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It is these two iconic images from the game between the current champions Spain and the Netherlands in the ongoing FIFA WORLD CUP 2014 which have formed the theme of the strip.The strip celebrates the extraordinary performance by the 'Flying Dutchman' and the disastrous sinking of the 'Spanish Armada' during the game.
June 13,2014,Arena Fonte Nova,Salvador.
Spain ,the defending World Champions, are lined up in their opening encounter against the Netherlands, the team they humbled at Johannesburg to win the crown in 2010.Current form and the fact that 7 of the 2010 squad in South Africa form part of the present Spanish team under manager Vincent Del Bosque makes the Spanish team an overwhelming favourite to win the match 'hands down'.
90 minutes later… The Spanish Armada has been sunk!
Mercilessly pounded by the Dutch and mauled beyond recognition of their world beating aura the Spanish football team was decimated. The final scoreline ,5-1 for Netherlands, was the worst result for a defending Champion in FIFA World Cups.Its all over for the Spanish and the team seems to have lost its midas touch and worse still their claim on retaining the World Cup at FIFA 2014. The entire Spanish team failed but it was one man, their Captain and talismanic goal keeper Iker Casillas ,who took the biggest fall at the biggest stage of world football.
And this piece is all about him…he was the biggest success for the world beating Spanish teams from 2008 onwards and on this fateful day he was more responsible than the others for debacle at Salvador.He.was.most certainly The Humpty Dumpty equivalent in the match…who too had a great fall in the iconic nursery rhyme.
At the start of the game, fresh from a Champions League victory, Casillas would have been smug in the knowledge that he had already 'thumped' most of his European opponents many times over.But it was going to be 'a Eureka moment' night for him when at the end he would be acknowledging to himself that he was better off being a baker or a grocer rather than a 'keeper' with Spain 's all conquering football team and that after almost 15 years of top flight football!
Before the Netherlands scored its first goal Casillas was 44 minutes away from bettering Walter Zenga's record of not conceding a goal for 528 minutes at the World Cup. And prophetically at the stroke of 44 minutes into the match, Dutchman Robin van Persie scored and shattered the first of the many illusions that Casillas may have harboured for the game (he was denied the record by 44′). And from here on started Casillas' s very own and customised 'nightmare at Elms street'.
In fact such was the helplessness of Casillas after the first goal that his immediate reaction may have been to applaud and congratulate the striker as there wasn't anything else that he could do.He would have probably done that had he secured his grocer's job in Madrid prior to coming for the World Cup at Brazil!!!
After Arjen Robben had blitzed past Casillas in the 53rd minute to score the second goal for Netherlands a strange stupor seems to have set into Casillas.It seemed he suddenly had a vision that Robben was actually Frank Rjikaard from the 90s and that they had conspired to do the unthinkable ie score against the 'unparalleled' San Casillas!
It is now that Casillas realised that Robben and Persie were the very characters his mother had told him about in the bed time stories way back as a kid! His fears were back!
He seemed to have lost his confidence and thereon he was easy picking for the mischievous elves of Scandinavia who had descended in hordes, wearing blue, on the hapless Casillas on a night which was supposed to bring him glory and not accursed luck. He failed to parry a simple chance offered by de Vrij in the 65th minute and Spain were trailing 1-3!
The transformation of Casillas from 'keeper' to 'shocker' was about to be completed when he lost the ball during a regulation backpass and saw van Persie (the one whom he knew from the stories as a child😎) steal the ball and make it 1-4.
Lying sprawled and cringing within, all that Casillas could do was probably admire the shoes that Persie was wearing and being thankful for the soft turf under his body for after this he was only going to be between rock and a hard place when it came to his future with Spain and it's football team.Some say that it's at this point that Casillas started looking for a safe exit route from the stadium, one which would skirt the change room of the Spanish football team ,and lost his composure!
Having lost his focus (and preoccupied with the thoughts of escape and re employment) Casillas allowed himself to be fooled by Robben and found himself wrong footed while the Dutch striker fired into an empty goal…
With this the meltdown of Casillas was complete and he could only sink to his knees to feel the soft turf( watching Robben celebrate) and to give one last look to confirm the alternate exit route which happened to be a hole in the earth beneath his very feet!!!
The 'sank-on-his-knees' look made for a terrific selfie but as 'San Casual'was busy getting busted the entire world's media lent him a hand (or a shutter) in immortalising the moment.
Casillas had now realised that the chill going down his spine was nothing else but the fear of tackling his girlfriend Sara Carbonero. No naughty thoughts please (we are Indians) , Iker was feeling performance pressure (yes!! ) but of a different kind . Carbonero , an attractive sideline sports commentator, (also voted the sexiest in the world) had once left Casillas tongue tied after Spain's opening game defeat to Switzerland during the FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa.Well, Cassy baby it's time to answer the same question again (and she is not going to be asking about marrying her) which she posed way back in 2010, "How did you muck it up?"
And to help you out with what you said back then "I don't know if this defeat will have consequences. The dressing room is fed up. "
You are lucky Casillas you know what she is going to ask you and better still you know what to answer as well.(Wish you'd had even a slice of this luck in the game though)
Casillas was candid in the post match media interaction when he said that "I am the first one to ask for forgiveness".Was it that he actually realised his game was up (for sale😎…buyers ??) or had hit up on a PR campaign idea to start on a massive dollop of public sympathy for his re employment bid once he was thrown out of the team or guillotined for sinking Spanish hopes at FIFA 2014.
Admittedly ,Casillas had had a tough and lack lustre 2014 where he had not been the #1 keeper for Real Madrid and had been a famous member of the bench during the course of the La Liga.( Had he spent that time acquiring vocational skills his situation may have been redeemed while he sank on his knees on June 13th).But he had been the "Special One' when it came to the Copa Del Ray, the Champions League and even the Confederation Cup with the National team.So nothing that had happened in the years gone by had suggested the dismantling of the invictus Casillas Castle in such a humbling manner.
The fall from grace is even greater when seen in perspective of Casillas ' career. He had been a part of the Spanish teams which had won the UEFA European Under 16 Championships in 1997 and the FIFA World Youth Championship in 1999.He became the youngest ever player to play in the Champions League finals when he played for Real Madrid in May 2000.Soon after he broke into Spain's senior football team.
In his first four years he helped his club win two league titles, two Spanish Super Cups, one UEFA Super Cup and the final of the Champions League against Bayern Leverkusen in 2002.He was instrumental in ensuring back to back league titles for Real Madrid in 2007 and 2008.He won another Spanish Super Cup title in 2008 as well.And starting 2007 he figured in the UEFA Team of the Year for six straight years. He went on to win another league title Spanish Super Cup in 2012 and a famous 'Decima' for Real Madrid in 2014 just before the 'Carniball' ( FIFA World Cup 2014) in Brazil.
With the Spanish national team he played a stellar role in their 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cup campaigns.Was handed over the captaincy after the 2006 World Cup and helped in ending the major title drought for the 'La Roja' by winning the 2008 European Championships and following it up with the victory in 2010 FIFA World Cup and successfully defending the title in the 2012 European Championships.
So in spite of Casillas losing his place in the Real Madrid starting line up pist 2012 partly due to a fractured finger and partly due to a fractured relationship with Jose Mourihno his past record suggested that he was the 'go to' man for the Spaniards in a major tournament such as the FIFA 2014.His penalty saves against Italy and Portugal in 2008 and 2012 European Championships and his breathtaking saves to thwart Arjen Robben and Netherlands in the FIFA 2010 championship and 10 consequetive clean slates in knock out matches were testimony to his big match temperament.
And then on June 13th,2014 he ran into Robin van Persie and and Arjen Robben who ended his dreams and destroyed his legacy as an all time great.
It is on account of the iconic status of Casillas, the Spanish football team- the La Roja- and the spectacular effort of the Dutch team in dethroning the Spaniards from there high pedestal that the Amul strip features their collective saga.
The strip shows two caricatures, both Amul girls, pitched against each other with the one in blue leaping and scoring over a bamboozled goal keeper in fluorescent green. The caricatures depict the iconic images of van Persie and Casillas respectively from the Spain vs Netherlands game in FIFA 2014.
The tag line…Dutch ke rehna re baba! ..is a taken on the popular Bollywood number 'Bach ke rehna re baba'…simply implying be safe and beware – there is danger lurking!And it was lurking for Casillas in the form of the Dutch duo of Persie and Robben.
The Punch Line… Truly Breadtaking.. is a tribute to the breathtaking goal and display by the Dutch players in particular van Persie for his extreme athleticism in scoring the acrobatic equaliser for Netherlands.The impact of that strike was such that it threw the 'La Roja' and Casillas in such disarray that thereafter they conceded a goal every ten minutes – 44′,53′,65′,72′ & 80! Breathtaking display indeed.
After this game many predicted the end of the era of several magnificent players from Spain including Casillas. Heeding the advise of the millions of analysts ,including his girlfriend Sara, Casillas has already posted his CV in numerous job portals with his credentials for having 'safe hands' being highlighted. After this match only those who do not follow football will fall for that one…and there aren't many of that tribe!Particularly so in Real Madrid who have already started looking beyond Casillas.
So it's curtains for you Iker. Don't forget to roll over to break the fall!
And who's that we see you walking into the sunset with..Arjen Robben. .The Elf …all I can say is …Dutch ke rehna re baba !!!


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There's no class in highschool on learn how to not be a shitty boyfriend or girlfriend. One can't have personal relationship with Jesus as one cannot have personal relationship with Moses or some other lifeless person. They spend much time attempting to convince family and friends that the harmless spouse triggered the issues that led to their coupling. A broken household relationship is a broken house, a dysfunctional house, and no one ought to be pressured to endure the trauma that transpires there. Planning includes reviewing the current state of affairs and producing a plan that can enable the organisation to satisfy its established targets and objectives (Selley, 2009). Whether a particular guy she's gone relationship with sees her as marriage material/long-term relationship or not.
A relationship must be made of affection and sympathy, but instead if there's punishment and concern; it is time to move on. The issues 'Have The Relationship You Want' has that different books don't is that it helps you to make DEEPER modifications that stick for all times. Disagreeing is part of life, and constructive debates and discussions are indicators of a healthy relationship that lets you be taught from and bond along with your different. However, by getting the issues out into the open, you may greatly improve your possibilities of enhancing the relationship. Although each relationship can't be saved, it's always a great possibility get back on monitor by fascinated with these questions, when your relationship requires a restore.
You may seek for forums dedicated to personality problems – communities the place one can ask for practical advice and shared data from particular person perspectives and private experiences. If your reply is that you simply wish to unleash the hounds from hell every time your companion goes out with someone, then that's jealousy and my advice to you is to think about staying in this relationship. In most instances, men start a relationship as a game and in the event you reveal all your self to them, they'd unfastened interest in you simply. When you achieve this, he will choose to take the relationship to the following level with out hesitating, however you have to release some roadblocks first. This could be very upfront and retains you in actual and direct contact, making it really feel as if the relationship actually isn't over for good.
A comparatively clear indication that he's desirous about coming back is when he severely desires to talk in regards to the breakup and ways how the relationship might need labored better. I'd merely prefer to encourage you not to look at a relationship for less than how one can be made comfortable, but how one can contribute to a cheerful surroundings. These people are not seeking a relationship from you, however see you as an object. It is a type of safety and hiding behind it within the 'consolation zone' it puts around you is counter to a meaningful relationship.
Gossip is not a productive solution to handle problems, and can lead to additional problems. Also for those who discover your companion unresponsive to all of your efforts of bridging the communication gap, then maybe she or he is just not dedicated sufficient in the direction of the relationship. Learning more about how healthy relationships work or reading about strategies that show you how to get on prime of your relationship woes may be all you want. Cheating is a horrible factor in any relationship and it is one thing that may by no means be repaired or made up! I would like to have a healthy, nurturing relationship but I find most women uninteresting. It's additionally the best way to repair a relationship that has skidded off the tracks by way of trust.

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'Walking Dead' Dissection: Robert Kirkman Talks the Perils of War
[Warning: This story contains spoilers from Sunday's "Home" episode of The Walking Dead.]
Consider the score tied on AMC's The Walking Dead.
During Sunday's "Home" episode, Rick continued to see visions of Lori (hello again, Sarah Wayne Callies, all dressed in white) while a charged Glenn attempted to take the fight with the Governor into his own hands.
Speaking of the Governor (David Morrissey), the leader of Woodbury enacted what can only be the first part of his plan to exact revenge on Rick's group at the prison in a bloody gunfight that left poor Axel (Lew Temple) dead. During the gunfight, Rick (Andrew Lincoln) receives some incredibly well-timed help from Daryl (Norman Reedus) -- who took a stand with his brother and returned with Merle (Michael Rooker) to the prison.
The Hollywood Reporter caught up with executive producer Robert Kirkman, on whose comics the AMC zombie drama is based, to get the scoop on the Dixon brothers' return, the battle rounds between Rick and the Governor and how the attack will impact everyone's favorite beleaguered sheriff.
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THR: Maggie (Lauren Cohan) pushes Glenn (Steven Yeun) away. Is she trying to protect him by pushing him away?
Kirkman: There is a little bit of that going on. These are two characters that are very much in love, but have both suffered extreme trauma being put into a situation where they're pretty much helpless and not being able to do anything about it. It weighs on the psyche in a big way, and both of them are lashing out in ways they'll regret -- and that they wouldn't normally do -- just because they're dealing with so much trauma.
THR: Daryl and Merle were abused by their father, and the former stands up to his big brother to have them head back to the prison together. Can we expect to see Merle to follow more of his lead?
Kirkman: I like the fact that Merle is such an unknown; you never really know what he's going to do. He's certainly going back with Daryl, and what comes of that is a big question. That's the beauty of Merle: You just don't know what he's going to do at any time. He could join the group with Rick. He could go back to the Governor. He's very much an X factor.
THR: Will we learn more of the Dixon brothers' past? Might we see flashbacks to their relationship pre-apocalypse?
Kirkman: I'm not going to speak to the flashbacks, but the scene where Daryl's back, and having it be this touching moment between he and Merle, these are two very gruff characters who don't often exhibit those kind of emotions toward each other. Merle was very concerned for his brother and hadn't known that he'd endured those things. There's a little bit of history there, and you get to see another level of their relationship. There will definitely be more of that kind of stuff coming up.
THR: Daryl and Merle return just when Rick needs them most. How will Merle's presence at the prison go over with Glenn, Maggie and the rest of the group?
Kirkman: I would say not well (laughs). Merle is definitely complicit -- and all the things that happened with Glenn and, to a lesser degree, Maggie. He's not a good guy, and they know him to not be a good guy. There's going to be huge conflict inside the prison when we come back to the next episode.
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THR: Axel dies a quick and heroic death. How will that and Daryl's return affect Carol (Melissa McBride)?
Kirkman: It's important to note that sometimes the death on The Walking Dead has to be very sudden, it's not always this huge set-piece or this big to-do. People can just go as quickly as Axel went. That keeps people on their toes, and goes to illustrate exactly how dangerous things are. Carol is really being put to the test here. She's going to have Daryl, which is something of a good thing for her, but she's not having an easy time with this. It did certainly seem like there may be something brewing between her and Axel, but that was taken away from her. So we'll see how she deals with that moving forward.
THR: The Governor has now attacked Woodbury. How will that push Rick and Glenn to take action?
Kirkman: There's no question right now as to whether or not Woodbury is going to attack and whether they are a formidable force. Those questions have been answered. That was very much a show of force and a test in a lot of ways, more than it was an actual attack. It was a Trojan Horse filled with zombies -- you move in, you check some things out and then you retreat. The Governor got some really good intel from that, but also, Rick and Glenn know exactly what they're up against. Things are going to be a lot more heated moving forward.
THR: How will Andrea (Laurie Holden) respond to knowing that the Governor attacked the prison?
Kirkman: This is not something she's going to be too happy about. She has this relationship with the people in the prison, and that's what we'll be exploring in the next episode. She knows that there are good people in Woodbury. It's not as cut-and-dry as people might think it is. A reunion with Rick's group is going to have a lot of tension. These were people -- from her perspective -- who left her behind, and she did have a tough winter with Michonne, and she does have conflicting emotions regarding Michonne. Things are going to be pretty interesting next episode.
THR: Could we see her attempt to play peacekeeper or just leave Woodbury?
Kirkman: It could go either way. You may have hit the nail on the head in one of those possibilities, I wouldn't want to say which (laughs). But she could go peacekeeper. She could give up. She could side with one or the other. But these are all questions that will be answered next episode.
THR: How might the Governor respond to her efforts?
Kirkman: He's extremely suspicious of her. He knows she has ties to this group that he's going after. The Governor is not an unintelligent guy; he knows how to manipulate and manage people. He's going to be pretty on top of the situation and managing it the best he can -- and whether or not he's able to foresee whatever Andrea might do, or how that's going to affect his conflict with the prison, remains to be seen. He will be using all the tools at his disposal, Milton included, to keep a stranglehold on this community.
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THR: Michonne (Danai Gurira) and Merle both earned their place in the group. Will their roles help Rick change his mind about Tyrese (Chad Coleman) and his group?
Kirkman: It's entirely possible. That's a central theme to this season: What you need in this world -- whether you need to be alone and secure or open and with people and finding more people for security. That's something that we'll be exploring quite a bit moving forward.
THR: Rick has confided in Hershel (Scott Wilson) about his visions of Lori and Shane (Jon Bernthal). Will the sharing of the news and the attack help end those?
Kirkman: It's certainly possible that it will continue to get worse. Hershel is really someone who Rick is able to confide in, and now he's someone far more aware of the situation than he was before. We know that Rick is in a bad place, and the question now is how this activates Hershel and what he does moving forward now that he has this information.
THR: Might we see Hershel turn to Carl for help managing Rick?
Kirkman: How Carl plays into all this -- with his father in the state he's in -- is going to be revealed very soon. We're going to be doing some interesting things with that guy.
What did you think of the battle between the Governor and Rick's camp? Hit the comments with your thoughts. The Walking Dead airs Sundays at 9 p.m. on AMC.
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Lately "Mental Health" has been getting a lot of play. There's a Mental Health Foundation page on facebook that promises to help you manage stress. I've been listening to some of the speakers on Recovery 2.0, an innovative conference on addiction and recovery organized and facilitated by Tommy Rosen. I even wrote a piece for Muse in the Valley during Canada's "Bell Let's Talk" week on how yoga helps me with PTSD. I recently had a Twitter convo with Ben King of Armor Down, discussing how he came to found this revolutionary organization for helping soldiers armor down after deployment.
So perhaps you'll forgive me a moment of confused frustration with the term "Mental Health." In Ancient Greece, there was no distinction between mental and physical health: activities benefitting and destroying your body were assumed to have corresponding effects for the person's mental function and outlook, and visa versa. Sometime after the Enlightenment, when we stopped referring to "humors" to explain illness, we began to look at physical ailments as a class separate from purely "mental" ones. The shift was complete by the time Freud adopted the diagnosis of "hysteria" for his female patients suffering from a variety of symptoms. Though even he used physical images to describe what he surmised was causing his patients' suffering, and much of it came down to disorders of the "nervous system," these were used as a metaphorical correlates for the very distinctly physical system.
We currently prescribe drugs and investigate the impact of exercise, mindfulness and diet on depression, addiction and other "mental health" diagnoses, however it doesn't seem that those suffering from these imbalances are accorded the same latitude as those affected by "cardiac health," "metabolic health," "musculo-skeletal health" or other health phenomenon. Which is strange. Because there's an equal and growing recognition of the psychological effects of cardiac ill health, as well as all other forms of disease. Yet insurance coverage, work policies and social stigma persist regarding "mental" health.
Truth is, being sick can make you sad. Being sad can make you sick. Trauma sucks and has lasting results on the nervous, hormonal and cardiovascular systems, effects that can be mitigated and reversed through lifestyle choices like meditation, yoga, group therapy and, yes, medications. Depression is a physical illness, affecting body chemistry in known ways. So, too with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. The brain – hold on for the revelation – is part of the body. Whoa. I know, deep, huh?
No underestimating the profound effects of addiction, depression, PTSD, bipolar and schizophrenia here. Just questioning setting them aside as "mental." There are two possible assumptions behind setting aside some illness as mental, so far as I can see:
- A simple taxonomy of providers and research that allows specialists to group together for professional and training reasons. Emergency Professionals train together, as do Cardiology pros (surgeons, nurses, etc), as do Psych pros.
- A classification of some symptoms as originating from a different mechanism than physical ailments. Mental symptoms are caused by ideas, while physical ones are caused by electro-chemical reactions within the body on which we can have meaningful impact with diet, exercise, surgery and drugs. Symptoms caused by ideas skip this physical mechanism and are healed or helped by other ideas which similarly skip physical causation.
The first is really just practical. The second is really just false, as suggested by exercise and pharmacological suggestions for psychological symptoms and meditative help for cardiac ones. Clearly, if you're having "the big one" or you've sawed your arm off, you have a certain range of therapy you must seek in a finite range of time. This speaks to acuity and profundity of the symptoms rather than their source, however. We know that surgical, pharmacological and electrical interventions are often nearly as damaging as they are helpful: that's why we approach, prescribe and consume with great caution. Only when the gain in quality strongly outweighs the loss in trauma and side effects is it wise to engage. In extreme and emergent situations, the gain of life over probable death or profound loss of function justifies using tools that operate rather immediately on a gross level instead of ones that cause change slowly while operating on processes that are less concentrated and longer range tests are required to detect.
As a yoga teacher (were you wondering what all this had to do with that? ;>), the basis of my practice is that breath, body and mind are different ways of referring to the same experience. The experience accessed through sensation, breath, feeling and thought is that of "me:" my identity, history, person, singularity or unity. In Western Philosophy, the fallacy represented by option two above (originating from a different mechanism) is called "The Mind-Body Problem." It's only a problem if you think they're distinct. We can have useful discussions about whether one causes the other, or if one is created by but has no causative force on the other (epiphenomenalism), or if they are identical, but if you begin with an assumption that they're different in kind, you land in a briar patch that no one in the history of philosophy – in East or West – has ever escaped.
Once you've accepted that all well-being and dis-ease have both molecular and emotional (which also have molecular) effects, it's easier to see that just like cardiac health, mental health is a continuum. And the lifestyle choices we make that increase our well-being on one continuum, are likely to have effects on the other – whether those lifestyle choices are pharmacological, exercise or nutrition choices.
Would we lose anything by ditching the "mental" distinction for psychological specialty symptoms? Nothing except a freakishly outdated notion that ideas are caused by ideas which somehow magically skip concourse with our bodies and directly change our emotions… which are, er… um… wow, this could be embarrassing to admit, huh? Embodied. It's one thing. Your mind and your body are different ways of relating the one irreplaceable experience of you, and your health is singularly important. All of it. All of you.
Related articles
- Yoga and the Mind: Can Yoga Reduce Symptoms of Major Psychiatric Disorders? (healthland.time.com)
- It's time to end the NHS bias against mental health (telegraph.co.uk)


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After a long hot summer in Colorado, the fall season may seem like a time to forget about your yard or garden and start focusing your attention indoors. But fall is a great time for some low-water perennial plants to look their best and shine in your xeriscape garden. The following list of plants take center stage during the fall season, and keep your landscape looking great beyond the arrival of the autumnal equinox.
Anemone (various species and cultivars)
Anemones are a great plant for the shadier areas of your landscape. While not as drought tolerant as the other plants on this list, they grow very well with afternoon shade and a medium amount of water.
Tall Sedums, various cultivars
The tall sedums are a classic addition to the fall blooming garden. With low to average water needs, they are perfect for most xeriscape gardens.
Hummingbird Flower, Epilobium canum latifolum (aka Zauschneria canum latifolium)
This cousin of the popular groundcover plant Orange Carpet California Fuschia (also a good late bloomer) has similar dazzling orange trumpet shaped flowers that pollinators adore.
Furman's Red Salvia, Salvia greggii (several species and cultivars available in the Salvia genus)
There are so many different and wonderful plants in the Salvia genus that are remarkable additions to your low-water landscape. Furman's Red Salvia is one plant we have raved about many times, and it never fails to keep us captivated by its lovely and numerous red blooms that drape these plants from summer heat to fall frost. One note of caution on this plant would be the hardiness. It is rated as only hardy to zone 6, so be careful where you place it. A warmer micro-climate location in your landscape would be best.
Blanket flower, Gaillardia (various cultivars available)
While the blanket flowers bloom more profusely in the heat of the summer, they continue to bloom into fall, bringing their brilliant shades of yellow, orange and red into the shorter days of autumn.
Goldenrod, Solidago (various species)
Solidago rugosa 'Fireworks' is the plant pictured here. Who wouldn't mind this kind of fireworks in their fall landscape? This North American native will grace your garden with many panicles of bright yellow flowers. While not as tolerant of drought as some other plants on this list, it is fairly adaptable to most conditions in Colorado. This plant has been unfairly blamed for hayfever and allergies in the past, but scientists now tell us that Goldenrod is not the cause of your fall allergies. It is likely caused by other plants such as ragweed.
Plumbago, Ceratostigma plumbaginoides
Plumbago is an indispensable groundcover. It does well in dry shade, and that is the type of conditions we typically place it in. However, we are finding it seems to be adaptable to sunnier locations as well. The blue-violet flowers that appear on this plant in late summer are eye-catching, as is the red-orange fall color of the foliage as autumn grows cooler.
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Our approach focuses on state of the art and ecological housing. This means that the system pays special attention to water-catchment, passive heating and cooling, photovoltaics, thermal mass, insulation, off-grid sanitation, and hydronic heat.
Designs and build instructions are contributed by designers around the world and are reviewed by experienced builders. A shared pool of designs means that each one of us does not have to reinvent the wheel. A greater number of designers means faster development. And the larger the number of contributions, the greater the diversity of approaches and solutions we can choose from.
All modules and procedures are OPEN SOURCE—forever and with no exceptions. This means that everyone is free to use, modify and redistribute them. Our OSHWA-compatible license also ensures that you are free to profit from these designs—by using them, for example, in design and/or build contractor work.
The library is made available online in standard CAD formats compatible with open source software applications such as FreeCAD and Blender. The library can be directly imported into Sweet Home 3D—an open source interior design application. Once imported into the application, modules can be simply dragged and dropped to create a building design.
The modules on the library are designed specifically to be easily and quickly built by non-professional builders. A 4×8 ft insulated wall module, for example, takes a team of two people 1 hour to build.
In the 18th and 19th century, rural communities came together to build barns for each of their members. In our modern version of barn-raising, builds typically take place in 6-day workshops, during which participants collaborate to build a structure.
The modularity of the system enables extremely rapid builds, as modules are first built concurrently by teams and then quickly assembled on site to form the building.
Throughout several experiments, we learned that it is possible for a group of 35 people to build and install 20 wall modules in 1 day and 6 roof modules in another day. This means that it is possible to build the shell of a 24 x 16 ft structure in 2 days, Building a house may be a labor of love, but it doesn't have to take a lifetime.
During workshops, participants acquire skills and hands-on experience with the system in order to organize their own builds. The barn-raising approach not only enables rapid builds, but also provides organizers with a stream of revenue that helps offset the cost of materials.
To further encourage adoption, replication and entrepreneurship, all workshop/build organization materials—from workflow and budget to publicity plan and logistics—are also open source. And for those who wish to build a business on top of this system, we are developing a training program geared specifically to entrepreneur-builders.
Our Recent Achievements
In the last few years we have developed a high quality, robust, eco-friendly, sustainable, extremely affordable home that can be built just about anywhere in the world using locally sourced materials. Our current prototype is a 700 sq ft starter seed home with greenhouse which is modular by design and could be increased in size as the homeowners need for space or budget grows.
The base cost of the home including materials and labor is around $35,000 (not including land). To put these figures in perspective, the national average cost for new construction is $125 per sq ft and our average construction cost comes in at well under half that at $50 per sq ft.
Because our validation process was so successful with open source home construction, we are inviting the world to continue to help us further develop this exciting concept. Our goal is to improve upon our designs through trial and error – organize the information – and then make it available to the world as a free resource for anyone to use.
Why Housing?
Housing is a basic human need and is something that everyone can relate to because we all need a roof over our head. Housing costs also tend to make up a persons largest fiduciary responsibility. We wanted to apply open source methods and protocols to change this dynamic. Housing costs are only one of the issues we are trying to address with our initiative because there are other challenges depending on what part of the world we look at.
For people in less developed countries, there is a lack of access to technology, knowledge and resources required to build an affordable eco-friendly quality home. In addition to that, global population growth is exploding in these same countries causing billions of people to need shelter in the coming years and it's important that we approach this challenge in a smart sustainable way.
For people in developed countries, owning a home is expensive, and requires most homeowners to encumber a life-time of debt — debt that is rarely ever paid off while living in home because interest payments are front loaded through the banks amortization schedules. This perpetual debt is like a a ball and chain that follows us through life and only serves to keep homeowners away from their home, (and family) busy at work trying to satisfy one of their largest monthly obligations, which is their mortgage. It is our mission to offer a high quality alternative solution to this dilemma.
Food Production
Another issue we wanted to address with our initiative was self-sufficiency. Although we have addressed this in many ways with the homes numerous eco features, we felt that food production was such an important fundamental aspect of self-sustainability that we needed to integrate into into our modules. As with housing, food is a basic human need and makes up a significant portion of our yearly expenditures. Lack of access to healthy and nutritional food affects people in many different ways as well.
People in under-developed countries are frequently confronted with a daily battle of caloric intake, and in many cases, those are the lucky ones. There are over 700 million people in the world that suffer from undernourishment and over 3 million children die every year due to poor nutrition.
There are also millions of people in developed countries who have no other option but to eat cheap, processed, low nutrition food because they are unable to afford quality food sources. This is one of the reasons we conduct our aquaponics workshops and have added this life sustaining component to our library of modules. Our aquaponic system can provide enough vegetables and protein to feed a family of six year round.
A New Paradigm Is Within Reach
Imagine a life with little to no mortgage payments. utility costs or food bills. The average person spends almost 60% of their annual income on those three items alone. What if at the very least you could cut those numbers in half? What would you do with your time if you didn't have to spend it all working to keep these exorbitant costs satisfied every month? Or what would you do with the savings? This is not some far off pipe dream but a real possibility – right now.
More people are coming to the realization that time is their most valuable asset and although we have an abundance of technology, is it really being properly utilized to create a better quality of life for us? One could argue that the introduction of more technology has only complicated our lives.
Our housing initiative was created to be directly applied towards creating a better quality of life no matter what country you reside in. We want to disrupt the old model and offer a way for people to have more time to do what they want to. Simply put, our model is designed to circumvent traditional housings constraining ways and provide a new housing paradigm (and lifestyle) for all who want it.
Get Involved
The goals and scope of the Open Building Institute are extremely ambitious and could not be achieved by our core team alone. That's why we're calling out to all interested designers, developers and supporters to help us make affordable, eco-housing accessible to everyone. Just like Linux is developed by thousands of programmers around the world, we believe we can all get together to fix housing.
Despite our fierce belief in the power of open source, we also learned from experience that managing contributions in a way that makes the best use of everyone's talents and time is not easy. In fact, this has been one of the biggest challenges faced by open source hardware projects in general. In the past, we have managed contributions and collaborations on a case by case basis (i.e. email exchanges), but this process is too time consuming for everyone involved. And it doesn't scale. We need a more efficient way to work together. To address that, we're currently developing a system to accept and manage additions and improvements to the OBI library.
Full Immersion Workshops
In our 5-day workshop we will build a modular seed-home (the core of an expandable home) loaded with ecological features. If you are interested in natural home building or extreme efficiency of effort towards manufacturing, you will learn first-hand how to take your home or project to the next level of ownership. Workshop includes 5 days of hands-on immersive building, lectures by invited subject matter experts, discussions, and exploration of entrepreneurship opportunities.
This workshop is intended for everyone who is interested in exploring the rapid building of environmentally-friendly homes (no previous building experience required). Blending modular wood panels with Compressed Earth Block construction, our goal is to demonstrate that quality housing can be built with multi-purpose flexibility using module-based designs and parallel building for optimizing design evolution. Our goal is reducing the duration of construction by a factor of 20 compared to industry standards, at ⅓ the cost of conventional housing. This design process involves a rapid parallel swarm workflow with a large team using simple-to-follow documentation created with Agile and Waterfall methods prior to build.
The Aquaponic Greenhouse Workshop is a 5-day immersion experience during which we will build our second aquaponic greenhouse that incorporates everything we have learned during and since the first 2015 build. The overall workshop is broken up into two sessions and participants can choose to participate in either or both. In the first session, we will build the greenhouse structure using polycarbonate double-wall glazing, with ponds and hydronic heating, at a cost of $6000 – 3x lower than industry standards. In the second session, we will build the biological modules for an integrated greenhouse with ecological pest management.
In this workshop, we will continue to explore our Extreme Manufacturing approach – pushing the limits of rapid building together with diverse ecological integration. Participants will gain an appreciation for the level of productivity possible with modular design. The multiple components – both mechanical and biological – can be assembled rapidly, by multiple teams working together, from open source blueprints, like IKEA furniture.
We are aiming to produce the most integrated yet practical, replicable and affordable greenhouse in the world!
The greenhouse structure consists of roof, wall and door panels, with vent windows which can be opened. The glazing material is double-wall polycarbonate. The building also includes an in-ground fish pond, heated by hydronic tubes, so participants can learn about effective in-ground heating systems.
Your donations help us fund R&D, documentation and prototyping – and are greatly appreciated! All donations are made to Open Source Ecology – a non-profit organization with 501(c)3 status and OBI's fiscal sponsor – via Stripe. These funds are then allocated to OBI sub-projects.
Founder – Catarina Mota Ph.D.
Catarina Mota is an open source advocate. She founded the Open Building Institute, co-founded Open Materials (do-it-yourself smart materials) and AltLab (Lisbon's hackerspace). Previously, she co-chaired the Open Hardware Summit 2012, served on the board of directors of the Open Source Hardware Association, taught as an adjunct faculty member at ITP-NYU, and was a fellow of the National Science and Technology Foundation of Portugal. Catarina holds a Ph.D. in communication sciences and her research work focuses on the social impact of open and collaborative practices for the development of technologies. She is a founding member of the Open Source Hardware Association and a TED Fellow.
Co-Founder – Marcin Jakubowski Ph.D.
Marcin Jakubowski is a Polish-American who came to the U.S. from Poland as a child. He graduated with honors from Princeton and earned his Ph.D. in fusion physics from the University of Wisconsin. Frustrated with the lack of relevance to pressing world issues in his education, he founded Open Source Ecology in 2003 in order to make closed-loop manufacturing a reality. He began development of the Global Village Construction Set (GVCS)—an open source tool set of 50 industrial machines necessary to create a small civilization with modern comforts. His work has recently been recognized as a 2012 TED Senior Fellow, in Time Magazine's Best Inventions of 2012, as a 2013 Shuttleworth Foundation Fellow, and a White House Champion of Change in 2013.
For more information about Open Building Institute, please visit our website – openbuildinginstitute.org
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The Project FAQs
You ugly! What kind of structures can you build anyway?
Some people commented that our houses are not attractive. Don't be misled by the initial prototypes that we built, or have designed - as they have been built and designed using only a small set of modules as a proof of concept. The system can be used to build any size and shape - and it can be made to look like anything that you want. Because all it takes is module variations or new module variations being added to the system. We will expand the number of modules greatly, including via design challenges for where you can get involved. See some initial examples at http://bit.ly/2aesJ2G. Our goal for the November 2016 build is a beautiful eco-house, with a breathtaking response by the onlooker: "I want one of those." We take this point seriously, as we think that aesthetics are required for wide replication.
What about code compliance? Is this stuff legal?
We're in complete agreement in terms of the importance of regulation compliance. We understand that this project wouldn't be useful - outside of a few fringe applications - if it's not compatible with standard regulations and codes. Like any other building system, code compliance is an essential requirement. So let me elaborate:
- Currently, a number of our (wall and roof) modules do meet and exceed the International Residential Code. Others are experimental and may only ever be used in jurisdictions in which regulations are not as strict (e.g. a composting toilet).
- We're working with our advisors to ensure that for every module there is at least one IRC-compliant version. The expandable home we're building in November will be compliant with the IRC.
- Of course, in addition to building codes, there are also often additional regulations which vary county by county - not to mention more complex permit and approval processes. To address that, we're working with one of our advisors - Elijah Pearce, an architect based in California who has extensive experience with regulation compliance in low cost housing - to formulate a policy. The basic idea for this policy is to provide supporting documentation in standard formats (construction detail drawings, calculations, plans, etc.), which builders can then adapt and use to apply for the necessary permits. In addition to this, we're also developing resources and webinars focused on promoting education about building codes and approval processes - so potential owner-builders are better informed about what is expected and why that is so. One of our upcoming webinars is precisely on this topic.
- The modular and open source nature of the project means that each module and each resulting building design can be adapted to local regulations and needs.
We're also in complete agreement with your statement: "The resulting OBI / OSE guidelines for designers would establish a standard for submitted designs, and a review process to assure conformance with the OBI / OSE guidelines prior to accepting any submission into your library." This is precisely what we're working on, starting with promoting code literacy. It doesn't mean, however, that every single item in the library will be IRC-compliant - there may be "alternative" designs and they will be clearly marked as such.
Can you build in extreme cold or hot climates?
Yes, we just use modules with more insulation as needed. Our system accommodates climates from the tropics to the arctic.
I want you to build me a house. How do I do that?
You can support the highest rewards for house and aquaponic greenhouse builds at other locations. You can see an overview at http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/OBI_Build_Assessment_Form. We have 4 total builds planned for 2017. We are building capacity as we train people to build in other locations via our Immersion Training Program, which will launch in 2017.
Are you going to design modules that use other materials, such as bamboo or hempcrete?
Our goal - as a crowd-sourced effort - is to develop a comprehensive library of techniques from around the world. To do this, we will be setting up a crowd contribution platform, as well as public Design Challenges
Does the Seed Eco-Home have to be off grid?
The good news is that our designs are modular. Because the designs are modular - any off-grid element can be replaced readily with a more traditional or on-grid option. This depends on the choice of the owner, and on regulatory considerations.


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Bhubaneswar: Olympic champions Germany produced a perfect game to beat England 2-0 in an all-European battle en route to their semi-final berth in the Hero Champions Trophy hockey tournament, here on Thursday.
At the Kalinga Stadium, the Germans, who finished at the bottom in the pool stages, produce defensive master-class to tame the high-flying Englishmen, who impressed in the opening round and topped Pool A.
The Germans scored a goal each in the second and fourth quarters through Moritz Furste (30th minute) and Christopher Ruhr (58th) to register the victory.
Germany will now take on world champions Australia in the semifinals on Saturday, while England will face Argentina for 5-8 places classification matches.
The Germans started the game in attacking fashion, winning as many as five penalty corners in the opening 10 minutes but wasted all.
England slowly and steadily started to mount raids on the opposition citadel but they failed to break the rock-solid German defence.
Germany finally broke the deadlock just at the stroke of halftime from their sixth penalty corner with skipper Furste finding the top corner of the net with a fierce drag-flick.
After the change of ends, the Germans continued in the same defensive vein and depended more on counter-attacks to score goal.
Germany started to control the match by playing possession hockey in the last two quarters.
England, however, forged a strong comeback in the closing quarter but Adam Dixon's shot on the turn went agonisingly across the face of goal.
England also secured two penalty corners but on both occasion Ashley Jackson was denied by an alert German goalie Nicolas Jacobi.
Two minutes from time, any hopes of England's comeback was dashed Christopher Ruhr coolly finished off a move from close range.


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Signavio GmbH – a provider of SaaS-based business process and decision management technology – announced on December 17, 2015 the completion of a €31 million minority investment from global growth equity investor Summit Partners. The investment will help Signavio expand its international footprint and continue its very strong growth trajectory. Read more
Month: December 2015
Jenetric Receives Undisclosed Amount in Series B Funding
Jenetric GmbH announced that it has received an undisclosed amount in a Series B funding. "The whole team impressed us with their determination, with their performance and with their ambitious plans for the future. We are looking forward to accompanying the further development," says Karin Rabe, Investment Manager of bm|t, the holding company of the Free State of Thuringia. Also the Business Angel Prof. Dr. Franz Schmidt and the early-stage investor "High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF)" stay financially engaged and thus enable the production and global distribution of LIVETOUCH® quattro. Dr. Ansgar Kirchheim, Investment Manager at HTGF: "After the successful FBI certification and the start of production, we are pleased to support the large-scale market entry of JENETRIC ."
JENETRIC GmbH was founded in 2014 in Jena, Germany – a location famous for cutting-edge optical technology – by engineers with significant experience in fingerprint technology and special focus on the development of biometric systems. The multidisciplinary team includes hardware and software specialists as well as production and sales professionals. The company follows a holistic approach in its product development with a clear and strong focus on customer requirements and with the ambitious goal of enhancing living and working conditions by using biometric systems.
Rovobotik Raises Seed Round
REVOBOTIK GmbH, a company that develops and distributes robots for mass production, shows how to set new standards in an established market. The remarkable thing is that their robots significantly outperform previous systems in terms of payload and speed; this means that the number of robots in a machine can be greatly reduced, resulting in savings both on costs and space. High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) is using seed financing to acquire an interest in this unique technology. Read more
Myelo Therapeutics Announces Undisclosed Series B from Group of Investors
Myelo Therapeutics announced that it has raised an undisclosed amount of Series B funding. The financing round was co-led by venture capital investors IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH with its VC Fonds Technologie Berlin and Eckert Life Science Accelerator GmbH, as well as the pharmaceutical company JSC Valenta Pharmaceuticals and Myelo001 inventor Dr. Vladimir Nebolsin. The successful closing of its Series B financing round will enable Myelo Therapeutics to complete the clinical proof of concept for Myelo001 in CIN and expand its preclinical research of Myelo001 to new areas.
Dirk Pleimes, Managing Director and Chief Medical Officer, stated, "Myelo001 offers a novel, orally applied treatment of chemotherapy-induced neutropenia and bone marrow suppression. New adjunct treatment options are needed for cancer patients to allow the full chemotherapy dose to be maintained and to decrease the incidence of infections. " Till Erdmann, Managing Director responsible for business development, declared, "In less than three years after founding the company, we brought our first development compound to phase II clinical stage. Our scientific progress and the company's increase in value are confirmed by several outstanding institutional and strategic investors that participated in our Series B financing round. With a well-defined development strategy for an innovative compound, we are targeting an indication with high unmet medical need, no significant treatment innovation for over 20 years, and a market size of USD 6 billion."
"Myelo001 has shown its potential in several indications, such as Chemotherapy- and Radiotherapy-induced Myelosuppression, as well as the prevention and treatment of respiratory viral infections. I am pleased that we are now starting clinical development in Chemotherapy-induced Neutropenia as a first step," says Dr. Vladimir Nebolsin, the medicinal chemist who first synthesized Myelo001. "Myelo Therapeutics' management convinced us with the significant progress they have achieved so far in a short time period, as well as a well-executed development strategy for an innovative compound with high market potential," said Christian Seegers, senior investment manager of the IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft. "We are convinced that financing Myelo Therapeutics GmbH further promotes the strong pharmaceutical environment in Berlin."
Myelo Therapeutics GmbH, a pharmaceutical company, develops conventional chemotherapeutic agents for use in anticancer treatments. It develops myelo001, a small molecule for the treatment of patients with chemotherapy-induced neutropenia and thrombocytopenia. The company is based in Berlin, Germany.
Multiphoton Optics Raises Series A Round
A consortium of investors has closed investment Round A for Multiphoton Optics GmbH's High-Precision 3D Lithography Platform which closes the gap between classical 3D printing and optical lithography. Investors are Sack & Kiesselbach GmbH, High-Tech Gründerfonds GmbH, Bayern Kapital GmbH, the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft e.V. and a consortium of Business Angels with Dr. Ruth Houbertz, Dr. Moritz Esslinger, and Dr. Boris Neubert. Read more
GoEuro secures $45 million in Series B financing led by Goldman Sachs Investment Partners
GoEuro Corp. announced that it has raised $45 million in its series B round of funding led by new investor Goldman Sachs Group, Merchant Banking Division on December 9, 2015. The transaction also included participation from new investors Atomico Investment Holdings Limited, Yuri Milner, Tom Stafford, Sebastian Siemiatkowski, and Ilkka Paananen, and existing investors Battery Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, and Lakestar Advisors GmbH, a fund managed by Hommels Holding GmbH. The company has raised a total of $76 million in funding to date. Read more
Younicos AG received $50m in record funding from First Solar and Grupo ECOS
Younicos has signed agreements for $50 million in growth capital to further scale its deployment of intelligent energy storage solutions. The funding comes from a consortium that includes First Solar, Inc., a global provider of solar energy solutions and Grupo ECOS, a sustainable investment-focused private equity firm. They join an undisclosed strategic lead investor. According to GTM Research, this is the largest investment in a technology independent energy storage provider in 2015. Read more
Crowd Guru GmbH raises six-figure amount
Crowd Guru GmbH announced that it has received a six-figure amount in an equity round of funding on December 9, 2015. The transaction included participation from new investor Müller Medien GmbH & Co. KG and returning investor, VC Fonds Kreativwirtschaft Berlin, a fund managed by IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH. As part of the transaction, existing investor Wellington Ventures and other business angels sold their shares to the new investor Müller Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Read more
trinckle 3D Raises € 700,000
The 3D printing company trinckle 3D GmbH ("trinckle"), based in Hennigsdorf near Berlin, has completed a financing round. In this process, it gained KfW Bankengruppe ("KfW") and redpartners gmbh ("redpartners") as new investors. A business angel also came on board as a new investor in addition to the existing shareholder BFB Frühphasenfonds Brandenburg GmbH ("BFB"). The latter has made use of its conversion rights from a subordinated loan and will therefore continue to hold a 15% stake in trinckle. Read more
Medexo Receives $1.3m from Thanyapura Phuket
Medexo announced that has received $1.3m in an equity round of funding on November 23, 2015. The transaction included participation from new investors, Thanyapura Phuket and individual investors, Rüdiger Will and Klaus Tschütsch, former prime minister of Liechtenstein.
Medexo is an e-Health platform that connects patients with independent medical professionals. The company is based in Berlin. Medexo announced to use the funds to finance the international roll out of the platform. Medexo is currently available in German and English.
Thanyapura Phuket is an Asian health and sports company.


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by Erik Baard
Last night I saw my first mosquito of the season, flying into my bedroom, hot on my carbon dioxide trail. I lost track of it, but minutes later I heard the soft buzz of menace in my ear. One must never underestimate the dangers of mosquitoes. Emperor Titus was driven made by one that flew up his nose and picked at his brain, buzzing ceaselessly until he was driven into madness and death. Well, at least according to the Babylonian Talmud, written by Jews hopeful that God at least took some vengeance on the sacker of the Great Temple of Jerusalem.
Actually, those ancient Jewish exiles aren't unique in offering a slanted view of history centered on this insect. Consider yourself, a person who's probably an environmentally aware reader. If I mention DDT (dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane), the first person to spring to mind (okay, bad pun) is probably Rachel Carson. Her book, "Silent Spring," and crusade against the chemical for its role in collapsing bird populations helped unleash one of the strongest currents in modern environmentalism, and led to the formation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Few remember Paul Hermann Müller, who won the Nobel Prize in 1948 for synthesizing DDT, which contemporaries saw as an incalculably humane achievement. Some credit the invention of DDT with saving upwards of 500 million lives. Even today, the mosquito threat is real. The species transmits diseases to 700 million people in tropical, often poor, regions each year. Over five million people, usually children, die from malaria annually. Mosquitoes also playing a central role in transmitting yellow fever, elephantiasis, dengue fever, Rift Valley fever, several encephalitis type diseases, and Ross River fever.
The fight over DDT usage, as policy leaders balance its risk to human health (in 1987 the EPA classified it as a "probable human carcinogen") and the environment against its benefits. Of course, strains of mosquitoes in some regions developed a resistance to DDT in the intervening decades. Succeeding pesticides are also controversial. Locally, where 57 of the world's 3,500 species of mosquitoes live, concerns over pesticides grew with aggressive spraying programs to eradicate insects potentially carrying the West Nile virus.
A few years back I wrote for the Village Voice about how New York City-bound containers of the insecticide malathion, made by Cheminova, was being stored at temperatures known to cause carcinogenic impurities. Spraying has continued in recent summers, affecting neighborhoods in areas as widespread as the South Bronx, western Staten Island, and northern Queens. A recent article in the Antigua Sun continues to raise the red flag.
One troubling passage on the malathion directions label reads:
"Malathion is approved by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of the USA.
The EPA doesn't actually test malathion. It approves the product based on information supplied by the manufacturer."
In other words, our safety is in the hands of the industry, from the manufacturer down to the evidently often-negligent distributors.
Another aspect of the argument against malathion spraying is that our reaction to the West Nile threat could be overblown, perhaps even hysterical, given how infrequently the disease is fatal.
Some argue that given our relatively less-dense mosquito populations we might take less radical measures like wearing light-colored clothing (the species is drawn to dark colors), eating more repellent vitamin B1 (found in brown rice, blackstrap molasses, sunflower seeds, brazil nuts, wheat germ, and soybeans, among other foods), applying cinnamon oil, deploying nets and screens, and introducing more animals that prey upon mosquitoes. One odd note: mosquitoes are highly sensitive to women's menstrual cycles. I'm not sure what that says about interspecies sisterhood…
The environmental damage done by spraying is of increasing concern. Parallel to the bee decimation, lobster stocks are historically low. Both marine biologists and the industry suspect malathion spraying, as I reported in the New York Times. Of course there are worrisome inherent contradictions with an insecticide to be used against a wetlands species like mosquitoes when the directions read, as they do on malathion, "Avoid contaminating any body of water."
Joel Kupferman of the New York Environmental Law and Justice Project pointed out to me recently that sprayers near Soundview Park were unaware that just over a ridge they were covering was the Bronx River.
What is not heard often, however, is cost of losing mosquitoes themselves. Their importance as pollinators has been greatly underestimated. After all, sugar from nectar is the species' primary diet, not blood. Males drink no blood at all, and females imbibe blood from a variety of species only as their prenatal nutrient "superfood." In the Centers for Disease Control photo above, you see the mother-to-be salivating her anticoagulants into capillary and sucking up a meal). Without mosquitoes, our wildflower and community gardens would be impoverished. Mosquitoes and their larvae are a vital food source for shorebirds, amphibians, reptiles, dragonflies, and small fish.
I don't expect to see green activists sporting "save the mosquitoes" tee-shirts, but sober policymakers should perhaps be more considered in their decisions.


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On tonight's Countdown With Keith Olbermann on MSNBC (Monday, February 13, 2006), Washington Post reporter Dana Milbank appeared for an interview wearing a bright-orange hunter's vest and hat. Michelle Malkin has the photo and video.
How on earth is anyone supposed to believe that the Washington Post can maintain any objectivity on the Cheney hunting story when one of their most veteran and prominent reporters shows up for an interview dressed like this?
Think back to 1998. Imagine a female newspaper reporter (not an opinion columnist, but a reporter, mind you) showing up for a television interview dressed in a beret and looking like Monica Lewinsky. Or a male columnist wearing a Clinton wig and holding a cigar. It never would have happened, because these people would have lost their jobs. Their employer's credibility would have been shot.
What is going on? It appears Milbank wasn't even trying to hide his bias.
HT: Michelle Malkin.


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Participate in the Upcoming Produce Safety Alliance's Water Summit
Why is this meeting relevant to the Produce Industry?
Water used during the production of fruits and vegetables represents a potential pathway for contamination with human pathogens. In the Food Safety Modernization Act's (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule (PSR), microbial quality standards were established for agricultural water that comes in contact with produce to reduce risks associated with agricultural water use. However, FDA received feedback from numerous stakeholders raising concerns that some of these standards may be too complex to understand and difficult to implement. In response to these concerns, FDA is considering how to address these issues by exploring ways to simplify the PSR standards related to agricultural water.
Join us for remote participation in the two-day Produce Safety Alliance (PSA) Water Summit that will be held on Feb. 27 and 28, 2018. The PSA Water Summit will include informational presentations and break out discussions. Participants will explore challenges related to the requirements of Subpart E – Agricultural Water and discuss potential solutions that are workable for the produce industry while protecting public health.
The PSA Water Summit will be held in Covington, Kentucky and registration to attend the main site is full at this time.
Remote location in NC
The NC Produce Safety Task Force will be hosting a remote breakout group at the NC Farm Bureau state office in Raleigh, NC on Feb. 27 and 28, 2018. Refreshments will be served at 8:30 a.m. and the meeting will start at 9:00 a.m on both days. There is no fee to attend, we just ask that you please let us know if you are planning to participate so that we can make lunch arrangements. To reserve a seat please click here to RSVP for PSA Water Summit in NC.
The tentative agenda for this meeting can be accessed at: PSA Water Summit Tentative Agenda.
Comments and input provided by participants at the NC remote location will be consolidated and sent forward in real time to the main location.
Lunch will be sponsored by North Carolina Farm Bureau.
In the event you can not join us in Raleigh, NC but would still like to participate, the Produce Safety Alliance will provide a live one-way audio and video stream that will be free and available to the public. The link will be advertised approximately 1 week prior to the meeting through all of the PSA listserves and posted on the PSA website at www.producesafetyalliance.c
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So we get to boston and the first thing we do is go to the cheesecake factory which is right in the hotel and in this same hotel is the convention. There is no reason to leave the hotel because everything is there for you; Starbucks, barnes and nobles, food, convention, it is like a small town. Every time we get to the town, we chow down.
So convention time. If you want to see all the cosplay pictures it in my last two post. Here I am under the queens dress.
I dont know whats wrong with us.
My pet peeve are the weeaboos again. Every year the convention in boston gets stricter and stricter only because of people who dont follow common sence. On the pamphlet given to us it specifically state not to draw on your windows especially with soap (and so many other things like to bathe and such). So because of this we will have to feel it next time in maybe more fees or we wont be accepted.
Another thing they are extremly rude, more then once my boyfriend is surprised that the workers or servers are surprised at him being nice to them…LIKE SAYING PLEASE AND THANK YOU REALLY IS THAT HARD?!!!
Looks like a rap CD cover.
Okay…so I forgot I had Vine and you will see later how much better it is when showing off your outfits and makeup.
I can only wear NYC shirts outside of NYC XD
Lamb burger
Jesus it was delicious
I think we been to Starbucks every day. I always get the mocha latte
(because they have nothing related to dark chocolate)
I always get it hot because then later on I can add my own ice.
That way you get two kinds of drinks.
Eating the rest of my lamb burger
Another day after the con
I got this shirt right in the convention
And the Zelda Heart Container necklace EEEEEEEEEE
Seen this place on the food network
It was FREEZING that day, and it was the only time we got out the hotel.
My next cosplay
Honey, yes everything was perfect.
See how much better it is with vine
And now here is Spaz doing those dance routines they do on stairs.
It was pretty gloomy and cold for most of it, but it didnt matter cause of the hotel combo
My gets
Im Phillicia Deanell On vine btw
~Okay bye


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