more severe infestations can virtually eliminate turf cover.
Because many other problems can mimic damage from crane flies, it is important to determine larval populations before deciding to treat with insecticides. Monitoring, in areas west of the Cascade Mountains, starts in January on sites with a history of crane fly activity and February on sites with no history. To conduct larval sampling, cut a 6-inch square of turf about 3 inches deep. Break up the soil and count the larvae and multiply by 4 to calculate the number of larvae per square foot. Twenty five to 50 larvae per square foot and visual signs of thinning indicate that you need to treat with an insecticide to prevent turf loss. If you don't observe thinning, continue to monitor every two weeks through April. If no damage is observed by then, no further action is needed. Carbaryl (Sevin) and bifenthrin (Talstar PL) are registered for control of all larval stages. Imidacloprid (Merit) is effective when applied at the first instar stage in early fall, although this amounts to preventive spraying, which is rarely advisable.
Experience has shown that drought stress during the egg-laying and first instar stages often reduces larval populations dramatically and minimizes the chance of damage the following spring. In general, stopping irrigation just after Labor Day is effective in most years. In western parts of Washington and Oregon, previously irrigated lawns will generally remain green without irrigation after Labor Day until the onset of fall rains.
Turf managers should monitor extensively for crane fly this year starting immediately. The mild and very wet winter we are experiencing has been perfect for crane fly larval development.
By Kai Umeda, turfgrass science area Extension agent; and Gabriel Towers, research specialist University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, Phoenix, Ariz.
A network of blacklight traps set up in and around the Phoenix and Scottsdale area on golf courses during 2004 and 2005 determined a key pest of turf in the desert. Masked chafer beetles were the predominant species that were trapped during the summer months from May to October. Other night-flying insects observed in the light traps included moths of sod webworm, armyworms and cutworms. Other beetles from the white grub complex that were observed included June beetles, black turfgrass ataenius (BTA) and Aphodius species. During 2004, data collected at six sites demonstrated that the beetles began to appear in mid- to late-May with flights peaking in early June and in July, followed by a third peak flight in September. The peak number of beetles collected was variable among all of the locations, with some sites consistently having less than five beetles per night and others showing more than 20 beetles per night in the light traps. In 2005, eight sites were monitored and similar beetle flight patterns were observed with high numbers of beetles trapped during June to July and then again during September. The peak number of beetles was not distinguishable between June and July 2005, but the high number of beetles trapped was consistent during the period from late May to mid July, followed by another peak flight in September. The occurrence of two distinctive peaks for masked chafer beetles may be accounted for by the emergence of two different species of masked chafers in the Arizona desert. Similar beetle flight patterns were observed previously during the mid-1990s in the southern California desert by Pace Turf Research Institute.
The insect pest trapping survey determined that masked chafers are the predominant species with occurrences of BTA and non-pest Aphodius beetles. The insect pest trapping technique offers turf managers site-specific data by identifying potential pests and when they occur. Knowing when peak flights of masked chafers occur, you can accurately time an application of an insecticide if necessary. In Central Arizona, we have not fully determined economic threshold levels to initiate treating for grubs. Many times, the appearance of birds feeding on turf or javelinas rutting on greens indicate when to trigger insecticide applications. The monitoring of blacklight traps will indicate when a peak flight of masked chafer beetles occurs and enable calculating when an appropriate insecticide might be applied.
The occurrence of two distinctive peaks in flight of masked chafers complicates how a you would approach treating for potentially turf-damaging grubs. A single application of a soil-applied residual insecticide at about three weeks after the first peak flight would not continue to provide control of the population occurring in the fall. Typically, the neonicotinoid insecticides such as imidacloprid (Merit) or newly introduced clothianidin (Arena) should offer effective control of the smaller instar grubs. An imidacloprid + bifenthrin combination product (Allectus) was recently introduced and efficacy is still being evaluated. Halofenozide (Mach 2) and trichlorfon (Dylox) are also commonly applied for grub control in the desert. The efficacy of a half-rate of a split application of a soil-applied residual insecticide has not been fully determined for the desert. It is not known if a second insecticide application in the fall would be effective when it is during the overseeding period in the desert. The adoption of trapping techniques and monitoring insect pest populations will enhance integrated pest management (IPM) strategies for turf management. Further field research is also being conducted to determine effective and precise control strategies.
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Salt is bad for your health. Salt is good for your health. Salt is bad for your health. Salt is good for your health.
Sound familiar? It seems like there have been stories in the media almost every day lately detailing the effects of sodium on health. One day a low-salt diet will decrease your risk of developing heart disease, and the next there is no evidence to support the benefits of eating less salt.
Even the Canadian government has flip-flopped on the issue of salt reduction. After developing Canada's Sodium Reduction Strategy in 2010, in early 2011 the government disbanded the Sodium Working Group, which was supposed to monitor and enforce Canadians' efforts to reduce sodium.
And just last week, the Campbell Soup Company announced that they would be adding sodium back into their U.S. soups after efforts to lower the sodium in their products resulted in plummeting sales.
So how are you to know what is best for your family? Here is the truth behind the headlines.
Unraveling the headlines
On July 6, 2011, a national news station posted a story titled "Dietary salt cutbacks bring few heart benefits," based on a review of seven studies published by the Cochrane Library.
This review, which included almost 6,300 participants, found that there was not enough evidence to suggest a low-sodium diet would help prevent heart disease or death. The majority of the participants did see a reduction in blood pressure; however, the authors argued that this reduction was minimal and would have very little impact on heart disease risk.
The release of this study faced steep criticism by researchers and medical professionals who contended that this study had too many problems: the follow-up times for most studies were too short; the total sample size of the review was too small; and the diets in the studies were not low enough in sodium.
Less than a week later, in an effort to dispel the findings of the previous study, researchers from the Centers for Disease Control released a study citing the benefits of a low-sodium, high-potassium diet. One headline from a large international news website read: "High salt + low potassium = early death."
This study, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, looked at the diets of 12,267 U.S. adults. At the beginning of the study, the participants were asked to keep track of what they ate for one day. They were then followed-up approximately 15 years later to see how many of them had died from heart diseases.
Researchers found that there was "a significant monotonic association between increasing sodium-potassium ratio and risk for all-cause, CVD [cardiovascular disease] and IHD [ischemic heart disease] mortality."
It is important to note that this study also had its limitations. The participants' diets were only assessed at the beginning of the study and not throughout; only 7 per cent of participants provided information on what they ate for more than one day; and other aspects of the participants' diets, which could have affected their health, were not considered.
What all of this means for you and your family
Despite the conflicting studies and reports in the media, most health professionals still agree that decreasing sodium intake is a good idea. According to the Canadian Community Health Survey, published in 2004, more than 77 per cent of 1- to 3-year-olds, 93 per cent of 4- to 8-year-olds, and 88 per cent of 9- to 18-year-olds eat more sodium than what is considered to be the "safe" amount.
Even though the amount of sodium that is "safe" is under scrutiny, eating a diet high in sodium can mean that other more nutritious options are being left by the wayside. Approximately 80 per cent of sodium in the North American diet comes from processed and restaurant foods.
Amount of sodium you and your family need
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1:03 a.m. Tuesday 07-28-2020 — Town of Madison PD observed a stolen vehicle and made contact with two occupants (and recovered a facsimile handgun). The vehicle, still occupied, took off at a high rate of speed. Dane County Sheriff's Office observed the vehicle and pursued it. The vehicle struck a bus shelter and continued to drive/flee. MPD was requested to assist with a spike deployment. Prior to MPD arriving to assist, the driver/vehicle struck a garage on S. Whitney Way.
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6:46 p.m. Sunday 08-02-2020 — Officers responded to the 1700 block of Ellen Avenue for sounds of shots fired and a vehicle fleeing the area. The suspect vehicle was observed by officers on U.S. Highway 51 traveling at speeds of 95 mph. A short pursuit ensued and was later terminated with the vehicle driving recklessly and displaying a lack of regard for life.
In the area of Ellen Ave several shell casings were located in the roadway. One residence in the area was struck by three rounds. No reports of injuries or other damaged property at this time.
9:55 p.m. Sunday 08-02-2020 — Officers responded to Wheeler Rd for a report of 10 gunshots fired. One casing located. No reported injuries or property damage at this time.
2:14 a.m. Monday 08-03-2020 — Officers responded to the Mobile convenience store on E. Washington Ave for shots fired. Multiple vehicles and subjects were observed fleeing from the area. Damage to a gas pump standard and a white lawn chair. Officers located multiple rounds. No reported injuries at this time.
7:02 p.m. Wednesday, July 29 — Madison police responded to Highway 30 at E. Washington Avenue reference reports of an African American Male in his 20's positioned in his vehicle, with a non-life threatening gunshot wound to one of his lower extremities. Preliminary investigative results have determined that the victim's vehicle was targeted by occupants of a four door sedan.4:12 p.m. Tuesday July 28 — Shots fired incident near the intersection of Burke Rd and Congress Ave in the City of Madison.
9:36 p.m. Saturday July 25 — MPD Officers responded to a weapons violation at Schroeder Rd and Chapel Hill Rd. Officers were notified by a caller that there were two gunshot victims. Officers arrived on scene at approximately 9:40 pm and located the two victims and immediately rendured aid while making the scene safe for EMS to come to the scene.Officers applied a tourniquet to one of the victims prior to EMS arrival. Both victims were transported by EMS to more advanced car at a local trauma hospital.One victim is described as having life threatening injuries and the second victim is in stable condition. Officers spoke to witnesses and located a scene of the shooting and found multiple shell casings.The Violent Crimes Unit has responded and is speaking to witnesses and victims.
6:19 Friday July 24 — Officers were dispatched to the 4100 block of East Washington Avenue reference reports of shots being fired. The preliminary investigation yields that occupants of a black four door sedan and a white SUV were observed shooting at each other. The suspect vehicles fled the area prior to Officers arriving on scene.At the time of this writing there are no reported injuries. However one of the involved vehicles may have been struck. Several shell casings and glass were located in the roadway. Investigation is ongoing at this time.
8:06 a.m. 07-23-2020 — Officers responded to Gilbert Rd for shell casings found. Officers recovered 6 casings. Residents report hearing gunshots the night before but no calls were made to dispatch. No reported injuries or property damage. Investigation continuing.
4:37 pm. 07-23-2020 — Officers responded to a strip mall in the 2800 block of E Washington Ave for reports of shots fired. Dark-colored sedan fled with a suspect inside of the vehicle shooting at an unknown party. Officers located shell casings on scene and a vehicle that was struck. There were no reports of injuries.
4:37 am. 07-24-2020 — The victim was riding in a vehicle traveling southbound on John Nolen Dr at Olin Ave when the vehicle was struck by gunfire. The victim was grazed in the back of the head by a bullet.
Information on these incidents contact Madison Area Crime Stoppers at 266-6014, or, on the web at P3Tips.com
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Do you find it surprising that a recent survey revealed that the vast majority of organizations' deployment pipelines still heavily rely on error-prone, unpredictable update processes done manually at 3 AM by overworked staff? Where is all that Continuous Delivery we keep hearing about? Turns out, it's been waylaid by organizational rigidity put in place to fight Downtime and Failures! Check out the full report.
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Most counts either manually from the wiki or scraped from the IRC logs, which are surprisingly nicely marked up.
I received over 20 mentions via both pingback and webmention — I'd love to hear how many others received. Likewise, if anyone has personal stats like LOC or commit counts, please leave them in the comments!
Does anyone who was there IRL have any other stats e.g. amount of food/drink consumed? Total bandwidth/electricity usage would also be awesome to know.


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This is a new forum to discuss what I consider to be a rather ignored aspect of IT security.
Ask yourself: "what would happen if we lost our computing facility?"
You know, a hurricane, typhoon, flood, fire, and so on. It doesn't really matter what sector you are in: school/college, .gov, .mil, .com, .net................
As I have always seen things there are two facets to this:
1. Recovering from an IT specific disaster.
2. Business (organisational) continuity in the face of of a more global disaster.
So, I thought I would post a poll to see what sort of level of penetration and awareness these concepts have.
What I am interested in is basically:
1. Do you have an IT disaster recovery plan?
2. Do you have a global Business Continuity plan?
3. Are they formally documented and disseminated?
4. How often do you test it?
5. Does it involve all areas/departments of your organisation?
6. Has everyone been trained, and do they know what to do?
7. Does it have a budget and contingency reserve fund?
This is a new discussion forum, where I hope that we can share ideas and experiences; so please be patient (and contributive ) whilst it takes shape.
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Looking for Hannah Burnett of Aberdare Glamorgan Wales.
Hannah Burnett was born circa 1858 in Aberdare and she died 29/8/1930.
She married John Jones who was born circa 1857 in Pembroke Wales and died 5/3/1928.
Their children were Mary Jane, elizabeth, Annie,Hannah, David William, Gwenllian and Beatrice.
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Looking for THOMAS of Aberdare Glamorgan Wales
My father was William John Thomas born 1/7/1908.
He married Winifred Reader Nicholson in Australia.
His father was David John Thomas born 13/9/1884.
David and his family moved to Australia about 1925.
He married Annie Jones of Wales.
Their children were William John, Gweneyth Mary, Joshua and Hannah Margaret (Peggy).
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Muslim-Canadian Sooraya Graham, a fine arts student at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, didn't expect to find herself in the middle of a virtual hostage-taking when her project for a photography class was hung in the hallways of the university's art department.
Her photo, a mural print of a woman wearing full Islamic dress and holding a bra in her hands while folding laundry, was ripped off the wall by an outraged university staffer.
Graham made the discovery last Friday after overhearing some students discussing the removal of "an offensive poster."
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Unofficial Opinion 93-15
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Regulation of Assemblies on Public Beaches
This is in response to your request concerning your community's desire to regulate assemblies on Tybee Beach. The purpose of this opinion is to provide a general overview of First Amendment issues and other legal principles which may be applicable.
Governments, like other property owners, have the power to preserve property under their control for the uses to which it is lawfully dedicated. International Soc'y for Krishna Consciousness, Inc. v. Lee, 120 L. Ed. 2d 541, 549, 112 S. Ct. 2701 (1992), citing Greer v. Spock, 424 U.S. 828 (1976). Further, under state law, it is generally a misdemeanor to disobey an order to leave or stay off state property given by a supervisory or governmental official with responsibility over an area when the individual is not "lawfully" on the premises. E. P. v. State, 130 Ga. App. 512 (1973). Given the fact that the beach area is likely to be ruled a "public forum" for First Amendment purposes, see Hague v. CIO, 307 [*2] U.S. 496, 515 (1939); Naturist Soc'y v. Fillyaw, 736 F. Supp. 1103 (S.D. Fla. 1990), aff'd in part and rev'd in part, 958 F.2d 1515, 1523 (11th Cir. 1992), regulation of activity falling within the "free speech" clause of the First Amendment would be subject to reasonable time, place and manner restrictions which are content-neutral. Clark v. Community for Creative Non-Violence, 468 U.S. 288, 293 (1984). Broken down into its various components, the "reasonable time, place and manner" test evaluates restrictions on speech, taking into consideration the "special nature and function" of the property as a whole, on the basis of whether they are (1) justified without reference to the content of the regulated speech ("content-neutral"); (2) narrowly tailored; (3) serve a significant governmental interest; (4) leave open ample alternative channels for communication of information. United States v. Gilbert, 920 F.2d 878, 885 (11th Cir. 1991). See Perry Educ. Ass'n v. Perry Local Educators' Ass'n, 460 U.S. 37, 45 (1983); Cornelius v. NAACP Legal Defense & Educ. Fund, Inc., 473 U.S 788, 802 (1985).
In evaluating whether a time, place, and manner regulation serves [*3] a "significant governmental interest," the courts have recognized the State's interest in the orderly movement and control of an assembly of persons as a "substantial consideration." Heffron v. Int'l Soc'y for Krishna Consciousness, Inc., 452 U.S. 640, 649 (1981). In Heffron, the Supreme Court dealt with a State Fair which attracted large crowds in a relatively confined area, and recognized that a state's interest in protecting the "safety and convenience" of persons using a public forum is a valid governmental objective. Heffron, 452 U.S. at 650, citing Grayned v. City of Rockford, 408 U.S. 104, 115 (1972); Cox v. New Hampshire, 312 U.S. 569, 574 (1941). The significance of the governmental interest is assessed in light of the characteristic nature and function of the particular forum involved; consideration of a forum's special attributes, such as the lack of available space, limitations on access by a single bridge or the fact that a great number of visitors may be attracted to the forum during a short period of time, is appropriate. Heffron, 452 U.S. at 650-51.
While a regulation of the time, place or manner of protected speech must be narrowly tailored, [*4] it need not be the least restrictive or least intrusive means of doing so. See Community for Creative Non-Violence v. Turner, 893 F.2d 1387, 1393 (D.C. Cir. 1990), citing Ward v. Rock Against Racism, 491 U.S. 781, 787(1989). The cumulative effects of an activity can be considered as part of the inquiry. See Heffron, 452 U.S. at 653.
Requiring a permit prior to the exercise of First Amendment rights must be weighed against the constitutional prohibition against a "prior restraint." Such "prior restraint" is not per se unconstitutional; the U. S. Supreme Court has recognized that the government may impose a permit requirement on those wishing to hold a march, parade or rally, in order to regulate competing uses of public forums. Forsyth County v. Nationalist Movement, 112 S. Ct. 2395 (1992). However, such a scheme may not delegate overly broad licensing discretion to a government official, and must meet the other components of the content-neutral "time, place, and manner test." Id. at 2401. A permitting ordinance must have "narrowly drawn, reasonable and definite standards." Id. at 2042. The amount of a permit fee cannot be tied to the content of the [*5] speech. Id. at 2404.
It appears that lengthy "advance notice" requirements will be subjected to scrutiny. A federal appeals court in another circuit has approved of a National Park Service regulation requiring applicants to apply for a permit at least 48 hours in advance of a planned public gathering. See A Quaker Action Group v. Morton, 516 F.2d 717, 735 (D.C. Cir. 1975). See also 41 C.F.R. § 101-20.402(a)(1992)(permit for use of a public area in GSA building shall be issued within ten working days following its receipt of the completed application). Cf. NAACP v. City of Richmond, 743 F.2d 1346, 1357 (9th Cir. 1984) (20-day advance notice requirement unconstitutional, but acknowledging that other circuits have approved substantially shorter advance requirements).
I have enclosed under separate cover copies of the Code of Federal Regulations pertaining to assemblies in national parks and wildlife refuge areas. At least one of these regulations has been upheld. See A Quaker Action Group v. Morton, 516 F.2d 717 (D.C. Cir. 1975) (reviewing 36 C.F.R. § 50.19 (1973)). See 36 C.F.R. § 2.51 (1992). But see United States v. Rainbow Family, 695 F. [*6] Supp. 314 (E.D. Tex. 1988)(striking down National Forest Service regulation allowing denial of special use permit under "clear and present danger" language, which remains in 36 C.F.R. § 251.54).
There may be additional jurisdictional and law enforcement issues which need to be considered. It is settled that the State of Georgia owns the foreshore, or area up to the high water mark of the beach. State v. Ashmore, 236 Ga. 401 (1976). See 1992 Op. Att'y Gen. 92-6; 1971 Op. Att'y Gen. 71-113 (dealing with the applicability of local ordinances upon state property, and the jurisdiction of local enforcement agencies thereon). Other matters that should be considered are the possible applicability of a 1971 "Mass Gatherings Law" (requiring permit from Department of Human Resources for outdoor gatherings of 5,000 persons or more for 15 hours or more), which has not, to my knowledge been recently invoked or tested in the courts, see O.C.G.A. § 31-27-1, et seq.; 1971 Op. Att'y Gen. 71-124; Rules of Department of Human Resources, Ch. 290-5-28, and the extent of the Governor's powers to supervise and protect property of the state not in the custody of any particular state [*7] agency. O.C.G.A. § 50-16-61.
Finally, concerns have been raised about fraudulent representations in connection with advertisements and promotions concerning events on the beach. One possibility is to provide in the ordinance that such conduct would authorize cancellation of an event permit. In addition, proven fraud could be handled locally at the criminal court level, or civilly through enforcement actions brought under state statutes regulating unfair trade practices. See O.C.G.A. § 10-1-393 (Supp. 1993).
I hope that this overview will be helpful.
Issued this 30th day of December, 1993.
Senior Assistant Attorney General


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US, Singapore developers optimize tech-brain interface in low-cost educational device
The U.S.- and Singapore-based creators of the I-slate educational tablet and local government officials in India's Mahabubnagar District plan to adopt 50,000 of the low-cost electronic educational slates into middle and high school classrooms throughout the district over the next three years. The plans were announced today in Hyderabad, India, by district officials, the Indian non-profit Villages for Development and Learning Foundation (ViDAL), Rice University and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore.
The I-slate, a low-cost learning tool designed for classrooms with no electricity and too few teachers, is under joint development by the I-slate Consortium, which includes hardware and software experts at Rice and NTU, social outreach partners from ViDAL and a Los Angeles-based design team.
The district of Mahabubnagar in the Indian state Andhra Pradesh has about 500,000 students in government schools. Consortium leaders and Mahabubnagar officials said they hope to supply I-slates to at least 10 percent of the students over the next three years.
"The I-slate project is about empowering local communities with education and knowledge," said Rajeswari Pingali, ViDAL founding chairwoman. "Based on two years of lab-to-school testing rounds, today we have a fully functional I-slate which will be adapted by the district education department for expanding the footprint of technology and bringing learning opportunities backed by the latest in modern communication technology for the benefit of rural communities."
About 30 fourth-generation I-slates were delivered this month to a class of 10- to 13-year-olds at the Mohamed Hussainpalli Village School, which is located in Mahabubnagar District, about 70 miles from Hyderabad. The new I-slates are the first to feature a new "sense-optimized" user interface designed to improve educational outcomes in rural India.
"Sense optimization is a systematic way of improving the user experience by taking advantage of our knowledge of how the human brain processes the information so we can invest the minimum amount of resources for the effectiveness level we're trying to reach," said I-slate creator Krishna Palem, a professor at both Rice and NTU. "The I-slate is not a tablet computer. It is a device designed for a single purpose — education in a low-resource environment."
Mahabubnagar is primarily rural and has a population of around 4 million. District officials plan to use the I-slate in middle and high school classrooms. With sufficient volume, the unit cost for the I-slate will be around $45 (56 Singapore dollars), Palem said.
Palem, Rice's Ken and Audrey Kennedy Professor of Computing, initially conceived the I-slate in 2008. He thought power consumption would be the biggest hurdle, because many rural schools in India lack electricity, and a solar-powered I-slate would need to run on no more than three watts of power. However, as soon as students in Mohamed Hussainpalli Village began testing early prototypes, it became obvious that usability and effectiveness would also be a challenge.
The I-slate's Los Angeles-based design team, which includes Marc Mertens, CEO of the Seso Media Group, and project leader Henrik Andersson, volunteered their time to work with ViDAL, NTU specialists in human-computer interaction and Rice student interns Lauren Pemberton and Shelby Reinhardt, both seniors at Sid Richardson College; Samuel Tang, a senior at Will Rice College; and Carter Wang '11. The designers evaluated feedback from children at Mohamed Hussainpalli Village School and spent thousands of hours scrutinizing the placement and flow of features and the way children interacted with the I-slate both visually and by touch.
The designers incorporated elements from video games and social networking to draw students in and hold their interest. For example, a colorful cartoon creature in the corner of the I-slate screen watches the student and changes expression based upon the child's actions. The more the student studies and the better her grades, the happier the creature appears.
The I-slate is a joint project of the Rice-NTU Institute for Sustainable and Applied Infodynamics (ISAID). Palem, who directs ISAID, is a Nanyang Visiting Professor at NTU.
"It is very exciting to see the early work on the I-slate expand to a larger user base," said ISAID affiliate Vincent Mooney, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at Georgia Tech, who worked on the I-slate as a visiting faculty member at NTU.
The hardware and graphic content for the I-slate are being developed in tandem because they will ultimately use a revolutionary low-power computer chip — another of Palem's inventions. The new chip, which could be ready for use in the I-slate by 2013, will cut power requirements in half and allow the device to run on solar power from small panels similar to those used on handheld calculators.


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Friday, September 9, 2011
Favorite New Show
9 comments:
- Jay's Shadow said...
I watched that last night also. Freaky stuff....
- September 9, 2011 at 7:54 PM
- Rot said...
Really well done.
A great replacement for the wonderful THE HAUNTED, which doesn't seem to be returning.
We watched it tonight on-demand.
Really creepy.
Chills multiple times.
Bravo, SyFy....Bravo
- September 9, 2011 at 8:02 PM
- Jay's Shadow said...
Yea, SyFy can come out with alot of crappy stuff, but this one is really good.....
- September 9, 2011 at 8:06 PM
- Shani said...
We watched it last night as well. Although I think it's highly exaggerated...it was pretty awesome none the less. We'll definitely be watching again.
- September 9, 2011 at 8:34 PM
- Pam Morris said...
wow...there were a few times there when I jumped a little in the chair! good stuff!
- September 9, 2011 at 9:30 PM
- Angry Spine Gnome said...
Yeah, interesting show...
If they can keep it fresh, with interesting stories and a few chills, they'll have a winner.
- September 9, 2011 at 9:36 PM
- Mr Black said...
Wow, that was not bad at all. I liked it far more than I expected to.
- September 10, 2011 at 7:18 AM
- Colleen said...
Sounds like something I should check out! Thanks for bringing it my attention!
- September 10, 2011 at 12:06 PM
- Shelby Young said...
I jumped in my chair when the little girl flew across the kitchen!
- September 10, 2011 at 2:23 PM


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Barnhill lives: 'Prosecute me, not my wife,' he says
Remember Brad Barnhill? In 1996, he became famous locally for refusing– on philosophical grounds, he said– to undergo a background check in order to become a coach with SOCA, the Soccer Organization of Charlottesville Albemarle. A year later, he tried to win a seat on the City Planning Commission as a Libertarian. Now he's at the center of a bizarre tilt at legal windmills. –ed.
A woman accused of endangering her baby by breast-feeding her while driving on the Ohio Turnpike should not be the defendant, her husband says.
He wants to be prosecuted instead, citing religious beliefs.
A trucker called 911 May 8 to report that he had seen the woman driving her car with a baby in her lap.
Catherine Nicole Donkers, 29, of suburban Pittsburgh, is to go on trial August 6 on misdemeanor charges of child endangering, failure to comply with the order of a police officer, and several other driving infractions.
A conviction for misdemeanor child endangering carries maximum penalties of six months in jail and a $1,000 fine.
Donkers could have had the original police charges– driving without a license, obstructing official business, and violating the child safety-seat law– reduced to a single guilty plea of driving under suspension, according to court records. She then could have closed her case by posting a $100 fine.
But her husband, Brad L. Barnhill, 46, says religious beliefs put him in charge of his wife's actions.
"I'm responsible for what she does, and no one can punish her except me," he said. "If they refuse to allow me the free exercise of my religion, then we're going to appeal this all the way to the Supreme Court of the United States, and they're not going to be able to try her before then."
Barnhill says his faith is rooted in The First Christian Fellowship for Eternal Sovereignty, an organization founded in the late 1990s. Barnhill said he is a minister in the fellowship with 650 followers.
Asked why his wife did not stop to nurse the child, Barnhill says she didn't want to turn "a five-hour trip to Michigan into a seven-hour trip.''
Sean P. Scahill, the assistant prosecutor in charge of the case, says he could not comment on any aspect of it.
Lt. Chris Butts, a commander at the State Highway Patrol's post in Hiram, where the incident originally was investigated, says Catherine Donkers initially refused to give the responding trooper any identification but finally turned over an ID card.
Butts also said Donkers drove for three miles after the trooper turned on his siren and overhead lights and told her to stop.
Donkers said in a court document she was afraid because she alleged that police officers assaulted her on two prior occasions.
She said Barnhill "has directed me that if I am ever stopped by a law enforcement officer, I should go to the nearest public place with witnesses where I would have a reasonable assurance of my safety and that of our infant child.''


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