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"The concept of peak oil, where the inaccessibility of remaining deposits ensures that extraction rates start an irreversible decline, has been the subject of regular debate for decades. Although that argument still hasn't been settled—estimates range from the peak already having passed us to its arrival being 30 years in the future—having a better sense of when we're likely to hit it could prove invaluable when it comes to planning our energy economy. The general concept of peaking has also been valuable, as it applies to just about any finite resource. A new analysis suggests that it may be valuable to consider applying it to a renewable resource as well: the planet's water supply."
By John Timmer via arstechnica.com
We can probably all agree we take clean, bountiful water for granted. Don't know if anyone saw this, but last week read that Oklahoma City is aiming to bring water from Sardis Lake in southeast Oklahoma, although the Choctaw Tribe and surrounding community are protesting this possibility. Our mayor says we need to set in place water sources now or we won't have enough in 20 years given the current growth rate of the city. So .. wouldn't it be wise for us to put in place a comprehensive water conservation and rainwater harvesting program for Oklahoma City now rather than later?
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COLLEGE POINT, N.Y.—American Integrated Security Group (AISG), a full service security systems integrator, announced in May that it completed an integrated security platform at Tranquility Solar Generating facility in Fresno, Calif.
American Integrated Security Group, a mid-sized integrator with big plans for growth, is at a tradeshow this week called Intersolar North America showing off its remote monitoring services and other tech it has to offer the energy and solar industries.
The show starts today and runs through Thursday at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.
Founded by Honeywell vet Levy Acs in 2007, IASG did about $18 m in revenues last year and Acs told me in March that he had $27 million in the pipeline for this 2013. His goal is to grow the business to a $50- to $100 million business. Here's a story I wrote about the company in March.
In that interview, Acs talked about the solar power market being a major vertical focus for AISG. The company is also working to break into a different energy vertical—nuclear power plants. Specifically, AISG aims to protect nuclear facilities that are owned by those same solar energy companies.
A company statement noted that solar facilities are "typically located in isolated geographic areas with little or no ambient light sources, solar farms are highly vulnerable to vandalism, theft and terrorism." IASG already does a fair amount of work with solar power companies. The company statement said it "secures 2 out of every 3 MW of power generated through solar in North America."
In a prepared statement, Acs said: "The security solutions we design for utility scale solar sites [IP video/intrusion systems with remote video monitoring] provide a high level of security and allow users to gather both operational and critical security data, customize how data is received, and make informed decisions based on the information gathered from these systems."
Stay tuned for an interview I did with Acs for ssnTVnews at ISC West, where he talks about the expansion, expected to be "all organic growth—no acquisitions." I'll be posting the video this week.
COLLEGE POINT, N.Y.—American Integrated Security Group's president, Levy Acs, says one of the most important factors in his system integration firm's rapid growth has been patience.
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"You will not enter Paradise until you have faith, and you will not have faith until you love one another. Do you want me to tell you something you can do to make you love one another? Make it a habit to greet one another with 'Assalaamu Alaykum' – peace be unto you".
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Václav Laurin, a mechanic, and Václav Klement, a bookseller – both of whom were enthusiastic cyclists, began making their own bicycles in December 1895.
Due to a tense political era and a strong sense of patriotism at the end of the 19th century, they named their company Slavia. Beginning in 1899, they began producing motorcycles under the name Laurin & Klement.
At the turn of the century, Laurin and Klement moved to manufacturing cars. The first mass produced car– the L&K Voiturette A - was made in 1905.
The first logo of the L&K Company with lime tree elements symbolizing Slavic nations.
It was used on bicycles and motorcycles of the Slavia brand.
This logo was used on the side of Slavia motorcycles'fuel tanks.
This round logo with the L&K initials surrounded by a laurel wreath was inspired by art nouveau.
It decorated the top of the Laurin & Klement automobile radiators.
The famous winged arrow has adorned the cars made in Mladá Boleslav for almost a century.
Its origin is veiled in mystery and is a source of many legends.
The ŠKODA AUTO logo is perceived as one of the most original and stylistically pure in the world.
The winged arrow is much larger and more prominent in the latest version.
One significant change concerns the wordmark, which moves underneath the picturemark with the winged arrow in a chrome ring.
The inspiration
The commercial director of ŠKODA at the time, Tomáš Maglič, is considered the author of the idea.
A picture portraying a Native American decorating the ŠKODA Plzeň management office around the years 1918–1919 was likely his inspiration.
The visual trademarks
Two variants of the trademark were registered with the Office of Trademark and Design in Plzeň on December 15th, 1923.
The first variant, used in 1924 and 1925, was a winged arrow with a five-feathered stylized wing in a circle with the word ŠKODA.
The second variant showed a three-feathered winged arrow in a circle. The arrow in both variants pointed to the right. This stylistically perfect variant won and has not been significantly changed since.
The author
While it is clear that the design was not the work of an amateur, the author of the ŠKODA logo is not known. First class Czech sculptors Otto Gutfreund or Otakar Spaniel are rumoured to have been the authors.
Much of the historical evidence suggests, however, that the logo was probably the outcome of a competition called by the technical director of the ŠKODA headquarters in Prague, Dr. Ing. Sýkora, who also initiated the registration of the trademark.
The logo with the famous winged arrow first appeared on automobiles from Mladá Boleslav in 1926.
Automobiles have been made in Mladá Boleslav under the brand ŠKODA since 1926.
Even though the company name changed completely, the new logo shares many similarities with the older one.
The round logo is firmly connected with the Laurin & Klement brand. It decorated the top of the radiator.
The word trademark Laurin & Klement first appeared in 1913.
A round L&K logo appeared on the radiators and from 1925 the ŠKODA oval was used.
This logo was used only on car radiators.
Cars produced during the L&K era bore the trademark Laurin & Klement on the radiator until 1929.
This logo was created in ŠKODA Plzeň and the Mladá Boleslav factory adopted it in 1925.
It was used on automobiles until 1995 and on printed materials until 1992/93.
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It's a week after JavaOne 2008 now. I finally have time to post a blog. I've been extremely busy for and before JavaOne: not only with the presentations that I gave at JavaOne, but also because the Java CAPS 6 code freeze was the week before JavaOne.
At JavaOne I gave three presentations:
For Java University (the day before JavaOne), I presented a part of Joe Boulenouar's class "How Java EE 5 and SOA Help in Architecting and Designing Robust Enterprise Applications". In my part I covered ESBs, JBI and Composite Applications.
A technical session: TS-5301 Sun Java Composite Application Platform Suite: Implementing Selected EAI Patterns. I presented this with Michael Czapski, a colleague in Sun's field organization in Australia. He's also the author of the book Java CAPS Basics: Implementing Common EAI Patterns. In this session we went over a number of EAI patterns from Hohpe and Woolf's book and showed that when you use the right Integration Middleware, you use these patterns almost without realizing it.
A Birds-of-a-feather session: BOF-6211: Transactions and Java Business Integration (JBI): More Than Java Message Service (JMS). I presented this with Murali Pottlapelli, a colleague in Monrovia. Since there was interest in the slides that we presented, and because unlike Sessions, the slides of BOFs are not made available by the JavaOne organization, you can download the slides of Transactions and JBI: More Than JMS from my blog. I also recorded the sound using my MP3 player, but the quality of the recording is pretty bad. Nevertheless, I've also uploaded the mp3 of Transactions and JBI: More Than JMS.
What's next? Now that CAPS 6 is almost out of the door, we're going to focus on the next release. Even more than in the past, we'll be doing this in open source. More to come!


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Use this thread to post Articles, Studies or Links that apply to the topic of CCD.
This will allow members to have all supporting data in one place.
This thread is NOT for discussion.
Post supporting data only. Discuss data in other threads.
Use this thread to post Articles, Studies or Links that apply to the topic of CCD.
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Post supporting data only. Discuss data in other threads.
Regards, Barry
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Temporal Analysis of the Honey Bee Microbiome Reveals Four Novel Viruses and Seasonal Prevalence of Known Viruses, Nosema, and Crithidia
Regards, Barry
J Econ Entomol. 2010 Oct;103(5):1517-23.
Weighing risk factors associated with bee colony collapse disorder by classification and regression tree analysis.
VanEngelsdorp D, Speybroeck N, Evans JD, Nguyen BK, Mullin C, Frazier M, Frazier J, Cox-Foster D, Chen Y, Tarpy DR, Haubruge E, Pettis JS, Saegerman C.
Bureau of Plant Industry, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, 2301 North Cameron St., Harrisburg PA 17110, USA.
Colony collapse disorder (CCD), a syndrome whose defining trait is the rapid loss of adult worker honey bees, Apis mellifera L., is thought to be responsible for a minority of the large overwintering losses experienced by U.S. beekeepers since the winter 2006-2007. Using the same data set developed to perform a monofactorial analysis (PloS ONE 4: e6481, 2009), we conducted a classification and regression tree (CART) analysis in an attempt to better understand the relative importance and interrelations among different risk variables in explaining CCD. Fifty-five exploratory variables were used to construct two CART models: one model with and one model without a cost of misclassifying a CCD-diagnosed colony as a non-CCD colony. The resulting model tree that permitted for misclassification had a sensitivity and specificity of 85 and 74%, respectively. Although factors measuring colony stress (e.g., adult bee physiological measures, such as fluctuating asymmetry or mass of head) were important discriminating values, six of the 19 variables having the greatest discriminatory value were pesticide levels in different hive matrices. Notably, coumaphos levels in brood (a miticide commonly used by beekeepers) had the highest discriminatory value and were highest in control (healthy) colonies. Our CART analysis provides evidence that CCD is probably the result of several factors acting in concert, making afflicted colonies more susceptible to disease. This analysis highlights several areas that warrant further attention, including the effect of sublethal pesticide exposure on pathogen prevalence and the role of variability in bee tolerance to pesticides on colony survivorship.
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Iridovirus and Microsporidian Linked to Honey Bee Colony Decline
great idea barry, thanks!
(all by randy oliver, and written from may 2012 - january 2013)
on ccd:
on neonics:
J Invertebr Pathol. 2012 Oct;111(2):106-10. doi: 10.1016/j.jip.2012.06.008. Epub 2012 Jul 20.
Asymptomatic presence of Nosema spp. in Spanish commercial apiaries.
Fernández JM, Puerta F, Cousinou M, Dios-Palomares R, Campano F, Redondo L.
Apicultural Reference Center in Andalusia (CERA), Spain. [email protected]
Nosemosis is caused by intracellular parasites (Nosema apis and Nosema ceranae) that infect the midgut epithelial cells in adult honey bees. Recent studies relate N. ceranae to Colony Collapse Disorder and there is some suggestion that Nosema spp., especially N. ceranae, induces high mortality in honey bees, a fact that is considered as a serious threat for colony survival. 604 samples of adult honey bees for Nosema spp. analysis were collected from beekeeping colonies across Spain and were analysed using PCR with capillary electrophoresis. We also monitored 77 Andalusian apiaries for 2 years; the sampled hives were standard healthy colonies, without any special disease symptoms. We found 100% presence of Nosema spp. in some locations, indicating that this parasite was widespread throughout the country. The two year monitoring indicated that 87% of the hives with Nosema spp. remained viable, with normal honey production and biological development during this period of time. The results of these trials indicated that both N. ceranae and N. apis could be present in these beehives without causing disease symptom and that there is no evidence for the replacement of N. apis by N. ceranae, supporting the hypothesis that nosemosis is not the main reason of the collapse and death of beehives.
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Pretty interesting paper on bees on sunflowers and soybeans in Uruguay. Really explains why bees do poorly on sunflowers treated with neonics. This is the one study I've found that really proves neonics hurt bees. But these hives were also hurt by organophosphates.
Detection of Pesticides in Active and Depopulated Beehives in Uruguay
Colony Collapse Disorder in context
Geoffrey R Williams,1,2,*,* David R Tarpy,3 Dennis vanEngelsdorp,4 Marie-Pierre Chauzat,5 Diana L Cox-Foster,4 Keith S Delaplane,6 Peter Neumann,7,8 Jeffery S Pettis,9 Richard E L Rogers,10 and Dave Shutler2
here is a definition of ccd from the usda/ars:
"The defining characteristic of CCD is the disappearance of most, if not all, of the adult honey bees in a colony, leaving behind honey and brood but no dead bee bodies. This definition has recently been revised to include low levels of Varroa mite and other pathogens, such as Nosema, as probable contributing factors. "
from "Colony Collapse Disorder: An Incomplete Puzzle" updated july 2012
here's a good one:
from the letter:
"As a scientist involved in this debate, I find this misinformation deeply frustrating. Yet I also see that lies and exaggeration on both sides are a necessary part of the democratic process to trigger rapid policy change. It is simply impossible to interest millions of members of the public, or the farming press, with carefully reasoned explanations. And politicians respond to public opinion much more readily than they respond to science."
Will banning neonicotinoids save pollinators?
Lynn Dicks provides some background information and references to support her World View article, published this week in Nature.
On 25 February 2013, the European Union (EU)'s Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health votes on a proposal to ban the use of three widely used agricultural insecticides on crops attractive to bees. They are neonicotinoids - clothianidin, thiamethoxam and imidacloprid. They've been around since the mid-1980s. Often, they're applied as seed treatments and remain in crop plant tissues throughout the plant's life. This means their use is what you might call prophylactic, rather than being in response to pest attack.
The underlying driver for the sudden policy change is the emergence of new evidence showing substantial sublethal effects of neonicotinoids on honey bee Apis mellifera and bumblebee Bombus terrestris colonies at field-realistic doses [1,2,3]. These experiments imply particularly serious implications for wild bumblebee colonies, such as an 85% reduction in new queen production, if they are exposed in the wider environment at the levels tested [3].
Such effects are not considered acceptable risks by the European Food Safety Authority [4]. Even more importantly, they would not have been picked up by the existing regulatory system in Europe, which focuses entirely on honey bees, although new guidance to be published this spring is expected to extend the risk assessment to cover bumblebees and solitary bees.
We know that where measured, wild flower-visiting insects (bees, hoverflies, butterflies and moths) are declining in diversity and many are declining in abundance [5]. We know managed honey bees have suffered serious unexplained health problems leading to substantial colony losses in the US and parts of Europe [5]. And there is clear evidence that honey bees are exposed to neonicotinoids at levels similar to those tested, via crop plants, dust from seed planters and even weeds growing near treated fields, which seem to pick up residues from the soil [6].
The key question is, to what extent are the sublethal effects demonstrated in laboratories responsible for observed declines? This is where the scientific evidence flounders. Proving causal links between pesticide use and either bee declines or honey bee health problems is difficult. We still have no data on the actual exposure of wild pollinators to neonicotinoids, or to multiple pesticides including neonicotinoids, in their natural environment. The foraging behaviour and life histories of flower-feeding insects mean that reported levels of pesticide residue in crop plant nectar and pollen do not equate to actual exposure [7]. Most flower-feeding insects are generalists and opportunists. They feed on a range of available resources, including wild plants and crop plants. Landscape-scale field trials are needed, with treatment and control plots substantially larger than the standard 1 ha (100 m x 100 m), separated by a greater distance than the foraging range of bee colonies, which can be several kilometres. Such research is starting to happen. I know of at least one study recently commissioned in Sweden, but it will take years to come up with results. And so it should.
Current scientific opinion is that pollinator declines are caused by multiple interacting pressures rather than any single threat [5,8,9,10]. Habitat loss, disappearance of floral resources, climate change and disease may all play a part. Pesticides are one of these multiple, interacting pressures. There is no reason to believe that simply removing one group of insecticides, without addressing the other pressures, will solve the problem. It's one step in the right direction.
Lynn Dicks is a Knowledge Exchange Fellow at the University of Cambridge, funded by the UK Natural Environment Research Council
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1 Gill, R. J., Ramos-Rodriguez, O. & Raine, N. E. Combined pesticide exposure severely affects individual- and colony-level traits in bees. Nature 491, 105-108 (2012).
2 Henry, M. et al. A common pesticide decreases foraging success and survival in honey bees. Science 336, 348-350, doiOI 10.1126/science.1215039 (2012).
3 Whitehorn, P. R., O'Connor, S., Wackers, F. L. & Goulson, D. Neonicotinoid pesticide reduces bumble bee colony growth and queen production. Science 336, 351-352, doi:10.1126/science.1215025 (2012).
4 European Food Safety Authority. Conclusion on the peer review of the pesticide risk assessment for bees for the active substance clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam. EFSA Journal 11, 3066-3068 (2013).
5 Potts, S. G. et al. Global pollinator declines: trends, impacts and drivers. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 25, 345-353, doiOI 10.1016/j.tree.2010.01.007 (2010).
6 Krupke, C. H., Hunt, G. J., Eitzer, B. D., Andino, G. & Given, K. Multiple Routes of Pesticide Exposure for Honey Bees Living Near Agricultural Fields. PLoS ONE 7, e29268 (2012).
7 Brittain, C. & Potts, S. G. The potential impacts of insecticides on the life-history traits of bees and the consequences for pollination. Basic Appl. Ecol. 12, 321-331, doiOI 10.1016/j.baae.2010.12.004 (2011).
8 Brown, M. J. F. & Paxton, R. J. The conservation of bees: a global perspective. Apidologie 40, 410-416, doiOI 10.1051/apido/2009019 (2009).
9 Szabo, N. D., Colla, S. R., Wagner, D. L., Gall, L. F. & Kerr, J. T. Do pathogen spillover, pesticide use, or habitat loss explain recent North American bumblebee declines? Conserv. Lett. 5, 232-239, doi:10.1111/j.1755-263X.2012.00234.x (2012).
10 Vanbergen, A. J. & Insect Pollinators Initiative. Threats to an ecosystem service: pressures on pollinators. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment doi: 10.1890/120126 (In press).
Effects of neonicotinoid dust from maize seed-dressing on honey bees
Fabio S GOLASTRA 1, Teresa RENZI1, Stefano DRAGHETTI1, Piotr MEZYCKI2, Marco LODESANI, Stefano MAINI, Claudio PORRINI1
Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie - Entomologia, Università di Bologna, Italy
In Northern Italy from 2000 to 2008, many spring bee mortalities were clearly linked to sowing of maize seeds dressed with insecticides. In the present study, we investigated the effects on honey bees of clothianidin derived from maize seed-dressing (Poncho®) in laboratory (test by indirect contact) and in semi-field conditions. Despite the reduction of dust dispersion due to the application of the best available sowing techniques (pneumatic seeder equipped with deflector, improvement of seed-dressing quality) our results showed negative effect s on honey bees at individual level. In semi-field study, no effect was observed at the colony level despite the high bee mortality rate for 2-3 days after dust application. However, we can expect a colony decline and low honey production if this high forager mortality rate lasts for longer than 10 days. Such a situation is possible if the sowing period lasts several days as in the Po Valley, where the landscape is characterized by extended maize cultivation. Specific methodologies to assess the effects of dust have never been included in the official guidelines for the evaluation of side-effects of plant protection products on honey bees. For this reason, suitable and standardized methods for testing in laboratory and in semi-field conditions the effects on honey bees of contaminated dust dispersed during sowing were evaluated.
... This study is one of those that triggered the call for a ban of neonics in the EU.
DAFNE Project Nr. 100472
Investigations in the incidence of bee losses in corn and oilseed rape growing areas of Austria and possible correlations with bee diseases and the use of insecticidal plant protection products
Projektstart 01.03.2009
Projektende 15.03.2012
AuftragnehmerIn Österreichische Agentur für Gesundheit und Ernährungssicherheit GmbH
WissenschaftlicheR ProjektleiterIn Hofrat Dipl.-Ing. Leopold Girsch
Summing up, the results of the MELISSA-project give evidence that in Austria regional clustered bee damages had occurred in the years 2009 – 2011, which were frequently associated with the use of maize and oilseed pumpkin seeds coated with insecticides, as proved by residue analysis. The strong local component and the accumulation in areas with small-scale structured agriculture indicated special environmental conditions resulting in an increased exposition of honey bees to the identified insecticidal plant protection substances in the affected areas.
Regulatory measures to prevent honey bee losses due to the exposure of bees to insecticidal seed dressing substances have significantly improved the situation. However, repeatedly observed incidences of honey bee mortality in defined regions suggest their systematic correlation with local factors contributing to increased exposure of bees. In addition to considering environmental factors, all measures to mitigate risks have to be implemented invariably and with discipline.
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In situ replication of honey bee colony collapse disorder
Chensheng LU 1, Kenneth M. W
ARCHOL 2, Richard A. CALLAHAN 3
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of
Public Health, Landmark Center West, Boston, MA, USA
Worcester County Beekeepers Association, Northbridge, MA, USA
Worcester County Beekeepers Association, Holden, MA, USA
The concern of persistent loss of honey bee (Apis melliferaL.) colonies worldwide since 2006, a phenomenon referred to as colony collapse disorder (CCD), has led us to investigate the role of imidacloprid, one of the neonicotinoid insecticides, in the emergence of CCD. CCD is commonly characterized by the sudden disappearance of honey bees (specifically worker bees) from hives containing adequate food and various stages of brood in abandoned colonies that are not occupied by honey bees from other colonies. This in situ study was designed to replicate CCD based on a plausible mechanistic hypothesis in which the occurrence of CCD since 2006 was resulted from the presence of imidacloprid, one of the neonicotinoid insecticides, in high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS), fed to honey bees as an alternative to sucrose-based food. We used a replicated split-plot design consisting of 4 independent apiary sites. Each apiary consisted of 4 different imidacloprid-treated hives and a control hive. The dosages used in this study were determined to reflect imidacloprid residue levels reported in the environment previously. All hives had no diseases of symptoms of parasitism during the 13-week dosing regime, and were alive 12 weeks afterward. However, 15 of 16 imidacloprid treated hives (94%) were dead across 4 apiaries 23 weeks post imidacloprid dosing. Dead hives were remarkably empty except for stores of food and some pollen left, a resemblance of CCD. Data from this in situ study provide convincing evidence that exposure to sub-lethal levels of imidacloprid in HFCS causes honey bees to exhibit symptoms consistent to CCD 23 weeks post imidacloprid dosing. The survival of the control hives managed alongside with the pesticide-treated hives unequivocally augments this conclusion. The observed delayed mortality in honey bees caused by imidacloprid in HFCS is a novel and plausible mechanism for CCD, and should be validated in future studies.
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Influence of dinotefuran and clothianidin on a bee colony
Toshiro Yamada Kazuko Yamada Naoki Wada
Graduate School of Natural Science & Technology, Kanazawa University
Multiple Routes of Pesticide Exposure for Honey Bees Living Near Agricultural Fields
Christian H. Krupke,1,* Greg J. Hunt,1 Brian D. Eitzer,2 Gladys Andino,1 and Krispn Given1
Populations of honey bees and other pollinators have declined worldwide in recent years. A variety of stressors have been implicated as potential causes, including agricultural pesticides. Neonicotinoid insecticides, which are widely used and highly toxic to honey bees, have been found in previous analyses of honey bee pollen and comb material. However, the routes of exposure have remained largely undefined. We used LC/MS-MS to analyze samples of honey bees, pollen stored in the hive and several potential exposure routes associated with plantings of neonicotinoid treated maize. Our results demonstrate that bees are exposed to these compounds and several other agricultural pesticides in several ways throughout the foraging period. During spring, extremely high levels of clothianidin and thiamethoxam were found in planter exhaust material produced during the planting of treated maize seed. We also found neonicotinoids in the soil of each field we sampled, including unplanted fields. Plants visited by foraging bees (dandelions) growing near these fields were found to contain neonicotinoids as well. This indicates deposition of neonicotinoids on the flowers, uptake by the root system, or both. Dead bees collected near hive entrances during the spring sampling period were found to contain clothianidin as well, although whether exposure was oral (consuming pollen) or by contact (soil/planter dust) is unclear. We also detected the insecticide clothianidin in pollen collected by bees and stored in the hive. When maize plants in our field reached anthesis, maize pollen from treated seed was found to contain clothianidin and other pesticides; and honey bees in our study readily collected maize pollen. These findings clarify some of the mechanisms by which honey bees may be exposed to agricultural pesticides throughout the growing season. These results have implications for a wide range of large-scale annual cropping systems that utilize neonicotinoid seed treatments.
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Exposure to clothianidin seed-treated canola has no long-term impact on honey bees.
Cutler GC, Scott-Dupree CD.
Department of Environmental Biology, Ontario Agricultural College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1. [email protected]
We conducted a long-term investigation to ascertain effects on honey bee, Apis mellifera L., colonies during and after exposure to flowering canola, Brassica napus variety Hyola 420, grown from clothianidin-treated seed. Colonies were placed in the middle of 1-ha clothianidin seed-treated or control canola fields for 3 wk during bloom, and thereafter they were moved to a fall apiary. There were four treated and four control fields, and four colonies per field, giving 32 colonies total. Bee mortality, worker longevity, and brood development were regularly assessed in each colony for 130 d from initial exposure to canola. Samples of honey, beeswax, pollen, and nectar were regularly collected for 130 d, and the samples were analyzed for clothianidin residues by using high-performance liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry detection. Overall, no differences in bee mortality, worker longevity, or brood development occurred between control and treatment groups throughout the study. Weight gains of and honey yields from colonies in treated fields were not significantly different from those in control fields. Although clothianidin residues were detected in honey, nectar, and pollen from colonies in clothianidin-treated fields, maximum concentrations detected were 8- to 22-fold below the reported no observable adverse effects concentration. Clothianidin residues were not detected in any beeswax sample. Assessment of overwintered colonies in spring found no differences in those originally exposed to treated or control canola. The results show that honey bee colonies will, in the long-term, be unaffected by exposure to clothianidin seed-treated canola.
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I don't know why seagulls frequent the Kmart parking lot in Westfall, but they have for as long as I can remember.
I don't know why seagulls frequent the Kmart parking lot in Westfall, but they have for as long as I can remember.
Are they attracted to the Delaware River behind the plaza? Is that enough water to attract a flock of seagulls? I don't know.
Through the years, I have spent too much time worrying about seagull cholesterol levels as folks occasionally feed them cold French fries from Wendy's and now Jake's Way Back Burger in the same shopping complex. You know, the one where Fashion Bug (may it rest in peace) used to be.
A vehicle zipped into the parking lot there Friday. The driver opened the window and dropped a half eaten Subway sandwich roll in the parking lot and sped away.
It was a drive-by feeding. Seagulls from all directions dove for the single wad of bread.
The bird that got to it first tried to take flight, but the other birds bombed his beak bounty and he dropped it. Other seagulls had similar experiences. Some were able to lift off the ground, barely, because it was heavy. But the hungry flock knocked it out of beak after greedy beak, and rushed to the fallen treat.
Squawking. Pecking. Flapping. It was every bird for himself.
And then, the whole flock changed its strategy at once. The bread was left on the ground and they all tore into it. Like piranhas of the sky. Crumbs flying everywhere. Everyone who participated got at least a bite.
We humans sometimes approach projects like a flock of seagulls on a big hunk of bread.
Human nature sometimes makes us want to lead projects, come up with the most creative ideas, and, if we can get it off the ground, hog all the credit.
But this week, I ran into a number of folks who have learned how to work so well as a team that they don't get much credit. And they should.
The Milford Enhancement Committee is a group of volunteers that work to make the Milford an appealing place.
The committee is responsible for new sidewalks, curbing, landscaping and historic-style pedestrian lighting throughout much of the commercial district.
The nonprofit group's work is funded by more than 1,000 people, plus state and local grants. No local tax dollars are spent on improvement projects.
Working together, bit by bit, they have made Milford more charming and more walkable.
The committee held its annual community workshop this week, with speeches from Committee Chairman Richard Snyder and representatives from other like-minded groups including the Milford Garden Club; The Historic Preservation Trust; Black Bear Film Festival; Milford Business Council; Milford Music Festival; Pike County Chamber of Commerce and economic development; Pike County Power and Light; Pike Historical Society; Pike Library Board and Friends of the Library; Safe Haven of Pike County; The Marie Zimmermann House; Grey Towers and the Pinchot Institute; and the National Park Service.
That long list represents a lot of volunteers. Most are thinking in the same general direction. It is a credit to the Milford Enhancement Committee that in addition to the work it does on local infrastructure, it also facilitates this annual meeting between groups.
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Important News Break! Please read
Our most pressing news as of September 2015, something I hope all readers might read before searching other pages on this site. Due to severe illness with Dr. Maxwell's, our CEO, senior producer, director, and script writer, wife and he having to spend practically 24/7 taking care of the needs of his wife, all projects other than "The First Lady President" have been temporarily been suspended.We might even consider selling the script for the "First Lady President" out right if someone can go ahead and produce this film, as there has never been a better timing for a film release. Please go to "Breaking News" page @ http://www.maximavisionsproductions.com/breaking_news_updates__events and go down to "Breaking News" and then go to http://www.maximavisionsproductions.com/productions and go down to the film "The First Lady; President" The Altered Three Act Break Down to check out what this film is all about.
At present we do not know how long this might last. However, Dr. Maxwell is still serving as Chairman of our Board & CEO for our company as well Chairman & CEO of his ministry Hope Retreat International. Due to this illness of Mrs. Maxwell, both Dr. Maxwell and his wife are actually staying at one of the ministry's retreats. We are still accepting scripts that Dr. Maxwell will be deciding upon and after this illness passed we will take a look at producing these scripts into feature films or television productions. While Dr. Maxwell is spending this time taking care of his wife, and not in production, he has plenty of time to read scripts. Thus, this is a wonderful time to have him take a look at your script.
We are also attaching to our production company our very own in house academy of cinema/television & the performing arts modeled from the old studio system where everyone begins as a go-for (an intern) learning the whole business of film making from the ground floor up. Please scrowl down to our "Academy of Cinema/Television Nashville" page.
Also; Huge investment opportunity with a chance to actually own a piece of this whole company including a piece of the academy! Opportunity to have 50% ownership of company for just a half million investment! Please go to our "Nashville Investment Opportunity" page. Also able to invest as little as just $5,000 and still own a piece of the action! Full business proposal available upon request.
Maxima Vision is committed to the production of quality redemptive motion pictures, stories that matter, stories that have at least a redemptive message of hope for a hurting world, films which have a positive impact in shaping our culture verses negatively using the power of the mediums of film and television, which has shaped our culture since the creation of the moving picture.
We are just as committed to the professional training of the talent necessary to produce such quality films and television productions, especially the number of films and television productions we will be producing each and every year in Middle Tennessee. At present we have two major investment groups, one of which has already committed funding four feature films or television productions every year over the next five years.
Ask any professional in the film or television industry how difficult it is to obtain the funding for a feature film or television production. Any pro will tell you it is next to impossible, and if possible, it is like pulling teeth! No one in Nashville is even producing a film per year, let alone cranking out four feature films or television productions each and every year, not until now. Maxima Vision has secured such funding. However, this much funding does not come without requirements. Our investment group demands that we put together a data base of individuals like yourself who has a real passion for films and television and who possess the willingness to become as professional as possible, or already have such experience.
We are seeking now those residents in Middle Tennessee, those individuals who have such experience. We are seeking not only actors who have done major speaking roles, but also full production crews, from producers, directors, script and screen writers, Dp's, lighting personnel, electric, set decorators, hair and make-up artist, editors, to those with experience in marketing and distribution. We need to put together two complete production crews to enable us to always have at least one film in pre-production, one in production and one in post year round. Dr. Randall Maxwell, who brings his 35 years experience in Hollywood and Wilmington NC in the film industry to Nashville to direct this Nashville Operation.
If you are one of those individuals who already have the professional experience necessary to produce quality films and television productions, now is the time to get your working resumes to us to be considered working for our company. If you are an actor, you will also need to send us your professional head shots. You may do so if you are an actor, sending your resume and photos to our Casting Director, Kris Shapard at his direct email at email@example.com. If you are crew, please send to Dr. Maxwell's direct email at firstname.lastname@example.com. You may want to scrawl down past the next several paragraphs, as they pertain to our professional training. Pages to the rest of our site are further down as well. The same applies to anyone interested in securing us for any of your professional production needs.
Nashville; Music & Movie City USA
If you do not have this necessary professional experience, yet still have a real passion for film and television productions, we have also made it easy for you to also get involved in this exciting arts form of film making. Our academy of cinema/television is unlike any other film school, as our academy has purpose, and that purpose is to have a continuous source of new committed, professionally trained individual talents who can go directly to work for our production company after training. Not that you must come to work for us, as after training you will be more than qualified with professional training, as you will have actually worked on at least four real feature films in your chosen discipline that you can put on your resume, that you can practically chose the production company you want to work for anywhere in the US or abroad. Any other film school you simply are given a certificate or degree and wished the best.
You can now choose to participate in any of our certificate programs and pursue your dreams of making a living in the exciting world of film making. You may choose the discipline of acting, producing, directing, script & screen writing, editing, business of film making, basic film production, camera operator, director of photography, animation, any discipline within the collaborative art of film making. This is a two year certificate program with the top 50% of our graduating class being offered a two year paid internship with our production company, giving you a working resume in your chosen discipline where you can continue working for Maxima Vision Films or choose practically any other production company within the US or abroad. We are taking now registrations for fall 2014 now.
At our new facility, we also offer all kinds of workshops in all disciplines to give you a chance to check them all out so you might make an informed discussion in deciding which best suites you. These workshops also get you working immediately with our professionals who are making movies each and every day. These workshops can be either taken over weekends, camps, taken one day a week at 3 hour classes, or two days at 1 hour and half, both of which you will also be involved in a three hour workshop on the weekend at our production facilities. These workshops begin at age 12 through adult workshops.
Example of interview and dramatic monologue read with one of our casting directors.
Which girl did it right? Was either really prepared as a professional should be? If you are an aspiring actor, you need to at the very least know how to prepare for a casting interview, as you only have one shot in this business to get it right!
Do you know how much work goes into the production of a film or television production? There are numberous test shoots and rehearsals for each and every scene.
Do you at least have professional head shots? This is an absolute in this business & like preparing you for a casting interview, these are all a part and included in any of our camps, workshops and classes.If you are an aspiring actor? You will also get your own professional demo reel as a part of your tuition.
Professional Photos all as a part of your tuition in any of our camps, workshops and our Academy of Cinema/Television Consortium. You will also get your own demo reel. Remember, a demo reel is just what the name implies, it is a demo of your acting abilities. A professional demo reel should not be enhanced with special affects or audio. Below are a couple of examples of demo reels.
Dr. Maxwell Lecturing in one of his classes
We have also begun working with local Christian private schools and churches in Middle Tennessee and bringing these workshops directly to your own school or church. At your own school or church, we can even make available a after school program for the cost of basically any other after school program, but you are learning what you are passionate about, making movies. Each of these programs will ultimately produce a short student film that you may use on your resume for your chosen discipline, entered into competition with other Christian schools and churches in our upcoming 2015 film festival. The good ones will also be developed into web series.This festival will be full of cash and prizes, including a first place prize of a full scholarship at our Academy of Cinema/Television & The Performing Arts Consortium!
Dr. Maxwell teaching his students on becoming the character
Examples of student shorts
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************If your own school or church has not yet chosen to participate with one of our programs, let them know now how passionate you are about film making and that you want them to consider as a extra curriculum activity one of our workshop programs.************************
In the event you are already a professional in the film industry, now is the time to get your resume, professional photos, and demo reels into our production offices, as we are putting together now a data base of local talents that will enable us to produce four feature films or television productions each and every year.. Please do not pad your resume!!! We are not interested in the number of times you have had an extra spot in a film, or even a speaking role in a student film at some film school. We will only hire those who are truly professional. As mentioned, we are as committed to quality product, films that will help to shape our culture positively, as we are to hiring as much local talents as possible. We are absolutely committed to producing such quality that in the near future that anyone who has any interest in producing a redemptive story idea, there is only one logical solution as to what company one is to come to for producing such a product, and that is Maxima Vision Films. By being a part of such a company, this ultimately will only enhance your career as well, as others in the future who might perhaps be consider hiring you, they will know if you have been a part of a Maxima Vision Production, you are the professional they are seeking.
Example of an endowed student film
"Humble Pie" A Regent University Endowed Student Film. Randall Maxwell and Rebekah Hunter of Maxima Visions did the Still Photography.
To View the film please follow this link;
OK, so, you have a need for a professional production, whether it be a video of your wedding, including professional photography, a television commercial for your company, maybe a training video, a professional music video or a story idea you have you want to see one day on the silver screen, we can help. We feel after viewing how serious we are about those talents we hire above, you will realize how serious we are in producing for you the most professional production money can buy. Call us today to discuss your idea.
Come now to get involved in our celebration of our opening up our home office in Nashville, Tennessee. Get involved now with a company who is committed to harnessing the power of the mediums of film and television to help shape our culture positively verses negatively, as Hollywood has for decades. Let's make a difference together! Let's do this thing! Making Nashville known not only as "Music City USA" but also "Music & Movie City USA." We know this will not happen overnight, but will take time with dedicated individuals like yourself and Maxima Vision Films & Academy of Cinema/Television, those who are serious about a career doing what we all love doing and committed to using the power of the mediums of film and television to shape our culture positively, those who are serious about leaving a legacy in the film and television industry. If you are one of these individuals it is time for us to talk now! Call us now at (615) 603-7509(615) 603-7509 to discuss where you fit into the vision!


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Welcome to the Registrar's Office
The Registrar's Office is responsible for maintaining the accuracy and integrity of all student academic records such as transcripts, enrollment verifications, and degree certifications. Transfer courses, advanced standing courses, and credit for advanced placement exams and the international baccalaureate are posted to a student's academic record upon approval of Clark's Academic Advising Office.
The Registrar's Office operates and maintains the CUWeb product, which allows all current Clark students to register online for classes each semester; to view unofficial transcripts, class schedules, grades, and biographic and financial information; and to make payments via electronic check to their Clark student accounts. We also oversee all aspects of the registration process for Clark students taking courses at Clark or in approved Clark Study Abroad programs.
Other responsibilities include recording academic-related information such as a student's major(s), minor(s), concentration(s), and faculty advisor(s). The Registrar's Office reviews the academic records of all undergraduate students in the second semester of their junior year to ensure that all degree requirements have been or will be met prior to graduation.
Please click on the individual tabs that appear above for more detailed information on course offerings, academic calendars, etc. Links to CUWeb can be found in the second paragraph and under Additional Resources.
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The Indiana Pacers' Roy Hibbert unexpectedly got a front row seat to a wedding proposal during his dinner Sunday at Mastro's Steakhouse.
The two-time NBA All-Star – who appeared earlier that day at the Fanatics Authentic Sports Spectacular at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont – was dining with teammate George Hill when a man at a nearby table got down on one knee and proposed to his girlfriend.
Hibbert took a photo of the wedding proposal and posted it on Instagram for his 121,000-plus followers to see.
"Dude just (proposed) to his gf right in front of me at (Mastro's)," Hibbert wrote on Instragram. "…Such a cute moment!"
Hibbert was so excited about what he had just witnessed, he picked up the couple's dinner tab, according to a Mastro's spokeswoman. The Pacers face the Bulls Monday at the United Center.
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A mammogram is an x-ray image of the breast. It is used to help detect and diagnose breast diseases. Mammograms are used on women and men who have symptoms of a breast problem, such as a lump. However, a routine screening mammogram is recommended for women beginning at the age of 40 with no symptoms.
The Nova Scotia Breast Screening Program operates a number of screening centres across the province with the largest being at the Halifax Shopping Centre. Other screening locations are are at most hospital sites within the province. It also operates a mobile screening mammography service which travels to 30 sites throughout the province.
Location, hours and contact information
If your doctor refers you for a mammogram because you are having symptoms of a breast problem, the following locations are available. If you want to go for routine screening, please contact Nova Scotia Breast Screening Program.
Aberdeen Hospital
Tel: 902-752-7600 ext 2920
Monday to Friday: 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
Tel: 902-567-7778
Monday to Friday: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Cobequid Community Health Centre
Tel: 902-869-6102
Monday to Friday: 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
Tel: 902-893-4321
Monday to Friday: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
Tel: 902-667-5400 ext 6156
Monday to Friday: 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Dartmouth General Hospital
Tel: 902-465-8318
Monday to Friday: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
South Shore Regional Hospital
Tel: 902-527-5227
Monday to Friday: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
Tel: 902-867-4500 ext 4281
Monday to Friday: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Valley Regional Hospital
Tel: 1-800-565-0548
Monday to Friday: 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
Tel: 1-877-742-2571
Monday and Friday: 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Tuesday and Thursday: 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Wednesday: 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
How do I get an appointment?
Women or men that have symptoms of a breast problem should to go to the family doctor and get a referral.
Women over the age of 40 with no breast problems or implants may self-refer by calling the numbers below. Please have your health card number ready when you call.
HRM: 902-473-3960 or Toll-Free: 1-800-565-0548
Wait times
There are 2 separate wait time lists for mammograms with Nova Scotia Health Authority/IWK. DIagnsotic mammograms (when you already have symptoms & seek early detection) and and Screening mammograms (when you have no symptoms & seek early detection).
Current average wait times for a diagnostic mammogram in Nova Scotia can be found HERE.
Current average wait times for a screening mammogram in Nova Scotia can be found HERE.


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Miley Cyrus: Starbucks Stop with Liam Hemsworth!
Miley Cyrus and her fiance Liam Hemsworth hold onto their drinks while leaving a Starbucks shop on Saturday afternoon (December 22) in Toluca Lake, Calif.
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The terms VGA, SVGA, XGA, SXGA, UXGA etc., all relate to the resolution a monitor supports.The video format is the same despite the different designations and as an example a UXGA monitor can Display resolutions from VGA all the way up to UXGA. In all cases they use the same HD15 connector (below images) and VGA and SVGA cabling.
Regardless of what resolution a Monitor or Video Card is able to support, they are commonly referred to as just being VGA, the naming conventions listed above never really caught on with the general public and thus even the most High End 3-D Graphics card from Companies like NVIDIA or ATI will have what they term a VGA port (in addition to a DVI port in many cases) even though the card may output resolutions greater than 1920 x 1440.Some High End Monitors support resolutions up to 2048x1536 @ 79Hz, which is still part of the same Multisync format and is backwards compatible to lower resolutions. Most High End Monitor Manufacturers don't mention VGA, SVGA etc at all, they typically refer to Monitors as CRT's, LCD's or Plasma Displays and list the maximum resolution that they support and at what refresh rate.
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It's been too long since we've posted a new recipe for the Garden to Kitchen page. Oh we talk about it from time to time and vow to be more diligent, but… you know, stuff happens and suddenly it's been months. We're not promising an end to this procrastination, but here's at least one more addition to the files.
This Spelt Honey Bread is really delicious and it's great for those of you who might not be able to tolerate wheat in your diet. Spelt is an ancient grain that still contains gluten, so it's not for anyone with strong wheat allergies. But if you're on the less reactive side like I am, this bread might be friendlier to your digestion.
For a long time I thought I might never be able to eat yeast-raised bread again, but I've been eating this bread for a couple of months now. Being able to once again have warm bread fresh out of the oven and slathered in butter is heaven for me.


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Here's the pinout:
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34 Way Connector on HxC = 14 Pin DIN Atari ST Floppy Connector
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2 Density Select =
4 Reserved =
6 Reserved =
8 Index = 4 Index Pulse (yellow)
10 Motor Enable A = 8* Motor On (dkbrown*)
12 Drive Sel B = 6 Drive 1 Select (purple)
14 Drive Sel A = 5 Drive 0 Select (dkgreen)
16 Motor Enable B = 8* Motor On (dkbrown*)
18 Direction = 9 Direction In (orange)
20 Step = 10 Step (grey)
22 Write Data = 11 Write Data (pink)
24 Floppy Write Enable = 12 write gate (ltblue)
26 Track 0 = 13 Track 00 (ltbrown)
28 Write Protect = 14 Write Protect (ltgreen)
30 Read Data = 1 Read Data (red)
32 Head Select = 2 Side 0 Select (white)
34 Disk Change/Ready =
Any Odd Pins = 7 + 3 Logic Ground (black + dkblue)
Colours refer to the wires in my ST floppy cable. No idea if these are universal, but it may speed up your continuity checking a bit!
* Both Motor Enable A and B are connected to the ST's Motor On (makes sense to me!)
I couldn't find the ST floppy 14 pin DIN connectors anywhere (if I could I would have run a recycled ribbon cable into the DIN connector), so I bought an ST male-male drive cable and cut it in half!
For the 34 pin connector I used the following parts from Digi Key, which came to a quite crazy $6, but I couldn't see a simpler or easier way of doing it:
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Qty | Digi Key # | Manufacturer # | Description
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1 | OR981-ND | Omron XG5M-3432-N | CONN DBL ROW SOCKETS 34POS AWG24
2 | OR943-ND | Omron XG5S-1701 | CONN SEMI-COVER 17POS FOR XG5M
The USB to floppy power connector was built from some spare parts:
I first tried it with my 520STM as both drives A and B, worked fine. When I plugged it into my Mega STE with the same settings it worked the same way and I could even boot from it! I unplugged the internal drive as it was making noises. So no need for an A/B switch, if you don't mind temporarily losing the internal floppy when the HxC is acting as A. Could build an adapter and switch that disabled the power to the internal floppy instead I suppose.
Jumper settings for HxC as both drives A and B:
Jumper settings for HxC as external drive (HxC thinks it is 'A' which is the default on power up, ST sees it as 'B'. Only 1 jumper is connected, the one on the right is just half plugged in so I don't lose it):


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I've the NetworkManager service is installed and started under Linux desktop. The applet is running. The NetworkManager can display available network hardware and wireless networks. But, I'm unable to add VPN support as the Add tab is greyed out. I need to use both PPTP and Cisco vpn clients. How do I fix this problem under Debian or Ubuntu Linux?


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Doctor Who's season premiere and COPPER's third episode deliver BBC AMERICA its highest-rated weekend ever
Doctor Who's season premiere delivered BBC AMERICA's highest-rated telecast ever in Live + Same Day and #1 in cable in its time slot on Saturday, September 1
COPPER's series premiere delivered BBC AMERICA's highest-rated telecast ever in Live +7 Day on Sunday, August 19
New York – September 5, 2012 – Before the summer officially came to a close, BBC AMERICA's Doctor Who and COPPER earned record ratings for the channel. The all-new season of BBC AMERICA's hit sci-fi series Doctor Who, which premiered on Saturday, September 1, delivered the channel's highest-rated, most-watched telecast ever in Live + Same Day. Doctor Who delivered 1.555 million viewers and 723,000 A25-54. The series ranked #1 in cable, excluding sports, among A25-54 in the Saturday 9:00pm-10:00pm time slot.* The Doctor Who premiere and the third episode of BBC AMERICA's first original series COPPER helped BBC AMERICA achieve its highest-rated weekend ever.
Last month, the series premiere of COPPER delivered the channel's highest-rated telecast ever in Live+7 Day total viewers. On Sunday, August 19 at 10:00pm ET, the premiere episode delivered 1.805 million total viewers and 859,000 among A25-54 in Live+7 Day. Based on Live+7 Day, COPPER's first episode delivered a cumulative 2.754 million total viewers and 1.273 million A25-54.** COPPER continues to be BBC AMERICA's highest rated drama ever, delivering over a million total viewers each week.
Perry Simon, General Manager, Channels, BBC Worldwide America commented: "The one-two punch of our returning hit series Doctor Who and our first original drama COPPER combined to set a new weekend ratings record and deliver our most watched telecasts in our history. Taken together with our most-ever Emmy® nominations and our increased distribution, it feels like BBC AMERICA is clearly a network on the move."
The new season of Doctor Who, from lead writer and executive producer Steven Moffat and executive producer Caroline Skinner, sees the Doctor (Matt Smith), his companions Amy Pond (Karen Gillan) and Rory Williams (Arthur Darvill) and numerous friends on their latest escapades through space and time. The premiere sees them kidnapped by the Doctor's oldest foe, The Daleks, and in the coming episodes they'll save a spaceship full of dinosaurs, don Stetsons in a Wild Wild West adventure, puzzle an unexpected invasion of Earth and, in the mid-season finale, race against time through the streets of Manhattan for Amy and Rory's heart-breaking farewell. Doctor Who is a BBC Cymru Wales Production for BBC One. Doctor Who premieres every Saturday, 9:00pm ET as part of Supernatural Saturday.
COPPER, from executive producers Academy Award®-winner Barry Levinson, Emmy®-winner Tom Fontana, Academy Award®-nominee Will Rokos and Cineflix Studios President, Christina Wayne, follows Detective Kevin Corcoran (Tom Weston-Jones), a rugged Irish immigrant cop, as he seeks justice for the powerless in 1864 New York City. COPPER is a Cineflix (Copper) Inc. production in association with BBC AMERICA. COPPER is created by Tom Fontana and Will Rokos. Executive producers include Levinson, Fontana, Rokos, Wayne, Jim Finnerty, Sherri Rufh, Sam Berliner, Sally Catto and Katherine Buck. In this Sunday's episode, Corcoran uncovers a new piece of evidence that provides clues about his daughter's mysterious death and wife's disappearance. As he investigates the trail behind this new discovery, he finds a tragic personal link to a current murder investigation of one of Five Points' most infamous women. Copper premieres every Sunday, 10:00pm ET.


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Dartmouth-Hitchcock to launch 'virtual clinic'
LEBANON, N.H. -- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center is partnering with nonprofits and state labor departments to capitalize on technology driven changes in health services.
The hospital will train and hire 20 medical assistants and 10 pharmacy technicians to staff a virtual clinic that will review medical information gathered from patients remotely.
The hospital is working with Vermont HITEC, a nonprofit education center that tailors job-training courses to meet existing demand from employers.
Dr. Ethan Burke, director of primary care and population health at Dartmouth Hitchcock, says the hospital will use the program to expand options for patients.
"We're reverse engineering these positions to fit the needs of our primary care system," Burke said.
The cross-border training program has support from vocational training nonprofits in the Granite State as well as Vermont and New Hampshire labor departments and the U.S. Department of Labor.
The virtual clinic will allow Dartmouth-Hitchcock to increase use of remote medical sensing equipment for patient care. The devices will monitor the patients' medical conditions remotely and will reduce the need for patients to visit the hospital.
Telemonitoring and telehealth communications have the potential to reduce hospital admissions for patients with complex or chronic conditions by making it easier for people to share their medical information with clinicians, according to hospital officials.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock's virtual clinic will use telemonitoring and telehealth to supplement existing services. Telemonitoring remotely tracks patients' health indicators such as blood pressure or heart rate and "telehealth" allows medical providers to provide health-related services through telecommunications technology.
The technology makes it possible for a doctor to send information to clinicians without a patient visit. The virtual clinic could also monitor vital signs and reduce home health costs for seniors by only sending a nurse when the data indicates there is a problem.
"We're asking 'why does the patient always have to come to us, and are there some things that can be done remotely that will add value or improve outcomes,'" Burke said.
Burke said patients who use the virtual clinic would have the same privacy protections as people who visit the hospital.
Vermont passed a law this year that requires Medicaid coverage for telemonitoring by home health agencies or other qualified providers. The law is an acknowledgement of the potential for telecommunication technologies to improve health care delivery.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock is working with Vermont HITEC, which will provide a 10-week training seminar for 30 applicants to the program. The deadline to apply is July 27.
Gerry Ghazi, president of Vermont HITEC, says applicants do not need prior experience in health care or telecommunications to participate in the training.
"We tell the employer that we guarantee the trainee will have the competency to fill the position when they complete the course," Ghazi said. "Every successful graduate has a job the next day."
Vermont HITEC works with the departments of labor to promote the trainings through direct mailings, state job link sites and notices on unemployment sites.
After an orientation that includes and aptitude assessment, there is an initial round of interviews with Vermont HITEC. Following a second round of interviews with the employer, candidates are selected to participate in the training course.
The trainings are unpaid, but the organization can offer support services to help people complete the course. If a participant does not complete the course the position goes unfilled.
"In the end it takes an individual that really wants to improve themselves," Ghazi said. "Most of them in a case like this don't have any health care experience."
Starting pay for the virtual medical assistant and pharmacy technician positions will be $14 an hour with potential to earn up to $17 an hour after a one-year apprenticeship. The positions all include a benefits package.
Since 1999, Vermont HITEC has helped roughly 1,000 people in Vermont and the Upper Valley find jobs through targeted trainings.
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