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Wellinghoff, who was in office during the incident, said he reached his conclusion after consulting with Defense Department experts about the attack that involved snipping AT&T fiber-optic lines to knock out phone and emergency service, and firing shots into a PG&E substation, causing outages.
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The FBI is the lead agency in the investigation, and Lee said the agency has specific definitions of terrorism that involve motive, intent and political ideology. He said the investigation is ongoing and urged people not to jump to conclusions.
Wellinghoff said he was speaking out on the issue now because he's concerned the grid isn't being adequately protected.
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He said he would withhold details of the incident to avoid harming the investigation but added he had been in touch with the FBI about it.
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Logicalis collaborates with Sinclair Community College on a comprehensive virtualization and business continuity self-help test.
Sinclair Community College in Dayton Ohio is widely acclaimed as one of the top community colleges in the nation. Selected for membership in the prestigious League for Innovation in the Community College in 1989, Sinclair was also recognized as one of the League's 12 elite Vanguard Colleges in 2001. The largest regional provider of online education, with more than 180 different online courses, Sinclair's enrollment is rapidly approaching 30,000 students.
All that frenetic learning activity generates demands on the school's IT department that would challenge the capabilities of a major corporation. Most major corporations, in fact, require relatively few applications to keep them running effectively in their industry. Because Sinclair's curriculum spans a broad array of professions in many industries, Sinclair IT Director Scott McCollum says the IT department has to support as many as 700 applications.
The scope of the school's IT storage and business continuity requirements, as a result, can be daunting; which is why McCollum turned to Logicalis as his "trusted advisor" when it came time to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the college's virtualization and disaster recovery options.
McCollum's team was already proceeding with two key initiatives: It had begun a virtualization initiative a few years before; and it was planning to replace the disaster recovery capability it had through SunGard with its own disaster recovery site on a remote campus 40 miles away.
McCollum recognized that he needed to combine these two projects and develop a comprehensive virtualization strategy that incorporated disaster recovery into a virtualized architecture. He also recognized that, as broad as his own team's skills were, to accomplish an in-depth virtualization and disaster recovery study, he needed access to skills beyond those required to support the school's IT operations.
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Wall Street analysts predict that Cimpress NV (NASDAQ:CMPR) will post earnings per share of $0.54 for the current quarter, Zacks reports. Two analysts have made estimates for Cimpress' earnings. The highest EPS estimate is $0.62 and the lowest is $0.46. Cimpress reported earnings per share of $0.21 in the same quarter last year, which indicates a positive year-over-year growth rate of 157.1%. The company is expected to issue its next earnings report on Wednesday, August 7th.
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Cimpress (NASDAQ:CMPR) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 30th. The business services provider reported $0.21 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.40 by ($0.19). The company had revenue of $661.84 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $667.57 million. Cimpress had a net margin of 1.98% and a return on equity of 62.17%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 4.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned ($0.07) EPS.
Several research analysts have commented on the company. BidaskClub downgraded Cimpress from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday, June 11th. ValuEngine raised Cimpress from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Thursday, May 23rd. Aegis reissued a "hold" rating and set a $80.00 target price on shares of Cimpress in a research note on Wednesday, June 5th. Finally, Barrington Research reissued a "buy" rating and set a $100.00 target price on shares of Cimpress in a research note on Friday, May 17th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, two have given a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the stock. Cimpress presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $111.67.
In other Cimpress news, EVP Donald Leblanc sold 5,621 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $88.08, for a total transaction of $495,097.68. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 28,651 shares of the company's stock, valued at $2,523,580.08. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. 18.40% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.
Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc. increased its stake in shares of Cimpress by 9.4% in the first quarter. Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc. now owns 1,570 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $126,000 after buying an additional 135 shares during the period. Bank of Montreal Can increased its stake in shares of Cimpress by 1.3% in the fourth quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 12,924 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $1,337,000 after buying an additional 160 shares during the period. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of Cimpress by 4.3% in the first quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 4,222 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $338,000 after buying an additional 174 shares during the period. Captrust Financial Advisors boosted its holdings in Cimpress by 166.1% in the fourth quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 471 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $49,000 after acquiring an additional 294 shares during the last quarter. Finally, SeaBridge Investment Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Cimpress by 3.6% in the fourth quarter. SeaBridge Investment Advisors LLC now owns 8,912 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $922,000 after acquiring an additional 311 shares during the last quarter. 86.97% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.
NASDAQ CMPR traded up $0.76 during trading on Friday, hitting $101.02. 162,925 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 131,940. The company has a current ratio of 0.53, a quick ratio of 0.40 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.71. The company has a market cap of $3.10 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 118.85, a PEG ratio of 1.86 and a beta of 0.01. Cimpress has a fifty-two week low of $73.74 and a fifty-two week high of $155.51.
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Q: Dataframe add element from a column based on values contiguity from another columns I have a df like this:
a=[1,2,10,11,15,16,17,18,30]
b=[5,6,7,8,9,1,2,3,4]
df=pd.DataFrame(list(zip(a,b)),columns=['s','i'])

Using a I need to add elements of b.
Result I would like:
(1-2)=5+6=11
(10-11)=7+8=15
(15-18)=9+1+2+3=15
(30)=4
My idea was to create a list of values that are continuous, take the difference(+1) and use it to calculate the sum of the corresponding b elements.
#find continuous integer
def r (nums):
    nums= list(df['s'])
    gaps = [[s, e] for s, e in zip(nums, nums[1:]) if s+1 < e]
    edges = iter(nums[:1] + sum(gaps, []) + nums[-1:])
    return (list(zip(edges, edges)))

#difference
a = r(df)
print (a)
for i in range (len(a)):
    diff = np.diff(a[i])+1

I am trying to use diff as a counter to add the value of b but obviously any single time the addition starts from the first value. There is any simple way to add this number without changing b?

A: Using groupby + diff
df['i'].groupby(df['s'].diff().ne(1).cumsum()).sum()

1    11
2    15
3    15
4     4
Name: i, dtype: int64

A: Another solution:
df.groupby( ((df.s-df.s.shift(1))!=1).cumsum() ).i.sum()

reult:
1    11
2    15
3    15
4     4
Name: i, dtype: int64

A: You could use NumPy as:
res = []
arr = df.values.copy()
for i in range(1, arr.shape[0]):
    if arr[i, 0] == arr[i-1, 0] + 1:
        arr[i, 1] = arr[i, 1] + arr[i-1, 1]

    else:
        res.append(arr[i-1, 1])
res.append(arr[-1, 1])
res

This will give:
[11, 15, 15, 4]

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← Did the FBI have evidence that Michael Jackson paid off dozens of young boys to silence them after he sexually abused them?
Is it true that Jordan Chandler publicly confessed after Michael Jackson's death that Jackson did not molest him? →
Did Michael Jackson pay "hush-money" to a family in Brazil in 2003?
Posted on January 1, 2017	by jacksonallegations
No. This is yet another "hush-money" story that has no factual evidence and in fact, evidence shows a deceitful intention by its source. The story originates from Jackson's former associate Marc Schaffel. Schaffel formerly worked as an advisor for the star but in 2004 after he stopped working for Jackson he sued him claiming Jackson owed him $1.6 million, then later $3.8 million, for various endeavors he worked on for the pop star. Jackson counter-sued him claiming that Schaffel owed him money too. At the end Schaffel was awarded some of his demands and Jackson too was awarded some of his.
The relevant thing for our purpose is that during the civil trial of that case in an attempt to get the case settled, Schaffel, out of the blue, made a claim of $300,000 that he never claimed before. Then he made his rounds in the media – and especially appeared to feed articles written by Roger Friedman for Fox News – in which he suggested or downright claimed that this was some sort of secret "hush money" pay-off in November 2003 on the behalf of Jackson for a family (supposedly a certain David and Ruby Martinez) in Brazil who "felt their child was abused by the pop star" [1].
In another article written by Friedman a couple of days later the story got more confusing. Now Friedman claimed that Jackson wanted to adopt 3-4-year-old children from Brazil, a boy and a girl, and "the $300,000 secret payment that I told you about last week was going to be used for this adoption. When that didn't work out, the money (already in Brazil) was subsequently used to buy the continued silence of a family Jackson had quietly paid off years earlier when they claimed he'd had inappropriate relations with their son"[2].
In each case the articles end with what seem like thinly vieled attempts at blackmailing the star into a settlement or else Schaffel would make more allegations which could potentially harm Jackson's reputation:
"The Schaffel case continues Thursday in Santa Monica, although I cannot understand why Jackson doesn't borrow the money and settle out of court. More testimony in this direction, no matter how oblique, cannot be good for him." [1]
"There's more to this story, and it only gets worse. The reason all this is coming out, of course, is because the Schaffel v. Jackson trial continues without a settlement. The reason for this can be only one of two things: Jackson is either getting the worst advice ever from lawyers, who are also billing him at top dollar, or he simply doesn't have the cash on hand to settle the case.
My guess is it's both, and before this trial is over, Michael Jackson's reputation will be even more thoroughly damaged than it was last year." [2]
Despite of these threats Jackson refused to settle the case.
We learn from an Associated Press report that forensic accountant, Jan Goren testified that he had no reason to believe this allaged payment ever took place.
"Jan Goren, who showed jurors how he traced millions of dollars through the various bank accounts of F. Marc Schaffel, also said he found no substantiation for a $300,000 payment Schaffel claimed he provided to a mysterious "Mr. X" in South America on Jackson's behalf." [3]
"On the purported delivering of $300,000 to "Mr. X" in South America, Goren testified that Schaffel never claimed the amount until this year and "there is no check, no moneys leaving a bank … no bank statements, no ledgers."
"I have nothing that corroborates it from a documentary point of view," he said.
He noted that the entry was coded "EFT," which refers to an electronic fund transfer to another account. But he said the amount was never transferred to or from any account.
"My conclusion on this is it is not a valid claim," Goren said." [3]
During Goren's cross examination Schaffel's lawyer, Howard King tried to prove this claim by showing a receipt of a withdrawal of $258,000 from a Hungarian bank. However, the date of the withdrawal was three years before Schaffel claimed this supposed pay-off took place – at the time Schaffel did not even work for Jackson yet. The sum did not match, the place did not match and the date was off by three years.
"On the issue of the $300,000, King asked if Goren had seen a receipt from a Hungarian bank.
"No, you can show me," said Goren.
But it wasn't until redirect examination by Mundell that the receipt was displayed in court. It showed a withdrawal of $258,000 from a Hungarian bank three years before Schaffel claims he was dispatched to South America on a mission for Jackson.
"Of course this does not influence my opinion," Goren said. "This transaction took place three years before. So what? How does it end up in South America? I don't see the connection at all." [3]
After the civil case between them ended Schaffel never made this claim again. Schaffel was one of the main sources for Randall Sullivan's 2012 book entitled Untouchable – The Strange Life and Tragic Death of Michael Jackson and in that book he talks about this civil trial, but he totally "forgets" to mention this particular action by him during that trial. In the book Schaffel never claims to have any knowledge about Jackson being a child molester or paying off anyone. Nor did Schaffel ever mention this allegation before this civil case. He never went to authortities during the 2003-05 investigation and criminal trial against Jackson to report any knowledge about alleged pay-offs.
He only made this claim during the civil trial in 2006 while he was trying to make Jackson settle the case by threatening him with bad publicity and, as we have seen, evidence presented at that trial did not support this claim.
[1] Roger Friedman – Jacko's Big Secret: $300,000 Payoff to Another Family? (FoxNews.com, July 6, 2006)
http://www.foxnews.com/story/2006/07/06/jacko-big-secret-300000-payoff-to-another-family/
[2] Roger Friedman – Michael Jackson Tried to Adopt Brazilian Babies (FoxNews.com, July 10, 2006)
http://www.foxnews.com/story/2006/07/10/michael-jackson-tried-to-adopt-brazilian-babies/
[3] Linda Deutsch – Accountant Disputes Claims Against Jackson (Associated Press, 13th July 2006)
https://themichaeljacksonallegationsblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/accountant-disputes-claims-against-jackson.pdf
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Saudi Arabia - A priest reads the Bible. A retired Church of England vicar accused of sexually assaulting a teenage boy has been found dead.Retired Anglican priest accused of sexual assault
Saudi Arabia jails human rights activist who defied women's driving ban
Saudi Arabia has re-arrested women's rights campaigner Loujain al-Hathloul, who is best known for her defiance of the kingdom's driving ban.
Ms al-Hathloul was detained at King Fahad International Airport in Dammam on the country's east coast near the border with Bahrain on 4 June and is expected to be taken to Riyadh for questioning by the Bureau of Investigation and Prosecution.
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The exact reason for her arrest has not been made public but Amnesty said they believe it is due to her human rights activism in the country.
The 27-year-old is most famous for defying the kingdom's ban on female drivers after attempting to drive into Saudi Arabia from the United Arab Emirates.
Following the stunt she was arrested and detained by the Saudi authorities for 73 days.
She then went on to stand as a candidate in the 2015 Saudi election – the first time women were ever allowed to stand – but her name was never added to the ballot paper.
Samah Hadid, Director of Campaigns for Amnesty International in the Middle East, said: "The Saudi Arabian authorities' continuous harassment of Loujain al-Hathloul is absurd and unjustifiable.
"It appears she is being targeted once again because of her peaceful work as a human rights defender speaking out for womens rights, which are consistently trampled in the kingdom. If so she must be immediately and unconditionally released.
"Instead of upholding its promise of a more tolerant Saudi Arabia, the government has again shattered any notion that it is genuinely committed to upholding equality and human rights."
The kingdom is notorious for having one of the worst records when it comes to women's rights.
All women living in the kingdom are required to have male "guardians" – usually a male relative such as a husband, father or brother – who can decide whether they are able to work, go out in public and or study at university.
by: The Independent


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There are hundreds and hundreds of fatalities each year from assorted drugs accepted by the FDA. Interestingly enough, there are ZERO noted situations at which bud has been listed because the basis for departure. Lots of folks fear that the smoking of marijuana, relating it to the cancers cause by cigarette smoking. Keep in mind, physicians can undergo twenty or more cigarettes every day, every day. Medicinal heights of marijuana are nowhere near that substantial.
3. Even though it doesn't trigger passing directly, bud weakens your immunity apparatus.
This claim is predicated on a test conducted in 1980, stating that white blood cells changed slower in reaction to risks when exposed to THC. Ever since that time, such results have never been able to be replicated. Even the FDA has approved Marinol, a synthetic type of THC, for the procedure of disorders that attack the immune system, such as HIV.
4. That is no medical use for bud.
Rather the contrary! Marijuana is utilized clinically in California at treating of cancer, AIDS, migraines, arthritis, as well as anorexia. Studies show it could likewise be utilised alongside, or even instead of, latest medications for people diagonsed with depression, bi polar illness, stress, as well as sleeplessness. Exploration is now being carried out to test its effect on Alzheimer's illness.
5. Legal bud will likely be abused/illegally marketed.
The thought of banning a medication as the others will abuse it is foolish. Drugs such as sleeping tablets and pain medicines are mistreated daily, but are sold overthecounter. Additionally, if someone is unfortunate enough to own AIDS, and are depending on a medicine to prevent extreme pain, why just why would they get rid of it?
These are only a few of the average myths concerning medical marijuana. Think about all the information you have regarding marijuana, and then decide whether your resources have been really that trusted. The stigma relating to this medicine isn't right, and needs to be reversed, so to the interest of patients who may benefit out of this. Know the truth about bud and its own medicinal activities for your self.


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Q: Get Folder Name Of Current Directory
Possible Duplicate:
PHP Get name of current directory

Today I tried to get the folder name of a directory. I was successful to an extent. But it did not meet my criteria. The code which I have is as follows.
<?php
$url = (!empty($_SERVER['HTTPS'])) ? "https://".$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'].$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] : $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
$foldername = basename($url);
echo $foldername;
?>

This returns the final value in an URL. I mean if the URL is localhost/default it returns default and when the url is localhost/default/index.php it returns index.php. I want it to return default in both the cases.
So is it possible to get the thing which I am expecting ?? Please help me out with that..

A: predefined contstants
You are probably looking for __DIR__
if you are looking for the directory in the URL rather than the file system, you could also use
$path_parts = pathinfo($_SERVER['PATH_INFO']);
$dir = $path_parts['dirname'];

A: <?php

$url = "uour_url";
$array = explode('/',$url);
$count = count($array);
echo $array[$count-2];

?>

OR you can use getcwd(). This Function will return current directory.
I have not tested it but hope it will helpful to you


The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) take their social media seriously. Very seriously.
Social media is the new battleground for hearts and minds, moving the message from street posts to status posts. For the IDF, Twitter and Facebook are their two main engagement platforms, with a lesser presence on YouTube and Pinterest.


In Impending Love and War heroine Courtney Beecher wants Douglas Raymond to propose so she can turn him down. It doesn't go as easily as planned.
"When other men have proposed to me, they at least compliment me. You didn't even do that." She fanned herself with quick, agitated strokes.
I received a letter from the Summit County Prosecuting Attorney Sherri Bevan Walsh congratulating me on the publication of my first novel. How great is that?
In Impending Love and War the hero, Tyler Montgomery, has to defend Noah St. Paul in the Summit County courthouse to prevent him from going to jail and paying a fine for helping runaway slave, Tess, his wife, and their baby, Adam. Information about the original courthouse, which was in the same location as the present one, was on display while I was covering a criminal case for the Hudson Hub-Times. Tonight I'm watching To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Greatest courtroom scene with Gregory Peck.
In Impending Love & War published by The Wild Rose Press http://goo.gl/tqyeQN Cory Beecher is hoping for a proposal of marriage from Douglas Raymond, who is leaving after calling on her.
She had worn her best-looking frock, an emerald and blue plaid made with a gathered skirt, wide shoulder straps and a tightly cinched waist to create an hour-glass figure. The bodice was altered for evening wear and cut perilously low in the front. Adelaide had threatened to tell her mother if she didn't sew some modest lace inserts above the bodice, but she had postponed the work until after Douglas called. Now it appeared to have been a futile attempt to attract his attention.
…The visit should have been more successful with a delicious dessert, a daring outfit, and flattering conversation. What did a girl have to do to get married?


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Famous Lesbian Athletes
"I knew I was gay by the time I reached middle school. I've never been attracted to guys. I can appreciate their beauty, but it comes without desire. I've always had a more intimate connection with women. In high school, I kissed a girl for the first time. It felt too comfortable and too right to think I was anyone but whom I was in that moment. I've followed that honesty my whole life."
Caitlin is an American ice hockey defenseman who won a silver medal with the women's national team at the 2010 Winter Olympics. She first took to the ice as a figure skater but became enamored with hockey and began competing in leagues with boys at a young age.
"For me, [coming out] really wasn't a question," she said. "I knew when my hockey career was done… that I could be doing more for people out there. … It was in part motivated by some of the Russian LGBT policies that were becoming worldwide, and in part, it was because I speak with a lot of young athletes all the time and I want to be honest with them."


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Archive for the 'scorpions' category
Searching for scorps and other creepies!
One evening last month, two bright young lads, supposedly studying zoology in College but actually doing research in their own way, invited me for a scorpion walk. They agreed to provide the instruction while I agreed to provide the college campus in Dapodi, Pune.
Meet Chintan (Solifugi-phile) and Aamod (scorpio-phile). Or rather both are Arachnophiles.
[To read about Scorpions in 'The Butterfly Diaries' read "My Secret Garden" and for more about Solifugids, see my post "Solifugids ko Salaam"].
So late that evening, my daughter Aditi and I accompanied them and went in search of scorpions. They had Petzl forehead lamps – small circular discs on a forehead band which blazed white with diode light. These were very interesting to me as I had never seen them before.
For an hour we turned over stones, boulders, twigs and rubble in the large, mostly barren plain behind the student officers quarters with intermittent plants and trees interspersed. Yours truly and mine own had plain yellow torches. We could not find any scorpions.
This is a phenomenon not many realise, the desertification of urban surrounds. The plants were there but the invertebrate life was a miniscule fraction of the average wild area! Worrying.
Anyway, few ants, beetles, millipedes but no scorpions. 😦
Aditi remembered that the patch behind the basketball court in CME is wooded and slightly wild being neglected. So there we went. This time it was open woodland with knee-high grass and shrubs. But there were no scorpions on the ground. CME is a fairly moist area and scorpions generally prefer dry areas. But there was nothing on the woodland floor.
A few hundred metres into the woods we came across a large dry tree-fall with what appeared to be termite mounds around it.
"Aha", cried the youngsters. "Ideal place to search for Hottentota pachyurus".
They now brought out a 'magic lamp'. When switched on it gave an eerie bluish light. This was a Ultraviolet light of a particular wavelength.
If pointed at a scorpion, it will shine a bright yellow-green.
A scorpion under a 'blacklight' glows eerily.
This is because the cuticle of scorpions contains fluorescent chemicals. Strangely, this has not yet developed in the case of juveniles. The chemical, now thought to be a beta-Carboline, helps locate scorpions and a handheld UV light is now the main item of equipment while hunting for scorpions.
'Villiam' captures the heroine!
It took but a minute of concentrated examination til we heard sounds of success, Aamod scrabbling after a scorpion. It was Mesobuthus pachyurus, or more correctly, Hottentota pachyurus as Mesobuthus is a synonym.
(Please refer revision of Hottentota in Euscorpius by Frantisek Kovařík in 2007. Find it here).
A not uncommon scorpion in Pune region, we had found a female.
Patiently he explained,
"It's a Hottentota because its a very common genus in South Asia distinguished by a set of characters such as the lyriform configuration of the carapace and keels on the metasoma."
"It's pachyurus because of the uniform black body colour expect on fingers of chela which are red in color."
"It's female because of the relative thickness of the manus of the chela."
Greek or Latin? Sounded like that to me. Not to mention that I felt like the 'chhela' of this marathi 'mannoos'!
We went on to find four more female H. Pachy's on that tree stump wich were collected peered at and released.
Juvenile Hottentota pachyurus
A wide circle revealed no more scorpions. Though it was overcast, no rain came and the dark red light reflected off the clouds by Pune city guided us. It as a bit like Mordor!
You would expect a wooded area, akin to a protected area, more than 400 metres in each direction from civilisation with adequate shrubs and grass to have a good insect life! But the same thing happened here too – our wild areas are becoming virtual deserts with an odd oasis in between. Just some vegetation and protection over a few hundred acres gives a nice place but not quite a biodiversity hotspot. Loss of biodiversity occurs not at far away places but far closer to home.
Though our visit was also rewarded by a lizard – The Termite-hill gecko – and the Cricket frog, the rest of the night we circled fruitlessly around and came back to where our vehicles are parked.
Its amazing that almost 104 years after Pocock published his Arachnida volumes as part of the Fauna of British India series (download them from here) , we still don't have any kind of guide to the Scorpions of India. Even more amazing, these young lads took up the study of these creatures despite the complete lack of literature.
Just shows in India, there is always hope!
As long as we have young men like Amod and Chintan willing to push the envelope, all is well with Indian biodiversity.
Categories: Aamod Zambre, Chintan Sheth, nature, scorpions, solifugids
It was a childhood wish of mine to have a secret garden all to myself. I did realise the dream when I was much older and the garden I had then was not quite secret; no garden of a commanding officer's house can ever be so, no matter how small. Despite this, it contained a secret world which was invisible to all who passed through or passed by but was always available to me whenever I wanted to place the cares of office behind and was ever a source of delight and fascination.
As gardens go, it was a slip of one, hardly 20 yards by 25 yards, just large enough to form the facade of the small two-roomed bungalow in the desert of Jaisalmer where I lived. Indeed it had only a single tree, a patch of grass, some creepers on the fence and a few potted plants but it was peopled by creatures who gave me small glimpses of their lives.
My day begins early, the ploonk plink of bulbuls and the caw caw caw of the crows is infinitely preferable to waking up with the help of an alarm clock. It is just after dawn, the sky is still grey as the sun has not risen over the dunes at the horizon and the breeze which blows cross the sand is still cold. The last vestiges of night-life can occasionally still be seen. Today, a flicker of movement at the corner of my eye causes me to turn my head, just in time to catch a last glimpse of the tail of the large desert monitor (Varanus griseus) who lives behind my bungalow in a hole amidst a tangle of barbed wire. He has a regular nocturnal beat at this time of the year which takes him through the matchbox-sized gardens of the three bungalows side-by-side, then around the large store-house, into the transport yard, across the bordering dune, and back along it on the far side till he rounds the dune, crosses a road and is back into the tiny gardens.
Sometimes, late at night I find a large, prickly and wicked looking arthropod, the solifuge, who patrols my garden each night for insects and small life. Of him, I have written elsewhere.
The hedgehog creeps by night!
About him and the Varanus, the hedgehog does not know or care, for about once a fortnight, he pays me a visit.
It is always dark when he comes for a sip of water from the squirrel-bowl. He easily finds his way in but for some reason stumbles on his way out and so I notice him. He scrambles between the bowl and fence but there is no exit there. He tries the jird's hole but I lift him and place him on the road outside my bungalow free to go where he wills.
He is easily trapped, and since taking a good picture is difficult, so one day, I catch him and keep him till day-time when I photograph him.
Hedgehog held in hand peeks out!
Hedgehogs are difficult to identify and my guides are not quite comprehensive and the descriptions not specific enough, so, like a lot of amateur naturalists, I call it an Indian Hedgehog and leave it at that.
Night too leaves behind a few small villains, who now appear or can be found where they were not present the previous evening. I am referring, of course, to the scorpions who have the knack of turning up where you never expected to find it – on the outside of the 'macchar-dani' (mosquito net), in the folds of the towel on the rack, three feet above the ground or in your boots, the one day you forget to check. Then, its a "EEYOWW' followed by the immediate,abrupt and merciless extinction of the perpetrator and later on a local anaesthetic and some salve. A few bites later, you realise it was the fright and unexpectedness which raced your heart more than the pain and it was your ego that required the balm more than the sting.
Curses! Discovered again!
Fortunately, I have never found, horror of horrors, the arch-villain, in my shoes or garden – the saw-scaled viper. I'm sure he must be there for my garden is fenced with old duck-boards standing upright, but I never saw him. Nearby yes, but never in my garden.
But lets put these night-time experiences away, for the sun has peeped over the dunes. At this time, strangely, it is not the birds that draw you but the bees. For my garden boasted two hives of bees. They appeared almost together one year after the winter had passed. The largest was in the tree and belonged to Apis florea, the Dwarf Honey Bee. The second hive in the thatch of my garden fence behind a bamboo 'patti' screen was the hive of Apis cerana, the Asiatic honeybee. For a brief period these hives flourished, each oblivious of the other, and just as suddenly died out in the autumn. But while they were there, the humming of bees around the sunlit portulacas gave an almost-ethereal feeling to me drowsing in my plastic garden-chair under the tree.
The hive in the tree! (Apis florea)
The hive in the thatch. (Apis cerana)
The abandoned thatch hive exposed. Never imagined it to be so large!
The authorities pipe water twice a day, once in the early morning and once ofter dark. So in between these times, you are dependent on water in the roof tanks and stored water in the bathroom buckets. Water is life in the deserts. The pipeline supplying the garden has a small leak at the place where it bends around the garden corner and there it leaks. Each morning, the garden creatures are treated for an hour or so to a thin lamellar flow across a patch of cemented pavement. I have forbidden its repair so that the creatures can get their small but just desserts!
The bees buzz here across the garden from the hive , and like teenagers wearing many pocketed jeans, they pick up water in the small cups or satchels on their legs and take off for the hive. I imagine this water is used to keep the queen and the larvae air-conditioned through the summer. The bees drink greedily of this water and long after it has stopped they crowd the fence, pipe, wet gravel and moist soil with an unquenchable appetite.
Its not just humans who store water each day! (Apis cerana)
The bees crawl everywhere to get at the water. (Apis cerana)
Seeing this and the fact that their presence kept some small creatures away I added two more sources of water. A pot of water hung from a tree branch for the birds and bees and a earthen water-bowl for the squirrels, jirds and other creatures at ground level. Since I was watering them, I decided to feed them, so I added a small wooden feeding tray. The carpenter was so gratified at being asked to do so noble a task that of his own he added a bird-house to the tray. I did'nt have the heart to put him right but gave him an extra shabash! Anyway, the bees now started raiding the water-pot in the mid-morning and afternoons too!
Bees besiege the suspended matka
The white-eared bulbuls (Pycnonotus leucotis) who wake me are not the bulbuls one meets elsewhere in India but are of the white-cheeked variety but without the pointed crests that their cousins from the hills sport. Earlier considered a subspecies, I am told they have been promoted to the rank of a separate species.
The handsome bulbul of the desert!
They fly around, peck at things, warble in the bushes, or on the fence and provide a running commentary on all that's happening throughout the day. They, along with the squirrels and jirds are my constant companions and I love them dearly. Indeed, one pair did try to nest in the thatch fence but they abandoned the attempt due to a unseasonal heatwave. I pamper them with choicest grains and by shooing away the 'Bharadwaj' (Greater Coucal) bird when he calls upon me. They reward me with their melodious calls and assume coquettish postures for my amusement.
The feisty little purple sunbird.
The other residents of my garden include sunbirds, sparrows, doves and crows. The sparrows nest in the eaves, the doves in the storehouse rafters, the crows somewhere in the ad hoc repairs of the roof in my backyard and the sunbirds I know not where.
Mrs Sparrow comes to call on!
It is during the hot hours of the day when I find my most interesting guests. Sometimes it is a Roller perched on a branch under the tree enjoying the coolness just under the canopy where the loo cannot reach directly. On other occasions its a White-browed Fantail, about whom I am constantly admonished by birdwatchers not to refer as a flycatcher any more. Let him catch the two-winged insects, but he must NOT be named as such, declares one soul who fixes me with a glare as if I had just used the much-abhorred 'n_' word in a congregation of politically correct citizens.
Remember, a fantail, not a flycatcher! Oh forget it, lets just call it 'Rhipidura aureola'.
During the hot hours of the garden, the creatures are to be found in the shadiest, coolest places. Some, for no conceivable reason why, try other methods. The squirrel who lives in my garden is one such. At this time the birds cling to the shade but off the ground, the jirds are deep underground while Wally the squirrel, so named because he scarfed walnut kernels from her one day, insists on remaining on the sandy floor in the dappled shade below the tree. So to remain in that spot, he resorts to all kinds of tricks. Sometimes, he is on his belly with four hot feet off the ground. Sometimes he grasps the tree trunk while standing on his hind-feet. Intent on his cooling tricks, he fails to notice the bucket of water I send halfway across the garden. Suddenly sodden, he is shocked for an instant before taking off up the tree but I do hope I have helped him remain cool.
Ok, first lets try a belly flop with legs clear of the sand.
Maybe hugging the tree is a better idea.
Back to the good old hide in the shadow routine!
One doesn't quite expect to find butterflies in the desert but they were present alright. The common danaids were present since their foodplant the Aak or Calotropis was present. In my garden. Every day I saw tiny blues which I discovered to be the Dark Grass Blue Zizeeria lysimon. There was also a Pioneer which stayed awhile and moved on. Insect life must exist in greater variety than one expects small pockets in the desert as I also saw a wasp meticulously scour the garden presumably for caterpillars.
The Dark Grass Blue
The visiting Pioneer
The wasp on the hunt!
The star of the garden is, of course, the jird. Most people call him 'gerbille' or 'kangaroo mouse'; he is neither. His short, rounded ears, chubby body, long thinly haired tail with dark tassel, and shorter legs than one would expect of a mouse looking like a miniature kangaroo, he is the cutest of desert creatures in my garden.
Meet the jird!
One day he turned up in my newly developed garden strolling in as if he owned the place. This was followed by a detailed reconnaissance on his part which culminated with the selection of a spot by the gate where there was adequate shade available. He then proceeded to dig as swiftly, continuously and urgently as he could, realising the risk he faced of being without a bolt-hole. Every few minutes or so, whenever he felt unsafe or uneasy, he would pause and sit upright, facing this way and later that, till he was certain danger had passed. Then he would resume with renewed vigour. Sometimes his head was not seen as it was buried deep but the rear part of his body and his feet were rapidly jerking upwards above the ground level ejecting a constant stream of sand from the hole. Finally, the burrow was done but it was becoming dark.
Slaking its thirst before bossing us around!
Tired but satisfied, he went to have a sip in the newly installed water-bowl but instead sat up at the edge and shrieked angrily. Peering to see what was the problem, I espied Mr and Mrs Todarmal stolidly sitting in the water. Only after I had driven off the indignant toads and changed the water, and also hidden myself in the verandah, would the jird take his sip of water.
The Toadar Mals
Now, master of all he surveys, he shows himself during the day only when it is not too hot. Then he emerges from his burrow, does his personal grooming and then clambers up the side of the bowl to drink his water. Thirst satisfied, he seeks to satisfy his palate. This he does by raiding the bird-seed spilled over the edge of the feeder tray or by nibbling pieces of grass sitting outside his burrow. Should another jird enter the garden, there is a thorough free-for-all until he has vanquished the interloper.
One day I saw another slightly smaller jird and realised he had a mate. But alas, I was not fortunate enough to see their progeny as the military authorities cottoned onto the fact that I was enjoying myself thoroughly and decided to remedy the fact by posting me to the North East.
Though I am no longer physically present in the desert, in my mind's eye I can still return to enjoy those pleasurable moments that were once my good fortune to experience.
Categories: bees, Bulbuls, crows, desert, gardens, hedgehogs, insects, jirds, Mongoose, nature, plants, scorpions, sunbirds, wasps
Tags: bees, Bulbul, desert, gardens, Hedgehog, jirds, nature, Scorpion, Squirrel
Solifugids ko salaam!
(Hindi : Hail the Solifugids!)
In my family, it is usually my son, Aashay, or me who exclaims at the beauty of a bird or goggles at the Chinkara loitering amongst the dunes. My daughter Aditi, is the sophisticate, who has a been-there, done-that attitude towards this whole 'animal thing'. Animals do not interest this ten year old; she is into horror films, the more gory and Gothic the better. So it was with some surprise that during a trip in 2006 to the Jaisalmer desert, where I was posted, that Aditi had an interesting interlude with, of all things, Solifugids.
Solifugids are mysterious arthropods. Unknown to most people, they are misunderstood even amongst those who are familiar with them. I suspect that the only people who might be supposed to know about them, scientists, don't actually, because till date none of them has bothered to tell me anything about these strange creatures!
What are solifuges, you ask? Don't worry, I take no offense at your query. Solifuges are large members of the tribe 'arthropods' (meaning jointed creatures). The arthropods consist of the millions of six-legged insects, and the many more-than-six-legged other creatures such as crabs, spiders and the various -pedes. A solifuge is not an insect but one of the others, a relative of the spiders, and other eight-legged creatures, which are referred to as Arachnids. The clan is scientifically so named because of its dislike for the sun. They take refuge from the sun, so Sol (meaning Sun) and refuge (meaning refuge) = Solifuge. Get it?
As far as the common names are concerned, the common people have not quite decided what they resemble more – spiders or scorpions so that they are commonly referred to, both as wind-scorpions and camel-spiders! And sometimes, most insultingly to all solifugids, they are also called sun-spiders or sun-scorpions despite their obvious and lifelong abhorrence of the sun.
If a Solifugid is disturbed by day, he will first of all dart into the coolest shade he can find which may well be your shadow. If you move away and so does your shadow, you should not be surprised to find the solifugid following in order to keep out of the blazing sun. This behaviour can be quite un-nerving to those who don't know much about Solifugids and has led the birth of many urban legends about Solifugids in Iraq amongst American soldiers.
The desert floor is the hunting ground of these creatures who spend their day deep in the crevices of rocks or nooks amongst roots or wherever they can hide from the heat and light of the Sun. They emerge after dark, still careful to keep in the deep shadows or even deeper, if possible. Being cup or saucer-sized, a Solifugid in the light is guaranteed to get screams from the female members of a party. In actuality, they are completely and totally harmless to man!
Each self-respecting garden in the Thar desert has a solifugid so did my garden in 'Casa Grande' as we colloquially referred to my modest bungalow. So it happened one day, as we sat in the garden at dusk with some of the verandah light weakly illuminating patches between our legs and those of the chairs, that a shadowy figure darted in between causing my wife to involuntarily lift and fold her legs onto the chair.
"Ashwin", she said, "there is a crab under my feet!"
"Dont worry dear, just a desert crab, I'm sure!" was my enlightened response. Those were the days when I too was ignorant about Solifuges, not having been introduced to any, thank you!
The kids immediately said, "Where, where?"
But the solifuge wisely decided to stay out of the limelight and so a torch was sent for and obtained. The torch beam was pointed here and there between our legs but with limited success, for, the creature, once illuminated refused to stay put! Now this became a prestige issue for the family. I always maintain that any creepy or crawlie which heads towards us does so at his own embarrasment and risk. The family rallied together and cornered the recalcitrant beast. It was a most curious creature!
Photographed at last! The first solifugid.
A solifuge looks like a thorny, bristly, cross between an insect and a large spider. Though it may look poisonous or venomous, it is not. It has an insect-like body but with eight ten legs instead of six, with the forward-most pair of 'leg's actually being pedipalps which are used for feeding and capturing prey. The solifugid has a pair of eyes perched closely together at the top of his head and you very soon get the feeling that he understands whatever is happening and knows everything! The solifugid kept moving throughout the garden and we succeeded in getting photographs by night despite my inexperience in photography.
At that point of time my kids were going through a scorpion fetish. The scorpion mania took the form of not just asking questions about scorpions or reading about them, but by incarcerating any scorpion foolish enough to come within ten yards of the two. Aashay in his quiet confident way mastered the art of capturing scorpions safely and painlessly. He would herd a scorpion onto a large piece of cardboard and once the creature got onto it he would place an empty jar upturned over it and flip the cardboard so that the scorpion first found that he was trapped on a cardboard with glass all around, then found himself falling through space into the glass-jar as it was inverted. Many unwary scorpions on venturing out after dark now found themselves part of a glass-jar menagerie. But with Solifugids around, scorpions are small game. Inevitably, desires escalated and it was resolved that there was no reason why they should not catch a Solifugid, so the scorpions were gratified to gain clemency, a larger piece of cardboard and a larger jar were procured and in due course of time the Casa Grande solifugid was trapped!
''Solli'', the first camel-spider pet in our family. Note his pointed jaws which are chelicerae. He has two above and two below which have a strong pincer grip.
Aditi promptly declared that the scorpions had been Dada's pets so this pet was hers! This was violently contradicted and like siblings the world over the two feuded and had a fierce yelling match with accusations and counter-accusations. The matter was finally resolved with a truce suggested by the Missus that the Solifugid was to be shared till they procured another when they each would have their own! My forceful remonstrations that while by catching the Solufugid they had proved a point but that keeping it would not be a good idea, were not even acknowledged by anyone.
If you have a pet, it must have a name. So Solifugid number One was promptly named "Soli"! The Solifugid then proceeded to become the darling of our lives. It had a large plastic bread-box as a temporary home. Here he paraded while he was inspected and examined and shown to anyone within range!
Solli took grave exception to being disturbed. Even a finger extended towards him outside the translucent box angered him. Then he would sway back and forth on his legs waving his forward pair threateningly and gnashing his jaws in a up-down motion. At one time, he took such an exception to a toothbrush waved at him that he jumped and almost succeeded in escaping out of the box. This performance increased his value and he became a dearer pet to Aditi.
Gesturing fiercely with his pedipalps!
The very next day, another Solifugid, this time a juvenile was caught in a neighbouring compund, and there was another fight before it was decided as to which Solifugid belonged to whom. The juvenile then underwent the indignity of being christened "Rustam". Rustam was overall smaller in size, his legs were proportionally smaller, he was more docile or well-behaved but he was never quite as interesting as "Solli".
''Rustam'' joins the family.
That night I had nightmares of finding myself sharing the bed with a solifugid instead of my wife! Fortunately for all concerned, the Solifugids had resolutely refused all offers of vegetarian and non-vegetarian food so that I could lay down the law. The kids agreed very reluctantly to release them but not without an elaborate release ceremony the following evening. Though Rustam and Solli had ended their membership of the Baindur family, Solli continued to be seen on his night-time hunts in the garden.
Solli, seen once again, patrolling his garden!
Thus ended the saga of the strangest pets that our family had!
Categories: desert, family, nature, scorpions, solifugids
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8 Places To Visit In Kumarakom
If your vacation is long pending and if you are craving to stretch and relax on your much awaited holiday, you need to be in Kumarakom. The competitive world takes its toll and everyone loves a breather. While some may still seek action oriented holiday, some may love to be in the company of nature and feel one with nature. If you are looking for a break to be on a spot that has everything about it beautiful and naturally so, you cannot overlook Kumarakom.
Kumarakom is a cluster of scenic islands around the picturesque Vembanad Lake. The town is nature rich with everything in it enjoying the gift of nature in its abundance. With the soil so fertile, the land is full of paddy fields, coconut groves and mango groves. The lush greenery and the backwaters in a picturesque setting have made Kumarakom one among world's 25 remote and exotic destinations declared by the Cande Nast Travellers, a travel magazine in the year 1998. While every inch of Kumarakom is beautiful, here are top 8 places to visit in Kumarakom which you cannot miss.
1. Vembanad Lake
Photo by Anoop Joy, CC BY 2.0
Vembanad Lake is the largest lake in Kerala. It is India's longest lake too as the vast expanse of water runs from Kochi in north to Alleppey in south. It is otherwise known as Vembanad Kayal. It invites migratory birds from all parts of the world. It is a confluence of three rivers. To explore Kumarakom, you could hire a houseboat and sail the stretch of water. The small islands around and the serene atmosphere will be heavenly. The lake is rich in marine creatures with over 150 different kinds of fish in the waters.
2. Aruvikkuzhi Waterfalls
Aruvikkuzhi waterfalls is located 18 km from Kottayam. The over 100 feet high water falls is a famous picnic spot. It falls in five steps and it is an ideal location to be photographed. Located amidst rubber plantations, the wooden landscape and the streams flowing down make the place one of the most picturesque waterfalls. If you love to trek, you can have a still greater time here. Yet another attraction here is the St. Mary's Church, which is located at the top of Aruvikkuzhi waterfalls.
3. Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary
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The 14 acre bird sanctuary is the favorite spot for migratory birds from all parts of the world. It is situated on the banks of Vembanad Lake. The bird sanctuary houses a wide range of birds including cuckoo, water duck, owl, kingfishers, woodpeckers and egret. The migratory birds that attract attention include Siberian cranes, teal, wood beetle and many more. It is a birdwatchers' paradise and you could make best use of your visit to this place by hiring houseboats and motorboats.
4. Kumarakom Beach
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Your choice of destination to relax on your holiday is completely justified here. The sandy shores and the serene coastal lines make the place a perfect spot for a leisure walk. You could unwind and observe the beauty of the place that brings calm to your mind or go all out to enjoy the various sporting activities available here. You could go swimming, boating, wind surfing, skiing and parasailing. You could go on a houseboat cruise to explore the beach to enjoy its enthralling beauty. The resorts around here offer Ayurvedic massages and spa treatments.
5. Kumarakom Backwaters
Photo by Simply CVR, CC BY-ND 2.0
Kumarakom backwaters is a scenic place where you can enjoy the bliss of nature. It is home to a wide range of plants and animals. The best way to enjoy the beauty of Kumarakom backwaters is to go on a houseboat that takes you through various canals, lakes and river around here. The houseboats offer you the best possible facilities you need for a comfortable journey on water. Be a passive admirer by sailing along or indulge in various water sports such as skiing and wind sailing. You could get lucky if you attempt at fishing.
6. Bay Island Driftwood Museum
Bay Island Driftwood Museum houses unique collections of articles made of driftwood. The driftwood articles are highly valued as modern art techniques have been used in their making. The sculptures found here are made of driftwood that were deposited on the shores of Andaman and Nicobar. The twisted trunks of the trees, roots and stumps were transformed into sculptures. Some sculptures resemble animals, fish and birds. Some driftwood articles could be centuries old as some of the trees that were washed away to the seashore owing to cyclones are ancient.
7. Pathiramanal Island
Pathiramanal is one of the islands in Vembanad Lake. Pathiramanal means the 'sand of night'. The 10 acre island houses an aquarium and a zoo. Some of the exotic types of migratory birds can be seen here. Since this island can be accessed only by boat, you could stop on your cruise on the backwaters to stretch yourself on the green island.
8. Juma Masjid
Juma Masjid is an ancient mosque that is over 1000 years old. It is also called Thazhathangadi Mosque. It is said that the mosque was constructed by Malik Dinar's son Habib Dinar. Malik Dinar was behind the introduction of Islam in Kerala. This is considered one of the oldest mosques in the country. The magnificent architecture and the exquisite wood carvings are stunning. The inner courtyard, windows and the bathing area are excellently built that they look royal.
Kumarakom is one of the favorite children of nature. Everything about the place is picturesque. If you want to stay away from the world that is all-modernized, then tourist places in Kumarakom are just right for you. You could relax in the warmth of Mother Nature's kindness.
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Attractions In Kumarakom
Aruvikkuzhi Waterfalls
Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary
Kumarakom Beach
Kumarakom Backwaters
Bay Island Driftwood Museum
Juma Masjid
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Vythiri
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Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary
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Honolulu, Hawaii Hawai i Pacific University is included on the Military Times Best for Vets: Colleges 2016 rankings that were released today. HPU ranks at number 64 and is the only Hawaii-based school on the list.
"HPU has welcomed and supported military and veteran students for over fifty years, earning a top tier reputation nationally," said Justin Vance, Interim Dean of HPU's College of Extended and Interdisciplinary Education.
The Best for Vets rankings factor in the results of Military Times annual survey, a comprehensive school-by-school assessment of veteran and military student services and rates of academic achievement. Rankings are posted at www.militarytimes.com/bestforvets-colleges2016 and included in this week's Army Times, Navy Times, Air Force Times and Marine Corps Times.
The Best for Vets recognition follows HPU's recent designation as a 2016 Military Friendly School by Victory Media, publisher of G.I. Jobs, STEM Jobs and Military Spouse. This prestigious designation is awarded to the top colleges, universities, community colleges and trade schools in the country that are doing the most to embrace military students. Institutions were surveyed in categories including military support on campus, graduation and employment outcomes, and military spouse policies.
HPU will be showcased along with other 2016 Military Friendly Schools in the annual Guide to Military Friendly Schools, education issues of G.I. Jobs and Military Spouse Magazine, and on MilitaryFriendly.com.
"All HPU programs welcome military and veteran students and the College of Extended and Interdisciplinary Studies, home of Military Campus Programs, delivers programs specifically designed for military-affiliated students," Vance said.
The university offers courses on seven military bases on Oahu. At its downtown Honolulu campus, the HPU Military Veterans Center offers support for students, including two full-time Veterans Administration personnel a psychologist and rehabilitation counselor in addition to a lounge.
Vance adds that HPU will honor its student veterans with a reception on Veterans Day at Aloha Tower Marketplace, Nov. 11. Following the reception is a community lecture open to the public, sponsored by the Hawaii Civil War Round Table that begins at 6:30 p.m. with Wayne Moniz on his historical fiction book Pukoko: A Hawaiian in the American Civil War.
Learn more about HPU Military Campus Programs at www.hpu.edu/military.


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In 1970, George Morara, a member of parliament representing Mugirango West Constituency, spent only 9 months in the August house before succumbing to death.
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A high-level delegation from the Republic of Korea (ROK) met with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang on Wednesday. ROK President Moon Jae-in's special envoy Chung Eui-yong delivered a letter from Moon to Kim. Chung was leading a five-member delegation to finalize details on a third inter-Korean summit to be held this month.


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Biographie
Francesco De Feo est actif pendant les années 1950 et 1960, en particulier dans le péplum et le mondo.

Filmographie partielle

Comme réalisateur
 1961 : La Vengeance du masque de fer (La vendetta della maschera di ferro)
 1964 : Mondo nudo 1965 : Nudo, crudo e..., co-réalisateur avec Adriano Bolzoni

 Comme scénariste
 1953 : Duel en Sicile (Cavalleria rusticana) de Carmine Gallone
 1954 : Vêtir ceux qui sont nus (Vestire gli ignudi) de Marcello Pagliero
 1956 : Sous le signe de la croix (Le schiave di Cartagine) de Guido Brignone
 1959 :
 Sous le signe de Rome (Nel segno di Roma) de Guido Brignone
 La Révolte des gladiateurs (La rivolta dei gladiatori)  de Vittorio Cottafavi
 1961 : Le Gladiateur invincible (Il gladiatore invincibile'') d'Alberto De Martino et Antonio Momplet

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Naissance à Altamura
Naissance en juillet 1920
Réalisateur italien
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Décès en mai 2020
Décès à Trani
Décès à 99 ans

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Hi Jason, I will check here periodically, thanks.
Non-Western is welcome! Zodiac writers, try to make sure readers have an entry into the mythology you are exploring and that when we read the story, we know somehow it is a zodiac-themed story. I'll leave the imagination and nuance on how to do that to all of you! Good luck and thanks for your interest.
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Sorry about the cover letter on my submission, I should've made it better but by the time I realized that I couldn't correct it. Sorry.
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Jeremy Corbyn must threaten to sack members of his shadow cabinet team if they refuse to back an amendment which would see the PM's Brexit deal made subject to a public vote, a Labour MP has said.
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Normally museums seek to display the extraordinary but The Museum of European Normality tries to show phenomena and artifacts of every-day life at the (dense!) surfaces of the Europeans' characters.
It is a collaborative endeavor by Maria Thereza Alves and Jimmie Durham and concentrates on Europe as it has presented itself since the Second World War and ensuing 'post-colonial' times. This current period is the first in many centuries where the violence of war, invasion and forced subjugation of religions and cultural differences have given way to standardized affluence.
These days Europeans often measure themselves nervously against 'non-Europeans' as a way of identity-making that tries to avoid the dangers of nationalism and military power.
It is not the essence nor the depth of Being in Europe that this Museum looks for, however. It is the habits and tics. Maria Thereza Alves researches the complexity of the habit that Europeans have of staring into each other eyes during a conversation. Alves also investigates some European males necessity of re-affirmation of male-self through public touching rituals of what some may cultures consider the private self. Alves will also present the possibility for the public to participate actively in an exchange program to re-define national cultural policies.
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 Adolf Holst (1867–1945), deutscher Kinderbuchautor und Verleger
 Adrianus Roland Holst (* 1888), niederländischer Lyriker
 Alena Holst (* 1997), deutsche Unihockeyspielerin
 Amalia Holst (geb.von Justi; 1758–1829), preußische Pädagogin und Frauenrechtlerin
 André Holst (* 1964), deutscher Journalist und Schauspieler
 Andreas von Holst (* 1964), deutscher Gitarrist

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 Bjørn Holst-Christensen (* um 1938), dänischer Badmintonspieler

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 Carl Holst (* 1970), dänischer Politiker
 Christian Holst (* 1981), faröischer Fußballspieler
 Christian von Holst (* 1941), deutscher Kunstwissenschaftler, 1994–2006 Direktor der Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
 Christoph Holst (* 1986), deutscher Geodät und Hochschullehrer
 Clara Holst (1868–1935), norwegische Philologin

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 Dietrich von Holst (* 1937), deutscher Biologe

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 Elke Holst (* 1953), deutsche Wirtschaftswissenschaftlerin
 Elling Holst (1849–1915), norwegischer Mathematiker und Kinderbuchautor
 Emil Holst (* 1991), dänischer Badmintonspieler
 Erich von Holst (1908–1962), deutscher Verhaltensphysiologe

 Erika Holst (* 1979), schwedische Eishockeyspielerin
 Evelyn Holst (* 1952), deutsche Journalistin und Autorin

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 Greg Holst (* 1954), österreichisch-kanadischer Eishockeyspieler und -trainer
 Gustav Holst (1874–1934), britischer Komponist

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 Hanne-Vibeke Holst (* 1959), dänische Schriftstellerin

 Henning Holst (1891–1975), dänischer Hockeyspieler
 Henriette Roland Holst (1869–1952), niederländische Lyrikerin und Politikerin
 Henry Holst (1899–1991), dänischer Geiger und Musikpädagoge

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 Imogen Holst (1907–1984), englische Musikschriftstellerin und Komponistin
 Ina Holst (1956–2017), deutsche Schauspielerin, Regisseurin und Schauspiellehrerin

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 Jan Henrik Holst (* 1969), deutscher Sprachwissenschaftler
Jens Juul Holst (* 1945), dänischer Physiologe

 Johann Mathias von Holst (1839–1905), deutsch-baltischer Architekt

 Jon Holst-Christensen (* 1968), dänischer Badmintonspieler

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 Karin Holst (* 1962), deutsche Basketballspielerin
 Kirsten Holst (1936–2008), dänische Schriftstellerin
 Klaus-Ewald Holst (* 1943), deutscher Manager
 Knut Holst (1884–1977), norwegischer Skisportler

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 Laurits Bernhard Holst (1848–1934), dänischer Maler

M
 Maria Holst (1917–1980), österreichische Schauspielerin
 Marius Holst (* 1965), norwegischer Regisseur
 Matthias Holst (* 1982), deutscher Fußballspieler
 Matthias Baader Holst (Matthias Holst; 1962–1990), deutscher Schriftsteller
 Maximilian Holst (* 1989), deutscher Handballspieler
 Michael Holst, deutscher Basketballspieler

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 Nils Holst (* 1971), deutscher Schauspieler
 Nils Olof Holst (1846–1918), schwedischer Geologe, Doktor der Philosophie und der Mineralogie

R
 Rainer von Holst (* 1955), deutscher mutmaßlicher Finanzbetrüger, siehe Gerlachreport.com
 Renate Holst (1950–2018), deutsche Juristin
 Robert Artur Holst (1885–1943), estnischer Unternehmer
 Richard Roland Holst (1868–1938), niederländischer Maler, Plakatkünstler, Buchgestalter

S
 Susanne Holst (* 1961), deutsche Fernsehjournalistin und Ärztin

T
 Taylor Holst (* 1989) österreichisch-kanadischer Eishockeyspieler
 Theodor von Holst (1810–1844), Vertreter der romantischen Malerei in England
 Thomas Holst (* 1964), deutscher Straftäter (Heidemörder)
 Thyra Holst (* 1968), deutsche Textilkünstlerin
 Tine Holst (* 1980), dänische Triathletin
 Tonny Holst-Christensen (* um 1935), dänische Badmintonspielerin

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 Werner Holst (* 1933), deutscher römisch-katholischer Geistlicher, Domkapitular in Hildesheim
 Wolfgang Holst (1922–2010), deutscher Fußballfunktionär

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I think triathlon wetsuits help for competitors who may be a bit weak in the swim leg. If you're swimming in warm water, they may be a hindrance though since they may cause you to overheat. It probably is better to rent a suite before making a final decision.
Uh most open swims in the northern USA pretty much require a suit until late July August. Even in August lake Erie can be cold, let alone mirror lake in Lake Placid. I had a buddy that almost drowned in Erie during a tri in July due to water temp. Tris in a small lake that are shallow OK but big open lakes wear a suit. Cold kills and weakens faster than heat. Often by the time you know your in deep do do, it's to late.


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