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Praying mantises are not stick insects. Praying mantises belong to the insect order Mantodea, while stick insects are in the order Phasmotodea.
PHOTOGRAPH BY F. JACQUES (left); OLIVIER BETHOUX (right)
Published March 19, 2014
Walking stick insects disguised themselves as leaves starting some 126 million years ago, report paleontologists, even before the advent of flowering plants.
The fossil discoveries from modern-day Mongolia mark some of the earliest examples of the twig-mimicking stick insects. Today, the praying mantis is the best-known of the 3,000 species of stick insects. They even have a niche following as pets. (See also: "Stick Insects.")
Discovery of the ancient fossil stick insects, dubbed Cretophasmomima melanogramma (which means "ancient black-lined stick insect"), was reported on Wednesday in the journal PLOS One by a team led by Maomin Wang of Capital Normal University in Beijing, China.
"Our grand-cousins were already fooled by grand-cousins of stick and leaf insects 126 million years ago," says Olivier Bethoux of Sorbonne University in Paris, a co-author of the study. "Our discovery demonstrates that plant mimicry by insects was achieved by various insect groups, including stick insects, before the rise of flowering plants."
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The discovery suggests that evolution quickly produced plant-mimicking disguises for bugs with the arrival of the earliest birds and mammals, which visually preyed upon insects during the age of dinosaurs, Bethoux suggests.
"This is yet more tantalizing evidence of early insect-plant coevolution," says paleontologist Sam Heads of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, who was not on the study team. Insects are poorly preserved in the fossil record, so the new specimens should particularly please scholars, he adds.
The ancient stick insects were about 2.8 inches (70 millimeters) long from tail to antenna tip. Although the three study fossils, one female and two males, derive from a fossil site in Mongolia, the researchers actually uncovered them in collections in France and China, where the specimens had not been studied by experts.
They possessed parallel black lines running along their wings, which at rest likely resembled a ginkgo tree leaf, also preserved as fossils in the Jehol biota regions of China and Mongolia where the stick insects originated.
Cunning Disguises
Scientists had supposed that stick insects started mimicking plants when flowering plants first diversified widely, sprouting bark and twigs in the "great angiosperm radiation" about 100 million years ago.
Other stick insect relatives have turned up from even more ancient locales, Bethoux notes, "although none of these insects exhibit adaptations demonstrating plant-mimicking ability."
But there may be more such walking stick discoveries hiding out there, says insect curator Chris Dietrich of the Illinois Natural History Survey at the University of Illinois.
Because of a shortage of fossil insect experts, "many fossils like the ones described in this paper end up sitting in museums for decades before anyone gets around to studying them."
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Fascinating......but no one can yet say with certainty when these creatures emerged....but I suspect that this is a camouflage tactic to avoid bird predation primarily.
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I put in the name of the company and the fact that I was wanting to register my washer & dryer. It sends me to a page that says register the washer and dryer and it is something entirely different. The longer the internet is around and the more information that is downloaded to it the more screwed up it gets. If the companies loading the information on to the web would delete all of the OUTDATED INFORMATION, than those of us who are looking for the latest information might be able to find what we are looking for. So much for progress, dumber than conchs!
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When I did not receive a tracking number within their usual timeframe, I called. I was unable to reach them for approx a week, then reached "Tam" who stated they were out of the version of processor, would overnight the machine and refund shipping charges as soon as the product came in, giving me a delivery date of the 23rd of Sept. I was not able to make contact with the company again, their site(s) were up and down and on the 30th I reached the Pomona BBB & Pomona CA Police Dept to file reports. I also contacted my bank, who will thankfully be crediting us the amount and going after them on their own, but I know many people do not have that option available. Anyone who has been burned by that company, I urge you to contact the Pomona CA police department and give them your information, the more people that go the extra mile here, the faster we will all get resolution to these thieves ripping us off.
I do know all of their business sites have been taken down and all of their phone numbers are disconnected at this time. The email is not bounced back but there is no response from them.
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Their site still has an ip address.
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Check with their state under the Corporation name and that will give you further contact info.
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I did trace back the company prior to contacting the police and try to reach them. They are not only Everin America, but also Om PC Tech, Internetishop, hugebee and a few others. They are all on the same subblock of IP addresses and all are "owned" by Tim Roh and Tony Chen, who both have left the country. I actually went through the trouble of tracking down a couple of their employees in Pomona to find more information out. I appreciate the info from you but wanted to let you know that because Chen is in China and Roh is in either China or Vietnam, there is no extradition process to bring them back for prosecution, best we could hope for would be liquidation of the assets of the company paying off some of the unprotected folks.
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Try looking up their Corporation address. File a complaint with your Attorney General. Are those guys US citizens? See if you can check for green card or citizenship status. A lot them lie and say they went back to their country etc. but are still here in the US. Most likely they had cars here in the US, see if you can trace the registrations.
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C. Hugh Pettersen graduated from the Iowa State Teachers College in 1955. Mr. Pettersen owned several long-time businesses--a haberdashery and an art gallery--on 23rd Street on College Hill adjacent to the University of Northern Iowa campus. He was a supporter of the arts, a leader of the College Hill community, and the founder of the College Hill Arts Festival.
This collection includes correspondence, publications, records, programs, and photographs relating primarily to the College Hill community and the College Hill Arts Festival. This collection can be used profitably in conjunction with the large collection of records from the College Hill Arts Festival itself, which is also housed in the University of Northern Iowa Archives. Some of the material in Mr. Pettersen's collection duplicates material in the College Hill Arts Festival collection. However, the Festival correspondence in Mr. Pettersen's collection sometimes offers a more personal and detailed view of Festival matters.
Mr. Pettersen was sometimes known as the unofficial mayor of College Hill. Consequently, researchers interested in the College Hill neighborhood, including the business and professional community, from about 1980 through about 2005 will find the portion of Mr. Pettersen's collection relating to that community invaluable. That portion of the collection is especially good at documenting ways in which the City of Cedar Falls worked with College Hill merchants and residents over the years.
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Peruvian consumer prices fell for the first time in five months in June after food and fuel costs declined amid slowing economic growth.
Prices slid 0.04 percent in the month and gained 4 percent from the year earlier, the national statistics agency said in an e-mailed statement. The median estimate of 11 economists surveyed by Bloomberg was for prices to gain 0.1 percent in June.
The central bank has held its benchmark lending rate at 4.25 percent for 13 months on expectations annual inflation will return to its target range of 1 percent to 3 percent amid slower global growth. The government last week added $750 million to a stimulus plan designed to bolster employment after the economy expanded at the slowest pace in more than two years in April as exports dropped 12 percent.
"Inflation should ease to just within the target range this year because globally the situation is going to be complicated," Augusto Saldarriaga, the head of analysis at Banco Internacional del Peru, said by phone from Lima. "The government's measures to boost investment may spur growth and stir some inflationary pressure."
Food and drink prices dropped 0.3 percent in June, while gasoline declined 0.7 percent, the agency said.
Gas stations cut fuel prices by as much as 7 percent on June 28 after crude oil dropped below $80 a barrel for the first time since October, which will be reflected in July inflation data.
The government's consumer-price index is based on a survey by the statistics agency of businesses in the Lima Metropolitan area. Food and drink products constitute 38 percent of the index.
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Gallstones commonly form when there is an excessive amount of cholesterol present inside the sore bladder or they can actually form under circumstances where the sore bladder does not empty itself away because frequently because it should. An individual who has gallstones may experience symptoms such as difficulty with digestion of food, aching or pain in the part of the upper abdomen plus actually vomiting plus fever.
Digestive problems will be indicated with a feeling of nausea or vomiting, bloatedness discomfort, pain the the abdominal areas plus a feeling of firmness in the tummy. It is moreover important to learn which these indigestion symptoms might be caused by gallstones however again it could have resulted from any other infection or illness. It is therefore important to see plus consult a doctor regarding the symptoms experienced.
A person who has gallstones in the bladder may moreover experience a feeling of pain plus several discomfort in the upper abdominal areas. The pain felt in the upper abdomen may actually last for a couple of hours however normally subsides within a period of regarding 25 minutes. Another area where a person affected with gallstones is likely to experience pain is the area underneath the right shoulder.
Gallstones not just happen in the sore bladder however occasionally they may actually enter the bile duct that is the convergence of 3 different ducts. When a gallstone enters the normal bile duct it creates an obstruction plus may cause symptoms such as skin plus eyes turning yellowish in color plus fever too.
If someone is having any of these symptoms which might indicate the presence of gallstones, he/she must go plus see a doctor immediately to diagnose the problem just because possible.
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SLC to present free concert by the Salomé Chamber Orchestra on 9/30
A performance of the acclaimed Salomé Chamber Orchestra will be held for free at 3 p.m. on Sunday, September 30, in Sarah Lawrence College's Reisinger Concert Hall.
The ensemble will perform Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante, arranged for String Sextet, and Tchaikovsky's Souvenir de Florence.
This concert is made possible by The MOCA Foundation and Sarah Lawrence College alumna Mary Lynn Marx Bianco in honor of Marianne W. Lester, Psychology faculty emerita, who taught at the College from 1957–1983.
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It's A Dangerous Road Out There
Thus, the UVC course.
Why Urban Vehicular Combat? Because the scenario reminds me of the military preparing young warriors for combat. You can put them through the training and exercises, but nobody knows how they'll react in combat until they're in it.
When I was a young Marine, I once asked a sergeant major how long it took to be considered a combat veteran. He said, "Son, when that first bullet goes over your head close enough to make you hit the dirt, you're a veteran."
That's sort of how I've felt each time I've gotten out of the vehicle after one of our high-speed driver's education adventures; like I've dodged the bullet one more time.
But then, I pretty much felt that way every time I got home when I commuted daily, and I was the one driving!
I think there needs to be UVC re-certification going on constantly, too. I've seen "experienced" drivers out there doing some mighty juvenile and downright dangerous stuff.
Do people really think they will be able to react at 70 mph when the car 10 feet in front of them has to slam on the brakes for whatever justified or unjustified reason?
Do big-rig drivers really think those air brakes are going to stop them on a dime before they smush the little VW bug whose rear bumper they are riding?
Does the mom with three kids in car seats really think she's concentrating on the road in 75 mph bumper-to-bumper traffic while she's having an animated conversation on her cell phone?
Does the 20-year-old driver of the Honda CRX filled with four or five or however many other friends with the audio system from hell causing seismic disruptions really think he and his friends will survive a high-speed collision with the log truck in front of them?
These aren't made-up examples. I've seen these things on the road…and more. It scares the bejeebers out of me, and I've been driving since the Kennedy administration. Imagine how it must look to a young, inexperienced driver just getting behind the wheel.
So, maybe there needs to be a driving simulator, like the flight simulators pilots use; maybe it exists and I just haven't heard about it. They can simulate all the bumps, all the jolts, even the gut-wrenching sound of a car crash; with no real injuries.
What is the purpose of the UVC course, you ask?
A UVC course would remind people that speed does kill; that a vehicle is a weapon and, like any weapon, can be safe, or unsafe, depending on how it is handled.
It would remind people that we can control accidents by controlling our own speed and actions while behind the wheel. It would remind them that their speeding probably doesn't get them where they're going all that much faster anyway.
Maybe it would just remind people that there is no place so important to get to that it's worth a human life to get there.
It's a dangerous road out there, folks. So on this Friday, August 10, 2012 (or whenever you may read this), I hope everyone drives like brand new graduates of the first-ever UVC Course USA!
Randy Gaddo, a retired Marine, who also served until recently in municipal parks and recreation, lives in Peachtree City, Ga., and can be reached at (678) 350-8642 or email email@example.com.
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To learn to deal with stress, a child needs to develop an inner watchdog that can recognize when emotions, duties and responsibilities could or are beginning to feel overwhelming. Teach these techniques to your child so that she will know when she is stressed and what attitudes, behaviors and insights are good coping strategies.
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• Education Commissioner Robert Scott recently announced that the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) will be replaced by the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, or STAAR. The STAAR tests will be used for the 12 end-of-course assessments mandated by SB 1031 in 2007 and the new grade 3-8 assessments mandated by HB 3 in the 2009 legislative session.
• Starting March 1, 2010, driver license applicants between the ages of 18 and 24 must complete an approved driver education course and a driving skills test to become a licensed driver in Texas. Passed by the Legislature in 2009, SB 1317 created this requirement and authorized the development of a six-hour adult driver education course, to be approved by the Texas Education Agency, to meet these requirements. Applicants who present proof of successful completion of an approved course will not be required to submit to the written highway signs and traffic laws test, but must still pass the driving skills examination.
• Speaker Straus announced the creation of several House Select Committees. These committees are:
• The Speaker joined with Lieutenant Governor Dewhurst to appoint the Select Committee on Public School Finance Weights, Allotments, and Adjustments. This panel will review the 20 year old funding formulas to ensure alignment with the state's goals of post-secondary readiness, accountability, and closing the achievement gap between socioeconomic groups. In addition to the legislators appointed, five education and industry leaders have been appointed to this select committee including Dr. Curtis Culwell, Superintendent of the Garland Independent School District.
• Garland Road Vision will hold two public meetings to share study results for the Garland Road Corridor. The first meeting will be held on Thursday, March 25, at 6:30pm at the Bryan Adams High School Auditorium, and the second meeting will be held on Thursday, April 8, at 6:30pm at the Dallas Arboretum.
On February 1, the Senate Committee on Transportation and Homeland Security, which I chair, and the House Committee on Transportation met in a joint hearing to listen to quarterly updates from the agencies we work with, as well as to discuss transportation finance.
Securing the Texas Capitol has been in the headlines lately and has long been a concern of mine. Steve McCraw, the Executive Director of the Texas Department of Public Safety testified about ways to make the building safer, such as adding more uniformed and plain clothes officers and using metal detectors. We will consider these recommendations as we keep in mind our duty to make the Texas Capitol an open and safe environment for visitors.
Ed Serna, who was recently named executive director of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), introduced himself to the committee. A panel consisting of DMV staff as well as tax assessor collectors from both rural and urban counties addressed vehicle registration fees. In fiscal year 2009, state and county vehicle registration revenue totaled approximately $1.5 billion. They also elaborated on HB 2553 as passed by the 2009 Texas Legislature, which will go into effect September 1, 2011, and will simplify the complex structure currently used to determine a vehicle's registration fee.
We then heard testimony from the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), as well as the 2030 Committee. The 2030 Committee is a 12-member committee comprised of experts in business and transportation that is charged with presenting an estimate of the state's transportation needs in the context of today's economic reality. The testimony once again stressed the need for additional revenue for transportation. Without an increase in projected revenue, TxDOT will be forced to decide between struggling to maintain our roads at the level we are accustomed to or simply not building any additional roads or capacity for our ever-growing population.
After both TxDOT and the 2030 Committee laid out our transportation funding needs, locally-elected officials, including mayors and county commissioners from around the state, discussed the needs in their particular regions. These elected officials as well as business community leaders from throughout the state strongly supported an increase in the motor fuels tax as a means to help increase revenue to relieve congestion. We also heard testimony from some of our state's finest conservative-based think tanks, taxpayer watchdog and grassroots organizations. The message from these groups was clear: before we can increase taxes, we must first end the act of diverting funds from the State Highway Fund to non-transportation purposes and make TxDOT more efficient. Last session, I passed legislation improving the agency and called for an audit that is now underway. I also carried a constitutional amendment, Senate Joint Resolution 9, which would have phased out diversions over several budget cycles. This legislation passed the Senate, but died in the House of Representatives without a full debate. I am committed to stopping or reducing diversion of transportation revenues and will continue my efforts next session.
In November 2007, Texas voters approved $5 billion of general obligation bonds to fund transportation projects. During the special session called in July 2009, the Legislature finally authorized the use of those bonds. Therefore, the committee also heard testimony regarding the state's bonding capacity and debt service requirements. Testimony from the Texas Bond Review Board (BRB) explained that out of all of the debt incurred by the state, approximately 35% is related to transportation funds. The BRB also testified that over the next few years, Texas will pay nearly $24 billion in debt service for these funds. I am concerned about this level of debt and feel that the Legislature should avoid authorizing any additional debt for the foreseeable future.
One of the committee's interim charges addresses "Transportation Reinvestment Zones (TRZ)." A TRZ allows a city or county to designate an area around a project and to capture the increase in ad valorem tax revenues resulting from the increase in property values for use in connection with the financing of the project. In this manner, the economic growth attributable to the project is used to support the funding of the project. The committee is charged with studying how capturing funds from sales and use taxes (also called "Transportation Finance Zones") would impact transportation funding. At this hearing, panelists from throughout the state discussed how these zones are an important tool that must continue to be explored as options for funding highway construction projects. The committee and I look forward to learning more about these zones throughout the interim.
The meeting concluded with public testimony, most of which focused on opposition to privatized toll projects and support of an increase in transportation-related taxes and fees in order to fund new non-tolled projects.
The Senate Committee on Transportation and Homeland Security will continue to explore improvements in transportation finance, congestion relief and quicker, more efficient methods of constructing highways. In addition, we are scheduling hearings around the state to address topics including overweight trucks, disaster preparation and response, the Driver Responsibility Program, homeland security and other topics. Our next hearing will be in Houston on May 3, focusing on alternative transportation modes, air quality, overweight trucks and hurricane preparation.
You can see some pictures and video clips from the hearing online at http://johncarona.posterous.com/. To watch the video recording or download written testimony, please click here. For information on future hearings, follow me on Twitter, http://twitter.com/JohnCarona.
• Last month I highlighted the 2010 Census in the Focus section. The U.S. Census Bureau is currently hiring employees to help with the upcoming census. Prospective job-seekers can find more information at http://2010.census.gov/2010censusjobs/. Opportunities are also available for students and can be found at http://www.census.gov/hrd/www/jobs/student.html.
• The Texas Back-To-Work Initiative (TBTW) is offering employers up to $2,000 in wage subsidies for hiring and retaining qualified job seekers (UI claimants and/or individuals who have exhausted UI benefits) in full-time employment for 120 days. Job openings must be listed with Workforce Solutions Dallas and new employees must be hired from the current unemployment role (currently 48,000 people).
• All taxpayers making less than $57,000 can visit www.IRS.gov and use the IRS Free File program. This program has been available since 2003, made possible through a partnership of the IRS and the Free File Alliance.
• The City of Dallas' Sustainable Development & Construction Department has launched a new website featuring an interactive zoning map with access to zoning within the Dallas city limits. You can find this tool at http://gis.dallascityhall.com/zoningweb/.
• February 21-27 has been designated Severe Weather Awareness Week. To learn ways to be prepared in case severe weather hits your area, please visit http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/dem/pages/weather_aware_severe.htm.
Remember to vote in the March 2nd primary election! Registered voters in Dallas County can vote at any early voting location in the party primary of their choice through Friday, February 26th. For information on early voting locations/times, sample ballots, or precinct polling locations for election day, visit the Dallas County Elections Department.
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Branstetter delivered an illustrated presentation on "Phylogeny and Biography of the Ant Genus Stenamma: Uncovering the Evolutionary Origins of Mesoamerican Taxa." Stenamma is a little studied genus of leaf litter ants.
He competed in the Revisions and Evolution Section, moderated by scientists from Laurentian University, Ontario, Canada, and the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. Following his presentation, judges and spectators asked questions, an integral part of the competition.
Fourteen graduate students from throughout the
A fourth-year graduate student, Branstetter studies with UC Davis entomology professor
Branstetter, a native of
The recipient of several grants, Branstetter has collected ants in
Branstetter's next collecting trip will be a two-month excursion in
This is the second consecutive year that a UC Davis graduate student in systematics has won the President's Prize at the ESA meeting, said Lynn Kimsey, chair of the Department of Entomology and director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology. Last year
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Good news.
It's official. University of California, Davis scientists who manage campus biological collections have just received a five-year, $4 million grant to research the biodiversity of fungi, bacteria, plants, insects and vertebrates on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, a southeast Asian island threatened by the loss of biodiversity in its tropical forests.
The International Cooperative Biodiversity Group Program is funding the grant. This is a multi-agency program led by the National Institutes of Health with contributions from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Department of Energy, and the National Science Foundation.
Principal investigator Daniel Potter, a plant systematist at the Agricultural Experiment Station and director of the UC Davis Herbarium, said "the alarming rate at which biodiversity is being lost in many tropical regions has resulted in an urgent need for such efforts."
The grant, "Biodiversity Surveys in
The international team involved in the grant includes UC Davis, UC San Francisco, UC Berkeley and three
Biodiversity refers to all living things in a region and to their interactions of with each other and their surroundings.
The results are expected to aid human health, energy needs, and biodiversity conservation.
Co-investigators include UC Davis scientists from the Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis Herbarium, Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology,
The project is sorely needed, said entomologist Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology and chair of the Department of Entomology. "For biologists,
The Bohart houses some seven million specimens from throughout the world and is the seventh largest insect museum in
Potter described it as an extraordinary opportunity. "When the call for the International Cooperative Biodiversity Group grant proposals came out in the fall of 2007, several of us involved in management of the biological collections here at UC Davis thought this could be an extraordinary opportunity to initiate a project that would include study of organisms in the multiple taxonomic groups (fungi, bacteria, plants, insects, vertebrates) covered by our collections and to engage in international collaborative research with implications for human health, energy needs, and biodiversity conservation."
Potter said that two other key participants in the project are his former student, Jeanine Pfeiffer, research director for social sciences at the Earthwatch Institute, and Elizabeth Widjaja, research botanist at Herbarium Bogoriense,
"Thanks to the excellent hard work of many colleagues at UC Davis, UC Berkeley, UC San Francisco, and three Indonesian institutions, and with the wonderful guidance and assistance of the outstanding Interdisciplinary Research Support group in the Office of Research here at UC Davis, we were able to put together a strong proposal for an ambitious and exciting project," Potter said.
UC Davis is the lead institution from the
The project is organized into six associate programs: macro-organism surveys, led by Widjaja, microbial surveys, led by discovery of energy solutions, led by discovery of human health solutions, led by Len Bjeldanes, professor of toxicology, UC Berkeley; conservation research and vertebrate surveys, led by and conservation partnerships, training and ethics, led by Pfeiffer.
"We will also be forming partnerships with private companies aimed at the commercial development of natural products for pharmaceuticals and energy production," Potter said. They have also lined up collaborators from several other leading research institutions, including the
Potter said the results of the project will make significant contributions to a broad range of issues, including
- knowledge of the patterns of biodiversity in southeast Asia
- identification and isolation of natural products with potential therapeutic value to treat globally important diseases and to address human energy neeeds
- knowledge of the patterns of biodiversity in southeast Asia
- identification and isolation of natural products with potential therapeutic value to treat globally important diseases and to address human energy needs
- development of effective biodiversity conservation strategies and proactive outreach and education programs to promote those strategies
- establishment of models for effective and equitable internatinal collaborative partnerships and ethical and sustainable international sharing of biogenetic resources
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By Lisa FinleyThe Father's House
December 24, 2012
The 14th century word Noel, derived from the Old French, means Christmas. Although it is the name of an album, a city in Missouri, a ghost town in Wisconsin, a community in Nova Scotia, a Columbian cookie manufacturer, and even a hurricane, it is most commonly known as the title of a popular carol.
The First Noel lyrics paint a beautiful setting of the angels appearing to the poor shepherds in fields as they lay. Why were lower class, somewhat smelly shepherds chosen to hear the announcement first? Perhaps because their response was perfect!
They listened to the spiritual news of the long awaited Messiah's arrival, accepted and embraced this truth in their hearts immediately, and acted upon their beliefs by making haste to Bethlehem. If we could have followed them we would have arrived at the stable and worshipped Christ.
Much can be missed at Christmas however, if we focus only on the nativity. When Christ came at Christmas he was much more than a babe in a manger. He was our YES to salvation, offering His pure life for our sin.
His birth demonstrated that God the Father had said YES to humanity and chosen to love us enough to sacrifice his only Son to create a way for us to be reconciled to Him and choose eternal life by saying YES to Him as our Savior.
But God's NO was equally as powerful. As the Light of the World the star above signified that the birth of Jesus meant NO more darkness. The hope His life brought to others meant NO more despair. His truth and grace brought the ability for Christians to say NO to sin and hypocrisy in their lives.
His later resurrection meant death would NO longer triumph over life. His promised presence in our lives today equates to NO more loneliness for us. His great forgiveness helps us NO longer hold onto grudges and hurts. His tremendous love comforts us in times of tragedy and NO longer lets us sink into sadness indefinitely.
It's interesting that El was a Hebraic term for God, as in in Elohim. This Christmas do you "know" El? His yes and no can change your life.
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We decided to ask the doctor about whopping cough vaccine for DH and I and also to start looking for Pediatrician. We found out that limited outdoor activities for the first couple of weeks/months is beneficial (up to 8 weeks) b/c of their weak immune system and to have everyone coming in contact with the baby to sanitize or wash. How to bathe a baby and take care of the circumcision. Did you know you're apparently supposed to pull the skin back and apply Vaseline for the first few months otherwise the skin can grow back together and they have to get re-clipped? We also learned that babies get cradle cap, which is basically dry skin and that applying baby oil and brushing gets rid of it. When to call the doctor and that Aquaphor works as well as diaper rash cream. Also some info about SIDS, but we already knew that.
We also watched a video about dudu- down, up, down, up technique for swaddling and the five s's to calm a baby: 1)Sucking 2)Swaddling 3)Shushing 4) Swinging 5) Side or stomach position.
All in all a good/informative class. The next two classes are about labor and delivery and yes we have to watch videos for that too. I feel bad for DH b/c he doesn't even want to see me in that position (he plans to be up by my head supporting my leg) let alone someone else.
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Getting the whopping cough booster is a great idea, my OB recommend all women of childbearing age to get it, now all I have to do is convince my DH to get it. That is interesting information about circumcision. An all natural cure for craddle cap is also to put coconut oil on the sight, it is a natural antimicrobial and the fatty acids in it will help the cracked skin heal faster. It also is a great diaper rash cream. Here is a good website on its benefits since there are too many to go through: http://www.naturalnews.com/036028_coconu_oil_health_solutions.html.
I don't think my DH could watch birthing videos either. Even during my c-section he is just going to hold the video camera up so I can watch it. We joke about the fact that I am the one who wants to watch the c-section (I watched my own hand surgery and found that very fascinating as well) and he is the one who is content just sitting there holding my hand.
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The event, which will be held from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the parking lot of the Target store, 21398 S. Ellsworth Loop Road, Queen Creek, will allow residents to bring up to two boxes of personal and financial documents to be shredded. The store is located near Ellsworth Loop Road and Rittenhouse Road.
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Add a splash of colour to your kitchen whenever you're chopping ingredients, this unique chopping board features a vertical drip that can be easily removed to make a completely flat worktop saver. - A.D.
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Splash chopping board
Great item and comes apart for easy cleaning
Another great item, looks great and gets attention from guests
This looks great in my friends place. Adds even more character to his fab pad.
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Great fun product. Makes a great extra gift for someone who may be a bit fussy about wiping up splashes..! My only advice is make sure you don't place it where a drawer is - you forget the 'drip' attachment is on and go to open your drawer = messy! That's just me being clumsy though. Otherwise great product.
A really nice gimmicky piece of kit for the kitchen. Not ideal if you have rounded edges on the worktops and it is also liable to being pulled off the surface and shattering into pieces when you inadvertently open a cupboard door or drawer. Very well packed for delivery.
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Excellent board and looks really excellent on my granite counter top...My only gripe is that for the money I would have thought that the designers would have fashioned somewhere underside of the board where you could stash the 'drip' when not in use. Currently I have the 'drip' in a draw but it would be nice to have it safe with the board.


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Horror-themed Halloween DLC is a trend we can really get behind, especially when they turn open-world games into twisted, monster-filled hellscapes. Red Dead Redemption's Undead Nightmare DLC did it beautifully, and now InFamous is jumping on the bandwagon with a quick, inexpensive adventure that you don't even need an InFamous 2 disc to play.
InFamous: Festival of Blood sees electrically charged hero Cole MacGrath bitten by an old, powerful vampire during Pyre Night, a creepy festival that transforms a huge chunk of New Marais into one big, fire-lit party. As the streets fill with costumed (and kinda filthy-looking) revelers, Cole has to put down packs of vampires (who have to be staked through the heart before they'll stay dead), come to terms with his new blood-fueled powers and either figure out how to destroy the vampire who made him by sunrise, or be her bloodsucking slave for eternity.
Wondering where InFamous' signature moral choices fit into all this? They don't. (Not that it really matters, since the entire adventure is a story made up by sidekick Zeke to impress a girl at a bar.) For the sake of "the greater good," Cole is free to chomp his way through as many denizens of New Marais as he likes, with each drained victim refilling his new "corruption meter." Said meter is vital for doing things like turning into a swarm of bats and… well, that's it, really. Cole's new power is the ability to fly around as an invulnerable pack of rodents, and while that doesn't sound like much, it's actually a hugely enjoyable way to get around New Marais in a hurry and access. Especially once you've extended your meter to the point where you can fly for long periods of time.
It's also backed up by a couple of other, less significant new powers, like the ability to fly at enemies and instantly stake them, and "vampire vision," which allows Cole to see hidden glyphs and other fun objects. His Amp, meanwhile, has been replaced by a more useful iron cross with a sharp hunk of wood stuck to one end. And of course, Cole still has access to all his electrical powers, although the fun, souped-up versions have to be unlocked by completing missions and other challenges. (In fact, the really powerful ones have to be unlocked by completing a certain number of user-generated missions, which may put off players who aren't fans of them.)
Both sets of powers come in handy for fighting off the vampires who now prowl the city, who come in three varieties. Your standard vamps tend to hang out on rooftops or in alleys, teleporting around and menacing you with crossbows and thrown blades, although the more serious threats are the Harpies (female vampires who carry guns and can cling to the sides of buildings) and the Firstborn, huge, powerful batlike vampires who like to hide in plain sight as ordinary humans. (Later in the game, you'll be able to sense these with vampire vision and stake them before they ever get a chance to transform.)
The new threats (which completely replace InFamous 2's mutants and Militia members) are accompanied by a ton of new collectibles, which include 100 Canopic Jars (that can extend your corruption meter) and 10 "teachings" from the vampire who made Cole, which are essentially audiologs, and which are made easier to find by glowing, hidden glyphs scattered around the city that point the way to each one. In fact, both collectibles are exceptionally easy to find; not only is the path to each teaching clearly marked, but destroying a Canopic Jar will instantly reveal the next one's location on your HUD map, making them easy to track down. This makes for some quick Trophies, although it might be a letdown if you're the type who likes to take your time ferreting out collectibles.
There's also a new area – the Catacombs, a long underground tunnel that stretches from New Marais' cathedral to its seaside fort. It's an interesting place to explore, but it's worth pointing out that even with that addition, Festival of Blood is confined to New Marais' starting island. Any areas beyond are strictly off limits, so don't buy this expecting to get access to all of New Marais for 10 bucks.
All told, Festival of Blood is pretty short, taking at most three or four hours to run through the plot and hunt down all the collectibles. For $10, however, it's difficult to find serious fault with that – or it would be, if RDR: Undead Nightmare hadn't already offered roughly twice the content for the same price. However, Festival of Blood manages to make up for the shortfall with the same mission-creation tools that were in InFamous 2 (although content created in FoB isn't compatible with 2, and vice versa), which – depending on your attitude toward user-generated content – will be either a huge bonus that will make the DLC playable for months, or an irritation that will force you to slog through other players' creations to get all the Trophies.
In either case, the mission-creation tools take some patience and experimentation to learn properly, and the playable results vary wildly in quality (although you can still set filters to control what pops up in your game world). However, those who enjoy putting together UGC missions will get a kick out of being able to add static 2D cutscenes (made by positioning characters in the world and moving the camera to create a static shot, then adding floating text bubbles), something that's also being added to InFamous 2 via a free patch.
Finally, FoB adds Move support (which InFamous 2 will also get from the aforementioned patch), although waggle-phobic gamers will be relieved to find out that it's only as an aiming device; at no point will you have to shake the Move wand to swing Cole's cross, or anything like that. As is usually the case, Move enables more accurate aiming for those who have the patience to get used to it, but while it makes flying around in Shadow Swarm a little easier, it doesn't add a great deal to the gameplay. It also doesn't detract from it, though, so it's a great addition for anyone who prefers Move to a gamepad.
As short as it is, InFamous: Festival of Blood is enormously fun while it lasts. The Shadow Swarm power is a ridiculously enjoyable addition, the Halloween plot is interesting (and spiked with a visually arresting shadow-puppet cutscene) and the new UGC features make it a must-have for mission-builders. Sure, it could be more substantial, but considering that your $10 buys a self-contained, open-world adventure with unlimited time to mess around and bite people, it's definitely worth the download.
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