ÿþ<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title>Honeybee-news.com News Archives</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' media='all' href='../../files/book.css' /> <style type='text/css' media='screen'>@import "book.css";</style> <SCRIPT src="../../files/cb.js" type=text/javascript></SCRIPT> <script src="../../files/espebanner.js" type=text/javascript></script> <!-- Ad's --> <!--[if gte IE 5.5]> <script language="JavaScript" src="../../files/sfhover.js" type="text/JavaScript"></script> <![endif]--> </head> <body id="threeColLayout" class="news"> <div id="wrapper"> <div id="header"> <h1>News Archives</h1> <ul id="mainNav"> <li><a href="../../index.php" id="home"><span>Home</span></a></li> <LI><a href="#"><span>Archives</span></a> <ul> <li><A id=news href="../news_archives/">News</A> </li> <li><A id=interviews href="../interviews/">Interviews</a></li> </ul> </LI> <li><a id=movies href="../movies/"><span>Movies</span></a> <ul> <li><A id=movies href="../movies/beginner/">How to - Beginner</A> </li> <li><A id=movies href="../movies/master/">How to - Master</A> </li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="../links/" id="links"><span>Useful Links</span></a></li> <li><a href="../reviews/" id="reviews"><span>Book Reviews</span></a></li> <LI><A href="../class" id="classifieds"><span>Classifieds</span></A> </LI> <li><a href="../contact/" id="contact"><span>Contact</span></a></li> </ul> <!-- end #header --> </div> <!-- start #primaryContent --> <div id="primaryContent"> <div class="box default"> <h2>Archived News</h2> <div class="cbb"> <H2>Narrowing the causes of honey bee losses</H2><BR> Researchers seek to explain "colony collapse disorder."<BR><BR> <A href="#" onClick="News875Window=window.open('http://jacksonville.com/entertainment/home-and-garden/2011-01-15/story/narrowing-causes-honey-bee-losses', 'News875Window','toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=800,height=600'); return false;"> <IMG alt="Associated Press Honeybee losses are a major problem for the beekeeping industry." src="http://jacksonville.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/story_slideshow_thumb/editorial/images/images/mdControlled/cms/2011/01/15/770139093.jpg" width=250 floatimgleft"/> </A> <span class="date">15 Jan 11 By Brad Burbaugh</span><BR> Bees are the most ubiquitous pollinators of agronomic crops, and the unexplained disappearance of these pollinators has scientists, beekeepers and farmers worried. <SPAN class=postedUnderline> </SPAN> <H2>British Beekeepers Association Endorses Bee-Toxic Pesticides for Cash </H2><BR> <A href="#" onClick="News874Window=window.open('http://www.fastcompany.com/1717421/british-beekeepers-association-endorses-bee-toxic-pesticides-for-cash', 'News874Window','toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=800,height=600'); return false;"> <IMG alt="" src="http://images.fastcompany.com/upload/800px-ApisDorsataHive.jpg" width=250 floatimgleft"/> </A> <span class="date">14 Jan 11 By Ariel Schwartz</span><BR> Chemical companies aren't the only ones looking the other way when toxic insecticides trigger mass honey bee deaths. The British Beekeeper's Association (BBA) recently admitted to selling its logo to four toxic European pesticides--Bayer's Decis, BASF's Contest, Syngenta's Hallmark and Belchim's Fury--in exchange for $277,357. The endorsement deal has been going on since 2001. <SPAN class=postedUnderline> </SPAN> <H2>Dale Named 2011 WISCONSIN State Honey Queen</H2><BR> <A href="#" onClick="News873Window=window.open('http://www.wisconsinagconnection.com/story-state.php?Id=57&yr=2011', 'News873Window','toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=800,height=600'); return false;"> <IMG alt="" src="http://www.wisconsinagconnection.com/archives/11-honeyqueen.jpg" width=250 floatimgleft"/> </A> <span class="date">14 Jan 11 By Wisconsin Ag</span><BR> A Sparta women will be creating a lot of buzz about the state's honey industry during the coming year. Danielle Dale has been selected as the 2011 Wisconsin Honey Queen during the state honey association's annual convention. She replaces outgoing queen Abby Tracy of Watertown. <SPAN class=postedUnderline> </SPAN> <H2>Modifying mites 'not the answer'</H2><BR> <A href="#" onClick="News873Window=window.open('http://www.bayofplentytimes.co.nz/rural/news/modifying-mites-not-the-answer/3936622/', 'News873Window','toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=800,height=600'); return false;"> <IMG alt="Varroa destructor. Photo / Supplied. " src="http://media.bayofplentytimes.co.nz/nz_regionals/www_bayofplentytimes_co_nz/2011/01/A_wta030708supbeez1.story-image.JPG" width=250 floatimgleft"/> </A> <span class="date">11 Jan 11 By </span><BR> Genetically engineering varroa mites to self destruct is no solution for New Zealand beekeepers, says the Soil and Health Association. "Any future for New Zealand does not include genetically engineered mites being carried around New Zealand on the back of honeybees," said Soil & Health - Organic spokesman Steffan Browning. <SPAN class=postedUnderline> </SPAN> <H2>Bee keepers buzzing again as scientists fight the mites</H2><BR> <A href="#" onClick="News872Window=window.open('http://www.berwick-advertiser.co.uk/news/local-headlines/bee_keepers_buzzing_again_as_scientists_fight_the_mites_1_450102', 'News872Window','toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=800,height=600'); return false;"> <IMG alt="" src="http://www.berwick-advertiser.co.uk/webimage/sbsr_varroa_mite_2_sbba_sbba_1_450101!image/4088321253.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_595/4088321253.jpg" width=250 floatimgleft"/> </A> <span class="date">13 Jan 11 By The Berwick Advertiser</span><BR> BEEKEEPERS in the Borders and north Northumberland are taking great encouragement from scientists claim that they have discovered a natural way to make the deadly varroa mite, the biggest killer of honey bees worldwide, self-destruct. The blood-sucking varroa has developed resistance to medication and is particularly feared by beekeepers in winter as depleted colonies do not have enough bees huddling together to keep warm. <SPAN class=postedUnderline> </SPAN> <H2>Honey laundering: The sour side of nature s golden sweetener</H2><BR> <A href="#" onClick="News871Window=window.open('http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/honey-laundering-the-sour-side-of-natures-golden-sweetener/article1859410/', 'News871Window','toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=800,height=600'); return false;"> <IMG alt="Bees fly at an apiary built in a rape field on April 9, 2008 in suburb of Wuhan of Hubei Province, China" src="http://beta.images.theglobeandmail.com/archive/01109/webfolio-honey0_1109221cl-3.jpg" width=250 floatimgleft"/> </A> <span class="date">06 Jan 11 By JESSICA LEEDER</span><BR> As crime sagas go, a scheme rigged by a sophisticated cartel of global traders has all the right blockbuster elements: clandestine movements of illegal substances through a network of co-operatives in Asia, a German conglomerate, jet-setting executives, doctored laboratory reports, high-profile takedowns and fearful turncoats. <SPAN class=postedUnderline> </SPAN> <H2>Swarm of beekeepers challenge proposed zoning ordinance that would sting practice </H2><BR> <A href="#" onClick="News870Window=window.open('http://tribstar.com/news/x1522066092/Swarm-of-beekeepers-challenge-proposed-zoning-ordinance-that-would-sting-practice', 'News870Window','toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=800,height=600'); return false;"> <IMG alt="Bee mine: Local bee keeper Steve Hiatt puts the top back on a hive after checking for activity Wednesday afternoon. " src="http://tribstar.com/archive/x1091850953/g0a0000000000000000cf50ae0217f13ee2004100ebe74befeca49c0677.jpg" width=250 floatimgleft"/> </A> <span class="date">06 Jan 11 By Howard Greninger</span><BR> TERRE HAUTE  Beekeepers have been abuzz with concern over a proposed updating of Vigo County s zoning ordinance, which would limit a person to one hive for every 10 acres of land owned, unless zoned for agricultural purposes. <SPAN class=postedUnderline> </SPAN> <H2>Viruses Plaguing Honeybees May be Spreading to Wild Bees</H2><BR> <A href="#" onClick="News862Window=window.open('http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2010/12/29/viruses-plaguing-honeybees-may-be-spreading-to-wild-bees/', 'News862Window','toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=800,height=600'); return false;"> <IMG alt="" src="http://c1.eatdrinkbetter.com/files/2010/12/bee.jpg" width=250 floatimgleft"/> </A> <span class="date">29 Dec 10 By Jeannie Moulton</span><BR> We depend on bees and other pollinators to pollinate our crops to produce food. In recent years, there has been a marked decline in the number of pollinators due to colony collapse disorder (CCD)  a syndrome that wipes out entire colonies of domesticated bees. The exact cause of CCD is unknown but it is thought to be a virus and it doesn t appear to yet affect wild pollinators. <SPAN class=postedUnderline> </SPAN> <H2>EPA Defends Approval of Bayer's Bee-Killing Pesticide</H2><BR> <A href="#" onClick="News861Window=window.open('http://food.change.org/blog/view/epa_defends_approval_of_bayers_bee-killing_pesticide', 'News861Window','toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=800,height=600'); return false;"> <IMG alt="" src="http://change-production.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/wordpress_copies/food/2010/12/honeybee-5.jpg" width=250 floatimgleft"/> </A> <span class="date">28 Dec 10 By Sarah Parsons </span><BR> A few weeks ago, Change.org brought you news that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) turned a blind eye to clothianidin, a pesticide fingered as a culprit in Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). Then just last week, the maker of said pesticide, Bayer CropScience, stood by the substance, saying it was perfectly safe for honeybees. Now it's the EPA's turn to defend itself  or rather, dodge and deny environmentalists' allegations about the agency <SPAN class=postedUnderline> </SPAN> <H2>Scientists wage war on varroa mites</H2><BR> <A href="#" onClick="News860Window=window.open('http://www.iol.co.za/scitech/science/environment/scientists-wage-war-on-varroa-mites-1.1004957', 'News860Window','toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=800,height=600'); return false;"> <IMG alt="Detail of bees on their hive on the rooftop of the Tour d'Argent restaurant overlooking the River Seine in Paris September 24, 2010. For the past several months, the restaurant has installed a group of bee hives on its roof. The honey goes straight into the cuisine of the internationally-renowned restaurant below and retails expensively in its shop. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen (FRANCE - Tags: SOCIETY FOOD ANIMALS) " src="http://www.iol.co.za/polopoly_fs/iol-news-pic-bee-dec-23-1.1004956!/image/2858064066.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_300/2858064066.jpg" width=250 floatimgleft"/> </A> <span class="date">24 Dec 10 By Unknown</span><BR> As the mercury dips into the teens, you are not likely to envision burgers on the grill and honeybees dancing on freshly blooming wildflowers that make mid-April evenings so pleasant in the Queen City. Honeybees? Did I just mention honeybees in the throes of winter? Yep, and if you are one of the hundreds of urban beekeepers in Mecklenburg County, the tiny insects are never far from your thoughts, regardless of the season. <SPAN class=postedUnderline> </SPAN> <H2>Genetic breakthrough in fight against honeybee killer</H2><BR> <A href="#" onClick="News845Window=window.open('http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/dec/22/genetic-breakthrough-bee-killer', 'News845Window','toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=800,height=600'); return false;"> <IMG alt="It takes just 1,000 varroa mites to kill a colony of 50,000 bees. Photograph: AP" src="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Environment/Pix/pictures/2008/05/09/honeybee460.jpg" width=250 floatimgleft"/> </A> <span class="date">22 Dec 10 By Guardian.co.uk</span><BR> Scientists have developed a chemical-free technique that could make the deadly varroa mite self-destruct<br><br> A breakthrough in the battle against a deadly mite responsible for decimating the honeybee population has been welcomed by conservation groups. The varroa mite is the biggest killer of honeybees and has become resistant to medication developed to destroy it. But now scientists have identified a genetic technique that could stop the mite in its tracks. Researchers from the government's National Bee Unit and Aberdeen University have worked out how to "silence" natural functions in the mites' genes. Alan Bowman, from the University of Aberdeen, said: "Introducing harmless genetic material encourages the mites' own immune response to prevent their genes from expressing natural functions. This could make them self-destruct. <SPAN class=postedUnderline> </SPAN> <H2>Beekeepers say weed control will sting them</H2><BR> <A href="#" onClick="News836Window=window.open('http://michiganmessenger.com/44889/beekeepers-say-weed-control-will-sting-them', 'News836Window','toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=800,height=600'); return false;"> <IMG alt="Wikimedia Creative Commons photo by Cody Hough, college student and photographer in the Michgian area" src="http://images.michiganmessenger.com/knapweed.jpg" width=150 floatimgleft"/> </A> <span class="date">20 Dec 10 By Todd A. Heywood </span><BR> Michigan beekeepers say an initiative to rid the state of an invasive species could hurt their business, according to a report by the Associated Press.<BR><BR> The Michigan Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Agriculture have teamed up to introduce a bug that feeds on the invasive spotted knapweed plant. The plant produces a chemical which inhibits the growth of other plants and chokes out native species. But beekeepers like the plant because it blooms later in the summer when many native plants aren t blooming. That gives their bees access to needed nectar to continue making honey. <SPAN class=postedUnderline> </SPAN> <H2>Amateur beekeepers' winter chores: worry and make lip balm</H2><BR> <A href="#" onClick="News842Window=window.open('http://www.kentucky.com/2010/12/18/1571495/amateur-beekeepers-winter-chores.html', 'News842Window','toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=800,height=600'); return false;"> <IMG alt="" src="http://media.kentucky.com/smedia/2010/12/18/01/101218BeeCold.aurora_standalone.prod_affiliate.79.jpg" width=150 floatimgleft"/> </A> <span class="date">18 Dec 10 By Amy Wilson and Angela Baldridge </span><BR> Treat the 25,000 pets for mites with powdered sugar? Check.<BR><BR> Kill their lingering fungi with medicine-laced sugar water? Check.<BR><BR> Freeze the bejezus out of their now-abandoned homestead so we can reuse it next year? Check.<BR><BR> For about a week, our bees are the most ideal, no-trouble overwintering pets on the planet. That is, until one of us has the great idea to ask the guy at the bee-supply store  where we're busy gloating about our summer honey haul  a question. <SPAN class=postedUnderline> </SPAN> <H2>Boris Johnson's Capital Bee scheme criticised by beekeepers</H2><BR> <A href="#" onClick="News838Window=window.open('http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/dec/16/boris-capital-bee-beekeepers-criticise', 'News838Window','toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=800,height=600'); return false;"> <IMG alt="Beekeepers in London say mayor Boris Johnson's plan to encourage more amateurs to own their own hives are misguided. Photograph: Reso/Rex Features" src="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/About/General/2010/12/15/1292434039431/BEES-ON-HONEY-COMB-007.jpg" width=150 floatimgleft"/> </A> <span class="date">16 Dec 10 By Alison Benjamin </span><BR> A bid to boost beekeeping in London by mayor Boris Johnson today has come under fire from beekeeping associations, who say the capital is already saturated with inexperienced beekeepers. Johnson's Capital Bee campaign, which will offer up to 50 community food-growing groups the chance to keep bees, hopes to boost beekeeper numbers in the city and halt the decline in bee populations. But London beekeepers' associations accuse him of "jumping on the bandwagon" of the huge growth in the popularity of beekeeping. <SPAN class=postedUnderline> </SPAN> <H2>EPA Memo Shows Pesticide Harms Bees</H2><BR> <A href="#" onClick="News843Window=window.open('http://www.care2.com/greenliving/epa-memo-shows-pesticide-harms-bees.html#', 'News843Window','toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=800,height=600'); return false;"> <IMG alt="" src="http://dingo.care2.com/pictures/greenliving/1050/1049283.large.jpg" width=150 floatimgleft"/> </A> <span class="date">15 Dec 10 By Jake Richardson</span><BR> An EPA memo that wound up in the hands of veteran beekeeper Tom Theobald identifies a common pesticide as directly harmful to honey bees. Clothianidin was first registered in May 2003 but that registration was dependent on a study being conducted which would show it was safe for honey bees. However, the study was flawed, and the EPA memo that was leaked shows they were aware clothianidin was harmful to bees, yet they had allowed it be sold and used, and in doing so also probably allowed many bees to be harmed or die. <SPAN class=postedUnderline> </SPAN> <H2>EPA Can't Tell Difference Between "Beekeeper" and "Bee-killer"</H2><BR> <A href="#" onClick="News840Window=window.open('http://thesunbreak.com/2010/12/14/epa-cant-tell-difference-between-beekeeper-and-bee-killer', 'News840Window','toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=800,height=600'); return false;"> <IMG alt="" src="http://thesunbreak.com/media/artsevents/2010/12/14/ZAEuSESnnlZTydv2pm5VzBibs.jpg" width=150 floatimgleft"/> </A> <span class="date">14 Dec 10 By Michael van Baker</span><BR> First, how does "Environmental Dereliction Agency" sound? I feel like "Protection" is really giving people the wrong idea about the actual results of EPA regulation. Second, I should warn you that if you continue reading, you'll be begin to wonder how we're all not dead yet. Thanks to Grist's Tom Philpott, I was just alerted to the leaked EPA documents that show the agency's fumbling approval of a broadly used, very toxic pesticide. <SPAN class=postedUnderline> </SPAN> <H2>More Dougherty Co. bees are Africanized variety</H2><BR> <A href="#" onClick="News839Window=window.open('http://www.walb.com/Global/story.asp?S=13662609', 'News839Window','toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=800,height=600'); return false;"> <IMG alt="" src="http://walb.images.worldnow.com/images/13662609_BG2.jpg" width=150 floatimgleft"/> </A> <span class="date">13 Dec 10 By Jennifer Emert</span><BR> ALBANY, GA (WALB)  Two additional colonies of Africanized bees have been found in Dougherty County near the area where a man died from an attack. The colonies were destroyed immediately. Entomological tests confirmed that Africanized honeybees were responsible for the death of Curtis Davis in October. It was the first record of the strain in Georgia. <SPAN class=postedUnderline> </SPAN> <H2>Beekeeper Who Leaked EPA Documents: "I Don't Think We Can Survive This Winter" </H2><BR> <A href="#" onClick="News841Window=window.open('http://www.fastcompany.com/1709448/interview-with-a-bee-leaker-beekeeper-tom-theobald-discusses-the-epas-bee-toxic-pesticide-co', 'News841Window','toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=800,height=600'); return false;"> <IMG alt="" src="http://images.fastcompany.com/upload/New-360-pound-surplus-September-2002.jpg" width=150 floatimgleft"/> </A> <span class="date">13 Dec 10 By Ariel Schwartz</span><BR> Colorado beekeeper Tom Theobald never expected to become embroiled in a controversy between the EPA and the pesticide industry. But that's exactly what happened when Theobald got hold of an EPA document revealing that the agency is allowing the widespread use of a bee-toxic pesticide, in spite of warnings from EPA scientists. So how did Theobald (pictured above) end up with such a contentious document? <SPAN class=postedUnderline> </SPAN> <H2>Beekeepers want government to pull pesticide</H2><BR> <A href="#" onClick="News837Window=window.open('http://www.palmbeachpost.com/money/beekeepers-want-government-to-pull-pesticide-1107701.html', 'News837Window','toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=800,height=600'); return false;"> <IMG alt="Beekeepers Mark McCoy (left), and Francisco Toribio inspect frames of bees Friday afternoon, February 9, 2007. Area beekeepers are worried aboout citrus growers spraying groves for psyllids and killing their bees. " src="http://www.palmbeachpost.com/multimedia/dynamic/00656/beekeepers_656214e.jpg" width=150 floatimgleft"/> </A> <span class="date">09 Dec 10 By Susan Salisbury </span><BR> Beekeepers and environmentalists Wednesday called on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to remove a pesticide that could be linked to colony collapse disorder from the market and to issue an order to stop its use. <BR><BR> The request to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson from the American Beekeeping Federation, headed by Florida beekeeper Dave Mendes, and five other groups follows the leak of a Nov. 2 EPA memo about the product. <SPAN class=postedUnderline> </SPAN> <H2>Georgia stays on the lookout for 'killer bees'</H2><BR> <A href="#" onClick="News844Window=window.open('http://jacksonville.com/news/georgia/2010-12-08/story/georgia-stays-lookout-killer-bees', 'News844Window','toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=800,height=600'); return false;"> <IMG alt="University of Florida Africanized "killer bees" have spread throughout most of the southern U.S. and into Nevada, Arizona and California. A disturbed nest led to the death of a man in Albany, Ga." src="http://jacksonville.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/story_slideshow_thumb/editorial/images/images/mdControlled/cms/2010/12/08/309293669.jpg" width=150 floatimgleft"/> </A> <span class="date">08 Dec 10 By Lee Shearer </span><BR> ATHENS, Ga. - It may be only a matter of time before Africanized honeybees - so-called killer bees - reach all the way to Athens and Northeast Georgia, according to University of Georgia bee researcher Keith Delaplane. The feared bees made their first appearance in Georgia this October, killing 73-year-old Curtis Davis of Albany as he was driving a bulldozer that disturbed their nest. <SPAN class=postedUnderline> </SPAN> </div> </div> <!-- end #primaryContent --> </div> <div id="secondaryContent"> <div class="box default"> <h2>Archived News</h2> <div class="cbb"> <A href="#" onClick="Aug2010Window=window.open('oct-10.html', 'Oct2010Window','toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes'); return false;"> <IMG alt="Oct 2010" src="../../files/folder.jpg" class="floatimgleft"/> </A> <A href="#" onClick="Aug2010Window=window.open('sep-10.html', 'Sep2010Window','toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes'); return false;"> <IMG alt="Sep 2010" src="../../files/folder.jpg" class="floatimgleft"/> </A> <A href="#" onClick="Aug2010Window=window.open('aug-10.html', 'Aug2010Window','toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes'); 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