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Experimental evidence for evolution
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I apologise to the OP and readers in general for appearing to hijack this thread. It's a fine line one takes when trying to put right a wrong. Does it help or hinder the audience? I don't know, but I don't want to take any chances. I'd suggest if Jevg wants to carry this on we "take it outside" (to another thread).
Maybe the subject could be "handbags at ten paces" or something similarly ludicrous.
Re: Experimental evidence for evolution
This discussion is sadly beginning to degenerate to the level of insults and that is regrettable. I am clearly causing you some distress and I have no wish to do that.
This thread was initiated by a simple question.
Now what I and others have done is to try and answer that question. I have provided details of the LTEE experiment that is demonstrating how difficult it is for random events to effect even a small change in function. I have also directed attention to the Francis Collins paper calling in the research of some 300 or so scientists.
I have argued that this body of accumulating evidence supports my understanding that Random mutations whether gradual or punctuated does not lead to speciation. (commonly referred to as Macroevolution)
I have also argued that the evidence from Francis Collins raises serious doubts about the theory of common decent. (Another fundamental pillar of Darwinian theory classical or modern.)
I was about to move on to the question of natural selection and what part evidence is showing it plays in evolution. Your intervention has interrupted that, however I may be given the opportunity to put that as additional evidence to this original question.
Now you may wish to get into an argument over the finer points of a theory that in my opinion is being rapidly eroded by evidence. I have no desire to try and rearrange the tables on a sinking ship.
It should therefore come as no surprise to you, that I have no wish to trade handbags.
Re: Experimental evidence for evolution
If you feel insulted in any way I sincerely apologise, it was not my intention. Let me take the opportunity to say that personally I don't feel in any way insulted by any of the comments you have made.
Thanks for your concern, however let me reassure you, your views cause me no concern whatsoever. They are your views and clearly you are entitled to hold them and express them. If my views differ, I too have taken the same opportunity.
Feel free to answer the 3 questions I posed to you, and address any points I raised in that post in any thread you choose....
... I would be particularly interested in your views on the points I made about your inaccurate references of the LTEE experiment.
Collins is an authority in his field, I note that when he was appointed to the Pontifract Academy of Sciences by the Pope it raised a few eyebrows particularly because he supports stem cell research. He is also open about his religious views for which he receives criticism from fellow scientists. This is unfair in my view because at least he's being open about it. I mean, if someone is an atheist they don't get criticised from fellow scientists.
I shall have to get hold of a copy of his book, according to USA today...
...hopefully the rest of the forum will forgive my insolence and the delaying of the inevitable.
Re: Experimental evidence for evolution
Thank you for your comments.
As we can now concentrate with questions that deal directly with the question in this thread, I will be very happy to deal with your questions and indeed any others. I have not ignored responding to serious and rational questions in the past and will respond as required in future.
I will however ask for a little patience at the moment as I am going to be away from my computer for about 36 hours or so. I will therefore respond sometime tomorrow evening UK time.
Re: Experimental evidence for evolution
I will try to deal with the issues you raised that are connected to this experiment.
The LTEE experiment is named
Historical Contingency and Evolution of key innovation in an experimental population of Escherichia coli.
I introduced this paper to the forum in my very first post with the appropriate link for all to check against. To suggest that I have not read it and merely relied on someone else's explanation I find somewhat curious.
To save any further confusion here it is again.
First sentence reads
"The role of historical contingency in evolution has been much debated, but rarely tested. Twelve initially identical populations of Escherichia coli were founded in 1988 to investigate this issue."
The purpose of the experiment therefore was to determine the validity of the hypothesis of "Historical Contingency"
(Page 1 para 4)
"They have since been propagated by daily 1:100 serial transfer in DM25, a minimal medium containing 25 mg/liter glucose as the limiting resource (2, 22)."
Under Materials and Methods (Page 7)
"The twelve populations have been propagated for almost 20 years by daily serial dilution in DM25, a minimal salts medium that has 139_Mglucose and 1,700_Mcitrate (2)."
"The various DMmedia used to grow cells in different experiments are all based on the same formulation as the DM25 used in the LTEE (1), with only glucose concentration varied. DM25 contains glucose at 25 mg/liter. DM500, DM1000, and DM2000 have 20, 40, and 80 times, respectively, more glucose than DM25, whereas DM0 contains no glucose."
"Throughout the duration of the LTEE, there has existed an ecological opportunity in the form of an abundant, but unused, resource. DM25 medium contains not only glucose, but also citrate at a high concentration." (page 2 para1)
Was the concentration of glucose deliberately chosen? --- Yes
Why? --- To provide selection pressure.(an ecological opportunity)
Are there variants of E coli that have the ability to utilize citrate?
Yes, they have been detected in the wild. Ref 44 and 45 in the paper provides the sources. It is found in pigeons, pigs, cattle and horses.
"Other findings suggest that E. coli has the potential to evolve a Cit+ phenotype.
Hall (41) reported the only documented case of a spontaneous Cit_ mutant in E. coli." (page 2 para2)
Did the evolution of Cit+ come as a surprise? (as you have suggested)
"The long-delayed and unique evolution of the Cit+phenotype might indicate that it required some unusually rare mutation……" (page 2 para 4)
If an event is long delayed, it suggests to me that the event was anticipated or at least hoped for. Why you feel they were surprised is beyond me, especially when the ability of E.coli to use citrate already exists in other variants.
The experiment was designed to test the validity of Historical Contingency.
The populations were propagated (fed) in DM25 (a mixture of glucose and citrate) the ratio deliberately chosen for this experiment to provide selection pressure.
After 31500 generations the long delayed evolution of Cit+ arrived in one of the 12 populations. That is after a total of about 360,000 generations of "random mutations."
It is now up to around 500,000 generations.
Remember this "new" trait only involved gaining the ability to transport the citrate through the cell wall. The ability to digest the citrate was already there.
It is with good reason that Lenski states:- (page 2 para3)
"Despite this potential, none of the 12 LTEE populations evolved the capacity to use the citrate that was present in their environment for over 30,000 generations. During that time, each population experienced billions of mutations (22), far more than the number of possible point mutations in the 4.6-million-bp genome. This ratio implies, to a first approximation, that each population tried every typical one-step mutation many times. It must be difficult, therefore, to evolve the Cit+ phenotype, despite the ecological opportunity."
It is also with good reason I posted the rather cryptic question.
How many generations would it take to develop a whole digestive tract from teeth to anus.? ( Let alone the whole organism)
The question is not whether evolution is a fact or not. It is a fact.
The question is.
Does evolution progress to the point of producing new species and is the driving force "random mutations"? Remember the mutations have to occur before natural selection can begin to operate.
After some now, 50,000 generations has a new species arrived?
Quite clearly no. It is still E.coli.
In summary this experiment has revealed that
1. Bacteria become fitter and get larger/
2. Most of the gain is in the first 2000 generations
3. Most of the gain comes from five different genes that have mutated.
4. After 20,000 generations, his group sequenced 918,700 bases from 50 isolates- they found 10 changes, all in ones with a "mutator" phenotype.
"It is clearly very difficult for E. coli to evolve this function. In fact, the mutation rate of the
ancestral strain from Cit- to Cit+ is immeasurably low; even the upper bound is 3.6 _ 10_13 per cell generation, which is three orders of magnitude below the typical base pair mutation rate." (page 6 para. 2)
In English "immeasurably low" means – incapable of being measured.
"Nevertheless, one population eventually evolved the Cit+ function, whereas all of the others remain Cit_ after more than 40,000 generations. We demonstrated that the evolution of this new function was contingent on the history of the population in which it arose. "
To establish their contention that historical contingency was the cause of the evolution they ran three replay experiments from the potentiated clones.
"Statistical Analysis of the Replay Experiments.
All three experiments show the same tendency for Cit+ variants to evolve more often from clones sampled in later than earlier generations of population Ara-3 "
I did unintentionally overstate the replay experiments results as described above when I stated that the replays "resulted in identical citrate-feeding populations, all of which emerged after the same total number of generations."
Let me conclude with the question Lenski poses.
"Will the Cit_ and Cit+ lineages eventually become distinct species?
According to the biological species concept widely used for animals and plants, species are recognized by reproductive continuity within species and reproductive barriers leading to
genetic isolation between species (67) Although the bacteria in the LTEE are strictly asexual, we can nonetheless imagine testing this criterion by producing recombinant genotypes.…."
Why is the question left hanging?
Because the evidence simply is not there.
So you question me when you state
"so how do you explain ignoring the approx 3.5 million single step genetic mutations that lead to benefitial improvements in the Lenski experiment up to the 20,000th generation."
I am not able to explain your assertion because I am unaware of the evidence you seem confident you have.
My question therefore is
What is the evidence you call on to support that statement? ( forget the 20,000 bit)
Re: Experimental evidence for evolution
When I asserted that "You really haven't actually read Lenski have you? " you must forgive my generality. I was not suggesting that you hadn't read that particular paper that you were citing. I was inferring that you hadn't read any of the Lenski's papers in which he outlined his reasons for the experiment and the way the experiment was carried out. I believe that if you had read any of these papers, understood them and didn't doubt Lenski's credentials then you wouldn't have said the following
Those statements are misleading. In many papers Lenski has outlined his goals for the experiment; providing data on historical contingency and establishing his own fossil record were two of his main goals but nowhere does he state his intention to force E coli to evolve Citrate digestion. As I have already pointed out, and again this comes from Lenski himself, they provided glucose as the sole source of carbon and energy.
People can look at your words and judge for themselves why you make such statements about the Lenski experiment. I personally try to see the best in people which is why I suggested that you had been seriously misled. If you wish to understand the LTEE more I suggest you visit their own website. There is a huge amount of data, if you are seriously interested in the experiment then you will be rewarded for your time and effort with a greater understanding of historical contingency and the benefits of having a more complete fossil record.
For your info the website is:
I know I open myself to the accusation of being lazy when I say this, but again I prefer to read what Lesnki says, and take his word for it when he states that when citrate using E coli evolved it came as a surprise. Again, you can infer what you wish if it suits your purpose but coupled with the fact that he never stated breeding citrate using E Coli as one of his goals and stating that it was a surprise to him and his team when it happened, I'm happy to say your statement is misleading.
I'd go even further than that and say not only do they have to occur but also they have to take hold in the population before natural selection can do it's thing.
Not according to Lensky et al;
"Although adaptation decelerated sharply, genomic evolution was nearly constant for 20,000 generations. Such clock-like regularity is usually viewed as the signature of neutral evolution, but several lines of evidence indicate that almost all of these mutations were beneficial"
Genome evolution and adaptation in a long-term experiment with Escherichia coli
Jeffrey E. Barrick1,7, Dong Su Yu2,3,7, Sung Ho Yoon2, Haeyoung Jeong2, Tae Kwang Oh2,4, Dominique Schneider5, Richard E. Lenski1 & Jihyun F. Kim2,6
Glad to hear it, hopefully you will acknowledge the same regard towards your other misleading comments on the LTEE regarding their goals and use of Citrate. How you interpret the results of the data is your own business but I hope you agree you haven't represented the LTEE correctly in your assertions of their running of the experiment.
The way I read it Lenski is posing a possible hypothesisc for future testing, I don't think anyone is arguing that the evidence is there. It obviously isn't until experiments can be run to test it.
I looked at the data back when the 20,000th generation was new and since then we have now passed 50,000 generations. Zachary Blount is responsible for co-ordinating testing to establish benefitial single genetic mutations, last I knew he had personally tested 40 trillion e coli cells, then there are others either in the LTEE team or in labs around the world who support their work.
The data to support my statement is contained in the research published on the LTEE website and in fact is more likely to be even greater than this number now which is why I added "approx", in hindsight I should probably have chosen "at least".
The following papers are those that I know cover benefitial single genetic mutations: 122, 140, 155, 166, and 178
What the LTEE has shown is that there have been at least 3.5m instances of e coli cells mutating in a single gene and this mutation leading to improved fitness.
Re: Experimental evidence for evolution
So apart from the rhetoric on the periphery of this question
We are agreed, random mutations and natural selection can make an organism fitter and larger (bacteria in this case) and more adaptive in an existing environment that in more general parlance is referred to as micro evolution.
So lets return to the question that initiated this thread.
Can we also agree then that this 22 year long experiment by Lenski (which as I have stated before is what good science is all about and whose website I have been following for some time now) has not produced evidence that supports a hypothesis that new species emerge as a result of this "Darwinian mechanism".
The term the macro-evolution is used in the question and again is general parlance for speciation.
In other words there is no empirical evidence that provides support for a continuum between micro-evolution and macro-evolution.
Re: Experimental evidence for evolution
Absolutely agreed, I only wish you had said this at the beginning. I would be pretty certain that if an experiment could be conceived that would breed a new species in an extremely short amount of time (and I mean that in the same sense that Gould and Darwin both used it) it would receive both praise and criticism in equal measure. It would certainly be headline news.
As it stands all we have to satisfy ourselves are clues such as the existence of ring species, an extremely incomplete fossil record and multiple experiments to push the boundaries of micro evolution.
What we have is a smoking gun, some empty bullet cases, lots of blood but unfortunately no body. Again thats just my view of it.
Re: Experimental evidence for evolution
This is what I wrote on June 25 Page 2 of this thread.
Anyhow at least there is some measure of agreement now.
I did say I would go on to the question of natural selection but that will have to wait till the
weekend as I am rather busy with other matters till then.
Re: Experimental evidence for evolution
You said a heck of a lot more than that. Bygones I suppose.
I'm actually looking forward to seeing how you tie up historic contingency and non randomness, which is I think where your heading?
I'd say this is different enough from the OP's question to be in it's own thread by now. Otherwise your going to find people discussing the OP popping up in the middle of some discussions over what you postulate.
Re: Experimental evidence for evolution
Apologies for the delay. I was away longer than anticipated.
The experimental evidence to date does not show random mutation/variation as a driving mechanism that leads to the formation new species. That is now fairly clear.
What variation that does occur does so within species.
The Darwinian hypothesis majors on (environmental) Natural selection as being the main driving mechanism causing speciation.
The question therefore is whether this fundamental pillar of the hypothesis is borne out in experimental evidence.
A 30 year project carried out by K.Gartner is reviewed in his 1990 paper found here
Part of the summary reads
"Utilizing methods established in twin research, only 20-30% of the range of the body weight in inbred mice were directly estimated to be of environmental origin. The remaining 70-80% were due to a third component creating biological random variability, in addition to the genetic and environmental influences. This third component is effective at or before fertilization and may originate from ooplasmic differences. It is the most important component of the phenotypic random variability, fixing its range and dominating the genetic and the environmental component." ( my emphasis)
These finding are endorsed by D.L.Lajus & V.R. Alekseev in their 2004 paper
This is how they introduce their paper
"It is commonly thought that phenotypic variation in the wild population of most bisexual species is determined by two factors. The first is the genotypic difference between the individuals. The second is caused by diversity of environmental conditions during the formation of the phenotypic trait and manifests itself as phenotypic plasticity. Therefore different environments may result in different phenotypes even if genotypes are the same.
Most studies focus on genotypic variation because this kind of variation provides the basis for population's adaptive response to change in environmental factors by
means of selection. Much less attention is usually paid to the non-genotypic component. But some experiments have shown that even when both genetic and environmental causes of phenotypic variation have been accounted for, variation still exists."( my emphasis)
In 2005 Albert H.C. Wong et al confirmed the above.
http://hmg.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/conte ... uppl_1/R11
They write (under PHENOTYPIC VARIATION IN GENETICALLY IDENTICAL ANIMALS: 'THE THIRD COMPONENT')
"In an elegant series of experiments designed to explore the relative contributions of genes, environment and other factors to laboratory animal phenotype, Gartner (17 ) was able to demonstrate that the majority of random non-genetic variability was not due to the environment. Genetic sources of variation were minimized by using inbred animals, but reduction of genetic variation did not substantially reduce the amount of observed variation in phenotypes such as body weight or kidney size. Strict standardization of the environment within a laboratory did not have a major effect on inter-individual variability when compared with tremendous environmental variability in a natural setting.
Only 20–30% of the variability could be attributed to environmental factors, with the remaining 70–80% of non-genetic variation due to a 'third component...effective at or before fertilization'" (17 ).(my emphasis)
There are clearly built in mechanisms that cause probably most of the variation we see within species.
So what the experimental evidence and genetic research is showing is fairly clear.
The Darwinian mechanisms for speciation, so often touted as fact, are really not supported by experimental/empirical evidence.
Research in Developmental biology is probably causing the greatest stress to these hypothetical mechanisms.
So returning to the original question
Yes there is empirical evidence and NO it does not support "macroevolution".
In fact all the available evidence is serving to falsify this Darwinian (neo or classical) hypothesis.
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Shortly after that, Jody Lynn Rendall created LGBT of Walworth County.
"That just hit home to me on so many levels," Rendall said of the student she knew.
The incident made her ask why no one was advocating for lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders in the community.
Recognizing the community's void, Rendall in 2011 created LGBT of Walworth County. The organization has grown and has potential to gain non-profit status.
LGBT of Walworth County is based in Elkhorn and is focused on supporting and advocating for the lesbian, gender, bisexual, transgender community by providing information and resources, monthly meetings, movie nights, and future support groups and seminars.
Rendall, 62, of Lake Geneva, came out as a transgender woman in 2008.
As a child growing up in a rural town outside of Chicago, Rendall said her peers physically and verbally harassed her because of her feminine presentation.
Some of her earliest childhood memories are of her thinking she was in the wrong body.
"Some people would say I was born male," Rendall said. "No, as far as I'm concerned, I was born female and I just happened to end up in a male body."
What really determines who you are is what is in your heart and mind, Rendall said.
For 57 years, Rendall was a man in the public's eye.
After retiring in 2006 from Big Foot High School, Walworth, where she was a physics teacher, she took a year to decide if she was going to make the transition from David Rendall to Jody.
"Whatever years I have left, I am going to be a woman, the woman I was meant to be, and I'm going to do whatever I can to function in this world that way," Rendall said as she described the thoughts that went through her head that day. "So far, I'd say it has worked out."
Jody's wife, Beth, knew Rendall was transgender about 10 years into their marriage. Beth found female clothes in a closet at their home. Jody thought the marriage was over, but it wasn't.
"She was supportive," Rendall said. "If you've ever heard of unconditional love, that's how she feels towards me."
The couple met at Carroll University, Waukesha, in the 1970s. They celebrated their 40th anniversary in January.
Rendall calls herself a trans-advocate, someone who wants to work on being a spokesperson for the community. She speaks to counselors, educators, and students across the state about the LGBT community and the importance of acceptance and creating a safe community for students.
She, area educators, and members of LGBT of Walworth County are working on putting together a community-wide youth leadership conference on bullying.
The organization also will host a Christmas in July with a Yuletide Christmas party. A final date, time, and other details have yet to be determined. Food and beverages will be provided, and "Make the Yuletide Gay" will be played, Rendall said. All events are open to the public.
County residents have been supportive of LGBT of Walworth County, Rendall said.
At Elkhorn's Oktoberfest last year, several people came up to the organizations booth and said they were happy to have the resource in the county, Rendall said.
"I have been an educator for 37 plus years, and I firmly believe one of the keys to eliminating conflict is for people to be able to sit down and have a meaningful dialogue with one another."


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Chief executive officers from DuPont Co. to Honeywell International Inc. urged U.S. politicians to move quickly on tax reform and debt reduction after the standoff over the fiscal cliff hurt the nation's credibility.
Bipartisan cooperation over the $16.4 trillion debt ceiling, averting a further battle between Democrats and Republicans, would give markets confidence and spur economic recovery, Honeywell CEO David Cote said yesterday. Congress and the White House are at "a starting point" after putting a stop to tax increases for than 99 percent of households, said Ellen Kullman, DuPont's CEO.
The Standard & Poor's 500 Index rallied the most in a year yesterday after both houses of Congress this week approved a last-minute compromise to avert the so-called fiscal cliff of tax increases and government spending cuts. Even so, the deal was "a missed opportunity" to boost the economy and show U.S. leadership, Cote said.
"I urge our leaders to get back to the table as soon as possible, put politics aside, and work out a plan that will truly help to expand the U.S. economy over the long term," Cote said in an e-mailed statement. "We cannot give up now, that's not how a great nation acts. The components of a better, bigger deal are all there."
Delaying automatic spending cuts, known as sequestration, for two months leaves national security and defense contractors still facing "dire consequences" if the cuts aren't ultimately canceled, said Dan Beck, a spokesman for Chicago-based Boeing Co. The company makes both military and commercial aircraft. Half of the scheduled cuts would be in defense programs.
The bill Congress passed on taxes sent the Standard & Poor's 500 Index up 2.5 percent yesterday in its biggest rally since Dec. 20, 2011. The agreement eliminated the threat of income tax increases for more than 99 percent of households. The surge in stocks also helps cement the standing of U.S. companies in the world economy. Led by Apple Inc. and Exxon Mobil Corp., American corporations make up 168 of the 500 biggest stocks globally with a combined market capitalization of $10.7 trillion, or almost 40 percent of the total.
President Barack Obama said Jan. 1 that he will sign into law a bill passed by the U.S. House undoing tax increases for most Americans. He also will seek higher taxes from corporations this year. Republicans are now turning to the need to raise the $16.4 trillion debt ceiling to force Obama to accept cuts in entitlement programs such as Medicare.
"We're in the same old fight with uncertainty still in the market," said Brad Thompson, CEO of employee-owned Columbia Forest Products Inc. of Greensboro, North Carolina, the largest North American maker of decorative hardwood plywood. "I was hoping for long-term spending cuts, but it's the same old malaise, with our leaders just kicking the can down the road."
The U.S. hit the debt limit on Dec. 31 and the Treasury Department began employing so-called extraordinary measures to finance about $200 billion in deficits in 2013.
A debt limit increase will be needed as early as mid-February, according to the Congressional Budget Office, and the automatic spending cuts will start taking effect on March 1.
"A potentially bruising battle over the debt ceiling could further damage fragile consumer sentiment over the next two to three months," John Heinbockel, an analyst at Guggenheim Securities in New York, wrote yesterday in a note.
Heinbockel, who recommends buying shares of Walgreen Co. and CVS Caremark Corp., said he expects drugstore chains and dollar store retailers such as Dollar General Corp. "to emerge somewhat unscathed" because they generate most of their sales from necessities rather than discretionary items.
"We remain cautious on the near-term income and spending outlook," said Heinbockel, even with "considerable noise (and much optimism) over the 'thirteenth hour' resolution of the fiscal cliff."
The bill to be signed by Obama would reinstate tax cuts that expired Dec. 31 on taxable income of as much as $400,000 for individuals and $450,000 for married couples, leaving those top earners with a marginal tax rate of 39.6 percent, up from 35 percent last year.
The largest economic impact of the budget accord will come from ending a 2-percentage-point payroll tax cut, which will shrink paychecks for U.S. workers immediately even as most income tax cuts that expired Dec. 31 are being extended permanently.
The payroll cut's lapse will pull more than $100 billion out of the economy in 2013 and is the primary reason why 77.1 percent of U.S. households will face higher taxes this year, according to the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center in Washington. In addition, the bill extends expanded unemployment benefits and continues refundable tax credits for low-income families and college students.
The burden of higher income taxes will fall the most on the top 1 percent and particularly on the top 0.1 percent of taxpayers. Those making more than $2.7 million will pay an average of $443,910 more in 2013, or 26 percent of the additional burden, according to the Tax Policy Center. Households earning $500,000 to $1 million will pay an average of $14,812 more.
If Congress had not acted, taxes would have risen by more than $3,400 per household, automatic spending cuts would have started and expanded unemployment benefits would have lapsed. If there had been no resolution, the economy probably would slip into recession in the first half of 2013, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
"Getting something is better than getting nothing if we avert going over the cliff," Matthew Shay, CEO of the National Retail Federation in Washington, said in a Dec. 29 telephone interview.
Even so, passage of a limited deal offers no guarantee that Congress will tackle broader fiscal reform later because gun control, immigration reform and other issues are going to draw attention from fiscal matters, Shay said.
"We should be more realistic about prospects for whether or not we're going to get the so-called big deal, because once we get over the cliff and we get resolution to some of the basic elements, then obviously all of the pressure is off and you lose that opportunity to do the big deal," he said. "It's going to be much more difficult to get the big deal because people are going to lose their enthusiasm."
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The Canadian Opera Company is delighted to be part of the ever-growing support of honeybees, Currently we host seven hives onthe roof of our opera house, the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. Follow the honeybees' progress on Parlando, with visits and posts from beekeeper Fred Davis!
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Worker bees do a little dance to communicate with each other to report on pollen findings. They can express to their hive mates how to get to the food as well. See more here!
Worker bees also perform dances to let receiver bees know that foragers have returned with food.
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10. A honeybee strokes its wings at a tremendous speed of 11,400 times per minute. This stroking helps to produce the unique bee buzz we get to hear when it flies.
9. The queen lays upwards of 1200 eggs per day.
8. Honeybees do a dance which alerts other bees where nectar and pollen was located. The dance explains direction and distance. Bees also communicate by secreting pheromones (for example, alarm pheromones to indicate danger or to repel enemies).
7. There are approximately 600,000 honeybee colonies in Canada.
6. A honeybee visits approximately 50 to 100 flowers every day. Those little wings must get tired.
5. A honeybee can fly at the speed of 15 mph. It is also known to venture as far as 6 miles to collect nectar from flowers.
4. Honeybees are naturally docile and well-behaved – unlike their more aggressive cousins, wasps and hornets. Honeybees rarely sting when they are foraging for pollen in flowers or in a garden. Protecting their colony (their home) is their primary concern – therefore, the beekeeper is most likely to agitate the bees. In the end, it is the beekeeper that is at risk of getting stung, rather than the general public.
3. All the bees in a particular colony smell alike, allowing guard bees to easily spot intruders.
2. Bees cannot recognize the color red… but, they do see ultraviolet colors.
1. Honey bees are the only insects that make food for us!
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This year's improvement in pension plan funding is seen as paving the way for a groundswell in pension de-risking transactions next year. And the prospect of additional rules for such transactions from the U.S. Department of Labor isn't expected to interfere significantly with that pickup.
Companies can lower the risk involved in defined-benefit pension plans by reallocating plan assets to hold more fixed-income securities, by offering lump-sum buyouts to some participants, or by buying an annuity to cover a group of plan participants.
The two types of de-risking transactions—lump-sum buyouts and annuity purchases—hit the headlines in 2012 when General Motors, Verizon and Ford did big deals. Verizon transferred $7.5 billion of pension obligations to Prudential by purchasing a group annuity for 41,000 retirees, while Ford offered buyouts to 98,000 retirees and former employees. General Motors unloaded $26 billion of its pension liabilities by offering buyouts to some retirees and buying a group annuity for those who didn't accept the lump sum and other retirees.
While there were no mega-transactions this year, consultants cite a steady stream of smaller pension de-risking deals. And they expect activity to pick up next year, in part because plan funding improved so much this year. Mercer's calculations put the funded ratio of S&P 1500 plans at 93% in November, the highest level in five years and up from 74% at the end of 2012.
"Clearly funded status is one of the—if not the—leading indicator for pension de-risking activity," said Matt Herrmann, leader of the retirement risk management group at HR consultancy Towers Watson. "As funded status improves, it improves the options that are available to plan sponsors, or makes them more palatable."
According to a Towers Watson survey of executives at 180 companies, 75% say they have a journey plan—a program for de-risking the pension plan that includes triggers for making future changes—or are planning one. And half of the executives surveyed said their company's journey plan includes unloading some of its pension obligations.
Journey plans, which have been around for seven or eight years, started as a way to implement investment strategy more effectively when markets were changing rapidly and investment committees met only periodically, said Herrmann, pictured at left. "There was a recognition that we needed to put some triggers in place, so as funding status improves, the sponsor is in a position to take action," he said.
In the last couple of years, Herrmann said, journey plans have become "more holistic." Now they can include transactions like lump-sum offers as well as asset allocation changes.
The Towers Watson survey suggests that small pension plans are more likely to undertake de-risking transactions. Half of the respondents whose pension plan has more than $5 billion in assets said they only plan to change their investment allocations, versus just 31% of those with under $5 billion in assets.
Fifty-eight percent of respondents said they have offered or plan to offer lump sum buyouts, while just 16% said they have considered such buyouts and decided against offering them.
Herrmann said that lump-sum buyouts have been "a materially larger tactic over the last couple of years than annuity purchases." Companies usually offer such buyouts to "terminated vested" employees, those who are not yet retired but no longer work for the company, he said, and that smaller portion of the plan population makes "a nice starting point."
Recently, though, the ERISA Advisory Council, a group that makes recommendations to the Labor Department related to ERISA, suggested that Labor provide companies with additional guidance on pension de-risking.
At public hearings the council held earlier this year, some speakers argued that transferring pension obligations from the company to an insurer via an annuity purchase leaves plan participants less protected because their benefits are no longer backed by the federal Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.; instead, they're protected by an annuity backed by a state guaranty fund. Speakers also expressed concern that lump-sum buyouts are not in the best interests of employees.
The council is expected to recommend that the Labor Department make clear that buying an annuity for a de-risking transaction involves fiduciary standards identical to those that apply when a company buys an annuity for a plan termination. It's also expected to suggest additional disclosures to participants for lump-sum buyouts and ask Labor to warn companies about the consequences if they breach fiduciary standards.
Lawyers say there is little in the council's recommendations that companies aren't already doing.
"In fiduciaries I counsel, I don't think there's ever any doubt that the same standards apply anytime a plan purchases an annuity to pay benefits," said Rosina Barker, a partner at Ivins Phillips & Barker, a law firm that specializes in tax and employee benefits.
Barker questioned the council's recommendation that the Labor Department consider providing a set of factors fiduciaries should consider when selecting an annuity, which would serve as a safe harbor, limiting plan sponsors' liability if they complied with them. "The fiduciary has to keep abreast of every piece of information that indicates a financial institution may not be safe," she said. "In an era where a lot of people are thinking about what is the indication of a safe and sound financial institution, and their thinking changes as events change, I question whether a safe harbor would really enhance the process." Barker also questioned whether the Labor Department has the authority to develop a safe harbor or to require the posting of a bond if a safe harbor requirement is not satisfied.
The other section of the recommendations, about disclosures for lump-sum offers, are "almost all current law," Barker said, except for the recommendation that companies give a minimum 90-day notice for lump-sum buyouts, up from the current requirement for a minimum 30-day notice period.
"I think any additional look the Labor Department wants to take on the sufficiency and transparency of notifications would be welcome," Barker added. "In my opinion, some of these notices are complex and could usefully be simplified."
Jeffrey Capwell, leader of employee benefits and executive compensation at the law firm McGuire Woods, said he doesn't expect the proposal for Labor Department guidance to discourage companies from undertaking de-risking transactions.
"Requiring the election period [for lump sums] to be at least 90 days would impact the design some people have been using, but that shouldn't make it particularly more difficult to conduct one of these programs," he said.
Capwell added that it's not surprising that the Labor Department has concerns about lump-sum buyouts, since such transactions run counter to the emphasis Labor and the Obama administration have placed on encouraging the annuitization of retirement benefits. "There's a general view in this administration that annuities make sense and lifetime payments make sense and there are risks associated with lump sum cash-outs of benefits," he said, noting that the Labor Department has put forward a proposal for 401(k) plans to express participants' benefits in the form of an annuity.


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Campus Program Elements
Campus Champions of Character Liaisons implement the program
Ongoing training and professional developmentfor coaches, athletics administrative staff and student-athletes
Ensure ALL coaches complete Character Driven Coaching; review coaches profiles annually. Conduct Live 5 programming for student-athletes Incorporate Champions of Character into current activities and use the Resources. Complete Administrator Training Courses online or at the NAIA National Convention
Conduct contests according to the NAIA's standards for game management. Use the required PA announcements at the start of each contest.
Develop Champions of Character outreach activities in your community; partner with a local school or organization to deliver the core value message
Conduct at least one student-led, servant leadership activity
Submit award nominations Create a Champions of Character page on your athletics website (use the official sample)
of progress in implementing campus plans
Understand the Champions of Character Scorecard requirements and input Scorecard data in NAIAHelp. Use the Scorecard to identify areas that need improvement; review ejection and suspension reports to address areas of concern.


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UPDATED: Snowmobiler found dead on Delavan Lake
�TOWN OF DELAVAN—A town of Delavan man who was riding a snowmobile alone on Delavan Lake died in an accident on Saturday night or Sunday morning.
Town of Delavan police did not release the 51-year-old's identity, pending release of a coroner's report.
The cause of death remains under investigation, but initial observations indicate the snowmobile was traveling at high speed when it flew through the air and crashed into a bed of cattails, said town of Delavan Sgt. Raymond Clark.
The man was thrown from the vehicle.
Clark said it appears the snowmobile hit something to cause it to take to the air, but what it hit was not immediately determined.
�Investigators believe the man was alone on the lake when the accident occurred, Clark said.
Police were notified of a missing adult at about 8:15 a.m. Sunday. The man's family told police that he had left his residence alone on his snowmobile at about 7 p.m. Saturday, the release states.
Minutes later, family members who had been looking for the man "for quite some time" reported they found his wrecked snowmobile in a remote area of the south side of Delavan Lake Inlet, Clark said.
The body was found "fully obscured by deep snow and heavy cattail cover," the release states.
A widespread search for the man continued until his body was found a short distance from the snowmobile around 10 a.m., Clark said.
The swampy area made the search difficult, Clark said.
�Assisting town police were the Walworth County Sheriff's Office, state Department of Natural Resources, police from the cities of Delavan and Williams Bay and fire and rescue units from the town of Delavan, Elkhorn, Williams Bay, and cities of Delavan and Lake Geneva.
The Flight for Life helicopter helped in the search.
A Department of Natural Resources' online list shows 15 snowmobile fatalities this winter, before this latest incident. All the fatalities involved collision with a fixed object, and most involved speed. Three occurred on lakes.


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Following the application of PreCleanse, apply to dampened face and throat, massaging with light, upward strokes. Concentrate on any areas of excessive dryness and impurities. Rinse with warm water. Follow with Multi-Active Toner or Soothing Protection Spray and prescribed Dermalogica Moisturizer.
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Water bills to be 5% lower - Ofwat
Household water and sewerage bills are set to be about 5% lower on average in real terms over the next five years, the industry's regulator said today.
The figure, which excludes inflation, is based on Ofwat's draft determination on price controls for all 18 water companies in England and Wales between 2015 and 2020. A final decision on bills will be made in December.
The regulator said it has also secured a substantial investment programme worth more than £43 billion or almost £2,000 for every household.
Most companies put forward lower bills in business plans submitted to Ofwat in June, with the exception of Thames Water and Dee Valley Water.
Ofwat chief executive Cathryn Ross said: " This is good news for customers - with bills held down and better service. Our challenge to companies has resulted in the sector's biggest ever customer conversation.
"Delivering for customers rather than ticking regulatory boxes will drive what companies do over the next five years. Some will find this tough, but companies which really stretch themselves will reap the benefits of increased customer trust and confidence."
Three companies - Bristol Water, Thames Water and United Utilities - have been given further time to review their plans due to a "very material gap" between their expenditure projections and Ofwat's view.
Thames Water's revised plan reflects uncertainty about the impact that building the Thames Tideway Tunnel will have on customers' bills.
Tony Smith, chief executive of the Consumer Council for Water, welcomed the proposed price plans but said the regulator could go further and shave even more off bills through tightening up companies' borrowing costs.
He added: "This is good news and reflects that customers are driving water pricing more than ever before. But it should not be seen as job done.
"We think there is still an opportunity for Ofwat to deliver an even better deal for customers, at a time when one in five households already tell us their water bill is not affordable."


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Dried Mushrooms: Foraged and Found Edibles
The months of January through early April in New England signify a time of rest and re-growth on the farm. While fields are quiet and covered with snow, farmers are offered a brief respite from harvesting. This time is used to select seeds and finish crop plans for spring. Naturally, this also means a lull in local produce available here at the shop, as many crops are out-of-season or grown in limited quantities at this time of the year.
Luckily, West Coast farms are able to offer and ship fresh, organic and sustainably harvested fruits and vegetables during the early months of the year. Here at our Cambridge location, we have been working closely with small family farms and foragers who practice similar growing methods to the farms we work with in New England. Among these are Foraged and Found Edibles, a purveyor and harvester of wild edibles from Northern California to British Columbia, from the Pacific Ocean to the Continental Divide.
My introduction to Foraged and Found Edibles began with a telephone call from our sister shop in the South End. David, the manager and lead cheese buyer, had expressed great enthusiasm over this relatively young company and urged me to explore their offerings.
With the fall mushroom season in New England coming to an end, I knew we would have the space on our shelves for the dried varieties. So, my curiosity piqued, I agreed to receive a small batch for a trial run.
When we received the delivery the following week, I quickly finished my tasks for the day and hauled the crate downstairs for a closer look. Our delivery included King Boletes, Morels, Chanterelles and a "Wild Mix" of Pacific Northwest species — each beautifully shaped, spotlessly clean and looking as though they were picked and dried mere hours ago. The King Boletes, also known as Porcini mushrooms, were plump and inviting. The Morels were the biggest I had ever seen. And the "Wild Mix" was absolutely bursting with color and variety. I tried to name each mushroom in the pack – Oyster, Lobster, Porcini, was that a Hedgehog Chanterelle? I soon lost count. David had been very, very right in his recommendation. These mushrooms were exceptional. And, as I would soon find, so is the company who foraged for them.
Founded in 2001 by Jeremy Faber, Foraged and Found Edibles currently supplies farmers markets, restaurants and specialty shops in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Satisfying a passion for both forestry and the culinary arts, Faber ensures quality, timeliness and consistency with his harvest. From the mountains to the table, these wild edibles are hand-picked, sorted and cleaned. Then, the mushrooms are laid on racks and fan-dried without heat. (The use of heat can ultimately destroy compounds in the mushrooms, leading to the loss of color and flavor.) Soon after, the mushrooms are hand packaged into re-sealable, two-ounce pouches and simply labeled. With his patient, selective eye and a dedication to preservation, Jeremy Faber has created a brand of high-quality dried mushrooms that elevate any dish.
To begin using dried mushrooms, you must first rehydrate, or reconstitute them. Good quality dried mushrooms require a short amount of soaking time – the mushrooms from Foraged and Found Edibles need only about 5 minutes. The most efficient way to reconstitute the mushrooms is to place a handful (or however many you wish you use at a time) in a small bowl. Bring a kettle of clean, cold water to a near boiling temperature and carefully pour over the mushrooms until covered. Once the mushrooms are soft and plump, pour the mushrooms and their liquid through a fine mesh sieve (or coffee filter) to drain, making sure to keep their soaking liquid, also known as the liquor. This liquor is fantastically savory and rich, perfect for using in place of broth for soups, stews, braises, or sauces. As for the mushrooms, use them as you would in any recipe calling for the fresh variety.
Roast Chicken with Wild Mushrooms and White Wine
2 cups dried wild mixed mushrooms
3 whole chicken legs
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
2 cloves garlic
1 leek, thinly sliced with greens removed
1 carrot, chopped
1 cup dry Chardonnay or Sauvignon Blanc
1 cup mushroom liquor (see note)
1 fresh bay leaf
1 sprig fresh thyme
Reconstitute dried mushrooms: place the mushrooms in a small bowl, cover with near boiling water and steep for 5 minutes. Drain. (Note: reserve liquid as the mushroom liquor.)
Preheat oven to 350°F degrees. Rub chicken legs with sea salt and freshly ground pepper and set aside. In a large, oven-proof skillet, heat 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil. Add chicken to brown for 3-4 minutes on each side. Remove from skillet.
Add garlic, leeks, carrot and mushrooms to the skillet. Sauté briefly, until leek is softened, about 5 minutes. Add white wine. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer for 10 minutes. Return chicken to the skillet, skin side up. Add mushroom liquor, bay leaf and thyme. Transfer skillet to oven and bake until chicken is cooked through, about 25 to 30 minutes. Serve warm and enjoy!
Emily Shannon is a cooking enthusiast and works in the produce department and as a cheesemonger at Formaggio Kitchen Cambridge.


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North Park Village Nature Center
5801 N. Pulaski Rd. Chicago, Illinois 60646
(312) 744-5472
Fee: Free
Age Range: 18 and up
Nature Center/North Shore Storytelling Guild meetings are open to all interested in the art of storytelling. No experience necessary. Come to tell or just to listen. Registration required at 312-744-5472.


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Two more sentenced in 2013 home invasion and robbery
JANESVILLE—A man and woman involved in the violent robbery of a town of Fulton couple last year were sentenced to prison this week in Rock County Court.
Jesse D. Adams, 23, of 719 Kenwood Ave., Beloit, pleaded guilty to armed robbery, theft of firearms and felon in possession of a firearm, all as repeat offenses.
Judge Richard Werner sentenced Adams to 33 years in prison followed by 23 years of extended supervision. The sentences are consecutive to a sentence previously imposed in Walworth County.
Kayla L. Pearson, 22, of 1910 N. Lexington Drive, Janesville, pleaded guilty to armed robbery, felony theft of firearms and false imprisonment, all as party to the crime.
Werner sentenced Pearson to 18 years in prison followed by 13 years of extended supervision.
The crimes were committed Jan. 11, 2013. Adams and Christopher A, Kimps, 25, now of the Waupun Correctional Institution, entered the home wearing masks and brandishing guns, bound the couple with duct tape, forced the man to open a gun vault and stole numerous firearms, jewelry and money, according to the criminal complaint.
Adams and Kimps used victims' pickup truck to transport the stolen property from the scene.
Pearson earlier had stayed at the victims' home and helped plan the robbery. Pearson was present when Adams and Kimps were dropped off at the victims' home and when they fled with the stolen property.
Adams, Pearson, Kimps and a fourth co-defendant, Sarah Buckingham, were apprehended three days later after a chase in the Wisconsin Dells area.
Kimps was previously sentenced to 33 years in prison followed by 23 years of extended supervision.
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Death notices for March 4, 2014
Frances F. Dunnet, 94, Lake Geneva, died Sunday at Geneva Lake Manor Care Center, Lake Geneva. No services will be held. Steinke Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Lake Geneva, is assisting the family.
Joel W. Harding, 50, Janesville, died Saturday at Agrace HospiceCare, Fitchburg. Services will be at 7 p.m. Friday at Albrecht Funeral Homes and Cremation Services, Milton. Visitation will be from 5 p.m. until the time of services Friday at the funeral home.
Tommy A. "Tom" Saxton, 72, Magnolia, Ill., died Friday at Beloit Memorial Hospital, Beloit. A memorial visitation will be from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at Winnebago Evangelical Fellowship, Winnebago, Ill. Daley Murphy Wisch & Associates Funeral Home and Crematorium, Beloit, is assisting the family.
Dorothy L. Schauer, 97, Janesville, died Saturday at home. Arrangements are pending with All Faiths Funeral and Cremation Services, Janesville.
Elma R. Zinser, 91, Williams Bay, died Feb. 26 at Williams Bay Care Center, Williams Bay. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Sherwood Lodge, Williams Bay. Marengo-Union Funeral Home, Marengo, Ill., is assisting the family.
Kathlyn Zitzer, 96, Janesville, died Sunday at St. Mary's Janesville Hospital. Private services will be held at Schneider Apfel Schneider & Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Janesville.


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