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1Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Center for Molecular Neuroscience, Kennedy Center for Human Development, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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In this protocol we describe a method of operant learning using sensory stimuli as a reinforcer in the mouse. It requires no prior training or food restriction, and it allows the study of motivated behavior without the use of a pharmacological or natural reinforcer such as food.
Date Published: 11/10/2010, Issue 45; doi: 10.3791/2292
Keywords: Neuroscience, Issue 45, novelty seeking, self-administration, addiction, motivation, reinforcement
Olsen, C. M., Winder, D. G. Operant Sensation Seeking in the Mouse. J. Vis. Exp. (45), e2292, doi:10.3791/2292 (2010).
Operant methods are powerful behavioral tools for the study of motivated behavior. These 'self-administration' methods have been used extensively in drug addiction research due to their high construct validity. Operant studies provide researchers a tool for preclinical investigation of several aspects of the addiction process. For example, mechanisms of acute reinforcement (both drug and non-drug) can be tested using pharmacological or genetic tools to determine the ability of a molecular target to influence self-administration behavior1-6. Additionally, drug or food seeking behaviors can be studied in the absence of the primary reinforcer, and the ability of pharmacological compounds to disrupt this process is a preclinical model for discovery of molecular targets and compounds that may be useful for the treatment of addiction3,7-9. One problem with performing intravenous drug self-administration studies in the mouse is the technical difficulty of maintaining catheter patency. Attrition rates in these experiments are high and can reach 40% or higher10-15. Another general problem with drug self-administration is discerning which pharmacologically-induced effects of the reinforcer produce specific behaviors. For example, measurement of the reinforcing and neurological effects of psychostimulants can be confounded by their psychomotor effects. Operant methods using food reinforcement can avoid these pitfalls, although their utility in studying drug addiction is limited by the fact that some manipulations that alter drug self-administration have a minimal impact on food self-administration. For example, mesolimbic dopamine lesion or knockout of the D1 dopamine receptor reduce cocaine self-administration without having a significant impact on food self-administration 12,16.
Sensory stimuli have been described for their ability to support operant responding as primary reinforcers (i.e. not conditioned reinforcers)17-22. Auditory and visual stimuli are self-administered by several species18,21,23, although surprisingly little is known about the neural mechanisms underlying this reinforcement. The operant sensation seeking (OSS) model is a robust model for obtaining sensory self-administration in the mouse, allowing the study of neural mechanisms important in sensory reinforcement24. An additional advantage of OSS is the ability to screen mutant mice for differences in operant behavior that may be relevant to addiction. We have reported that dopamine D1 receptor knockout mice, previously shown to be deficient in psychostimulant self-administration, also fail to acquire OSS24. This is a unique finding in that these mice are capable of learning an operant task when food is used as a reinforcer. While operant studies using food reinforcement can be useful in the study of general motivated behavior and the mechanisms underlying food reinforcement, as mentioned above, these studies are limited in their application to studying molecular mechanisms of drug addiction. Thus, there may be similar neural substrates mediating sensory and psychostimulant reinforcement that are distinct from food reinforcement, which would make OSS a particularly attractive model for the study of drug addiction processes. The degree of overlap between other molecular targets of OSS and drug reinforcers is unclear, but is a topic that we are currently pursuing. While some aspects of addiction such as resistance to extinction may be observed with OSS, we have found that escalation 25 is not observed in this model24. Interestingly, escalation of intake and some other aspects of addiction are observed with self-administration of sucrose26. Thus, when non-drug operant procedures are desired to study addiction-related processes, food or sensory reinforcers can be chosen to best fit the particular question being asked.
In conclusion, both food self-administration and OSS in the mouse have the advantage of not requiring an intravenous catheter, which allows a higher throughput means to study the effects of pharmacological or genetic manipulation of neural targets involved in motivation. While operant testing using food as a reinforcer is particularly useful in the study of the regulation of food intake, OSS is particularly apt for studying reinforcement mechanisms of sensory stimuli and may have broad applicability to novelty seeking and addiction.
1. Write program to run operant test sessions using varied visual and auditory stimuli as a reinforcer
2. Handle animals (3 day procedure)
3. Clean and test equipment
4. Perform operant session (sessions should be 5-6 days/week at the same time of day)
5. Representative Results
An example of OSS acquisition by male C57Bl/6J mice is shown in Figure 1 (reproduced from 23). Control mice underwent identical conditions, except that lever presses on either lever had no consequence. Another cohort of mice is shown in Figure 2. In this experiment, one group of mice received OSS reinforcement, while another group received food reinforcement. We have found that under conditions of ad libitum access to food, both fixed and progressive ratio responding are similar between OSS and responding for 10% Ensure (Figure 2, A and B). This allows for effective comparisons of a manipulation on two different reinforcement types (sensory and food) that avoids potential confounds resulting from hunger state or differences in response rate.
Figure 1: Lever presses by OSS mice and controls. OSS mice received varied visual and auditory stimuli following each active lever press (FR-1 schedule of reinforcement), while inactive lever presses had no consequence. Control mice underwent the same conditions but there was no consequence of pressing either lever (levers are denoted 1 and 2 and are counterbalanced across animals in the same manner that active and inactive levers are counterbalanced for OSS mice). Active lever pressing by OSS mice was increased relative to inactive lever pressing (*p<0.05, **p<0.01) and to non-reinforced lever pressing by controls (n=7 8, $p<0.05, $$p<0.01). Figure reproduced from 23.
Figure 2: Lever presses by OSS mice and mice responding for food. A.) Mice responded on an FR-1 schedule of reinforcement for OSS stimuli or food reinforcer (10% Ensure). All mice had ad libidum access to food for the duration of the experiments. B.) After FR-1 sessions, mice were advanced to a progressive ratio (PR) schedule of reinforcement for five days. Data represent the means of values from days four and five for each animal. The final ratio completed is reported on the right Y-axis and refers to the number of responses required to obtain the corresponding reinforcer (i.e. 30 responses are required to obtain the 10th reinforcer after previously earning nine reinforcers).
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Operant sensation seeking is a useful alternative to intravenous drug self-administration when the mouse is the animal of choice. The fact that neither surgery nor catheter maintenance is required is advantageous, as these are significant technical hurdles in the mouse. OSS is also attractive because it may be measuring aspects of reinforcement distinct from other natural reinforcers such as food.
It is useful to note that behavioral measures in the mouse can be highly variable across different environmental conditions 24. This issue has arisen in our own laboratory with OSS. When the procedure was first characterized, animals were housed in a facility that had high traffic and a large number of people working in it throughout the day. During this time, mice were housed on a "normal" light cycle (lights on: 0600-1800 h; experiments run ~0800-1400). After moving to a dedicated housing facility within the Vanderbilt Neurobehavioral Laboratory, we found that progressive ratio performance of OSS was much lower than we had previously observed; responding declined over five days instead of remaining stable. This facility has much less traffic and personnel are trained to work quietly and be aware of the sensitive nature of experiments performed in the facility. We have since adjusted the mice to a light cycle that promotes wakefulness during the time of experimentation (lights on: 1500-0300 h; experiments run ~0800-1400 h) and OSS performance has returned to what we have previously noted.
The following is a description of our standard conditions for OSS experiments. Male C57Bl/6J mice are ordered at 3 weeks of age from Jackson Laboratories (Bar Harbor, ME) and housed in the modified light cycle for at least one week prior to experiments. Animals are housed in groups of 2-5 in corn cobb bedding supplemented with a small amount of cellulose (Care Fresh). Experiments are performed 5-6 days per week and cage changes are only performed prior to a day without experiments. While these are our standard conditions, we have found that female and older mice (up to 20 weeks) are also capable of acquiring OSS. We are currently examining other variables that may affect OSS performance. While it is known that static visual stimuli are capable of serving as reinforcers in mice 17, it is unknown whether the approach of enhancing the dynamics of the stimuli that we and others have employed 20,22,23 lead to increased reinforcement in the current conditions. Another variable that may affect OSS is mouse strain. Strain differences have been described in mice for a variety of behavioral and neurological measures 25-29, and differential performance on OSS and operant responding for food may provide insight into genetic underpinnings of this behavior.
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This project was supported by NIH grants DA19112 (DGW) and DA026994 (CMO). Illustration was provided by Katherine Louderback. Experiments were performed in the Vanderbilt Murine Neurobehavioral Laboratory.
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Breaking down the door, Kyle knocked a few zombies back into the opposite wall. Pointing his revolver square in the forehead, he executed the three as Olivia ran down the hallway. Slamming the door shut, he booked it down after her, hearing bodies immediately slam into the door he closed. Hearing zombies shuffle up the stairs, Kyle shouted, "Olivia! Back here! In this room!"
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It was a simple hotel room, chairs and sofas and tables covered in white tablecloths to keep them clean, with the windows boarded over for protection, except one small detail. This being an odd battlesuit sitting in the middle of the room with hoses running this way and that across the arms and back. "Give me a hand will you?" Kyle asked strapping on a pair of boots while dropping his weapons to the floor.
Confused, Olivia came over and started putting the wierd suit on him. Closing leg clasps, heaving the heavy chestpiece over his shoulders, and strapping the odd arm shaped contraptions on lastly. With zombies beginning to bang at the door, two tanks remained dangling by some weak hoses sat on the ground, prompting Olivia to finally make a guess at to what the contraption was. "Is it, a flamethrower?" She asked tentatively.
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Heaving the tanks up, Olivia clipped them onto his back, and picked up a modified welding mask perched on one of the chairs. "Brilliant really, possibly the most effective weapon against this zombie horde. I didn't use it though because I was a little low on fuel, and decided it was best to save it for a rainy day," Kyle told taking the mask and putting it on ignoring the cracking at the windows.
Picking up Kyle's revolver and rifle, Olivia was stopped when she picked up the claymore. "Sorry, that stays with me," Kyle told with a slightly muffled voice.
Strapping the sword around his hip, Kyle turned to the door and clicked the flamethrower to life. Knowing what to do, Olivia stood behind the door with her hand on the handle, looking at Kyle with a hopeful glance, a nod, and then she flung the door open. Spewing out flames, Kyle pushed the zombies back into the hallway, them screaming and shuffling away. Stepping into a charred hallway, he threw fire down towards the zombies in a giant plume, setting the walls and old cieling alight. Crouching behind Kyle, Olivia took aim and blew the legs off of a few zombies that had finally broke into the small hotel room they were once in. Don't worry Jeremiah, Kyle thought, We're coming back, we're going to do this as a team, or not at all.

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Although the theory of 'the auteur' is eminently quibblable, it's fair to say that you can spot the work of Cameron Crowe a mile off. Whether it's Jerry Maguire, Almost Famous, Elizabethtown or We Bought A Zoo, his work is usually characterised by an indie sensibility; a central male-female, potentially romantic relationship; quirky dialogue; a focus on music; and a lot of heart but not much brain. You won't get very far through Roadies, Showtime's new series about those unsung heroes and heroines of the live music industry, before proclaiming it as possibly the most Cameron Crowish piece of work that Cameron Crowe has ever done.
Crowe's never been one for putting plot above character, so it's a little hard to say what Roadies is actually about, other than that it's a show about roadies - and the first episode is an introduction to all of them. The ostensible focus of the show are Luke Wilson (Idiocracy, The Royal Tenenbaums, Legally Blonde, Enlightened), the tour manager with a failed marriage and who now sleeps with women literally half his age, and Carla Gugino (Watchmen, Threshold, Wayward Pines), the production manager with a failing marriage and who doesn't sleep with anyone. They have such The Thin Man chemistry together and obvious devotion to one another, everyone who meets them thinks they're married - except they're not!
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That first episode is in many ways lovely and heart-felt, albeit a bit saccarine and divorced from reality, with obvious love for music and people oozing from every scene - even for Spall and the creepy stalker girl who wants to do odd things with microphones (Jacqueline Byers). The trouble with auteurship, though, is that unless you're Aaron Sorkin and prepared to consume superhuman amounts of cocaine to write a classic script every couple of weeks for umpteen years, it's not something that can transfer over easily from film to TV.
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I didn't appreciate anything, from the structure, to the service, to the people, to the location. Bad bad choice, dirty, no 5 stars, no any service available, even transfer and I had to pay 50c to call a taxi...from a 5 stars hotel! Just trash
Nice pools. Ate only one dinner: bland. Very good value. Ridiculous system for gaining access to gym / fitness center. Well equipped gym.
Beautiful gardens, most of the staff very nice and helpful, nice Olympic pool, spacious and well furnished rooms, good location (10 min by bus from Kos town). Poorly renovated bathrooms, bad quality food, atmosphere of 'mass tourism' in restaurants and pool areas (noisy, endless queues, in no way relaxing ), some facilities (f.ex. billard, air condition in our rooms !!! ) constantly out of order.
Not a lot, unless you were GERMAN. All Inclusive : The same snack and only snack was served every day (rubbery cheese and ham in stale bread), the hotel was not actually in Mastihari as described and the staff were often not very friendly.
The beach was good and clean, but you must pay for umbrella and sun beds. The kitchen has a poor variety and you cannot pay with credit card, the staff speaks English very bad, the hotel is very far from the city center. You have to use taxi to reach to the city center for Euro 25 for one way.
A totally relaxing experience, very friendly, helpful staff - wonderful holiday
Great, spacious rooms. Amazing sandy beach. Good food. Very helpful staff.
Perfect for couples, beautiful beach, nice and quiet location. They should offer an full board system, we missed candles when dining;)
A place to come back, peace & hospitile, all credit goes to staff,nice sandy beach which is rare in Kos.
The hotel grounds and rooms are beautiful. The food is great and the staff is very nice and helpful. There was initially some confusion with our room: we were given 3 different rooms till we got what we ordered (King size + sea view) and we had top wait. We got free drinks while we waited, and later we got a complimentary wine bottle as compensation.
Located on the most beautiful beach in Kos and the only one you can swim if there are winds blowing in the island!Congratulations to the chef!!!
Magnificent swimming pools, kind and always willing to help staff, smiley faces, superb dinner with a satisfactory variety of food.
Great new hotel,nice place next to beach, nice buffet restaurant Few small problems that I belevied are because the hotel is very new
Location, Facilities , Cleanliness Hotel was over crowded and staff could not cope with the high number of guests especially in the restaurant
Newcomer and already one of the best hotels in Greece. Solid structure, rooms of urban comfort living in a holiday setting , subtle luxury, This Is The Future in hotel concepts ! Sunstruck till late afternoon, the atmosphere turns idyllic in sunset and night hours .Genuine tranquility, the place is at the end of the road ,pretty isolated. Amazing coastline, sea ideal for swimmers, protected by the typical northwinds of greek summer , its charm enhanced by the mild watersports activities of the school nearby. Not many resorts offer that. Efficient room service, Attentive staff eager to meet every request. Excellent, well -cooked food. In all aspects, h o l I d a y s as it`s always meant to be !!
The kindness of the staff and the value There should be more ramps for prams or wheelchair
Lovely hotel staff were great and the food is amazing, it has to be bacause you can't go anywhere else it's not within walking distance of anywhere you need to rent a bike or get the bus.
Excellent service from the staff good selection of food and drink The nearest village is Kardamena - not the best location on Kos Island!
animation staff, Lee kate and thomas :) the manner in which some bar staff spoke to us
Thought when we got there that it had everything that we we looking for. Was not told it was the end of season and many things closed before the end of our stay. Staff very abrupt and they made no mention of this until it was no longer available, eg: children's slide pool, water sports aavtivities etc .
The view,the design of the hotel,the privacy,the hospitality of the hotel staff,the swimmingpool restautant facilities and service 1.when you take shower in the bathroom water is coming out of the bath to be cheked. 2.Breakfast to be improved having a diet corner and the fresh orange juice also.
We enjoyed the beautiful view and enjoyed the varied breakfast-buffet (they even had whole grain bread). The evening service at the main bar was really good- very friendly barkeeper. The pianist at the main bar plays a very nice mixed musicial program.Towels were always provided at the pool and at the beach. The food and service in the "à la carte" Restaurant was disappointing (service unpolite). In addition, the reception seemed unmotivated to answer any question (e.g. for the taxi service to the airport we needed to ask 3 times to organise this). In the bathroom we had problems with the shower since the hothead was not stable and the water came out of the drain and spilled over the whole bathroom. Furthermore, the beds gave us a back-ache.
Peaceful Shower head completely unpredictable. Needed top sheet on bed as doona too heavy
Friendly and efficient staff, excellent breakfast, impeccable and modern decorated rooms, great pool and gardens
The comfort was excellent. The materials used in the hotel was of a very high quality. The hotel has a different view of garden view than booking.com has. The main pool area was not well organised. It was difficault to get towels and sunbeds.
If you are looking for a perfect Hotel with the most amazing swimming pools you'll ever see, and all of this at a fair price, this is the place to go.
Constructed in 2009, deserves each one of its 5 stars! It is very modern, very clean, a deluxe hotel. Staff was more than polite and very friendly, breakfast was superb, very spacious room which had an incredible sea and infinity pool view, modern design in every corner! Loved every minute of it! It was one of the greatest weekend breaks we've had! No flaw in my opinion!
The view of the sea is wonderful. Also the design of the hotel is very nice.
The flexibility of the staff and food was of a very good standard
- extremely friendly staff, pretty good food for a halfboard, good value, quiet location - you need a car to reach the place (they might offer pickup service from the airport); the beaches around the hotel are ok, but not great
The design, comfort and serenity at Lakitira Suites were all excellent and the staff could not have been more friendly or helpful. All the facilities (swimming pool, bar, bedrooms, bathrooms) were of a very high standard, all recently refurbished and extremely clean. It was a hugely relaxing experience and would be suitable for all types of visitors, families, adult groups, honeymooners and the elderly. It is easy to find and at a discreet distance from the charming beach village of Kardamena. Certainly one of the best spots on the island to be staying at and within easy reach of all the other beach resorts and historic sites by car or scooter. We had a wonderful few days. The only thing I would suggest as an improvement is to vary the restaurant food more and perhaps extend it until 11pm. It was good to enjoy the greek buffet each night and a good range of dishes - but it was slightly repetitive each evening. The barbecue and live entertainment (accomplished guitar and solo singer) on our final night was excellent set around the pool with a very good choice of fresh grilled fish.
Friendly staff and nice pool/grounds Not 5* as it tries to promote itself. Total lack of flexibiilty in anything - you only get what's in the brochure and at the specified times; there's no deviation for anything, for any reason, AT ALL!
Thanks to Hotel management the service is on the very high level. It' s kind of hospitality when you feel yourself like at home. Well done!
I like it becauce it was quit and the beach was nice it was ok


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A Little Riddle
A man wakes up in a room, it is lined with mirrors. There are two doors. One leads to a courtyard with a fire breathing dragon.. The other leads outside but, if he opens it, he will be incinerated from the sun shining into the room on the mirrors.
However, he did escape, how did he do it?


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Where Cork Cooks Stock Up
By NICHOLAS FOX WEBER; NICHOLAS FOX WEBER spends part of each year in County Cork.
Published: March 4, 1990
THE Duke of Wellington's campaign was victualed out of Cork City. With its deep natural harbor and adjacent farmlands, Cork was one of the great food centers and the butter capital of Europe in those days. For the perishables that couldn't be shipped - the fresh harvest of Ireland's fields and waters - you had to go to the English Market in Cork City. Today, you can still find an abundance of these foods there.
This is a working person's everyday market. It is where the local people buy the tripe and kidney and other innards that have traditionally nourished the average Cork house-hold to an unusual degree. But it is also a resource for the most discriminating eaters and cooks in search of the freshest local prawns or oysters, or the ultimate rack of lamb or organically grown lollo rosso (curly red lettuce). If you are lucky enough to have rented a holiday cottage in one of the beautiful coastal villages to the south of the city, you can stock your larder here. Or if you are just traveling through and are one your way for a day's fishing ont he Bandon River or a tour of some of the local stone cricules and dolmens, here is where you can pack your picnic. Smoked wild salmon, spicy dried beef, fresh brown breads, farmhouse cheeses and wedges of barm brack (a rich currant cake) are all there, ready to go.
Without a good city map or some of the typically helpful local counsel, however, you might not even know that the English Market exists. It isn't in most tourist guides. Because it is tucked in the middle of the city block formed by Princes street, the curving St. Patrick's Street, Oliver Plunkett Street and the Gran Parade, you would not see it unless you chanced on one of its narrow entrance gates. But is has been there since 1788. And having gone through name changes, expansion and a major fire, it bears the traces of its history. Part of the market has cast iron columns and railings, and a barrel vault of great wooden arches punctuated by skylights, which make it resemble a chathedral for fruits and vegetables. Another area, where there are bricks underfoot and modern construction above, is like a renovated warehouse. In any event, unless you were very familiar with the market, you would have to be a sterling navigator to figure out a system to the whole, or remember which food stall is where. But his should not put you off. No matter which of the approximately 50 stalls you happen on, you will find ample offerings and salespeople who seem to have all the time in the world to explain their goods.
On a recent tour of the English Market, my wife and I had the good luck to start at Dierdre Ahern's for fruits and vegetables. Dierdre and her aunt Siobhan, who has the nieghboring stall, have their names in traditional gold stencil lettering overhead. Their produce is picture book: great heads of curly green lettuce that resemble 18th-century procelain, scab-free Ballymaloe potatoes when the ''British Queens'' elsewhere are covered with blemishes, haricots verts fresh from France. A lot of the local vegetables are organic. Carrots, in particular, are a sight. Delivered directly by the farmers after they are picked each morning, these carrots look nothing at all like the uniform, plastic-wrapped specimens we know from American supermarkets. Rather, these are giant, twisted roots of brilliant orange-red just like the ones that show up in the market baskets of kitchen maids in paintings by Chardin. And they have a flavor so rich authentic that you will never again feel the same about varieties of carrot that offer anything less.
Nearby is a great surprise - a place where you have a choice of three grades of saffron. For those of us used to village shops elsewhere in the county, it is nice to know that you can buy saffron at all, let alone that you have a pick of quality and price. The pruveyor in this case is the ''Mr. Bell'' who puts his label on the Indian lentils, cardamon, peppercorns and olives that are sold all over the British Isles. His stall is a gathering space for the local Muslim community. It is also a great source when the search is for fresh coriander, wasabi or other Eastern delicacies hard to find in this part of the world. Mr. Bell also has, in his tiny space, taco shells, walnuts, phyllo pastry and teriyaki sauce. And although Irish supermarkets and village stores may offer an ample array of marmalades, and biscuits of every size and flavor, the chance of finding the more esoteric items is practically nil anywhere except for Mr. Bell's.
Around the corner is Jim Lander's poultry and game stall, where the offerings vary considerably according to the season. Year round you can buy free range chickens here and be assured that they were killed only a few hours earlier. And you can almost always order a free range turkey, although it is only before Christmas - when Jim sells about a thousand of them - that an abundance of the birds will be hanging in front of the stall, their feet hooked to a wheel mounted high on a pole, their heads and necks about eye level with you. Geese are available whenever the farmers have time to kill them; woodcocks, snipes, grouse and pheasants when the gun clubs supply them in the fall. On occasion Jim might offer you rabbit or hare, or a mallard, teal or wigeon that he has shot himself. But almost always he has quail eggs, and that Cork specialty known as ''buttered eggs.'' ''As soon as the hen has laid the egg, the farmer's whife must take some paper and butter them - whilst the eggs are hot. To get a good buttered egg, this must be done quickly, whilst the shell is still soft. It puts a wonderful shine on them. It also makes the egg very creamy when you boil it,'' he says.


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One day a girl was talking to her boyfriend.
'Do you like me?' she asked.
'No,' was his reply.
'Do you think I'm pretty?'
Her heart was breaking, she looked at him and said:
'Would you do one thing for me?'
'Do...do you want me?'
'So...so if I left...r-right now, would you cry?'
The girl had had enough, she started to run away, her heart completely broken, when she felt someone place a hand on her shoulder to stop her.
'I don't like you,' the boy said as she started to pull away, 'I love you.' The girl stopped struggling against him. 'You're not pretty you're beautiful. I wouldn't do one thing for you, I'd do everything for you. I don't want you, I need you. If you left I wouldn't cry, I'd die
A girl and guy were speeding over 100mph on a motorcycle
Girl: Slow down, I'm scared!
Guy: No, this is fun.
Girl: No, it's not. Please, I'm scared.
Guy: Then tell me you love me.
Girl: I love you, now slow down!
Guy: Now give me a big hug.
She gives him a big hug
Guy: Can you take off my helmet and put it on yourself, it's bothering me.
In the newspaper the next day, a motorcycle had crashed into a building because of break failure. Two people were on it and only one survived. The truth was that halfway down the road, the guy realized his break wasn't working but he didn't want the girl to know. Instead he had her hug him and tell him one last time that she loved him. Then he had her put on his helmet so that she could live. If you would do this for a loved one copy and paste this intp your profile.
that made me cry, i'm still getting over it
Mommy...Johnny brought a gun to school,
He told his friends that it was cool,
And when he pulled the trigger back,
It shot with a great, huge crack.
Mommy, I was a good girl, I did what I was told,
I went to school, I got straight A's, I even got the gold!
When I went to school that day,
I never said good-bye.
I'm sorry that I had to go, But Mommy, please don't cry.
When Johnny shot the gun, he hit me and another,
And all because Johnny, got the gun from his brother.
Mommy, please tell Daddy; That I love him very much,
And please tell Zack; my boyfriend; That it wasn't just a crush.
And tell my little sister; That she is the only one now, And tell my dear sweet grandmother; I'll be waiting for her now
And tell my wonderful friends; That they always were the best
Mommy, I'm not the first, I'm no better than the rest
Mommy, tell my teachers; I won't show up for class,
And never to forget this, And please don't let this pass
Mommy, why'd it have to be me? No one, though. deserves this.
But mommy, it's not fair, I left without a kiss.
But mommy, it's not fair, I left without a kiss.
I think I even saw one doctor, trying not to cry.
Mommy, I'm slowly dying, with a bullet in my chest,
But Mommy please remember, I'm in heaven with the rest
When I heard that great, big crack, I ran as fast as I could
please listen to me if you would,
I wanted to go to college, I wanted to try things that were new
I guess I'm not going with Daddy, On that trip to the new zoo I wanted to get married, I wanted to have a kid,
I wanted to be an actress, I really wanted to live.
But Mommy I must go now, The time is getting late, Mommy, tell my Zack, I'm sorry I to cancel the date. I love you Mommy, I always have, I know you know its true
And Mommy all I need to say is, "Mommy, I love you
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In my mind...
Proud to be a brunette
Edward prefers brunettes.
I am the girl that doesn't go to school dances, or games, and when I do go, I sit in a corner and read a book. I am the girl that people look through when I say something. I am the girl that spends most of her free time reading, writing, or doing other activities that most teenagers wouldn't call normal. I am the girl that people call weird and a freak either behind my back or to my face. I am the girl that doesn't spend all her time on MySpace,or talking to a girlfriend on a cellphone or regular phone. I am the girl that hasn't been asked out in a year. I am the girl that has stopped to smell the flowers and jump and splash in the rain. BUT I am also the girl who knows and is proud to be who she is, doesn't care if people call her weird (it's a compliment),who loves reading and writing and doing the things that no one seems to have the time to do any more, who loves and is obsessed with alot of things, who can express herself better with words than actions, who doesn't need a guy to complete her, and knows the importance of the little things. Copy and paste this onto your account, and add your name to the list, if you are anything like me, so the girls who are different and unique can know in their weakest time that they are unique but not alone- Bearhug946, EdwardCullenEqualsLife, Stephanie Deux,Randomenated-Cullen!, sweetcrimefighter, Moonchild707, twianime01
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If Miley Cyrus was going to jump of a building, 92 percent of the world would be in tears. The other 8 percent, would be laughing their asses off saying "Jump, B, Jump! The world will be a better place!" if you are one of those 8 percent copy and paste this on to your profile
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A True Boyfriend:
When she walks away from you mad
read the stuff below its sooo sad!:(
My name is Chris.
I am three,
My eyes are swollen
I cannot see,
I must be stupid
I must be bad,
What else could have made
My daddy so mad?
I wish I were better
I wish I weren't ugly,
Then maybe my mommy
Would still want to hug me.
I can't do a wrong
I can't speak at all
Or else I'm locked up
All day long.
When I'm awake I'm all alone
The house is dark
My folks aren't home
When my mommy does come home
I'll try and be nice,
So maybe i'll just get
One whipping tonight.
I just heard a car
My daddy is back
From Charlie's bar.
I hear him curse
My name is called
I press myself
Against the wall
I try to hide
From his evil eyes
I'm so afraid now
I'm starting to cry
He finds me weeping
Calls me ugly words,
He says its my fault
He suffers at work.
He slaps and hits me
And yells at me more,
I finally get free
And run to the door
He's already locked it
And i start to bawl,
He takes me and throws me
Against the hard wall
I fall to the floor
With my bones nearly broken,
And my daddy continues
With more bad words spoken,
"I'm sorry!" I scream,
But its now much to late
His face has been twisted
Into a unimaginable shape
The hurt and the pain
Again and again
O please God, have mercy!
O please let it end!
And he finally stops
And heads for the door
While I lay there motionless
Brawled on the floor
My name is Chris
I am three,
Tonight my daddy
Murdered me.
Copy this if you were in anyway affected.
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If you have ever cried when your favorite character in a movie, T.V show, or book died, copy and paste this into your profile.
If you have ever walked into a room then forgot what you were doing, then started walking away and remembered copy this into your profile.
If you have ever seen a movie (or show) so many times that you can quote it word for word, and you do so at random moments, copy and paste this in you're profile.
If you've been on the computer for hours on end, reading numerous fanfictions, copy this into your profile
If you have ever forgotten what you were going to say, right before you say it, copy this into your profile
If Fanfiction to you is what MySpace is to other people, copy this into your profile.
If you actually take the time to read copy and pastes, copy this onto your profile.
If you probably need a life but have no intentions of getting one, put it on your profile.
If you get way to excited for books, movies, ect. to come out, copy this into your profile
This is a true story. A girl died in 1933. A man buried her when she was still alive. The murderer chanted," Toma Sota balcu," as he buried her. Now that you have read the chant, you will meet this little girl. In the middle of the night she will be on your ceiilling. She will suffocate you like she was suffocated. If you post this on your profile, she will not bother you. Your kindness will be rewarded.
Great Comebacks!
M: I know how to please a woman.
M: I want to give myself to you.
M: Your hair color is fabulous.
M: You look like a dream.
M: I can tell that you want me.
M: Hey, baby, what's your sign?
M: Your body is like a temple.
M: Is this seat empty?
M: What's it like being the most beautiful girl in the bar?
M: Haven't I seen you someplace before?
'House' for instance, is feminine: 'la Casa.'
A student asked, 'What gender is 'computer'?'
Instead of giving the answer, the teacher split the class into two
Whether computer' should be a masculine or a feminine noun. Each
The men's group decided that 'computer' should definitely be of the
1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic;
2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers
is incomprehensible to everyone else;
3. Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long term memory for
4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself
The women's group, however, concluded that computers should be
Masculine ('el computador'), because:
1. In order to do anything with them, you have to turn them on;
2. They have a lot of data but still can't think for themselves;
3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time
4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you had waited a
The women won.
Month one
Month Two
Month Three
You know what Mommy
Month Four
Month Five
You went to the doctor today.
Month Six
I can hear that doctor again.
Month Seven
Every Abortion Is Just . . .
One more heart that was stopped.
If you're against abortion, re-post this above and if you almost cryed post this in your profile.


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This is a discussion on Glock once stood for uber eliability; I don't think it does presently - UPDATE in OP within the Defensive Carry Guns forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Originally Posted by Bark'n While I'm not a machinist, from what I'm reading it's in some new MIM manufactured extractor which started being used in ...
However, there have been numerous reports of Glock replacing extractors, ejectors, RSAs, and individuals doing the same, all to no avail. One company experimented with all of that in an attempt to isolate the problem. He basically did what was described in the thread link you posted. His conclusion? None of that helped. What did help was lowering the ejection port. But again, I think that fixed that gun. The frustrating thing is, will that fix the next 100 guns?
I'm an engineer, and a pretty decent machinist as well. It is extremely, extremely difficult for me to believe that a Glock is so precision manufactured, that one part, especially an extractor, being of by one thousandth of an inch, would stop a Glock from working. For reference a human hair is about 3 thousands of an inch.
But that's kinda what this thread is about - we didn't see these kinds of things in older Glocks. We basically bought them, shot them, knowing they'd work right every time.
It's just disappointing to hear the gun company that represents uber reliability seems to have lost it's way lately.
I'm too young to be this old!
Getting old isn't good for you!
I think Glock fell flat on its face with the Gen 4 guns. I can only say that the "upgrades" were stupid. As a result of loosing the focus Mr. Glock took a lot of heat over throughout the years, they are starting to have problems across the board.
I would of liked Glock to keep the same mechanicals, but refine things a little like a more ergonomic grip and machine the slide exterior a little more to give a sleeker profile. That would have sold like hotcakes. But oh well, who am I to tell Glock what they should have done?
With all that said, I still think Glock makes the pistols most likely to be 100% off the shelf, even if they have slipped a little in recent times.
"Just blame Sixto"
I reserve the right to make fun, point and laugh etc.
I'm not sure Glock had much choice SIXTO. Just about every polymer gun on the market has adjustable grips and Glock grips were pretty big. M&P is taking a bite of Glock's LE market and I think Glock had to respond with a more competitive design.
I have little experience right now with the gen 4, but I really like it. But it's not just the gen 4 that's having problems, the newer G19 gen 3s are too. So, I'm not so sure it's so much a generation problem as it is improperly designed or manufactured issues that cross generation lines.
I'm too young to be this old!
Getting old isn't good for you!
Glock can't redesign the grip ergonomics. That fat blocky cinder block feeling is what glock shooters prefer.
If they changed that, they wouldn't be glocks.
Were the older Glocks really that much more dependable than the current crop?
Some have never bought into the notion of Glock "uber reliability" in the first place. In some circles it's considered just another pistol that happens to have popularized molded plastic as a major component material. It's a pistol that the current generation of shooters have embraced, one that "the crowd" buys.
I've shot others' Glocks, have kept one around the house for some months that was given to me as a loaner to play with, but have never owned one to gather up long-term personal experiences with the design. I have enjoyed the same dependability with Colt 1911s that so many claim for their Glocks.
The 1911s I'm familiar with have given perfect reliability and satisfaction so I'm uninterested in even building any sort of relationship with a Glock product.
Neither the Glock nor the 1911 are absolutely infallible despite their respective fans assertions. Both could be said to have garnered reputations that are a bit overblown. Most folks are ok with plastic and some still like steel.
I have read enough here on the Forum to determine that I would shun a 4th generation Glock as a keeper if offered one in a gun trade. I could see keeping an earlier Glock around to play with for a while.
Charter Member of the DC .41 LC Society "Get heeled! No really"
No possible rapidity of fire can atone for habitual carelessness of aim with the first shot.
Theodore Roosevelt, The Wilderness Hunter, 1893
I don't own a Glock or really care to - but some people just buy into the 'Perfection' trademark a little too much... Simply put, all guns can fail and with more and more people owning guns than ever before you'll have more failures. Increased production, an 'I want the newest version not now, but yesterday' society... It all takes a toll.
Isn't it the norm on "custom" and T-o-L 1911s to lower and flare the ejection port? Isn't that against JB's commandments?
Retired USAF E-8. Curmudgeon at large.
Lighten up and enjoy life because:
Paranoia strikes deep, into your life it will creep. It starts when you're always afraid... Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth
We have two Glock 19s. One standard black and one EXO coated fail zero model. A little while back, our standard G19 was throwing casings back and hitting the wife in the head, and one hot case went down the front of the shirt. We posted about it and we kept getting told that it was her grip. I saw nothing wrong with her grip. The gun just barely misses my head. Once it did get me. We haven't shot it in so long now that I don't know where it stands. The EXO, from what I remember, last time we shot it, it didn't throw them back at our forehead. Both are Gen 3. The standard one was bought Oct 12, 2010 and the EXO was bought in April 2011. Now we are going to have to go shoot them again so I can refresh my memory. I might need to send one or both back to Glock and have some adjusting done.
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Glock 26 XD9sc
Ruger SR9c Ruger LCP
Right now, my top picks in trustworthiness is the Sig P226/9 and H&K P30L, but that's my personal picks.
I'm too young to be this old!
Getting old isn't good for you!
If the gen 4 proves to be as reliable as the gen 3s, which had to prove to be as reliable as gen 2s, what's not to like about a gen 4? Adjustable grip, reversible mag catch, a decent grip texture, and the dual spring adds more tuning possibilities. Everything else is essentially a Glock.
I'm too young to be this old!
Getting old isn't good for you!
I don't know... I'm seeing a lot of the aging Glock fleet getting replaced with the M&P among the big number LE purchases.
"Just blame Sixto"
I reserve the right to make fun, point and laugh etc.


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The Rotary Club of the Moriches Celebrates 75 Years
Anniversary Celebration to be Held May 10; Part of Proceeds to Benefit Camp Pa-Qua-Tuck
Tickets are $80 per person, with a part of the proceeds to benefit Camp Pa-Qua-Tuck and its programs. Camp Pa-Qua-Tuck challenges children and young adults ages 6-21 with disabilities to reach beyond their physical and developmental challenges and experience all that life has to offer. Throughout the program, campers participate in typical summer camp activities, such as arts and crafts, talent shows, cook-outs, swimming and boating.
Camp Pa-Qua-Tuck was created by members of the Moriches Rotary Club in 1946. The idea for the camp began in 1941, when a donation was made to provide staff members for children afflicted with polio at the County Welfare Department Camp at Yaphank. The club members visited the camp and, seeing the plight of the children, they were moved. The club then arranged a picnic at an ocean beach; local Rotarians provided boats to bring over food and supplies for the picnic.
In 1942, the Club rented out the Oldfield home in East Moriches to provide a camp for the children. A camp was later provided for another home in Wading River between 1943 and 1944. In 1945, due to Department of Health regulations, the club provided — in lieu of a camp — transportation for the children to and from a summer school in Huntington. The program was abandoned in 1946 and, again, the club provided a camp in Yaphank. That same year, arrangements were made to purchase part of the land where Camp Pa-Qua-Tuck still stands; at the same time, the balance of the land owned by a member of the club was donated. In 1948, Camp Pa-Qua-Tuck was finally built, with materials and equipment being donated and volunteers helping to construct the camp.
In addition to the work being done for the camp, the Moriches Rotary Club operates Stuff-a-Bus, a food and clothing drive for community members in need; the Food Baskets Program to donate food baskets to needy families for the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays; and the Spaghetti Dinner, which raises funds for scholarships for local high schools.
Tickets can be purchased from any of the club members. Checks may be made payable to Rotary Club of the Moriches. Please RSVP by April 20. Those who are unable to attend may send a donation to the Moriches Rotary Club. Sponsorship and advertising opportunities in the Rotary Club's commemorative journal are also available.
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Most people would not like the fact that they're moving to a new city, a new school and have to make new friends in a place where they've never been before. Most people would hate it that they're moving in the middle of their graduation year. But I'm not most people.
I like making friends and I like being part of all crowds. I hate having to be ordered to shut up. Cause I really can't. I'm quite a chatterbox really. Ends up being more of a bad thing then good in the end.
I drove my sleek black Mercedes into the school parking lot. I saw a "hot" girl (in the eyes of a man) walk through the school campus. Every head turned to her. With her figure and looks, who won't? She appeared like the school slut but to me she was different. The moment my eyes laid on her, I knew she was like me. And so was her brother… Coming to this school was definitely not going to be a bad thing…
After getting out of the car with my backpack slung over my shoulder I walked into the school office and did what new students do in their first day; got my schedule with a map attached, and that small piece of paper which I have to get signed by the teachers.
Time went by quickly and a few classed gone by too. I made a lot of friends and I was enjoying my time. But I was still wondering about the two other people I'd seen. I walked through the cafeteria and by the direction each guy's face was turned to, I found them. There were two others with them too. And I knew they were like me too…
I walked over to their table and they all looked up at me when I stood in front of them. "May I join you?" I asked with a smile.
The jock gave me a scrutinizing look and then a grunt which I took as a "yes".
I sat down next to the..let me call "temptress" and smiled at them.
"I'm new here. Joined today. My name's Trinity."
"My name's Rishon and this is my sister Zeera." The "nerd" said smiling at me. Each one introduced themselves and soon enough, I had a new group of friends. At least they were to me, it seemed like Grace and her brother Everett didn't quite like me yet. Soon enough they would…they'd need me and when they'd come to me, they'll do more then just like me…let's call it respect. I smiled to myself.


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Google Glass App Helps Kids with Autism 'See' Emotions
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Now the 10-year-old San Jose boy is getting help from "autism glass" - an experimental device that records and analyzes faces in real time and alerts him to the emotions they're expressing.
The facial recognition software was developed at Stanford University and runs on Google Glass, a computerized headset with a front-facing camera and a tiny display just above the right eye.
Julian is one of about 100 children participating in a Stanford study to see if "autism glass" therapy can improve their ability to interpret facial expressions.
"There's not a machine that can read your mind, but this helps with the emotions, you know, recognizing them," Julian said.
Julian wears the device each day for three 20-minute sessions when he interacts with family members face-to-face - talking, playing games, eating meals. The program runs on a smartphone, which records the sessions.
"I think the glasses are a positive way to encourage a kid to look someone else in the face."When the device's camera detects an emotion such as happiness or sadness, Julian sees the word "happy" or "sad" - or a corresponding "emoji" - flash on the glass display. The device also tests his ability to read facial expressions.
"The autism glass program is meant to teach children with autism how to understand what a face is telling them. And we believe that when that happens they will become more socially engaged," said Dennis Wall, whose lab is running the study.
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Ashlin is twenty-six years old, born on the 7th of July.
Ashlin is a physically strong woman. Despite this, she is fairly skinny and is just over 5ft. Her skin is soft but unnaturally pale, white even. She has a pair of aqua blue eyes. Her black hair is cut into a pixie crop hairstyle, with a few red streaks through her fairly shaggy fringe. As far as make-up is conserned, it's crimson red lips, a little eyeliner and a sweeping of black eyeshadow, which can make her look quite dark. Her fashion sense is simple and straight to the point. She wears loose hoodies, t-shirts and never ties her boot laces.
Ashlin is quite a powerful person. She won't give in to things she believes are wrong, and tries as hard as she can to give help to anyone who needs it. As kind as she seems, she can also be misleading. She can make stupid discissions, she hurts people without meaning to. She is also tormented by guilt and love.
When Ashlin was nineteen, she was involved in a kidnapping along with five others. Only two of which escaped after the other three were shot.
In terms of romance she has only ever fallen for one man. She met John (Johnny)when she was kidnapped.


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Our main records system uses a click once deployment and is installed to the end users profile. Spiceworks does not inventory this app since, I suppose, it's not residing where SW is looking. I wouldn't mind this if I had a way to manually add the application in the inventory. Why? I would like users to be able to report issues and then be able to relate it to the appropriate app. This way I can report issues to our software vendor. Am I missing a way to add this manually?
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SW reads the registry (HKLM/Software) to find installed software.
If you want to add it manually to the inventory, follow this: How to manually add software to the inventory
As you need to edit the database directly for this, make a backup first (Spiceworks Builtin Backup)
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I heard from my boatbuilder in Germany that there might be another boat of his in the USA. He thought in the Chicago area.
I am looking for a BIGA 26 . She has a blue star in the sail, has a glass hull but everything else is wood. Nice teak deck and so forth
These are built in Germany and even there pretty rare ( expensive ) I brought my 24 biga ( or wega as it was called than ) over from Germany and would Love to meet the other "crazy" US owner. Maybe make an US Biga Owners Club. lol
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It's the Dungeon!
The word that sprung into Kal's tired and aching head was "Finally!," as he saw a signpost sticking out of the mud. It read:
"Dungeon of unimaginable horror and terrifying anguish ahead. All traps and monsters copyright to B.R.E.A.K.M.E. Ltd. All rights reserved."
Kal wasn't entirely sure what this meant but was pretty certain that he had finally found his goal. Breathing a heavy sigh of relief he pressed onward to what appeared to be nothing more than a great big dark hole in the ground. No steps. No ladders. No nothing. Just a hole.
He scratched his head and poked the hole with the tip of his axe. It undulateled as if the blackness was liquid.
Of course! It was a magic hole! Kal rolled his eyes. He didn't like magic it was way too unpredictable but the only way to circumvent this sort of magic was with a mage. He didn't like mages either. They didn't understand the art of blugeoning things and died extremely easily.
He winced knowing what he was about to do would probably prove to be a really stupid idea later. Taking a deep breath he made up a name and hoped for the best.
"Erm ... err ... I wish that really clumsy yet very charismatic mage Pickle was here. He gets everywhere and always seems to be around just when someone needs him."
He took a deeper breath and waited for the expected entrance of his new companion. A voice came from behind him.
"Nasty things holes. You don't just want to go walking into holes. Not good if you fall don't you know. Never know what's at the bottom. Magic holes are worse you can fall up a magic hole and not even realise you've done it!"
Kal turned to see a twenty year old in what appeared to be a big purple dress and conicle hat standing right behind him. He folded his arms.
"You'd be Pickle then?
"Yes. I was just eating my lunch in The College of High Magic and ... am I in a swamp? Excuse me. Do I know you?"
"No but I'm sure you will do after we've crawled out of that dungeon."
"I don't see any dungeon, there's just a hole in the ground."
"I know that. As you've just said, it's a magic hole, and I'm about to magic you through it with my boot if you don't let me in to the dungeon. Oh. I'm Kalith Willowhaven and you are now my companion."
"But I don't want to be a companion I want to go home."
He brandished his axe menacingly.
"You are now my companion. Or I'll just have to find another mage to go on lots of adventures with."
"You don't look very happy you know. Actually you look like you're very annoyed ... actually."
"I look like I'm about to cut you into lots of bloody bits if you don't get me into that DAMN HOLE!"
The mage obviously realised that the mood this warrior was in he'd be an ex-mage before he managed to get one magic syllable out and decided to change his tone very quickly. Best to cast the requested spell now and ask questions later.
"Ah. Entry spell then. Oh these are easy all I have to do is just say the right incantation and teleport us into the dungeon. Now what is it? Oh yes."
The mage took a deep breath and waving his hands mysteriously in the air said.
For a second nothing happened. Then there was a poof and everything went black.
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India's Violence Damaging Tourist Industry
By SANJOY HAZARIKA, Special to The New York Times
Published: January 16, 1991
NEW DELHI, Jan. 15— Political uncertainity and thousands of deaths in sectarian and caste violence last year have led to widespread tourist cancellations and jeopardized plans by the Indian Government, which has billed 1991 as "Visit India Year," to generate funds from tourism.
The designation of India as an unsafe destination by Western countries, including the United States and Japan, has also led to a drop in visitors.
"The tourism and travel industry in India is facing the worst crisis in the last 30 years," said O. P. Ahuja, president of the Indian Association of Tour Operators. Based on initial figures from officials and tour organizers, Mr. Ahuja said tourist arrivals were "tending to slide to minus growth" rather than the increase of about 9 percent over 1989 that had been projected.
The problem is aggravated by what is widely seen as a lack of planning and policy. The new Minister for Tourism is Deputy Prime Minister Devi Lal, who is 75 and has rarely traveled abroad. Mr. Lal is a strong supporter of rural life and at one point had proclaimed his opposition to luxury hotels. His views on ways to develop tourism are not known.Mr. Lal recently created ripples of concern and amusement when he announced that farmers wearing turbans and dhotis -- or the long pieces of cloth that are wrapped around the legs in India -- will be entitled to a 50 percent discount when they stay at Government-run luxury hotels. "Eighty percent of India's population is rural and they are afraid of entering a five-star hotel," Mr. Lal said in an interview with The Sunday Times of India. "I want to change this."
Ghulam Naqsbandh, a vice president of Sita Travels, a leading tour organizer, said: "In most countries, if you were planning for a 'Visit Year,' you'dplan and upgrade your facilities and work on it for years. Here we've had hardly one year and where are the new hotels, the better rooms, transport, connections that we need?"
Tour agencies, airline officials, government policy makers and others blamed political factors for the widespread tourist cancellations that followed. These included last year's political crisis that led to the collapse of the minority Government of V. P. Singh and its replacement by another minority Government led by Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar. Also cited were the extremist violence that engulfed Kashmir, one of the most popular travel destinations in South Asia, and the Hindu-Muslim riots in Agra, site of the Taj Mahal, which shut the city down for several days.
Official figures show no growth inlast year's tourist arrivals over those for 1989. According to these statistics, about 1.3 million tourists visited India in 1990. But hotel executives and tour operators said they were faced with major cancellations after August when riots began in Northern India over reservations in jobs for backward Hindu castes.
Sectarian rioting fueled by a dispute over a mosque that Hindus say is a Hindu shrine has damaged towns, villages and cities in a nearly 1,000-mile belt stretching from the popular northwestern state of Rajasthan, famed for its ethnic fairs and fabrics, palaces and forts, maharajahs as hoteliers and gracious hosts, to the backward state of Bihar in the east.
The countries that have notified their nationals that India is unsafe because of the violence -- the worst since thepartition riots of 1947 that accompanied independence from Britain -- include the United States, Britain, France, Italy, Germany and Japan. In addition, because of an economic crunch, the Soviet Union has canceled all organized tours to India for the next 3 months, causing a further drop of about 25,000 visitors.
A gasoline crunch in October and November, followed by a Government decision to increase oil prices after the Persian Gulf crisis, led to the cancellation of many organized bus tours and a 25 percent rise in domestic air fares.


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Time: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Location: Northwest Michigan Horticultural Research Center, 6686 S. Center Highway, Traverse City, MI 49684
Dr. Theresa Pitts-Singer from the USDA's Logan Bee Lab has experience with many aspects of pollination, particularly in managing alternative pollinators, with a primary focus on Osmia, which includes the blue orchard bee and the Japanese horn-faced bee. Many growers in northwest Michigan have been using the horn-faced bee for pollinating cherries, and Dr. Pitts-Singer has worked extensively with the blue orchard bee in almonds and stone fruit in the west. She will be here to talk about best management practices, propagating the colony, and using these pollinators successfully in orchards.
Please contact Jackie Baase at 231-946-1510 to register. There is no charge for the event, as it is supported by the Michigan SARE program and the integrated Crop Pollination project.
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