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Damron online offers an Online Calendar to help you find all your travel needs, whether a circuit party, an LGBT pride event, a women's weekend, an AIDS ride, or a summer camp.
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April 2015
Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend
April 1-5, 2015
Palm Springs, CA
Easter 2015 Berlin
April 1-7, 2015
Berlin, Germany
annual leather & fetish weekend • German Mr Leather contest
Boston LGBT Film Festival
April 2-12, 2015
Boston, MA
April 2-5, 2015
Vancouver, BC, Canada
annual party weekend of rubber & fetish for men
International Ms Bootblack Contest
April 9-12, 2015
San Jose, CA
workshops • parties • vending • contest takes place the weekend of International Ms Leather weekend
International Ms Leather Contest
April 9-12, 2015
San Jose, CA
contest • workshops • parties • vending
Cherry Weekend
April 10-12, 2015
Washington, DC
annual weekend event featuring top international DJs • raises funds to support the local HIV service & LGBT community
April 19-23, 2015
St Louis, MO
Philadelphia Black Gay Pride
April 22-26, 2015
Philadelphia, PA
a weekend of social & cultural activities • films, BBQ, spoken word, parties & more
Girl Bar Dinah Vegas
April 23-26, 2015
Las Vegas, NV
huge gathering of lesbians for mega dance parties, huge pool parties, comedy, national recording artists & yes, some golf watching • 5,000-8,000 attend • see website for ticket info • also www.girlbar.com • firstname.lastname@example.com
London Lesbian Film Festival
April 24-26, 2015
London, ON, Canada
women only Fri-Sat, open to all on Sunday
Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
April 24-May 3, 2015
Miami, FL
White Party
April 24-27, 2015
Palm Springs, CA
spectacular live performances • top-notch talent • cutting-edge lighting & special effects
AIDS Walk Miami
April 26, 2015
Miami Beach, FL
5K walk-a-thon fundraiser benefiting Care Resource
Boybutante Ball
April , 2015
Athens, GA
Out in Africa
April , 2015
Cape Town, South Africa
the only film festival of its kind on the African continent • three 10-day festivals throughout the year • also August & October • also in Johannesburg
April 30-May 4, 2015
Phoenix, AZ
let the fur fly in Phoenix
April 30, 2015
Amsterdam, Netherlands
huge street festival to celebrate what was originally the birthday of the Queen Mother
Queer Eye Festival
April , 2015
Prague, Czech Republic
alternative music & culture festival
May 2015
Blatino Oasis
May 1-3, 2015
Palm Springs, CA
join Black, Blatino & Latino men and their friends from around the world for pool parties, dance parties, erotic events, awards ceremonies, white party brunch & more!
Northwest Leather Celebration (NWLC)
May 1-3, 2015
San Jose, CA
host of the NW regional Master/slave contest
Down & Derby
May 2, 2015
Louisville, KY
official LGBT event of the Kentucky Derby
Int'l Dublin Gay Theatre Festival
May 4-17, 2015
Dublin, Ireland
June 2015
Women of Color Weekend
June 4-7, 2015
Provincetown, MA
3 days of comedy, wine tasting, dance parties & more
May 2015
Beach Bear Weekend
May 6-11, 2015
Fort Lauderdale, FL
get to the beach for a long weekend of dance parties, cocktails and great food • oh, and bears!
Splash: Houston Black Gay Pride
May 7-11, 2015
Houston, TX
Purple Party
May 8-11, 2015
Dallas, TX
a weekend of dance parties & social events benefiting AIDS Services of Dallas
Aqua Girl
May 13-17, 2015
Miami Beach, FL
a weekend of hot women's parties in Miami
May 13-17, 2015
1 hr SE of Atlanta, GA
annual conference of Southeastern lesbian writers • also a fall event (October)
A Gathering of Priestesses & Goddess Women
May 15-17, 2015
Wisconsin Dells, Southwestern WI
women's spirituality conference • also Hallows Gathering in October
Single Women's Weekend
May 15-17, 2015
Provincetown, MA
3 days of comedy, music, dance parties & more
AIDS Walk New York
May 17, 2015
New York City, NY
AIDS benefit
Minnesota AIDS Walk
May 17, 2015
Minneapolis, MN
enjoy a 10K walk from Minnehaha Park & raise money for MN AIDS Project
Annual Gay Bowling Tournament
May 19-25, 2015
Tucson, AZ
check site for local tournaments throughout the year
DC Black Pride
May 21-24, 2015
Washington, DC
Pensacola Memorial Day Weekend
May 21-25, 2015
Pensacola, FL
many parties on beaches & in bars
Sizzle South Beach 2015
May 21-25, 2015
Miami, FL
Miami's original circuit event
Bear Pride
May 22-25, 2015
Chicago, IL
Fairy Tales Int'l LGBT Film Festival
May 22-30, 2015
Calgary, AB, Canada
Inside Out: Toronto LGBT Film & Video Festival
May 21-31, 2015
Toronto, ON, Canada
Int'l Ladies Weekend
May 21-26, 2015
Cancun, Mexico
welcome reception, luau party, concert, dance party and more!
International Mr Bootblack Contest
May 22-25, 2015
Chicago, IL
contest takes place during International Mr Leather weekend
International Mr Leather
May 22-25, 2015
Chicago, IL
weekend of leather events, capped by contest Sunday, Black & Blue Ball on Monday
Spoleto Festival USA
May 22-June 7, 2015
Charleston, SC
one of the continent's premier avant-garde cultural arts festivals • 140+ performances of dance, theater & music from around the world
Out Takes LGBT Film Festival
May 28-June 7, 2015
Wellington, New Zealand
week-long festival in Auckland, Wellington & Christchurch
Connecticut Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
May , 2015
Hartford, CT
gay & lesbian film festival at Cinestudio
Equality Forum
May , 2015
Philadelphia, PA
largest nat'l & int'l LGBT civil rights summit w/ panels, parties & special events
FilmOut San Diego
May , 2015
San Diego, CA
LGBT film festival
AIDS LifeCycle
May 31-June 6, 2015
San Francisco to Los Angeles, CA
bike from San Francisco to Los Angeles to raise money for HIV/AIDS services
CMEN Spring Gathering
May 31-June 7, 2015
Whispering Oaks, TN
swimming, parties, workshops & more with fellow gay male naturists • also West Coast Gathering in August
Herland Bi-Annual Retreats
May , 2015
Oklahoma City, OK
music, workshops, campfire events & potluck • girls of all ages & boys under 10 welcome • also in October
Mr LeatherMan Italy
May , 2015
Rome, Italy
hot weekend of leather events culminating in the election of Mr LeatherMan Italy
Translations: Transgender Film Festival
May , 2015
Seattle, WA
Women Outdoors National Gathering
May , 2015
Hancock, NH
camping • hiking • workshops
June 2015
LGBT Pride
June ongoing, 2015
Cross-country, USA
celebrate yourself & attend one - or many - of the hundreds of Gay Pride parades & festivities happening in cities around the world
Music in the Mountains
June ongoing, 2015
Grass Valley, CA
summer music festival
National Queer Arts Festival
June ongoing, 2015
San Francisco, CA
performances & exhibitions in the San Francisco Bay Area highlighting artists from around the country • year-round events
Gay Days Orlando
June 2-8, 2015
Orlando, FL
including Gay Day at Disney • 7 days of parties & fun for boys & girls alike!
Girls in Wonderland
June 3-8, 2015
Orlando, FL
Pandora events presents the biggest women's week celebration on the East Coast with 4,000 women taking over the Sheraton Lake Buena Vista Resort at Disney World for non-stop dance parties, comedy, pool parties, celebrity hosts, awesome girl DJs, live women's music, theme parks and so much more
Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival
June 4-7, 2015
Honolulu, HI
Desire: Leather Women Unleashed
June 5-8, 2015
Palm Springs, CA
weekend retreat for leather- & kinky women
June 5-7, 2015
Milwaukee, WI
celebrate LGBT pride at Henry W Maier Festival Park
TLVFest: The Tel Aviv LGBT Film Festival
June 6-15, 2015
Tel Aviv, Israel
films will also show in Jerusalem & Haifa
AIDS Walk Boston & 5K Run
June 7, 2015
Boston, MA
Southern HiBearnation
June 7-14, 2015
Melbourne, Australia
a week of furry fun down under, culminating in the Mr Australasia Bear Contest, bringing bears from Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, the South Pacific & beyond
Ontario Womyn's Drum Camp
June 11-14, 2015
35 miles N of Kingston, ON, Canada
all levels welcome
Silver Threads North
June 11-14, 2015
Provincetown, MA
4 day celebration for lesbians over 50 & their younger friends
Southeast Leatherfest
June 11-14, 2015
Atlanta, GA
Black Gay Pride
June 12-14, 2015
Memphis, TN
Queer Women of Color Film Festival
June 12-14, 2015
San Francisco, CA
festival focus: SWANA/AMEMSA queer women of color & transgender/genderqueer people of color
PDX Black Pride
June 13-14, 2015
Portland, OR
films, workshops, parties & more
Pagan Spirit Gathering
June 14-21, 2015
Earlville, IL
summer solstice celebration • primitive camping • workshops • rituals • advance registration required
Unofficial Gay Day at Cedar Point
June 14, 2015
Sandusky, OH
wear red to show your support on the unofficial Gay Day at this popular amusement park
Provincetown Int'l Film Festival
June 17-21, 2015
Provincetown, MA
South Carolina Black Pride
June 17-21, 2015
Columbia, SC
Frameline: San Francisco Int'l LGBT Film Festival
June 18-28, 2015
San Francisco, CA
get your tickets early for a slew of films about us
Folsom Street East
June 21, 2015
New York City, NY
New York City's answer to the famous San Francisco fetish street fair
San Francisco Dyke March
June 27, 2015
San Francisco, CA
join thousands of dykes of all shapes, colors & sizes for music, marching & more through the streets of the Mission & the Castro
San Francisco LGBT Pride Parade/ Celebration
June 27-28, 2015
San Francisco, CA
REACH Pride T-Dance
June 28, 2015
San Francisco, CA
high energy music & fantastic DJs
Mix Milano Int'l LGBT Film Festival
June 29-July 5, 2015
Milan, Italy
Cologne Pride
June , 2015
Cologne, Germany
film screenings • panel discussions • parties • cultural activities & more
Howl Festival
June , 2015
New York City, NY
a cabaret from the underworld • outdoor murals • hip hop howl • all in Tompkins Square Park
Identities Queer Film Festival
June , 2015
Vienna, Austria
Juneteenth Jamboree of New Plays
June , 2015
New York City, NY
annual theater festival • new works about the African American experience & its legacy
Korea Queer Cultural Festival
June , 2015
Seoul, Korea
films, parties, parades & more
Lambda Literary Awards
June , 2015
New York City, NY
the Lammies are the Oscars of LGBT writing & publishing
Paris Circuit Party
June , 2015
Paris, France
gay culture festival • film • performance • political discussions • dance parties & more
Rio Gay Film Festival
June , 2015
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
UK Black Pride
June , 2015
London, England
Windy City Black Pride
June , 2015
Chicago, IL
a weekend of parties, seminars & more
July 2015
NewFest: New York LGBT Film Festival
July , 2015
New York City, NY
September 2015
September , 2015
Austin, TX
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We stayed here for two nights and enjoyed the surrounding beautiful scenery. The room is almost like 4-star hotel quality and the buffet style breakfast was great (although mainly Taiwanese style). The front desk ladies were helpful and our room was serviced on the second day. Even though it's a little pricey, it's worth the location and quality!
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This place is clean and in a decent location. We have stayed there on several occasions on business. Only problem is no breakfast to speak of, but, a Panera is not far away.
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Great location with plenty of dining choices. Older property with easy pool access. Will stay again when tiles goes down as we live in Vero Beach.
Very old place with 40-yr-old plumbing fixtures and a disgraceful breakfast. Add to that a price double what it should be and you should look elsewhere.
We liked the location of this hotel for us. We stayed 2 nights in 2 different rooms our biggest complaint would be with the cleaning staff. The balconies and glass patio doors needed attention. People on the front desk were nice and helpful.
I was working close by, and since it's in the middle of the tourist season here in Florida, the prices are way too high. But... the fact that this HoJo's charges what they do isn't anything bad... it's just the nature of economics. The room was okay. The bathroom could definitely use some maintenance to take care of some mold...
the bed covers were stained. Saw and killed a roach. Shower knob missing and leaking water. I do no recommend this motel.


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When Elections Do Not a Democracy Make
Since the end of the Cold War, elections have become a standard component of peace agreements ending civil wars. The main reason is that Western governments and international organizations now place greater emphasis on democratic principles and are more involved in brokering peace agreements. Multiparty elections have become the only internationally acceptable way to legitimize [...]Continue Reading →
In Defense of International Activists
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Abu Salim Prison Massacre in Libya is Recognized by the African Union
Finally the African Union is able to acknowledge the massacre of Abu Salim prison as one of the major human rights violations in Africa like the Apartheid racial system in South Africa, and the genocide in Rwanda, and the slave trade in Africa, etc. The African Union human rights memorial, itself on [...]Continue Reading →
Patrick Karuretwa is the Defense and Security Advisor to the President of Rwanda and a Fletcher alumnus.
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Who will make Fabio Capello's top 30 list for this years World Cup?Let us have your picks before Fabio releases his top 30 list at 4pm on 11th May 2010.Footballwinners
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How can one of the top two teams in Scotland end up in Administration? Why are football clubs so badly run? There is so much greed in football this is why clubs like Rangers and Portsmouth end up in Administration.I am a Bristol City supporter and I would hate to see my club in administration or go bust and disappear but why is it the football clubs are immune from normal business practices? We are in a recession that has seen some well known, well loved brands disappear from our high streets, so why are football clubs allowed to continue. It is about time the government stopped stepping in and allowed clubs to go bust and disappear. That has to be the only way to get the message out to the rest of the operators of the football clubs that this is a business and must be run like one. Need to learn to balance the books and stop paying ludicruios wages to average players.I don't want to see anyone's club go bust but at the same time this nonsense must stop.
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Northern Ireland 2-1 Finland
Kyle Lafferty scores twice as Northern Ireland beat Finland 2-1 - ending the day second in Euro 2016 qualifying Group F.
Scotland 6-1 Gibraltar
Steven Fletcher scores the first Scotland hat-trick since 1969 as Gordon Strachan's team defeat Gibraltar 6-1 at Hampden.
Republic of Ireland 1-1 Poland
Shane Long rescues a draw for the Republic of Ireland as their Euro 2016 qualifier against Poland finishes 1-1.
Monday's gossip column
Chelsea to bid £75m for Bale, Sterling to turn down Liverpool deal, Modric to Manchester City, plus more.
England no fun to play, says Rooney
Captain Wayne Rooney says England are a tougher side to play against since their early exit at the World Cup finals.
Suarez would only sign for Liverpool
Luis Suarez says Liverpool are the only team he would play for in England if he ever returned to the Premier League.
Brazil 1-0 Chile
Roberto Firmino's goal helps Brazil extend their winning run to eight matches at the expense of Chile at Emirates Stadium.
North Ferriby United win FA Trophy
North Ferriby United come from 2-0 down to beat Wrexham 5-4 on penalties and win the FA Trophy at Wembley.
Juventus turn down FA Heysel tribute
The Football Association will not be permitted to lay a wreath to mark the 30th anniversary of the Heysel disaster.
Strachan praises Gibraltar display
Gordon Strachan says Gibraltar made his life a misery for spells of their Euro 2016 qualifier before Scotland secured victory.
O'Neill praises Republic after draw
Martin O'Neill praises his Republic of Ireland side after Shane Long's goal earns a vital qualifier draw against Poland.
We deserved win - NI manager O'Neill
Northern Ireland boss Michael O'Neill says his side deserved their Euro 2016 qualifier win over Finland at Windsor Park.
Frankfurt 7-0 Bristol Academy Ladies
Bristol Academy are again thrashed as Frankfurt reach the Women's Champions League semi-finals with a 12-0 aggregate win.
Birmingham City Ladies 0-0 Man City Women
Birmingham City Ladies hold Manchester City to a goalless draw, despite playing the entire second half with 10 players.
Notts County Ladies 1-2 Chelsea Ladies
Gemma Davison marks her Women's Super League debut for Chelsea with both goals in their win at Notts County.
Rooney must star in finals - Hodgson
England coach Roy Hodgson tells Wayne Rooney he must deliver at a finals to match Sir Bobby Charlton's legacy.
Fleetwood Town 1-1 Preston North End
David Ball hits a superb late leveller as Fleetwood dent Preston's hopes of catching League One leaders Bristol City.
Toure considering Ivory Coast future
Manchester City's Yaya Toure says he will decide about his international future with the Ivory Coast this week.
We can be best since 1958 - Coleman
Boss Chris Coleman tells his players to prove they are the best Wales team since 1958 by qualifying for Euro 2016.
England U21 v Germany U21
Preview followed by live coverage of Monday's Under-21 Friendly game between England U21 and Germany U21.
VIDEO: Lafferty delighted after NI victory
Goal-scoring hero Kyle Lafferty says "heart and determination" are playing a major part in Northern Ireland's blossoming Euro 2016 qualification campaign.
VIDEO: NI 'another step closer' - O'Neill
Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill says his side are another step closer to qualifying for the Euro 2016 finals after beating Finland 2-1 at Windsor Park.
VIDEO: BBC Womens Footballer of the Year
BBC Sport is to recognise the best female talent with a new BBC Women's Footballer of the Year award.
VIDEO: Bale 'did not need to answer critics'
Opening scorer Aaron Ramsey explains why Wales' win in Israel was emotional, and two-goal Gareth Bale says he didn't need to answer his critics.
VIDEO: Italy defenders a test for Kane - Neville
BBC Sport pundit Phil Neville and former Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert discuss Harry Kane's bright future ahead of England's friendly against Italy on Tuesday.
VIDEO: Frampton swaps fists for football
World Champion boxer Carl Frampton meets Northern Ireland's Chris Brunt and Michael O'Neill ahead of Sunday's Euro 2016 qualifier against Finland.
VIDEO: How can Qatar become competitive?
Since winning the right to hold the World Cup in 2022 Qatar have been working to be able to field a competitive team as BBC Sport's Alex South explains.
VIDEO: France v Brazil: A classic encounter
BBC Sport looks back at some classic World Cup encounters between France and Brazil, as the two nations met again in a friendly in Paris on Thursday.
Can all five nations reach Euros?
All four UK teams & the Republic of Ireland have never qualified for the same European Championship. Could that be a step closer?
Empty grounds & bus depots in Brazil
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Bale-inspired Wales look the real deal
Tactically astute, brilliant from Bale - why Wales' win in Israel is one of their best results of recent times.
Twelve hours for six minutes
James Durham was amongst 342 Southend fans to make the 250-mile trip to Bury - for a game abandoned after only six minutes.
Wambach desperate for World Cup win
Abby Wambach says she would swap all her individual accolades to win a World Cup with the USA in Canada this summer.
Another day in Kane's 'dream' season
Tougher tasks await, but Harry Kane's dream England debut increases calls for him to be named footballer of the year, says Phil McNulty.
'Legal career on hold for football'
In her new column, England forward Eniola Aluko explains how she combines life as a professional footballer with being a lawyer.
Manager ins and outs - March 2015
Track the managerial ins and outs and a list of every boss in the top five leagues in England and the Scottish Premiership.
Women's Super League on the BBC
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Neilson exceeded expectation - Budge
Hearts owner Ann Budge says head coach Robbie Neilson has exceeded all expectations in the Scottish Championship.
Wales in 'good position' - Williams
Wales are well placed to qualify for Euro 2016 after their 3-0 win away against Israel according to captain Ashley Williams.
Coleraine 1-5 Crusaders
Crusaders take a massive step towards securing the Premiership title by hammering Coleraine at Ballycastle Road.
Eight out of eight - Brazil reborn?
A hot streak of form, plenty of new faces and an old head back in charge - Tim Vickery on the rebuilding of Brazil.
Women's Footballer of the Year
Football fans are being given the chance to vote for the BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2015 from a five-player shortlist.
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SPRINGDALE-- State Farm will be setting up a mobile claims unit in Springdale this week.
FAYETTEVILLE, AR--Hundreds of athletes took advantage of the sunny skies Sunday to "get their pig on" during the Hogeye Marathon & Relays Sunday morning.
SPRINGDALE -- Last week's storms ending with a confirmed tornado. Strong winds and hail left behind a trail of damage, causing headaches for some drivers. For body repair shops across Northwest Arkansas, it is time to pop some dents.
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Which Bulbs for Erosion Control
Can anyone suggest to me which bulbs are best for erosion control, i.e. they're prolific and put out lots of fibrous roots?
I have a number of embankments that are slowly crumbling and I'd like to shore them up with rock and bulbs. The rock I have, but I'd like your opinion on which bulbs can be planted for a stabilizing influence on uneven ground.
Thanks much,
Bulbs would only provide temporary erosion control. After they go dormant, the roots disappear as well, so you'll be back to the original condition. You need a perennial groundcover for the growing season, or an evergreen groundcover for year long control. Check the perennials forum, explain the conditions of your site when you post. Sun/Shade, soil type.
Thanks, I understand that - the rocks and the soil, once they're both settled, would provide the major source (in fact, now that I think about it, it all would be provided by the rocks) of soil stabilization.
I guess I should have phrased my question like this - are there bulbs that favour a confined space, once mature (that is, in the ground for several years)? I'm planning on sinking the rocks fairly deeply, so the bulbs that I put inside the rock formation are not likely to expand outside of the formation.
I already have lots of bulbs (tulips, lilies, hyacinths and muscari) in the ground, but wanted some different ones along the embankments that will fill in nicely with the rocks and don't have to be pulled up for our winters here.
Maybe I should consider a few perennials, but I'd prefer bulbs, for some inexplicable (for now) reason.
Thanks again for your thoughts.
Although not bulbs, daylilies are an excellent choice for erosion control. Otherwise, if that is not a major concern, lots of lesser bulbs are happy in confined spaces and many are native to rocky areas or are used extensively in rock gardens - scilla, winter aconite, species tulips, Chionodoxa and snowdrops would all work. Crocus certainly. Erythronium in shadier areas.
And I would also consider perennials, groundcovers or other rock garden plants. Nothing looks worse than a dedicated bulb planting area after the bulbs have finished blooming -- you need something else to carry you through the seasons.
Have you enough space for your low-growing Mahonia and that, is it kinnikinnick? I saw growing in an alpine area. It has terrific autumn colour.
Other possibles - Aquilegia canadensis? Some of the fritillaries? Sanguinaria? Dodecatheon?
And, if there's a suitably boggy spot at the foot - Sarracenia, perhaps? Amsonia?
Is your embankment in sun or shade, dry or moist? Botanical or species tulips such as tulipa tarda (yellow) like a sunny, dry (in summer) site and multiply quickly. Scilla siberica (blue) also spreads quickly, by seed, and will grow in a sun or part shade situation. For summer flowers, you could add some alliums, e.g. the native allium cernuum (pale pink). There are many choices. It just depends what you like. Crocus might be eaten by squirrels or rabbits.


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SAN MARCOS -- A Hollywood actor known for his comedic role in "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" is in custody, accused of trying to murder his ex-girlfriend in a grisly Sunday night scene that one witness described as straight out of a horror film.
"The whole thing was so movielike, it was just bizarre," said Eve Salony, who lives across the street from the home where the attack took place.
Salony said Tuesday that she heard the victim, Kendra Beebe, screaming as the suspect, Shelley Malil, 43, allegedly chased her in and around the house with a knife.
The 35-year-old single mother of two young children was stabbed at least 20 times, sheriff's Lt. Phil Brust said. She was listed in critical condition Monday morning and is expected to live, he said.
The attack appears to have been motivated by jealousy; Malil, a former boyfriend, saw Beebe having dinner with another man in her backyard, Salony said.
Malil was booked into the Vista jail on Monday night and will face attempted murder, residential burglary and mayhem charges in connection with the incident, the lieutenant said.
Bail has been set at $2 million, according to jail records.
The attack began around 9 p.m. Sunday. Deputies were sent to the 1800 block of Shadetree Drive after neighbors reported hearing glass breaking and a woman screaming, sheriff's officials said.
Beebe's screams drew neighbors' interest in the well-heeled community of $700,000 stucco homes with palm trees and birds of paradise decorating the yards.
A man who said he was having dinner with the woman on her back porch when the attack began ran over to Salony's front porch, leaving a trail of blood from being cut in the attack, Salony said.
Eventually, next-door neighbor Chuck Lee intervened, approaching the suspect, still holding a kitchen knife, on a porch area to the left of Beebe's house.
"I said, 'Listen, back off, you don't want to do this,' " Lee said Tuesday. After about five seconds of negotiation, he said, Malil dropped the knife and sat down, he said.
He didn't move again until they could hear sirens, Lee said.
"He's the big neighborhood hero," Salony said of Lee, 32.
Beebe's two children, ages 2 and 4, were upstairs in her house during the incident, Lee said. One appeared to have slept through it while the other apparently heard her mother's screams, he said. Lee and his wife, Alexandra, sheltered the kids after the incident, he said.
Malil fled, allegedly back to his residence in Sherman Oaks, but was persuaded to turn himself in Monday night, Lt. Brust said.
The attack left Beebe with life-threatening injuries.
"Her chin was almost taken off," Salony said.
Authorities said she also suffered at least one collapsed lung and numerous wounds to her face, back, chest and arms.
She was in critical condition at Palomar Medical Center in Escondido on Monday morning and is expected to survive, according to a Sheriff's Department spokesman. No other updates on her condition have been made available because she's a victim of a violent crime, said hospital spokesman Andy Hoang.


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Things heat up for Snow Motion racers
Take a dog or two, skis or a kick sled, leashes, poles and the kind of harness used for rock climbing and what do you have?
For snow motion enthusiasts in the Winnipeg area, the gear and the dogs add up to a day of whipping through snow and a lot of laughter with their pets.
On Sunday, this unique race brought dozens of families and their dogs together to race on a five-kilometre trail at Bird Hills Provincial Park for the sixth-annual Snow Motion Classic.
The sport got its start 15 years ago as part of the Festival du Voyageur and it's grown to the event now held every winter at Birds Hill.
"You go like a bat out of hell and it's very fast and a lot of fun and there are a lot of people who are dog owners who are looking for exercise," contender Lorne Volk said explaining the appeal of the event as he timed several heats.
Heat's a good way to describe the sport. Organizer Susie Strachan spun in on the heels of her two border collies at the finish line, leaned over to unhook her skis and said, "It was hot out there. There's so much snow out there, you can't tell anyone's been on the trail."
Fat flakes turned to steady snow on the mild day as the 49 teams in nine classes raced for bragging rights in the contest that takes a sure foot on the trail and a strong arm to keep the pets in line.
"it's all about the dogs," yelled out another contender as stopwatches clocked times at the finish line.
For veteran racers like Steve Diamond, who finished first in one of the heats, the day went down as a personal best in six years of running with his dogs. "I broke my record this time, by a couple of seconds," said a grinning Diamond. At 12:59, that amounts to a winner in this circle.
Askem is a two-year-old Alaskan Malamut and at 125 pounds, he outweighed most of the Labradors, border collies, shepherds and mutts that pulled their owners on skate skis or kick sleds. His size singled him out; he was easily twice as big as any of the other dogs yesterday. But as a relative novice - some of these dogs have raced for years - his owners, Chris and Kirsty Kozie, are still training their towering giant.
These dogs quiet as they streak down trails in relative silence. That quality adds up to an added sense of adventure, sometimes startling wildlife from their winter dens on the trail.
"Sometimes you're rocketing down a trail when a deer runs across," Volk said. When that happens, it's pure joy for the pet owner and sometimes a burst of speed from the dog in hot pursuit of the unlucky wild animal.
It's the smaller dogs that can sometimes hit a stride through snow like a cheetah on an African savanna. Ike is an Australian shepherd and the pride and joy of the Hydesmith family. Father Brian and daughter Tannis swore they've clocked their dog at speeds of 45 km/h. Ike can't keep it up, of course, but those sprints make for fast races. "He's a sprinter," the dad said.
Ike, like many of the dogs, is a rescue animal. In other years, volunteers from the Winnipeg Humane Society have turned up for the race with some of their dogs.
The sport's attracted so many enthusiasts Winnipeg can now boast one of the larger clubs in the region. Kevin Roberts said he made the trek to a recent meet in Minneapolis with the Kozies and their dogs, including the giant Askem. There, Roberts learned the Manitobans can boast about something else: The Minneapolis meet was bigger than the one in Winnipeg, but not by that much. "We're the biggest one around," Roberts said with a chuckle.
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Video: Rihanna – Pour It Up
Rihanna has been teasing us with pictures on instagram and behind the scenes clips but now she gives us the glorious visuals to "Pour It Up". Off her album Unapologetic. Out now.
Video: A$AP Rocky – Fashion Killa
A$AP Rocky manages to get Rihanna to appear as the female lead in his video to Fashion Killa off his debut album LONG.LIVE.A$AP.
Video: Jay-Z Brings Out Rihanna At Wireless Festival – Starts Legends Of The Summer Tour With JT
Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake perfomed on the third and final night of their Wireless Festival in London and in doing so kicked off their Legends Of The Summer Tour last night. They performed a new setlist with a mash up of their songs which Soul Culture managed to get a picture of. Check out the Legends Of The Summer setlist below. Jay-Z also surprised the crowd and brought out Rihanna to perform their song Run This Town. Check out their performance above and head over to our instagram for more instavids of the event.
Wale ft Rihanna – Bad (Remix)
The most popular bad girl RiRi jumps on Wale's "Bad" for this smooth remix. Wale's The Gifted drops on June 25th.
Rihanna (Ft 2 Chainz) – Pour It Up (Remix)
Here goes the missing verse from 2 Chainz for the Pour It Up Remix. The official remix featured Rick Ross, Juicy J., and T.I. but no 2 Chainz. Take a listen below and let me know what you think?
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New Music: Ciara feat Nicki Minaj – I'm Out
Ciara teams up with Nicki Minaj once again to release their newest "Girl Power" Anthem, I'm Out. This is the first time that the two have come together on a beat since Nicki's album re-release last year when we were introduced to the track, "I'm Legit."
Although nothing has been confirmed, rumors have already begun circulating the web that the Ciara has used some choice words in this song to fire back shots at Rihanna. Judging by the jam's catchy beat and relate-able lyrics, I'm predicting this one will get a lot of play on the radio and in the clubs. Be sure to check out Ciara's self-titled fifth album, expected drop on July 9.
Let us know what you think of the song!
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March Presentation
The presentation for the month of March will be presented by Bob Lilly W4BCU. This presentation will be another "show and tell" by Bob. All joking aside this meeting will be on the lines of the other one he did a short while back. He will have some radio parts for us to identify and tell what they are to be used for. Bob promises that this one wont be near as hard on "us appliance operators" Be sure and come out and see what Bob has in store for us.
VE Exams
Ben Morris, K4EDI and a task force of others continue to have VE Testing after each club meeting. After the meeting they promptly hold the test session from Tech thru Extra Class. If you have questions you may call Ben at 276-591-0102 or you can email him at email@example.com Ben and the others have an excellent passing rate so you might want to give them a try.
BARC Dues
The dues for 2015 are now officially past due. The dues are fifteen dollars per year and they run from January 1,thru December 31 of the same year. You may give them to Toni Ward, Club Treasure at the meeting or you can write a check for fifteen dollars and mail it to: BARC C/O Toni Ward, KF4BMW, 305 Honeysuckle Lane, Bristol Tennessee,37620. Thank you.
Two Meter Net
The Bristol Two Meter Net meets each Tuesday night at 900 P.M. on the frequency of 146.670 minus offset, and no tones. This is the Bristol club repeater and it has excellent coverage around the Tri Cities area.Check in and see what Dale Barker KT4SQ is up to, he is usually the Net control station.
For Sale
I have a Yaesu FT-2000 100 watt version with the DMU-2000 and the SP-2000 for sale. I am the orginal owner and it comes from a non smoking environment. The station is clean with one hard to see, light scratch on the face of the DMU. The radio has had all the firmware updates performed. The radio does have the Digital Voice recorder and ability to store CW memories as well. The radio has a sub receiver as well. This radio has many years of contesting and DX'ing left to go! If you are interested, please give me an email. Price at $2550 obo.
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March 7 - 8
Starts 0000 UTC Saturday; ends 2359 UTC Sunday
Virginia QSO Party
Saturday, 21 March 1400 UTC - Sunday, 22 March 0200 UTC
Sunday, 22 March 1200 UTC - 2400 UTC
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MacLoggerDX Version 5.59 released
Dog Park Software is pleased to announce that version 5.59 of MacLoggerDX has been released.
What's New in this version:
• Added time-to-sunrise/sunset to Local Lookup.
• 2D Map centered on QTH Longitude.
• Added Find My Location button to Station Prefs.
• Added Club Log Delete QSO command.
• Added processSpot AppleScript command.
• Added extra_cluster Application.
• Added merge log escape key break.
• Fixed DXCluster spot time bug.
• Fixed DXCluster unicode comments bug.
• Fixed FlexRadio SmartSDR open/close bug.
• Fixed Band Plan mode bug.
• Fixed Change Selected Log Entries bug with large logs.
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US hams track down indoor marijuana growers causing radio interference
US ham radio operators are helping police catch indoor marijuana growers who are causing RFI interference.
An article in the February 4 Police One magazine says
"Reports have begun to flood into the National Association for Amateur Radio about interference with their ham radios from their neighbor's marijuana grows. The most complaints come from California and Colorado, for obvious reasons. Many ham radio operators began to see a correlation with marijuana grows and this RFI.
One amateur radio operator located five marijuana grows near his house due to RFI alone! Many ham operators can locate a grow simply by taking a radio and portable antennae out into their neighborhood and using the radio to triangulate the exact location of the grow.
Experimental Licenses Reveals Interesting HF Data Comm Experiments
If you thought BPL was a potential nightmare, check out this report!
Permission to operate in the 80, 60, 40, 30 and 20 meter ham bands with signals of 5 kHz to 1 MHZ (!) bandwidth and power levels of 6 - 122 watts. With REAL antennas, not power lines.
The ARRL has already responded. See their web site for details.
The theme of World Amateur Radio Day 2015 will be the International Telecommunications Union and the International Amateur Radio Union Celebrating 150 Years of Advancing the Telecommunication Art.
Each year on April 18th radio amateurs celebrate World Amateur Radio Day, which happens to be the date way back in 1925 when the International Amateur Radio Union was founded. As such World Amateur Radio Day activities and special events are an opportunity to spread the word about what radio amateurs are doing in the 21st century.
And as this is considered to be one of amateur radio's most important annual events, several IARU member societies and associated clubs are expected to sponsor special event stations on the weekend to mark the occasion.
In DX up-front, W6NN and KE1B will be operating as J38NN and J38MM, respectively, from Grenada between May 23rd and the 31st. Activity will probably be holiday-style using a single station with 100w watts and a Buddipole antenna system on 40 through 10 including 30, 17 and 12 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. If they have Internet access, they will probably upload logs to ClubLog on a daily basis. QSLs go via their home callsigns as listed on QRZ.com or via by the bureau. Electronic QSL's are via Logbook of the World and eQSL.
The FCC says that it may have to move to a new headquarters in the Washington, DC, area and that it needs funding to make this happen. This came to light when the administration asked for $388,000,000 for Fiscal Year 2016 in the President's budget, which is what the FCC had proposed.
That amount is up from the more than 375 million dollars it asked for in Fiscal Year 2015 and is attributable almost entirely the what the FCC says it needs to either move to a new headquarters or re-stacking the current space given the expiration of its lease. Doing either should save the FCC $119 million over 15 years, the agency says.
The FCC's budget is entirely covered by regulatory fees, in addition to which the commission will be generating billions for the treasury through its ongoing spectrum auctions.
PA0DLO reports that the Iranian Fajr satellite has an amateur radio band telemetry downlink on 437.538 MHz. PA0DLO says that the bird also carries a camera for Earth observations and should have and a command uplink in the 144 to146 MHz amateur radio band.
The Iranian satellite Fajr or 'Dawn' was launched on February 2nd at 08:50 UTC from the Imam Khomeini Space Center. The 50 kilogram bird was carried to space on a Safir launcher into an initial orbit of 223 km by 470 km with an inclination of 55.5°.
This is Iran's fourth satellite and has propulsion in the form of a cold gas thruster. Presumably the thruster will be used to circularize the orbit at around 470 km which may give it a lifetime of over a year.
From November 5th to December 6th there will be no United States operational segment hams on board the International Space Station. Because of this, any school contacts during this period will be conducted by the ARISS Russia team.
Also, ARISS is always happy to receive listener reports for these contacts and thanks everyone for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n (at) amsat (dot) org or aj9n (at) aol (dot) com.
The service organization Rotary International will be celebrating its founding 110 years ago with ham radio operators taking part by using the special event callsign VI110ROTARY that will be heard from Australia for three months.
Rotarians of Amateur Radio or ROAR will launch the special callsign from New South Wales Central Coast on Sunday, February 22nd possibly using a new software defined radio. Suggested operating frequencies include 7 dot 118, 14 dot 295.2 and 21 dot 295 MHz and these will be on from various locations around Australia during the course of the operation.
The Rotary International fellowship and amateur radio have a long-standing and very cordial relationship. According to Jim Linton, VK3PC, similar events may also be planned in other countries as well.
BBC World Service Eastern Mediterranean English language operation will end medium wave radio services on 1323 kHz on April 25th. The region affected includes Israel, much of Lebanon, Cyprus and southern Turkey. Audiences in the region will be able to listen to BBC World Service English service 24 hours day through the direct-to-home Eutelsat 13 satellite or over the internet at BBCWorldservice.com
Space exploration company Virgin Galactic and chip-maker Qualcomm have announced their backing of a venture called OneWeb. Their idea is to put 648 satellites in orbit about 750 miles above Earth's surface, where the RF round trip time is just a few thousands of a second, Both companies say that this is an apropos altitude for any online application.
But the two companies are not alone. Not to be outdone, SpaceX immediately announced its own plan to do the same, but upping the numbers by building and launching 4000 satellites to a similar altitude.
While some form of radio communications might seem to be the obvious form of connection between Earthbound users and a satellite system, other systems are also under consideration. This includes a possible optical communications infrastructure.
No matter what is decided, the concept makes for an interesting expansion of high speed Internet access. An in-depth article on these proposals and other ideas can be found in an article in New Scientist magazine. Its on the web at tinyurl.com/mqjbgpv
Chip designer ARM Holdings PLC, has unveiled new technology for mobile devices that it says will be much faster while using less energy. The company, whose designs are built into more than 95% of smartphones, says more than 10 companies have licensed its new Cortex A-72 processor design. The new technology is expected to be used in phones delivered to customers in 2016.
ARM, based in Cambridge, England, says the new processor design is 3.5 times as fast as the ARM technology used in most smartphones sold in 2014. The company expects most chips based on the design to be manufactured using an advanced production process from the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.
With the K1N Navassa Island operation now over, Heard Island appears to be the next up as far as top 10 Most Wanted entities in the DXCC Program's list. With the story from Down Under, here is Graham Kemp VK4BB...
[Graham:] Heard will also rise to number 4 in the DX Publications Most Wanted List, but this is, of course, always subject to change due to those who participate in the poll each year. It will be number five in the Clublog Most Wanted List but this also changes based on those who upload their log files,.
Based on this need, the next Heard Operation sponsored by Cordell Expeditions is tentatively scheduled for the 2015 southern hemisphere summer. The voyage to the island is scheduled for November 10th to December 22nd with actual operation running from about November 22nd to December 8th. The callsign to be used will be VK0EK.
Heard Island was last activated eighteen years ago back in 1997. Before that an operation from Heard was part of a 1980's era scientific expedition chronicled in the Australian theatrical motion picture to the White Volcano. On that expedition the scientific team relied totally on the ham radio operators for communications with the outside world.
In DX, JR1JYR will be active as V63JYR from Phonpei in the Federated State of Micronesia between March 5th and the 11th. Operation will be on 20 through 10 meters including 17 and 12 meters using mainly CW, SSB and the digital modes. QSL via JR1JYR direct or electronically using Logbook of the World.
7K2TTJ will be operational as T88YD from Palau between March 14 and 18th. Activity will be on the HF bands. QSL via his home callsign.
DL9NBJ will be active stroke PJ2 from Curacao through March 10th using an Elecraft KX3 with 12 watts into a vertical wire dipole. Listen out for him on the High Frequency bands operating CW and SSB. Skeds are possible by making arrangements using E-mail or Echolink. Logs will be uploaded to ClubLog. QSL via his home callsign, direct or via the bureau.
DF2WO will be on the air signing XT2AW from Burkiuna Faso between May 20th and June 25th. Activity will be holiday style on CW and SSB. QSL via M0OXO.
Lastly, Members of the Belgian International Police Association Radio Club will be active as HB0 stroke OO6P from Lichtenstein between June 21st and the 26th. Their operation will be on 160 through 6 meters using SSB, RTTY and PSK. QSL 's go via ON6ZV.
Down the calendar a bit, AG6IP will be active as K6W on Wake Island between September 4th and the 19th. His operation is to celebrate the 70th anniversary and memorial of the "End Battle of Wake Island." His operation will be on 80 through 6 meters SSB. Look for more details including QSL routing as it gets closer to the beginning of the operation. SM6CPY will be on the air as 99X0PY from Kigali Rwanda through March 2nd. Operations will definitely be on 20 through 10 meters with the possibly of some signals on 160 and 40 meters as well. QSL direct to his home callsign or via the bureau.
H8PHT will be active between March 11th and the 15th as AH0KT from the rental shack on Saipan in the Northern Mariana Island. Activity will be on the High Frequency bands and 6 meters using CW, SSB, the Digital modes. He also plans to try 10 meter AM and FM on 29 dot 600 MHz only. QSL via his home callsign.
Three operators from Poland will activate Kathmandu, Nepal between March 18th and the 30th. The callsign will be announced later. Operators mentioned are SP2FUD, SP9FIH and SQ9CNN. The operations actual call will be announced at a later date at 9n dot dxpeditions dot org.
DK5ON will be active stroke A6 from the United Arab Emerates between March 18th and the 27th. His operation will be on 40 through 10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the bureau.
LU1FM, will be operational as 5-J-zero-B from San Andres Island between March 21st and April 4th. Activity will be on 160 through 6 meters using SSB and the digital modes. He also plans to participate in CQ World Wide WPX SSB Contest on March 28th and 29th. QSL via his home callsign.
Last but by no means least, F5RAV, will be active as as C5LT from Kololi in The Gambia between October 20th to the 27th. Operations will be on 40 through 10 meters using SSB, RTTY and possibly CW. QSL direct only via F5RAV.
March 2015
+ NSARA Contest1200Z-1600Z, Mar 1 and
1800Z-2200Z, Mar 1
+ SARL Hamnet 40m Simulated Emerg Contest1200Z-1400Z, Mar 1
+ North Carolina QSO Party1500Z, Mar 1 to 0059Z, Mar 2
+ RSGB 80m Club Championship, Data2000Z-2130Z, Mar 2+ ARS Spartan Sprint0200Z-0400Z, Mar 3+ AGCW YL-CW Party1900Z-2100Z, Mar 3+ QRP Fox Hunt0200Z-0330Z, Mar 4
+ CWops Mini-CWT Test1300Z-1400Z, Mar 4 and
1900Z-2000Z, Mar 4 and 0300Z-0400Z, Mar 5
+ AWA John Rollins Memorial DX Contest2300Z, Mar 4 to 2300Z, Mar 5 and
2300Z, Mar 7 to 2300Z, Mar 8
+ NRAU 10m Activity Contest1800Z-1900Z, Mar 5 (CW) and
1900Z-2000Z, Mar 5 (SSB) and
2000Z-2100Z, Mar 5 (FM) and
2100Z-2200Z, Mar 5 (Dig)
+ QRP Fox Hunt0200Z-0330Z, Mar 6
+ ARRL Inter. DX Contest, SSB 0000Z, Mar 7 to 2400Z, Mar 8
+ Wake-Up! QRP Sprint0600Z-0629Z, Mar 7 and
0630Z-0659Z, Mar 7 and
0700Z-0729Z, Mar 7 and
0730Z-0800Z, Mar 7
+ UBA Spring Contest, CW0700Z-1100Z, Mar 8
+ DARC 10-Meter Digital Contest1100Z-1700Z, Mar 8
+ QRP Fox Hunt0100Z-0230Z, Mar 11
+ CWops Mini-CWT Test1300Z-1400Z, Mar 11 and
1900Z-2000Z, Mar 11 and
0300Z-0400Z, Mar 12
+ RSGB 80m Club Championship, CW2000Z-2130Z, Mar 11
+ QRP Fox Hunt0100Z-0230Z, Mar 13
+ F9AA Cup, SSB1200Z, Mar 14 to 1200Z, Mar 15
+ AGCW QRP Contest1400Z-2000Z, Mar 14
+ EA PSK63 Contest1600Z, Mar 14 to 1600Z, Mar 15
+ Idaho QSO Party1900Z, Mar 14 to 1900Z, Mar 15
+ North American Sprint, RTTY0000Z-0400Z, Mar 15
+ UBA Spring Contest, 2m0700Z-1100Z, Mar 15+
Wisconsin QSO Party1800Z, Mar 15 to 0100Z, Mar 16
+ Run for the Bacon QRP Contest0200Z-0400Z, Mar 16
+ QRP Fox Hunt0100Z-0230Z, Mar 18+ CWops Mini-CWT Test1300Z-1400Z, Mar 18 and
1900Z-2000Z, Mar 18 and
0300Z-0400Z, Mar 19
+ NAQCC CW Sprint0030Z-0230Z, Mar 19
+ RSGB 80m Club Championship, SSB2000Z-2130Z, Mar 19
+ QRP Fox Hunt0100Z-0230Z, Mar 20
+ BARTG HF RTTY Contest0200Z, Mar 21 to 0200Z, Mar 23
+ SARL VHF/UHF Analogue/Digital Contest1000Z, Mar 21 to 1000Z, Mar 22
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"Americans spend millions of dollars on sprays and pest control devices or services to kill insects. Yet much of this is unnecessary. Education about insects, spiders and their relatives is critical to reduce fear of these fascinating creatures and increase appreciation of the services they provide and their beauty. This is our goal."
So wrote Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology and professor of entomology at the University of California, Davis, in her annual letter to supporters.
"The Bohart Museum provides unique educational services to the UC Davis campus and the Northern California region," she continued. "We provide tours for everyone from preschoolers to retirees. We even designed and conducted a tour for a class of blind students this year! The Beth Spiva Timmons Foundation continues to support our outreach programs with another generous grant this year. Thanks to their donation, last year we developed a high tech program to take to schools to show students details of insects and spiders that they've never seen before. We'll be able to show them scales on butterfly wings, the gorgeous colors and textures of the insect exoskeleton, how crickets make sound, and so much more."
The Bohart Museum, home of nearly eight million insect specimens collected from around the world, also continues its national and international presence. Requests for information this year came in from National Geographic, the Discovery Channel and Myth Busters, to name a few.
Now longtime supporters Marius and Joanne Wasbauer have given the Bohart a challenge grant of $5000. "They hope that their gift will inspire others to give and they will match your gift one-for-one up to the $5000 program maximum," Kimsey related.
Funds will be deposited in the musuem endowment, which, Kimsey says will provide "invaluable oprating support to the museum, its collections, programs, and staff."
The challenge grant will extend until Dec. 31, 2012. Folks can donate online at http://www.bohartmuseum.com or mail a check to the Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave., Davis, CA 95616.
And those who offer a sponsorship of $2500 will be eligible to participate in the Bohart's biolegacy program; they can name a new species. "This could also go toward matching the Wasbauers' challenge grant, doubling the impact of your donation," Kimsey noted.
It's good to see all the services that the Bohart Museum offers, and the generosity of its supporters.
If you like bugs and live in Northern California, you're in luck.
The newly formed California Bug Club has scheduled its first meeting for 6 p.m., Satuday, Jan. 12 in the Elk Grove Library's meeting room, 8900 Elk Grove Blvd.
First speaker is entomologist Jeff Smith, an associate at the Bohart Museum of Entomology on the University of California, Davis, campus. He'll speak on "Amazing Insect Lives," focusing on "the Many great mechanisms insects have for survival," says club spokesperson/founder Edgar Ortega.
Ortega is also inviting folks to bring and display their collections.
The club is open to "all bug lovers of Northern California--insect hobbyists, collectors, tarantula enthusiasts and invertebrate keepers," says Ortego, who is also founder/president of the Central Valley Herpetological Society.
Plans call for the California Bug Club to meet every other month with informative presentations from professionals in their fields. These will include entomologists, arachnologists, expert hobbyist, breeders and others.
This promises to be a very active club. As Ortega says on the Bug Club's website:
"Want to join us for a night of blacklighting for insects? Care to participate in our exploration hikes, surveys, and tarantula hunts? Want to learn how to properly preserve and mount specimens? Do you have questions for the experts? Want to identify a bug, start an insect collection, learn to care for certain species, or just want to explore your curiosity about the natural world? California Bug Club offers each of these things and more."
You can also "like" the club's Facebook page.
And we love the little praying mantis perched atop the club logo, the work of graphic artist Rachel Edler.
Bug lovers, unite!
If you or someone in a household near you can draw a bug, then you need to head over to the Bohart Museum of Entomology on the UC Davis campus on Saturday afternoon, Dec. 15.
The Bohart Museum is hosting an open house from 1 to 4 p.m. in Room 1124 Academic Surge on Crocker Lane. It's free and open to the public.
The theme: "Insects in Art."
The person (all ages invited) who submits the most creative bug drawing between 1 and 3:30 p.m. will win a t-shirt at around 4 p.m.
Here's what you do: draw a bug that will fit into a button about 2-1/4 wide. The Bohart Museum folks will insert it into their button-maker machine. If your bug art is selected as the most creative, you take the button home--and your prize, an insect-related t-shirt.
The open house will feature the illustrations of Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart and professor of entomology at UC Davis; the late Mary Foley Benson of Davis; and Ivana Li, an undergraduate entomology student and president of the UC Davis Entomology Club.
Visitors also will be able to see the original plates for the children's book, "The Story of the Dogface Butterfly," written by Fran Keller, doctoral candidate in entomology, and Laine Bauer, who received her degree in art in June from UC Davis. Greg Kareofelas of Davis, a Bohart volunteer, contributed photos.
Expanding on the open house theme, Heydon said that "Insects and Art" began as early as the caveman days. Cave drawings found in Spain depict honey gatherers from more than 10,000 years ago.
"Insects in art are found in scientific illustrations and are represented on fabric, paintings, toys, jewelry and other media," Heydon said.
The Bohart Museum houses a global collection of nearly eight million insect specimens and is the seventh largest insect collection in North America. It is also the home of the California Insect Survey, a storehouse of the insect biodiversity. Noted entomologist Richard M. Bohart (1913-2007) founded the museum in 1946.
In addition to the insect specimens, the Bohart houses a "live petting zoo" of Madagascar hissing cockroaches, walking sticks and tarantulas; and a gift shop filled with t-shirts, sweatshirts, jewelry, posters, insect nets, and insect-themed candy.
Bohart officials schedule weekend open houses throughout the academic year so that families and others who cannot attend on the weekdays can do so on the weekends. The Bohart's regular hours are from 9 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 5 p.m., Monday through Thursday. The insect museum is closed to the public on Fridays and on major holidays. Admission is free.
The remaining weekend open houses:
Sunday, Jan. 13, 1 to 4 p.m.
Theme: "Extreme Insects"
Saturday, Feb. 2, 1 to 4 p.m.
Theme: "Biodiversity Museum Day"
Sunday, March 24, 1 to 4 p.m.
Theme: "Aquatic Insects"
Saturday, April 20: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Theme: UC Davis Picnic Day
Saturday, May 11, 1 to 4 p.m.
Theme: "Moth-er's Day"
Sunday, June 9, 1 to 4 p.m.
Theme: "How to Find Insects"
So, you're looking for that perfect, one-of-a-kind holiday gift. One that will not only be memorable but a conversation piece.
How about a biolegacy gift? Name that bug!
You can obtain naming rights for this cute little black and white weevil with red polka dots (below) for a donation of $2500 to the Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, Davis.
Bohart Museum Society member Henry Hespenheide, professor emeritus from UCLA, collected the weevil a couple of years ago in Costa Rica, said Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum and professor of entomology at UC Davis.
This species, from genus Macrocopturus, is waiting to be described. And waiting for a name.
Besides the honor of naming it, "Your donation directly supports species discovery and student education in Entomology through scholarships," Kimsey said. "By naming this species you are promoting science education, species discovery and conservation."
"The names have to pass judgment in a peer-reviewed journal," Kimsey said. "Our collaborating systematists are under obligation to publish these names according to the Zoological Code of Nomenclature."
Other species at the Bohart Museum are also ready to be named, she said. Want more information? Contact Kimsey at firstname.lastname@example.com or (530) 752-5373.
But one thing's for sure: this little weevil is definitely unique.
See no weevil, hear no weevil, and speak no weevil.
But you can definitely name it.
The UC Davis-based Bohart Museum of Entomology, home of nearly eight million insect specimens, is a good place to start.
Last Sunday two little 18-month-old girls intently watched an observation bee hive, much as their older counterparts would gaze at a computer screen.
The hive, an educational tool, was from the nearby Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility.
The toddlers quickly spotted the queen bee, the one with a red dot on her thorax. They watched the worker bees tend to her every need. They watched the nurse bees feed the brood, and undertaker bees carry off their dead.
With ears pressed closely to the hive, they listened to "The Buzz."
Tilly Matern of Woodland and Vivienne Statham of Davis knew what was making the buzz.
"Bees," said Tilly. Then she looked at a painted bug on the floor and identified another insect. "Ant," she said.
The occasion: the Bohart Museum's open house, themed "Insect Societies."
It doesn't appear that they will develop entomophobia (fear of insects) or apiphobia (fear of bees) or myrmecophobia (fear of ants) any time soon.
Start 'em while they're young and who knows--maybe they'll become entomologists!
Lynn Kimsey, professor of entomology at UC Davis, serves as the director of the Bohart Museum, located at 1124 Academic Surge on Crocker Lane (formerly California Drive. The insect museum includes a live "petting zoo," complete with Madagascar hissing cockroaches, walking sticks and a rose-haired tarantula. There's also a gift shop filled with t-shirts, sweat shirts, posters, jewelry, insect nets and insect-themed candy.
The Bohart Museum has scheduled its next weekend open house (free and open to the public) for Saturday, Dec. 15 from 1 to 4 p.m. The theme: "Insects in Art." Check the schedule for the remaining open houses for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Although special weekend open houses are held once a month, visitors can tour the museum from 9 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 5 p.m., Monday through Thursday. It is closed to the public on Fridays and on major holidays.


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Cooperation from Congress -- or at least some helpful guidance -- would benefit many agencies as they face serious internal challenges. Instead, federal executives are often forced to cope with near-constant partisan clashes, gotcha-oriented oversight and other disruptive behavior. On Capitol Hill, even when the two parties manage to find limited agreement, many insiders concede that dysfunction rules.
So a glimmer of hope appeared last December when leaders of the Republican-controlled House and Democratic-controlled Senate overcame their persistent budget conflicts and agreed to keep the government operating for the next two years. For the first time since 2010, they reached consensus on federal spending levels. Government shutdowns would in all likelihood be avoided. Even the dreaded meat-ax budget sequester was suspended through 2015.
EPA and Congress clash over regulatory authority
For Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy, getting to know Capitol Hill has not been a pleasant experience.
The moment wasn't quite ripe for a chorus of "Happy Days Are Here Again," but President Barack Obama captured the spirit when he praised the deal. "This agreement doesn't include everything I'd like -- and I know many Republicans feel the same way. That's the nature of compromise," he said in a Dec. 10 statement. "But it's a good sign that Democrats and Republicans in Congress were able to come together and break the cycle of short-sighted, crisis-driven ¬decision-making to get this done."
Deep-seated conflicts remain
That holiday spirit didn't last long. Consider the Defense Department, which has struggled with the manpower and weaponry implications of huge spending cuts in recent years as it wound down two wars in Asia and ramped up preparations for other conflicts, including cyberwarfare and terrorism threats. When Secretary Chuck Hagel and other top DOD officials presented budget recommendations in March that met the spending levels Congress had decreed, key Republicans reacted with fury and essentially told Hagel to start over.
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), a respected veteran and military expert, sarcastically greeted Hagel at a meeting of the Senate Armed Services Committee by saying that the Pentagon's "timing is exquisite."
"The world is probably more unsettled than any time since the end of World War II," McCain continued, in reference to Russia's invasion and subsequent takeover of Crimea. "You've come here with a budget that constrains us in a way that's unprecedented" and reduces Army forces to pre-Pearl Harbor levels. McCain ended his attack by walking out of the hearing room.
In the House, Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon (R-Calif.) responded to the Pentagon's budget proposal by dismissing DOD's recently unveiled Quadrennial Defense Review as of little value to decision-makers. Contending that it has more to do with politics than policy, he said the review wrongly decided to accept current spending levels rather than "identify the budget needed to address the evolving threat." He ordered DOD to "rewrite and resubmit a compliant report."
And it's not just DOD. Although the broader spending conflict has been temporarily set aside, deep-seated problems remain between Congress and the White House on the budget and the governing process. Even with December's budget agreement, most appropriations bills likely won't be settled until after the November elections, when Republicans hope to take control of the Senate and thereby increase their leverage.
Furthermore, presidential budgets have increasingly become irrelevant. Leaders of both parties dismissed Obama's belated fiscal 2015 proposal in March as chiefly a political document that was dead on arrival. "The president's proposals have stopped being the place where discussions begin and instead just give Congress something to criticize and reject out of hand," said budget expert Stan Collender.
Publicity vs. substance
On Capitol Hill, oversight hearings have become partisan hits rather than efforts to offer constructive assistance for agencies or programs. Lawmakers' conflicts with DOD and the Environmental Protection Agency (see sidebar) might be particularly high-profile, but they reflect the troubles facing countless agencies. Continuing investigations into the Department of Health and Human Services' implementation of the Affordable Care Act and the Internal Revenue Service's review of tax-exempt groups, for example, are designed to attract publicity rather than resolve problems. Beleaguered agency officials respond defensively, with lawyers at their sides.
Longtime DOD Comptroller Robert Hale revealed the depths of the Pentagon's frustration in late March when he urged a Senate subcommittee not to tamper with planned moves to reduce personnel costs, according to a report in Navy Times. "If you choose to roll them back," he warned, "you'll have to take the money out of somewhere else."
In recent decades, lawmakers have repeatedly balked at what DOD officials have described as essential decisions to reduce bases and other facilities at home and abroad. The problem has grown with recent troop cuts overseas and the bitter conflicts that accompanied the most recent base realignment and closure review in 2005.
Hagel has urged Congress to authorize a new BRAC review that would end in 2017. He told reporters that if Congress does not cooperate, he might make internal changes to reduce infrastructure. "Sequestration requires cuts so deep, so abrupt, so quickly that we cannot shrink the size of our military fast enough," Hagel said. But lawmakers receive intense pressure from local communities that are reluctant to lose the economic boost of military bases in the U.S.
Furthermore, at Washington-area conferences that have included many military contractors, top DOD officials have outlined the challenges they face when buying IT and services.
"It struck me how incredibly complicated it was, how difficult it was for program managers to just make their way through that maze," said Frank Kendall, undersecretary of Defense for acquisition, technology and logistics.
He lamented the difficulty of going through the legislative process and set low objectives for the coming year. "We'll try to get low-hanging fruit," he said and added that lawmakers' tendency to "keep adding statutory requirements year over year over year, all trying to improve things…just makes the burden on program managers huge."
Sequestration still looms
Given the limited political reward for dealing with such issues, most lawmakers prefer to focus on broader and more newsworthy stories. The Russian invasion of Crimea presented that opportunity, along with continuing hot spots in Syria, Iran and the Korean peninsula.
When Hagel appeared before the House Appropriations Committee's Defense Subcommittee in mid-March to discuss his budget plan, which he said "begins to make the hard choices that we're all going to have to make," he updated his testimony to include recent developments in Ukraine. Nevertheless, several panel members broadened the discussion to other ongoing conflicts.
"We need to work together to help the Department of Defense address very serious challenges, from ending major combat operations in Afghanistan to addressing enduring threats from North Korea and Iran and flashpoints in the Middle East, Africa and Asia," Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.) told Hagel. She also noted that many lawmakers remain concerned about sexual assaults, suicide and the quality of life in the military.
Adding to the Pentagon's problems with congressional oversight has been the recent turnover of senior congressional leaders in both parties, most notably on the appropriations subcommittees.
In addition, the pending retirements of the chairmen of the House and Senate Armed Services committees -- McKeon and Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) -- will lead to big leadership shifts and organizational changes at the end of the year. House Republicans leaders' willingness to leapfrog seniority in selecting new committee chairmen adds to the internal competition and tensions. But the current front-runners for their parties' slots -- Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) -- are both regarded as cerebral and experienced in dealing with military and security issues.
For Pentagon officials in particular, getting to know prospective chairmen is very important. Despite the two-year suspension of the budget sequester, the timetable that was created in a 2011 budget deal is scheduled to resume next year, which is a daunting scenario.
"Our detailed planning for sequestration-level cuts showed that sequestration would impose some force structure reductions that simply can't be implemented with the push of a button," Hagel told the House Appropriations Committee. "They require…longer time horizons in planning."
Unfortunately, recent history shows that long-term planning is not lawmakers' strong suit.
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