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OK, so you're a Passive House / PassivHaus consultant and you are ripping your hair out because something small has changed between 2 model files in Excel / PHPP and you can't figure out what it is? What programmers usually use is a program called "diff" on unix. And there's WinMerge in Windows. Etc. But what do you do with a gigantic complicated Excel file with 69 separate worksheets? Well, I'll tell you what:
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2) The one additional step is you will need to unprotect all
worksheets in both files you are comparing. Luckily I found a guide
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(visited by Henrik Bøhle, Gjertrud Fallet and Hein Bodahl)
21-Jun-2003 --
After the sucsessful visit to 62N 6E, and 62N 7E the day before,
we continued further west heading to 62N 5E.
We travelled along Nordfjord, passing Nordfjordeid, and not many other
places before passing the bridge out to Vågsøy, and the community of
Måløy. It is situated on one of the westernmost islands of Norway. A green
island, due to heavy precipitation, as is usual in most of western Norway.
The confluence itself is situated on the northwestern part of the island,
close to Einevarden, which is a bird reserve (which we found out after
our visit). It is allowed to visit the reserve outside the nesting season.
We parked less than a km. from the confluence, and unlike the two previous
confluenses we visited on our trip (62N 6 & 7E) the hike started downhill.
And what a sight it was. A flat green valley sloping downvarde to the sea,
a small creek running in the middle, and steep mountainsides on each side.
From this point it is nothing but water, Torshavn on the Faroe Islands and
a small trip across the southern part of Greenland before hitting Canada
when heading west!
An fairly easy descent (200m) and the point was found easily. Excellent
reception, with up to 12 sattelites. A lot of birds flew around, and in
the air above us an Eagle was majesticly gliding through the air.
Magnificent. We put a small stick in the soft ground, carving
in 62N 5E in the bark to mark the confluence.
A bit more strenous to hike uphill again, but the roundtrip was made in
less than an hour. We continued afterwards to the westernmost point of the
island, Kråkenes Lighthouse, and a visit to the famous 'Kannestein' before
starting the long trip back to Oslo.
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Ron Paul says it's time to bring US troops home from Iraq and Afghanistan. He thinks the US national security establishment is puffing up the threat from Iran's nuclear program – possibly to involve the nation in another overseas conflict.
He's opposed to the use of American armed forces in nation-building activities, and in general he thinks it's time Uncle Sam stopped serving as the world's policeman.
These positions put him at odds with the more hawkish members of the GOP presidential field. But here's something interesting: according to the Paul campaign, he's raised more money from current members of the armed forces than any other Republican hopeful.
"If you add up all the donations to all the other Republican candidates from military, active-duty people, I get twice as much because they're sick and tired of these wars and they know they're not working out," said Mr. Paul earlier this month during an appearance in Washington at the National Press Club.
Wow. Is this claim really true? Now that the Federal Election Commission has released 3rd quarter fundraising reports, we can check on it. Let's go to the videotape, as the late great D.C. sportscaster George Michael used to say.
First off, we'll note that Paul is punching above his poll numbers, fundraising wise. According to the RealClearPolitics rolling average of major polls, Paul right now is the choice of 8.1 percent of GOP voters, putting him in fifth place in the race for the nomination.
But in what pundits like to call the "money primary," Paul is third. He's raised $12.6 million this election cycle, to Mitt Romney's $32 million and Rick Perry's $17 million.
And according to an analysis by the campaign finance watchdog group Center for Responsive Politics, the organization whose members have contributed the most to Paul's coffers is listed as the US Air Force. Members of the Army are second, and the Navy is third.
Mitt Romney's top three, measured as the group whose members donated the most to his effort, are Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, and Morgan Stanley. As you might imagine, this is a contrast that the Paul campaign is more than happy to publicize.
"This fundraising analysis confirms Americans' beliefs about Ron Paul and their suspicions about Mitt Romney ... Romney relies almost exclusively on his big-business ties," said Paul campaign spokesman Jesse Benton in a statement.
Well, we've got a couple of comments about this analysis. The first is that the methodology of the analysis is necessarily limited. Individual contributors to a presidential campaign are supposed to note their occupation, but they don't always. Sometimes, they do include information, but it's incomplete – an address say, or an acronym that laypeople can't identify.
Forty percent of Paul's contributions weren't coded, and thus weren't included in the Center for Responsive Politics survey. Thirty percent of Romney's contributions similarly weren't counted. It's possible that a full accounting here would tell a different story. It's also possible that it wouldn't.
Second, there's no way around it: Romney got a boatload of cash from Wall Street. Members of his top five donating organizations – all financial firms – have pumped over a million bucks into his campaign so far.
While he may have received the most from donors who chose to identify themselves as serving in the military, Paul didn't actually get that much from them, relatively speaking. If you add up his haul from the Air Force, Army, and Navy, it is something like $60,000, according to the CRP analysis. Compare that to his $12 million overall total.
So the real story may be that libertarian Paul gets money from people who work at so many different places that it doesn't take much for the total from workers at one place to collectively place high in his money rankings. Got that?
We think this measure may be more indicative: 48 percent of Paul's donations came in small increments from individuals, according to FEC date. Only ten percent of Romney's money came in a similar way.


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Revealed back in September, Steam Machines are Valve's take on the games console - with myriad manufacturers making their own gaming variants using SteamOS.
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At the time, Valve revealed that only 300 prototypes would be sent out to devs so the conference will be a chance for others to try out a Steam Machine as well as the Steam Controller.
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The event is taking place January 15-16 2014 in Seattle and Valve is promising a range of lectures by 'industry veterans' as well as roundtable discussions from a host of games controllers. Also, Steam Machines!
According to Valve the event will also include talks on VR, Linux/OpenGL and user-generated content and your chance to test-drive and provide feedback on, yup you've guessed it, Steam Machines.
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When I was a freshman in college, I worked parttime in the Shillito's Department Store in downtown Cincinnati. I was hired to sell shoes, having no more expertise in that field than anyone else whose sole (no pun intended) experience with shoes was in wearing them. But I learned quickly with a lot of help from my co-workers and a lot of observation.
One of the things I learned first was that some people had no idea about what shoes were good for them and what shoes were a detriment to them. Many people wanted shoes that were smaller than their optimal size so that their feet wouldn't look so big. This in spite of the fact that ill-fitting shoes cause corns, blisters, inordinate foot pain, and even club toes. Others wanted loose-fitting shoes thinking that the extra room would give them some additional comfort. Instead, loose-fitting footwear fails to support the foot, allowing the arch to fall, the toes to splay out, instability in walking which can cause tripping and falling, and of course the requisite foot pain.
Witnessing many of these preferences and related problems first hand, I have sort of been at war since then against ill-fitting, inappropriate, cheaply made footwear. Yeah, I'm a footwear snob and I can prove it. Yeah, I'm opinionated about the subject, and others get tired of hearing my harangues. But I do have some experience and observation from which my opinions have been gleaned.
My wife has had, for years, this affectation toward wearing bizarre novelty slippers around the house, mainly styled in some animal form or another. I, on the other hand, prefer to wear rubber soled, properly fitted mocassins or a similar style. We banter about our differences, good-naturedly I believe, but we just will never agree I guess.
My reason for my prejudices on the subject are largely concerned with safety. I know, for instance, that nearly 100,000 people per year have to be hospitalized in this country because of falls in the home caused by ill-fitting footwear. This according to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
I know that falls in the home are one of the main causes of health decline, serious injury, and even death, among those over 60 years old. Loose rugs, wet shower stalls, objects laying on floors and staircases, extension cords, and simple inattention all add to or cause a vast number of these falls. We will discard slippery rugs, put slip-resistant coatings on our shower stalls, keep our floors and stairs picked up, and institute other safety measures to reduce the problems related to falls, but we will wear loose-fitting, out of balance, poorly made slippers? It just doesn't make any sense.
A couple of excerpts from the Archives of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 1998:
It is estimated that nearly one third of elderly persons fall each year. Of those who fall, 50% do so repeatedly. Most falls result in bruises, strains, sprains, and psychological distress. Roughly 1% of those falls result in hip fracture, a devastating and potentially life-threatening injury. More than 90% of hip fractures are caused by falls, especially falls to the side. Therefore, prevention of falls is of the utmost importance in the effort to reduce the number of hip fractures occurring among the elderly. Falls also contribute to 40% of nursing home admissions.
Then they talk about one of the main cause of those falls, the footwear one chooses:
Shoes that are ill-fitting, worn out, or inappropriate can lead to falls either directly or indirectly. For example, tight or high-heeled shoes may cause trips and slips and lead to painful foot conditions. Patients should be encouraged to evaluate their footwear weekly. Shoes should be low-heeled and supportive and have nonslip soles. Boots should have good treads for traction. Slippers should cover the foot, fit properly, have no decorations, accoutrements, ties, etc. that could cause snagging, imbalance, or other harmful traits, and above all else, have a nonslip sole.
The Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute in Australia has published An evaluation of footwear worn at the time of fall-related hip fracture.
They begin by recognizing that a range of footwear features have been shown to influence balance in older people. Their results found that the most common type of footwear worn at the time of the fall was slippers (22%), followed by walking shoes (17%) and sandals (8%). The majority of subjects (75%) wore footwear with at least one theoretically sub-optimal feature, such as absent fixation (63%), excessively flexible heel counters (43%) and excessively flexible soles (43%). Subjects who tripped were more likely to be wearing shoes with no fixation compared to those who reported other types of falls. They concluded that many older people who have had a fall-related injury were wearing potentially hazardous footwear when they fell. The wearing of slippers or shoes without fixation must be assumed to be associated with increased risk of tripping.
The University of Maryland Medical Center notes in brochure they publish about falls in the home:
Many people prefer to wear slippers in the house rather than shoes. However, slippers sometimes cause falls, particularly in the elderly. The uppers of slippers are often soft and so are comfortable for hammer toes and prominent joints, but the soles can lack adequate cushioning. Like outdoor shoes, slippers should fit properly and should not be too loose. Backless slippers, decorative novelty slippers, and slippers with a high heel really should be avoided. The features of the ideal slipper are generally the same as for the ideal shoe. Close fit, rigidity, stability, and good grip adherence.
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Mitt Romney may try to re-re-reinvent himself in tonight's convention speech, but he is still the Republican Party candidate. (More)
In a scathing editorial this past weekend, the economically conservative magazine the Economist took Multiple Choice Mitt Romney to task for failing to consistently explain what he believes or detail what he would do if he were elected President:
But competence is worthless without direction and, frankly, character. Would that Candidate Romney had indeed presented himself as a solid chief executive who got things done. Instead he has appeared as a fawning PR man, apparently willing to do or say just about anything to get elected. In some areas, notably social policy and foreign affairs, the result is that he is now committed to needlessly extreme or dangerous courses that he may not actually believe in but will find hard to drop; in others, especially to do with the economy, the lack of details means that some attractive-sounding headline policies prove meaningless (and possibly dangerous) on closer inspection. Behind all this sits the worrying idea of a man who does not really know his own mind.
A businessman without a credible plan to fix a problem stops being a credible businessman. So does a businessman who tells you one thing at breakfast and the opposite at supper. Indeed, all this underlines the main doubt: nobody knows who this strange man really is. It is half a decade since he ran something. Why won't he talk about his business career openly? Why has he been so reluctant to disclose his tax returns? How can a leader change tack so often? Where does he really want to take the world's most powerful country?
While those portions of the editorial are spot on, the Economist then goes off track by claiming that this week's Republican National Convention provides Romney with "his best chance to say what he really believes" and an opportunity "to show America's voters that he is a man who can lead his party rather than be led by it." This refrain that the Convention provides the Romney with a chance to define himself and his campaign to the American people is a popular one among the chattering classes. But it is also flatly wrong.
The reality is that we already know who Mitt Romney is – an out-of-touch politician who is either unable or unwilling to stand up to the rabid reactionaries who have taken over the GOP. No amount of pandering, speechifying, slick videos, or pretending to be a moderate is going to change that reality.
Some moderates and even a few too many progressives continue to try to convince themselves that Romney would govern as a moderate. But their only support for that belief is Romney's time as Governor of Massachusetts, where it would have been impossible for Romney to win or govern if he had not acted like a moderate. Once he left the Governor's seat in Boston, Romney saw the writing on the wall that his party was taking a sharp rightward turn. Rather than fight for the moderation that he needed to pursue in Massachusetts or the reality-based centrism that had been championed by his father George Romney in the 1960s, Romney time and time again joined in and encouraged the level of craziness that define today's GOP.
As we've detailed previously, during the Republican Presidential primaries, Romney abandoned all sense of moderation and threw his lot in with the reactionaries. For example, he supported Paul Ryan's "marvelous" Austerity Budget, vowed to "get rid of" funding for Planned Parenthood, supported the Blunt Amendment, echoed the false claims of climate deniers', explained that he wished that Robert Bork were on the Supreme Court, embraced the support of conservative firebrand Ann Coulter, declared Arizona's harsh anti-immigration law to be a "model" for the nation, promised to veto the DREAM Act, signed the 2012 pledge of the anti-LGBT National Organization for Marriage, and vowed to abolish ObamaCare on day one of any Romney Presidential Administration.
Since it became clear that Romney would be the GOP's nominee, some in the media continued to surmise that Romney would move to the center. But the move never happened. Romney hasn't backed away from the positions he took during the primary, nor has he stood up to any of the out-of-the-mainstream groups that make up the base of today's GOP. Instead, the Romney campaign has refused to provide virtually any policy details because they believe that doing so would be suicidal. But Romney did give a speech to the NRA that fed into that organization's ridiculous conspiracy theory about President Obama's non-existent threat to the Second Amendment, and gave the commencement address at Jerry Falwell's Liberty University which does not allow LGBT students and teaches creationism. And most significantly, Romney granted the wish of conservative activists by picking Paul Ryan, whose reactionary attempts to abolish Medicare and privatize Social Security are matched by his social extremism, to be a heartbeat away from the Presidency.
Over the past year, Romney has shown that either: (1) Romney is a "severe conservative" who truly believes in the retrograde economic, social, and foreign policy views promoted by the reactionaries who have taken over the GOP, or (2) Romney is so lacking in principles and convictions that he is unwilling to stand up to those reactionaries. Either way, the result is the same. A Romney Presidency would be doing the bidding of the climate deniers, NRA conspiracy theorists, birthers, anti-immigrant nativists, anti-LGBT bigots, Medicare and Social Security privatizers, and peddlers of the failed economic and foreign policies of George W. Bush who have taken over today's GOP. No amount of slick packaging or moderate talk during the final day of the Republican National Convention will change that reality.
If you want to make sure that Romney is never in a position to do the reactionaries' bidding, please write a letter to your local newspaper editor about the real Mitt Romney, and sign up to volunteer for President Obama's re-election campaign.


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My Ántonia
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Antonia immigrates as a girl with her family from Bohemia to a homestead on the open plains. The hardships of attempting to farm the raw land drive her sensitive father to suicide, and, as a young teenager, Antonia is forced to endure hard physical labor in helping to work the farm.
Like many other daughters of the farming immigrants, Antonia becomes a servant girl to an established family in the small town of Black Hawk, with her wages sent to her older brother to help support her family on the homestead. In town, she is able to participate in social activities such as dances and parties, and these gatherings become the focus of her life. She meets a man who works as a conductor on the railroad, and she runs away with him in the belief that he will marry her. However, he deserts her with child, and, in shame, she returns to the grueling hard work of her brother's farm.
Willa Cather's portrayal of the great presence of the prairie, which is converted during Antonia's lifetime from open expanse to productive farmland, serves as a powerful background to Antonia's struggles. Although Antonia faces severe hardship, she remains strong, responding openheartedly to her simple life, which centers on child rearing and family concerns. At the close of the novel, Jim Burden visits her after a twenty-year absence, and he discovers her happily married to a local farmer and caring for her large family. Her courage has enabled her to become a mature woman of dignity and strength.
Bloom, Harold, ed. Willa Cather's "My Ántonia." New York: Chelsea House, 1987. Collection of eleven reprinted articles, selected by a leading literary critic. Includes a Cather chronology and bibliography.
Brown, Edward Killoran. Willa Cather: A Critical Biography. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. Brown was Cather's first biographer. A gracefully written book that still provides insights into Cather's writings, this work is penetrating in its discussion of Cather's use of feelings and nostalgic memories in My Ántonia. Brown died before he could finish the biography, and Leon Edel completed the work.
Brown, Muriel. "Growth and Development of the Artist: Willa Cather's My Ántonia." Midwest Quarterly 33, no. 1 (Autumn, 1991): 93-107. Refers to Cather's own ideas about the novel and about creativity. Brown offers her interpretation of the characters of Ántonia and Jim Burden.
Dyck, Reginald. "The Feminist Critique of Willa Cather's Fiction: A Review Essay." Women's Studies 22, no. 3 (1993): 263-279. Dyck explains Cather's regained literary reputation as a major writer as a consequence of work by feminist critics since the 1970's. Summarizes some of the conflicting interpretations of Cather, using My Ántonia as the primary focus.
Jessup, Josephine Lurie. The Faith of Our Feminists. New York: Richard R. Smith, 1950. An early feminist scholar, Jessup compares Cather favorably with Edith Wharton and Ellen Glasgow, particularly in her development of strong female characters. This is a short but important book.
Lee, Hermione. Willa Cather: Double Lives. New York: Pantheon Books, 1989. In this major biography of Cather, Lee presents a sweeping, multilayered examination of her life and art. Utilizing the most recent scholarship and finely honed critical skills, she assays all the writings, often producing original and controversial interpretations. Her discussion of the pastoral is a significant contribution to understanding Cather's use of the land motif. The book contains a valuable short bibliography.
Murphy, John J. "My Ántonia": The Road Home. Boston: Twayne, 1989. Places the novel in historical and literary context and provides a reading of the text. Also includes a chronology and selected bibliography.
Rosowski, Susan J., ed. Approaches to Teaching Cather's "My Ántonia ." New York: Modern Language Association, 1989. Interesting and readable essays by both established and newer Cather critics who consider the novel from a wide...
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Many of the places that we feature in Africa include a full range of activities, but sometimes optional extras are possible – day-trips and excursions which are worth adding into your stay and are best arranged before you go.
Talk to us about anything which interests you before you finalise your trip with us. Meanwhile, just 1 of the possibilities from Ndutu Safari Lodge are noted below; we hope they help to give you some inspiration.
Balloon Safari over the SerengetiThree hours - approx. one hour flight
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Jessica Simpson's parents are calling it quits.
Tina and Joe Simpson have officially filed for divorce after 34 years of marriage, a publicist for the couple confirmed in a statement.
"It is an amicable split and there is no third party involved," the rep said. "Any other related allegations are completely false. The family appreciates your respect for their privacy at this time."
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Jessica Simpson's dad pleads not guilty to DUI
According to "Entertainment Tonight," the Simpsons filed their divorce petition in a McLennan County, Texas, court on Sept. 24.
That was a little more than six weeks after Jess' former-minister dad and manager, better known as "Papa Joe," was popped for a DUI in Sherman Oaks, Calif. He has since pleaded not guilty to driving under the influence and driving with a blood-alcohol level of 0.08 or above, charges which could nab him up to six months in jail.
Besides Jessica, the Simpsons also have younger daughter Ashlee Simpson and two grandchildren.


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Christopher DiMeo found guilty in murders of Fairfield jewelers
BRIDGEPORT -- The verdicts slammed into Christopher DiMeo like the four shots he fired into Tim Donnelly.
Guilty of murder, guilty of murder, guilty of capital felony, guilty of first-degree robbery.
DiMeo winced with the first verdict then pursed his lips at each successive finding and glanced briefly at the ceiling.
The 12 jurors will return to court on Feb. 28 to decide whether he should get the death penalty.
The Superior Court jury of six men and six women deliberated less than four hours before finding DiMeo guilty of the Feb. 2, 2005 deaths of Fairfield jewelers Tim and Kim Donnelly
As they filed out into the courtroom to deliver their verdict one female juror was visibly upset, dabbing her eyes with a tissue.
For his part DiMeo showed no emotion until after the verdict was announced. Then he sat down at the defense table and sighed. Later he shook hands with his lawyers before being taken away by judicial marshals and corrections officers.
"Now we are going on to the penalty phase," said DiMeo's lawyer, Assistant Public Defender Michael Courtney, as he left the Main Street courthouse. "We are going to put on a lot about his family life and I think we will do OK."
Senior assistant state's attorneys Joseph Corradino and Margaret Kelley, who prosecuted the case, declined comment as they left the courtroom, as did members of the Donnelly family who have sat vigil in the courtroom since the trial began Jan. 18.
The state's case against the 29-year-old DiMeo appeared to be overwhelming.
DiMeo, who had previously robbed three New York jewelry stores killing the manager of one, next targeted the small Post Road store of the Donnellys. The day before the crime his girlfriend, Nicole Pearce, had scouted out the store and drawn the sketch of the interior.
Shortly after 5 p.m. on Feb. 2, DiMeo walked into the store carrying a shopping bag. After engaging the couple in a conversation over engagement rings he pulled out a semi-automatic pistol and, as Kim Donnelly screamed, fired four shots into her husband. He then shot her five times. As the couple lay in pools of their own blood he calmly began filling the shopping bag with jewelry.
William Burke, the Donnelly's landlord who had come downstairs from his office above the store after hearing screams, saw DiMeo in the store filling the bag. When he confronted him DiMeo told Burke he was the couple's uncle.
Dale Nel heard Kim Donnelly screaming, "No, no, no," facing a man with her hands up. And then a series of gunshots.
Tim Donnelly's blood was found on DiMeo's boots, in his car and on his gun, the same one he used to kill the N.Y. jeweler.
DiMeo confessed to the crime when he was arrested in Atlantic City two days after the murders.
Pearce, though suffering from terminal cancer, testified from her hospital room that DiMeo did the crime.
And then the coup de grâce, from Dimeo's own lawyers, who told the jury DiMeo killed the Donnellys.
Yes, but, Courtney argued to the jury, DiMeo did it but he's no serial killer or criminal mastermind "He's just a junkie with a gun."
He contended that DiMeo, a heroin addict, had no intent to kill the Donnellys when he entered their store but did so either because he was high or because Tim Donnelly made a grab for Dimeo's gun.
But Corradino countered in his summation that four gunshots into Tim Donnelly and five into his wife were evidence of DiMeo's intent to kill. He also argued that DiMeo's murder of the New York jeweler in December 2004 showed he had a propensity to kill.
The only note the jury sent out Wednesday before arriving at their verdict was one asking if they could consider the New York murder in deciding whether DiMeo intended to kill the Donnellys. Judge Robert Devlin told them they could.
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NudeDude92 wrote:Yes we're going alone. We're gonna try it by ourselves first time around. Thanks though.
NudeDude92 wrote:We're doing the first time as test of the waters so to say. I realize there will be others there. there's an old cliche that goes something like alone in a room full of people. For our first time, we'd like to be able to take things at a pace of our choosing. For some reason, It's more fun for us to try something new without pressure(not saying y'all would be that way). If we find we really like it, we just might then be a tad more social with it. I guess it's always been how we do it in my house.
Y'all have been awesome. I already have made some strides with some of the thoughts and thinking points in these forums. Pending this june, you may have two converts on your hands.
On your profile page, With respect to Naturism for a Christian, Nude Dude 92 wrote:I would like to do it, and I have dabbled in it, but I am not yet convinced.
So it sort of works out like that both for naturism and religion here. So to the extent you are drawn to the two main themes here, folks here are only to happy to be supportive and answer your questions, offer advice, make suggestions and be supportive, friendly give advice when it is sought, and even offer a hand of fellowship and even extend invites in appropriate situations, especially as we get to know you and you get to know us. We're not doing a hard sell here on anything but there various degrees of fellowship as you grow into the mainstream here. Honest lively discussion is available here but not pushed on people. We are pretty much always willing to help where we can, you will find that is pretty much true of most nudists/naturists. Folks here are pretty open so, pretty much, what youi percieve by reading, is what you get. And from what I percieve of you from what you write, I think that you will find a home here.Quoting Jesus, in John 6:44 John wrote: 44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
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In our house, the "closet" is were we store the "enemy".... CLOTHING!!!
NudeDude92 wrote:natman wrote:I am NOT a "closet" nudist.
In our house, the "closet" is were we store the "enemy".... CLOTHING!!!
I hear you. Honestly, the more I practice nudity in the home, the more I wish it were normal for more people. I hate keeping secrets.
natman wrote:In our house, the "closet" is were we store the "enemy".... CLOTHING!!!
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Michael Douglas says wife Catherine Zeta-Jones went public with her bipolar II disorder after she was "outed."
"I must say, Catherine's being quite open about it because she was outed, you know," the 66-year-old actor said in a candid interview on "The Oprah Winfrey Show," which airs today. "She went to go get some help and some other patient probably in there said, 'Hey, you won't believe who's in here now.' And, so, once that happens, I think she felt best to kind of get out the story."
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The big screen veteran confessed that he and his family have weathered a great deal in the last year.
"My oldest son is in federal prison, my ex-wife is suing me, and I got cancer. It's kind of hard for the wife to say, 'I'm depressed,'" Michael told Oprah.
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However, now the actor said his wife is doing well and back at work.
"She's great. She's shooting a movie down in Louisiana, and I think she's relieved she has a better understanding [of bipolar II]," he said of his Oscar-winning wife who is currently filming the sports dramedy "Playing the Field" with Gerard Butler, Jessica Biel and Uma Thurman. She also recently signed on the for the star-studded musical "Rock of Ages."
As for his own health – the actor told Access Hollywood in January that he successfully beat throat cancer – Michael gave Oprah an update, saying the cancer has not returned.
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"This particular type of cancer has a good record of not coming back," he explained. "But it can. So for the first year, I've got to go every month and get checked."
The actor said he's already received a clean bill of health this month, adding, "I have [been checked.] I'm cool."
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Through it all, Michael said his recent struggles have provided him with a new perspective on life.
"I know that I'm much, much closer to my friends and family," he said, getting emotional. "I have a much deeper appreciation of my family and friends."
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We had a good feeling about this one here at the Boardseeker news office. With barely any time before the first part of the front hits, the top selected riders will be racing across the globe to take up this opportunity. A great chance for many of these 10 windsurfers as we are personally aware that some of them were very keen to try out the conditions that Ireland had to offer. So buckle up your seat-belts ladies and gents, this is going to be one gnarly ride!
The chosen ones
The following riders are those selected and available for the Red Bull Storm Chase: Marcilio 'Brawzhino' Browne, Dany Bruch, Victor Fernandez, Boujmaa Guilloul, Robby Swift, Julien Taboulet, Thomas Traversa, Kenneth Danielsen, Leon Jamaer and Josh Angulo.
So what's the forecast?
Well we've scanned the net and reeled in two very tantalising reports. In general all are agreeing on one thing, a huge swell with monstrous winds will whip Irelands west coast on Sunday/Monday, there will be a chance for the early arrivals to get a warm up session on Saturday but with much smaller waves. The question is, will the wind be so strong it blows the sea flat? Our experience from Ireland is that the underlying swell will still push through and we could expect between 30-40ft waves with wind-strengths up to storm force 10! Well that sounds like RBSC's patients paid off. Take a look at our charts below that we grabbed from Bigsalty.com.
For those thinking of staying it looks like the fronts will keep on coming with 15-20ft swells right on through until the middle of next week.
We will do our best to bring some updates to this news post over the weekend and on into next week but if you are desperately seeking more then the RBSC website will go 'Live' tomorrow. It will change to a web-page which offers frequent updates, video clips, etc…
Stay tuned…


text: k0zmic 60 Report post Posted September 7, 2011 (edited) It appears quite a few people (including myself) have decided to purchase the Metal due to the excellent price at Expansys. Subsequently, I reckon there are going to be a few questions on how to install a custom ROM etc. so I've put together this guide. This guide isn't really my own I've just taken the information from here, here and here and aggregated it. How to install a Custom ROM 1.) Download Gingerbread: http://vache-android....php?fileID=124 2.) Extract the "acer_ug" folder from the zip file on your SDCard (optional) : Reboot in recovery and wipe all/factory reset 3.) Power off your phone 4.) Boot to SD Download Mode with Camera / Vol- / Power (the phone will vibrate 3 times) 5.) Wait until it has finished, the phone will reboot 6.) Activate USB debugging on your phone.(How to) 7.) Plug your phone to your computer with your USB cable 8.) Download Recovery 3.0: http://vache-android....php?fileID=125 9.) Unzip the "RecoveryMT-3.0" folder from the zip file 10.) Launch "install_recovery.cmd" 11.) Download your custom ROM e.g. http://android.modac...y-301-05112011/ and copy and paste either files onto the SDCard 12.) Boot into recovery mode using Volume Up + Focus + Power 13.) Select 'Wipe Data/Factory Reset' (don't wipe the SD Card). 14.) Go back and select 'Install .zip from SDCard' and browse to the ROM file, confirm. 15.) Enjoy Important Note: SD Download Mode (Step 4) checks if the language in the BIN files are consistent, this may mean you need to use the Acer Download Tool from here to flash BIN files of a different language. It's probably a good idea to try this utility if you get error messages at step 4. Flash the BIN file in /acer_ug/acer_xx/whateverfile.bin using the download tool, select the BIN File in the Merged OS File section. See screenshot attached. Thanks to Vache for instructions 1 to 10 & Thanks to lgcmn for the basic structure of the guide from this thread: http://android.modac...final-tl-metal/ & Thanks to Vikings123 for notifying me of the limitations of SD Download mode. Also, Thanks flibblesan for pinning this. Thanks for Chrishund for letting me borrow the instructions on how to root. Sorry if there are any mistakes or anything else to be aware of, if so please let me know and I'll amend them. Partitioning your SD Card for A2SD/Link2SD etc. For the guide I'll be using the Partition feature from AmonRa Recovery available here. You can use apps like Gparted etc. as well as ClockworkMod Recovery if you prefer. Before beginning you need to have rebooted into Recovery Mode. To this with the respective key combo's above or use 'ADB Reboot Recovery' when your phone is plugged into a computer with USB Debugging enabled. 1.) Mount your phone as USB or go into Recovery and select USB MS Toggle and plug the phone into a PC. 2.) IMPORTANT: Backup/Copy the entire contents of your SD Card onto your PC. 3.) Unmount/Disable USB MS and either reboot or go back to recovery. 4.) Select Partition SD. 5.) For the sizes select 0 for Swap. Make the EXT size at least 512MB for A2SD and the rest should be FAT32. 6.) Confirm. All your data on the SD Card will be lost. 7.) Let it complete. 8.) Re-enable USB MS toggle and copy the contents of your SD Card back onto the phone. 9.) Now, you can either do a full wipe and start with a fresh ROM or reboot and try setup Link2SD etc. (Personally, I'd just do a full wipe and start fresh but it's up to you). If you have problems e.g. force closes etc. then do a full wipe. 10.) Enjoy. How to Root Non-Rooted ROM's 1.) Follow steps 6-10 of 'How to install a custom ROM above. Note: If your PC doesn't recognize the phone then you may need to install Acer Sync. 2.) Download this and copy it onto your SDCard. 3.) Now turn off the phone and boot into recovery mode Volume Up + Focus + Power (For ClockworkMod). Down + Focus (Press Camera button Gently) + Power for AmonRA. 4. Choose 'install .zip from SD Card' and find the Superuser.zip install and reboot. Edited January 2, 2012 by k0zmic 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Anger, disappointment, regret. Words used by protestors upset over the election of Donald Trump.
Large anti-Donald Trump protests made their way through Downtown Austin Wednesday. Protesters temporarily blocked the First Street bridge before moving east on West Riverside Drive then back up Congress Avenue towards the Texas State Capitol. The protest reached Capitol grounds then walked back to UT campus.
A second wave of protesters, hundreds strong, was the second to pass through Downtown Austin Wednesday with potent words for the President-elect.
They walked from campus to Congress Avenue and back again, blocking bridges and chanting "out of your jobs and into the streets" to onlookers.
One group on campus responded by raising their fists in solidarity.
A woman along the route said "They should be able to express themselves. If our vote didn't count the way we wanted, we should go do it."
Walking with protesters against Trump on Congress pic.twitter.com/OMYckhbqza— Tina Shively (@TinaS_KVUE) November 9, 2016
Anti-#Trump protesters now walking among the traffic near UT campus on Guadalupe. #Austin pic.twitter.com/0Bo7ihdTgk— Tina Shively (@TinaS_KVUE) November 9, 2016
The protest remained peaceful, APD said. Several APD vehicles followed the protesters.
"We disrupt traffic for all kinds of stuff, festivals, races, everything else," Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo said. "I apologize ahead of time, but I'd rather have these young people exercise their rights peacefully."
Acevedo and City Councilmember Greg Casar joined the march, seemingly energizing the crowd.
"I don't want to speak for the group, but I'd say their message is they're not happy," Acevedo said.
Casar said "We need to begin to resist. I'm here supporting our community as we begin to fight back as a city against Donald Trump and his policies of fear."
Some protestors were students, and others were tourists. They all believed voters made the wrong choice -- except for one. A man in a Trump T-shirt said "That's the whole purpose of America. We can vote for whoever we want but guess what? At the end of the day he was elected by the electorate and that's how its gonna be. Get used to it we have to work together."
But beyond the protests and the anger, disappointment, and regret another word being carried throughout the crowd was solidarity.
UT Sophomore Josh Ellis said, "What was so powerful about this, is that we were able to stand together."


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Sherry & almond Christmas cake
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- Freezable
Nutrition: per serving with icing and marzipan
- kcal1079
- fat54g
- saturates15g
- carbs137g
- sugars126g
- fibre0g
- protein19g
- salt0.6g
- 1kg bag mixed dried fruit (not one with cherries)
- zest and juice 2 large oranges
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- 150ml PX (Pedro Ximenez) sherry, plus extra for feeding
- 250g pack butter, softened, plus extra for the tin
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- 250g light muscovado sugar
- seeds scraped from 1 vanilla pod
- 140g plain flour
- 100g ground almond
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- 2 tsp mixed spice
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Mix the fruit, zest, juice and sherry, and leave overnight to soak. Next day, heat oven to 160C/fan 140C/gas 3. Butter and double-line a deep, 20cm round cake tin. Wrap the outside with brown paper or newspaper and secure with string, as this will protect the sides from overcooking.
Beat the butter, sugar and vanilla seeds together until pale and creamy. Mix the flour, ground almonds and mixed spice together, then tip into the butter mix with the eggs. Beat until combined and smooth. Stir in the whole almonds, fruit and any leftover juices, turn into the tin, then smooth the top and make a dip in the middle. Bake for 1½ hrs.
Turn down the oven to 140C/fan 130C/ gas 2, then bake for 1½ hrs more until dark on the top and a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean, or with a few damp crumbs clinging to it. Once cool enough to handle, turn onto a cooling rack and peel away the lining paper. Cool completely.
Keep the cake well wrapped, then feed once a fortnight with 1-2 tbsp sherry. Poke holes into the cake with a skewer and slowly spoon over the sherry. If you don't have time to do this, this cake is delicious freshly made, and can be covered and decorated as soon as it has completely cooled down.


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Billy Bob Thornton is in Berlin promoting his upcoming film, and simultaneously taking the opportunity to drum up interest in his next project, a film about a real-life horror show that we as a nation collectively suffered through from 1999 to 2002.
"Then We Drove" is an "ethereal" story about "a guy who's on a road trip and picks up this girl along the way, and what happens to them. It's about the question of life: 'What is this? Where do I fit in?'" BBT told Variety.
And who might "this girl" be? Thornton's "Mansfield" producer, Alexander Rodnyansky, implied it's none other than Angelina Jolie.
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"It's based on his personal experiences in many ways," said Rodnyansky. "I found the story amazing. It's a pretty new combination of genres to put into one movie."
Between the gratuitous public make-out sessions and vials of blood, there's was a no love that knew no boundaries, forcing itself down our throats like their overly aggressive tongues.
Thornton hopes to have the script done by March, and head out this summer for a shot in the Southwest. Can't wait for Jolie's brother, James Haven, to make a film about his relationship with her.


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I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. – Thomas Jefferson
Yesterday, I was stunned to read a news report about how Freddie Mac denied people the ability to refinance, then made investments that earn them more money if people are unable to refinance. "Freddie Mac has invested billions of dollars betting that U.S. homeowners won't be able to refinance their mortgages at today's lower rates, according to an investigation by NPR and ProPublica, an independent, nonprofit newsroom. [...] Millions of homeowners wish they could refinance, but their lenders tell them they can't qualify for today's low rates because of tight rules. Freddie Mac is one of the gatekeepers with the power to set those rules, and lately, it has been saying no more often to homeowners."
In other words, the investment arm of the institution is making investments that will profit if people can't refinance while their lending arm is telling people that they can't refinance.
They are not your friends.
Do we even need to go into detail about how banks, insurance companies, and lending institutions consistently work against the customer?
Citigroup's main brokerage subsidiary, its predecessors or its parent company were considered by the SEC to have violated the law against purposeful or negligent fraud of customers under interstate commerce five times: in 2000, 2005, 2006, 2010 and 2011. In each instance, the firm undertook "never to breach the law again".
Bank of America, which now includes Merrill Lynch, was found by the SEC to have violated security laws some sixteen times and made similar pledges on each occasion.
JPMorganChase, which now includes Bear Stearns, was found by the SEC to have violated security laws some twelve times and made similar pledges on each occasion.
The scorecard for other big financial institutions is: UBS —seven times; Goldman Sachs —three times; Wachovia —three times; AIG —twice. The list goes on.
These businesses are not out to make your financial lives easier. They are out for profit. Sometimes, profit might be in line with what your financial needs are. At other times, the profit of the bank is opposed to what your financial needs are – and profit will win.
These banks are doing exactly what they were designed to do, which was make money for the shareholders. That does not include making money for you unless doing so happens to coincide with making money for the shareholders.
My point is simple. Do not rely on these institutions for your financial future. If you already do, make it a serious focus to reduce your reliance on them.
Every day you're in debt, you're handing money to these financial institutions because they loaned you some money in the past. If you put $1,000 on a credit card and wait a year to pay it off, you're not only paying back the $1,000, you're giving them $200 more for the privilege. Mortgages are even more painful. A 30 year mortgage for $200,000 at, say, 6% often has several thousand in closing costs right off the bat. Then, over the lifetime of that mortgage, you'll not only pay back the $200,000, you'll also pay back $231,676.38 more in interest just for the privilege.
Got a credit card? The terms will likely change on that card on a fairly regular basis as the companies find new ways to earn a profit from you holding that card. Often, that means you're going to be paying fees on it or high interest rates on it or interest that starts accumulating very quickly or bonus programs that are difficult to use.
Every day, I receive emails from readers that have piles of credit card debt, piles of student loan debt, a big mortgage, car loans, and other forms of consumer debt. Others are thinking of getting deeper into debt because they want that house or that car now.
When you walk in the door of a financial institution, you play by their rules. They do not give you money because they want your dreams to come true. They give you money because they're going to make far more money from you over the long run.
Your mortgage may be life-changing for you, but it's just another profit-making revenue stream for your bank. The same goes for your car loan or any other debt you may hold.
What's the solution, then? Debt freedom. It's a very simple goal, but it's a powerful one, and until you achieve it, you're going to be simply handing money to financial institutions.
What's the biggest part of debt freedom? Self-control. You don't need everything, and you certainly don't need it today. Your life will not be made whole or complete by having a big house or a shiny new car. Focus on having just the things you actually need and stand on your own two feet with them.
The best thing you can do if you want better behavior from the banks is to make yourself far less reliant on them and stand on your own two feet financially.


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By: Dr. Tibor I. Szabo CM, Tibor P. Szabo, and Daniel C. Szabo BSc [via honeybees.ca]
Over the past decade populations of honey bees and other pollinators have been in decline worldwide. This phenomenon, often referred to in media as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), is characterized by a rapid loss of a colony's adult worker bee population, and has been associated with Varroa mites, viruses, environmental stress, and pesticides. Reports of the 'mysterious disappearance of bees' abound in scholarly studies and the media, along with disclaimers that no causal effect has been proven.
An article entitled "Existing Scientific Evidence of the Effects of Neonicotinoid Pesticides on Bees", which appeared in an online European Parliament publication (EAA, 2012), describes a causal effect – bee poisoning by neonicotinoid pesticides. Mounting undeniable scientific evidence has surfaced from around the globe linking neonicotinoid pesticides to mass bee deaths.
In order to protect honey bees, various member states of the European Union have taken regulatory action on the use of specific neonicotinoids. The European Parliament report describes that "neonicotinoids block an intrinsic chemical pathway which transmits nerve impulses to the insect central nervous system" causing irreversible and cumulative damage to the central nervous system and death. Bees exposed to neonicotinoids exhibit convulsions, tremors, and uncoordinated movements typical of exposure to neurotoxins.
Neonicotinoids are systemic pesticides that are absorbed into plant tissues. The poisons are highly soluble in water and are applied to a variety of agricultural crops with sprays, seed coatings, soil drenchers and granules, injections into tree trunks, or as an additive to irrigation water. Neonicotinoids migrate through soil and the entire plant all the way to the flowers. This causes toxic, lethal, and chronic exposure to non-target species including earthworms, birds, fish, and pollinators (Mason, et al., 2012). Additional exposure routes also exist depending on the method of application. Neonicotinoids are able to remain in the plant tissues for months to several years.
Even low dose exposure to neonicotinoids can result in serious sub-lethal effects on insects. Residues in nectar and pollen often lead to long-term exposure for pollinators. There is no safe level of exposure, as even tiny amounts of insecticides can have long term negative effects. The European Parliament publication (EAA, 2012) reported sub-lethal effects include a wide range of behavioural disturbances in honey bees including:
- Disorientation and difficulties in returning back to the hive (homing ability)
- Reduced foraging efficiency
- Impaired memory and learning
- Failure to communicate properly with other bees in the colony
- Reduction of breeding success
- Decrease of metabolic efficiency
- Reduction in disease resistance
- Necrosis of larva, pupae, and newly emerged bees
A recent scientific publication from Kanazawa University in Japan (Yamada, et. al., 2012) explains that "the high-concentration pesticide (neonicotinoids) seems to work as an acute toxicity and the low- and middle-concentration ones do as a chronic toxicity … In supposing that a pesticide is sprayed and diluted in water of a rice paddy or an orchard and its concentration becomes low, the low-concentration pesticide carried by foraging bees continues to affect a colony for a long time and finally leads to a collapse of a colony or the failure in wintering."
Representing the main Big Ag neonicotinoid pesticide producers, CropLife Canada, maintains that its lucrative neonicotinoid business should not be held responsible and accountable for any honey bee colony declines and instead insists that Varroa mites are primarily to blame (Hepworth, 2013).
A Health Canada (2013) report titled "Evaluation of Canadian Bee Mortalities that Coincided with Corn Planting in Spring 2012" describes:
"an unusually high number of reports of honey bee mortalities were received from beekeepers in corn growing regions of Ontario and Quebec. The majority of reports were from southern Ontario, involving over 40 beekeepers and 240 different bee yard locations. Additionally, one report was received from Quebec involving eight bee yards. Timing and location of these honey bee mortalities appeared to coincide with planting corn seed treated with insecticides."
Beekeepers monitored their affected hives throughout the season and reported on the ongoing effects. These included lack of recovery, dwindling colonies, and lack of honey production. Prior to their exposure the bees were healthy.
"Residue analysis was conducted to determine whether bees were exposed to the insecticides used on treated corn seeds. … Clothianidin was detected in approximately 70% of the samples analyzed in Ontario and clothianidin and thiamethoxam were detected in the samples analyzed from Quebec. On a bee yard basis, these residues were detected in approximately 80% of the bee yards where dead bee samples were collected and analysed."
Personal observations of a bee yard in Southern Ontario, Canada
Our research apiary is located in a semi-agricultural area with large stretches of forests and scattered residential homes. To the East is grazing land and an estimated 100 acres of cultivated land. In 2010 and 2011 this field was planted with corn and in 2012 it was planted with soy. In early May of 2010 we observed several hundred dying and dead bees on the ground in front of some of the colonies. They displayed the typical signs of insecticide poisoning; many were dead while others were on their backs with their legs twitching and proboscis extended. By late July, six colonies displayed dying brood and dwindling population, both signs of colony collapse disorder.
Since 1992 we have kept four hives on scales so that their weight changes could be measured daily in the summer and weekly in the winter. Also since 1992 we have been closely monitoring Varroa mite populations (Szabo 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, Szabo & Szabo, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003). During the first 18 years (1992-2010), from a total of 72 different colonies in the four scale hives, only one colony had died. Then, during the winter of 2010-2011 all four scale colonies died. From the other 51 colonies in the same bee yard 31 (61%) died. In the winter of 2011-2012, 10 (33%) of the 30 colonies and two of the four scale colonies died. In early May of 2012 we found hundreds of dead bees in front of four hives. In order to replace the losses 11 new colonies were made up. By October 2012, only 19 of 31 colonies had survived and were prepared for wintering. The collapse of colonies continues to the present.
In early May 2012, old partly decomposed dead bee samples were collected from the front entrances of four colonies and blooming dandelion flowers were collected from the bee yard and ditch near a treated soybean field that had been planted with treated corn in 2010 and 2011. Neonicotinoids in these samples were not detected at the reporting limit of 0.005 ppm for Imidacloprid and Thiamethoxam and 0.001 ppm for Clothianidin. Health Canada Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) personnel did not collect fresh samples from dying colonies or soil and water samples from the field where the crops had been planted.
In early May 2013 another apiary showed extreme colony loss immediately after a neighbouring field had been planted with treated soybean. Exposed treated seed was visible (Figure 1) on the soil surface. Near the edges of the field we found treated seed coats (Figure 2). The bees in the apiary displayed symptoms consistent with neonicotinoid exposure. Out of 50 colonies, 49 immediately showed signs of acute poisoning and a drastic drop in adult bee populations. Samples of the bees were again taken by PMRA personnel. We are still waiting for the test results from these samples.
Symptoms of the dying colonies
In 2010 it was first noticed that previously solid brood patterns became irregular and some of the larvae were twisted and dead. In the following months more and more larvae became affected (Figure 3) and the adult bee population shrank to a few hundred per colony. Despite this condition the queen continued to lay eggs (Figure 4) until the entire bee population gradually disappeared. Because neonicotinoid pesticides remain in contaminated pollen and nectar which are fed to the brood, many young larvae cannot develop and mature. As older bees succumb to the chronic poisoning and die there are no replacements. The larvae that do mature emerge into young adult bees that can be found dying and twitching at the hive entrance. Young bees found in this state at the front of hives are a sign that the colony has been compromised by neonicotinoids.
Video 1. Adult bee dying and twitching at hive entrance after soy planting.
The need for honey bees to forage for water, pollen, and nectar
Water is essential for honey bee colonies. Bees fly out from hives even in cold weather to collect water from leaves, soil and wherever they can find it. According to Hunt and Krupke (2012) "each corn seed theoretically has enough pesticide to kill well over 100,000 bees." Rain water leaches pesticides into the soil where it can remain active for up to three years and honey bees collect water from wet soil, puddles and ditches. Bees consume the water and if the exposure does not cause acute death, the bees bring the water home to poison their colonies resulting in chronic poisoning. Annual applications of neonicotinoids compound the problem. Figure 5 shows water standing in a treated corn field that bees use for water foraging.
In early spring bees are desperate to collect pollen. They try to collect dust from bird feeders, sawdust, and white powder from poplar tree trunks. A few exposed corn seeds coated in toxic neonicotinoid dust are sufficient to poison entire apiaries as honey bees foraging for pollen carry it back to the colony.
Since neonicotinoid pesticides are systemic and appear in all parts of a plant including roots, stems, leaves, flowers, and fruit, honey bees become exposed while gathering nectar, pollen, and water.
Declining numbers of bumble bees and solitary bees
A 25m × 10m area of grape hyacinth was planted to provide a source of pollen and nectar in early spring and in another area native star thistle was allowed to grow and bloom. Star thistle flowers all summer and grape hyacinth flowers for a month at end of April and in early May. On a sunny day in 2009, 30 foraging bumblebee queens were counted in 10 minutes on the grape hyacinth and in 2012 and 2013 none appeared. The last time the large solitary Megachile was observed visiting the star thistle was in 2008 (Figure 6). The sudden death of foraging bees, the subsequent slow decline and disappearance of colony populations and increase in winter losses coincided with the planting of treated corn 150 m from the bee yard.
A call to action
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (2010) recommends the following label warnings for Clothianidin treated seeds:
"This chemical has properties and characteristics associated with chemicals detected in ground water. The use of this chemical in areas where soils are permeable, particularly where the water table is shallow, may result in ground water contamination.
This compound is toxic to birds and mammals. Treated clothianidin seeds exposed on soil surface may be hazardous to birds and mammals. Cover or collect clothianidin seeds spilled during loading.
This compound is toxic to honey bees. The persistence of residues and potential residual toxicity of Clothianidin in nectar and pollen suggests the possibility of chronic toxic risk to honey bee larvae and the eventual instability of the hive."
Imidacloprid producer EastChem states that the pesticide "should be banned from using near beekeeping, sericulture areas and water sources."
Neonicotinoid pesticides should not be used as a pest control measure. Integrated Pest Management practices must be promoted. It should be mandatory for seed companies to make untreated seeds available to farmers.
Neonicotinoids kill beneficial organisms from pollinators to earthworms to predatory insects. Neonicotinoids should be avoided entirely. Spring is a peak water foraging time for honey bees that coincides with seeding time. Spring runoff mixing with neonicotinoid tainted seeds has catastrophic effects on bee populations. The European Commission's decision to ban Imidacloprid, Thiamethoxam and Clothianidin should be followed as a first step to protecting our pollinators and ecosystems from this class of chemicals.
Beekeepers cannot continue to absorb the heavy financial loses of their honey bee colonies because of neonicotinoid poisonings and many will be forced out of business. This will affect not only the products of bees such as honey, pollen, propolis and wax, but also fruit, nut, vegetables, oilseeds, etc that make up the pollinator's $2 billion annual contribution to Canada's economy (Canadian Honey Council).
List of figures
Figure 1. Bright blue treated soybean seeds exposed on the soil surface after planting. Within 2 days of the field being planted, 98% of colonies in an adjacent beeyard died.
Figure 2. Insecticide treated soybean coatings observed near the edge of a field. These can be blown by the wind to poison areas beyond the field.
Figure 3. The brood pattern of a honeybee colony displaying the symptoms of low concentration (sub-lethal) neonicotinoid pesticide poisoning, consistent with colony collapse disorder (CCD).
Figure 4. Days before the collapse of the honey bee colony, the queen was still laying eggs, however the brood failed to develop.
Figure 5. Water standing in treated corn field is consumed and taken back to the hive by foraging bees.
Figure 6. The large solitary leaf cutter bee (Megachile spp.) has not been seen foraging on star thistle since 2008.
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Environment Agency Austria (EAA) et. al., (2012): Existing Scientific Evidence of the Effects of Neonicotinoid Pesticides on Bees. European Parliament Policy Department: Economic and Scientific Policy. Web:
Health Canada (2013) Evaluation of Canadian Bee Mortalities that Coincided with Corn Planting in Spring 2012. Web:
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Mason, R.; Tennekes, H.; Sánchez-Bayo, F.; Jepsen, P.U. (2012): Immunesuppression by neonicotinoid insecticides at the root of global wildlife declines. Journal of Environmental Immuniology and Toxicity, October 2012.
Yamada, T.; Yamada, K.; Wada, N. (2012): Influence of dinotefuran and cothianidin on a bee colony. Jpn. J. Clin. Ecol. Vol. 21 No. 1 2012: 10-23.
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Szabo, T. I. and Szabo, D.C. (2000): Attempts to reduce the Varroa jacobsonipopulation in honey bee colonies: Research report for 1999. American Bee Journal 140(8): 654-658.
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On the eve of Armistice Day, itinerant jack-of-all-trades Ernest Verdun Mott visits the tomb of the unknown warriors who died in World War I and remembers his father, one of the soldiers killed during the war. After leaving the tomb, Ernie wanders the darkened street of London's poor East End where he grew up. When he enters his mother's second-hand store, Ma Mott bitterly asks why he has returned after such a prolonged absence and tells him that he must stay home now or leave forever. Angered by his mother's ultimatum, Ernie declares that he will leave in the morning. In the street outside the shop, Ernie sees their neighbor, Aggie Hunter, who is in love with him. Aggie plays her cello for Ernie, but when she suggests that they meet later that night, he balks at making any commitments. Instead of visiting Aggie, Ernie goes to the arcade, where he meets gangster Jim Mordinoy, who offers him some money. After rejecting Mordinoy's offer, Ernie sees the waif-like Ada taking tickets at a booth, and is immediately smitten. Ernie makes a date with Ada, but when, at the end of the evening, he tells her that he is leaving the next day, she denounces him for toying with her feelings. The next morning, Ma confides in her friend, pawnbroker Ike Weber, that she is dying of cancer. At breakfast, Ma and Ernie quarrel again, causing Ernie to storm out of the house. Outside Ernie runs into Aggie, who offers to support him on condition he marry her. Rather than respond to Aggie's offer, Ernie goes to Tate's fish and chip parlor, where he meets Ike. Realizing that Ma needs her son to care for her, Ike tells Ernie of his mother's condition. That night, Ernie is befriended by peddler Henry Twite, and after spending an evening at the bar, the two drunkenly wander the streets as Ernie calls out to his dead father. Upon returning home, Ernie tells his mother that he has decided to stay and they make peace. Five weeks later, Ma winces in pain while eating dinner and sends Ernie out of the house. Ernie then decides to visit Ada, who informs him that Mordinoy has forbidden her to see him. Undaunted, Ernie makes another date with Ada for later that week. On his way home, Ernie meets Aggie, and when he asks her advice about Ada, Aggie tells him that she still loves him. The next day, Ma is visited by Mrs. Snowden, a shoplifter, who tries to convince her to fence stolen goods. Ma resists the offer until Mrs. Snowden makes her feel guilty about not providing her son with a decent inheritance. The night of their date, Ada asks Ernie to take her dancing at Mordinoy's club, where the gangster offers him a job and informs him that Ada is his wife. Although Ada protests that she is divorced from Mordinoy, a stunned Ernie refuses to believe her. 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