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Parasitic fly hijacks bees and causes them to abandon hives, could explain colony collapse disorder: study

The study is another step in ongoing research to find the cause of colony collapse disorder. The disease, in which all the adult honey bees in a colony suddenly disappear, continues to decimate hives in the U.S. and overseas.

The latest study by researchers at San Francisco State University was published Tuesday in the science journal PLoS ONE.

It says the phorid fly was found in bees from three-quarters of the 31 hives surveyed in the San Francisco Bay area. Scientists say the fly deposits its eggs into the bee’s abdomen, causing the insect to walk around in circles with no apparent sense of direction.

(BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Wednesday, January 4 2012, 2:30 PM)

Sam2-

For the start, the list both 5:52 and 6:07 AM

On fast days they include more information, which includes (I think) everything you are looking for.

mghanooni-

Congratulations!

One note about wood stain – even “stainable” glue and filler probably won’t match the shade of the wood itself when you stain it.

If you get up early and have something to eat and drink right before the fast starts, you are basically having an early breakfast, skipping lunch, and then having an early supper.

This can be extremely helpful for people who have difficulty fasting and/or need to have caffeine or they will get a bad headache.

Myzmanim.com can give you precise beginning and ending times for your location.

always runs with scissors fast-

Please click the link below:

http://www.whatbrowser.org/en/

The page will say “You are using:” followed by your browser’s information.

Please post that information here so people can suggest how to adjust your settings.

State-by-state laws re: usage of snow chains:

http://www.witruck.org/state_chain_laws.pdf

Snow chains go on drive wheels only.

Maximum speed for a vehicle with tire chains is greatly reduced. If you will be driving on highways – even local ones – unless you can do a max of about 30 mph safely, you shouldn’t have them on your tires.

An improperly fastened chain, or one that breaks, can damage your car and be unsafe.

If the streets are clear and your only concern is getting into and out of parking spots, I don’t recommend chains. On clear roads, they will actually reduce your traction. They should only be used if the roads themselves are snowy/slippery. If the roads are bad, you probably should avoid diving anyway, if possible.

The heavier your vehicle, the more chains will help. A garbage truck or city bus will have their traction improved far more than a lightweight car will.

Speak to your mechanic instead of relying on anonymous posters for safe driving info. Yes, I include myself in “anonymous posters”.

Jothar-

Don’t beat yourself up.

While some of your posts and threads may have been a bit strong or controversial, there’s no question that you were always being mechavain letoeles.

It is a good idea to reassess one’s posting style on occasion, just to decide if an adjustment is called for.

If you still feel “physical mussar” would be beneficial, here’s a handy little poster that you can cut-and-paste as needed:

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As you can see it will work for American, European and Asian voltages (thanks, Google translate).

Keep smiling and keep posting ?

Did you speak to a lawyer who specializes in mortgages?

Even if your credit isn’t great, your home’s equity may help with a refi.

Try speaking to your local councilman.

They may be able to put some pressure on the bank if you are being treated unfairly.

Google and document any laws and regulations that you think are being violated.

This documentation will help bolster your case.

Provide the documentation to your coucilman.

kapusta-

BTGuy-

MiddlePath-

Thank you, again.

stamamen-

Okey-dokey, you want more answers.

Here you go:

b) The balloon will move forward, stay in the same place, or move backward relative to the car. Since gas (i.e. regular air in this case) is compressible, it will undergo slight compression toward the read of the car due to inertial drag. Therefore:

B1) Under normal acceleration, the compression is negligible, so the balloon will move forward as initially explained.

B3) Under extreme acceleration, the air in the car will be compressed backward and the balloons inertia will combine to such a great extent that the balloon will actually move backward.

6) a) You saw the table in half. You then put the two halves together, making a whole. You exit the blender thru the whole.

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Here are several things that may or would be different:

The creation of Israel and Jordan from the Palestinian Mandate

A Jewish state would probably never have been allowed to exist, or been allocated in some other resource-poor area.

Arab Aggression and Sino-Soviet Interest

Despite the fact that Israel is tiny territorially and controls almost no natural resources, it is the target of aggression, including several wars, from the Arab and Moslem world. How much more motivated would those attackers be if there was a rich oil prize to be won?

Furthermore, what would the Soviet Union have done to advance their interests?

Nowadays, what would China be doing?

The 1973 Arab Oil Embargo

This had a crippling effect on the US economy and caused day-to-day hardships with the long gas lines and the odd-even license plate gas rationing system. Had Israel controlled the reserves Saudi Arabia did, the embargo would have been far less severe.

The Exportation of Wahhabism and Terror

Saudi Arabia is by far the biggest exporter of violent Islam. They sponsor madrassas, camps, cultural centers, mosques and the like worldwide that preach intolerance toward other faiths and advocate violence and terror as legitimate tools in the spread of Islam and defeat of the infidel. Without the billions of petrodollars they have available, their influence and ability to sponsor the above would be severely curtailed.

Furthermore, the State Department would be far less beholden to Saudi Arabia, and less willing to turn a blind eye to their racist and misogynistic government policies.

OPEC

I believe Israel would have been far more receptive to a request from its greatest ally and benefactor.

Furthermore, Israel would never be permitted into OPEC.

The Israeli Economy

The Israeli standard of living would be much improved. IMO, they would probably follow the Norwegian model of spreading the wealth derived from its natural resources to their citizenry. Furthermore, gasoline and power would be far more plentiful and affordable for the non-well-to-do.

A potential consequence would be fewer innovations and technological advances due to the lessening pressure to make a buck with no natural resources.

Israel would charge market price. They would produce as much as they could, thereby lowering the price worldwide and helping the American (among others) economy.

They would not curtail production to maximize price because:

b) They need friends.

2) Ona may not apply even if they somehow found a buyer, since the buyer would be aware of the price discrepancy (this is a machlokes).

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Two Saudi princes pull up to a bank with a tractor-trailer full of cash.

stamamen-

1) ?

2) The balloon will move forward. Since the denser air will move back, it will move the less dense helium balloon forward.

3)

a) Turn both hourglasses over.

b) When the four-minute glass is emptied (4 minutes elapsed, three minutes left in the 7-minute timer) turn it over.

c) When the seven-minute timer is emptied (seven minutes elapsed, one minute left in the four minute timer), turn the seven minute timer over.

d) When the four minute timer is emptied (eight minutes elapsed, six minutes left on the seven minute timer), turn the seven minute timer over, and one minute’s worth of sand will now run out.

4) 9 pages with 1 digit for a total of nine. 90 pages with two digits for a total of 180. 1095 – 189 = 906. 906 / 3 = 302. 302 + 90 + 9 = 401.

5) answered by “blinky”

6)

a) If there is no liquid in the blender: Is there enough clearance to lie down below the blades? Is there clearance to stand between the blade tips and the blender wall?

b) If there is liquid in the blender: Is it high enough that he can climb over the top? Hide in the top? Can he pop the blade off of the base? Can he bend the blades? Can he hold the hub of the blade while it spins? Can he rock the blender so it falls over? Can he say Shema within sixty seconds?

supergirl613-

…how do you know my age?

You mentioned either your age or your grade on a different thread – I don’t remember which.

Not to hijack this thread, but as others have pointed out (specifically “Charlie Brown” and “Jothar”), that’s info you should be extremely cautious about sharing. I am deliberately not repeating the approximate age/grade info here.

2nd what is b? like i’m having a hard time understanding what you wrote, because I don’t know what all those words are. Can you explain them?

Sure. I won’t bore anyone with in-depth explanations, but briefly, here’s what they mean:

-shutter = how fast the camera’s shutter opens and closes. the faster it is, the less “blur” will be created by a moving subject.

-aperature = how large the opening in the lens is. the larger the opening, the less light is needed for the picture to come out.

-white balance = color adjustment for when the lighting isn’t quite right.

-ISO adjustment = sensitivity of the sensor to light. this is a holdover from film cameras.

Your questions confirm (to me, anyway) that a nice point-and-shoot camera is what you are looking for.

“whatrutalkingabt” and “Toi” may be able to answer whether the cameras they recommend are good fits for what you need (and how much they cost).

(the info below was sent to “Feif Un”s email address, which he supplied in another thread. it’s being reposted here, just in case it is useful for anyone else.)

I looked up Leiters phone number and called them for the shlock info.

They do sell the accordion-fold style shlock, but it’s no longer made of corrugated white plastic – it’s now made of vinyl.

It is sold by size, and the size is customizable.

The sukkah itself has to be strong enough to support the frame; the person I spoke to said it isn’t suitable for a canvas sukkah. (Personally, I’d probably try to jury-rig something, but that’s what he said.)

He also confirmed that it’s the design I remember, which is based on the patented design of Tzvi Goldman from Lakewood.

Here is their contact info, copied from their website:

SHOWROOM: 1346 – 39th Street

Brooklyn, NY 11218

Phone: 718-436-0303, 718-436-0909

supergirl613-

I strongly recommend you research specific models with your parents and/or older sibling(s).

I haven’t researched specific models recently, but here are a few general rules I previously posted on this topic that still are true:

The most important question is: digital, film, or whatever’s best?

c) picture quality (most important) – sharpness, color accuracy, fuzziness around the edges, red-eye reduction, image stablization (both digital and mechanical), zoom (optical and digital) for both indoor and outdoor pictures.

Other factors:

durability

price range

stills only, or occasional video as well

Based on your age, I assume you are most likely a snapshot-taker, too.

If you would like to see past threads on this subject, go to Google and past the following into the search window:

Digital camera site:http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/

If you have specific questions, please post them here. Good luck.

There are now 200 pages of threads in the coffee room.

To spell it out, that’s TWO HUNDRED pages worth of threads:

http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/page/200

That’s about 1,000 threads, just counting those that were approved.

Wow (or whatever sentiment you feel is appropriate).

onegoal-

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ZeesKite-

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That’s worth a +1 to your original post.

The Yitty Leibel Hotline is anonymous – (718) 435-7669

I don’t know about it firsthand, but I’ve heard good things about it.

Please call.

I think there’s a bit of confusion here.

When “real israeli” said “gefen: check out the 2nd post on the AYC AYeCo thread“, I think he meant the second post on the second page of that thread, namely this one:

http://theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/ayc-ayeco/page/2#post-320625

That post makes it appear as if “am yisrael chai” has returned. Unfortunately, that’s an old post – since then, due to circumstances that need no repeating here, he’s left and hasn’t been back.

The Last Man On The Moon

The United States took many more safety precautions with their space program than their competitor, the Soviet Union, did with theirs, resulting in only one fatal accident during the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs.

There were an additional five successful lunar landings after Apollo 11.

There was also one failed mission when Apollo 13 exploded on the way to the moon. Fortunately, all crew members survived, as the crew resourcefully overcame several hardships and successfully returned to Earth.

The last manned mission to the moon was Apollo 17.

It was launched December 7, 1972, landed on December 11 and departed for the return to Earth on December 15.

In the early morning of December 15, 1972, thirty-nine years ago today, Eugene (Gene) Cernan took a final walk on the moon, then left the lunar surface and returned to the landing module.

Subsequent Apollo missions were cancelled, and neither the U.S. nor any other country has ever attempted another manned mission to the moon or any other non-terrestrial body.

Despite technological advances, there have been retreats in some areas as well.

Over the last decade, we have seen the retirement of the Space Shuttle program (now we pay other countries to take our electronics into space) and the Concorde is no longer flying (now even the super-rich must fly at subsonic speeds).

“mr p i staker” is a double entendre obscenity.

midwesterner–

I hope he does return, although it is understandable if he doesn’t.

If not a “full” return, a post granting mechila to us would be appreciated – even indirectly, e.g. thru a friend or moderator.

Nechomah–

Well put.