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Hi Ya'll,
So, I am somewhat reluctantly, and a little embarrassingly, reaching out to the internet and asking for money to help with my transition related costs. For money to help me destroy some of the things that destroy me.
I am asking for two things.
First, for help covering the insurmountable costs of an Orchiectomy. I don't want to take testosterone blockers for the rest of my life, they are damaging my body, and getting access to and affording estrogen feels hard enough. And, honestly, I just want to see them (my testicles) in a hospital dumpster. They just don't belong with me.
I am also asking for monetary help with getting electrolysis to get rid of my facial hair. Perhaps it seems like such an inessential thing, that I am just being melodramatic or lazy by asking for thousands of dollars to get it out of the way, but its really hard, and honestly presents the largest barrier around this all right now. I've been graced with incredibly resilient hair follicles. After nearly two years of working my life around shaving schedules, receiving several laser treatments, attempting to do my own electrolysis, and spending all my extra cash on treatments, I have seen barely even a reduction, and increased difficulty in getting a close enough shave to even cover the shadow.
I'm sick of being terrified to go out into the world when I can't hide my facial hair. I've been experiencing increasingly aggressive, terrifying and troublesome incidents of harassment all over the place, losing jobs because of being a non-passing trans-girl. Of being "outed" at work, and pretty much everywhere whenever I couldn't get a close enough shave, or effectively cover it with make up. I expected this, and have been able to take these comments and threats for some time, but it's getting really old. I can't deal with the slow rate of progress that my resources can afford me or the increasingly debilitating shame and fear that I feel most days over something that feels like it should be trivial, but just isn't. It is the biggest factor in people refusing to take me seriously as a person/girl. I've been feeling more and more overwhelmed and frozen by this. I hate that if I just had enough money, it could go away, and I know that my overall well-being would improve quite drastically. These obstacles feel even more daunting these days as I'm no longer in the bay area. While I think it's largely a myth that the bay is some kind of trans utopia of accessible health care and safety, resources do feel much more scarce here in the southeast and sometimes it feels a little more terrifying.
I am hoping to raise enough money to spend a few months going to 4 or 5-hour electrolysis sessions each week to get rid of the hair in as quick a time frame as possible, that I could not otherwise afford. And to drastically streamline the process of getting an Orchiectomy.
This process of internet-transition- fundraising feels annoying, complicated, really embarrassing and brings on immense anxiety. I feel reluctant and embarrassed because I hate the archetype of the "pathetic, helpless, poor transsexual woman" and the thought that I may have to emulate that stereotype to get sympathy and money. And I hate that perhaps this is some part of my experience and despite my greatest efforts to make ends meet on my own, I am here, once again, pleading for help. It is troubling that I can ask for money for my personal struggle with my body and probably get some, while the larger struggle and resistance to systematic oppression of trans ladies, goes largely under funded and under supported, and the route of turning to the internet for transition help is often inaccessible to many. As I write this, CeCe McDonald has just been released from prison, and solidarity and support is needed. Many more girls will face the same struggles and horrors as her and If you only have a little money, please help out CeCe, Niara, or Gender Anarky, or any local organizations that support incarcerated trans women in your city or elsewhere. There are plenty. I have included links to their support sites below.
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I'm going to continue to post this and keep it up for ONE MORE WEEK. I have raised 36% of my goal. Thank you so much for sharing and donating.
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What if Homer Simpson smoked weed? It's not that crazy to imagine.
For the
last few
weeks, the Twitter account
has been publishing a bizarre piece of long-form fan fiction about
The Simpsons
, family, America's wars in the Middle East, and marijuana, vast amounts of all sorts of marijuana. Now, 5,015 tweets later, Marijuana Simpson
has concluded
, and is available to read on an easier-to-follow
Scribd document
posted by
Small Dollar
on Jul 9, 2014 -
28 comments
How the US was duped by an Iraqi fantasist looking to topple Saddam.
posted by
on Feb 15, 2011 -
65 comments
"An Illusional Intermission Between Invasion and Insurgency"
The Toppling: How the Media Inflated the Fall of Saddam's Statue in Firdos Square.
A joint publication of ProPublica and
New Yorker
more inside
posted by
on Jan 3, 2011 -
46 comments
On Saddam's trail
Searching for Saddam
: how the U.S. military used social networking to capture the Iraqi dictator
posted by
on Feb 26, 2010 -
8 comments
"High Value Detainee #1"
Just released:
Saddam Hussein Talks to the FBI
FBI special agents carried out 20 formal interviews and at least 5 "casual conversations" with former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein after his capture by U.S. troops in December 2003, according to secret FBI reports released as the result of Freedom of Information Act requests by the National Security Archive.
this Washington Post article.
posted by
on Jul 2, 2009 -
25 comments
How George Bush became the new Saddam
How George Bush became the new Saddam.
"Its strategies shattered, a desperate Washington is reaching out to the
late dictator's
posted by
on Sep 22, 2007 -
54 comments
The Life and Death of a Warrior in Iraq
I am sullied -- no more
. Colonel Ted Westhusing was a soldier's soldier -- a multilingual West Point graduate, tough as nails, who was committed to the ancient Greek warrior's ideal of
("arete," excellence). He volunteered to go to Iraq, where he was commanded by another
rising-star officer, counterinsurgency expert
David Petraeus
. (Westhusing's widow, Michelle, recalls that her husband thought his country was doing "a great thing" there.) After working with one of the shadowy contractors the US has relied on to train Iraqi security forces,
, Westhusing became increasingly despondent. In May 2005, investigators say, he put a 9mm bullet in his brain after writing a note that said, "Reevaluate yourselves, cdrs [commanders]. You are not what you think you are and
know it." Westhusing died, as was previously discussed
, and his former "cdr" is now
running the war
. Lots of new information in this article from the
Texas Observer
posted by
on Mar 10, 2007 -
114 comments
Iraq: The Lost Generation
Iraq: The Lost Generation.
This 47 minute long documentary was filmed by an anonymous Iraqi journalist. Broadcast on the UK's Channel 4 in November, it tells the stories of several young Iraqis whose lives have been changed by the invasion and occupation of their country.
posted by
on Jan 7, 2007 -
11 comments
Saddam's Iraq and his Execution
Saddam"s Iraq and his Execution
Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Topics include international press coverage, how the execution technique was selected, summary executions under Saddam's regime, history of execution pictures, and brief descriptions of several forms of hanging. Also includes background about Saddam's relationship with the United States.
But how did he come to power? Here,
a concise history, from beginning to the present
posted by
on Jan 4, 2007 -
11 comments
Stop the hate. Love, Saddam.
Saddam's farewell letter.
posted by
on Dec 27, 2006 -
46 comments
Blaming Bush
they tell us.
Neocon hindsight is 20/20. War architect
Richard Perle
on invading Iraq, 2002: "We have no time to lose, and I think the president understands that and it's probably taken too long already, but I don't think it'll be much longer... Support for Saddam, including within his military organization, will collapse at the first whiff of gunpowder.... Now,
it isn't going to be over in 24 hours, but it isn't going to be months either
." Four years later: "If I had been delphic, and had seen where we are today, and people had said, 'Should we go into Iraq?,' I think now I probably would have said, 'No, let's consider other strategies'... Could we have managed that threat by means other than a direct military intervention? Well, maybe we could have."
posted by
on Nov 3, 2006 -
105 comments
No Saddam and Osama? :(
Senate Releases Pre-War Intel Reports.
The two sections of the report released by the
Senate intelligence committee
"Postwar Findings about Iraq's WMD Programs and Links to Terrorism and How they Compare with Prewar Assessments"
"The Use by the Intelligence Community of Information Provided by the Iraqi National Congress"
(both PDFs). This seems to contradict
previous evidence
posted by
on Sep 8, 2006 -
51 comments
Partitioning Democracy
The practical future of the country formerly known as Iraq.
[NewsFilter, but a significant acknowledgement of something long-in-coming.]
posted by
on Aug 9, 2006 -
63 comments
When the President Does It, That Means it is Not Illegal
"Saddam Hussein after his capture addressed the court with the same challenge that Charles I threw at his judges: 'By what legal authority do you try me?'"
"Therefore, let me know by what authority I am called hither."
...and therein trusted with a limited power to govern by and according to the laws of the land, and not otherwise;...
"'Lex is Rex', is what they'd said in the ship money case. The king is the law, the king is above the law, and the king can't be brought to trial."
"-- the president is always right, Senator."
posted by
on Jul 12, 2006 -
76 comments
"A Classic Psy-Ops Campaign"
The War They Wanted, The Lies They Needed.
"The Bush administration invaded Iraq claiming Saddam Hussein had tried to buy yellowcake uranium in Niger. As much of Washington knew, and the world soon learned, the charge was false. Worse, it appears to have been the cornerstone of a highly successful 'black propaganda' campaign with links to the White House."
Sic Semper Tyrannis
posted by
on Jun 7, 2006 -
24 comments
Saddam Hussein
Saddam's Delusions: The View from the Inside.
posted by
on Mar 14, 2006 -
22 comments
Bettis, Saddam share key to Detroit
Jerome Bettis
is a hometown hero. After "leading" (OK, he doesn't play much anymore) his
Pittsburgh Steelers
Super Bowl XL
in his native Detroit, the locals came out to celebrate the future Hall of Famer. Last week was declared "Jerome Bettis Week" in Detroit and Bettis was awarded the key to the city. The last person to receive such an honor from the city?
Saddam Hussein in 1980
posted by
on Feb 6, 2006 -
29 comments
Sticker Shock and Awe
Q - Mr. Secretary, on Iraq, how much money do you think the Department of Defense would need to pay for a war with Iraq? Rumsfeld - Well, the Office of Management and Budget, has come up come up with a number that's something under $50 billion for the cost. How much of that would be the U.S. burden, and how much would be other countries, is an open question.
And now:
The estimated cost to US taxpayers of the Iraq war to date is
$250 billion and rising, or $100,000 per minute. Total cost of the Bush doctrine of spreading "democracy" since September 11th -- half a trillion dollars
, or nearly the cost of the 13 years of the Vietnam War, adjusted for inflation. What else could we have done with
that kind of money
? Also see
posted by
on Feb 3, 2006 -
112 comments
Case Open?
In November 2003,
Weekly Standard
writer Stephen Hayes published a report
alleging collusion between terrorist agents and Saddam Hussein
received little attention in the press
. In June of '04, Hayes published another article called "
The Connection
" excerpted from his book of the same title. His newest follow-up, with economist Thomas Joscelyn, entitled "
The Mother of All Connections
" goes one step further to illustrate the alleged connections,
contradicting what the 9/11 Commission & Bush himself have claimed
posted by
on Jul 13, 2005 -
39 comments
Ex-Marine Says Public Version of Saddam Capture Fiction
Ex-Marine Says Public Version of Saddam Capture Fiction
A former U.S. Marine who participated in capturing ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein said the public version of his capture was fabricated. Ex-Sgt. Nadim Abou Rabeh, of Lebanese descent, was quoted in the Saudi daily al-Medina Wednesday as saying Saddam was actually captured Friday, Dec. 12, 2003, and not the day after, as announced by the U.S. Army. "I was among the 20-man unit, including eight of Arab descent, who searched for Saddam for three days in the area of Dour near Tikrit, and we found him in a modest home in a small village and not in a hole as announced," Abou Rabeh said.
posted by
on Mar 9, 2005 -
68 comments
Documents: U.S. condoned Iraq oil smuggling
Documents: U.S. condoned Iraq oil smuggling
Documents obtained by CNN reveal the United States knew about, and even condoned, embargo-breaking oil sales by Saddam Hussein's regime, and did so to shore up alliances with Iraq's neighbors. The oil trade with countries such as Turkey and Jordan appears to have been an open secret inside the U.S. government and the United Nations for years.
posted by
on Feb 3, 2005 -
28 comments
hey cheerleaders!
What I Heard about Iraq
--from 1992 until today. head-spinning.
posted by
on Feb 1, 2005 -
84 comments
Saddam's daughter: I want to go to Iraq
Saddam's daughter: I want to go to Iraq
"...My life is a series of collapses," Raghad Saddam Hussein said in an interview in Friday's edition of Sayidaty magazine. "If age is measured by anguish and sadness, I would have been 80 today."...
posted by
on Jun 13, 2004 -
6 comments
What you do in Vegas stays in your file
The FBI has been given increased surveillance powers
court oversight
under the
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004
, which was signed into law on
the day Saddam was captured
. The law was recently used to have hotels and airlines in Las Vegas
turn over guest and passenger names and information
for the holiday period.
posted by
on Jan 7, 2004 -
35 comments
Saddam Hussein Sourcebook
Several newly declassified documents
have been added to the National Security Archive's
Saddam Hussein Sourcebook
, including a
State Department cable to special envoy Donald Rumsfeld
(PDF) for his second meeting with Saddam Hussein (months after the infamous
handshake meeting
,) in which Rumsfeld conveyed the Reagan administration's undiminished support for Hussein despite their public condemnation of his use of chemical weapons. (It also mentions but seems unconcerned with Hussein's support for Abu Nidhal.) Another document describes
Bechtel's intention to do business with Iraq
(PDF) through non-US sources in case of US sanctions. [More analysis at
Juan Cole
posted by
on Dec 23, 2003 -
3 comments
Saddam Captured
Saddam Reported Captured
- So what next? A trial at the
International Criminal Court
(which the US does not recognise), a trip to
or a trial in Iraq? And is this finally the
of the resistance in Iraq?
posted by
on Dec 14, 2003 -
388 comments
President confirms link between Saddam Hussein and terrorism!
confirms link between Iraq and terrorism!
" The regime of Saddam Hussein cultivated ties to terror while it built weapons of mass destruction."
In other news, we're at war with Eastasia. We've always been at war with Eastasia... Food rations have jumped by 10%! Doubleplusgood!
posted by
on Sep 23, 2003 -
39 comments
he's got stones
Beliefs about Saddam
-- some Iraqis find it difficult to believe that their former ruler can die.
"How can we really be sure he's gone for good?"
asked Hassam Sahar, 45, an engineer. "We can't trust the U.S. and Britain. They left once before." Some believe that Saddam has
links to the occult [audio file]
ranging from a djinn kept in a stone to magic practiced by his mother, which are based in
folk islam
[google cache
] Western occultists, too, have
something to say about Saddam.
posted by
on Aug 3, 2003 -
3 comments
Not the real Slim Shady
The Real Hussein
Warning: Shockwave
posted by
on Jul 27, 2003 -
4 comments
Saddam Hussein's chief weapons adviser has surrendered to the US military. US officials had described Lieutenant General Amir al-Saadi as the person they most wanted to speak to about Iraq's weapons programmes. Now we will know about WMD or the integrity and effectiveness of the give-inspections-a -chance folks. Any bets to be placed?
posted by
on Apr 12, 2003 -
42 comments
Dealing With Saddam
Dealing With Saddam
What's in the cards for the missing members of the Iraqi high command? According to
Reuters AlertNet
"The United States will soon deliver Iraq's deposed president Saddam Hussein and his inner circle into the hands of its own troops -- as a deck of playing cards...Brigadier General Vincent Brooks held up one of the first examples of the card packs at a Central Command briefing on Friday, explaining that each card depicted a character the United States wanted pursued, killed or captured."
Checking the deck
quite predictably we find that Saddam is portrayed as the Ace of Spades, and his
strong-arm younger son Qusay
is tricked out as Ace of Clubs. Ironically, elder-psychopathic progeny Uday, who is said to
favor the use of rape
as a
weapon of torture
, is imaged as the Ace of Hearts. An Adobe Acrobat PDF image of the full deck is available at
Defense Link.
Is this the the new US military card game, Poke-Iman? "Hey, soldiers...gotta catch 'em all!"
posted by
on Apr 11, 2003 -
27 comments
Dictators and their demises
Dictators and their demises:
a miscellany.
Saddam and the Destruction of Civil Society in Iraq
is the timely find, and deals with the entire history of Iraq since the Ba'ath party takeover, including a detailed ideological history of the party and the increasingly totalitarian aspects of Saddam's rule in Iraq.
To ask whether democracy, even in a non-Western sense, has a chance in Iraq is to jump one step ahead of the game. The fundamental questions we need to answer first are: What was the nature of Iraqi civil society before the Ba`thist regime destroyed it? How did the Ba`th oliberate it? And can Iraqi civil society be rebuilt after Saddam has left the stage?
[more inside]
posted by
on Apr 9, 2003 -
19 comments
Remembering Halabja
15 years ago today Saddam Hussein launched an unprecedented chemical weapons attack on 20 Kurdish villages.
(warning: disturbing images). I think this speaks for itself.
posted by
on Mar 16, 2003 -
53 comments
Iraq's side of the story
While I haven't checked out the videos (which is sans translation anyway),
it's interesting to hear
that the Iraqi government has put up
their version of the Saddam-Rather interview
from a few weeks back, on
their almost blog-like gov't site
. I wish there was an english translation, to see how the other side lobs their spin of propaganda in this new media war.
posted by
on Mar 13, 2003 -
11 comments
US Soldiers At Risk from Chem Attacks
If Saddam Hussein were to use
chemical/biological weapons
in an Iraq conflict, how safe would soldiers in the field be? The Department of the Defense
says "no problem"
, but some of the men on the ground
seem to believe
otherwise. The gear the soldiers will use to protect themselves and their water supply
appears to be old, prone to failure
while the training received in the usage of these tools looks inadequate. It could be the return of
"Gulf War Syndrome"
posted by
on Feb 20, 2003 -
19 comments
Foxing Up Saddam
Is Fox News Giving "Aid & Comfort" to Saddam?
Contributing money to the regime they hate so much - without disclosing it - seems to go against the grain of the flag-waving network. I don't think
Barbara Streisand ever contributed
any money to Baghdad... (via
posted by
on Feb 4, 2003 -
42 comments
Saddam's bodyguard flees Iraq
What if Saddam does have these weapons of mass-destruction?
Hussein's senior bodyguard has fled to Israel with details of Iraq's secret arsenal. His revelations have supported US President George W. Bush's claim there is enough evidence from UN inspectors to justify going to war.
posted by
on Feb 4, 2003 -
49 comments
A list of articles
by former weapons inspector Richard Spertzel on current inspections. Also former weapons inspector Bill Tierney says
Saddam has nukes
and the
French sabotaged U.N. WMD searches
posted by
on Jan 29, 2003 -
25 comments
Iraq: How Saddam hides the smoke and the guns
Iraq: How Saddam hides the smoke and the guns
This account is from an Italian paper and appears in an Israeli site that sums up materials pertaining to the Middle East. Of course I am not able to verify its authenticity, nor would anyone, given the "hidden" nature of the man being interviewed. But it does suggest what the Bush administration and many pundits have been saying or implying for some time now.
posted by
on Jan 24, 2003 -
49 comments
Rumsfeld met Saddam in late 80s
Rumsfeld helped Saddam during war with Iran,
while they had precise information about daily use of chemical weapons such as mustard gas, nerve gas, anthrax, and sarin. He met Saddam Hussein in Baghdad and passed on the US willingness to help his regime and restore full diplomatic relations, in order to help Iraq win the war. [source: Guardian]
posted by
on Dec 30, 2002 -
60 comments
Iraqis want war
Iraqis welcome war to remove Saddam
survey (.pdf)
taken inside(!) Iraq says Iraqis would favor a war to topple Saddam. The report itself is more interesting than the Independent piece.
The overall impression...was one of exasperation and even anger after twelve years of uncertainty and international isolation and even more years of warfare, combined with a growing sense that the current regime's days are numbered.
The report is most interesting in the details of Iraqis' expectations: that advanced US technology will somehow anesthetize Iraqi soldiers rather than hurt them, the US will rebuild their country for them, there will be no breakup of Iraq, nor postwar bloodbath, etc.
A fascinating and important portrait of a people at the end of their rope.
posted by
on Dec 16, 2002 -
38 comments
iraq news
saddam makes it tough for reporters to work
, but
this two-person US team
gets uncut news out of iraq daily in audio, video, and print.
posted by
on Nov 13, 2002 -
4 comments
"President Bush's case against Saddam Hussein ... relied on a
and sometimes entirely false reading of the available US intelligence, government officials and analysts claimed yesterday." Another article on the same subject says, "Rumsfeld's recent remark that the United States has 'bulletproof' evidence of links between Al Qaeda and Hussein struck many in the intelligence community as an
assessment of the available evidence." One paper explains the differences this way, "The C.I.A. has to maintain its
for objective estimates. The White House is mobilizing the public and preparing foreign nations for a potential American invasion of Iraq."
posted by
on Oct 12, 2002 -
44 comments
'The guy who tried to kill my dad.'
'The guy who tried to kill my dad.'
Setting aside partisan bickering, this description of Saddam Hussein by George W. Bush today sent my mind reeling. Is this in reference to something published in the past that is just escaping my mind? The
version of the story adds that it is reference to "an Iraqi plot to kill former President George Bush after the 1991 Gulf War." Anyone have a link to that older story?
posted by
on Sep 27, 2002 -
36 comments
Gore: Saddam must go
Gore: Saddam must go
Al Gore has told Iraqi opposition politicians that the United States remains committed to the overthrow of President Saddam Hussein. "There can be no peace for the Middle East so long as Saddam is in a position to brutalise his people and threaten his neighbours" - Al Gore [more inside]
posted by
on Sep 24, 2002 -
47 comments
The Mind of a Madman.
The Mind of a Madman.
PRESIDENT SADDAM HUSSEIN'S ADDRESS ON THE ELEVENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GRAND BATTLE "MOTHER OF ALL BATTLES" JANUARY 16-17, 1991. See also President Saddam Hussein's speech on the occasion of the 14th anniversary of the day of the great victory over Iran and
other funny stories
. And now, for the rest of the story.
posted by
Mack Twain
on Sep 14, 2002 -
10 comments
Saddam Hussein Trained Al Qaeda Fighters - Report
Saddam Hussein Trained Al Qaeda Fighters - Report
Blair's evidence to convince the Brits that attacking Iraq is going after Saddam is needed because he has been directly involved with Qaeda network.
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Does invading Iraq require more than declaring Saddam Hussein "evil"?
Does invading Iraq require more than declaring Saddam Hussein "evil"?
The New York Times reports public opposition from people not easily labeled Brie-sucking scared-of-war libyerals -- people like Henry "Bombs Away" Kissinger and Brent Scowcroft. Meanwhile, hawks argue that
attacking after all Bush's rhetoric would "produce such a collapse of confidence in the president that it would set back the war on terrorism."
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Doubtful that the US will strike Iraq
Doubtful that the US will strike Iraq
by the end of this year, says chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Joseph Biden (D-Delaware). "I'm convinced the administration has not made up their mind yet," Biden said. Should we go to Baghdad and topple Saddam, or not? Is Saddam an immediate threat?
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Did you forget to send a blue mountain card to Saddam?
Did you forget to send a blue mountain card to Saddam?
I'll just bet you did. And it was his 65th. Still time to send those birthday greetings. It might be the last one he gets to celebrate.
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Thanks to your votes for the world's best dive, we've updated our Top 100 dive sites list at
In the last issue we had a lovely letter from newly qualified diver Gillian ("Nervous Nellie") who's nearly 70 asking where to dive next. This was one of the replies.
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Judy Harbison asked about the best diving in Curacao, answers included
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Shark Fin Sales Halved in China
Prices and sales of shark fin are falling in China by 50-70% according to a report by environmental group WildAid.
Around 7% of all sharks are killed every year. This exceeds the average rebound rate for many shark populations, meaning that if things don't change they are condemned to extinction. Shark products include meat, skin, teeth and oil, but it is the higher market value of shark fins – primarily in China – that has driven the demand for these beautiful animals and their population declines. However things are changing. A campaign in China to raise awareness of the effects of buying shark products has been very successful.
"Demand reduction can be very effective" says Peter Knights, Executive Director of WildAid. "The more people learn about the consequences of eating shark fin soup, the less they want to participate in the trade. Government bans on shark fin at state banquets in China and Hong Kong also helped send the right message."
The new report documents:
- 82% decline in sales reported by shark fin vendors in Guangzhou, China
- 85% of Chinese consumers surveyed online said they gave up shark fin soup within the past 3 years. Two thirds cited awareness campaigns with 28% citing the government banquet ban as a reason.
- 24 airlines, three shipping lines and five hotel groups have officially banned shark fin from their operations
Up to 73 million sharks are killed for their fins. Of the fourteen shark species most prevalent in the shark fin trade, all have experienced regional population declines ranging from 40-99%, and all are classified as Threatened or Near Threatened by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
In the Guangzhou markets, assumed to be the new centre of China's shark fin trade, wholesale traders are now complaining of dwindling sales and falling prices. Retailers who were selling medium-sized shark fins for as much as US$642 per kilogram are now able only to charge half as much. One Guangzhou wholesaler commented that "shark fin is a dying business" and another is quoted saying that "Yao Ming's commercial impact single-handedly smashed my business," in reference to WildAid's ongoing multimedia public awareness campaigns.
The sharks most commonly killed for fins are: tiger shark, great hammerhead, scalloped hammerhead, oceanic whitetip, thresher shark, blue shark, shortfin mako shark, bull shark, silky shark, dusky shark and sandbar shark.
Although the report is good news for sharks, the shark fin trade continues, both legally and illegally. For example in March 2014, WildAid interviews with Belizean fishermen revealed they continue to get US$75 per pound (approximately US$165 per kilogram) for medium to large shark fin and, comparatively, only US$7 per pound (approximately US$15 per kilogram) for the meat. Evidence of locally protected nurse sharks being targeted for their fins was also noted. In April 2014, the Belizean Fisheries Department arrested two fishermen for the attempted illegal export of 73 dried shark fins and other marine products to Guatemala.
So, good news for sharks but still work to be done to save the sharks and their oceans.
Further Reading:
Evidence of Declines in Shark Fin Demand, China, WildAid.
Shark fin sales halved in China
Boris Worm, Brendal Davis, Lisa Kettemer, Christine A. Ward-Paige, Demian Chapman, Michael R. Heithaus, Steven T. Kessel, Samuel H. Gruber, Global catches, exploitation rates, and rebuilding options for sharks, Marine Policy, Volume 40, July 2013, Pages 194-204, ISSN 0308-597X
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Diving News From Around the World
Mother octopus broods eggs longer than any other animal
Deep sea octopus looks after her eggs for four and a half years – breaking records for any animal's brooding period.
No more pause: Warming will be non-stop from now on
Enjoy the pause in global warming while it lasts, because it's probably the last one we will get this century. Once temperatures start rising again, it looks like they will keep going up without a break for the rest of the century, unless we cut our greenhouse gas emissions.
Shark Loss hits Global Ecosystems
The loss of sharks could contribute to the destruction of one of the world's most under-appreciated sources of carbon storage: seagrasses. Not that sharks eat the seagrass, but they do eat the turtles which feed in the seagrass meadows. Add this to the problems of pollution, mooring and destruction of seagrass, means this vital habitat – and the sharks – need help.
TEPCO Eyes Pacific Ocean As Dumping Ground for Radioactive Water
Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the embattled owner of Japan's crippled nuclear reactors, has said it is running out of space to store water contaminated with radioactive materials and is proposing to treat the water and dump it in the Pacific Ocean.
WWF calls for Canary Islands whale sanctuary and no oil drilling
The environment group WWF is calling for the creation of a whale sanctuary off the Canary Islands after Spanish energy giant Repsol announced recently it wants to start exploratory drilling for oil and gas in the region in October.
Rising CO2 levels will intensify algal blooms across the globe
Rising CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere will stimulate harmful algal blooms at a global level. This warning is issued by scientists of the University of Amsterdam, on the basis of new mathematical models, laboratory experiments and field research.
Young loggerhead turtles not going with the flow
Juvenile loggerhead turtles swim into oncoming ocean currents, instead of passively drifting with them. After loggerhead turtle babies leave nesting beaches, they live in the ocean for 7-12 years before migrating to the coast.
Gurnard and chips, please: warmer seas change UK fish stock as cod head north
Marine experts say the British will soon have to get used to eating hake, mullet and other species as coastal waters heat up
Declining Cod Need Safe Places to Recover
The already bad news about Atlantic cod in New England just got worse. Scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Fisheries Service have found that the cod population in the Gulf of Maine is at an all-time low. Virtually every indicator of the stock condition declined in the past year, to the point that the total of adult fish, known as spawning biomass, is estimated to be just 3 or 4 percent of a healthy, sustainable population. Researchers also found very few young fish, another bad sign.
Newly discovered juvenile whale shark aggregation in Red Sea
A newly discovered juvenile whale shark aggregation off Saudi Arabia is giving researchers a rare glimpse into the lives of these giants.
Crayfish turn blood into neurons
Crayfish have a "nursery" in their heads where blood cells transform into neurons – the process may one day help us to regenerate our own brain cells.
Boat noise stops sea hare eggs developing
The development and survival of an important group of marine invertebrates known as sea hares is under threat from increasing boat noise in the world's oceans, according to a new study by researchers from the UK and France.
Ship noise slows eels and lets predators catch them twice as quickly
Eels are losing the fight to survive when faced with marine noise pollution such as that of passing ships. Scientists from the Universities of Exeter and Bristol found that in the presence of ship noise, european eels (Anguilla anguilla) were 50% less likely to respond to an ambush from a predator, while those that did had 25% slower reaction times. Those that were pursued by a predator were caught more than twice as quickly.
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Smartphones were considered the ultimate in personal devices because they're something that most people have with them at all times and don't share. Wearables will take that device-person relationship to another level. Their simple use case of collecting health information or recording what a person is looking at takes the device-to-person interaction at a whole new level. So if enterprise mobility management (EMM) solutions are important for managing and securing smartphones, they'll be…Continue
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Almost all Heartbleed-affected servers have been identified, final patches implemented, passwords reset and new keys regenerated. So now what? Security leaders are once again seeking key insights on how to deploy trusted applications on busted technology architectures to protect highly sensitive and vulnerable data.
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What do you feel when things have been arranged neatly and systematically for your consumption? You would absolutely feel at ease and do things efficiently! This is exactly what enterprise app stores want to do for you. Apps are categorized and arranged in such a way that it helps the employees to discover the apps of their preference effortlessly. Enterprises keep adopting pretty much all the things that would help them grow and they have adopted the latest trend BYOD too, with much gusto.…Continue
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The cell phone market has gone through some pretty dramatic changes in its landscape just in the past couple decades. Originally, you would see people cling to their Nokia phone as the ultimate device when it came to high quality phones. Then, Motorola came out with the StarTAC line, which was a huge success in the 90s. And of course the launch of the Apple iPhone touch screen made the industry and consumers take notice. But now, with the recent introduction of the new Amazon Fire…Continue
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What's not to like when a business allows employees the option of using their own smartphones and tablets for work? Employees get to use their device of choice, while the company benefits from devices it otherwise couldn't afford to buy for every employee.
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In case you haven't noticed, there's been a revolution in how people work. We work from home, in cafes, at rented desks or all of the above. Simply put, we've become a truly mobile workforce.
How did this happen?
One key factor has been consumer services like Dropbox and Box. Employees can store data in the cloud and easily work and collaborate with anyone from any location. Meanwhile, adoption of smartphones, tablets and…Continue
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The nature of the workplace is changing dramatically. According to a Global Workplace Analytics study, the rate of regular telecommuting grew nearly 80 percent between 2005 and 2012, and the organization projects that the number of regular telecommuters will grow 21 percent by 2016. Globalization has resulted in more people participating on multinational teams than ever before. And the proliferation of mobile devices makes it possible for sales and customer relationship-focused employees to…Continue
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It's no secret that the real estate industry is relatively averse to new technologies. It's understandable, of course, given the tried and true methods of paper RFP's, building interpersonal relationships, steak dinners and offline transactions.
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Mobile payment technologies such as NFC (Near Field Communications), Bluetooth, and in-store WiFi have been showing promise but several structural barriers and investment hurdles have slowed down their momentum for mass deployment. In the meantime, mobile channel integration has gained significant traction. A study by Deloitte (2012) showed that mobile influenced store sales is a much bigger opportunity than m-Commerce or even e-Commerce (mobile influenced store sales is forecast at $ 689 B…Continue
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Dhanurdhara Swami & the Gurukula's Faustadian Bargin
Mayesvara prabhu,
Thank you for your article. I appreciate the time you've taken expressing your thoughts and opinions on these polarizing issues.
I would like to address a few things:
It must have been difficult for you to recognize your passive complicity in the abuse at the Vrndavan gurukula. It must have been just as challenging for you to acknowledge that you were part of an inexperienced generation that made many "immature," "idealistic," "overzealous" and "sophomoric" blunders that had harmful effects on children. However, it seems you are unwilling to take responsibility for the consequences of your inaction during the time you observed abuses. Instead, you choose inflammatory, angry words and direct them at those who still need your support or, at least, a civil dialog.
I am not sure what increasingly "militant," "whirlwind," "gangster like" "frantic retaliatory trend" you refer to. Perhaps you get that impression because you are late in entering the discussion and have only recently begun to come to terms with addressing the past. We might not be able to "reverse the clock" but if you are sincerely trying to get your message heard today I suggest you use a little more "caution and code-red sensitivity."
The lawsuit was a last resort after a decade of failed attempts at finding a more harmonious resolution. For clarification, the lawsuit was subsumed by the federal bankruptcy case, which is where the settlement comes from. ISKCON leaders encouraged all gurukulis who had experienced abuse in gurukulas to take part in the settlement. The bankruptcy was used as a vehicle to bring closure; at least as far as legal matters are concerned. With the legalities concluded we now have an opportunity to concentrate on some of the underlying issues.
For 15 years, gurukulis have been consistently asking that Dhanurdhara Swami no longer be allowed to hold managerial and leadership positions, sanctioned to speak at public functions, authorized to initiate disciples, ordained with honorific titles, and designated as one of ISKCON's most exalted personalities. We continue to humbly request that he voluntarily retire to a more reserved life of prayer and penitence, dedicating himself to mending the damage that occurred during his term as principal at the Vrndavan gurukula.
Our request is not that Dhanurdhara Swami be ostracized from ISKCON and Vaishnava sanga. We understand that through prayer, association and repentance one can find redemption and there is a much greater likelihood for that with appropriate support and encouragement. Kapila covered our concern in his response to you, "It is one thing to allow individuals of any description to find Krishna in the association of devotees. It is quite another to give them positions of leadership."
Your quote, from Srila Prabhupada, comes from the purport to SB 8.4.11-12 (not verse 13 as you originally posted). This approach is an excellent suggestion that can be applied to all sides in this situation. Perhaps you too can take this sagacious advice to heart. It would be helpful if you also viewed setbacks from past misdeeds as blessings from Krishna and understand that they are only a token of the reactions that could have been received. Let's consider this as a chance to recognize the importance of offering love and support to those who are vulnerable, even when it is difficult or unpopular. In this regard, a little compassion, empathy and humility go a long way.
Seeking the essence,
Comment Posted By Chaitanya Mangala On 03.09.2006 @ 19:38
Sadasivapriya prabhu,
Thanks for your words of appreciation and offer to support the healing process.
Let's be proactive in making a favorable environment for closure by steering the conversation away from proving/disproving. As many have noticed, those most directly involved are not the ones publicly debating. The most heated exchanges come from their friends, families, and followers. Let's instead focus this well intended energy on creating opportunities for dialog that lead to resolution. Those directly involved need this support and understanding from their well-wishers in order to move through these unsettled issues.
Seeking the essence,
Comment Posted By Chaitanya Mangala On 22.08.2006 @ 06:12
Dear Siddhi-lalasa prabhu,
Thank you for your article. You made many thoughtful and important points. I would like to add something for your consideration, which will help in broadening the discussion. I humbly request that you read my article, "I Beg Your Pardon" posted at Dandavats on July 5th, 2006.
Seeking the essence,
Chaitanya Mangala dasa
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MS Teens' Attitudes About Marijuana Are ChangingBy Evelina Burnett | Published 08 Jan 2014 06:00am |
A growing number of Mississippi adolescents believe marijuana is not harmful, a trend that substance abuse professionals say stems from the drug's changing legal status in other states, such as Colorado.
Marijuana use among adolescents has actually fallen over the past 10 years – 9 percent of 6th through 11th graders say they've used the drug in the past month, down from 12 percent a decade ago, according to Mississippi's Smart Track survey.
But attitudes have moved in the reverse direction: in 2003, 15 percent of students said they saw no risk of harm from using the drug.
"Now, in 2013, a quarter, 25.3 percent, of our kids think there is no risk of harm from marijuana use, and that's a problem," says Jerri Avery, director of the Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Services for the Mississippi Department of Mental Health. "When you don't perceive risk, that's when use tends to go up, because you're not going to do something if you view it as harmful."
Avery says this attitude change appears to be a result of the legalization of the drug in other states, for recreational or medical use.
"First of all, you've tacked on the word 'medical' to it, so now marijuana looks like it has some significant medicinal value to our adolescents, when the truth is, it does damage to the way their brains are forming, and it's not good for their health," she says.
Carolyn Anderson, director of the Gulf Coast Substance Abuse Taskforce, says this national attitude shift on marijuana may be leading to the mistaken perception that everybody is using it - in fact, as the numbers show, 90 percent of Mississippi students are not using marijuana.
"Not everybody is doing it, but the perception is there," she says. "And if the perception is there that your friends are doing it, and your parents aren't real upset with it, that it's a rite of passage almost - once that perception is there, then it's like, well, I might as well do it."
A national survey released in December found similar attitude shifts are happening among high school students around the country.
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It has been a long time since I didn't write in this space. At this point, my PhD stage is really at stake; REALLY. But I must have patience to get through all this. If not, I do not know what I'll do, what I'll become. For now, I just do whatever I can to keep going as indeed some things happened beyond our control but u just have to keep moving.
In these few months back, and to date life has treated me in a way I could not imagine..or I ever imagined. Typically some are sad, some are happy, but some are shocking some are surprising. That's life..Fictional Forrest Gun said; 'Life is a box of chocolate, you never know what you're gonna get'. In a simplest way to understand this is that, whatever given to you whether you like it or not, like a box of chocolate, with so many flavours, so many filling, some u like, some u didn't..but in order to survive, sooner or later, you have to eat them all..you have to endure them all.
Overall, I must say in general those things have fallen into situation which one can described as stress or depressed. To me, I've fallen into the intermediate phase or both!!. At this point, I just hope I can get away from all those stuff that matters, that inevitably has affected me in a way that eventually I'll feel sick, easily get sick actually; health problem is not foreign to me. But hoping without trying and most importantly praying, will get u nowhere.
Overall, I must say in general those things have fallen into situation which one can described as stress or depressed. To me, I've fallen into the intermediate phase or both!!. At this point, I just hope I can get away from all those stuff that matters, that inevitably has affected me in a way that eventually I'll feel sick, easily get sick actually; health problem is not foreign to me. But hoping without trying and most importantly praying, will get u nowhere.
I'm facing obstacles. But who didn't? Yes; obstacles that can be further characterized into so many classification. Physical, e.g. studies,health, financial but what affects me the most is personal obstacle which is emotion; transcending other matters.
As muslim, we pray everyday to the creator of the world, to Allah Azza Wajalla. Beside one very important prayer which is to ask Allah for the wellness of our parents and ask that their sins and our sins are forgiven, We ask Allah that we'll be granted with best attitude, best conduct. We ask Allah to give us strength, to bear with all obstacles life has been arranged for us. We ask Allah that all our matters will be at ease. We ask Allah for our success in our studies, our career, our relationship and daily life. We ask Allah for the peace and happiness here in the world and most importantly in the hereafter. We ask Allah to grant us a pure heart; sincere heart, in a way that only Allah knows best. We pray everyday..everyday..
But to me, without realizing it my emotions have been challenged. Sometimes I wonder is it because of the two hormonal medication that I need to take everyday has affected me this way..or it's just the way it is?But then I realized. InsyaAllah..maybe my prayer has been granted. Allah no doubt will grant our prayer. It's just the matter of time, or it's the matter of how the realization of the prayer will be fulfilled in a way that only Allah knows best, best for us. We will eventually learn the wisdom behind everything that happened. I see now and insyaAllah may Allah sustain my mind and my heart to look at those obstacles as tools to make me stronger, wiser and have more patience. Indeed the more we pray for patience, the more tests will arrives . It's like so many tests in this world..world full of competition and challenges that to be a more skilled and more qualified person, isn't we have to pass some tests???So it make sense that after we put our utmost effort in the battle of the jihad to purify our heart, we will pass.
One of the diseases in our heart laterally with the culture and style of living today, are envy and jealousy. I totally moved by the recent status by one of the well known motivator, Yasmin Mogahed. In her facebook wall she quoted :
"People who get jealous of others don't understand the nature of gifts. They don't understand either the cost or the tests that come with any blessing. Remember that clouds are wrung out just to extract single drops of water (Surah An-Naba' ~ 78:14). And the Prophet (pbuh) was squeezed until he thought his ribs would break, just to receive 'Iqra'"
My thought : Indeed.. Allah has granted special gifts to everyone. Whatever the envious, jealousy feeling we have, think. We should analyse ourselves. It happens to us sometimes when we talk about somebody, or we think about them, wonder about them..we didn't realize we are acting envious!! Envy can be positive; in a way that we learn about those things that makes we envy, and try to achieve or have what that person have. We can define what kind of envy we have with that person. Envy or jealousy because we don't accept what God has given them. We should learn what the quality that makes them what and who they are. No point of try to let that person down, or break his or her heart, through our words or our actions.. We never know how much that particular person try their very best to improve themselves..We have no idea what that particular have been through, the struggles they have to face, the challenges they have to overcome, the battle they have to fight in order to become a better person. They too, have their defects, but they learn.. We should try to make life easier for other people because we won't lose anything. Infact we'll find our life will be at ease. Don't feel jealous or envy. Throw away your ego and arrogance. Learn and improve yourself.


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Those socks equal wins for the last two days. (Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images)Last game For the second day in a row, Joey Votto wore his socks high, and for the second day in a row, the Reds won. It's officially their longest road streak of the season. Is showing off his socks what Votto is paid to do? When it equals wins, I think you could argue that it is. Mat Latos was completely awesome in this 2-1 win over the Cardinals. The RBI belonged to Joey Votto, who was 2-for-4 on the night, and Xavier Paul, who managed to get an RBI without getting a hit all night. Next game Tonight Bronson Arroyo (RHP, 2-2, 4.24 ERA) tries to keep it going against the Cardinals when he takes on Jaime Garcia (LHP, 2-1, 2.89 ERA). First pitch at 8:15 p.m. The Reds are currently .5 games behind the Pirates and 0 games behind the Cards but they have a 0.004 winning percentage disadvantage. A Reds win tonight would catapult the Reds from third to first if it's paired with a loss for the Pirates. The ...
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The disease is very commonly found on potato, tomato and other solanaceous crops
and is worldwide in distribution. The pathogen has very wide host range. The
disease is appear in early season that why it is known as early blight. The
pathogen is producing similar disease symptoms on its hosts.
Causal Organism: The early blight
disease of potato, tomato and other solanacaeous crops is causing by
Alternaria solani (Ell. and Mart.)
Jones and Grout. The mycelium of the pathogen is septate, branched and light to
dark brown. The conidiophores emerges from the stomata are septate, dark
coloured, borne singly and measuring 50-90 x 8-9 µm. The conidia are borne in
chains on the conidiophores which are muriform, with transverse and longitudinal
septa, dark brown, constricted at the septa, long beaked and measuring 120-290 x
12-20 µm. The pathogen produces alternaric acid, a non-specific toxin, in the
host tissues which is responsible for chlorosis.
Disease Cycle: The pathogen
responsible for disease is mainly soil borne. The primary infection of the
disease is occurs through tubers. The fungal mycelium and conidia may remain in
dormant stage in host plant debris for a year or more. The other collateral
hosts play an important role in the dissemination and perpetuation of the
pathogen. The disease incidence may increase if abundant humidity is present
followed by low temperatures.
Disease Management:
The potato crop is native to north andes (south America) and the late blight is
an endemic disease. This is one of the worst disease and responsible for great
famine of Europe
in 1840. The disease is reported from India in 1870-1880 from Nilgiri hills. The disease
caused severe losses in crop yields and is estimated in Punjab (20-25%), Haryana
(40-50%), Uttar-Pradesh (15-50%) and Bihar and West Bengal (5-10%).
Causal Organism: The causal pathogen
of the late blight disease is Phytophthora
infestans (Mont.) de Bary. The hyphae of the pathogen
are branched, hyaline and coenocytic. The pathogen produced branched
sporangiophores in clusters through stomata which bear thin walled, hyaline,
lemon shaped and papillate sporangia. The sporangia are disseminating through
wind and germinate by germ tubes, causing further infection. The pathogen
produces thick walled oospores through sexual reproduction and germinates by
sporangia which have biflagellate sporangiospores.
Disease Cycle: The primary infection
of the disease is initiated through infected tubers and secondary spread of the
disease is found by conidia produced abundantly on the host. The conidia are
disseminated by air and irrigation water. The pathogen produced sexual spores
within the tissues during adverse environmental conditions. When host plants and
tubers come in contact with the fungal pathogen, it attacks the plants and
remains in dormant condition. When such infected tubers stored and use for the
seed material in next growing season, the pathogen again become active in the
presence of soil and cause further infection in the host plants. The disease
cycle is continued in the same way year after year. The pathogen can not remain
viable saprophytically in the soil but present in the field by infecting other
solanaceous hosts.
The black scurf is a serious disease of potato in all potato growing areas of
including hilly regions. The disease is causing considerable yield loss in
potato crop. The disease also reduced market value of tubers.
Causal Organism: The causal pathogen
of black scurf disease of potato is
Rhizoctonia solani Kuhn. Fructification delicate, thin hypochnoid pellicle,
white to buffy, hyphae branching at right angle with some cruciform cells,
without clamps, 7.5 – 14 µm in diameter, basal long celled with barrel shaped
segments, branching abundantly and bearing the basidia in small imperfectly
symmetrical cymes. Basidia subcylindric and barrel or obpyriform shaped, 14 -18
µm x 8 - 10 µm bearing four sterigmata which arise as blunt knobs and become
later horn shaped, 7.5 – 12 µm x 2.5 - 3.5 µm. Spores ellipsoid or oblong
ellipsoid, thin walled, flattened on the inside, truncate to apiculate, 9 - 12.5
µm x 5 - 7 µm.
Disease Cycle: The pathogen is seed
tuber and soil borne. The infected tubers bear the pathogen on its surface black
to chocolate coloured hard fungal sclerotia. When such contaminated seed tubers
are used for plantation purposes, the pathogen become active and infect the
growing young shoots and killed them. The killing of young shoots showing gaps
in the fields and nearby growing plants are also get infected and showing dark
brown canker at the collar regions. The canker formation at collar region is
results in the wilting and death of the plants. The translocation of food
material from leaves other regions is interrupted which results in stunting and
purpling of the leaves. The pathogen produced black sclerotia on the tubers and
remains viable up to next growing season.
It is one of the most dreaded diseases of potato. The disease was first time
reported from Hungary in 1895. Now the disease has been reported from
Canada, India, Europe, Mexico,
Peru, South Africa, U. S. A. In India, the disease is frequently occurred in North-East Himalaya. The losses from the disease are very high due to it
affects tubers.
Symptoms: The most favourable
conditions for the development of the disease are periodic flooding followed by
lack of proper drainage and aeration. The wart affected plants bear bigger
leaves and littler taller haulms which are green in colour and no disease
symptoms are seen on the shoots. The disease is characterised by
'cauliflower-like' dark brown colour warty growths on tubers, stolons and stem
bases but not roots. The size of the wart depended on the disease intensity. In
severe disease infection and under wet conditions, it may be seen in the form of
greenish-yellow crust on the stems and leaves at or near the soil level. All the
tubers on diseased plant do not necessarily develop warts. Diseased tubers may
show formation of either one or more tumours. Such tubers sometimes are
completely transformed into warty mass. The tumors may turn brown to black with
Causal Organism: The fungal pathogen
responsible for wart disease of potato is Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilb.).
The pathogen produces thin walled sporangia in summer and winter. The resting
sporangia are released by the decay of infected tissues and may remain viable
for many years in the soil. The sporangia germinate through vesicles and produce
zoospores which are uniflagellate. These zoospores lose its flagellum before
infecting potato tubers. The naked protoplast enters in to tubers through pores.
When it reaches in lower part of the cells, the surrounding cells start repeated
division and form characteristic tumourous tissue. A golden brown and double
layered wall is secreted around the thallus and produced prosorus which
ultimately produced zoospores which liberated in to the soil and again infect
the tubers.
Disease Cycle: The wart disease is
soil borne and causal pathogen survives in the soil for many years in the form
of resting sporangia. They can be obtained in dry soil up to after 15 months and
in dry debris after 60 months. The transportation of infested soils and infected
plant tubers by different ways are the means of spreading of the pathogen. The
short duration of water saturation is essential for the germination of resting
spores, sporangia and movement of zoospores. The optimum temperature for
initiation of infection is 12-24 °C and pH ranges 3.9-8.5.
The brown rot of potato is a vascular disease caused by bacterium
Pseudomonas solanacearum. The
disease is wide spread in tropical, subtropical and warm temperate regions of
Africa, Asia, Australia,
Central and North America, Europe and West Indies.
The disease is become a serious problem India and found almost at all potato growing areas. The
disease has been reported from sixteen states of India and the yield loss may be
varies depending on the climate, host susceptibility and availability of
inoculum. The pathogen has very wide host ranges.
Symptoms: Brown rot or bacterial wilt
is a destructive disease of the potato. The pathogen affects both the above and
underground plant parts. It causes losses in two ways: (i) premature wilting and
death of the plants leading to total loss of yield, and (ii) rotting of the
tubers in transit or storage. The earliest symptom is slight wilting of the top
which is soon followed by total wilting.
The wilting
of the plant is caused by a toxin produce by bacterium. In advanced
stage, if the base of the stem of the affected plants is cut transversely and
squeezed, the bacterial mass is seen to ooze out as a dull white slimy mass on
the cut surface. The tuber produced two types of symptoms viz. vascular rot and
pitted lesions. In vascular rot, the vascular tissues look like a water soaked
circle, which subsequently may turn brown. At advance stage of infection, the
tubers shows brown discolouration on the skin. The lesions on tuber are produced
due to infection through lenticels (skin pores). Initially water soaked spots
develop which enlarge forming pitted lesions.
The bacterium is mainly confined to the vascular tissues of the host plants but
in advanced stages, it may invade the cortex and pith regions, causing tissue
discolouration. The infected tubers may start rotting in wet soils and may exude
bacterial mass from the eyes which adhere in the soil.
Causal Organism: The brown rot and
wilt of potato is caused by bacterium
Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith
which is currently known as Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabnuchi et
al. The bacterium is gram negative, motile with polar flagella and aerobic.
The bacterium does not contain virulence if cultured in laboratory media. The
bacterium has five races and five biovars.
Disease Cycle: The disease is soil borne and bacterium live in the soil on diseased plant debris. The
disease is spread from diseased to healthy tubers through cutting knives used in
preparation of tuber seeds and irrigation water. The infection can be takes
place by wounds caused by cultural practices, insects and nematodes. The potato
tubers carry the bacterium through their vascular tissues, on the surface and in
the lenticles. The disease is favoured by high temperature (21-38 °C) and high
soil moisture (50-100 percent water holding capacity). The bacterium may remain
viable in the soil for sixteen months and in the disease plants for nine months.
The common scab of potato is reported
from all over the world. The disease is the most prevalent and important in
neutral or slightly alkaline soils. In India, the disease is become widespread in Assam, Bihar, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Maharashtra,
Meghalaya, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. The
disease can causes up to 40 percent yield losses that is due to rough and
blemished skin.
The common scab of potato is reported
from all over the world. The disease is the most prevalent and important in
neutral or slightly alkaline soils. In India, the disease is become widespread in Assam, Bihar, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Maharashtra,
Meghalaya, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. The
disease can causes up to 40 percent yield losses that is due to rough and
blemished skin.
Causal Organism: The common scab of potato is causing by Streptomyces scabies. This is slender, branched, aerial, grey coloured mycelium with few
or no cross septa. The conidiophores are branched, septate, spirally coiled with
terminal branches. The fragmentation of the hyphae forms spores or conidia in
chains and disseminated after breaking. The spores are barrel shaped or
cylindrical and smooth. The spores germinate through germ tubes.
Disease Cycle: The pathogen is transmitted through soil water, wind blown soil and infected potato seed
tubers. However, the main source of disease dispersal is infected tubers. The
pathogen penetrates inside the tissues through lenticels, wounds, stomata or
directly in young tubers. The pathogen grows inside between the cells, the cells
die and pathogen then live there as saprophyte. The pathogen is secretes a
chemical substance which stimulate the cell division in the surrounding cells of
lesion and produce several layered cork cells. The pathogen is multiplied inside
the dead corky cells and large scab lesions develop. The disease development is
favoured by dry soils.


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The reason that "Europe" and immigration are the focus of UKIP's campaign is quite simple. Many people are angry. But anger is of no political use unless you can focus onto some target. They are simply convenient targets of hate. If you can get people angry enough about "Europe" or immigrants, then maybe you can turn that anger into votes. The flip side of hate is love and you focus that onto the Fatherland, naturally.
UKIP has only two real policies. It is for a notion of "Britain" and against some notion of "Europe". All the rest is just in flux. Internally they can't agree on anything. Even immigration. You can say you are against immigration, or in favour of a more managed immigration policy, but those are just buzzwords. There is no political party in power in the western world that would disagree. Even right across Europe. In just about every country there are complaints about immigrants from somewhere.
But what UKIP has done is to package this into a simple message which resonates with the public. UKIP members are fond of blaming Europe for Britain's woes. It's far easier to do that than try to reform what's going wrong in the UK. And it is much easier than trying to come up with a coherent policy platform.


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Nike Little Posite Pro "Spider-Man"
Foamposites made for kids.
Can Nike make Foams popular again starting with the kids? They certainly seem to think so because Nike will release another Foamposite made for kids. Here's a look at the Nike Little Posite Pro "Spider-Man" colorway.
Besides the faux carbon fiber shank plate, it almost looks like the adult version. Although this Foamposite is made for little footers, there's nothing small about the retail price – it's $180!. The Nike Little Posite Pro "Spider-Man" has a release date on February 8, 2014 and will be available at select retailers like Oneness.
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Comments (19)
GS silhouette is winning. The whole thing makes more sense in this context…
$180?!? Oh they can suck a d!ck for that! How kid's sneakers gon be the same price as men's?
The only good thing would be that foamposites are indestructible. But I'm sure Nike will cut down on the quality a bit..
Lmfao $180.
I was all for foams for kids but my son is 5 and ain't no way in hell I'm spending $200 on a shoe for him cause he's only 5, that is rediculous and he will destroy them cause he actually runs around and plays, unlike a bunch of grown men who buy kicks just to pose in them for likes.
Fail. They'll go on sale anyway I don't think parents are gonna pay that much
Oh sweet… I'm gonna snag those for my… wait… what… WHAT!?!? psssshhhh… nahhhhh
my kids gon look fresh not giving 2 fux bout the price tag
Pure bull$#!+. Another thing for resellers to gun for to flip. No matter to me since I don't look for kids' sizes. But still tho…
These are not actually for kids… where yall been?
price is absurd….no can do, no way Jose! Yeah it's tax season and IDGAF, ain't gonna happen.
I mus admit this colorway looks much better on a gs sized shoe, but that price is ridiculous for a kids shoe.
mustttt coppp
fuck da price
I could see little hood kids in the bx with they drug dealing pops copping for em or moms on the welfare checking coppin. Oh can't forget the hood rats if these come in a size 4-5 yth
Ordered my pair
the price is ridiculous …. ohh yeah and they look terrible too ever seen a pair of replica foamposites ? well they look a lot like the GS foams
its a kid colorway but its just corny in my opinion
If foamposites we're for all sizes I would get them for my kid everytime a pair comes out!!!! Don't care bout the price.
This is sad that most people buy these sneakers for these small ass children who is going to fuck them up in a day or so and in a weeks time a new pair will come out. Not to mention SOME not all of these kids parents do not even have a fucking bank account savings account, college fund, or life insurance policy. Paying 2.00 a month in rent and getting like 800.00 a month or whatever in stamps. Not mad but be smart. Yes the sneakers r hot but kids r wearing less shoes these days.
These are some of the worst foams ever made.
Others include
all whites
sport royals
thermal maps


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My expertise is in both oncology and hematology. Although the majority of my time is spent in the laboratory, I enjoy taking care of patients at Children's Hospital. My research has given me a broad clinical approach that helps me diagnose and treat the rare child who is "off the grid," particularly when there is an oncology/hematology problem that has gone unsolved. I also specialize in hematopoietic stem cell transplant (bone marrow transplant) and use my expertise in transplant to help treat patients with autoimmune diseases.
My clinical research is focused on better understanding diseases of white blood cells in children, in particular leukemia and a rare disorder called autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS). I focus on creating novel therapeutics for leukemia and ALPS, and have been successful in bringing drugs from the bench to the bedside to treat children with these conditions.
I am the principal investigator for a clinical trial that is using the mTOR inhibitor rapamycin (sirolimus) in children with multiple medical conditions. mTOR is a key protein in a pathway that regulates cell activities including growth and survival. The autoimmune conditions we are looking at in this trial include ALPS, chronic Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP, a blood disorder that involves the immune and blood clotting systems) and lupus (a chronic, inflammatory autoimmune disorder.) I also run an ongoing multi-institutional trial to diagnose and better characterize children with ALPS.
My basic science research focuses on the same two areas: leukemia and autoimmune diseases. My first area of interest is the signal transduction pathways and inhibitors of those pathways in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). My lab targets the mTOR signaling pathway with novel therapeutics. We use xenograft (tissue grafts from one species to another) models to study the efficacy and action of those therapeutic agents directly on leukemia cells removed from children. This work has led to a number of nationwide Children's Oncology Group-initiated clinical trials that test mTOR inhibitors in patients with ALL.
The other major area of basic research in my lab centers on investigating novel therapeutics and signaling pathways in autoimmune diseases, particularly ALPS. Using preclinical models, I am targeting both mTOR and Notch cell signaling as treatment approaches for patients with ALPS and other autoimmune diseases. I am also interested in understanding lymphocyte biology in ALPS and other autoimmune diseases.
I became interested in ALPS as a doctor in training. We had patients with this disorder and couldn't figure out what it was or how to treat it. Now I run the one of the biggest clinics in the world for ALPS. Because of our new treatments, patients are doing better than ever before.
At Children's Hospital, we are somewhat unique in that we value and excel at both patient care and basic science and clinical science. We are able to put our full weight on all the pathways to help children with cancer and blood disorders.
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