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WASHINGTON (AP) Â Texas Sen. Ted Cruz sat with eyes glued to his mobile device as the chaos he provoked ensnared his Republican leaders on the Senate floor.
Legislation to raise the nationâs borrowing authority with no strings attached was short of the 60 votes it needed to advance  a threshold Cruz demanded  and without a few conversions, Republicans would be blamed for its failure. The stock market was watching.
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It's not just McConnell, either. There are several others that need to be dealt with. Lindsey Graham and John Wayne McCornyn to name a couple of the most obvious.
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Once again Ted Cruz has done the Lord's Work in exposing the RINOs of the Republic. Now it is up to the People to see what they have elected to serve them.
Trap. Set. Boom!!
Go Sen Cruz!!
You can bet the lapdog traitors are pizzed at Cruz, and looking for a way to make him pay. We need to keep that in mind when phoney scandals start breaking.
If we spent half the energy and emotion on defeating Democrats that we spend on punishing less than pure Republicans we wouldn't have the current abominations in the White House and Senate.
Reagan also said, The person who agrees with you 80 percent of the time is a friend and an ally not a 20 percent traitor.
Cornyn took a big hit Yesterday. I suspect so did Little Bitchy McConnell. They just don't know it. Go take a peek at Cornyn's Facebook Page. The comments are priceless!
They should rename John Cornyn to.
John Kerry Cornyn.
He was for it before he was against it...
Yes it is. And I am very much savoring this experience. :)
No, there's no spin at the alphabet networks.....
You're quotes are great and your point is good.
Except, I'm not sure the issue is one of agreeing.
There seems to always be 99% agreement.
They know it. And they will slash/burn/salt the earth on the way out just to have their revenge.
Of course some will say we need to reelect them "No matter what".
In what way?
Sure, keep on voting for these Repubicans and enjoy your incremental slide into America's death. "Less than pure" - I could throw up.
So you are cool with McConnell's brand of leadership and his complete capitation to Obama's agenda?
Sure, keep on losing. See how that works out for you.
"A political party cannot be all things to all people. It must represent certain fundamental beliefs which must not be compromised to political expediency, or simply to swell its numbers." - Ronald Reagan Speech to CPAC, March 1, 1975
Look in the mirror.
I don't agree with everything he does but he has a 96% rating with the American Conservative Union and that's way better than most.
Yeah, "conservative". He wants to "conserve" the status quo.
I think he'd be supportive of winning instead of jacking off into the wind.
Winning at all costs. Let's see, I seem to recall what that's called. Oh yes, moral relativism. No central moral core beliefs. Reagan would find that repulsive.
Let us hope they choose - WISELY. (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade)
Says the poster giving a reacharound to the GOPe...
I love this guy!
He gets it!
If we spent half the energy and emotion on defeating Democrats that we spend on punishing less than pure Republicans we wouldnt have the current abominations in the White House and Senate.
Yes, but we need leadership, not compromise. We need to provide a clear difference between us and them.
Voters are attracted to leaders, not followers.
Yea!! That got us Arlen Spectre and Lisa Murkowski and enabled the democrats to get 60 votes to heave Obama care on us!!
I don't do FB. I will take your word for it, though. :-)
I just want to see Cornyn go down in flames.
Texas can and will do better.
Winning exactly what?
"Reagan was adamantly opposed, and publically stated it, to moderates being in charge of the leadership of the GOP".
And rightly so, I think-while everyone is used to the saying, the enemy of my enemy is my friend-the opposite corollary, the friend of my enemy is my enemy is just as true, and deserves just as much consideration, especially when you have those we elected to stop/block the waste of OUR money agreeing to write a blank check instead...
Republicans would be blamed for it's failure. Isn't that exactly what we wanted. McConnel looks like a little puppy dog caving into the alpha dogs wishes. Good riddance
I moved here from Seattle, where my vote didn't count. Here it does.
Why, we're winning America's future! That's what the Democrats and their enablers, the GOP leadership, is leading us towards!
Of course, all the people who pull the lever for the "R" just because they're an "R" (and not a "D"), or who think that McConnell and Boehner are conservatives, are just as answerable for where we end up.
It's not "winning" when they do the same things as the enemies of the nation.
Thanks for asking for that, I was just remembering it but didn't know where to find it.
I know! Let's keep doing the same ol', same ol', merely press that button with the "R" and, PRESTO!, you have an opposition party! It's been working out so well for us dontchaknow? *Spit*
Third party? Hell, we need a second one.
In light of present realities, that is really a stupid statement. We have spent all our efforts in attempting to defeat democrats only to have our efforts thwarted by the likes of Boehner and McConnell.
Too many of these so-called Republicans are actually working to promote the same agenda as the Democrats, so we are not attempting to punish "less than pure Republicans", but we are trying to replace people who are actively undermining the very principles upon which the Republican party was built.
We can't fight a war with an army full of turncoat generals.
No problem!
McConnell (KY) - 05/20/14 - 81% (Average) - 79% (Heritage) - 74% (CFG) - 100% (ACU) - 71% (FreedomWorks)
McConnell (KY) - 05/20/14 - 75% (Average) - 79% (Heritage) - 74% (CFG) - 71% (FreedomWorks)
Note the difference in the average. Dropped six points when you leave out the ACU, whose rating of McConnell at 100% is laughable. The ACU also has the "lifetime rating" trick which politicians enthusiastically glom on to. They can have their conservative votes from 20 years ago give them cover for this year.
McConnell is not the conservative he claims. And even this average is misleading, for he carefully votes conservative to fool his constituents, while he undermines conservatives behind the scenes. But it's as objective a rating as we can get, based on his votes, and 75% is piss poor!
You, and those that think like you, are primarily to blame.
McConnell is worse than Obama and Reid. All traitors are. He violated his oath of office repeatedly in failing to defend the Constitution against it's usurpation - handing a blank check to the Executive, and allowing a dictator render Congress itself, irrelevant.
McConnell is currently carpet bombing ads here that tout he is the only true Conservative in the race. Citing his supposed standing against Obama and ObamaCare at every turn, opposing him on his war on coal, reined in deficit spending, while cleverly bashing Matt Bevin as a dangerous lying fraud.
I will not vote for the Turtle no matter the outcome of the Primary. I'll write in a true Conservative if I have to. McConnell is worse than any Democrat, because he wages war on his own base. Traitors we cannot abide. Period.
Thanks. I saw something about how he votes wrong on things like cloture and procedural votes which allow the 'rats the upper hand, to gain cover for voting right (until Cruz forced him out of the corner) after he's allowed it to the floor.
For Flipflopping, of course ;p
Oldest trick in the GOPe playbook. Not a dimes worth of difference between the Establishment RINO's like Midge, McShamnesty, Linda Grahamnesty or McCornball and their Dim counterparts.
Yes. I'll say this, they've motivated me to become more familiar with those boring little details. It's amazing how much they can get away with by using this sleight of hand.
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Oct. 7, 1984: Before there was any hint of a "Super Bowl Shuffle," there was Walter Payton pounding the ball from the Chicago Bears backfield -- so much so that on this day 28 years ago, Sweetness broke Jim Brown's career rushing record on a six-yard, third-quarter run in a win over the New Orleans Saints at Soldier Field. (Click here for a more detailed recap.)
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Alibaba's Tmall Global now features goods from 14,500 overseas brands, 80% of them selling in China for the first time.
Less than a month into the New Year and the e-retailer and marketplace announces plans for three additional U.S. fulfillment centers.
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More than I.T.
BestKiteboarding.com's design team reflects another change in the industry: It's no longer just I.T. It includes four I.T. staff members and six marketers. They use Adobe Photoshop from Adobe Systems Inc. to create designs and pages. Prior to design, company executives use traffic ranking tools from Alexa Internet Inc. to collect information on kiteboarding and water sports sites and gauge which are most liked by enthusiasts.
"Every year we decide what the vision for the site is: educating, selling, branding, etc. Once we establish that, we gather technology tools, which include NetSuite's e-commerce and other applications," Lawson explains. "Then we think about the market-do we want to promote these kites or those boards. And then we determine how and where image, lifestyle and educational content can help. With all that set, we lay them out online, prioritizing them according to the year's vision, which this year is lifestyle. We give those elements the best real estate, and then everything trickles down from there."
Lawson's sense that BestKiteboarding.com's current incarnation is "a little too busy" is in line with site design philosophy that seems to be growing more popular: minimalism.
"I'm a big believer in simplicity," states Craig Smith, founder and managing director of Trinity Insight LLC, an e-commerce consulting and services firm that specializes in interactive site design and site testing and analysis. "You don't want to cause analysis paralysis, where you give shoppers so many options. Web design should accurately portray your brand and actively tell your value proposition."
The benefit of minimalism is that not only does it match today's aesthetic, but it also simplifies the shopping experience. "When you look at successful e-commerce designs like Apple's, you see it's difficult to get confused," says Jason Billingsley, vice president of marketing at Elastic Path Software Inc., an e-commerce platform vendor. "And if you can get across one clear message, it's far more effective than crowding shoppers with more features and functions."
Minimalism, though, should be driven by who an e-retailer's customers are and what they like, cautions Lawrence of F. Curtis Barry & Co. "I'm a big believer in testing, where you have customers take a look before it's sitewide to help you determine if a design element is doable or not," he says. "There are some sites that have many, many click-throughs on their pages that go 100 ways to heaven and their shoppers really like that. And there are others that have customers who prefer very simple stuff. Judging what's best is based on experience, gut instinct and what your customer base is willing to accept."
Lawson of Best Kiteboarding sees no reason both approaches can't be used simultaneously. "Make your design accommodate the content that is necessary to display for shoppers," he advises. "If some pages are busy and most others are not, that is not necessarily a problem."
Tempting technology
If an e-retailer decides to shed some pounds for a more minimalist look, the decision is put to the test by the tasty treats technology dangles before it. Blind pursuit of popular web technology such as online video, tickers and animated gifs may lead to crowds, or to crowded pages. The other side of the coin: Some of the latest web technology, such as Ajax, enables e-retailers to put more material on a page, much of which isn't seen until a shopper mouses over a product or button.
Overstock.com's marketing department's teams of graphic and web designers and web producers and editors translate the e-retailer's cool vision into reality via a variety of technology. For the most part the teams use Adobe Creative Suite print, web and mobile publishing software, and a personalization system from Kefta Inc. Typically the teams focus on site search, taxonomy and overall design rather than design details such as additional images or pop-up windows. However, if staff sees new features or technology that add significant value to a shopper's web experience and decision making and is essentially universally compatible, the merchant will build them into the design, internal marketing staff says.
Overstock.com determines the value of new technology by giving it a test run and monitoring conversion, add-to-cart, bounce and other rates, staff says, then analyzing all gathered data to conclude whether a new design element truly is an improvement over the status quo.
Boy, that looks good
There's one aspect of the status quo that will never change at men's fashion cataloger and e-retailer Undergear-the pages and pages of vibrant imagery of attractive, well-built, young men showing off the latest styles in underwear, swimwear, activewear and other apparel. A snug site design is fitting for its key customers-fit, predominantly urban men between 25 and 54 who like to experiment with looks and set trends, says Robin Baskin, vice president of e-commerce at Hanover Direct Inc., which operates six cataloger/e-retailer businesses, including Undergear, International Male and Silhouettes.
Baskin was hired a year ago and immediately tasked to consider a web site redesign. Undergear.com launched in 1999-its first major redesign came in April 2004, its second debuted in early January. The retailer's sharp focus on distinctive, large pictures of men in a minimum of clothing is a major ingredient in its minimalist site design approach. "Minimalism is important because it enables our customers to easily and quickly accomplish what they want to do," Baskin says.
To achieve the look, Undergear slipped on some of the latest site design technology, Ajax. "One of the primary goals of the redesign was to allow for rapid and fluid access to site content and create a more seamless user experience that minimizes the constant back-and-forth screen redraws typical of the current online shopping experience. The use of Ajax was a key component to achieving this goal," says Colton Perry, vice president of creative and technology at NetPlus Marketing Inc., an interactive marketing and design firm Undergear selected for redesign as well as programming and coding assistance.
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great model + a nice pose :)
Star Wars: Clones of War will add the vehicles and the soldiers of the Grand Army of the Republic and the Droid army of the Confederacy of Independant systems to Men of War.
great model + a nice pose :)
Awesome indeed.
Great model.
Great model, but the thighs look a bit thick, like Phase II.
Probably just me though.
Love it
shrink the waistline by a few game inchs and I think your ok
no see its the belt thats all the belts too big
Noted ;)
yeah!nicely done!
Is there a diference between phase 1 and 2 besides the helmet
I haven't seen any differences.. So yeah, they use the same model for the bodies.
Are we going to be able to use this pose in game?
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Our 22 year old son wanted to go there for his birthday - Seth was the most patient as we ordered (and changed our minds mulitple times) - it was great food and our son got a free regular shake (BIG shake)!
A mini - is not what you'd think a mini is. Think 32oz cup FILLED with delicious ice cream! The fries go could to quickly.
Went to Iceberg with two grandsons. Slow staff. Basically an empty building. Burgers were poor...dry and not tasty. Won't go back.
Went with the family at the end of a long day for a treat. Shakes are BIG, glad I didn't get a large. Great flavor selection and tasted good. Drawback is cleanliness. Tables weren't getting bused or wiped clean. Had to wipe down our own table before sitting. Basic burger and fry place with ice cream.
Stopped here while just passing through town. Had a footlong hotdog and fries. Hot dog was par for the coarse. The fries were cold which they did correct quickly. The restaurant itself was not as clean as I would like. The floors were so bad my shoes were sticking. Given the choice again I would opt for Chick fil a...
My hubby always loves to get their shakes, they have big portions & lots of flavors! NOt the fanciest place, but it is easy to get to, and quick!
Well, if there is no DQ handy. We had only the thick shake which is = to a McFlurry or Frosty. For us it is real handy and we look forward to a return visit.
What do you think of when you see the word "mini"? Mini Cooper? Munchkins? Tiny portion? Not at Iceberg. You will not want more than a mini milkshake, I promise. My husband and I SHARED a mini! They put it in a cup within a cup so the extra inches at the top don't make a mess. We don't eat...
Iceberg is known for its thick, tasty shakes. Can't go wrong with any of them here. However each time we visit, they have the most incompetent employees working there and the dining room tables and floor are sticky messes.
Had heard a lot about this location with its giant onion rings and tall shakes. "Giant" and "tall" would be an understatement. Definitely not practical for a drive-through experience. Had to pull off the road to enjoy these delicacies. The shake had to be double-cupped and dome-capped - and that was a "small". For a specialty night out, this could...
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Skip to comments.RUSE: Say no to Girl Scout Cookies (more disgusting factoids on the Girl Scouts)
Posted on 01/17/2012 5:50:07 PM PST by prairiebreeze
The Girl Scouts have a cross-dresser in the front office.
Ten years ago, Girl Scouts media relations officer Joshua Ackley was frontman for the homopunk band the Dead Betties. In publicity shots, hes dressed in womens clothing, and in music videos, he appears to be naked and feigning masturbation. The video for Hellevator portrays a woman being strangled in an elevator shaft while Mr. Ackley flashes a menacing grin.
Today he issues press releases, posts news and views on the Girl Scouts blog, and tries to mollify moms who are concerned about Girl Scout ties with Planned Parenthood. In fact, it was Mr. Ackley who facilitated the Girl Scouts no adults allowed workshop at the United Nations - the workshop in which the Planned Parenthood sex brochure Healthy, Happy, and Hot was offered, although part of Mr. Ackleys job is to deny it.
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I'm a peanut butter addict. Any suggestions as to the best PB cookie on the planet......good and peanut buttery without being sickening sweet?
I'm also a NUT nut. Walnuts, pecans, etc. What's the best NUTTY cookie or cake?
Thanks for the tip! There is a $G close by my school.
There is always an adult with the girls when they sell cookies. Tell the adult why, not the girls.
The national HQ and the local organizations of linked, and the link cannot be broken without the local organization being punished by the national HQs.
You can rationalize all you want, but to support the local organization to support the national organization.
Listen to a wise Girl Scout on this issue:
That's entirely the point....the organization HAS become corrupt. But many parents won't know or won't care to know.
If you want to donate to the troop, give them money as was suggested up thread. In the meantime, please don't blithely purchase cookies from fresh-faced youngsters and kid yourself into thinking that you aren't contributing to the efforts of Planned Parenthood, the United Nations, homosexual glamorization efforts and other liberal programs.
Dollar General...a well kept secret.
For $2-$3 at DG, I can easily put myself into a sugary, catatonic stupor. Circus peanuts, candy corn, peppermint/butterscotch drops.
Contact Girl Scouts headquarters:
Also meant to say...I don't do GS cookies anymore, so there has to be a substitute.
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Thanks for adding that link to the thread. Although the organization may be too far gone to hit them anywhere but the pocketbook.
I HATE what the Girl Scouts has become but I am guilty of buying several boxes of their lemon cookies. I'm hooked - looking for a 12 Step program for them.
Manc, UnRuley1 mentions a group called Frontier Girls as a Girl Scouts alternative.
Fudge Peanut Butter, also a Dollar General (Clover Valley) cookie.
Check this out. Be Warned! The website is still very PRO GS. I am using it to make my point, that these cookies are GOOD! So please no flak about ME being pro GS.
It says the same thing I did, (with a healthy dose of GS propaganda thrown in for good measure) "similar, if not better cookie than GS, but much cheaper."
Hope this helps.
This whole new development is so very sad to me. I was a member of the Girl Scouts for year's as a child. It enriched my life and my friends life.
But that was locally.
I still believe that so many local Girl Scout troops are acting locally and are great.
We must stop this infiltration of the bad and support the good locally.
Excellent point. An awful lot of little girls are unaware of any of this and are even in troops where the leaders deliberately avoid and shelter them from the agenda driven stuff. No need for them to get the short end of the stick from both the Girls Scouts and everyone they ask to buy a cookie.
"You can rationalize all you want..."
Sir, I'm doing no such thing. I understand the times are evil. As Paul explained, shunning of the sexually immoral is appropriate when concerning members of the Church, but for unredeemed sinners we "would have to leave this world" not to associate.
A coworker saw a picture of my young sons hiking, with their web gear, fatigues, and all; he asked if they were in scouting, and when I said no, then asked where they got all the gear (military surplus, not Boy Scouts). I told him it was all over flea markets and army navy stores, and useful in camping/backpacking.
I think he still believes it must have been a Scout troop (in cammies?). When other people have asked why they weren't in Scouts, I replied that my family/friends take them camping more than Scouts would.
I believe the Scout groups here in NJ are consolidating as membership drops. I remember years ago when it was much more popular, but I think they spent less time camping and more time selling/fundraising. As Americans leave the state, they are being replaced by foreigners who know better than to trust anyone else with their children (boys or girls). Apparently our reputation precedes us - whether Asian or Hispanic, these parents are not the same "sleepover" parents as we had.
The Girl Scouts fell from grace for me a few years back.. I was in a book store within earshot of GS field trip where the leader was telling the girls that if stuck on a desert island, their Mothers were the brains and their Fathers were basically beasts of burden.
(Post #54)The GIRLS are guileless. When theyre selling cookies out front of a store (the locus of a boycott) they are trying to build THEIR organization, not that of some impostor at HQ.
Come on, do the Nancy Reagan thing & just say NO.
What? The lesbians quit??
"Im a glutton for punishment... I watched the whole wretched thing.
Someone needs to invent brain bleach."
Store brand, old fashioned bleach will do the job, if you do not forget the essential wire brush.
I'd buy Girl Scout cookies but, as Wednesday Addams proved, are not made of Girl Scouts.
I too only buy one box, but that one box has 12 little boxes inside it. <:Þ
checked into it already, none where I ma so the misses is talking ot a few parents to get it set up
thank you
no thank you.
I have already bought, thank you.
no, I buy from the other club.
seriously a cookie for your soul?
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Development of a Pheromone-Assisted Baiting Technique for Argentine Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Current control measures for Argentine ants, Linepithema humile (Mayr), in urban settings typically include perimeter applications of insecticides around structures, resulting in potential problems with insecticide runoff and environmental contamination. Insecticidal baits can be an effective alternative to perimeter spray applications and are largely considered target-specific with minimal nontarget impact and environmental contamination. We report a "pheromone-assisted baiting technique" as an economically viable approach to maximize the efficacy of conventional baits targeting Argentine ants. Laboratory experiments with a commercially available gel bait indicated that foraging activity and final mortality of Argentine ants were significantly improved by incorporating (Z)-9-hexadecenal in the bait. The field study demonstrated that the pheromone-treated gel bait achieved a 74% reduction in Argentine ant activity by the end of 4 wk when it was compared with its own pretreatment value. This was a significant improvement over the untreated gel bait that provided a 42% reduction over the same period of time. The pheromone-assisted baiting technique has the potential in providing effective ant control with reduced amount of insecticides applied in the environment.
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The invasive Argentine ant, Linepithema humile (Mayr), has become one of the major nuisance pests in many urban areas in the United States over the past several decades (Silverman and Brightwell 2008, Gilboa et al. 2012). It is the dominant urban ant pest in California and Georgia and a significant localized pest in the other southeastern states such as South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, Tennessee, and North Carolina (Bambara et al. 2006). For instance, one survey indicated that 85% of urban pest control services are allocated solely to the control of Argentine ants in California (Field et al. 2007). According to another survey conducted in North Carolina in 2000, Argentine ants were present in >20% of the samples collected by the local pest management professionals (PMPs) from urban areas (Bambara et al. 2006).
Residual insecticide sprays are widely used to control the Argentine ant in urban settings. Their simple application and effectiveness in providing rapid control make them a popular choice among PMPs (Rust et al. 2003, Klotz et al. 2008a). Pyrethroids (e.g., bifenthrin, cyfluthrin, cypermethrin, and permethrin) and phenylpyrazole (e.g., fipronil) are among the most common active ingredients that are used in these residual insecticide sprays (Rust 2001, Rust et al. 2003, Silverman and Brightwell 2008). Based on 2012 data, 25,445 kg of bifenthrin (active ingredient) and 24,166 kg of fipronil (active ingredient) were formulated into various spray products used by licensed PMPs for urban pest management in California (California Department of Pesticide Regulation [CDPR] 2012). Consequently, some of these active ingredients, and their toxic degradation products, are frequently detected in urban waterways and aquatic sediments (Weston et al. 2009, Lao et al. 2010, Delgado-Moreno et al. 2011).
Frequent detection of these active ingredients in urban water ways is concerning because of the potential effects on nontarget species (Bonmatin et al. 2015). For example, bifenthrin was identified as the primary causative agent of toxicity to an amphipod indicator species, Hyalella azteca, with additional toxicity being attributed to the presence of cyfluthrin and cypermethrin (Weston et al. 2005). Hyalella azteca is an aquatic grazer that is often used to determine the nontarget effects of pesticide contaminants in aquatic systems (Weston et al. 2005). Additionally, fipronil was detected in urban waterways in amounts that exceeded the LC50 values for many indicator arthropod species such as mysid shrimp and grass shrimp (Gan et al. 2012). Developing new ant control strategies that are not solely dependent upon residual sprays will help mitigate the negative impact on water quality.
Baiting is an effective alternative to insecticide sprays for managing pest ants (Klotz et al. 2003). When properly designed and used, insecticidal baits can provide several potential advantages over the insecticide sprays. For example, baits can be designed to achieve target specificity and minimal off-site movement of insecticidal active ingredients (Klotz et al. 2010). However, for a bait to be acceptable as an effective tool for a practical ant pest management program, the baits must meet several requirements. For example, the toxic baits should maintain palatability, nonrepellency, delayed toxicity, and transferability over the baiting period (Silverman and Roulston 2001). Maintaining these bait characteristics depends on not only the chemical constituents (i.e., active and inactive ingredients) of the baits but also their concentrations. Additionally, baits should restrict access of nontarget organisms while eliminating or reducing the target ant populations (Silverman and Brightwell 2008).
One of the potential ways to improve current baiting technologies is to use insect pheromones in conjunction with existing bait products (Vander Meer 1996). By incorporating species-specific insect pheromones to the bait matrix, the bait can be designed to be quickly discovered and consumed by the desired pest species before any detrimental changes of the bait matrix or active ingredient(s) occurs. In particular, fermentation and increased viscosity can quickly occur for the sugar-containing liquid or gel baits placed under warm and dry conditions, negatively impacting the palatability of the baits for liquid-feeding ants (Cooper et al. 2008, Choe et al. 2010). Several studies have explored the possibility of using a synthetic trail-following pheromone to develop practical management strategies for the Argentine ant. Choe et al. (2014) reported that the addition of (Z)-9-hexadecenal, a putative trail pheromone component of Argentine ants, into insecticide sprays improved the sprays efficacy because (Z)-9-hexadecenal attracts worker ants from nearby locations to the insecticide spray deposits. Greenberg and Klotz (2000) showed that (Z)-9-hexadecenal, when mixed with a sugar solution, increases Argentine ant consumption. However, this study did not determine if the efficacy of insecticidal bait can be improved by incorporating the pheromone into the bait.
In this study, we explored if the incorporation of Argentine ant pheromone, (Z)-9-hexadecenal, could improve the efficacy of existing gel baits. We used a gel bait product that is broadly marketed throughout California (CDPR 2012) and other parts of the United States for residential ant control. Laboratory studies were conducted to determine if the addition of (Z)-9-hexadecenal into a gel bait could increase the Argentine ants' foraging activity on that gel bait, and thus, increase the resulting mortality. A field study was also conducted to determine if the addition of (Z)-9-hexadecenal into that same gel bait could increase the bait consumption and consequently, provide improved Argentine ant control in the urban residential settings.
Materials and Methods
Argentine ants were collected from the biological control grove on the University of California, Riverside campus. Ant nests were excavated from the ground and transported to the laboratory, where the ants were extracted from the soil (Hooper-Bui and Rust 2000). Laboratory stock colonies were maintained in plastic boxes (26.5 by 30 by 10 cm3); the inner sides were coated with Teflon (Fluoropolymer resin, type 30, DuPont Polymers, Wilmington, DE) to prevent the ants from escaping. Each colony was provided with two or three artificial nests constructed from plaster-filled Petri dishes (9 cm diameter by 1.5 cm depth) with a smaller cylindrical area (5 cm diameter by 1 cm depth) in the center of the dish, to serve as a nesting space. The colonies had free access to fresh water and 25% (wt/vol) sucrose solution. Freshly killed American cockroaches, Periplaneta americana (L.), were provided three times a week as a protein source.
Optigard ant gel bait (Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. Greensboro, NC) containing 0.01% (wt/wt) thiamethoxam as the active ingredient was used in the study. The gel bait was chosen based on its effectiveness in preliminary laboratory trials (K.F.W., unpublished data) and its common use by PMPs in California. Thiamethoxam requires consumption by the ants to become most effective. Additionally, the thiamethoxam ingested by one individual could be transferred to other individuals within the population via oral food exchange (i.e., stomodeal trophallaxis; Rust et al. 2004).
Laboratory Study
Laboratory studies were conducted to determine if the addition of (Z)-9-hexadecenal (Bedoukian Research, Inc., Danbury, CT) into a gel bait could increase the Argentine ants' short-term feeding activity on that gel bait, and thus, increase the resulting mortality. A group of Argentine ant workers (0.5 g), reared from laboratory stock colonies (see earlier text), was aspirated, anesthetized with CO2, and placed in an empty plastic box arena (20 by 35 cm2). The inner sides of the arena box were coated with Teflon (Fluoropolymer resin, type 30, DuPont Polymers) to prevent the ants from escaping. This method of preparation resulted in relatively similar-sized experimental colonies (745 ± 28 ants [mean ± SEM], n = 36, range 714–901). One reproductive (queen) was added to each of the experimental colonies. Each experimental colony was provided with one nest tube, constructed from a 50-ml Falcon plastic tube (Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA) that was filled with 15 ml water and stopped with a cotton ball, and one sugar water dish containing 25% sucrose solution. The nest tube was placed in one end of the box, and the sugar water dish was placed next to the nest.
We compared the following gel bait treatments gel bait with pheromone (treatment gel bait) and gel bait only (standard gel bait). In addition to these two gel bait treatments, we also included a control group that only received 25% sucrose solution without any toxicant (untreated control), to estimate the natural mortality of laboratory colonies of Argentine ants. The gel bait was provided in a small plastic dish (cap of 1.5-ml microcentrifuge tube). For the treatment gel bait, 10 µl of (Z)-9-hexadecenal preparation, dissolved in acetone (10 µg/ml), was applied in the center of the dish. The solvent was allowed to evaporate for 1 min before placing 1 g of gel bait in the dish. Then, the gel bait was gently stirred with a stick, mixing the gel bait with the pheromone residue. The approximate final concentration of the pheromone in the gel bait was 0.1 µg/g. For the standard gel bait, 10 µl of clean acetone was applied to the dish before placing 1 g of gel bait. The standard gel bait was also stirred in a manner similar to the preparation of treatment gel bait. The bait dish containing either the standard or treatment gel bait was then placed in the plastic box arena at the opposite end from the nest tube, ∼20 cm away from the nest entrance. Each experimental colony was randomly assigned to treatment gel bait, standard gel bait, or untreated control. Two gel bait treatments and the untreated control were replicated 12 times. The experimental colonies were provided with 25% (wt/vol) sucrose solution throughout the entire experimental period.
For the gel bait treatments, starting immediately after the introduction of the gel bait dish, each experimental colony was photographed every 3 min to accurately record the number of ants feeding on the gel bait over time. Photographs were taken for a total period of 30 min, resulting in 10 observations per trial. After 30 min, the bait dish was removed from the plastic box arena. The timed removal of the bait from the experimental colony was necessary because the continued presence of the gel bait in the colony box would rapidly satiate the experimental colonies contained in a small space (i.e., 700 cm2), limiting the potential differentiation between treatment and standard gel baits (K.F.W., unpublished data). All experimental colonies were maintained at 23–25°C and 34–45% relative humidity for 7 d. Dead ants were removed daily from each box, and total cumulative number of the dead ants was counted on day 7.
Field Study
Field experiments were conducted to determine if the addition of (Z)-9-hexadecenal into the gel bait could increase the gel bait consumption over a long term (i.e., 4 wk). Control efficacies were also compared between treatment gel bait (gel bait with pheromone) and standard gel bait (gel bait only). The study was conducted in Riverside, CA, using residential houses that local homeowners voluntarily provided as research sites. Because the main focus of current study was examining the efficacy difference between treatment gel bait (with pheromone) and standard gel bait (without pheromone), we did not include untreated control houses. Additionally, it was impossible to find homeowners that were willing to cooperate in a study like this without receiving some kind of ant control measures.
Before the start of the experiment, houses were monitored for overall ant activity levels based on number of ant visits at monitoring tubes. The 15-ml Falcon plastic tubes (Fisher Scientific) containing 12 ml of 25% sucrose solution were used as monitoring tubes. For each house, 10 monitoring tubes were placed along the perimeter, and the other 10 tubes were placed about 3 m away from the house perimeter. After 24 h, the tubes were capped to prevent liquid loss during transportation, returned to the laboratory, and weighed. The weight data were corrected for evaporative loss of the liquid during the 24-h monitoring period (Klotz et al. 2008b). By calculating the difference between the initial weight of the sucrose solution placed into the monitoring tube and the adjusted weight of the remaining sucrose solution, we obtained the amount of sucrose solution consumed by the foraging ants over the 24-h monitoring period. A single Argentine ant typically consumes 0.0003 g of sucrose solution per visit; therefore, we assumed a direct relationship between amount of sucrose solution consumed and number of ant visits at the monitoring tube (Reierson et al. 1998). Based on this assumption, the number of ant visits per tube was estimated by dividing the consumption (g) by 0.0003 (g per visit). One advantage of this type of monitoring is it reflects an overall foraging activity of the ants over a relatively long period of time (i.e., 24 h) rather than estimating the ant activity based on a snapshot observation (e.g., counting ant numbers on a trail for a fixed amount time), in which the estimations could vary greatly depending upon the times of the day or ambient weather conditions. Based on preliminary monitoring, 10 houses with significant levels of Argentine ant activity (i.e., a minimum of total 84 ml loss from the 240 ml originally distributed in 20 monitoring tubes) were selected for this study.
Five of the 10 houses were treated with treatment gel bait, and the other five houses were treated with standard gel bait. Bait stations were constructed from graduated 15-ml Falcon plastic tubes (Fisher Scientific) with a small hole (3 mm diameter) drilled in the cap. The small entry hole in the cap allowed the foraging ants to access the gel bait inside of the bait station, while preventing nontarget organisms and water (from irrigation and natural precipitation) from entering into the bait station. Each bait station was loaded with 2 ml of thiamethoxam gel bait. For the treatment gel bait, 0.2 µg of (Z)-9-hexadecenal dissolved in 20 µl of acetone was applied on the top of the gel bait inside the tube and mixed by gently agitating the bait station. The standard gel bait consisted of thiamethoxam gel bait dispensed in the tube without any modification. Application of acetone on the bait did not alter normal foraging behavior of ants and overall mortality rates, compared with the standard gel bait (K.F.W., unpublished data).
Twenty bait stations were evenly distributed around each house, 10 along the perimeter of the house and 10 in the yard. We also referred to product label instructions for the placement of the gel bait. Each bait station was labeled and buried with only the entry hole exposed to soil surface. For the locations where bait stations could not be buried (e.g., hardscapes like the concrete patio), the tubes were laid on the ground in the notch of a small Lincoln Log (K'NEX Industries Inc., Hatfield, PA) and covered with plastic flower pots (15.5 cm diameter by 11.5 cm height) to protect it from sprinkler irrigation, pets, and direct sunlight. The bait stations were checked once a week for 4 wk. The amount of bait reduction per bait station was estimated by reading the 0.1-ml measured increments on the side of the bait stations. Stations that showed a substantial amount of reduction (i.e., >50% in volume) were replaced with new bait stations.
To determine the control efficacy, the activity level of Argentine ants was estimated using the monitoring tubes at weeks 1, 2, and 4 posttreatment. The bait stations were removed before placing monitoring tubes. Twenty monitoring tubes, 10 near the house and 10 away from the house, were placed in similar locations to where the bait stations had previously been located. After 24 h, the monitoring tubes were sealed and returned to the laboratory for weight measurement to estimate the number of ant visits (see earlier text).
Statistical Analyses
All statistical analyses were performed in R version 3.0.3 (R Development Core Team 2008). For the laboratory foraging study, the count data from 10 consecutive observations were averaged for each trial, and the average values were compared between treatment gel bait and standard gel bait only with a Welch two-sample t-test (R Development Core Team 2008). For the laboratory mortality data, a one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) followed by a Tukey's honest significant test (HSD) test (R Development Core Team 2008) was used to compare the total cumulative numbers of dead ants at day 7 for both treatments and untreated control.
For the field study, amounts of gel bait consumed (ml) were compared between treatment and standard gel baits for each week of the experiment using a repeated measures ANOVA, with the fixed effect of treatment (treatment vs. standard gel baits) and a repeated effect of week. Average values from the 20 bait stations were used as data. A generalized mixed model (GLMM) was used to compare ant activity levels. The model contained fixed effects for week (pretreatment and weeks 1, 2, and 4 posttreatment) and treatment (treatment gel bait and standard gel bait). The interaction of week and treatment was also included as was a random effect term for "house." GLMM was performed using the "lmer" function from the lme4 package (Bates et al. 2014), and the "Anova" function of the package "car" was used to generate type II tests (Fox and Weisberg 2011). The levels of ant activity from the number of ant visits were compared between the treatment and standard gel bait houses for each week using a Wilcoxon rank sum test.
Laboratory Study
Foraging activity of the Argentine ant was significantly greater in the treatment gel bait when compared with standard gel bait (Fig. 1A). On average, the treatment gel bait had twice as many foragers compared with the standard gel bait (142.3 ± 24.4 and 55.5 ± 8.5 [mean ± SEM] ants for the treatment and standard gel baits, respectively) over 30-min observation period (T = 3.8, df = 22, P < 0.001). The ANOVA with day 7 total cumulative mortality indicated significant variation among the three treatments (F = 42.3; df = 2, 4; P < 0.001; Fig. 1B). Day 7 mortality was significantly greater in the treatment gel bait (453.4 ± 65.8 ants) compared with standard gel bait (273.3 ± 44.9 ants; Tukey's HSD: P < 0.001). Day 7 total cumulative mortality from the untreated control (45.6 ± 8.6) was low, significantly different from both gel bait treatments (Tukey's HSD: P < 0.001).
Field Study
The average amount of gel bait consumption was significantly higher for treatment gel bait than for standard gel bait in posttreatment monitoring trials (F = 98.9; df = 1, 35; P < 0.001; Fig. 2). The number of ant visits at monitoring tubes varied significantly among weeks (GLMM: χ2 = 74.5; df = 3, 7; P < 0.001), but the main effect of treatments (treatment gel bait vs. standard gel bait) on averaged ant visits was not significant, indicating treatment alone did not influence overall ant visits (χ2 = 0.82; df = 1, 7; P = 0.37). However, when the interaction of the fixed effect of week and treatments was considered, there was a significant effect (χ2 = 20.2; df = 3, 7; P < 0.001; Fig. 3).
The levels of ant activity estimated from the number of ant visits were compared between the treatment and standard gel bait houses for each week (Fig. 3). The Wilcoxon rank sum test indicated that the houses assigned for treatment and standard gel bait applications were similar in Argentine ant activity for the pretreatment week (19,945 ± 1,757 vs. 21,939 ± 1,848 [mean ± SEM] ant visits for the treatment and standard gel bait houses, respectively; Z = 0.4, P > 0.5). In week 1, ant activity level of the treatment gel bait houses increased to 21,823 ± 1,498 ant visits, while that of the standard gel bait houses decreased to 16,091 ± 1,456 ant visits. Consequently, the houses treated with treatment gel bait had significantly higher ant activity compared with the houses treated with standard gel bait by the end of week 1 (Z = −2.8, P < 0.01). In week 2, the ant activity level at the treatment gel bait houses decreased to 16,918 ± 1,590 ant visits, while the standard gel bait house had a slight increase to 16,727 ± 1,644 ant visits, leaving the treatment and standard houses similar in their ant activity levels (Z = − 0.8, P = 0.4). By week 4, the ant activity level of the treatment gel bait houses further decreased to 5,108 ± 753 ant visits, being significantly different from that of the standard gel bait houses (12,739 ± 1,253 ant visits; Z = 4.7, P < 0.01). When compared with their own pretreatment values, the treatment and standard gel baits achieved 74 and 42% overall reductions in the Argentine ant activity level, respectively.
Data from the laboratory study clearly indicate that the addition of (Z)-9-hexadecenal into the gel bait increases Argentine ant foraging activity on the gel bait. This result is corroborated by the findings of Greenberg and Klotz (2000), in which consumption rate of Argentine ants was 33% higher when the sucrose solution was dispensed from vials, which were treated with (Z)-9-hexadecenal. Furthermore, higher foraging activity for the pheromone-treated gel bait translates to higher final mortality. Because (Z)-9-hexadecenal is not insecticidal (Choe et al. 2014), the increase in the final mortality found in the pheromone-treated gel bait is attributed to the increasing number of Argentine ant foragers that are discovering and consuming the gel bait within the fixed amount of time. The consumption data from the field study also indicate that Argentine ants consistently consume more gel bait when it is treated with (Z)-9-hexadecenal (Fig. 2); the total amounts of gel bait consumed were 238 and 95 g for the treatment and standard gel baits, respectively.
The field study suggests ant activity levels from the treatment and standard gel bait houses behave differently over time. Before the gel bait application, the houses assigned to either treatment or standard gel baits had similar levels of ant activity (Fig. 3). By the end of week 1 posttreatment, the houses with the treatment gel bait had higher ant activity compared with the houses with standard gel bait. This phenomenon was primarily caused by the fact that ant activity level at the houses with the treatment gel bait increased between the pretreatment and week 1 posttreatment monitoring trials, while the houses with the standard gel bait showed a reduction in ant activity level during this period. It is possible that (Z)-9-hexadecenal originating from the treatment gel bait stations might have initially increased the number of foraging ants around the house including areas where the monitoring tubes were placed. Argentine ants are known to be attracted toward the source of (Z)-9-hexadecenal via odor-mediated anemotaxis (Van Vorhis Key and Baker 1982a,b; Choe et al. 2012, 2014). Suckling et al. (2008) reported that the number of Argentine ants significantly increased when (Z)-9-hexadecenal was released from a point source within the field site.
The ant activity level in the treatment gel bait houses dropped substantially during the second week of baiting, resulting in similar levels of ant activity between the treatment and standard gel bait houses (Fig. 3). By the end of week 4, the treatment and standard gel baits achieved 74 and 42% reductions in the ant activity level, relative to their pretreatment values. Based on weekly monitoring of an untreated field site, ant activity levels within Riverside area did not experience any natural decline throughout the entire field study period (K.F.W., unpublished data). Additionally, the average temperature range throughout the study was 21–29.5°C, which is well within the temperature range which would allow normal foraging activity of Argentine ants (Abril et al. 2010). Throughout the 4-wk baiting period, the amount of gel bait consumption was consistently higher for the treatment gel bait compared with the standard gel bait (Fig. 2). Based on this information and the data from the laboratory study, the higher control efficacy achieved by the pheromone-treated gel bait by the end of week 4 could be attributed to the higher amount of thiamethoxam delivered to the Argentine ant populations compared with the standard gel bait. However, it is also possible that (Z)-9-hexadecenal incorporated into the gel bait might have influenced the spread of thiamethoxam throughout the population of Argentine ants. For example, the presence of (Z)-9-hexadecenal in the ingested gel bait might influence the frequency of the trophallaxis between the original forager and other recipient ants. This aspect warrants further study.
The 74% reduction achieved in the current field study using the "pheromone-assisted baiting technique" in only 4 wk is particularly remarkable when considering the efficacy levels from other previous baiting trials with commercial products targeting urban ant populations. For instance, one field study indicated that the same gel bait product used in the current study (0.01% thiamethoxam) provided an average of 46% reduction in ant activity around the houses after 30 d (Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority [APVMA] 2007). This level of control efficacy is similar with what the current study has observed for the standard gel bait by the end of week 4 (42%). Klotz et al. (2007) reported that houses treated with liquid borate bait only attained a 44% reduction in ant activity around the house after 4 wk.
For practical applications in pest management, achieving an initial attraction of Argentine ants to low concentrations of (Z)-9-hexadecenal incorporated into the gel bait is paramount. Even though Argentine ants are generally attracted to a source of (Z)-9-hexadecenal from a distance, it has been also shown that high concentrations of (Z)-9-hexadecenal applied in point sources are repellant or disruptive to the foraging ants (Greenberg and Klotz 2000, Suckling et al. 2010). Maintaining an optimal concentration range of (Z)-9-hexadecenal being released from the gel bait (or the gel bait station) is necessary to maximize the attraction and subsequent bait consumption by the foraging Argentine ants. Once the bait is discovered and consumed by a group of foragers, it is likely that the initial foragers will recruit more ants using their own communication system (Flanagan et al. 2013). The current study demonstrates that 0.1 µg of (Z)-9-hexadecenal per 1 g of gel bait is effective in maintaining attraction within the small laboratory colonies for 30 min without being repellent. The same rate of (Z)-9-hexadecenal was effective in attracting the foragers into the bait stations in the field settings. That is, we often observed that foraging Argentine ants readily discovered the pheromone-treated gel bait inside of the bait stations within 5–10 min after installing the bait stations.
The results of this study demonstrate the proof-of-concept for the pheromone-assisted baiting technique, suggesting its potential as an effective management tool for Argentine ants in urban settings. This pheromone-assisted baiting technique builds upon existing Argentine ant baiting technology by maintaining or improving important bait attributes such as delayed toxicity, transferability, and nonrepellency through the addition of (Z)-9-hexadecenal. Considering the current price of synthetic (Z)-9-hexadecenal (US$36.75 for 1 g, Bedoukian Research, Inc.), the pheromone-assisted baiting technique could be an economically viable modification for existing bait products. Other bait products containing different active ingredients (with different modes of action or transfer) need to be examined to determine their potential for the pheromone-assisted baiting approach. Also, an attribute of the bait station to consider in the current study is that the insecticidal gel bait is contained in a 15-ml plastic tube, thus eliminating the potential of insecticide run off into urban watersheds. The bait tube cap had a small circular hole (3 mm diameter) drilled in the middle of the cap to limit the entry of nontarget organisms and water while permitting Argentine ant access. Underground bait stations were protected from homeowners, children, and pets, and 100% of the bait stations were retrieved at the end of study. As federal and state laws become more stringent on residual insecticide spray use, the pheromone-assisted baiting technique may provide an effective improvement to current control strategies.
We thank Kathleen Campbell for providing colony maintenance and field support. We thank Sean Prager and Subir Ghosh (UC Riverside) for assistance with statistical analyses. We thank Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. for Optigard ant gel bait. Special thanks to Carl Strom/Western Exterminator Company Scholarship for partial support of this research. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship under Grant No. DGE-1326120.
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