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TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar spiked to a three-month high against the yen on Monday after Japan intervened in the currency markets to stem the yen's rise.
In a matter of minutes the dollar spiked as high as 78.36 yen, the highest level since August 8, having hit another all-time low of 75.31 yen on EBS earlier in Asian trade.
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This activity includes a presentation with links to videos about scientists and engineers working with NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement Mission (from the Faces of GPM series), as well as other STEM careers videos, followed by a number of... (View More) links to online career resources. It is designed to be used by students working at their own pace, choosing which videos and links they are interested in watching and exploring, but could also be used with a larger group. As part of the activity, students identify personal skills and abilities related to career interests and develop a career goal. Includes a student capture sheet with guiding questions. (View Less)
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When New England was hit by Tropical Storm Irene in 2011, there was not a satellite monitoring tropical storms that far north; the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) was operating in a band between the 35-degree latitudes. The Global... (View More) Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission will change that. GPM will build upon TRMM's capacity by examining a larger swath of Earth with instruments that are more advanced and more sensitive. This video introduces the GPM satellite, its instruments and their capabilities. (View Less)
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This is a set of two improv-style activites that encourage participants to participate in learning about living and nonliving things. Learners will get to know each other through an icebreaker activity and state their ideas and previous experience... (View More) with living versus nonliving things. This will help prepare them to explore how scientists define and look for life in worlds beyond our own. It also includes specific tips for effectively engaging girls in STEM. This is the icebreaker activity in Explore: Life on Mars? that was developed specifically for use in libraries. (View Less)
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PISCATAWAY, N.J. (March 12, 2013) – Following three road contests, the Rutgers women's tennis team returns home to take on Houston at the East Brunswick Racquet Club in East Brunswick, N.J., at 12:30 p.m., Wednesday.
The Scarlet Knights hold a 6-4 record in 2013, including a 3-1 mark in BIG EAST play. RU is coming off a 4-3 loss at Pittsburgh on March 10. Freshman Gina Li (Hillsborough, N.J.) continues to lead the Scarlet Knights with her team-high eight wins this season. Freshman Lindsey Kayati (Monroeville, N.J.) has composed a 7-2 record in 2013.
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ThunderThighs wrote:Hello all. As you've noticed, there's been an increase of customer posts about service issues in our threads and social media.
We've now confirmed a problem with emails getting through to our new CS system that we implemented last week. We apologize for this problem and the delay in getting responses back to you.
Until this is fixed, please use the Support form linked at the top of every Woot page. This does work and you should get a timely response.
Again, we apologize for the inconvenience and frustration this has caused.
PLEASE - Read ►► Thunderthighs' Tips for Happy Wooter Shopping first, to see if your question is answered, before writing in to support.
Here's a handy tutorial to help you get a hold of someone who can (and genuinely wants to) help!
Here's how it goes:
1. Email email@example.com with your order number and a description of your issue. If you know how you want it resolved, tell them that.
2. *Within a few hours you will get an automated email with a case number. If you don't see this within 4ish hours or so, check your SPAM folder. If you don't see it anywhere within 24hrs, your email was not received.*
Support is moving to a new system that does not assign these numbers or send out the auto email. I will update more on that as they finish making transition.
- If you attached pictures/files to your original email, that may be what caused it to not go through. Upload them to your preferred image hosting site and include links rather than files.
Resend email and repeat until you get a case #. (If this fails several times, see step 5.)
3. Customer Service will respond to you within a few days. More often than not, within one day. If you're writing during a woot-off, there will be a delay. (Support staff are in the office M-F, 9am - 5pm CST)
4a. If Customer Service resolved your issue/made you happy - you're done! (Unless you have the urge to write them a sonnet, praising their amazing wooty skills.)
4b. If you are not satisfied, write them back. Be sure to include your original case #. This will be a repeat of the previous 3 steps.
5. It is rare that you can't resolve an issue directly with service. In those cases, when you've exhausted your options with the regular service team, then you may find more help here in the forums.
Some of that help can/will be from your fellow wooters. Most will be from the Forum Moderators who contact the same people at email@example.com that you would be speaking to if you emailed them directly.
99% of the time, firstname.lastname@example.com will be able to handle any questions/concerns you have. I promise, they like you and want to help.
Hey all, just an update.
Per ThunderThighs comment over at Deals.Woot - Customer Service is caught up!
Response times are back to 24-48 hours.
(BTW - if everyone here is taken care of, I love that the mods were cleaning up the thread. Thanks guys!)
Hi all. Here's a few updates to Thumperchick's wonderful post.
Contacting Support
Use the SUPPORT FORM at the top of any Woot page. Please note that you will no longer receive an auto-reply.
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The following information will help move things along faster:
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Please send the item if possible. I'll take a refund if not.
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If your item arrived with shipping damage, include a link to some photos. This saves time as CS will often ask for photos. Best way to submit photos is to upload them to imgur.com (free) and include a link to the photos in your correspondence.
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As Thumperchick mentioned, 99% of the time, your issue will be resolved to your satisfaction. In some cases, they may misread your communication. This is where being concise really helps. They're reading a lot of support contacts per day and they're human. They're gonna make mistakes now and then. Just respond back and explain it again.
Like how they helped you? Let them know. It really does brighten their day.
ThunderThighs wrote: Please note that you will no longer receive an auto-reply.
Pretty pretty please outline this on the support form in big bold letters. There is few things that are more frustrating than not knowing if your request went through or not.
Hey mods - is the transition to the new system done?
Are the auto-response emails, letting people know their email has been received, going to come back?
Is the new standard response time 2 business days?
(I want to update this post. Thanks.)
thumperchick wrote:Hey mods - is the transition to the new system done?
Are the auto-response emails, letting people know their email has been received, going to come back?
Is the new standard response time 2 business days?
(I want to update this post. Thanks.)
As far as I'm aware, we're still asking people to use the support form, but response times should be back down. I haven't heard anything specific, though.
Still no customer service after 2 attempts (9/24 to firstname.lastname@example.com & 9/25 through customer support link on "stuff you bought" page. Items I returned were received by Woot on 9/5 and the 7-10 business day wait for refund has been over since last Saturday. When do I get my refund?
mawestbrook wrote:Still no customer service after 2 attempts (9/24 to firstname.lastname@example.com & 9/25 through customer support link on "stuff you bought" page. Items I returned were received by Woot on 9/5 and the 7-10 business day wait for refund has been over since last Saturday. When do I get my refund?
Sorry you haven't heard back, I'll check in with CS for you. However, just because your return was received on the 5th doesn't mean it was checked in and processed that day; it may have been a few more days after that. Sit tight, you should hear back from someone soon.
3 fruitless attempts made to contact cs using the forms. Refurb Freedom Pop Samsung Victory shipped without a battery. Leads one to think the bugs haven't been worked out of the new system yet.
Randycg wrote:3 fruitless attempts made to contact cs using the forms. Refurb Freedom Pop Samsung Victory shipped without a battery. Leads one to think the bugs haven't been worked out of the new system yet.
Hi there. Sorry for the delay in getting a response. Have you tried contacting FreedomPop? They are likely to have a battery to send you whereas we will not.
In the meantime, I'll add you to my afternoon report so CS can look into it.
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One gunshot to the back has left a Trussville stray dog, named Jackie by the community, with two big scars and ironically a new shot at life.
"Without them and what they did, she wouldn't be here right now," Marci Mitchum said.
Mitchum has been trying to rescue Jackie for a long time. The dog had become somewhat of a community pet in the Trussville area
"She would allow me to feed her from the hands but she never allowed touch anytime during the two years when I was feeding her," Mitchum said.
Marci started a Facebook page for the stray dog. Followers used it to document sightings of the animal and share pictures and videos of attempts to rescue her. Marci and others in the Trussville area would feed her and some people even put up a doghouse for shelter. But no one could ever get her off the streets.
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"It's very bittersweet. I'm very sad that she had to go through what she had to go through. That someone would do this to her but also it enabled us to get her off the streets and get her the help she needs," Marci said.
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One person is hurt in an accident involving two cars and a motorcycle south of the Sioux Gateway Airport, Monday night.
Sioux City police say two cars were traveling east on 225th Street at about 7:30.
That's when, investigators say, one car tried to pass the other. The two met a oncoming motorcycle on a curve.
To avoid a collision, the car being passed swerved, and rolled in the ditch.
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This 2003 review is representative of model years 2001 to 2007.
By Dan Jedlicka of MSN Autos
Bottom Line:
Top near-luxury sedan is athletic, but lacks sufficient sports sedan feel.
There are many versions of the entry Mercedes-Benz C-Class, but the sedan remains the most popular.
The first of the revamped, current-generation C-Class models debuted as a 2001 sedan with sleek, top-line Mercedes S-Class styling. It couldn't help but be a hit and replaced a solid, but boxy C-Class sedan.
There now are a variety of C-Class sedans, coupes and station wagons. Base prices range from $24,950 to $50,400, but all C-Class versions, except the C32 sedan, stop at $36,700; the $50,400 C32 is a 349-horsepower hot rod from Mercedes' elite AMG arm. It's an anomaly, designed to combat the hot rod BMW 3-Series "M" cars.
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There are four C-Class supercharged and non-supercharged engines ranging in horsepower from 189 to 349. The best engine (disregarding the C32's 349-horsepower V6) is the 3.2-liter, 215-horsepower V6. It's in both the standard C320 sedan and new $35,200 C320 Sports Sedan I tested.
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The interior has especially supportive power front sport seats, leather seating inserts and textured aluminum trim instead of less sporty wood trim.
The C320 Sports Sedan has the same price as the regular C320 sedan because the aluminum trim costs less than the regular C320's wood trim.
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That system provides better traction, especially on slippery roads. However, even the rear-drive C-Class models have above-average roadability because they're equipped with standard items such as stability control and brake-assist systems.
My test car's firmer suspension and wider tires provided sharp handling, but it still felt more like a near-luxury sedan than a sporty near-luxury model such as a BMW 3-Series sedan.
Heavy Feel
Happily, the sport suspension allows a smooth ride on bad roads with no jolts. The steering is a bit heavy, but precise, and the car zips through curves with no body lean or unsettling motions. The brake pedal could be firmer, but stopping distances are exceptionally short.
The C320 in regular and sports trim should come with a standard automatic transmission, instead of a 6-speed manual gearbox. The manual is OK as standard equipment for the $24,950 C230 Sports Coupe, but it's out of place in the C320 sedan because the optional $1,325 5-speed automatic transmission better suits the sedan's more luxurious nature. The manual should be optional.
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The C320 Sports Sedan hits 60 mph in only 7.1 seconds and is electronically limited to 130 mph. The smooth engine provides quick 65-75 mph passing times and loafs at 2600 rpm at 70 mph.
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There are large, nicely shaped exterior door handles to allow quick entry, but inside door handles should be larger.
Four people 6-feet tall can comfortably fit in the quiet, rich-looking interior, which has easily read gauges and nicely sized controls; however, the console has a pop-out cupholder with a gimmicky design and the outside rear view mirrors are too small.
The roomy trunk has a low opening, but its lid has manual hinges that are found in economy cars. The hood goes up smoothly on hydraulic struts, but the sophisticated engine is hidden by a giant plastic cover.
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The C320, especially in Sports Sedan form, provides plenty of comfort and sports sedan performance. It doesn't have the racy image of a BMW, but you can't have everything.
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WAURIKA Okla_ Police said they don't suspect foul play in the fatal fire in Waurika over the weekend, but they still haven't come up with a definite cause.
A state fire marshal agent could only tell us the fire started on the first floor near the rooms where the young girl and her brothers slept. He said the girl's oldest brother was alerted to the fire when he smelled smoke.
The words "I love you" are now written on a sot-stained wall, behind which a girl died just days ago while trapped inside her burning home. Waurika Police Sergeant Jimmy Gallaher says emergency responders arrived at the peak of the fire's danger.
"The back side of the residence was on fire," Gallaher said. "We saw heavy smoke and heavy flames."
State Fire Marshal Field Agent Judah Sheppard said three others were able to escape, one of them through a rooftop window, after he remained in the home too long searching for his sister.
"The older brother goes back upstairs," Sheppard said. "The fire goes back upstairs and is forced out through a window on the roof where the fire department helped extract him off the roof."
Sheppard says Waurika Police Chief Gary Whittington was one of the first people to arrive on scene. He ran into the burning home when he was told someone may still be inside. He said despite his heroic efforts, it was too late.
"A lot of people see stuff on TV and movies," Whittington said. "People think you have all the time in the world to get out of a fire, but in reality, when a fire starts depending on a lot of factors, a fire doubles in size each minute it burns."
Sheppard said despite the devastating loss, it's a huge relief anyone made it out with their lives.
"They did not have working smoke detectors," Sheppard said. "They had them in the house, but they were not working at the time. The batteries had been removed, according to the family."
Gallaher says the girl's loss will be felt for some time.
"It's hit home for everyone," Gallaher said. "She was well known around the town."
Sheppard said the girl's parents were at work at the time of the fire and arrived just minutes after they learned their home was on fire.
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A lightweight manipulator has many desirable features. The structural flexibility associated with lightweight manipulators often results in mechanical vibrations and consequently leads to long settling times and position inaccuracy. The aim of the current study is to investigate the dynamics of a two degree of freedom manipulator with elastic joints and very flexible arms and develop a proper control strategy. The dynamic model of manipulator is derived with the Lagrangian formulation and the assumed-modes approach. The eigenvalues and eigen-functions of the flexible arms are determined by the transfer matrix method. The dynamic effects of friction at the joints, gear blacklash within the actuation, and internal structural damping of the arms are all considered. The derived theoretical model is verified by experiments.
The parametric analysis is to designed to examine the effects of the major system parameters on the dynamic performance of the manipulator. The dynamic interactions between the members of the manipulator are also investigated.
The power balancing technique is extended for distributed parameter systems and a new approach for model order reduction of nonlinear systems is proposed. Using the derived power elements of the original system states as a criterion, the model reduction is performed in the original physical coordinates. The proposed technique is applied to the manipulator. It is found that the bending vibrations of the flexible link are dominated by its first two natural modes. The contributions of the higher modes are negligible.
A model reference adaptive control algorithm originally developed by Sobel is modified and used for the control of manipulator with an unknown payload. It is shown that the modification improves the algorithm's performance significantly. Computer simulations are performed to examine the algorithm's properties and select proper values for the gain matrices. Real-time testing is implemented to validate the theoretical analysis. It is found that the proposed algorithm provides satisfactory performance of the closed-loop system.
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Sickle cell disease or sickle cell anemia is a genetically inherited blood disorder, detected through a blood test. The disease is passed down from both parents who carry an altered hemoglobin gene, which causes their red blood cells to take on an abnormal (sickle) shape rather than the normal, smooth disc shape.
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Marilyn Manson has announced a new slate of winter tour dates for the new year.
The shows kick off January 18 in Milwaukee and the trek will take Manson through cities in the Upper Midwest and Canada before concluding on the West Coast with a February 21 gig in Los Angeles.
Manson is promoting his latest album Born Villian . Just this month the album's lead single, "No Reflection," earned a Grammy nomination in the Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance category. The nomination is Manson's fourth. Manson will be able to attend the ceremony -- he has a day off on his tour schedule on February 10 when the Grammys will be held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
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1/18 -- Milwaukee, WI, Eagles Ballroom
1/19 -- Cincinnati, OH, Bogart's
1/20 -- Columbus, OH, The LC Pavilion
1/22 -- Detroit, MI, The Fillmore
1/23 -- Cleveland, OH, House of Blues
1/25 -- Wallingford, CT, The Dome
1/26 -- Boston, MA, House of Blues
1/28 -- Montreal, QC, Metropolis
1/29 -- Oshawa, ON, General Motors Centre
1/30 -- Hamilton, ON, Hamilton Place Theatre
2/1 -- Sudbury, ON, Sudbury Arena
2/4 -- Winnipeg, MB, MTS Centre
2/5 -- Moose Jaw, SK, Mosiac Place
2/6 -- Saskatoon, SK, TCU Place
2/8 -- Calgary, AB, Stampede Corral
2/9 -- Edmonton, AB, Shaw Conference Centre
2/11 -- Vancouver, BC, Queen Elizabeth Theatre
2/12 -- Seattle, WA, Showbox SoDo
2/13 -- Portland, OR, Roseland Theatre
2/15 -- Modesto, CA, Modesto Centre Plaza
2/17 -- Reno, NV, Grand Sierra Resort
2/19 -- San Francisco, CA, Warfield Theatre
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Medicine Man
One of the good things about being a bee is that your "doctor" makes house calls.
As one of his chores to prepare the Rogue Honeybees for winter, Beekeeper Josh medicated the hives to protect the bees from mites. Two species are of the biggest concern, varroa mites and tracheal mites.
Not that we've had much of problem with mites this year. But no matter how hard you try some mites are unavoidable. And with winter coming we need to be extra careful.
Critical Times
The next month or two may be decisive for how well the Rogue Honeybees do this winter. Most honeybee losses occur from December to February. But the time to prepare the hives for colder temperatures is now.
Rogue Beekeeper Josh is checking the hives for various diseases and pests, including Nosema, brood diseases and mites. Any one of these can weaken a hive late summer and reduce the odds of surviving the winter.
He also wants to make sure each hive has a healthy population of about 40,000 to 50,000 honeybees. Some winter die-off is inevitable and can't be avoided, no matter how good the beekeeper. If a hive has a small number of bees, say 20,000 or so, Josh may want to combine it with another hive.
Josh will also check the hives for good ventilation. When bees cluster during winter months it can actually become too hot inside the hive. Good ventilation will make sure the bees have fresh oxygen and don't accidently suffocate themselves.
We'll do what's necessary, and then some, to make sure the Rogue Honeybees are safe and sound this winter.
Settling Down For Winter
We're still a few weeks away from the official start of fall. But at the Rogue Farms apiary, we're very much focused on the upcoming winter.
The summer nectar flow is all but over. And with no more natural food sources available to them, the Rogue Honeybees have to rely on the leftover honey in their hives… and our Beekeeper Josh.
Josh began feeding the honeybees over the weekend. From now until the nectar flow of spring, Josh will visit the hives regularly and replenish their supplies of water, sugar syrup and pollen cakes. This is the only way the honeybees will survive the winter.
It seems only fair. They provided us with several hundred pounds of honey for our first batch Chatoe Rogue 19 Original Colonies Mead. Time now to return the favor.
Settling In For Fall
The Rogue Honeybees, and our Beekeeper Josh, are taking a breather now that the 2012 Rogue Honey harvest is over.
From Honey Harvest To Dreams Of Mead
These days you'll find Rogue Beekeeper Josh in the Farmstead Brewery where he's still at work extracting honey from our 19 colonies of Rogue honeybees. So far he's extracted 250 pounds and figures he'll get another 300 pounds by the time he's done.
That doesn't leave much for a second harvest in September. Maybe another 100 pounds at most. If we take much more than that the Rogue Honeybees won't have enough honey to make it through the winter. We love our bees. They get what they need first and we'll use the rest.
Not long after Josh began extracting the honey from the first group of honeycombs, the first buckets of our wildflower Chatoe Rogue Hopyard Honey were carried to Newport where Brewmaster John Maier wasted no time brewing our first batch of Chatoe Rogue 19 Original Colonies Mead.
The Rogue Honey Harvest Begins!
You'd have to be crazy, or a beekeeper, to dress up like a spaceman and harvest honey on one of the hottest days of the year. But when Brewmaster John Maier is calling for some honey to brew Chatoe Rogue 19 Original Colonies Mead – that's what you do.
So Rogue Beekeeper Josh along with local Honeybee Whisperer Ernie donned their beekeeping suits and got to work collecting the 100 - 200 pounds John Maier needs. Harvesting honey is tough work. The honey filled supers are heavy. The bees are a little cranky because of the heat. The sweat pouring down your face doesn't help either.
And that's just the beginning.
After gathering the supers, the next step in harvesting the Rogue Honey is removing the honey from the frames. Using a heated knife, Josh carefully slices off the waxy caps that the bees used to seal the honeycombs.
Before too much honey drips out, he places four of the frames into the honey spinner. Then he turns the hand crank for about three minutes, spinning the frames so fast that the honey literally falls out and collects in a bucket. Josh will do this twice for every four frames. Slice, spin, extract and repeat.
Then it's over. Except for running it through a sieve, we don't process the Rogue Honey that goes into our 19 Original Colonies Mead. Josh puts lids on the buckets and then loads them on the next truck to Newport.
This initial harvest is small compared to what we expect to gather in about a month. The summer nectar flow is running a few weeks later than usual. With plenty of natural food sources available, Josh will let the honeybees keep on gathering nectar from the many wildflowers still blooming at the Rogue Farm in Independence, Oregon.
By the time we harvest again, probably mid-September, there will be more than a half ton of liquid gold in them thar hives.
The End Of The Flow, The Start Of The Harvest
It was while he was picking some blackberries that Rogue Beekeeper Josh made one of his most important decisions of the year.
He noticed the Rogue's Honeybees were still finding nectar and pollen in some late blooming blackberry flowers. Others were filling up on Queen Anne's Lace, Bachelor Buttons and the Pumpkins in the Rogue Farms two acre pumpkin patch. The summer nectar flow wasn't ready to call it quits.
So Josh decided to wait a bit longer before starting the honey harvest from Rogue's 19 beehives. The supers are filling up and could be pulled from the hives at any time. But Josh says it's better to wait for the honeybees to get the last of the summer flow. And then he'll start harvesting.
That could begin as soon as this week.
Here's one of the best photos you'll ever see of a Rogue Honeybee. This one was visiting the pumpkin patch when Natascha snapped the image with one of her close up lenses.
Pretty as it may be, Josh says most beekeepers won't let their bees anywhere near pumpkins. That's because the flowers produce lots of pollen but little nectar. And the nectar they do produce is of poor quality.
That may be. But the Rogue Honeybees have other chores to do besides making honey. One of those chores is pollinating our pumpkins and they are very, very good at it.
Rogue Hopyard Honey Harvest Coming Mid August
Something must have worked. Josh says his requeening of our 19 Rogue Honeybee hives put honey production back on track. The honeybees are once again filling up the supers and Josh expects to begin harvesting in about two weeks.
The good news comes as Josh returned from a trip to the Rogue Apiary to see the results of last week's requeening. In most hives, the queen is easy to see and egg laying has resumed. But a few of the hives may have rejected their replacement queens. In that case, Josh will have to merge them with other hives. It'll be a few days before he finds out for sure.
We'll let you know when Rogue Hopyard Honey becomes available. And if you'd rather drink your honey, keep watching for Chatoe Rogue 19 Original Colonies Mead.
A Change Of Command In The Rogue Apiary
Rogue Beekeeper Josh re-queened some of our hives this week. He discovered some of the hives didn't have queens and others had queens that were failing to show proper leadership.
The bottom line as far as we're concerned – not enough honey.
So change was needed. So Josh and his friend Andy headed out to the hives and did what had to be done.
Step One: Josh looks for the old queen. When he finds her, she is summarily dispatched with a quick pinch.
Step Two: The new Queen arrives in a small cage.
Step Four: The worker bees nibble away at a sugar plug that blocks the entrance to the cage. It takes a few days for the bees to eat their way through. This gives them time to adapt to the new queen.
Step Five: The new Queen takes her place as the leader of the hive.
Watch Out For The Zombie Bees!!
Some parts of the country have to watch out for Killer Bees. But here in Oregon, our problem is the Undead variety.
They're called Zombie bees because a parasitic fly has laid eggs in them. As the eggs turn into larvae, they eat the bee from the inside. The result is Zombie like behavior where the bee wanders off from the hive and crawls around blindly in circles until it dies. Call it the Flight Of The Living Dead.
The problem is real and may be one of the causes of Colony Collapse Disorder say researchers at San Francisco State University. They were the first to find the parasitic flies in honeybees in Northern California not too far from Oregon.
They're asking for help in tracking the spread of the flies. You too can be a ZomBee Hunter by signing up at ZomBee Watch.
Long Live The Queen!
Among our beekeeper Josh's chores for the week – adding new supers to some of our beehives. Josh a few of the supers he put on the hives this spring are already full. So he's doubling up to make sure the bees have all the space they need to stock more honey.
Supers are the honey storage boxes that sit on top of beehives. They're important because having more space prevents overcrowding and swarming. When it comes time to harvest honey we just remove the supers instead of disturbing the hives – and the bees.
But Josh also noticed that some supers are nearly empty. That's usually the result of a queen bee who's not doing her job. When the queen doesn't lay enough eggs, the workers will store the honey in the brood chamber. And that's exactly where we don't want it.
This is when a beekeeper will requeen a hive. There's an entire industry built around supplying new queens to beekeepers. About a third of it is centered in Hawaii. We get our queens from Oregon.
Requeening is almost always necessary every couple of years. It helps the genetic diversity of the hive and a good queen will always lead to better honey production.
Pumpkin Patch Honey
There's nothing wrong with wild blackberries, but bees are better off with a little variety in their diet.
Sure enough, just as the flowers started blooming on our two-acre pumpkin patch, the honeybees from our 19 beehives stopped for some samples. They must have liked what they found. The bees come by all the time now.
Their hard work is paying off. The supers are filling up with honey and some are close to full. Our beekeeper Josh says he expects to start removing the supers towards the end of the month and into early August.
Our first honey harvest is at hand!
The Honeybee Whisperer
It was just another Sunday at the Micro Hopyard. Folks were playing games on the lawn, feeding the Free Range Chicks, Turkeys and Potbellied Pigs, and enjoying some beer on the porch of the Chatoe Rogue… when Josh got the call.
Another one of our hives was swarming. The bees were clustered in a cherry tree. Josh had to act fast before the swarm took off to never be seen again. Arriving on the scene, he shook the tree branch and the swarm fell into his collection box.
Mission accomplished, or so it would seem.
So what Josh did was this – he kept the bees in the hive for several hours so they'd become acclimated to their new home. Then he moved the hive about a mile to a spot near our beach on the Willamette River. After resting there for a while, he moved them back to join the rest of the hives.
Josh's class in Bee Psychology 101 appears to be paying off. The once swarming honeybees are happy in their new home, collecting pollen and nectar, and storing honey.
Meanwhile, Josh's record for the season is two swarms recovered, one swarm lost. Not bad at all.
The Healing Properties Of Honey
Because of its antibacterial properties, doctors once used honey to treat wounds. That changed when penicillin and other antibiotics came along.
According to practitioners of folk medicine, honey improves energy, stamina, the immune systems, and promotes sleep.
Treatment with honey is called apitherapy.
Storage Wars At The Hopyard Apiary
It's a cliché to say, "Busy as a bee". But after what we've seen this week it's oh-so true.
Now that the blackberry flowers are in full bloom, our Hopyard honeybees are so busy collecting nectar that some of the honey supers on our 19 beehives are close to overflowing.
A super is the box that sits on top of the hive, where honeybees store surplus nectar as they pack it into the tiny cells of the honeycomb. Then they hover next to the cells, drying it out with the rapid beats of their tiny wings. When the nectar is dry enough, the bees cap the cell and you've got honey.
Our Beekeeper Josh says some of the supers are nearly full. He'll soon have to replace them with empty ones, or put empty ones on top of the full supers. Either way, our honeybees are going to need more space to store the nectar from the summer flow.
Josh says they way things are going; he'll be harvesting the honey in about a month.
Let The Good Times Flow
As the song says, it's summer time and the living is easy, at least for the Rogue honeybees. The wild blackberry bushes on the Micro Hopyard are filling up with flowers and our bees are filling up with pollen and nectar.
This is the beginning of the summer honey flow. For the next few months, the bees in our 19 hives will have an easy to find, plentiful supply of food. They will be hard at work raising their broods and putting away the excess honey into the supers our Beekeeper Josh built for them.
Josh can take it a little easier, too. His biggest worry this time of the season is the possibility of more swarms, though that diminishes with every day. This gives him more time to think of how he'll create the Mead that we'll ferment from our Rogue Honey.
If you've ever tried photographing a bee, you'll know it's not an easy endeavor. We don't have any images of the bees collecting nectar fro the blackberries. But we do have this one from April when they were feasting on the cherry blossoms.
Summer Honey Flow Begins
The tough times are over for the Rogue honeybees on the Micro Hopyard. The wild blackberries are starting to bloom, giving the bees a have a reliable source of nectar and pollen for the next several weeks.
This is what beekeepers call a honey flow. Lots of food for the bees, enough honey to start packing away the surplus into storage. That's exactly what our bees are starting to do.
Rogue's beekeeper Josh can take a break. While we were between flows, Josh was busy lugging out five gallon kegs of sugar syrup to the hives and feeding the bees since they're wasn't enough natural food sources to keep them alive. He must have done something right - the size of the colony doubled thanks to his hard work.
Brave Beekeeper Captures Swarm
It started out as just another lovely Sunday at the Micro Hopyard. Dozens of people hanging out, playing games, drinking beer, eating salmon. And that's when someone noticed this…
That's a swarm of bees clinging to a branch right over our 19 beehives. There's tens of thousands of bees in that clump, with the queen somewhere near the center.
Bees form swarms when they leave a hive to form a new colony. That's good news because it means the hive is healthy and the bees are growing so quickly they're running out of room. But it's also bad news because if they're not captured right away and given a new hive, then they'll fly off and never be seen again.
The customer who noticed the swarm is also a beekeeper. He understood the urgency of the situation and notified our beekeeper Josh. And Josh got to work right away.
One thing to remember should you ever see a swarm. They're harmless as long as you keep your distance. The bees in a swarm have just gorged on food and without a hive to protect are usually docile.
But we'd understand if Natascha disagrees. While taking these photos she was stung in the face.
Quiet Times In the Beehives
It's been just cool and wet enough for our Beekeeper Josh to take a hands off approach with the bees. In this kind of weather, it's best to leave the bees alone whenever you can. Then conditions inside the hive will stay warm and dry – just how bees like it.
Josh did some feeding last week and - when the weather improves - will do some more. But the important thing he's watching out for right now is for the blackberries to bloom. When that happens, the bees will be able to feed and take care of themselves for the summer.
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Major General Mark Graham and his wife Carol Graham knew their son Kevin had received treatment for depression. A senior ROTC cadet, Kevin had always been a top student in good physical condition. "In hindsight, we didn't see the warning signs—we thought he would just get over it," said Mrs. Graham.
Without a doctor's guidance, however, Kevin had stopped taking his medication because he feared being stigmatized at an ROTC summer camp he was selected to attend. With his depression untreated, he never arrived at the camp. Instead, he took his own life in his college apartment. (To read the Graham family's story, see Commitment to Suicide Prevention, Mental Health.)
General and Mrs. Graham spoke at the opening plenary session of "Paving the Road Home," SAMHSA's Second National Behavioral Health Conference on Returning Veterans and Their Families, in Bethesda, MD, on August 11.
General Graham, who commands the Army's Division West and Fort Carson in Colorado, and Mrs. Graham, who works at the national level to raise suicide awareness, brought their message to a capacity audience of 500 behavioral health care providers, officials at all levels of Government, and veterans' organization representatives from across the country.
In addition, at more than 50 Internet conference sites, a nationwide audience simultaneously watched via Webcast.
General Graham said that depression is insufficiently recognized, a factor that contributed to Kevin's death. He warned that the same lack of recognition could endanger many of the 800,000 veterans who have returned home from Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as service members on active duty. Why? Because depression and other behavioral health issues—including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI), substance abuse, and suicide—are risks to all who serve in combat zones.
The need to recognize and help veterans recover from these "unseen wounds" that they may have suffered during their service was the major theme of "Paving the Road Home."
"We need to put psychological injuries on par with physical injuries, a task that requires transforming the culture of the military," said Brigadier General Loree Sutton, M.D., Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs.
Of the more than 325,000 returned Iraq and Afghanistan veterans who have been seen at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health facilities, 39 percent have mental health diagnoses, including nearly 68,000 with PTSD and an equal number with TBI, said Ira Katz, M.D., Ph.D., Deputy Chief Patient Care Services Officer for the Mental Health Office at the VA.
In 2007, furthermore, about 2,000 active duty service members attempted suicide and 121 succeeded in taking their own lives, the highest number since tracking began in 1980, according to A. Kathryn Power, M.Ed., Director of SAMHSA's Center for Mental Health Services.
In the conference keynote address, Ms. Power emphasized the importance of educating both the military and civilian communities, as well as providers, about the true nature and effects of trauma. "The experience of trauma is not a disease but a public health issue," she explained.
In recent years, SAMHSA has worked to elevate the visibility of trauma and is providing tools for understanding and dealing with its effects, she added, noting that many more models for trauma care exist now than even 10 years ago. The need for trauma awareness and trauma-informed care, which incorporate knowledge about trauma and minimize retraumatization, is especially central in dealing with today's veterans, Ms. Power said.
The long and repeated deployments to conflict areas lacking clear front lines expose service members to trauma and extreme stress, and exacerbate the risk of mental health and adjustment issues among both service members and returning veterans. Service members may also suffer military sexual trauma arising from violence and harassment. Ms. Power added that between 13 and 30 percent of female service members suffered rape, which often goes unreported.
Normal reactions to trauma vary widely among individuals, Ms. Power said. Many people show resilience, but responses such as PTSD, depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts are common. These are not signs of underlying mental illness, Ms. Power emphasized, but rather results of traumatic experience. A third of the 1.64 million individuals who have deployed in the current conflicts have suffered from depression, PTSD, or TBI, she noted. Substance abuse is highly comorbid with these conditions.
"The range of efforts underway to help shows that assisting veterans as they return home involves preparing our communities to do more than have parades and release confetti. We must not only celebrate service but facilitate reintegration," said H. Westley Clark, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., Director of SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT).
Recovery is not only possible, but highly likely with appropriate help, Dr. Clark said. Treatment for trauma's effects is improving, and large clinical trials are coming that will evaluate treatment methods.
Although many individuals experience post-traumatic growth as positive changes take hold, he said, only half of service members or veterans who need help actually obtain it.
In addition to raising awareness, another conference goal was to build partnerships among the broad range of agencies and organizations serving veterans. One example, cited by Dr. Katz, is the SAMHSA–VA collaboration on the veterans suicide helpline, which has received over 60,000 calls, 30,000 of them from veterans themselves, since its launch in July 2007 (see SAMHSA News online, July/August 2008). "It's a major success," Dr. Katz said.
Dr. Katz mentioned a new Uniform Mental Health Services Handbook projected for publication by the end of 2009. The VA handbook will define which services must be provided and will give guidance on methods of addressing service gaps caused by distance and other factors, he said. Approaches include increased use of both telemental health and community services.
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) will also, as part of its transformation initiative, soon launch a major public information campaign on mental health emphasizing recovery and reintegration, General Sutton said.
"Service members have a very strong identification with strength," said plenary speaker Marine Sergeant Dan Taslitz, who suffered accidental brain injury in Iraq from carbon monoxide after Marine combat and reconnaissance service. "My identity was shattered. I was no longer a strong athlete and leader," Mr. Taslitz explained. But resilience was a strong element in his recovery. "It opens the door to support," he added.
"The Army's new guidance is to make it a sign of strength, not weakness, to come forward to seek mental health care," General Graham said.
He is working with his officers and noncommissioned officers at Fort Carson to create a healthy climate where soldiers will seek help without fear that it could hurt their careers. The number of individuals at Fort Carson coming forward for help has increased, he said. "We believe we are on the right track."
Following the public conference day, SAMHSA convened a 2-day Policy Academy for teams from nine states and one territory.
By invitation after a brief competition nationwide, those included Florida, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah, and Washington, as well as American Samoa.
Team members represented state governments, mental health and substance abuse providers, veterans and faith-based organizations, and family members.
Their goal? A seamless system of care for returning veterans and their families in their home states. A list of challenges to helping veterans included plans for employment, universal health coverage, community coalitions, and support for children and families.
Recommendations from the Policy Academy will be available within 60 days. State plans will be reviewed by SAMHSA, the DoD, and the VA.
For more information as it becomes available on the Policy Academy. For a comprehensive list of resources for returning veterans and their families, see Resources for Veterans.
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Occasionally a stock comes along that's easy. Nucor (NUE) is that kind of stock.
The company reported a terrific quarter, showing great growth at a time when every other steel company has had its head handed to it. The balance sheet is its best in years. Its exports, while small, are starting to spurt. Raw costs are coming down as the bidding-up of scrap subsides.
Further, the business is no longer as leveraged to nonresidential construction, as it is recognized by management that such construction -- which is 60% below where it was in 2007 -- isn't coming back anytime soon. Autos are playing a bigger and bigger role, and the auto business is thriving. Plus it offers a bountiful yield with a dividend that has been boosted for 37 years and is about to be boosted again.
Beyond that, there's a huge kicker: the election. The Senate passed a bill Tuesday that, should it progress into law, would drastically cut imports from China. That would be hugely bullish for Nucor.
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President Barack Obama is trying to get something done, but he doesn't want a trade war. The Republicans don't mind taking the trade war, because they -- like Dan Dimicco, one of my favorite CEOs -- acknowledge we have been in a losing one with the Chinese for years. So 2012 will be a year full of good headlines for steelmakers.
To me, Nucor is a stock that must be bought -- especially on the down days, when there are rarely any bids for industrials because of the horrendous sell and double-sell programs. It is a terrific stock to be in, with catalysts galore.
Nucor? Bingo.
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chirped about the holy high yield only to have the dividend cut and the stock plummet
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