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When the dark sci-fi TV show Black Mirror premiered in the UK in 2011, the series seemed to offer a cautionary tale of how, if we're not careful, our relationship to technology could go terribly wrong. Since then, the show has become a yardstick to measure how close we are to a harrowing future; in the past week, as we reel from the 2016 presidential election, the world of Black Mirror seems nearer than ever to our current reality—less a warning than a crystal ball. https://twitter.com/blackmirror/status/796192757836554240
What makes Black Mirror so chilling isn't just its technologies, but their uncanny interplay with human behavior. The show can feel gratuitously pessimistic, yet it's rooted in reality: nearly every scenario parallels something in our current world. In particular, an early episode disturbingly foreshadows the rise of Donald Trump.
It's impossible to write off Black Mirror as fiction. So we've decided to nail down the parallels between the nightmares on screen and our world today. And so we present: the real-life equivalents of Black Mirror's dystopias, loosely ordered by how closely each episode reflects our current reality. Spoilers ahead.
The Waldo Moment (season 2, episode 3)
In "The Waldo Moment," a brash cartoon bear voiced by a comedian winds up winning over the British public and running for political office. Waldo uses humor (he's a cartoon, after all) to separate himself from career politicians, and he gains popularity in part because of his vulgar disdain for the system and his running mates. Bright blue cartooniness aside, he's more or less a prescient version of our President-elect.
Sure, there are also some parallels here to Italy's Five Star Movement, a growing, far-right political party started by a comedian who got crowds of malcontent Italians to shout "Fuck off!" at corrupt politicians. And yes, the circumstances under which Waldo enters the race stem from an Anthony Weiner-esque sexting scandal that forces an incumbent politician to step out of office. But Waldo's rise to power eerily mirrors Donald Trump's, especially considering that this episode of Black Mirror was penned long before there were any signs that Trump might actually secure the presidency in 2016.
Waldo, like Trump, begins as a candidate perceived as a joke, only to win the favor of voters who enjoy his lack of filter and "refreshing" sincerity. Waldo, too, makes for good entertainment, and that's enough to get him votes. The episode's final scene, in which the cartoon bear reigns as global dictator and wields what appears to be a brutal police regime, now reads as a dark foreshadowing of what might come out of a Trump presidency—and it's not funny at all.
Nosedive (season 3, episode 1)
In the world of this episode, rating friends, coworkers, service workers, and even passersby is standard practice, and those crucial ratings determine everything from your career trajectory to your rent. It's not so different from what we already see in the on-demand economy — Uber drivers, for example, are deactivated when they fall under a 4.6. One company has gone even further: Peeple endeavored to offer a rating system for people, regardless of whether they consented to be included. After the app was eviscerated by the press, it launched this March as a watered-down, opt-in version of the original concept. Perhaps fittingly, it now boasts a one-star rating in the iTunes app store.
But what feels most immediately familiar in "Nosedive" is the way that protagonist Lacie (Bryce Dallas Howard) lights up each time she receives a positive rating. It's only a slight exaggeration of the psychological rewards most people experience with every Facebook like or tweet fave. Case in point: while writing this paragraph, I checked the likes on my most recent Instagram approximately 13 times.
Hated in the Nation (season 3, episode 6)
In this episode, a hacker has figured out how to weaponize social media outrage. Each day, the most hated person on the internet faces a grisly death at the hands of hacked drone bees, thousands of which have been deployed as a solution to the bee-killing Colony Collapse Disorder. Though no furious social media mob in our current world has yet managed to commit murder, the tools for viral outrage are amply abused: Death threats run amok on the internet, and public outrage has managed to end careers and ruin lives. (See, for example, the stories of Justine Sacco and Lindsey Stone, who faced job-ending public shame after making misguided—but, in the grand scheme of things, fairly innocuous— posts to social media.)
And those autonomous drone bees? A team at Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences has been developing them for over a decade (and will hopefully make them as unhackable as possible). Autonomous Flying Microrobots, or RoboBees, are intended for potential use in cross-pollination, search and rescue missions, and surveillance.
Speaking of surveillance, that's another theme Black Mirror manages to pack into this episode: The drone bees have also been covertly conscripted by the British government to monitor the nation. In the real world, multiple municipalities across the country have adopted surveillance drones; notably, the ACLU recently found that the FBI had employed them in Baltimore during the protests over Freddie Gray's killing. Mass surveillance—much like online abuse and robotic drone bees—is a reality. All that keeps this episode from becoming prescient documentary is a vigilante hacker coopting these forces to make a twisted public statement.
Entire History of You (season 1, episode 3)
In this episode's world, most people sport a "Grain" — an implant and interactive contact lens system that allows them to record every moment of their lives and replay at will. It's Google Glass on steroids, shrunk down and stuck inside our eyeballs. That technology is in the works: Google recently patented a smart contact lens that could wirelessly send data to any internet-connected device; similarly, Samsung and Sony have each patented smart contact lenses that could double as cameras. In "Entire History of You," people also curate their Grains like you might selectively edit your social feeds today: on the Grain, you can get rid of an unsavory memory (like deleting a painful "On This Day" notification from Facebook) or replay one of your "greatest hits," much as you might scroll your Instagrams of a particularly enjoyable trip.
Meticulously recording one's life in real time predates the futuristic lenses featured in this episode. In 1978, for instance, Steve Mann began developing a prosthetic that allowed his eye to function as both a camera and a TV display; in the early aughts, Gordon Bell similarly experimented with "lifelogging," wearing a camera that took a photo every 30 seconds. Y Combinator partner Justin Kan has also been a prominent practitioner of this type of self-surveillance: For eight months in 2007 he streamed every moment of his life before shutting down that experiment and starting up the popular live-streaming service Twitch. Of course, beyond a few experimental technologists, it's unclear whether the broader public wants real-time documentation of their every moment—and *Black Mirror'*s take is a pretty harrowing campaign against it.
Playtest (season 3, episode 2)
"Playtest" follows wanderlust-stricken Cooper (Wyatt Russell) as he offers himself as a test subject for an augmented reality horror game—an experiment that turns fatal. All the tenets of this episode link back to reality: First, there's the barely disguised TaskRabbit (dubbed "OddJobs") on which Cooper finds his game-testing gig. The game he ends up playing is a mix of Pokémon Go and the myriad other augmented reality games out there; it also draws from biofeedback-enhanced games, such as Nevermind, which read players' stress levels and adjust gameplay accordingly.
But what really brings the terror in "Playtest" is that the game uses a neural net to learn and build on the player's worst fears. For Cooper, those include spiders, a deranged doppelgänger of his recent hookup, and his mother suffering from Alzheimer's. It's a terrifying version of that 2010 Arcade Fire music video, which used Google Maps and html5 to set the video in the viewer's childhood neighborhood. Pair that with MIT's Nightmare Machine project, which makes even the most innocuous of images scary, and you've got something pretty close to the freaky tech presented here — lethal side effects (hopefully) not included.
Be Right Back (season 2, episode 1)
After a car accident kills her partner, Martha (Hayley Atwell) uses a service to mine his online presence and recreate him: first as a chatbot, then a voice on the phone, and finally, most eerily, as a physical replica. Since the episode's airing in 2013, the chatbot iteration of this technology has essentially been replicated: As detailed in The Verge, when Russian technologist Eugenia Kuyda's close friend Roman died, she trained a bot to speak in his "voice" by feeding it hundreds of digital exchanges they had shared.
Chatbots from beyond the grave aside, the question of what happens to the traces of ourselves that we leave online when we die is of the moment: Numerous companies offer services to help people manage their digital legacies. And Kuyda's not the only entrepreneur to have attempted some version of the technology presented in "Be Right Back." A startup called Eterni.me, for instance, promises that it'll preserve you forever as a digital avatar, while Chatbot.me claims to be able to create a Twitter bot that sounds just like you. (In my personal experimentations, that latter bot just sounds deranged—but maybe that's just me.)
Shut Up and Dance (season 3, episode 3)
In "Shut Up and Dance," 19-year-old Kenny (Alex Lawther) downloads malware to his laptop, allowing hackers to film him masturbating to porn; that video then becomes ammunition for increasingly dark blackmail. Kenny's not the hero—it turns out he was watching child pornography—but the hackers' extortion of his panic echoes real-world ransomware attacks and "sextortion" scandals, maybe most notably the case of Amanda Todd, who was driven to suicide in 2012 after years of extortion and manipulation by an online stranger who'd collected topless photos of her.
Kenny follows through on increasingly insane demands as the episode progresses: he robs a bank; he fights another blackmail victim to the death. Yet after all that, his hackers release the video anyway, with no explanation beyond a class Trollface meme—an echo of the hacking group LulzSec's logo. Though Kenny winds up not so sympathetic, his plight is a chilling reminder that Mark Zuckerberg's not crazy: You might just want to cover up that webcam.
White Christmas (season 2, episode 4)
In Black Mirror's Christmas special, a man enlists the help of relationship coach Matt (Jon Hamm), who uses smart contact lenses to watch him interact with women and offer him real-time advice. As in "Entire History of You," camera-enabled lenses are certainly under development; Matt's dating service isn't so far from what's available today, either. Jyst, for example, is an app that allows people to crowdsource dating advice, while Relationup lets you text a designated dating coach in real time.
The dating service, however, is just Matt's side project: his day job is torturing artificially intelligent home assistants into submission. An assistant is an exact replica of the brain of its owner, stashed in an object bearing an uncanny resemblance to Google Home. The upside: your assistant knows your exact preferences and can keep your home perfectly to your liking. The downside: It's self aware, trapped, and has to be trained into compliance. It's pretty futuristic AI—but give Google Home another few generations, and maybe we'll all be cloning our consciousnesses into obedient domestic slaves.
Fifteen Million Merits (season 1, episode 2)
In the world of "Fifteen Million Merits," people spend their days riding electricity-generating stationary bikes, watching reality shows to pass the time. As they bike, they earn credits, which let them enter a reality show called Hot Shots. Getting on that show, a dark amalgam of American Idol and X Factor, is the only way to escape an endless future of cycling: Much as today's reality shows lure contestants with the possibility of instant fame, Hot Shots promises its winners a life of luxury.
But it's the cycling that has the strongest real-world ties. Today, apps like Pact allow users to earn cash for meeting health goals, and generators like Pedal-A-Watt use cycling to generate electricity. Even more on the nose, in 2012 — the year after this episode aired — a Brazilian prison offered inmates the opportunity to reduce their sentences by cycling on stationary bikes to charge car batteries: For every three days an inmate biked, he could shave one day off of his sentence.
Men Against Fire (season 3, episode 5 )
A technologically enhanced soldier, Stripe (Malachi Kirby), seeks to eradicate what appears to be a zombie plague by hunting down infected human "roaches," now reduced to Nosferatu doppelgängers. As it turns out, the "roaches" aren't zombies at all—they're average people deemed "undesirable" by some greater political power that's running a eugenics program. An augmented reality system, fed by the soldiers' neural implants, makes these people look inhuman—think Snap lenses, projected onto your eyeballs without your explicit consent.
The point of the implant is to reduce the soldiers' empathy, eliminating PTSD by allowing them to kill off vulnerable populations without guilt. It works—that is, until a virus infects Stripe's implant, letting him see that he's unknowingly killing off innocent people. The idea that we could rid soldiers of empathy is chilling, and in many ways these soldiers seem like the logical progression of projects such as the US military's Nett Warrior and France's "Future Soldier" programs, which equip troops with high-tech communications systems. Most notably, however, this episode seems like a parable of what right-wing Trump-fueled nationalism and xenophobia might bring about—technology only aids in the mission.
San Junipero (season 3, episode 4 )
In this episode, people can live forever in virtual reality by uploading their consciousnesses after death. It's basically futurist Ray Kurzweil's fantasy turned reality: He predicts we'll be able to digitize our persons by 2045. We're certainly not there yet—though initiatives to better understand the science of the human brain, like the Human Brain Project, are nudging us closer.
What makes this episode particularly powerful is its protagonist's motivations for prematurely "crossing over" to the virtual afterlife. Now elderly, Yorkie (Mackenzie Davis) has been paralyzed since 21, and for her, San Junipero isn't an afterlife so much as a chance at fully experiencing life itself. It echoes the ways that many people with disabilities engage with virtual worlds such as Second Life and InWorldz, living there in ways they can't in the physical world. We may be a long way from coding a virtual heaven, but the concept of virtual realities allowing people to broaden their life experiences isn't fiction at all.
The National Anthem (season 1, episode 1)
In Black Mirror's cringe-worthy pilot, Britain's princess has been kidnapped and will only be released if the Prime Minister has sex with a pig on live television. Spoiler alert: he does. "The National Anthem" successfully functions as a scathing commentary on our society's desire for sensationalism at any cost, yet it doesn't take many fictional leaps. Indeed, the world it portrays is so similar to ours that it even bears coincidental resemblance to the tabloid-fueled "Piggate" rumors that erupted last fall (years after the episode premiered) accusing then-Prime Minister David Cameron of inserting his genitals in a dead pig's mouth. Needless to say, whatever Cameron did or did not do with the pig was definitely not streamed live for all of Britain to see.
White Bear (season 2, episode 2)
In "White Bear" we watch Victoria (Lenora Crichlow) navigate a desolate world in which she's trailed by cell phone zombies and violent predators. It turns out that the scenario is meant to be a fitting punishment: Victoria is being made to relive this nightmare after helping her boyfriend kidnap and murder a young girl, filming it all on her cell phone. Victoria's story is loosely modeled on the Moors murders: Ian Brady and Myra Hindley abducted and murdered five children, earning Hindley the title of "most evil woman in Britain" (though in real life, the murderers were not punished by public torture or repeated memory wiping).
Before this episode's third-act twist, it appears to be making a statement about our tendency to disappear into our devices rather than experiencing the world firsthand (see: photos of hundreds of cell phone-wielding New Yorkers documenting Manhattanhenge). It then becomes clear that the people with the cell phones aren't zombies at all, but rather attendees at the theme park that is the protagonist's torture chamber. They've been told to film her, but ignore her pleas for help, mirroring Victoria's own actions as she filmed her victim's torture.
Are you, too, turning to the dystopian world of Black Mirror as a dark oracle of things to come? Or maybe you're just enjoying it for its entertainment value? Either way, if we missed a real-world parallel, let us know below.


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If you're eager to get back into the workforce after your stroke, these resources can educate you about job postings, accommodations, benefits and your rights:
AbilityJOBS Posts jobs for people with disabilities.
Bender Consulting Services Provides superior technology consulting services to customers while creating employment and career opportunities, independence and freedom for people with disabilities.
Business.gov: Provides small business owners with the information and resources they need to comply with laws and regulations. It also helps them take advantage of government programs and services to start, expand and run their businesses. This is the one-stop shop for access to federal, state and local governments.
Campaign for Disability Employment Offers a range of education and outreach tools to engage employers, people with disabilities, family and educators, and the general public.
Careerbuilder The search engine offers a searchable database of jobs.
Office of Disability Employment Policy(link opens in new window) Provides resources on programs, services, laws and regulations to help people with disabilities live independently. It includes information on benefits, civil rights, community life, education, emergency preparedness, employment, housing, health, technology and transportation.
Equal Opportunity Publications Includes opportunities for diversity recruitment with a portfolio of seven national career magazines, a diversity website, online job board and career expos for women, minorities and people with disabilities.
Gettinghired.com Provides a database of possible careers for people with disabilities.
Hire Disability Solutions Assists in recruiting the best and brightest people for visionary companies.
Idealist.org Allows people and organizations to exchange resources and locate job and volunteer opportunities.
Job Accommodation Network (JAN) Offers free, expert and confidential guidance on workplace accommodations and disability employment issues. Helps people with disabilities enhance their employability.
National Network of Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Centers Provides information, guidance and training on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Red Book Reference tool for educators, advocates, rehabilitation professionals and counselors who serve people with disabilities.
Society for Human Resource Management Builds and sustains partnerships with human resource professionals, media, government, non-governmental organizations, businesses and academic institutions to address HR management challenges.
United States Department of Labor Promotes the welfare of job seekers, wage earners and retirees by improving their working conditions, advancing their opportunities for profitable employment, protecting their retirement and health care benefits, helping employers find workers, strengthening free collective bargaining, and tracking changes in employment, prices and other national economic measurements.

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text: Throwback Donna Karan – This Thursday, we're taking a look back at Donna Karan's fall 2008 campaign. The images star supermodel Kate Moss photographed by Mert & Marcus on location at Union Station in Los Angeles. The advertisements are dark and seductive, with inspiration cited as the Orient Express. Fast forward to today, and Donna Karan's latest campaign continues with a sensual theme, featuring Catherine McNeil.


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Want to know how to start your own vlog? Starting a video blog is simple...
Step 1 Get a camera!
It is a video blog, after all. Though you may see some people with very fancy (and expensive) cameras, don't be discouraged if all you have is your webcam. That is perfectly fine to start out with. But it is suggested that you do upgrade to a higher quality camera in the future. Your local electronics store should sell some good ones for a relatively cheap price.
- If you do spring for an expensive camera, make sure it is within your technical ability to use it.
- Don't just get the most expensive camera because you think it'll get the most attention. Most of the time, people watch because of the person in front of the camera, not the camera itself.
Step 2 Find a place to film!
While filming, you'll want to be in an area that has good lighting and no distractions. That is crucial to making a good video.
- A place without any noise pollution is ideal. Especially if you don't have top-notch sound equipment.
- A lot of vloggers would say you should have a solid background with minimal distractions. That way the audience is focused on you and not the wallpaper behind you.
Step 3 Write it!
You don't have to write out the world's best script, but it does help if you outline your ideas so you don't lose track of them.
Step 4 Edit it!
Editing is a very important part of the video blogging process. It allows you to cut out any unwanted parts and helps slim down the video. That way, you end up with a clean 4-minute video instead of a boring 11-minute video.
- Make sure you cut out any awkward pauses that may have come up during filming.
- Try to make any cuts or transitions as smooth as possible. People don't like watching sloppily put together videos.
Step 5 Upload it!
Congratulations! You made your first video blog. Now it's time to upload it to the video sharing site of your choice. Get ready to show your masterpiece to the world!
- Be vigilant online. Never reveal any personal information on the internet.
- You may attract some negative viewers, or "trolls" as they are called online. The best thing you can do is ignore them. Responding to them is only going to fire them up. Shrug it off, because as they say online, "Haters gonna hate!".
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The United Kingdom is one of the countries that's profiled in the Global Coach Center Academy within the course "Living and Working in the UK". In this post we interview one of the course's co-trainers on some of the most interesting tidbits on the UK.
Louise Wiles is from England, thinks of herself as British but has been living abroad for much of the last fifteen years. Currently she lives in Lisbon with her husband and two daughters. From there she runs her business Success Abroad Coaching, providing support for accompanying partners during their relocation process; helping them to create successful portable lives and careers abroad.
Global Coach Center Blog (GCC Blog): What would be 1 to 3 tips you'd give to someone who is moving to the UK?
1. Recognise the diversity:
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is made up of four distinct countries and it is important to remember this. People from Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland are proud of their national identities and cultural origins which differ from those of the English. Remember, people who live in the UK are not all English!
In addition to this cultural mix two hundred different nationalities are represented in the UK with over ten percent of the population having been born outside of the UK. The extent to which visitors are exposed to this cultural mix will depend on where they are located in the UK. However once you move into the smaller cities, towns and rural areas you will find the population less diverse in its origin and more identifiably British.
2. Reserved but not unfriendly:
Generally people from the Southern England are said to be more reserved and less friendly than those from Northern England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. As a big "softie southerner myself" (softie because life is said to be easier in the south) I take exception to this but grudgingly admit it holds some truth.
As an individualistic culture, the British especially the English can seem very self orientated and not overly friendly. People often have a wide number of acquaintances and a small number of very close friends. Bear this in mind – people will be happy to chat, go out for drinks after work but beyond this it may take time for them to include you in their more immediate circle of friends and home life.
3. Humour:
Ah yes, the great British sense of humour and it is hugely refreshing for us Brits, but often simply puzzling for foreigners. We are a nation that can and does enjoy laughing at ourselves. We take ourselves quite lightly and sarcasm is a regular work place feature. Intense situations may be lightened by a bit of humour, which can seem wholly inappropriate to the foreigner.
4. Language:
The main language spoken in the UK is English, although sometimes you may be hard-pressed to recognise it as such! There are big regional differences from the perspective of accent and colloquial phrases. You will be challenged as you learn English especially if you travel the country widely. However, sadly Brits speak very few other languages fluently and so if you want to survive and thrive in the UK you must learn to speak English well.
GCC Blog: What do you love about the UK?
Louise: I love the beautiful UK countryside, the pubs, the friendliness (generally), the humour, the entertainment options, the shopping, the food (yes really!), the summer sporting events and sometimes the weather.
GCC Blog: What do you dislike about living in the UK?
Louise: Lets start with the obvious – the weather! Having just been in the UK for a week and having had three days of solid rain I have been reminded about how restricting and frustrating the UK weather can be. However the rain is what makes the UK countryside so green and beautiful, so of course there is an upside!
Traffic jams and congestion on the roads and railways making long and tedious commutes is one of the more unattractive aspects of life especially around London and other major cities. Expense is another life in the UK does not come cheaply. Be prepared, do your research carefully and plan for a high cost of living.
GCC Blog: What's the most popular proverb and why?
Louise: I don't know what the most popular proverb is statistically but a favourite one from my childhood:
"A Stitch in time saves nine"
Meaning that acting early can save a lot of time later on.
GCC blog: How can the "Living and Working in the UK" course can help expats?
Louise: I am delighted to have worked together with the Global Coach Center to create this Living and Working in the UK programme. My expatriate experience, my background as a trainer and coach and my in-depth knowledge of the UK, together with Margarita's unique system to crossing cultures has created a valuable guide to overcoming cross cultural challenges and building a successful life in the UK – please visit the course's information page for more details!


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US Hard Cider Marketplace Examined in Topical Sundale Research Report Now Available at MarketPublishers.com
16 Dec 2013 • by Natalie Aster
LONDON – The USA hard cider market has exhibited tremendous increase during the past several years, fuelled mainly by a combination of such factors as the expanding consumer pool, and a broader range of product offerings made by leading industry players. Meantime, as soon as the excitement over the beverage reduces, the pace of the country market growth is set to decelerate; nevertheless, it is set to keep seeing double-digits in the years to come.
Presently, the Vermont Hard Cider Company, the producer of Woodchuck Hard Cider, is the dominant brand in the USA hard cider market. As of 2012, Woodchuck Hard Cider sales stood at above USD 38.59 billion, up 40% from the 2011 sales; in 2013, they are expected to grow 5% per year.
Topical research report "State of the Industry: Hard Cider in the U.S." prepared by Sundale Research provides valuable historical, present and forecast information on the performance of the US hard cider industry.
The research study presents unbiased in-depth insights into the US hard cider market landscape, uncovers sales statistics, looks at the growth drivers, examines the key distribution channels, and also discloses data on the domestic consumption as well as foreign trade. The report evaluates the competitive intensity in the marketplace, and contains a summary of the dominant market participants. The evaluation of the market growth potential, a thorough discussion of the prevailing market trends, a review of the major industry issues, and an all-round market assessment are available in the research report. In addition, the future outlook for the US cider market up to 2017 is available in the report.
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State of the Industry: Hard Cider in the U.S.
Published: November, 2013
Price: US$ 149.00
Other US Alcoholic Drinks Industry Reports by Sundale Research Include:
- State of the Industry: Craft Beer in the U.S.
- State of the Industry: Craft Distilleries and Distilled Spirits in the U.S.
- State of the Industry: Whiskey in the U.S.
- State of the Industry: Vodka in the U.S.
- State of the Industry: Wine in the U.S.
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There are many different Radio Flyer red wagons to choose from for your child and many different and unique uses for them, other than just the typical play. If you are looking for one for your child, you will have lots of different models to choose from, which I would like to share with you. In addition, I would also like to give you some information about pricing, so you can know how much you should expect to pay. Let's explore a little bit more about the models of Radio Flyer red wagons you might want to purchase for your toddler.
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Radio Flyer Little Red Wagon
This is the cheapest of all the models that you will find. In fact, you can buy from Amazon for under 20 dollars. The body is all steel and molded, without any welds. This one is actually not made for human transport; just for dolls and other toys. It is something a toddler can pull behind them and tow around their little toys. It is only about 13 inches long, so it simply does not have the size to fit a child and is not designed to do such. It is a cheap toy that your toddler will like to play with.
All-Terrain Steel and Wood Model
This is a more modern, beefy version of the Radio Flyer red wagons for sale. It has real, natural wood sides that look great on it. This one is commonly referred to as the ATW model, meaning it is somewhat more capable of going on all terrain. The real rubber tires can be filled with air for a smooth ride over somewhat rough terrain. Pricing is all over the board, with most sellers coming in well under 200 dollars, with a reasonable price being right around $150 for a new model.
Radio Flyer Pathfinder Wagon
Most of the models on this list are made of steel, but this one has a sturdy plastic body. Some of the features include cup holders, storage space, and two seats with seatbelts. This is a great one for pulling up to two children behind you as you go out for a walk. This one can be found for a little under 100 dollars if you buy new.
Classic Walker Wagon
It's part walker, part wagon, but all fun. Radio flyer recognized that very young children had a harder time pulling them then pushing them, so a new breed or hybrid was created. It has wood sides, like some of the more popular ATW models, but it is made for the little ones. This one is not made of steel, but looks great with the classic red paint. You can find them on sale for around $80, but you might have to pay a little more than that if they are not on a sale.
All Terrain Cargo
This Radio Flyer ATW wagon is very similar to the steel and wood model, with the some small differences. First, the wood sides are red, not natural in color. In addition, the body is not made of steel with this one; it is also made of wood. This is not the norm for the company, but the model is very sturdy and built well. If you find a good sale, you can buy them on Amazon and other sites for around $150, but prices of $199 are not out of line.
The Big Red Classic ATW Radio Flyer
This one blends the classic styling with the air filled tires, for a really smooth ride over rougher terrain. It has an all steel, seamless body and is prices at $180, but you can find them on sale for as little as $140, if you look around. If you get lucky enough to find them on clearance, you might be able to get them even cheaper. It is built well and should last your children for many years to come.
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Radio Flyer Classic Red Wagon
This one is widely recognized as the one that started it all. If you don't want to buy new, you can buy a vintage Radio Flyer Classic Red Wagon for sale pretty cheap. The originals are still around today, due at least in part to the quality construction that continues to this day. If you look around, you can buy them for under 100 dollars new and about the same price if you go with an antique or vintage model. This model was actually inducted into the toy hall of fame, a place where few toys have ever gone before.
Radio Flyer Ultimate Comfort Wagon
This red beauty is a little different from many of the others; it has a plastic body, cup holders, and a canopy on top. The canopy makes it more like a luxury cruiser than a cargo wagon. It will help to shield the sun or rain off your child as you pull them around.
Options and Accessories
There are several different options and accessories you can buy to make your Radio Flyer red wagon a little more comfortable for your kids. The list below represents a few of the options.
Canopy: It attaches to most models and will shelter your child from the rain and sun. It is priced at anywhere from $30 to $40, depending on where you shop.
Clip-On Umbrella: This is a pretty cheap accessory that you can add which will serve a similar purpose as the canopy. It is generally under 20 dollars online, from most sellers.
Storage Bag: It attaches to the back of your Radio Flyer red wagon to carry around drinks, snacks, sunscreen, or anything else you can imagine. It is under 40 dollars.
Cushion Pads: You can buy a set of pads that will help to make it a little more comfortable for your kids to sit on. They cover the bottom and the sides of most models and are priced at about $70. While not really cheap, they are a very nice accessory to add.
Radio Flyer Wagon 90 Pad: This one is made for multiple manufacturers, but will work great. The 90 pad works great with steel pan models and there are several aftermarket models out there pretty cheap.
As you can see, with Radio Flyer red wagons, you have lots of options to keep in mind.
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When it comes to increasing your money education, you'd be well advised to pay no attention to the clowns in Washington D.C., unless, of course, you learn by watching what not to do. The recent Obama stimulus package was so large it almost required the invention of a new number system. To be fair, it was around $787 billion, and what do we have to show for this amazing feat of presidential prowess?
Here are few of the more choice tidbits:
1.$100,000 for socially conscious puppet shows in Minnesota
2.$2 million for a replica railroad tourist attraction in Nevada
3.$700,000 to Oregon fishermen to recover lost crab pots
We're stopping at this point, not because there are no more glaring examples of wayward stimulus spending but because we're about to lose our lunch at the lengthy list of political stupidity. But we can't go without revealing a special little boondoggle to the tune of $3.4 million. Have you heard about the poor little sea turtles down in Florida that get crunched on the road by passing automobile tires every season when they go the wrong way and miss the ocean? Lake Jackson, Florida, is spending the $3.4 million to build an underground turtle crossing.
Didn't they already try something like this down in the Florida Keys to keep the key deer from getting run over? And the silly things couldn't figure out how to use it and are STILL getting splattered. Sorry, unless they're writing the directional signs in "Turtlese" the critters will only be using the new tunnel by accident.
Lesson for today. Do not build your personal financial plan using government logic.
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Given a brand like SKODA's history, it was always going to be a brave marketing move to call one of your models, Superb.
But back in 2001 that's what they did. And, I'm sure I wasn't the only one to give a little chuckle the first time I heard it.
Back then, SKODA , was still suffered from an image problem. Basically SKODA and Lada were on a par image-wise – Naff. But time has proved my little chuckle greatly mis-placed.
SKODA has proved itself handsomely over the years under VW's ownership. The image issue has all but been resolved, with SKODA's models now being taken as seriously as any of the other brands in their respective classes. And not without good reason!
With that said, it is time to welcome the new Superb.
It now has a more striking presence with sharper lines and, according to SKODA, a coupé-like profile. It's grown slightly, providing even more interior space and a significantly larger boot. All this and they've managed to reduce the Superb's weight by 75kg!
Along with announcing the arrival of the new Superb, the once Czech brand is turning it's attention to the fleet market by offering the 'SE Business' variant.
Over and above the existing 'SE' model, the 'SE Business' gets Alcantara upholstery and front and rear parking sensors. Furthermore, the Amundsen touchscreen satellite navigation system is standard, including Bluetooth telephone integration and Smartlink.
Given that the 'SE' already hosts dual-zone air-con, lumbar support, cornering front fog lights, electrically folding door mirrors, Front Assist and Adaptive Cruise Control, the new Fleet-focussed variant, at no extra cost over the 'SE', must be a serious consideration for fleet buyers.
Prices start from £21,590 for 1.6 TDI 120PS model.
For those of you who still consider SKODA a brand for those near the bottom of life's motoring ladder, think again. Times, for SKODA at least, have changed. So come on, can we please all take SKODA seriously now?


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Thanks, ctrlaltdelete, for your replies. Since there is not a way to restrict what the new A2 ver 5 installs, I have found another solution that gives me the option of which modules to install. Hopefully A2 will bring back a version that is an on-demand scanner only, without all of the extras being installed on the user's system.
ctrlaltdelete, Thanks for your reply. I had already noticed the following in the online help/installation instructions: Freeware license: All real-time functions are deactivated when you run Emsisoft Anti-Malware with a Freeware license. You can still use the program to manually check your computer for Malware and remove any infections. Since the selection of the license type occurs after the installation, my question is concerning whether there is a way to NOT install all of the parts of the application that I have no interest in using. So that my system does not accumulate unused and unnecessary files, I would prefer to have no A2 files installed except those that involve the on-demand scanning. Is that possible? Also, since running the update for new AV/AS signatures yesterday morning automatically "forced" an update from A2 ver 4 to A2 ver 5, is it correct that ver 4 will not longer be supported by Emsisoft and that users will not be able to keep it on their systems and get current AV/AS signature updates?
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TXGuy posted a topic in Emsisoft Anti-Malware HomeI have been using A2 Free for quite some time as a back-up scanner. This morning after retrieving signature updates, I was instructed to restart A2 which I did, then I was give the option to update to A2 ver 5 and there was some mention of "Free mode". After indicating that I wanted to upgrade, I received a prompt asking if I wanted to remove A2 to which I answered "Yes" assuming that the new ver 5 would then be installed, but the installation of ver 5 did not occur. All of the information that I have reviewed on the site does not answer my questions. 1. I do NOT want any A2 ver 5 FW or other components installed on my system, just the AV/AS scanning components. Is that possible with ver. 5? If so, explain how. 2. I am perfectly happy with my current FW and daily used AV/AS and there has never never been a conflict with A2 in the past, and I will not consider changing to another FW or real-time scanner at this time. Is it possible to install ver 5 in a way that will not interfere with my current set-up? 3. If I do install ver 5 and am unhappy with the results, is there a un-installer, built-in or separate, that will remove ALL traces of A2 ver 5 from my system, registry and all? Note: I have Revo Uninstaller for stubborn programs, have used it and received satisfactory results in the past. Your time and advice will be appreciated.
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NEW YORK — Oil prices continued to slide Friday, at one point dropping below $100 per barrel for the first time in more than a week, after a massive earthquake spawned a tsunami that slammed into northern Japan.
Japan is the third-largest oil importer in the world. It's unclear how much its economy will be affected by the disaster, yet the news helped slow down what had been a sharp, three-week rally in oil markets.
U.S. crude oil futures closed Friday down $1.54, or 1.5 percent, at $101.16. For the week, oil futures fell $3.26, or 3.12 percent — the biggest weekly percentage loss since the week of Feb. 11.
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Oil prices have surged 24 percent since the middle of February, crossing the $100 mark as uprisings in Libya forced much of the country's oil production to shut down. The wave of pro-reform protests across North Africa and the Middle East have rattled energy markets, and many oil traders fretted about unrest spreading to Saudi Arabia. Rallies planned in that country for Friday appeared to draw small crowds, and none in the capital, as Saudi rulers deployed hundreds of police and blocked roads. Officials also beefed up security around the country's oil fields.
"This is a market that's ripe for a correction," analyst and trader Stephen Schork said. "Everyone was waiting for this 'Day of Rage'" in Saudi Arabia, "but at this point, there aren't any headlines" to suggest that the country's oil fields are in danger.
The tsunami that ravaged Japan hit the coast with a 23-foot wall of water, sweeping away ships, cars and homes. It was unleashed by a magnitude-8.9 offshore quake that was followed for hours by more than 50 aftershocks. Hundreds are believed dead in the coastal city of Sendai.
"Our initial assessment indicates that there has already been enormous damage," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said.
A large fire erupted at the Cosmo oil refinery in the city of Ichihara and burned out of control with 100-foot flames leaping into the sky. Other refineries were shut down as a precaution.
Exxon Mobil Corp. suspended operations at the TonenGeneral Sekiyu Kawasaki Refinery, which the company partially owns, though it doesn't appear to have suffered any damage. TonenGeneral refines 296,000 barrels per day of crude. Royal Dutch Shell also reported no damages to its refineries in Japan or at any of the 3,900 Showa Shell-branded stations in the country.
Tesoro Corp. said its refineries in Hawaii and Alaska were safe, though a few retail stations in Hawaii were closed as a precaution. Halliburton Co. said all of its employees working in the region are OK.
Jim Ritterbusch, president of energy consultancy Ritterbusch and Associates, said the tsunami will likely depress oil demand as Japan's economy picks up the pieces, though it's hard to say for how long. Some of Japan's nuclear power plants also may have been damaged, and the country could be forced to import more oil and natural gas.
The oil rally may have cooled this week, but it could turn right back around, Ritterbusch added.
"Libya is still a big deal," he said. As long as the country has no clear leader, world supplies will continue to be under increased pressure. "That's going to continue to drive oil prices."
Meanwhile gasoline prices in the U.S. continue to rise. The national average for regular climbed above $3.54 per gallon on Friday. That's 42.7 cents higher than a month ago and 76.6 cents more than the same time last year, according to AAA, Wright Express and Oil Price Information Service.
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Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh blames previous BJP Govt for putting state exchequer in serious financial mess. He accused Dhumal led Govt for misrule and promoting corruption in state.
Singh said it while addressing Shimla Congress Rural general house, convened by the Shimla Congress, which was attended by Vidya Stokes, Horticulture and IPH Minister, Thakur Sukhvinder Singh (Sukhu), party state president, Harsh Mahajan, vice president State Congress, Anirudh Singh, Mohan Lal Brakta, Nand Lal, Rohit Thakur, legislatures, party district representatives and workers.
Virbhadra Singh lauded the effort of party workers and acknowledged their support and hard work for bringing party back into power in state. He said that dedicated party workers ensure Congress victory in state.
Vidya Stokes asked party workers to be united for the parliamentary election and advised them to sort out all differences amicably. She also praised the role of Virbhadra Singh for bringing party back in state. Stokes also thanked party national president Sonia Gandhi for appointing Thakur Sukhvinder Singh as state party president. She said that Sukhu has huge experience and he will lead party in right direction.
Thakur Sukhvinder Singh, in his address, lauded the role of party workers in assembly election and asked them to be ready for the forthcoming Lok Sabha election. He also praised Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh effort to bring party back into power in state. He acknowledged that without Singh it would have been difficult to wrench power from BJP.
Sukhu also launched verbal attack on leader of opposition Prem Kumar Dhumal. He accused him for misusing his political power for growing business. He accused Dhumal, his son and cabinet colleagues for putting Himachal land for sale. He also raised phone tapping issue in his address and demanded Chief Minister to through probe into it.
Harsh Mahajan, Anirudh Singh, Mohan Lal Brakta, Nand Lal, Rohit Thakur and block congress representatives also spoke on the occasion. Most of them vowed their support to him, but urged to shut the door for those leaders who had worked against party official leaders in the 2012 assembly election. They also welcomed the step to launch the membership campaign and advised party president to be vigil against the bogus membership.


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Tribulus extract is a plant extract derived from the Tribulus Terrestris plant, commonly known as puncture vine. The name tribulus is from Latin and refers to a four-pointed device called a caltrop, which was used in ancient times to impede the passage of humans and animals. The thorns of this sprawling vine are very stiff and have been known to puncture bicycle tires. Tribulus extract is used as a treatment for sexual dysfunction, as a muscle-building accelerator and as a folk remedy for many ailments like headache, gastrointestinal distress, angina, and many others.
Tribulus extract contains many different elements, and different parts of the plant including leaves, fruit and bark are used in its manufacture. Many proponents of tribulus supplements believe the primary active ingredients in the extracts are substances called saponins, which are believed to help improve blood flow to the male sex organ and stimulate testosterone production. Tribulus extract also contains glycosides, tannins, plant resins, sugars, flavonoids, non-psychoactive alkaloids and essential oils.
Tribulus supplements attempt to make use of the various properties of the substances found in tribulus extract to treat various ailments or enhance various bodily functions. Tribulus is commonly combined with other herbs and ingredients purported to support or improve sexual function and libido. Athletes and body-builders sometimes use tribulus alone or in combination with other similar herbs and supplements in an effort to improve athletic performance and muscle formation.
Folk medicine in many parts of the world has utilized tribulus in the treatment of many conditions for centuries. In ancient Greece, tribulus was used to treat a wide range of ailments including headache, nervous disorders, sexual dysfunction and nervous disorders. Ayurvedic practitioners advocate its use for a variety of problems including cardiovascular and heart conditions, kidney and liver health and gastrointestinal upset. In eastern Europe, it has long been associated with improved athletic performance, although modern studies do not support this belief.
Today, tribulus is used to treat an even wider range of conditions and for general health maintenance purposes, many of which are supported by clinical studies on humans and animals. Tribulus has been shown to help maintain lower blood pressure in subjects with high blood pressure and to moderate cholesterol levels in animals. Tribulus has also been shown in laboratory studies to increase testosterone production in rats. Studies performed in China seem to show that tribulus can reduce the frequency of angina, modulate blood sugar levels and act as an anti-microbial agent.


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Date published: 2020-06-25
Rated 5 out of 5 by Karyl30 from Best sheets ever! Bought pillow cases and bottom sheets and we LOVE them! So soft!
Date published: 2020-06-15
Rated 5 out of 5 by Shai2i from Love my Jersey Sheets! The quality of these sheets is A+, and wish you had a duvet cover to make the sheet set complete. I'd order these again and again. Much better than the usual jersey sheets.
Date published: 2020-06-10
Which solid color coordinates best with the Cityscape printed jersey sheets?
The Artic and Celestial Blue both work well with this set. For an added pop of color, we also love the faded Rose.
Date published: 2020-01-21
Does the jersey twin top sheet fit a twin xl bed? I see you only offer twin xl fitted sheets in the jersey fabric.
The twin flat sheet is 66 x 96. It is designed to fit both a regular and XL twin bed.
Date published: 2020-01-11
Is sweet orchid a pink color? Or more lavender?
The Sweet Orchid is a very pale pink with lavender undertones.
Date published: 2019-09-04
What is the weight of this fabric in gsm?
These sheets are 150 grams/square meter or 4.4 oz/sq yd.
Date published: 2019-08-21
I am interested in these sheets, but there seems to be a lot of problems with pillowcase sizing. Has this been corrected?
The pillowcases are standard size, 20 x 26.
Date published: 2019-07-10
Faded Rose? Could you give a fuller description of this color? It looks like a soft tomato in the photos. Is it a soft orangey-red?
The Faded Rose color has orange/coral tones.
Date published: 2019-02-01
Do the flat sheets come in twin xl?
The flat sheets are not offered in extra long, however the twin flat sheet is 66" x 96" and the twin extra-long fitted is 39" x 80" (after wash measurements). The flat sheet will accommodate either a twin or twin extra-long fitted sheet.
Date published: 2019-02-28
What size are the jersey knit cases, both standard and king please?
Standard cases = 20" x 26", King cases = 20" x 40".
Date published: 2018-06-14
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Otherwise known as what happens when I get bored.
I've been meaning to write this one for a long time now. It's a follow-up to Don't Be a Douchebag. That one was to basically help men navigate the whole online dating world so they were actually gettting dates instead of getting shut down because they were coming off as douchbags.
This one is how to make it from a woman saying she'll go out with you to actually getting to a second or even third date.
There's a section in there I was feeling a little bad about. (Maybe a few. It's sort of a take-no-prisoners approach to dating advice.) But then I was on Twitter today and saw a woman describing an encounter she had on the subway with a guy who hit on her and when she moved away started calling her a bunch of names, followed her off the train, and threatened her.
That sort of thing happening is sadly common. And it shouldn't be. A woman saying she's not interested shouldn't immediately lead to some guy calling her a bitch or ugly or threatening her with violence. And yet…It happens.
And for every guy out there legitimately looking to meet a woman, he needs to understand that that kind of shit is what he's up against. Which is why certain things are not acceptable. (Like showing up at a woman's work to plead your case when she turns you down. NO! DO NOT DO THAT. EVER.)
So, anyway. New book. If you're struggling with getting through that first few dates, it might help.
Audio will be coming at some point but my narrator just had a kid so we're working around that, because priorities.


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My Nonprofit Reviews
Review for Global Links, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
I initially volunteered with Global Links for its healthcare efforts in developing countries. Since then I have found a whole other side to its mission; i.e. environmental stewardship/sustainability. I have also discovered that the staff are essentially committed to this mission (Sharing Surplus/Saving Lives) and live it. The result? A very well run organization that keeps trying to make itself better (less wasteful, more efficient, more collaborative to name just a few traits). Having spent the better part of my 40 year career in either non-profits or government, I recognize the extreme difficulty of paying attention to and developing such things as governance (structure, risk-management, legality, etc) while also pursing a mission. Global Links does this extremely well from what I can see. Example: Over the last year or so, they have consolidated three facilities into one new location -- with their own staff and volunteers -- while also maintaining the work of the organization. They have their values , as well as their heads and hearts and efforts, in the right place.
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If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
Increase the donor and volunteer base. They are attempting to fill a vast void with very meager resources.
Would you volunteer for this group again?
For the time you spent, how much of an impact did you feel your work or activity had?
A lot
Did the organization use your time wisely?
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I am a 33-year-old single man, not bad-looking, kinda smart, funny, well-educated and with a steady, high-paying job. Modesty aside, I believe I am a good catch for any girl.
A year ago, I met a very pretty 25-year-old girl, a single mother whose boyfriend works in the United States. Her status troubled me for a while, but I persisted and we began seeing each other regularly.
It's been four months, and I would often sleep over at her house. I have become attached not only to her but also her son.
I feel, though, that she will never leave her boyfriend who supports her financially. And, considering she doesn't have a job, she will need this support indefinitely. Despite her complaints about her boyfriend being abusive and her claims that she doesn't love him anymore, I can see that she cares about him and wants to keep her family together.
I have been living in a fantasy world these past few months where I have my own family—a smart and beautiful wife and a cute young son. I acknowledge that I am the bad person here for inserting myself into her life, knowing that she is in a serious relationship. But I have been rationalizing that it does take two to tango. I can also honestly say that I make her happy, in and out of bed.
I feel that this relationship will eventually end with her boyfriend coming back to the Philippines or with her going to the US. Though a part of me feels relieved that someday I can move on to a more stable relationship with a new girl, and I will no longer be a kabit, I can't stop myself from hoping that she will choose to stay with me instead. Am I just fooling myself with my delusions of a fairy tale ending?—CP3
Anything forbidden is so seductive and tastes awfully sweet. Remember Adam and Eve? You're going bonkers over this woman because the huge boulder between you two—her boyfriend—is becoming a real challenge.
She'll complain to high heavens about the abuse he inflicts on her, she'll tell you she's not in love with him anymore—she'll say this and that and much more—obviously to rationalize her attraction to you and make her relationship with you appear better than the one she's discarding.
She can't very well tell you otherwise without hurting you and making her feelings for you seem less. The lyrics of a song, "…if I am not near the boy I love, I love the boy I am near…" comes to mind.
What happens if you get her pregnant? What happens if she's just waiting for her papers to join the other guy abroad? They have a child. They've had a history way before you. Do you think four months with you will obliterate that?
At 33, it'll be best for you to set everything right before things get out of hand. Will you have the courage to stop the other guy's financial support and carry on with that yourself? Why not test the water and propose marriage now if you're serious about her, and not just while your time for a better woman to appear. See how she will react.
Save yourself from a clear and looming heartache. Think before you dig yourself deeper in a hole you can't get out of. Words between you two may have the strength and commitment of soap bubbles, for all you know.
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The other day, well, almost 4 weeks ago (we've got a new baby, and so I've been too busy to blog), on my way to the hospital to see said baby I noticed large clumps of something on my Tanyosho pine. The pine hadn't been looking too hot this Spring but I hadn't looked too closely at it, but now it couldn't be avoided.
Clumps of something had weighed down the tips of the needles to the point where they were drooping noticably, very obvious abnormal. So I took a closer look. It wasn't a growth, it wasn't needles with elephantisis, it was an infestation of caterpillars. They looked like the "tent worms" (gypsy moth larvae) that had defoliated so many trees around my parents house when I was younger (eventually forcing government intervention with airplane spraying).
I don't, or rather I didn't, often think of pines or other conifers as having pest problems. Their foliage is much more armored and it just didn't seem like something they'd deal with. But these larvae had made short work of the needles on my pine and had defoliated maybe 30 or 40% of it before I noticed. This, is of course, much much worse than a critter defoliating a deciduous tree, because such trees are used to losing their leaves yearly and growing a new set in Spring. When most evergreens lose needles they usually do not grow back. Pines are somewhat of an exception, they do lose a small amount of needles every year and regrow them, but no where near 40%. So this is a big hit to the tree.
I googled it of course and turns out these are sawfly larvae, and the specifically target young or short pines, who would have thought, with all the other more vulnerable trees out there, the sawfly evolved to have their larvae target pines.
Couple the very bad damage, and the fact that I needed to get to the hospital (not for the delivery mind you, this was two days later) I didn't bother trying to deal with it by hand (there were many dozens, but they were big suckers, so I could have, technically) or finding an all natural pest control (something I do usually think about, but rarely try, because they're so hard to find to buy, and the one time I tried a home made concoction I killed every plant I tried it on). I grabbed trusty Sevin, and making sure no bees were present, I went to town. They rapidly started dropping and I haven't seen one since.
Yuck. Sawfly larvae got my roses this year, but I managed to handpick enough, and some soapy spray that I still got lots of blooms anyway… and now I am seeing the occasional aphid! Pests. 🙁 I am sorry about your pine and hope it recovers from the onslaught!
Its a shame you didn't have more time to research the little guys because you didn't have to kill them. I know your trees looked bad, but they actually do come back very nicely. It seems that the sawfly larvae know that if they kill the tree, they leave no food for their progeny. They end up leaving the needles on just the very tips of most all of the branches, then move on to the next tree. Besides a sad looking tree for a season, they are harmless. We have over 100 White Pines bordering our property and have had a bout with them in the past, and of all the pines are still just fine.
Congratulations on the new baby! They are the sweetest gift known!


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Morrissey has offered a message of support to Ireland, praising them for their decision to allow gay marriage – but at the same time attacking the country's policies regarding their treatment of animals.
On 22 May, Ireland emphatically backed the right for gay people to marry, with only one of 43 constituencies across the country not voting in favour. Writing from Australia, where he is about to begin a four-night residency at Sydney Opera House, Morrissey gave his reaction to the decision:
Congratulations to Ireland
The people, once again, teach the church. The people, once again, teach the politicians.
Now, Ireland, please abolish fur farms and factory-farming and transportation of live animals, and welcome yourself completely into the 21st century.
Morrissey has previously stated that he has had a relationship with a man, writing in his autobiography that when he met Jake Owen Walters, "for the first time in my life the eternal 'I' becomes 'we'." After its publication, he emphatically told the world: "Unfortunately, I am not homosexual. In technical fact, I am humasexual. I am attracted to humans. But, of course, not many."
He has also been a vocal proponent of animal rights for many years. He has said he sees no difference between meat-eaters and paedophiles; he walked off stage at the Coachella festival because he could smell meat being cooked; and he has targeted the likes of Kate Middleton and Beyoncé for their tastes in food and clothing. Most recently he attacked Al Gore and the Live Earth event for serving meat, writing: "Serving meat and dairy products at an event to combat climate change is like selling pistols at a gun-control rally."
Last year he revealed he had undergone a series of treatments for cancer, writing: "If I die, then I die … I'll rest when I'm dead."


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am starting a feminist forum
at an ultra-conservative university.
Do you have any suggestions
for activities or discussion
areas for the first meeting?
I am a young feminist and have
never been to feminist meetings
before. I afraid our first meeting
will be like "the blind leading
the blind."
feminist forums are a combination
of the personal and the political...they
begin with a "why are we all
here" and "who are we." This
helps to break down an otherwise
"stuffy" and impersonal environment--and
encourages an understanding
environment. In the 70s the
model was CR (conciousness raising)
groups, where women sat around
their kitchen tables sharing
stories about their lives. Inevitably
they discovered that they weren't
alone and that what was happening
in their personal lives was
linked to a larger political
context. The issues that arise
the most--discrimination in
the work place, not knowing
our history, sex, disagreements
in the family--are the ones
that then deserve the most discussion
and maybe even should be the
focus of your next forum. (I'm
not sure if this is something
that you want to be continued
or a one-time deal.)
If you have people in the room
that have gathered under the
umbrella heading of "feminist
forum" it is likely that you
will have more allies than enemies
and the evening will take a
life of its own. My one recommendation
would be to spend time collaborating
with those who think mostly
like you...and don't spend too
much time with those who you
clearly will never see eye to
eye with. Good luck.
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While it might be a nightmare for quite a good number to flip a book beyond our classroom walls, that maybe just as important .Maybe I should just start by asking ,when was the last time you read a book or a substantial newspaper article? Do your reading habits centre around Facebook updates, tweets, Instagram hash tugs or directions on your instant noodles packet? If you are one of the countless people who don't have a regular reading habit, you are missing out largely!
Reading has a significant number of benefits and I will try to cover as much if not all.
- Broadening Knowledge
Food for thought; while it's so easy to lose everything else in dire circumstances:your job, money, loved ones, health…no one can snatch knowledge from you! Whatever you read fills your brain with new information and who knows when it might come in handy. God Himself says his people perish because of lack of knowledge. With knowledge you are at a better position to handle any challenge.
- Enhancement Of Memory
As you read, you have to recall history, characters, their background, ambitions, sub-plots that weave their way through every single story. Don't you think our brains are wondrous to be able retrieve all this even after several years have elapsed? The good news is that every time you feed the mind with new data, the previous information does not disappear but instead our memory gets better.
- Concentration Sweetening
The so called digital lifestyle has transformed us into some sort of robots that can do so much at a go. You can't agree more that you are familiar with a buddy, relative if not yourself who watches a movie while listening to some soft music in the background, chatting in a whatsapp group and checking out on Instagram the celebrity with the latest ride. It does us more harm than good as it does strain our brains and lowers its productivity.
On the contrary, while reading all your attention is focused on the story and you can immerse yourself in every fine detail you are internalizing .Try reading 15 -20 mins prior to work and you will be amazed by how much more concentration you will have once you commence your duties. Try reading in a matatu and in case you drive yourself you can opt to get to the office 20 mins earlier.
- Vocabulary Expansion And Improved Writing Skills
More often while reading you will come across a new word and without much strain they make their way into your everyday vocabulary. Ever listened to our president H.E. Uhuru Kenyatta?…so articulate and well-spoken.This will play a major role in boosting self-confidence, self-esteem aid in your career as companies will opt for well-read, well-spoken and widely knowledgeable bosses who can be a represent even in global events.
- Entertainment
There's a reading genre for every literate person on the planet and by literate I mean even a class four drop out. I believe any average student could fluently read a storybook by then. Whether your taste is poetry, autobiographies, fiction books, wildlife, fashion magazine, business texts, classical literature whatever captures your curiosity. Put your smartphone aside, have that captivating movie put on a halt and crack open a book and renew your soul.
- Critical Thinking
Reading enhances our ability to analytical evaluation to details. We get the ability to think clearly and rationally about what to do or what to believe in as well as understand the logical connections between ideas. Ever read a story and solved a mystery in it? That is it! The brain just like any other muscle should exercise. Puzzles and chess games have also been found to favorable for brain stimulation.
- Way To Inner Peace
Its undeniable we all have those low moments in our lives no matter how much we may try to pretend everything is in order, yes even that one person on social media who seems to have it all. Reading brings immense sense of calmness. Reading spiritual materials, self-help books reduce stress from our workplace, relationships or countless other issues. A novel allows you to travel to other realms as well as distract you and drain your fears.