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You've heard of sniffer dogs, but what about sniffer bees?
It might sound a bit far-fetched, but Croatian scientists have been trying to put the amazing senses of honeybees to a new use: finding potentially fatal landmines.
It's estimated that about 750 square kilometers (466 square miles) of Croatian land may still harbor active landmines, remnants of the Balklan wars in the 1990s.
As of the start of April 2013, an estimated 509 people have been killed and 1,466 more have been injured by landmines in 1,352 separate incidents in Croatia. This includes the deaths of 66 people who had been tasked with finding and disarming the landmines.
This gives some indication of how dangerous de-mining is and the need to improve current detection and disarmament methods.
Fortunately, this is where the bees might have an edge.
Bees have an almost unparalleled set of olfactory senses, among them an acute sense of smell.
A team of researchers headed by Nikola Kezic, a bee behavioral expert, wondered if bees could be trained to identify the scent of TNT and, when let loose on a suspect area, find landmines.
This isn't a new form of research, though. In the 1990s, American researchers at Defense Advanced Research Laboratory (DARPA) trained bees to swarm around where they detected what is known as 2,4-dinitrotoluene, a chemical residue left by several different types of bombs.
The difference here is that TNT is much harder to detect because it evaporates quicker than other chemical traces and, as such, wasn't part of the research.
However, Kezic believed honeybees, used for their general good temperament, might be capable and, in 2007, set about testing his theory as part of his involvement in the multimillion-euro program called Tiramisu.
The bees were exposed to scents of chemicals found in explosives and then immediately after were given a whiff of a sugar water solution that closely mirrors their natural food. Bees extend their proboscis whenever excited by the smell of food, something that would be used as an indicator of success.
After just a few exposures, the bees would learn to predict the more appealing food that was to come whenever they detected the hint of explosives and would extend their proboscis in anticipation.
This behavior was further confirmed in controlled field tests that saw Kezic and his team at the Department of Agriculture at Zagreb University set up large tents in the university grounds.
The tents contained several feeding points, only a few of which contained TNT particles as well as sugar water solution incentives.
When the bees were let loose in these controlled environments the sense training appeared to work, and the bees gathered mainly at the posts laced with TNT molecules.
"Our basic conclusion is that the bees can clearly detect this target, and we are very satisfied," Kezic is quoted as saying. "It is not a problem for a bee to learn the smell of an explosive, which it can then search."
However, Kezic has sounded a note of caution that there's still a lot of work to be done. "You can train a bee, but training their colony of thousands becomes a problem."
As such, it may take a while before Kezic is ready to take his swarms out to hunt for landmines in the field. Still, he is ready to advance the research to testing the bees with real, albeit marked, landmines.
One problem with the swarms beyond the labor intensive process of training them will be effectively tracking them once they are in the field, but it looks as though there may be several possible solutions to this problem.
Research teams in previous studies fitted the bees with tiny radio transmitters for easier tracking. Keizic has also floated the idea of tracking the swarms using thermal imaging.
While it is unlikely that the bees would ever be used to completely replace human de-miners, they may be especially suited for checking areas that have already been cleared to ensure de-mining teams haven't missed any landmines.
In this way, local governments could be much more confident when declaring areas "mine free."
Read more: bees, colony collapse disorder, Croatia, honey bees, insects, landmines, pollination, science
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Quanta K. the advantage of bees is they don't set off the mines, and they are cheap enough that something might actually be done. But your sentiment is well regarded.
thanks for sharing
Who put the mines there? Get them to clean it up.
how about we use a machine like the anti-mine vehicle (which maybe remote controlled) to clean up our messes instead of wild animals? saw one on top gear!
thanks for sharing
If it works very good but do look after them.
Unconvincing. (1) Do bees behave differently after having been exposed to these chemicals? What does it do to their receptors over time?(2) Once they are released in swarms, how can their behavior respond only or mainly to these chemicals when they certainly will be affecting each other and communicating the way they have evolved to do? (3) Lastly, once the chemical or landmine has been detected, how do you remove the bees without disrupting (further) what their natural flight courses are supposed to be?
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The Sakura is a well established Japanese restaurant on the second floor of the Kempinski Khan Palace Hotel. The food is always very good and the service very friendly and responsive.
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We had a very good meal at Sakura. The atmosphere is quiet and tranquil, despite being in a huge city. Each of us ordered something different, and each of us was pleased with his/her selection. Prices seemed fair for the items we ordered, and service was very good. We had a large group and enjoyed ourselves.
Nice place with pleasant service. But the food is just average for what you pay. There are other places that you can try for the same prices.
I love the Sunday brunch. Fresh milk for starters! I haven't found proper milk in Mongolia since I moved here. Generally a nice selection of food and fresh juices.
Second time I have been and was very disappointed with the food, wine and service. We waited close to an hour and a half for our food and when it came it was stone cold. The prices are quite high for Mongolia and this made the standard of food even more disappointing. The steak was quite tough, the scallops under...
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If you are going to eat at the Kemp hotel, avoid the poor brunch offered on sunday and go for sakura. The food is good, fresh, tasty. It is a bit pricy but one have to remember that salmon and tuna must be imported. Service if OK and decoration quite nice.
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Dance company leaps ahead with 'Back Space,' showcasing student choreography
Showcasing student choreography and videodance work, the Bates College Dance Company performs March 28-31.
March 21, 2014 8:59 am
New film features stunning White Mountain views — and Bates geologist Dyk Eusden, too
Eusden enters the film as an expert who links the experiential with the geological.
March 17, 2014 10:43 am
Choir to perform works by Haydn, Bates' own Scott Ordway
Directed by John Corrie, the Bates College Choir performs Haydn's "Lord Nelson Mass" and a piece by a Bates professor on March 21.
March 17, 2014 10:30 am
Thanks to Bates commission, Maine dancers to debut new work by ALTERNATIVA on March 21
Ten Maine dancers including Bates faculty perform the world premiere of a piece by ALTERNATIVA on March 21 at SPACE Gallery in Portland.
March 14, 2014 10:23 am
Politics professor Stephen Engel analyzes gay identity in Honey Maid's 'Wholesome' ad
The ad "Dad and Papa" highlights the "contemporary boundaries and privileging of certain gay identities," Engel writes.
March 13, 2014 2:58 pm
Report by Walter Dillingham '82 'cracks open the books' on library endowments
You hear the word "endowment" and you probably think "college." But there's more out there, says Walter Dillingham '82.
March 13, 2014 10:55 am
Haiku and watercolors help oceanographer Greg Johnson '85 explain climate change
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March 13, 2014 10:15 am
Channel 6 TV news magazine profiles pianist Frank Glazer, now age 99
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The most notorious among Gitmo's prisoners is Mohammed, the Pakistani operations planner who thought up the 9/11 attacks and orchestrated them at bin Laden's behest. Mohammed's military-commission case has started, stopped, restarted and is now slowly proceeding through pretrial motions, though some observers question whether a trial will ever be held.
Gitmo Court Chaos Replaced by Order
Obama campaigned on a promise to close Gitmo and pledged to transfer KSM to New York for trial in Lower Manhattan. But the president was forced to cave on that vow in the face of political pressure.
That hasn't, however, kept Obama from returning to the practice of using New York's courts and federal facilities for terror cases. On Monday, officials said there is no chance that al-Libi would be sent to Gitmo.
"The federal court system has proved it is unparalleled in getting intelligence in terror cases and in getting convictions in terror cases," said Matt Miller, who was Attorney General Eric Holder's top spokesman for much of the first Obama term. "In New York, they know how to do everything from security to interrogations to conviction. They have a proven track record and it all goes back to the first World Trade Center attack."
Since his capture over the weekend, officials have declined to discuss al-Libi's precise whereabouts but they have made it clear that when interrogation by a special unit is done, he's on his way to New York. There, he will be housed in the infamous "Terror Wing" at Manhattan's Metropolitan Correctional Center.
According to those who have visited both that facility and the prison camps where KSM is held in Cuba, MCC is viewed as far worse.
"Anybody who's visited the highest-security camp at Gitmo versus the highest-security area of the federal facility would choose Gitmo every day of the week, 100 percent," said one longtime Justice Department official, who declined to be identified discussing details of terrorism prosecutions. "There are restrictions on movement, restrictions on communication."
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Fishbone brings their take on rock to Voodoo
NEW ORLEANS Alternative rock bands are nothing new, but the faces that front such groups are not typically all-black.
Fishbone brings that perspective to the music and the Voodoo Art and Music Experience on Sunday, giving fans a look at their distinctive and eclectic style that fuses ska, punk, reggae, metal, funk and rock and helped build a cult following in the late `80s that's still going strong.
John Norwood Fisher, one of the group's founding members, said the idea of Fishbone may seem strange to some but for him and other members of the group it was just a natural extension of the times they grew up in.
"We lived in a progressive city at a progressive time," said Fisher, who plays bass and does vocals with frontman and saxophonist Angelo Moore for the Los Angeles-based group. "It was post-Jimi Hendryx. It was a time when you could still see Sly Stone on television and we've been (Parliament) Funkadelic fans since a young age. Those influences kept our minds open and free to accept things that might be a little unusual.
"Punk rock began to emerge as we were teenagers and it was just natural to explore this thing, especially as crazy as it all looked. In the midst of it, we discovered it was also the most awesome way to expel that extra teenage angst, energy and testosterone."
The seven-piece band formed in 1979 but their first full-length album, "In Your Face," wasn't released until 1987. The following year their release, "Truth and Soul," received critical acclaim and was highlighted by a rock-inspired version of Curtis Mayfield's "Freddie's Dead." The video for that song became the band's first hit on MTV. That same year, the group toured with the Red Hot Chili Peppers and became nationally known in the alternative music scene.
"Musically, if I had a choice, I wouldn't do anything different," said Fisher. "I'm very fortunate to be in this position. This is my main gig. I have no day job. I'm still playing good music and there are tons out there who wish they could say the same."
Fisher said the group's atypical path has been a blessing.
"There have been a lot of people who've given us props from the very beginning," he said. "Frank Zappa and Bob Dylan acknowledged us long ago. On shows like `A Different World' some of the actors wore our T-shirts as did Marlon Wayans in `Mo' Money' and John Cusack in `Say Anything.' That kind of acknowledgment helped fuel the fire to move us forward."
The group's "outside the box" mentality ultimately has helped influence the next generation of artists, he said. "The entire soundscape of popular music is literally influenced by the Fishbone sound and I'm proud and happy that this is the path I chose because I can literally see my impact, my influence."
Fishbone takes the stage Sunday, the closing day of the Voodoo Experience, which also features performances by The Raconteurs, Fatboy Slim, the Original Meters, Cheap Trick, TV On the Radio, Glen David Andrews and Ray Davies.


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Nevada's 142nd birthday was marked Saturday in Carson City, with the annual Nevada Day parade. Nevada entered the union on October 31, 1864, becoming the 36th state.
The parade featured motorcycle riders from local law enforcement agencies, plenty of horses and several marching bands. According to the parade line-up, the bands included: the Carson City High School Blue Thunder Marching Band, the Eagle Valley Middle School Marching Band and the Douglas High School Band.
The parade's grand marshal was a locomotive built in 1875 that traveled between Reno and Virginia City, according to the Nevada Day Web site. Governor Kenny Guinn rode in the locomotive as it was towed down Carson Street Saturday.
Miss Rodeo Nevada, Kristina Spitale, rode a horse in the parade. "I'm a native Nevadan so Nevada Day is definitely my favorite holiday it's just a great day to come out and to celebrate all the wonderful things that Nevada is," she said.
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CHICAGO (AP) - It has been difficult to find a silver lining for the Texas Rangers as they struggle through more than a month of losing. Manager Ron Washington discovered one in a rain-shortened 5-3 loss to the Chicago White Sox on Monday night.
Tyler Flowers homered and drove in three runs and rookie sensation Jose Abreu had two hits and two RBIs, as the Rangers lost for the 34th time in their last 42 games.
Monday night's game was called in the bottom of the seventh inning following a 57-minute rain delay.
Nonetheless, Washington was encouraged by the performance of starting pitcher Nick Martinez, who lost his seventh consecutive decision. The rookie right-hander allowed five runs in five innings but showed flashes in the second and the fourth, when he retired the side in order.
"He's got stuff, man," Washington said. "He's just got to learn how to use it. He's got to learn how to minimize damage. When he learns how to take that deep breath, buckle down and minimize damage, he's going to move forward."
Martinez (1-8) didn't disagree with his manager's assessment.
"I did a good job of mixing my pitches and throwing them for strikes," said Martinez, who allowed eight hits and three walks. "I was concentrating on not letting them score and trying to make the perfect pitch rather than attacking the hitter, but the small steps forward were going back out there and having quick innings."
Flowers went 3 for 3 and lifted his batting average to .500 (7 of 14) against the Rangers this season. He scored two runs as the White Sox snapped a two-game losing streak.
Rougned Odor had a two-run homer for Texas, which has lost four straight.
Abreu, who has 86 RBIs, went 2 for 3 on a day when he named the American League's player and rookie of the month for July. The Cuban slugger also won both awards in April and is the only rookie to win the player of the month award twice.
Hector Noesi (6-8) bounced back from a rough outing at Detroit in his last start - six runs in six innings - to allow one earned run and four hits in seven innings.
The Rangers scored in the first inning on Adrian Beltre's RBI single and stretched the lead to 3-0 on the two-run homer by Odor in the second. Both runs in the second were unearned because of Noesi's error on a grounder to first by catcher Robinson Chirinos. He dropped the throw from Abreu that would have been the third out.
The White Sox pulled within a run on a two-run single by Abreu in the third inning and tied it in the fifth on a leadoff homer by Flowers.
In the sixth, with the rain starting to fall, Dayan Viciedo led off with a single and Conor Gillaspie followed with a double to knock out Martinez. With the infield playing in, right-hander Nate Adcock came on to strike out Gordon Beckham and Alejandro De Aza, but Flowers came through with a two-out single to drive in both runs for a 5-3 Chicago lead.


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Valley City State's men's and women's track and field enjoyed a great end to the 2014 indoor season at Thursday's Bemidji State University (Minn.) Beaver Twilight.
Both teams put up some great performances, but freshman Alicia VanSweringen set a new school record in the 60-meter high hurdles for the third time this season with a time of 10.45 seconds. VanSweringen's record is almost a second faster than the previous record she set two weeks ago. Not only did she run well for the program and herself, but her time earned a fifth-place finish.
Valley City State University head football coach Dennis McCulloch announced Feb. 14 that Maple Valley/Enderlin senior defensive end Dylan Claus is among six additional high school seniors who have signed letters of intent to attend classes at VCSU and play football for the Vikings this fall.
The new additions include two players from North Dakota, two from Arizona, and one from both California and Hawaii.
North Star Athletic Association commissioner Cory Anderson announced that Waldorf College (Iowa) will join the NSAA football conference beginning in fall 2014.
"It is with great pleasure that we add a seventh team to our football membership," Commissioner Anderson said. "The inclusion of Waldorf will jumpstart our league into new territory, allowing us to magnify our brand in the NAIA."
Waldorf, located in Forest City, Iowa, was previously of the Mid-States Football Association. The Warriors reside in the Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference (MCAC) in other sports.
Valley City State's men's and women's indoor track teams competed in the Cobber Duels at Concordia College on Feb. 1, during which both the men and women managed 13 all-time indoor performance list-qualifying marks.
Valley City State University football has finalized its 2014 schedule.
Head coach Dennis McCulloch announced that the Vikings open the 10-game regular season with a Thursday night, Aug. 28 home game against rival University of Jamestown, the first of two meetings with the Jimmies. VCSU also plays new North Star Athletic Association additions Dickinson State and Mayville State twice, and Dakota State, Waldorf College, Morningside College and Presentation College once.


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By Carol Christian | July 21, 2014 | Updated: July 21, 2014 4:46pm
Photo By Frank Franklin II/STFJohnny Manziel has yet to take a snap from under center as an NFL quarterback, but already his Cleveland Browns jersey is the best selling jersey in the league.
Here is the current Top 10 best-selling NFL jerseys ...
Photo By Ted S. Warren/Associated PressNo. 10 – "12th Man," Seattle Seahawks.
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No. 9 – Aaron Rodgers, #12, Green Bay Packers.
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No. 8 – Dree Brees, #9, New Orleans Saints.
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No. 7 – Tom Brady, #12, New England Patriots.
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No. 5 – Richard Sherman, #25, Seattle Seahawks.
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No. 4 – Peyton Manning, #18, Denver Broncos.
No. 3 – Colin Kaepernick, #7, San Francisco 49ers.
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No. 2 – Russell Wilson, #3, Seattle Seahawks.
Photo By Marvin Fong / Cleveland Plain DealerNo. 1 – Johnny Manziel, #2, Cleveland Browns.
Surpassing seasoned veterans like Peyton Manning and Tom Brady, rookie quarterback Johnny Manziel is leading the National Football League's jersey sales.
According to NFLsales.com, Manziel's jersey was the top-selling item for the first quarter of the league's fiscal year, April 1 to June 30.
Manziel, who starred at quarterback for Texas A&M University until announcing he was going pro in his sophomore year, was drafted in May by the Cleveland Browns. He has yet to play a game in a Browns jersey.
Another player with Texas roots, St.Louis Rams defensive end Michael Sam, was No. 6.
Sam, the first openly gay player to be drafted by an NFL team, grew up in Hitchcock, 14 miles west of Galveston.


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With the Alaska Aces eliminated from the ECHL playoffs, we've got a little more time to check out the rest of the hockey world, so here are you Alaska connections in the AHL's Calder Cup playoffs.
Be warned: Just because a guy is on the roster doesn't necessarily mean he's playing in games -- some of these AHL playoff rosters are so ridiculously long they look like training-camp rosters.
Anyhow, here are the Alaska connections:
Hershey Bears -- Former Aces winger Joey Crabb of Anchorage and former Aces defenseman Patrick Wellar.
Springfield Falcons -- Former Aces winger Scott Howes and former Aces winger Tim Spencer.
Manchester Monarchs -- Former UAA and Aces winger Justin Johnson of Anchorage and winger Hunter Bishop of Fairbanks.
Portland Pirates -- Former Aces defenseman Russ Sinkewich and former UAF goaltender Chad Johnson.
Syracuse Crunch -- Former Aces winger Eric Neilson.
Texas Stars -- Former Aces defenseman William Wrenn of Anchorage.
Milwaukee Admirals -- Former UAA center Paul Crowder.
Grand Rapids Griffins -- Goaltender Jordan Pearce of Anchorage.
Binghamton Senators -- Former UAA goaltender Nathan Lawson, former UAF goaltender Scott Greenham and former UAF defenseman Tyler Eckford.
Charlotte Checkers -- Winger Tim Wallace of Anchorage.
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Memphis Thanks to the 13 members of a northern Ohio-based organization, the cost of rebuilding the First Baptist Church of Memphis will be almost cut in half.
After the roof of the First Baptist Church collapsed in February, Church Care Construction was called in to help. Church Care Construction travels the country building and rebuilding various churches. The members work for free, cutting much of the labor costs.
"We are able to save churches a tremendous amount of money, because we are basically labor-free," said Brent Howard, project manager for Church Care Construction. "Our missionaries are supported by other churches to help build churches, so that eliminates the labor costs of the building project. So we can build for a lot less money and give them, actually, a bigger building than what they would be able to afford."
Members of the organization are currently living on the construction site of the new church, located on Route 5 in Camillus, in RVs. Some members are also temporarily renting apartments in the area while the organization is at work building a new, 24,000 square-foot building fit with a gymnasium, worship area and classrooms.
The missionary builders are currently waiting for a building permit before they begin working on the new church, said Church Care Construction director Howard Fraser. He said they are expecting to be granted a permit, hopefully, this week.
Once they obtain a permit, the builders will start laying the foundation of the building. Next will come the floors, building the structure of the walls, roof trusses, siding, windows and more, Fraser said. The organization is hoping to complete the outside of the building by the fall, after which they'll move inside the building and work on the interior during the winter months.
Fraser said he hopes the entire project will be completed by October 2013. This particular church, he said, is a larger project than what the organization normally takes on. In order to complete it in a timely matter, Fraser said they will reach out to members of the First Baptist Church of Memphis, as well as other community volunteers who are interested in helping.
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For a long time now, eBay, Alibaba and Amazon had been the only one-stop online shops for Internet-crazy shoppers. This is, however, changing as online shopping gets trendy, attracting a huge following across the globe, including in Rwanda, thanks to the proliferation of internet-enabled phones and improved ICT infrastructure.
This is where Kaymu, an online one-step market, and others come into the picture. The business has taken emerging economies, including Rwanda by storm, attracting droves of shoppers.
Kaymu's prosperity in developing economies has even attracted big retailers to trade their products online with ease.
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The good thing about online selling or buying, particularly on Kaymu, is it's user-friendly applications, says Phillip Muganza, who buys items on the online market regularly.
"Basically, one logs in and they immediately see what they want to buy, then get it after following an easy procedure," he notes.
He says the other good part about it is that there is a contact of a salesperson "They call you and you have a one-on-one conversation on what it can do or not do," he adds.
"When they deliver the item, it saves your time and money, especially for those from outside Kigali."
Big retailers join:
Justine Ngarambe, the Simba Supermarket managing director, lauds online selling, saying it has the potential to capture a wide market compared to the orthodox physical shops.
Simba Supermarket is one of the big stores that have embraced online trading.
"Even people that don't come to town everyday can now buy stuff from Simba. The goods we are selling online range from items in the supermarket to the menu in our restaurant," she explains.
The supermarket expects to boost their sales using the online platforms, thanks to the growing number of Internet shoppers in Rwanda.
Online buying different:
The number of buyers logging onto Kaymu goes up by the day. Carol Umulisa, who buys most of her stuff online, says Kaymu is giving her a great shopping experience.
"When I want to buy something, I log onto Kaymu and compare the prices of different traders to see which one fits my preference. I get what I want without roaming around in town, avoiding the hustle and bustle of downtown," she explains.
Umulisa says she has buys a lot of her jewelry from Kaymu, and argues that online selling has increased her purchasing power.
Increase in sales:
The proprietors of CheTantine Supermarket in Kicukiro District say they owe the recent 20-25 per cent increase in sales to online selling.
"It's a bit tricky at the beginning, especially for someone who hasn't used a computer before, but one gets used to it," says Umubyeyi, a customer of CheTantine Supermarket's online market.
The downside:
However, in online trading, what you see is not always what you get. Pictures can make something look better that they actually are. Customer persuasion always causes problems when a commodity is delivered as it will not meet the client's expectations, experts say.
Clement Hugura says buying online can't entirely replace the feeling of physical shops or markets.
"I always try on a shirt before I buy it or check a phone and see how it looks before I pay for it. I can't be satisfied with just seeing items on pictures. Online buying works for some things, but not everything," Hugura argues.
Growth of online trading:
Yan Kwizera, the Kaymu Rwanda boss, attributes the success of Kaymu Rwanda on the strong mobile and Internet backbone in place.
"The emerging middle-class that is largely tech-savvy and hungry for 'real price and product discovery' is ready to buy online. This has meant that the traffic on Kaymu increases daily, which shows people's desire to experience online shopping."
He hopes to give buyers real shopping experience by ensuring the market always have different types of goods. "We have just signed up famous book stores like Editions Bakame to enable people buy books online. We are also encouraging Rwandan craft shops to sell their goods on our site," Kwizera says.
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Kaymu is the brainchild of e-commerce group, Africa Internet Holding, backed by Tigo, MTN and Rocket Internet, the incubation centre founded by the German Samwer brothers famous for making millions by cloning digital businesses.
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Judge asked to unseal letter in case against Citgo
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Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to unseal a letter they sent to the U.S. Probation Office in preparation for the sentencing of Citgo Refining and Chemicals Co., saying the information would benefit victims.
Citgo's attorney plans to fight the attempt, saying prosecutors want to tar Citgo with allegations.
Citgo Refining and its parent company, Citgo Petroleum Co., were convicted June 27 on two felony counts of violating the U.S. Clean Air Act by operating two oil/water separators in Corpus Christi, without roofs, which are required by federal regulations. Citgo Refining also was convicted earlier this month on two misdemeanor counts of violating the U.S. Migrating Bird Treaty Act for killing or causing the deaths of ducks and pelicans that fell in the exposed oil and water of Tanks 116 and 117.
Sentencing on all counts is scheduled for Oct. 18 in front of visiting U.S. District Judge John Rainey of Victoria. A pre-sentencing investigation is being conducted with the aid of the probation office. Howard P. Stewart, senior attorney with the Justice Department, submitted electronically on or about July 22 a letter to the probation office that was sealed by the court.
In a motion filed Tuesday, Stewart requests that the letter be unsealed so that crime victims can obtain, review and use that information. He adds that the information contained in the letter is public or was presented at trial and there is no statute or rule that requires sealing such information.
"We think there should be other conduct by Citgo that should be brought before the court before sentencing," Stewart said.
Citgo attorney Dick DeGuerin, who says he will appeal the two felony convictions but not the misdemeanors, plans to oppose the request in writing Friday.
"(Stewart) just wants to trash Citgo with all the stuff he couldn't prove in trial and I'm not going to allow that to happen," DeGuerin said. "Everything they tried and failed to do in the trial, they want to put in this letter and make public."
Releasing the information would allow people such as Jean Salone, a longtime Hillcrest resident who lives two blocks from the refinery, to receive the information that Stewart has said they're entitled to under the Crime Victims' Rights Act.
Salone remembers waking up once in 2001 and once in 2002 with her nose and throat burning from what she attributes to emissions from Citgo.
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A Brief History of the Origins of the Stockton Lake Governor's Cup Regatta Denny Pilant, August 1999 The new dam forming Lake Stockton was dedicated in the summer of 1972. To celebrate the occasion a regatta was held to help promote the recreational possibilities of the new lake. The Lake Jacomo Sailing Club was asked to provide a race committee and sent an excellent crew down to run the race. As I remember the occasion we completed one race in wind gusting to about 3 mph and then the rest of the races had to be abandoned when the wind died completely. I remember Cliff McKay being rowed off the lake lustily singing an aria from The Flying Dutchman as he was hauled off the water. It was not an auspicious beginning for a promising new sailing lake. After the race, someone had iced down the entire bed of a pickup truck and filled it with everyone's favorite beverages, so the event was not a total loss. After the Dam Dedication Regatta the Queen City Sailing Club (QCSC) in Springfield discussed the possibility of moving their weekly Sunday regattas from Fellows Lake (the municipal water supply) to Stockton. With one or two exceptions all agreed that it was simply too far to drive to Stockton when one could be at Fellows Lake in ten minutes and in half an hour be set up for Sunday races. In any case there were no sailing facilities at Stockton close to the city of Springfield. Enter Bruce Blomgren. Bruce was a sailor from Illinois who had been working for the Illinois Governor but had accepted a job as Communications Assistant to Governor (now U.S. Senator) Bond. While touring with state officials who were determining how to augment economic development in the state he crossed the MO 215 (mile long) bridge across Stockton Lake sometime in 1973. (Later he told us that when he came out onto the bridge and looked down the lake towards the dam he felt like he had just seen a local version of Lake Michigan). Bruce looked out over Stockton Lake and saw in his minds eye a recreational Mecca with hundreds of sailboats occupied by sailors from all over the region. Keep in mind that this is at a time when there are all of 8 or so sailboats on Stockton Lake--most under 21 feet--and all of them at Orleans Trail Marina. Stockton State Park Marina did not yet exist at its present location. When Bruce returned to Jefferson City he tracked down the Queen City Sailing Club and telephoned me as an officer in the club. He wanted to know if we would be interested in helping sponsor a Governor's Cup Regatta on Stockton Lake. Due to Bruce's enthusiasm and encouragement from the Governor's Office the state parks people in Jefferson City had already contacted local people at Stockton and had set up a meeting. Bill and Leslee Jaquette, Cliff McKay, and Mary and I met with a Mr. Burridge and Mr. Oldman (who I believe were from the Corps of Engineers), Col. (Ret.) Fitzhigh, Dwaine Hammons, and several others whose names I do not recall, at the Stockton Country Club. We discussed what would be needed to put on a major regatta. Many other people helped out at one time or another. Ferrell Mears, the "grand old man of sailing" in Springfield--as sea scout sponsor he taught 90 percent of the sailors in the Springfield are how to sail--and Jack Cooper of Harry Cooper Supply in Springfield, were among those who contributed to bringing off the regatta. The state parks people wanted us to run the regatta out of the State Park as part of their 50th Anniversary of the Missouri State Parks system. At that time the only facility at the State Park was a launch ramp. The state agreed to put in some docks and a pavilion to facilitate the regatta. The present pavilion on the rise of land south of the state park marina and the finger docks in front of it would probably not be there today if it were not for the first Governor's Cup. It did not occur to those building the docks that they needed to be close to the ramp so dinghy sailors would have something to tie up to while they rigged their boats--but then I guess you can't think of everything! The Queen City Sailing Club, the Stockton Chamber of Commerce, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and State Parks Division all worked together to put on the regatta. The QCSC worked with the Central States Sailing Association (CSSA) to have an officially sanctioned regatta. The state parks people put on radio and newspaper ads all over the state advertising the regatta, as did the CSSA (which covered Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas). Individual volunteers from Stockton helped provide boats, including a pontoon boat for use by the RC. The local Stockton US Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla provided safety patrol. Leslee Jaquette sewed together some of the signal flags (some of which may still be in use!). We decided that we did not want a wimpy sound horn for the signals. When the gun went off we wanted a real gun. So we secured a shotgun with the proper kind of blanks--finding the proper kind of blank turned out to be a real job--but they were found. Cliff McKay, then a philosophy professor at Drury College (who is now retired and cruising the Bahamas in a Catalina 34) agreed to head the RC. The first annual Missouri Governor's Cup Regatta was held June 8-9, 1974. We were afraid no one would show up. After all Stockton Lake was not exactly a well known sailing destination. At the end of registration 157 boats with their skippers and crews had signed up! Needless to say the registration committee was swamped. We had expected maybe 35 or 40 boats. At this time virtually all of the sailing in the area was in dinghies. We had a large handicap fleet, and large fleets of Rhodes Bantams and Sweet 16s (from K.C.), which had shown up to race. There were two or three "cruising" boats in the regatta. As I remember there was a 22 and also one 23 foot cruiser (one was sailed by Lee Orth from Branson) and those were all of the "big boats" in the regatta. We dinghy sailors referred to the cruisers as members of the "camper class." The regatta was held in the Little Sac arm across from the current State Park Marina. The wind had been building all morning. The RC boat was having trouble staying on station. They kept letting anchor line but to no avail. They ended up staying on station by running their motor to stay in place and to keep the anchor from dragging. It was so windy that sailors had a hard time getting their boats rigged and then had a rough beat out of the cove to the race course. Mary and I were sailing a Geary 18 dinghy in the handicap fleet. When the blue flag went up we were planing up and down the starting line--not that we had planned on doing this--but the wind seemed like it was blowing 40 mph and was probably close to 30. Not only was the velocity high the wind was also swirling around unpredictably. When our gun went off (we could barely hear it over the wind) we headed for the weather mark on a flat out plane. he Geary 18 has a trapeze and Mary was out on the wire getting covered by rolling waves as they came down the arm of the lake. I remember her yelling at me over the wind "can't you slow this #$@ thing down!" We rounded the weather mark and headed for the jibing mark. The jibing mark looked like a graveyard of boats. There were many boats completely turtled, broken spars, cushions, life jackets, paddles, bailers, etc. floating everywhere. Somehow we made it around the mark upright (I really thought the boom was going to carry away the rigging it came around so hard) and beat back to the finish line. Just as we got to the line (we were about 10 yards away) the race was abandoned and the Race Committee pontoon boat was pressed into rescue boat service. Waves were washing over the boat to the extent that the race committee members were up to their knees in water while standing on the platform of the pontoon boat. Of the 157 boats out on the race course 100 were capsized. Others had headed for coves, pulled their boats on the beach, and some refused to budge off the shoreline until the wind subsided. The rescue boats were overwhelmed. We were extremely lucky that no one was seriously injured (there were a number of minor injuries) and that no one drowned. The next day the wind continued to howl. The RC conferred with the survivors of the day before and it was decided that it was too risky to try another race. Jim Beddow of Wichita, a long time CSSA sailor, said that it was the first time in his memory that the CSSA was not able to complete a single race in a regatta and he agreed that the wind was just too high to try a second race. Several images of that day still remain with me--Jack Blizzard, sitting in his Thistle with water up to the gunnels, bailing like crazy. And then there was Ted Brezius, a retired commercial airline pilot, Laser sailor, and a wonderful gentleman. Ted had retired from the race to help pull sailors out of the water who couldn't get their boats righted. One young bikini clad woman lost here top as she was pulled into the rescue boat. Ted gallantly averted his eyes and gave here a life jacket to cover up with as he helped her to safety. Ted took a lot of ribbing about this from his fellow Laser sailors for many months after the regatta. A few of the dinghy sailors at the first Governor's Cup were new to racing and fairly new to sailing. But a number of the sailors were old hands from Grand Lake, Carlyle Lake, and Lake Cheney near Wichita. It can blow really hard on those lakes so the sailors from there were used to wind. But they were not used to the oscillations of the wind or the gusts that we were getting that day. Needless to say Stockton Lake got a fierce reputation after the first Governor's Cup. Some sailors left saying never again. Others considered the lake a real challenge and wanted to return to see if they could survive a second time around. The Division of State Parks hosted a magnificent meal and entertainment following the event and set a standard that has been hard to meet ever since. After the first Governor's Cup Regatta the Division of State Parks asked the QCSC if it would be interested in putting a sailing facility in the cove at State Park. The QCSC's membership believed that there would never be enough interest to justify the expense of such a facility. (Actually they were right in regard to Springfield sailors but they forgot about the Kansas City area, which has contributed so many good sailors to Lake Stockton.) Marvin Yarnell built a marina on the main arm of the lake in the State Park. It was located just west of Highway 215 across from the present state park marina. His dock was destroyed by a tornado and he rebuilt on the Little Sac arm at the current location in the State Park. In 1975 the Governor's Cup was finally awarded. The winner was Merle Canfield, a Windsurfer sailor from Newton, Kansas. The Cup was presented by Lt. Gov. William C. Phelps. Other winners included: "Flying Junior" class--Gary Wheatly, Overland Park, KS; "Demon" class--Larry McCracken, Liberty, Mo.; "Laser" class--Jim Pierce, Wichita, KS; "Sweet Sixteen" class--Walt Hodge, Roland Park, KS; "Small Boat Handicap" class--Merle Canfield, Newton, KS; "Butterfly" class--Todd Pasek, Greenwood, MO; "Cruising Catamaran" class-- Mike Alferd, Norman, OK; and "Rhodes Bantam" class--Robert Lytle, St. Louis. The regatta attracted 61 boats from Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas and Oklahoma. A complimentary fish fry was held after Saturday's races, with music provided by the Chet Taylor band of Pittsburg, MO and the Charles Faly band of Bolivar. The Governor's Cup has been held nearly every year since the initial blowout. The sailing club was not able to continue with joint sponsorship with the State Parks Division because of a new requirement by the Division of Parks that liability insurance be provided by those running the race. Since the cost would have been about $2,000, and not affordable by the club, subsequent regattas have been held out of Cedar Ridge (one or two times) and then Orleans Trail. Denny Pilant
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A rock slide has closed Highway 34 between Loveland and Estes Park.
Flood & Wildfire Preparedness Week: Long Duration Flood Events
Flood and wildfire awareness week continues across Colorado with today's message taking a closer look at flood events that last anywhere from several hours to several days.
Rocky Mountain National Park Celebrates 100th Anniversary
Rocky Mountain National Park has had its ups and downs during the past century. In the 1940s, gas rationing cut attendance, and the park is still trying to recover from devastating floods in 2013.
Loveland's 'Cowboy Church' Marks 1 Year Flood Anniversary
A congregation in Loveland came together over the weekend to celebrate the rebirth of their church that was destroyed in the 2013 flooding.
Jamestown Residents Rebuilding Year After Flood
The small mountain community of Jamestown commemorated the devastating flood of last September with blown-up posters of typewritten notes hung on the ceiling of the town hall.
Flood Recovery Continues, But Deep Scars Remain
In the disaster zone left behind after the September 2013 flood, there are still numerous side roads and rural driveways that need to be repaired.
FEMA Wants Money Back From Flood-Ravished Mountain Town
After last fall's flooding the Federal Emergency Management Agency gave thousands of dollars to a small Colorado community, but now FEMA says the grant was a mistake and wants its money back.
Big Thompson Flood Remembered 38 Years Later
The Big Thompson flood struck 38 years ago, claiming the lives of more than 140 people.
Volunteers Pack Sandbags In Loveland In Advance Of Flooding
Volunteers were out all day packing sandbags in Loveland on Friday hoping that all of the hard work will help save homes.