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The NPC's Daily Life - Video Character RolePlay
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He was surprised by her sudden statement. Neko... you don't have to apologize. I'm not leaving you again. I'll try to think of something, but if I have to join PAC... I'll do it.
So this is what it's come to, huh? Dimentio said, floating around. I ain't gonna be someone else's thug... but perhaps I can make a little profit off of this...
"You will?!" She felt so relieved. She walked in the room and hugged him. "Thank you... I'm so happy." There was nothing else she could say. There was nothing else she wanted. "Come on, get your things packed up. We should leave soon." She hugged him tighter. "It's not bad, I promise."
"Wait, what the hell... Freeman was confused and he wasn't sure why.
"I've decided not to, for a variety of reasons. You don't need to join if you don't want to, I understand that it's not what you might like, but I do. It may be the least of evils, but I agree with most of it. I'm tired of sneaking around, and always being attacked, and being by ourselves. So I've pledged my sword to a power. I haven't regret anything since."
"No, you left ruk after he finally hit you with the newspaper and then ran off because reality was too much of a bitch. Does this group mean anything to you after everything we did to save your emo ass? Cause what I see is you trying to take my dog omega and rip the group apart with the same promises the factions had when they threw us at pein like pawns!"
"Like I said" she hissed. "You can leave if you want to, and since it's very obvious that you don't give a damn, I don't care if you do. Why we've stuck together this long is just a combination of comfort, practicality, and maybe even friendship, but if I'm the only thing holding this group together, you have bigger problems. Wesker, Alisa, Jeanne, Ocelot, they all came and left. Yet now you're bitching about me and Rukifellth? What good will it do me to stay factionless? You say PAC has used us, but it's bee mutual, hasn't it? Because we were WMD prisoners, running from soldiers, and who gave us sanctuary? Even if you feel no debt to them, would you rather join WMD? Or ECHO perhaps? Or maybe we can make our own faction, and raise money and weapons and end this all by ourselves?"
Leader? He said blasphemously .
"I didn't say anything about being a leader. And since it's clear we don't have one, there's nothing stopping you from walking out of that door right now. Not against anyone? I bet you can't name a single country that doesn't have us on their kill list. All of the WMD territories want our heads for escaping, for stealing, for killing. You killed Kaim!" she started to get a little hysterical. "I don't know what world you live in, where there's still a corner for us to live out the rest of our miserable lives being hunted down by every goddamn soldier, mercenary, and assassin out there, but you need to wake up. You want to know how I've been doing? Fine! I'm getting paid, I'm getting treatment, I'm getting protection. The only person that was missing is standing right behind me. Oh that's right, you're going insane too. How is Samantha? Do you still have nightmares, still wake up in cold sweats, have times when you don't recognize your own friends?"
He stood rooted to the spot, feeling cold after the Kaim comment. Staring at the floor not willing to reveal his eyes to her.
"I-i seeee a hand go up." The voice chilly, the words coming out smooth like they were rehearsed.
But he knew what he was doing.
WHO DO I GOT? All I got is the gang and-and you threaten that! Its not fair! You feel fine! Your feel whole! You just had something trying to kill you, not BE you.
"Maybe because I decided to do something about it, and not just sit around pretending it doesn't exist. I stopped when I hurt someone close to me, I wish you would do the same." She sighed and rubbed her arm, looking away and speaking in a softer tone. "I know I'm not 100% yet. But I do like it in PAC. There's a lot of people who help me. I have more friends, and I don't have to worry about killing them, or having them die because of me anymore. I wanted you all to be a part of it. But clearly that's not going to happen. I'm sorry."
"Well.. we both think what we are doing is whats best for the group."Freeman warmed up a little trying to be less defensive."I'm not sure if I can trust any of the factions but I'll trust the consensus. If everyone is ok with it then I'll join too. We can catch up and make a plan, together."
Well I ain't that easy to convince... Dimentio was floating right at the doorway.
"I knew Stern would join before you would. I won't say we mean nothing to you, you've stuck close enough through all this, but I understand. And since you are a mercenary with connections to the underworld... well, it's not like this'll be the last time we see you" she laughed a little. "Still a bit of a relief you'll be staying around..."
Yeah, yeah... just stay on my good side when we're working together. Now if you'll excuse me, I've got some negotiations to take care of... he teleported away.
Well... what are we supposed to do now?
"Pack up. We're going to India." Neko smiled. Since they had gotten there in the group's jet, Neko and Price went ahead and hopped on for the ride. She whistled. The jet looked a lot better than when they had first got it. "We need to report in to the Gujarat/Pakistan border. It'll be just like old times..." In her mind, the border would look like Egypt. Sand.
(The Mountain District, PAC)
Time: Late Afternoon
The jet was directed to land and park in a small airport. Even though Price and Neko were on board, the local authorities wanted to err on the side of caution. The place was a military area, since it was so close to the border, but a few civilians took up business opportunities selling food and what have you to the soldiers. A few mercenaries hung around as well, paid to do menial security while the main PAC forces concentrated on their attack. Pakistan was a key country to have in the war, and PAC was trying to wrest it away from WMD before they had a chance to regroup and strengthen their numbers.
Gujarat itself was pretty enough. It is close to the ocean, with several rivers running through it. There are several beaches, where the soldiers hang around during their time off, but even there there is a tense sense of dread, with people always glancing towards the powder keg of a border.
Neko coughed when she opened the door to the jet. Hot air leaked into the air conditioned cabin. Her lungs felt as dry as her throat. "Welcome to Gujarat" she grumbled. As far as she knew, there were only a few of the Crimson Band that were sent to aid the fight. Her team, of course, would be there. Oh... that'll be weird... I wonder if they'll let me team up with my old friends. I doubt they'll just get let into the Crimsons though... Hell, it took me a few months, and even then I only got in because of my reputation.
"We need to go to the Gujarat station, it's close by. They probably already know we're here." She pointed to a map as they exited that showed the location. "I'll go on ahead. Dimentio, you might want to keep your feet in one dimention. No need to spook the higher ups into booting you before you're even in." she laughed.
Very funny...
"I'm here as an NPC reinforcement for the border... PAC is trying to take over Pakistan from WMD. It's a key territory, strategically. It'll help get us closer to Europe, WMD's stronghold, of sorts. They rebuilt it as soon as they could... and we didn't have enough power to try and hold the place. Now they're trying slower."
Well, luckily you lot have experience in destroying WMD strongholds.
*Stern said as he was walking up to the two, he stashed his sniper rifle in his holster, now belted around the bullet proof vest, which was the only bit of torso wear he had on, leaving his coat and shirt back on the jet.*
I expect PAC is going to use us as shock troops. Send us into the thickest fighting with the highest probability of death. If we succeed then they know we can be trusted, and if we perish, then they've gotten rid of the potential threat we pose.
Price had been on the comms ever since they've arrived in India. He preferred to have gone there ahead of time but the circumstances called for him to "overlook" the transfer process and how well the group would deal with being on their side now. Price got off the comms with command and a few of his connections as well, trying to get as much information as possible, and went to the Neko.
"Neko, command wants any and all Crimson Band to do some night recon and sabotage for a possible attack tomorrow." Then he looked to the rest of the group. "This is the situation, WMD forces are lined up along the border like we are waiting for a strike as much as we are too. See those mountains? Aeriel recon can't get jack due to a tunnel system they have set up along the border. It'll be a hard fight but Neko, me, and a few others need to identify the key tunnels to take out before we launch an attack. I can probably convince command to bring along a two of you instead of the other Crimson Band members. So make up your minds, draw straws, whatever. Any questions?" He asked, scanning the group.
I have one. Azimuth spoke up. Where will those of us who don't go be staying? Will PAC still protect us if we're not actively aiding them?
"For the time being, you'll be treated as mercenaries until I can forge some paperwork for you lot to be officially be in the PAC. Mercenaries stay at a separate facility from PAC barracks and most of the time the facilities are "acquired" from the locals." Price pointed to the direction of a less favorable district where a few mercenaries lounged around, toting their weapons. "I'm sorry, it's all I can do for lot for now."
Neko adjusted her cloak a little. It gave her good shade in the sun, but it was heavier than she liked. "I'll be back as soon as I'm finished. Sorry to leave so fast..." She scratched her head, smiling awkwardly. "If you want, you can try to look up one of my contacts in the city, if she's still here." She took out a pen and took Rukifellth's hand, writing on his palm. "Her name is Henne Valkyria. She's head of one of the mercenary groups that PAC uses a lot. You might know her, Dimentio. If she's there I'm sure you'll have a better place to stay. And she won't rat you out."
She headed back inside the base, getting her gear and briefing.
Well, isn't that comforting?
*His voice was thick with wry sarcasm. He turned towards the others.*
I suppose we've got some walking around to do, then. Best get on with it, this heat's killing me.
....Oh yeah, I remember her. Not exactly on the most friendly terms after that teleporting incident, but I know she won't kill me.
Inside the base was an the cold, air-conditioned air that hung close to the base. The feel from hot to cold was almost startling but to most of the personnel there, the temperature was the least of their worries. Neko and Price were briefed on the mission and it was relatively simple in premise. They are to sneak past the WMD lines, and report any findings. Targets of opportunity are purely optional in the mission considering that they would be going out of their way to take the targets out. After a few hours of observation, they are to leave the area and back to PAC lines to report their findings. Easy on paper but a whole another dimension to when it comes to executing it.
The briefing was over in an hour and Price was able to talk to the commander about a very delicate subject. When Price came back from talking to the Commander, he sought out Neko first. He found her in the armory, getting ready her gear for the mission ahead.
"Neko, Command is allowing the option of bringing one of your group on the mission. Do you want one of them to come with us or do you feel safer with them here instead?"
"I'll... I'll feel safer with them here. At least there's more people here in case things go sideways. Right now Price, you're all I need." she joked. "I'd rather not bring them further into this than they need to be. They don't really want to be here anyways."
They walked out to a small jeep. They would drive to the outskirts of the next city, and then go on foot under the cover of darkness. She got in the passenger's seat, dropping what little gear she brought in the back. "Thanks for this, Price. I don't think I could have found them without your help."
"Don't mention it. Come on, the faster we finish this mission the faster you can get back to your friends." Price climbed into the jeep and soon they were off into the fading light. The darkness would be a perfect veil to sneak their way pass enemy lines and with Price at the helm, it would be much more of a breeze although WMD should still not be taken lightly.
They were right outside the door of the address Neko had given them. Dimentio walked up and knocked. Well, here's hoping she is willing to listen to us. Also, whatever you do, don't stare.
The girl who opened the door wasn't exactly who Dimentio and Ruifellth were preparing for. She was maybe 5 feet, with a tall pointy hat that made up for her height. In one had she held a futuristic looking... broom. It looked like a broom with random metal pieces put on it here and there. The girl herself had pointy ears, long brown hair in pigtails, and green eyes.
"It's just a couple of dorks! Hey, beat it crapsacks, we got here first!"
Um, we're looking for Henne. Is she here? was perplexed about Dimentio's earlier warning.
She stared at them for a while. "Henne! There's a poser and a retarded clown here to see you!"
She left the door open, letting them look into the house. There were no personal artifacts from the mercenaries anywhere, and no sign that they were staying there. "Dimentio. I never thought I'd see your face again." a female voice sneered. Henne Valkyria walked out into the street, forcing them to take a few steps back. She was tall, easily 6 feet, with large black wings that she spread to intimidate them. She was wearing a corset vest on top, a skirt with a long slit that went up to her hips, and heavy boots. "You have a lot of nerve to come waltzing in here..." She had violet eyes, like Neko, and long blonde hair. She kept her hand on what looked like the hilt of a bladeless sword.
You of all people oughta know I have a lot of nerve, Red Hen. he smirked. I would have thought after the incident in Osaka you'd start wearing normal clothes...
Henne grimaced. "Neko, huh? I thought she had a better head on her shoulders than to get involved with someone like you. I assume you're the one that she's sweet on, I doubt you've changed your ways. I'm Henne Valkyria. Leader of the Orchestral Mercenaries." She shook Rukifellth's hand. "Who's the rest of your new crew, and what do you need?"
The Jester just wanted to check on some old friends. What the fuck do you think? We're working for PAC now, and they don't trust us enough to stay in their barracks.
*Stern gestured to Rukifellth*
His girlfriend said you could help us out. So can you, or not?
"If you want to hide, I would advise keeping your damn voice down, for one." She put her hands on her hips, defensive. "I can help, sure, but am I collecting a favor from you guys or from Neko?"
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Review: Just Dance 2015
It's time for the annual "grown man looks mental as he badly dances all by himself to '80s pop hits" time as I tackle the latest in Ubisoft's dancing series, Just Dance 2015.
Like pretty much every title of a similar ilk, in the grand scheme of things very little has changed from the previous year. Just Dance 2014 did however build up the social side of things by introducing World Dance Floor and Autodance. The former mode allows you to compete against other dancers from around the world and allows you to battle it out in themes such as Boys vs Girls. It's not multiplayer as such as you dance solo and your score is submitted against the other players and ranks you accordingly but it does add more depth than mining the main mode for the five gold star rankings.
Autodance is the video recording function that records key elements of your routine, edits them together and replays them for LOLs. The clips are shareable on Just Dance's community and Facebook too which is good for sharing the best/worst clips. Within minutes of uploading clips to my Facebook people were amused/horrified by my gyrating.
New modes include Challenger Mode and Community Remix. The former is essentially a online leaderboard against friends and some people who can actually dance which does improve the competitiveness of this game quite substantially and the latter is more unique. If you grant permission and upload videos to the Just Dance community, they then vote on the best videos at which point the highest voted will be developed into into a playable remix by Ubisoft featuring 15-30 players per song. It is rather amusing watching people tackle the routines however dancing along is nigh-on impossible as the (still!) unclear icons signifying the next move is the only indication of what to do. Like myself the people dancing on screen have no idea and just going with the flow with the result being a bigger mess than normal. But the nature and charm of this game played in the right settings none of these criticisms really matter as it's pretty much the perfect party game.
That doesn't mean there's nothing wrong with the game, however. Last year the main issue (for me at least) was that the camera only seemed to work well on PS3, not PS4 for some reason. I had to give the PS4 version 5/10 compared to the Ps3's 8/10 as it is a fun game but my enjoyment was severely dampened by my inability to play a game without the Move controller. The other complain the game kept telling me about was that there wasn't enough light for the camera. Again it was fine for the PS3 but not the PS4. Well I faced the same problems again. I was bugged the camera wasn't happy but I could at least dance without using the Move controllers this time. However the accuracy was still improved when I introduced the Move controller so things still aren't perfect in my books but I can at least play the game as intended now.
A very healthy mixtures of songs (41 in fact) covering all the bases can be found within Just Dance 2015. You have Miley Cyrus to Ellie Goulding, One Direction to Avicii and one of the biggest hits of the last year or so, Pharrell Williams's Happy. Ubisoft also roll the years back with Dead or Alive, Marvin Gaye and Run-DMC & Aerosmith all getting a look in. Sadly not every song is the original recording which is still a bit of a crime in this genre this day and age in my opinion. We've come further than the Dance Dance Revolution days and Ubisoft are have deep pockets which would easily enable a dance game 100% full of licensed tracks. The covers are better than average though, so it's not the end of the world.
The unique art style of this series continues and improves too with the designers obviously consuming a vast amount of mind-bending drugs when coding the game as it's even crazier than before. Watch the background when dancing to Bonnie Tyler's Holding Out for a Hero and you'll see exactly what I mean.
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Another great selection of songs and some good new features improves upon the Just Dance foundations although it's getting to the time now when a greater refresh of the series is needed to keep the series at the top of it's game and ahead of the competition.
Version reviewed: PS4
Just Dance 2015 is out now on PS4, PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Wii U and Wii


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Social Institutions-Family, Education and Religion Essay
Social Institutions-Family, Education and Religion
This topic was chosen out of curiosity as to which type of school produces the more socially competent (rounded) students and also because it is an interesting topic to investigate. High School is important for the development of a teenager. It is instrumental in moulding teens into respectable citizens, who socialize with other teens and learn the value of hard work, good citizenship and social responsibility. It exposes them to various extra-curricular activities, and helps them to gain exposure to leadership role-modelling at various stages throughout school life as well as their own involvement in leadership. The words "socially competent" or "rounded" means to be complete. The more exposure and responsibilities a teen undertakes adds to and helps in their personal development. The teenager must also excel academically as well as in extra-curricular activities.
From observation it would seem that some schools are more adept at producing socially competent graduates than others. Immaculate appears to be one of those producing schools. Immaculate Conception High School and Kellits High School will be investigated by comparison to determine whether students attending Jamaican Co-educational schools are more socially competent than students attending Same-sex schools. Immaculate Conception High School, a traditional Jamaican High School, was founded in January 1858 by the Franciscan Sisters. It is located at 152 Constant Spring Road.
The school obtains high pass rates annually for the Caribbean Secondary Examination Certificate (CSEC). Here, students are moulded to become contributing members of their communities and society. Kellits High School is an upgraded non-traditional high school and was founded in 1971. Located in Kellits, Clarendon, it offers many Technical as well as Academic Proficiency Subjects for students to pursue in the Caribbean Secondary Examination Certificate (CSEC). Students educated here become respectable citizens such as skilled workers and farmers.
* ascertain the level of competence of students at single-sex schools in Jamaica * ascertain the level of competence of students at co-educational schools in Jamaica * compare these levels of social competence of students in Jamaican Co-educational schools and students from Same-sex schools. * determine whether the data supports the hypothesis that "Students attending Jamaican Co- educational schools are more socially competent than students attending Same-sex schools." * determine the level of social competence at Immaculate Conception High School versus the level of social competence of students at Kellits High School. * present the data graphically and numerically with the aid of diagrams * analyse data collected with the aid of computers
Multiple methods of data collection can enhance understanding of the phenomena under study.
The Quantitative research approach was used. Twenty questionnaires each were distributed to students attending Immaculate Conception High School and Kellits High School. The questionnaires consisted of twenty questions each, with fifteen closed ended and five open ended questions. There was a 100 percent return rate and simple random sampling was used to select the sampling population.
Data Collection Instrument
A questionnaire was chosen because it was a quick and inexpensive method of data collection, whilst at the same providing a wealth of information. Closed-Ended Questionnaires were chosen because are more readily analysed and susceptible to diagrammatic presentation. However there were some limitations experienced. The students misunderstood some questions. The comparison of a traditional and non-traditional school, instead of two schools being traditional, or vice versa proved also to be a major limitation.
Social competence depends upon a number of factors including social skills, social awareness, and self-confidence. A key developmental task of adolescence is the formation of an identity; a sense of the kind of person you are and the kind of person you want to be. Adolescents "try on" different social roles as they interact with peers, and peers serve as a social "stepping stone" as adolescents move away from their emotional dependence upon their parents and toward autonomous functioning as an adult. The school therefore plays an integral role in instilling the necessary skills in students to ensure that they are socially competent.
According to Haralambos and Holborn, Sociology Themes and Perspectives (1995), Fourth Edition "…The school serves a function which cannot be provided by the family or peer group…" (p. 727) and that "…individuals must learn to cooperate with those who are neither their kin nor their friends…"
Individuals are taught to be socially competent from birth. Parents ensure that children are taught necessary social skills and behaviours to socialize them to the norms and values of the society.
In same-sex schools, differences in curriculum are very evident compared to that of co-educational schools. According to Mustapha in Sociology for Caribbean Students (2009), First Edition, the critics of Davis and Moore's theory say, "… There are different values being taught to different groups within the educational system. The 'so called' prestigious schools in the Caribbean have different values from the Junior and Senior Secondary schools. This is reflected in the different curricula offered at these schools…" (p. 170)
Mustapha (2009) notes further that, "…Early socialization (parenting styles which guide boys and girls into different activities)….. Using differential toys for the sexes (e.g. boys get guns, trucks and bricks, whereas girls get dolls, tea-sets and soft toys…" (p. 185). He goes on to comment on same-sex schools where the curriculum is geared to the gender, whether male or female. "…timetabling subjects so that traditional boys' and girls' subjects are taught at the same time (i.e. compelling girls to do subjects deemed 'girls' subjects…" (p. 185)
Therefore, at an all- girl's school, there are mostly subjects in which girls are expected to be "interested" in and vice versa for boys. We are in an age where gender barriers are being broken down. According to an article "CAUTION: Women at work" by Tyrone Reid printed in The Sunday Gleaner, February 6, 2011, "The STATIN survey showed that in the age 20-29 cohort, the 46,875 women employed to the construction and installation sector represented 53.6 per cent of the total head count…" (p. 3)
In a similar article "Jill of all Trades" written by Tyrone Reid and published in The Sunday Gleaner, February 6, 2011, Charmaine Wilks featured in the article, is a plumber, and asserts that "…traditional sectors are saturated…" and that "…not everyone wants to use a computer…"(p. 1)
In adolescence, a teenager becomes self-aware and is figuring out who they are and what career path they would like to pursue. Students at same-sex schools are therefore limited to few career paths when compared to students at co-educational schools.
Twenty respondents from the Immaculate Conception High School, a same sex girls' school from Grade eleven and 20 respondents from Grade eleven from Kellits High School, a co-educational high school were randomly selected for this questionnaire. Fourteen respondents from the Co-Educational High School (70%) believe that their school offers many subject choices while eleven respondents from Immaculate Conception High (55%) think that their school has many subject choices while nine respondents. It is interesting to note that one respondent from Immaculate Conception High said that she would like to see even Cosmetology offered in the Other category while majority of respondents (10- 21%) would like to see Theatre Arts offered at Immaculate. At Kellits High most respondents (28%) said that they would want to see French offered at their school.
On whether subjects are of interest to students, 55% answered Yes while 45% responded some of them. At the Same Sex School however 30% responded yes, 5% responded No, and 65% believed some of them are of interest to students. Ten students (50%) from Immaculate Conception High felt that they were limited to a career choice because of subjects offered at their school while six students responded no (30%) and 4 respondents were not sure (20%). At Kellits High seven students responded yes (35%), seven respondents said no (35%) and six students were not sure (30%). Also 17 respondents (85%) from Immaculate felt rounded or socially competent after attending their school for a long time.
It is clear that the majority from both schools rate their school as excellent or very good. It is however interesting to note that some respondents from the Co-Educational School rated their school as bad, thus showing that they were not completely pleased with their school, especially because it is not a traditional school. Most respondents said that they were not influenced to attend their current school, reinforcing the fact neither parents, neither teacher, nor family would want their children to attend a non-traditional high school. In contrast, ten respondents (50%) from Immaculate were influenced by their parents to attend that school which is a traditional high school which shows that parents influence their children to attend traditional high schools.
The majority of respondents from Immaculate (50%) believed that they were limited to a career choice because of the subjects offered at their school while at Kellits High 35% of respondents felt that way. It should be stated however that most respondents from Immaculate (85%) were confident that they felt socially competent while 80% of respondents from Kellits also felt socially competent after attending their school for a long time. A whopping 70% of respondents from Kellits High felt that their school prepared them greatly for the future while a meagre thirty percent from Immaculate believed that their school prepared them greatly for the future.
All aims and objectives were met. There was plausible indicative falsification of the hypothesis. There was falsification of the hypothesis "Students attending Jamaican Co-educational schools are more socially competent than those attending Same-sex schools."
Students from both the same-sex and co-educational school felt that their school did not offer many subject choices and that there needs to be a change in the variety of subjects offered. However although half the respondents from Immaculate felt that they are limited to a career choice because of the subjects offered, more than half felt socially competent. Students from Kellits High also felt socially competent after attending their school for a long time.
Haralambos, Michael and Holborn, Martin. – Sociology: Themes and Perspectives, Fourth Edition, HarperCollins Publishers. 1995. Mustapha, Nasser. – Sociology for Caribbean Students, Ian Randle Publishers. Kingston, Jamaica.2009. Reid, Tyrone. – "CAUTION: Women at Work," The Sunday Gleaner, February 6, 2011. Reid, Tyrone. – "Jill of all Trades," The Sunday Gleaner, February 6, 2011.
Subject: College,
University/College: University of California
Type of paper: Thesis/Dissertation Chapter
Date: 22 November 2016
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Outside my window...the sun is shining, the birds are singing... it is going to be another beautiful day.
I am thinking...that I should be out there, not in here!
I am thankful for...God's providence. You know, when we started this whole house process (almost 2 years ago now), we were confident in God's plan. We knew His plan was good and we have tried really hard to stay faithful to that through everything. Then during this past Lent, we began to doubt. It crept in. We were weary, and worried, and beginning to wonder if we were doing the right thing at all. Now, we are starting to see everything come full circle and that His plan is good. Just as He told us it was. So now, we shake the doubt and instead sing Alleluia and shout God is good! And record these thoughts for ourselves for the next time we are walking in the desert.
From the learning rooms...plodding through. Trying to accomplish what we can. Trying to get our thinking caps back on after a week off.
From the kitchen...leftover potato soup for tonight. The rest of the week, trying to come up with meals from the freezer and pantry. Attempt to use what we've got!
I am wearing...exercise shorts and a t-shirt. Planning on getting a workout in today.
I am creating...boxes and messes. That will be the only thing happening here for awhile!
I am going...to Lowe's for more paint. To Kohl's for more clothes for the kids. To the new house for..... well, just to go because we love it there.
I am reading...bills.
I am hoping...for a peaceful next two weeks, as much as possible.
I am hearing...little people say "I'm hungry!" ...all this outside time makes everybody hungry all the time!
Around the house...packing and packing. And trying to keep my head from spinning! Too much to do and it takes me waaayyyy too long to get anything done. Such is the way with a one year old in the house!
One of my favorite things...speaking of one year olds..... Oh, they amaze me. They charm me. I just love this age. They are starting to really show their personality, they are into everything, and they make me laugh. I love their little legs and smiles and everything about them.
A few plans for the rest of the week...we'll just have to see how the week unfolds! No official plans yet.
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The new house is officially done!
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I've been thinking a lot lately about what it takes to make a leap of faith.
For years, I didn't think I had the strength to make that kind of jump, so I went along, wishing things were different, waiting for something to happen, hoping things would change…
Whenever the prospect of following my dreams would come up, I'd shut it down immediately because it seemed crazy and I was worried about what people might think.
Even contemplating the possibility would make me feel like I couldn't breathe. Why would you do that? was often running through my mind, followed by thoughts like, That's crazy! That doesn't make any sense. You could never do that! Plus all the things that could possibly go wrong…
Which made it harder to jump.
But following your heart doesn't have to be that hard. I was asking myself the wrong question.
Why? is a dream killer. It puts your heart on the defensive because it's based on the assumption that you need some kind of justification, as if your heart's desire wasn't reason enough.
But the heart knows no logic, it only knows feeling. And living the life of your dreams only becomes a possibility the moment you start listening to your heart.
So the next time it speaks, instead of asking for an explanation, simply ask yourself, Why not?


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Depth Charge
Sometimes, that regular cup of coffee isn't enough. Sometimes, I need an extra shot of espresso. Something a little stronger, a little deeper, with more staying power. According to my coffee-expert siblings, this is called a depth charge.
In my day to day life, every once in awhile, my thinking gets lazy or sluggish, and I need an "extra shot of espresso" in my thinking. I need to add a little depth to my thoughts. Dig a little deeper into God's Word. Strengthen beliefs or opinions that I have perhaps taken for granted without ever really investigating to see if they are Biblical and true.
I need a depth charge, if you will.
So I put them here, not because I want to tell you how you should think, but just to share how the Lord is working in my own heart and mind. It is not my intent to tell you how or what to think. Please take these for how they are intended–as an encouragement to dig into what you believe and why you believe it.
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Today in politics: Tuesday, July 8
Conservatives' 'vote' logo doesn't sit well with some
The Conservative Party's proposed logo to appear on the ballot papers in September's election has certainly raised interest.
Yesterday the Electoral Commission revealed that it had received 148 submissions on the party's proposal to have as its logo a large blue speech bubble with "VOTE" written on it.
The commission did not say how many supported or opposed the logo, although some are known to oppose the wording.
Claims taxpayers paid for NZ First software 'baseless'
Parliamentary Service says it could not substantiate claims made about spending by NZ First by its former MP Brendan Horan.
NZ First said the inquiry, which followed claims Horan made in the House in May, were found to be ''baseless''.
Horan had claimed software for party political purposes was paid for with taxpayer money but was for party political purposes, but Parliamentary Service said it was not operational and therefore ''it is not possible for it to have been used improperly''.
Maori Party to celebrate 10th anniversary
Yesterday marked 10 years since the creation of the Maori Party, formed during the turbulent period in 2004 sparked by Labour's controversial Foreshore and Seabed Act.
To mark the milestone, The Maori Party will hold birthday celebrations in Rotorua this weekend when it also officially launches its 2014 election campaign.
The party's two co-founders, Tariana Turia and Pita Sharples, will step down at the election.
Last month's Stuff.co.nz/Ipsos poll put the party at just 0.7 per cent support.
Schools unite to protest rewards payments
Upper Hutt school principals and boards of trustees have united to try to halt the Government's $359 million programme to reward expert teachers and principals.
In a joint statement to the Ministry of Education secretary Peter Hughes, the group of 16 schools said the initiative needed a longer timeframente for development and a ''rethink on the allocation of funds''.
The group says the cash injection would be better spent being paid directly to schools to support children's learning.
''In our view we do not require executive positions to be established, nor do we want a salary to go to an individual principal.''


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We have been wanting to go here and finally we did. We love old diners and had to sit in the original building. This place is very cool as we sat at the bar watching the short order cook create numerous meals like clockwork, it...More
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We have been wanting to go here and finally we did. We love old diners and had to sit in the original building. This place is very cool as we sat at the bar watching the short order cook create numerous meals like clockwork, it...More
En route to Saint Joseph's Abbey to get some Trappist fruit spreads, it was time for lunch, so I stopped by nearby Charlie's Diner since it was right on the way. It was very busy when I arrived about 1:30 PM. The booths and seats...More
We have been eating there consistently for over 3 years and now we are finally done. The seating is terrible, the atmosphere...there is none. It's as noisy as a bus terminal. The waitresses work hard but rush and make you feel rushed. People gauk at...More
Kitchen time was AWFUL.....over 30 minutes for a Ruben Sandwich (which was in edible)a Chicken Bacon Sandwich (with burnt fries) and a Chicken Parm (again chicken was barely edible) Food was totally SUB Par...waitress was hustling and trying to make up for the wait, but...More
I go there all the time at least 2-3 times a week... A couple times breakfast was just thrown on the plate but for the most part the Food Is very Good. The French Fries are real and are the best as long as you...More
We went here twice recently. Pros: Classic Diner Food done right. Eggs Benedict = Amazing Bar Open very long hours Cool original dining car. Addition added to the dining car to make more room. Plenty of parking. Nice wait staff. Cons: VERY busy We had...More
Great beef tips and fried clams. Meatloaf portion is skimpy. Mac n cheese was a little dry. Service was sketchy. All in all, no problems but ended up on the upper end of mediocre.
steak tips very good, all else pretty standard fare, very friendly wait staff, limited parking, 1/2 is diner, old car, very small and dingy, 1/2 is regular dining
Great for foodies and comfort food in a relaxed local dinner. see the cool small historic section dinner cart. been around forever and really a favorite with the locals and older crowd. but they are expanding there building this year and will be more pub...More
We go here for breakfast before school. It's a fantastic diner atmosphere with the locals and good hot food.


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MARS Petcare issued a national recall of Pedigree Small Crunchy Bites and Pedigree Large Breed Complete Nutrition dry dog food products from sale because of potential contamination with Salmonella Schwarzengrund.
The following products are affected by this dog food recall:
- Pedigree Small Crunchy Bites Adult Nutrition 4 pounds, UPC # 0-23100-05104
- Pedigree Small Crunchy Bites Adult Nutrition 8.8 pounds, UPC # 0-23100-14719
- Pedigree Small Crunchy Bites Adult Nutrition 32 pounds, UPC # 0-23100-31483
- Pedigree Large Breed Complete Nutrition 20 pounds, UPC # 0-23100-29158
Affected products are identified by the letters PAE within "Best Before" ID Code on the product label [example = 808G1PAE01 12:00].
Animals infected with Salmonella Schwarzengrund may be lethargic and have diarrhea or bloody diarrhea, fever, and vomiting. Some pets will only have decreased appetite, fever, or abdominal pain. If your pet has consumed the recalled product and experiences any of these symptoms, the Food and Drug Administration recommends contacting a veterinarian.
In an effort to prevent the transmission of Salmonella from pets to family members and care givers, the FDA recommends that the public follow appropriate pet food handling guidelines when feeding pets.
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PAN UK is urging everybody to learn to love their dandelions and to leave them for the bees this spring.
Pollinator insects accelerate plant evolution, but a plant changes in different ways depending on the pollinator. After only nine generations, the same plant is larger and more fragrant if pollinated by bumblebees rather than flies, as a study conducted by evolutionary biologists from the University of Zurich reveals.
Scientists have documented many cases in which the timing of seasonal events, such as the flowering of plants or the emergence of insects, is changing as a result of climate change. Now researchers studying a grassland ecosystem in California have discovered that reducing the number of species in the system can also cause a significant shift in when the remaining species flower.
Summary of recent important documents related to pesticides that went largely unreported by the UK Media but were reported in the French media
The experts say the use of neonicotinoid pesticides is particularly worrying because they are accused of being responsible for a systematic collapse in the number of bees around the world. For example, heavy use of these insecticides has been blamed for the 50 per cent decline over 25 years in honeybee populations in both the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Such a collapse, they say, threatens the very basis of agriculture as 71% of crop species are bee-pollinated.
I keep writing about honeybees because in my long experience at the US Environmental Protection Agency, nothing affected me more than my discovery, that the plight of the honeybees is the result of industry malfeasance and corruption managed by the EPA. Suddenly, I could read the hidden script of modern archaeology excavating the complex codes of federal regulation, risk assessment, and environmental protection. Honeybees became the mirror of self-delusion and destruction.
The idea that pesticides are essential to feed a fast-growing global population is a myth, according to UN food and pollution experts.
A new report, being presented to the UN human rights council on Wednesday, is severely critical of the global corporations that manufacture pesticides, accusing them of the "systematic denial of harms", "aggressive, unethical marketing tactics" and heavy lobbying of governments which has "obstructed reforms and paralysed global pesticide restrictions".
The report says pesticides have "catastrophic impacts on the environment, human health and society as a whole", including an estimated 200,000 deaths a year from acute poisoning. Its authors said: "It is time to create a global process to transition toward safer and healthier food and agricultural production."
GENEVA (7 March 2017) – Two United Nations experts are calling for a comprehensive new global treaty to regulate and phase out the use of dangerous pesticides in farming, and move towards sustainable agricultural practices. They say: "excessive use of pesticides are very dangerous to human health, to the environment and it is misleading to claim they are vital to ensuring food security."
The Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Hilal Elver, and the Special Rapporteur on Toxics, Baskut Tuncak, told the Human Rights Council in Geneva that widely divergent standards of production, use and protection from hazardous pesticides in different countries are creating double standards, which are having a serious impact on human rights.
Australia should step up its biosecurity to protect local beehives from a scarab beetle native to Africa, that could threaten Australia's honey production and agriculture industries.
That is the finding of the Honey Bee and Pollination Program Advisory Panel's (HBPPAP) study into the threat of the large African hive beetle (LAHB).
The research, led by Professor Ben Oldroyd from the University of Sydney, found the risk status of the beetle should be upgraded from 'low' to ' high' to stop it from become invasive.
In the first comprehensive review of the more than 4,000 native bee species in North America and Hawaii, the Center for Biological Diversity has found that more than half the species with sufficient data to assess are declining. Nearly 1 in 4 is imperiled and at increasing risk of extinction.
The new analysis, Pollinators in Peril: A systematic status review of North American and Hawaiian native bees, revealed that more than 700 species are in trouble from a range of serious threats, including severe habitat loss and escalating pesticide use.
"The evidence is overwhelming that hundreds of the native bees we depend on for ecosystem stability, as well as pollination services worth billions of dollars, are spiraling toward extinction," said Kelsey Kopec, a native pollinator researcher at the Center and author of the study. "It's a quiet but staggering crisis unfolding right under our noses that illuminates the unacceptably high cost of our careless addiction to pesticides and monoculture farming."
It's a hole in one! Bumblebees have learned to push a ball into a hole to get a reward, stretching what was thought possible for small-brained creatures. Plenty of previous studies have shown that bees are no bumbling fools, but these have generally involved activities that are somewhat similar to their natural foraging behaviour. For example, bees were able to learn to pull a string to reach an artificial flower containing sugar solution. Bees sometimes have to pull parts of flowers to access nectar, so this isn't too alien to them.
The species is under threat from disease and imported honey bees but the Scottish Native Honey Bee Society, which launches in April, aims to redress the balance in favour of the locals.
The first meeting of the new organisation will be held in Perth on April 1.
Gavin Ramsay, owner of Tay Bees and Honey and the bee health and science officer at the Scottish Beekeepers' Association, has been one of the driving forces behind the formation of the society.
He said: "We have reached a crucial juncture for the survival of our own Scottish honey bees.
Last week, the Reddit Science community welcomed University of Illinois entomologists May Berenbaum, Ph.D., immediate past president of the Entomological Society of America, and Gene Robinson, Ph.D., an ESA Fellow, for an "Ask Me Anything" discussion about honey bees...
"The coolest thing I've learned recently about bees is that nurse bees who are infected by a fungal parasite (Nosema) selectively choose honey that has greater antibiotic properties (Gherman et al. 2014). So they self-medicate! That's more than I can do and I can read labels!"
Scientists at the University of York have discovered for the first time that the sequence of exposure to pesticides and pollutants – not just the dosage - significantly affects the levels of toxicity for surrounding wildlife.
Previously, it was always assumed that 'the dose makes the poison', in terms of chemicals causing detrimental health effects on organisms. Yet it has now been found that when organisms are exposed to two toxicants in sequence, the toxicity can differ if their order is reversed.
Have you always tried to shoo away that nasty honey bee who wouldn't stop chasing you, once you caught the critter's fancy? What if we were to tell you that you didn't have to do anything at all, and hold still. The truth is that if you don't send life threatening or aggressive signals to the bee, it will meander across and fly away. Honey bees sting only when they feel threatened, as once it loses its stinger, it dies.
Published today in the open-access journal GigaScience is an article that presents the genome of a parasitic mite, Tropilaelaps mercedesae, that infects bee colonies, which are facing wide-spread devastation across the entire world. The research was carried out by an international team of researchers at Jiaotong-Liverpool University and Liverpool University and focused on mites as they are one of the major threats to honey bee colonies. The work revealed that there were specific features in the T. mercedesae mite genome that had been shaped by their interaction with honey bees, and that current mechanisms to control mites are unlikely to be useful for T. mercedesae. The genome sequence and findings provide excellent resources for identifying gene-based mite control strategies and understanding mite biology
In the fall of 1997, a small group of dedicated monarch scientists and volunteers set out to count how many monarch butterflies were overwintering in California, an essential step in understanding and conserving this remarkable insect and its migration. Twenty years later, the Western Monarch Thanksgiving Count (WMTC) is established as one of the longest running insect conservation projects in the country and is the most comprehensive effort to monitor overwintering monarchs in California. The dedication is undiminished and the counting effort has swelled: The WMTC marked its 20th anniversary with more than a hundred enthusiasts spreading out along the California coast to find and count monarchs.
Whoop whoop! A vibrational pulse produced by honeybees, long thought to be a signal to other bees to stop what they are doing, might actually be an expression of surprise.
Bees produce vibrations with their wing muscles that are inaudible to humans but can be detected by accelerometers embedded in the honeycomb.
Embedded video: Honeybee whooping signal and Bees whoop when they bump into each other
Mexico builds wall to keep out Monsanto's GMOs
Despite having few taste genes, honey bees are fine-tuned to know what minerals the colony may lack and proactively seek out nutrients in conjunction with the season when their floral diet varies.
The research, published in Ecological Entomology, suggests that beekeepers should provide opportunities for their bees to access specific nutrients, possibly through a natural mineral lick, to support their balanced health because the bees will search for the minerals when they need them.
Chile is trying to save its bee population damaged by fires
If it wasn't climate change, was the real purpose of the Number 10 meeting of Theresa May's adivisors and President Trump's environmental transition supremo Myron Ebell to plan the post-Brexit deregulation of UK farming, including pesticides? That's how it looks, writes Georgina Downs - and we had better begin now to fight for our health, wildlife and environment.
A Royal beekeeper who gave a banned drug to his honey bees in a landmark legal case has been fined £2,500.
Apiarist Murray McGregor, the owner of Denrosa Apiaries in Blairgowrie, is the first person in the UK to be convicted of the charges.
The 61-year-old previously admitted administering "unauthorised veterinary medicinal products".
McGregor has produced honey for both the Balmoral Estate and Prince Charles' Duchy Estate.
Social bees are celebrated for their cooperative industry, but how did their innovative division of labor evolve? A starting point for examining this question may be study of their solitary cousins, say Utah State University biologists.
We assess the analysis of the data resulting from a field experiment conducted by Pilling et al. on the potential effects of thiamethoxam on honeybees. The experiment had low levels of replication, so Pilling et al. concluded that formal statistical analysis would be misleading. This would be true if such an analysis merely comprised tests of statistical significance and if the investigators concluded that lack of significance meant little or no effect. However, an analysis that includes estimation of the size of any effects—with confidence limits—allows one to reach conclusions that are not misleading and that produce useful insights ... Executive summary
A chemical that is thought to be safe and is, therefore, widely used on crops -- such as almonds, wine grapes and tree fruits -- to boost the performance of pesticides, makes honey bee larvae significantly more susceptible to a deadly virus, according to researchers at Penn State and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Bees are amazing little creatures; while some of them live solitary lifestyles, many bee species form large colonies and function as a superorganism. This Open Highlight Collection examines some of the recent advances in our understanding of these fascinating insects. Open Highlights use recent PLOS Biology research articles as keystones around which to nucleate a short synopsis of up to ten related research articles from other PLOS journals and from the wider Open Access corpus.
Pollinators, including honeybees, wild bees and other insects, play a crucial role in our food and agricultural production. Three-quarters of the crops traded on the global market depend on them to some degree. However, these essential insects are in serious trouble. For example, some wild bumblebees have undergone dramatic declines and become regionally or globally extinct. The data available for other pollinators paint a similarly worrisome picture.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today acknowledged for the first time that three of the nation's most-used neonicotinoid pesticides pose significant risks to commercial honeybees. But in a second decision that represents a deep bow to the pesticide industry, the agency refused to restrict the use of any leading bee-killing pesticides despite broad evidence of their well-established role in alarming declines of pollinators.
The new analyses released today indicate that honeybees can be harmed by the widely-used pesticides clothianidin, thiamethoxam and dinetofuran. The agency also released today an updated assessment for a fourth leading neonicotinoid — imidacloprid — showing that in addition to harms to pollinators identified last year, the pesticide can also harm aquatic insects.
"Remember how you were told that a dark coat keeps you a little warmer on a cold but sunny day?" Bernhardt said. "Some plants blooming in chilly environments have dark purple or almost black patches on their flowers to keep cold-blooded insects toasty warm as they pollinate."
In the wake of ongoing debate by experts, neonicotinoid pesticide, imidacloprid, has been proven a threat to the survival of bats in Taiwan after last year being confirmed as harmful to bees by the Environmental Protection Agency of the United States.
A research team headed by Wu Chung-hsin (吳忠信), professor in life sciences at National Taiwan Normal University, found that bats feeding on imidacloprid-tainted insects were unable to fly along learned paths, as a reuslt of which they often "got lost" while out hunting.
For their study, Crall developed an 'automated behavioral tracking system' that allows a computer connected to cameras within the nest to recognize individual bees and create data points that indicate position and proximity to others. "Bumblebee nests are not the organized, beautiful geometry of the honeybee," said Crall. Instead, "they're more a hodge-podge of food and larvae in a pile in the middle of the nest space." This automated tracking system allowed Crall to see into "messy, complex, realistic, individual scenes" and could be adapted for use in natural environments.
Environmental charity Friends of the Earth has published a new report today at the Oxford Real Farming Conference warning that pesticides must not be used on wheat due to their 'high acute risk' to bees.
In 2013 the European Union restricted the use of three neonicotinoid insecticides following a scientific review that concluded they pose a high risk to honey bees
'High levels of neonicotinoids have been found in wildflowers next to wheat crops'
Pollination. The word brings to mind the droning buzz of fat yellow and black bumblebees bouncing from blossom to blossom in flower-decked meadows. But up close and in person, pollination is often anything but idyllic. The physical forces involved in pollination can be impressive, and both plants and insects must be well adapted to withstand them.
The bee findings were not what Syngenta expected to hear.
The pesticide giant had commissioned James Cresswell, an expert in flowers and bees at the University of Exeter in England, to study why many of the world's bee colonies were dying. Companies like Syngenta have long blamed a tiny bug called a varroa mite, rather than their own pesticides, for the bee decline.
A University of Wisconsin-Stout biology professor and his students may have made an important discovery in the effort to determine why honey bee hives are dying out during the winters in the Upper Midwest.
Biology Professor Jim Burritt and his students have published research about a new strain of the bacterium called Serratia marcescens strain sicaria. With evidence of its killing power, they chose the name sicaria, which means assassin, and Ss1 for short
Here in 2013 the idea was born to break new ground and try a varroa treatment using sound waves. As dogs reacting on a dog whistle which humans are not able to hear, there might be frequencies which cause reaction by Varroa mites but the bees keep cool. At latest sound is able to kill if sound pressure is strong enough... so it just needed to be explored if there is a frequencie which causes harm to the mites but not to the bees. (Lower half of the page referenced is in ENGLISH !)
Judge ruled that co-existence between GM soybeans and honey production is not possible.
Now Mexico is making headlines by banning Monsanto products. A group of beekeepers was successful in banning Monsanto from planting genetically modified soybeans. Originally Monsanto had received permission to plant their GM seeds in a large area of land, despite the protests organized by thousands of beekeepers, citizens, major environmental groups, the National Institute of Ecology, and Mayan farmers. But a district judge overturned the Monsanto permit as he was convinced by the scientific evidence showing the threats GM crops had on honey production in the Yucatan peninsula. He went even further, and ruled that co-existence between GM soybeans and honey production is not possible.
Although agronomic crops such as corn, soybeans, and wheat do not require pollinators to produce a crop, foraging bees are extremely likely to pass over or near agronomic crop fields in Indiana and states with similar cropping practices. As a result, agronomic crop producers can have a major effect on pollinator health.
This publication focuses on simple steps that agronomic crop producers can take to minimize the negative effects of pesticide use on honey bees and other pollinators.
For the first time, Varroa mites have been recorded hopping onto honey bees from flowers, and doing so with surprising agility, according to a study published in the journal PLOS ONE.
Honey bees (Apis mellifera) prefer foraging at compound-rich, 'dirty', water sources over clean water sources. As a honey bee's main floral diet only contains trace amounts of micronutrients – likely not enough to sustain an entire colony – it was hypothesised that honey bees forage in dirty water for physiologically essential minerals that their floral diet, and thus the colony, may lack.
Aldi US has just sent a strong signal to the whole market.
From 1st January 2017, the US branch of the German discounter (more than 1,500 points of sale in the United States, growing steeply) is set to banish from its shelves products which have been treated by the following eight insecticides: Thiametoxam, Chlorpyrifos, Clothianidin, Cypermethrin, Deltamethrin, Fipronil, Imidacloprid, Sulfoxaflor.
Bumblebees' ability to produce the buzzing – or vibration – that enables them to pollinate key commercial food crops may be harmed by the controversial pesticides neonicotinoids, according to new research from the University of Stirling.
The preliminary findings of the study – which examined a type of pollination unique to bees known as 'buzz pollination' – will be presented at the British Ecological Society's annual meeting in Liverpool this week.
Neonicotinoids - the most widely used class of insecticides - significantly reduce populations of predatory insects when used as seed coatings, according to researchers at Penn State. The team's research challenges the previously held belief that neonicotinoid seed coatings have little to no effect on predatory insect populations. In fact, the work suggests that neonicotinoids reduce populations of insect predators as much as broadcast applications of commonly used pyrethroid insecticides.
A new report released today by Center for Food Safety (CFS), Net Loss—Economic Efficacy and Costs of Neonicotinoid Insecticides Used as Seed Coatings: Updates from the United States and Europe, shows that the economic and environmental losses associated with widespread overuse of certain pesticide seed coatings greatly outweigh potential gains. The report is an update to CFS's 2013 report Heavy Costs. It examines the "gross overuse" of neonicotinoids, or "neonics", as prophylactic insecticidal seed coatings, which have long been recognized as causing both acute honey bee kills and chronic long-term damages to colonies and to beekeeper livelihoods.
Halfway through a video of a speech by the biologist Professor Dave Goulson there is an abrupt loss of sound. Goulson, who has devoted his working life to highlighting the catastrophic decline of bees, is giving a talk to hundreds gathered at the National Honey Show in 2015. Strangely, his words are silenced for 20 seconds of the video uploaded by the show to YouTube, precisely when he discusses the impact on bees of the most widely used insecticides in the world – neonicotinoids. ... ( Source: The Guardian )
A new review indicates that flowers may be able to manipulate the laws of physics, by playing with light, using mechanical tricks, and harnessing electrostatic forces to attract pollinators.
The New Phytologist review describes the latest advances in our understanding of how plants use their flowers to ensure reproductive success. Flowers use light to attract pollinators by creating colour using microscopic structures or chemical effects. Using gravity to their advantage, petals cause pollinators to slip or grip when they land on a flower, ensuring that they transfer pollen without taking too much of the sugary nectar reward. Plants may even alter their electrical fields to influence pollinator visits.
In a new study, Vanderbilt pharmacologist Jerod Denton, Ph.D., Ohio State entomologist Peter Piermarini, Ph.D., and colleagues report an experimental molecule that inhibits kidney function in mosquitoes and thus might provide a new way to control the deadliest animal on Earth.
The investigators aim their inhibitor, named VU041, at the mosquito Anopheles gambiae, the leading vector for malaria, and Aedes aegypti, a mosquito that transmits Zika virus and other pathogens.
In an open letter marking the third anniversary of the EU ban on neonicotinoids, 16 UK wildlife, conservation and environment groups are calling for the current EU restrictions on neonicotinoid insecticides to be retained, and extended to all crops.
The organisations claim: "There is now more than enough evidence to retain the ban and extend it to all crops, and that this is essential to reverse the decline of bees and other pollinators."
Industry organisations such as the NFU and HTA have opposed the ban and called for more scientific research on neonicotinoid use.
The pesticide has garnered negative attention recently, in part because of a spider mite outbreak it caused in New York. In 2005, neonicotinoid pesticides were sprayed on the trees in Central Park to combat the invasive Asian long-horned beetles living in the elm trees, as well as emerald ash borers, another invasive insect.
The insecticide did kill the invasive insects, but had the unforeseen consequence of causing a boom in spider mites, plant eating mites that eat hundreds of species of plants. Mites poke holes in leaves to feed, and they did this to the trees in the park so much that they began to drop leaves.


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