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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (131 votes).
In short: Watch out for that Pony !!!In full: I fully recommend the Downton Half to anyone. Really good mix of runners and support/spirit during the event was top notch. Marshalls all gave plenty of encouragement and good pockets of support on this lovely rural run through some really scenic parts of the New Forest. Nearly taken out by a couple of Ponies at one point, but it all adds to the experience. The course is certainly a challenge and plenty of hills to mix it up a little. GPS showing 800ft of ascents mostly long drawn out affairs rather than short sharp ones. Sign up - you'll love it :-)Date of review: November 30, 2015
In short: Well-organised. Soup at finish. Individual hot showers at the base. Excellent all round.Date of review: December 5, 2014
In full: My only concern was the queue for number collection, which was snaking out the door when I joined it - if the weather had been harsher there would have been some cold bedraggled runners before the race started! (Or maybe the queue would have found some room for itself indoors if this had been the case). Apparently there was a greater number of entrants than in previous years, which contributed to this, so at least it means that the race is successful!With reference to a review from 2012, I was also comparing the course to others I've run recently ...I'd say it's not as tough as Marlow, but on a par with Burnham Beeches. I noticed the downhills as much as the ups, including a lovely long descent in the middle.Marshals and runners alike were very friendly. Directions to the race venue were clear, as were the arrows on the course.The medal wasn't the fanciest, but the soup and roll at the finish were a nice touch, and very welcome on a chilly day.Oh, another small disappointment is that the results give only gun time, not chip time. I can't honestly recall what was promised, but obviously hoped that I'd get a chip time that was slightly faster than what my watch said.These are minor gripes only, though! This was a lovely race and I am glad I did it!Date of review: December 1, 2014
In short: A great event with only a few minor issuesIn full: Once again Race New Forest staged a great event. However, I have two small gripes: 1) The first water station needs more organisation or more people. Runners in front of me were stopping and waiting to get their cups of water. I don't like to stop so ran straight through. 2) The sign for the second water station was too far away from the actual station!However, neither of these issues really affected me as I completed the race in my first ever sub 2 hour even though I wouldn't consider this a PB event!Date of review: December 1, 2014
In short: second time and not the lastIn full: I have just got back to Bristol after my second go at the Downton Half - I remember why I went back now; It is a great event. Much nicer more sociable feel than a big city event, very friendly runners and marshalls.The weather was a perfect late autumn morning with some mist but no rain. The roads were quiet with few cars. Hills certainly slow you down compared to a flat race but not insurmountable, only a few people stopped to walk up them. Last mile or two downhill which was great.Cake and soup at the end. Spot on on a slightly cool autumn day.Pity there were no New Forest ponies in the road this year - last time it amused me greatly having to run around them.If this event was nearer to Bristol I would do it every year. It is almost perfect.Date of review: November 30, 2014
In short: Beautiful race, beautifully organised.In full: Thanks to all for a great morning. I will make this a feature of my race diary every year now as the scenery is terrific and the course challenging enough without being off-putting. Loved the hills and the views they provided.Date of review: November 26, 2013
In short: The course took us up lots of lovely hills and through the beautiful New Forest - stunning scenery! Super support from all the marshalls too!Date of review: November 24, 2013
In short: Beautiful scenery, challenging hills and good weather!In full: Second time doing this. Benefitted from great weather and as always friendly and good support round course. Will be back againDate of review: November 24, 2013
In short: Lovely race, tough but not crazy.In full: Just came back from the 2013 event. You have to love the New Forest! On a couple of occasions you had to navigate around horses on the road, which only adds to the fun! This is a lovely race - the route is quite attractive but it is not easy. Plenty of hills, some of which are real calf biters. Many thanks to the organisers and all volunteers. The soup was most welcome on a chilly day as well! May well be back next year.Date of review: November 24, 2013
In short: Seriously tough.......and wet!In full: This was the final event in the 2012 Wiltshire Road Race League and I decided to target it as my first Half Marathon for five years. The course presented two particularly tough climbs and great views, lots of running water on the course but at least it didn't rain.I agree with the previous comment about the medal being a bit naff, and I have got hundreds of them so would appreciate something a little different, though the memory of weaving around ponies on the run will stay with me.Well signed and well marshaled, good facilities at the Race HQ including individual shower cubicles with own changing room - very nice.Date of review: November 29, 2012
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quote XXIVPretty much the same thing like on the Wii. Are these the tones on the 3DS? o: I was wondering if they were on the 3DS and stuff, and I'm guessing they are with the images I said I seen from that thread with one of the creators/helpers of this game having a Mii head.CharlieSpoiler:Mii Tones
quote JustinPretty much this, I wouldn't use a Mii head as my main thing at all. I would only use it more a lot if I was pretending to be some character better with the Mii head for awhile, or just some retarded Mii faced character. I AGREED WITH JUSTIN FOR ONCE!I never really opted to use Mii heads in City Folk and I doubt I will be with this game either. I think the in game faces look better.
quote XXIVHaha yeah, I know. :P I mean like, if they will understand me when if I call out to them.
quote XXIVYup that was me, but I don't really want to use a Mii head for the black skin tone. I used funny characters/Miis as my Mii character in AC:WW, I think i had a black character once though. I just want my character to have a light brown skin tone though in this game, and there is a tone like that. :3
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Its simple to see some of these newer apps on the rise but some of the most important ones are whats most popular; not just new. Social Networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook, and other blogging websites alone are all popular amongst not only the younger age group; however every single group of ages! Companies are now using Twitter as well as Facebook to promote and advertise and we see it more and more everywhere we turn. Specifically, Twitter seems to be on more of a rise since its launch. The 140 character limit on a "tweet" seems to allow for more of a quick and to the point message to send to all of its followers.


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(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – USA Boxing has obtained the services of one of the most decorated Olympic-style boxing trainers in the world to assist the top amateur boxers in the United States. Cuban trainer Pedro Roque Otano has been named the International Teaching Coach for USA Boxing and will work with top coaches from across the United States to aid in preparing U.S. athletes for high-level international competitions.
"I thank USA Boxing for giving me the possibility of working with its boxers. I am very satisfied and happy for this opportunity," said Roque Otano. "I promise to put all my national and international experience to the service of the development of boxing in the United States and to work continuously to achieve medals in all the World Championships, Pan American Games and Olympic Games in men's and women's boxing."
With over 40 years of experience on the amateur boxing scene, Roque Otano has led athletes from multiple nations to medal-winning performances at every major international event. He boasts 35 Olympic medals, including 11 gold as well as 43 medals at the World Championships over his career. In addition to his competition success, Roque Otano holds a doctorate degree as well as several masters degrees in applied sports sciences. Highly respected at the international level, Roque Otano has taught Olympic solidarity classes in more than 20 nations across the globe, helping to raise the performance of the athletes in key international competitions.
"USA Boxing is fortunate to have secured the best coach in the world to help lead Team USA back to a position of prominence," said Anthony Bartkowski, USA Boxing Executive Director. "His resume includes a large laundry list of successes, including but not limited to, AIBA Coach of the Decade. Yet it does not begin to express or convey his passion, drive, and dedication to help our athletes and coaches win. He is completely dedicated to Team USA. The focus of our program must be on high performance at all elite age groups, and this starts with the expertise of Pedro and integrating the personal coaches and athletes. It is imperative for USA Boxing to rebuild systematically with the talents Pedro brings to our program."
In his role as International Teaching Coach, Roque Otano will develop the training schedule for the elite athletes as well as executing the elements of the high performance plan focused on the development of boxers and coaches. He will assist in increasing the communication with elite athletes and the integration of their personal coaches into the international training program.
Roque Otano will work closely with top coaches across the nation and create a uniform coach certification program, as well as leading clinics in various areas across the United States. In addition, he will personally develop additional coach clinicians to assist in giving clinics throughout the country. Finally, Roque Otano will develop the top personal coaches in the United States and assist them in becoming AIBA certified to ensure they are able to work the corners of their athletes at major international events.
He will begin the clinics in September with two seminars in Texas as the lone star state produced two members of the 2012 Olympic Team, bronze medalist Marlen Esparza (Houston, Texas) and quarterfinalist Errol Spence (Desoto, Texas). The coach clinics are being planned for Sept. 22-23 in Texas.


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When Jeffrey Bilhuber was given the task of updating a Queen Anne manse in Tuxedo Park, New York, he faced more than one challenge. The first was the fact that the house had been in the client's family for three generations—she summered there as a child, and when she married, it had been a wedding gift from her mother. "We needed to bring the house forward without turning our backs on a history that had provided so much pleasure," Bilhuber says. "You have to acknowledge the contributions, but you have an obligation to set yourself free from your childhood and make your own story."
The living room of a home in Tuxedo Park, New York, decorated by Jeffrey Bilhuber; he combined two existing sofas to create one long one, with pillows covered in a Schumacher velvet ikat and a Vervain silk floral; a pair of antique bergères are upholstered in a Boussac cotton, the Louis XV fauteuil came from an auction at Doyle New York, and the cocktail table is by Antony Todd Home. The wallpaper, curtains, and rug are all original to the house.
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Attached to many teams with late first-round picks back in June, Brothers ended up falling just outside of the first round despite outstanding velocity for a southpaw, going 34th overall to Colorado. Recently signed to a $969,000 bonus, Brothers made his pro debut over the weekend, pitching one-two-three innings with a pair of strikeouts on both Friday and Sunday. His heat sat in the low 90s, and he pushed his fastball up to 96 mph at times. He also features a plus slider, and if he remains in a relief role, as expected, he could move up very quickly.
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Tuesday, May 1, 2012
CHC Safety Quality Summit
Talent, training and trust. That was the summit theme for this year's safety program designed to underscore the importance of combining human resources in bringing helicopter accidents under control
Under the auspices of the Canadian Helicopter Corporation and numerous sponsors that included OEMs and competing helicopter operators, an intense, no frills safety summit took place from March 26-28 in Vancouver, British Columbia. This was the 8th year for the summit and I'd say that it was one of the jewels of all the helicopter safety forums in 2012.
The three days of safety immersion started with the introductory safety briefing by CHC's Greg Wyght, vice president of safety and quality, and opening remarks from President & CEO Bill Amelio. Martin Eley, director general of Transport Canada, gave the opening address for the international participants.
The meeting featured an agenda covering at least 44 different subjects, from 52 speakers in 11 separate classrooms, and masterfully orchestrated to bring home the absolute necessity for the helicopter community to improve its worldwide safety record. With each individual session scheduled for an hour and a half (throw in breakfast, lunch and two 30-minute breaks) it amounted to a 10-hour day, each day.
|Tony Cramp (right), senior air safety advisor for Shell Aircraft, hosts a session on simplified hazard management.
Putting most of the math aside, there were more than 800 participants with a high degree of international flavor. Various helicopter and fixed-wing operators represented all seven continents—about the only absentees were Eastern Block and Middle East representatives.
Following the opening remarks, three motivating speakers—Stephen M.R. Covey, Tom Casey, Tony Kern—and the facilitator, Scott Shappell, held a plenary session (a debate, if you will). The theme of the discussion was improving safety culture through talent, training and trust. These three words would be used throughout the coming days of safety monologues and dialogues.
|From the Plenary session, left to right; motivational speakers Tom Casey, Tony Kern and Stephen Covey.
When trust is prevalent in your organization, safety and training improvements filter down through various layers of management to the real target, flight and maintenance operations, the panelists noted.
Training was a major element of the summit. Two of the sessions I attended pointed out the need for the FAA to re-examine and update the outdated Helicopter Practical Test Standards (PTS). That makes sense when instructors are trying to prepare students to be pilots, but more to the point, safe pilots. The summit presenters made the case that these standards were written by people who had a heavy fixed-wing background and even though they may have been helicopter rated, it becomes obvious that there was considerable pass down of fixed-wing experiences being integrated into the early standards for rotary wing piloting.
|Nick Mayhew explains the Bristow Academy view toward safety and training.
Mark Stevens, director of air safety and global projects for Shell Aircraft International and deputy chairman of the OGP aviation sub-committee, spoke about aviation safety in the oil and gas business. Shell Oil has held a unique position in the helicopter industry for years by writing strict safety standards into their contracts. They go beyond what are perceived to be normal customer/contractor relationships. All aspects of a potential contractor are examined in minute detail with almost total concentration on safe operating practices in accordance with Shell directives, to include personnel qualifications and the contractors operating equipment. There have been incidents where a contractor may not have a certain safety-related piece of equipment and to ensure the safe environment needed, Shell has provided that aviation equipment to the operator. No safety stone is left unturned.
Stevens gave some insight in how the Association of Oil and Gas Producers (OGP) are trying to drive helicopter safety. Stevens is also a member of the Executive Committee of the International Federation of Airworthiness and, among other jobs, he also sits on the UK's CAA Helicopter Safety Research Committee. During his presentation, he summarized the less-than-stellar helicopter accident data and broke down what the OGP members have endured over the past years, much less the world wide operators.
Stevens talked about helicopter design requirements pertaining to most of the aircraft in service today. These are 30- to 40-year old design standards and are lacking in safety design requirements. A factory new Sikorsky S-76 is manufactured under the same grandfathered standards used in the mid-seventies. There have been some add-on safety features such as crashworthy fuel tanks that may be available, but are not part of the original design standards. Shell and OGP want to move away from the old and replace their helicopters operating in high-exposure areas (offshore) with newer models like the S-92 and AgustaWestland AW139. This will be a contract requirement for 2012.
Stevens echoed the cry heard throughout the summit of reaching a goal of zero accidents that would mirror the same accident rate enjoyed by our major airlines, hopefully within 10 years.
Other sessions by different speakers emphasized the need for more technology on the aircraft such as FMS, HUMS, CAS, paperless cockpits and TAWS in some cases.
There is a need for an increase in simulator training. The Level 6 units now on the market are state of the art with 220-degree vision from the pilot's seat plus an operator console in the back. It's even possible to teach a student to hover in one.
In an interview with Rotor & Wing, Greg Wyght said he hoped attendees would take away practical safety/management tools from the summit, such as safety checklists that were made available in several sessions. He feels strongly that the major helicopter companies, especially the ones who fly for OGP customers, will reach an airline safety plateau of zero accidents in less than 10 years. It will take the smaller operators longer to achieve these goals but hopefully, the large operators will create a path for them to follow.
Wyght went on to say helicopter operators need to drastically change their business models and absorb safety practices despite hesitations—improved ways of training, increased pilot discipline, refined dispatch systems and new electronic aircraft systems that promote safety. Because they are pricey, it will take more time for operators to acquire this equipment due to the economic impact. This is especially true for small operators.


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Dummer with Kempshott - Three manors were the original basis of the present parish, East Dummer or Popham Dummer, West Dummer and Grange of Dummer. Dummer and Kempshott were joined in 1876 for civil purposes.
West Dummer was probably held by one of Hugh de Port's men at the time of the Domesday Survey. By the early thirteenth century the Dummer family were tenants. It remained in the Dummer family until 1593 when it came to the Millingate family. From the mid seventeenth century its history is identical with that of East Dummer.
Grange of Dummer was granted to Waverly Abbey by Stephen and remained in its possession until the Suppression in 1536. By the end of the sixteenth century it had been acquired by the Dummer family and from then on followed the descent of West Dummer.
East Dummer was held by Hunger as a sub-tenant of Odo at the time of the Domesday Survey. He may have been an ancestor of the Dummer family who certainly held the land by the twelfth century. In 1368--9 the manor was conveyed to Sir John Popham of the adjoining hamlet of Popham. In the following two centuries the manor changed hands several times and its history is uncertain. By 1577 John Millingate was in possession of the whole estate and it passed to the Terry family and remained in their possession until 1864.
The parish has notorious connections with royalty. About 1788 the Prince of Wales rented Kempshott House as a hunting lodge. He brought Mrs. Fitzherbert here and it was said to be furnished to her taste. A 'seraglio' is said to have existed and certainly the Prince's conduct scandalised the neighbourhood. In 1795 he married Caroline of Brunswick and spent his honeymoon at Kempshott.
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The slot machines at Norske Spilleautomater.com are typically known as some of the most famous choices of the casino visitors from different parts of the world. The conventional slot machines have levers that can initiate the reel spinning for the coiled spring of the machine. Each of these reels will stop and go at a random time. Once you stop the reels, the slot machine will read out the result and will award you with a pay out, if you are eligible to have them. In some casino centers, the slot machines have computerized slots that utilize random number generators to help control the reel stopping rate.
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Celebrate the lives of prostate cancer survivors at Thompson Health's 11th annual unveiling of the Portraits of Strength and Courage on Thursday, Sept. 1, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Ferris Hills at West Lake, Canandaigua.
The event honors men who have not only bravely faced prostate cancer, but who have also helped others cope with the diagnosis. This year, survivors Joe Charlton, Grant Matta and David Redding will be recognized for their tenacity and commitment to cancer awareness.
Members of the Man-to-Man Prostate Cancer Support Group, offered by Thompson Health and the American Cancer Society, will be on hand to provide assistance.
All prostate cancer patients, their families and those who wish to promote awareness of prostate cancer are welcome. No RSVP is required and there is no charge. Call (585) 396-6111 for more information about the event.
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When you ask someone who their favorite silent-film comedian is you'll probably get the go-to answer of Charlie Chaplin. There's a simple reason for that and that's because Chaplin is indeed one of the greats.
There were, however, other silent-film comedians who were just as prolific as Chaplin. Personally, I have a fondness for the big three: Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and Harold Lloyd. With the Dryden Theater at the Eastman House showing a collection of Charlie Chaplin films during the month of June I thought there was no better time for me to share some random thoughts on my favorite comedians of the silent-film era.
For me, Charlie Chaplin is a ballet dancer. Watch the roller skating scene in Modern Times and tell me that Chaplin couldn't have easily become a world-renowned dancer if he hadn't been an actor. Where his comedy comes from is in the way he used those elegant movements and then combined them with absurd situations and melodramatic story elements. Chaplin is perfection on the big screen and there's a reason that nearly one-hundred years after his first film debut audiences are still delighted at what he does.
If Chaplin was a ballet dancer then Buster Keaton was an acrobat. Keaton designed and performed stunts of such outrageous construction that it's amazing that he was never seriously hurt while performing them. Buster Keaton's trademark stone-face that never once showed a single trace of emotion adds an action hero aloofness to his act that is hard not to like. In spite of Keaton's emotionless demeanor you'll be amazed at how easy it is to connect with the actor.
Then of course there's the lovable Harold Lloyd who is perhaps more forgotten to today's audiences than either Chaplin or Keaton. Lloyd's personality is that of the everyman and he so perfectly personifies the self-motivated, go-getter attitude of the American audience in the 1920′s. With his boyish charm and round glasses to see Harold Lloyd is to instantly love him. Lloyd, like Keaton, was very much an acrobat and his stunts were so dangerous that I've witnessed even today's audience's gasp at his death-defying feats.
There were others of course. Harry Langdon still has his devout followers and Laurel and Hardy are still well known. But Chaplin, Keaton, and Lloyd are the best of the best. With the advent of services like Netflix and cable channels like TCM it's easier than ever to find these silent comic gems, but like the comedic films of today half of the fun is watching them with an audience. This is why the George Eastman House and the Dryden Theatre are so important to our Rochester community. Throughout June, the Dryden Theatre will be showcasing a series of Charlie Chaplin films. The big ones will be there: The Kid, The Great Dictator, and Modern Times, but the Dryden will also showcase some of his early shorts and lesser known movies.
Thanks to the Dryden Theatre you'll have a number of chances to share with an audience the great humor of Charlie Chaplin.
Tuesday, June 07 2011, 8:00 pm Sunnyside/Payday/Shoulder Arms
Thursday, June 09 2011, 8:00 pm The Great Dictator
Sunday, June 12 2011, 2:00 pm The Circus
Tuesday, June 14 2011, 8:00 pm A Woman of Paris
Thursday, June 16 2011, 8:00 pm A King in New York
Sunday, June 19 2011, 7:00 pm Modern Times
Tuesday, June 21 2011, 8:00 pm Monsieur Verdoux
Thursday, June 23 2011, 8:00 pm The Kid
Sunday, June 26 2011, 7:00 pm City Lights
Tuesday, June 28 2011, 8:00 pm The Idle Class/A Day's Pleasure/The Pilgrim
Thursday, June 10 2011, 8:00 pm Limelight
Do you have your own favorite silent film comedian? Sound off in the comments below and let us know.
Jeff Mason is a technical communications specialist for Lenel Systems International. He also teaches a class in professional communications at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He serves on the Eastman Young Professionals' Steering and Media Committees.


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Ask yourself this question: "Have I ever seen a Buster Keaton film?" If you answered yes, then I know you'll be excited to come to the Dryden this Tuesday to see his last greatest film The Cameraman. If you answered no, then there is no better time than this Tuesday night at the Dryden to get acquainted with one of the greatest funnymen to ever grace the silver screen.
Buster Keaton, with his forever deadpan face, performs some of his greatest and most outlandish stunts in this 1928 classic. In The Cameraman, Keaton stars as an ambitious newsreel cameraman that gets involved in a series of hijinks that really have to be seen to be believed.
As an added bonus, The Cameraman will be preceded by the terrific Keaton short, Neighbors (US 1920, 20 min.).
An even greater bonus is that the entire night will be accompanied by live piano by Rochester treasure Philip C. Carli.
See you at the Dryden!
Tuesday, November 09 2010, 8:00 pm The Cameraman.


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Africanized bee
Africanised honey bees, known colloquially as "killer bees", are some hybrid varieties of the Western honey bee species, (Apis mellifera), produced originally by cross-breeding of the African honey bee A. m. scutellata, with various European honey bees such as the Italian bee A. m. ligustica and the Iberian bee A. m. iberiensis. The hybrid bees are far more defensive than any of the various European subspecies. Small swarms of Africanised bees are capable of taking over European honey bee hives by invading the hive and establishing their own queen after killing the European queen.[1]
History[edit source | edit]
There are currently 28 recognized subspecies of Apis mellifera based largely on geographic variations. All subspecies are cross fertile. Geographic isolation led to numerous local adaptations. These adaptations include brood cycles synchronized with the bloom period of local flora, forming a winter cluster in colder climates, migratory swarming in Africa, enhanced foraging behavior in desert areas, and numerous other inherited traits.
The first Africanized bees in the US were discovered in 1985 in the San Joaquin Valley of California hatched onto a Venezuelan oil tanker. [2] By 1990 they spread to Texas from Mexico.
The Africanised honey bees in the Western Hemisphere are of mixed descent from 26 Tanganyikan queen bees of A. m. scutellata, accidentally released by a replacement bee-keeper in 1957 near Rio Claro, São Paulo, in the southeast of Brazil, from hives operated by biologist Warwick E. Kerr, who had interbred honey bees from Europe and southern Africa. Hives containing these particular queens were noted to be especially defensive. Kerr was attempting to breed a strain of bees that would produce more honey and be better adapted to tropical conditions (i.e., more productive) than the European subspecies of honey bee used in South America and southern North America. The hives the bees were released from had special excluder grates to prevent the larger queen bees and drones from getting out and mating with local queens and drones of European descent. However, following the accidental release, the African queens and drones mated with domesticated local non-African queens and drones, and their descendants have since spread throughout the Americas.
The Africanised bees have become the dominant type of honey bee for beekeeping in Central America and in tropical areas of South America due to them outcompeting the European subspecies, and there are claims that they have improved productivity. Unfortunately, the extreme tendency of Africanised bees to swarm has had a significant impact of honey production in managed colonies and in most areas the Africanised bees tend to have certain behavioral traits that make them less desirable for managed beekeeping. Specifically, as compared with the European bee types, the Africanised bee:
- Tends to swarm more frequently and go farther than other types of honey bees.
- Is more likely to migrate as part of a seasonal response to lowered food supply.
- Is more likely to "abscond"—the entire colony leaves the hive and relocates—in response to stress.
- Has greater defensiveness when in a resting swarm, compared to other honey bee types.
- Lives more often in ground cavities than the European types.
- Guards the hive aggressively, with a larger alarm zone around the hive.
- Has a higher proportion of "guard" bees within the hive.
- Deploys in greater numbers for defense and pursues perceived threats over much longer distances from the hive.
- Cannot survive extended periods of forage deprivation, preventing introduction into areas with harsh winters or extremely dry late summers.
Geographic spread[edit source | edit]
As of 2002, the Africanised honeybees had spread from Brazil south to northern Argentina and north to Central America, Trinidad (West Indies), Mexico, Texas, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Florida, and southern California. Their expansion stopped for a time at eastern Texas, possibly due to the large population of honey bee hives in the area. However, discoveries of the Africanised bees in southern Louisiana indicate this subspecies has penetrated this barrier,[3] or has come as a swarm aboard a ship. In June 2005, it was discovered that the bees had penetrated the border of Texas and had spread into southwest Arkansas. On September 11, 2007, Commissioner Bob Odom of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry said that Africanised honey bees established themselves in the New Orleans area.[4] In February 2009, Africanised honeybees were found in southern Utah.[5][6] In October 2010, a 73-year-old man was killed by a swarm of Africanised honey bees while clearing brush on his south Georgia property, as determined by Georgia's Department of Agriculture. In 2012 state officials reported that a colony was found for the first time in a bee keepers colony in Monroe County, eastern Tennessee.[7] In June 2013, 62-year old Larry Goodwin of Moody, TX was killed by a swarm of bees.[8]
In tropical climates they compete effectively against European bees and, at their peak rate of expansion, they spread north at a rate of almost two kilometers (about one mile) a day. There were discussions about slowing the spread by placing large numbers of docile European-strain hives in strategic locations, particularly at the Isthmus of Panama, but various national and international agricultural departments were unable to prevent the bees' expansion. Current knowledge of the genetics of these bees suggests that such a strategy, had it been attempted, would not have been successful.[9]
As the Africanized honeybee migrates further north, colonies are interbreeding with European honeybees. There are now relatively stable geographic zones in which either African bees dominate, a mix of African and European bees is present, or only non-African bees are found, as in southern South America or northern North America.
African honeybees abscond, abandon the hive and any food store to start over in a new location, more readily than European honeybees. This is not necessarily a severe loss in tropical climates where plants bloom all year but in more temperate climates it can leave the colony with insufficient stores to survive the winter. Thus Africanized bees are expected to be a hazard mostly in the Southern States of the United States, reaching as far north as the Chesapeake Bay in the east. The cold-weather limits of the African bee have driven some professional bee breeders from Southern California into the harsher wintering locales of the northern Sierra Nevada and southern Cascade Range. This is a more difficult area to prepare bees for early pollination placement in, such as is required for the production of almonds. The reduced available winter forage in northern California means that bees must be fed for early spring buildup.
The arrival of honeybees in Central America is a threat to the ancient art of keeping stingless bees in log gums even though they do not interbreed or directly compete with the stingless bees. The honey productivity of the honey bees exceeds the productivity of the native stingless bees so much that economic pressures force beekeepers to switch.
African honeybees are considered an invasive species in many regions.
Morphology and genetics[edit source | edit]
The popular term 'Killer bee' has only limited scientific meaning today because there is no generally accepted fraction of genetic contribution used to establish a cut-off. While the native African scutellata are smaller, and build smaller comb cells than the European bees, their hybrids are not smaller. Africanized bees have slightly shorter wings, which can only be recognized reliably by performing a statistical analysis on micro-measurements of a substantial sample. One problem with this test is that there are also other subspecies, such as Apis mellifera iberiensis, which have shorter wings. This trait is thought to derive from ancient hybrid haplotypes thought to have links to evolutionary lineages from Africa. Some belong to Apis mellifera intermissa but others have an indeterminate origin; the Egyptian honeybee (Apis mellifera lamarckii), present in small numbers in the southeastern United States, has the same morphology. Currently testing techniques have moved away from external measurements to DNA analysis, but this means the test can only be done by a sophisticated laboratory. Molecular diagnostics using the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) cytochrome b gene can differentiate A. m. scutellata from other A. mellifera lineages, though mtDNA only allows one to detect an Africanised colony that has an Africanised queen, and not colonies where a European queen has mated with Africanised drones.[10]
The Western honey bee is native to the continents of Europe, Asia, and Africa. As of the early 1600s, the insect was introduced to North America, with subsequent introductions of other European subspecies two centuries later.[11] Since then, they have spread throughout the Americas. The 28 subspecies can be assigned to one of four major branches based on work by Ruttner and subsequently confirmed by analysis of mitochondrial DNA. African subspecies are assigned to branch A, northwest European subspecies to branch M, southwest European subspecies to branch C, and Mideast subspecies to branch O. The subspecies are grouped and listed. There are still regions with localized variations that may become identified subspecies in the near future, such as A. m. pomonella from the Tian Shan mountains, which would be included in the Mideast subspecies branch.
The Western honey bee is the third insect to have its genome mapped, and is unusual in having very few transposons. According to the scientists who analyzed its genetic code, the western honey bee originated in Africa and spread to Eurasia in two ancient migrations.[12] They have also discovered that the number of genes in the honey bees related to smell outnumber those for taste.[13] The genome sequence revealed several groups of genes, particularly the genes related to circadian rhythms, were closer to vertebrates than other insects. Genes related to enzymes that control other genes were also vertebrate-like.[14]
Besides, A. m. iberica haplotype is present in the honey bees of the western United States,[15] Mexico and South America, where the honey bees are not native and they were introduced from Spain during the conquest of America, from populations with African haplotypes, whose origin is indeterminate. Apis mellifera iberica is having hybridization between the north of African and European bees, Apis mellifera mellifera, and Apis mellifera intermissa.[16] Presents six haplotypes different, five of them correspond to an evolutionary lineage from Africa and one from Western Europe. From this, infer the hybrid nature of this subspecies, is similar to that of African populations in the number of alleles detected and the values of genetic diversity. Additionally A.m.intermissa genoma, present in A.m.iberica belongs to a group shown by experiment to have similar mtDNA, this including A. m. monticola, A. m. scutellata, A. m. adansonii and A. m. capensis .[17][18][19]
Several researchers and beekeepers describe a general trait of the African subspecies Apis mellifera scutellata, classified by Lepeletier, 1836 - (African honey bee) Central and West Africa, which is absconding, where the Africanised honeybee colonies abscond the hive in times when food-stores are low, unlike the European colonies which tend to die in the hive.
There are two lineages of African subspecies Apis mellifera scutellata in the Americas: actual matrilinial descendants of the original escaped queens and a much smaller number that are African through hybridization. The matrilinial descendants carry African mtDNA, but partially European nuclear DNA, while the bees that are African through hybridization carry European mtDNA, and partially African nuclear DNA. The matrilinial descendants are in the vast majority. This is supported by DNA analyses performed on the bees as they spread northwards; those that were at the "vanguard" were over 90% African mtDNA, indicating an unbroken matriline (Smith et al., 1989), but after several years in residence in an area interbreeding with the local European strains, as in Brazil, the overall representation of African mtDNA drops to some degree. However, these latter hybrid lines (with European mtDNA) do not appear to propagate themselves well or persist.[20] Population genetics analysis of Africanised honey bees in the United States, using a materially inherited genetic marker, found 12 distinct mitotypes, and the amount of genetic variation observed supports the idea that there have been multiple introductions of AHB into the United States.[21]
Consequences of selection[edit source | edit]
The chief difference between the European races or subspecies of bees kept by beekeepers and the African stock is attributable to selective breeding. The Africanized honey bee varieties produced a reversion of behaviour similar to non-domesticated species. The most common race used in the United States today is the Italian bee, Apis mellifera ligustica, which has been used for several thousand years in some parts of the world and in the Americas since the arrival of the European colonists. Beekeepers have tended to eliminate the fierce strains, and the entire race of bees has thus been gentled by selective breeding, from bee species naturally selected by the environment.
In central and southern Africa, the bees had to adapt to the environment of sub-saharan Africa—surviving prolonged droughts and having to defend themselves against other aggressive insects, as well as animals like the honey badger, that also will destroy hives if the bees are not sufficiently defensive. In addition, there was formerly no tradition of beekeeping, only bee robbing.
Defensiveness[edit source | edit]
African bees are characterized by greater defensiveness in established hives than European honey bees. They are more likely to attack a perceived threat and, when they do so, attack relentlessly in larger numbers. Also, they have been known to pursue their threat for over a mile. This aggressively protective behavior has been termed by scientists as hyper-defensive behavior. This defensiveness has earned them the nickname "killer bees", the aptness of which is debated. Over the decades, several deaths in the Americas have been attributed to African bees. The venom of an African bee is no more potent than that of a European honey bee, but since the former tends to sting in greater numbers, the number of deaths from them are greater than from the European honey bee.[citation needed] However, allergic reaction to bee venom from any bee can kill a person, and it is difficult to estimate how many more people have died due to the presence of African bees.
Most human incidents with African bees occur within two or three years of the bees' arrival and then subside. Beekeepers can greatly reduce this problem by killing the queens of aggressive strains to breed gentler stock. Beekeepers in South Africa keep A. m. scutellata using common beekeeping practices without excessive problems.
Fear factor[edit source | edit]
The African bee is widely feared by the public, a reaction that has been amplified by sensationalist movies (such as The Swarm) and some of the media reports. Stings from African bees kill one or two people per year in the United States.[22]
As the bee spreads through Florida, a densely populated state, officials worry that public fear may force misguided efforts to combat them.
|News reports of mass stinging attacks will promote concern and in some cases panic and anxiety, and cause citizens to demand responsible agencies and organizations to take action to help ensure their safety. We anticipate increased pressure from the public to ban beekeeping in urban and suburban areas. This action would be counter-productive. Beekeepers maintaining managed colonies of domestic European bees are our best defense against an area becoming saturated with AHB. These managed bees are filling an ecological niche that would soon be occupied by less desirable colonies if it were vacant.
— Florida African Bee Action Plan[23]
Misconceptions[edit source | edit]
The sting of the Africanized honey bee is no more potent than another variety of honey bee, and they have a similar appearance. Africanized honey bees are more dangerous because they are more easily provoked, quicker to swarm, attack in greater numbers, and pursue their victims for greater distances. An Africanized bee colony can remain agitated longer and may attack up to a quarter of a mile away from the hive.[citation needed]
Queen management in African bee areas[edit source | edit]
In Mexico, where African bees are well established, pollination beekeepers have found that a purchased and pre-bred non-African queen may be used to locally create a first generation of virgin queens that are then bred in an uncontrolled fashion with the local wild African drones. These first generation African queens produce worker bees that are manageable, not exhibiting the intense and massive defense reactions in subsequent generations.
Impact on existing apiculture[edit source | edit]
In areas of suitable temperate climate, the survival traits of African queens and colonies outperform western honey bee colonies. This competitive edge leads to the dominance of African traits. In Brazil, the African hybrids are known as Assassin Bees, for their habit of taking over an existing hive of European bees; this habit is most evident when the hive being attacked has a weakened queen, so not all hives are equally vulnerable, and overall rates of hive usurpation can reach 20%.[1]
Gentle African bees[edit source | edit]
Not all African hives show overly defensive behavior; some colonies are quiet, which gives a beginning point for beekeepers to breed a gentler stock.[24] This has been done in Brazil, where bee incidents are much less common than they were during the first wave of the African bees' colonization. Now that the African bee has been "re-domesticated", it is considered the bee of choice for beekeeping in Brazil.[citation needed]
References[edit source | edit]
- ^ a b S. S. Schneider, T. Deeby, D. C. Gilley and G. DeGrandi-Hoffman, 2004. Seasonal nest usurpation of European colonies by African swarms in Arizona, USA. Insectes Sociaux 51: 356–364.
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Sen. Heidi Heitkamp and Rep. Kevin?Cramer were sworn in Thursday as North Dakota's newest members of Congress, as lawmakers convened in Washington to begin work as the 113th Congress.
We wish them much luck. They have a lot of work ahead of them.
Heitkamp, a Democrat, joins the Senate after defeating Rick Berg in a nasty campaign full of accusations, rhetoric and partisan sniping, to put it mildly. Cramer, a Republican, took a different path to office, bypassing the Republican Party's convention and taking his campaign straight to the ballot in November. It worked.
Now both North Dakotans face the challenge of living up to their campaign promises, notably avoiding partisan politics in what is already shaping up as a sharply divided Congress. It won't be easy. It's one thing to make bold statements about standing up for North Dakota's best interests while on the campaign trail, it's quite another thing to actually accomplish that in Washington, D.C.
There is much work to be done by both Heitkamp and Cramer in focusing on North Dakota's needs. The state continues to be a major player in agriculture markets, exporting goods all around the country and the world. The state has quickly become the second-leading oil producer in the nation, bringing a boom in population and jobs but also creating a housing crunch and putting extreme stress on state and local infrastructure. Meanwhile, Minot and other cities continue to press for federal funding and other forms of aid to help residents and cities alike recover from the flood of 2011. There are also countless national concerns facing all members of Congress, especially the ongoing political battle over the "fiscal cliff" negotiations and budget deficit.
During the long campaign, Heitkamp and Cramer both promised to be part of the solution in solving the political gridlock in Washington. Now, they have that chance.


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ANAHEIM, Calif. (Aug. 17, 2006)
- The U.S. Men's National Team finds itself in a do-or-die situation this weekend when it plays Serbia & Montenegro in a 2006 FIVB World League match in Beograd and Novi Sad, Serbia.
The matches take place at 8 p.m. local time on Aug. 18-19, which is 11 a.m. PDT and 2 p.m. EDT. The matches will not be televised in the United States, but the FIVB provides live scoring updates at
In order to win Pool A, the U.S. Men, with a 5-5 record, must win both matches against Serbia & Montenegro, 7-3, and hope that Japan, 1-9, can win both of its matches against 7-3 Poland in Poland. Poland and Serbia & Montenegro are tied for the Pool A lead. The winner of each of the four World League pools advances to the finals in Moscow, Russia, automatically. Russia, as host of the finals, gets an automatic bid to the finals and there is also a wild-card team that is determined by the FIVB.
Team USA finds itself in this situation after losing two World League matches in Poland on Aug. 12-13, where it not only faced a tough Polish team, but also more than 10,000 Polish fans at each match.
The U.S. Men looked to be in control in the first match when they won the first two sets, 25-17, 25-21. However, they would not win another set and ended up losing the first match 3-2 (25-17, 25-21, 19-25, 23-25, 15-17) and the second match 3-0 (22-25, 19-25, 23-25).
"We had chances to take control of the first match against Poland, but we weren't able to capitalize. So we hope to keep working on our consistency and execution down the stretch," said U.S. Head Coach Hugh McCutcheon (Christchurch, New Zealand) via e-mail from Serbia. "We are learning some very important lessons during this World League campaign."
Despite the losses, McCutcheon said the team is not doing anything special to get motivated for Serbia & Montenegro.
"We try and play the best volleyball we can every time we step on the court," McCutcheon said. "This weekend is no different."
The two teams traded wins when they played on Aug. 4-5 in Spokane, Wash. Serbia & Montenegro won the first match 3-1 (13-25, 36-34, 25-22, 25-17) before the U.S. Men came back to win the second match 3-1 (27-25, 25-22, 25-27, 25-21).
Serbia & Montenegro's scoring leader is 6-foot-7 opposite Ivan Miljkovic, who, despite not playing in Serbia & Montenegro's first two matches, is tied for second in World League scoring with 171 points on 148 kills, 14 blocks and nine aces.
Outside hitter Reid Priddy (Richmond, Va.), 6-4, continues to lead the U.S. men in scoring and is sixth among World League scorers with 155 points on 131 kills, 18 blocks and six aces.
"There's absolutely nothing special about their offense, they're just super good players," Priddy said of Serbia & Montenegro when they played in Spokane. "Sometimes even when you know they are going to Miljkovic, you can't stop him."
For more U.S. World League information, go to
The FIVB World League web site is
2006 FIVB World League Standings as of Aug. 13, 2006
Pool A
Serbia & Montenegro 7-3
Poland 7-3
Japan 1-9
Pool B
Brazil 10-0
Argentina 6-4
Finland 3-7
Portugal 1-9
Pool C
Russia 8-2
France 7-3
Italy 5-5
China 0-10
Pool D
Cuba 8-2
Bulgaria 8-2
Korea 4-6
Egypt 0-10
U.S. Roster
USA at Serbia & Montenegro
Aug. 18-19, 2006
Beograd and Novi Sad, Serbia
(Twelve-man rosters can be updated between World League weekends)
2 Pieter Olree (OH, Reading, Pa.)
3 Jim Polster (OH, Laguna Niguel, Calif.)
5 Rich Lambourne (L, Tustin, Calif.)
6 Phil Eatherton (MB, Glencoe, Mo.)
7 Donald Suxho (S, Korce, Albania)
8 Reid Priddy (OH, Richmond, Va.)
9 Ryan Millar (MB, Palmdale, Calif.)
12 Tom Hoff (MB, State Park Ridge, Ill.)
13 Clay Stanley (OPP, Honolulu, Hawaii)
14 Kevin Hansen (S, Newport Beach, Calif.)
15 Gabe Gardner (OH, San Clemente, Calif.)
16 Dave McKienzie (OPP, Littleton, Colo.)
U.S. World League Schedule
Date: July 14-15
Opponent: Poland
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah - The "E" Center
Match 1: Poland defeats USA 3-1 (22-25, 25-23, 25-23, 25-23)
Match 2: Poland defeats USA 3-1 (26-24, 25-13, 20-25, 25-22)
Date: July 22-23
Opponent: Japan
Location: Hiroshima Green Arena
Match 1: USA defeats Japan 3-0 (25-15, 25-22, 25-17)
Match 2: USA defeats Japan 3-0 (25-12, 25-21, 25-18)
Date: July 29-30
Opponent: Japan
Location: Minneapolis, Minn. - Target Center
Match 1: USA defeats Japan 3-0 (25-18, 25-20, 25-18)
Match 2: USA defeats Japan 3-1 (25-15, 21-25, 25-17, 25-15)
Date: Aug. 4-5
Opponent: Serbia & Montenegro
Location: Spokane, Wash. - Spokane Memorial Arena
Match 1: Serbia & Montenegro defeats USA (13-25, 36-34, 25-22, 25-17)
Match 2: USA defeats Serbia & Montenegro (27-25, 25-22, 25-27, 25-21)
Date: Aug. 12-13
Opponent: Poland
Location: Katowice - Spodek
Match 1: Poland def. USA (17-25, 21-25, 25-19, 25-23, 17-15)
Match 2: Poland def. USA (25-22, 25-19, 25-23)
Date: Aug. 18-19
Opponent: Serbia & Montenegro
Location: Beograd - Hall Pionir
World League Final
Date: Aug. 23-27
Location: Russia


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Aspirin given for up to 2 years after initial anticoagulant treatment reduces the risk of venous thromboembolism recurrence without increasing risk of major bleeding
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The use of aspirin to prevent recurrent venous thromboembolism (VTE) after a first idiopathic event should not currently become a standard practice.
Further studies are required before the use of aspirin following anticoagulation with warfarin for a first episode of venous thromboembolism becomes adopted as routine clinical practice.
A direct comparison between low-dose aspirin and standard intensity warfarin is required.
Venous thromboembolism, which encompasses deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, is a relatively common disorder with an incidence in western countries of around 1/1000 per annum.1 Events are categorised as either provoked, that is occurring in the context of a known temporary risk factor such as surgery, or unprovoked, that is occurring without an associated known risk factor. There is a general consensus that provoked events have a low …


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Millions of U.S. citizens safely visit Mexico each year for study, tourism, and business, including more than 150,000 who cross the border every day. The Mexican government makes a considerable effort to protect U.S. citizens and other visitors to major tourist destinations, and there is no evidence that Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs) have targeted U.S. visitors and residents based on their nationality. Resort areas and tourist destinations in Mexico generally do not see the levels of drug-related violence and crime reported in the border region and in areas along major trafficking routes.
Nevertheless, U.S. travelers should be aware that the Mexican government has been engaged in an extensive effort to counter TCOs which engage in narcotics trafficking and other unlawful activities throughout Mexico. The TCOs themselves are engaged in a violent struggle to control drug trafficking routes and other criminal activity. As a result, crime and violence are serious problems throughout the country and can occur anywhere. U.S. citizens have fallen victim to TCO activity, including homicide, gun battles, kidnapping, carjacking and highway robbery.
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After 16 disastrous days, the government shutdown is finally over, but only at tremendous cost to America's outdoor recreation economy.
The Wilderness Society and 27 other conservation, recreation and outdoor industry groups have joined together to urge Congress to end the government shutdown.
This week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service would have been celebrating one of the crowning conservation achievements of America.
Yellowstone National Park is located primarily in the state of Wyoming, although it also extends into Montana and Idaho. It was established by Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872.
While Forest Service workers are furloughed, Hollywood filmmakers are unable to secure permits for filming in national forests, which are frequently used in the filming of movies, commercials and television shows.
While each story below is uniquely horrible, there are hundreds more cases of devastated businesses, distressed workers and disappointed vacationers -- and these are on top of the stories that our unjustly victimized furloughed workers would tell.
Yet another industry that relies on our public lands has fallen victim to the government shutdown.
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Boy killed in fire dreamed of becoming police officer, mom says
READING, Pa. - A crisis team and grief counselors were at several schools in Reading on Monday to help staff and students cope with the loss of their classmate.
Jesus Velazquez, 10, died in a house fire on Friday in the city.
"I have six other children and they are taking it hard because they loved him a lot," said Heidi Velazquez, the little boy's mother.
Velazquez spoke out for the first time exclusively to 69 News. She said she is trying to stay strong for the rest of her family, but the gut-wrenching pain is simply unbearable.
"If I could turn back time and do things over again, I would. I'd rather the Lord take me instead of my baby because he didn't deserve this at all," she said.
Jesus just turned 10-years-old on Christmas, but his life was cut tragically short Friday afternoon. He was trapped on the third floor of his home in the 1100 block of Elm Street as the fire quickly spread inside.
Neighbors, and even his younger sister, desperately tried to save him.
"She ran back upstairs and she tried to grab him and he told her, 'No. You go save yourself,'" said Velazquez.
The fire marshal with the Pennsylvania State Police ruled the fire accidental. Officials said it started in the second floor bedroom. According to Velazquez, it appears Jesus was playing with a lighter.
Velazquez said her baby was a lovable little boy who always gave hugs and enjoyed playing sports. He had dreams of one day becoming a police officer.
Now, his family is planning to say goodbye. A vigil is set for Thursday from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. at St. Luke's Lutheran Church on North 9th Street in the city. A private funeral is scheduled for Friday.
The community has rallied behind the Velazquez family. People have dropped off bags full of clothes and donations at the Little Brown Jug bar on Lancaster Avenue, and in just a few days more than $2,300 has been raised.
"We have been really grateful to everybody. I just want to say thank you to the firefighters who were rushing and slipping and falling trying to get into the house to help, and to the police officers," said Velazquez.
The Berks County coroner conducted an autopsy Saturday, but said more tests are needed to determine exactly how he died. Those could take up to six weeks.
The Velazquez family said it lost everything in the fire. The American Red Cross is helping them with temporary shelter, but a memorial fund has now been set-up for their long-term needs.
You can donate to the "Milgaros Maldonado for Jesus Velazquez" fund at Metro Bank. Clothing may be dropped off at the Little Brown Jug at 900 Lancaster Ave.
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HEALTH INSURANCE: State exchange ffers seminars
The state's new health insurance exchange, Connect for Health Colorado, will host information meetings this week in Pueblo.
The meetings will include presentations on how the insurance marketplace works, 2014 health insurance rates, online shopping options and other issues surrounding the federal Affordable Care Act.
This morning from 9 to 11 a.m., the exchange plans a workshop for Greater Pueblo Chamber of Commerce members at the chamber, 302 N. Santa Fe Ave. For more information, contact the chamber at 542-1704.
This afternoon from 1 to 3 p.m., the exchange will host a meeting for the general public about small group insurance. The seminar will take place at Parkview Medical Center's conference building at 1518 N. Elizabeth St., the former Scottish Rite Temple building.
On Friday, information meetings on individual and self-employed insurance will take place from 9 to 11 a.m. at the chamber and 1 to 3 p.m. at the Parkview conference center.
TOURISM: Bike museum moving to Calif.
CRESTED BUTTE — It's a decades-old debate: Did mountain biking begin in Colorado's Crested Butte or the California hills of Marin County? The West Coast pioneers might be able to toot their own horns a little more these days.
After 25 years in Crested Butte, the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame and Museum will be relocated this fall to Fairfax, Calif.
Museum co-director Don Cook said the sport has roots in both areas.
The deciding factor on the move: California riders offered to build the museum a 3,000-square-foot building in a more heavily traveled area compared with the small space it now occupies in the Crested Butte Mountain Heritage Museum.
"It's going to have a draw like we could never have approached. That's just realistic. We're a difficult place to get to," Cook said.
DENVER: RTD bypasses natural gas buses
Regional Transportation District officials say clean-diesel buses are a less expensive option to update an aging fleet instead of buses that run on compressed natural gas. Officials say they are also concerned about how CNG buses would perform in cold weather and high altitude.
The RTD Board of Directors decided last week to go with diesel to replace 52 buses. RTD officials say $34.6 million was budgeted for replacement buses and CNG buses and the facilities they require would cost more than that.
Colorado is among 22 states that have pledged to add more CNG vehicles to their fleets.
The number of single-family home permits issued for building sites in the city of Pueblo in August, according to the Pueblo Regional Building Department. An additional 11 permits were issued for other areas of Pueblo County.
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One of the great joys of writing for AOPA Pilot is when I hear from members after an article is published (no, really!). They often write to remark on some aspect of my article, and then let slip some fascinating detail about their airplane or themselves.
In Darrin Carlson's case, he asked a specific question about the seatbelt installation I described in the December 2012 issue of AOPA Pilot ("Ownership: Buckle Up). In a follow-up email, he added, "When I purchased my 50-dollar Cherokee, it was abandoned and in very poor shape. I started on small simple projects and worked my way up to overhauling the engine. This allowed me to get the experience to get my A&P/IA, then once it was airworthy it helped with my private and IFR rating now I am working on my commercial and CFI ratings."
It turns out Darrin wasn't joking about that $50 airplane. He really did buy a $50 Cherokee and rebuild it himself, step by painstaking step. He attached photos (which you see here) and a copy of an article that originally ran in the Nov. 27, 2007, issue of the Clay Center Dispatch. (Clay Center is in Kansas, which is where Darrin lives.) He bought the '64 Cherokee 140 in 1993 after noticing it sitting in a scrap area near the Air Museum at Forbes Field in Topeka. He wrote the owner (who at the time was working in El Salvador) with an offer to buy it and sent him a check for $50 to cover the cost of processing the paperwork. The owner sent him a sales receipt, and a $50 airplane was his.
It took four years, but he redid everything–not just the engine and the avionics but also the wiring. He even did the paint job, and it's prettyspectacular. Don't you agree?
Well, but an airplane owner is always looking ahead to that next project, and Darren's considering installing shoulder harnesses. Not knowing the story behind his extra-special Cherokee, I told him I didn't think he'd have a problem doing it himself. Turns out I was more than right!—Jill W. Tallman
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Additionally, Ting is interested in how humans and animals perform coordinated movements so elegantly, and she is developing conceptual frameworks in neuromechanics to quantify how human cognition and perception influence muscle coordination and biomechanics to produce skilled movements. Ultimately, she hopes to unravel how social, cultural and biological influences shape individual movements. Her research has implications for physical therapy and rehabilitation, as well as the development of prosthetics.
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