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Can I Get There By Candlelight?by Jean Slaughter Doty
Gail takes her horse Candlelight out to explore the woods, but suddenly she's swept into the past! Can she return to the present, or will she and Candy be stuck in the past forever?
The Crumbby Jean Slaughter Doty
Cindy thought the summer job at the Ashford stables was a dream: working with the young riders, grooming and training their ponies, and attending the shows where some of the finest horses in the country were competing. But slowly the dream cracks and eventually shatters, as Cindy is painfully forced to acknowledge that for some people, winning is all. Jean Slaughter Doty, an accomplished horsewoman who knows the show world well, has written a taut, hard-hitting story combining accurate details on training horses with a provocative, often shocking look at the professional world of horse competition. As Cindy narrates the events of a remarkable summer, horse-lovers as well as novices will be captivated by a thrilling sport and empathize with this rugged young girl as The Crumb draws to an electrifying climax.
Dark Horseby Jean Slaughter Doty
It was like a dream come true. Abby had always loved riding, and now a lanky brown horse named Sandy was giving her the chance she needed to break into the exciting world of show-jumping. After she accidentally discovers his incredible jumping prowess, his owners ask Abby to show him in competitions. This fantastic jumper makes it all seem easy, and they finish first in class after class, becoming overnight celebrities. But suddenly the horse turns violent and Abby's dream is over. Sandy got Abby into the big time. Now the rest is up to her--if she wants it badly enough. Does she have enough skill and discipline to make it as a top-class rider without him? Abby doesn't know--until Sandy helps her find the answer. Dark Horse is an engrossing story set in the demanding world of horse-show competition by the well-known author of many popular novels for young readers.
Gabrielby Jean Slaughter Doty
When the starving orphan puppy she saves turns out to be a valuable Keeshond, Linda experiences the grief of giving him up to his rightful owner and the joy of watching him trained as a champion show dog. Images are described.
If Wishes Were Horsesby Jean Slaughter Doty
It was a perfect Virginia spring morning, sweet with the smell of new buds and warming earth ... I wished savagely that it was a gray, miserable day, but I had no more control over the weather than I did over what was happening to our farm and the horses. Thirteen-year-old Stephany Reed has grown up on Thunder Rock Farm, where for many years her family has bred and raised Thoroughbred racehorses. And in the last few months, since her father's death, she and her older sister, Camilla, have kept the farm going on their own. Caring for the broodmares and stallions and the newborn foals is hard work but satisfying, and the two girls even begin to hope that they will be able to pay off the debts that threaten Thunder Rock's future. Then, suddenly, disaster strikes, endangering the very lives of the horses they love... Jean Slaughter Doty's engrossing novel offers an insider's view of life on a Virginia horse farm as it tells the story of two girls' struggle to keep their family business alive.
The Monday Horsesby Jean Slaughter Doty
Her pony's accident provides Cassie with an introduction to show horses.
Summer Ponyby Jean Slaughter Doty
Ginny has always dreamed of having her very own pony, so when her parents agree to rent her a pony for the summer, Ginny is thrilled! But when Mokey arrives, she is shaggy, dirty, and half-starved-not at all what Ginny had in mind. Can Ginny still have the summer of her dreams?
The Valley of the Poniesby Jean Slaughter Doty
For an awful moment, Jennifer wondered whether she had made a mistake. She'd never taken care of a pony completely by herself and here was Melissa, so much bigger than she had seemed back at the riding stable, acting tired and fussy after her long trip in the horse trailer, and depending on Jennifer to make her comfortable in the old cow barn. Maybe she shouldn't have agreed to take the pony for the summer. But having a pony of her own, even a borrowed one, turns Jennifer's summer into a dream come true. Through long, bright days, she and the gentle Melissa explore the countryside and make friends with a herd of beautiful show ponies that run free in a fenced-in valley. The dream becomes a nightmare, however, when the ponies' lives are threatened and only Jennifer and Melissa can save them.
Winter Ponyby Jean Slaughter Doty
GINNY FINALLY HAS the pony she has always dreamed of, and now she and Mokey are looking forward to a winter full of new adventures. Together, they explore the snow-filled woods and even learn to drive a sleigh. As usual, Mokey has plenty of surprises in store, including one that Ginny can't believe: Mokey is expecting a foal! This classic Jean Slaughter Doty tale--now with all-new illustrations by Ruth Sanderson--is back in print after more than 20 years for yet another generation of riders to enjoy.
Yesterday's Horsesby Jean Slaughter Doty
While riding in the mountains, Kelly finds an orphaned foal that seems to belong to a breed of horses supposedly extinct for thousands of years. Is Zipper really an early ancestor of modern horses, and does she hold the key to a disease that is killing local horses?
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Guest editorial: Paolo Timoni
The Powersports Market in 2025: A Vision
During the first part of 2011 sales of scooters have increased dramatically as a result of higher gas prices. Along with a slowly improving economy and credit market, the sales of motorcycles also have grown, although at a more moderate pace. While this is certainly good news, it does not appear to be good enough to restore full confidence among most industry folks — and understandably so.
From 2007 to 2010 the industry experienced a decline in excess of 50 percent in annual retail sales of motorcycles and scooters. As a result, in 2010, only about one in 400 U.S. adults purchased a new motorcycle or scooter.
Within the last 40 years, industry retail sales have gone through several major ups and downs. It appears, however, that overall the propensity of American consumers to buy and use two-wheeled products has been declining. The best year for motorcycles and scooters sales in the U.S. was 1973, when American consumers purchased about 1.5 million new vehicles. After that, industry sales declined, and through several ups and downs, sales bottomed in 1992 with only about 280,000 new vehicles retailed.
Retail sales peaked again in 2006 at about 1.2 million new vehicles — or about 20 percent fewer vehicles than in 1973. It's important to understand that during the 1973 to 2006 period, the total number of American consumers increased by more than 40 percent, and their inflation-adjusted total net worth grew by more than 120 percent. We therefore cannot pretend to ignore that, even before the recent financial crisis, a larger population with a larger total purchasing power was buying fewer powersports products, even though the products are the best ever in terms of quality, performance, features and design.
This is mind-boggling — depressing, even — for the passionate people in our industry. Will retail sales ever reach the 2006 level ever again? Are higher oil prices the only hope for sustainable higher retail sales? Will gas prices in 2012 be $3.50 a gallon, or $5 a gallon? What will gas prices be in 2020?
Predicting the future is an elusive art form. One articulate, compelling argument likely has an equally articulate, compelling opposing view. So, with good reason, I don't think it's useful to share yet another forecast. Instead, I'll try to articulate my own imaginary, desired version of the powersports world of the year 2025 and a series of events that might lead to that future.
My main purpose here is just to entertain you and, if possible, to spark a conversation. It's my belief that the actions of a large number of people and organizations, the industry stakeholders, including you, that will define its future.
It is a cold and bright morning on this day in February 2026. As usual, many industry participants are gathered in Indianapolis for the traditional meeting organized by a preeminent industry organization. Its president is preparing to deliver the initial opening address. Despite his golden age, he looks unusually perky -- excited, even. He has been leading the organization for more than 20 years, and while there had been times in which he appeared a little bit discouraged — like when he had to address the crowd in the winter of 2010 — he had put a lot of work and passion into it. He had announced his retirement many times in the last few years, but with all the incredible things going on in the industry, he could never let it go. The crowd was very spirited as a result of great retail sales during the previous year, and all were a bit emotional too, as they knew this was going to be his last address.
Sitting as usual on the left corner of the stage, behind a long table, he took the microphone and started his address.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I am very pleased to let you know that in 2025, once again, we have broken all previous industry records. More than 28 million people in the U.S. used our products last year. That is nearly four times the number we had back in 2010. About 18 million used them for personal urban transportation, and about 14 million as recreational vehicles, with nearly 4 million consumers using their vehicles for both purposes. The number of total miles ridden has been estimated at about 8 times the value it was back in 2010.
"The majority of consumers still own or lease their vehicle, but nearly one-third rent or share it when they need it, thanks to new and appealing offerings from new and old industry participants. Extremely fuel-efficient gas powered, hybrid and electric vehicles are now found both on-road and off-road. We cannot call our industry the 'two-wheeled industry' anymore since many vehicles nowadays have three or four wheels.
"The industry has been a beacon for innovation with new solutions for electronic breaking, electronic traction control and stability, and to protect customers from inclement weather. Vehicles with electric, hybrid, and thermal engines with displacement up to 500cc now represent about 65 percent of current retail sales.
"The number of indoor and outdoor facilities where customers can practice all kinds of on-road and off-road motor sport activities is the highest it has ever been, and the number of people engaging in the practice of motor sports is at its highest record. Thanks to the contribution of all of you, we have permanently changed the landscape of urban transportation, providing a significant contribution to the objectives of energy conservation and reduction in traffic congestions.
"Also, thanks to new partnerships, our products have allowed million of American to rediscover the beauty of our country: from mountains to seashores, lakes and deserts, and national parks, travel and ride is nowadays a very visible and appreciated activity. Total retail sales of new vehicles last year topped 2.4 million units, nearly five times the number recorded back in 2010. Since 2010, the industry has created in excess of 200,000 new domestic jobs — not a bad result for a 'small' industry! The industry is today as strong and successful as it has ever been, and therefore it is with great pleasure that I finally wish to announce my retirement, effective today."
As soon as he was finished, the crowd erupted in cheers, and then everybody started to mingle and chat. As I was walking around, I listened to many people reflecting on what they heard, discussing their opinions on major events that determined the growth and success of the industry. As I was carefully listening, I started to take some notes, and the following is a summary of what I heard:
2012: A large group of U.S. powersports dealers united and created a new national association to promote changes in legislation regarding driver licensing, traffic rules, parking, and responsible access to public land for off-road recreational purposes. Back in 2011, with retail sales of motor scooter and motorcycles growing again as a result of higher gas prices, people started to have more confidence that this new trend was here to stay. At the same time, observing all major automotive players focusing their advertising on fuel efficiency and releasing a significant number of new vehicles with on highway mileage in excess of 40 mpg, it became also clear that competition would intensify significantly. In order to have a fair chance to compete, powersports OEMs and dealers needed some changes in existing legislation to eliminate those hurdles that put their products at a competitive disadvantage. The time had come for dealers to commit to make those changes happen. Starting from 2014, one state after another started to enact legislation that created a more leveled playing field, and industry growth accelerated accordingly.
2013: As high gas prices continued to drive demand for scooters, a leading car-sharing company introduced a fleet of scooters in selected urban markets for hourly or daily rentals. The initiative proved highly successful and was quickly extended to other metropolitan markets and copied by other competitors. Back in 2011, it was already very clear that many consumers, especially the younger ones belonging to the millennial generation, considered sharing items a very desirable form of consumption — cars, apartments, gardening tools, bicycles, kids clothing, and many other things were already shared by millions and millions of people thanks to new business initiatives of many young and creative ventures (i.e. airbnb.com, bookcrossing.com, freecycle.org, gobble.com, liquidspace.com, neighborgoods.net, taskrabbit.com, thredup.com, zimride.com, etc.). By 2013, it was the time to add motorcycles and scooters to the list and, by 2025, about one-third of total U.S. riders were sharing instead of owning their vehicles.
2014: A leading OEM introduced a smartphone interface for their motorcycles, capturing and storing all kind of data related to the vehicle performance and the customers' rides. Once back home, customers could review all aspects of their vehicle performance, monitor maintenance requirements, and compete against themselves in new computer riding simulators. The new product and its related applications became extremely popular, and in few years, were adopted by all major brands — creating a new level of intimacy and interactivity between customers and their motorcycles, and bridging the industry one step further into the 21st century.
2015: After a long and extenuating debate lasting more than 30 years, Congress had finally approved a new law that, over the following five years, gradually increased direct and indirect taxes on gasoline. This resulted in a gasoline price increase of more than 50 percent. Back in 2011, people had once again observed that gasoline prices in the major European countries were more than double U.S. prices because of higher taxes and duties used to fund the development and maintenance of their transportation infrastructure. In the U.S., such policy had proven very unpopular since the early '80s and, as a result, the total spending for the development and maintenance of the transportation infrastructure as a percentage of GDP had been constantly declining over the years to a level that, by 2010, was less than half the average level found in major European countries, a situation that was clearly unsustainable. Faced with a crumbling infrastructure, a level of road fatalities 60 percent higher than Europe, several collapses of roads and bridges, severe traffic congestion, and a still-lagging job market, Congress finally found the strength to face reality and increase the level of gasoline taxes and funding for the transportation infrastructure. After a few years, the decision turned out to be very popular, as the transportation infrastructure improved visibly, road fatalities and traffic congestions declined, and significant job opportunities were created for construction workers.
2016: For the first time ever, new motorcycles with engine displacement of 250cc or electric powertrains targeting millennial potential new customers represented the largest share of new product introductions by all major OEMs. With about 21 million millennials already older than 25, younger customers with their different product requirements and a higher propensity to ride already had started to influence industry retail sales and OEMs' new products development back in 2011. With an additional 60 million millennials expected to turn older than 25 in the period of 2011–2025, leading OEMs made sure not to miss the new market opportunity.
2017: A major OEM and a major player from the travel and lodging industry announced a new partnership to launch a new travel and ride offering to jointly promote the discovery of our beautiful domestic resort destinations and the joy of riding. With one single click, customers could book vacation packages in many unique domestic destinations that included motorcycle rentals. The offering turned out to be very popular with both younger customers and older empty-nesters, and was quickly emulated by many other businesses, creating a whole new segment in the domestic travel industry and a significant expansion of opportunities for recreational riding.
2018: The editor of a leading industry consumer magazine was nominated as the Powersport Industry Executive of the Year for his outstanding contribution to the development of the industry. Over the last few years, the magazine had gradually rebalanced its focus from reviewing new products to helping consumers deal with the many lifestyle choices needed for the usage and enjoyment of the industry products: what are the implications of commuting on a scooter? Who are the best motorcycle safety trainers? What is the annual budget required to practice the sport of motorcycle racing? How and where can I organize a riding vacation? Enjoying motorcycles entails a long series of decisions that goes well beyond which motorcycle to buy. By embracing this simple concept and delivering its content through print and multimedia interactive platforms the media industry had played a major role in increasing customer satisfaction and therefore in the growth of the industry. Everybody therefore agreed that the award was very well deserved.
2019: Three- and four-wheeled scooters and motorcycles are for the first time the highest volume selling vehicles among baby boomers. The company that led the development of those products turned out to be among the fastest growing in the industry. For more than 30 years, baby boomers had been the largest buying customer segment of motorcycles in U.S. Their taste and preferences drove the development of the cruiser market segment and the sport market segment, among others, and shaped the evolution of the industry for many years. In 2010, the older baby boomers turned 65 years old. In the following 15-year period, an additional 57 million baby boomers were expected to turn 65 years old —their passion for motorcycles and scooters as high as ever. What were needed were ambitious OEMs willing to break some of the established rules and offer them the right products.
While the challenges had at times appeared to be quite enormous, to many it was always clear that the possibilities were also extremely compelling and it was very refreshing to see that once again a good story had indeed a happy ending.
Exclusive to Dealernews. Do you agree with Timoni's wish list for the industry? Comment below. -- Ed.


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NEW ORLEANS, LA– The Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport is pleased to announce that low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines will add two (2) new destinations from New Orleans. On August 1, 2014, Spirit Airlines will begin a daily non-stop flight from New Orleans to Houston (IAH) and Ft. Lauderdale (FLL) with their all-Airbus fleet. The flight to Ft. Lauderdale is timed to allow for their many connections to Central America from that city.
NEW ORLEANS, LA – Today, the Mayor's Office of Cultural Economy issued filming notices to New Orleans residents in the Uptown area.
NEW ORLEANS, LA – Today, Mayor Landrieu joined City Councilmembers, City officials, and FEMA to break ground on the Carrollton Hollygrove Senior Center facility at 3300 Hamilton Street. The new $3 million multi-purpose senior center will replace a 10,200 square foot, two-story facility destroyed during Hurricane Katrina. The Center, operated by the New Orleans Council on Aging, will include a 19,000 square foot, two-story multi-purpose space for senior day care activities.
NEW ORLEANS,LA - New Orleans' tourism industry welcomed 9.28 million visitors in 2013, an increase of three percent, or about 272,000 people, from 2012 (9.01 million). The 9.28 million visitors spent $6.47 billion, a 4.5 percent increase over 2012 and the highest spending in the city's history, according to a study released today.
NEW ORLEANS, LA – The New Orleans Aviation Board (NOAB) and City of New Orleans are aggressively seeking and encouraging DBEs (disadvantage business enterprises) to participate on the new $650 million North Terminal project at the Airport. Since the January announcement of the plans for a new terminal, officials have hosted two DBE outreach sessions to inform and encourage local DBE participation. The terminal is set to open ahead of the 300th anniversary of New Orleans in May 2018.
NEW ORLEANS, LA— Today, Mayor Mitch Landrieu announced a new multi-year initiative focused on race, reconciliation and community-building. Funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Welcome Table New Orleans, will bring citizens of different racial groups and backgrounds together to build relationships that lead to improvements in key areas throughout the city.
NEW ORLEANS, LA— With the 2014 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival set to open at the Fair Grounds Race Course on Friday, April 25, the City issued a reminder today regarding the procedures and requirements for permitting for public parking in the festival's vicinity as well as businesses selling goods. This year's Festival dates are Friday, April 25 to Sunday, April 27 and Thursday, May 1 to Sunday, May 4.
NEW ORLEANS, LA – Today, the Mayor's Office of Cultural Economy issued filming notices to New Orleans residents in Central City.
NEW ORLEANS, LA — Today, the City of New Orleans issued parking instructions and reminders in advance of the Crescent City Classic 10-K road race scheduled to take place on Saturday, April 19, 2014.
NEW ORLEANS, LA—New Orleans City Hall and City offices will be closed tomorrow, April 18, 2014, in observance of the Easter holiday.
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Woodson "Scott" Jones, MD is the Dean, Designated Institutional Official (DIO) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium (SAUSHEC). SAUSHEC is comprised of 32 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) accredited training programs with approximately 600 interns, residents and fellows. SAUSHEC is also comprised of approximately 21 graduate-level allied health training programs with approximately 100 trainees. Dr. Jones served as the Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education (GME), SAUSHEC, and Director of Medical Education for the 59th Medical Wing, Lackland AFB, until his retirement from the Air Force in June 2011. Dr. Jones successfully completed the Association of American Medical Colleges Graduate Medical Education Leadership Development Course in May 2011. Dr. Jones holds academic appointments as Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio (UTHSCSA) and as an Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), Bethesda, MD. His previous positions include: 1) Pediatric Residency Program Director, SAUSHEC 2) Chief of Pediatrics, Craig Joint Theater Hospital, Bagram AB, Afghanistan 3) Pediatric Clerkship Director, USUHS 3) Director of Medical Student Education, Wilford Hall Medical Center (WHMC) 4) Maternal/Child Flight Commander, 31st Medical Group, Aviano AB, Italy, and 5) Chief of Residents, Department of Pediatrics, WHMC. Dr. Jones completed his Pediatric Residency at WHMC in 1993, graduated in 1990 Alpha Omega Alpha from the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, and in 1986 with a BA in Biology from Baylor University.
Dr. Jones honors include multiple research, clinical and teaching awards, to include William P. Clement, Jr. Award for Excellence in Education, awarded to the uniformed faculty educator who exemplifies the principles of excellence in education by personal example and performance from the USUHS Class of 2006. In 2012, he was selected as an honorary member of the Order of Military Medical Merit for his contributions to U.S. Army Medical Department. Dr. Jones academic career includes 80 plus published articles/chapters/abstracts/national/international presentations, primarily in medical education. Dr. Jones remains clinically active serving as pediatric ward and nursery attending at the San Antonio Military Medical Center and supervises residents in the outpatient pediatric clinic at the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center. While in the Air Force, he was awarded the Legion of Merit Medal, the Joint Service and AF Meritorious Service Medals, AF Commendation Medal, Joint Service and AF Achievement Medals, two NATO medals and an Afghanistan Campaign Medal.


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Spending some time in Jacmel Haiti was life changing for me, this boy was one of the reasons. We never found out his name, he saw us one day working on some houses and followed us for two days straight. His smile and joy is what gripped my heart. This photo was taken when we went to visit the local beach; he ended up sitting down on this rundown boat - I couldn't have asked for a better shot.
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The Dance Language of the Honey Bee
There can be no argument that the most famous aspect of honey bee biology is their method of recruitment, commonly known as the honey bee dance language. It has served as a model example of animal communication in biology courses at all levels, and is one of the most fascinating behaviors that can be observed in nature.
The dance language is used by one individual to communicate two items of information to one ore more receivers: the distance and direction to a location (typically a food source, such as a patch of flowers). It is usually used when an experienced forager returns to her colony with a load of food, either nectar or pollen. If the quality of the food is sufficiently high, she will often perform a "dance" on the surface of the wax comb to recruit new foragers to the resource. The dance language is also used to recruit scout bees to a new nest site during the process of reproductive fission, or swarming. Recruits follow the dancing bee to obtain the information it contains, and then exit the hive to the location of interest. The distance and direction information contained in the dance are representations of the source's location (see Components of the Dance Language), and thus is the only known abstract "language" in nature other than human language.
The dance language is inextricably associated with Dr. Karl von Frisch, who is widely accredited with discovering its meaning. He and his students carefully described the different components of the language through decades of research. Their experiments typically used glass-walled observation hives, training marked foragers to artificial feeders placed at known distances from a colony, and carefully measuring the angle and duration of the dances when the foragers returned. His work eventually earned him the Nobel Prize (in Medicine) in 1973.
The concept of a honey bee language, however, has not been free of skepticism. Several scientists have argued that simply because the dance exists does necessarily mean that it communicates information about the location of a food source. Those critics have argued that floral odors on a forager's body are the major cues that recruits use to locate novel food sources. Many experiments have directly tested this alternative hypothesis and demonstrated the importance of floral odors in food location.
The biological reality, however, is somewhere in between these two extremes. The current conventional wisdom holds that recruits go to the area depicted in the dance, but then "home in" to the flower patch using odor cues. Indeed, researchers have built a robotic honey bee that is able to perform the dance language and recruit novice foragers to specific locations. The robot, however, is unable to properly recruit foragers to a food source unless there is some odor cue on its surface. Nevertheless, it is clear that honey bees use the distance and direction information communicated by the dance language, which represents one of the most intriguing examples of animal communication.
Components of the dance language
At its core, there are two things communicated in a dance: distance and direction. These two pieces of information are translated into separate components of the dance.
When a food source is very close to the hive (i.e., less than 50 meters away), a forager performs a round dance (see Figure). She does so by running around in narrow circles, suddenly reversing direction to her original course. She may repeat the dance several times at the same location or move to another location to repeat the dance. After the round dance has ended, she often distributes food to the bees following her. A round dance, therefore, communicates distance ("close to the hive"), but no direction.
Food sources that are at intermediate distances, between 50 and 150 meters away from the hive, are recruited to with the sickle dance. The form of this dance is crecent-shaped, a transitional dance between a round dance and a figure-eight waggle dance (see below).
A waggle dance, or wag-tail dance, is performed by bees foraging at food sources that are over 150 meters away from the hive. This dance, unlike the round and sickle dances, communicates both distance and direction² to potential recruits. A bee that performs a waggle dance runs straight ahead for a short distance, returns in a semicircle to the starting point, runs again through the straight course, then makes a semicircle in the opposite direction to complete a full, figure-eight circuit. While running the straight-line course of the dance, the bee's body, especially the abdomen, wags vigorously sideways. This vibration of the body gives a tail-wagging motion. At the same time, the bee emits a train of buzzing sound at a low frequency of 250-300 Hertz (cycles per second) with a pulse duration of about 20 milliseconds and a repetition of frequency of ca 30 seconds. The sound is produced by wingbeats.
While several variables of the waggle dance are correlated with distance information (e.g., dance "tempo", duration of buzzing sounds), the duration of the straight run portion of the dance, measured in seconds, is the simplest and most reliable indicator of distance. As the distance to the food source increases, the duration of the waggling portion of the dance (the "waggle run") also increases. The relationship is roughly linear, as shown in the figure. For example, a forager that performs a waggle run that lasts 2.5 seconds is recruiting for a food source located approximately 2625 meters away.
While the representation of distance in the waggle dance is relatively straight-forward, the method of communicating direction is more complicated and abstract. The orientation of the dancing bee during the straight portion of her waggle dance indicates the location of the food source relative to the sun. The angle that the bee adpots, relative to vertical, represents the angle to the flowers relative to the direction of the sun outside of the hive. In other words, the dancing bee transposes the solar angle into the gravitational angle. The figure below gives three examples. A forager recruiting to a food source in the same direction as the sun will perform a dance with the waggle run portion directly up on the comb. Conversely, if the food source were located directly away from the sun, the straight run would be directed vertically down. If the food source were 60 degrees to the left of the sun, the waggle run would be 60 degrees to the left of vertical.
Because the direction information is relative to the sun's position, not the compass direction, a forager's dance for a particular resource will change over time. This is because the sun's position moves over the course of a day. For example, a food source located due east will have foragers dance approximately straight up in the morning (because the sun rises in the east), but will have foragers dance approximately straight down in the late afternoon (because the sun sets in the west). Thus the time of day (or, more importantly, the location of the sun) is an important variable to interpret the direction information in the dance.
The sun's position is also a function of one's geographic location and the time of year. The sun will always move from from east to west over the course of the day. However, above the tropic of cancer, the sun will always be in the south, whereas below the tropic of capricorn, the sun will always be in the north. Within the tropics, the sun can pass to the south or to the north, depending on the time of year.
In summary, in order to translate the direction information contained in the honey bee dance language, one must know the angle of the waggle run (with respect to gravity) and the compass direction of the sun (which depends on location, date, and time of day).
The following tutorial enables you to vary the numerous parameters that are important to a foraging honey bee so that you may see how she would dance to recruit other foragers to the same resource.
Click HERE to start the tutorial, or use this address:
- Move the cursor over the image to start the movie.
- Change the various parameters to see how the dance changes. Move the locator on the map to change the position of the hive on the globe, or switch to a map of the continental US. In both cases, the default location is Raleigh, NC. Move the slide bars on the right to vary julian date, time of day, food source location, and food source direction.
- As you change each variable, the parameters that are affected will be highlighted and recalculated.
- The angle of the sun (azimuth) as a function of the time of day is plotted on the left, and the compass directions of the sun and food source is plotted on the right.
- The distance and direction information in the dance will be automatically recalculated, and the forager will change her dance accordingly.
Other notes
- All calculations are performed as the mouse is moving, which may affect the real-time speed of the dance. After you change the variables, keep the cursor still to see the correct tempo of the dance.
- The latitude, longitude, and azimuth calculations are approximations, not exact values. Please, no angry emails from astronomers!
- The sun rise and sun set times do not include factors such as daylight savings time, change in horizon, and altitude, so the amount of daylight for a given date may vary from what is plotted in the graph.
- To get accurate data for the sun's position, go to the US Naval Observatory.
- Frisch, Karl von. 1967. The Dance Language and Orientation of Bees. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, pp. 566.
- Frisch, Karl von. 1976. Bees: Their Vision, Chemical Senses, and Language. Cornell University Press, Revised Edition, Ithaca, N.Y., pp. 157.
- Seeley, Thomas D. 1995. The Wisdom of the Hive: The Social Physiology of Honey Bee Colonies. Harvard University Press, pp. 295.
- Wenner, Adrian M. and Patrick H. Wells. 1990. Anatomy of A Controversy: The Question of a "Language" Among Bees. Columbia University Press, New York, pp. 399.
- Dance diagrams: from von Frisch, 1976 p. 70.
- Direction figure: from Barth, F. G. 1982. Insects and Flowers: The Biology of a Partnership, p. 221, Princeton University Press


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AbstractPolypeptides are envisaged to achieve a major impact on a number of different relevant areas such as biomedicine and biotechnology. Acquired knowledge and the increasing interest on amino acids, peptides and proteins is establishing a large panel of these biopolymers whose physical, chemical and biological properties are ruled by their controlled sequences and composition. Polymer therapeutics has helped to establish these polypeptide-based constructs as polymeric nanomedicines for different applications, such as disease treatment and diagnostics. Herein, we provide an overview of the advantages of these systems and the main methodologies for their synthesis, highlighting the different polypeptide architectures and the current research towards clinical applications.
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The federal government has Texas in its crosshairs. Our state's sovereignty, as guaranteed in the 10th Amendment, is at stake. I will oppose Washington power grabs in violation of our state's rights. Effective government is limited government at the local level — not overseen by bureaucrats in DC. I will stand strong against efforts by Washington to limit our liberties and to further place us in debt.
I believe in the rule of law and will support efforts to increase border security to ensure our homeland security. Where the federal government has faltered, Texas must lead by increasing the role of Texas law enforcement (e.g., Rangers), by adopting advanced technologies, and by conducting targeted operations, so that crime rates decrease and our border is more secure. Hard-earned taxpayer dollars should benefit taxpayers — not individuals who are here illegally. With tuition continually rising and competition over grant money increasing, the Texas legislature must address the fact that illegal immigrants still receive in-state tuition along with taxpayer-funded financial aid.
Outside of family and church, I believe our education system is the most important influence on our children. Our economic competitiveness depends greatly upon a well-educated citizenry. So I believe our hard-earned money should be spent in the classroom to benefit our children — not to the benefit education bureaucrats. Teachers should have the freedom to develop each child's God-given attributes and abilities instead of just teaching to a test. The 83rd Legislature passed some important education reforms, and I will continue that work. I strongly oppose a one-size-fits-all education system that imposes top-down curricula while taking away local control from parents, teachers, and school boards. The federal government should respect its constitutional responsibility and not intrude into our state's education system. Programs like CSCOPE and Common Core have no place in Texas classrooms. All curricula and lesson planning platforms (including those online) should fall under the supervision of the State Board of Education. I believe children and parents should have the ability to benefit from school choice and from charter schools.
I am an avid fisher and hunter, so I recognize the importance of firearms in American culture; but while responsible gun ownership and hunting are important, our right to bear arms, at its core, is the greatest check against unconstitutional and oppressive government. As Thomas Jefferson wrote, "no free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." I firmly support the 2nd Amendment and will work to curtail laws in Texas that curtail our gun rights; correspondingly, I support the passage of open-carry and campus-carry legislation.
Nobody should have to rent their owned property from the government. Property taxes have become an unfair burden for many Texans. I will work to reduce or eliminate property taxes. Since the Kelo Supreme Court decision, Texas has passed laws against eminent domain abuse. I will further defend our property rights by supporting legislation that
1) Ensures government takings are strictly for public use as constitutionally required;
2) Gives Texas property owners the ability to repurchase their eminent-domain seized property if it's not ultimately for public use;
3) Applies property rights protections to municipalities as well as counties so that all Texans have the same remedy against eminent domain abuse.


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At work we are running Windows 2000 Server. On this we have a
public drive, shared by all users in the company holding information
on employees. We have a machine which links directly to the bank to
process wages. In order to do this though, our wages clerk needs to
update the contents of an employee wages Access 2000 db, residing on
the mentioned public drive.
When we try to open the said database, and any other applications
like Excel, Word, or even Notepad, an error appears telling us that
there has either been a Network or Disk Error (Access) or that files
are read only, or that files path names are invalid and can't be
found. In short, we can see the drive content but can't open any of
the files. When we do try to open files, the CPU usage runs at 100%
and doesn't come back down unless you use task manager to end tasks.
I've tried to do the following things in the hope that they'd help but
none have worked:
1) Reinstall network card drivers.
2) Use a new network card.
3) Reinstall TCP/IP.
4) Ran 3 spyware detectors.
5) Remapped the mentioned public drive. Using the full and correct
6) Changed the actual network connections and cat5 cabling.
7) Changed the leads into the switch in our server cupboard.
It's getting to the stage where it's frustrating.
Any help would be appreciated.


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COLLEGE STATION - Texas A&M-Corpus Christi was scheduled to compete in the Texas A&M Invite but heavy rains on Friday presented unsafe conditions cancelling the race.
Despite the soggy conditions the show would still go on as TAMUCC, UTSA, Texas State, Houston Baptist and Texas-Pan America put together an impromptu race deemed the Brazos Open that took place at Central Park in College Station.
On the women's side, the Islanders flexed their depth placing six in the top ten and eight of the top 20 finishers in the race. Coming in first for the Islanders was Sarah De Los Santos with a time of 19:03 which was good for third overall in the race.
Coming in fourth through sixth were BreAnna Briggs, Shelby Nichols, Melissa Jones. Rounding out the top 10 were Sheila Salil who finished eight and Faith Barlow who came in at number 10. Seniors Meghan Lemke and Anne Ronoh were held out due to the wet conditions, Caitlin Arambula started but did not finish.
"Our girls ran very well on a soft and wet course, the freshmen performed really well this morning in their first individual race. Everyone ran well despite the situation that we were in, I'm happy with how the women are starting to show some positives," said cross country head coach Shawn Flanagan.
For the men, Jordan Valle who was part of the Southland Conference runner of the week duo came in with the best overall time at 21:25, right next to TAMUCC graduate assistant Shadrack Songok who ran unattached. The next highest finish was by Patrick Kemei who finished 10th. Five Islanders finished 11, 15, 17, 18 and 20 to make up the next 10 spots.
For the overall standings, A&M-Corpus Christi finished in third place behind UTSA and Houston Baptist.
"Jordan looked really good today considering the running conditions and I am proud of what he accomplished today. Other guys also ran well with how wet the course was this morning," said Flanagan "We have things that we can build on for this weekend to help us move forward from here but with how wet and rainy I'm fairly pleased with our effort."
The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi cross country teams will not compete until Friday, Sept 25 at the annual Islander Splash Collegiate Races held at West Guth Park starting at 6 p.m.
Women Team Standings-
1. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 26
3. Texas State 66
4. Houston Baptist 103
5. Texas-Pan American 114
Islander Women Finish/Times
3. Sarah De Los Santos 19:03
4. BreAnna Briggs 19:08
5. Shelby Nichols 19:09
6. Melissa Jones 19:14
8. Sheila Salil 19:19
10. Faith Barlow 19:30
13. Courtney Johnson 19:39
17. Daniela Prado 20:05
Men Team Standings
2. Houston Baptist 49
3. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 54
4. Texas-Pan American 116
5. Texas State 116
Men's Finish/Times
1. Jordan Valle 21:25
10. Patrick Kimeli 22:18
11. Eloy Zertuche 22:18
15. Daniel Barlow 22:35
17. Curtis Patton 22:40
18. Ari Perez 22:42
20. David Wells 22:42


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Brendan Keenan: Reform is more important than reduction -- in every sphere
Most savings will be wiped out by the debt interest rate -- welcome to the austerity trap
Published 07/10/2012 | 05:00
IT'S the little things that get you, right enough. There we were, looking at a €300m hole in the 2012 health budget and all the fuss was about two primary health centres which may, or may not, be in the wrong place
That €300m is an impossible figure to grasp (though not as impossible as the €13,000m spent on the health service this year), whereas everyone can grasp the issues in Swords and Balbriggan. As a result, this has caused the Government far more trouble.
It may have nothing to do with the Health Minister's political woes, but one got the sense at the presentation of official financial figures for the first nine months of 2012 that there was little stomach for trying to correct the health budget overshoot between now and the end of the year.
It could have something to do with it, though. With internecine war in the department, and the threat of it in the Labour Party and the Coalition, another round of health cuts could provoke an outbreak of ferocious hostilities.
Tuesday's Exchequer returns suggest the Government could meet its budgetary targets without such cuts. Despite all the promises that it would not happen, and the bad historical experiences when it did, it looks like capital investment will make up the brunt of the shortfall, bringing the total close to target.
Services already stretched will have to cope with ever more shoddy equipment, just as in the past.
That may be the Government's fallback position -- but will they get away with it? The troika likes to say that they don't dictate the details, just the overall outcome -- but that's only partly true. A figure was agreed for 2012 health spending, as well as how it was to be achieved. And the troika may well insist that those commitments are honoured.
The real difficulty is that, even if the shortfall is tolerated this year, it then adds to the cuts to be made next year. The next Budget requires "cuts" of over €2bn to achieve an actual fall in day-to-day spending of €1.3bn. Other bits keep rising, as is the way with government spending -- including the automatic payment of increments in the middle of a €6bn reduction plan.
Tax increases planned for 2013 are more modest -- perhaps less than €1bn when the carryover from this year's Budget is included. But actual revenue is meant to increase by €2bn, because growth will be stronger and will generate fresh revenue.
That looks an increasingly forlorn hope. The original plan for a €3.5bn budget correction next year may not be enough to achieve the €800m reduction in the deficit.
No, that is not a misprint.
Most of the budget reduction will be swallowed up by a €2.5bn increase in the interest bill on the burgeoning debt.
This is the austerity trap, where the lack of growth means the corrections produce inadequate reductions in the deficit.
Next year is a turning point. Ireland was the subject of fulsome praise again last week from the heads of both the EU Commission and Parliament. But the targets which were successfully achieved were based on forecasts of low growth. The forecasts were certainly correct, but future targets are based on good, albeit not exceptional, growth.
On this basis the debt payments are supposed to reach their peak next year, before starting to decline. If they do not do so, the hair-trigger limit on debt contained in the plan will be exceeded. Its last bit of credibility will be shot.
I do not know if the government delegation made these arguments on their Brussels trip, but they would have been foolish not to. There really is no scope for Ireland to stimulate growth, and no alternative to continue trying to construct a public service which can be financed at tolerable tax levels.
That leaves debt relief. The Government appeared to make good progress in its arguments for such relief -- perhaps because they can see in Europe as well that time is running out.
But they may also get that same impression that ideas, and political will, are also running out, when it comes to fixing the public finances. The plan to cut more public sector jobs seems to be the only thing that could be described as a policy.
It may help that redundancies can be targeted to where there is seen to be over-staffing. But since it is up to the over-staffed themselves whether they wish to leave, it may not. There are grave doubts whether the size of the public service is really the problem.
Reform would seem more important than reduction. It is a bit depressing then, that reform is what primary health centres are supposed to be about.
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