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Latest Florida non-native invader: Rasberry Crazy Ants (Charlotte)
http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/specials/weirdflorida/blog/2010/10/latest_nonnative_invader_rasbe.html
How safe is dining out in Brevard County?
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20101010/NEWS01/10100324/1006/How-safe-is-dining-out-in-Brevard-
Prison farm program expands
http://www2.jcfloridan.com/news/2010/oct/10/prison-farm-program-expands-ar-940778/
Tips on starting a vegetable garden (Miami)
http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/10/10/1862013/tips-on-starting-a-vegetable-garden.html
Pumpkin's for pie, but bats scream . . . Halloween
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/oct/10/tr-pumpkins-for-pie-but-bats-scream-halloween/
Glamour & Grit - Oct. 11, 2010
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2010/oct/09/glamour-grit-oct-11-2010/
Growing Strawberries In Florida
http://www.fosterfollynews.com/news/2010Oct7Strawberryplantsfitnicelyinthehomegarden.php
Volunteers keep 4-H programs running
http://www.news-journalonline.com/news/local/flagler/2010/10/09/volunteers-keep-4-h-programs-running.html
Whitney Lab lecture features artificial reefs
http://www.news-journalonline.com/news/local/flagler/2010/10/09/whitney-lab-lecture-features-artificial-reefs.html
Fall good time for Lee County gardening
http://www.news-press.com/article/20101009/LIFESTYLES/101008061/Fall-good-time-for-Lee-gardening
Grow your best garden
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20101009/ARTICLES/101009473/1004
Stewardship, Small Farm Calendar Update
http://www.fosterfollynews.com/news/2010Oct7UpcomingForestStewardshipSmallFarmandNaturalResourceEvents.php
The group behind the nature fest South Walton Community
http://www.waltonsun.com/news/walton-5599-community-nature.html
Children offered outdoor fun at festival at Camp Timpoochee
http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/tasso-33745-fun-timpoochee.html
Black bamboo needs room to roam
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20101010/COLUMNISTS/101019957
Other UF/science news:
Researchers Pinpoint Array of Obesity Genes
http://www.businessweek.com/lifestyle/content/healthday/644136.html
UF, city seen as welcoming for gay students
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20101010/ARTICLES/101019967/1007/NEWS
When Florida Gators are in legal trouble, they come to trial lawyer Huntley Johnson
http://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/article1126903.ece
Animal activists mount protests of UF researcher
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20101008/ARTICLES/101009463/1007/NEWS
Good news for farmers who grow Bt corn-and those who don't:
A group of agricultural scientists reported in the Oct. 7 issue of the journal Science that corn that has been genetically engineered to produce insect-killing proteins isolated from the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) provides significant economic benefits even to neighboring farmers who grow non-transgenic varieties of corn. (10/7)
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2010/101007.htm
A good excuse to indulge yourself with smoked salmon:
Some of America's most popular fish-salmon and albacore tuna, for example-are rich in healthful natural compounds known as omega-3 fatty acids, and ongoing studies by an ARS chemist and his co-investigators are helping uncover new details about how these fish-oil components help protect us from chronic diseases. (10/8)
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2010/101008.htm
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DEET considered best protection against mosquitoes and sandflies
http://www.mysailing.com.au/news/deet-considered-best-protection-against-mosquitoes-and-sandflies
Improve Your House's Curb Appeal (Washington County)
http://www.fosterfollynews.com/news/2010Sept28MaintainingYourLandscape.php
Voting under way to name Boktoberfest Squirrel at Bok Tower Gardens (Polk County)
http://www.lakewalesnews.com/articles/2010/10/06/entertainment/doc4cab7928b6704852498718.txt
First Coast consumers return to home canning for health, economy (Duval County)
http://jacksonville.com/entertainment/food-and-dining/2010-10-07/story/preserving-timeless-tradition-consumers-return-home
Building scientists (Davie)
http://www.upressonline.com/building-scientists-1.2354845
What a Weekend: Events in St. Lucie County, Oct. 7-10
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2010/oct/06/what-a-weekend-events-in-st-lucie-county-oct-7/
Community Calendar (Pinellas County)
http://suncoastpinellas.tbo.com/content/2010/oct/07/pi-community-calendar/news/
In other news:
15 make cut to lead UT
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2010/oct/07/15-make-cut-to-lead-ut/
Soldier from Chiefland killed in Afghanistan
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20101006/ARTICLES/101009611&tc=email_newsletter
Scientists and Soldiers Solve a Bee Mystery
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/07/science/07bees.html
EPA's strict new standards put on hold - for now
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20101006/ARTICLES/101009635/1118?Title=EPA-s-strict-new-standards-put-on-hold-8212-for-now
How Not to Fight Colds (op-ed piece)
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/05/opinion/05ackerman.html
FDA Unveils Plan To Modernize And Speed Up Regulatory Science
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/203821.php
The Case Against Mouth-to-Mouth Resuscitation
http://healthland.time.com/2010/10/06/the-case-against-mouth-to-mouth%C2%A0resuscitation/
Supertasters may be a mixed blessing
http://mankatofreepress.com/bigstory/x500714883/Supertasters-may-be-a-mixed-blessing
Dry summer means low harvest for cotton, peanut farmers
http://www.newsherald.com/news/farmers-87449-harvest-jackson.html
Things to do in St. Lucie County this week
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2010/oct/03/things-to-do-in-st-lucie-county-this-week/
Got a new love? Run a background check
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/oct/03/tr-got-a-new-love-run-a-background-check/
Keep mosquitoes in check in water garden
http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/10/03/1850063/keep-mosquitoes-down-in-your-water.html
Fall Gardening: Time To Tackle The Chaos And Prepare For Winter
http://www.northescambia.com/?p=30086
In UF/other news:
Rape reports rare; prosecutions rarer
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20101004/ARTICLE/10041059/-1/sports?Title=Rape-reports-rare-prosecutions-rarer
Are we raising a generation of nincompoops?
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2010/09/27/are_we_raising_a_generation_of_nincompoops/
Rocky road for fraternity over last couple of years
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20101003/ARTICLES/101009831/1109/sports?Title=Rocky-road-for-fraternity-over-last-couple-of-years-
UF inventions awarded $600,000
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20101002/ARTICLES/101009890/1109/sports?Title=UF-inventions-awarded-600-000
Good morning. Here is IFAS in the News for Friday, Oct. 1.
IFAS-Related…
Researchers Find Renewable Energy Leftovers Could Fertilize, Cut Carbon Emissions
http://www.physorg.com/news205081967.html
Garden Tips: Eggplant From the Fall Garden: Good to Grow, Good to Eat
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2010/sep/30/eggplants-from-the-fall-garden-good-to-grow-good/
Crestview Home and Garden Expo Saturday
http://www.crestviewbulletin.com/news/-11537--.html
Get Growing: Gardening News for Southwest Florida
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/sep/30/get-growing-gardening-news-southwest-florida/
Plant Sale Returns (Pasco County)
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/oct/01/across-pasco/
Of Interest…
EPA Chief Averts Order to Testify on Everglades
http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/10/01/1851422/epas-chief-averts-order-to-testify.html
Florida Back to Work Program Falls Short
http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/10/01/1851909/florida-back-to-work-program-falls.html
“Goldilocks” Planet Found, Could Support Human life
http://www.dailytech.com/Goldilocks+Planet+Found+Could+Possibly+Support+Human+Life/article19770.htm
$1.2M Gift Expands UF Pharmacy Program
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20100930/ARTICLES/100939945/1002
And finally, a story about a Las Vegas hotel where lounging at poolside can lead to more than a sunburn…
Vdara Visitor: “Death Ray” Scorched Hair
http://www.lvrj.com/news/vdara-visitor---death-ray--scorched-hair-103777559.html
Tom Nordlie
Science Communications Coordinator
Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Direct Line 352-273-3567
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Waging war for the wiliwilis:
An ARS entomologist played a key role in "recruiting" a black, two-millimeter-long wasp from East Africa, to help wage war on one of its own kind-the Erythrina gall wasp, an invasive species that's decimated Hawaii's endemic wiliwili (Erythrina sandwicensis) and introduced coral bean trees. (9/27)
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2010/100927.htm
Digging deep to curb ammonia emissions:
Dairy farmers can greatly reduce ammonia emissions from their production facilities by injecting liquid manure into crop fields below the soil surface, according to research by ARS scientists. (9/28)
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2010/100928.htm
Blueberries to fight hardening of the arteries:
Blueberries may help fight atherosclerosis, also known as hardening of the arteries, according to results of a preliminary U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)-funded study with laboratory mice that provides the first direct evidence that blueberries can help prevent harmful plaques or lesions, symptomatic of atherosclerosis, from increasing in size in arteries. (9/29)
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2010/100929.htm
Surprising news about black aspergilli:
ARS scientists in Athens, Georgia, have reported for the first time that several species of Aspergillus niger, or black aspergilli, are capable of infecting corn and peanuts as endophytes, and the researchers also showed that, under laboratory conditions, these species produced mycotoxins. (9/30)
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2010/100930.htm
The state of our rangelands:
A new report by ARS and NRCS scientists and conservationists and their U.S. Geological Survey colleagues shows that non-federal rangelands in the Western United States are productive, but that non-native grasses and shrubs pose a potential threat to the rangelands' productivity. (10/1)
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2010/101001.htm
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