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I Challenge You To Remember

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Posted by PunkJohnnyCash on Jan 17, 2011 in Social Issues | 0 comments

Our culture celebrates violence. Our culture is stepped in hatred. The United States grew up in power by oppressing human beings. We continue this hatred, the same resentment of human beings that led to tragedies like the Spanish Inquisition, The Crusades and the Holocaust still remain. The resentment is backed by calling people ‘Illegal’. The resentment and hatred in the United States goes out towards the Muslim. The culture is not accepting of others, it demonizes them and oppresses them systemically.

Our culture took armistice day, a day of peace and turned it into a day we celebrate the murderer (veterans day). We celebrate those who kill. Our media sensationalized the killer giving little thought to the victim. We have a man in our history that rejected violence, he rejected hatred and was slaughtered for this. Society has a way of killing people who tell us to love those different than us. It happened to Jesus Christ and it happened to Martin Luther King jr.

I hope each of you will consider the hatred and violence in society today. I hope you will question the system and the powers that be. I hope you will question what is acceptable in society on this day.

Do not seek to justify your figure heads and your blood thirsty heroes on uniform. Do not seek to justify your resentment of the poor and those who are culturally different than yourself. Seek something different today. Challenge others to see that there is something evil at the root of our culture.  I challenge each and every one of you to remember this man. I challenge you not to listen to Fox news and the other hate mongers as they attack someone they would rather turn a blind eye towards. I challenge you not to listen to the praise of those who once owned and oppressed others (Founding Fathers), but to reject their immoral ways. I challenge you to listen to the voices of the oppressed.

On this day I beg of you to listen to those whose voices are silenced by polite society and the powers that be. I challenge you to listen to the voices that have not had a voice through history. The victors spilled blood, murdered and wrote our history based on the justification of their sins. I challenge you to hear the voice of the victims that fell prey to these murderous conquerors.

Today remember Martin Luther King as well as all those out there who faced such oppression and who still face oppression and violence.

Asian longhorned beetle.(PEST OF THE MONTH)

Arbor Age June 1, 2005 | Childs, Gina THE ASIAN LONGHORNED BEETLE, ANOPLOPHORA GLABRIPENNIS, IS A recently introduced insect that kills trees.

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] What does it look like?

The adult Asian longhorned beetle has a striking appearance. Although similar in looks to our native whitespotted sawyer, Asian longhorned beetle can be distinguished by its glossy jet black body dotted with distinct white spots and its distinctly black and white banded antennae. In many cases, the feet have a blue hue. asianlonghornedbeetle.org asian longhorned beetle

The damage caused by the Asian longhorned beetle includes tunneling beneath the bark, dieback of limbs, and eventual death of the tree.

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Host material and range In the United States, Asian longhorned beetle kills all species of maple as well as alders, birches, elms, horsechestnut, poplars and willows. The insect was found in New York City in 1996, and probably arrived in wood packing material from China ten years earlier. The beetle has been intercepted at ports and found in warehouses throughout the United States. The known infestations to date are in New York, Illinois, New Jersey, and Toronto, Canada.

Biology Luckily for tree lovers, Asian longhorned beetle has one generation per year and the adults usually disperse a short distance. Adults are found from July to October. The female chews an egg niche in the bark and lays a single egg in the niche. Each female may lay over 100 eggs. The eggs hatch in 10-15 days and the larvae tunnel under the bark and into the wood for 11 months. The adults emerge from the pupation sites by boring a tunnel in the wood and creating a round exit hole from the tree. The tunneling of the larvae girdles branches and stems leading to dieback and eventual death of the tree.

Current threat Asian longhorned beetle poses a serious threat to hardwoods in the east, however we are witnessing some success. “The eradication project in Chicago has been very successful at finding and destroying infested trees.” said Dr. Dennis Haugen, entomologist with the USDA Forest Service Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry. “During the last two years, no infested trees were found in the known affected areas, which led to the deregulation of the quarantines in April 2005. If they have two more years of negative surveys, eradication can be declared.” Prevention tips Early detection is key to saving trees. More infestations may be undetected in other cities and towns. USDA APHIS and the Forest Service have worked with many partners to increase awareness of Asian longhorned beetle. In addition, the United States now requires all wood packing material to be properly treated to prevent the introduction of exotic wood-boring insects. go to website asian longhorned beetle

Treatment tips Currently, the only effective way to eradicate Asian longhorned beetle is to destroy infested trees by chipping or burning them. To prevent spread of the insect from known infestations in the United States, quarantines are established to avoid transporting infested trees and branches to uninfested areas.

What can you do?

By Gina Childs With Technical Review by Dennis Haugen Gina Childs is group leader for information management and analysis for the USDA Forest Service Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry.

Dennis Haugen is an entomologist for USDA Forest Service Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry.

Childs, Gina

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