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First you can spray with just regular soap and water. I would do this for the first 3-5 days. And then spray with regular water often after that. The soap will suffocate the adults and you need to wait 3-5 for eggs to hatch. I would go straight to pesticides, though pyrethrum is effective. It is made from mums.

HELP! I have had a bug issue on my indoor lime zinger, so I put it out side. But now my line sedum is showing the same signs! I finally figured out its SPIDER MITES ah! Have any idea what I can do to get rid of these little devils? I've tried spraying rubbing alcohol, and webs still keep showing up:(

I’ve never dealt with spider mites, sorry. Anyone know?

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Dj caveman. #denver8music this man believes in a positive sustainable future through civic action. So pleased to know him

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Our fundraising show this Saturday made the Denver Post Your Hub section in print! Get your tickets before their gone @ rubygenerations.com #rubygenerations #levittdenver

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Vine Street Vibes in the studio! This one is getting funky. #denver8music

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Cool!

The phonautograph from Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville has a ground-breaking legacy. It was the vital trigger for not one, but two inventions, which transformed our lives –– the phonograph and the telephone.

Steven Johnson tells you more about the story of sound in HOW WE GOT TO NOW.

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It gonna be a good day when you get the Broncos Bcycle

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When is the last time you saw an electric clarinet? Go to the armoury! They have killer shows every week. 21st and Larimer. #denver8music

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Holy cow this is impressive infrastructure!

Did you know?! The whole city of Chicago was raised 10 feet using simple jack screws in order to build America’s first modern sewer network!

See how and why in this HOW WE GOT TO NOW WITH STEVEN JOHNSON clip. The 6-part series premieres Wednesday 10/15 at 9/8c on PBS. More.

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Water must become a human right!

Detroit water shutoffs continue after judge says poor have no right to water September 29, 2014

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes on Monday refused to block the city from shutting off water to delinquent customers for six months, saying there is no right to free water and Detroit can’t afford to lose the revenue.

Rhodes’s order served as a stinging rejection of arguments made by thousands of protesters who staged rallies last summer fighting shutoffs and argued that there is a fundamental right to water service.

"There is no such right or law," Rhodes said.

A six-month ban on water shut-offs would boost the rate of customer defaults and threaten Detroit’s revenue, the judge added.

"The last thing (Detroit) needs is this hit to its revenues," the judge said.

Rhodes issued his ruling after two days of hearings last week and said he lacked the power to issue a water shut-off moratorium. Regardless, a lawyer for 10 residents failed to convince him there was justification for such a drastic step, he said.

Rhodes said residents do not have a right to receive water service “let alone service based on an ability to pay.”

Alice Jennings, an attorney representing the 10 residents fighting water shutoffs, said she was “disappointed but not surprised” by the judge’s ruling. Rhodes, she said, missed the issue of safety and underscored the irreparable harm that comes with the shutoffs.

"We will be looking at an appeal," Jennings said. "We believe there is a right to water and there is a right to affordable water."

The city’s policy of shutting off water to residents in one of the nation’s poorest cities briefly overshadowed the city’s historic bankruptcy case and debt-cutting plan, which hinges on spinning off the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department to suburban counties.

The city started a more vigorous shut-off campaign in the spring compared to other years in an effort to get more people to pay their outstanding bills or get on a payment plan. Rhodes on Monday called the efforts a “bold, commendable and necessarily aggressive plan.”

About 24,000 city water accounts have been shut off this year. A month-long moratorium halting shutoffs ended in August and crews are now back to shutting off water to up to 400 accounts a day, DWSD officials said last week.

Residents, civic groups, and “The Avengers” actor Mark Ruffalo participated in mass protests in recent months fighting the city’s treatment of delinquent water customers. A pocket of protesters lined West Lafayette Boulevard outside federal court Monday.

Ten residents requested the moratorium, saying it would give the city time to establish a plan to better help those who can’t afford to pay their water bills. Lawyers for Detroit say such an order would encourage further delinquency, cause the department to lose revenues and lead to higher rates.

During closing arguments, Jennings argued the “hodgepodge” of programs designed to aid a limited group of residents facing water shut-offs isn’t good enough for the city plagued by widespread poverty.

Jennings told the judge that a “very brief” stop to shut-offs would give the city more time to craft a cohesive program.

Tom O’Brien, an attorney for the water department, has countered that a 10-point plan to educate and assist low-income residents wasn’t constructed overnight.

"It was developed," he said, and "was intended to be practical."

O’Brien also played up a fund outlined in the plan, and a separate pot of annual aid money called for in a proposed Great Lakes Water Authority.

"That’s significant money, it goes a long way," he said.

Detroit’s bankruptcy trial, meanwhile, resumes Monday, five days after City Council members reclaimed power over city government while agreeing to keep Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr in place for bankruptcy-related duties.

The deal means council will resume control over city departments, contracts and other day-to-day matters. Orr’s official removal will be effective if the city’s debt-cutting bankruptcy plan is confirmed.

Orr is expected to testify soon about the debt-cutting plan.

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Towing Rules in Colorado

I just spoke with the Colorado Public Utilities Commission about towing regulations in Colorado.  The Colorado PUC is our state entity that licenses and regulates electricity, gas pipelines, natural gas extraction, rail, steam, telecommunications, water, and transportation.  Visit the PUC website at www.dora.colorado.gov/puc

So here is the deal will non-consensual  towing in Colorado for cars that weight less then 10,001 lbs.  By CO statute companies can charge you the following:

$160 = Towing Fee Price per mile of towing = $4.32 in May 2014

Check the website to see real time cost  

(http://cdn.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite/DORA-PUC/CBON/DORA/1251632726790)  

$30 = Per day storage cost

$66 = Optional afterhours towing costs , if you are towed at night.

$70 = To have your vechile dropped if you arrive as they are towing your vehicle.

Hope this stops some of you from being taken advantage of.  

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Over the past few years there has been tons of conversation around the XL Pipeline.  Today, I read an article that lead me to explore the state of Colorado's pipeline infrastrucure.  I learned a bunch from thsi short powerpoint from the Colorado Public Utilities Comission.  

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Earthday Ask

In honor of Earthday I am asking my friends to answer 2 questions, share this story if it interests you, and to find out more about the Cleo Project. This project challenges 10,000 people to answer this question. Can we rise up to this challenge by leveraging our network?

https://www.facebook.com/CLEOInstitute www.cleoinstitute.org/

Responses to the questions can be answered in any form - in writing, with a drawing, with a meme, with a video, or in a voice recording

Questions:

What is climate change? What is your role in climate change?

Background:

Two years ago I met Caroline Lewis while she was lecturing about climate science. Caroline is one of the most inspirational people I have ever met. She has devoted countless hours to bringing together scientists, educators, youth, and community leaders to discuss climate science, the effects of climate change, and our roles in altering the Earth’s present course.

My answers:

What is climate change?

Climate change is inevitable. The world is always changing. People realized that a long time ago. We are only beginning to research and theorize about the biosphere and it’s interaction with its internal cycles and external cycles from space.

What I do know is that a majority of the people that are helping to shed light on nature’s wonder have concluded that our system is changing. That current inputs are driving mechanisms that will produce outcomes that we do not currently see. We are on a trajectory and we can alter our inputs to change the equation.

What is my role in climate change?

I intend to answer my question with a souncloud recording.

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When you “don’t see race…” - CM

Via The New Yorker Magazine.

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Quite impressive!

An epic scene created by @dreadicrkd | #streetart #denverstreetart #coloradocrush http://ift.tt/1iuGer2