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Insects play havoc with cotton on the Texas High Plains every year, an estimated $150 million in yield losses in 2007. To add insult to injury, producers had to pay out $190 million to keep the losses from being higher.
"The average annual cost to producers to control cotton insects is approximately $64 per acre," says David Kerns, associate professor and AgriLife Extension entomologist-cotton at Lubbock. "Most of this is spent on approximately 2 million irrigated acres; the rest is spent on about 780,000 dryland acres."
"An effective scouting program is an absolute first step in minimizing these monetary losses," Kerns said. "Depending on the pest under consideration, producers should check their fields at least every three to five days.
"Naturally, the next step is to 'know your enemy.' Producers need to know what the pests look like and when they are likely to appear. Armed with this information, they can make timely decisions about control measures."
Thrips are the first harmful insects that usually appear after cotton emergence. They are slender, straw colored, 1/15-inch long with rasping and sucking mouthparts. They attack the young, tender leaves and leaf buds of newly emerged cotton. Significant damage stunts the plants and may delay fruiting and maturity. They are most damaging during cool, wet periods when small cotton is growing slowly.
"Even though producers spent an average of $12.50 per acre to control this pest, bale losses were estimated still to be around 57,000 in 2007," Kerns said.
Cotton fleahoppers are the next likely insect to cause early problems. These pests are pale green, about 1/8-inch long, and move very rapidly when disturbed. They feed on the small squares, causing them to drop off the plant. The cotton plant can compensate for these lost squares given time, but the compensated fruit may be lower in quality.
"Last year cotton yields were reduced about 1.6 percent by this insect, and approximately 430,000 acres on the High Plains were treated for cotton fleahoppers at a cost of $7.80 per acre," Kerns said.
Lygus may appear at the onset of squaring, but are more prevalent after bloom and late in the season. These pests are 1/4-inch long, have a triangle in the center of their back, have wings, and vary in color from pale green to yellowish brown with reddish brown to black markings.
Lygus feeding results in shed squares and small bolls and may cause stained lint and boll deformation. They can move in and out of a cotton field in a very short time.
"In 2007 producers lost about 10,000 bales to lygus. Chemical control for this pest runs $8.75 per acre," Kerns said.
Cotton bollworms may appear in very low numbers before blooming begins but are most prevalent from August on. Full-grown larvae are about 1 to 1.5 inches long and vary in color from pale green, pink or brownish to black, with longitudinal stripes on the back.
"Since Bollgard, Bollgard II and WideStrike varieties became available, losses from these pests have declined sharply. However, under heavy insect pressure, we have observed incidences where these worms still required control measures on Bollgard varieties, but I have yet to see a case where Bollgard II or WideStrike varieties required treatment," Kerns said.
"There were no reported losses in 2007 from these pests in fields of Bollgard, Bollgard II and WideStrike varieties in the Texas High Plains. However, 27,000 bales were reported lost from varieties not containing Bt genes. Also, an estimated 25,000 acres of non-Bt cotton were treated for these pests at a cost of about $10.00 per acre."
Cotton aphids are about the size of pencil lead, ranging in color from light yellow to dark green to almost black. Infestations can occur from plant emergence to open bolls, with the highest populations occurring post bloom.
Heavy and prolonged infestations can cause leaves to curl downward, older leaves to turn yellow and shed, square and small bolls to shed, and bolls to be reduced in size, resulting in stunting and incomplete fiber development.
"A major problem with this pest comes from the honeydew excreted by aphids and dropped onto fibers of open bolls because of the stickiness and the black, sooty fungus that may develop," Kerns said. "This results in fiber that is stained, sticky, of lower quality, and difficult to harvest, gin, and spin into yarn.
"In 2007, 1.25 million acres were treated for this pest at a cost of about $12.00 per acre. A lot of acres avoided chemical control due to the presence of large populations of lady beetles, a parasitic wasp and a fungus that kills the aphids. However, yield reduction was still estimated at 1.4 percent or about 56,000 bales. In 2007, there were no incidences where lint was downgraded because of sticky cotton."
Boll weevil adults emerge from hibernation very early in the cotton-growing season. They are about 1/4-inch long and tan-brown in color. They puncture squares and small bolls, which usually fall off. Larger bolls remain on the plant but will contain damaged lint.
"Boll weevils are generally not a problem on the High Plains due to the effectiveness of the Texas Boll Weevil Eradication program. But if producers determine they are in their fields, we want to know immediately. Growers should contact their local Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation or the state Foundation at (325) 672-2800," Kerns said.
Other potential problem pests on the High Plains include pink bollworm, grasshoppers, stink bugs, cabbage loopers, spider mites, fall armyworms, beet armyworms, yellow-striped armyworms, salt-marsh caterpillars, cotton square borers, and cutworms.
"Fortunately, we also have many beneficials," Kerns said. "Among these are assassin bugs, big-eyed bugs, damsel bugs, green lacewings, lady beetles, spiders, syrphid flies, aphid parasites, and ichneumon wasps.
"Populations of beneficials at the right time can (preclude) the need for chemical controls. So before the decision to spray is finalized, producers should consider that the beneficial population might reduce the pest infestation to tolerable levels," Kerns said.
Identification photos and additional information on cotton insects and control measures are available at http://lubbock.tamu.edu/.


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Kevin Love is reportedly very unhappy in Minnesota.
I know it's a pipe dream but with Mark Cuban as our owner, anything can happen. Is there any way we can get Kevin Love? Love would solve a lot of our rebounding and defensive woes and provides the same scoring as Kaman. Would be a perfect complement to Dirk as well. He could also be the face of the Mavs in the post Nowitzki era if Mayo isn't. He would also be that second star that Cuban has always wanted for Dirk (If Mayo isn't already) A trio of Mayo + Nowitzki + Love would be unstoppable and Mavs would instantly become legit contenders without question.
I'm probably dreaming here but I wonder if Wolves GM Kahn would actually make Love (LOL) available. If so, I know Cuban would definitely look into it. I'd trade anyone not named Mayo, Nowitzki, Crowder for Love.
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COPENHAGEN (AP) — Greenland's underground wealth is at the forefront of the Arctic island's parliamentary election on Tuesday amid worries over a potential influx of Chinese labor and the environmental consequences of mining.
Once an isolated outpost of human civilization, ice-capped Greenland has grabbed global attention recently for being at the front line of climate change. Scientists are studying the melting of its massive ice sheet, which covers 80 percent of the island, and its impact on raising global sea levels — one of the great unknowns of the climate puzzle.
Meanwhile, miners prepare to dig for iron, rare earths and other metals as warming temperatures make them more accessible.
All major parties in the 31-seat Parliament favor exploiting some of the untapped natural resources as a way to reduce Greenland's dependence on former colonial master Denmark and pave the way toward full independence.
But at what cost to the pristine environment and the traditional Inuit way of life?
The opposition Siumut party has accused Premier Kuupik Kleist of moving too fast, saying he rushed through a law in December to allow large mining projects to import labor from abroad, including China.
While a majority of Greenland's 57,000 residents are concentrated in a few small cities on the west coast, others live in remote coastal settlements where life revolves around fishing and hunting of seals and whales. Few have the skills required to work in the mining industry.
"People must be allowed to ask questions: What could the creation of a mine and the arrival of some 3,000 Chinese workers mean to me as an inhabitant of a hamlet? What will it mean to me and my hunting grounds?" Siumut leader Aleqa Hammond told The Associated Press.
Britain-based London Mining is seeking Chinese investments — which would likely also mean Chinese workers — for an iron mine 100 miles (160 kilometers) northeast of Nuuk, the capital. The company expects to extract 15 million tons of iron ore annually for at least 15 years.
Outsiders, including the European Union, are concerned that China is eyeing investments in Greenland as a way to gain a toehold in the resource-rich Arctic region.
Kleist, 54, said earlier this year that Greenland, which isn't an EU member, is "open for investments from the whole world," as long as investors follow local laws and regulations. Greenland officials traveled to both China and South Korea last year and Kleist also met with South Korea's president in Greenland.
Australian mining company Greenland Minerals and Energy Ltd. says it's in talks with potential investors from South Korea and elsewhere to develop a rare earths mine near Narsaq, on Greenland's southern tip. Rare earth elements are key ingredients in smartphones, weapons systems and other modern technologies.
The company says it's the biggest rare-earths deposit outside China, which accounts for more than 90 percent of global production, but the deposit can't be exploited unless Greenland lifts its ban on mining for radioactive elements, because the ore also contains uranium.
While other parties are ready to drop the ban, Kleist's governing Inuit Ataqatigiit party, or IA, wants to keep it — at least until the environmental consequences of uranium mining have been thoroughly assessed.
"No matter how 'well behaved' a mining company is, it cannot take away the fact that the tailings from radioactive materials linger in nature for hundreds of thousands of years and the problem with the leftover materials from the usage of uranium has not been solved," IA lawmaker Naaja Nathanielsen said in an email.
A decision on whether to lift the ban, which would also require a vote in Denmark's Parliament, is expected this year or next.
A poll commissioned by the Sermitsiaq newspaper last week showed the election is too close to call. The poll of 800 people by HS Analyse found Kleist's left-leaning IA remained Greenland's largest party with more than 40 percent support. But its two coalition allies had lost backing, leaving it unclear whether the three parties together can retain a majority in Parliament.
Greenland's autonomy was expanded four years ago, giving the local government control over the island's natural resources. As part of that deal, Denmark will gradually reduce its 3.3 billion kroner ($576 million) annual subsidy once Greenland starts making profits from resource extraction. Right now the subsidy accounts for about two-thirds of Greenland's economy.
Offshore drilling in Greenlandic waters has so far not revealed any commercial quantities of oil and gas, so the self-rule government has placed its hopes on mining in the short term.
John Mair, executive director of Greenland Minerals and Energy, said political support for the company's rare earths plans is growing, but added that "clarity on regulation" is needed to go forward in Greenland. "Otherwise the investment tends to move to jurisdictions where there is a clearer path."
Karl Ritter reported from Stockholm.


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Just want to share a first impression on my new 12m Rally. I am kiting for about 10 years of which the last two years RPM's, now switched to 8 and 12m Rally since i noticed that i like riding in the waves a lot whilst not being a hardcore freestyler. So i sold the RPM and bought Rally without testing them..So went to the beach, sunny and dry weather but only 12 knots of wind, my weight is 81 kh and board is Acid 39 with so i thought that i would only play on the beach. Pumped the 12 and launched it, first impression was that i had to get used to the looks in the air, but the feeling form the beginning was straight away very nice. Felt some grunt so gave it a try. Well i could kite and keeping hight reasonably. The rally feels compacted and looks smaller as the 12m RPM, but more depower available on Rally, bar pressure medium to light(clear statement with 12 knots), turning speed somewhat faster than RPM. Wind picked up a bit and tried some hangtime, well this is for sure better than RPM and easier to find the release spot. Also liked the power of the Rally when turning in jibes, it keeps pulling you, no extra steering required
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The nation was brought together in mourning last December when 26 people, including 20 children, were shot and killed at a Connecticut elementary school.
The nation was brought together in mourning last December when 26 people, including 20 children, were shot and killed at a Connecticut elementary school.
It was the second deadliest shooting in American history, prompting press conferences and policy suggestions aimed at preventing another such massacre. The National Rifle Association made the largest waves when, in response to Sandy Hook, the lobbying group's Executive Vice President and CEO Wayne LaPierre called for armed police officers posted in every school.
"The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun," LaPierre said at a press conference, "is a good guy with a gun."
From armed guards to arming teachers themselves, the question of what can and should be done to better protect students elicits strong responses. What is prudent and feasible remains subject to much debate in legislatures across the country.
South Dakota's state government has been quickest to move on the NRA's suggestion, enacting a law to allow school employees, hired security personnel or volunteers who complete a training program to carry firearms in schools.
Similar bills have been proposed in the Missouri House of Representatives this session. House Bill 70 would allow any teacher or school administrator with a valid concealed carry permit to possess firearms on school grounds without consent of school boards. Another, HB 276, aims to create voluntary "school protection officer" designations that, with completion of a training program and district approval, would allow the "officers" to carry weapons on school grounds and detain anyone he or she believes has violated state laws or school policies.
Dr. Kathleen Nolan, a program associate and lecturer at Princeton University who has extensively studied police presence in schools, disagrees with such proposed legislation.
"It's an irresponsible, knee-jerk reaction to the fear we are all experiencing. I think it's frightening, the idea of putting arms in teachers hands. First, it's impossible to ensure school personnel have the proper training, but perhaps even more importantly schools personnel and teachers lack the experience. No one knows how they will respond in a situation with a crazed gunman," Nolan said.
The Missouri bills are different from the School Resource Officer program, which currently has about 210 dues-paying members in Missouri and more than 10,000 nationally. SROs are commissioned police officers with additional training in the organization's "triad" of responsibilities: teacher, counselor and law enforcement officer.
Mo Cannady, executive director of National Association of School Resource Officers, advocates for SRO or school-based policing programs, "not just something that puts an armed guard in the school."
"We don't feel that is a long-term solution," Cannady said.
Implementation of an SRO program at schools nationwide is estimated to cost between $2-$3 billion, while in Missouri, where schools are currently underfunded by about $600 million, the estimate is $100 million in added expenses.
Cannady acknowledges cost considerations make an SRO an unrealistic solution for some districts and supports communities being able to make decisions for themselves, as opposed to action by the federal or state government. Both the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and Missouri School Boards Associations referred questions to the Missouri Center for Education Safety, a public-private partnership between the Missouri Department of Public Safety, the Office of Homeland Security and MSBA, which shared that sentiment.
"It needs to be a local decision by the school boards and they need to make sure they have good input and have good discussions with public safety officials and teachers and do this with eyes wide open," Executive Director Paul Fennewald said.
According to the Superintendent of the largest school district in the lake area, Camdenton R-III has three school resource officers. "The SROs are employees of the City of Camdenton. We reimburse the city for a portion of their salary and benefits while they are stationed on campus during the school year. The district spends approximately $113,000 for this program," Tim Hadfield said. Other law enforcement entities including Camden County Sheriff's Dept., the City of Osage Beach and the city of Sunrise Beach monitor other buildings within the district on the outlying campuses.
Camendton R-III district has discussed adding more armed guards but has not many any decision on the topic. As far as the thought of arming teachers within the district, Hadfield said that the districts policy currently prohibits employees of the school district from possessing weapons on school property. Hadfield considers Camdenton fortunate to have armed police officers who are highly trained in the school buildings. The Camdenton R-III district has added security upgrades into the proposed bond issue that will be on the April 2 ballot. The issue proposes a no tax levy total increase but would allow the district to upgrade one elementary school while building a new one and add safety enhancements to other school buildings.
Much talk on school safety has been centered around mental health. The National Association of School Psychologists issued a report in January advising schools to focus on security solutions such as building entrances, hallway monitoring and better check-in and check-out systems for visitors. It also recommends increasing mental health services and supports in schools, advising a ratio of one counselor for every 250 students, one school psychologist for every 500-700 students and one school social worker for every 400 students. The Camdenton R-III district follows the guidelines from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education when it comes to guidance and counseling staff.
"We have highly trained school counselors. We have a solid relationship with resources outside of our District when needs of our students might be greater than the resources we can offer. Our staff members have also been trained by outside mental health professionals in the past in order to help meet the needs of our students at the classroom level," Hadfield said. "We have school-wide processes at the building level as the 'Leader in Me' and 'Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports' which can impact all students."
The Eldon School District employs one full-time resource officer but supplements the SRO's presence with others from the police department for school activities and events.
Eldon Police Chief Rodney Fair said the district covers the costs of employing the resource officer through the school year. During the summer, the SRO works as a road officer for the city.
The district has undergone a number of security changes in the last several years, including tightening up their policies since Sandy Hook.
"Enhancing security is an ongoing effort on the part of the district and the department," he said. "School security is a priority. By using officers from the department and the SRO that increases our presence, gives all officers an opportunity to interact with the students and it familiarizes the students with all of the officers."
The School of the Osage school district has one school resource officer on the Osage Beach Campus who is employed by the Osage Beach Police Department. The resource officer position is a part of a "longstanding partnership between the district and Osage Beach," according to Superintendent Brent Depeé.
Officers from the Lake Ozark Police Department perform random foot patrols during the school day and during evening activities along with being on campus before and after each school day. Depee said the district is currently focusing on its resources and making the school buildings more secure. He added that the district values its partnership with Lake Ozark and Osage Beach Police Departments and looks forward to future opportunities to expand the partnership. As far as arming teachers, Depee said that the district believes in protecting the students, but believes that means stopping the assailant prior to getting to the classroom. The district's insurance policy carrier prohibits anyone outside of an armed security guard from carrying a weapon. The district made changes to its emergency crisis plan during the 2011-2012 school year and will make other changes as needed.
"Since the incident at Sandy Hook, the district has made changes in building security in all of our buildings. The district also has developed plans to enhance security in the district's buildings, to make them more secure and in line to the double entry at our Middle School building . In addition, Lake Ozark and Osage Beach police departments have provided additional training for our staff, with more training planned in the future," Depee said. "The increased presence of Osage Beach and Lake Ozark police departments has also been a change.All staff members have been reminded of their duties to be vigilant about keeping doors locked and to report any suspicious activity to administration and/or law enforcement. The district has also instituted bi-annual building, district, and outside agency safety meetings this year."
The National Association of School Psychologists issued a report in January advising schools to focus on security solutions such as building entrances, hallway monitoring and better check-in and check-out systems for visitors. It also recommends increasing mental health services and supports in schools, advising a ratio of one counselor for every 250 students, one school psychologist for every 500-700 students and one school social worker for every 400 students.
Nolan believes most schools are not meeting those targets and said even those ratios fall short of what is needed, arguing that more attention is needed for "subtle" discipline problems, such as bullying, as well as mental health issues, all of which can be precursors to violence.
"Some forms are subtle and it's apparent that school administrators and teachers are not picking up on how pugnacious this is," she said.
"Students who are alienated and not getting necessary attention and support, with mental health issues going unrecognized, can end up being the shooters," she said.
A 2010 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report on violence stated the odds of a person ages 5-18 being victim of a homicide at school, on their way to school, or at a school-sponsored event was 1 in 2.5 million. The last time a Missouri student died in a school shooting was at Parkway South Junior High in 1983, when according to the Associated Press a case of bullying resulted in a murder-suicide.
Since then, hundreds of others have died from other causes, Fennewald said, including lack of working smoke detectors, drinking and driving and lack of seatbelt use.
"Let's take a holistic view of this," he said. "How are our children dying? [...] There are a lot of other things if we want to focus on student safety, things we can do to make our communities safer without putting more resource officers in our schools."
The NRA did not respond to repeated requests for comment on this story.


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St Mark's Square and St Mark's Basilica (with priority entrance included)
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Walk off the beaten track to Rialto Bridge
Rialto food market
The tour is designed to be a complete introduction to Venice in just three and a half hours.
It will include St. Mark's Square and the interior of the Basilica (which cannot be done if there is "acqua alta," high water, or religious holidays), with an overview of all the celebrated monuments. This part of the tour allows our guides to provide you with a good historic introduction to the city: its birth, peak, and decline throughout the years, spanning from the 9th through 19th centuries. We will then board a private boat to cruise parts of the Grand Canal, still the main thoroughfare, to admire the homes of the rich and powerful in past and present Venice, each with their unique style and charm.
We will also navigate some of the narrow canals where public ferries are not allowed to go, sided by hidden gardens and picturesque residences, for a more intimate insight on Venice's residential areas.
We continue up to the Northern Lagoon to visit the island of Murano, a major center of glassblowing for 800 years. You will be able to see an actual production line at one of the top glass factories.
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A couple of months ago my cell phone contract ended. I was again strapped with the arduous task of upgrading to a new phone, hopefully with up-to-date technology.
We all have to do this every two years and I dread the thought for the entire time I am waiting for my new phone to become obsolete. As I understand it, my last phone was obsolete the day I bought it.
Anyway, I perused the Internet determined to get the latest and greatest the marketplace had to offer. After a dizzying search through hundreds of phones, I found a model that does everything. The reviews were stellar.
I was so excited that I called my son to tell him I thought he should look into buying one of these space-age gems. After I raved about it for 20 minutes or so, all he had to say was, "Oh yeah. I have one."
I was not going to let his lessthan enthusiastic candor dampen my spirits. My find was exciting. The phone Web site emphasized, "user-friendly – anybody can operate it."
I am not going to mention the brand of this phone because I do not want to be sued. It is not the manufacturer's fault that I am digitally challenged.
This cell phone is so userfriendly that is doesn't even come with a manual. It has a help feature that explains everything. My previous cell phone had a manual that was as big as the average dictionary, but the print was smaller. When my contract ended, I was only on page 10. I could barely make a phone call on it.
When I saw the video demo for this new phone, it was awesome. The phone did everything my old phone did, only much more, and it looked so easy to use.
According to the demonstration, I would be able to take highresolution photographs and videos with a built-in five-megapixel camera. I could even download applications to edit an entire movie right on my phone.
It could be used as a wireless remote control device for anything with Bluetooth technology. I wasn't sure what that meant, but the demo showed the printer as it printed a picture from the phone without so much as a wire connecting the two devices.
All I knew was, this was the phone for me.
Six weeks went by and I had yet to venture into the more sophisticated features of my new phone. I decided to take a weekend, bite the proverbial bullet, and learn how to use this thing so I could enjoy it like the thousands of others who owned one.
My first task was to synchronize the phone with my computer. I don't know what I did, but when I tapped the screen according to the instructions, my microwave oven went on.
This was very strange, because I never use my microwave oven to cook. It is a complex digital device perfect for storing hamburger buns and pies. Somehow, I did something wrong and the microwave started to defrost.
By the time I got my panicstricken wits about me and unplugged the thing to turn it off, my hamburger buns were the perfect size for making individual sandwiches out of Chicken McNuggets.
I tried to undo whatever I did wrong by pressing another button on the touch-sensitive screen, which caused my garage door to open. When I attempted to close it with the remote control in my car, the alarm to my house activated. I closed the garage door with the control switch on the garage wall and all the doors to my house locked. I was trapped in the garage when the alarm started getting louder.
Besides the alarm, all I could hear was the wail of police sirens and cars screeching to a halt in my driveway. The police pounded on my doors and windows and ordered me to open up.
Then the cell phone rang. I answered it hoping for a friendly voice and much needed help. But no – it was the microwave oven. It was trying to communicate with the washing machine.
The police broke into my house and disarmed the alarm system. They found me cowering in the garage in a fetal position begging them not to shoot. I will never recover from the humiliation.
Digital devices and sophisticated cell phones are a large part of why we live in a system we have no hope of ever understanding.


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BOSTON (AP) — Sensing an opening on the economy, President Barack Obama launched an aggressive new effort Saturday to convince voters in the most competitive states that Republican rival Mitt Romney is risky for the nation's recovery with a plan that caters to multimillionaires over the middle class.
"They want to go back to the same old policies that got us in trouble in the first place," former President Bill Clinton is shown saying in the 60-second TV ad set to run in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, Ohio, and Virginia.
"We're not going back, we are moving forward," Obama adds in the commercial.
Romney doesn't agree and says Obama's leadership has done little to jolt an economy hampered by an unemployment rate just over 8 percent.
Obama's campaign spent about $6 million to buy airtime for the new ad in the key battleground states.
The fresh Obama push, coupled with ads this past week by both candidates squaring off over China's impact on the U.S. economy, comes seven weeks before Election Day and as polls point to modest gains for the president following the national political conventions. Both campaigns say they expect the race to be decided by eight or nine states.
Romney, a former business executive who argues that only he can fix the sluggish economy, was taking Saturday off from campaigning. He was trying to refocus his campaign on the economy after a difficult week dominated by foreign policy, a vulnerability, in the wake of unrest at U.S. embassies.
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BUFFALO, NY – In its ongoing mission to raise community awareness of the latest trends in substance use and abuse, the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions (RIA) announced receipt of a new grant and release of an expert summary on the subject of prescription drug abuse.
Kathleen A. Parks, PhD, a RIA senior research scientist, has won a SUNY/RF Collaborative Research Fund Award to study and collect specific information on the prevalence as well as motives and consequences associated with non-medical prescription drug (NMPD) use among SUNY students.
The grant is funded for two years and provides $50,000 annually to gather preliminary data that can later be used in support of applications for larger federally funded grants.
"NMPD use has been steadily increasing on college campuses nationally over the past few decades. While we know the general characteristics of the drugs being used, and some of the characteristics of students who typically report using these drugs, less is known about the reasons for their use and even less is known about the consequences students experience," said Parks.
Parks says that NMPD use is an urgent public health issue and New York State Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo recently enacted legislation called the I-STOP Law in an effort to curb the epidemic of prescription drug abuse.
In response to the significance of this problem, the RIA is also releasing the sixth in its series of expert summaries, a fact sheet titled "RIA Reaching Others: Prescription Drug Abuse."
This summary, intended to educate health consumers and health providers, defines what prescription drug abuse is, what drugs are most commonly abused, how prescription drug abuse is treated and explains what the I-STOP Law is.
RIA Director Kenneth Leonard, PhD, says that prescription drug abuse knows no age boundaries – it has been increasing among adolescents, college students, adults and the elderly for the past 15 years.
"The drugs are safe when prescribed by a physician and taken as prescribed by the person for whom the medication was intended. But when prescription drugs are abused, they are dangerous, addictive and withdrawal can be deadly," said Leonard.
According to the expert summary, NMPD and prescription abuse are characterized as the use of a medication without a physician's prescription; the use of a medication other than how it was prescribed; or the use of a medication for the experience or feeling that the drug causes.
The most commonly abused drugs, Leonard says, are opioids like Vicodin and Oxycontin, central nervous system depressants such as Valium and Xanax and stimulants like Adderall and Ritalin.
RIA recently hosted the two-day conference, "The Challenge of Reducing College Student Substance Use," which brought together frontline staff from throughout the SUNY system who grapple with the real problems of college student alcohol and substance use. The purpose of the conference was to raise awareness and share best practices for intervention.
Just as the conference convened experts from across the SUNY system, Parks' grant-funded study will be a collaboration among researchers on SUNY campuses in Buffalo, Binghamton and Albany. During the initial phase of the research, 100 students who report use of NMPDs during their tenure at UB will be recruited to participate in confidential focus group discussions.
The second phase of the research will involve distribution of a web-based survey to students on the three SUNY campuses to assess the prevalence of NMPD use, motives for and consequences of use.
"Learning more about both positive and negative perception of NMPD use from individuals who use these drugs will be an important component for developing programs to reduce NMPD use on college campuses," said Parks.
"This is ultimately the goal of this line of research."
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As quick as you can say Mats Zuccarello Aasen, the Olympics will be over and we will be returned to our regularly scheduled National Hockey League programming.
In Calgary, that means the analysis of the Ales Kotalik Era at the Saddledome will begin anew and the fretting about the Flames' fate will regain momentum.
The big-picture questions over the remaining 20 games are a doubel feature: Can the Flames make the playoffs? Is making the playoffs a worthwhile exercise if it means a first-round meeting with either Chicago or San Jose?
Since replacing Colorado and Vancouver with Norway and Germany the rest of the way (which would not only dramatically improve the Flames' chances at winning the Northwest Division but it would make Jarome Iginla the favourite to win the Rocket Richard Trophy) seems out of the question, the Flames will apparently have to do things the hard way.
How hard that hard way is depends on your vantage point and whether you tend to see the Gatorade bottle as half full or half empty.
The defeatist will point out half of Calgary's remaining games are against a division leader or co-leader. A sunny-dispositioned sort will counter that the Flames have eight dates with clubs currently out of a playoff position ans that seven of those games are against teams that are within slashing distance of the Flames (two with Detroit, one with Anaheim and four with Minnesota).
Others in this space will go more deeply into the numbers about the stretch run, but here's a simplistic view of things. Let's start by examining the schedules of the Western Conference's peloton — seven teams separated by seven points from seventh to 13th place.
Here's the breakdown, with "GR" being total games remaining, "vs. P" being games remaining against the rest of the peloton, "vs. NP" being games against clubs currently out of a playoff position and "Vs. DL" being games against division leaders.
A couple of knee-jerk reactions to those figures and other stretch-run factors:
1) Given the huge difference in strengthof finishing schedule and the fact there are no head-to-head meetings left, the Flames would seem hard-pressed to catch the Predators for seventh place.
2) There are 26 games remaining between the teams sardined from seventh to 13th and the results of that round-robin tournament will obviously go a long way towards determining who gets to dance with the Blackhawks and Sharks in the first round.
3) The Flames have nine home games remaining compared to 12 for the Predators, Stars, Red Wings and Ducks. Only the Blues, who like the Flames have actually been better on the road, have fewer home-ice dates left on the docket (eight) than Calgary.
4) We're probably past the point of no return when it comes to expecting the Detroit Red Wings to suddenly revert to being the Detroit Red Wings again. The Motowners were 3-4-4 in their final 11 games before the break and, even more disturbingly for the once-hermetically sealed club, the Wings allowed 30 or more shots in nine of 12 games before the hiatus. If not for the emergence of Jimmy Howard between the pipes, the Wings would already be cooked.
5) Speaking of netminders, the Flames and Ducks are the two Western Conference aspirants with masked men who were in action during the Olympics. What effect will that have on the race, especially given that neither Miikka Kiprusoff nor Jonas Hiller (who's now backed up by the very leaky Vesa Toskala instead of Jean-Sebastien Giguere) figures to get many breathers the rest of the way?
6) The very last game of the 2009-10 regular season involves a peloton team — Anaheim. The Ducks are playing the Edmonton Oilers that April 11 night and wouldn't it be morbidly interesting if that result has life-or-death implications on one of the other teams, specifically the Flames?


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Hurricane season starts in June and goes through November. During this time homeowners are pruning their coconut palms to lessen potential hurricane damage. This article will review proper palm pruning and who should do the pruning.First, let's review how a palm and a tree feed themselves. A palm is a monocot plant and has scattered vascular bundles that carry both the water-conducting cells and the food-conducting cells up to the crown and down to the roots. A tree is a dicot plant that has organized bundles called phloem (inner bark) that move leaf-produced food downward to the root system, and the xylem (cambium), which conducts water and dissolved minerals up the stem from the root system.For two reasons, it is important for palms to retain fronds: as a food source and for the attached fronds to increase palm trunk diameter. First, palms are not as efficient as trees at storing their foods for needy times, so palms are more dependent on their leaves to provide necessary food for growth. With relatively few leaves, compared with trees, removing even one green frond can significantly reduce the palm's ability to feed itself. Second, the size of a palm's trunk at any one place is determined by how long a frond at that point remains green and healthy (and this in turn is determined by the amount of water, fertilizer, and care the tree is receiving). An early removal of a frond (before it is brown) cuts down on the size of the trunk, and extreme hurricane pruning could create a weak place at which the trunk would snap off in later years during high winds.Generally we suggest not removing any more fronds than an angle formed at 30 degrees to the vertical. In addition, it is extremely important to go ahead and remove the coconuts on the trees, as they particularly can become deadly missiles during strong winds. To make this sort of pruning last well beyond the hurricane season, you should cut the unopened flower spathes and the flowers themselves. With this sort of pruning you can probably get by with pruning your coconut palms only once a year during the period of August and September. Place your palm trimmings curbside for pickup. If a storm is reported, secure trimmings against being blown around during the storm and dispose of them after the storm has passed.It must be pointed out that the individual who is fond of eating his coconuts is faced with a dilemma, since there is no question that he is reducing his food crop. In that instance, simply removing the coconut bunches whenever a hurricane watch is posted would be acceptable. If you use this approach, however, be sure to bring the coconuts into your home and don't leave them outside during the storm, where they could still pose a problem.Finally, it is important that palm trunks are not injured. A homeowner can remove fronds and nuts while a palm tree is small and can be reached from the ground or a securely placed ladder. Palms should never be climbed using spikes or cleated climbing shoes. These spikes puncture and wound the trunk, allowing the entry of pathogens that can kill the palm. Pruning should be done by knowledgeable professionals using a hydraulic bucket lift "cherry picker," pole pruner, or ladder.
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The Windham Drifters Snowmobile Club may have to institute a spending freeze, but the weak economy isn't to blame for its revenue shortfall.
The culprit is last year's lack of snow.
As snowmobilers keep their fingers crossed for heavy snowfall, clubs throughout the state are watching their spending, after a 32-percent drop to a record low last year in sled registrations — the clubs' primary source of funding.
"When they don't see snow in their backyard, they don't register," said Bob Meyers, executive director of the Maine Snowmobile Association.
The 62,000 snowmobiles registered last year — down from almost 91,000 the year before — was the lowest number in state records, which date back to the winter of 1992-93. For the first time ever, there were fewer registered snowmobiles than ATVs.
Although members of Maine's nearly 300 snowmobile clubs maintain the state's 14,000 miles of trails for free, they rely on a share of state registration fees to cover their expenses, mostly fuel for grooming the trails. Last year, the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands allocated more than $2.6 million from registration fees to clubs and municipalities.
Michael Constantine, president of the Windham Drifters, said if the club can't cover costs this winter, it has two choices: groom less or do more fundraising.
He's determined not to let the former happen. "We'll go door to door if we have to," he said.
Meyers said that's the attitude of snowmobile clubs statewide, which will all carry a bigger burden this year in making sure the quality of Maine's renowned trail system doesn't suffer. "They find a way to do it," he said.
Every year, the snowmobile industry pumps more than $300 million into Maine's economy, only slightly less than the skiing industry. Unless, of course, nobody's going.
Meyers said snowmobiling conditions in the northern half of the state weren't bad last year, but people who had brown lawns all winter couldn't be convinced to make the trip across the 45th parallel.
While Caribou was near normal with over 100 inches, Kennebunkport got 20 inches — less than half its annual average.
"You've got to have a little bit out there, just to get people in the mood," Meyers said. He believes the still-recovering economy and the ease of registering online, which can be done right before snowmobilers ride out their driveway, could have also contributed to last year's record-low registration numbers.
The Bureau of Parks and Lands is cutting its grants by 10 percent this year. That's a $26,000 loss for Somerset County, which administers the state's largest grant for six snowmobile clubs — mostly in unorganized territories that have few residents but a lot of visitors riding their trails.
Those tourists are what keep Gray Ghost Camps in Rockwood from losing money during the winter, said owner Steve Lane.
So it's no wonder he spends hundreds of hours every winter grooming the 35 miles of trails into the woods and back, as trailmaster for the Blue Ridge Riders.
The snowmobiling season in Rockwood, just off the western shore of Moosehead Lake, was about a month shorter than normal last year, but much better than most of the state.
"We were pretty fortunate here in our little bubble," Lane said. "Most other clubs never turned a track."
This winter, the Blue Ridge Riders will undoubtedly see a reduction in their $20,000 cut of the Somerset County grant, but Lane refuses to see gloom and doom.
"We just make it work whatever way we can," he said.
While most of the registration money goes to the grant program, a portion of the money goes to Maine snowmobilers' hometowns, which usually turn it over to the local snowmobile club, if there is one.
For the Windham Drifters, that funding source covers more than half of the club's operating budget.
Since Windham is one of the towns with the most registered snowmobiles — 644 last year, down from 1,090 the year before — the Drifters will have one of the biggest losses in funding this year.
Still, the club's members have been out marking trails and building bridges this fall with the same enthusiasm — or maybe even more.
"Help make this THE BEST SEASON EVER!!" Constantine wrote in a note on the club's website asking for help putting in some of the final stakes this weekend.
"We're very optimistic," he said.
Meyers said the rule of thumb is that a poor snowfall one season is followed by a heavy one the next. "We think it's going to be great. We prepare as if it's going to be great," he said.
Climatologists aren't so certain. Jessica Rennells of the Northeast Regonal Climate Center said there have been no major indicators of whether snowfall this winter will be above or below normal.
But if Meyers is right and a heavy snowfall turns registration numbers around, the clubs will have their funding restored — and fewer worries next winter.
"The good news is," he said, "all is forgiven once it snows."
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Animals must have right , too — Steve Wise and the Nonhuman Rights Project made a powerful new film documentary "Unlocking the Cage" to show the non-belivers why. It chronicles Wise's ongoing challenge to change U.S. law to recognise higher-level animals as "persons". Wise raises a number of interesting questions, in this behind-the-scenes film of the legal procedure, that captures the lawyer's a challenge with a series of New York state judges, to establish, in law, that chimpanzees should have the same rights as humans.
'Unlocking the Cage' will be shown on BBC4 on Wed 22nd June at 9pm http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07hk228
Focusing on the legal notion of "personhood", a classification extended to corporations under U.S. law — Wise argues that a number of species should be entitled to some, or all, of the same rights as US citizens. He begins by identifying great apes, elephants and cetaceans (dolphins and whales) as the most deserving species, through candid conversations with other animal welfare experts, makes it clear that he hopes that such protections might eventually be extended to dogs and cats as well.
If Wise is to succeed , he would be the principal engineer in a massive overhaul of how humans view their animal neighbours. But in changing the paradigm, NhRP's challenge finds a loophole by which they can alter U.S. law. And so begins, Wise's search to find a judge willing to establish a radical new precedent, wherein the "great writ" of habeas corpus, designed to free those who are wrongfully imprisoned, could be extended to an animal in captivity.
Now well respected as an animal-rights lecturer at Harvard and other universities, Steve Wise is eloquent on this complex legal issue. To bolster his case, the filmmakers include a number of animal and scientific experts to explain that great apes are both aware of their captivity and capable of communicating their distress.
The mission of the Nonhuman Rights Project is, through education and litigation, to change the common law status of at least some nonhuman animals from mere "things," which lack the capacity to possess any legal right, to "persons," who possess such fundamental rights as bodily integrity and bodily liberty, and those other legal rights to which evolving standards of morality, scientific discovery, and human experience entitle them.
See the complete statement of Mission, Goals, and Code of Values of the Nonhuman Rights Project.
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Steven M. Wise, President of the Nonhuman Rights Project, Inc., holds a J.D. from Boston University Law School and a B.S. in Chemistry from the College of William and Mary. He has practiced animal protection law for 30 years throughout the United States and is admitted to the Massachusetts Bar.
Steve teaches "Animal Rights Jurisprudence" at several law schools and is the author of four books: Rattling the Cage – Toward Legal Rights for Animals; Drawing the Line – Science and the Case for Animal Rights; Though the Heavens May Fall – The Landmark Trial That Led to the End of Human Slavery; and An American Trilogy – Death, Slavery, and Dominion Along the Banks of the Cape Fear River.A fuller bio, including all his publications, is here.
Jane Goodall has been teaching the world about the culture and lives of chimpanzees since 1960. Her pioneering work with the chimpanzees of Gombe National Park in Tanzania, changed the way in which people view chimpanzees and, subsequently, all other animals. Her research has forced humans to completely rethink how animals perceive the world, and how this correlates into how we treat them.
Jane's efforts have expanded far beyond her early days as a lone field biologist. Today, she travels over 300 days of the year as an advocate for animal protection, conservation and environmentalism. She is the Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and of Roots and Shoots, in 1991 she launched Roots & Shoots, an environmental and humanitarian program for preschool through college-age students that now has over 150,000 members in more than 120 countries.
Gail Price-Wise is the founder and President of the nonprofit Florida Center for Cultural Competence, Inc., which trains health care providers to work more effectively with minority populations. She is a past President of the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) Alumni Council and a past President of the Harvard Club of Broward County.
Gail received her Master's degree in 1986 from the Harvard School of Public Health in Health Policy and Management. She has served on the board of Broward Healthy Start, and for ten years she oversaw projects at Management Sciences for Health, an international health agency. She also works as a consultant to small non-profits developing strategic plans.
The Team
Steve Wise is President of the Nonhuman Rights Project, Inc.
Kevin Schneider is Executive Director of the NhRP.
Monica Miller leads the NhRP's Legal Working Group.
Elizabeth Stein is an attorney with the NhRP.
Sarah Stone is an attorney with the NhRP.
Lauren Choplin is the NhRP's Communications Manager.


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Hughes was appointed by Gov. Mary Fallin to serve an eight-year term that began July 1, 2013. The Bartlesville rancher is an avid quail hunter and sportsman.
"I consider it an honor to serve on the Wildlife Conservation Commission because of the love I have for the land and the wildlife of Oklahoma," he said.
Hughes was raised on his family's ranch – the Hughes Ranch – and he now partners with his father, John F. Hughes, in the Hughes Cattle Co. He has served on a number of boards of directors for organizations such as the National Livestock Credit Corporation, National Livestock Commission Association, Frank Phillips Foundation and Superior Livestock Auction. He also has served as a member and director of the Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association, director of Arvest Bank Board, president of the Osage County Cattlemen's Association, director of the Bartlesville Community Foundation, and Northeast District vice president of the Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association. He has also been honored as the Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association's appointment to the N.C.B.A. Young Leadership Program and as the BEEF Magazine Stocker Operator of the Year Award recipient in 2006.
Hughes earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Animal Science-Production from Oklahoma State University in 1983 and graduated in 1985 from Texas Christian University's Ranch Management Program.
Hughes and his wife, Michelle, live in Bartlesville and have two children: Jessica, who is working toward a career in nursing, and Sam, who is working toward a career in ranch management.
District 2 - Adair, Sequoyah, Cherokee, Wagoner, Muskogee, Haskell, McIntosh and Okmulgee counties.
Bruce R. Mabrey
Okmulgee, Oklahoma
Gov. Brad Henry appointed Bruce R. Mabrey to the Wildlife Conservation Commission in 2006. Mabrey's term will run through 2022.
A lifelong resident of Okmulgee, Mabrey has been the executive officer of a family owned bank holding company with ownership in several eastern Oklahoma banks. He is currently the executive vice president of Citizens Security Bank in Okmulgee.
District 3 - LeFlore, Latimer, Pittsburg, Atoka, Pushmataha, McCurtain, Choctaw, Bryan, Marshall, Carter and Love counties.
Bill Brewster
Marietta, Oklahoma
Brewster was born in Ardmore and has lived most of his life in Love County. His father, Grady Brewster, who was an avid quail hunter, exposed Brewster to hunting, fishing, and wildlife conservation at an early age.
Brewster graduated from Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford with a bachelor's degree in pharmacy and is licensed in Oklahoma and Texas. Brewster has been very active in issues affecting small businesses, pharmacies, real estate and ranching.
In 1983, Brewster was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives. He was re-elected in 1984 and served until 1990. In 1990, he successfully ran for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. He served as Oklahoma's District 3 congressman until 1990.
Brewster has been chairman of the Congressional Sportsman's Caucus, president of Shikar Safari Club International, and a board member of the National Rifle Association and the NRA Foundation. He is a life member of NRA and maintains memberships in many other hunting, fishing and wildlife organizations.
Brewster and his wife, Suzie, live in rural Love County. They are the parents of three children. Kecia and Kent were lost in a 1990 plane crash. Daughter Karel and grandson, Braxton, live in Edmond.
District 4 - Creek, Lincoln, Okfuskee, Seminole, Pottawatomie, Pontotoc, Hughes, Johnston, and Coal counties.
Leigh Gaddis
Ada, Oklahoma
Leigh Gaddis was appointed by Gov. Mary Fallin in 2014, and her current term expires in 2016.
Gaddis, of Ada, owns and also serves as a financial adviser at Gaddis & Gaddis Wealth Management, a financial planning and investment firm.
Gaddis is a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association; a member of Safari Club International; annual participant in the Oklahoma City Gun Club's Women on Target Shooting Clinic; and helped host the Governor's Big Buck Hunt in 2011.
"I am excited for this opportunity to serve on the Wildlife Conservation Commission and I appreciate Governor Fallin's appointment," said Gaddis. "I look forward to working on wildlife management issues as well as overseeing the state's hunting and fishing regulations while protecting Oklahoma's natural resources and beauty."
Gaddis currently serves as a mentor on the Ada High School Student Mentoring Program; as a member of the President's Circle at East Central University; in the Circle of Friends at Mercy Hospital, Ada; and as an elder of the First Presbyterian Church in Ada. She is also a 2011 graduate of Leadership Ada and currently serves on the planning committee.
Gaddis received a bachelor's degree in biology education from East Central University.
She and her husband, Roger, have four sons.
District 5 - Logan, Oklahoma, Cleveland, McClain, Garvin, Murray and Payne counties.
Ed Abel
Oklahoma City, OK
Ed Abel was appointed by Gov. Brad Henry in 2009 to the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. Abel's term will run through 2017. Abel also served as a Wildlife Commissioner from 1994 to 2002.
Abel himself is a lifelong sportsman. His father introduced him to the outdoors at a young age through activities like squirrel hunting.
Abel is the founder and senior partner of what is now Abel Law Firm, founded in 1976. He has served as chairman and member in many law association committees and organizations, including the Oklahoma Trial Lawyers Association, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, American Bar Association, Oklahoma Bar Association, Oklahoma County Bar Association and others. He was active in the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990 and has been the recipient of several awards for outstanding legal contributions.
Abel received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Oklahoma in 1963 and his Juris Doctor Degree from The University of Oklahoma Law School in 1966.
Abel and his wife have four children — three daughters and a son — as well as three grandsons.
District 6 - Blaine, Kingfisher, Canadian, Caddo, Grady, Comanche, Stephens, Jefferson and Cotton counties.
John P. Zelbst
Lawton, Oklahoma
John P. Zelbst, was appointed by Gov. Brad Henry in 2010 to the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation Commission until 2018.
"Wildlife is the peoples' treasure and I'm committed to helping ensure sportsmen and other outdoor enthusiasts have access to their wildlife resources," Zelbst said. "I come from a long ranching background. In fact, my son will be a fifth generation rancher, so I know the importance and value of being connected to the outdoors and environment.
"A concern of mine is that our young people aren't as connected to the outdoors as they used to be and many know very little about the environment. Outdoor recreation and activity leads to a higher quality of life, so it's important we work on getting children involved in the outdoors."
Zelbst has 30 years experience as a trial lawyer and is the managing partner at Zelbst, Holmes & Butler law firm. The firm serves Oklahoma City, Lawton, Edmond, Norman and with the assistance of local counsel, all of the United States. Zelbst' legal career has focused solely on representing people who have been injured, wronged, falsely accused and mistreated.
A member of the Oklahoma Association for Justice (formerly the Oklahoma Trial Lawyers Association), he served as the Association's President in 2000. He also holds the distinction of having secured $24 million in the largest known personal injury verdict in state history.
Along with other professional memberships, recognition and awards, he was awarded the title of Oklahoma Super Lawyer for the years 2006-2010, Superlawyers.com; and is a member of the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, 92nd Edition, Martindale Hubbell and is also Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell.
Zelbst received a Bachelor of Science Degree from Cameron University in Lawton in 1976 and earned his Juris Doctorate from the University of Tulsa, College of Law, in 1980. He is a graduate of and a board and faculty member of the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College, DuBois, Wyo.
Zelbst and his wife, Cindy, own and reside on the U2 Ranch in Meers. They have a son, Clay, and are actively involved in cattle operations on the ranch. He also supports numerous civic and community development programs, and currently chairs both the Comanche County Board of Trustees and the Comanche County Memorial Hospital Trust.
District 7 - Ellis, Dewey, Roger Mills, Custer, Beckham, Washita, Kiowa, Greer, Jackson, Harmon and Tillman counties.
Danny Robbins
Altus, OK
Robert Dan Robbins of Altus, was appointed by Gov. Mary Fallin in 2011 to the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation Commission until 2019.
Born and raised in Altus, Robbins is a fourth generation farmer and rancher whose great-grandfather arrived to the area in 1901. He graduated from Altus High School in 1982 and attended Oklahoma State University. Together with his wife of 22 years, Zina, Robbins farms cotton and wheat on 2,600 acres as well as helps manage several thousand acres of cotton and wheat on family farmland. They also raise Angus cross cattle along the north fork of the Red River. Robbins has two children — Rachael and Daniel — and a grandson named Axel.
Robbins is an avid sportsman. In the late 1980s, Robbins was introduced to deer hunting by his father-in-law and has enjoyed the sport ever since. After years of deer management efforts on his own land, Robbins was able to harvest a Cy-Curtis Award qualifying buck in 2009. Robbins also enjoys hunting turkeys and doves as well as fishing. He once caught a hybrid striped bass that weighed over 20 lbs.
Robbins is a member of Ducks Unlimited, National Wild Turkey Federation, North American Hunting Club, North American Fishing Club and the National Rifle Association. He is also a board member of the Oklahoma Wildlife Management Association and currently serves as chairman of the Oklahoma Cotton Council and Oklahoma Delegate of the National Cotton Council, chairman of American Cotton Producers for Oklahoma, board member of the Producer Cooperative Oil Mill and alternate board member for Oklahoma for Cotton Incorporated. Additionally, Robbins was appointed to the Advisory Committee for Universal Cotton Standards by Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Ed Schafer and has served as chairman of the Altus Chamber of Commerce..
District 8 - Cimarron, Texas, Beaver, Harper, Woodward, Woods,
Major, Alfalfa, Grant, Garfield, Kay and Noble counties.
John D. Groendyke -
Enid, Oklahoma
John Groendyke, who has served on the Commission since 1976, was reappointed by Gov. Mary Fallin in 2012 to serve an additional eight-year term.
Groendyke is chairman of the board for Groendyke Transport, Inc. Founded by his father, H.C. Groendyke in 1932, it is one of the nation's largest motor carriers of bulk commodities serving the continental United States, Canada and Mexico.
John graduated from Wentworth Military Academy where he attended high school and junior college. He received his bachelor of science degree in business from Oklahoma State University.


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A burn was a type of bodily injury caused by fire, extreme heat, phasers, or acid. A plasma burn was an often-serious burn caused by exposure of plasma to the skin. All burns could often be treated by a dermal regenerator.
In 1996, Henry Starling reconfigured The Doctor's program so that he could experience pain and subjected him to a burning sensation that was such that, in a Human, it could only be caused by being on fire. (VOY: "Future's End, Part II")
As a boy, Thy'lek Shran suffered from third-degree burns on over half his body from ice-bores on his homeworld of Andoria after stumbling into a large den of them. (ENT: "The Aenar")
In 2129, a Kantare supply ship crash landed on a planet due to leaking plasma burning through the hull. (ENT: "Oasis")
Enterprise crewman Alex suffered from first-degree burns after a nitrogen valve seal blew while he was working in main engineering. Doctor Phlox was able to attend to the burns by using a dermaline gel. (ENT: "Dear Doctor")
In 2152, T'Pol claimed to a group of Mazarites that V'Lar was suffering from plasma burns and neurological trauma, when in fact she was not. (ENT: "Fallen Hero")
Later that year, a group of Klingon pirates were unable to steal deuterium after an elaborate ploy threatened them with serious plasma burns. (ENT: "Marauders")
In 2153, Charles Tucker III suffered from a second-degree burn on his left wrist while reinstalling Enterprise's deuterium injectors, one of which was polarized when he touched it. Earlier, when a band of Osaarian pirates boarded Enterprise and stole a number of supplies, a crewmember had a disruptor burn after being hit by one of the pirates' weapons. (ENT: "Anomaly")
Spock received second-degree burns from a bolt of lightning sent down by Vaal, when he and Captain Kirk attempted to make contact with the machine in 2267. (TOS: "The Apple")
On the planet Eden, all of the plant life, even the grass, was filled with acid, which resulted in severe burns upon touch, as experimented by Pavel Chekov and Sevrin's follower. Dr. McCoy stated that the clothing (Starfleet uniforms) they were wearing would prevent burning for a while. (TOS: "The Way to Eden")
In 2368, Jean-Luc Picard stated that there were no phaser burns found on the hull of the SS Vico, to which Data stated that the evidence pointed to a disruptor-style weapon attacking the Vico. (TNG: "Hero Worship")
Later that year, Wesley Crusher received second-degree burns to his chest and a multiple fracture of his right arm. Upon hearing this information, his mother, Beverly Crusher, wondered if they had completed the regeneration series and worried because Wesley was allergic to metorapan treatments, and that they would have a bicaridine substitute. She also suggested sending the Starfleet Academy infirmary some information on a new rybotherapy she was working on. (TNG: "The First Duty")
In 2369, Joshua Kelly was found with second- and third-degree burns over most of his body, but they did not cause his death. (TNG: "Realm of Fear")
Later that year, Julian Bashir reported to Benjamin Sisko that Tahna Los suffered from second-degree burns, minor lacerations, and a concussion. (DS9: "Past Prologue")
After "Pup" compromised Deep Space 9's computer in late 2369, a plasma fire began on the station. Kira Nerys had Lieutenant Jones obtain items to treat the people with plasma burns. (DS9: "The Forsaken")
The Klingon first officer Hon-Tihl died of severe weapon burns aboard Deep Space 9 in 2369. (DS9: "Dramatis Personae")
Tumak was suffering from a plasma burn when the Skrreea arrived on Deep Space 9 in 2370. He and Haneek were reluctant to have Julian Bashir treat the wound, but Kira Nerys assured them he would not hurt the boy. (DS9: "Sanctuary")
In an alternate reality, in 2370, Geordi La Forge of the USS Enterprise-D was seriously wounded from a plasma burn after Worf failed to raise the shields in an attack from a Cardassian ship. (TNG: "Parallels")
Later on, Jason Vigo suggested to Bok that he could create a phaser burn on his shirt and send it to Captain Picard, to try to convince him that Bok had killed him. (TNG: "Bloodlines")
In 2371, Doctor Julian Bashir visited Klaestron IV and learned about a new burn treatment technology by the Klaestrons that he felt had to be seen to be believed. (DS9: "Second Skin")
Later on, Jadzia Dax's hands received second-degree burns in Ops after a small force field was emitted while she was reaching for an ODN conduit, due to the counter-insurgency program, which was accidentally activated on the station. (DS9: "Civil Defense")
Seska suffered from burns when a console in front of her, aboard a Kazon-Nistrim raider, exploded. She was treated in the USS Voyager's sickbay by The Doctor. (VOY: "State of Flux")
Frank Darwin of the USS Voyager suffered third-degree plasma burns to ninety-eight percent of his body after being murdered by Lon Suder. (VOY: "Meld")
In 2372, Michael Jonas received second-degree burns to his face and chest after he sabotaged the magnetic constrictors, which damaged Voyager's warp coils. (VOY: "Investigations")
Later that year, a crewman on Voyager suffered from a second-degree plasma burn on his face and neck, after the ship was damaged by proton bursts. The Doctor ordered Kes to treat him with dermaline gel. (VOY: "Deadlock")
In 2373, Enrique Muniz was shot by Jem'Hadar on Torga IV. Benjamin Sisko tried taking a look at his wound, but Muniz shrugged it off, telling Sisko he had worse transporter burns. (DS9: "The Ship")
Julian Bashir suffered plasma burns to an arm and shoulder during a Klingon attack on Ajilon Prime in 2373. Also on Ajilon Prime, an ensign had a phaser burn on his foot after shooting himself so he would be removed from the battlefield with the Klingons. (DS9: "Nor the Battle to the Strong")
Later, Neelix received third-degree plasma burns and a moderate concussion after a plasma explosion occurred at a space station in the Nekrit Expanse. (VOY: "Fair Trade")
After the shuttlecraft Sacajawea crashed on a planet, Chakotay saw phaser burns on the hull, which convinced him the shuttle had been shot down and had not been hit by lightning. (VOY: "Coda")
Later that year, Julian Bashir was scheduled to attend a burn treatment conference on Meezan IV, but was instead abducted by the Dominion and replaced by a Changeling infiltrator. (DS9: "In Purgatory's Shadow")
Shortly after, Klingon officer Japar received plasma burns after a brutal fight with the Dominion, but according to the Changeling impersonating Dr. Bashir, who treated him, they weren't as bad as they looked. (DS9: "By Inferno's Light")
Later that year, a crewmember on Voyager suffered from second-degree burns on her lungs after the Nerada fired on Voyager after being attacked by Harry Kim and caused a plasma conduit to blow. Also injured in the attack was B'Elanna Torres, who suffered from second- and third-degree burns as well as several broken ribs. (VOY: "Favorite Son")
Veer suffered from a minor phaser burn to his upper thoracic region after being stunned with a phaser fired by Tuvok. (VOY: "Distant Origin")
Later on, a holographic version of The Doctor programmed by Seska tried treating Tom Paris for a second-degree phaser burn and instead gave him 20ccs of nitric acid, "a proverbial salt in the wound," according to The Doctor. Following this incident, Paris sarcastically suggested to Tuvok that they could next go to the mess hall and have the holographic Neelix burn his arm with a frying pan. (VOY: "Worst Case Scenario")
Kathryn Janeway received plasma burns while on a Borg cube in 2374, after being hit by an electrical discharge. (VOY: "Scorpion, Part II")
In an alternate timeline, Kathryn Janeway suffered third-degree burns on her body while trying to repair Voyager's navigational deflector in a fire in Deflector Control before the damaged vessel was hit by a moving micrometeoroid field. (VOY: "Year of Hell, Part II")
Later that year, Benjamin Sisko suffered plasma burns during the destruction of the USS Honshu. (DS9: "Waltz")
Later on, a Starfleet officer aboard the USS Prometheus had extensive phaser burns on his body after the ship was taken over by Romulans. (VOY: "Message in a Bottle")
In 2375, Neelix created a fake plasma burn on Seven of Nine. Janeway claimed Seven had third-degree plasma burns to try and deceive a series 5 long-range tactical armor unit who had suppressed The Doctor's programming and taken control of his holomatrix. (VOY: "Warhead")
In 2376, Maxwell Burke examined Seven of Nine on the USS Equinox and told her she had first-degree phaser burns and minor lacerations. (VOY: "Equinox, Part II")
Later, Kathryn Janeway remarked that she slaved over a replicator program for hours to try to create an authentic meal and all she got were second-degree burns after the computer told her the plate was hot. (VOY: "The Voyager Conspiracy")
Later that year, Tuvok received plasma burns to his face after his shuttle was attacked by Penk. (VOY: "Tsunkatse")
In 2378, Tom Paris, assuming the role of an EMH in The Doctor's holoprogram Photons Be Free, scanned an injured crewman on the USS Vortex and announced he had second-degree plasma burns. (VOY: "Author, Author")
Powder burns were types of burns cause by chemically propelled weapons that left residual combustion products on clothing or skin. Constable Odo noted the lack of powder burns on the body of Hector Ilario, despite his being killed by a bullet. Doctor Julian Bashir was unfamiliar with the term – Odo knew it from 20th century crime novels he read. The absence of these markers was eventually found to be due to the fact that the shooter, Chu'lak, used a micro-transporter attached to a TR-116 rifle to beam the bullet into the room where the victim was while he stood elsewhere. (DS9: "Field of Fire")


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