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K-Pop Box Office: 6 Movies Featuring Idol/Actors
Who's up for movie night K-Pop style? Plenty of idol singers venture into acting at one point or another for various dramas and sitcoms, playing themselves, cameo roles or even for leads parts. But since it's still kind of a special treat to catch them on the silver screen, go grab some popcorn and check out these movie recommendations featuring some of our favorite idols.
01. 19-Nineteen [Crime/Drama]
Starring: T.O.P and Seungri (Big Bang)
In the wrong place at the wrong time, three teenagers get caught up in a girl's suspicious death and decide to make a run for it in this coming-of-age drama. Gratuitous T.O.P rapping in this one, and it was a trip to see Seungri playing a nerdy, stalker-ish type character.
02. Heaven's Postman [Melodrama / Romance]
Starring: Jaejoong (JYJ)
Along with crime drama 19-Nineteen, this melodramatic tearjerker was part of the Telecinema joint project between Japan and Korea. It was first released theatrically, then subsequently split into parts and later aired on TV.
03. Attack on the Pin-up Boys [Comedy / Ridiculousness]
Starring: Super Junior
In a nutshell, good-looking guys are being targeted by a …er… waste-slinging hitman. This somehow translates to "getting targeted proves that I'm top dog" in the minds of the popular guys at a high school, played by Super Junior members. …Wow.
04. Mr. Idol [Drama]
Starring: Jay Park
Jay, playing former Mr. Children member Zio, fits in well in this rag-tag group of troublemakers. Yu-Jin may be lead vocal, but Zio steals performance scenes with his powerful dance skills.
05. I'm A Cyborg, But That's OK [Drama / Fantasy / Romance / Comedy]
Starring: Rain
What's a cyborg to do when everyone else in the mental hospital thinks you're just insane? Everyone except for fellow patient Il-Soon (Rain), that is.
06. White: The Curse of the Melody [Horror]
Starring: Eunjung (T-ARA)
For all of you horror buffs out there, this one is best enjoyed with the lights off. Desperate to become a star, Eun-Joo (Eun-Jung) discovers a tape with a song that's sure to become a hit. What's the secret behind the cursed melody that sends idols to their deaths? Watch the film to find out…
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On January 27, 2015 the Federal Trade Commission (the "FTC") issued a report detailing best practices and recommendations that businesses engaged in the Internet of Things ("IoT") can follow to protect consumer privacy and security. The IoT refers to the connection of everyday objects to the Internet and the transmission of data between those devices…. Continue Reading
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Sarasota, Florida - With adults making pretty designs in concrete, a gathering in Sarasota looks like an art camp for grownups. But these folks are actually designing the final resting place for a loved one.
At Eternal Reefs in Sarasota, family and friends gather to create a lasting memory. Sisters Jackie and Richelle Vogt pour the cremated remains of their mother, Betty, into a bucket. They add concrete and then mix.
"She said, 'This is what I want to do' and here we are doing it for her," says Jackie of their mother's decision to become part of an eternal reef.
Photo Gallery: Reef Balls
Once the remains mixture has hardened, the pearl, as they call it, is placed inside a giant concrete orb called a reef ball. Each ball has a name plaque and family members can also personalize the balls by pressing handprints or other objects into a wet ring of concrete.
Ed Ollivierre of New Jersey says his wife, Karen, loved to snorkel and, when stricken with cancer, she chose the reef ball. "This is perfect for her. There was nothing else she could have done that would have fit her, except for this," says Ollivierre, who also had friends fly in from Texas for the event.
On Monday, families will board a boat in Sarasota and travel about a mile-and-a-half off Lido Beach to watch the balls placed in the water. There they will create a permanent memorial and, along with hundreds of other balls, they'll also be an oasis for fish.
Depending on the size of the reef ball, Eternal Reef services range from $4,000-$7,000.
You'd think creating the reef balls might be a somber event, but people making them found themselves with dirt on their hands and smiles on their faces.
Ollivierre says, "This is something she wanted and I think it's a joyous occasion."


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I added lettuce and shredded cheese to the tacos and my family ate them up. Even my husband later admitted to liking the black bean 'bits'. I did use 2 cans of black beans and added just a tbsp of water or so to get it all mixed. May have helped with the drying people are mentioning. Also I added corn, bell pepper and a little lime to store bought salsa.flag if inappropriate
I agree that the bean mixture was dry but the flavor was delicious. I added some salsa to moisten it after it baked and thought that helped a bit. Also, I only baked for a total of 15 minutes. Also, when topped with a ripe avocado you get some creaminess too. Very easy to pull together and tasty--a winner.flag if inappropriate
Very tasty, but much too dry. I'm not sure why the recipe calls for it to be cooked so much. I would make again, but cut the baking time WAY down. The alternative to the dryness would be mixing in a little salsa as another cook suggested.flag if inappropriate
If you are looking for a mexican dish, this is not it. Don't ever put red bell pepers, corn or oatmeal in a taco, least of all a bean taco. Real mexican food is much simpler and teaster, just fry your beans adding Maggi Sauce and Worchestair. Warm de tortillas so they ramain soft. Fill them, do not over fill!, with the beans, and serve with green or red salsa. (For salsa, just blend together green or red tomatoes, a piece of onion, a few serrano chiles, salt and a garlic clove).flag if inappropriate
I tried this recipe today for lunch, scaled it down for one person, was a good idea but it was too dry as some reviewers noted. I think i'll play around with it because it's so healthy and satisfying.flag if inappropriate
I found my food processor had a hard time mixing this well and added some juice from packaged salsa to make it a bit wetter. So, my black bean crumbles were a little softer, but the flavor was great! Everyone loved it, and we will make it again. We added some diced jalopeno and avocado to the salsa and served fat free greek yogurt (instead of sour cream) on the side to cool the heat. A great filling and nutritious meal under 500 calories.flag if inappropriate
I am far from a vegetarian, but this recipe did not make me miss the meat. The bean crumbles are crunchy and delcious. So flavorful. I will definitely make this again.flag if inappropriate
My husband and I both agreed that the corn salsa is very good. I personally didn't like the texture of the black bean part. but, if it was softer I think it will be better. i will make this again, but will play with the ingredients.flag if inappropriate
This is a great spring/summer recipe. Also don't be fooled by the vegi-only aspect of this dish. I am a hyper meat-a-tarian but did not find myself missing meat due to the savory flavoring of the black beans. It is a very fresh and clean tasting dish perfect for hot weather. The only change I would make is prior to chopping up the green chili one should slightly char it over your open gas stove top or grill. It will provide the green chili with a much more authentic southwest flavor. Charring also takes away some of the "bite" green chili often have making it blend smoothly into the rest of the dish instead of ridgeidly standing out.flag if inappropriate


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I was re-inspired by My Frugal Family's Grandin Road Knock-Off when I featured it as part of last week's Feature Friday. So inspired that I went out and bought my first ever bottle of Mod Podge. It was kind of a big deal.
I decided to use Heather's basic directions to make some art for my son's new playroom. The only things that were on the wall in there were left over from its days as a dining room, so I wanted to add some kid-friendly, brightly colored pieces too.
I bought 6 wall plaques at Dollar Tree and painted the edges and sides either red, blue or yellow in case the edges showed at all. Then I followed Heather's directions for Mod Podging on the scrapbook paper and adding embellishments.
I hung three on either side of one of the windows in the room. I hung them using 3M poster strips since they were so light-weight, and to make sure I wasn't leaving unnecessary nail holes in the walls. Sorry ahead of time for the craptastic pictures. I did this whole project between 9-11 PM, after the little guy had gone to bed.
The B plaque was the first one I did, and you can see from the photo that I WAY overdid it with the Mod Podge. Live and learn, and all that.
I added a foam apple to the A plaque and a few gems to sparkle up the robots on the 3 plaque.
They don't look especially professional, but they do add some nice color to the walls in the playroom. I've added a few more touches to the playroom over the past few days, so be sure to check back soon!
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I think they turned out great, Jess! They'll liven the room up nicely!
Those are so cute! I have been looking for ideas for our playroom and now I am inspired! Thanks!
They look great. I bought a bottle of modge podge recently too and can't get enough. I bought cardboard letters from hobby lobby and covered them with scrapbook paper and I've also tried putting letters on small wooden blocks to spell names.
I think they turned out just fine! Lively and Colorful…gotta love scrap book paper and modge podge! It's right up there with spray paint in my book, couldn't live without them! :o)


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Water: Water Quality Standards Academy
Water Quality Standards Academy: Special Interest Modules
Copper Biotic Ligand Module
EPA's 2007 aquatic life freshwater quality criteria for copper is based on the Biotic Ligand Model (BLM). The BLM is a metal bioavailability model that uses receiving water body characteristics and monitoring data to develop site-specific water quality criteria. Input data for the BLM include: temperature, pH, dissolved organic carbon (DOC), major cations (Ca, Mg, Na, & K), major anions (SO4 & Cl), alkalinity, and sulfide.
EPA has developed this special interest module to provide the user with valuable information on the BLM. The following introductory presentation provides an overview of the copper BLM and addresses commonly asked questions, such as:
- What is the BLM?
- Why is the BLM an improvement over EPA's old hardness-based copper criteria?
- How do the BLM-derived criteria compare to the hardness-based criteria?
- What input parameters are needed to run the BLM?
- How has the BLM approach been applied in practice?
The introductory presentation is provided in PDF format, with and without additional notes. The version of the presentation "with notes" may be useful for users interested in a more detailed description of the BLM.
- Intro Presentation (PDF; without notes) (28 pp., 365 K) | Intro Presentation (PDF; with notes) (56 pp., 3.7 MB)
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BLM Demonstration
This short video (4:22) demonstates the BLM software. After watching this video, you will understand how to load an input file, run the model, view the model's output, and export the results. The BLM software and user's guide can be downloaded.
Additional information on implementing EPA's national recommended copper criteria.
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- The Canada Geese are making a hell of a noise down on the river, getting ready to form up and head south.
- At the local farm stand there are no more summer squash, but the selection of winter squash is generous.
- Days are warm, but nights are cold enough to fire up the woodstove.
- I'm working on poems instead of grading my students' essays.
- (Later) Saw a flock of bluebirds flitting around this morning, getting ready to head south.
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Reading The Idiot in Hanoi (I)
Note: I began this post almost a month ago, thinking to post a multi-part essay over the course of my few weeks in Vietnam, but I never got beyond what's here. I still intend to finish the essay, but thought I'd go ahead and post this opening bit to give myself some motivation. I find it hard to do extended writing when traveling; with luck, I'll finish this as a short essay in the next couple of weeks.
There's an English language bookshop just off Hang Bai in the French Quarter. There are a lot of art books and books of photographs of Hanoi and the usual range of English language instruction manuals for Vietnamese speakers and Vietnamese language manuals for English speakers, but the real value of the place is its extensive collection of (mostly) British classic texts from the 19th and early 20th century — Wordsworth editions of copyright-free texts on cheap paper that sell here for a couple of dollars — and since I increasingly find myself turning to the comforts of narrative, I feel grateful for the shelves full of Jane Austin, Thomas Hardy, Daniel Defoe, George Elliot, and many others, including Dostoevsky's great novel, which I read when I was an undergraduate but have mostly forgotten since, except for Myshkin's winning and sometimes infuriating innocence. I bought the book on my second day in town — I almost got Robinson Crusoe, which I read last time I was here — but settled on the more ambitious project of The Idiot. I've been reading a few pages each evening without hurry, enjoying the switchbacks and asides as the narrative gathers way.
My days in Hanoi over my first two weeks in town had been alternately busy and dull. Vietnamese literary institutions move at their own pace, as they do in most places, no doubt; but it had seemed to me that the Writers Association, for example, though they have a designated "expert in external relations," was not terribly interested in making connections and setting up meetings. As an organization, they seemed turned distinctly inward, creating a situation in which the foreign writer is welcomed ceremonially to hear a speech about cooperation and friendship. And then dismissed. Or, if that's too harsh a judgment, just benignly ignored. The building in which the Writers Association is housed is a late French colonial affair of four floors with a staircase up the middle leading onto little warrens of offices. One suspects that it has always housed bureaucrats.
The Idiot begins with a journey. Prince Myshkin is returning to Russia, but it is an odd sort of return. It is as if he is returning to a place he has never been. That is something like the way I have felt coming back to Hanoi after eight years. [To be continued]
Rest Day (VN Diary No. 32)
After going out this morning to cash some travelers' checks, I'm spending most of the day in my hotel room. I spent the last couple of days in Hue walking around in the heat and yesterday (wearing a t-shirt) I got a bit of sunburn on my neck. Nothing serious, but all the sun and walking have made me tired so I'm relaxing and writing in my notebook and starting to pack for the short hop up to Hanoi early tomorrow morning.
Last night, though, I had a great dinner. There are three small restaurants on Dinh Tien Hoang Street, all owned by the same extended family as far as I can tell, and specializing in banh khoi and bun bo, two Hue specialties. The firsst is a cross between an omelet and a pancake and is filled with onions and bean sprouts and served with a peanut sauce and spicy herbs; the second is Hue's version of pho, a beef noodle soup that here in Hue is quite spicy. I had banh khoi in one little restaurant, then went next door for bun bo, then took a cyclo back to the hotel.
HCMC (VN Diary No. 26)
I'm in HCMC now and the place is frankly overwhelming. I was here ten years ago and it didn't seem quite such a daunting place. But my friend Lan is a good guide and she took me out for noodles last night, which were superb. I've just walked around my neighborhood in Cholon a couple of times today without trying to see anything in particular, just to get a feel for the place. And the feeling is pretty overwhelming. Loud, crowded, busy, a little chaotic. Not unfriendly. And because I am far from the tourist heart of Saigon, there is none of the usual attempt to get me to buy things. The Vietnamese are doing plenty of buying and selling without my participation, not that they mind if I have a coffee and a banh my (sandwich) at a table on the sidewalk. I like the food better in the south, I think — more flavor, sweeter, more chilis. Lan has set up a bunch of literary meeting for me over tomorrow and the next day. I'll have made more meaningful contacts in a week here than in almost three weeks in Hanoi, where the literary scene is either dead or has simply refused to show itself to me. Perhaps I offended somone there and the word has gone out. Or perhaps the literary institutions are simply moribund and I don't have enough Vietnamese to penetrate the informal networks on my own. I had thought I had a couple of folks who were going to help me out, but they have fallen silent. Khong sao.
Chicken Soup and Tourist Art (VN Diary No. 11)
As I mentioned, Hanoi does not get up very early, the shops just beginning to open around eight o'clock. By then of course I'm in desperate need of coffe. The places that open earliest are just north of Hoan Kiem Lake, so I headed over there this morning to get some cafe nau (brown coffee), which is strong black coffee with a dollop of sweetened condensed milk lying on the bottom of the cup waiting to be stirred up with a little spoon. It packs quite a wallop and after I'd had a cup I ordered pho ga (chicken noodle soup) for breakfast, which is traditional. It was delicious, especially with a spoonful of chili sauce and a squeeze of lime juice. After breakfast, I still felt the need for a bit more caffeine, so I went to an espresso bar for a shot. Is this a great country or what?
After breakfast I came back and used Skype to call Carole. Amy was visiting in South Colton, so I got to talk to her too. In fact, I got to see both Caroel and Amy because Carole has a little video camera on her Mac. Skype is awesome — it's completely amazing to be able to see and speak in real time literally half-way around the world. The first time I was in VN a little over a decade ago, I had to go to a special telephone "station" to make a very expensive international call. When I was talking to Amy and Carole, I mentioned the copies of famous paintings turned out by local craftspeople for the tourist trade, some of them astonishingly bad. There is also a kind of hyper-department-store genre as well, in which the paintings are generic rather than being based on models [Here's a slide show that includes some of the paintings and narrates my trip so far — I'll be adding images as I go and I need to go back and put the Hong Kong airport images in, too.] One wonders what Plato, so afraid of copies, the copy always being inferior to the original, would have made of these paintings. They are certainly inferior by almost any standard, but interesting.


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AKWESASNE - The St. Regis Mohawk Tribes Planning and Infrastructure Department invited the Salmon River Central School Districts Board of Education (BOE) and Superintendent Jane Collins, to an on-site education of the tribes public water system and treatment capabilities.
The purpose of the tour of the state of the art facility along the St. Lawrence River was to assist in the intent to research options for the schools future water supply. In attendance were government oversight personnel from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), Gerry McKenna, Mike Lowy and Bob Williams and Susan Kennedy from the Department of Health.
The Salmon River School District has been challenged with water quality issues for the past several years. The last capital project involved the installation of geo-thermal wells, unfortunately resulting in a leak and contaminating the groundwater supply. Corrective measures were taken, and further contamination was minimal.
Samples were in line with New York state standards, but the school board and superintendent proposed to keep a bottled water order in place for students and staff. Piping issues and pump repairs have added to the problems within the school. During the last capital project vote, it was proposed and mandated by NYSDOH, that the Salmon River School District seek a clean water source for the school, its staff and students.
The vote passed, and a determination has been made there are three reasonable options for the school to consider. One is to drill a new well on school property; the second is to connect to the Fort Covington public water system which needs a new groundwater well source, and the third is to extend the waterline from the end of Route 37 to the school via 37 and School Road and connect to the SRMT system.
The SRMT Water Treatment Facility processes on average 500,000 gallons of water daily for 90-95% of the residents of Akwesasne. The Facility has a total capacity of 1.2 million gallons / day with a maximum utilization of 800,000 gallons / day reached only in the summer months, notably, when school use is at its lowest.
Conservation plans are being discussed to reduce future consumption during peak times. The quality of water is excellent, and has received national awards based on both taste and quality metrics. Current system highlights include a dual sand filtration system, ultraviolet treatment and a fully redundant, computerized system monitored 24/7.
Ernie Thompson, the director of Planning and Infrastructure, pointed out the tribe made a decision to keep the old water treatment plant to provide us with perspective on where we were and how far weve come in upgrading our water treatment processes. We continuously improved upon our water quality. We take pride in what we have and how we manage our water supply.
Ms. Kennedy, a representative from the Department of Health in Saranac Lake, responded to an inquiry by the superintendent on contamination management by referencing the history of the tribes efforts to mitigate disinfection byproduct levels, aka chlorine, and said, The tribe has done a really good job of addressing this. It can be a difficult thing to manage.
Ms. Collins stated the school has a responsibility to work within two entities as part of their analysis, the DOH and Facility Planning of the State Education Department. A dedicated line to the school is essential. From a financial perspective, the district would receive aid for the connection fee; the tribe would own the water line.
Sub-Chief Shelley Jacobs said, It is our shared responsibility to ensure our children have clean water for consumption. We have diligently sought the highest standards for water quality; it is time to expand our expertise and environmental resources beyond our territory for the benefit of our youth.
A final decision on the schools water source must be made by July of 2014 to meet the project completion target date of Sept. 1, 2016.
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Hubba Bubba felt brave enough to come and do chores with me this morning, which is a huge step for him. He was barn raised do wasn't so sure about the outside world, and especially not fond of snow.
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(1) "Department", the department of elementary and secondary education;
(2) "Enrollment option districts", districts, the school boards of which have by resolution entered into an enrollment plan;
(3) "Enrollment option plan", a plan whereby two school districts establish a cooperative agreement to send or receive or send and receive each other's students, subject to the limitations of this section;
(4) "Parent", the parent, guardian or other person having charge, control or custody of an elementary or secondary school student;
(5) "Student", a student enrolled in an enrollment option district.
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Nobel Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu fought off apartheid. Now he's attacking climate change! Watch out! For those of you in Coloado, he's speaking here soon. Info & video:"With an introduction by Mayor John Hickenlooper
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Bumble Bees
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A bumble bee belongs to the bee genus Bombus, and are known as social insects. This means that they live in a colony which is headed by a queen. Unlike honey bees which live in colonies often exceeding 50,000 bees, bumble bees live in colonies of just 50 or so.
A Bumble bee colony
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Why are bumble bees special in relation to other bees
Though bumble bees are highly social their colonies are not perennial. The young, mated queens have to survive over winter alone and initiate new nests in the spring making them vulnerable to attack by parasites and pathogens. Their physiology and morphology makes bumble bees ideally suited to living at high latitudes and altitudes because they can forage in cool, unfavourable weather. Bumble bees can thus make the most of nectar and pollen available in the early spring and early in the day before honey bees can forage.
Sarah Corbet also discussed how bumble bees were 'special' in their utilization of floral resources. They are large insects, requiring large quantites of fuel nectar to fly and to build up the colony. Bumble bee species differ in the length of their tongues so they profit from different flower types. They can determine what type and volume of nectar is available, and they may modify their visiting behaviour accordingly, for example timing their return visits to flowers to coincide with replenishment of the nectar.
In our paper on bumble bees as pollinators (Juliet Osborne & Ingrid Williams, IACR-Rothamsted, UK) we emphasized that they are an important component of semi-natural ecosystems and the integrity of certain vegetation types depends upon them. Many wild flower species depend on bumble bees for pollination and consequently for reproductive success and survival, whilst animals such as birds and small mammals rely on seed and fruits produced as a direct result of bee pollination. (Also see reprint below).
Bumble bees are in decline in the UK and if this continues, then the survival of many wild flower populations may be threatened as their pollinator service is withdrawn. This in turn may lead to a further drop in the number of wild bees due to the consequent drop in available forage. We gave examples of how such a spiral might be triggered by a dramatic event, such as spraying of insecticide toxic to bees or it might be exacerbated by the progressive fragmentation of semi-natural vegetation or a general reduction in nest site and wild flower availability caused by intensive farming. The outcome is similar drab vegetation with fewer animal species.
Bumble bees for pleasure
Bumble bees are large and attractive insects, and their association with attractive flowers makes them enticing subjects of study, not just to scientists but also to amateur naturalists and children. Dr Manja Kwak (Groningen, The Netherlands) described an excellent scheme which she set up in The Netherlands to encourage children to observe nature closely and critically by watching bumble bees in the wild or in their own gardens if appropriate flowers are grown (though one must be careful to choose seed mixtures that really do contain species useful to bumble bees). The colour markings of different bumble bee species make them relatively easy to identify and simple observations of bee foraging behaviour require only inexpensive equipment. For example children can easily look at flower choice, identify the pollen loads (using easily obtained colour charts) and examine flower constancy by following individually marked bees. Results from observations by children involved in Manja Kwak's scheme are to be published in the Autumn.
As commercial pollinators Bumble bees provide an essential pollination service for some of our crops. By looking closely at the effectiveness of different bees at removing pollen from flowers, transporting it and delivering it to stigmas, we can assess which bee species might be most suitable as a managed pollinator for a particular crop (Osborne & Williams, IACR-Rothamsted, UK). Though honey bees are most often imported to field crops, bumble bees and honey bees are not necessarily interchangeable as pollinators of a particular plant species. This was illustrated by Dr Don Griffiths (CIBA Bunting, UK) and Melanie Hughes (Luddington, UK) who described the use of bumble bees for the pollination of tomatoes in glasshouses.
Don Griffiths described how tomatoes are grown and the history of the pollination problems, while Melanie Hughes provided an insight into how bumble bees are reared commercially and the problems faced by commercial breeders. Tomato growers are willing to pay high prices for bumble bee colonies because, in terms of quality and quantity of fruit, bumble bees are more effective pollinators of tomato flowers than honey bees or vibrating 'electric bees'. Bumble bees, unlike honey bees, vibrate their wings at very high frequency to trigger the release of pollen from the tomato flowers and this results in effective pollination.
Melanie Hughes described how commercial bumble bees are expensive because of the difficulties of rearing colonies for pollination all year round and the importance of providing colonies of standard quality. Year round breeding has been achieved by artifically overwintering mated queens by exposing them to carbon dioxide. This, together with the use of young worker honey bees as helpers, stimulates the queens to oviposit.
Three bumble bee rearing companies were represented at the meeting with demonstration colonies to illustrate the refinement of the rearing boxes which must provide food, space, ventilation and protection during transport and in the glasshouse. Melanie Hughes emphasized that bumble bee colonies have no 'shelf-life' and tomato growers cannot easily predict exactly when they will need colonies, so the companies have developed methods of retarding colonies and overwintering queens to make colony production more flexible to cope with fluctuating demand.
Growers of other high value glasshouse crops, such as aubergines, sweet peppers and strawberries, are also buying bumble bees for pollination (Griffiths, CIBA Bunting, UK). As yet, there is little use of these colonies for field crops. Sarah Corbet pointed out that it is risky to transport commercial bumble bee colonies from one country to another because of the dangers of introducing parasites or pathogens or altering the bumble bee gene pool in the country receiving the bees. The pollination service provided by wild bumble bees needs to be further recognized and we should thus seriously consider management strategies for maintaining and increasing existing wild populations of bumble bees.
As indicators of the success of landscape management Dr Gary Fry (NINA, Norway) discussed the relationship between wild bumble bees and land use in the countryside. He demonstrated strong correlations between the number of bumble bees and the number of flowers, carabids, hoverflies, butterflies and even small mammals, suggesting that on farms, the abundance and diversity of bumble bees could be used as an indicator of biodiversity and the quality of habitats.
Bumble bees are easy to count and identify, and monitoring could be used to assess the success of land management strategies applied by farmers. Butterflies have previously been used for this purpose, and Fry suggested that bumble bees could be monitored at the same time, giving farmers the added benefit of information on the wild pollinators available to pollinate crops. If land is managed to encourage bumble bees, then not only will the number of pollinators increase, but the landscape will also support larger populations of insect predators and parasitoids, which may reduce crop pest populations.
The symposium described the many ways in which bumble bees can be useful and provided an insight into the different methods of studying bumble bees for both pleasure and profit. At one end of the scale are the intricate studies of pollen movement to examine the effectiveness of bees as pollinators of crops and wild flowers (described by Osborne & Williams). At a larger scale are the observations of bees on patches of flowers for pleasure (illustrated by Corbet and Kwak) and the study of colony dynamics and breeding for profit (described by Griffiths and Hughes). Gary Fry emphasized the need for very large-scale studies to examine the relationships between nest sites and forage resources if we are to manage the landscape appropriately to augment wild bumble bee populations and halt the decline already seen in the UK.
The symposium gave pleasure to the people attending and contributing. I hope that bumble bee populations will profit from the publicity. The papers from the symposium are published by IBRA as a book Bumble bees for pleasure and profit edited by Andrew Matheson, which is available from IBRA Publications Sales.
This report was written by Juliet L. Osborne of IACR - Rothamsted, Harpenden, Herts, UK, and was originally published in Bee World.


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BENGUET athletes silently worked their way in the muay thai competition to bring home medals in the recently concluded 2014 Philippine Olympic Committee-Philippine Sports Commission National Games.
Despite a lean delegation, the muay thai fighters of the province took home a modest haul of five gold, three silver, and five bronze medals at the close of the competition held at Rizal Memorial Sports Coliseum on May 20-26.
Marlene Bosikaw snatched two gold medals in the women's division after topping the waikuru and combat competition.
Jocelyn Budith also took one gold after winning in the combat competition as Michelle Bosikaw pulled one gold and one silver in waikuru and combative event.
Meanwhile, Ace Bongyao led the men's side with one gold and one silver as Vicente Abeya generated two bronze medals from the same waikuru and combat competition.
Silvestre Berania and John Eric Angyab also brought home one bronze medal apiece in the combat contest.
Benguet provincial sports development officer Mark Monang said the province is proud of the fighters who represented the province in the national games.
According to Monang, each athlete and their coaches will be given cash incentives as directed by the provincial ordinance.
The 2014 PNG housed close to 7,000 athletes from all over the country competing in 46 different sports discipline held May 16-25.
The National Games aims to assess the expanse of the potential athletes to be a basis for the selection of the national training pool in preparation for future international competitions. Mark Victor Pasagoy
Published in the Sun.Star Baguio newspaper on June 02, 2014.
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Idaho's counties have spent too long ignoring the rights of the poor accused of a crime and treating the attorneys tasked with providing them a defense as annoying afterthoughts. And, while a new state law takes a first step in fixing the constitutional abortion of out-gunned and overworked public defenders, it's up to the public defenders themselves to make their case and demand a level playing field.
Funding prosecution is easy for county commissioners. The public loves law and order. Spending tax dollars defending "scum bags" isn't as politically convenient. It's resulted in many counties contracting out indigent defense to the lowest bidder.
Anew law, signed by Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter late last month prompted by the threat of an American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit, takes a necessary step in the right direction. Idaho has long been one of eight states without a public defense oversight body, which H454 establishes. It also bans the "flat fee" pay system that's dominated public defense in most Idaho counties, especially cash-strapped small ones, in an attempt to end the lowest bidder contracting system that's seen green attorneys from private firms swamped with untenable caseloads. But it provides almost nothing in additional funding for local defenders. It does little to fix the game.
But even in counties with established, full-time public defenders, inequities remain when compared to the prosecutorial end. Minidoka and Cassia counties, for example, operate the only joint public defender's office in the state, a 9-year-old experiment designed to deal with the cash issues plaguing small counties. Even the Mini-Cassia Public Defender's Office, where county commissioners are generally supportive (not always the case), defense attorneys make less than their prosecuting counterparts and turnover rates are high among the underpaid lawyers.
"I can't afford to keep people," said Mini-Cassia Public Defender Dennis Byington. "I get them trained and they leave for a prosecutor's office or private practice. Why should there be such a disparity?"
Ask a public defender their caseload and they say "a lot." Ask them how much time is spent researching a felony case and they often say "not enough." The situation has gotten so bad that U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden both publicly ripped the system.
But the jobs of a defender and a prosecutor aren't an apples-to-apples comparison, so public defenders must prove not only their value to lawmakers and county commissioners, but also exactly how unmanageable their massive caseloads really are. It's time for public defenders to organize and bring their plight to the public.
Public defenders in Missouri are doing just that. The American Bar Association released in January the "Missouri Project," a study lawyers are calling the most comprehensive look at the nation's broken defense system for the poor in history. Missouri public defenders spend an average of nine hours preparing for serious felony cases, the study concludes. Private lawyers spend 42 hours on similar cases. Just two hours of research are devoted by public defenders to misdemeanor cases when 12 is actually needed, the report concludes. Armed with that data, the Missouri State Public Defender wants another $25 million from lawmakers to staff up and level the playing field.
The Missouri Project, which public defenders in Miami now plan to replicate, proves what Hollywood has personified for decades with the burned-out public defender, rushing into court leaving a trail of papers in his wake. The study shows the American justice system is only as fair as what a defendant can afford.
Ours is a justice system forged over centuries in the fires of presumed guilt. It's one where the presumption of innocence dictates the process and the prosecution should bear all of the burden. But too many counties shirked that responsibility and relied on private contractors, while in-house county defenders can't match the prosecutorial weight of law enforcement.
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The modernization of Sky Harbor International Airport's Terminal 3 continues, with construction work shifting from the north to the south side of Terminal 3 later this week. During the overnight hours of June 4, the north inner curb lanes at Terminal 3, which have been closed to traffic for the past month, will re-open and the south inner curb lanes at Terminal 3 will close. The closure, which will be in effect for at least a month, will impact drivers entering from the east and heading westbound on Sky Harbor Boulevard.
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Paul W. Kahn is Robert W. Winner Professor of Law and the Humanities, and Director of the Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights at Yale Law School. Professor Kahn teaches in the areas of constitutional law and theory, international law, cultural theory and philosophy. Before coming to Yale in 1985, he clerked for Justice White in the United States Supreme Court and practiced law in Washington, D.C., during which time he was on the legal team representing Nicaragua before the International Court of Justice. He is the author of Legitimacy and History: Self-Government in American Constitutional Theory; The Reign of Law: Marbury v. Madison and the Construction of America; The Cultural Study of Law: Reconstructing Legal Scholarship; Law and Love: The Trials of King Lear; Putting Liberalism in its Place; Out of Eden: Adam and Eve and the Problem of Evil; Sacred Violence: Torture, Terror, Sovereignty; Finding Ourselves at the Movies: Philosophy for a New Generation; and Political Theology: Four New Chapters on the Concept of Sovereignty. (Professor Kahn discusses the book in a podcast from the Canadian Broadcast Corporation. Listen here; to download file, right-click and save.) He earned his B.A. from the University of Chicago and his Ph.D. in Philosophy and J.D. from Yale.
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The sandy beaches of Mexico were showered with blossoms and a white décor from the romantic nuptials of the newly married Mr. and Mrs. Mario Lopez. The meet-cute couple who met as costars in Broadway's A Chorus Line revival wed this Saturday.
Lopez was all about pleasing long-time girlfriend Courtney Mazza, saying, "She's the quarterback of the team. It's her day, so I'm cool with what she wants. But I'm involved with the reception because I want it to be a big party," reports Us Weekly.
Guest Eva Longoria tweeted, "Just landed in Mexico for @MarioLopezExtra wedding! So excited to be here! #VivaMexico http://say.ly/LMF4GhZ."
The TLC wedding special Mario and Courtney's Wedding Fiesta, expected to air Dec. 8, will be highlighted by the couple's 2-year-old daughter, Gia, dressed in a dress matching her mommy, tossing flowers on the journey down the aisle to join her parents.
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Auschwitz-Birkenau: 70 Years After Liberation……A Warning to Future Generations
On January 27, 2015, the world will commemorate the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
The 70th anniversary ceremonies taking place in Auschwitz-Birkenau are expected to draw dozens of foreign dignitaries, heads of state and royalty, including President François Hollande of France, President Joachim Gauck of Germany, President Heinz Fischer of Austria, King Philippe of Belgium, King Willem-Alexander of Holland & Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark.
More than 3,000 guests will be in attendance, including about 300 survivors of the camps, several of whom will speak during the ceremony, along with 80 March of the Living alumni from Europe. This will likely be the last time when a sizeable group of Auschwitz survivors will be able to personally attend a significant anniversary marking the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
The event is being organized by the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, the USC Shoah Foundation & The World Jewish Congress.
Please take a few minutes to watch: "Auschwitz-Birkenau: 70 Years After Liberation……A Warning to Future Generations". In this video, five survivors who frequently accompany students to Auschwitz-Birkenau on the March of the Living, along with a number of March of the Living leaders and students, reflect on the meaning of the 70th anniversary and on the educational importance of Auschwitz-Birkenau to future generations.


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February 12, 2010
Remarks as Delivered
March 8th is International Women's Day - a day to reflect on the progress the world has made in advancing women's rights, and to recognize what work remains to be done.
This year marks an anniversary very close to my heart. Fifteen years ago, along with women and men from around the world I attended the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing. The message from that conference rang loudly and clearly, and still echoes across cultures and continents: Human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights.
One hundred and eighty-nine countries represented at Beijing adopted a Platform for Action that pledged to increase women's access to education, healthcare, jobs, and credit, and to protect their right to live free from violence.
We have made great progress, but there is a long way to go. Women are still the majority of the world's poor, unhealthy, underfed, and uneducated. They rarely cause violent conflicts but too often bear their consequences. Women are absent from negotiations about peace and security to end those conflicts. Their voices simply are not being heard.
Today, the United States is making women a cornerstone of foreign policy because we think it's the right thing to do, but we also believe it's the smart thing to do as well.
Investing in the potential of the world's women and girls is one of the surest ways to achieve global economic progress, political stability, and greater prosperity for women - and men - the world over.
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Mr. Roberts brings 10 years of service with him from working alongside his father, Rodney, Sr.'s, business, Absolute Water Solutions.
"We were at 3,800 customers at my dad's business," Mr. Roberts said. "I felt that it was time for me to go out on my own. It will allow my dad's business and mine to grow and better serve more customers. We will also each hire an additional employee."
Mr. Roberts and his wife, Christy, officially opened ABC Water Solutions last week. They said they are hoping their son, Alexzander D. Roberts, 14, will be the third generation in the family to enter into water purifying trade.
Water purification services are especially important to have in the north country, Mr. Roberts said. Bacteria, E. coli, and coliform are becoming more prominent in the north country, especially around farms where manure is spread, he said.
"The north country is full of wells," Mr. Robert said. "Even the city water takes some type of conditioning. The market is huge, and the need for water purification services isn't slowing down."
In addition to homes, Mr. Roberts also installs water purification systems for businesses.
"Restaurants have to have chlorinated water or run the water through an ultraviolet unit to kill the bacteria before they can give it to customers," Mr. Roberts said. "Nowadays to even sell a home you have to have the water tested for bacteria. If it comes back positive, you have to kill the bacteria before you can even sell the home."
A water purification system is an investment that will protect home appliances, Mr. Roberts said.
"Without any type of purifying equipment, hard water can damage appliances and dishware," Mr. Roberts said. "Hard water will leave white deposits on glasses and ruin coffeemakers. It leaves stains in toilets, sinks and bathtubs."
The water is made drinkable through a reverse osmosis system, which eliminates harmful elements such as radon and arsenic, Mr. Roberts said.
Mr. Rodney said installation of a water purification tank that can fit into almost any closet can cost around $1,200.
"I plan to keep my prices low," Mr. Roberts said. "Just $500 may make the difference between having and not having the equipment for some families."
Mr. Roberts said the equipment can last on average for about 15 years. The equipment is maintained yearly and on an emergency basis, he said.
"It's not something you have to replace every few years," Mr. Roberts said. "I have units that I still work on that are 25 years old. But they do require an annual service to keep them maintained.
Mr. Roberts said his business serves all areas in the north country.
"We're pretty much the only place between Watertown and Malone that does installation and setup of certified systems professionally," Mr. Roberts said.
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Columbia spotted frogs were formerly classified as part of Rana pretiosa, or Spotted frogs. However, Spotted frogs are currently classified as two separate species, the Oregon spotted frog (Rana pretiosa) and the Columbia spotted frog (Rana luteiventris). Researchers found that while the two species are nearly identical morphologically, they differ genetically and occupy different ranges (Green et al. 1997). Green et al. 1997, also indicates there is genetic evidence R. luteiventris may be one species with three subspecies or several weakly-differentiated species (Green et al. 1997). Additionally, Funk et al. 2008, found three highly divergent R. luteiventris clades that may actually represent different species.
Columbia spotted frog (spotted frog) adults are light to dark brown, gray, or olive green with dark spots on the back, sides and legs. The number of spots and spotting pattern varies. The undersides of the legs are orange or yellow; this color may extend up to the chin or be replaced by a light, mottled gray on the chin, chest, and/or belly. Adult body length is 46 to 90 millimeters (1.8 to 3.5 inches). Spotted frogs breed during a short, two-week breeding window anywhere from early April to early June. Eggs are laid at the water surface in large, globular masses of 200 to 500 eggs. Tadpoles are black after hatching and their eyes are located on the top of the head. Tadpoles are approximately 8 to 10 millimeters (.3 to .4 inches) in length at hatching and commonly metemorphose at 70 to 75 millimeters (2.7 to 2.9 inches). Metamorphosis usually occurs from late July until freezing weather. The lifespan of spotted frogs can be seven to nine years (Engle 2001). Spotted frog diets can vary widely. Adults eat insects, mollusks, crustaceans, and arachnids; larvae eat algae and organic debris. Predators of spotted frog adults include herons and garter snakes, and the recently introduced bullfrogs. In addition, larvae may be consumed by the larvae of dragon flies, predacious diving beetles, fish and garter snakes.
Spotted frogs are highly aquatic and live in or near permanent bodies of water, including lakes, ponds, slow streams and marshes; movements of spotted frogs are limited to wet riparian corridors. Spotted frogs occur in riparian areas, where emergent vegetation and standing water are present, within the sage-juniper shrublands (Engle 2001). Standing water, flooded meadows, and willows provide breeding, foraging, and overwintering habitat. Most spotted frogs hibernate and aestivate; hibernation occurs in spring-fed ponds with willows (Engle 2001).
Columbia spotted frogs occur from Alaska and most of British Columbia to Washington east of the Cascade Mountains, Idaho, the Bighorn Mountains in Wyoming, the Mary's, Reese, and Owyhee River systems in Nevada, the Wasatch Mountains, and the western desert of Utah. There are currently four recognized populations of Columbia spotted frogs: Northern, Great Basin, Wasatch, and West Desert. Columbia spotted frogs within the Northern population are considered to be abundant; however, the other three populations (Great Basin, Wasatch, and West Desert) are either declining or almost extirpated. Currently, only the Great Basin populations of Columbia spotted frogs that occur in Oregon (Malheur, Lake, Harney and possibly Grant Counties) are considered a candidate species by the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS 2009).
The causes of decline are not fully understood, but like most amphibians a major threat is the destruction, fragmentation and degradation of wetlands. The introduction of non-native predators such as bullfrogs, bass and predatory freshwater fish species are believed to contribute to their decline.
Engle, J.C. 2001. Population Biology and Natural History of Columbia spotted frogs (Rana luteiventris) in the Owyhee Uplands of Southwest Idaho: Implications for Monitoring and Management. M.S. Thesis, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho. 66 pages.
Funk, W. C., C. A. Pearl, H. M. Draheim, M. J. Adams, T. D. Mullins, and S. M. Haig. 2008. Range-wide phylogeographic analysis of the spotted frog complex (Rana luteiventris and Rana pretiosa) in northwestern North America. Mol Phylogenet and Evol.
Gomez, D. 1994. Conservation assessment for the spotted frog (Rana pretiosa) in the Intermountain Region, USFS. U.S. Forest Service; Ogden, Utah.
Green, D. M.; H. Kaiser; T.F. Sharbel; J. Kearsley; K. R. McAllister. 1997. Cryptic Species of Spotted Frogs, Rana pretiosa Complex, in Western North America. Copeia 1997:1-8.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2009. Species Assessment and Listing Priority Form for the Columbia spotted frog (Great Basin DPS). http://ecos.fws.gov/docs/candforms_pdf/r8/D027_V01.pdf
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Its Chinese sales more than doubled in the first half of this year on an annual basis, and could well reach 30,000 units by the end of 2014. And de Nysschen also hopes that total might double again by 2016.
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"This is leading to the emergence of a new definition of premium, which is one that is not so rooted in conspicuous consumption," he said. "They don't want a big car at a big price."
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The web sites (see www.urj.org/relief) provide areas for the members of four Reform synagogues in Southeast Louisiana?Touro Synagogue, North Shore Congregation, Temple Sinai, and Congregation Gates of Prayer? to share their whereabouts with their colleagues and friends. There are also message boards for those in other parts of the country to exchange ideas on how to help.
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Let's face it- we would be all dead without the Internet, without the access to real-time, live information across the world and life would make no sense to the majority of our youngsters these days without socialization networks, applications and so on.
And the Internet era has definetely had its environmental ups and downs. Sure, computers tend to consume much energy, especially if they are plugged in all day long, and besides the energy bills, don't wonder if you will wake up one morning with headaches, tired eyes or if your room tends to get extremely hot.
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