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Use of Spotted Knapweed/Star Thistle (Asterales: Asteraceae) as the Primary Source of Nectar by Early Migrating Monarch Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) from Beaver Island, Michigan

Recent observations over the past decade suggest that the invasive star thistle (aka spotted knapweed (Centaurea stoebe L.) provides much of the nectar that supports monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) in their pre-migratory and early migratory flight from the Beaver Island archipelago, an isolated chain of islands located in northern Lake Michigan. With the advent and continuation of global climate change, the opportunistic evolutionary changes that may take place between migrating monarchs and their dependence on non-native nectariferous plants, prior to migration, is worth further documentation and examination

New York Power Authority and Utility Workers Union of America, Local 1-2, AFL-CIO

IN THE MATTER OF THE FACT-FINDING BETWEEN: NY POWER AUTHORITY [NYPA] -AND- UTILITY WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA UWUA LOCAL 1-2 AFL-CIO. PERB CASE # M2004 -347. Before: Joel M. Douglas, Ph.D., Fact Finde

Quantum black holes with charge, colour, and spin at the LHC

In low-scale gravity scenarios, quantum black holes could be produced at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) provided the Planck scale is not higher than a few TeV. Based on fundamental principles and a few basic assumptions, we have constructed a model for quantum black hole production and decay in proton-proton collisions. By performing a detailed particle-level simulation at LHC energies, we have estimated cross sections and branching fractions for final-state particle topologies that would uniquely identify quantum black holes in LHC detectors. If the Planck scale is about a TeV, even with the most pessimistic assumptions, the rates for quantum black hole production are estimated to be above backgrounds, and some of the final-particle states are not found in Standard Model processes. Our results could form the starting point for a detailed investigation of quantum black holes by the LHC experiments.Comment: bugs in some branching fractions fixed, updates based on comment

World-Wide Shakespeares: Local Appropriations in Film and Performance. [Review]

World-Wide Shakespeares: Local Appropriations in Film and Performance. Edited by Sonia Massai. Abingdon, UK, and New York: Routledge, 2005. Pp. xiv + 199. $110 cloth,$34.95 paper. Reviewed by Douglas M. Lanie

Exotic Searches at ATLAS

We present the first results of searches for new physics with the ATLAS detector using the 2010 Large Hadron Collider proton-proton collision data at a centre of mass energy of 7 TeV. After a few months of operation, these searches already go beyond the reach of previous experiments, and start to explore new territories.Comment: Conference proceedings for Moriond EW 201