Mosquito youth in the News

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Talking Retail
Government won't swat down 'Mosquito' youth deterrent
ic Wales, United Kingdom - Feb 12, 2008
THE Government's decision not to ban the controversial "Mosquito"
device was last night greeted with approval by its creator. Howard
Stapleton, who invented ...
Sonic youth deterrent 'should be banned' Telegraph.co.uk
Why we should swat The Mosquito Spiked
High-pitch alarm targets young people CNN International
The Associated Press - Rochdale Online
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BBC News
Mosquito device divides opinion
BBC News, UK - Feb 12, 2008
And use youth workers, who can go and talk to the young people and
find out what they need and see what the problem is. I know that anti-
social behaviour is ...
Councillor Flynn defends appropriate use of mosquito devices
Rochdale Online, UK - Feb 13, 2008
... Member for Community Safety, Councillor Ted Flynn has defended the
use of 'mosquito devices' as part of this Borough's fight against
youth nuisance. ...
VOTE: 'Order the shrieking Mosquito to buzz off'
This Is Lancashire, UK - Feb 13, 2008
By Gayle McBain A YOUTH club boss has backed a call to ban a device to
disperse young people by giving out a high-pitched sound. ...
Don't ban the buzzers, pleads shopkeeper Sunderland Echo
'Mosquito device' defended Manchester Evening News
Campaign to ban the 'teen tormentor' from Scotland The Herald
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BusinessZone.co.uk
Anti-yob 'mosquito' device backed by British Retail Consortium
PersonnelToday.com, UK - 8 hours ago
Retailers have defended the 'mosquito device' used to put off gangs of
teenagers from congregating in their premises. The British Retail
Consortium warned ...
No ban on Mosquito devices, Government says Talking Retail
C-stores concerned by Mosquito ban threat Retail Week (subscription)
Shopkeepers defend 'anti-teen' device BusinessZone.co.uk
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The Manilow Method Blows Away The Youthful Mosquito
Anorak.co.uk (satire), UK - Feb 13, 2008
No, not to place huge video screens on wasteland and over ravines so
attract youth toward them - they really will watch anything so long as
it's on a screen ...
'Mosquitoes' buzz off
Middleton Guardian, UK - 16 hours ago
... said: "We feel totally justified in deploying Mosquito devices to
give the community respite in cases of acute anti-social behaviour and
youth nuisance. ...

News & Star
Crime-busting group defends 'Mosquito'
News & Star, UK - Feb 13, 2008
A spokesman added: "This type of device, used in conjunction with
youth engagement activities and improved street lighting, go a long
way towards ...
Wednesday Breakfast Bender
Washington Post, United States - Feb 13, 2008
... of stores have purchased mosquitos as a youth crime deterrent. But
children's rights organizations aren't hearing it and are calling for
a mosquito ban. ...
New knife attack: a youth arrest
Channel 4 News, UK - Feb 12, 2008
But from that has evolved the so called mosquito - a low level sonic
weapon against loitering teenagers. It's a high pitched noise which
affects people ...
Mosquito device set to tackle youth crime
This Is Basingstoke, UK - Feb 4, 2008
A Mosquito device has been installed at Four Lanes Infant School, in
Hanmore Road, Chineham, which, when triggered, will emit a shrill tone
that is only ...
Council defends use of noise devices
Bradford Telegraph Argus, UK - Feb 12, 2008
The gadget, known as the Mosquito, has been used in nuisance hotspots
across Bradford since 2006 but there are now calls for it to be
banned. ...
Jose Ramos-Horta: Stronger than an Assassin's Bullet
Huffington Post, NY - 9 hours ago
In 2005, I was with José and Paul Simon in Timor, distributing
mosquito nets. José was Prime Minister then, and spent two days out of
his office with us, ...
There's a buzz on the streets to drive away youth
Oxford Mail, UK - Feb 6, 2008
The Co-op, in Lostock Place, Ladygrove, has installed a Mosquito
device outside the shop in a bid to disperse groups of youths. ...

Mangalorean.com
Mangalore: City in control of Malaria
Mangalorean.com, India - Feb 11, 2008
Malaria can only spread through one carrier that is mosquito. It is
basic knowledge that only mosquitoes carry the malaria vectors - Vivax
and Falcifarum. ...
Teenage dispersers told to buzz off
UK Parents Lounge, UK - Feb 12, 2008
The mosquito has no place in a country that values its children and
seeks to instill them with dignity and respect." Kathleen Marshall,
Children's ...
Anti-teen devices Politics.co.uk
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Students at University of Limpopo may go on a rampage today
MyNews.in, India - Feb 12, 2008
The revolution will continue without any fear, favour or prejudice"
said the students. They ended up saying a Mosquito strategy must be
applicable if ...
Early Doors - Your morning briefing
Yahoo! Eurosport, UK - Feb 12, 2008
... youth, but it's a start. Early Doors suspects the 'mosquito' could
be the only way to prevent Arsenal from running away with the Premier
League title. ...
Brad Zimanek column: Brylski adept at snowshoe racing
Appleton Post Crescent, USA - Feb 12, 2008
The 23rd annual Mosquito Hill Snowshoe Race will be held with a one-
mile fun run beginning at 9:30 am, followed by a five-mile race at 10
am A 200-meter ...

Newbury Weekly News Group
Alarm system told to Buzz Off
Newbury Weekly News Group, UK - Feb 12, 2008
The Mosquito, a device used in Theale, emits a harmless high frequency
pulsing tone of about 17-18KHz, which can only be heard by people
under the age of 25 ...

Guardian Unlimited: Comment is free
Oh, buzz off
Guardian Unlimited, UK - Feb 12, 2008
Mosquito devices in town centres send the message to young people that
they are not worth engaging with. No wonder they respond in kind
Listening to the ...
Nice-craft advisory in effect for Miami boat show
MiamiHerald.com, FL - 17 hours ago
Sounds like just the thing for Everglades National Park or Mosquito
Lagoon to the north. * SUPERWIND 350, Miamarina at Bayside (booth
307). ...
Mayor Mike Brown's State of the City address
Grand Forks Herald (subscription), ND - Feb 13, 2008
Yes, our mosquito control is great! It has made it possible to enjoy
barbeques, but there's a more serious health implication. The rate of
frequency of West ...
Calls To Scrap Anti-Teenager Technology in UK
ShortNews.com, Germany - Feb 12, 2008
3500 devices known as the mosquito are installed across the UK which
emit a frequency inaudible to over 25's but which causes considerable
discomfort to ...
Youth travel to Africa for Lutheran ministry
Storm Lake Pilot Tribune, IA - Feb 7, 2008
During the Western Iowa Synod Assembly, the first weekend in June,
Cayla and Lincoln will be raising money to purchase mosquito nets for
all the students at ...
Youth group joins global campaign against malaria
Danville Register and Bee, VA - Jan 16, 2008
... Church Youth have joined with a worldwide campaign to help
eradicate malaria in Africa by raising money to buy insecticide-
treated mosquito netting. ...
Community Events
Nova News Now, Canada - Feb 13, 2008
Freewill offering Feb 16 for all mosquito and peewee age baseball
players, a 10-week camp. Cost is $50. To register, call David
Doucette, the Regional ...
Plans for 'Mosquito' device are shelved
Gloucestershire Gazette, UK - Feb 2, 2008
But the council was told during its investigation police or anti-
social behaviour teams would not support it if it was located near
youth provision. ...
Youth Sports Bulletin Board
Chatham Daily News, Canada - Feb 1, 2008
The Chatham Minor Baseball Association's minor mosquito travel team
will hold a clinic for players interested in trying out for the team.

Newbury Weekly News Group
Ultrasonic tone threatens vandals
Newbury Weekly News Group, UK - Jan 31, 2008
All councillors voted in favour of buying the Mosquito youth crowd
dispersal equipment for the Speen recreation ground at a parish
council meeting on ...
High-pitch alarm quietens youths
BBC News, UK - Jan 26, 2008
A mobile mosquito alarm, which can only be heard by younger people, is
being used at Thatto Heath in St Helens. Merseyside Police said they
had been dealing ...

L'express.mu
A tail of evolution
L'express.mu, Mauritius - Feb 6, 2008
An active lions' tail, doubling as a mosquito swatter, may save money
on anti-mosquito cream. If the operation is not too painful, then
people will feel ...
Retirement comes early for sentinel chickens
Vero Beach Press-Journal (subscription), FL - Jan 21, 2008
Some end up at Noah's Barn, the petting zoo at Life for Youth Camp
west of Vero Beach. Camp Director Sherri Stevens said the mosquito
control district first ...
Community Calendar for Feb. 12
Mercury-Register, CA - Feb 12, 2008
Butte County Mosquito and Vector Control District, board of trustees,
7:30 pm at 5117 Larkin Road. Guardianship/Adoption Support Group, 10
am to noon in the ...

Bangkok Post
CHEAP THRILLS DOWN SOUTH
Bangkok Post, Thailand - Jan 27, 2008
He spends his evenings with friends, in tea shops, where they brew up
a cocktail of coke, cough syrup, boiled kratom leaves, and mosquito
repellent, ...
Long-term recovery needed
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland - Feb 11, 2008
It has distributed one million US dollars worth of relief supplies
such as food, blankets, mosquito nets, jerry cans, tarpaulins, mobile
toilets, ...
Outdoors Calendar
The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com, OH - Feb 7, 2008
April 19: Northern Open Anglers Association Bass Tournament, Mosquito
Reservoir, 6:30 am-3 pm, State Park Ramp. Two-angler teams. ...
PROGRESS: Change, evolution at Grand Forks Public Health
Grand Forks Herald (subscription), ND - Jan 26, 2008
From early childhood immunizations to mosquito control, Grand Forks
Public Health cuts a wide swath across area health concerns. During
the past year, ...
First Wesleyan hoopsters take aim at malaria
Gaston Gazette, NC - Feb 7, 2008
"The World Health Organization reckons that mosquito nets and speedy
access to drugs can prevent nine out of 10 malaria deaths. ...
Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down: What's hot and what's not in the news (Feb. 2)
TCPalm, FL - Feb 1, 2008
... perfectly healthy birds, mosquito control districts give the hens
away to farmers or donate them to the petting zoo at a Vero Beach
youth camp. ...

News & Star
Keep away: The units will be fitted outside the Border Reiver ...
News & Star, UK - Jan 24, 2008
The so-called mosquito units are described by police as "one of the
most effective tools in the fight against anti-social behaviour". ...
Memories of Zanzibar - Tanzania 2007 Part IV
Brampton News, Canada - Jan 24, 2008
After call to prayer I would push through my mosquito net, do a few
minutes of yoga, and either myself or one of the other volunteers
would go to a small ...
Ohio Deer Seasons, Regs Proposed to Ohio Wildlife Council
The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com, OH - Feb 7, 2008
The youth deer gun season is Nov. 22-23, with the regular gun season
on Dec. 1-7, followed by a weekend gun hunt on Dec. 20-21. The early
primitive season ...
Mousetrap or colonial trap?
GreaterKashmir.com (press release), India - Feb 7, 2008
It is human nature that when a mosquito bites, one does not allow it
to bite again and again and tries to fight the mosquito away. ...
City Manager's Newsletter - 17th January, 2008
BVI News Online, British Virgin Islands - Jan 18, 2008
... use mosquito repellent containing DEET, and ensure that windows
and doors are covered with screens. The Youth Empowerment Project
(YEP) will hold a ...
Lions' Pre-Birkie gives skiers a chance to roar
Sawyer County Record, WI - Feb 6, 2008
... operated by the Hayward Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts; Mosquito Brook,
operated by Hayward Wesleyan youth and the Hayward Area Rotary Club;
Gravel Pit, ...
Madagascar improves health care, has lowest HIV rate in Africa
North County Times, CA - Feb 2, 2008
So twice a year, medical teams visit to give children a dose of
vitamin A, de-worming tablets, a measles vaccination and a chemically
treated anti-mosquito ...

The Age
The naked truth
The Age, Australia - Feb 2, 2008
IN THE lush summers of his youth, Werner Jacob spent weekends sunning
on the beach or tramping through forests wearing only walking boots
and mosquito ...

Malaysia Star
He SEAs potential
Malaysia Star, Malaysia - Feb 1, 2008
"Yeah, my companion and I wanted to white-water canoe in Mosquito
Coast in Central America, but what was supposed to have been a three-
day trip took 21 days ...
Teen injured in van crash
Wanganui Chronicle, New Zealand - Jan 22, 2008
A 16-year-old passenger told the Chronicle the driver had bought the
vehicle only two days ago, and that he and his two friends were
returning from Mosquito ...

Washington Post
Beware of the Sunshine State, Where It's Easy To Get Burned
Washington Post, United States - Jan 29, 2008
Mosquito-heavy. All that swampland. Heck, much of Florida wasn't
really land till somebody made it so, filling it in or draining it.
There were, of course, ...
Police charge third suspected flood looter
NEWS.com.au, Australia - Jan 26, 2008
"But I am certainly worried about mosquito-borne viruses, so I would
urge everyone to get out there and dispose of any water," she said.
Northern YMCAs support Sudan projects; Sudbury organization has ...
Sudbury Star, Canada - Feb 7, 2008
The World Health Organization has found cases of malaria in children
can be reduced by up to 70 per cent with the use of mosquito bed
nets. ...

Sunday Leader (subscription)
Always modest Sanju is a
Sunday Leader (subscription), Sri Lanka - Feb 9, 2008
He has his own pillows and sleeps under a mosquito net and has to take
the necessary vitamins," said Dr. Jayalath. Today Sanju gives them all
the greatest ...
News Sunflashes
Winnipeg Sun, Canada - Jan 18, 2008
The four fatalities have made 2007 Manitoba's deadliest year for the
mosquito-borne virus since human cases were first reported here in
2003. ...
Kenya: Camps overflow as post-election violence worsens
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland - Feb 5, 2008
Gangs of armed youth rampaged through the area, burning entire
neighborhoods and brutally attacking anyone who was perceived to be of
a different political ...
Nigeria: Grassroots Development, the Southern Kaduna Experience
AllAfrica.com, Washington - Jan 18, 2008
The women facilitator, Monica Sunday said "access to mosquito nets for
children have also increased." Accordingly, the Farman community
expressed their ...
Sudan: Humanitarian Action in Darfur, weekly bulletin no. 22
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland - Jan 17, 2008
UNICEF has provided 40 boxes of nutritional paste, 660 mosquito nets,
weighing scales and height boards to Action Against Hunger (ACF) in
support of the ...
Lumber Kings widen
Brockville Recorder and Times, Canada - Jan 16, 2008
The cost is $200 for tyke and mosquito, $225 for peewee and bantam. In
addition, a refundable $200 equipment deposit will be collected and
then returned at ...

New Sudan Vision
The Three-Eyed Watchman - Why not join the eating club: Muatamr Botton
New Sudan Vision, Canada - Feb 1, 2008
It's my advice that you add on some more kilos to your mosquito weight
this festive season. Wishing ua foodful Xmas and fruitful new
year. ...
Families' stories give voice to victims of Kenya violence
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland - Feb 1, 2008
Fr Michael Kamau Ithondeka, 41, was killed on 24 January at an illegal
roadblock set up by armed youth on the Nakuru - Eldama Ravine
Road. ...

Reuters AlertNet
Caritas Kenya and Caritas Internationalis agencies appeal for an ...
Reuters AlertNet, UK - Jan 31, 2008
Caritas Kenya and Caritas agencies have been providing food, blankets,
clothing, cooking utensils, shelter, water and sanitation, mosquito
nets, medicines, ...
Lawrence R. Velvel: The Great Louis Terkel
Scoop.co.nz, New Zealand - Jan 30, 2008
I'm so flabby I can't swat a mosquito. The voice was higher now. It
was a countertenor. No, it was a despairing falsetto. A castrato, that
was it. A click. ...
Every School Every Thursday -- Ankeny
DesMoinesRegister.com, IA - Feb 7, 2008
The students also finished the sentences, "If I had 100 mosquito
bites, I would ..." and "If I had 100 legs, I would ..." Spencer
Smith, Josephine Lewis, ...
Faithful fans
Roanoke Times, VA - Jan 27, 2008
She advocated efforts to improve life globally, such as a program in
Africa that distributes mosquito nets to combat malaria. The prayers
that followed were ...
Business ladies hold bonspiel
Peterborough Examiner, Canada - Jan 25, 2008
The upcoming show is a fundraiser for area Catholic Youth Ministries.
For tickets, $15 each, please call Lois 295-6558 or Mary 295-6615. ...
CLASS NOTES
UMass Magazine Online, MA - Jan 24, 2008
He taught mosquito control from the Centers for Disease Control from
1946 until 1972. He writes, "Your family issue of the UMass magazine
(Summer 2007) is ...
People power matters - Green politicians say so
Sherbrooke Record, Canada - Jan 24, 2008
"But as one politician pointed out, 'Anyone who has spent just one
night in a tent with a mosquito knows how a little thing can create a
large disturbance' ...
ROBINSON CLAIMS SHOCK WIN IN RACE FOUR OF LASER SERIES
Plymouth Evening Herald, UK - Jan 24, 2008
He was shadowed by Jonathon Couch of Torpoint Mosquito SC who finished
48 seconds behind him, a gap which was reduced to six seconds on
corrected time. ...
Heartfelt Humility; A story of God's work in Mississippi
Christian Chronicle, OK - Jan 23, 2008
She is actively involved in the youth program and other areas within
the congregation and her community. Allison is pursuing an interest in
journalism, ...
Kenner Collegiate hosts information nights
Peterborough Examiner, Canada - Jan 21, 2008
The youth choir will travel to Quebec City in April and the concert
choir will participate in an exchange with the Calgary Children's
Chorus in May. ...
Put them to better use
Electric New Paper, Singapore - Jan 20, 2008
Worse still, the pool is a potential breeding ground for mosquitoes,
although the SSC carries out regular fumigation works and inspection
for mosquito ...
All ages give generously
The Guardian, Canada - Jan 18, 2008
The youth group at St. John's Anglican Church in Crapaud held a
Christmas tea and craft sale with money raised going to World
Vision. ...
Give young people a chance and they'll do great things
Nova News Now, Canada - Jan 18, 2008
More recently, we read that a group of students at Horton High have
initiated a fundraising campaign to purchase mosquito netting to help
protect youth in ...
Violence in Kenya Creates Widespread Sense of Fear
Evangelical Covenant Church, IL - Jan 17, 2008
The greatest need is food, clothing, mosquito nets, and anti-malaria
drugs. Covenant World Relief is working with the ECCK to distribute
funds as needed, ...

Valley Advocate
Nuevo Mundo: Getting Visible
Valley Advocate, MA - Jan 16, 2008
It is a momentous occasion in the family, not the least because most
Americans wave off electoral participation as if it were a mosquito
while others clamor ...
History of US Table Tennis Vol VII
USA Table Tennis - Feb 3, 2008
Mosquito bites? Stipancic sat head down, listening or not, to
Osmanagic, his coach. Said the TV announcer to the Indian
representative who was commenting on ...
Television movies for the week of Jan. 27
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - Jan 26, 2008
2 PM (CC) * Mosquito '95. Gunnar Hansen. Residents of a small town are
imperiled when alien forces transform pesky backyard bugs into
bloodthirsty monsters. ...