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I once made a post/thread asking whether you thought PGA members care about winning or whether or not they just try to position themselves to make x-amount of dollars. Well, I have noticed something. Kenny Perry is a good player, don't get me wrong here. But, I have noticed that even though golfers can pick and choose when and where to play but I have noticed that Kenny Perry makes sure to play in events where a lesser amount of top-tier players are present. The best evidence of this is him skipping the British Open last year but, I have watched this pattern for a while.
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Royal Oak resident Lindsay Hoffman addresses the Royal Oak City Commission Nov. 19. The city voted 7-0 to move forward with having the city attorney report back on broadening the human rights ordinance to welcome LGBT people. BTL photo: Crystal Proxmire
Royal Oak Moves Forward With Draft Human Rights Ordinance
By Crystal A. Proxmire
Originally printed 11/15/2012 (Issue 2046 - Between The Lines News)
With a unanimous 7-0 vote, the Royal Oak City Commission voted Monday, to have their city attorney draft "the most broad human rights ordinance," to be voted on at a later meeting.
Commissioners Jim Rasor and Kyle DuBuc presented the proposal to the Commission and over an hour's worth of commentary was heard on the subject. One resident complained that a new law is not needed, especially if discrimination is not a problem in Royal Oak and another said that the law should protect everyone so there is not "reverse discrimination."
But other than those two concerns, the crowd overwhelmingly supported the idea. Tyler Marka, holding an infant in her arms said, "I'm surprised it hasn't been approved here before. A lot of friends move here because this is a progressive town, equal rights are not special rights. From this past election it's evident this is the way most Americans feel. Royal Oak is a great city and we should make sure we're on the right side of history on this."
Marka also pointed out, "Some people may come up here and suggest that this is something that should be put to a popular vote, but I believe people's civil liberties should never be put to a popular vote," and that "the people of Royal Oak are good people, but you can't rely on people to always do the right thing, otherwise we wouldn't need laws."
Several business owners came out to support moving forward on an ordinance. Michael Chetcuti and Kyle Evans, owners of 711 on Main Street and Royal Oak residents, said they support it. John Dempster, owner of Mr. B's said, "As a diverse business employer I support this 100 percent. Tom Valente, owner of Holiday Market, has over 300 employees. He urged the city to embrace all people.
David Wollack, a former assistant prosecuting attorney, explained that there is "a void in our laws," and that passing an ordinance would give police more tools to react if there is an instance of discrimination. Currently in Michigan a person can still be fired because they are gay. A person can be denied housing or refused service if they are gay. And if someone is targeted for a crime because they are gay, there are no motive-based consequences as there are with victims of hate crimes based on race, gender, age, disability or religion.
Ferndale Mayor Dave Coulter also spoke at public comment, addressing concerns about potential lawsuits or more resources being taken up by police enforcement. Since Ferndale passed their ordinance ten years ago, there have been zero instances of discrimination Coulter said. Ferndale is one of 21 cities across Michigan that have some form of an LGBT inclusive human rights ordinance in place including Mt. Pleasant, Ann Arbor, Flint, Detroit, Traverse City and Saginaw. Coulter explained that the ordinance serves as a welcome mat for new businesses and residents.
Commissioner Mike Fournier explained his 'yes' vote.
"Somebody in public comment asked 'Where are the Christians,' so maybe I can give some perspective as it relates to that. For the most part I keep my faith private and quiet, but as some of you are aware I am openly Catholic and I make no apologies for my beliefs," Fournier said.
"I feel privileged to live in a country where I can practice my faith without persecution, without discrimination, and without interference. That I can take pride in who I am and the things I accomplished. I'm not qualified to speak on behalf of all Christians. I'm probably considered a sinner in most cases, but I believe in embracing the values of love, tolerance and the acceptance of others as paramount to peace and advancing the human condition. If only embraced unconditionally, unqualified and without equivocation... As a father it pains me to think the possibility of my daughters or my son being denied justice or equality through no fault of their own simply because of who they are. How would I comfort them? What words would suffice? What action could I take? And now confronted with taking action - and yes, taking no action is an action as well - what should I do, cave to some social pressures or rely upon the values I believe in and lift up all? .... I will side with love, tolerance and acceptance and support this human rights ordinance. Tonight I will go home quietly, enter my children's' rooms, kiss them on their forehead and know that their dad did the right thing tonight."
Jerry, a 71-year-old resident felt compelled to come to the meeting and stand up. "I'm walking down Knowles and it's dark and I'm thinking 'wow am I lucky. Nobody bothers me. I'm fine. I'm safe. And I've been thinking, you know, when I think back a couple years ago about the gay fellow who got beat to death because he was gay. I think like you know people say why should we change anything? It's because it gives the police more power and it shows we're not going to fool around with any brutality."
The vote does not enact an ordinance; it simply directs the city attorney to draft one. Rasor provided council and counsel with same ordinances from other cities, and said that Ann Arbor's is the model he would prefer. Once the attorney has drafted an ordinance, it will come again before the commission for a vote.For more information on Human Rights ordinances being enacted across the state, check out Unity Michigan's website at http://www.unitymichigan.org/members-coalition.
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While hundreds of jobs continue to be shed across Australia since the start of February as businesses complain of the strong currency and weak consumer confidence, workers in Holden would enjoy up to a 22 per cent wage increase spread over the next three years.
Ironically, Holden is the same carmaker that also laid off workers in the same month and lobbied the federal government for a taxpayer-funded assistance package.
For the lucky remaining 4,000 Holden employees, they will be given an 8 per cent salary increase on the first year, prompting union leaders to call the deal spectacular. The average pay hike is 18.3 per cent spread until 2014, but some could get a pay increase of up to 22.3 per cent.
In 2013 and 2014, Holden workers would receive a guaranteed yearly 5 per cent wage adjustment which could go up by 2 per cent more. That's on top of a $1,750 assured hardship recognition payment on the first year and $1,000 more on the second and third years.
The hardship recognition payments are meant to offset the layoffs and pay reductions made during the global financial crisis.
While the deal certainly made Holden workers happy, the Opposition warned employees in the country's industries supported by taxpayers to moderate their demand for wage hikes after the record-breaking deal made by Holden.
Taxpayers are entitled to ask if companies such as Holden, which is seeking a fresh government assistance package, are spending the funds wisely, said Opposition workplace spokesman Eric Abetz.
"When the trade union bosses boast that they've got huge wage rises without productivity trade-off and they are well above CPI, taxpayers are entitled to ask whether they are getting value for money and whether the company is genuinely engaged in transforming itself to stand alone," The Australian quoted Mr Abetz.
"Given the huge job losses the car industry is facing, one is perplexed to understand how this wage increase could have been sought and justified, let alone granted," he added.
However, Australian Manufacturing Workers Union National Secretary Dave Oliver explained that the wage hikes were not excessive since part of it is a catch up component after many of the workers took up to 40 per cent pay cut during the 2008 global financial crisis.
The news also came amid massive layoffs in banks, mines, retail establishments and other manufacturing firms in Australia.
Commenting on the bank layoffs which are concentrated in Victoria, Premier Ted Baillieu said the job cuts are matters for employers to decide while the state government could only focus on maintaining a strong budget.
Besides the 1,000 jobs to be lost at ANZ Bank, another 350 will be axed at Toyota's Altona plant and 600 more at Alcoa's Point Henry smelter in Geelong. Qantas reportedly is also shedding jobs, particularly among aircraft engineers.
"It is a simple message. The banks are making their decisions - I don't make their decisions for them - and I think a lot of people will be disappointed and I share that disappointment," 9 News quoted Mr Baillieu.
Due to the ongoing axing of jobs across different sectors, the Australian Confederation of Trade Unions (ACTU) pushed priority for jobs creation and protection as the focus of the 2012-13 federal budget.
In its submission to the Budget, the ACTU said the government must be prepared to alter its debt reduction targets if economic conditions worsen which would place more jobs at risk.
ACTU Secretary Jeff Lawrence said the government must support industries that are suffering from the strong currency for these sectors to transform and remain competitive.
"To secure the gains from the boom for the next generation of working Australians, we need to put long-term sustainable job creation at the centre of economic policy. Secure jobs that pay decent wages and have workplace rights can be built on our economic strength," Mr Lawrence said in a statement.


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READ: Commercial bees, the unsung heroes of the nut business
Almond growers plant wildflowers to help bees
By John Holland via modbee.com
Almonds are among the top-grossing farm products in the Northern San Joaquin Valley and statewide, and the largest users of commercial colonies in the nation each year. About 1.7 million bee boxes are delivered to the orchards for the pollination, which runs from mid-February to mid-March.
Beekeepers expect to lose some of their colonies each winter, but many have had much larger losses in recent years. Researchers say the causes could include diseases, parasites, trucking stress, pesticides or poor nutrition where drought has reduced flowering plants. Even when rain is abundant, winter does not provide much food.
"Those are times of dearth for bees, when there isn't much for them to eat," said Heintz, who works out of Tucson, Ariz., and previously was with the Almond Board of California, based in Modesto.
Heintz talked about the effort during a visit Wednesday to Silveira's orchard, on 40 hilly acres along Twenty-Six Mile Road. The seeds he sowed came free from Project Apis m., which operates on about $100,000 in grants each year. The mix includes a few varieties of mustard, which put out yellow flowers before the almond bloom, and clover, which bear red, white or purple flowers afterward.
Heintz said the diverse food in the orchard, combined with nearby drinking water, "is exactly what we need. This is a bee spa."
Almond blooms still are the favored food for the bees, she added, and they will not fill up on the supplemental plantings at the expense of pollinating the crop.
The effort so far covers only about 3,000 of the 860,000 acres of almonds in California, but Heintz said she would like to see it become a common practice. She is collecting data on how the supplemental food sources affect nutrition, colony population and other factors.
Silveira has taken part for two years. He said some almond growers might worry about these plants taking soil moisture from the trees, but that has not been a problem. He also noted that the mustard and clover protect the ground from erosion and take up nitrate from fertilizer, reducing the risk of tainted groundwater.
Silveira plans to mow the plants when the flowering in done, so they will decompose well in advance of the almond harvest. The nuts are shaken to the ground by machines, and growers do not like to have too much debris lying there.
Silveira rented the colonies from Hughson-area beekeeper Kevin Peavey, who is taking part in the effort for the first time this year.
"The bees are going to have more pollen and nectar to gather," Peavey said. "The more they are fed, the stronger they are."
Bee staff writer John Holland can be reached at email@example.com or (209) 578-2385.
$18 billion: Estimated worth of U.S. crops pollinated by honeybees and other creatures each year. About a third of that is in California, including almonds, cherries, apples, apricots, plums, kiwis, avocados, alfalfa seed, onions, broccoli, cucumbers, melons and squash.
$2.3 billion: Estimated gross income to almond growers in the Northern San Joaquin Valley in 2013.
1.7 million: Number of commercial honeybee colonies rented to California almond growers each year, two-thirds of the U.S. supply.
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READ: Scientists discover what's killing the bees and it's worse than you thought
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As we've written before, the mysterious mass die-off of honey bees that pollinate $30 billion worth of crops in the US has so decimated America's apis mellifera population that one bad winter could leave fields fallow. Now, a new study has pinpointed some of the probable causes of bee deaths and the rather scary results show that averting beemageddon will be much more difficult than previously thought.
Scientists had struggled to find the trigger for so-called Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) that has wiped out an estimated 10 million beehives, worth $2 billion, over the past six years. Suspects have included pesticides, disease-bearing parasites and poor nutrition. But in a first-of-its-kind study published today in the journal PLOS ONE, scientists at the University of Maryland and the US Department of Agriculture have identified a witch's brew of pesticides and fungicides contaminating pollen that bees collect to feed their hives. The findings break new ground on why large numbers of bees are dying though they do not identify the specific cause of CCD, where an entire beehive dies at once.
When researchers collected pollen from hives on the east coast pollinating cranberry, watermelon and other crops and fed it to healthy bees, those bees showed a significant decline in their ability to resist infection by a parasite called Nosema ceranae. The parasite has been implicated in Colony Collapse Disorder though scientists took pains to point out that their findings do not directly link the pesticides to CCD. The pollen was contaminated on average with nine different pesticides and fungicides though scientists discovered 21 agricultural chemicals in one sample. Scientists identified eight ag chemicals associated with increased risk of infection by the parasite.
Most disturbing, bees that ate pollen contaminated with fungicides were three times as likely to be infected by the parasite. Widely used, fungicides had been thought to be harmless for bees as they're designed to kill fungus, not insects, on crops like apples.
"There's growing evidence that fungicides may be affecting the bees on their own and I think what it highlights is a need to reassess how we label these agricultural chemicals," Dennis vanEngelsdorp, the study's lead author, told Quartz.
Labels on pesticides warn farmers not to spray when pollinating bees are in the vicinity but such precautions have not applied to fungicides.
Bee populations are so low in the US that it now takes 60% of the country's surviving colonies just to pollinate one California crop, almonds. And that's not just a west coast problem—California supplies 80% of the world's almonds, a market worth $4 billion.
In recent years, a class of chemicals called neonicotinoids has been linked to bee deaths and in April regulators banned the use of the pesticide for two years in Europe where bee populations have also plummeted. But vanEngelsdorp, an assistant research scientist at the University of Maryland, says the new study shows that the interaction of multiple pesticides is affecting bee health.
"The pesticide issue in itself is much more complex than we have led to be believe," he says. "It's a lot more complicated than just one product, which means of course the solution does not lie in just banning one class of product."
The study found another complication in efforts to save the bees: US honey bees, which are descendants of European bees, do not bring home pollen from native North American crops but collect bee chow from nearby weeds and wildflowers. That pollen, however, was also contaminated with pesticides even though those plants were not the target of spraying.
"It's not clear whether the pesticides are drifting over to those plants but we need take a new look at agricultural spraying practices," says vanEngelsdorp.
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4 States Just Got a Little Bit Safer for Bees
by Alicia Graef via care2.com
Environmentalists have been warning about the problems associated with a class of pesticides known as neonicotinoids (neonics) on pollinators and other wildlife, but now there's some good news that comes with a decision from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to phase out these toxic chemicals on wildlife refuges in the Northwest and Hawaii.
Neonics can be used in sprays, but are often applied as a coating on agricultural seeds and when it is, it spreads throughout the plant as it grows making the whole thing poisonous to a variety of insects. Studies have shown that they can be lethal to honey bees, bumble bees and other species at high doses, but even a little bit can cause problems by making them more vulnerable to other stressors. They've also been linked to Colony Collapse Disorder and have recently been found to be harmful to aquatic invertebrates and birds.
That's not just bad news for pollinators, it's bad news for us and the wild animals who depend on them to help pollinate crops and other wild plants we all depend on for food.
Earlier this year environmental organizations petitioned the agency to ban both genetically engineered crops and neonics throughout the National Wildlife Refuge System over concerns about the dangers they pose to wildlife and protected species and because their use is inappropriate on land that's supposed to be designated to protect wildlife and conserve habitats.
In a memorandum published by the Center for Food Safety earlier this month, the FWS acknowledged that neonics could have adverse effects on a "broad-spectrum of non-target species" and agreed that their use does not meet the intent of policies that are supposed to cause the least harm to wildlife and their habitats. The agency also noted that they're not only potentially being used on agricultural crops that are grown on wildlife refuges, but that they may be getting introduced through plants used in restoration projects.
Kim Trust, the deputy regional director of the FWS, told the AP that the agency made the decision because it is concerned about the global decline in all pollinators.
As of now, refuge managers will be required to take other steps to avoid their use on close to 9,000 acres of land in Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon and Washington and should have neonics completely phased out by January 2016.
"We commend the Service for taking its first step to ban neonicotinoids in the Pacific region, and now we call on the agency to permanently institute this policy on wildlife refuges nationwide," said Paige Tomaselli, senior attorney with Center for Food Safety. "Federal wildlife refuges were established to protect natural diversity. Allowing chemical companies to profit by poisoning these important ecosystems violates their fundamental purpose and mission."
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Those Insecticides We're Told Aren't Killing Bees Are Also Hurting Birds
by Steve Williams
Despite many politicians being in complete denial about the mounting evidence of a connection between certain insecticides and the collapse of bee populations, new research shows that those same insecticides are probably indirectly leading to bird die-offs, too.
A new study published this month in Nature looks at data from the Netherlands which the researchers say shows a sharp decline in certain bird populations in areas where insecticides known as neonicotinoids were used the most.
Neonicotinoids are among the new wave of insecticides that have been developed in the past 50 years. They were supposed to be revolutionary for the farming industry and were billed as less damaging for the environment and wildlife. However, study after study has linked them to a decline in pollinators and even to bee Colony Collapse Disorder, while a 2013 examination of peer reviewed literature called for tighter restrictions on neonicotinoid use as, used in the concentrations and amounts that we see on farms today, the scientists concluded there is enough evidence to suggest that these insecticides are harming bees and other insects who aren't supposed to be targeted.
Concerns have also been raised about the wider impact on wildlife beyond our pollinators. While neonicotinoids are billed as not being as toxic to mammals, and in particular birds of prey, scientific literature has suggested an unintended impact: by killing insects that the mammals eat, they may be driving down certain sensitive populations, and that's precisely what the study from the Netherlands found.
Interestingly the researchers from Radboud University in the Netherlands started their research not by exploring the impact of neonicotinoids, but by looking at two different data sets, one of bird counts, and the other of surface water measurements of the most common neonicotinoid, and through this the scientists were able to track the decline in bird numbers during the period of 2003 to 2010 while leaving the door open for other possible causes of bird population decline.
They found that there may be several factors contributing to the fall in numbers, such as an intensification of farming which often means uprooting bird habitats, like digging up hedges or dismantling barns.
Still, the researchers found that the presence of imidacloprid, one of the leading neonicotinoids, is incontrovertibly impacting birds and may be the main cause of bird decline in the region. They found that if ground water had just 20 nanograms of neonicotinoid per liter, there was a 30 percent fall in bird numbers during the study period–and what's more, some areas had pollution levels that was 50 times higher than that figure.
In total, the researchers found that 14 out of 15 common insect-eating bird species, like barn swallows, tree sparrows and starlings, had suffered sometimes dramatic population declines.
Research similar but not identical to this has been dismissed in the past because it didn't control for other factors, but this research did, yet the pattern still emerged. That is why lead researcher Hans de Kroon believes its time to take this problem seriously because, if neonicotinoids are indirectly harming birds, they're probably harming other wildlife that prey on insects, too.
David Gouslon of the University of Sussex, who wasn't involved in this study but did write a separate commentary, says this research is convincing. He tells the Guardian: "The simplest, most obvious, explanation is that highly toxic substances that kill insects lead to declines in things that eat insects. … This work flags up the point that this isn't just about bees, it is about everything. When hundreds or thousands of species or insect are being wiped out, it's going to have impacts on bats, shrews, hedgehogs, you name it. It is pretty good evidence of wholesale damage to the environment."
Goulson also highlights that unlike the Netherlands, the UK (and much of Europe) isn't monitoring neonicotinoid pollution. The UK agency responsible for overseeing matters dealing with the environment and wildlife, called Defra, remains stalwart that the research isn't overwhelming and that, at the moment, there isn't compelling evidence to show a definite link between neonicotinoids and harm to wildlife.
Defra says that these kinds of pesticides are safe when used as recommended and points to the admittedly (usually) rigorous short-term trials carried out by neonicotinoid producers. The problem though is precisely that they are only short-term trials. Manufacturers haven't used longer-term systematic trials but if they did, scientists say the data would show the harms neonicotinoids can create over longer periods of time.
It was hoped that this message was, at last, getting through, when in 2013 the EU imposed a two-year suspension of thre neonicotinoids, but it emerged the suspension is largely toothless because the EU is failing to track data during this time, and a two year suspension is unlikely to give any meaningful data anyway.
We have to be clear that this latest study implies a link and not causation, but because this adds to a wider body of data that all suggests a link, the evidence for probable causation is growing ever more formidable. All this leads us to ask: how much scientific data do we need, and how many impartial experts need to speak out, before our politicians will act?
Or perhaps the better question is, how many animal populations have to collapse before our governments see fit to do something and actually tackle the issue of neonicotinoids?
As Honeybees Die Off, First Inventory of Wild Bees Is Under Way
By Sasha Ingber via nationalgeographic.com
Not every bee may count, but Sam Droege is counting every bee.
On Saturdays, the head of the landmark Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Program at the U.S. Geological Survey leaves his straw-bale house, where bees burrow in the walls, and goes to his office—for pleasure. From his desk, a recycled segment of a lane from a bowling alley, he pores over bee specimens with a microscope.
"I'm looking deeply into [their] eyes to see what they reveal," said Droege. "I'm looking for species in potential trouble, gathering information on their status before they're designated an endangered species." (See "Intimate Portraits of Bees" for more of Droege's bee pictures.)
Droege is pioneering the first national inventory of indigenous wild bees, a task of growing importance. The buzz started in 2006 when honeybees, the non-native species used commercially to pollinate crops, began to mysteriously vanish after leaving their hives. If honeybees continue to wane in coming decades, scientists believe wild bees could save our crops. (See "The Plight of the Honeybee.")
Problems for Pollinators
More than half of managed U.S. honeybee colonies have disappeared in the past ten years. Though native to Eurasia and northern Africa, honeybees pollinate a third of the American diet, from nuts to produce—not to mention coffee and cotton. In 2010 they contributed to more than $19 billion worth of crops. (Related: "U.S. Honeybee Losses Not as Severe This Year.")
Pesticides, fungicides, and viruses, among other factors, have contributed to the honeybees' decline. Though they lack a traditional vertebrate circulatory system, they're vulnerable to parasites, such as the bloodsucking varroa mite, which deforms their bodies and shortens their life span.
Little is known about the hardiness of the honeybee's native counterpart, the mostly solitary wild bee. Many scientists believe that wild bee populations were once greater, but have dwindled as land was developed and agriculture intensified.
Home gardeners may also be contributing to the bees' habitat loss. Gardeners with a love of exotic plants often uproot native ones, not realizing that this deprives most pollinators of their food. Other factors limiting the bees' food supply include the effects of climate change, droughts, floods, and flowers blooming prematurely as the days grow warmer.
The Bees in Our Backyard
"People were collecting bees in the early 1900s, but they weren't doing quantitative analyses," said Georgetown University biologist Edd Barrows.
In 1998, Barrows gathered bees in Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve in Alexandria, Virginia, using mesh, tentlike structures called Malaise traps. The bees he collected then—still awaiting examination due to lack of time and funds—could serve as a historical reference point to show scientists how the preserve's bee fauna is changing due to water and air pollution, erosion, and invasive plants.
"We need to have some way of measuring whether native bees are increasing or decreasing," said Droege.
His own survey methods are unconventional, albeit familiar to scientists on shoestring budgets. To collect bees, plastic party cups act as pan traps. (Droege says the idea stems from the 1970s, when butchers gave their customers yellow pans, which people would fill with soapy water to catch bugs outside.)
Workers from New Horizons Supported Services, an organization that helps adults with developmental disabilities in Maryland gain employment, paint the cups to mimic the colors bees prefer in flowers. Then the cups are filled with propylene glycol—the same substance used to maintain moisture in food, medicine, and cosmetics. Its low surface tension means that insects will sink to the bottom. Every two weeks, the traps are emptied by volunteers.
After that the bees are washed, dried, and stored at the USGS lab in repurposed pizza boxes. Their deaths serve as a chance to learn about, and monitor, potentially endangered native bee species.
The biggest problem is telling the bees apart. Bees are often difficult to differentiate, and about 400 species—ten percent of North America's bees—lack names. (Compare that to the 1,000 ant species that have been named.)
"[They're] not something someone like a birder could look at, and say, 'That's a robin,'" said biologist Daniel Kjar of Elmira College in New York.
So Droege spends hours trying to identify species. His team captures the pitting on their skin, the striations of hair on their abdomens, and other physical traits with a macro lens camera—a sort of insect portraiture. Droege says these body features may help bees avoid predation and attract mates.
Harvesting the Unknown
Today, scientists will go to great lengths to study the small insects.
Sean Brady, head of the Smithsonian Institution's Department of Entomology, is studying evolutionary relationships between different bee species. He's sequencing their genetic material, which can cost between $10,000 and $50,000 for a complete genome.
He's also interested in understanding why, among certain bee species that produce offspring twice in a season, the first brood spends its lifetime caring for the second hatching instead of reproducing. The work may help him understand the social behavior and pollination strategy of wild bees.
"The unknown can be a good thing," said Brady. "There is a lot to learn in the next 10 to 20 years."
In 2010 and 2011, Brady and Droege set up traps in the cacti and thorn scrub of Guantanamo Bay, where the native habitat is preserved in the midst of the prison camp. They collected more than a third of the bee species that live on the entire island of Cuba. A new species they discovered was quickly named—Megachile droegei, after Droege.
Boulder neighborhood state's first to be declared 'bee-safe'
Melody-Catalpa volunteers secure pledges to shun pesticides
By Charlie Brennan
The Melody-Catalpa neighborhood of Boulder is proudly wearing the mantle of the first "bee-safe" locality in Colorado.
It may not be a title for which there was fierce competition, but those in the roughly 200 households of the north Boulder neighborhood who signed a pledge not to use neonicotinoids or similar systemic pesticides are buzzing with excitement over earning the distinction.
Three neighborhood residents earlier this year banded together to sign on about 20 volunteers to go door to door. And, faster than they'd dared hope, they convinced more than half of the area's 389 households to sign a pledge not to use neuroactive chemicals that many believe are contributing to the colony collapse phenomenon reported in global honeybee populations.
Those doing so were awarded green flags, signifying their commitment, to plant in their front lawns. Some homes there have not yet been contacted by the volunteers, but will be.
"We felt really good about it," said Anne Bliss, one of the three organizers and a resident of the 3500 block of Catalpa Way. "We thought we would finish this by the end of May, and we more than had our goal really quickly. It took us a couple weeks."
Molly Greacen, another of the drivers behind the Melody-Catalpa bee-safe initiative, said, "The real concern is that if we can get lots of other people to get excited about this idea, then all of Boulder can become bee-safe."
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CBS NEWS: Urban beekeeping flourishes: Inside the L.A. push to legalize backyard hives
Bee colonies are vital to our food supply, but they have been dying off for nearly a decade. CBS News' Ben Tracy reports on the rise of urban beekeeping, and the push in Los Angeles for a "pro-bee" ordinance to officially allow beekeeping.
LA Times: Beekeepers urge L.A. council to allow backyard hives
Beekeepers urge L.A. council to allow backyard hives
by Emily Alpert Reyes—February 12, 2014, 8:22 a.m.
Backyard beekeepers are urging the city to allow Angelenos to keep hives at home, joining the ranks of cities such as New York and Santa Monica that already permit the practice in residential areas.
The Los Angeles City Council is slated to vote Wednesday on whether to ask city officials to draw up a report on allowing beekeeping in residential zones, a possible first step toward permitting backyard beekeeping.
Under Los Angeles city codes, beekeeping isn't allowed in residential zones, according to city planning officials. Backyard beekeeping has nonetheless blossomed as Angelenos committed to locavore living or worried about the health of honeybees have started tending hives at home.
"It's the yummiest way of breaking the law," said Max Wong, who keeps bees in her backyard in Mount Washington. Her neighbors were stunned when she told them it wasn't allowed there under city code, she said.
"Beekeeping should never have been illegal," Wong said. The image of urban greenery is "part of what makes Los Angeles, Los Angeles," she said.
So far, both beekeepers and city officials say few complaints have been lodged about illegal beekeeping in Los Angeles neighborhoods. Such complaints are so rare, said Department of Building and Safety spokesman Luke Zamperini, that the department doesn't track them in their own category.
Beekeepers argue that new rules would nonetheless wipe out the legal unease they now face in the city, clearing up exactly what is allowed.
"Regulations would bring Los Angeles up to speed with pretty much all the other major metropolitan areas around the country," said Rob McFarland, co-founder of the Los Angeles beekeeping nonprofit HoneyLove. In addition, "it would give beekeepers the guidelines to help make it as safe as possible."
More than a dozen neighborhood councils, including those in Van Nuys, Eagle Rock, Hollywood and Palms, have backed at least exploring the idea. Some supporters invoke the threat of colony collapse disorder, which has devastated commercial hives that pollinate billions of dollars in crops globally…
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City Council Looks into Urban Beekeeping Ordinance
The Planning and Land Use Management Committee directed city staff to study the idea and report back in two months.
[Posted by Alexander Nguyen on Patch.com]
A City Council committee Tuesday took the first steps toward allowing residents to keep beehives in their yards for the production of honey and wax and to pollinate their gardens.
The Planning and Land Use Management Committee directed city staff to report back in two months on the best ways to allow "beekeeping" activity in single-family residential areas.
Council members who last year proposed overturning the city's prohibition on beekeeping in those areas said promoting the practice will "foster a healthier bee population."
The bee population has been reported to be "in steep decline," prompting concerns that the local economy and the state's agricultural industry would be negatively affected, according to a related motion introduced Tuesday by Councilman Jose Huizar.
His motion calls for city staff to come up with "humane and non-lethal" ways to relocate or remove unwanted bee hives to serve as alternatives to existing methods used by government agencies, "given the usefulness of bees to California's agricultural industry and the growing popularity of urban beekeeping." — City News Service
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I have 5 tiny cannas from seed - how large should they be before I set them out?
Canna are related to Bird of Paradise ( Strelitzia ), Bananas, Gingers and Heliconias. They even look a lot like Strelitzia Reginae ( Orange Bird of Paradise ) and the seeds look very similar, except that the Strelitzia seed have downy feather-like orange tufts on them. Canna, being a highly cultivated plant is likely more durable than Strelitzia which I find to be extremely resiliant to division and transplanting.
I expect therefore that Canna can be taken out and planted right away, given that the temps are favorable. I've divided Strelitzia Rhizomes in Winter and late Spring without problems and even the worst looking piece of Strelitzia rhizome that I would have never expected to produce a plant have successfully regenerated.
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|Product Type: Sandbox
|Finish: Natural
|Hardware Finish: Stainless Steel
|Material: Wood
|Solid Wood Construction: Yes
|Hardware Material: Stainless steel
|Number of Items Included: 1
|Rust Resistant: Yes
|Non Toxic: Yes
|Sandbox Shape: Square
|Toys Included: No
|Gender: Unisex
|Age Group: 3 to 4 Years; 5 to 6 Years; 7 to 8 Years; 2 Years
|Sandbox Cover Included: Yes
|Sandbox Liner Included: No
|Bottomless Sandbox: Yes
|Canopy Included: No
|Seating Included: Yes
|Storage Included: No
|Legs Included: No
|Suggested Sand Capacity: 750 Pounds
|Sand Included: No
|Country of Manufacture: China
|Assembly Required: Yes
|Additional Parts Required: No
|Product Warranty: 30 days
|ASTM Compliant: Yes
About the ManufacturerFor over 65 years, Badger Basket Company has been a premier manufacturer of baby bassinets, changing tables, hampers, toy boxes, bassinet bedding, baskets, doll furniture, and other infant and juvenile furniture, gifts, and décor. Badger Basket uses high quality materials to create beautiful and comfortable products for you and your children. The exciting Badger baby and toy product lines are refreshed regularly to ensure that new styles and fashions are incorporated in the products.
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"Since this would be going outside, I want to make sure the construction materials are solid. Can you tell me what is used to build this?" asked by Richard
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Michelle from Kansas City, MO– Verified Buyer
When trying to get away from the run of the mill turtle sandbox, this is a wonderful alternative. This sandbox has a wonderful appearance that can fit not any yard. The bench/cover is a wonderful design providing seating if one does not want to sit in the sand. Plus, having cats of our one (as well as neighbor animals going through our yard) the cover is a must. It is nice to not hunt down a separate piece that might have blown away. It holds (12) 50 pound bags of sand perfectly. Looking at the design, it appears to be something that may be easy to build on your own, but looking at the pricing of cedar lumber (especially in larger sizes like 2x10's) plus the cost of hardware, the low price of having a sandbox that required very simple assembly was a no brainer. The ONLY downside was that the hinges seemed a touch flimsy...which is an easy remedy if one chooses.
Is a hit with 3-6 yr olds
AK from Redmond, WA– Verified Buyer
The sandbox is made out of quality materials, and is easy to put together. All parts are well organized and mine came in a nice zip lock bag, which allowed me to take a break during the installation. The sandbox does not have a bottom, so if putting on a deck like I did, it will need some weed block fabric to keep the sand from falling out and to let any accumulated water drain out. The hardest parts of the whole install were deciding where to put it, and then to load it up with 13 50 lb. bags of sand.
Smallish but perfect for us!
Megan from Wauwatosa, WI– Verified Buyer
We bought this sandbox because we were looking to build one that was very similar but found this one at a really good price. The assembly was fairly easy - about an hour for a person who is comfortable with tools (my husband). The box will fit 4 children - 2 on each side. That works great for us but I could see that being a draw back for larger groups of children. The bench/cover is easy to use and not heavy to lift open and closed - but heavy enough to keep cats out.
Lisa from Gaithersburg, MD– Verified Buyer
Easy to put together, looks nice. The wood splintered in a few areas...not sure if it is for big kids because if they sit on the benches it may break. We painted primary colors to match our playground. Also there is not bottom piece so I had to staple gun some plastic underneath to keep sand inside. Finally, there are cracks in the top, so water can seep in--we have a table cover that we use to cover it and keep the rain and critters out.
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We received our sandbox in good condition. The instructions were easy to follow and I had no problem putting the sandbox together. It took me a little over an hour to assemble by myself. The screw holes are pre-drilled which makes it easier to put together. I am happy with the price and the quality of the sandbox and would recommend to others.
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The sandbox is easy to put together. I love that it closes up so the cats don't use it as a litter box. Its deep unlike the small plastic sand boxes. The hinges are on the cheap side but they can be replaced. My son plays in it for hours.
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I'm very happy with the sandbox. It's exactly as pictured and described and is just what I expected, so I was really happy about that. Seems to be good quality and durable. Very happy with the purchase so far.
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The sandbox is as nice as pictured and described online. It was delivered as scheduled in spite of the winter storm that hit southeastern US. It was easy to assemble and the recommended amount of sand needed was right on the money. My grandsons love it and my daughter is extremely happy with the way it looks and especially with the fact that it can be closed when not in use to keep the neighborhood cats out.
Perfect little sandbox!
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This sandbox is great! The neighborhood toddlers just love it, and the cover keeps the neighborhood critters out when it's not in use. We did add a piece of plywood to the bottom, but only because we placed it on an uneven gravel surface. Excellent purchase. Highly recommend!
Great product that matches the description.
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I am a 60+ widow and I put the sandbox together on my own. It looks exactly like the description and come spring I know my gbs with love it. I am especially liking that the benches cover the box to keep it clean.
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A method for providing virtual private networks for voice over data network users. A location server is provided that has more than one routing information database. A virtual private network is defined within that location server for each of the routing information databases. As registration information from gateways is received, they are associated with the appropriate virtual private network.
1. A method for providing virtual private networks for voice over data network applications, the method comprising:
creating at least two routing information databases on a location server;
defining a voice virtual private network having a virtual private network identification such that each virtual private network corresponds to one of the routing information databases, wherein each routing information database maintains information for the virtual private network having a given virtual private network identification;
receiving registration information from at least two gateways in communication with the location server, wherein the registration information allows identification of a virtual private network; and
associating each gateway with one of the voice virtual private networks by associating each gateway with a virtual private network identification.
2. The method of
3. The method of
4. The method of
5. The method of
6. The method of
7. A network device, comprising:
more than one routing information database wherein each routing information database is associated with a different virtual private network, the virtual private network identifiable by a virtual private network identification;
at least one port operable to receive registration information from gateways in communication with the network device; and
an association table operable to associate each routing information base with a different virtual private network and each gateway with a different routing information base.
8. The network device of
9. The network device of
10. The network device of
11. An article comprising a processor having instructions stored in memory that, when executed, result in:
creation of at least two routing information databases on a network device;
association of a different voice virtual private network with each routing information database such that each routing information database is associated with a different virtual private network by a virtual private network identification;
reception of registration information from gateways in communication with the location server; and
association of each gateway with one of the virtual private networks.
12. The article of
13. A network device, comprising:
means for providing more than one routing information base;
means for defining a voice virtual private network such that each virtual private network corresponds to one of the routing information databases, wherein each routing information database is associated with a different virtual private network, the virtual private network identifiable by a virtual private network identification;
means for receiving registration information from gateways in communication with the network device; and
means for associating each gateway with one of the voice virtual private networks.
1. Field
This disclosure relates to voice applications over data networks, more particularly to providing virtual private network services for voice applications over data networks.
2. Background
Data networks have given rise to many alternatives to traditional phone service. Enterprises of all kinds can use the capacity of their intra-enterprise data network to route packets of all kinds of data, such as voice and video. Voice over data networks have rapidly developed. The data network may follow one of many standardized protocols for establishing connections between nodes on the network to pass packets between end users. These include Internet Protocol (IP), Frame Relay (FR), Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), among others. Voice over these networks is referred to typically as Voice-over-IP, Voice-over-FR, or Voice-over-ATM. Generally, these will all be referred to as Voice-over-X, or VoX. One of the features offered in the telephone realm is that of a virtual private network (VPN). In regard to telephones, a VPN allows a private network to be set up and administered over public wires in the public switched telephone network (PSTN). Recently, some network providers have begun offering VPNs for data networks. Using a VPN from a network provider allows the enterprise to have a secure, authorized-user only data network without having to buy, administer and maintain all of the equipment necessary for a truly private network. The enterprise need only have servers that allow their users to connect to the network provider servers.
However, the VoX area is one in which VPNs are not currently being offered. Generally, these VoX networks require interfaces to the PSTN, as well as specialized equipment to enable VoX calls. Many end users that may be recipients of a VoX call will use standard telephones, hence the requirement that the VoX network interface with PSTN equipment. Currently, no solution to the problem of offering virtual private network services for voice applications over data networks has been identified.
One aspect of the disclosure is a method for providing virtual private networks for voice over data network users. A location server is provided that has more than one routing information database. A virtual private network is defined within that location server for each of the routing information databases. As registration information from gateways is received, they are associated with the appropriate virtual private network. An identifier is assigned to each virtual private network and passed between location servers to ensure the correct routing information for each virtual private network is synchronized between the location servers.
The invention may be best understood by reading the disclosure with reference to the drawings, wherein:
An NTAD such as 10 of
Each location server exchanges information with other location servers so that they remain synchronized. This can be accomplished in several ways. During the initialization of a peer-to-peer connection between two location servers, they may do a complete exchange of their databases, ensuring that both of them have the same information. As new gateways are linked to any given location server, or any information comes to one location server that affects the peer server, that information may be sent as an incremental update. The term �gateway� as used here is slightly different than that used in most contexts. A gateway, as used here, is any component at a customer site that communicates with the network service provider location server that provides the VPN service. This will be discussed in more detail further.
Currently, most protocols and standards track the new members of the NTAD and the routing information in routing information databases. One such protocol is the Telephony Routing over Internet Protocol (TRIP), set out by the Internet Engineering Task Force. Another is the Border Gateway Protocol used to distribute routing information between administrative domains. However, TRIP is specific to IP telephony and BGP is directed to routing information on data networks in general.
TRIP does not have the capability to provide virtual private networks for voice over data networks. The routing information databases in TRIP are referred to as routing information bases (RIBs). TRIP only considers a single RIB per location server. The RIB includes all routes learned from the other peers. There is no way to implement a virtual private network in this type of situation. There is no way for a location server to associate different external peers with different virtual private networks and to maintain separate RIBs for each VPN. This can be seen from the following example.
If a network service provider provided TRIP services to several different enterprises, there is no way to isolate one enterprise from another. Routes from different enterprises will be inserted into the same RIB. All of the location servers would have the same RIB, so all of the location servers would manage one large network, instead of several private networks, one for each enterprise. In order for each enterprise to have its own network, it would either have to maintain a proprietary network internally, or ask the network provider to configure a separate network with separate equipment. For apparent reasons, this is impractical for the network provider, so the enterprise must bring their private network internal.
However, if several segregated routing information databases could be maintained, several virtual private networks can be maintained within one NTAD. Each routing information database can be associated with a different virtual private network. The location servers can be configured to insert all routes received from a specific external peer to a specific routing information database. For the example of TRIP above, there would be several RIBs on each location server.
In order for the location server to maintain several routing information databases, however, some way to differentiate the information destined for each database would have to be provided. One method to allow differentiation would assign a VPN identification (VPNID). The VPNID would allow the location server to identify into which routing information database the information is to go.
The external peers are those resources that are outside the administrative domain, but have information required by the NTAD. Examples of these could be servers in other NTADs, or gateways located at or administrated by the enterprise. In
As discussed above, these gateways communicate with the service provider location servers. They could be SIP (session initiation protocol) proxy servers connecting IP phones, a H.323 (the standards governing audiovisual conferencing over IP) gatekeeper managing IP phones, a PBX (private branch exchange) with data network interface managing traditional phones, or even a IP/PSTN gateway connecting the traditional phones at a customer site, as examples. Generally, the gateway advertises the reachability of destinations in the customer site to the service provider location server and queries the service provider location server for routing information outside the customer's local site. These functions could be contained in one piece of hardware or may reside in two different physical elements.
As can be seen in
When the gateways initially join the NTAD, they transfer their reachability and other necessary information to the location server, including the VPN. When a customer gateway receives a call, it queries the location server as to the best route. The location server then determines the appropriate VPN based upon the VPNID assigned by the system to that gateway and looks at routes in the associated routing information database. The gateways themselves do not have to be aware of the VPNIDs, they are assigned by the location server from the NTAD.
In addition to offering the features associated with a private network to the customer, the network provider could also provide the customer the ability to call outside the VPN. One method for accomplishing this may include using a global routing information database and leaking information from the global routing information database into the routing information database of that customer.
The location server holds all of this information, segregated into VPNs. The global routing information database is updated every time an update is sent. Each individual routing information database is updated only when updates are received for the particular VPNID. An example of a location server is shown in
The location server 14 from
When the gateway 114 becomes active on the port 24, the appropriate routing information database is accessed when identified from the association table. This ensures that the gateway 114, a member of VPN 1, receives the routing information for VPN 1. The location server also has an interface 26 for communication with the other location servers. This is shown as being on the same port 24, for simplicity only. There may be a second port through which the location server 14 communicates with the other location servers, such as 12, shown, and 16, shown in
The location servers will update each other as new gateways become active. For example, if a call is initiated through gateway 114 the location server 14 assigns the VPNID. This is then sent to the other location servers to let them know to what VPN the route being advertised belongs. This ensures the proper routing information database in each location server is used to route calls for that gateway. In this manner, enterprises can access a secure network without having to maintain and administrate the network itself.
One embodiment of a process for providing virtual private networks for voice over network applications is shown in
Other processes are possible for setting up and initializing a virtual private network for voice over networks applications. The above is just intended as an example. Any process that results in several routing information databases, each associated with a VPN, being resident on a network device will achieve the desired result.
Typically, the configuration of location servers and establishing of databases and tables to define VPNs would be accomplished through software upgrades on network devices. The software upgrade would be distributed as an article containing software instructions, such as in a downloadable file. Once the file is downloaded into the network device, a series of instructions included on the downloadable file perform the methods of the invention. Other types of articles could include the instructions, such as processor in a new network device that has the instructions stored in memory.
Thus, although there has been described to this point a particular embodiment for a method and apparatus for providing virtual private networks for voice over networks applications, it is not intended that such specific references be considered as limitations upon the scope of this invention except in-so-far as set forth in the following claims.
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Phantom placed more force on the chains to result with links between the chains snapping. The more links broken gave him room to move. All the swords that were trapped now pushed outward before launching forward in a flock to free themselves. Phantom stood with parts of his armor broken and leaking shadows but he was slightly laughing now. He jumped back a bit to have some distance.
"Glass took the words right out of my mouth so I'll have to retort with my back-up. I'll die..just not before you."
The swarm of blades danced in unison around him in formation as he held Damnation up. With great control, the blades' formation expanded into more complex movements getting into positon. All of this happening with great haste and ending with Phantom standing in a stance that mimics a samurai's as he is about to cut down his opponent. Finally it was...Judgement time, and the dark, violet No-Dachi glowed ever darker. A rain of swords fell upon the mech with precision while Phantom sprinted forward to obliterate his foe with a storm of slashes.
Glass's eyes narrowed a bit with the calm laughter of the Professor in his machine, about to suffer attacks from the front and back. Nevertheless, Glass dashed forward at the same time as Phantom-
"You two forget..."
Suddenly, right before Phantom's swords landed a potent shield rose up and protected the Professor from each blade, lightning surged from the ground up!
"That THIS IS MY DOMAIN!!"
Phantom's would-be first slash of the combination he had in store was grabbed by the free hand, and Glass's blade didn't meet its mark rather, the cannon intercepted him with a blow from the side. Glass felt several ribs on his right side breaking-
Glass goes flying another direction, to Phantom's right! Suddenly, the cannon that was aimed previously at Gormok...was now aimed at Glass, the lights on it were fully lit! Glass appears to be slowly getting up, using his blade as leverage-
"What will you do human?"
Phantom at this distance sees the glow of the cannon, he could intercept it, or press his attack...he has only seconds to choose!!!
Phantom remembered the whole reason for him to be here was to help Glass. He was not going to lose that guy as well. With the choice chosen in his head, Phantom moved in front of Glass ready to intercept the beam. He throw Damnation into the air and watched it go before facing the Professor's mech. Phantom immediately started to gather all the negative energy around him into a large orb in his hands. The orb is aimed forward before charging a beam to meet the cannon's. "I got your back Glass.."
The blue lights flickered as the machine's emotionless red glare looked at Phantom, the cannon was nearing full potential-
"Good! You shall both go together! Ahahahhaha!!!"
The moment stretched slowly, Phantom was amplifying what power he had to intercept the nigh-unstoppable beam that would shortly fire from the Voidmech, the faces of Glass and Phantom both had the strongest determination at this stage, this moment was the pinnacle of human preservence!
This moment was not their time. Just before the cannon fired preemptively before Phantom could charge his orb fully to intercept, the platform they were all standing on quaked heavily! The cannon misfired and the resulting beam shot above the duo into the sky harmlessly. However good this quake was, the shaking didn't stop and was ruining the concentration of Phantom, Glass even looked down and had to grab at whatever he could on the ground-
"Wha...What?! What's going on? Why's everything shaking?!!"
The Professor seems equally confused, his sensors pick up Gormok, who is slightly twitching, still alive but unable to do anything. 'It's not him...wait, is today Explosion Day? No that's was just 3 months ago...' The professor pondered heavily, he checked his other sensors. His eyes widened upon seeing the status of his facility below him, various instruments suggested unstable numbers!
Glass tried getting up, however before doing anything a familiar voice resonated in Gormok's, Phantom's and Glass's minds-
"Oi, get up, run to the north and jump, don't hesitate!"
The Voice...could it be? Phantom saw Glass immediately move, and Gormok's eye opened, he was struggling to get up as well!
Phantom screamed out and ran over to Gormok. He wobbled a bit before finding slight footing in this quake. It was impossible but it happened. Looks like miracles still do exist in the Void. Phantom proceeded to move the Giant up and towards the north with great haste. Along the way, he picked out Damnation and used it to gain more balance. Of course while do all of this, he was watching out for any tricks the Professor had up his sleeve.
Glass came back and helped, but both Glass and Phantom noticed the Voidmech still trying to aim its cannon at them. However...suddenly red sparks appeared all over the body of the Voidmech-
'Warning. Dampening Field Enabled. All mechanical activity on the testing grounds to be disabled-'
"No...no no no...that isn't right! Peons! Status update!"
The Professor shouted into his speakers, which echoed throughout the entire factory. Nothing came back...
"Why...Why is the field active now? No one should have been capable of turning it on! Why...Why?!"
The Voidmech seems to be moving slowly, before kneeling down as if pressured, or taken down to the floor. Although the heroes can't explain it yet, this isn't one opportunity to miss as suddenly large explosions blow through the floor beneath them! Flames of blue, green and red surge upwards. Both Glass, Phantom and Gormok feel...happiness flow through them? Like souls being freed of their prisons. They reach are about to reach the edge of the northern part of the roof, should they jump? Glass looks to Phantom on the other side of Gormok and nods...
Phantom didn't have the chance to fully enjoy the Professor's misfortune which is a good thing because he did not want Karma to join the others as well. When he felt the souls going free, it was a great sensation to feel. Upon getting the nod from Glass, Phantom jumps off the building without a question asked. Now he hoped that this free fall would not end up with him falling into something worst. "I REGRET NOTHING!!"
"....'I regret nothing?'"
As Phantom, Glass and Gormok fell maybe a few feet over the edge, in what would be a disastrous fall they landed on something quite hard. Gormok simply stays on his knees, coughing as he catches his breath. Glass looks forward as the platform they landed on materializes, and the driver is none other than their intrepid Lizard, though it looks like his body is in a rough state-
"I can assure you human that you especially should have a lot to regret, a couple instances when we were in the City of Sin for example come to mind. However before that..."
The Voidmech seems to be getting held down by a force of some kind, dazzling fires and explosions are occurring around the machine. The head of it wobbly looks up at the people responsible-
"Hey Al'Groth! Thanks for the trip through the shadow-coated drop you threw me down! If I couldn't move through shadows I probably would be dead!"
'...! Wha-! He said my...?!' The Professor panics inside his Voidmech, still trying many operations to find a way out of the bind.
"Al'Groth?" Glass asks, a brow raised.
"It's the Professor's name, in which he hasn't told anyone ever...and still hasn't. The only way I know of it is if I cheated for the knowledge. Of which I did, none of you know this, but I have a terrifying ability of stealing everything about a person, experiences, memories, and others just by biting into them. Before this guy almost crushed me to death, I managed to get a bite in, as well as-"
The Lizard pulls out a card, its the key!!
"Swipe this. So, promptly after faking my death, I knew where to go in the factory to start...well, you see it anyways."
The Lizard subtly insists about the mayhem of explosions around here, Glass is quite speechless.
"Ah, well on that note, we should probably head back down and out of this place. Not going to lie, I set this place to blow sky-high, with or without us in it! Say your last words to the ******* over there, he's got a field keeping him in check. Fully Voidmechized beings or machines can't escape it. So...say your goodbyes and we can ride this escape platform to the safest exit in this hell factory."
Phantom felt kinda stupid for thinking the fall was going to be a long one, but at least they were ok. Now remembering some things from the city made him cringe slightly. Shortly after, he was stunned by the Lizard's abilities and the fact that he got the card. Phantom turns his attention to the Professor who was panicking. One hand, one finger was raised.
"This is a gesture that we humans do to show good tidings and good-byes, but if you can't see that...oh well." Not much respect can be given to the thing anyways.
Glass himself simply gazed at the trapped Voidborn. Considering how it would perish under its own factory, a very appropriate end to an insane being. Though, he smirked after seeing the finger salute of Phantom. The lift descended and the party was leaving the roof of the would-be collapsing facility.
However, things were far from over. The lift was carrying them down the very tall tower, steam and smoke poured out of cracks and gaps along the hull of the factory they were descending, and many times did an explosion get close-
"Hey Lizard, can't you speed us up? This place is coming down hard..."
"Give me a break human, everything about the Professor and his memories are coming in more and more with each passing moment. My head hurts like hell, and my body is kinda broken up inside from being nearly crushed and slammed against a wall. But please, KEEP insisting the Voidborn who is saving your hides to move faster..."
Glass turns his head, sweating a bit. The Lizard seems really angry still, and he better not press him. Gormok simply coughs, slowly coming to its senses-
"Ugh...am I dead yet? 'eally tired..."
"Nope. Welcome to the club oaf..."
The Lizard still seems really unamused in general, the lift is making progress as it begins to move diagonally now, along a pipe that would go to the outskirts...
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With this I can grab a little steambox for my TV in the living room and play all my steam games on that from the comfort of the sofa. No worries about having to only buy Linux compatible games as I already have a Windows PC purely for games anyway. I'll see how well this works tonight when I can stream a PC game to my Mac laptop but if it works well then I'm sold.
This is what Sony should have done with the PS4 - let users stream from their old PS3 to the PS4 rather than rely on the PSNow solution they're pushing but I guess they don't have the flexibility of a PC to do that sadly.
It's pretty neat feature but ultimately it isn't going to help the grow the Linux and OS X game library
Not in the short term no. But it theoretically makes the linux based steambox a viable gaming platform, since windows gamers can add one next to the TV and play windows games on it.
If all goes according to valves plan, a few years down the road AAA windows game developers look up and realize there's millions of these linux steam boxes around, installed, hooked up to TVs with controllers... and suddenly realeasing a linux port doesn't seem all that risky.
Espeically if the steambox installed base is growing, while the dedicated windows gaming rigs are stagnating or declining... at some point releasing directly for steambox becomes a nobrainer.
that's the valve dream anyway. No idea if it will take off, but they've definitely put a lot of the right pieces out there to make it succeed.
Also: There's a degradation in video quality when you stream, according to the notes. Not major, and would still allow the game to play, but it would mean that people would notice if a game is available natively for the steambox.
So it's a two-part system: Valve gets to let people play their games on their TV without having them have to buy new high-end computers, and the manufacturers will get some pushback to make it so the games run natively on the TV game-boxes.
I actually approached this differently. I built an over the top gaming rig which had loads of noisy fans in it, was a power pig, and was physically large. Previously that would have sat under my desk in the main family living area and made it sound like a vacuum was running all the time. I used to use that for everything from games through the surfing the web. Now I stuck it in a rack I keep in my garage and I have a low power pc sat on my desk that is passively cooled 90% of the time. Wake on lan is configured and when I want to play games - click - wait 2 mins and I'm off.
Make it right before you make it faster.