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SAN FRANCISCO -- Newspaper headlines have skewered money lenders for dubious decisions that stoked the recession. Now the financiers are starting to headline newspapers in a new way _ as the owners.
These newspaper novices are taking control through bankruptcy proceedings and giving few clues about their turnaround plans. Their decisions will be crucial because this new age of media ownership is unfolding at a time that could make or break some of the largest publications.
Banks and other financial firms have taken over or are angling to take charge at dozens of newspapers, including four of the nation's 15 largest _ the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, the Star Tribune in Minneapolis and The Philadelphia Inquirer.
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The new owners face huge problems. Newspaper ad revenue, the industry's main source of income, is on pace to total around $27 billion this year, about $22 billion less than three years ago. Newspaper circulation is falling faster than ever.
Finding solutions _ such as mining Web sites for more revenue while newspapers protect what's left of their print franchises _ will likely require a financial commitment that short-term owners might be reluctant to make, says Fitch Ratings analyst Mike Simonton. Lenders that take over a company through bankruptcies typically try to sell their stakes within two to three years.
But there's another way of looking at this transition: The last few years have gone so badly that newspapers need to try something different _ and "new blood in the industry" could help, says John Temple, who was publisher of The Rocky Mountain News in Denver when its owner, E.W. Scripps Co., closed it in February.
A common theme in newspaper bankruptcies is that publishers took on too much debt during to pay for acquisitions in better times. Now the banks that financed those deals are hoping to recoup at least some of their investments by forgiving or writing off most of the debt _ in exchange for controlling stakes in the publications.
Instead of trying to engineer a turnaround, the new owners could just close the newspapers and auction off their assets. But Simonton doubts that will happen because newspapers don't have a lot of valuable inventory like retailers that have been liquidated.
Instead, the bleak market conditions make it more likely that some newspapers are bound to be owned, even briefly, by bankers such as JP Morgan Chase & Co. and financial firms such as Angelo, Gordon & Co., which specializes in buying the debt of distressed companies.
So-called "loan-to-own" investors such as Angelo, Gordon at least have experience taking over companies. Banks don't have much, because government regulations say banks aren't even supposed to own pieces of companies. The government makes exceptions when banks are exchanging debt for stakes in companies that can't repay their loans _ but the banks have to sell those holdings within five years, unless they get a waiver from regulators.
It's a situation banks don't want to be in, said Marc Abrams, a New York lawyer who represented newspaper publisher Journal-Register Co. while it was in bankruptcy protection this year. JP Morgan leads a group of banks that now own pieces of the Journal-Register, whose newspapers include the New Haven Register in Connecticut and The Oakland Press in Michigan.
"The first question these banks have is: 'What is my exit strategy?'" Abrams said. As part of that process, the bankers will likely try to figure out whether their newspapers have the right management in place and determine how much more money they're willing to sink into the industry, Abrams said.
JP Morgan, which leads a group of lenders including Angelo, Gordon that could become the Tribune Co.'s new owners, declined to comment for this story. But in a November interview with The Wall Street Journal, the executive who oversees JP Morgan's investments in troubled companies said the bank isn't a hands-on owner. "We don't necessarily have the time or operational skill-set to insert ourselves into the strategy of a company," said Patrick Daniello.
The incoming owners of ailing newspapers are saying little about how they intend to fix things, leaving it unclear whether they might expand on the cost cutting that has already shredded newsrooms. Besides trimming staffs, some publishers have reduced wages and reduced the frequency or size of their print editions.
At the Star Tribune, for instance, Angelo, Gordon and the rest of the newspaper's new owners are treading carefully. They haven't named a new publisher, though they have signaled they will rely on the insights of industry veterans. Two of the newspaper's board seats are being filled by Gordon Crovitz, former publisher of The Wall Street Journal, and Michael Reed, CEO of GateHouse Media Inc., which owns dozens of small newspapers. The board chairman is Michael Sweeney, who heads a private equity firm and has no newspaper experience.
Brad Patelli, the man overseeing Angelo, Gordon's investments in newspapers, has turned down interview requests from The Associated Press and most other media since his firm became one of the Minneapolis newspaper's owners in a bankruptcy reorganization completed in September. The ownership group includes Wayzata Investment Partners, another private equity firm, CIT Bank and investment bankers Credit Suisse Group. Wayzata, CIT and Credit Suisse all declined to comment.
In his only extensive interview during the past three months, Patelli told the Star Tribune that he envisions holding on to the Minneapolis newspaper for five to seven years _ long enough for it to work out its problems.
"It's often difficult being a contrarian," Patelli told the Star Tribune. "We're certainly going into it with our eyes wide open."
At two other newspapers in Angelo, Gordon's sights, The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News, publisher Brian Tierney has been fighting to block his publications' lenders from becoming the new owners.
He believes the lenders' plans _ which would oust him _ would be damaging to the newspapers because they would leave the company with $85 million to $100 million in debt. But he also says banks and private equity firms such as Angelo, Gordon would be bad owners of newspapers because of their secrecy, and because the financiers are likely to be involved in business and government deals that probably would be covered by the newspapers they hope to own.
"I am not saying these are inherently bad guys," says Tierney, a former public relations executive. "I am just saying newspapers aren't the right industry for them to be involved in."
A more optimistic view comes from William Dean Singleton, chief executive of MediaNews Group Inc., a private company that owns more than 50 daily newspapers, including The Denver Post and San Jose Mercury News. Singleton, who relied heavily on their loans to expand his company, thinks banks could help newspapers by forcing more mergers that could reduce overhead _ by combining production and sharing newsroom staffs, for example.
If the cost-cutting includes layoffs, it would threaten the quality of coverage that already has suffered as publishers jettisoned thousands of reporters, editors and photographers during the past few years.
But Singleton is convinced bankers aren't going to do anything that would make newspapers any less attractive, because that would make it more difficult to sell the publications to the next generation of owners _ presuming buyers for newspapers eventually become more numerous.
"They didn't want to hold on to debt forever and they aren't going to want to hold on to the equity forever either," says Singleton, who also is chairman of The Associated Press. "When this transition is over, you probably will see newspapers go back into the hands of people who really want to own them."
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Superintendent Judy White opened Tuesdayâs Moreno Valley Unified school board meeting with a short prepared speech about Mike Rios, the board member who was formally charged with five felonies.
Rios, 41, who was elected in 2010, was arrested last week in relation to a shooting outside his home Feb.12.
He was charged Tuesday with two counts of attempted murder, two counts of assault with a semi-automatic weapon and one count of witness intimidation. He is being held with bail set at $1million.
Noting residentsâ numerous concerns about the board memberâs arrest, White apologized for the lack of a previous official statement, but she said the district only received information late Feb. 16.
She also said the board did not discuss the matter Tuesday in closed session.
Removing Rios from the school board depends on one of three things occurring: a felony conviction; Rios ceasing to perform his duties for three consecutive months; or a recall of Rios by the voters, White said.
âHe has been accused, but he has not been proven guilty,â she added.
âMVUSD will continue to monitor developments in Mr. Riosâ case and communicate with the board, and will take appropriate action as the facts unfold,â she said.
Daryl Terrell was one of two residents to address the charges against Rios and its impact on the community.
âLast week was a sad day not only for the district, but for city,â he said at the school board meeting. â⦠But he has created a nightmare for himself.â
Ruthee Goldkorn said the Democratic Club of Moreno Valley has authorized her to look into a recall of Rios.
First, she wants to take the temperature of the community about support for his removal from office.
Goldkorn wanted to know how to calculate the three months before Riosâ seat becomes vacant. Does that three months count every board meeting, calendar months or from the day of his arrest, she asked.
White said she would get back to her with the answer.

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41 Recipes to Make with Crescent Dough
- 1/2 pound fully cooked kielbasa or Polish sausage, chopped
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1/4 cup chopped green pepper
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1/3 cup barbecue sauce
- 2 tubes (8 ounces each) refrigerated crescent rolls
- 4 slices process American cheese, halved
- 1 egg white
- 1 tablespoon water
- Sesame seeds
- In a large skillet, cook sausage for 5-8 minutes; drain. Add the onion, green pepper and butter; cook until vegetables are tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in barbecue sauce; heat through.
- Unroll crescent roll dough and separate into eight rectangles; seal perforations. Place a cheese slice on half of each rectangle; top with 2 tablespoons sausage mixture.
- Fold dough over filling and pinch edges to seal; fold seam under. Beat egg white and water; brush over dough. Sprinkle with sesame seeds.
- Place bundles seam side down on greased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 15-18 minutes or until golden brown. Yield: 8 servings.
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As a performer who made his name as a comedian, Daniel Kitson knows well that spontaneous engagement with an audience is the essence of a live act. It may seem downright perverse of him, then, given the run of the Lyttelton stage, to come up with a drama in which he never speaks live but retreats behind the recorded voice. But then at the crux of this curious, touching piece is the question of what remains of a lived life when it has ended and of the relationship between experience and story. The recorded voice is key to that exploration. It's a funny, melancholic, oddball show: it feels like something that Samuel Beckett and Alan Bennett might have unearthed, left to poke about in a junk shop together.
There are three narrative strands to the piece. One concerns a September day in 1977 when an elderly man bumbles about in his garage, trying to commit his thoughts about his life to tape. The second details a lonely day in the life of a woman who, some 35 years later, has come across one of the tapes he left behind and become obsessed with his voice. The third strand comes from Kitson himself, explaining how he composed the show, and musing on loneliness, the "public solitude" and artifice of performance and the purpose of storytelling.
Each of these strands is delivered, in fragments, on magnetic tape, scattered around several dozen vintage machines. It is then, a live show and quite a precarious one, as Kitson scuttles about the stage in the dark, lining up the tape decks and setting them going at exactly the right time to continue the narrative. It's determinedly potty, but there is something pleasing about watching Kitson coaxing his antiquated machines into life like a solicitous nurse with a ward of reluctant patients. The significance of this pre-digital technology becomes clear too: these machines have been rendered obsolete, the tape itself physical and liable to decay, and their presence contributes to Kitson's rumination on the way objects and memories interact.
The show is overlong, the stories stray rather too often over the borderline between touching and twee, and Kitson's writing is too ornate in places: there's far more alliteration here than is good for the piece. But at its best, this poignant show approaches the odd business of living and dying with wry humour and bleak honesty.


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The Indian arm of global agency Fitch will assign credit ratings to IDF so as to help instill confidence among global investors and provide thrust to the infrastructure sector, the government said on Monday.
"India Ratings has come out with a new product for rating of IDFs (infrastructure debt fund). This is very important because this will give confidence to investors especially from overseas sovereign wealth fund and pension funds and others," department of economic affairs secretary Arvind Mayaram said.
"For them to be able to assess whether their investments in a particular IDF or another IDF would be able to give the kind of return they expect," he said.
The rating is going to be extremely helpful, he said after the MoU signing between eight banks and IL&FS Infrastructure Debt Fund.


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I need some advice on how to use grapeseed extract for my cat, Rocky. Rocky is a seven month old male kitten who I have been trying to have neutered for the past three months. He had a very nasty URI when he was three months old, has already gone thru two courses of that pink bubblegum antibiotic,and several reoccurences of this nasty bug without any antibiotics. My vet told me to keep an eye on him, and if he stopped eating and drinking I was to bring him in immediately. Thankfully, Rocky never got that bad. I got him from a cat rescue group, and I do believe that there were too many cats and kittens in his foster mom's house. One had the bug, and they ALL got the bug. Even my two female adults cats caught this thing a couple of weeks after Rocky came to live with us.
I've tried vitamin C tablets, 250 mg once a day, but that doesn't seem to be working. I posted message about thus problem elsewhere on the board, and lotsacats suggested I come here.
I've heard about grape seed extract, but I don't know how I could use it for my cats. I don't even know what the dosage for a nine pound cat would be. I am also thinking about giving grapeseed to my two other cats: Angel has chronic sinusitis, and Ruby is overweight, and wheezes quite a lot. Can anyone give me any advice about using grapeseed extract?
Rocky was supposed to be neutered two weeks ago. He wheezes a lot and bubbles a little now, and my vet does not want to give him his last kitten shots until he stops wheezing. He does have a slight discharge coming out of the corners of his eyes.


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The 8300 square foot Newburg Library is education driven. With a high school, two middle schools and three elementary schools nearby, the focus is on study space, books and computers to help children and teens succeed in school. It is outfitted with the latest technology for computers, internet access and media production. The children's area is filled with plenty of books. Every day, parents and grandparents are reading to children in the rocking chairs or comfortable window seats. A teen area, study tables, study room, and space for tutoring make the library the perfect place for students to do their homework. (more...)
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From the Watterson Expressway – take the Newburg Road south exit. Continue on Newburg Road approximately two miles to E. Indian Trail. Turn right onto E. Indian Trail and continue in the left lane approximately a half mile to Exeter Avenue. Turn left on Exeter Avenue to access the parking area for Newburg Library. The Library is located at the corner of E. Indian Trail and Exeter Avenue at 4800 Exeter Avenue.
From Shepherdsville Road – turn at Poplar Level Road. Travel approximately 2 miles to E. Indian Trail. Take a right at E. Indian Trail and proceed for approximately one and a half miles to Exeter Avenue. Turn right on Exeter Avenue to access the parking area for Newburg Library. The Library is located at the corner of E. Indian Trail and Exeter Avenue at 4800 Exeter Avenue.
From Preston Highway – turn at E. Indian Trail. Follow E. Indian trail approximately two and a half miles to Exeter Avenue. Turn right on Exeter Avenue to access the parking area for Newburg Library. The Library is located at the corner of E. Indian Trail and Exeter Avenue at 4800 Exeter Avenue
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Newburg is a community of businesses, homes, social and civic organizations, churches and schools, but the residents are its greatest asset. The dream of building a library in Newburg became a reality in August 2009. The Newburg Library is the first new public library to open in Louisville in 13 years and building this library has been a community effort. The Library Foundation has contributed a half-million dollars to Newburg, providing furniture, books and technology. In addition, Newburg residents and Friends groups from across Louisville have donated time, money, and books to open the doors of the library to the public.
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The Newburg Library is for everyone. With more than 30 touch screen computers available for adults, teens, and children, a comfortable corner to sit quietly and read, and a versatile multi-purpose room, the library is ready to serve individuals and groups alike.
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As part of the Library Foundation's half-million dollar investment in Newburg, widescreen computers with "Touch-smart" technology are the standard. In addition, a "multi-touch" computer is available for educational programs, creative play and interactive learning. This is a sample of the cutting-edge technology that drives the Newburg Library.
You can quickly and easily check out your own materials, including multimedia items like books on CD and DVDs with self-service check out. Also, from the self-service kiosk you can manage your library account and pay any fines or fees using a credit card.
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The Library's green features include geothermal heating and cooling, daylight harvesting interior lighting that adjusts depending on the amount of sunlight coming in from outside, and energy efficient windows. A high insulation white roof funnels rainwater directly into a native rain garden, filtering it naturally through the ground. And thanks to a Federal stimulus grant, the library now features solar and wind powered outdoor lighting and a new solar-powered roof. The outdoor lighting is programmed to complement the library's hours of operation. The solar panels, installed on the existing roof, generate more than enough energy to power the library's lighting systems.


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Posted onSeptember 29, 2013September 27, 2013AuthorCathy22 Comments
I think I'd rather drink the milk than eat broccoli too! 🙂
It is rather tasty Victoria 🙂
Uuuu, loads of stuff in that "milk"…
There is indeed.
Another vote for the milk!
Yeah 🙂
… but they don't list the sugar, do they?
Yes they do, it is the second ingredient 🙂
Milk + strawberries = strawberry milkshake. Why all the extras?!
That's a good point.
Ohh I'd have the milk…..Yucky broccoli! lol
Yes very funny Kim 😉
im afraid i would choose broccoli lol xx
Goodie finally a vegetable lover. Thank you Jaime 🙂
Broccoli is scrummy!!! 😛 x
It sure is 🙂
Love broccoli but whole!
Ah, that's interesting Fiona 🙂
I hate milk other than in a cuppa, I'd go from broccoli every time
Thanks for commenting Mary 🙂
I also prefer broccoli to milk!
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Actress and reality star NeNe Leakes had a panic moment in Beverly Hills when she accidentally locked her little Yorkshire Terrier, Playa inside her car.
Pretty much everyone has experienced that "whoops" moment when you lock your keys inside your own vehicle, but since Playa was trapped inside, there was no waiting for a locksmith. TMZ reports "The New Normal" star flagged down a Beverly Hills police officer, who was able to spring the imprisoned pup.
NeNe's puppy problems have been chronicled in the past on her Bravo reality show, "The Real Housewives of Atlanta." She also frequently tweets about little Playa, and even threw the puppy a birthday party.
Now if she can just remember to remove the doggy from the car before locking the door behind her.


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The $99 Asus Nexus Tablet Will be Unveiled at CES 2013
The first step is to leak the specs and possible release date to Digitimes. Step 2 involves posting the benchmarks online, and step 3 involves using the new device to take photos which are posted to Picasa - from an official account, no less.
That's the pattern Google Asus laid down when the Nexus 7 launched in June and Nexus 10 launched this fall. And today it seems pretty clear that they are once again repeating these steps in preparation for the launch of the new $99 Nexus tablet.
I've just found a set of photos on Picasa which look to have been taken by a not-yet-released Asus gadget, the ME172V. While we only have unsubstantiated rumors concerning this device, the pattern of rumors and leaks suggest that this is the new Nexus tablet.
I'm going to go out on a limb and say that the ME172V is going to be the highpoint of CES next month. The photos leaked today don't have any other purpose other than to prep the blogosphere for a launch event.
And while Asus may not have a booth at CES, Google has a meeting room in the back of South Hall. I expect that we'll find the new tablet there.
According to the benchmarks and the leaked specs, this tablet will be running Android 4.1.1 on a 1GHz CPU provided by WonderMedia. It also has a 400MHz Mali GPU, screen resolution of 1024x600 (the size is assumed to be 7"). One of the leaks included other details about the specs, including a mention of 1GB of RAM, a 1MP front-facing camera (this was confirmed by today's Picasa leak), and a microSD card slot.
The current rumors say that this tablet will cost $99, and given the pattern I think the price is correct.


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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – A judge has dismissed marijuana possession charges against a New York state assemblyman who was stopped for speeding last month.
The lawyer for Assemblyman Stephen Katz, a Republican from Mohegan Lake in the Hudson Valley, says there were difficulties in proving he had marijuana when he was stopped March 12th on the state Thruway. Police said they pulled him over for driving 80 mph in a 65-mph zone, smelled marijuana and found a small bag of the drug.
Susan Chana Lask says the marijuana charge, a violation, was dropped in court Thursday and the speeding ticket was reduced to a parking violation. Katz was fined $75 and ordered to perform 20 hours community service.
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HELP- ticks and mites attacking my bees.
March 30, 2012, 01:50:04 AM »
I apologize if this has been asked or is posted in another section, I am very new to this forum.
I live in New England and every year I struggle. The ticks/mites are literally attacking my bees. Sometimes I find up to 3 per bee. Is there absolutely any kind of solution to this, especially in this part of a year. I would prefer non chemical.
Thank you!
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Re: HELP- ticks and mites attacking my bees.
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March 30, 2012, 02:02:50 AM »
In my research I have heard that the best way is to go to a more natural comb size. Michael Bush will know.
Here is an article I found:
Ed and Dee are full-time commercial beekeepers in Tucson, AZ. Ed is a fourth generation beekeeper. Dee and Ed work side by side in all phases of their operation. In addition to the conventional activities of beekeeping, they mill their own woodenware and wax foundation, select and maintain a stock of slightly smaller bees highly adapted to their area, and produce their own queens.
Their non-chemical 'back to basics' approach to beekeeping leads them to spend much of their spare time in libraries where they search for obscure bits of information which, when assembled in logical order, yield insights into old problems such as bee kills due to the use of pesticides, and new problems like parasitic mites. Such has been their pursuit of an understanding of the importance of comb cell diameter, an issue emanating out of their bee breeding activities and search for non-chemical methods of resolving disease and mite problems.
The Lusbys found that comb cell diameter differs among the various sources of foundation manufactured in the United States and around the world. Following publication of this discovery in 1990, they undertook an all out effort to resolve the question of optimal natural cell diameter and its potential impact on colony vigor. Having identified, to their own satisfaction, optimal cell diameter for their geographic area (Southern Arizona), they have nearly completed converting their entire operation to a 'natural system' incorporating their concept of smaller cells. They have widely reported to beekeepers that their use of optimal natural cell diameter has significantly reduced disease and mite infestation in their colonies while simultaneously increasing brood viability and colony productivity. Convinced, a number of beekeepers have embraced the Lusby's management strategies. Ed and Dee have now turned their attention to developing a world map that will identify, for beekeepers, optimal natural cell diameter by latitude.
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This is a fairly recent post i read. You can find it at <http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/ar/archive/aug97/mitesmoke0897.htm>
Needless to say I am in the process of collecting all the leaves I can get a hold of.
Smoking Out Bee Mites
Varroa mites on honey bees
Brownish-orange bumps on the backs of these bees are Varroa jacobsoni mites.
Beekeepers have a long-established practice of using smoke to calm their bees before opening the hive. Now U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists have found another potential benefit from smoke: Some plants, when burned, give off natural chemicals that control honey bee mites.
Frank A. Eischen, an entomologist with USDA's Agricultural Research Service in Weslaco, Texas, has found that smoke from certain plants either kills varroa mites or causes them to fall off the bees.
This mite began infesting honey bee colonies in the United States in the 1980s, was discovered in 1987, and has since become the biggest threat to managed honey bees. The mites attach to bees and feed on their blood. If the infestation is severe and left untreated, the mites usually kill the colony.
The standard treatment for the mites is fluvalinate, a synthetic pyrethroid harmless to the bees. Beekeepers put fluvalinate-impregnated strips in their hives to kill mites, but they can use the strips only during times when bees are not making honey. Otherwise, the chemical could contaminate it.
Another problem with fluvalinate is that European researchers have reported that mites are developing resistance to the chemical.
Several years ago, Eischen began looking for alternative controls for mites. So far, he has tested smoke from about 40 plants. The first one he tried was a desert shrub called creosote bush, native to Mexico, Texas, and other areas of the Southwest. A Mexican beekeeper, David Cardoso, had recommended that Eischen test the olive-green plant, known in Mexico as gobernadora.
Eischen set up a standard lab test, placing 300 to 400 mite-infested bees inside a cage and covering the cage with a plastic container. Then he put the plant material inside his smoker, lit it, puffed the smoke into the container, and corked the plastic container opening to prevent the smoke from escaping.
He kept the smoke inside for 60 seconds, then removed the bees. Next, he placed the bees over a white, sticky card to catch any mites that fell off the bees.
Varroa mite, about 30x
Varroa jacobsoni mite.
"Lo and behold, the smoke from creosote bush was knocking down mites right, left, and center," Eischen says. "It gave us the idea to start looking at other plants that, when burned, give off chemicals that removed the mites without harming bees."
Among the 40 different plants Eischen has tested, the most promising plants are creosote bush and dried grapefruit leaves. Creosote bush smoke achieves a 90 to 100 percent mite knockdown after 1 minute, but Eischen says that excessive exposure can harm the bees. "It's similar to burning tobacco in that respect," he says. "It's hard to find chemicals that remove mites without harming bees."
Grapefruit leaves fit that description. After 30 seconds, smoke from the grapefruit leaves knocked down 90 to 95 percent of the mites in the cage test. With grapefruit leaves, however, few of the mites are killed. Most simply fall off the bees.
"The smoke chemicals either irritate the mites or confuse them. We aren't exactly sure," Eischen says. "But we do know that the grapefruit leaf smoke doesn't seem to have any bad effects on the bees at all. The bees come through fine."
Eischen stresses that the findings thus far are preliminary. "These are crude experiments, and we haven't yet analyzed the active chemicals in the smoke that knock down the mites," he says.
"We're not yet telling beekeepers to use these methods for controlling varroa mites," says Eischen. "We're using these experiments to try to identify and isolate the chemicals that act as miticides." — By Sean Adams, ARS.
Dr. Frank A. Eischen is at the USDA-ARS Honey Bee Research Laboratory, 2413 E. Hwy. 83, Weslaco, TX 78596; phone (956) 969-5007.
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i doubt seriously in your area that you have any honey to contaminate; treat your bees or they gone. next bees you get make sure they come from bees that can handle the mites. i dont treet, because my bes handle the mites. most packages come fom the big boys that handle hundreds, thousands of colonies and he cant develope his genetics by just letting them go and keeping the survior. but there are people out there that have done this and the results are great.
i also doubt you have ticks on yo bees
to bee or not to bee
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Thank you SerenityApiaries and jredburn. These are very interesting articles. I will definitely give it a try.
If anyone else has any other valid solutions please let me know.
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Not a problem Melnik. Try to pick Michael Bush's brain some too. He has a pretty decent operation and is a good one to get advice from. He is a member of this forum.
Check out West Coast Beekeepers on FB. A great place for Beekeepers along the west coast of America. All are welcome.
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Since then, conservative-led reforms have cut the crime rate significantly. America started locking up criminals again, with incarceration rates increasing by more than a factor of five from 1971 to 2007. Many states adopted "permit to carry" laws, which allow law-abiding citizens to carry concealed weapons. It became much more dangerous for criminals to attack random citizens, especially women.
These and other measures reduced crime significantly. However, as of 2011, the incidence of violent crime was still almost two and a half times what it was in 1960.
Reducing the crime rate will reduce the demand for guns. The key to reducing crime is to reverse the progressive policies of the 1960s that created the crime explosion in the first place.
You will note that all of the "demand-side gun control" measures described above are things that should be done anyway. They would all increase the freedom and prosperity of the American people. Their impact upon the demand for guns would be a side effect.
Now, should we even be trying to reduce the number of guns in the hands of law-abiding American citizens? The answer to this question lies in the meaning of the word, "citizen". Let's look at the oaths that people have to take to become citizens of some representative countries:
- Canada: "I swear (or affirm) that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second, Queen of Canada, Her Heirs and Successors, and that I will faithfully observe the laws of Canada and fulfill my duties as a Canadian citizen."
- England: "I, [name], [swear by Almighty God] [do solemnly, sincerely and truly affirm and declare] that, on becoming a British citizen, I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, her heirs, and successors, according to law."
- Italy: "I swear to be faithful to the Republic and to observe the Constitution and the laws of the State."
- The United States of America: "I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen; that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I will bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform noncombatant service in the Armed Forces of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform work of national importance under civilian direction when required by the law; and that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; so help me God."
Notice how different the obligations of American citizens are from those of other countries.
Unlike the citizens of other countries, an American citizen has an obligation to "…defend the Constitution…against all enemies, foreign and domestic…" This is a personal responsibility; the obligation to serve in the armed forces is stated separately.
Given the responsibilities of an American citizen, ownership of an assault rifle with a high-capacity magazine would seem to be a minimum requirement. In this era, this is the type of weapon that members of "a well regulated militia" would be expected to have.
If progressives want Americans to own fewer guns, they could start supporting policies that reduce the demand for guns. Either way, it's time for them to recognize that being an ordinary U.S. citizen is not a trivial thing, and that American citizens have responsibilities that require them to own guns.


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"NCIS" goes back into the past for an origin story tonight in which fans will get a chance to discover just how Abby (Pauley Perrette) developed her interest in forensics. It all begins when a Marine's car accident ignites some upsetting memories from her past and we see flashbacks of her working her first "case."
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It isn't the first time the series has done origin stories. There was the episode that dealt with Tony's (Michael Weatherly) past as a Baltimore detective and how he made the transition to NCIS, but tonight, we go back much further in Abby's life.
"I didn't want to necessarily see the moment when Abby joined NCIS," executive producer Gary Glasberg tells XfinityTV.com in an exclusive interview. "I almost feel we have seen so much of that over 10 years' time and watched her grow. The thing that really interested me was: When did she become interested in forensics? When were mysteries of interest to her? When did this all evolve? What made Abby become who she is today?"
The idea for the episode was sparked when Glasberg got a glimpse of a photo of Perrette as a young girl. He recalls, "I said, 'Hey, why don't we do a 'To Kill a Mockingbird' scenario with little Abby and get to see her brother Luca," he says.
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That led to the present day story which stirs up old memories from when she was a kid, too young for her to play the part herself. Taking on the role of young Abby in the "Hit and Run" episode is Brighton Sharbino, who Glasberg says nailed it after spending time with Perrette and studying her mannerisms.
"I just couldn't be happier with the episode," he adds. "It is a real touching, lovely story that culminates in a really terrific scene between Gibbs [Mark Harmon] and Abby, where he explains to her why she is so important. It is a home run for me."
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But take note. Especially if you watch this episode live, you might want to record it because it is so chockfull of information, it will require several viewings to take it all in.
"I would say absolutely pay close attention to things you see in little Abby's bedroom, and in the way she approaches looking for clues," Glasberg says. "It's all there. It's an episode that fans of the show are going to watch multiple times."
"NCIS" airs Tuesday nights at 8/7c on CBS.


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The news that families were hiring disabled people to pose as family members so they could go to the front of long lines at Disneyland has ignited a passionate debate about whether this is "rewarding" or "taking advantage of" the disabled.
With new video exposing the practice of paying disabled people for the purpose of advancing to the front of the lines, Disney has reacted by calling this practice deplorable and has issued a warning that anyone found guilty of this practice will lose their Disney pass.
Advertising on Craigslist, "Tour Guides with Disabilities" has successfully "rented out" disabled people to those Disney guests, who want to beat the long lines with their families. One disabled person, who offers her "services" charges $50 an hour to help families jump to the front of the lines. She says that we live in a capitalist society and does not think it is morally wrong. A disabled man, who charges $200 an hour to pose as a disabled family member, says he doesn't care if it's morally wrong.
If the people with disabilities are being paid, then it may not be fair to say that the disabled are being "taken advantage of," but it is morally wrong! Hiring a person with a real disability for the sole purpose of passing others in line for an attraction at Disneyland is deceiving and perpetrating fraud. How can that be moral?
The most damaging factor ...what lesson this teaches the children of the families that hire the disabled? The children of these families are taught that if you have money then you are more important than others and you shouldn't have to wait in a long line. It also teaches children that lying for the purpose of getting ahead, in a line or in life, is perfectly acceptable. And to utilize the services of a disabled person to advance a lie only deepens the negative lesson.
Justification that the disabled are being paid does not erase the reality that they are being used for extremely selfish reasons. The disabled, who are allowing themselves to be hired, are not without guilt. As a country, we have made many provisions that make it easier for the disabled to navigate through our society, and a disabled person perpetrating fraud only diminishes the reverence we have extended to that segment of society that faces certain challenges.
When the subject of entitlement and fraud become part of a debate, there is the stereotypical person who becomes the target… low-income, less educated and most often a person of color.
The action of hiring disabled people for the purpose of getting to the front of the line reveals that fraud transcends socio-economic boundaries and further passes on a tradition of dishonestly to the children of a new generation.
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A benefit concert and dinner held at Boston's Old South church April 29th netted more than 44,000 for refugee Immigration Ministry (RIM), a Church World Service affiliate. The international program and historic venue helped RIM reach beyond those already familiar with its work.
Among newcomers were two Muslim women - university students - who happened to be passing by just as Dr. Kamal Youcef-Toumi was leading the Islamic Call to Prayer at the
start of the program. They came in, thrilled to hear the Call coming out of Old South Church, said RIM's Director Ruth Bersin.
The Rev. Dr. Jim Antal, President of the United Church of Christ's Massachusetts Conference, reflected, "Our differences -- in culture, language, religion, appearance -- our differences are an enormous gift! God made us different in the hope that our hearts might expand beyond what a familiar ... and when we see the world through the eyes of a stranger, the most human response is the response taught by each of our religious traditions: We want to do whatever we can to make that stranger feel at home."
The Triveni Dance Ensemble performed Indian classical dance at the benefit concert. Also on the program: Dr. Douglas Major, Music Director at St. Michael's Episcopal Church in Marblehead, organist; the Old South Ringers; the Old South Choir; RIM clients performing Rwandan folk dances, and the Congolese Choir from St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church.
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Federal officials in New York City have charged SAC Capital Advisors with insider trading, the culmination of a protracted investigation into the hedge fund founded by embattled billionaire Steven Cohen.
SAC is charged with wire fraud and four counts of securities fraud in connection with alleged insider trading of two portfolio managers.
The charges come less than a week after Cohen himself was charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission with failing to prevent insider trading at the firm.
The New York Times' Dealbook writes that the charge is underpinned by "the theory of corporate criminal liability, which allows the government to attribute certain criminal acts of employees to a company itself."
Going after SAC could devastate the Stamford, Conn., based hedge fund "because the banks that trade with the hedge fund and finance its operations could abandon it," it says.
Bloomberg, citing a person familiar with the matter, writes: "Deutsche Bank AG (DBK) and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) are among firms weighing the reputational and financial consequences of continuing to provide trading, lending and prime brokerage services to SAC, one of Wall Street's largest trading clients".
The fund, which employs about 1,000 people globally, issued a memo to employees on Wednesday after a grand jury voted to go ahead with the charges saying the firm "will operate normally and we have every expectation that will be the case going forward".
Dealbook describes the latest indictment as part of "an unrelenting crackdown against insider trading" by federal authorities, saying that while Cohen may escape being criminally charged, he is "inextricably tied" to SAC and: "Not only are his initials on the door, but Mr. Cohen also owns 100 percent of the firm he founded in 1992."


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Through this project young women ages from 14 to 24 years from the poor families will be trained, skilled & provided with ENTREPRENEUR skills in order to secure their future. Income generation at their family level & empowerment of poor young and adult women.
About 100 women will be given sewing machines for income generation, 100 provide entrepreneur skills and further 100 with sewing & embroidery skill as per their need will be provided to them. In additional women will be trained to start their personnel business for income generation purposes.
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This walkthrough for Mega Man Battle Network 4: Blue Moon [Game Boy Advance] has been posted at 22 Aug 2010 by mclai and is called "Mega Man Battle Network 4 / Zero 3 Link FAQ". If walkthrough is usable don't forgot thumbs up mclai and share this with your freinds. And most important we have 31 other walkthroughs for Mega Man Battle Network 4: Blue Moon, read them all!
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Walkthrough - Mega Man Battle Network 4 / Zero 3 Link FAQ/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ /\/\Megaman Zero 3/Megaman Battle Network 4:/\/\ /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\Connection FAQ/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ By Shift Breaker /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ Table of Contents /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ 1. Introduction/Why the hell are you doing this? (Itro) 2. Linking up (LnkUp) 3. Link Possible Errors/Solutions (Err/Sol) 4. Z-Saber Chip (BN4) 5. Cyberworld Enemies (Z3) 6. Version History (Vrs) 7. Thanks (Thk) 8. Copyright/Outro (Cpyrght) 8.1. Permitted Websites (PerWeb) 8.2. Contact Me (CtcMe) 8.3. Copyright (Cpyrght) /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ 1. Introduction/Why the hell are you doing this? (Itro) /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ Yo!!! The name's Shift Breaker. Shift....Break...e...Never Mind. I'm here to explain the thing that has been plaguing Message boards for all....a few months time. Linking up Megaman Zero 3 with Megaman Battle Network 4. It's been annoying me, so I thought I'd do this to shut everyone up. Hopefully. /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ 2. Linking Up (LnkUp) /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ You will need: 2 Game Boy Advances (Normal and/or SP) 1 Game Boy Advance Link Cable 1 Megaman Zero 3 Cartridge 1 Megaman Battle Network 4 Blue Moon/Red Sun Cartridge NOTE:Using a Nintendo DS will not allow you to connect 2 games together. You NEED 2 GBA/SP's for it to work. Just thought you'd know. Overall: 1. Get your GBA's ready. 2. Put in Megaman Zero 3 in one, and Megaman Battle Network 4 in another. 3. Link them up. In Megaman Zero 3: 1. If you've just got it, complete the first level, beat omega, and return to the resistance base. 2. Head to Ciel's Lab. the Room with "Ciel" above the door. 3. Press Up next to her computer. 4. Select Transmission and confirm. 5. Switch to MMBN4 In Megaman Battle Network 4: 1. Choose Comms in the Menu. Can do this at start of game (After you get your PET.) 2. Select Chip exchange or whatever it is. Choose to Recieve the Chip. 3. The Chip will be traded over to EXE4. /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ 3. Link Possible Errors/Solutions (Err/Sol) /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ Oooooooh Boy. There's always someone who asks something because there's "teh errorz in mah gaem!!11!1" Yeah, Well stop it. Here's the reason why that certain group of people will hopefully Stay Quiet for a Looooooong Time. IF they check the FAQ's. Anyway, to the point. This section will show every problem and solution to them I know of. I'll also add any other problems or solutions from You, the Reader. Anyway, enough talk. Let's get to the errors. "Help!! My Megaman keeps saying "Your Connection is not Ready. Please wait." and my Zero keeps saying "Transmission Error"!! Help me!!" Ah yes...A simple problem that actually means that you're bad at linking or taking care of your GBA. - Clean the inside of the link cable. It's small so it'll be hard. Blowing helps, but it could just send the Dust around. - Your Link port for your GBA is dusty or dirty. Dust can be resolved by using a cotton bud, but it has to be pretty small. Worked for me. Dirt is a bit harder, so you might have to get a new GBA. I never have dirt in mine so a solution from you guys would be helpful!! - You have the wrong cable. Remember, a Gameboy/Gameboy Colour Link Cable works only for linking up GB/GBC games, and a GBA Link cable works only for GBA games. "OH No!! My Megaman Zero/Megaman Battle Network Game is connecting, but not the other one!! Why!!" The Other annoying one. Probably means bad linkage, or faulty cartridge. - Did you buy it used? Probably why. There was probably something wrong so someone decided to leech money off people buy selling it as "In Good Condition". Get a New one. Seriously. - Again, Bad Linkage. Clean your Link cable or slot. Or perhaps it's a faulty GBA. In which case, you're screwed unless you use a Game Boy Player or have a third GBA. - You're a Fool if you don't get this yet. NEW LINK CABLE!!! "Wait...They're linking up perfectly.....But I can't get get a Z-Saber Chip on my MMBN4 Cartridge. Why?" Dont'cha hate this? GET A NEW CARTRIDGE!! - You either got MMZ3 Used, or rented it. There's only 1 Z-Saber per cartridge, and the one on your cartridge has been sent. Too bad. Solution? Buy it new. Nothing wrong with your cartridge, it's just that it's been used. Forget the Z-Saber for now and play the awesome MMZ3. "Quick question. I know you're the know-it-all regarding this stuff so I decided to ask you. Today I transferred the Z-saber to my Megaman Battle Network 4 Blue Moon from my Megaman Zero 3. Both of them were my cartridges that I purchased brand new. The Z-saber went over to MMBN4-BM fine. However, when I go to cyberspace in Megaman Zero 3 there is no difference in enemies. Would you possibly be able to suggest why you think that happened? Tell me what you think!!" from Solarian77x (via e-mail) Well, you're screwed then. - I'm not sure how, but there was a recieving error on the side that Zero 3 was on. Something with the link cable maybe? Either way, you got the Z-saber, the data was send, but none was recieved. There's nothing you can do. Either that, or it's a glitch with your game. I'm not actually sure how this worked. /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ 4. Z-Saber Chip (BN4) /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ Guess what guys. There's only 1 Z-Saber Chip in each Megaman Zero 3 cartridge so only you can get one Z-Saber Chip. HOWEVER!! There is another way. Higsby. If your friend wants a Z-Saber Chip, it's easy. First, trade yours so it's in his/hers chip library. Then trade back. Like all chips, any chips that go from your pack automatically head the Order system to be collected again, sometimes in a different Code. Get your friend to buy it from Higgy for a measly 30000Z!! Easy, huh. -_- Ahem. Here's the chip. Z-Saber: Damage:100 Hits:3 Max Damage:1260 Code(s):Z Class:Mega(Secret chip No.38/38) Megaman slashes 3 times, first a Long Sword, Then a Wide Sword, then a Hero Sword. When charged in Proto Soul, it doesn't Step forward like other swords so don't expect another Evil Cut!! Non Time Freezing. M=Megaman Z=Sword Range [_][_][_][_][_][_] [_][M][Z][Z][_][_] [_][_][_][_][_][_] [_][_][Z][_][_][_] [_][M][Z][_][_][_] [_][_][Z][_][_][_] [_][_][_][_][_][_] [_][M][Z][Z][Z][_] [_][_][_][_][_][_] Best to use a Thunderball 1 * first to ensure they all hit. Alternitively, you could row lock your enemy. But the Thunderball is easier. /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ 5. Cyberworld Enemies (Z3) /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ When you've connected with Battle Network 4, the enemies in the cyberworld on Zero 3 Change to enemies from the Megaman Battle Network Games. All of them not in 4. Well, most of them change. REMEMBER!! Once you change them to the MMBN enemies, they can't change back when you're in the cyberworld. Here's the new enemy list. Beetank/Bug Tank(EXE5 Name): Games Appeared in: Megaman Battle Network (GBA) Megaman Battle Network 2 (GBA) Megaman Battle Network 5 (GBA) Megaman Battle Network 5: Double Team (DS) Megaman Network Transmission (GC) Ah, the Beetank. As it's name implies, It's a tank. However, it shoots bombs. WHAT A DISCOVERY!! This replaces most of the ground enemies and throws bombs in the air. To avoid them, stand directly in front of them. Then attack. Easy!! Swordy: Games Appeared in: Megaman Battle Network (GBA) Megaman Battle Network 2 (GBA) Megaman Battle Network 3 (GBA) Megaman Network Transmission (GC) Rockman.EXE WS (WS) A Fan favourite because....It has a sword. *GASP!!!* It's a flying enemy, and it replaces most of the flying enemies too. What it does is dash forward and hit you. Avoid it by moving away, or just going nowhere near it. Puffy: Games Appeared in: Megaman Battle Network (GBA) Megaman Battle Network 2 (GBA) Megaman Network Transmission (GC) Ye olde Water Viruses. However, this is the only version of them that is in this game. They look like a big blue bubble. Which is exactly what their attack is. They shoot bubbles from their mouth that bounce around on the floor until it leaves the screen or hits you. Avoid it by going under it then moving quickly. Then you're done. That's it!! Expecting more, huh. Me too. Too bad. /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ 6. Version History (Vrs) /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ Version 1.0: Look at me!!! I made the first Version!! I did the FAQ and Submitted it. All I need to do is see if those New Enemies/Viruses are in the other games. Version 1.1: Added the Linking Errors/Solutions Section and found out about all MMBN Cyberworld enemies. That's it. Oh!! Also split the Outro into Different Sections. Version 1.15: Got Rid of E-Mail. Too much Spam Version 1.2: Added my public e-mail addresses, and added new games that the Beetank Appeared in, also answered another error! Badly... /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ 7. Thanks (Thk) /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ Capcom, for making these 2 Great Games. Me, for making this Guide. You, for reading this guide. Not the people who keep asking about the Z-Saber Chip in the MMBN4 Boards. /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ 8. 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THERE'S good news for older Americans in a new study that confirms the time-worn adage: Just because there's snow on the roof doesn't mean there isn't fire in the furnace.
Or, to borrow advice from the poet Dylan Thomas, "Old age should burn and rave at close of day."
Yep, older folks - in their 60s, 70s, and 80s - still enjoy sex regularly and, what's more, they're willing to talk about it.
A team from the University of Chicago interviewed 3,005 seniors and near-seniors and reported in the New England Journal of Medicine that people in their 60s and 70s who have partners are just as sexually active as people in their 40s and 50s.
According to Dr. Stacy Tessler Lindau, lead author of the study, it turns out that Baby Boomers and their folks - members of what is sometimes called the Silent Generation - are more than willing, indeed almost eager, to talk about their sexual exploits. In fact, she said, they were "more likely to refuse questions about income than they were about sex."
And what she found was that, "when it comes to sexual activity, older people are just younger people later in life."
Now there's an idea near and dear to the heart of every Boomer.
In addition, while the number following Marvin Gaye's admonition to "get it on" does decline with age, that appears to be a function of secondary health problems and, for women, a declining number of available partners.
In case you're inclined to attribute this trend to artificial aids, only one in seven men reported taking Viagra or another performance-enhancing drug.
Among other findings: About three-quarters of all Americans between 57 and 85 years old are married or living with a partner, and three-quarters of those are sexually active; two-thirds of 57 to 74-year-olds who are sexually active report having sex two or three times a month, a figure that declines only to 54 percent after age 75; the man's health is the most commonly reported reason for sexual inactivity although far fewer men than women reported a lack of interest, and - to put it delicately - age apparently is not a deterrent to creativity when it comes to intimacy.
All of which makes us ponder other words from the poet Thomas and wonder if, when he admonished us to "rage, rage against the dying of the light," he had in mind the gleam in a senior citizen's eye.


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Pretty sweet, yes?
Ok, got it. The Gibson N-225
The one with the pinstripes looks pretty cool.
That said, I expect to see these blown out cheap in November. I just don
Never considered myself a Gibson "basher", but I DO expect to get value for my hardwon $$$. IMHO, too many times Gibson's QA has been questionable - at BEST. As to the design? Other, "smaller" names (Ibanez and Samick come to mind) have promoted similar products in the not too distant past and seen flat sales ... time will tell. Personally, I'm NOT even excited, much less in love.


text: Pushing Daisies' Creator Wants To Make New Star Trek ShowGraeme McMillan10/26/08 1:00pmFiled to: Star TrekBryan fullerPushing Daisies46EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink While some of the io9 braintrust may have problems with a retro Star Trek, that doesn't mean that there aren't fans of the idea of a possibly-cheesy but fun take on the franchise, and Pushing Daisies' Bryan Fuller is one of them. So much so that he's willing to take the show back there himself if needs be.Fuller told iF Magazine this week: Advertisement I told my agent and told the people of J.J. Abrams team I want to create another Star Trek series and have an idea that I'm kicking around. I would love to return to the spirit of the old series with the colors and attitude. I loved Voyager and Deep Space Nine, but they seem to have lost the '60s fun and I would love to take it back to its origin. This isn't the first time that Fuller has geeked out about Star Trek, but I have to admit that I'm already hoping that the appropriate people are at least considering Fuller's take on a potential new series, which would be set on a different starship with an all new cast in the same time period as Abrams' movies. After all, who can really argue with this: Advertisement Star Trek' has to recreate itself... Otherwise, all the characters start to feel the same. You always have a captain, a doctor, a security officer, and you have the same arguments based on those perspectives. It starts to feel too familiar. So all those paradigms where it takes place on a starship have to be shaken up. You can tell that Fuller's heart is in the right place as soon as he dismisses Enterprise as "the most sterile of all of [the series], when it should have been the most fun," and if Pushing Daisies' ratings continue to stay as low as they've been this season and the network puts it out of its misery, my heartbreak will be slightly lessened if Paramount takes advantage of the awesome opportunity he's offering them to fully revive their classic franchise beyond the occasional movie. After all, some of us would love to have a weekly dose of admittedly-retro, colorful Trek once again. [iF Magazine] and Former 'Star Trek' Scribe Bryan Fuller Calls For Franchise's Return To TV [MTV Movies Blog]Reply46 repliesLeave a reply


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German literature The Twentieth CenturySymbolism, Impressionism, and ExpressionismAntinaturalistic movements grew stronger in the German imperialistic period. They became evident as symbolism and impressionism in poetry (Stefan George, Rainer Maria Rilke, Hugo von Hofmannsthal) and in the novel (Thomas Mann, Alfred Döblin, Hermann Hesse, Franz Kafka, Robert Musil, Hermann Broch) and as expressionism in verse (Georg Trakl, Georg Heym, Gottfried Benn) and drama (Frank Wedekind, Georg Kaiser, Bertolt Brecht). The literature of the Weimar Republic carried forward prewar traditions and excelled in formal experimentation and innovation. This activity was stifled by the rise of National Socialism, which forced leading writers like Thomas Mann and Arnold Zweig into emigration. The postwar decades saw a gradual literary resurgence, with the social and critical novels of authors like Heinrich Böll, Günter Grass, and Max Frisch gaining prominance. Two important centers of literary activity were Group 47, organized by Hans Werner Richter in Germany, and the Vienna Circle, which attracted a number of experimental writers, such as H. C. Artmann and Ernst Jandl in Austria. East Germany's writers generally upheld the tenets of socialist realism, while those in the west were more varied. From the 1970s to the 1990s, both groups were preoccupied with the Nazi period. Among the significant German writers were Ingeborg Bachmann, Horst Bienek, Johannes Bobrowski, Uwe Johnson, Arno Schmidt, Martin Walser, Peter Weiss, and Christa Wolf. Some of the German-language writers who have received the greatest recent international attention are the Austrian novelist Thomas Bernhard and the Romanian-Jewish poet Paul Celan. Sections in this article:
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Sorting It All Out
Brett Dolsen 5/8/2010 12:19:23 AM
Wonderfull light,colour,detail,POV and composition Jean-Pierre! #1266499Donna LaMattino Pagakis 5/8/2010 12:43:34 AM
Outstanding details, depth, light and comp. Wow! #8596318Dominick M. Dimacale 5/8/2010 12:55:37 AM
Outstanding macro image, JP.
Dominick #8596360
Tammy M. Anderson 5/8/2010 2:13:20 AM
This is fabulous, JP. Excellent lighting and details. #8596408Michelle Alton 5/8/2010 3:40:32 AM
Love this capture, composition, and original treatment, Jean-Pierre. #8596481Michelle D. Allen 5/8/2010 4:25:42 AM
What an amazing find, Jean-Pierre! You've done an outstanding job of capturing it all - the lighting, detail, and mood. WTG! #8596568Karen Celella 5/8/2010 5:29:33 AM
You are creating a very touching series JP. It would make a beautiful little booklet. #8596679Rod Partington 5/8/2010 11:56:49 AM
Excellent shot Jean-Pierre! #8597215Hal Bambrick 5/8/2010 1:53:02 PM
WOW!!,STUNNING Capture Here JP!!!!!!!. #8597362JO ANN CLEVELAND 5/8/2010 2:09:47 PM
Fannnnntastic JP!jo ann c. #8597413
Stefania Barbier 5/8/2010 11:28:37 PM
impressive capture of this little beast! #8598200Usman M. Bajwa 5/10/2010 3:30:22 AM
Wow,....looks like a winner to me, JP!UB. #8600164
Renata Gusciora 5/11/2010 6:45:39 AM
Super capture,great focus,lighting and details,nicely composed as well,Jean-Pierre! #8603663Rona L. Schwarz 5/11/2010 9:02:17 AM
Really striking composition, JP! Unusual angle, and just the right DOF and lighting make this a stand-out! Beautiful work! #8604054Renee Doyle 6/7/2010 3:36:58 PM
Big congratulations on this wonderful finalist JP!!! #8672696Rona L. Schwarz 6/7/2010 3:45:26 PM
So glad to see this one again, JP! HUGE CONGRATULATIONS ON your outstanding Finalist and good luck in the next round! #8672810Nancyj E. Hovey 6/7/2010 4:08:06 PM
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N SLisa B. North 6/7/2010 4:38:04 PM
WOW! That is sure some itzy bitzy spider! Hope it didn't sit down beside you! Congrats on yet another finalist! Your gallery is always full of lovely surprises! #8673371Carol Eade 6/7/2010 5:31:48 PM
Terrific capture of that spider and its web, JP, congratulations! #8673948Renata Gusciora 6/7/2010 6:07:25 PM
Congratulations on this terrific finalist,Jean-Pierre!!!:-) #8674350Sabrina Ryan 6/7/2010 7:54:21 PM
CONGRATULATIONS on this Wonderful Finalist image, JP! #8675533Patti Coblentz 6/7/2010 8:55:21 PM
Wonderful, Jp...congratulations on your finalist!Patti #8675851
Sherran Andersen 6/7/2010 9:05:30 PM
Congrats again JP. #8675887Stefania Barbier 6/7/2010 11:46:50 PM
fantastic finalist, congrats! #8676802Tiia Vissak 6/8/2010 1:04:22 AM
Congratulations! #8677114Karen Celella 6/8/2010 10:15:47 AM
You terrfic spider caught a silver! Congratulations on your wonderful finalist, JP! #8678917JO ANN CLEVELAND 6/8/2010 1:56:58 PM
Big congratulations on this awesome finalist JP....I love it!jo ann c. #8679673
Courtenay Vanderbilt 6/8/2010 2:13:31 PM
Wow! Simply stunning, JP! Congratulations! #8679740Julie Burnett 6/8/2010 2:20:28 PM
Congratulations on this outstanding finalist, JP!! #8679777Becky J. Parkinson 6/8/2010 5:40:24 PM
Wow!!! This is incredible...really nice work and congratulations on your finalist! #8680334Jeana Clark 6/8/2010 5:49:18 PM
Erica Murphy 6/8/2010 7:28:18 PM
Congratulations on your finalist! This is really cool!! #8680788Marilyn Cornwell 6/9/2010 6:06:54 AM
Congratulations on this great Finalist, JP! #8681728Amy M. Wilson 6/9/2010 6:51:50 AM
Congratulations on your fantastic Finalist, JP!! #8681885Carol L. Fowler 6/9/2010 1:56:32 PM
Congrats! #8682845Patrick Rouzes 6/9/2010 4:13:40 PM
Heyyyyyyyy JP, CONGRATULATIONS on this incredible WINNER, WTG! #8683161Linda D. Lester 6/9/2010 4:39:52 PM
Congratulations on your awesome 2nd place win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #8683332Patti Coblentz 6/9/2010 4:42:57 PM
Congratulations on this incredible win, JP!!Patti #8683352
Carol Eade 6/9/2010 5:35:48 PM
Terrific, congratulations JP! #8683570Courtenay Vanderbilt 6/9/2010 5:39:31 PM
Awesome, JP! Huge Congrats!!! #8683602Debra R. Harder 6/9/2010 5:48:49 PM
WTG, JP! Huge congratulations on your brilliant GOLD WINNER! Deb #8683678Joseph T. Pilonero 6/9/2010 5:50:27 PM
Wonderful macro, JP. Congratulations on the win. TED #8683688Deborah C. Lewinson 6/9/2010 5:54:19 PM
Hardy congrats on your win, JP!Debby #8683706
Renee Doyle 6/9/2010 6:20:21 PM
Excellent JP!!! Big congratulations to you!! #8683849Kim Andelkovic 6/9/2010 6:39:50 PM
Congratulations JP on a super win #8683970ROLAN NARMAN 6/9/2010 7:17:42 PM
Huge Congrats on this fantastic winner JP! Bravo mon ami! #8684109Rona L. Schwarz 6/9/2010 7:25:10 PM
WTG, JP! HUGE CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS SUPERB GOLD WINNER!!! #8684146Amy M. Wilson 6/9/2010 7:42:25 PM
WTG JP... huge congratulations on your excellent Gold win!!! #8684220Maria Coulson 6/9/2010 7:51:55 PM
JP Congratulations!! Very nicely done. #8684262Jeana Clark 6/9/2010 8:30:30 PM
frank w. degenhardt 6/9/2010 9:45:26 PM
Stunning photo work my friend. Congratulations on the Second Place Win my friend. WTG. #8684612Stefania Barbier 6/9/2010 11:01:08 PM
gorgeous winner, congratulations! #8684686Bojan Bencic 6/10/2010 1:38:06 AM
Congratulations on you winner, Jean-Pierre. #8684870Ujjwal Mukherjee 6/10/2010 2:16:51 AM
HUGE congratulations,JP !!!! #8684937Jean-Pierre Ducondi 6/10/2010 3:49:53 AM
Thank you everyone for all your very kind comments. Greatly appreciated.Usman M. Bajwa 6/10/2010 4:15:36 AM
Glad the judges agreed, told'ya. CONGRATULATIONS on the super capture and Gold Win, JP!UB. #8685192
Anita Hogue 6/10/2010 4:21:40 AM
Warmest CONGRATULATIONS! #8685220JO ANN CLEVELAND 6/10/2010 5:38:54 AM
Congrats on this super gold winner JPjo ann c. #8685426
John Singleton 6/10/2010 6:16:21 AM
Great composition JP. Congratulations for the gold. #8685510Karen Celella 6/10/2010 6:38:49 AM
Huge congratulations on your fablulous winner, JP! #8685583Daniella Puente 6/10/2010 8:10:20 AM
Big congrats on the gold for this fabulous photo JP!!! #8685786Tiia Vissak 6/10/2010 8:18:55 AM
Congratulations! #8685827JO ANN CLEVELAND 6/10/2010 8:35:13 AM
Big congratulations on your awesom Gold 2nd Place Win JP, very well deserved too!!!jo ann c. #8685881
Big congratulations on your awesom Gold 2nd Place Win JP, very well deserved too!!!jo ann c. #8685885
Kay Beausoleil 6/10/2010 8:52:40 AM
Congratulations, Jean-Pierre, on your win for this wonderful slice of nature! #8685924Patricia Seidler 6/10/2010 10:23:54 AM
WTG JP. Congratulations on your outstanding winner! #8686103Tarun Bose 6/10/2010 10:57:39 AM
Congrats for your winner, Jean. #8686182R. J. Laudenbacher 6/10/2010 4:24:59 PM
WTG JP...Congratulations on this outstanding winner. I knew it had winner written all over it from the first time I saw it. Wonderful! #8686711Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna 6/10/2010 4:42:53 PM
WTG on this fantastic win, JP! :-) k #8686759Ann H. Belus 6/11/2010 8:59:20 PM
Congratulations, JP...fantastic winner! #8690018Sam Britt 6/11/2010 9:37:15 PM
Big Congrats on this win JP! #8690048Nancy J. Locke 6/12/2010 5:01:31 PM
SUPER CONGRATS!!! Very cool and creepy.Phenomenal lighting and composition!!!
Cheers, Nancy J Locke #8691090
Angie M. Davis 6/14/2010 10:09:17 AM
Congratulations on your winner, JP! This is fabulous!! #8694215Renata Gusciora 6/14/2010 11:32:30 AM
Big congratulations on your fabulous winner,Jean-Pierre!!!:-) #8694347Max Aureli 6/16/2010 5:08:47 PM
Congratulations JP!!! Great capture!! #8699605Dominick M. Dimacale 6/18/2010 12:02:04 AM
Congratulations JP on your Win!!!
Dominick #8702145
Lisa B. North 6/23/2010 7:35:06 PM
Bringing home the Gold! Way to go! My hat's off to you! #8713812Kathy L. Clark 7/9/2010 5:54:47 AM
Way to go JP. Huge congrats to you. #8744229Alexandra Hankova 11/1/2010 4:49:34 PM
Brilliant! Congratulations! :-) #9009111
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Dear poor white people:
I am specifically addressing this to the working/under class people who are white; how much longer are you going to continue to be dupes? Your ability to act in the best interests of others rather than yourselves is idiotic and has lasted generations.
From the minute the first black slave landed on the continent, it was never in your best interest to support slavery. Why would someone hire a poor working class white man or woman when they could buy a slave or rent a slave for a nominal fee? When slavery came under attack, you foolishly spilt your blood to defend an intuition that impoverished you and dehumanized blacks because you foolishly believed in the value of whiteness.
Along come the Indian wars and you once again lined up to become murderers. The lure of supposed dominance and the potential to own land was enough to cause you to act against your interest. Hello idiot, if they were not going to let Indigenous peoples keep their land, what made you believe the rich bourgeoisie whose ultimate goal is consumption, would allow you to keep your stolen property? Once again you counted falsely on your white skin to protect you, forgetting that capitalism only cares about order of exploitation and is intent on swallowing all whole. Even when you finally recognized that class consciousness was necessary and formed unions many of them were quickly disbanded when employers questioned your allegiance to whiteness. Nope, cannot be in a union with a person of color despite the fact that you sweated next to one another in the same mines, or factories. It is far better to allow the employer to exploit your labour than admit that as proletariat you had more in common with people of color. Today you join white supremacist groups or so-called border controls convinced that people of color are taking over "your" country. Latino's are taking American jobs you scream, forgetting that these are jobs that you don't aspire to and allowing the bourgeoisie to pay the so-called illegal workers wages that barely provide subsistence and further drive down your wages. Thick in your discourse is hatred towards poor women of color on welfare as though they are captains of industry and are living the high life. Where is your angst towards the white male CEO, who awards himself millions in bonuses while you look for kraft dinner on sale? Every time you have depended on whiteness to protect you, it has only served as a pecking order for exploitation and yet you refuse to see that you have more in common with a poor working class person of color than a rich white male CEO. Every time the Republicans cut social programs they don't exclude poor whites; it is an assault on ALL poor people and yet you continue to vote for them. Whiteness does not offer you the protection that you believe that it does. How many generations are you going to spend on the wrong side of history before finally acknowledging the class commonalities that you share with people of color? You have been duped into committing atrocious acts, spilt your own blood, and have slaved away in an exploitative capitalist system but hey you're white right and it has done sooooo much for you.


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The Daily Six College Basketball Picks: Feb. 15
Well I went 4-7-1 yesterday but I'm pretty positive after a good night that could of been great. Sunday is a new week and it's going to be good.
One last thing, congratulations to the Georgia Bulldogs for their first conference win against Florida.
Here are my picks.
Manhattan (-2) vs Rider 2:00
Duquesne (pick) vs Temple 3:00
Michigan (+4) vs Northwestern 3:00
Duke (-7) vs Boston College 5:30
Illinois Chicago (-1) vs Valparaiso 4:00
Illinois vs Indiana (under 122) 1:00
Record to date 19-30-1
It will get better.
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