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Fast-food workers in St. Louis and six other cities on Tuesday again walked off their job in protests over low wages.
The employees, many of whom are paid the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour, are demanding $15 an hour, while many say they also want union representation.
The first day of strikes took place Monday in St. Louis, Chicago, Detroit, Flint, Mich., Kansas City, Mo., Milwaukee, New York at various Burger King, Domino's, KFC, McDonald's and Wendy's franchises.
The group STL Can't Survive on 7-35 is leading the movement locally. Members of the United Mine Workers of America, in conjunction with the Arch Coal action, were also expected to join food, clergy and community supporters on the strike lines.
The group had rallies scheduled at an East St. Louis McDonalds, a Ballwin Wendy's and the Arch Coal Corporation before culminating with a protest at Kiener Plaza at 4:30 p.m.
Although some data show that consumers are increasingly confident about the economy, a large class of workers are on the edge, receiving low pay and no benefits.
Although the labor unrest has to date has remained fairly small in scale, some experts think it has the potential to grow much larger. When people become desperate, they may see little risk in taking action. For strikers, the goal is to pressure companies that have ridden low wages to new heights of profitability to reconsider their business models.
Companies have two basic ways of increase their profits to shareholders: grow revenue or reduce costs. Keeping a tight control on costs has become an imperative in corporations since the 1980s, when companies and Wall Street started to realize how much profit was lost in waste.
But aggressive cost control, coupled with productivity gains and egged on by public policy, hasdecoupled median household income from growth in productivity and per-capita GDP for more than 20 years. Even as the wealthiest grew ever richer, most of the country lost ground when taking inflation into account.
Just since the recession that officially ended in 2009, most Americans lost 55 percent of their wealth. About 80 percent of adult Americans "struggle with joblessness, near-poverty or reliance on welfare for at least parts of their lives," according to a recent AP poll.
For those earning around the minimum wage, the struggle is constant. Someone making $7.25 an hour will gross $15,080 for 52 weeks of work a year, assuming that the person can get 40 hours of week. Employers of low-wage workers are frequently restricting the number of hours employees can work, keeping them on technically part-time to avoid the cost of benefits that would be mandated for full-time.
According to the Living Wage project, a single adult in New York would need to make $12.75 an hour, which is far above the $9 an hour minimum wage that New York State has plans to implement over the next three years. Add a child and the number jumps to $24.69. In Chicago, that adult would need $10.48. In Milwaukee, $9.48. A living wage in Flint, Mich., is $8.57.
Put differently, in Flint, an economically depressed city in a state with a $7.40 minimum wage, an hourly worker at the low end is making nearly 16 percent too little to get by. An adult with two children at minimum wage in the city would be below the poverty line.
Low-wage workers typically have few options when it comes to finding a higher paying job. That could spell trouble for their current employers, possibly through an increase in union activity, even as union share of the workforce hit a 97-year low recently. Labor unions are one of the organizing sponsors of the fast-food walkouts.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, median weekly wages of unionized workers are 27 percent higher than those of non-union workers. Unlike manufacturing firms, fast0food operations and other service-based industries don't have the option of outsourcing cooking, selling and cleaning to other parts of the world.
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Military officials gave a congressional delegation a tour of Guantanamo's secretive Camp Seven last week and told a visiting congressional delegation that the camp's high-value detainees enjoy the Shades of Grey series, Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) told The Huffington Post.
"Rather than the Quran, the book that is requested most by the [high-value detainees] is Fifty Shades of Grey. They've read the entire series in English, but we were willing to translate it," Moran, who advocates for closing the facility, told HuffPost. "I guess there's not much going on, these guys are going nowhere, so what the hell."
The Fifty Shades anecdote came during a tour which included the commander of the base, the deputy commander of the base, the head medical official and the officer in charge of Camp Seven, according to Moran. "We had everybody there, there was no dispute of that," he said.
Though providing the congressional delegation a tour of the camp—a view of which is also available on Google Maps—military officials will not acknowledge its existence to the press. When asked about what is also referred to internally as Camp Seven, officials decline to answer questions on or regarding the subject. It's not surprising, then, that officials would not say whether the high-value detainees enjoyed the erotic books. Guantanamo has a detainee library including DVDs and books, but sexual content is typically screened.
"We don't discuss our high-value detainees except in the most generic terms," Lt. Col. Todd Breasseale told HuffPost. "Further, we do not discuss the assertions made by members of Congress."
On the trip with Moran were Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Reps. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) and Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) and William Lietzau, the Pentagon's chief of detainee policy, who just announced he is stepping down.
Moran, who last visited Guantanamo in 2006, said things seemed much more organized on this trip.
"In 2006, I didn't get the sense they had their act together like they do now, they anticipate every question that's going to be asked, the facilities look fairly clean, they're ready to show you everything that's been discussed outside the prison in terms of force-feeding, isolated confinement versus communal living, etc. and we were able to see the communal living," Moran said. "I was within a foot or two or three of the prisoners in the communal setting, but of course those are the well-behaved ones."
Conditions in Camp Seven more closely resemble maximum security federal prisons, said Moran, who noted that none of the high-value detainees were taking part in the hunger strike. There are believed to be 15 or 16 high-value detainees living in Camp Seven, but military officials wouldn't confirm those numbers directly to the press. Moran said that high-value detainee Ramzi bin al Shibh "screamed the whole time" the delegation was in Camp Seven and prison officials said the other high-value detainees don't like him.
"He hears voices and he complains all the time, and he really is disruptive. So they say if the other 15 could have one wish granted it would to be to get rid of their colleague," Moran said.
Moran said the Obama administration could be doing more to try to close Guantanamo and he doesn't expect upcoming elections will make it more difficult on the congressional side.
"It's not going to change in the elections of 2014, and I just don't see closing it down as working," he said.
"The White House could be doing everything if it wanted to do so, if it chose. It has the executive authority to waive this," he said. "I think there are congressional, legal restrictions, but it's also political pushback. I think the real area is political liability. This whole thing has to be seen in a political context."
Moran said President Obama has the bully pulpit necessary to convince Americans of the need to close Guantanamo.
"I think the president is on the right page, he's of the right mind, but I don't think he's willing to do what would needed to be done," he said. "I'm not sure I understand why, because he's not going to be up for reelection, and I do think this would be something that would matter because it certainly mattered to him when he was running."


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ALBERTSON-KELLY, DR. JANE 811 West Jericho Turnpike, Smithtown (631) 265-9850 www.childandfamilypsychservices.com
Dr. Jane Albertson-Kelly has worked with individuals and families in crisis for over 15 years. She has been affiliated with the Adolescent Psychiatric Unit at Mather Hospital, the North Suffolk Center Child Treatment program, and the Northport VA. A former teacher, she has interest in working with families adjusting to separation and divorce, and adolescents. She is recognized as an expert witness in parenting, custody and sexual abuse. Along with her colleague, Dr. Barbara Burkhard and two social workers, she founded Child and Family Psychological Services in 1999.
CREATING WELLNESS CENTER OF COMMACK 66 Commack Road, Suite # 101, Commack (631) 462-0801 www.CreatingWellnessLI.com
Dr. Matthew Lewis is a licensed Wellness Chiropractor concentrating in digestive health. Dr. Lewis completed postgraduate training with the Loomis Institute of Enzyme Nutrition. A leader in enzyme nutrition and the field of wellness, Dr.Lewis has been published in newspapers, magazines, and appears regularly on television to share his knowledge regarding enzyme nutrition and wellness. As the director of the Creating Wellness Center of Commack, Dr. Lewis takes pride in seeing families expand their knowledge through wellness programs that dramatically alter the way they feel and experience life.
THE KIDS OT WORKSHOP, LLC 213 Hallock Road, Suite 2B, Stony Brook (631) 751-2227 www.kidsotworkshop.com
After over a decade of providing pediatric occupational therapy services in schools, homes and hospitals, Karen Ward MS OTR/L opened The Kids OT Workshop in 2008. Karen has extensive background in sensory integrative treatment and has been trained in Therapeutic Listening, S.O.S. Approach to Feeding and Handwriting Without Tears. She hopes the clinic serves as a community-based resource for parents who are either seeking initial services or supplemental services for their child. The clinic, located in Stony Brook, boasts a sensory gym complete with variety suspended equipment.
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Polyamory: When three isn't a crowdBy Emanuella Grinberg, CNNUpdated 10:01 AM ET, Sat October 26, 2013Photos: Faces of polyamory 7 photosFaces of polyamory – To some, polyamory means more than an open relationship -- it's about having multiple committed relationships. Billy Holder, left, and wife Melissa Holder, second from right, live with their partner Jeremy Mullins, right. Pictured with them is Amy Munowitz, a friend who also identifies as "poly."Hide Caption 1 of 7Photos: Faces of polyamory 7 photosFaces of polyamory – The Holders and Mullins live together in Fayetteville, Georgia, in a relationship structure often referred to as a triad. They are the co-founders of Atlanta Poly Weekend, a conference dedicated to all things poly, including schedules, jealousy and legal issues. The annual conference drew nearly 200 people in 2013. Hide Caption 2 of 7Photos: Faces of polyamory 7 photosFaces of polyamory – The Holders and Mullins moved into a home together in 2012, about two years into their triadic relationship. The 4,000-square foot home allows everybody more space; they each have their own bedrooms and often spend nights in different beds. Billy Holder continues to date others, as well.Hide Caption 3 of 7Photos: Faces of polyamory 7 photosFaces of polyamory – Polyamory is the practice of having multiple committed relationships, but "how it works" is for each person to decide with his or her partners. Ashley Tipton, left, and Janice Tatz live in the same home with their husbands, David Tipton, right, and Michael Tatz. They're an open quad with limitations -- they can't officially date someone or have relationships without the rest of the family vetting the person first. Hide Caption 4 of 7Photos: Faces of polyamory 7 photosFaces of polyamory – Ashley Tipton met Alex, right, through the pagan community. The two hit it off and became more than friends, causing some jealousy among her family. They talked it through, leading to some of the limitations for the open quad.Hide Caption 5 of 7Photos: Faces of polyamory 7 photosFaces of polyamory – The Tipton-Tatz quad live together in Marietta, Georgia, with the Tiptons' three children -- ages 12, 7 and 5 -- and the Tatzes' infant son. The children are raised to call all the adults mom and dad and the adults share childcare duties for all four children.Hide Caption 6 of 7Photos: Faces of polyamory 7 photosFaces of polyamory – The most common relationship dynamic in polyamory begins with a couple, married or unmarried, who might identify as straight, homosexual or bisexual and branches out to relationships with others -- sometimes referred to as "metamors" or "polycules." Still, relationships can be fluid. When this photograph was taken in 2012, John Stewart, right, lived with girlfriend Adi Howell, second from left, and the couple was seeing the rest of the people pictured. None are now involved in intimate relationships, but they remain friends.Hide Caption 7 of 7Story highlightsPolyamorous families see an opportunity now to come outThey say polyamory isn't swinging or cheating, but does involve multiple partnersResearchers say polyamory is more common, even appearing on TVSome relationship therapists say polyamory can hurt relationships more than it helpsRevelers in the rainbow-washed crowd smiled and cheered this month as the little blond girl in the parade float pageant-waved to the B-52's "Love Shack."Next to the float, the girl's father, Billy Holder, handed out fliers to the Atlanta Pride Parade crowd. His wife, Melissa, carried a banner along with Jeremy Mullins, the couple's partner."Polyamory: Having simultaneous close emotional relationships with two or more other individuals," read their purple-lettered banner, embellished with an infinity heart. The "awws" and waves from the crowd gave way to some puzzled looks and snickers."What's poly?" a woman asked, looking toward a handwritten sign on the float that read "Atlanta Poly Paradise.""Multiple partners?" the man next to her guessed.Sort of. As the concept of open relationships rises in pop culture and political debates, some polyamorous families like the Holders and Mullins see an opportunity to go public and fight stereotypes that polyamory is just swinging, cheating or kinky sex. It's not just a fling or a phase for them. It's an identity. They want to show that polyamory can be a viable alternative to monogamy, even for middle-class, suburban families with children, jobs and house notes."We're not trying to say that monogamy is bad," said Billy Holder, a 36-year-old carpenter who works at a university in Atlanta. "We're trying to promote the fact that everyone has a right to develop a relationship structure that works for them."For the Holder-Mullins triad, polyamory is three adults living in the same home about 20 miles south of Atlanta. They share bills, housework and childcare for their 9-year-old daughter. They work at the same place, sharing carpooling duties so someone can see their daughter off to school each day.Jeremy Mullins passes out fliers at the 2012 Atlanta Pride Parade.Surrounded at the parade by drag queens from El Gato Negro nightclub, singers from a gospel choir and supporters of the Libertarian Party of Georgia, Billy Holder didn't stand out in his jeans, T-shirt and wide-brimmed, sun-shielding hat. That's sort of the point, he said: to demonstrate that polyamorists, or polys, are just like anybody else.But, he's quick to add, "It takes a lot of work and it's not for everybody."It's a common refrain from long-practicing polys. Jealousy among partners is one thing, but they also face or fear disapproval from neighbors, relatives and coworkers. The Holders and Mullins dealt with rejection from parents and one of Melissa Holder's sons when they revealed their relationship. They've also been the subject of a child welfare probe that ended in no charges being laid."We've been through it all," said 35-year-old Jeremy Mullins, a computer programmer. That's why they're coming out, he said -- to change the status quo. And yet, their willingness to speak with CNN over the past 18 months came with conditions, such as the request to not name their employers.Marching in the parade for the fourth year is just one way they're trying to promote public acceptance of polyamory. Someday, they want to challenge laws that criminalize adultery and cohabitation, Mullins said."We want to promote the idea that any relationship is valid as long as it is a choice made by consenting adults," he said. "In this regard, and as in most things, promoting public acceptance is the first step."It's an uphill battle. Many traditional marriage counselors and relationship therapists discourage non-monogamy, and in the absence of more research on the long-term effects of polyamory, modern science and academia hasn't reached a consensus on whether it's a healthy relationship structure.Even among a crowd as colorful as the Pride Parade, the giggles and questions suggest polyamory is still a way of life that's on the fringes. 'Polyamory ain't for sissies'According to the flier Billy Holder handed out at the Pride Parade, which borrowed from The Polyamory Society and More than Two, there are many ways to define polyamory."Polyamory is the nonpossessive, honest, responsible and ethical philosophy and practice of loving multiple people simultaneously," it said."Polyamory is not a swing club or group.""Polyamory is not about recreational or promiscuous sex." Otherwise, there are no universal rules for "how it works," one of the most common question polys say they hear, Holder said. The most common dynamic tends to start with a couple, married or unmarried, who might identify as straight, gay or bisexual. Guidelines are set within each relationship -- ideally, a negotiated framework of communication based on trust and honesty, he said.For each of the 12 people walking with the Holders-Mullins triad in the Atlanta Pride Parade, polyamory works differently. For example, Mark, a tall, bespectacled computer programmer, has been happily married to his wife, an electrical engineer, for more than a decade. They live alone and have no children, but they've been involved with two other couples with children for the past six years. Mark and his wife spend time with the adults and their children doing family-friendly activities but the adults also go out on dates, cuddle and more. It's not cheating or swinging, he said, because everyone knows about other partners, whom Mark calls his girlfriends. There is a level of intimacy and emotional attachment that makes them more than friends with benefits or one-night stands, he said."I'm more involved in their lives and more aware of their inner thoughts or aspirations; I'm more involved in their long-term happiness," said Mark, who asked not to use his last name out of concern that he and his wife might face backlash from employers."It's like having a regular, monogamous relationship but having more than one of them."A diagram of Mark and his wife's relationships.It's unclear how many people identify as polyamorous because, like Mark and his wife, the majority aren't open about their relationships. Because of the varied forms these non-monogamous relationships take, it's difficult even to know who to include in such a count, demographer Gary Gates said."It's not completely clear how you would measure this group, since I'm not sure there's a common terminology around how individuals in polyamorous families identify their relationships to each other and their children," said Gates, a demographer at the Williams Institute, which conducts research and policy analysis regarding legal issues that affect LGBT populations.Many poly people stay closeted out of fear of discrimination, social alienation or because they simply prefer privacy, sociologist Elisabeth Sheff writes in her forthcoming book "The Polyamorists Next Door."Sheff based her findings on 15 years of research that began with a partner's request to explore alternatives to monogamy. She continued her research even after her relationship ended, and does not consider herself a polyamorist. But her research led her to believe that polyamory is a "legitimate relationship style that can be tremendously rewarding for adults and provide excellent nurturing for children."Making it work, she acknowledges, is "time-consuming, and potentially fraught with emotional booby traps," she writes. It can be rewarding for some "and a complete disaster for others."While some scientists say monogamy is probably not humans' natural state, and is instead likely a social construct, many therapists say learning to control sexual impulses toward multiple people is a hallmark of emotional maturity. More often than not, non-monogamy leads to the demise of relationships, said Karen Ruskin, a Boston-area psychotherapist with more than two decades of experience in couples counseling. Instead of focusing on the primary relationship, partners are turning to others for fulfillment. "Even if non-monogamy is consensual, it's still a distraction from dealing with each other," said Ruskin, author of "Dr. Karen's Marriage Manual.""It all goes back to choice. Non-monogamy is choosing to be with someone else instead of being attentive to your spouse when the relationship is troubled."Couples can establish rules and parameters to limit jealousy, she said. But in her experience working with couples, "those rules never end up working out for everyone," she said."It has shown to be damaging and destructive to a person as an individual, to the couple's relationship and the family unit as a whole."Indeed, while many associate polyamory with swingers or kinksters, "there are much easier ways to get laid," said Anita Wagner Illig, founder of online polyamory resource, Practical Polyamory. Wagner Illig, a self-appointed "poly educator" who gives talks at adult conventions about polyamory, began to identify as poly after her second divorce in the late 1990s. She decided there must be a better way than cheating to have multiple relationships. Much has changed since then, she said. A generation that grew up amid rising rates of divorce and premarital cohabitation is more accepting of alternatives to monogamy. They grew up on the Internet and can turn on TV series like Showtime's "Polyamory: Married & Dating" and TLC's "Sister Wives," where they'll see alternatives to traditional monogamyWagner sees this year's U.S. Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage benefits as a sign that society is becoming more accepting of "other kinds of relationships," she said.But like many in the poly community, she stops short of believing it could pave the way for multiple legal marriages. Many aren't looking for multi-partner marriage, anyway, she said -- they just want to feel free to have relationships currently outside the norm without being judged as freaks or outcasts."Polyamory," Wagner Illig warns, "ain't for sissies."'The poster family for poly'Billy and Melissa Holder met in 1997 at CoastCon, an annual science fiction and fantasy convention held in Biloxi, Mississippi. They were seeing other people in monogamous relationships but Billy thought she was funny and cool. They reunited at the next year's con, developed a monogamous relationship and married in 1999. The Holders' daughter, 9, often calls Jeremy Mullins her "other dad."An open relationship first came up in discussion the next year, after cheating allegations against a relative rocked the family. They didn't know the term "polyamory" until years later, but already saw an opportunity to invite more people into their lives. Billy Holder had always believed that he was "different," that he wanted to date more than one person at a time, but he wanted to do it with his partner's knowledge and consent. "We wanted to be able to be fully honest with each other and trust each other," he said. "One of us said something to the effect of 'Why cheat? If you find someone you are interested in, just talk to me about it.' We are adults, there is no reason we can't be honest with each other."They decided they were free to date people they met at cons and parties, as long as they told each other. At fan conventions, they'd designate a night for going out with others, with a few straightforward rules: Be safe, be home by dawn and don't do anything I wouldn't do. Unprotected sex was off limits. If the relationship appeared to be progressing, they would talk about the need for introductions. If the new person had a partner, he or she needed to know, too.It wasn't all bliss, especially in the beginning. Sometimes, Billy would "surprise" Melissa with stories of his exploits before she knew he was seeing someone, or he would bring someone home in the middle of the night.Still, they continued, and formed their first triad in 2002 with a woman Billy met."We all relied on each other emotionally for support," Billy Holder said. "We didn't live together, but we were close, we were a unit. When we were together we did everything together."They learned that polyamory takes a lot of negotiating to keep jealousy at bay. The Holders don't like the word "rule" because it sounds rigid, they said, but if there is a rule, it's "better to ask permission than forgiveness."In April 2008, Billy met Jeremy Mullins through a mutual friend on a camping trip. Holder describes himself as "emotionally bisexual." He wasn't sexually attracted to Mullins, but found emotional intimacy with him.Months later, Melissa met Mullins at a gaming convention. The three bonded as a team in a Rock Band tournament. They met again at Atlanta SantaCon -- an event where adults party while dressed like Santa -- and invited Mullins to Billy's birthday party on New Year's Eve 2008."I went to that birthday party and basically never left," Mullins said. He became a regular fixture in the Holder home, making regular trips from Alabama to spend the weekend with them.Still, it wasn't easy. Jeremy wanted more time alone with Melissa. If Melissa and Jeremy saw a movie on their date night that Billy wanted to see, he'd get upset. Jeremy felt like he wasn't experiencing the mundane aspects of family life, only the "highs and lows.""The little things that we didn't talk about, they built up like a pressure cooker and we'd have a fight every six weeks or so," Billy said. "We realized we needed to do a better job of communicating what bothered us when it bothered us."They fine-tuned their communication, and decided their future should include Jeremy, full-time. Billy Holder bought a 4,000-square foot foreclosure in Fayetteville, Georgia, where they moved in 2012. To ensure they don't run afoul of Georgia bigamy laws, they each have their own rooms, but often share beds at night. Billy Holder and Mullins aren't sexually involved, except on occasions when all three are together, "but we are emotionally intimate and share everything on that level," Mullins said. "We share everything that any other couple would."They're partners around the house, too. Billy is the cook. Jeremy and Melissa clean up. When Melissa grew tired of doing the laundry, she spoke up and they switched roles. When Melissa participates in National Novel Writing Month each year, Billy makes sure she's plied with food and coffee while Jeremy hangs out with the kids. "I think we're a little too boring to be the poster family for poly," Billy said over a lunch of Papa John's pizza at their home.But being poly is nothing if not an ongoing work in progress. Melissa still gets annoyed when Jeremy leaves dirty plates in the sink, or when Billy goes on a tear over a new person he's met in a bout of what's commonly known in poly communities as "new relationship energy."But now, she doesn't keep her frustrations to herself anymore."We talk early and often. Jealousy is usually fear dressed up as something else," she said.In recent years, they've decided poly isn't an experiment -- it's a way of life. They wanted to create a close-to-home community where they could share and reflect on their experiences without being judged. Walking in the Atlanta Pride Parade is just one way they're trying to step out in public and celebrate who they are. They've auditioned for multiple talk shows and a reality show, but have never made the final cut.In 2010, they started the Atlanta Polyamory group on Meetup.com -- a website that makes it easy for people with common interests to find each other. The group now has more than 700 members among eight subgroups that extend far outside the city. In the past year alone, the group has more than doubled its numbers, a boost that Holder attributes to increased awareness of polyamory. They also founded Atlanta Polyamory Inc., now called Relationship Equality Foundation, an advocacy group that hosts poly-focused retreats and gatherings.They're trying to build a regional community outside the metropolitan hubs known for accepting alternative lifestyles. Other cities had conferences and meetup groups devoted exclusively to polyamory, so why not Atlanta?'I wanted something better'Last year, in a Holiday Inn Select just off the interstate, the Holders led the second Atlanta Poly Weekend, a retreat dedicated exclusively to poly-related issues. It drew people from across the Southeast and as far north as Baltimore.Some attendees were single or relatively new to polyamory. A couple in their 20s described how they'd been together since their freshman year at Georgia Tech, had married a couple of years earlier, and had opened up their relationship after discussing how they still loved each other, but felt attractions to other people."He dates and I flirt but I haven't actively sought out dates. All that matters is that he's coming home to me," said the wife, Michelle, who asked to not use their last name because they haven't told their families.A few attendees, like the Holder-Mullins triad, were married and dating and had at least one child. While parents attended panels, their children could stay at the "kid con" room in the care of a pair of women in a "closed quad" with their husbands.Ashley Tipton, middle, and husband, David, live with another couple in Marietta, Georgia."I've always thought it was better to live in a commune-type large family where you get to choose your loved ones," said Ashley Tipton, one of the moms in the quad from Marietta, Georgia. "I came from a broken home where I had to take care of my sisters and alcoholic mother and I wanted something better than that for me and my kids." In panels with names like "Defining Our Relationships" and "The 5 Love Languages" -- based on Gary Chapman's bestselling book and relationship philosophy -- the discussions revolved around topics that often come up for monogamous couples: Communication, jealousy, time.Some panels, though, were uniquely poly. One focused on legal issues, including a discussion of "Sister Wives" star Kody Brown's lawsuit to overturn Utah's laws against multiple people living together and "purporting to be married." A handful of states have similar laws in the books, including Georgia. Regardless of the case's outcome, "it's going to affect us," said the lawyer leading the session, who asked not to be identified.U.S. District Judge Clark Waddoups heard arguments in January. Both sides are awaiting a decision on Brown's motion seeking to strike down the law as unconstitutional on a variety of claims, from free speech to free exercise to equal protection, Brown's lawyer Jonathan Turley said in an e-mail.In a panel called "Coming Out," poly advocate Terisa Greenan led an animated discussion about the obstacles that keep people from telling others. Some polys hide their relationship from friends and family, fearing they could lose their homes or children. For many, religion was a common source of grief.For some who were atheist, or practice paganism, being in a relationship with multiple people can seem even more unpalatable to people outside their religious or poly communities.Jeremy Mullins, of the Holder-Mullins triad, was in the room for the discussion. He came out to his parents after he'd decided to move in with the Holders. His mother told him she feared for his soul, he said, and while he still speaks to his family, they have yet to meet the other people he considers family."It's about choosing between you and their god," one woman said. "My mom likes my boyfriends, but she hates my lifestyle.""Yeah, people say they don't hate you, they hate the lifestyle," another woman added, "but I've decided I don't have to accept that. It's the same as hating me."Meanwhile, at a panel called "Real Life Poly," about 30 people listened to Noel Roberston, also known as Ms. Noel, an adult sexuality educator active in Atlanta's kink community, dissect scheduling, jealousy and sex. Dressed in jeans and a zip-up sweatshirt and holding her newborn, she admitted that life outside the bedroom can seem pretty dull. "Wednesday night belongs to Arthur, Thursday is Chris. Thank God for Google calendar," she said, eliciting nods from some, while others took notes.Send reminder alerts to your partners when it's your night, she suggested. Dates don't have to be expensive or elaborate: Look for free concerts, or make errands into "micro-dates." Try sexting or Skyping or showering together. Drop the idea of what you think romance should look like and "find what works for you.""It's hard enough in plain old vanilla relationships to keep romance alive," she said.If partners don't like each other, or you don't like theirs, start talking, Roberston said. Figure out where veto power lies. Don't "play the one-up game." Stop evaluating who has better curves, bigger breasts, or who's the better cook. "It's better to have the 'I'm scared' conversation than the laying down the ultimatum conversation," she said."What do you need to feel safe and secure?" she asked, inviting the audience to share. "It comes down to what do you need? What's important to you?"Silence filled the room for a moment."I need to not come in last," one person said."I need time and space," another spoke up."I need to see that he can be independent.""Support.""That my partner knows where I'm coming from and has my back.""Acceptance of all that I am."'It's part of who I am'Even years after Atlanta's first polyamory conference, acceptance remains an elusive goal. Most people watching the Atlanta Pride Parade this month tucked away Billy Holder's flier. A few took the time to read it, and came away with mixed reactions. "I'm all for it if that's what you believe in," one 48-year-old man said."I've had friends in open relationships and it seems to work pretty well if they're open about their expectations," a 19-year-old woman said."I just don't know how it would work," another man added. "It must be confusing for the children.""It wouldn't work for me," another parade-goer said. "I'm too jealous."Getting ready for her star turn on the float, the Holder's 9-year-old daughter seemed oblivious to what others might think. Her parents haven't offered her a detailed explanation about their physical relationship; they don't think it's age-appropriate. But Jeremy has been in their lives since she was 4 years old, so she sees him as part of the family, if not exactly a blood relation. "We know we have to tell her one day, we're laying the groundwork now for what and how we're going to tell her," Billy said. "For now, we emphasize to her that we all love her and we're all here for her."When asked, she said "poly" means multiple partners, "loving many people.""I'm happy because there's more people to ask when I have problems," she said.She's proud to be at the parade, she said -- but if she could pick any float to join in, it would be the Atlanta Humane Society's. "I love animals," she said.Her view seems consistent with her age, as sociologist Elisabeth Sheff writes in "The Polyamorists Next Door." In research and interviews with poly families, she found that children ages 5 to 8 didn't seem to care about how the adults related to each other, so long as they were taken care of.Overall, they seemed to fare well as long as they lived in stable, loving homes. Living in a poly household didn't imply a child would prefer a poly lifestyle, she said.So far, that seems to be the case with Melissa Holder's two sons from a previous relationship. The boys were 15 and 16 when the Holders sat them down and told them things were getting serious with Jeremy."We told them Jeremy was important in our lives in an emotional context," Melissa said. "We always had friends over and we're a huggy bunch. But this was the first time we acknowledged to them that a significant person in our life was going to be a significant person in our life."The younger son didn't take it well and moved in with relatives in Louisiana. He declined to be interviewed for this story. Her older son, Sebastion, learned to live with the situation. It was an adjustment at first, he said, but it helped that the family had moved into a bigger home where everyone had their own space. Mullins is "a generally cool guy," who suggests great books and talks with Sebastion about electronics, he said."It's like having a full house with someone else to talk to and help out with housework," said Sebastion, now 20 years and stationed in South Korea as a combat medic in the United States Army.Sebastion tells friends that Jeremy is a roommate or a friend of his parents, he said, because people often see poly as swinging or polygamy. Same for the neighbors, at least until they get to know them better.They've learned the need for discretion. They said a family member reported them to Georgia's Division of Family and Children Services, alleging child abuse and prompting a weeks-long investigation. The Holders said it ended with no charges being laid and their daughter remaining in the home. Georgia's Division of Family and Children Services did not return multiple phone calls seeking comment. But the experience also informed some of their desire to change public perceptions of polyamory.So they march, and organize and raise their daughter the best they can. Their meetup groups continue to grow and they're looking forward bringing in new speakers to 2014's Atlanta Poly Weekend.After all, the Holders and Mullins say it's not a choice -- polyamory is an inherent part of their sexuality. "Life would probably be easier if I didn't feel the need to open myself up to loving more than one person," Jeremy said. 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While Asian-American and Pacific Islanders have very low rates of HIV infection — in the single digits — they had the highest rate of increase in new HIV infections between 2001 and 2008. While other ethnic groups had declining infection rates, Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders experienced a 4.4 percent increase.
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I just got my print and it's great and all but it's not hand-numbered! lol.
Buenos Aires Print
Ah Buenos Aires, the land of good air. And what better to do with that beautiful air than blast it with 50k volts of pure rock courtesy of The Strokes? Well that's exactly what happened when the band played the Personal Festival on November 4th. And now 300 lucky people will have the opportunity to commemorate this epic event w/ a tour print (that's right, there are only 300 of these bad boys).
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An Open Letter from Doc Brown to Marty McFly
By A Real Person on January 22, 2009
Dear Marty-
Having recently reviewed the surveillance footage of the events of the night you went back to 1985, I couldn't help but be slightly taken aback by your spurious reasoning of only allowing TEN FUCKING MINUTES to SAVE MY GODDAMN LIFE. Ten minutes??? Really. You actually thought that you could get from the Courthouse to Twin Pines Mall (I'm sorry, I mean LONE Pine Mall now–way to run over a tree, fucknut) in ten minutes. What the fuck did you think that could accomplish? What were you going to do? Vanquish the Libyans with your shortness? Yeah, I said it. YOU'RE TINY. Like Ratatouille (2008 reference), but in a puffy vest . Listen, you little feathered-haired leprechaun, any one of these Hill Valley MOUTH-BREATHERS would have had the good sense to go back, oh I don't know, AT LEAST A DAY to give me time to prepare for the Middle East extremists and their Summer of Love van of fucking DEATH, what with having a device that has mastered the dimension of TIME and all. And I'm INCLUDING Biff in that group. You are goddamn lucky that I have a compulsive disorder when it comes to taping paper back together. Otherwise you'd have been as useless as Einstein with a Vernier caliper. Mark my words, Stuart Little, as SOON as I get this DeLorean up and running again (thanks for turning my car into a fucking lightning rod, BTW) I SWEAR I am going to go back and convince Jennifer to dump your Hobbit ass so you can go on that dumbshit camping trip ALONE with nothing to do but jam your little meerkat penis into that extra sleeping bag in the back of your gaywad new truck. Then I'm going to fuck her into tomorrow…LITERALLY. How long am I going to tap that skinny bitch? "Ten minutes oughta do it!" You vapid douche.
Thanks for watching me get shot twice,
PS – You're a fucking CHICKEN.
Not to mention that you totally sold he on the idea that there would be flying skateboards in the future. The future is so 2001 already and all we having is a dumb ads segway? Seriously WTF, did the Libians jack the flying skateboards too?
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Single Greatest letter ever written.
Okay, okay. Okay.
So ten minutes, I get it. Doesn't make sense. But we're not only dealing with time paradoxes, people, but plot devices! Give Marty a damn break!
Dude had the best intentions. Seriously. We can't debate that. Sure…half an hour…two hours…another week to at least spy on Jennifer in the shower would have been the logical choice.
But…I mean…it's Zemeckis. If we're going to split hairs here, we can head right on back to the first act…
jacob I agree! Doc's being WAY to harsh about this. Not to mention YEARS after the fact. He either came straight to 09 after it happened and is still pissed or he's just being a big baby.
Sorry but I might be spoiling it for you guys. This movie is fictional work of art. Keywords: fictional and art. Lol. Ya I couldn't think of how to play along.
Oh fuckin bitch about it, Brown.
You have a goddamn DeLorean that can tear an asshole through time!
Anyone with that kinda power shouldn't complain that his ONLY friend didn't give himself a whole lot of cushion to save your coked out ass from some half baked Jackass looking stunt, you lonely old perv! -
Oh come ON, Doc! I was totally rooting for you until the "faggoty new truck" remark. Stop channeling Biff!
Ditto Ruel.
Doc, thats what you get for forgetting to put an extra container of plutonium in the DeLorean. "One pellet one trip"
Hello!!! Marty couldn't risk coming into direct contact with his past self, thus causing a paradox to the space time continuum. The plot is still sound and (as always) flawless.
Queue Huey Lewis….
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that was pretty damn funny.
he should tap her MORE than ten minutes!
[…] it!
I'm so sorry, Doc, but I believe you lost all right to complain at the precise moment you decided that you could get away with trading pinball machine parts for plutonium. You've presumably earned a doctorate in some field – I don't know why you keep changing the subject when I ask about it – so I feel comfortable telling you that it wasn't your brightest fucking idea. How hard did you hit your head on that toilet again?
While we're on the subject of brilliant ideas, nothing says user-maintainable like a DeLorean, am I right? Clearly, when building a vehicle that transcends time you should opt for a make that was only in existence for TWO goddamn production years. Good luck finding a new starter for that piece of crap, you wiry-haired asshat.
Oh and speaking of asshatery, I was taking a tour of a power plant the other day and I asked them how many "jigawatts" they could generate. They laughed me out of the fucking building. Hard 'G' in gigawatt, chief. What was your doctorate in again?
Anyway I'm glad you found my letter, even if it looks like you let Einstein pee all over the damn thing. Consider getting shot my way of saying "thank you" for that time that you made me synchronize your entire fucking clock collection. Next time I'll tell them to aim higher.
Oh, and thanks for throwing out my Sports Almanac. Really dodged a bullet with that one…
Martin McFly, Sr.
PS – Seriously? Eighty dollars? You really are a cheap bastard.
First of all, Marty, I picked the DeLorean because John DeLorean was my second cousin and it was free. Secondly, you have some SERIOUS stones to be bitching about synching the clocks when you fucked my amp in the face. That was the only thing of value I had left!!! I WAS going to embark on a temporal tour with my speed metal band, "The Emperors New Tits," but I guess your fucking things up isn't bound to just cars and time machines. THIRDLY, re: Almanac: I told you…I didn't invent the time machine to win at gambling. I invented it so I could fuck Old West teachers in a flying train. You go hell now.
Emmett "Doc" Brown
The first couple sentences were great! The spelling errors ruined it! :\
On to more pressing matters: can I borrow the DeLorean to travel back to the time when it became socially acceptable for people to clip their fingernails outside, in public places? Because I'd like to nip that shit in the bud pronto.
Vapid? That's a little mean, isn't it?
Dear Doc,
Hang on a moment… Where the hell do you get off complaining I didn't try to save you early enough? I tried to warn you in 19-FUCKING-59! You know, just after I gave your life some goddamn meaning by showing you that you were anything other than a talentless madman? 30 years should enough warning time, if you hadn't decided to lecture me on temporal paradoxes, while I was trying to SAVE YOUR GODDAMN LIFE. Which I succeeded at, BTW.
Thanks to you, I was nearly shot by Libyan terrorists, beaten to a pulp by an illiterate thug, and raped by my own Mum. And I had to drive a DeLorean. So where do you get off complaining I didn't return too early to dramatically change history, after you SPECIFICALLY TOLD ME NOT TO DRAMATICALLY CHANGE HISTORY? Fuckersville, that's where.
Your unwitting pawn,
Marty -
Great Scott!
And yes, Mr Genius, I'm aware I said "too early" when I meant "early enough", but What The Fuck, I'm too angry to care.
This is so effing hilarious, I remember thinking the SAME thing, but not as eloquently as that, of course. I mean 10 minutes? Jesus.
However, when they recently played B2TF on tv, I was crushing on Mickey J and his feathered hair. He's as cute as a button. -
Oh no! I can't believe you went there.
I give instant slack for spelling errors and typos on message boards, after all, how many of us are typing on those jacked up iPhone keyboards. Maybe by the time apple puts out a decent typing interface for their phones, our hoverboards will be here
The good Doc was on the cutting edge of technology so I find it hard to believe it is a letter and not an e-mail. Otherwise, spot on!
anonymous: I've been staring and staring and I fail to see the spelling errors that Complainy T. Emoticon mentioned. He/she/it must know something that spell check doesn't!
Marty: Look, PHILOSOPHICALLY I don't have a problem with you throwing the pipe to your mom. To be honest, I went to 2039 and porked my great niece. That's how you have to do it…the FUTURE doesn't leave a baby trail! My only concern was you fucking up the timestream, thwarting your own birth and my not having someone to sweep the lab anymore. Can you imagine how weird that would have been? You would have vanished from existence the moment you stuck it in your mom! That's a LITTLE hot, though…Quantam Incest…Um…I gotta make a quick trip…
Emmett "Doc" Brown


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About Alfred Edward Codrington
Lieutenant-General Sir Alfred Edward Codrington GCVO KCB (4 May 1854 – 12 September 1945) was a British Army officer who served in colonial wars in Africa during the late nineteenth century, and later commanded a reserve army during the First World War.
Military career
Born in 1854, the second son of General Sir William John Codrington, he was educated at Harrow and entered the Coldstream Guards in 1873. He first saw active service during the Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882, where he was mentioned in despatches. He later commanded the 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards in the Second Boer War between 1899 and 1902, where he was wounded twice, mentioned in despatches, and given a brevet promotion as Colonel. He received the Queen's medal with three clasps, and the King's medal with two.
He commanded the 1st London Division of the Territorial Force from 1908 to 1909, when he was appointed Major-General commanding the Brigade of Guards and General Officer Commanding London District, retiring from this post in 1913. He returned to duty after the outbreak of the First World War, serving as the Military Secretary to Lord Kitchener, the Secretary of State for War from August until October 1914. He was then appointed to command Third Army in the Home Forces; this was based around Luton, and contained four Territorial divisions and two Territorial cavalry brigades. He relinquished command in 1916. He was appointed to sit on a Pensions Appeal Tribunal in the summer of 1917, which dealt with appeals against governmental decisions on military pensions, and later published a book on War Pensions: Past and Present, co-authored with Edward Abbott Parry, another member of the Tribunal.
His final military position was the ceremonial colonelcy of the Coldstream Guards, to which he was appointed in 1918. Unusually, this had been a position previously occupied by his father. He was appointed chairman of the Society of Miniature Rifle Clubs in 1917, and President of the Association in 1932.
He married Adela Harriet Portal, the niece of the Earl of Minto, in 1885; she died in 1935. The couple had three sons, Geoffrey, William, and John, and one daughter, Mary. Geoffrey became the High Sheriff of Wiltshire and an usher to both King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II, whilst William was the Chief Security Officer to the War Cabinet during the Second World War and later High Sheriff of Rutland.
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Primary trend = TRANSITIONING TO UP
Number of days = 5We knew on Friday that if signal weight opened moderately positive today that a new up cycle would be identified on the Primary (shown above). We also knew that the Secondary, the daily trend, was in a position to identify a new up cycle now as well.
The Secondary was not in a position to turn up when the Primary identified the last up cycle on March 7th that took SPY from under 135 to just over 140. By the 13th, the Primary was overextended at +10,800 and had no where to go but down. That down cycle ended this morning at 11:30 and for most of the day, both the Primary and the Secondary had identified new up cycles, a rare in-sync event.
But, the Secondary did not close up, due to exogenous factors (the rumor mill) that reduced signal weight just enough to keep it just fractionally down. However, it will very easily turn up on Tuesday given only modestly positive signal weight. (Secondary, shown below)Back To David Fry's Instablog HomePage »Instablogs are blogs which are instantly set up and networked within the Seeking Alpha community. Instablog posts are not selected, edited or screened by Seeking Alpha editors, in contrast to contributors' articles.
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How do I effectively kill squash bugs? An organic solution is preferred but I'm not opposed to use chemicals if organics are not effective.
Here is a link to several discussions on them including organic controls. Just scroll down to the posts with the blue frames. Good luck.
Here is a link that might be useful: Squash bug controls
Soap bucket is good.
Or Use duct tape (or any tape) like fly paper to stick to them. Probably better to get the eggs with tape BEFORE they hatch. Stick it on the eggs pull it off. Kinda like waxing?
Both are time consuming but very effective AND very organic.
Good Luck,
It's too late for the standard organic controls of row covers and in an area that large your best organic bet then is likely spraying with Neem oil or using diatomaceous earth. But it is only somewhat effective. You will also need to do egg patrols and hand-picking to insure a good degree of control. Soap spray (1 T of liquid soap in 1 gallon of water) sprayed directly on the bugs (not the leaves and never in the heat of day) will also help. Some also recommend the use of a rotennone or permethrin based product but I have no personal experience with them so cant say how effective they are on SB. Others will know more about them.
If you decide to give up on the organic approach then it is the pesticide of your choice but insure that it specifies squash bugs.
Good luck.
If you don't have a lot of plants....
My favorite method...I can't believe Dave (digdirt) didn't mention it.
Spray all parts of the plants with your waterhose once a day....give em a nice shower. Wait a few minutes and watch as the squash bugs come to dry out on the tops of the leaves. Pluck and drown in soapy water. It's so rewarding!
I haven't seen a squash bug in a week but I have plucked as many as 15-20 in a day if I don't stay on top of it.
Just have to suggest planting tansy among your squash/pumpkins to repel squash bugs. I used fern-leaf tansy, which smells kind of like eucalyptus, and have had great results. It does tend to spread, but I just pull up and transplant to other areas. It is the best companion plant I've found so far in terms of repelling insects.
The soap water really works you have to try it because they do start falling off the plants. I just tried it today 8/29/08. It really works trust me. You ad soap I don't think it matters what kind but i used dawn. you put about 1/4 inch of soap in to a small squirt bottle then fill the rest up with water "DO NOT SHAKE UP". Then go out there and spray the bugs they will start dying after a few minutes.
Thank you Gumby for the duct tape idea, I just got back from using that method in the garden and I must have gotten 200 eggs. I usually just pop them between my fingernails but it would harm the leaf quite a bit in the process. This is a gentle, no fuss option. Thank you!!
Checked my zucchini plants today and leaves were absolutely covered with squash bugs. I use Ortho Max Flower, Fruit and Vegetable spray. Kills over 100 different types of bugs and absolutely does not harm your plants. I keep it handy for my peach and plum trees, my hibiscus plants, meyer lemon, roses, tomato plants, etc. Great stuff!
Here is what I do. I take water and spray te under sides of the leaves, around the roots and even some of the other leaves (cukes, etc) just to bring them out into the open. This we know.
Next get a vacuum. I have a shop vac. Turn the sucker on and shhhup shhhup shhhup (this is the sound of little bugs heading down to a pit of h***!) Then I dump the little guys into a bock trash bag rift away, tie, and dump in my garbage can!
Note: I had wood shavings in there which sticks To their wet little bodies. :)
Def. the best method for me is watering, waiting for a bit then going on the attack. Squishing them is gratifying but man oh man do these things stink! Very powerful odor (which is why some call them stink bugs). They aren't fast and hardly move while you move in for the kill. I have them on my pumpkins and zuchinni.
Also, checking for eggs every few days limits their numbers, I just pinch off the offending leaf and chuck it in the trash. They lay 100's of eggs, so check every leaf if possible. Much easy to kill off 100s at a time then to wait for the hatch. I've done it this year and am down to maybe one or two a day to kill. You have to be vigilant, however. Check every single day. Miss a week and your squash will suffer!
I'm heading to my garden just as soon as this heat abates. I have been checking leaves for eggs and committing murder after spraying water for the past several weeks. Winter squash definitely is the worst. I place my collected squash bugs in a bottle I keep in the garden for things like slugs, squash bugs and eggs. I have chlorox bleach in water and just keep adding to it as the season unfolds. I've already lost one Hubbard, and one of two Butterbush is showing signs.... So Im going in and ripping out all of the fabric mulch and soaking the soil for the next several mornings and evenings. Then I'm trying pyrethin (sp?) based product because I just don't think the neem oil (2 applications a week apart) did much. Trying a new variety of yellow squash this year, Golden Egg, in a different bed... It's had a ton of those suckers but is still looking good. Am just beginning to find squash bugs on my cukes ... War!
I use my VACUUM to suck them up! It seems I never get rid of all of them, but I haven't lost any plants. I also squish the eggs. Be sure to plug up the end of the hose if you don't empty the vacuum, I found one trying to crawl out. Miserable little buggers!
We did the tape thing and boy oh boy we got a ton of eggs, appx 400-500 (no exaggeration). There are still more but we watered and watch them come to the surface then caught the adults and pulled them off and drowned them in a bowl of water. We caught 33 of them pests. After the leaves dry I am going to go back out there and go over the leaves again. Also we found the eggs on both the top and bottom of the leaves. So check both sides. Now to find something to plant along side so we can try and prevent this from happening next year.
I also have the 15x 40 ft. sea of vines. I planted late,4th of July, hoping to miss the svb season. Earlier I planted a row of nasturtiums and marigolds down the middle of the space. When I planted the squash seeds, I planted a hardy geranium inbetween each plant. Now they are all under the vines somewhere. I have only seen about 5 squash bugs (adult) and 10 clusters of eggs. Which is nothing compared to last year.
I'm not intimidated by the squash bugs or their stink. I water my plants like others suggested, then I go look for them, and squash the squash bugs with my bare fingers . I just crush them very quickly . The stink doesn't bother me that much. I just wash my hands with soap afterwards.
me and my mate were having a gaming session when one entered the lounge.
we used a combination of linx deodorant and flash kitchen cleaner. it disabled it for a while but it came back at us like the die hard beetle it surely is. eventually after discovering it was on his neck, my mate flapped like an old woman and stamped on it.
I went to an organic gardening conference and someone said to till in ground bay leaf prior to planting. I did this for 2 years and no squash bugs. I forgot this year, and I have squash bugs. I am back to killing them daily. I use a scissors to grab them then cut them in half in a pan I bring with me. I scrap the eggs in the pan and squash them or put them far away.
One thing that works well is to stomp all the remaining green leaves at the end of the season. The bugs congregate there late in the season. Also they collect on any remaining fruits.
Kill off the all the adults at the end of the season and you start with a pretty clean slate next year. If you have neighjbors with squash or pumpkins, you need to do that for them too. LOL
"If you have neighjbors with squash or pumpkins, you need to do that for them too. LOL"
I can just picture the destruction... Wayne, a.k.a. "the midnight stomper". Sort of gives squash patch a whole new meaning. ;-)
On the relatively rare occasions when I see squash bugs, I use a solution of soap (dish or baby shampoo), rubbing alcohol, and water in a horse spray bottle. If you are concerned about leaf burn, you can use Safers as the soap... or you can just rinse the leaves off after the spray has done its work. Provided that the bugs are completely covered by the spray, they die very quickly, within a minute or two. This works on all stages. I've even sprayed it on egg masses, and checking a day later, they were brown & dead.
The best way to kill squash bugs (as well as SVB & cucumber beetles) is to not get them in the first place. In dense urban areas, or within a community garden, this is not always possible... the resident populations are just too high. But if the garden is fairly isolated from other squash growers, floating row cover is a good solution. Cover the plants immediately after planting (if transplants) or before germination (if direct seeded). Keep the plants covered until they begin blooming, or until they outgrow the cover. In my area, by the time I remove the cover, the egg laying period for most squash pests has passed... SVB in particular. Compared to SVB, the reduction in squash bugs is just a fringe benefit.
For summer squash, if you don't mind getting your zukes late, a mid-summer planting might avoid nearly all squash pests.
Last year, heavy June rains kept me from planting squash on time, so instead of long-season winter squashes, I planted short DTM summer squashes. This was over the July 4th weekend. I didn't feel like laying row cover, so I over planted the zukes & yellow straightneck, expecting heavy losses. Much to my surprise, there was no SVB, no squash bugs, no cucumber beetles... nothing. In spite of the late planting, I found myself drowning in zukes, and froze enough to last the winter.
Still have about 20 pints left... good thing too, since it looks like yet another late, very wet Spring. :-(
I was laughing at the image of you dressed in camo, creeping through the neighborhood assassinating squash bugs. Hey, it's been a never-ending Winter up here, I take my amusement where I can find it. ;-)
Stomping is not a bad solution as part of a control program, Wayne, and I've used it myself a few times in the past - after frost left nothing for the bugs to feed on but the immature squash left in the field. The nymphs would be clustered together on the squash, and easy to kill. (Personally, I still prefer soap spray to stomping).
But it also means that all efforts of prevention or control up to that point have failed. If large numbers are allowed to reach adulthood, chances are that enough of them will survive in the surrounding area to re-infest the following Spring. In that case, after killing the easy targets, it would be advisable to thoroughly destroy any nearby debris in the Fall which might shelter the adults.
Of course, as you pointed out, that too would be a pointless endeavor unless your neighbors with neglected gardens did the same. Been there, done that... sometimes it's just a losing battle. I'm fortunate that my rural garden is isolated enough that early prevention/control methods are usually effective.
I have only 1 neighbor with squash type plants. I don't destroy the surrounding barriers as I live in the country and need barriers against field spraying. Actually, if faithfully done, killing any adults in the fall works pretty good.
I've tried just about all these methods with the exception of planting later, and if I can make myself wait maybe that would help. Our daughter planted a big pumpkin patch in an area that didn't have anything planted before, and there are lots of squash bugs and too many plants to rely on picking the bugs off, unless that's your full-time job. We pick off eggs and squish the bugs or spray them with soap water which works great but only kills the bugs you hit with it. As the plants started dying off I got frustrated to the point of using chemicals a couple times, using a long sprayer arm to target just the vines those bugs love to eat while trying to avoid getting any on the flowers to avoid harming bees but I doubt that's completely possible.


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Guns are only as 'smart' as we are
I'm uncomfortable with the phrase "smart gun." Maybe that's because the words make me think of Skynet in Terminator, or the great lesson to man about the dangers of artificial intelligence gussied up in a blockbuster action-movie franchise.
While it's probably not going to rebel and nearly exterminate all of mankind, in the wrong hands, real-world technology can become a tool for evil.
That's why today's manufacturers are seeking better methods of gun control. Smart guns may be their answer. Since only the real owner can fire them, they could drastically reduce firearm-related violence.
This works through different types of recognition: a watch or ring that a person wears that the gun will "remember." Even an individual's unique grip could act as a sort of passcode.
The New Jersey Institute of Technology is one body that has been researching this development, where touch-sensors measure the size, shape, and amount of a pressure exerted by someone's hands. The method is cheaper and more commercially viable than biometrics (such as fingerprints), and it could effectively prevent children from causing a serious accident by grabbing a gun.
Those safeguards would also stop criminals from firing the 232,000 or so guns stolen every year.
Arms expert Armatix — which specializes in wireless locking and access control systems — sells personalized weapons that activate with a special radio-controlled wristwatch and pin. These Smart System guns only shoot within the range of the watch, and it's possible to release the safety mechanism via pincode.
Another company, Triggersmart, is doing the same with chips that can be implanted in jewelry or even someone's hand. It has developed and patented a Childproof RFID smart gun. RFID stands for Radio Frequency Identification, or the same inexpensive and fast technology E-ZPass uses to track vehicles on toll roads in the northeastern United States.
Still, couldn't smart guns create a new wave of problems? If a criminal wanted to use someone's gun, all they would need is the "key," which could encourage direct contact and put that person's life at risk.
You could argue that the prospective gunman would just assume the weapon was faulty, but what if he were educated? A criminal isn't necessarily going to give up and walk away. He might settle for a more extreme approach.
While the restrictions that come with smart guns may discourage some people from committing a crime altogether, they could breed more dangerous behavior in others. The technology could have unforeseen repercussions.
Manufacturers claim smart guns could prevent tragedies like the Newtown shooting of last year. And while this tech could've prevented Adam Lanza from brandishing his mother's weapons, smart guns merely inhibit unintended users. What happens when the shooter is the rightful owner?
And if a criminal took a smart gun into a hostage situation, and one of the captives managed to get ahold of it, wouldn't that be bad?
Smart guns might even make us lazier about proven gun safety measures. And there's always the possibility that the technology could fail to disastrous results.
Critics might be overlooking one advantage, however: tighter regulation. Armatix's vision statement includes a note about the future of guns: "Once equipped with chip-based intelligence, weapons and weapon systems can be networked with computers. In this way, it will be possible to log the use of arms and ammunition in detail, flexibly control this use, and evaluate it in multiple dimensions."
And Triggersmart's RFID system "can create safe zones in certain areas such as schools, where smart guns coming into the area will be disabled remotely" through Wide Area Control (WAC), according to the company's website. Take a look at the video below.
Out of all the technology at our disposal, I find guns the least beneficial. They protect people, yes; they stop bad guys from causing more damage. But much more often, guns ruin lives. And we're still figuring out how to make them safe.


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PHOENIX (AP) — Pablo Sandoval hit a two-run homer with one out in the top of the ninth inning and the San Francisco Giants rallied to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 2-1 on Tuesday night.
Arizona starter Trevor Cahill left after allowing a leadoff single to Angel Pagan, the Giants' fourth hit against the right-hander. J.J. Putz (2-1) came on for Arizona and struck out Marco Scutaro, and quickly went ahead 0-1 on Sandoval.
But Sandoval drove Putz's next pitch, a hanging split-finger fastball, deep into the right-field stands to give Giants the lead and hand the struggling Diamondbacks closer his fourth blown save in nine chances.
It was San Francisco's second straight come-from-behind victory, rallying for a 6-4 win in the series opener Monday.
Sandy Rosario (1-0) recorded the last out of the eighth inning for his first career win, and Sergio Romo pitched the ninth for his 10th save.
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Children when at play tend to put things into their mouth. If it does not hurt, they would like to bite it again and again. This act is more to satisfy the irresistible propensity to bite something when the teeth are just popping up.
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Silvia B.'s sculpture series Les Plus Beaux provides the viewer with some unusual perspectives regarding male self-perception. The artist's boyish sculptures have the power to disturb, given their aesthetics. Silvia B. uses a variety of accessories and clothing to style these boys who go against our stereotypes. There is ambiguity about age, masculinity and behaviour. The models appear both tough and vulnerable, a mix of innocence and decadence. Unsettling, yes, but are we bold to enough to admit why?
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A long time ago, my bank, TD Canada Trust, ran a promotion to show that they had the lowest wait time among all the Canadian banks. They, or their ad agency, decided that it would be a cool idea to give customers five dollars if they had to wait in line for more than five minutes.
The promotion was designed to accomplish two things. The first was to inspire the staff to improve their productivity. The second was to show bank customers how confidence TD was in their fast customer service. If the customer waited in line for less than five minutes, they are happy for the fast service. If they waited in line for more than five minutes, they get 5 bucks and they are happy again. What can possibly go wrong?
There was no one at the bank to time how long a customer waited in line for. The promotion was on the honor system. If you waited for more than five minutes, you just have to tell the teller and she will give you five dollars. This guarantee even extended to the ATM machine. Just go to the customer service desk, tell the lady you waited more than five minutes for the ATM and she will give you five bucks. You did not need to claim your five smackers on the same day either. You can walk into the bank the following day (or week), tell them the last time you were there, you had to wait more than five minutes for the ATM and they will give you five dollars. If you tell them that during the week, you waited more than five minutes, five times, they will give you $25.00. What can possibly go wrong?
The bank had set aside an amount they felt would be given away over a six month period, which was how long the promotion was to last. If it did well, then the $5 guarantee would become part of the bank's branding. The six months worth of five-dollar bills lasted barely three weeks. The next day TD cancelled the promotion and fired the ad agency.
During the time the promotion was running, I made $50. Hey! I really did wait for more than five minutes! Honest!
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