Bad Dogs or Bad Policy?
All too often we come across clients, or potential clients who say, “We don’t trust the dogs. We heard they can false alert”. Are dogs capable of lying to us? Lying may not be the correct word to describe the behavior. A dog indicating it found odor with its trained final response (alert), when no target odor is present, is “false alerting”.
False alerts are a result of a bad training program and bad handling policies. Properly trained and handled detections dogs don’t false alert. They are happy in their job, they are given the amount of rest and water they require and there is no incentive for them to false alert.
Sometimes a great K9 team will have an alert and no bed bug is found. In general, these alerts are in areas where it is incredibly difficult to find a live bed bug or viable egg. Is the dog wrong or is the bug just hard to find? We classify these as an unproductive alert. In other words, it isn’t a false alert, it just didn’t produce a live bug due to the area of the alert. These are rare and the alerts happen in locations that make it obvious as to why we can’t find a bug.
Verifying alerts is the single most important part of being a K9 handler. It is the foundation for our training principal, and it is the reason we are hired to perform inspections. If we can’t verify our K9’s alert by a finding a live bug in the area they alerted they are not rewarded with their ball or toy.
Verifying alerts is the single most important part of being a K9 handler. It is the foundation for our training principal, and it is the reason we are hired to perform inspections.
Our no-bug-no-ball policy keeps our teams honest in the field. It also incentives our handlers to do their best to find live bugs so that we can reward the dog. We never want to not find a bug and miss the best part of our day, the dog’s reward. Seriously, finding live bugs is why we work so hard at our craft. Watching our dog’s excitement and producing the live bug to our client is what we enjoy the most.
K9 Jimmy getting his reward upon verification of live bugs after his alert.
A couple of past inspection stories can explain why it is so very important to only work with companies that verify their alerts.
Story 1: Pest control company calls and says a K9 team has come through their client’s home and alerted in 3 distinct areas and they can’t find a bug. Our team arrived, searched the entire home and had no alerts. Homeowner had no bed bugs. After our inspection was concluded we asked where the previous company’s K9 team alerted. The locations were so out of the norm of where we find bugs it made us chuckle. Keep in mind that this was a very clean, low risk, 5,500sq ft, million-dollar home. One alert was by the kitchen, on the baseboard. One was in an office by the printer and one was in a baby crib, in a nursery that was used about once every 3 months or so when the grandkids visited this couple. All easy areas to verify the presence of bugs. We ended up talking to the handler of that company a few weeks later. We asked her about her handling, and she explained that she was taught to, “Always trust her dog”. Her dog took full advantage of that trust and milked rewards. Dogs are smart like that! That company is no longer in business.
Story 2: Homeowner is getting what she believes to be insect bites. After a pest control technician searched her home and found no evidence of insects, he told her she should hire a bed bug detection company. The team she hired had “alerts” but never produced a bug. They offered her a treatment to get rid of the bugs (that they never found). The customer decided to shop the pricing of the treatment and hired a different pest control company to treat the bugs. The second company never did their own inspection. They took the word of the first company and the homeowner. They treated the home and the lady’s symptoms never got better. She eventually found out that she didn’t have an insect or bed bug problem but rather a dermatological condition and she NEVER NEEDED treatment. Two companies, neither one verified she had bed bugs both willing to treat her. The homeowner is now seeking legal action.
We have dozens of more stories like these. We could tell you about the hotel who hired a K9 team that said they had 59 rooms where the dog alerted. No live bug was found in any of those rooms. There was the time the lady didn’t believe our teams when we told her she had no bugs. She called a company out who said, they had alerts but couldn’t find a bug. My question to the client was, “But did he find a bug”? The answer was no. She ended up spending more money and called a third team in to confirm what we told her originally.
For the sake of our dogs, our clients and our reputation, we verify our alerts. We hope you’ll expect any K9 team you hire to do so also.
Green Dog K-9 Handler, Justin Grandchamp was born and raised in southern California. “I spent a lot of my youth outside riding bikes and catching frogs. Nowadays if I'm not riding bikes I'm at the beach, hiking and camping with the dogs or trying to fit in some paintballing and snowboarding in my schedule. I've always had a connection with animals, which has led me to some very cool experiences. From volunteering at my local animal shelter to working security at a private zoo where I got to hear lions roar, wolfs howl and chimpanzees scream into the night. My current occupation has me working alongside some of the smartest K-9s I've ever been around. Seeing how these dogs are trained and being a part of that is incredible. My K-9 partner, Maggie and me travel to a lot of cool places and we get to help people along the way. It's always fun seeing peoples reactions when they hear that Maggie is a trained, veteran bed bug dog".
Havoc after he was caught near the end of the runways. He's such a stable minded, kind dog that he jumped into the next crate like the perfect gentleman that he is.
Most of what we write about and contribute on our Facebook page is regarding bed bugs. However, we are first and foremost a K-9 company. Dogs are our passion. We entered pest control because of dogs.
On Monday, March 12, our company nearly had a tragedy with a new dog we picked up from Skiplynn Kennels. Havoc, a 1-year–old Belgian Malinois was traveling with us from Toronto Canada to Vancouver Canada. You could read more about the story in the following newspaper articles: Sudbury Star & City News.
We understand accidents can happen and human error is a part of life. What we take issue with, and what we hope to address by making this story public is the need for changes in the way animals are handled when flying. Our incident is not the first time this same error has happened.
We did everything possible to ensure the safety of this dog. First, we drove 15 hours round trip so that the dog would have the shortest, non-stop direct flight. We drove into Canada so that a direct flight, with as little airport wait time as possible. The dog flew as cargo with a ticketed passenger. That allowed us to load him as late as possible and be there when he landed.
We purchased a crate that was to airline standards and we zip-tied it more than is required, including zip-tying the front door. We confirmed with the flight attendant that the Captain of the plane knew a dog was on board (little did we know he wasn't yet on board) so that the Captain would maintain the cargo temperature.
All of these steps didn’t keep our dog safe. We understand flying is a privilege, not a right. The changes we would like airlines to consider implementing are not outrageous demands. We don’t want to make it so difficult that they start refusing to ship animals. But airlines are better off NOT shipping animals than injuring or killing them.
We aren’t the type of folks that like to complain without offering some solutions. The following recommendations are submitted in the hopes that airlines will work harder to ensure the safety of animals they transport.
1: No live animals should be loaded onto a conveyer belt. If that isn’t feasible, we’d like to see that a human walks alongside the conveyer belt to assure control of it.
2: Reservations can be made and a ticket is provided for the live animal. Once that animal is loaded and secured in the cargo hold, the other half of the ticket is brought to the Captain for a quick signature and then given to the ticketed passenger. This confirms that the Captain of the plane is aware there are live animals in cargo and this notifies the owner on board that their pet is safely in the cargo hold and that the Captain is aware.
These suggestions aren’t that difficult, time consuming or outrageous. I’d gladly pay more for a ticket for my pets so that we can have these changes. Other airlines that have outstanding safety records for transporting live animals already implement many of these policies.
Thankfully Havoc wasn't injured or killed. However it shouldn't take a dead dog for policies, that clearly need to be changed, to change. Air Canada's failure to ensure our dog's safety wasn't an anomaly. Reading through the comments on the press articles as well as our own Face Book Post we learned about very similar accidents. We hope Air Canada, as well as any other airline that transports live animals, will consider these suggestions.
Tenants & bed bugs. Do you know California's laws?
Every day we get calls from both landlords and tenants wanting to know who is responsible for bed bugs in a rental unit. Our standard answer is that we are an inspection specialist, not legal help. All we can do is provide inspection services to determine if live bed bug activity is present in the dwelling.
California has a bed bug - tenant law on the books. Every property manager and PCO who performs bed bug inspections or treatments should know about the law. If you want to read the law that was passed in August 2016 click here.
Written notice to tenants after inspection: Whenever a dwelling unit is inspected for bed bugs by a pest control operator (PCO) (licensed by the State Structural Pest Control Board), owners are required to provide the tenants of those units with a report containing the PCO’s findings. The notification must be in writing and made within two business days of receipt of the PCO’s findings. This provision is effective January 1, 2017.
Common area infestations: When a PCO confirms a bed bug infestation in a common area (including building hallways, shared laundry rooms and staircases, elevators, designated garbage areas and laundry rooms), all tenants must be provided notice of the PCO’s findings. This provision is effective January 1, 2017.
Vacant dwelling units with infestations: Rental property owners may not show, rent, or lease to a prospective tenant any vacant dwelling unit that the owner knows has a current bed bug infestation.
At Green Dog, we perform one specialized service, K-9 assisted bed bug inspections. Our service includes providing written reports via email within 1 business day, most times within the hour of the inspection. Our company and our teams are licensed by the California Structural Pest Control Board and because we voluntarily, annually certify our teams with an independent third-party testing organization, our reports will have credibility should legal actions be taken.
Deanna Kjorlien has a passion for sharing with people the abilities of canine scent detection partners in roles outside police and law enforcement. She is President of Green Dog Inspections Inc. and Green Dog Pest Service Inc., which offer canine scent detection services along the West Coast, Seattle to San Diego. Green Dog is the largest sub-contractor to Pest Control companies for K-9 detection in the U.S.
Green Dog primarily finds their K-9 partners at shelters and rescues. Dogs that are normally passed over as family pets due to their intensity and high energy are trained to focus those same traits on public heath issues served by pest control. The role these dogs perform is an undeniable benefit in a growing division of the industry. Deanna has provided training to pest control industry professionals and has been a presenter at a TEDx event.
Bed Bug Free = Happy Campers!
Tis the season of 4th, 5th & 6th grade camp sessions. If memories are not the only thing brought back with your happy campers, it could be a nightmare!
Campground cabins are known for having bed bugs. Any lodging facility with high turnover rates is at risk to receive bed bugs. Add the additional high risk practice of having people bring their own bedding (sleeping bags, pillows, sheets) as well as luggage and clothing and it is very likely you're going to get bed bugs in those wood bunk beds.
Our K-9 teams search cabins on a regular basis. Most of our campground accounts are monthly or quarterly inspections. The use of dogs allows low level (think one or two bugs) to be caught before a whole cabin is crawling with them.
K-9 teams are used in campground situations for quite a few good reasons. First, the speed of the search is undeniably faster and in turn more affordable than technician visual inspections. Secondly, when inspecting locations that have had many (and we do mean many) previous bed bug treatments there can be a lot of evidence. Is it old? Is it new? Properly trained K-9 teams only alert on live activity. This takes a lot of the guessing out of the search. Third, K-9 teams can rule in/out areas so that treatment can be made in one room or one half of the cabin as opposed to an entire cabin that may sleep 5-25 people.
One of the best reasons to use properly trained and certified K-9 teams is the reduction in liability for the campgrounds. Because of all the reasons above, using K-9 teams on a regular basis proves your commitment to be proactive with bed bug management. Should you become involved in a lawsuit, having documented inspections on a regular basis, coupled with timely licensed professional treatments could be the difference between a big pay out or little to no payout.
K-9 alerted on a bunk and the handler is checking to verify the alert.
This could be your best career move!
Do you love great San Diego weather?
Do you love the idea of working for a small but growing company that supports their employees?
We may just have the job for you!
Green Dog Pest Service is looking for the right people to join our expanding operations. We conduct bed bug inspections using certified K-9 teams. We provide our team members a competitive wage package, company vehicle, expertly trained K-9 partner and lots of room for growth!
This position is open immediately and is for full time employee/s!
Branch 2 Field Representative License - or the the ability to pass a Branch 2 Field Rep test before starting work.
A desire to work with a K-9 partner.
A healthy sense of humor!
Candidates must live in the greater San Diego area and be able to safely keep and care for their K-9 partner.
We are a licensed branch 2 pest control company however we perform no treatment or remediation work. This is an inspection only job! We are members of the Pest Control Operators of California and the National Pest Management Association.
This month the Structural Pest Control Board sent notice to companies regarding the use of Pest-Sniffing dogs. The notice explains which Business & Professional Code violations unlicensed companies are violating. The notice serves as a warning to companies violating the law by performing inspections with sniffing dogs as well as serving notice to those companies who hire or are involved with "aiding and abetting" these companies.
We've been telling PCO's for awhile that K-9 teams must be licensed branch 2 companies (for bed bugs). We are also following the letter of the law by deploying handlers that are licensed Field Reps.
Green Dog Pest Service is proud to be follow the laws of the California Structural Pest Control Board and we follow NPMA's Best Management Practices for K-9 bed bug inspections. We look forward to working with your company in 2017!
We are hiring in San Diego!
This adult bed but was located by one of our K-9s during a routine tenant changeover inspection. The tenant never informed the landlord he had bed bugs when he gave notice and moved out. He had left the apartment in good condition other than this bed bug and probably a few of his friends hiding along a floor vent.
1: Educating tenants - Requires a landlord, on and after July 1, 2017, prior to creating a new tenancy for a dwelling unit, to provide a written notice to the prospective tenant that includes, but is not limited to: a) general information about bed bug identification, behavior and biology, the importance of cooperation for prevention, treatment and prompt written reporting of suspected infestations; and b) the procedure to report suspected infestations to the landlord.
2: Landlords can not retaliate - Provides that a landlord may not engage in any retaliatory conduct against a tenant who has notified the landlord of finding or reasonably suspecting a bed bug infestation on the property.
3: Must reasonably know - Prohibits a landlord from renting or leasing, or offering to rent or lease, any vacant dwelling unit that the landlord knows or should reasonably know has a current bed bug infestation.
4: Tenants receive inspection findings - Requires the landlord to notify all tenants of units inspected by the PCO of the PCO's findings. Further requires the notification to be in writing and within two business days of receipt of the pest control operator's findings, and requires the notice of the findings notice to be provided to all tenants for confirmed infestations in common areas.
1. We provide tenant changeover inspections to ensure that landlords have reasonable knowledge (as required by the law) that there are no current bed bug infestations in the rental units.
2. We provide written, detailed inspection reports, with photos, after every inspection.
3. We perform pre-treatment and post-treatment inspections so that property managers have clearance reports.
Click here to read the Bill that was just signed.
Be extremely easy to work with.
We figure if we can accomplish those two goals, we are doing a great job for our customers. We know you have options when it comes to K-9-assisted bed bug inspections and we appreciate the business. We've been fortunate enough to receive some very nice feed back from some of our clients recently and we wanted to share it.
We annually test our K-9 teams with an independent third-party organization. This year testing will be in April. The World Detector Dog Organization is holding double-blind testing in San Diego, CA on April 17 & 18. Click here to register.
Currently the California Structural Pest Control Board does not require independent third-party testing certifications on bed bug or termite K-9s. At Green Dog Pest Service we think it is extremely important to follow NPMA's Best Management Practices for Bed Bug Scent Detection Canines. For more information about our K-9 teams give us a call at (951) 790-2847 or email: deanna@greendogpestservice.com.
PCOC San Diego February Meeting.
On February 9th, Deanna Kjorlien of Green Dog Pest Service will be giving a talk on Utilizing K-9-Assisted Bed Bug Inspections in Urban IPM. The course is approved for one hour of IPM CEUs by the California Structural Pest Control Board.
Researchers announced they have for the first time ever assembled the first complete genome of bed bugs. The study in its entirety can be read here.
The study conducted by researchers at the American Museum of Natural History and Weill Cornell Medicine, was published today in Nature Communications.
The research could help in creating a pesticide that the human parasites are not yet resistant to. The data also provided an interesting mapping of specific lines of bed bugs, specifically those in New York city and how the subway lines play a role.
We are hiring! - Los Angeles to San Francisco!
Branch 2 Field Representative License. Or current applicators license and the ability to pass a Branch 2 Field Rep test.
Candidates must live in the greater Los Angeles area or San Jose/Bay area and be able to safely keep and care for their K-9 partner.
The price of not caring!
Trending on Facebook this morning was an article about a California couple who stayed at a hotel in New York city and were bit by bed bugs! At last count there was over 40,000 posts about the incident on Facebook alone. Twitter had plenty of #Astor hashtags as well.
The couple's room at the Astor on the Park Hotel in New York's upper West side had a horrible bed bug infestation that was many weeks/months in the making. An infestation this substantial should have been noticed by housekeeping staff.
Hotels and lodging facilities are sometimes at a disadvantage because the guest the night before might have left a bed bug. The room could have as few as one bed bug (not an infestation) and the next night's guest finds the culprit. One bug is too many, but the reality is it can be nearly impossible for housekeeping staff to find a single bed bug hiding away when they are going about the regular room cleaning chores.
Inspection teams can't be there daily to search each room. However, deploying K-9 inspection teams on a twice annual basis (at a minimum) can catch many infected rooms before housekeeping staff, and more importantly, guests find them!
Think about the damage this incident has done to this hotel's reputation. Yelp posted a special message about the incident and warned posters that they may remove any review that wasn't the result of a personal experience.
It has been said that any press is good press. But when it comes to hotels and bed bugs that just isn't the case. People are posting and tweeting that they won't even go to NYC because of all the bed bugs! This hotel will suffer for months if not years from this incident. All the advertising in the world won't erase the wrath of the internet. We hope they start implementing a proactive approach to bed bug management by having a full facility K-9 inspection done right away and that they treat every room that has bed bugs. That's the first step in improving this costly mistake!
If you are interested about how our certified K-9 teams can help your company take a proactive and responsible approach to bed bug management contact us: (951) 790-2847. We look forward to helping more companies avoid this PR nightmare.
Branch 2 Field Representative License.
Live in the greater Los Angeles area.
Green Dog Pest Service was featured in the summer edition of PCOC Magazine, the voice of pest control operators of California.
Green Dog Pest Service is a member of both San Diego and San Bernardino/Riverside PCOC Districts. We attend monthly meetings to network with other PCOs and support the industry. PCOC is an important professional organization that all California PCOs should join.
Assembly Bill AB-551 - This bill expresses the Legislature’s intent to adopt statewide standards to govern the responsibility of landlords and tenants for the control of bedbugs in rental housing.
Bed bug mating can be horrific.


Texas balloon pilot had been arrested for DWI in 2000
Edward A. Ornelas
LOCKHART, Texas (AP) — The pilot of a hot air balloon that crashed in Texas, killing 16 people, was able to keep flying despite having at least four convictions for drunken driving in Missouri and twice spending time in prison.
Whether the pilot's drinking habits had anything to do with the crash was unclear. A former girlfriend described Alfred "Skip" Nichols as a recovering alcoholic. She said he had been sober for at least four years and never piloted a balloon after drinking.
Nichols, who had been stripped of his driver's license at least twice, "couldn't drive a car but he could pilot a hot air balloon," said an attorney who represented a passenger who sued Nichols in 2013. The passenger said she was hurt when Nichols crash-landed a balloon in the St. Louis suburbs.
Had he been a commercial airplane pilot, Nichols probably would have been grounded long ago.
The Federal Aviation Administration might allow a recovering alcoholic to fly commercial jets if the pilot could show that he or she was being successfully treated, said John Gadzinski, an airline captain and aviation safety consultant. But the agency is unlikely to accept an airline pilot with convictions for driving under the influence, he said.
The 49-year-old Nichols also had a long history of customer complaints against his balloon-ride companies in Missouri and Illinois dating back to 1997. Customers reported to the Better Business Bureau that their rides would get canceled at the last minute and their fees never refunded.
When pilots apply for a ballooning certificate with the FAA, they are not required to disclose any prior drunken-driving convictions, only drug convictions, said Patrick Cannon, a spokesman for the Balloon Federation of America trade group, who called that a loophole in the law. He noted that the ballooning certificate specifically says not to include alcohol offenses involving a motor vehicle, as those are covered on the FAA's medical application.
However, unlike other pilots, balloon pilots do not have to get regular medical exams from FAA-certified examiners. They are only required to write a statement certifying that they have "no medical defect" that would limit their ability to pilot a balloon.
Commercial plane pilots are required to fill out a form that includes questions on alcohol dependence or abuse and convictions for driving under the influence of alcohol.
A member of the National Transportation Safety Board, Robert Sumwalt, criticized what he called a "disparity" in the FAA requirements for balloon operators compared to plane or helicopter pilots.
Nichols got his commercial license to pilot hot air balloons in Missouri in July 1996. His first drunken-driving conviction came in St. Louis County in 1990, followed by two more convictions in 2002 and a fourth in 2010, according to online court records.
He was also convicted of a drug crime in 2000 and spent about a year and a half in prison before being paroled. He was returned to prison in April 2010 after his parole was revoked because of his drunken-driving conviction that year. He was paroled again in January 2012.
After they receive a license, all pilots are supposed to notify the FAA within 60 days of a drug or alcohol conviction. However, Cannon said there is no oversight of that reporting.
FAA spokesman Lynn Lunsford could not yet say whether Nichols had made any such reports. If he had, according to the FAA's website, he could have lost his license.
The former girlfriend, Wendy Bartch, said Nichols "did not fly when he wasn't supposed to. Having other people's lives at stake was Skip's primary concern."
Nichols was identified as the pilot by his company, which has suspended operations.
Authorities say the balloon, which was operated by Heart of Texas Hot Air Balloon Rides, hit high-tension power lines before crashing into a pasture Saturday near Lockhart, about 60 miles northeast of San Antonio.
While there were patches of fog on the day of the flight, the ground crew said it was clear when the balloon took off, and there was no sign of any maintenance trouble with the balloon, Sumwalt said.
Between late 1998 and 2001, the Better Business Bureau said it had received more than three dozen complaints against Nichols' Manchester Balloon Voyages, leading it to twice warn the public about the company.
Customers complained that canceled rides cost them $70 to $700. In one case, a Catholic nun celebrating her 50th anniversary of service had lost $364 that she paid toward a ride for her and three friends.
Then in 2008, after logging eight more complaints, the bureau issued a third warning about Nichols, who was then operating under the name of Air Balloon Sports. One complaint came from a woman who had paid $1,600 to take her family on a ride as a Christmas gift. The woman said Nichols would repeatedly cancel rides "even when the weather appeared calm and sunny," according to the bureau.
In recent years, Bartch said, Nichols was "all about recovery. He became a different person."
She described Nichols as lighthearted, a follower of the Grateful Dead whose dogs, Zappa and Joplin, were named after two of his favorite musicians.
After she and Nichols broke up, she said, they remained friends, and she helped him move to Texas in 2014. In order to keep his St. Louis business going, he started offering flights in Texas in the winter when St. Louis was rainy and cold.
FAA records indicate that the Texas company was involved in an accident with same balloon two years ago. On Aug. 3, 2014, the balloon made a hard landing in Kyle, Texas, when the pilot touched down abruptly to avoid striking a ground-crew vehicle that had been parked in the balloon's path. Two passengers were hurt.
It was not clear if Nichols was the pilot on that day.
In 2013, Nichols and his company settled a personal-injury lawsuit filed by the passenger who said she got hurt after the crash landing near St. Louis. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed.
Carroll Brcic said she and her husband and son used a Groupon coupon to purchase a balloon ride with Nichols on July 13, 2009. They took off from a school near House Springs, Missouri.
The family of three and five other passengers were in the air with Nichols when, the family contended, Nichols said he had run out of propane and the balloon began to fall.
Nichols contended that the balloon began to drop because of a lack of wind. Because it was drifting toward power lines, he said, he made what he called a controlled landing amid trees.
"He basically landed in the forest," Brcic's attorney, S. Lee Patton, said. "He called it a controlled landing. My client called it a crash."
Patton said the balloon dropped suddenly in the final 20 feet. Brcic injured her neck and back. Her husband and son were unharmed.
As part of the case, Patton said he learned from the Missouri Department of Revenue that Nichols' driver's license had been suspended for 10 years due to the 2002 drunken-driving conviction. In a 2013 deposition, Nichols said he received a second 10-year license suspension in Missouri in 2010.


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This week I’m giving the Course PB-VM-ESX for Ictivity Training in there new training location in Bathoevendorp.
The weather is great, the mood of the students are great and the like the course.
The last day I had a little bit of trouble with duplicate IP-Adresses but after we figured that out, everything went fine.


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The Sixth Extinction Crisis Loss of Animal Populations and Species
Ceballos G., García A., Ehrlich, P.R. Journal of Cosmology, 2010, Vol 8, 1821-1831.
Today the number of species is the largest in the history of life; however a considerable proportion of that biodiversity is endangered and many species have suffered anthropogenic extinctions. Species and population extinctions are natural phenomena, and massive biodiversity declines have occurred five times in the remote geological past. However, the current extinction episode, the “sixth extinction wave,” may prove to be the most rapid and devastating. To assess the seriousness of this wave, we analyze the present extent of life’s diversity, the number of species that have gone extinct in historic times, the current rates of species extinction, and the extent of population losses. Estimates of the likely number of eukaryotic species vary from 5 to 100 million, but we are now in a “new age of discovery.” There is an explosion of descriptions of new species even in previously “well-known” groups such as mammals, suggesting that previous estimates of the magnitude of biodiversity may be too low. Based on the 2008 IUCN evaluation of the status of world´s species, we estimate that extinctions caused by human activities are occurring at a rate thousands of times higher than the background rate.
Keywords: biodiversity, new species, sixth extinction crisis, extinction vertebrates, population losses


A Former Journalist Was Arrested For Allegedly Threatening Jewish Community Centers
Juan Thompson issued the threats in the name of a former romantic partner, and also left threats in his own name to make it look like she was setting him up, prosecutors said.
By Tamerra Griffin
Tamerra Griffin BuzzFeed News Reporter
Last updated on March 3, 2017, at 5:14 p.m. ET
Posted on March 3, 2017, at 10:02 a.m. ET
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A former, disgraced journalist has been arrested in connection with several bomb threats made against Jewish Community Centers and the Anti-Defamation League as part of an alleged revenge scheme against a romantic partner, federal authorities said Friday.
Juan Thompson, 31, was arrested in St. Louis on cyberstalking charges, according to a statement released by Preet Bharara, US attorney for the Southern District of New York. Authorities believe Thompson phoned in eight threats in the woman's name to JCCs and the ADL.
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Juan Thompson
Thompson worked at The Intercept from November 2014 until January 2016. He was found to have fabricated a story about Dylann Roof, and to have created fake email accounts to impersonate other people.
Other stories The Intercept had to correct included quotes attributed to people Thompson described as Donald Trump supporters; a criminal justice professor he claimed talked to him about violence against black women; and an activist he wrote had alleged corruption in Chicago courts.
The editor-in-chief of The Intercept, Betsy Reed, told BuzzFeed News that the publication has not been in touch with Thompson since he was fired.
Shortly after his arrest, The Intercept released this statement:
We were horrified to learn this morning that Juan Thompson, a former employee of the Intercept, has been arrested in connection with bomb threats against the ADL and multiple Jewish Community Centers in addition to cyberstalking. These actions are heinous should be fully investigated and prosecuted. We have no information about the charges against Thompson other than what is included in the criminal complaint. Thompson worked for the Intercept from November 2014 to January 2016, when he was fired after we discovered that he had fabricated sources and quotes in his articles.
The federal complaint alleges that between July 2016 through March 2017, Thompson sent emails and other forms of electronic communication to "engage in a course of conduct that placed that person in reasonable fear of the death of and serious bodily injury to that person."
“Thompson’s alleged pattern of harassment not only involved the defamation of his female victim, but his threats intimidated an entire community,” FBI Assistant Director in Charge William Sweeney Jr. said in a statement.
Authorities described Thompson's alleged threats as part of a “campaign of harassment” against the woman, identified as a social worker in New York City.
The complaint chronicles a series of correspondences between Thompson and the woman, and between him and the woman's employer.
Included in the messages were claims about the woman's sexual health, threats she'd purportedly directed at various JCCs, threats she'd allegedly made to his life, and photos of her.
According to the complaint, on July 27, 2016 — about one day after Thompson and the woman allegedly ended their relationship — the executive director of the organization where the woman works received an email indicating that she had been pulled over for a DUI and was being sued for spreading sexually transmitted diseases.
Over the next several weeks, the woman received several emails and text messages from someone who claimed to be Thompson's close friend or relative.
The sender made a variety of claims about Thompson, including that he was not responsible for the harassment she faced; that Thompson had sent her money to compensate for hurting her; and that he had been the victim of a robbery and shooting, faced critical injuries, and would soon be taken off life-support.
An investigator on the case noted in the complaint that Thompson had not, in fact, been the victim of a shooting.
The woman took out an order for protection against Thompson in August 2016. During that time, Thompson allegedly told her that his computer had been hacked by someone in Africa.
The woman’s employer was contacted several times via email with messages stating that she had sexually transmitted diseases. The company also received a fax on one occasion claiming that the woman was anti-Semitic, along with anti-Semitic statements she had purportedly written. Photos of the victim were sent to the company through both mediums during that period.
On Oct. 5, the company’s human resources manager received an email alleging that the woman had threatened to kill Thompson.
Ten days later, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received an anonymous message, later traced to Thompson’s email address, in which the sender stated that they had met the woman at a disco-tech and that she said she watched child pornography.
“I thought she was joking until she showed me two pictures, on her phone, of a child engaged in sex acts,” the message read.
An NYPD detective called Thompson one month later to discuss the message and spoke with someone claiming to be him. The person told the detective that he did not believe the woman watched child pornography, and claimed that his email account had been hacked the previous week.
Eventually, Thompson allegedly began sending bomb threats to various JCCs and the AFL in his name as well as the woman's.
Between Jan. 28 and Feb. 7, several JCCs in New York City and Michigan received bomb threats via email that were attributed to Thompson.
And on Feb. 24, 26, and 27, Thompson tweeted about needing a lawyer "to stop this nasty/racist #whitegirl I dated who sent a bomb threat in my name." He also claimed that the woman was anti-Semitic, and made comments about the recent bomb threats at JCCs.
Authorities believe Thompson sent threats implicating himself to support a claim that the woman was trying to frame him.
On or around Feb. 20, the complaint states, a JCC in San Diego, California, received an email from Thompson's account alleging that the woman "hates Jewish people and is the head of a run and put a bomb in the center" of the JCC "to kill as many Jews asap."
The ADL received an email on Feb. 21 indicating that the woman was “behind the bomb threats against jews [sic]. She lives in nyc [sic] and is making more bomb threats tomorrow.”
The same day, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) allegedly received an email from an anonymous account stating that the woman had "put a bomb in the Jewish center in Dallas."
The ADL tweeted Friday morning that they had been contacted by federal and local authorities: “FBI, NYPD, and NYS police told us an arrest made in bomb threats against ADL; several other Jewish institutions.”
In a statement on Friday, the organization said that it had been in communication with FBI Director James Comey and that the "representatives of the Jewish community left with the highest confidence that the FBI is taking every possible measure to resolve the matter as quickly as possible."
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During a press conference Friday afternoon, a spokesperson for the ADL cited the contradictory messages between what was relayed on Thompson's social media accounts, and the threats he sent.
"While the motive is unclear, the impact is crystal clear," the spokesperson said.
Doyle Murphy, a reporter at the St. Louis newspaper the Riverfront Times who had previously written about Thompson, on Friday published a new piece, alleging Thompson had "unravelled" and harassed him personally:
My wife and I were sitting on our couch one night when she tapped me on the elbow and showed me her phone. Someone had created a brand-new Twitter profile claiming I was a rapist. The person tweeted at her, my boss and other journalists around St. Louis. It was an insane — and, though it's hard to believe I even have to say it — completely untrue accusation.
...We finally contacted the St. Louis police department's cyber crimes unit. I still remember the detective stopping me before I could get the full explanation out.
"Does this have anything to do with Juan Thompson?" he asked.
There have been more than 100 anti-Semitic threats made to JCCs in the US and Canada so far this year.
FBI Director James Comey on Friday met with Jewish community leaders to discuss the continued threats, the bureau said in a statement. "The investigation into these threats is a top priority for the FBI. Agents and analysts across the country are working to identify and stop those responsible," the statement read.
The investigation into the remainder of the threats remains open, and authorities have said they do not believe Thompson is behind them all, nor the defaced Jewish cemeteries, according to the Washington Post.
Read the full complaint here:
Tamerra Griffin is a reporter for BuzzFeed News and is based Nairobi, Kenya.
Contact Tamerra Griffin at tamerra.griffin@buzzfeed.com.


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Letter from the secretary of the Treasury, communicating information, pursuant to a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 22d instant, in relation to the balances due by the state banks to the Bank of the United States. February 25, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table.
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Summary: Leveraged funds increased bullish commodity bets by the most in seven months during the week to October 2. Buying was led by natural gas, soybeans, corn and coffee with the exceptions being wheat, sugar, cocoa and surprisingly crude oil.
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Leveraged funds increased bullish commodity bets by the most in seven months during the week to October 2. Buying was led by natural gas, soybeans, corn and coffee with the exceptions being wheat, sugar, cocoa and surprisingly, crude oil.
The most striking change in last week’s update was the net-selling seen in both Brent and WTI crude. Despite all the talk about supply shortages and $100/b before year end, leveraged funds instead chose to reduce exposure. The combine net-long in Brent and WTI crude oil was cut by 27,855 lots on a combination of longs being reduced and new shorts being added.
The net-long in WTI crude oil dropped to a 15-week low as the prompt spread declined to the lowest since June. A sign of rising crude oil supplies within the US as refinery demands drop and Chinese demand dries up.
The natural gas long, which comprises four different Henry Hub deliverable contracts, jumped by 45% in response to a continued rally above $3/MMBtu. A rally that lasted until Thursday when a bigger-than-expected stock increase helped trigger some profit taking.
All metals with the exception HG copper were bought with gold and silver beginning to show signs of immunity from the stronger dollar and rising bond yields.
Strong buying of the soybean complex and corn helped drive a 44% reduction in the grains sector net-short.
In soft commodities, the coffee net-short was cut by 12% as the up until recently under siege bean continued to recover from a 12-year low. In cocoa the net-short doubled to reach a one-year high.


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California asks US to end plan to drop rat poison on islands
Posted: Jul 10, 2019 / 04:24 PM CDT / Updated: Jul 10, 2019 / 06:22 PM CDT
FILE – In this July 8, 2006, file photo, gulls nest near the North Landing area of the Farallon Islands National Refuge, Calif. The California Coastal Commission on Wednesday, July 10, 2019, will hear public comment on a federal plan to drop 1.5 tons of rat poison on the Farallon Islands in an effort to eradicate a mice infestation, a proposal that is drawing criticism. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal wildlife officials were urged Wednesday to withdraw a proposal to drop 1.5 tons of rat poison on remote islands off the coast of California to kill a mice infestation until they address questions on the impact to wildlife.
The California Coastal Commission heard public comment on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plan, which has drawn criticism from local conservation groups. The commission is seeking to determine whether the plan complies with state coastal management rules.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said in a report presented to the commission in March that a massive house mice population is threatening the whole ecosystem on the rugged Farallon Islands, 27 miles (44 kilometers) off the coast of San Francisco.
The archipelago is home to the largest seabird breeding colony in the contiguous United States, with approximately 300,000 to 350,000 birds of 13 species, including the rare ashy storm petrels. The islands are also used by marine mammal species for resting and breeding and by migratory birds.
Federal wildlife officials proposed using helicopters to dump 2,900 pounds (1,315 kilograms) of cereal grain pellets laced with brodifacoum, an anticoagulant that causes rodents to bleed to death. The substance is banned in California.
Officials acknowledged the plan will kill some seagulls and other species but argue that the benefits of eliminating the invasive species will heal the whole ecosystem.
“The only way to protect these species and allow the ecosystem to recover is 100% eradication of the mice,” said Pete Warzibok, a biologist who has worked on the Farallon Islands for more than 20 years. “Anything else is simply a stopgap measure that will not adequately address the problem.”
Critics argued the poison will not only kill the mice, first introduced by ships that stopped in the islands 200 years ago, but also wildlife on the island and scavengers that would feed on the carcasses of the poisoned animals.
“These poisons are deadly, they persist in the environment for hundreds of days and they do kill animals,” said Alison Hermance, the spokeswoman for the conservation group WildCare.
“The situation on the Farallon Islands has existed for decades. It does not need to be solved overnight with a massive poison drop,” she said.
The commission has no power to veto the plan but before federal officials can proceed, their plan needs approval from the various state and federal agencies.
After a nearly two-hour hearing Wednesday, commissioners said they still have questions on the effect on seabirds and other species. “We haven’t been convinced that this is the best and only way to go,” Commission Chairwoman Dayna Bochco said.
The commissioners asked federal officials to withdraw the proposal and resubmit it after their questions have been answered.
The project would be implemented in the November-December time period when the mouse population is declining and food stressed, and would occur no sooner than late 2020.
NEW YORK (AP) — New York's mayor fended off criticism Monday for being in Iowa campaigning for president while Manhattan was in the grips of a major power outage.
Bill de Blasio said on MSNBC that he was in frequent contact with agencies handling the emergency and that he thinks first responders did an "incredible job."
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"Every solid material has an *elastic limit* and so does humans !
Elastic Limit: When stresses up to the elastic limit are removed, material resumes its original size and shape. Stresses beyond the elastic limit cause permanent deformation."
Same way I was thinking about *escape velocity*. When we throw something up in the air it comes back... unless we throw it with escape velocity, then it breaks the gravitational pull (attraction) and goes beyond earth's gravitational field.
so when we fight with our loved ones we generally come back after sometime, we don't break. Love pulls us back.. but then all of us have an elastic limit and love of our loved ones also has a particular attraction field. Sometimes fights and stress causes a permanent deformation within us.. and sometimes threshold is so high or gravity of love is so less that we go away from the field !
More flexible we are and more the love is.. better we become !


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It’s been a long time since we’ve done one of these posts, so let’s review. We talk a lot here. In fact, we do like 99% of the talking . And technically, I guess it’s “writing” and not “talking.” Then again, you probably hear us in your head with whatever voices you’ve imagined for us while you read our site. Joanna probably sounds like Julia Roberts, I probably sound like Michael Cera. Whatever. Point being, we love to hear more about you out there on your computer machines. It helps remind us where you’re at in life, what makes you tick, and how cool (almost) all of you are.
But really quick before we jump into the Q&A’s, here are a few other ways we love to stay in touch and hear from more of you. Follow Joanna on Instagram (lots o’ Sally, NYC, and me running away from shots), like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. And we’re kicking off a super secret email list where a few times a month, we’ll show up in your email inbox with budgeting tips, knock-knock jokes, and other stuff you won’t read here. So if you’re into that sorta thing, join our secret email list.
A friend wants a TV show to binge-watch. What’s your recommendation?
What song/audio/sounds you got on repeat?
What financial achievement from 2014 are you most proud of?
Choose one to play for the rest of your life: Oregon Trail or Sim City.
Why are you here (OFB.com)?
We’re going to talk a little bit more and tell you our answers, and then we’ll shut up. Promise.
Breaking Bad. House of Cards. Reading Rainbow. In that order.
A little The Head and the Heart, but mostly the StartUp podcast. So good.
Saving 50% of our net income. And not blowing it on LEGOs.
Oregon Trail always makes me feel guilty. Being unknowingly frugal at an early age, I would play and buy the bare minimum amount of supplies, force my family to eat sparingly, hunt buffalo all day and night, and would always choose to just float my wagon and family across the river instead of paying some river expert to get us across safely. And by safely I mean killing half my family. I’ll do without the guilt trips and get my god complex on with Sim City.
I’m here, at 1 am, because I didn’t get started on this post earlier tonight. Because football. But I’m mostly here because I dig talking money stuff.
Johnny and I both love New Girl. It’s the only sitcom we’ve ever both loved. We have seen every single episode of this show, and we still can’t get enough.
Oh, music. I used to listen to listen to you. No time no mo. My favorite audio book this last year was What Alice Forgot. And men, this is strictly chick lit, so I don’t recommend it to you.
Going into FAO Schwarz over the holidays and not buying Sally a single item in the store. She wanted it ALL.
For some reason, members of my wagon party dying of diphtheria is way less stressful than a tornado destroying one of my neighborhoods, so I’m gonna say Oregon Trail.
In case you didn’t know, OFB kinda started out as Johnny’s hobby that I was reluctantly helping with. But I really love writing and reading on this site and interacting with so many cool peeps. This is all your fault… just remember that.
This concludes all Johnny/Joanna talking. Now talk to us!
1. Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee – light, quick, and funny.
2. Not much of an audiophile these days. Current audio-book: the Camel Club.
3. Paying off our non-mortgage debt.
4. Sim City – had a hack code when I was younger for essentially unlimited money! Made it so much more fun.
Haha, you and I are the same. The unlimited money code is what I lived and died by when I played Sim City. I didn’t have the patience otherwise. Johnny sees this as a cardinal sin, so I’m glad I’m not the only one.
Uptown Funk. I can’t stop listening to it!
I know this is really weird, but taking out a student loan. It’s for the 1 year master’s I just finished abroad. I was lucky enough to have a lot of grants and scholarships for my undergrad, and my parents took care of what was left. I also bought my car second-hand. While I certainly am thankful and count my blessings, I’ve been struggling to build my credit because of it. So, the smaller student loan (well, its still about $20k but much less than most!) coming at a time when I can actually pay it off more quickly will definitely help the future.
Oregon Trail all the way. Sim City just never appealed to me. Maybe the design aspect?
I came here to learn about budgeting from people my own age (I’m sure David Ramsey is great but he’s generally talking to people in a different stage of life and it’s harder for me to relate). Also– photos of Sally. She’s just so freaking cute with her little chin dimple and all.
Just started watching Mindy Project and we’re both thoroughly entertained! Not all debt has to be bad debt, and it sounds like you’ve figured that out with your student loan, so kudos on that.
And thanks for taking a chance on us weirdos.
Awesome on the condo down payment. It’s still TBD whether we can make it work budget-wise in this crazy place called NYC, but we’re gonna give it the best we’ve got!
2. Anything 80’s! Current song would have to be Uptown Funk though!
3. Actually saving money and clearing my credit card!
5. Love love love the blog! It’s just that good! Great to hear everyone’s perspective on things and love being inspired to carry on trying to be an amazeballs saver!!
Johnny and I had TOTALLY different upbringings, but we both played those games! They’re an American childhood staple for our generation. I keep hearing great things about The Wire… Johnny and I need to get on that!
1. I rarely watch any adult tv, our tv is almost always tuned to disney jr…no recommendation.
2. Need You Now – Plumb. Heard it a week ago for the first time and can’t stop listening.
3. Sold our house in Feb and moved (our family of 4) in with my parents to save money while finding a new home, which took 8 months. Found a wonderful home for a great price!
4. Never played either, that I remember. So boring.
5. Love hearing your perspective on all things personal finance. So inspiring.
Oh man.. that’s gonna be our house someday soon, I’m sure. Already Curious George is on more than it should be. And congrats on the new home! How exciting!
2. I heard this song by The Wind and The Wave on a show on E! and I downloaded their whole album and am obsessed.
3. My husband and I got married this year and we paid for it all ourselves. We both had credit card debt beforehand, and while we didn’t make progress paying it off at all during the past year, we did manage to keep it from going up. 2015 is the year of repayment!
4. This is tough! Oregon Trail! All the memories! Honestly, though, I have to say Sim City. I used to have one family that I used the money hack for – and I bought every single thing I wanted and decorated the house to the nines – and then I had another family that I had work for it for the “real game experience”. Best of both worlds!
5. I forget how I stumbled across you guys – but I think your PF blog is one of the best out there. Lots of other ones are so technical in nature – you guys share your real lives and weave personal finance into it. Its so much more relatable than reading the same old dry, informational post about interest rates or whatever. Also, love the humor you guys sprinkle throughout!
The next time Johnny and I have a long weekend or time off (might not be until April!), we’ll have to binge on True Detective… seems to be a major favorite for everyone we talk to! I’m dying laughing at your Sims comment. I would do the exact same thing! I felt I could justify my money hacking that way haha. Amazing.
A friend wants a TV show to binge-watch. What’s your recommendation? Walking Dead and The Profit.
What song/audio/sounds you got on repeat? Anything my kids are listening to, probably Meghan Trainer and Ariana Grande.
What financial achievement from 2014 are you most proud of? Actually taking a real vacation! First one with our kids. Oldest is 14. Went to San Francisco and spent 8 days traveling back down to LA. Only have ever taken long weekend trips. The joys of being a small business owner.
Choose one to play for the rest of your life: Oregon Trail or Sim City.haven’t really played either, but am aware of both. Probably Oregon Trail because I like 1800’s history.
Why are you here (OFB.com)? Love all three almost 4! of you.
+1 for The Profit. Love that show.
We’ve added it to our “must-watch” list!
Oh man, that is an achievement! Way to go. That sounds like a super cool trip. We have failed at that one for a few years, but it’s on my to-do list for next year!
1. Newsroom, Parenthood, Gilmore Girls.
2. This American Life and more recently Serial.
3. Um, not taking out a new loan? I know, lame sauce.
I feel ya… If I didn’t have to share my TV with Johnny, I would have shows like Parenthood and Gilmore Girls on at all times!
1) Haven – I love Sci-fi, and my guilty pleasure would be Hart of Dixie.
3) Finally got the husband on board with savings and the concept of retiring early.
4) Sim City, hands down.
Guilty pleasure shows are the best. I have too many to count. And Johnny wooed me with Damien Rice music when we were dating… I’d play one of his songs on the piano, and we’d sing it together… good times!
2. Lately music is all about Ed Sheeran. And I’m constantly pondering the podcast thing, I just can’t get aboard.
3. Hitting my savings goals so I can begin the debt repayment journey but yet have a cushion incase my job decides to relocate this year.
4. Oregon Trail. I loved seeing who of my family/friends was the strongest. Because a computer game can totally tell.
5. I’m here because I have so much to learn and you have taught me using a vocabulary I can understand with examples that I can relate to my own life.
Too true. I love watching shows that make me feel good about myself! And your Oregon Trail comment cracked me up… I remember doing that, too!
1 – A friend wants a TV show to binge-watch. What’s your recommendation? Friends, obviously. But then again, there might not be anybody who hasn’t seen it at this point. I also recommend Luther, Sherlock, Broadchurch and Doctor Who. I’m a Brit living in Atlanta, so I need to get my British TV fix.
2 – What song/audio/sounds you got on repeat? At almost 40 yrs old, it’s hard for me to say this, but Blank Space by Taylor Swift. That young lady has totally mastered the art of the perfect pop song.
3 – What financial achievement from 2014 are you most proud of? This is a holdover from 2013, but living on one income and not going broke during a period of unexpected unemployment for me after our move to Atlanta. I now have a job, and it’s been surprisingly hard to readjust to a dual income. I maybe got a little spend crazy when we had extra money again. 2015 is our year to reign it back in.
4 – Choose one to play for the rest of your life: Oregon Trail or Sim City. I’m not a gamer, and have never played either one. Computers just weren’t a thing when I was growing up in England. That makes me sound really old, but we were just a little behind the curve when it came to computer games in the UK.
5 – Why are you here (OFB.com)? For real world inspiration on how to manage money and to live vicariously through you now you are in NYC. I always wanted to live there. Also, babies.
Multiple friends have recommended Sherlock to me… I need to get on that STAT! And seriously, I want to have this baby just so I can listen to Taylor Swift’s new album while running haha.
I felt the same way when Johnny was laid off in 2013 and then got a new job. We’d been on a spending freeze for a few months, and I wanted to just buy, buy, buy! So totally understand that feeling! Here’s to 2015!
3. Getting Home Budget (recommended by OFB) and then using it!
Glad you like HomeBudget! It works for us, so I’m happy other people are having it work for them, too. Man, I just want a long weekend to sit in my pajamas, eat chocolate, crochet, and watch all of Gilmore Girls. Is that really so much to ask?!
1. My favorite TV show has always been House. In fact, I was just watching a couple re-runs of it last night. So I’d definitely have to recommend this one.
2. My sister-in-law was playing T-Swift’s latest CD in her car last weekend and now it’s stuck in my head. :/ Shake it off, boo, shake it off.
3. This sounds so bad….but surviving. My husband and I made a sudden move and then he spent almost two months without any income. Being at the beginning of our savings journey made all of that really hard, and I’m just proud of us for powering through and getting back to where we started by the end of the year.
House is a good one. We were obsessed with that show as newlyweds.
I resisted it for as long as I could, but I think Taylor has us all hooked. And way to go for getting through that tough move last year. Those moments are the ones that ultimately make you stronger as a couple and financially. They’re not fun in the moment, but definitely strengthening in the long run!
It makes us happy to have like-minded couples on here, too!
2. Veggie Tales. Not by choice, obviously. If I had my choice, we’d be jammin’ to the new Blake Shelton CD I got for Christmas but have not listened to yet.
3. My husband is in grad school and when we had our daughter, we had to take out a student loan to help cover expenses. Last semester, we took out less than half of what we had the previous two years. We did have to use some of the money last semester, but we do not think we will need it this semester and we may even be able to take out $0 in loans for this coming school year (his last)!
4. Sim City. I do not want to die of dysentery every again.
5. I love reading your blog because we are similar stages of life and have similar goals. I really appreciate the real-world, real-life advice! I do our family’s finances (my husband does help, but it is just not his strength!) and I know very little, so I am always looking for the best ways to use our money! Love the site!!!
Sally hasn’t yet discovered Veggie Tales music, but I bet she’d be a big, big fan… oh the things we do for our children! And awesome job on powering through your husband’s schooling and minimizing your need for loans. Very cool.
It’s a big motivation to us to have other young families like us reading and having the same goals we have. We’re glad you’re here!
My mother bought a Silly Songs with Larry CD for our daughter. I worked Christian retail for a while and learned a lot of the songs through our kids’ department. So, I happily popped in the CD on the way to daycare one day and seriously… we have listened to it EVERY DAY since. Before we even get in the car, she’s saying “Veggie Tales! Veggie Tales!”! Maleah’s favorite song right now is “Monkey” – pull it up on YouTube for Sally! It is seriously catchy! Before Veggie Tales, though, we were hooked on “Taylor Fift”.
1) Lost. Watching it on DVD was the only way I could watch it because the suspense was too much. Waiting a week would have made me crazy.
2) Taylor Swift…guilty pleasure. Her lyrics are written so well; it’s like poetry.
3) Um…nothing comes to mind. Sad.
4) Oregon Trail all day long! FORD THE RIVER!
5) I like your realistic approach to finances. It makes sense and is encouraging. Thank you!
Oh man… to this day, I’ve never watched a more suspenseful show than Lost. I think I started biting my nails again when we watched that show. All these Oregon Trail references are wanting me to play right this second… I need to ford the river RIGHT NOW!
2. I can’t stop listening to Alana Henderson, she showed up in a Spotify playlist and she only has like four songs on her single (Wax and Wane) and I listen to it over and over. Also, Welcome to Nightvale every couple weeks, and also there was a radio play of one of my favorite books, Good Omens, that came out around Christmas and I’ve listened to several times through now because it’s only free until 1/22 and then I’d have to buy it.
3. I’m most proud that we got out of my parents basement! I’ve lived there for eight years with my daughter while going back to school (and working). Mostly because of the new better paid position at work thanks to my degree. A little bit because my long-time boyfriend moved in with us, but I did the math and could still have afforded a place of my own, I just get to live in a NICER place thanks to his contribution (clearly, learning to think in terms of OUR money rather than my money/your money is a goal for the year ahead).
4. Sim City. I like when Godzilla attacks although that rarely happens. Wait, we’re talking original Sim City, right? Not the fancy later editions?
5. I’ve been following for a few months now, because it keeps me motivated reading about other people’s budgeting and financial goals, and it gives me good ideas, and as some one else said it’s really helpful to hear it from people at a more similar stage in life as me than some of the other sources I enjoy.
I need to look into Alana Henderson… I’m a total girl singer junkie at heart, and her music sounds like it’s right up my alley.
Awesome 2014 accomplishment… there isn’t a better feeling than being in your own space again!
3) We were able to pay for the entire year of preshcool for my daughter up front and finish our basement with only a small loan.
4) I guess Oregon Trail, but I’d rather not play either.
5) To learn how others manage their budget and inspire me to make tweeks to my own. And this year, how to pay off a loan quickly!
My So-Called Life! I watched it for the first time a few years ago, and I couldn’t get enough.
Way to go on paying for preschool up front! We’re looking into preschools right now, and I’m trying to wrap my brain around what it’s gonna do to our budget!
1) The Bachelor/Bachelorette. I love reality TV!
2) Taylor Swift, she’s just so great! Plus, she’s my age so- totally age appropriate, right?
3) Proud that we put my husband through his Bachelor’s degree without any student debt!
4) What are Sim City & Oregon Trail?
5) Your personalities intrigue me, I love Sally posts (she’s a doll), and I like your take on budgeting!
3. That’s a huge accomplishment. Congrats!
4. Terri. You have missed out on so much. You now have homework: go here (https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_msdos_games) and play Oregon Trail and Sim City.
1. Grey’s Anatomy. No shame.
3. Beginning to budget. Finally putting my foot down and not letting my debt get any higher. I’ve got at least a couple years to go before it’s paid off.
4. Oregon Trail, I suppose, because I liked shooting the squirrels. But if it were an option, I’d say the Sims instead, because I like to turn off their free will and create the perfect lives. It’s a good outlet.
5. I looked for personal finance blogs to help keep me motivated, and this one seemed the most accessible and entertaining. Thanks!
3. You’ll have one less year of payoff after 2015! Make it happen.
4. Without the hunting side-game in Oregon Trail, it was just a bunch of people slowly starving to death and drowning. I loved hunting.
Shake It Off… My almost 3 yr old is obsessed. Also just started Serial.
Buying our second, probably forever, home.
Oregon Trail, mostly bc I only vaguely remember what Sim City was all about.
Personal finance is oddly exciting to me, and you guys write with such personality. We are probably about the same age and in similar points of life as well, so I can relate you both easily.
2. Sally is a big fan, too. Of “Shake it Off” that is. She hasn’t really taken to Serial yet.
3. Mannnn, so jealous! I mean, we’re happy doing what we’re doing, but super envious that you think you’ve found “it.” Congrats.
2. I found a “Classical Music for Sleep” playlist on Spotify that I listen to almost every night as I go to sleep. However, last night as I was just starting to doze off, some loud inappropriate rap song came on in the middle of my playlist and it really scared me.
5.I get really excited about budgeting, and my husband doesn’t get as giddy and excited about it as me… so I come here!
2. Hahah. I used to listen to the Gladiator score to study because if I accidentally started drifting asleep the loud war parts would scare the crap out of my dozing.
3. Congrats! You did work in 2014!
1. My husband and I are obsessed with Big Bang Theory. We bought all of the seasons and watched them together. And now that we have caught up we feel like we have lost our friends. It was a big part of our evening. I also highly recommend both Sister Wives and 90 Day Fiance. I have no reasoning for this other than pure fascination.
2. T-Swift. And sometimes the How To Train Your Dragon 2 soundtrack.
3. Applying for our first credit card. We debated for a long time and decided to take the plunge.
4. I am an Oregon Trail lover. Plus, I have never actually made it to my destination, but one day I will. It’s happening.
5. I like silently picking peoples financially-minded brains and the topics you cover are things I like to read and learn from.
1. We’ve watched most of Sister Wives for the fascination factor. Not proud of it, but it feels to get it off my chest.
3. Glad to hear it’s something you debated. Those types of decisions shouldn’t come easy. And you’ll be better off and use it more responsibly as a result.
2. “Farewell” by Bob Dylan – Did I mention I’m old school?
3. Not sure this is really a “financial” achievement, but I drove under 700 miles in 2014 – which really kept the gas bill down!
5. I’m here ’cause I like your perspective – which is different from my own – plus you make me laugh.
2. Old school and into the deeep cuts. Thumbs up.
3. That’s awesome. We’re hoping to join your club in 2015, granted it’s probably a lot easier for us in NYC than CO.
1. White Collar, Suits, Parenthood.
2. I’ve always been a whatever is on the radio person.
3. Staying on a strict budget and saving approximately 65% of my income.
4.Oregon Trail, because those memories of sharing a big arm chair and playing with my sister.
1. All I know about Parenthood is every time I walked in on Joanna watching it she was crying. So there’s that.
1. pretty little liars. guilty pleasure. I may be way too old to still be watching this show, but I got hooked during my maternity leave with my first daughter. once you start you cant stop!
2. old brand new cds. once again, I am probably way too old to still be listening to hipster emo.
3. saving most of my tax return money! still have about 2k of it left and about to get this years!! woot!
4. can it be the sims? cause I definitely spent way too many nights playing that when I was younger. this post is becoming nostalgic.
5. I enjoy you guys’ honest and refreshing viewpoints on budgeting, and I feel your blog has different information than the 2348932 other budgeting blogs you can find on pinterest. also, I am due april 7.. hey Joanna ready for the third trimester??
4. High five on The Sims. Joanna and I spent one of our first few dates diving deep into our Sims strategies. We should have known we were in trouble then.
1. House of Cards, Orange is the New Black, Newsroom, HIMYM, Modern Family.
2. Taylor Swift. Deep down I’m 12, and I don’t care who knows it.
3. Not blowing our wedding budget!
5. Waiting for LeVar Burton to show up. In the meantime I like the balanced perspective and humor you two bring to things as a couple, plus those adorable Sally pics aren’t too shabby.
3. Congrats again on the wedding AND the budget! Sounds like a great 2014.
5. Hahaha. I’m telling you, the day he stops by and/or retweets us, I’ll pull the plug. There really won’t be anything else to achieve at that point.
3. Having an emergency fund ready to use when I had some big/unexpected expenses come up at the end of the year (you know, like car repairs after I hit an ottoman on the expressway…). Next step: rebuild said emergency fund!
5. Great, relatable financial advice!
3. WHAT?! I guess I need be more careful for stray ottomans on the road. So lame that happened. But awesome job having that E-fund all ready to go.
1. New Girl! How have we not talked about this?? Klane hasn’t watched it but I LOVE IT. It’s one of the only shows that consistently makes me legitimately laugh out loud.
2. Taylor Swift. Don’t judge me. Okay, judge me. I can’t stop.
4. Sim city. But actually roller coaster tycoon.
5. Because I like you guys. Plus also I think you’re pretty smart and you’re teaching me stuff.
1. Tell Klane it’s Johnny-approved. Not that that means anything, but there are more than our share of bro-jokes to make it well worth the 23 minutes.
A friend wants a TV show to binge-watch. What’s your recommendation?: Depends on the friend. Girly-girl friend who doesn’t want to use brain? SATC or Gilmore Girls, Nostalgic friend? Boy meets world. Intellectual friend? The Newsroom.
What song/audio/sounds you got on repeat? We listen to satellite radio, so it varies.
What financial achievement from 2014 are you most proud of? Paying off 20k worth of principal debt and increasing my income.
Why are you here (OFB.com)? Wanted to see new site design (LOVE it :))…and I’m procrastinating.
Your nostalgic friend is in for the ride of their life — Boy Meets World is the bomb.com!
1) Buffy the Vampire Slayer. So old! So good!
2) Janelle Monae. And a lot of Pentatonix and Gregory Porter to keep my three year old happy.
3) Saving all of my babysitting money instead of blowing it on almond croissants and cute boots.
4) Oregon Trail, but I never played SimCity. We had SimEarth, in which you were in charge of an entire planet. My little brother used to see how quickly he could destroy the world.
5) Why am I here? I think it boils down to me still needing someone to tell me to go to bed. I mean, this is ridiculous.
Buffy! Before I started working from home, Buffy provided me with hours and hours of entertainment at my first job out of college. I will forever be indebted to that show for saving me from a boredom-induced death.
You and Johnny both on the the going to bed thing! I have to force him to go to bed every. single. night. If there were a Night Owls Anonymous, I’d sign him up.
5. I just appreciate your posts.
Well done on paying off your student loan. That is quite the 2014 accomplishment!
1. Homeland, Luther, House of Lies, House of Cards & Parenthood.
2. I, too, love The Head and The Heart (so great live!), Bleachers, The National, Ray Lamontagne, Jose Gonzalez, City and Colour.
3. Used our savings reserved for a down-payment and bought our first home- in our favorite school district, for our 9 year old!
5. Learn how to spend and save better… much better, than we have in the past!
You just named all of Johnny’s favorite musicians, not even kidding. Very cool on the first home! I can’t imagine the day when we’re settled enough to actually put our savings toward a down payment, but boy do I look forward to it!
4. I love both games so much… I guess I would pick Sim City (especially Sim City 2000). Fun Fact… archive.org now has Oregon Trail online and my wife has been playing that pretty much non-stop.
Very cool on the Dependent Care FSA… I MIGHT have had to look up what it was. We’re looking to put Sally in some part-time care before long, so it’s good to know those exist!
WHY did you tell me that Oregon Trail is online? I can never go to that site. Ever. Okay, going right now.
Hello my name is Jen.
1. Psych. Funny, lighthearted awesomeness that I can’t get enough of.
2. Currently, the soundtrack for the Musical Spamalot, because my husband and I are in the local community theater’s version of it this month.
3. Getting married without going into debt, and paying off all of our private debt in six months.
4. Oregon Trail, mostly because I feel I can actually WIN it.
5. To keep me financially motivated!
Hi Jen! Wow, what a year for you guys! A debt-free wedding and paying off your private debt? Very awesome. And congrats on getting married!
3) Keeping afloat during my second maternity leave to occur during my husband’s schooling and his new not-yet-successful job hunting… And by “afloat” I mean not going further into debt. Super excited to get back to debt-free (aside from mortgage) soon, and then chase that mortgage-free dream.
4) Sim City. I rocked at that game (definitely utilizing the money cheat!!). Oregon Trail stressed me out to the max. Plus I have an unhealthy addiction to anything that resembles a management game… too many hours of my childhood went to Roller Coaster Tycoon, Lemonade Tycoon, Sim Tower, Sim City, Sim Zoo, The Sims….
5) I’m here because we’re really trying to keep our financial goals in mind while we slog through the tough stuff and hopefully we’ll really gain some good ground when we start having more income again… I love your humour and easily applicable tips.
I feel about music the way you do about TV shows… I never listen to anything anymore! I’ll have to look up your recommendations the next time I’m on Spotify. Keeping afloat is 1000x times better than drowning, and it will make your transition to more income in the near future that much more enjoyable. Well done, and here’s to being more than afloat in 2015!
2. I have podcasts playing all day long at work. Really loved Serial and been listening to Too Beautiful To Live for about 5 years now. It’s just too guys talking about their day and life in general but for some reason so much fun.
3. Paying off all store credit cards before we had our little one in May. Paying off all our doctor bills by the end of the year.
4. Sim City. There is just so much more you can do!
5. We want a house, we want another baby, we want to be debt free. Both of you have helped me significantly in understanding budgeting and how to get started so thank you. Also love the HomeBudget app!
Crazy how having a kid helps to financially motivate us, right? It sounds like you guys are on a great path, so good work. I’ll have to look into the Too Beautiful to Live podcast… it sounds like it’d be right up my alley!
1. A friend wants a TV show to binge-watch. What’s your recommendation?
– 99% of the time when this happens we watch Friends. We have probably seen the whole series through 5 times now.
2. What song/audio/sounds you got on repeat?
– Queens of the Stone Age radio on Pandora. It’s got Black Keys, Arctic Monkeys, The Strokes, QOTSA (obviously), and many more tunes that are good for passing the boring work day.
3. What financial achievement from 2014 are you most proud of?
– The fact that I found your blog (and a couple others) and decided to actually take control of my debt and pay that crap off. Not to say I wasn’t paying it before…but I wouldn’t have been able to make myself pay off 2 car loans in 10 months without the push from personal finance blogs. Thanks, by the way.
4. Choose one to play for the rest of your life: Oregon Trail or Sim City.
– Sim City, only because I haven’t ever played Oregon Trail. I’m terrible at Sim City, though. That’d be a pretty terrible rest of my life.
5. Why are you here (OFB.com)?
– I stumbled upon the site initially while killing time at work. I’m a financial program coordinator for a non-profit organization. I occasionally (almost every single day) have some time to kill. I figured I would look up some money type success stories…and there you were.
Well, we’re glad you’re here! Way to go on paying down those car loans so quickly! Very cool. And agreed… Friends never gets old. It will forever be an oldie but goodie.
A friend wants a TV show to binge-watch. What’s your recommendation? Peaky Blinders on Netflix. I love me some Cillian Murphy.
What song/audio/sounds you got on repeat? “Desperation” by 1st Vows – really good!
What financial achievement from 2014 are you most proud of? My husband and I bought our first home! We live in an expensive area (Fairfield Cty, CT) so it took longer to save a down payment than I would have liked but I’m glad we’re finally in!
Choose one to play for the rest of your life: Oregon Trail or Sim City. Sim City!
Why are you here (OFB.com)? I have always been a budgeter, but now that I am a home owner I’m trying to cut costs wherever I can to put extra money toward our mortgage to pay it off as early as possible. You guys provide great tips in budgeting!
Yay! Homeownership is definitely something to get excited about! I’ll live through all of you who have taken the plunge until Johnny and I actually go for it, too. I’ve never heard of Peaky Blinders… I’ll have to look it up!
1.) Firefly, The Dresden Files, and Arrested Development.
2.) 2002 Believe, 2002 Across an Ocean of Dreams. 2 new age albums that will put you in a very chilled out mellow place.
3.) 2014 was my final push to retire my debt, I am debt free as of yesterday (house and everything as Dave would say) . $140K in 6 years, 3 months on about $65K income.
4.) Sim City…but the old old one. I wonder if that even runs on Windows?
5.) Saw your story Dave vs. Suze. I watch both, too. I followed Dave’s advice, but kept the credit cards and FICO score. I know, I know. I have no idea why I still have those stupid things.
Whoa!! Super congrats to you! That is quite the achievement. Very, very, very cool. We kept the credit cards, too! Ain’t no shame in that, especially after what you’ve accomplished!
Its not Dave Ramsey or Suze Orman, but they are relevant for folks like us. My biggest beef with the show is they don’t dig into the numbers. The more current episodes are better than the older ones.
No, we haven’t heard of that show, but it looks like it would be right up our alley! We’ll have to check it out this weekend. We love seeing real-world money situations and how other people are handling them. Thanks for sharing!
2.) Shake It Off by Taylor Swift. I realize that, at almost 40, I’m not her target demographic, but that song gets me off the couch to dance around the house every time.
3.) Moving to another country without going into debt.
4.) I’ve never played Sim City but I’m a huge fan of The Sims so I’m going to go with that.
5.) Found you while Googling articles on people who budget but still use their credit cards. We’re of the idea that credit is good when used responsibly but so many people refuse to see any positives in them. I wanted experiences from people who can handle using them and still keep to a regular budget, in the same way as the cash only budgeters do.
Agreed… The perfect TV show is one that makes me laugh but doesn’t take much time. We’re currently hooked on Parks and Rec.
No shame in loving Taylor… I swear it’s on repeat in our house most nights because we all love to dance to it.
Completely forgot about Parks and Rec! Just recently started catching a few episodes and I’m definitely thinking about starting at the beginning of the series.
It’s my go-to show for decompressing and getting some stress off my chest! I don’t know about you, but I need a good laugh every night once the day is done!


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For some reason (at least as of this writing), the official Ubuntu documentation on creating a bootable USB of Ubuntu for Macs is now recommending using UNetbootin. I haven't found that to actually work. I dug up a cached copy of the old instructions (which do work), but I wanted to document the old procedure here, just in case the cached copy later becomes inaccessible.
Go to the list of alternative downloads and use a BitTorrent client (e.g., Transmission) to download a .torrent of the desktop version of Ubuntu.
but substitute in your actual paths to the names of the files.
You may notice that your target.img ends up turning into target.img.dmg, which is totally fine.
to get a list of the drives/partitions on your Mac.
again to find the new drive name, based on what didn't show up the last time you ran the command. For the sake of this example, we'll assume it's /dev/disk2, but pay careful attention to your actual USB's name, which may be different.
(being sure to substitute in your actual disk number for disk2).
Put in your actual disk number, if it's not 2.
If it copied correctly, you should actually get an error message: Click Eject.
Then remove the USB drive from your Mac and put it in the Mac you want to boot from. Hold down the option key while booting up, and then select EFI as the drive to boot from.


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K is for Kerry, John.

K is for Kerry, John.

KEVIN LAMARQUE, Reuters Photo

The Democrats’ failed 2004 presidential nominee had a political resurrection this year. He was a trusted campaign adviser to President Obama — he was the stand-in for Mitt Romney in mock debates — and emerged as the president’s choice for Secretary of State, despite fears that his selection could give Republican Scott Brown another crack at a Massachusetts Senate seat.

The Democrats’ failed 2004 presidential nominee had a political resurrection this year. He was a trusted campaign adviser to President Obama — he was the stand-in for Mitt Romney in mock debates — and emerged as the president’s choice for Secretary of State, despite fears that his selection could give Republican Scott Brown another crack at a Massachusetts Senate seat. (KEVIN LAMARQUE, Reuters Photo)

The Democrats’ failed 2004 presidential nominee had a political resurrection this year. He was a trusted campaign adviser to President Obama — he was the stand-in for Mitt Romney in mock debates — and emerged as the president’s choice for Secretary of State, despite fears that his selection could give Republican Scott Brown another crack at a Massachusetts Senate seat.