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Eminem - Space Bound lyrics
[Verse 1]
We touch, I feel a rush, we clutch, it isn't much
But it's enough to make me wonder what's in store for us, it's lust
It's torturous, you must be a sorceress cause' you just
Did the impossible: gained my trust, don't play games it'll be dangerous
If you f** me over, cause if I get burnt, I'mma show you
What it's like to hurt cause I been treated like dirt before ya
And love is evil, spell it backwards I'll show ya
Nobody knows me, I'm cold, walk down this road all alone
It's no one's fault but my own, it's the path I've chosen to go
Frozen in snow, I show no emotion whatsoever so
Don't ask me why I have no love for these muh'f**in' hoes
Blood s**in' succubuses, what the f** is up with this?
I've tried in this department, but I ain't had no luck with this
It s**s, but it's exactly what I thought it would be like tryna start over
I got a hole in my heart, but some kinda emotional roller coaster
Something I won't go on so you toy with my emotions, ho it's over
It's like an explosion everytime I hold ya, I wasn't joking when I told ya
You take my breath away, you're a supernova, and I'm a...
I'm a space bound rocketship and your hearts the moon
And I'm aiming right at you, right at you
Two hundred fifty thousand miles on a clear night in June
And I'm aiming right at you, right at you, right at you
[Verse 2]
I'll do whatever it takes, when I'm with you I get the shakes
My body aches when I ain't with you, I have zero strength
There's no limit on how far I would go, no boundaries, no lengths
Why do we say that until we get that person that we thinks
Gonna be that one, then once we get them it's never the same
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You want them when they don't want you, soon as they do feelings change
It's not a contest and I ain't on no conquest for no mate
I wasn't looking when I stumbled on to you, musta been fate
But so much is at stake, what the f** does it take? Let's cut to the chase
'fore the door shuts in your face, promise me if I cave in and break
And leave myself open that I won't be making a mistake, cause I'm a
[Verse 3]
So after a year and six months, it's no longer me that you want
But I love you so much it hurts, never mistreated you once
I poured my heart out to you, let down my guard, swear to God
I blow my brains in your lap, lay here and die in your arms
Drop to my knees and I'm pleading, I'm tryna stop you from leaving
You won't even listen so f** it, I'm tryna stop you from breathing
I put both hands on your throat, I sit on top of you squeezing
'til I snap your neck like a Popsicle stick, ain't no possible reason
I can think of to let you walk up out this house and let you live
Tears stream down both of my cheeks now I let you go and just give
And 'fore I put that gun to my temple I told you this
And I would've did anything for you, to show you how much I adored you
But it's over now, it's too late to save our love
Just promise me you'll think of me every time
You look up in the sky and see a star cause I'm a
I'm a space bound rocketship and your hearts the moon
And I'm aiming right at you, right at you
Two hundred fifty thousand miles on a clear night in June
And I'm so lost without you, without you, without you


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The Center for Student Information (CSI), located in Hillwood Commons, answers all student-related questions about academics, records, registration and billing in one convenient location.
Our professional staff provides personal assistance, on the spot, or can point you in the right direction for help. The CSI also assists students in understanding and navigating the My LIU self-service portal and serves as a referral service to appropriate departments and resources on Campus.
We are always available to help you with any aspect of your student experience when you are not sure which department to approach or need a quick answer to a question.
Each student at LIU Post has his or her own homepage called My LIU. This web-based portal provides you with secure online access to your academic records, financial aid records, unofficial transcript and class schedule. You can use My LIU to register online for classes and monitor your progress toward degree completion. Billing and tuition account information, an online payment option, and notification of any holds on your record are all available on this personalized web page. You can use your My LIU e-mail account to correspond with your professors, classmates, parents and friends. You can also get information about current events and important University news.
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The Kirby Morgan 37 Diving Helmet comes standard with the Quad-Valve™ exhaust system, which has less breathing resistance than the older single valve exhaust while providing an extremely dry hat. This system is recommended for diving in biologically contaminated water. Our SuperFlow® 350 regulator is a proven design that provides excellent breathing characteristics over a wide range of depths. The Kirby Morgan 37 is one of the most popular designs in the world. It's considered the standard of the commercial diving industry, as well as the U.S. Navy. Choose the Kirby Morgan 37 if you want a rugged diving helmet with a traditional design.
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Fort All Armies Preset
Maybe this is just me, but in most of my games (especially chained/adjacent forts) maybe 80-90% of my fortification moves include all my armies on one territory moving to another. So when it prompts you for how many armies you want to fortify, it should assume you want to move all your armies, not just one. You can move it down as easily as you move up, but in my experience, you fort with more armies more often than less. Since a) this would make things a bit easier, as you don't need to scroll down to your correct number of armies, which gets a bit repetitive and b) some of the more enlightened among us can remember the desired number wrong, repeatedly, which can only lead to anger and the general throwing of things.
So, instead of automatically setting the number of armies when you click on a country to fort from to one, why not make it all the armies, akin to when you advance armies after an attack?
Priority: 2 - (non-essential, but should increase ease while not being very difficult to do)
Oh, and I'm assuming this has already been suggested, but I searched and couldn;t find it. Thanks.


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Some odd news reported this week by GateHouse newspapers.
This little piggy went to school KEWANEE, Ill. -- When football players talk about hanging on to the pigskin, they're not usually referring to the live version. But on Wednesday, Wethersfield High School football team members engaged in a little pregame practice on the field, chasing down a pig that had apparently been turned loose in the stadium. Shortly after 7:30 a.m., police received a phone call from school secretary Rose Jackson asking for help in securing a 45-pound pig running around inside the fence at Wethersfield Memorial Football field. Officers Tim Pence, Michael Minx and Jimmy Cable came to join in pursuit of the pig. Pence said police received several offers of help from football players who were watching. The offer was accepted, and after a short chase, Wethersfield wide receiver Mike McIntyre managed to catch the pig. The pig was taken to the nearest available holding facility: the school farm at Kewanee High School. Would you drink sewage water? RIDGECREST, Ca. -- Will it be Perrier or toilet water? Nationwide, cities are seeking alternative water sources to replenish depleting supplies. One idea: Convert sewage into water that's pure enough to drink. It's not a new concept — and in California, it's one that has been rejected before. Mainly because of what has been deemed the "yuck" factor. But with the possibility of water shortages in California's future, at least one city in the state, San Jose, is thinking about moving from toilet to tab. But not everyone is buying into the idea. A few years ago, attempts to reintroduce purified wastewater into the aquifers and rivers for cities that draw their supplies from those sources was met by vehement opposition. A variety of citizens' groups stalled projects in cities from San Diego to Tampa, Fla. The recycled water, if treated properly, is good enough to drink, experts insist. "It's pyschological — a knee-jerk reaction," according to the American Pyschological Association. Don't be surprised if you get a TajTune CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- If the caller on the other end of the line is singing to you with an Indian accent, someone probably sent you a "TajTune." Earlier this year, Inman Square resident Dave Hui launched a new Web site — tajtunes.com — that delivers singing telegrams over the phone from workers in India. It's a new twist on outsourcing, and Hui said the business idea started as a joke. Hui, who graduated from MIT with a business degree, started using administrative assistants in Bangalore, India, to help with his errands, such as setting up doctors' appointments, making restaurant reservations and buying gifts online. One day, Hui was joking with a friend over the business trend of moving unlikely jobs overseas. "She said, 'You better never outsource your friendship to me!'" said Hui. So, as a joke, Hui asked his administrative assistants in India to call his friend and wish her a happy birthday. Instead, the workers decided to sing to her. She was so amused by the call that he sent several more singing telegrams to other friends. Now, the Indian assistants are making calls every day to deliver the catchy singing telegrams for Hui's new business. TajTunes advertises six different singing telegrams on its Web site to say thank you, happy birthday, get well soon, congratulations and "what's up." There's even a singing telegram with a romantic message (a popular pick last Valentine's Day), but the lyrics are always light-hearted. Why did the python cross the road? SARANAC, Mich. -- Officials aren't sure why, but a 25-pound, 5-foot-long Burmese python definitely tried to cross the road in Saranac last week. "I don't know snakes very well, and I don't like touching them," Lt. Michael Seinen said. "It's better to let the trained professionals handle those kinds of things." Enter Chief Animal Control Officer Gordon Douglas of the Ionia Animal Shelter. "Gordy just walked up and grabbed it," Seinen said. Burmese pythons are not native to Michigan. Occasionally, people purchase them as pets, which was likely the case with this python. Sometimes they get away, and sometimes their owners let them go. "Usually what happens is that these animals get bigger and bigger and people get scared or sick of them and turn them loose," Gordon said. "Sometimes they'll just escape." Be a zombie for a day BOSTON -- Zombies are coming the streets of Boston this weekend, and you can be one - or at least dress up as one - all for the price of fake blood. Meet your fellow undead Saturday at noon and march with them - no talking please, only groans for brains - from South Station to Harvard Square. Though it may sound bizarre to the uninitiated, such zombie walks are gaining steam from Canada to the United Kingdom. The largest march to date gathered nearly 900 revenants at a mall in Pittsburgh last year. Like most of the walks, the Boston march has no central organizer. You'll have to glean more details from Web searches. A tip: You can make your own fake blood by mixing corn syrup, water and two parts red food coloring to one part yellow. Noisy bird at center of dispute CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Everyone's had a noisy neighbor at some point in their lives, but how many of those neighbors are less than a foot tall and sound like a truck backing up? That's precisely how Crescent Street resident Doug Cornfeld described his neighbor Ryan. According to Cornfeld, Ryan — the pet parrot of Eustis Street resident Helen Levich — has essentially ruined his summer with its incessant squawking. "It's consistently making noise," Cornfeld told the License Commission Tuesday night. "It keeps me up at night, it wakes me up in the morning. It's totally altered my life. I used to work at home and I no longer do. My wife and I used to eat on our porch every night during the summer, and we didn't this year because of the noise." The commission, which handles violations of the city's noise ordinances, said it would revisit the issue on Oct. 22 if a resolution had not been reached by then. But Cornfeld, who described the offending parrot's call as either "a truck backing up, a broken smoke alarm or a high-pitched 'koo-kee,'" said he'd asked Levich several times since she moved in to the apartment at 36 Eustis St. to either move the bird to a different room or close her kitchen windows. Cornfeld also said he frequently sees the bird in its cage out on Levich's back porch. GateHouse News Service


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Learn more about the value of data visualisation. Tableau's Jock Mackinlay explains why data is inert and worthless without the twin practices of visualisation and storytelling.
This is a quick piece that makes some valuable points. Frankly, I'm not a hard-core data head. Yet I love looking at spreadsheets, bar charts, line charts and other visual displays of data in order to make meaning of the material and spot trends.
There is a whole science to displaying data in meaningful ways (see Edward Tufte's work) that we don't need to go into here. But what I like about this article is that it points to the fact that all the data in the world is meaningless until you can tell the story about what it is saying and what it means.
Storytelling and data go hand-in-hand.
Truly, those of us in the field of business storytelling need to build our data skills. And data-geeks need to develop their storytelling skills. Sounds like a match made in heaven!
Here's another aspect of storytelling that this article alludes to: yes, we all know it takes time to share a story and in this fast-paced world, it is not uncommon to hear "But who has the time?! Just give me the data to share. We've got to get moving!" Ahhhhh -- huge mistake! Taking the time to share a story in the beginning makes projects go much more quickly.
That sounds counter-intuitive, but I experience this phenomenon again and again.
Read the article for additional points on how the marriage of data and storytelling make for better decision making. They are worth remembering.
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Thursday, September 29
Good morning, TexMessagers. Is Facebook reading this over your shoulder?
Facebook is a slightly scary, many-tentacled beast–it's true. Constantly morphing, it lurks unseen beneath the surface of almost everything we do on the web, unfurling tentacles into our obscurest of web haunts to draw back secrets about our lives that we want desperately to keep locked in our hearts.
Facebook acknowledges that it gets that data but says it deletes it right away is either not logged or is used for security purposes or for aggregate statistics. The company says the data is sent because of the way the "Like" button system is set up; any cookies that are associated with Facebook.com will automatically get sent when you view a "Like" button.
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★Stephen Colbert defends Rick Perry's debate skills, sort of
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★ COLORADANS, REP. CHARLIE GONZALEZ HAS YOUR BACK–Rep. Charlie Gonzalez, (D-San Antonio), is standing up for the rights of Colorado voters who they think may have been wronged by that state's Secretary, Republican Scott Gessler. Gonzalez and Pennsylvania Democrat Rep. Bob Brady today sent a letter Wednesday asking the Department of Justice to investigate Gessler, who tried to get a Federal court to block the Denver Clerk from mailing ballots to eligible voters who had not voted in the last election.
"No right is mentioned more times in the Constitution than the right to vote," said Gonzalez, a member of the Committee on House Administration and its Subcommittee on Elections.
"It is the responsibility of every public official to ensure that eligible citizens are not denied that right. Secretary Gessler, instead, has taken steps that could prevent Coloradans' civic participation."
Gonzalez questioned Gessler in when the Colorado Secretary appeared before the committee in March, questioning Gessler's claim that inactive voters needed to be purged from the rolls.
★"CLEARLY THERE NEEDS TO BE A SPECIAL MASTER INVOLVED"–No, folks, Texas Republican Rep. Michael Burgess isn't talking about Pokemon. Burgess–a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee–wants the White House to appoint an independent investigator to look at the Obama administration's decision to approve a $535 million loan guarantee for now-bankrupt solar company Solyndra.
"My opinion is that it should have already happened. It hasn't," Burgess said Monday on Fox Business Network. "We'll see where that goes, but clearly there needs to be a special master involved in the investigation." More>>>
★ GIRLS RUN THE WORLD: Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison spoke at the first all-girls school, the Young Women's College Preparatory Academy, in Houston on Wednesday to give them a warm welcome and a good, old-fashioned girl power shoutout.
"We started in 1993 and it was perseverance and it was a lot of people saying, 'No, no, no, if you do that then they're not going to be able to have the equality of education,' and we said well we want to make sure they have the equality of education and the opportunity to learn in the best environment," Hutchison said at the opening ceremony.
Hutchison was the keynote speaker in welcoming the inaugural classes of sixth graders and ninth graders. In coming years, the school will fill in the grade gaps to round out the missing curriculum in the all-female academy. More>>>
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A cowboy from Texas attends a social function where Barack Obama is trying to gather more support for his Health Plan. Once he discovers the cowboy is from President Bush's home area, he starts to belittle him by talking in a southern drawl and single syllable words.
As he was doing that, he kept swatting at some flies that were buzzing around his head. The cowboy says, "Y'all havin' some problem with them circle flies?"
Obama stopped talking and said, "Well, yes, if that's what they're called, but I've never heard of circle flies."
"Well Sir," the cowboy replies, "circle flies hang around ranches. They're called circle flies because they're almost always found
circling around the back end of a horse."
"Oh," Obama replies as he goes back to rambling. But, a moment later he stops and bluntly asks, "Wait a minute, are you calling me a horse's arse?"
"No, Sir," the cowboy replies, "I have too much respect for the citizens of this country to call their President a horse's arse."
"That's a good thing," Obama responds and begins rambling on once more.
After a long pause, the cowboy, in his best Texas drawl says, "Hard to fool them flies, though."
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★Friday, September 30: Rep. Gene Green is hosting a job fair at the M. O. Campbell Educational Center. Attendees are advised to dress professionally and bring their resumes.
★ Saturday, Oct. 1: Gov. Rick Perry is attending a house party hosted by New Hampshire conservative leader Ovide Lamontagne. It probably won't be a kegger.
★ Tuesday, Oct. 4, 9:30 a.m.: The Senate Budget Committee will hold a hearing on "Effective Congressional Budgeting Strategies" in 608 Dirksen. No member of Congress is expected to attend.
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Having temporarily run out of stories about women being murdered by their boyfriends, last night's Dateline featured a very serious, in-depth interview with weatherman Al Roker about the time he pooped his pants at the White House. Or rather, the interview concerned Roker's long struggle with weight loss, and naturally, because TV cameras were present and this means it's sharing time, Roker related an anecdote about an incident shortly after his gastric bypass surgery, when he was overcome by his own high-pressure system sweeping in over the south: "I probably went off and ate something I wasn't supposed to. And as I'm walking to the press room, [I'm thinking] well, I gotta pass a little gas here. I'm walking by myself. Who's gonna know? Only a little something extra came out."
Dateline's interviewer, Dr. Nancy Snyderman, then helpfully chimes in with a motherly shrug, "You pooped in your pants," to which Roker confirms, "I pooped my pants," adding that he immediately ditched his underpants and went "commando," which is another image for you to think about. Roker says this story serves to remind him to be "very vigilant" about what he eats. It will likely have some effect on your own appetite. [TMZ via Mediaite]


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Pinnacle helps establish new Utah alarm management group
OREM, Utah—Pinnacle Security this week announced it is helping establish a unique industry management association in this state—one comprised of summer-sales model companies like itself.
Jason Knapp, Pinnacle executive VP of financing and the president of the new Alarm Management Association of Utah, told Security Systems News that "this association is going to hopefully be comprised of Utah companies that are in a similar market to Pinnacle, namely the summer sales, door-knocking industry. Our approach to marketing is perhaps a little different from some of the residential security companies. That's the niche that we're trying to fill."
The new organization will be a collaborative resource, through which members can share best practices, and it will provide direction and guidance in the residential security market, according to a company press release.
"The residential security industry represents hundreds of millions of dollars to Utah's economy, provides thousands of Utah jobs and helps families across the country protect their homes, businesses and families," said Kelly Walker, Pinnacle CEO, in a statement in the release. "We are proud of our industry and are creating this association to establish standards and practices that will further build consumer confidence, protect the industry and enable its growth."
The membership of the nonprofit association has yet to be determined. The association's membership and structure are expected to be finalized by the end of the year.
However, Knapp said the founding members, in addition to Pinnacle, which was founded in 2001 and is one of the most established companies in the space, include Utah companies Silverline Security and Vision Security.
Knapp said the new group would "welcome any members who are willing to live by the standards of the association."
The company said that the association's core values include: establishing best practices and sharing ideas in an environment where such topics can be discussed "without violating the confidence of others;" operating ethically; and improving the summer model companies' reputation—coming together "to promote the positive aspects of our industry and establish its professional nature."
Summer model companies over the past few years have received a lot of negative news coverage because of problems with their sales reps. Many of the companies have made strides in addressing those problems associated with door-to-door contract employees. Pinnacle, for example, initiated an organizational culture shift last year to improve its image. Stuart Dean, Pinnacle VP of corporate communications, told SSN that Pinnacle's helping to establish the new association is a "natural progression" of that.
The group plans to hold meetings every other month on topics that will include licensing, installation, tax compliance, technology, customer service, legal issues and attrition, Pinnacle said.
Dean said, "Being a summer sales company we have unique challenges … but the fact that this organization has come together collectively with other companies in our space" around the association's core values … "is a really a good step to help improve some of the issues we face as a group."
Knapp stressed how important Pinnacle and other top residential security companies are to the economy of Utah, noting in a statement that they're "attracting the attention of major private equity partners across the country, reviewing potential acquisitions and building bridges to converging technology markets that will continue to bring revenue and business opportunities."
Even though the companies in the association are competitors, he said, "we can work together to improve our industry and our niche."
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I wonder if they will abide by Florida law and get their sales and technician force licensed per FLA 489.518.?
i ran into one of these "door to door sales and they didn't know their Qualifying Agent or the state law.
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Heavenly Sword was a rewarding, if also very short, game. It remains one of the PlayStation 3's best exclusive titles, with some great cut-scenes, interesting characters, and tense game play. Kotaku is now reporting that they have received some information from a tipster who was in a focus group to discuss Heavenly Sword 2. While we should take this information with a grain of salt, here is the list of things that group members were asked to give their opinions on:
- Heavenly Sword 2 will take place 10 years after the events in Heavenly Sword 1
- The main character will be a male with martial arts background
- The main character will be Kai, but she will be a more mature woman.
- The game will require you to master different martial arts styles before retrieving the heavenly sword
- The game will, instead of button mashing, have controls that utilize an analog stick to go through weapons.
- The game will have downloadable weapons, characters, and enemies to customize your experience.
- The game will be more interactive with the environment
- The game will have you on a storyline with replayable missions, as opposed to an open world
It would be great to see Kai take a more front and center role in the next game. She was a fun and spirited character in the first game, and it would be great for fans of Heavenly Sword to see what kind of woman she grew up to be. There may be a male character as well as Kai, since the first game featured levels that let you play as both Nariko and Kai.
Although Heavenly Sword may not have been a runaway success, it's certainly worth your time to go back and play, especially since you can finish the title in a few leisurely sittings. We'll be keeping our eyes peeled for more information on the possible sequels.


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NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Seventeen Westminster College students, alumni, faculty and staff took a week out of their summer to volunteer at the Royal Family Kids Camp (RFKC) at Camp Kon-O-Kwee/Spencer in Fombell.
RFKC is a week-long camp for children from Lawrence County between the ages of 7-11 who have been abused, neglected or abandoned. During their week at the camp the children participated in fun-filled activities such as swimming, fishing, rock wall climbing and canoeing.
According to the Royal Family Kids' website 3.6 million cases of child abuse, neglect or abandonment are reported annually in America and one of these victims dies every six hours. "The primary purpose of Royal Family Kids' Camp is to give children a week of positive memories in a Christian environment."
Colleen Hannon '97, M '07, associate registrar at Westminster College, has volunteered at the camp for six years. Four of those years she helped as a night time relief counselor by helping to get the children ready for bed, reading books to them and brushing their hair while their counselors went for their only break of the day. This summer was Hannon's second year at the camp full time.
"My first year at the camp as a full-time leadership staff member was incredibly life changing for me. God used a little boy named Brandon to take me completely out of my comfort zone and teach me about unconditional love," Hannon said. "I'm a bit germaphobic and Brandon had been eating an apple, which was very chewed up and slobbered on, there was no apple skin on it at all. He heard the announcement that they were giving the "sharp shooter" awards out and he smiled and told me that he was getting one of those. He started to run toward the stage and turned to me with his apple in hand to give it to me. Without a thought I grabbed it from him. God changed my life in that moment. I was able to see Brandon like God sees each of us. Our lives can be really messed up, pitiful, disgusting, ugly and unappealing, but God sees past that ugliness because of His unconditional love for us."
The mission of Westminster College is to help men and women develop competencies, commitments and characteristics which have distinguished human beings at their best. The College sees the well-educated person as one whose skills are complemented by ever-developing values and ideals identified in the Judeo-Christian tradition. Westminster's quest for excellence is recognition that stewardship of life mandates the maximum possible development of each person's capabilities and for the Westminster community to demonstrate moral and ethical commitments to neighbor, society, and the natural world.
"I am so proud to be a Westminster alumna and employee, and be able to work with so many of the staff and students who give of themselves physically, emotionally and mentally," Hannon said.
Leah Hunter, a senior psychology major, also volunteered this summer. "I was so blessed to have the experience of working at this camp. These children deserve to be labeled as precious and good. When I left the camp I felt a lot of sorrow for what I had and they didn't.
Hunter is a daughter of David and Tawnee Hunter and a graduate of Wilmington Area High School.
"The students leave a lasting impression on you," said camp counselor and Westminster alumna Kayla Rosati Gregorich '10. "The happiness you share with them all week is unforgettable and so is the sadness you share at the end of the week. You hope that the seed you planted in them grows and they never forget the love you showed them."
Rosati Gregorich, who was an early education major at Westminster, learned about the camp through a Westminster classmate. "I was hesitant at first because of the backgrounds of the children, but after receiving more information I knew it was right for me. Participating at the camp during college gave me a better understanding of the diverse population. It put into prospective that these children have no control over the situation they are dealt. They struggle in school because of this. Being involved gave me the realization that I did choose the right profession. I hope the rewards I have gained from camp will carry over into my future classroom. It shows how great our college is and it truly is one of a kind. I truly believe the community would not be the same without the help of Westminster College."
Assistance for the children will continue on the Westminster campus during the fall semester. Students majoring in early childhood/special education will be raising money.
"Donations toward the Royal Family Kids Camp would help equip the staff with resources to make this unforgettable experience possible," said Dr. Amy Camardese, associate professor and chair of the education department. "Campers are not only sent home with gifts, clothing and books, but also with the security of knowing that God is always with them and that they are loved."
To learn more about RFKC or how you can get involved email Beth Pears, director of Lawrence County RFCK, or visit www.royalfamilykids.org .


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Victoria Beckham is clearing out her closet and selling off more than 600 pieces of clothing to raise money for charity.
The Spice Girls star-turned-fashion designer decided to offload pieces from her personal collection after a heartbreaking trip to South Africa earlier this year during which she visited mothers living with HIV.
Beckham's sale includes pieces from designers including Prada and Roberta Cavalli, as well as the white gown she wore to the MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles in 2003, and a number of items from her Spice Girls days.
The sale on Theoutnet.com, which will also feature hats, purses and shoes, will raise funds for Mothers2mothers, a charity set up by Annie Lennox's husband Mitch Besser to help HIV-infected mothers in countries such as South Africa, Swaziland and Kenya.
Beckham says in a statement, "I came back from South Africa and thought, what can I do to help? I started going through my closet and found so many great pieces that I've worn and thought, maybe I can raise money by auctioning these off. … I just want to do whatever I can do."
Last year, Beckham and her husband, soccer legend David, sparked controversy when they generously gave 20 boxes of their designer clothes to a charity shop in London to raise cash for the victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. Ruthless customers exploited their goodwill to snap up items at bargain prices and sell them for a fortune on eBay.


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Friday, January 7, 2011
After 3 months of prep and 500 gallons of blood, sweat and mostly tears, it's finally(Verti)GO TIME!
My brand new solo art exhibition, "VERTIGO: A Decade of Hunting Nightmares" opens at Corey Helford Gallery in Culver City, CA, tomorrow night, Saturday Jan 8th at 7PM-10PM! CLICK HERE to go to Corey Helford's website for all of the gallery info.
Though the details below contain everything you need to know about the show (minus some magical moments that will be revealed at the show on Saturday), they are far from short, but are definitely sweet. Let's start this madness in my favorite activated Wonder Twin power form: SIMPLE QUESTION AND LIST FORM!
1. Q: How much new art will there be?
A: 13 brand new acrylic on wood paintings, plus some crazy installation piece to go along with the "story" of the art show.
2. Q: What do you mean, "story"?
A: I created an in-depth story about a famous game hunter-turned-exorcist that would act as inspiration for all of the visual elements of the art show. If you wanted to know more about the story and about Verti Parker, the game hunter who is the inspiration for the show, you can CLICK HERE to go read Verti's entire origin story that leads into the art show on a website specifically created to share Verti's story, or you can jump down to the bottom of this post and read the way-shorter all new summary of the epic tale!!!
3. Q: Will I get anything for FREE just for showing up?
A: Funny you should ask, because YES! The first 500 people to come to the opening will receive a FREE print of the above image on the flyer! For reals. For free! It is Corey Helford Gallery & my way of saying thank you for helping support my biggest and best show yet. And oh yah, FREE TACOS MADE OUT OF GENUINE MONSTER MEAT COLLECTED FROM VERTI'S HUNTS!
And as an EXTRA bonus, my good friend, director of Hatchet & Frozen, Adam Green, is going to bring a few autographed Hatchet 2 theatrical posters and giving them out to the first 5 people to show up to the show in a Hatchet Army shirt!
4. Q: Why is this show such a big deal to you?
A: Well, all of my shows are big deals to me, but this represents a number of landmarks. Showing at a fine art gallery as prestigious as Corey Helford is something I have never had a chance to do before. Also, for the first time ever, I have painted using acrylics, which is a huge new direction for me. Most of my previous work has been watercolors & inks. And I built all of the wood panels that I painted on by hand, which makes them full of love. There will also be actual artifacts on display from Verti himself, as well as a surprise little monster that may have been unfrozen and shipped over to the show at the last minute. Lastly, Verti's "story" and the whole universe surrounding him and the nightmares is my favorite story I have created to date and I want to share it with everyone in the world.
Also, if you search around the internet a bit, there are a few of the paintings that have already been revealed on various blogs and sites. I have included a couple below, but check out some of these awesome sites for some great articles & exclusive interviews:
AWESOME SCI-FI CULTURE BLOG io9 SHOWS SOME EXCLUSIVE IMAGES FROM THE SHOW
Finally, check out some of the preview images below, but FIRST check out this amazing video teaser shot by the one and only director STEPHEN REEDY & Cinematographer CHRIS SAUL showing a little glimpse into Verti's nightmare hunting world!
Hope to see you all at the opening, wish me luck!
Short Summary of Verti Parker's origin and how I came up with the inspiration for the show:
While in a small fishing village in Finland in 1985, world famous game hunter Caleb "Verti" Parker stumbled upon a strange occurrence that led him to believe that a special composition of music, when played at the correct pitch and speed, could lure nightmares out of the minds of the people who suffered from them and materialize these nightmares into the physical world.
As Verti had grown bored from years of hunting every game animal known to man, the sheer possibility of monsters manifesting into reality from peoples' nightmares excited him. He realized he could hunt these creatures and have entirely new adventures while also helping to rid these nightmares from from the minds of the victims who had been suffering from them. Verti began feverishly researching and testing his theory.
Over the course of many years, he obsessed over sound and created several odd musical instruments which he would test on volunteers who had been experiencing vivid nightmares on a regular basis. Most of his instruments failed, however his most ambitious creation, a specially crafted music box, succeeded beyond his expectations. Verti's theory had been proven correct. As he would turn the crank continuously on the box, a melodically eerie sound pattern would emerge from its speaker and float through the air surrounding Verti's dreaming patient. The frequency of the sound reaching the patient's ears would conjure the nightmare out of thier mind and force it to materialize in front of Verti. From this moment forward, the fight was on...
Verti continued to travel the world with his music box and a small team of associates, exorcising nightmares from those stricken so badly by the visions that their lives had been destroyed. Over the course of ten years, Verti had encountered a wide variety of monstrous creatures, each one offering a new challenge more invigorating than the last.
Because of the nature and secrecy of his work, little official documentation had existed about Verti's adventures and the nightmares he exterminated until Verti crossed paths with Horace Chalem, a self-proclaimed "historian of the extraordinary." Horace and Verti became close friends, and Horace, realizing immediately how "extraordinary" Verti's experiences had been, wrote a 500 page biography documenting Verti's entire life leading up to his unannounced retirement in 2009, when Verti simply packed up his life and relocated without so much as a simple note saying where he had gone. Horace passed away that same year, before he got a chance to publish Verti's biography. When Horace's house was cleaned out, Verti's biography, along with hundreds of other extraordinary historical tales, was sent to Mexico City to be catalogued in "el Archivo de Obras Inéditas" (the Archive of Unpublished Works), where they were to be filed away and likely lost forever. But in June 2010, artist Alex Pardee was visiting Mexico and stumbled upon the Archive, where he ended up spending the entire duration of his trip discovering its numerous strange articles and absorbing as much inspiration as he could from diaries, songs, and other misfit documents that had been long since forgotten. It was there that Alex read Horace Chalem's entire biography of Caleb "Verti" Parker. And it was there that Alex fell in love with Verti Parker's mysterious world of nightmares and made the decision to dedicate the next six months of his life to translating some of Verti's most horrific "nightmare extractions" onto canvas to share with the world in hopes that Verti's discovery and his adventures would find a new life amongst a new audience of people eager to be inspired by the extraordinary.
Corey Helford Gallery & Alex Pardee are proud to present:
"VERTIGO": A Decade of Hunting Nightmares


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Maybe this is a good business opportunity.. body guards for hire to watch charging Teslas. I envision a guy who looks like the late Michael Duncan Clark standing in front of my car with a red Tesla polo and sunglasses (even at night) with his arms crossed. "Go ahead.. reach for the plug."
Perhaps a few exposed wires, extending from the terminals onto the connector body?
This mod could be done so that it is very discrete, at lest form a visual point of view.
This could bring a whole new dimension to the 'rage' :)
That's strange? I only charge at home, but I thought you can't disconnect the charger if the car is locked?
If I had a Nissan Leaf, I think I'd have range rage too. Here in Arizona summer and with the A/C on, I'd probably get about 50-60 miles range with the Leaf. That wouldn't get me to work and back. So yes, if I had a Leaf I would definitely be in a constant state of rage. It's only natural that a raging Leaf owner would get upset at your big, beautiful, comfortable Model S that can drive all over the place without needing a charge!
I wonder what Leaf owners must think and feel when they drive past a Tesla supercharger?
@AmpedRealtor | JUNE 22, 2013: If I had a Nissan Leaf, I think I'd have range rage too. Here in Arizona summer and with the A/C on, I'd probably get about 50-60 miles range with the Leaf.
I'm in AZ too (Tucson) and had a Leaf. In the summer it was a 1-trip car. 60-70 miles range was doable. Sometimes we would take another car in the evening, because at 3.3kW charging rate, we didn't have time to wait for it to fill up. Now with the Model S we go to Pinetop (200mi one way) trip and don't need to worry about range anxiety. Charging at our Pinetop home with the HPWC takes about 3.5 hours, so we could just make it a day trip.
My apologies for being slightly OT...
Is there a network of homeowners with NEMA outlets and/or HPWC connections that publish their contact information anywhere? I think it would be cool to have a "Friends of Tesla" database with a map of homeowners who are volunteering their connections for use by other Tesla owners. That would give us some additional charging options. It would also be a great way to meet other owners!
For instance, I'm going to be getting a HPWC and would like to offer it to other Model S owners who may be in the area or driving through my neck of the woods. Has anyone put something like this together? Or would I register into an existing database like plugshare?
@jtod I like the product but not sure if I'd rather be unplugged or have my car damaged when they can't.
@AmpedRealtor | JUNE 22, 2013: Is there a network of homeowners with NEMA outlets and/or HPWC connections that publish their contact information anywhere?
Check out http://www.plugshare.com
I went to the hardware store, bought a Danger High Voltage sign, and wrote on it "Do Not Touch" with a Sharpie market. I hang it around the charger adapter.
Someone asked what happens if they touch it. I just replied please don't, it's revolting.
"I wonder what Leaf owners must think and feel when they drive past a Tesla supercharger?"
If Superchargers are mostly between cities, Leaf owners will never have the opportunity to see a Supercharger.
This Nissan Leaf "Range Rage" everyone speaks so disdainfully of...you will understand (including myself) when you are at a supercharger waiting for 2 hours or more, when inconsiderate people plug in their Teslas and leave. In our case, you can't even unplug them.
When you have an all Electric, it burns when a plugin hybrid who has anther option, takes up a charger and prevents someone who doesn't have an option. That is the true meaning behind the Nissan Leaf range.
I have run into quite a few people at the Hawthorne supercharger that have experienced being shutout by some people plugged in all day.
Just trying to remind some of you what is really happening...and that you will probably get yours too...as will I
Re-volting? ;p That's a revolting pun.
*rotfl* @ JamesM
@ bt77057 - I have read reports of inconsiderate owners leaving their cars plugged-in at the superchargers for hours on end. That is just not cool. It's a refill station, not a parking garage! Now that I think about it, prior to reading about the issue I had never even considered it as a possibility. Where is the charging police when you need them? LOL
The simplest way to solve the supercharger overstaying issue without having to police them, bother with fines or add billing capabilities is to adjust the charge software so that if someone stays plugged in mor ether 30 mins after they fill then the supercharger reverses to a super discharged and starts selling your power back to the grid whilst locking you out from supercharging use for three hours so you can't just unplug and plug back in.
Unfortunately the most that can be done currently is to leave a nasty note on the offending vehicle. With more Model S' rolling off the assembly lines (mine's coming in August) every day, supercharger congestion is going to become an issue and will require some kind of regulating by Tesla.
On a side note... During the battery swap demo, I noticed Elon made a point of saying we should not be calling them "supercharging stations", but instead we should refer to them as "Tesla stations". I thought that was neat.
@JamesM lol
The SuperCharger at Gilroy or other SC locations where Model S owners park and leave, should have a number of HPWC parking spots where you can park all day and charge.
Tesla Motors could monitor a SuperCharger completion remotely using the vehicle electronics. If all other SuperCharger spaces are filled, then a phone call could be automatically be made to the owners cell phone on file. If the owner fails to move the vehicle, then Tesla Motors could remotely open the vehicle for a nearby (mall, casino, hotel or restaurant) security person to move the vehicle. Towing would not be necessary and the security personnel could handle the infraction as they wish.
If future Tesla Stations have an attendant, then they can handle the problem.
I have encountered a very inconsiderate "S" owner who left his/her fully charged car in the Newport Beach Tesla store charger for 3 hours past the fully charged point (I was there when in blinked fully charged). You will always find rude, inconsiderate, and selfish "chargers" thankfully they are in the minority.
My approach is slightly different. I put a 8x10 size sign in my windshield when I am charging. It says I am monitoring my charging status on my smart phone and I will unplug and move as soon as I am sufficiently charged. I also leave my cell. phone number so they contact me.
Hey, the Leaf is an amazing vehicle. And, so are the owners. My wife got ours four months ago and we absolutely adore it (Her name is Electra). I guess you could say that it's a Tesla-lite. We are all part of the EV Revolution.
And we can't wait to add our S 85 to that other parking space In the garage, due in August.
"Unfortunately the most that can be done currently is to leave a nasty note on the offending vehicle. "
and slash their tires. They will figure it out.
"Unfortunately the most that can be done currently is to leave a nasty note on the offending vehicle."
or also key their paint. Maybe leave a message. NO SC 4 U keyed into their paint near the charging port.
The SuperCharger at Gilroy or other SC locations where Model S owners park and leave, should have a number of HPWC parking spots where you can park all day and charge.
Why would you want to park at a supercharger all day?
On the "lack of charger etiquette" side, I was in a downtown parking garage last week and saw an S parked but not plugged into the charger. Yes, there were open charging spots still, but what a way to give Tesla owners a bad reputation. If you don't need the charge don't park in the EV only charging spot!
I love your idea petero. I should hope everyone figures that one out soon enough.
AmpedRealtor | JUNE 22, 2013
... if I had a Leaf I would definitely be in a constant state of rage. It's only natural that a raging Leaf owner would get upset at your big, beautiful, comfortable Model S that can drive all over the place without needing a charge!
I wonder what Leaf owners must think and feel when they drive past a Tesla supercharger?
As a LEAF owner who is happy with their purchase I can say that we're not all in a state of rage, constant or even intermittent. Driving electric is great and the combination of price and range that suits a need is different for everyone.
I don't begrudge any plug-in the use of a charging station; I only expect that they will have the common decency to unplug and make the station available to others within a reasonable time after their charge is complete.
I admire your Model S, and Tesla's work with the supercharger network and the battery swap program. It doesn't upset (or enrage) me.
Some parking spots are designated for EV charging, and some good spots with chargers for EV parking because they are trying to encourage EV use.
I plug my car into a public charger at the garage near my office in San Francisco. Since I don't come back to the car until the end of the day, the car is usually sitting there fully charged for hours. On occasion, someone unplugs me so that they can charge. I don't have an issue with as long as I wasn't unplugged early. You can tell from the display on the Chargepoint charger if the car is done charging.
It's interesting to hear about range range. I haven't seen that yet from any Leaf owners, and it's the most common car in the EV spots in that garage. In fact, the only times I have been unplugged have been from Volt owners. There are also a surprising number of Telsas there every day. So far, everyone seems to be living in harmony in that garage.
Just wait until the internet arrives!
The idea of 'keying' someone's car over a SC etiquette issue is not really that funny, assuming it was intended in jest.
@docrob Many a truth is told in jest.
Lets all be considerate until enough chargers are on line to meet demand.
I have never used a public charger. Are they free? Public chargers should only be used to get you home. To ensure that that happens, it should cost more to charge at a public charger than it costs you to charge at home. Otherwise, just like every government program or handout, it will be abused, and those that really need a charge to get home, won't be able to get access.
"public charger" is a misnomer, they are not paid for by tax dollars (although sometimes there are incentives).
Some stores place charging facilities in their parking lots to encourage EV owners to visit. They figure if they are going to be there for a while to get a charge, they are going to buy merchandise.
The ChargePoint chargers are definitely more expensive than at home. I've charged away from home only once just to try it out.


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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - The defending Big West Conference champions enter the 2009-2010 swimming season with a positive outlook thanks to their very promising freshmen class. The UC Santa Barbara men's swimming team is aiming for their 29th overall and third-straight Big West title this season.
"We have the best recruiting class of freshmen and transfers ever this year," boasted coach Gregg Wilson about his very deep and young men's swim team.
"The potential in the freshmen and the transfers is like a big vitamin shot for our program. We have kids that are not only going to be finalists in the Big West Conference, but we have individuals capable of making it to the NCAA's this year. It's exciting."
The UCSB men's and women's swim teams have always been a threat when it comes to freestyle events, especially the sprints. Even though Bradley Matsumoto, a Big West Champion and Olympic Trials qualifyer graduated, three of the top five freestylers in the state of California chose to swim for UCSB this season.
Included in that group is Cal transfer, Ryan Hanni, who had a fantastic summer and according to Wilson, "just keeps getting better and better."
The sprint freestyle events will be led by senior Scott Vogelgesang, who competed in the 100 freestyle at the 2008 Olympic Trials.
Distance, however, is going to be a soft spot for the Gauchos. Sophomore Jimmy Gaston has suffered a shoulder injury and it is questionable as to whether he will compete this year.
Senior Brett Chamberlain, who placed eighth in the 100 freestyle, 10th in the 500 freestyle and 10th in the 1650 freestyle at the Big West Championships in 2009, will bring experience to the group. Helping him lead the distance swimmers will be transfer Shane Hurter, from Mt. San Antonio Community College, who has typically swam shorter distances.
"Shane is swimming and working harder than he ever has in his life," according to Wilson.
"Our butterfly events are going to be pretty good this year with our veterans and Max Horell," said Wilson.
Expected to lead the Gauchos in the butterfly events are seniors Chris Wiggin and Danny McClary. Wiggin placed fifth in the 200 and seventh in the 100 butterfly at the Big West Championships in 2009. McClary finished second in the 100 butterfly and second in the 200 butterfly at the Big West Championships.
Senior Travis Jepson will be the leader for UCSB in the breaststroke events this season. Jepson placed third in the 100 breaststroke and fifth in the 200 breaststroke at the Big West Championships in 2009. Jepson also competed in the Olympic Trials in 2008, where he placed 42nd in the 200-meter breaststroke.
Helping Jepson will be freshman Chris Chuck, who is a two-time 100 breaststroke DFAL Conference Champion. Also, Cal transfer Tim Freeman - brother of former Gaucho Katy Freeman - will also be contributing his talents in the breaststroke events.
The backstroke will be another strong point for the Gauchos this season with the sophomores leading the way. Kevin Ferguson who was the 2009 Big West Champion in the 100 backstroke and the 2009 Big West Men's Freshman Swimmer of the Year is competing to uphold his title again this season.
Sophomore Ryan Garcia, who placed third in the 100 backstroke at the Big West Championships in 2009, will also be a threat this season.
Freshman Zack Humphreys, who was an All-American in the 100 backstroke will hopefully be following in his elder's footsteps, allowing for the Gauchos to be very strong for the backstroke events
Individual Medley
Sophomores Ryan Garcia, Evan Simoni and Mitchell Long will be the leaders in the individual medley races this 2009-2010 season.
Garcia, who placed sixth in the 400 IM, Simoni, who placed eighth in the 200 IM and ninth in the 400 IM, and Long, who placed seventh in the 400 IM and 11th in the 200 IM last year at the Big West Championships, will all be returning and looking to dominate in these events again.
Also, freshmen Chris Chuck and Brandon Shilling will be helping the sophomores in the IM events, creating even more depth for the Gauchos.
"I am excited about a couple of relays," said Wilson. "I believe we can get our men's 400 medley relay to the NCAA's and the men's 200 freestyle to the NCAA's.
"I believe we can go as fast as we went last year and that's asking a lot because we lost some strong swimmers; but we have this group of freshmen that will be helping."
Last season, the UCSB men's swim team set a conference and school record in the 400 free relay by over two seconds and also set a record in the 400 medley relay.
The UCSB men's and women's swim teams will host Cal State Northridge and UC San Diego this Friday in a triple dual meet Campus Pool at 12 p.m.


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- By Brandon Keim Email Author April 6, 2012 | 4:30 pm
A controversial new study of honeybee deaths has deepened a bitter dispute over whether the developed world's most popular pesticides are causing an ecological catastrophe.
Researchers led by biologist Chensheng Lu of Harvard University report a direct link between hive health and dietary exposure to imidacloprid, a so-called neonicotinoid pesticide linked to colony collapse disorder, the mysterious and massive die-off of bees across North America and Europe.
The study isn't without critics, who say doses used in the study may be unrealistically high. But the level of a realistic dose is also a matter of controversy, and even critics say the findings are troubling.
"Our result replicates colony collapse disorder as a result of pesticide exposures," said Lu, who specializes in environmental exposures to pesticides. "We need to look at our agriculture policy and see if what we're doing now is sustainable."
Developed in the 1990s as a relatively less-toxic alternative to pesticides that seriously harmed human health, neonicotinoids soon became the world's fastest-growing pesticide class and an integral part of industrial agricultural strategy. In the United States alone, neonicotinoid-treated corn now covers a total area slightly smaller than the state of Montana.
Like earlier pesticides, neonicotinoids disrupt insects' central nervous systems. But unlike earlier pesticides, which affected insects during and immediately after spraying, neonicotinoids spread through the vascular tissues of plants. They're toxic through entire growing seasons, including flowering times when bees consume their pollen.
The first reports of colony collapse disorder came in the mid-2000s from commercial beekeepers, who depending on region have experienced colony losses ranging from 30 to 90 percent. Commercial pollination costs have since skyrocketed, and as wild bees are also afflicted, even naturally occurring pollination is threatened.
Measuring bee declines, however, proved much easier than explaining them. Among a lineup of potential culprits including fungus, mites, viruses, bacteria and pesticides, studies failed to find an obvious, smoking-gun cause — but, piece by piece, evidence against neonicotinoids has steadily accumulated.
Honeybees are clearly exposed to them throughout the year and through multiple environmental routes. At certain times, especially in spring, death often follows exposure, and even non-lethal exposures may disrupt bee learning and navigation. Neonicotinoids also appear to make bees especially vulnerable to certain parasites and may interact similarly with other stressors.
Some European countries, including France, Germany and Italy, have even banned neonicotinoids, though pesticide companies vehemently defend their ecological safety and say concerns are based on inconclusive and premature science.
Lu's study, released April 5 and scheduled for publication in the June Bulletin of Insectology, attempts to replicate the life history of commercial bees, which are often fed dietary supplements of high-fructose corn syrup that may contain neonicotinoid residues that survive processing.
"We tried to mimic commercial beekeepers' practices. I believe one reason that commercial beekeepers are experiencing the most severe colony collapse disorder is because of the link between high-fructose corn syrup and neonicotinoids," Lu said.
In the spring of 2010, the researchers set up four groups of commercially purchased colonies. Each contained five hives, and during the summer months were fed a diet containing either no imidacloprid, what Lu considered a small dose of 20 parts per billion, or a much higher dose of 400 parts per billion.
Colony collapse disorder is characterized in part by bees abandoning their hives during winter, and that's precisely what Lu's team reported in 15 of 16 imidacloprid-receiving hives. While other colony collapse disorder symptoms, such as queens that stay in the hive while workers flee, were not reported, Lu considers the experimentally induced collapse to be realistic.
Reaction to the study was swift and varied.
Bayer, the chemical and pharmaceutical giant that manufactures imidacloprid, issued a formal statement denouncing the findings as "spectacularly incorrect" and "based on artificial and unrealistic study parameters that are wildly inconsistent with actual field conditions insecticide use."
But Jeffery Pettis, a bee biologist at the United States Department of Agriculture, called the results "tantalizing but not conclusive." With only four colonies used per dose level, the study's statistical significance is limited, "but I would love to see this study replicated such that the trends … they observed could be actually validated," wrote Pettis in an email.
Among Bayer's criticisms is that imidacloprid, a first-generation neonicotinoid, is little-used in the United States. It's largely been replaced by newer formulations — but these, said pesticide expert Charles Benbrook of The Organic Center, an organic food research consultancy, are chemically similar to imidacloprid.
"Virtually all our corn seed has been treated with a very similar neonicotinoid," said Benbrook. If the study had been conducted with clothianidin, another controversial neonicotinoid, "they'd almost certainly have found the same thing."
According to Bayer, "analysis from actual field grown corn samples have shown no detectable imidacloprid residues" in high-fructose corn syrup. But Benbrook said that extensive testing by the Organic Center found traces of imidacloprid, but they were impossible to quantify.
"It's very difficult to test for this particular chemical in high-fructose corn syrup. A lot of labs have spent lots of time trying to do it, but high-fructose corn syrup is a very sticky, dense matrix that basically gums up the testing machines," said Benbrook. "That's why relatively little is known about imidacloprid in high-fructose corn syrup."
Separate from the corn syrup issue is how the experiment's imidacloprid doses compared to real-world neonicotinoid exposures from pollen and crop residues. Bee biologist Dave Goulson of Scotland's University of Stirling, co-author of a recent paper on neonicotinoids and hive health, said the doses "seem to be unrealistically high," a critique echoed by Bayer.
But Pettis said the study's lower dose ranges, which were sufficient to destroy the colonies, "were what bees could encounter in the environment." His take was echoed by biologist Christian Krupke of Purdue University, who said the doses "are certainly within the range that bees may encounter in the field."
One way in which bees are regularly exposed to neonicotinoids is through drops of sap that form on the edge of plants. Studies of these droplets have found neonicotinoid levels even higher than those used in the new study, and the droplets can be fatal to bees (see video above).
Another major route of exposure is through dust emitted by air-powered seed planters. Several years before the emergence of colony collapse disorder, neonicotinoid manufacturers started to coat seeds in the pesticides, vastly increasing the amount used in fields. The coatings are partially pulverized inside seed planters and emitted in plumes that appear to be highly toxic. Neonicotinoids also remain biologically active in soil for years and perhaps decades, and it's possible that they seep into roots and throughout plants in ways that haven't yet been measured, said Krupke.
The Environmental Protection Agency is currently evaluating the safety of neonicotinoids, and more than 1.25 million people have signed petitions requesting a ban. In parts of Europe that have already banned neonicotinoids, colony collapse disorder may have slowed, though Krupke said these reports are too anecdotal to consider scientifically reliable.
"If the relationship was as easy as that, we'd have noticed it long ago. There are areas where neonicotinoids are used, but you don't have colony loss," Krupke said. "But what these studies are showing is that because neonicotinoids are absolutely ubiquitous, and we're seeing sub-lethal effects, is that they're stressors. They've softened up the bees for other parasites."
Pesticide risk analysis in the United States has focused too much on whether chemicals are immediately, obviously toxic, said Krupke. "Our way of thinking is fundamentally flawed," he said. "We need to look at sub-lethal effects, and for a longer time period. These pesticides are everywhere, every year. We've never used pesticides in the way we're using them now, where we charge up a plant and it expresses pesticides all year long."
Lu described standing in front of the dosed beehives used in his experiment, and referenced Silent Spring, an influential work that lamented the unintended consequences of bird-killing pesticides.
"The hives were dead silent," he said. "I kind of ask myself: Is this the repeat of Silent Spring? What else do we need to prove that it's the pesticides causing colony collapse disorder?"
Image: Maja Dumat/Flickr Video: A honeybee dies after eating guttation droplets released by corn grown from commercial imidacloprid-coated seeds. (Girolami et al./Journal of Economic Entomology)
Citation: "In situ replication of honey bee colony collapse disorder." By Chensheng Lu, Kenneth M. Warchol, Richard A. Callahan. Bulletin of Insectology, June 2012.


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The case for last night's ugly incident at the end of WWE Raw being a legit shoot grows stronger as a bold individual has stepped forward on his Twitter account to admit punching C.M. Punk in the kidneys, prompting the wrestler to club a nearby fan he appears to have mistakenly believed to have been responsible for the incident.
Cageside Seats brought the full story to our attention. A gent named Dario Teyes seems to be awfully proud of his accomplishment:
Update (4:42 p.m.): WWE has responded in a statement:
During last night's Raw televised event, WWE Superstar CM Punk exited the ring into the stands as part of the show. WWE security was unfortunately not in the appropriate place at the time. Given CM Punk's persona as a 'bad guy,' fans were naturally heckling him, but unfortunately a few fans began shoving him and one struck in him in the kidney and on the back. WWE regrets that proper security measures were not in place, and CM Punk apologizes for reacting in the heat of the moment. Other than this isolated incident, WWE always provides proper security to ensure the safety of our fans and our performers.


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TORONTO - James van Riemsdyk scored on a low wrist shot in the shootout to give the Toronto Maple Leafs a 2-1 win over the New Jersey Devils on Friday night.
Cory Schneider stopped Toronto's Mason Raymond and Phil Kessel before van Riemsdyk's goal. Adam Henrique then fired wide for the Devils.
Maple Leafs goalie Jonathan Bernier bested Michael Ryder and Travis Zajac had Bernier beat but hit the post.
Schneider made a great save on Kessel during a Leafs 3-on-1 in overtime to help force the shootout.
Kessel scored on the power play at 8:12 of the third period to open the scoring.
Ryder tied it on his own power-play score with 4:45 remaining in regulation.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) ? Ondrej Pavelec made 41 saves and Bryan Little scored twice to lead Winnipeg.
Olli Jokinen, Dustin Byfuglien and Devin Setoguchi also scored for the Jets. Andrew Ladd, playing in his 550th NHL game, and Blake Wheeler each had two assists and Jokinen had one.
Little, Jokinen and Byfuglien each scored in the first 8:23 of the game, and Setoguchi made it 4-0 with 3:15 remaining in the first period. It was the most goals the Jets have scored in a period since March 1, 2012, when they had five against Florida.
Byfuglien's goal sent goalie Carter Hutton to the bench after he stopped just five of the eight shots he faced over nearly 8 1/2 minutes. Marek Mazanec, making his NHL debut after being called up from Milwaukee of the AHL on Nov. 5, turned aside 21 of the 23 shots he faced.