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(NaturalHealth365) I’ll begin this article by stating the obvious: I am not a dentist, and I don’t pretend to be. However, I talk with women all over the globe every week about breast cancer – as I coach them on my program, which involves the ‘7 essentials’ of breast cancer prevention and treatment. One of the fundamental questions I ask them is: “Do you have root canals?”
I ask them this because I am passionate about helping others create vibrant health and educating them on how to get there. And when it comes to root canals, there is mounting evidence to suggest a strong correlation: root canals – which fill your mouth with toxic chemicals – can increase your risk of certain types of cancer.
A tip that I was given, which I am going to try myself this spring, is in regards to curly leaf in stone fruit such as nectarines and peaches in the spring.
You simply place a quarter a teaspoon of Condys Crystals (potassium permanganate) per litre of warm water with one mil of Raingard and spray the trees and the soil underneath in spring prior to leaf show and every 10 to 14days later for the couple of months when the disease is active..
The lady gardener that told me swears by it for control.
The potassium permanganate is a oxidizing agent that kills fungi, the Raingard prevents the rain washing it off for up to 14 days.
It is during rain that the disease attacks, lifted up onto new leaves by the splashing water.
Potassium permanganate is locked in the film of Raingard which slowly breaks down under UV.
The potassium permanganate is neutralizing the spores of the curly leaf disease as they come in contact.
You will need to spray to keep the newest leaves protected, as well as the existing ones as they grow larger, so depending on growth rate spray every 7 to 14 days.
If you try this method this year please let me know the results.
Another gardener uses the same on their roses with great results starting with a spray in winter after pruning and a 2 weekly spray during the season of the foliage and soil as required.
A lot of gardeners have glasshouses or tunnel houses to extend the growing season of tomatoes and other plants.
Some grow in the soil in the glasshouses where others will grow in containers.
Soil in a glasshouse can harbor diseases or what we call pathogens. These love a chemical/acidic environment where they can thrive.
Beneficial microbes and fungi love a alkaline, chemical free environment so the use of chlorinated tap water, chemical sprays along with herbicides are going to create problems for your tomatoes and other plants.
Chemical sterilizing the soil with Basamid is no longer an option since the chemical was banned.
I have in the past suggested potassium permanganate with salt as a soil drench but this takes out both the beneficial and the bad.
Some gardeners dig out the soil and replace it with new soil which is not only a lot of hard work but you cannot be sure the new soil will not have its own problems especially weed seeds.
A new product called Terracin is the natural way to clean up soil diseases.
Mix the Terracin at 2ml per litre of water and apply to one SqM of moist soil.
Or mix at 20ml to 10 litre to water over 10 SqM of moist soil.
Terracin uses a combination of a Bacillus amyloliquefaciens BS-1b, a beneficial soil microbe and the enzymes, bacteriocins, secondary Metabolites & signal molecules from the fermentation of Enteroccocus faecium to suppress a broad range of fungal pathogens.
During the next 3 weeks keep the soil moist (not wet) with non-chlorinated water.
After 3 weeks we need to feed and build the populations of beneficial microbes so we apply Mycorrcin to feed them.
Once you have done this its a matter of not using chemicals in the glasshouse including chlorinated water.
A Special filter can be attached to your hose to remove the chlorine which is the same as what I have been using for several years.
The next problem in a glasshouse is the sheltered environment which is very good for insect pests to breed.
During the growing season you have to keep them in control with the following: sticky yellow whitefly traps, Neem Tree Granules, Wallys Neem Tree Oil and Wallys Super Pyrethrum so they will not get completely out of hand.
Fumigating the glasshouse at the end of the season to kill all the pests that are harboring over in cracks and places means a clean start in the new season.
Wallys Sulphur Powder is available for this purpose.
This is ideal for fumigating a glasshouse in winter when there are no crops growing. (May dehydrate and kill plants so empty the house first.)
If you have plants that you are going to pull out anyway then leave them in the house when you burn the sulphur which will kill the pests on them rather than take them outside to affect your other gardens.
To use: Close all vents in the glasshouse.
Place an amount of sulphur onto a steel hearth shovel and light. It is hard to light unless you have a very strong flame.
You can aid this by putting a little mentholated spirits on part of the sulphur and light that.
Once it starts burning it is hard to stop.
Place the burning sulphur in the middle of the house and leave immediately.
Close the door and let the sulphur fumes do their job. Leave house closed for a few days.
The amount of sulphur burnt will depend on size of the glasshouse.
For a house 2.5m x 2.5 m burn about 50 grams of sulphur.
I did this last winter after cleaning all the plants out of my glass houses and once outside it was a sight to see so many whitefly and adult psyllids beating up against the glass trying to escape.
Likely burning sulphur safely in out buildings for cluster flies in winter would be a good way to control them also.
Hen houses for mites when the hens are locked outside then later air the house and dust Sulphur powder over the perches and floor.
You can make a big difference to your soil, gardens and plants by using Bio Marinus™.
Bio Marinus™ is manufactured by the enzymatic hydrolysis of fish offal, blended with humate, seaweed and biology including Bacillus subtilis, Trichoderma, mycorrhizae fungi etc.
Designed to provide a high quality, cost effective fertiliser.
At only $15.00 a one litre container that includes a range of beneficial microbes…. it is high value at low cost.
Biologically active soils have the ability to retain moisture and release nutrients ensuring greater production, faster rotation and more rapid recovery from stress. To build a healthy biological soil we need products that can feed living organisms.
Biological fertilisers increase nutrient availability and feed important soil organisms, such as earthworms and microorganisms (fungi and bacteria) – all essential for plant and soil health.
Soil health and soil fertility requires much more than NPK fertiliser.
Without the right biology, plants and animals cannot reach their full potential. Biology is essential for the recycling of nutrients and the fixing of atmospheric nitrogen.
Drench your soils now with this great product and see the difference in the health of your gardens this spring.
You can Super Charge Bio Marinus™ by adding some molasses or unrefined sugar to your soil drench mix.
This feeds the microbes and explodes their populations. Caution if adding do not store in a sealed container as the populations will balloon and even explode a plastic container.
Add the molasses dissolved in some hot non chlorinated water then add the Bio Marinus™ and use immediately.
If you have Magic Botanic Liquid (MBL) that can also be added to the brew for even greater results. END
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Our waterways planet wide are now highly polluted and no longer safe to drink. Consequently, the water that’s fed to us in the town supplies is replete with chlorine, fluoride and other additives to prevent us getting sick. However, there is a long term sickness cost to that. Only 40% of NZ rivers are safe to even swim in now. The Manawatu river is the MOST POLLUTED river in the southern hemisphere. Someone got trench mouth from ingesting that river water. It’s contaminated with spirochetes that cause leptospirosis & lyme disease among other things (all in the article of the last link there). They’ve been polluting our waterways for the past century basically and continue to do so. We can no longer eat what remains of the food in our waterways … the whitebait’s nearly gone, birds are declining, eels are dying. All in the name of profits for the few.
Supporters of NZ’s conservation by aerial poisoning have commonly defended their position with the statement “Look at the science.”
Most of the published science on conservation in NZ is accessed readily, appearing in the NZ Journal of Ecology (NZJE). A browse through the issues from the last couple of years reveals glimmers of hope for ecological management, plus some not so nice things. The following is a quick run through.
Freshest news from Landcare is the observation that ship rats climb up and carefully drink nectar from mountain flax flowers; their furry faces probably transferring pollen between flowers (Donald & Dhami, 2022).
Landcare is now thinking rats might compete for nectar and pollinate “on a widespread and under-appreciated scale.”
Also from Landcare is “Do mice matter?” (Watts et al., 2022). It concludes they do.
When other mammals were fenced out of a reserve, mouse numbers rose and apparently reduced numbers of wētā, caterpillars and other invertebrates, potentially having “catastrophic” effects. Then when the researchers got rid of the mice, unexpected things were noted: non-native earthworms seemed to move into the depleted ground faster than native earthworms, and an extremely high number of beetles appeared in one area.
Stoats and Rats
Studies of alpine-dwelling stoats by researchers from several organisations (McAulay et al., 2020; 2021) supported previous findings that rats are stoats’ preferred prey. Fifty-five stoats were caught in traps laid above the tree line in Fiordland, Mt Aspiring and Nelson Lakes national parks. Stomach contents and stoat tissues were analysed to find out what they had been eating.
At the Fiordland and Mt Aspiring sites the stoats were living on small mammals (e.g. rats), topped up with insects and plant material. There was no bird material in their stomachs, and it was estimated that long-term, small birds made up less than 2% of the diet. In contrast at Nelson Lakes (where there were no rats) stomachs contained small birds (estimated as 15 -26% of the long term diet) and also skinks (19-57%).
The authors warned that when and where ship rat numbers are low, stoats are more likely to eat threatened species. Also that individual stoats have their own feeding habits, so generalisations cannot be made from narrow observations.
On islands where introduced mammals have been eliminated, things have turned out badly for several bird species. Miskelly et al. (2021) (from Te Papa Museum and the Department of Conservation (DoC)) studied birds on 38 Fiordland islands, where Norway rats or stoats were removed several decades ago. Seven islands left unmanaged provided an experimental control. In the absence of rats or stoats, robins have flourished, seemingly aggressively ousting other species, including grey warbler, silvereye and tomtits.
The authors warned that killing off predators to achieve “restoration” can cause declinesand disappearances of native bird species. So far then, it seems much is being learnt about ecology that challenges NZ’s Predator Free conservation goal to wipe out mustelids, rats and possums (Predator Free, 2022).
There are many questions: how to deal with increasing mice, once their predators have been killed off; how do our long-naturalised mammals fit into current ecology; what about the results from the Fiordland islands, where it appears that taking away the introduced predators reduced the diversity of birds?
Also challenged within these first few papers is DoC’s insistence on aerial poisoning of alpine zones, to “protect” rock wren and kea from stoats. The stoats are likely to not be eating any birds! Plus the poison is toxic to birds and a very broad range of other creatures. It is not reliable in controlling stoats which shift to eating birds if their rat prey is gone. So the alpine animals may suffer a double-whammy: poison, then hungry stoats. DoC’s idea that stoats must be killing off bird species comes from hunted down, marked and monitored nests. But the monitoring itself makes the nests prone to desertion and predation.
Contributions from DoC to the latest NZJEs include an addition to a large pile of studies on nesting and survival of rare birds wearing radio telemetry gear (Steffens et al., 2022). This gear, ironically, makes birds much less likely to nest, markedly increases energy expenditure and causes fatalities.
Something seems amiss in the animal ethics screening of DoC experiments.
Attempts to improve monitoring appeared in the University of Otago’s study on robins, whose nests were observed from a distance to avoid disturbing them (van Heezik et al., 2020), and trials by various researchers on remote monitoring of kiwi, using their calls (Jahn et al., 2022; Ellis & Marsland, 2022). The latter authors had animal welfare and other concerns about the transmitters DoC routinely uses on kiwis’ legs.
As with DoC, a lack of ethical oversight was apparent in a study from Zero Invasive Predators (ZIP). Nichols et al. (2022) killed 20 rats by feeding them 1080-poisoned food, to make bait for stoats. Since, there has been a change: now they humanely kill their rodents then make them poisonous by injecting them with 1080.
Many articles concerned aerial poisoning using 1080 (sodium monofluoroacetate).
Bomans et al. (2021) from Victoria University monitored bird calls before and after aerial poisoning operations realising however that calls did not reflect bird numbers, because survivors might call frequently, e.g. for mates. Dilks et al. (2021) (from DoC and Lincoln University) used trail cameras, baited with rabbit meat and an egg, to record animals before (spring) and after (summer) an aerial poison operation. With no experimental control they could not conclude much, except that all common small mammals were seen far less afterwards. Morriss et al. (2021) (mainly Landcare people) “gathered observations” on deer mortality rates after aerial poisoning, which were highly variable and it was concluded formal research was needed.
Two studies demonstrated the classic rat population response to aerial 1080 poisoning, with numbers rebounding within several months and reaching higher levels than before poisoning began (Bell et al., 2021 (mainly people from DoC); van Heezik et al., 2020 (mainly from Otago University)). To gain better control, Nichols et al. (2021) from ZIP aerially poisoned twice a few months apart, spreading baits at extra high density, and managed to nearly get rid of all rats, stoats and possums. Monitoring of any other creatures’ survival was only “incidental”; a grave omission since the authors propose this super-poisoning might become more common as NZ strives to become Predator Free.
Rats are especially well equipped, through their lifestyle and physiology, to withstand a 1080 poison war.
An oncoming weapon for beating nature is genetic modification, and there’s no shortage of interested parties lining up. Inwood et al. (2020) are people from Scion, Landcare, the Environmental Protection Agency and four universities wanting to work on topics such as gene editing to make rats infertile. That idea had been put to bed by a NZ Royal Society review (Dearden et al., 2017) as too dangerous, because modified rats might escape to overseas ecosystems where rats were actually important!
Encouragingly, Walker et al. (2021a; 2021b) from Landcare stressed the need to preserve habitat, stating its loss and modification “is a principal, ongoing cause of indigenous biodiversity decline.” Echoing this was Landcare’s study on kereru, for which forest seemed to be a limiting factor (Carpenter et al., 2021).
Long ago, ecologist Dr Carolyn King pointed out “conservation of species is conservation of habitats”.
How good things might have been if DoC’s head scientist Graeme Elliott had listened to Dr King and focussed his career on the observation that mohua, needing tall forest trees on valley floors, were suffering from habitat loss. Instead, stoats were blamed for the mohua’s decline, leading to rampant stoat trapping, followed by rats getting out of control and eating the mohua, then the onset of aerial poisoning to quell rats.
Perhaps the Predator Free movement might yet face up to ecology.
Unfortunately, as restated in the NZJE (McGlone et al., 2020) there is a history of dysfunction whereby conservation management in NZ has departed from science.
The science indicates a need for careful studies and saving habitat, rather than mindless interference and indiscriminate poisoning.
Footnote: A fully referenced copy of this article is available at this link.
New Zealand has for many decades waged a war against predators. Currently there are a number of anti-predator campaigns, often using public money in big spend-ups on futile aerial poisoning exercises. In addition, in the end, the blanket operations run counter to the impassioned aim of exterminating predators (e.g. rats) and instead cause major disruption to food chains and serious damage to the ecosystem. For example there is Predator Free 2050, and Zero Invasive Predators, the latter jazzily known by the acronym of ZIP. The zealous programmes have earned international recognition.“Time” magazine which proclaimed “Rats, Possums and Stoats Beware! New Zealand Goes to War Against Invasive Pests.” But the programmes are like the 1837 Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale “The Emperor’s New Clothes”. At one stage in the fable, the wise man serving the Emperor thinks “What!” “Is it possible that I am a fool? I have never thought so myself. No one must know it now if I am so. Can it be, that I am unfit for my job?”Those questions should be asked of those who champion Predator Free 2050 and ZIP – people from Prime Ministers to central and local government politicians, local bodies, naive unquestioning media whoop as investigative journalists, extreme green groups and even unprincipled “scientists” following the money trail of funding all pursuing the dream of exterminating New Zealand’s predators. However the reality is the dreams are running against the way Nature behaves.
Predator Role Wildlife mangers overseas are increasingly regarding predators as an important part of a healthy ecosystem. In 2014 Al S Glen of New Zealand’s Landcare Research and Christopher Dickman of Sydney University co-authored a book on “Carnivores of Australia” and in a chapter “The Importance of Predators” said “to maintain or restore functioning ecosystems, wildlife managers must consider the ecological importance of predators.” This is hardly a new idea. Charles Elton, an Oxford ecologist, first conceptualised food webs in the 1920s, speculating that wolf removal would result in over-population of deer on which wolves preyed. The notion was taken up by others such as highly respected conservationist and author Aldo Leopold. Predators tend to remove vulnerable prey, such as the old, injured, sick, or very young, leaving more food for the survival and success of healthy prey animals. Also, by controlling the size of prey populations, predators help slow down the spread of disease. Predators will catch healthy prey when they can, but catching sick or injured animals is more likely and helps in the formation of healthier prey populations because only the fittest animals survive and are able to reproduce. In addition, predators help to reduce the negative impacts that their prey may have on the ecosystem if they become too abundant or it they stayed in one area for too long. Biologists have recognised predators like cheetahs prey on grazing animals like antelope, it keeps the prey population moving around (in fear) and prevents overgrazing in any one area. As a result, more trees, shrubs, bushes, and grasses can grow, which then provides habitat for many other species.
Predator Removal Dangers If carnivores were removed from an ecosystem, what would happen? Herds of grazing animals, such as antelope, would grow and grow and result, in large herds overgrazing their food source, and as the food disappeared, the whole herd would begin to starve. Caroline Fraser writing for the US’s Yale School of the Environment said experts “beginning with aquatic experiments, have amassed considerable evidence of damage done to food chains by predator removal and have extended such studies to land.” Predators are simply a part of any ecosystem’s food chain. New Zealand’s native falcon prey on other native birds such as tuis and bellbirds. Blue duck (whio) prey almost entirely on aquatic invertebrates, mostly caddisfly larvae. Kiwi prey on worms. When animals of a predatory nature are introduced such as rats and stoats were to New Zealand, they go through a “boom and bust” phase before their populations settle down to a relatively static state. Unfortunately, native prey species can become drastically reduced or even extinct as a result of the predator “boom”. The critical aspect of managing this situation is avoiding predator “booms”. Consequently,the fervour and haste which the Department of Conservation and local councils applies with toxins is reckless and fraught with ecological danger.
Disastrous Outcomes Large scale poisoning with eco-toxins such as 1080 and brodifacoum may heavily reduce predator numbers initially but with a few short years, the outcome is disastrous. The science is there to show the resurgence in predator numbers and subsequent wrecking of the food chain. Wendy Ruscoe in a study published in Landcare Research’s publication 2008 showed aerial dropping of 1080 will temporarily knock back a rat population but due to the rodent’s amazing reproductive capacity, the surviving rats recover rapidly and within 18 months, are two to three times greater than before poisoning began. A 2007 study by Landcare scientists Graham Nugent and Peter Sweetapple showed rat numbers recovered within 18 months and at the two year mark, rat abundance could be four times greater than before poisoning.
Stoat Prey The disruption to the naive ecosystem ripples further. A major prey for stoats is rats. When rat numbers are reduced by 80% – 90%, the stoat deprived of its major food source, invariably switches prey to birds. But later as rat numbers surge and boom and pass original numbers, stoats enjoy a virtual banquet of rats, breeding increases and surges and then explodes.The well intentioned but ignorant predator extermination programme usually using 1080, has merely stimulated, within a few short years, major population explosions of rats and stoats. Attempting to poison-away rodent surges in beech-mast years is the ecological equivalent of farting against thunder. All this does (if anything) is delay the inevitable, as the fast-breeding ability of rodents will eventually allow population growth to match the food source. Rather than benefiting the birds and overall ecological health, there is massive ecological disruption by the man-induced mega rat and stoat plagues.
Ecological Damage That is not counting the birds and insects and other invertebrate organisms killed by 1080 as research demonstrated, by DSIR scientist Mike Meads, in the 1980’s. 1080 was originally patented as an insecticide in 1927. Examples are many of human interference directly or indirectly into Nature’s food chains resulting in profound consequences. In a classic 1966 experiment, biologist Robert Paine removed the purple seastar, Pisaster ochraceus — a voracious mussel-feeder — from an area of coastline in Washington state. Their predator gone, mussels exploded in numbers, crowding out biodiverse kelp communities with monoculture. Less than a decade after Pisaster, marine ecologists James Estes and John Palmisano reached the astonishing and widely reported conclusion that hunting of sea otters had caused the collapse of kelp forests around the Aleutian Islands. With otters reduced to low levels, the prey (sea urchins) stripped the kelp forests. When otters eventually returned, they regulated urchins, allowing “luxuriant” regrowth of biodiverse kelp communities.
Toheroa Decline In New Zealand, the decline of the toheroa shellfish was attributed unofficially to heavy over-fishing of snapper which preyed on paddle crabs which in turn preyed on toheroa. With the heavy decline in snapper, paddle crabs proliferated and almost obliterated toheroas. New Zealand has a long history of an obsession with attempted extermination of predators. In the 1950s acclimatisation societies managing trout fisheries blamed freshwater eels and shags for perceived declines in trout numbers. Bounties were paid out on eels. It had little effect. Ironically the best trout fishing rivers had healthy populations of both trout and eels. Eels simply removed the sick, the old or the unwary thus making for a quality trout population. The concept of being ”predator free” or “zero predators” has no ecological justification, except in limited circumstances on smaller offshore islands and “mainland islands”. Even in islands where predators may have been eliminated e.g. Secretary Island in Fiordland, the success is short-lived and temporary as animals can and do swim from the mainland to recolonise.
Playing God It seem incomprehensible that an agency such as the Department of Conservation and the Predator Free 2050 and ZIP concepts should go unquestioned in the light of the understanding internationally of the dangers of playing God with predators..But the ‘fly in the ointment’ is human nature. For example a scientist in DOC arguably has a vested interest by way of employment and a handsome salary. Similarly with any consulting scientist attached to Predator Free 2050 and ZIP. For others of zealous nature, as some humans are wont to be, it becomes the pursuit of “The Impossible Dream.” For politicians it’s good P.R. to declare war on the baddies, no matter how pointless and damaging that might be. The sad outcomes are the gross misuse of public funds and more tragically the profound ecological damage that often occurs in the pursuit of that “Impossible Dream.”
Tony Orman has spent a lifetime in the outdoors observing and reading about it and Nature. He has had some two dozen books published, mainly on fishing, deerstalking, conservation and rural life.
Black aphids are about the only pest to have a go at your garlic as these aphids prefer onions, shallots, garlic and lettuces.
As soon as noticed spray with Wallys Super Neem Tree oil with Super Pyrethrum added. END.
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Why the FDA and the EPA aren’t set up to protect us from contaminants in the food we eat.
In July 2017, The New York Times ran a story titled The Chemicals in Your Mac and Cheese. Researchers, the article explained, had found plasticizers—known as phthalates—in the popular kids’ food. Fewer than two weeks later, the Timesreported that traces of the herbicide glyphosate, the main ingredient in Roundup, had been found in Ben & Jerry’s ice cream. Several people asked me: Should we be worried? My answer: Yes, we should, but not just because researchers found plasticizers (which are chemicals that make plastics more durable) in our mac and cheese or herbicide in our ice cream. We should be worried because these kinds of environmental chemical contaminants are literally everywhere, in nearly all our foods. We know they exist in these two foods because researchers specifically looked for them. Roughly 9,000 environmental chemicals on the market end up in our foods, including food additives, colorings, flavorings, pesticides, and food-packaging chemicals. Even though they are ever-present in our environment and our bodies, many are never thoroughly tested for safety—and some are never tested at all.
When we think of vegetable gardening, we’re often convinced that FULL SUN is the only way we’ll be successful. This couldn’t be more wrong! There are plenty of shade friendly plants that will thrive in 2-5 hours of sun. On top of that, there are some plants that won’t LOVE being in shade, but will TOLERATE it, which allows you to squeeze out even more harvests from spaces you might typically ignore in your garden.
An observing alien species would ask itself, “Why is humanity destroying ALL of their food sources?” In this special Ice Age Farmer broadcast, Christian has a candid conversation about the overwhelming number of attacks on our food supply. With crops unplanted and with more food facilities burning down, the media runs stories about “food fire conspiracy theories.” And it’s not just chickens — the state is also killing deer and fish in the name of stopping diseases. Start growing food now. FULL SHOW NOTES: https://www.iceagefarmer.com/2022/05/…
In India the kernels of the Neem Tree are collected and cold pressed to extract the Neem oil which is used to control insect pests in agriculture and our home gardens.
The Neem Oil is not a poison so unlike chemical insecticides it does not poison the pests, the environment or the user.
Instead it acts as a deterrent and has the ability to prevent insect pests from feeding making it an anti-feedent and when a small amount is consumed by pest insects feeding on the plants sprayed with the oil they stop eating and starve to death..
Recently EPA came across an overseas study that suggested that the active ingredient in Neem Oil could be harmful to aquatic life.
Apparently there are other studies that show it is not but EPA has taken the precaution of having all brands of Neem Oil to be re-registered and while the applications are being scrutinised the Neem Oil brands cannot be marketed in NZ.
That is the reason the Wallys Super Neem Tree oil is currently removed from sale while our application is being approved.
Neem Granules and powder which in India are called Neem Cake does not have that problem and is used as a soil conditioner, fertiliser and pest deterrent.
The only difference between Wallys Neem Tree Granules and Wallys Neem Tree Powder is the particle sizes.
The powder is uniform size particles about 1-3mm where the granules is a mix of powder up to lumps about 30mm in size but mostly about 10-15mm.
The powder is ideal for using in the planting hole for seedlings, on the lawn and on smaller containers.
To deter carrot fly you sprinkle the power with the seeds when sowing and later when the tops are up about 4 to 5 cm you side dress the row with Wallys Neem Tree Powder.
It is fast acting, breaking down and needs to be reapplied about every 2-3 months.
The larger particles of Wallys Neem Tree Granules are slower to break down giving a much longer protection period of about 3 to 5 months.
This makes them ideal for placing in the root zone of larger plants, roses, shrubs and trees.
I have been pleased with the effects that have happened when used on the soil surface in the root zone of citrus trees.
An application sprinkled from the trunk to the drip line cleans the tree of all insect pests within a few weeks of application.
I had a Lime growing in a container that was attacked by scale insects with a lot of ants over the plant collecting the honeydew the scale was peeing out.
A handful of Wallys Neem Tree Granules onto the growing medium and within a month no ants and no scale.
A couple of months ago a lady gardener from India living now in NZ told me how she has beautiful roses free of pests and most diseases and looking very healthy.
The secret she told me was to put about a handful of Neem Granules into a bucket of water.
Stir occasionally and then take the water and pour over your roses.
A natural food and deterrent bit like the article I wrote a few weeks back about mixing Apple Cider Vinegar with water and spraying over fruit trees.
If you are going to try the Neem Granules into a bucket of water I would also suggest you make it even better by adding a little Magic Botanic Liquid (MBL).
It has taken us 6 months to get a container load of Wallys Neem Powder/Granules from India to New Zealand because of all the upsets in the supply chains and lock downs.
Normally it would have only taken 6 to 8 weeks.
I asked my India supplier because the delays are so long now to arrange a second container.
I asked for that 3 months ago and they are still trying to find a shipping line to bring it to NZ.
Why is this the case?
Which apparently applies to both New Zealand and Australia, as our Governments make them stand off shore for long periods of time before they can dock into our ports.
While waiting to dock they use up fuel and have to pay their sailors wages for doing nothing.
A few gardeners have told me that using Neem Powder or Granules in their vegetable gardens has deterred cats from fouling the gardens.
Apparently the cats do not like the smell of the Neem.
This may work for some cats and be a deterrent but I have not had sufficient feed back to say it is greatly successful on most cats.
If you find by using it in gardens that cats stop fouling please let me know.
The product Wallys Cat Repellent which is naphthalene flakes works on about 95% of cats.
We are trying to bring a shipment from India but so far not having any success so out of stock.
None of the shipping lines want to handle it so trying to air freight it here if they can find a plane to bring it to NZ.
My advice to all you readers currently is to plant up food crops into any available ground and stock up on essentials as a world wide famine has started and things are not looking good.
Have an ample stock of vegetable seed varieties that you like to grow and store the packets opened or unopened in a glass jar sealed with a lid in your fridge.
Also seeds for growing sprouts which can be grown all year round for good nutrition as not subjected to day light hours like our vegetable crops for growth.
Have on hand a supply of MBL and Ocean Solids which a small amount of both can be added to the water that you use to do your sprouts to increase their mineral content.
There is an old saying ‘Prepare for the Worst and Hope for the Best.’
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A timely and amazing doco that is well worth the watch if you are wanting to grow your own food. A necessity with the current, increasing (& planned) shortages. Little weeding or watering. It will revolutionize your gardening! EWR
Back to Eden Gardening Documentary Film – Learn how to grow a regenerative organic vegetable garden the best and easiest way! Grow fruits and veggies with less labor, less watering, fewer weeds, and an extremely abundant harvest! Paul Gautschi, featured in the documentary Back to Eden, has popularized the use of free wood chip mulch from tree trimmings in vegetable gardens and orchards. Discover the regenerative organic gardening movement that has made millions of people worldwide love growing their own food by watching the film, streaming online for free!
FOLLOW ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/backtoedeng… FOLLOW ON FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/BackToEdenGa… Back to Eden shares the story of Paul Gautschi and his lifelong journey walking with God and learning how to get back to the simple, productive organic gardening methods of sustainable provision that were given to man in the garden of Eden. The food growing system that has resulted from Paul Gautschi’s incredible experiences has garnered the interest of visitors from around the world. Never, until now, have Paul’s organic gardening methods been documented and shared like this! You will walk away from Back to Eden Film with the knowledge of how to plant an organic garden and how to grow your own food. Back to Eden gardening is the best gardening technique!
For those of you who don’t know, VAERS can be downloaded for analysis from here, and the SYMPTOM file contains up to 15 different reported adverse events (AEs) per VAERS_ID. Typically, 5 symptoms (or AEs) are reported per VAERS_ID.
Below is a Table that show the top 80 AE entries in each respective SYMPTOM column. I don’t know why I chose 80. No reason. I highlighted some alarming AEs in red. Also, no specific reason for picking them.
Former TV1 presenter Liz Gunn interviews Winston Peters on the two year trespass notice issued to him recently by Trevor Mallard. A frank and honest discussion that reflects how many NZers are feeling right now about current events and the direction our country is taking. EWR
Growing my own fresh fruits and vegetables is one of my favorite pastimes. I love to harvest the sweet bounty of my labors. Sometimes growing your own food is a requirement for survival and not just a pleasant hobby.
Can I grow food inside of my home? Tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, herbs, lettuce, and greens can all be grown inside of your home with a little bit of knowledge, the right supplies, and some tender loving care.
My adventure in growing food indoors began this year when the pandemic hit, and I realized that I needed to up my game when it came to growing our own food. I am not new to the home production scene, but suddenly I was driven to make it more than a hobby.
“The Food Bill” resurfaces again (also here) … some things are introduced ‘gradually’ a hallmark of Fabian Socialism… gradualism. So the Bill looked fairly benign to the folk who 100% trust & don’t bother to look deeper. However you need to examine it within the context of our diminishing rights and freedoms that began around the end of last century with those several notorious plane crashes into buildings. More links to info (historically) in this article … https://envirowatchrangitikei.wordpress.com/food-bill-nz/
Important to know about Codex Alimentarius. Codex Alimentarius is United Nations (UN), WHO (World Health Organization) and FAO (Food and Agriculture Organisation) way of making sure the industry get more protected and that you the consumer get food with more toxins and less nutrients. It has everything to do with international trade and nothing to do with food safety.
– Codex Alimentarius is not about consumer protection. – Codex is designed to protect the industry (read: Pharmaceutical, Chemotherapy, Biotech, Agrobusiness, etc.) by eliminating natural health products and treatments, and by allowing insanely high residuelevels of toxins. – Codex is unscientific because it classifies nutrients as toxins.
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The Godwinian Novel is a pioneering analysis of the school of fiction inaugurated by William Godwin, and developed in the works of his principal followers, Charles Brockden Brown and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. In the first study of these authors as a historically specific group, Pamela
Clemit argues for a greater unity between Godwin's fictional techniques and his radical political philosophy than has been perceived. Her analysis of the works of Brown and Mary Shelley, moreover, reveals how these writers modified, reshaped, and redefined Godwin's distinctive themes and techniques
in response to shifting ideological pressures in the post-revolutionary period. Examining prose fiction in a period traditionally seen as dominated by poetry, Clemit stresses the necessity for a revised view of British Romanticism. Uncovering the links between Godwin's fictional analysis of
subjective experience and his progressive political philosophy, The Godwinian Novel paves the way for a reappraisal of the apparently quietistic and introspective concerns of other writers of the period.
`to write ably and with little fuss or obvious polemic in an area where factions clash, and still to maintain a clearly discernable thesis with firmness and with concern for the reader's understanding and sympathy is rare ... This innovatory book ably demonstrates relationships between Godwin's fictions and his changing political ideas'
Durham University Journal
'Pamela Clemit convincingly makes her case. Her readings of Frankenstein and of The Last Man have the great virtue of insisting on the public resonance of both novels. She makes large claims, but they are well supported. If this book has the influence it deserves, I can look forward to reading a very different set of essays on Frankenstein next year.'
Richard Cronin, University of Glasgow. Notes and Queries. Vol 41 No 2 June '94
'... challenging and enjoyable ...'
Robert W. Uphaus. Michigan State University. Eighteenth-Century Fiction 6:3
`'The question 'Was there a Godwin "school"?' is not the primary focus of this book, but one of the many virtues of Pamela Clemit's intelligent study is that we are, by the end, left in little doubt about the answer. This is a sure and useful book, unfussily written and admirably referenced. It is informative and convincing, and has a strong sense of literary form as well as an enviable grasp of the currents of thought over half a century. As such, Clemit
makes a commendable contribution to our knowledge and understanding both of the Godwin circle and of the revolutionary period.'
Modern Language Review
`An intelligent, useful, and suggestive study for students of both American and British fiction of the early nineteenth century.'
`The strength of Clemit's account of the development of a genre is its capacity to acknowledge the complex relations between literary, political and cultural issues in the period.'
The Keats-Shelley Review
`a valuable, deeply argued study.'
English Studies Vol 75 no 6

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CarX Highway Racing 1.74.8 APK with Para Hilesi - A Realistic and Thrilling Racing Game for Android
CarX Highway Racing 1.74.8 APK Para Hilesi: How to Download and Install the Modded Version
If you are a fan of racing games, you might have heard of CarX Highway Racing, a popular game that offers a realistic and thrilling experience of driving on a traffic-packed highway. But what if you want to enjoy the game without any limitations or restrictions? In this article, we will show you how to download and install CarX Highway Racing 1.74.8 APK Para Hilesi, a modded version of the game that gives you unlimited money and access to all features.
What is CarX Highway Racing?
CarX Highway Racing is a racing game developed by CarX Technologies, the same company that created CarX Drift Racing 2, another successful game in the genre. CarX Highway Racing features a mix of lifelike physics, stunning graphics, and immersive gameplay that will keep you hooked for hours.
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Features of CarX Highway Racing
Some of the features that make CarX Highway Racing stand out from other racing games are:
Over 40 different cars to choose from, ranging from sports cars, muscle cars, SUVs, and trucks.
Various tracks and locations to race on, such as deserts, mountains, cities, and highways.
A realistic day-night cycle and weather system that affect the driving conditions and visibility.
A dynamic traffic system that adds challenge and unpredictability to the races.
A story mode that follows the adventures of a racer who gets involved in a conflict between two powerful corporations.
An online mode that allows you to compete with other players from around the world in different modes, such as time trial, sprint, drag, and police chase.
Why do you need the modded version?
While CarX Highway Racing is free to download and play, it also has some in-game purchases and ads that might limit your enjoyment of the game. For example, you might need to spend real money to buy more coins or gold, which are used to unlock new cars, tracks, upgrades, and skins. You might also have to watch ads to get some extra rewards or bonuses.
If you want to avoid these hassles and enjoy the game without any restrictions, you might want to try CarX Highway Racing 1.74.8 APK Para Hilesi, a modded version of the game that gives you unlimited money and access to all features. With this version, you can unlock all cars and tracks, customize your car with various upgrades and skins, compete with other players online or offline, and experience realistic physics and graphics.

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Do you suspect your child has speech and language issues?
Is your kid diagnosed with a disorder that disrupts his/her speech, fluency or language, but you aren’t sure how effective speech-language therapy could be?
While a few parents think that their kids with language problems will eventually learn to speak fluently and get involved socially, experts and professionals in this field recommend getting the kid diagnosed at an early stage so that the right treatment and therapies, such as the speech-language therapy can be implemented.
However, several parents or a family member, for that matter, neglects the use of speech-language therapy reasoning regarding its benefits while wondering if it’s even effective in the long term.
According to a study, Australian speech-language pathologists indicate towards the families who were engaged in early speech-language pathology/therapy intervention and are actively invested in it today, inside and outside of the health centre.

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In the absence of representatives from the world’s poorest and richest countries, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres denounced the world’s rich countries, which are suffocating poor countries with greedy interest rates and high fuel prices.
Guterres pointed out at the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries hosted in Doha that rich countries should allocate $500 billion annually to help those countries “stuck in a vicious circle” that hinder their efforts to strengthen their economies and improve health and education, speaking to poor countries, saying that “liquidity-deprived, many of you are deprived of access to capital markets because of predatory interest rates.”
The conference was not attended by two of the world’s poorest countries due to the United Nations’ non-recognition of their governments, namely Burma and Afghanistan, and none of the leaders of the world’s major economic powers were present.
The conference on the 46 countries classified among the world’s least developed countries is usually held every ten years, but has been postponed twice since 2021 due to the coronavirus epidemic.
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Tokyo Cruise Ship operates a number of water bus ferries along the Sumida River and in Tokyo Bay, connecting Asakusa, Hinode, Harumi and Odaiba.
Taking a water bus ferry is definitely not a practical way to get around in Tokyo, but nonetheless it’s a great way to explore Tokyo’s mesmerizing waterfront areas.
Each ferry is equipped with English and Japanese tour announcements. It’s a must to take a ride on the super-futuristic Himiko ferry (see above photo), which was designed by manga and anime creator Leiji Matsumoto.
Waterbus hours: 09:50 – 18:40 daily (some routes finish earlier)
Waterbus schedule: Every 15 to 45 minutes
Waterbus fares: Start at 780 yen ($7.5)
– You can find the Himiko ferry on the Asakusa-Odaiba and Asakusa-Toyosu routes
– To check waterbus timetable and fares, follow this link

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What is a single fixed pulley? State its one use.
Fixed pulley: A pulley which has its axis of rotation fixed in position, is called a fixed pulley.
Single fixed pulley is used in lifting a small load like water bucket from the well.
Is there an error in this question or solution?
Solution What is a Single Fixed Pulley? State Its One Use. Concept: Concept of Pulley System.


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Demand for recounting in azamgarh
On Tuesday, there was a ruckus in the Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh over the recounting. During this, police and public came face to face. The people who were traveling around, attacked the police and started throwing stones. Light force was also used by the police in the rescue. During this period arson was also carried out by miscreants. In the same attack many police personnel were injured and many vehicles were also damaged by the miscreants. Not only this, these miscreants did not even spared the Superintendent of Police car.
According to the information, Nandlal Chauhan was declared victorious by 1190 votes after counting on Dharwara District Panchayat OBC seat of Jahanaganj block of Azamgarh 1 day earlier. However, Kanhaiya Kumar Rao, who was second in the meantime, objected to the calculation of his agents claiming to win by 190 votes and demanded recounting. Yesterday election officials somehow returned both sides.
Supporters demand re-calculation
After this, once again Kanhaiya Kumar and some of his supporters reached Jahanaganj block and started demanding recounting. After which the concerned officer informed the CO and SDM. Officers arrived with the police force on the spot and drove away the candidate and his supporters from there.
Seeing the tension rising, the police took Kanhaiya Kumar Rao, a car rider from near Pardesi Mor, into custody. After which there was an uproar. Hundreds of villagers started committing a blockade and blocked the block turn near Godhaura. When the police force reached to exorcise them, the miscreants started throwing stones.
Police used light force
During this time, the police used mild force in its defense. Azamgarh-Ghazipur road was blocked due to the incident. After about 2 hours, the police somehow managed to control the situation. A heavy police force has been deployed on the spot.
Superintendent of Police Sudhir Kumar Singh says that Kanhaiya was making a ruckus about his supporters, including women, where the people in question were carrying bricks and some people were also carrying brownies, who had stoned the police with stones. In the attack, the glass of several vehicles were broken, even the glass of the police captain’s car was broken, the Superintendent of Police said that along with Kanhaiya and some of his supporters, women have also been taken into custody in this case. A few vehicles have been found on the spot, whose number will be used to find the owner of the vehicle.


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Treat yourself to one week of Italian language, culture, and gastronomy. This program is perfect for keen ‘foodies’ who are passionate about Italian food and wine.
Come dine with us and enjoy the taste of authentic Italian food in the traditional way. The Marche region has many gastronomic treasures.
The local cuisine is characterised by the authenticity of the ingredients, their unique tastes, and combination of flavours. Wine, cheese, desserts, meats, truffles, honey, extra virgin olive oil, and homemade pasta are all the essential elements that go into creating the natural and delicious dishes that are typical of the Montefeltro region. We hope your mouth is already beginning to water!
If you would like to discover the secrets of Italian gastronomy and improve your Italian cooking skills, this is the vacation for you.
• 15 hour language course (Monday to Friday, from 9 a.m. to 12.15 p.m.), particular attention will be given to the vocabulary, products, and culture of Italian cuisine.
• 4 evenings - cooking course The evening cooking course (from 5.00 to 9.00pm) is both hands-on and theoretical. It consists of the preparation and explanation of various dishes typical to the Marche region and Italy. At the end of each evening the students and instructor will sit down to a delicious dinner made up of the dishes they have prepared. The meal will be accompanied by local wine. The dinners will typically include an antipasto, a first and second course, a side dish, dessert, water, wine, and coffee.
• Wine tasting and discussion at a local “enoteca”.
• Visit a truffle processing company.
Here you can see where and how the famous “tartufo marchigiano” (black and white truffles) are found and then made into mouth-watering dishes.
• A guided cultural tour of Urbania, its museums, theatre, and history.
• A guided cultural tour of Urbino, the birthplace of Raphael. This tour includes a visit to the Palazzo Ducale, home of the famous Duke Federico II of Montefeltro.
• Visit to see the local production of wine and olive oil. Here you can see the local production of wine and olive oil.
The cost of the week is Euro 900,00. The program takes place all year long with a minimum of 2 participants. A 5% discount for 2 persons who register together will be applied.


Nevsky Shipyard Snares Four
Russia’s Nevsky Shipyard and the Direction of State Contractor of Marine Transport Development Program signed a contract for the construction of 4 multipurpose small-draft salvage vessels of MPSV12 project.
Nevsky Shipyard got the right to conclude the given contract having won the open competitive tender. The Tender Committee announced the result of the tender on October 3, 2014.
The vessels are multipurpose small-draft salvage ships with two propellers, a reinforced ice class, a raked stem and cruiser aft end, a long two tier forecastle superstructure, a forward living superstructure and an engine room in amidship, with a diesel propulsion plant, two bow thrusters and one stern thruster, with ice category Arc 5
The vessel is intended for stand-by duty, rescue duty in areas of shipping, fishing, sea oil and gas fields according to the ship class; diving works at depth not more than 60 m, also diving works with underwater welding and cutting; fire fighting of burning fuel on water, oil and oil product spills response; search and inspection of underwater potential accident objects; and ROV of working class with depth up to 3000 m service, as well as various other uses.


Pros: Handle Material, Lock Type, Overall Quality, Ease of Opening, Handle Feel, Weight, Lock Ease of Use, Blade Sharpness
Cons: Pocket Clip, Blade Material, None
The large folding knife is the ideal style for eviscerating (gutting) deer. Here in New Jersey we kill a lot of deer and the RAT has proven itself on the hunt. When we gut deer we like to remove the sternum. This requires cutting through the rib joints on each side. The knife must be sharp, strong and large enough for the task, but easy to carry. The RAT meets these requirements. It locks up solid (no blade play) and was sharp out of the box. After use the blade only required a touch-up on the diamond sharpener The reason for the 4 rating is the blade steel. AUS-8A is a good knife steel, but not great like ATS 34 or S35V so it requires touch-up more often.


Foo Fighters will receive the Global Icon Award at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards.
The Global Icon Award “celebrates an artist/band whose unparalleled career and continued impact and influence has maintained a unique level of global success in music and beyond. The VMAs will honor the global icon who has left an indelible mark on the musical landscape and continues to influence, inspire, and evolve.”
The honor is set to make its debut VMA appearance on September 12 after being a prestigious MTV EMA staple for years.
The 2021 MTV VMAs will air live at 8 p.m. ET/PT from Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
At this year’s VMAs, the Foos will continue the celebration with a performance as well, marking their first time rocking the VMA stage since 2007.
The rock band, formed in Seattle in 1994 by former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, also consists of Nate Mendel on bass, Taylor Hawkins on drums, Pat Smear on guitar, Chris Shiflett on guitar, and Rami Jaffee on keyboards and piano.
Foo Fighters are soon to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility.
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Coolest Halloween Costume Ever?
The image gallery below has got to feature of the coolest costume ideas ever. I came across this on reddit and the appreciation for the couple's creativity was unanimous.
Have you come across any other really creative ideas online? Feel free to share them in the comments below.


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Primavera Sound festival have released a new teaser video for their incoming 2018 line-up.
The Barcelona-based festival is something of an annual pilgrimage for music fans across Europe, and boasts one of the year’s most jam-packed musical line-ups. This year, the likes of Arcade Fire, Bon Iver, Mac DeMarco, Solange, The xx, King Krule, Skepta and more performed at Parc Del Forum.
With the line-up for the 2018 edition now hotly-anticipated, the festival have released a teaser trailer for the impending…
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Start by dicing an onion and slicing 2 garlic cloves. Dice the tomato and finely chop a chili if using.
In a wide pot or pan, place all of the ingredients and turn on the heat. You have to make sure that the pasta is fully covered with the liquid.
Cover with the lid, and let it cook for 8 minutes. Stir the pasta every 2 minutes. Then cook uncovered until the pasta is al dente and the sauce has thickened. You might need to add a little bit of more stock or hot water if the sauce is too thick.
Garnish with chopped parsley or basil leaves, and more salt and pepper if desired.
- You can use any shape of dried pasta for this recipe.
Calories: 490kcal | Carbohydrates: 94g | Protein: 16g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 1043mg | Potassium: 476mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 1080IU | Vitamin C: 26mg | Calcium: 37mg | Iron: 2mg

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Charlestown Live will host a Town Hall Meeting for the eight finalists for the Boston City Council At-Large race.
The event will take place at the Charlestown Working Theatre, at the corner of Bunker Hill and Main streets, on Wednesday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. Doors will open at 6 p.m. for a social hour with refreshments being served. All are welcome to attend.
Anyone interested is submitting a question to be asked of the candidates can send them to email@example.com no later than Friday, Oct. 18.
For more information, call Kathy Giordano at 617-447-1406.


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Ice Cold Reviews
"[A] solid entry in the series, with a compelling mystery and some good, old-fashioned shockers. A solid choice for Gerritsen fans, but probably not the best starting point for those new to the series." - Booklist
"The taut suspense and vivid depictions that are hallmarks of Gerritsen's writing are evident ... although this one feels a bit stretched, with one too many plot twists and one too many villains." - Library Journal
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Rated of 5
more great Gerritsen
The Killing Place is the 8th in Tess Gerritsen’s Rizzoli/Isles series. It’s cold, it’s November and Maura Isles is in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, for a pathologists’ conference. Things are less than ideal in her relationship with Daniel Brophy, and whilst at the conference, she runs into a college acquaintance, Doug Comley. She makes an impulsive choice to accompany his party to an isolated ski lodge and finds herself, their vehicle stranded in deep snow, in the deserted village of Kingdom Come. When Maura appears to have gone missing, Jane Rizzoli, Gabriel Dean and Daniel Brophy fly to Wyoming to investigate. Their crashed vehicle with four badly burned bodies inside seems to indicate the worst for Maura. Gerritsen departs from her usual crime committed, investigated and pathology done formula: this book has a bit of a Karin Slaughter feel. But once again, an original plot with twists to the end (if you think you know whodunit, you will get a surprise!), credible characters and authentic dialogue. Once again, we are treated to plenty of interesting facts in easily-digestible morsels, this time about the autopsy of poisoning victims, septicaemia and cult religious groups. Gerritsen touches on Stockholm syndrome, polygamy, paedophilia, police corruption, charismatic leaders, mass suicide, gangrene, amputation and toxic waste disposal. Another great Gerritsen read.
Rated of 5
Waste of Time
Wow. This was not one of Ms. Gerritsen's better novels. I rarely quit before the end of a book but I only went 100 pages with this one. I have too many worthwhile books to start. She must be busy with the new series on television (which I absolutely love!) and threw this together to be done with it. It was repetitious and full of filler. I felt constantly that things were added or really stretched to add the pages up. Big disappointment. I hope this isn't an effort she plans to repeat.


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Episode 43: Jennifer Nicolaisen Executive Director at Seek Healing
Following from the most recent research in psychology & neuroscience, we provide individuals who are healing from an addiction crisis with frequent and intentional experiences of authentic, interpersonal connection. We provide long-term, equal-opportunity aftercare that destigmatizes addiction and helps individuals form integrated relationships in their communities.
The grassroots program (currently operating in Asheville, NC) trains volunteers in authentic relating techniques and matches them with people in early stages of addiction recovery. Program participants meet with their "Person" once a week and gather to socialize with the whole cohort once a month. These gatherings involve further exposure to and training in: building healthy relationships, minimizing shame, and inspiring safe, interpersonal vulnerability. (They also involve lots of good food, playing games, and hanging out.)
Through the program, participants are also introduced to SeekHealing's network of "Connection Agents": local small business owners and non-profit leaders who provide discounted introductions to their communities or services (i.e., yoga studios, church bible studies, basketball leagues, martial arts clubs, improv comedy meetups, hiking groups, service organizations, etc). The program assists individuals in exploring and engaging in the activities & communities they choose.

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This Season's Best Movies
Porn, parodies & passion
new All-Time Best Sellers
Classic Adult Movies
The Golden Age of porn
Dirty Smutty Porn
The nasty stuff
Sexy mainstream spoofs
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Adult movies for couples
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Vintage and Modern Porn Classics
The adult movies listed on this page include classics from Golden Age of Porn; the late-1960s to the early-to-mid-1980s, for example Deep Throat & Behind the Green Door, along with contemporary DVDs that are fast becoming modern classics. For example enduring favorites such as Flashpoint (1998), and Pirates(2004). Titles are linked to our favorite adult movie sites where you can buy, rent, download-to-own, or watch VOD. Other recommended adult movie sites are:
Everything Goes (1977)
Jack and Annie have been married for ten years and own a small clothing store. The problem is that Jacques is irresistibly attracted to his female customers, which deeply irritates Annie. After a final argument, they decide to separate. But of course each of them decides to take advantage of their new single life and satisfy their most extravagant sexual desires. To their surprise, however, this new freedom also highlights their mutual jealousy and serves as a reminder of their love for each other.
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Easy isn’t just a nickname. For this gorgeous blonde, spreading her legs is a way of life. In her first starring role, Jesie St. James plays Kate, a sex exuding school teacher who cannot resist her slutty manners or the crowds of men who drool at her feet. Whether it’s sucking off a student after class, being lured into bed at knife point, or leaving a fancy dinner party for a quick screw, Kate craves raw, passionate sex with every breath she inhales. With excellent appearances by Desiree Cousteau and Mike Horner, Easy is an unforgettable classic.
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The Opening of Misty Beethoven (1970's)
In his erotic retelling of George Bernard Shaw's classic play Pygmalion, master director Radley Metzger transplants the action to 1970's New York, Rome, and Paris. We follow noted sexologist Dr. Seymour Love (Jamie Gillis) as he sets himself the challenge of transforming lowly streetwalker Misty Beethoven (Constance Money) into the world's greatest lover. With the help of his beautiful friend Geraldine (Jacqueline Beudant), Love devises an erotic training program with the goal of seeing Misty crowned "Goldenrod Girl" at famed publisher Lawrence Layman's next wild party. Along the way, Misty refines her technique by seducing an impotent artist, bringing three uniformed butlers to climax simultaneously, and dallying with a rainbow-ceramic sex toy in one of the most arousing films ever created.
Filmed in 3 countries on 2 continents with many of the most famous golden-age actors (including Gloria Leonard, Ras Kean, Casey Donovan and Terri Hall), featuring a witty and intelligent screenplay, and shot by award-winning cinematographer Paul Glickman, Misty Beethoven is the golden standard by which all other adult films have been measured.
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Zazel: The Scent of Love
A must see classic! Winner of 7 AVN awards in 1995. A breakthrough film in several ways, Zazel focuses almost as much on sensual imagery as it does on sexual heat. The film is about the search for the perfect perfume; Zazel is assigned to create the most arousing scent ever. Her creative mind engages its deepest and most erotic fantasies participating in encounters ranging from angelic to the demonic in settings whose beauty rivals that of the performers, including several penthouse pets. There is no limit to any experience will keep Zazel from victory in her creative quest for the perfection of her design... the scent of love. Filmed in 1995.
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Digitally Remastered Classic! What happens when you put the foremost talent in the adult industry in a room together; add a huge budget, incredible sets, lavish costumes, & the camera mastery of Michael Zen? Blue Movie, that’s what! Enter the surrealistic world of a film within a film; of directors who dress in dresses & shapely ladies who dress in nothing at all. Humorous, though-provoking…& always arousing, Blue Movie set a new standard in adult film…Experience it. Filmed in 1995.
Adult Video's all-time bestseller, Taboo is a landmark adult film. Originally filmed in 1979, this 1980 release broke through many barriers and has not only been a perennial best-seller in the adult video world...but made history on several fronts.
In 1983 Taboo also scored another first when it received an unprecedented nod from the prestigious Video Software Dealers Association (VSDA) special inaugural award for X-rated films. This recognition was considered by many as a turning point in the acceptance of adult entertainment by the mainstream video industry. Finally. Due to its overwhelming popularity, it was the first adult motion picture with numerous sequels in release.
Dinner Party (1994)
1995 - AVN - Best All-Girl Sex Scene
Dinner Party was designed for couples and Cameron Grant did a terrific job of tying both the story and scenes together to bring this epic world of fantasy together. Steve Drake hosts a very intimate and elegant dinner party for three couples. The gathering of these couples, who do not know each other, is set in a very expensive, rich and elegant mansion. So that they can get to know each other better host Drake has each couple reveal a sexual fantasy. When they are revealed eyebrows are raised and surprises abound among these couples.
The sex scenes are some of the hottest to be put on film and the performers take each scene to the edge and over the top. It is also nice to see a performer in their very beginning (Jenna Jameson who is billed as Daisy) or Asia Carrera as her natural self before enhancements or Kylie Ireland before all the tats. With all of the fantasies revealed in this elegant setting the final scene is a wild orgy that takes place between the three invited couples. It is a fitting end to a very explosive film that will have couples totally and completely turned on and thinking of their own fantasies they have held on to.
The settings and production values have a very rich feel, the cinematography is impeccable with some great close up and wide angle shots that capture the moment. Grant’s direction is fluid from start to finish and the performances by the cast, whether delivering lines or sexually are delivered in top notch classic form. There is no question that not only is “Dinner Party” one of the best from the 1990's, but one of the best to come along since the porn boom began in the early 70's and why it is a true porn classic. —Art Koch, National Features & DVD Editor, NightMoves Magazine and AAN
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Farmer's Daughters (1975)
Farmer's Daughters – 1975 – An offbeat, but interesting film about a farmer, his wife and their three daughters. The daughters love spying on Mom and Dad having sex and have their own pleasures with humiliating a local boy. Things change when three escaped convicts come to the farmer's home and take over with a lot of hard driving sex between everyone. The boy who was humiliated returns, this time with a gun and to save the girls and family, but does he? I won't spoil what takes place except to say the sex scenes are hot, hard, intense and showcased Gloria well as she appeared in four sex scenes. Check around and see if you can find it as "Farmer's Daughters" has been converted to DVD and is a great way to get introduced to the talents and persona of the one and only Gloria Leonard.
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Double Feature (1980's)
The film won a bevy of awards and quickly became a classic in porn.
It opens in typical old movie fashion with snippets of coming attractions starring players like Rick Rockwell and Suzy Cheesecake and films with title like Gang Bang Zombies, Death Rides a Rubber Horse and Attack of the 12 Story Dildos. These are all filmed in black and white, to give that authentic old B-movie feel. You are also quickly made aware that this is going to be a movie that not only spoofs those old serials and films but there is going to be plenty of wild sex taking place.
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I Like To Watch (1982)
I Like To Watch– Caballero Video – 1982 – This was the debut for Bridgette Monet and would make her a star. The title says it all as Laura (Bridgette Monet) peeps on her aunt Leticia Patricia Manning) and her lover Phillip. Leticia, who is a Fashion designer asks her protege Kim to call a plumber. Then we have the maid Gretchen peeping on Kim with plumber Mark, Kim shows the maid it can be better with a woman. Laura is peeping on them frustrated her boyfriend Michael doesn't want any sex. She is comforted by Leticia's client Linda. Initially peeping, Linda's husband Montag eventually switches roles with his wife. Visiting Laura, Michael is jumped by models Honey and Cinnamon. Leticia's fashion show finally gets underway but meanwhile, as Michael's experience restored his passion, he finally offers himself to Laura.
This is a very hot, very erotic film with some exceptional performances. There is Little Oral Annie at her talented best and the electricity that happens between Lisa DeLeuuw and Bridgette Monet is off the charts as they are being watched by Lisa's lover. This is definitely a film classic I highly recommend finding and enjoying. —Review by Art Koch, National Features & DVD Editor, NightMoves Magazine and AAN
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NEW YORK – Investors wiped out by the Bernard Madoff scandal got more bad news on Friday: Investigators have confirmed suspicions that the monthly statements showing the disgraced financier was making stock trades for them were pure fiction.
“We have no evidence to indicate securities were purchased for customer accounts” in the past 13 years, said court-appointed trustee Irving Picard at a packed, town-hall style meeting at U.S. Bankruptcy Court in lower Manhattan. “This is a case where we’re going to be looking at cash in and cash out” — the shorthand definition of a Ponzi scheme…
A lawyer working for Picard also warned that the trustee would seek to recover — or “claw back” — phony profits earned by some investors so they can be redistributed to others.
“There wasn’t any stock bought or sold,” said the attorney, David Sheehan. “It was all just made up. … You got somebody else’s money.”
Picard said that about 2,400 people have filed claims — a total expected to rise sharply before the July 2 deadline….
Raymond Spungin, 77, of Staten Island told Picard he had checked with the SEC before investing with Madoff in the early 1990s.
“They said Madoff was the greatest,” he said. “We’re the victims not only of Madoff but of the incompetence of the SEC.” He and his wife believed they had $1.8 million in two accounts.
So the SEC–the “Securities and Exchange Commission”–was unaware of a Ponzi scheme that used the fake buying and exchanging of $50 billion worth of securities over 13 years?
No, wait–it’s worse than that. They thought the guy who was running the scam ‘was the greatest’? Someone is gonna sue the SEC for conspiracy.

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If you have ash trees on your property in Oak Ridge, they are either DEAD or DYING.
Ash trees are easy to spot. They are some of the most beautiful large trees in Oak Ridge, but not for long. Unless they are treated, there will likely not be a single living ash tree in Oak Ridge in five or so years. Not one untreated tree is expected to survive.
Nationwide, ash trees are being destroyed by the Emerald Ash Borer. The imported pest are killing all untreated trees in affected areas.
If you own an ash tree, it can sometimes be saved if the tree is not too badly damaged.
The Ash Tree Demise – What is the Emerald Ash Borer and What Can We do About it?
This is a free workshop that will be held at the UT Arboretum Auditorium on August 29, 2017 with refreshments starting at 5:30 PM.
Dr. Sharon Jean-Philippe
Dr. Sharon Jean-Philippe is an Associate Professor of Urban Forestry in the Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries. She earned her M.S. in Botany and PhD. in Natural Resources from the University of Tennessee in 2005 and 2010. She is the undergraduate advisor for urban forestry students and teaches several courses within the urban forestry concentration. Recently, following promotion and tenured (2016), her appointment was restructured to reflect 70% teaching and 30% Extension from 75% teaching and 25% research appointment (2010-2016). Her new Extension appointment will allow her to work with Extension agents and specialists, as well as directly with all Tennesseans, to help them with their urban forest needs. Sharon is the vice-president of the Tennessee Urban Forestry Council (TUFC), serve on several committees with International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) and is the chapter advisor to several student organizations.
David is an Extension Agent with UT Extension in Knox County responsible for commercial horticulture and urban forestry and has an Adjunct appointment in the Department of Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries. David is a University of Tennessee of Tennessee graduate earning his BS and MS degrees in the Department of Ornamental Horticulture and Landscape Design (now Plant Science). David is a Board Certified Mater Arborist, Certified Professional Horticulturist, and Tree Risk Assessment Qualified. David is a member of the International Society of Arboriculture Southern Chapter and is the Representative to the Council of Representatives to the Board of Directors, is a member of the American Society of Consulting Arborists and a graduate of the Consulting Academy, and is a member if the Tennessee Nursery and Landscape Association East Tennessee chapter.
Glenn Taylor is a biologist with the National Park Service at Great Smoky Mountains National Park. For the last 24 years he has worked in forest pest management and research on, among others, gypsy moth, beech bark disease, balsam and hemlock woolly adelgids and emerald ash borer. When not trying to save trees from invasive pests you can find him on two wheels somewhere in the southern Appalachians.
Nathan Hoover is the Forest Health program coordinator for the Tennessee Division of Forestry. As well he provides insect, disease, and invasive plant assistance to TDF foresters and the public. While he’d rather be in the woods he always happy to talk bugs and crud!
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(19 February) The Civil Court has sided with anti-government protesters by effectively stripping the government of many powers provided by the emergency decree.
The case was filed to the court by Mr. Thaworn Senniam, a core leader of the People′s Committee for Absolute Democracy With the King As Head of State (PCAD), who argued that the State of Emergency enacted by the government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra violates the rights to free assembly guaranteed by the 2007 Constitution.
The filing named Ms. Yingluck and two commanders of the Centre for Maintaining Peace and Order (CMPO) – Mr. Chalerm Yoobamrung and Pol.Gen. Adul Saengsingkaew – as the defendants.
Under the emergency decree, the authorities can use broad power to contain the protests, such as arresting and detaining individuals without charge, sealing off areas, seizing buildings or properties, and censoring the media.
At 15.00 today the majority of the judges ruled that the government will not need to repeal the State of Emergency, but the verdict also prohibits the authorities from exercising many powers prescribed in the emergency decree.
According to the verdict, the security forces cannot launch a crackdown on anti-government protesters, seize any chemicals from the protesters, dismantle any barricades erected by the protesters, prevent individuals from entering any building at their own will, close down traffic, evacuate or seal off protest areas.
Most notably, the authorities are also prohibited from banning political gathering – the crucial aspect of the emergency decree.
It should be noted that a minority of the judges (one-third of the panel) even went as far as recommending that the government repeal the State of Emergency altogether, on the ground that PCAD demonstrators have been "peacefully" exercising their rights under the Constitution "without any weapons".
The verdict came a day after deadly clashes erupted on Ratchadamnoen Avenue, where riot police attempted to disperse anti-government protesters who have been camping there for several weeks.
The clashes saw some police officers exchanging gunfire with armed militants allied to the PCAD. Several explosives were also thrown from the PCAD position toward the police, witnesses said. At least four civilians and one policeman were killed in the violence, while more than 60 people were injured.
The Civil Court′s verdict will likely anger many supporters of the government, who have long accused the judicial powers of conspiring with the protesters to oust Ms. Yingluck and her elected government.
Meanwhile, Mr. Chavanond Intarakomalyasut, spokesman of the Democrat Party, posted on his Facebook account that Her Royal Highness Chulabhorn had granted a royally-blessed dirt to the Islamic funeral of Mr. Suphot Boonrong, a PCAD protester who was killed in the clashes yesterday.
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Remember the old Minuteman Project, in which used to keep an eye on the U.S. southern border, and report illegal immigrant crossings to the Border Patrol?
Well, the movement is back, and with the huge influx of illegal immigrants crossing the border these days, the group has been given a new breath of air, and are now actively recruiting a three thousand-plus force of volunteers for their “Operation Normandy.”
“This problem is not going away and if the government cannot take care of it and protect us, then clearly it’s our duty and obligation to do it for them.”
– Jim Gilchrist, founder and president, The Minuteman Project
The U.S. Border Patrol says that it does not condone private groups to take immigration matters into their own hands, but do appreciate concern citizens who serve as eyes and ears for them, and alter the agency of suspicious and illegal activity along the border.
The “Minutemen” had a good run, but due to personnel issues, being accused of committing criminal acts against “some of its key figures,” the grassroots and border crossing surveillance group collapsed.


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Serving military members and their families, USAA is a financial services company that was launched in 1922. The company is based in San Antonio, Texas, and has over 11.4 million members. Based on direct written premiums, USAA is the 5th largest homeowners insurer and has over $28.2 billion in assets.
USAA is highly rated by independent financial institutions. The company has received an A++ from A.M. Best, an Aaa from Moody’s, an AA+ from Standard & Poor’s and an A+ from the BBB.
With USAA, homeowners insurance can include the following types of coverage:
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- Identity theft.
- Coverage for fire, theft, vandalism and most weather-related events.
USAA offers great coverage at competitive rates, but what really sets the company apart from competitors is the fact that USAA caters to those who serve in the military. As an example, no deductible is applied when military uniforms are damaged by a covered incident if you’re on active or reserve duty. The USAA mobile app makes it easy to report claims, submit photos and view statuses. Members can even save up to 10% on homeowners insurance when they turn to USAA to insure their primary home and automobile.

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Chariots Of Fire was brought to us by Vangelis – Evangelos Odysseas Papathanossiou, a Greek musician and composer of electronic, jazz, progressive, and orchestral music.
Vangelis is famous for his Academy Award-winning score to Chariots of Fire in 1981.
He also composed scores for many other movies, becoming one of the most appreciated score composers.
Chariots Of Fire is one of his greatest compositions, and the instrumental theme was made for the movie with the same name.
The theme was written and recorded by Vangelis in 1981 and has a length of 3:32 minutes.
The free Chariots Of Fire piano sheet music was released in March 1981 as an electronic, film score and was released by Polydor records label.
The song is part of the album with the same name - Chariots Of Fire and has on its B-side the track named Eric’s Theme.
Once released, the song had incredible success and since then, it has been covered by many performers and was used in media in TV shows, sports events, and commercials.
Chariots Of Fire was also used by BBC as its theme music for the coverage of the 1984 Summer Olympics.
The most notable cover versions have been composed by Jane Olivor, Demis Roussos, Jon Anderson, and Mellisa Manchester.
The song stayed for one week at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1982.
It was also on top of the charts in Australia, Japan, the US, and many other countries.
The interesting thing about the original free Chariots Of Fire piano sheets is called Titles, because of their use in the movie’s opening titles sequence.
The song has also an accompanying music video.
The video shows Vangelis playing the piano and percussion in a concert hall, then it features Vangelis playing a synthesizer in a recording studio, and it also features scenes from the film.
You can now find Chariots Of Fire on our website, so don’t hesitate in trying to learn how to play it at your piano at home.


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- Cancer Research UK-funded screening expert, Professor Peter Sasieni, gives us his thoughts on an important development in cervical cancer research
New research from the US, published last night in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, has significant implications for the NHS cervical screening programme.
The headline finding, as Cancer Research UK reports on its newsfeed is that testing a woman’s smear samples for the human papillomavirus (HPV) predicts who is likely to go on develop early signs of cervical cancer up to 18 years later.
And the study, which involved 4,000 women, showed the power of testing samples for the virus was much greater than the existing test – cytology – which looks down a microscope for abnormal cells.
This is not surprising. But it is new, and extremely important, as we’ll see below.
HPV and cervical cancer
We’ve known for some time that women without an HPV infection will not get cervical cancer – this research won Harald zur Hausen the Nobel Prize in 2008. We’ve also known that HPV infections are extremely common, and that the vast majority disappear naturally without any ill effects.
On top of this, HPV infections tend to occur in teenagers and young adults, but cervical cancer develops mainly in middle and old age. So this tells us that it takes between 10 to 60 years for an HPV infection to result in cervical cancer.
Cervical cancer prevention in the UK
Currently, women in the UK are offered a cervical screening test every 3-5 years from their mid-20s until their mid-60s, and their samples are sent off for cytology testing. This has dramatically reduced the number of cases of, and deaths from, cervical cancer.
In women who have borderline or ‘mildy abnormal’ smear test results, samples can be re-tested for HPV and this is now happening in much of England. But the evidence has been building for some time that the HPV test could be at least as good as cytology as a first-line test.
It’s worth stressing that, from a woman’s point of view, there’s no difference in what they experience – the its just the way the subsequent tests in the laboratory are carried out that differs
As well as screening, girls in year 8 (aged of 12 and 13) are now offered a vaccine that protects them against the two most potent cancer-causing strains of HPV. Since the programme began in 2008, more than 8 out of ten of girls in this age group have received all three doses of the vaccine. This level of uptake is better than anywhere else in the world.
What does the new research mean?
Until now, we had only known that the presence or absence of HPV could predict whether women might develop cervical cancer (or the early signs of the disease – cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, or CIN) over the next ten years.
But these new observations show, as many had assumed, that women without an HPV infection are at low risk of cervical cancer or CIN even 10 to 18 years after testing. (The same is not true for cytology: women with a negative cytology test are no less likely to develop CIN or cancer 10-18 years later than are women with a positive cytology test). This has two important public health consequences.
Firstly, and excitingly, they point to the very long-term benefit of HPV vaccination. By preventing HPV infection in young women, vaccination is likely to prevent cancers at least until the age of 40 and could even give life-long protection. Much of this protection will occur even if the potency of the vaccines against new infections wanes.
(We have no evidence that the protection against infection does wane, but since many vaccines become less effective after 10 years, it is good to know that vaccination will still protect against cancer, even if they stop protecting against infection).
Secondly, using HPV testing, the time between cervical screenings could safely be increased to 6 or even 10 years in those who test negative for HPV aged 30. This would have huge consequences for women and also – in economic terms – for the health service. Women would be offered perhaps five screens (instead of the current eleven) between the ages of 30 and 64.
What are the issues with HPV testing?
Unfortunately, we still don’t know how best to look after women who test positive for HPV, but who don’t have early signs of disease. Cytology is good at identifying those who may benefit from treatment straight away, but what about women who have an HPV infection and normal cytology? These women are not at immediate risk of cervical cancer, but remain at increased risk of developing cervical disease as long as their HPV infection persists.
Studies have shown that more than 1 in 4 women aged 25-29 coming for cervical screening in the UK test positive for HPV. It would be a real challenge not to cause more harm (in terms of anxiety and over-treatment) than good by HPV testing in such young women.
So we need to determine the optimum age to begin testing for HPV, and how to screen younger women.
What should happen next?
The evidence that we should begin planning for a switch to HPV-only testing from aged 30 is now becoming overwhelming. Some think we need to ‘dual test’ – i.e. run both cytology and HPV testing in parallel on all samples. I disagree. As this study shows, the risk of developing significant disease in the next 10 years in women who have an abnormal cytology result in the absence of HPV infection is so low as to be negligible.
The NHS has announced plans to pilot its introduction in a few small centres in England. These are to be welcomed, but plans should be made for the roll out of HPV testing nationally within the next five to six years, so that all women can benefit from these advances.
Peter Sasieni is Professor of Biostatistics & Cancer Epidemiology at the Wolfson Institute of Preventative Medicine in London. He is funded by Cancer Research UK.
Castle, P.E., Glass, A.G., Rush, B.B., Scott, D.R., Wentzensen, N., Gage, J.C., Buckland, J., Rydzak, G., Lorincz, A.T. & Wacholder, S. Clinical Human Papillomavirus Detection Forecasts Cervical Cancer Risk in Women Over 18 Years of Follow-Up, Journal of Clinical Oncology, DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2011.38.8389
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Cities in San Bernardino are hoping to attract the rail line to cut farther into the county, and bring a boon to their economy.
Bringing high-speed rail farther east into the county could allow the new rail system to be used to decrease roadway congestion, while making commuting to major metropolitan areas more feasible.
However, not everyone is onboard with the plan entirely. One city council member who voted for the resolution of support doesn’t think that now is the right time for high-speed rail, but he does what the city to benefit from the system if it is built.
From the Redlands Daily Facts:
The City Council has joined with other area cities in supporting the effort to bring high-speed rail to the area.
At their meeting this week, council members adopted a resolution urging the California High Speed Rail Authority to realign the rail plans to bring the track farther into San Bernardino County.
“This resolution does not discuss the certainty of whether the project will be built on not,” Mayor Pete Aguilar said. “All we’re discussing is supporting an endorsement that if the line is built in the Inland Empire that it come further east than as currently slated through Ontario.”
Read the full article here.

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Going to the carnival is a past time for many adults that allowed them to enjoy a number of rides and games in the company of their friends and family. Quite a few cities still have carnivals come to town and those that do should make the most of the experience by adding awesome games to play. There are various carnival stalls that you can purchase such as the giant scalextric or f1 simulator that will keep people entertained for hours. A company that sells carnival stalls will also have plenty of inflatable games and simulator hire professionals that will come out and set things up so that you are ready to go. Search the internet a few months in advance before opening the carnival to ensure you have all the latest rides and giant games out there.
All carnivals will have games that people can play to win prizes. These particular carnival stalls give that extra competitive edge making it hard for some guests to go home until they have beaten whichever game they are playing. This is great for both entertainment and business as people will have something to play for and therefore more will buy tickets for your stall. Using the internet to thoroughly research different games and services for your carnival is recommended so that you can provide the best environment packed with fun things to do for any age group that wants to enjoy a night out on the town.