ST. LOUIS (AP) -Former St. Louis Blues owner Michael Shanahan Sr. has been ordered to pay nearly $8 million in restitution and serve three years of probation for backdating stock options.
The former chief executive officer of Engineered Support Systems was sentenced Friday in federal court in St. Louis. He pleaded guilty in July to one felony count of falsifying records of a publicly traded company.
Federal regulators say Shanahan and other company officials, including his son, backdated stock options from 1996 to 2002 to enrich executives and board members.
Shanahan did not admit orchestrating the scheme but in his plea agreement said he knowingly signed stock option award letters with a false date. He agreed to pay back $7.8 million.


The Soviet submarine that caught fire Friday and is now apparently crippled east of Bermuda was probably one of three Yankee-class vessels the Russians keep in a well-defined patrol region in the Atlantic, according to military experts.
The Russians have about 22 of these nuclear-armed strategic submarines, and three are in constant patrol in what the United States Navy authorities call ''the box'' in the mid-Atlantic. Two other Yankee-class submarines patrol a region in the Pacific.
The Navy monitors the movements of the submarines in three ways: with P-3 Orion aircraft, which drop sonar buoys; with Sosus, for sound underwater surveillance system, a set of underwater listening devices placed in strategic locations, and with tracking by the Navy's attack submarines.
Pentagon officials said that from monitoring of the submarine's communications, they were aware that some accident had taken place on board when it occurred. But it was several hours before analysts could evaluate the nature of the problem.
When they were certain that a fire had broken out, Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger was informed, meaning American officials knew of the incident before President Reagan received a message about it from Mikhail S. Gorbachev, the Soviet leader.
The Yankee-class submarines in the Atlantic can carry up to 16 nuclear-tipped missiles. They are based in the Murmansk region and go out on patrol by traveling through the Barents Sea and passing the peninsula where Norway juts into the Arctic Ocean.
Before entering the Atlantic, the submarines pass through what the Navy calls the GI-UK gap, which stands for Greenland, Iceland, United Kingdom. This region, experts say, is strung with Sosus devices, which pick up the acoustical ''signature'' of the submarines.
American attack submarines also try to locate them up at some point. Using the signature, they are often able to identify not only the type of submarine but also the specific vessel.
The P-3 aircraft, based in Bermuda, Iceland, Maine, Florida and other places, periodically try to pinpoint the locations of the submarines.
In patrolling within ''the box,'' the submarines generally stay at least 1,000 miles from the Eastern Seaboard and go no farther out than 2,000 miles.
When the United States deployed Pershing missiles in Europe in 1983, Moscow said it would provide an ''analogous'' response. In January and February of 1984, the Russians moved several submarines in the Atlantic closer to the Eastern Seaboard.


Butler, Pennsylvania holds many clues to my family ancestry. My travels only take me through the area once or twice a year so supplementing my research with on line records is a must. I have mined newspaperarchive.com for as much as I possibly could think of without reading each newspaper from the area individually. There had to be more available somewhere.
I searched for the historical society located in Butler to see if there were any additional records to be searched. The genealogy page would list a link for News of the Day. The process of logging and indexing names from the articles in the newspaper has begun and the index is available. Cds copies of the newspaper archives can be purchased through the historical society.
Another source of information turned up from the Butler Area Public Library's genealogy center. Slippery Rock University has joined with the Library to build an index of obituaries from 1818-2008. The paper index that grew to over 100,000 entries has been digitized and is searchable. Once you locate an entry you can order copies from the library.
For $10 I can purchase 2-5 copies of selected obituaries. I have my order ready to go into the mail of Zuver, West and Eyth obituaries. Needless to say, I am hoping for more gems that will move my research further along. Although I found articles from the listed newspapers on the Butler County Historical site, I am still trying to determine if I need just a few of the CDs available or the entire collection.


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Przepiórka nowozelandzka (Coturnix novaezelandiae) (w jęz. maor. koreke) – gatunek wymarłego ptaka z rodziny kurowatych (Phasianidae). Występował na Wyspie Północnej, Wyspie Południowej i na wyspie Great Barrier (wszystkie należą do Nowej Zelandii).

Opis i ekologia
Wyglądem zbliżona do przepiórki błotnej (C. ypsilophora) oraz do przepiórki rudogardłej (C. pectoralis). Brak wyraźnego dymorfizmu płciowego – samica była nieco lżejsza od samca.

Niewiele wiadomo o ich ekologii – preferowały otwarte przestrzenie, szczególnie trawiaste obniżenia i doliny.

Odkrycie i występowanie
Gatunek po raz pierwszy opisany przez Sir Josepha Banksa – naturalistę biorącego udział w pierwszej podróży Jamesa Cooka; uczestnicy wyprawy natknęli się na tego ptaka podczas pobytu na Nowej Zelandii w 1769 lub 1770 roku. Pierwszy okaz został schwytany w 1827 roku przez Jeana René Quoya i Josepha Paula Gaimarda podczas podróży Dumont d'Urville'a; badacze ci nadali temu gatunkowi nazwę Coturnix novaezelandiae.

Przyczyny i okoliczności wymarcia
Wiadomo, że był ptakiem pospolitym aż do połowy XIX wieku, potem jego populacja zaczęła gwałtownie się kurczyć, by ostatecznie zniknąć w 1875 roku; jednakże o przepiórkach nowozelandzkich na Wyspach Trzech Króli wspomniano jeszcze w 1887 roku.

Przypuszczalnych przyczyn wymarcia jest kilka. Jako główną wymienia się przegraną walkę o pokarm i środowisko naturalne z wprowadzonymi przez Europejczyków gatunkami obcymi – głównie owcami oraz drapieżnictwo obcych psów, kotów i szczurów.
Dodatkową przyczyną mogły być pożary lasów występujące wtedy często w Nowej Zelandii, powodujące kurczenie się środowiska naturalnego tego ptaka.

Hipotetyczną, choć również prawdopodobną przyczyną mogło być roznoszenie chorób przez inwazyjne gatunki obce, które dziesiątkowały – podobnie jak większość rodzimej fauny – także i przepiórki.

Kontrowersje
Niektórzy naukowcy uważają przepiórkę nowozelandzką i przepiórkę rudogardłą za ten sam gatunek, jednak ta pierwsza została opisana wcześniej.

Prowadzone są badania przez Uniwersytet Masseya (Nowa Zelandia) nad odkrytą niedawno populacją przepiórki na wyspie Tiritiri Matangi. Pojawiły się głosy, że odkryto ocalałe osobniki przepiórki nowozelandzkiej, bowiem jest szansa, że przetrwały jakieś ptaki na izolowanej wyspie. Jest także możliwość, że odkryta przepiórka jest hybrydą koreke i przepiórki błotnej (która została introdukowana do Nowej Zelandii) jednak jest to mało prawdopodobne, gdyż oba te gatunki nie są ze sobą blisko spokrewnione.

Przypisy

Bibliografia
  Baza danych zawiera uzasadnienie dlaczego gatunek jest wymarły (EX).
 Holdaway, R. N. (1999) Introduced predators and avifaunal extinction in New Zealand. Pp. 189–238 in R. D. E. MacPhee, ed. Extinctions in near time: causes, contexts and consequences. New York: Plenum Press.

 Marchant, S. and Higgins, P. J., eds (1993) Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic birds, 2: raptors to lapwings. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. .

Kurowate
Wymarłe grzebiące
Wymarłe ptaki holocenu
Wymarłe ptaki Oceanii
Ptaki Nowej Zelandii
Gatunki i podgatunki zwierząt nazwane w 1830 roku

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A small stand with huge impact.
A multisensory experience and Instagram moment number one.
EuroShop in Düsseldorf is the world's largest retail trade fair and in 2017 we have for the first time presented both the work of our "Brand Spaces" team and ourselves to inform an international audience of how brands utilise spatial communication to convince customers within a retail environment.
Our challenge had been to create a stand within a limited budget that would stand out from tough competitors. This had certainly been familiar territory for us as to achieve maximum attention with modest means was a typical brief from clients and our award winning stand clearly demonstrated our ability to overcome the challenging conditions of everyday design life.
Across a small space of 15 square metres the Peter Schmidt Group's stand had illustrated the agency's design expertise within the field of "brand communication in spaces" that left a lasting impression on its visitors. A bold motto "We are smashing!" not only projected confidence and belief in our power to successfully realise diverse projects for customers across the world, but also literally represented a space that visually "smashed" your senses.
EuroShop is the world's leading retail trade fair and has been held every three years in Düsseldorf since 1966. In 2017 more than 2,300 exhibitors showed their new products, from shop signs to cash desks, and the 18 trade fair halls had been divided over seven themes: POP Marketing, Expo & Event Marketing, Retail Technology, Lighting, Visual Merchandising, Shop Fitting & Store Design and Food Tech & Energy Management.
A dominating element of the stand had been a giant popcorn canon that reached out towards visitors within the exhibition hall, yet it was an eye catcher with a deeper meaning: As not only was the popcorn canon another interpretation of the motto "We are smashing!" but it also demonstrated a multisensory experience with dimensions of both smell and taste in a limited spatial environment. It was no wonder that during the fair our popcorn canon become one of the most photographed and shared images of the event.
The stand's surfaces had been finished in Jerusalem pine and were adorned with a striking pattern of contrasting stripes that was reminiscent of the "Memphis" style revival of the 80's combined with circus aesthetics. Brochures, giveaways and an onsite digital presentation had equally been designed along these themes and the result was a cohesive, trend conscious and colourful world that attracted curiosity, initiated dialogues and anchored the agency firmly within visitors' minds.
"We look, feel, smell and hear. All of these sensory perceptions can be channeled in the interest of brands and that is exactly what the stand at EuroShop gave a taste of."


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Tesla Touchscreens Could Get Physical Buttons Thanks to the Aftermarket
A third-party device could bring buttons and dials to the dashboard of the Tesla Model 3 and Model Y.
José Rodríguez Jr.
PublishedWednesday 8:00PM
Gif: YouTube
The Tesla Model 3 and Model Y might soon have the option of physical buttons and knobs to give owners tactile control over certain functions buried in the touchscreen. Rather than furiously tap and slide on climate settings or other features that have no business behind a screen, Tesla owners can look forward to an aftermarket accessory called the Ctrl-Bar that adds actual buttons to their screens. That is, if the crowdfunded input device can make it to production.
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The Ctrl-Bar promises to easily add a strip of physical buttons to the bottom of the infotainment display of the Tesla Model 3 and Y, putting a host of features at your fingertips. OK, so a touchscreen does the same thing, but it's just not as satisfying. Greenmission made the Ctrl-Bar to get around that in the Model 3 and Y, all while making sure installing the device is easy and straightforward.
The Ctrl-Bar has two knobs, or dials, as well as four programmable buttons that can be assigned to actions that can turn on the heated seats, toggle defrost mode and dog mode among many others. You could open trunks, frunks, maybe even gloveboxes with the buttons. Finally!
Photo: Indiegogo
The bar appears to stick to the screen with adhesives and is powered via USB cable, which the makers claim is discreet or "hidden." The Ctrl-Bar connects to Tesla EVs by using a phone as a middleman, which means your phone must be connected through Wi-Fi or a cellular connection. That seems odd, but given the integration these EVs have with smartphones via the Tesla app, it's not as weird as it sounds.
All button presses or turn of the dials are then sent through your phone to the car so there's a slight delay, according to the makers. But I guess a mild stutter is better than not having physical buttons at all. We can mostly agree that pressing is so much better than tapping, and carmakers are starting to get hip to the idea that certain controls need buttons. Tesla is one of the pioneers of the minimalist cabin, for better or worse; I'm going with worse since a lack of buttons is consistently a problem for Tesla owners.
And since the Ctrl-Bar is essentially a "smart" device that connects to a phone, it'll get OTA updates for both functionality and to expand its features. The designers say they're already planning to add things like speed trap warnings via subscription, but I'm less enthused about that.
The Ctrl-Bar has already beat its goal at Indiegogo for an initial batch with an intro price of €249 ($272 at current exchange rates), though that doesn't guarantee it'll make it to retail. It very well could, given the reception to the device. And the creators of the Ctrl-Bar are partnering with Abstract Ocean, a well-known company that sells aftermarket products for Tesla models. Having the backing of an established retailer can only help, but this is an issue that Tesla should solve. Until then, it seems like the aftermarket is happy to step in.
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South Africa determined to make a strong comeback after Perera's Durban heroics
Sri Lanka tour of South Africa
By Cricingif Staff
South Africa will be aiming to bounce back in the second Test against Sri Lanka, after Kusal Perera'a superb knock handed them a shocking defeat in the first Test.
Perera became a national hero in Sri Lanka after scoring an unbeaten 153 in Durban to power his side to an unlikely win in the first Test at Durban.
With Sri Lanka having an unexperienced bowling attack, it appears South Africa under-estimated their opponents.
South Africa's batsmen struggled mostly, with the exception of captain Faf Du Plessis and Quinton de Kock doing well as Vishwa Fernando and debutant left-arm spinner Lasith Embuldeniya took eight and six wickets respectively.
It seems certain that the hosts will include an extra batsman, either Theunis de Bruyn or Zubayr Hamza, while a more conventional mix of three fast bowlers and a spinner seems probable.
With Vernon Philander ruled out of the second Test, it will be interesting to see how South Africa formulate their team combination. Wiaan Mulder is likely to replace the wily seam bowler.
South Africa could also re-think their policy of short-pitched bowling against Asian opponents. It did not work in Durban and the surface in Port Elizabeth also tends to lack the pace and bounce of other South African venues.
South Africa have won five and drawn one of their most recent six Tests at St George's Park, including a 206-run win over Sri Lanka in two seasons ago.
Last season, after losing the first Test in Durban, South Africa turned the series against Australia around with a convincing six-wicket win in Port Elizabeth.
Kagiso Rabada, who had a poor first Test against Sri Lanka, will be returning to the ground where he took 11 wickets against Australia.
South Africa (from)
Faf du Plessis (capt), Dean Elgar, Aiden Markram, Hashim Amla, Temba Bavuma, Theunis de Bruyn, Zubayr Hamza, Quinton de Kock (wkt), Wiaan Mulder, Vernon Philander, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Dale Steyn, Duanne Olivier
Sri Lanka (likely)
Dimuth Karunaratne (capt), Lahiru Thirimanne, Kusal Mendis, Oshada Fernando, Kusal Perera, Niroshan Dickwella (wkt), Dhananjaya de Silva, Suranga Lakmal, Lasith Embuldeniya, Kasun Rajitha, Vishwa Fernando
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Some determined detective work uncovered that the image used in the album cover collage is unquestionably a low-angle shot of the 12th century Chola sculpture of Yoga-Narasimha (The Man-Lion form of Visnu), held at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City. The image depicts the Man-Lion avatar of the Hindu god Visnu. The god is depicted with a yoga-band around his legs and is typical of similar images produced during the time period.
Hindus believe that in his fourth avatar (incarnation) the god Visnu takes the form of the Man-Lion Narasimha. He is incarnated in order to kill Hiranyakashipu, who not only wants to destroy Vishnu, but threatens the order and peace of the universe. Hiranyakashipu is believed to have obtained a boon from the God Brahma that he would not die on earth or in space, in fire or in water, neither during the day, or at night, inside, or outside, not by a human, animal, or a god, and finally, and not by an inanimate animate being. With this purported invincibility Hiranyakashipu terrorizes the world. His son Prahlada (who is devoted to Lord Vishnu) refuses to bow down before his father, when demanded to do so. Prahlada tells his father that Vishnu is everywhere. Hiranyakashipu points to a pillar and asks Prahlada if Vishnu could be found within it. When given the affirmative Hiranyakashipu, enraged, strikes the pillar with his sword. From the broken pillar emerges Narasimha. Neither human, nor animal, Narasimha kills Hiranyakashipu at twilight, at the doorsteps of the royal palace, placed upon his lap, and using his nails. This is the god who is depicted in the Nelson-Atkins sculpture and in the collage on the cover of the first Grateful Dead album.
How did this unusual image of this unusual god with such an unusual story end up in a collage on the Grateful Dead's debut album, which was released by Warner Brothers Records in March 1967? Why was this image was used, who took the photo, and was it significant (at the time of its release) to the members of the Grateful Dead?
To answer this and related questions I needed to do so some more sleuthing. As far as I can tell, there is no scholarly work on the album art of the Grateful Dead's first album, other than a few references to the lettering and legibility. I've discovered two informal blogs in which the Chola image is incorrectly identified as "The Creature from the Black Lagoon" and as "Hanuman." Correspondence with the Registrar at the Nelson-Atkins, moreover, indicates that the Museum itself has been unaware that their Yoga-Narasimha was used by the Grateful Dead until I informed them at the end of February 2018.
I decided to get in touch with Mike Wilson, the archivist at Warner Brother's Records. Alas, after looking through the WB archives, Mr. Wilson was not able to offer any remarkable or relevant data. In a phone conversation he did mention that he was not surprised that there were no records of the use of the image since record keeping at that particular time in music history (the mid to late 1960s) was stereotypically lax! He did suggest that I try to interview living members of the band but, alas, I am still pursuing that unreachable lead.
I also looked at the online Grateful Dead Archives held at the University of California at Santa Cruz. The entry for their first album provided no significant insight other than references to the artists who helped put the cover together, namely Alton Kelley, Stanley Mouse, Herb Greene, and Gene Anthony. I wrote to Mouse, Greene, and Anthony, and heard back only from the first two (Alton Kelley, of course, died in 2008). Greene confirmed that Kelley was responsible for the collage and Mouse for the design and lettering.
…we went ahead and looked at American Indian stuff, Chinese stuff, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Modern, Bauhaus, whatever. We were stunned by what we found and what we were able to do. We had free rein to just go graphically crazy.
During the heyday of the Avalon Ballroom, the pair would frequent the public library looking for images they could employ in their poster-making; Edward Curtis photographs of American Indians, illustrations from 19th century novels (the skull and roses was adapted from "The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam"), often laughing so loud at what they found the librarians would ask them to leave.
Given this account, it is plausible that the Nelson-Atkins image of Narasimha was one that they came across randomly (or by reason of their good karma!) at the library and that caught Kelley's eye.
However this explanation is only somewhat satisfactory. There is indeed a record of a photograph of it being published when Kelley and Mouse were working on the album cover. An image of the sculpture is thus found in Master Bronzes of India, an exhibition catalogue, and a textual reference to it is found in The Nelson Gallery & Atkins Bulletin. The former does indeed include a photograph of the image while the latter does not. There is no record of the Master Bronzes of India being held by the San Francisco public library, though it is possible that Kelley may have come across it in his wanderings around the Bay Area.
Alas, this also is only partially satisfying: the image that was used in the album cover is a low-angle shot while the image found in the Master Bronzes book is not. Could it be that Kelley found it in a magazine? Or, as Mouse stated in an electronic correspondence with me "It was an Alton Kelley collage and he probably saw it in a National Geographic magazine cut out"! There are no records, however, of a photograph of the image being used by National Geographic after the image was purchased from J. J. Klejman by the Nelson-Atkins in 1963.
These speculations, though, do not take into consideration the possibility that any museum visitor with a camera could take a photograph of an object on display without the museum, or anyone else, coming to know about it. This seems to be the most likely scenario since the image used by Kelley (or perhaps even taken by Kelley) is, to reiterate, a low-angle shot. Such an orientation is unusual and suggests a patron squatted down in front of the sculpture and took the picture.
This possibility is even more convincing when one considers that the Yoga-Narasimha sculpture was on "tour" with the Master Bronzes of India exhibition. It thus appeared at The Art Institute of Chicago, September 3-October 10, 1965; The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, October 21-November 30, 1965; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, January 18-February 27, 1966; and the Asia House Gallery, New York, October 12-December 11, 1966. It is possible that Kelley, or an acquaintance of Kelley, visited one of these museums, took a low-angle photo of it, and that it somehow made it to him. Remember, the Grateful Dead began recording their first album in January 1967 and it was released by Warner Brother's Records on March 17. Kelley either had the image with him or obtained it within that three-month period, after the Grateful Dead asked Kelley and Mouse to do the cover.
Although there is no definitive proof (and there may never be), it is likely that a museum patron took the low-angle shot of the Yoga-Narasimha and that image made it to Alton Kelley in time to make the collage for the Grateful Dead's first album cover.
It is odd that after looking at that cover a zillion time, I never noticed that Man Lion. It really makes the cover make sense to me.
Maybe because Garcia was a Leo.
The Garcia was a Leo is just a whimsical thought. I doubt if Kelley knew or even cared. But, Kelley had a seventh sense. He picked that image because of what he though it meant visually…Fun Stuff, Stanley.
Deepak Sarma, professor of Indian religions and philosophy at Case Western Reserve University, is the author of Classical Indian Philosophy: A Reader (2011), Hinduism: A Reader (2008), Epistemologies and the Limitations of Philosophical Inquiry: Doctrine in Madhva Vedanta (2005) and An Introduction to Madhva Vedanta(2003).
 Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter, Scarlet Begonias. (NY: Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., 1974.
 I am grateful to Sonya Mace, George P. Bickford Curator of Indian and Southeast Asian Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, for this connection.
 For more see Meister M. W. "Man and man-lion: The Philadelphia Narasimha." Artibus Asiae 56(3–4):291–301, 1996.
 His story is related in a number of Puranas, including the Visnu Purana, (1.16-20) and the Bhagavata Purana (Canto 7), among others.
 Email and phone conversation with Julie Mattsson, Registrar, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, March 2, 2018.
 Phone conversation with Mike Wilson April 4, 2018. I am grateful to everyone who helped me to connect with Mike Wilson, especially Anjali Belmann.
 Email conversation with Mike Wilson. April 5, 2018.
 Email conversation with Herb Greene, March 2, 2018.
 For more, see S. Mouse, A. Kelley, Mouse and Kelley, New York: Dell Pub. Co,, 1979.
 Master Bronzes of India. the Art Institute of Chicago and William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, exh. cat. (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1965), unpaginated, (repro.). #31.
 The William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, "Checklist of Acquisitions 1962-1966," The Nelson Gallery & Atkins Bulletin, 4, no. 8 (1967): 47.
 Email correspondence with Stanley Mouse, March 9, 2018.
 Email correspondence with Stanley Mouse, March 12, 2018.
 Robert Hunter and Bob Weir, Playing in the Band. (NY: Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., 1971.


This blog is written by Judy Liddell, a passionate birder from Albuquerque, New Mexico. I became interested in birds in 2002 when a friend placed a seed bell and suet cake in the tree outside of my bedroom window as I was recuperating from having both knees replaced. At first I just enjoyed the noisy chatter. Pretty soon I became interested in figuring out who these new friends were. The day I spotted a Curved-bill Thrasher hanging on the suet feeder, I was excited. A couple of months later, a Northern Flicker perched on my neighbor's roof. When I looked at him through my binoculars and saw the beautiful coloring, I was thoroughly hooked. I bird almost every week with the Thursday Birders, have kept data for Cornell University's citizen science Feederwatch Program, am an avid eBirder, do wetlands surveys for the Rio Grande Nature Center, monitor Cooper's Hawk's nests with the Albuquerque Cooper's Hawk Project, am involved with Save the Belen Marsh, serve on the board of Central New Mexico Audubon, am President of the New Mexico Audubon Council, and bird whenever I travel.
Check out Birding Hot Spots of Central New Mexico, the book I co-authored with Barbara Hussey.
I have birded with the Thursday birders twice. My daughter lives in ABQ and I hooked up with Rebecca and you kind folks a couple of years ago.
Your work is a source of admiration to me as my blog did not last this long, although I have hopes of re-erecting it.
I chanced upon your wonderful blog while searching for birding areas around Socorro. And I am glad I did. I enjoyed reading your passionate and well written posts.
I was at Bosque Del Apache last November to photograph Sandhill Cranes and Snow Geese. It was one of the greatest birding experience for me. I am visiting Bosque this year during Christmas week but I wanted to go around to see other birding areas. I am also visiting White Sands during this trip.
Will you be able to guide me to the possible birding opportunities in and around Socorro in December?
I would recommend driving out to the Very Large Array. It is about 50 mi. west of Socorro on US 60. The area in which it is located is called the Plains of San Augustin, comprised of dry saltbush flats where you should be able to find Sage Sparrows. It is also a good place to find wintering raptors. At the campground in Water Canyon (16 mi. west from Socorro on US 60)you have a good chance of seeing Acorn Woodpeckers and Red Crossbills.
Thank you. It would be interesting to get to see the Acorn Woodpecker.
Hi, I just came across your blog via the Nature Blog Network. What attracted me to your blog was your description about birding in New Mexico. I have lived in northern California (Santa Clara County) for 34 years, but my husband and I had an opportunity to live in ABQ for about 3 years (1996-1998) and I fell in love with the state. We have visited the Bosque del Apache Crane Festival every year since 2003 and always enjoy ourselves when visiting. We will be visiting again this year. Will you be attending? I am going to add you to my RSS feeder since your blog is so enjoyable to read regarding birds and birding in a place I enjoy reading about (New Mexico).
I'm going to be visiting Albuquerque at the end of next week. I'm really interested in seeing black-chinned sparrows and gray vireos. Can you recommend any places near ABQ to see either or both of these species?
Hello, great postings! I am going to be birding this Sunday in the Western Sandia open spaces. Am I likely to see black-chinned and black-throated sparrows? Any local birders that would enjoy going with me?
I am of intermediate experience and would love to go on the Thursday trips if I didn't work on Thursdays. Therefore, Sunday is my only good day to bird.
I am "cc" at Duke City Fix and came to here from there. What a wonderful blog you have here. I have bookmarked it and will come back!
For me lately I too have enjoyed Curved Bill Thrasher – who comes to my yard a lot these days in the far north valley of Albuquerque.
I love reading your blog. Also adore that you track birds in our urban areas!
We'll link to you on our blogroll.
Judy – I'm coming to Albuquerque this month to get a camera cleaned and search for the 3 toed woodpecker. When I spoke with you while you were in silver city, you suggested that I check with you. Let me know if you've seen one lately. My email is dennisricdlane@gmail.com.
I have been reading your blog for several years now. Since I live in Ontario, Canada, it is a bit of vicarious birding and I have been thinking about coming to New Mexico to bird for quite some time. Now that the ABA is sponsoring a birding rally in your area, I signed up. So in less than a month I will be arriving in Albuquerque to do some ACTUAL birding. Can't wait!!!! Love your blog.
Glad you are able to visit central New Mexico. Hope you buy a copy of "Birding Hot Spots Central New Mexico" (birdinghotspotscentralnm.com) before your trip.
Enjoyed your class on Spring Birds today! And thank you for the info on Alaska birding. Your Hot Spots book has been a favorite and very useful.
Thanks, Maggie. Did you find my blog posts about Alaska in the category directory on the right? I visited different areas, but it would give you an idea of some of the possibilities – especially the Seward area.
are you 100% sure this is a guira tanager? maybe a female cherries tanager? I have a picture of the same bird but am not sure what to name it.
Sophie, I presume you are inquiring about my photo from Ecuador. The bird was identified by our guide.
Is it possible to help me identify a Bird here in Albuquerque? This one I'm just not 100 percent on! Any help will be greatly Appreciated!


Promoting your salon, special offers and events. There are many ways to get your message out there to promote your business. For those a little wary of social media – it is a growing phenonium and fast becoming the preferred way to advertise that it isn't a 'flash in the pan' that will disappear like a fashion trend – it's here to stay the platforms for social media are getting smarter every day. This is a trend that isn't going away!
I agree and when you look at small business an extremely high percentage have facebook but not necessarily a website.
Facebook I think because easy to use, easy to access, you can do it yourself, free, or additional marketing available at a low cost.
Facebook is a HUGE market for free advertising for me. Only second to good old word of mouth.


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The princess of a frozen Queendom fights to free her mother from the clutches of treacherous dragons in this middle-grade fantasy debut.
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The Queendom of Gall stands alone in a frozen world, paying an annual tithe to the ancient Dragons that offer the land its only heat. When dragons kidnap the Queen, Princess Toli decides to brave the frozen landscape to rescue her mother. But it will be more treacherous than Toli could have imagined—snow leopards are on her trail, and dragons stalk her. For they cannot allow Toli to reach Dragon Mountain, where long held secrets await.
Toli will need the help of her sister, her best friend, and the unexpected kinship of a baby dragon to save her mother and determine the future of Gall.
Gabrielle Kirouac Byrne lives in the rainy wilds of the Pacific Northwest, where she writes fantasy for kids of all ages. Gabby studied opera in Philadelphia, medieval studies in New York, literature in Scotland, and marine biology in the Pacific Northwest, but writing stories is the common thread that ties all her interests together. When she's not writing, she can be found fishing spineless beasties out of the Salish Sea with her husband and two daughters. She keeps a weather-eye for stray portals and expects the whole family to be pulled into an alternate world any day now. Gabby is a mentor for the Pitch Wars writing contest, and a contributor at The Winged Pen blog.
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Ancestral Dietary Strategy to Prevent and Treat Macular Degeneration: Ebook Edition in Full Color
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In 2016, ophthalmologist and Associate Clinical Professor Emeritus, Chris Knobbe, MD, proffered a revolutionary hypothesis for both the cause and the treatment of age-related macular degeneration; since then, his supportive research, writings, and presentations have received tremendous accolades from colleagues and fellow nutrition researchers, alike. Knobbe has presented his hypothesis and supportive research on numerous stages all across the United States and for a number of organizations, including the Christian Ophthalmology Society, the Ancestral Health Symposium, the Weston A. Price Foundation, and the Macular Degeneration Association. Knobbe is the world's only ophthalmologist to have proffered such a hypothesis, but which has also been buttressed by supportive research, published in the highly esteemed journal, Medical Hypotheses, in November, 2017.
Ophthalmologist and retina specialist of the United Kingdom, Andrew J. Luff, MA, FRCS, FRCS(Ophtha), FRCOphth, writes, "As the prevalence of AMD escalates, the devastating consequences of visual loss take their relentless toll on individuals, families, and health economies. This epidemic continues to grow, oblivious to a plethora of research. A massive financial investment (both University-based and pharmaceutical) has made no impact on the incidence of a disease that has resisted minor nutritional tinkering and seen no significant gain from our exponentially increased knowledge of genetics. In researching our frustrating lack of success in the quest for a unifying cause of AMD, Dr. Knobbe concludes that we have been looking in the wrong place.
"From a meticulous examination of ophthalmic history, comparative epidemiology and dietary change across the globe, he constructs a cogent and compelling argument for defects in basic nutrition as the fundamental driver of AMD. The data are stark and the potential consequences of dietary deficiency sobering. Dr. Knobbe's rational conclusion that a shift from traditional foods can wreak havoc on macular function will come as no surprise to those who have postulated similar cause for the multitude of chronic diseases now endemic in so-called developed nations.
"His hypothesis is unlikely to be welcomed by those committed to pharmacological intervention. Furthermore, a radical change to the diet of billions will not happen quickly. However, for newly diagnosed patients seeking hope and clinicians struggling for an answer, Dr. Knobbe's remarkable book offers the first tangible lifeline. To impact on the visual health of a nation we need a paradigm shift in the attitude of government and a radical rethink of the artificially constructed boundaries between nutrition and medicine. The visual health of many millions of people worldwide over the coming decades may depend on whether Knobbe's message is heard by those with both the political power and the financial commitment to take action."
-- Andrew J. Luff, MA, FRCS, FRCS(Ophtha, FRCOphth, Vitreo-Retinal Surgeon, United Kingdom, Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists
Dr. Knobbe's revolutionary hypothesis, extraordinary research, and scientific rigor, is second to none. After having read the book or seen Knobbe's presentations, many have remarked, "How can his conclusions be refuted?" Come see how and why you can save your vision, by following a delicious, healthy, satisfying, diet, with virtually any food you desire, as long as it is made with "ancestral" ingredients. Shocking, but true!
All proceeds from sales support the mission of Cure AMD Foundation. Dr. Knobbe receives no royalties from book sales.
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Chris A. Knobbe, MD is an ophthalmologist and Associate Clinical Professor Emeritus, formerly of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Knobbe, a native of Colorado, graduated from the University of Colorado School of Medicine in 1990, completed a transitional internship at Denver Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Centers, and then a three-year ophthalmology residency at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, in Denver. After seven years in private practice, Knobbe joined the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center as Associate Clinical Professor, a position he held until 2017. On a more personal note, at the age of 34, Dr. Knobbe began to suffer with arthritis, which progressed markedly over the next 16 years. At the age of 50 and after seeking the advice and treatment of nearly a dozen physician colleagues, Knobbe finally found dramatic relief - not by any traditional medicine or procedure - but rather, by altering his diet towards a more "Paleo" way of eating. This was a life-changing event for Knobbe, which sparked his interest in discovering as much as possible about the prophylactic and healing powers of food. The nutritional journey was a long and arduous one with peaks and valleys, until Knobbe discovered the research of Weston A. Price. Price completed an epic volume of nutritional anthropology and wrote a nutritional treatise in his book entitled, Nutrition and Physical Degeneration, which was published in 1939 followed by a second edition in 1945. Price detailed numerous discoveries in a nearly decade-long interval of on-the-ground research, in which he evaluated numerous populations on five continents as they transitioned from native, traditional diets, to Westernized diets, the latter of which were replete with man-made, processed, nutrient-deficient and toxic foods. Such diets led to numerous diseases of civilization and the previously healthy suffered numerous maladies. In 2013, Knobbe envisioned that Westernized food consumption might also be the primary driver of the disease age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which is the leading cause of irreversible vision loss and blindness worldwide. This led to a revolutionary hypothesis, that is, that AMD might be a disease of processed food consumption, rather than a disease caused by aging and genetics as allopathic ophthalmology has believed for decades. In early 2015, with enough research to believe that the hypothesis would be supported by epidemiologic evidence, Knobbe left practice to pursue investigation of the hypothesis on a full-time basis. Some eighteen months later, the fundamental research with AMD prevalence correlated to processed food consumption in 25 nations was complete. More importantly, the evidence strongly supported the hypothesis. On August 12, 2016, Dr. Knobbe made the debut presentation of his revolutionary hypothesis for the cause of AMD at the Ancestral Health Symposium, held at the University of Colorado Boulder. He's made dozens of presentations in cities all across the U.S. since then, published a scientific paper in the journal Medical Hypotheses, and has founded Cure AMD Foundation™, the latter being a nonprofit organization with 501(c)(3) status in support of this cause. Dr. Knobbe's hypothesis, scientific paper and book, while accepted by numerous physicians and ophthalmologists, has not resulted in broad supportive dietary advice by mainstream allopathic ophthalmology. However, ancestral nutrition researchers and progressive physicians now understand that the exact same advice (ancestral diets) is preventing all the diseases of civilization, including heart disease, hypertension, stroke, cancers, type 2 diabetes, obesity, autoimmune disorders, and so much more. Thus, Dr. Knobbe continues his work -- at saving vision. Come join those who are saving their own vision, in this revolution!
Part 1: Unveiling the Hypothesis
1. Can Ancestral Diets Actually Prevent and Treat Macular Degeneration?
2. The Genesis of a Novel Hypothesis for AMD
3. Is Macular Degeneration a New Disease?
4. One Giant Leap Forward
5. Did Our Genetics Change?
6. A Primer on AMD
Part II: So the Villain is Modern Food?
7. Weston A. Price - Unequivocally, the Greatest Nutrition Researcher in History
8. A Taste of 18th to Early 20th Century American Cuisine
Part III: "Displacing Foods" Are the Culprits
9. The 20th Century and the New "Standard American Diet"
10. The Perils of "Displacing Foods" Part I: Vegetable Oils & Trans Fats
11. Ther Perils of "Displacing Foods" Part II: White Flour, White Sugar, and Processed Foods
12. AMD Runs Parallel with Heart Disease, Obesity, Diabetes, Cancer and "Diseases of Western Influence"
13. AMD Follows Processed Foods Wordlwide
Part IV: Foods that Must be Exonerated
14. Saturated Fats -- Could They Save Your Life & Help Prevent AMD?
15. Cholesterol -- Is More Better?
Part V: More on Molecular Mechanisms for AMD
16. Vitamins A, D, and K, Plus Lutein and Zeaxanthin -- Deficiencies Associated With AMD
17. Smoking and AMD -- Another Surprise!
Part VI: Eating to Prevent and Treat AMD
18. Synthetic Vitamins & Multivitamins -- Should We Steer Clear?
19. Whole Unprocessed Foods: Pastured Meats, Pastured Eggs, Raw Milk and Wild Caught Fish --- All Preferred
20. Grains: Which Ones to Eat & Proper Preparation If You Do
21. The Life-Giving "Sacred Foods: for AMD Too!
22. Your Ultimate Plan to Prevent and Treat AMD
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725 ILCS 137/1
(725 ILCS 137/1)
Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Citizen Privacy Protection Act.
Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
"Cell site simulator device" means a device that transmits or receives radio waves to or from a communications device that can be used to intercept, collect, access, transfer, or forward the data transmitted or received by the communications device, or stored on the communications device, including an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) catcher or other cell phone or telephone surveillance or eavesdropping device that mimics a cellular base station and transmits radio waves that cause cell phones or other communications devices in the area to transmit or receive radio waves, electronic data, location data, information used to calculate location, identifying information, communications content, or metadata, or otherwise obtains this information through passive means, such as through the use of a digital analyzer or other passive interception device. "Cell site simulator device" does not include any device used or installed by an electric utility solely to the extent the device is used by that utility to measure electrical usage, to provide services to customers, or to operate the electric grid.
"Communications device" means any electronic device that transmits signs, signals, writings, images, sounds, or data in whole or in part by a wire, radio, electromagnetic, photoelectric, or photo-optical system.
"Law enforcement agency" means any agency of this State or a political subdivision of this State which is vested by law with the duty to maintain public order and to enforce criminal laws.
725 ILCS 137/10
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Sec. 10. Prohibited use of cell site simulator devices. A law enforcement agency may not use a cell site simulator device, except to locate or track the location of a communications device or to identify a communications device. Except as provided in Section 15 of the Freedom From Location Surveillance Act, a court order based on probable cause that a person whose location information is sought has committed, is committing, or is about to commit a crime, is required for any permitted use of a cell site simulator device.
Sec. 15. Application for court order.
(a) An application for a court order to use a cell site simulator device, including an emergency application under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (6) of Section 15 of the Freedom From Location Surveillance Act, must include:
(1) a description of the nature and capabilities of
the cell site simulator device that will be used and the manner and method of its deployment, including whether the cell site simulator device will obtain data from non-target communications devices; and
(2) a description of the procedures that will be
followed to protect the privacy of non-targets during the investigation, including the deletion of data obtained from non-target communications devices.
(b) If the cell site simulator device is used to locate or track a known communications device, all non-target data must be deleted as soon as reasonably practicable, but no later than once every 24 hours.
(c) If the cell site simulator device is used to identify an unknown communications device, all non-target data must be deleted as soon as reasonably practicable, but no later than within 72 hours of the time that the unknown communications device is identified, absent a court order preserving the non-target data and directing that it be filed under seal with the court. The court may retain data obtained from a non-target communications device under a court order showing good cause for no longer than the period required under Supreme Court Rules. The law enforcement agency is prohibited from accessing data obtained from a non-target communications device for the purpose of any investigation not authorized by the original court order.
(d) A court order issued under this Section may be sealed upon a showing of need, but for no more than 180 days, with any extensions to be granted upon a certification that an investigation remains active or a showing of exceptional circumstances.
Sec. 20. Admissibility. If the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that a law enforcement agency used a cell site simulator to gather information in violation of the limits in Sections 10 and 15 of this Act, then the information shall be presumed to be inadmissible in any judicial or administrative proceeding. The State may overcome this presumption by proving the applicability of a judicially recognized exception to the exclusionary rule of the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution or Article I, Section 6 of the Illinois Constitution to the information. Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to prevent a court from independently reviewing the admissibility of the information for compliance with the aforementioned provisions of the U.S. and Illinois Constitutions.


Create the conditions for others to be their best selves.
My purpose is to Create the conditions for others to be their best selves.
I create the conditions for others because I believe everyone wants to be their best selves.
Be better engaged with the needs of those that work for and with us.
Be more creative and produce greater value for our customers.
Be respected more by our peers and stakeholders.
Be healthier, more active and have access to a richer set of experiences.
Be more present when we are present with loved ones.
Play, laugh and have a whole lot more fun.
Equally, I believe when holding meetings and workshops, we want everyone to be our best selves.
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We want to feel every moment together has meaning and purpose.
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Better strategiesnic growth and delivering on exit commitments, was front of mind for this Executive Chairman of a fast-growing software start-up. The one-to-one coaching program focused on what was important for her personally and professionally, and how could her skills be evolved and leveraged. The program helped my client to uncover more options and to see how she could leverage them to drive business growth.
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Professional success takes effort and focus. At times the conditions we are faced with cause us to lose confidence in ourselves and the plan. This was the challenge for a Partner in a mid-size legal firm. Seeing a missed promotion as an opportunity rather than a setback, is the key first step, however it's not always enough. Over the course of this one-to-one coaching and mentoring program, I helped my client reassess her strengths and value, and use it to stay productive and further develop resilience. This enabled her to leverage the opportunity to its maximum, continue to thrive and accelerate the momentum of her career.
Entrepreneurs build on their failures to maximise the gains from their successes. Failures have a cost, including emotional, financial and in trust. For this entrepreneur and skilled digital marketeer, building success after a succession of failures wasn't in question in his mind, however his supporters were tiring of the journey. Rebuilding the trust became the focus of this coaching and mentoring program. Over the course of 6 months, I helped my client with several aspects. He built further self-awareness of his strengths. He learnt how he could be more effective. He grew understanding of emotional intelligence, empathy and using feedback to his advantage. We then used all of that to determine how he could work better with his stakeholders. This helped him better share his energy and enthusiasm with those that supported him, enabling him to realise success again.
Individual effectiveness is one thing, however effectiveness within the team interaction brings things to a whole new level. This was the theme explored by the Executive Chairman of a fast-growing software start-up. Over the course of the 3-month program, I worked with each member of her team on their personal effectiveness, engagement and resilience skills. The results were dramatic. The heightened awareness of each one's strengths and highest points of contribution, coupled with the understanding of the impact of each other's activities, enabled greater levels of output across the team. Minor conflicts were a thing of the past and innovation thrived.
Growing the senior leadership team's engagement and resilience skills was the challenge given to me by the Country Managing Director of a global player in the medical devices and healthcare sector. Over the course of two years I worked on a one-to-one basis with new comers to the leadership table. Self-awareness of strengths, emotional intelligence and professional effectiveness were key topics covered during the programs. These activities enhanced their high potential and thus fast tracked their journey into fully productive managers.
When you invest in professionals with high potential you want to ensure your investment isn't in vain. This was the desire of a Manager of a group of 14 entrepreneurial high performers. The program that I designed and delivered aim to build awareness of values and signature strengths. This awareness helped them focus their energy and attention where it best served them. They were able to better allocate their time and leverage the resources available to them. This approach reduced the risk that their high potential got lost in the day to day needs of building value.
With flattening organisational structures, medium to large organisations face challenges in maintaining the desired level of motivation in the ranks, specifically when promotional opportunities become limited. Having managers maintain their effectiveness and continue to thrive under these difficult situations was a challenge put to me by a multinational technology company. Working with line managers over the course of 3 to 9-month programs, I helped them build self-awareness of their value contribution and how their own behaviour reflected on the performance of their teams. With better awareness they became more empathetic and supportive of those below, next to and above them. The results helped ensure that everyone continued to thrive.
It isn't hard to appreciate the costs to our personal health, wellness and fitness, when we focus only on meeting the needs of our professional commitments. Professionals, including scientists, teachers, accountants, project managers and even a doctor, use my method to help them ensure their professional effectiveness didn't detract from their engagement with their families. They also wanted to maintain well and healthy lives. Improving their professional effectiveness has helped them bring a new outlook to managing time, has them confidently juggling several commitments, has them thinking with better focus and clarity, has them completing more of the important things, has them more relaxed about future commitments, and gave rise to more harmony with colleagues and loved ones.
My approach involves working together, with my clients through one or more twenty-six week cycles.
I engage with my clients via a five-figure fee, paid partly via a modest monthly retainer, with the remainder indexed and paid against the successful realisation of the "what". The "what" being the answers to the questions being asked.
A monthly 2-3-hour face-to-face / one-to-one workshop.
A weekly 45 minute check-in video/voice call.
Unlimited query, reminder and encouragement interactions i.e. instant messaging, phone calls and emails.
Programs are customised to my client's needs. The idea is to ensure minimal resistance is experienced in themselves and others as they strive towards building further abundance in all that they are.
Programs start with a no-obligation 3-hour face-to-face session. This first session uncovers the context and sets the framework for the program. It is where the "what" is defined and agreed.
My diverse background and skills are leveraged in workshop facilitation, where I wear the hats of a co-designer, lead facilitator, process facilitator or knowledge worker.
I am an active participant in the workshop design and delivery process. This process makes optimal use of valuable resources in solving problems, facing down challenges and strategy building and execution.
Facilitation is delivered via my partners.
I am a skilled facilitator and an accredited lifestyle coach/mentor working in partnership with entrepreneurs, business owners and senior executives/directors.
I've coached and mentored dozens of professionals, managers and leaders, and helped them focus on what is important in order to see better balance in all aspects of their personal and professional lives.
I've facilitated group learning across multinationals covering offices in Ireland, the UK, Mexico, India, Switzerland and Czech Republic.
Since 1993, I've been bringing people, technology and process together. I've worked across functional, geographic and cultural boundaries to deliver over 50 business reengineering, software development and IT transformation projects. I've helped launch five businesses and three new business units.
3 plus years coaching and facilitating senior managers.
The projects I've managed include solutions for Eircom, ESB, Eirgrid, Forfás, Radio Telefìs Èireann, and Cork County Council, as well as the guiding of a 30 strong geographically spread team of software developers in Houghton Mifflin Harcourt from Waterfall to Agile Scrum.
In 2014, I formally branched into coaching and facilitation. I've facilitated group learning across multinationals covering offices in Ireland, the UK, Mexico, India, Switzerland and Czech Republic. I have delivered coaching and mentoring to dozens of professionals, managers and leaders, and helped them focus on what is important in order to realise abundant success in all aspects of their personal and professional lives.
My focus is helping others perform better and achieve better outcomes. As well as measurable success in this regard I have a rich experience of Corporate life, specifically in driving and managing technology adoption within corporate environments, designing and delivering IT solutions, and facilitating agile based web software development.
I create the conditions for others to be their best selves. I bring creativity, discipline and professionalism to the coaching/mentoring and facilitation of businesses and their leaders. My strengths include creativity, honesty, having perspective and being persistent. And, above all I give a damn. My approach motivates and helps create the momentum to bring about real change.
I have a can-do-attitude and hands-on approach, having employed a multitude of coaching tools, business models and frameworks, and used project management philosophies from the early incarnations of Prince and PMBOK, to Waterfall and to Agile Scrum. I consider continuous improvement as a matter of course and I am skilled at understanding and transforming sales, business and delivery processes and technology.
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 * @file desktop.h
 * @author Joe Wingbermuehle
 * @date 2004-2006
 *
 * @brief Header for the desktop management functions.
 *
 */

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#define DESKTOP_H

struct MenuType;

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#define InitializeDesktops()  (void)(0)
void StartupDesktops(void);
#define ShutdownDesktops()    (void)(0)
void DestroyDesktops(void);
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unsigned int GetRightDesktop(unsigned int desktop);
unsigned int GetLeftDesktop(unsigned int desktop);
unsigned int GetAboveDesktop(unsigned int desktop);
unsigned int GetBelowDesktop(unsigned int desktop);

/** Switch to a relative desktop. */
char RightDesktop(void);
char LeftDesktop(void);
char AboveDesktop(void);
char BelowDesktop(void);

/** Switch to a specific desktop.
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void ChangeDesktop(unsigned int desktop);

/** Toggle the "show desktop" state.
 * This will either minimize or restore all items on the current desktop.
 */
void ShowDesktop(void);

/** Create a menu containing a list of desktops.
 * @param mask A bit mask of desktops to highlight.
 * @param context Context to pass the action handler.
 * @return A menu containing all the desktops.
 */
struct Menu *CreateDesktopMenu(unsigned int mask, void *context);

/** Create a menu containing a list of desktops.
 * @param mask Mask to OR onto the action.
 * @param context Context to pass the action handler.
 * @return A menu containing all the desktops.
 */
struct Menu *CreateSendtoMenu(unsigned char mask, void *context);

/** Set the name of a desktop.
 * This is called before startup.
 * @param desktop The desktop to name (0 based).
 * @param str The name to assign.
 */
void SetDesktopName(unsigned int desktop, const char *str);

/** Get the name of a desktop.
 * @param desktop The desktop (0 based).
 * @return The name of the desktop.
 */
const char *GetDesktopName(unsigned int desktop);

#endif

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I know many of you will be wondering where I've been, why there have been no entertaining posts to read and absorb over morning coffee for most of the past week. My apologies; I take my coffee duties seriously and promise to get back on track.
After dropping the Captain at Schiphol (Amsterdam) airport earlier in the week I returned home a little distracted as, for the first time in recorded history, my spouse had headed overseas without his mobile phone. With no time to retrieve it he had headed off phone-less to Singapore.
Driving my car into our secure underground garage (the Dutch are incredibly gifted at making use of all available space) using a personally coded swipe card, I was mentally planning how to get the Captain's phone to him by the quickest possible route. I recall thinking how glad I was the Captain's car, his pride and joy, was not going to be sat in the garage all week.
The reason is interesting, so bear with me.
We are in the process of changing the insurance company for our cars. The new company requires a certificate proving a security tracking system is in place and working in the Captain's car.
His car was equipped with a tracking device some years ago but it now appears that despite having paid an exorbitant amount to have it installed, plus a yearly service fee every year since, it has never been fitted. Allegedly. Nor has a tracking certificate has ever been issued; it seems we have been driving on voidable insurance for years.
Which is why the Captain's car is off at the dealership, but the clock is ticking down to current insurance expiring and no new cover available for either car until the problem is resolved. The security company insist the garage is at fault, the garage blame the security company. We're keeping out of it but the last we heard there may have been a system installed after all but no one can find it. Whatever.
Which is why I swung my car so easily into our garage without having to avoid damaging the Captain's low-slung, silver machine. Sliding out of my vehicle I made sure to remote lock it – twice – and check the door handle because I'm verging on OCD when it comes to keys and door locks. Other things too, if I'm honest.
The following morning it was a hectic start getting Harry off to school (OCD again, he can look after himself but I stress about the time on his behalf ) and walk the dog before a 9.30 meeting.
Running a tad late, arms full with computer bag, purse, several other bags and the end of a leash connected to a bouncing dog, I headed for our garage. I managed a hasty and breathless good morning as I passed Kees, the concierge for our building. He is a kind, caring man who speaks as much English as I do Dutch. We get by.
I was breathless, not because Kees has that effect on me, but because I was being dragged by my canine, excited to be heading out. We arrived at our garage, opened the side door and tumbled inside reaching for the light switch.
The interior is not the envy of our neighbours.
It resembles the back room of a church hall where items are stored before a jumble sale. It is filled to capacity with over-sized storage boxes full of paraphernalia which may come in useful – one day.
Excess garden furniture is stacked precariously, ready for the garden at our next house. Because there will be another house. One day. Crates of empty beer bottles from Harry's lizard lounge party back in June still wait to be returned, gathering dust and cobwebs.
Several shelves are full of catering equipment ready for the next party – warming trays, seven dozen boxed wine glasses, unopened packs of plastic cups and paper plates – all bought with us from the USA and rarely used here. Boxes of Christmas decorations. A large plastic storage box each for the older kids who have nowhere (yet) to store their childhood belongings.
Three sets of golf clubs, including one ruined and damaged set in a mouldy bag wrecked after Hurricane Katrina which the Captain has been unable to bring himself to throw out. A jumble of bikes and bike related items, a full-size inflatable dinghy with paddles, two plastic and one traditional wooden sledge. A spare coffee table I plan to re-stain. The dog-bed belonging to our dear departed Sable and a broken vacuum cleaner. Remember that?
Let's face it, most of it is junk. But junk with an emotional attachment which is a lethal combination. It means getting rid of it will be a Herculean task. There have been occasions we've tried, half-heartedly to 'have a clear out' with little success. So there it all sits, jammed and packed around the edges of our concrete box making the parking of vehicles a nightmare.
In the bright glare of the solitary naked light bulb the detritus of our life was plain to see. What was glaringly obvious after a few seconds of mental computation was that something was missing from the picture.
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Can't wait for next installment….. better than a soap!
I love drama too – preferably when it's happening to someone else!


The prospectively designed observational study (NCT03289780) is currently enrolling NSCLC patients at 33 U.S. sites and will follow patient outcomes for 18 months. A pre-planned interim analysis was conducted with the first 1000 patients enrolled with at least 12 months follow-up. Results for the subset of patients with advanced NSCLC treated with front-line ICI, with or without chemotherapy (n=85; all frontline therapies n=419), suggest that incorporating the host immune response as part of the initial patient assessment provides clinically meaningful information when choosing a frontline therapy for NSCLC.
The VeriStrat test is predictive of outcomes for all treatment regimens and lines of therapy, including immunotherapy, even when adjusted for PD-L1 status.
Patients with a VS Good result had significantly higher median OS compared to VS Poor patients on both immuno-monotherapy and immunotherapy in combination with chemotherapy.
Patients with a VS Poor result did not benefit from treatment with immunotherapy or the addition of immunotherapy to platinum-based therapy.


Cars have miles-per-gallon ratings, neighborhoods have walkability rankings, and people have carbon footprint calculators.
What's up with homes then? Why isn't there be a comparable, affordable way to size up your home's energy performance? Well, now there is. The Department of Energy just released a program called the Home Energy Score that shows the energy efficency of a home on a 1-10 scale, and gives recommendations on how it could become more efficient.
In the program, if homeowners decide to upgrade components of their home like insulation, duct sealing, or renewable energy systems, they get have access to federally insured loans up to $25,000 at or below market rates. This will not only allow for cost effective home efficiency upgrades, but will also create jobs for the contractors, auditors, and installers. Also, the DOE has a set of voluntary guidelines for home energy workers that should assure higher quality control.
Nine regions around the country will start testing the program immediately, and it will hit the rest of the nation next summer.
For more, watch a video explaining the program.


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kubernetes genericapiserver base

CURRENTLY TRACKING MASTER in k8s. Earliest possible release to
directly have the required binary compatibility may be k8s v1.6. K8s
changes on a daily basis so thing may break w/o being updated as K8s
changes.

Invoking `make apiserver` in the root directory will result in an
`apiserver` binary in the `bin/` directory.

When the API server starts up, it will generate a certificate will be
generated in `/var/run/kubernetes-service-catalog/` so that directory must be
creatable & writable by the running user.  Make sure you have that set up
before you move on to starting the server.  The following command checks
access.

```
$ bash -c 'if [ -w /var/run/kubernetes-service-catalog/ ] ; then echo "OK" ; else echo "FAIL: /var/run/kubernetes-service-catalog/ not writeable" ;fi'
```
If it fails, create the directory with the user that will run the apiserver.

To run it locally, start with:

```
# run etcd locally on the default port
$ etcd
# switch to another shell and run
$ ./bin/apiserver -v 10 --etcd-servers http://localhost:2379
```

Alternatively, you can run the apiserver and etcd as a pod:
```
# run the apiserver & etcd as a pod
$ kubectl create -f contrib/examples/apiserver/apiserver.yaml
# enable port forwarding from localhost:6443 to the apiserver
$ kubectl port-forward service-catalog-apiserver 6443:6443
# get apiserver certificate from the pod
$ kubectl cp service-catalog-apiserver:/var/run/kubernetes-service-catalog/apiserver.crt /var/run/kubernetes-service-catalog/apiserver.crt
```

In another term check for response from curl.
```
$ curl --cacert /var/run/kubernetes-service-catalog/apiserver.crt https://localhost:6443
{
  "paths": [
    "/apis",
    "/apis/servicecatalog.k8s.io",
    "/apis/servicecatalog.k8s.io/v1alpha1",
    "/healthz",
    "/healthz/ping",
    "/swaggerapi/",
    "/version"
  ]
}
```

Let's take a look at apis

```
# curl --cacert /var/run/kubernetes-service-catalog/apiserver.crt https://localhost:6443/apis
{
  "kind": "APIGroupList",
  "groups": [
    {
      "name": "servicecatalog.k8s.io",
      "versions": [],
      "preferredVersion": {
        "groupVersion": "servicecatalog.k8s.io/v1alpha1",
        "version": "v1alpha1"
      },
      "serverAddressByClientCIDRs": [
        {
          "clientCIDR": "0.0.0.0/0",
          "serverAddress": "9.52.233.169:6443"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
```

And some of ours:
```
# curl --cacert /var/run/kubernetes-service-catalog/apiserver.crt https://localhost:6443/apis/servicecatalog.k8s.io
{
  "kind": "APIGroup",
  "apiVersion": "v1",
  "name": "servicecatalog.k8s.io",
  "versions": [],
  "preferredVersion": {
    "groupVersion": "servicecatalog.k8s.io/v1alpha1",
    "version": "v1alpha1"
  },
  "serverAddressByClientCIDRs": null
}
```

```
# curl --cacert /var/run/kubernetes-service-catalog/apiserver.crt https://localhost:6443/apis/servicecatalog.k8s.io/v1alpha1
{
  "kind": "APIResourceList",
  "apiVersion": "v1",
  "groupVersion": "servicecatalog.k8s.io/v1alpha1",
  "resources": null
}
```

kubectl needs a basic kubeconfig setup. A kubeconfig consists of three
sections that can be set with the following three commands:

1. `kubectl config set-credentials service-catalog-creds --username=admin --password=admin`
1. `kubectl config set-cluster service-catalog-cluster --server=https://localhost:6443 --certificate-authority=/var/run/kubernetes-service-catalog/apiserver.crt`
1. `kubectl config set-context service-catalog-ctx --cluster=service-catalog-cluster --user=service-catalog-creds`
1. `kubectl config use-context service-catalog-ctx`

kubectl seems happy enough. We know there are problems talking to api
groups that are not installed. This error is innocuous, but does
indicate that our apigroup is installed correctly.

```
$ kubectl --certificate-authority=/var/run/kubernetes-service-catalog/apiserver.crt --server=https://localhost:6443 version
Client Version: version.Info{Major:"1", Minor:"4", GitVersion:"v1.4.6+e569a27", GitCommit:"e569a27d02001e343cb68086bc06d47804f62af6", GitTreeState:"not a git tree", BuildDate:"2016-11-12T09:26:56Z", GoVersion:"go1.7.3", Compiler:"gc", Platform:"darwin/amd64"}
error: failed to negotiate an api version; server supports: map[servicecatalog.k8s.io/v1alpha1:{}], client supports: map[componentconfig/v1alpha1:{} batch/v1:{} batch/v2alpha1:{} apps/v1beta1:{} autoscaling/v1:{} rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1alpha1:{} policy/v1beta1:{} extensions/v1beta1:{} rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1:{} storage.k8s.io/v1beta1:{} certificates.k8s.io/v1beta1:{} v1:{} authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1:{} federation/v1beta1:{} authentication.k8s.io/v1beta1:{}]
```
no version resource exists so this is to be expected.

```
$ kubectl --certificate-authority=/var/run/kubernetes-service-catalog/apiserver.crt --server=https://localhost:6443 get foo
the server doesn't have a resource type "foo"
```
no foo resource exists either.

```
$ kubectl --certificate-authority=/var/run/kubernetes-service-catalog/apiserver.crt --server=https://localhost:6443 api-versions
```
blank response. apiserver has no public apis. no errors either.

```
# kubectl --certificate-authority=/var/run/kubernetes-service-catalog/apiserver.crt --server=https://localhost:6443 create -f instance.yaml
instance "test-instance" created
```
query
```
kubectl --certificate-authority=/var/run/kubernetes-service-catalog/apiserver.crt --server=https://localhost:6443 get instance test-instance -o yaml
apiVersion: servicecatalog.k8s.io/v1alpha1
kind: ServiceInstance
metadata:
  creationTimestamp: 2017-01-25T21:57:48Z
  name: test-instance
  resourceVersion: "9"
  selfLink: /apis/servicecatalog.k8s.io/v1alpha1/namespaces//instances/test-instance
  uid: 4f88bd75-e349-11e6-8096-fa163e9a471d
spec:
  osbCredentials: ""
  externalID: ""
  osbInternalID: ""
  osbLastOperation: ""
  osbPlanID: ""
  osbServiceID: ""
  osbSpaceGUID: ""
  osbType: ""
  parameters: null
  planName: ""
  serviceClassName: test-serviceclass
status:
  conditions: []
```

cleanup
```
 kubectl --certificate-authority=/var/run/kubernetes-service-catalog/apiserver.crt --server=https://localhost:6443 delete instance test-instance
instance "test-instance" deleted
```


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DRIVING GROWTH, DELIVERING VALUE
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Founded in 1957, by Robert F. Weinberg and Martin S. Berger, Robert Martin Company, LLC has a long, distinguished history in real estate. The Company and its partners have developed and acquired over 20 million square feet of property
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Robert Martin Company has received over 50 prestigious awards and recognitions for its work and service.
Notable awards include an induction into the Westchester Business Council's Hall of Fame, receiving the March of Dimes Real Estate Award for outstanding community service and its founders recognized as two of the top 10 most influential people in Westchester by The Journal News.


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Woman stabbed to death in downtown parking lot
A Madison County man has been charged with murder after an Asheville woman was stabbed to death with a screwdriver Friday.
Woman stabbed to death in downtown parking lot A Madison County man has been charged with murder after an Asheville woman was stabbed to death with a screwdriver Friday. Check out this story on citizen-times.com: https://avlne.ws/1XrDwEE
Dale Neal, dneal@citizen-times.com Published 11:23 a.m. ET Feb. 14, 2016 | Updated 8:09 a.m. ET Feb. 16, 2016
Tina Kessinger was a Realtor at Asheville Realty Group.(Photo: COURTESY ASHEVILLE REALTY GROUP)
ASHEVILLE - A Madison County man has been charged with murder after an Asheville woman was stabbed to death with a screwdriver Friday.
Asheville police responded to 56 Central Ave. about 4:30 p.m. Friday where Christina Louise Kessinger, 62, was found seriously injured. She had been stabbed in the skull with a screwdriver, according to warrants.
Ambulance crews were briefly able to resuscitate Kessinger, who later died at Mission Hospital, said Christina Hallingse, a spokeswoman for the Asheville Police Department.
On Saturday, Madison County Sheriff's deputies located Kessinger's 2010 Toyota Corolla and arrested James Michael Norton, 29, of Highway 25/70 in Marshall, at a relative's house.
Norton is charged with first-degree murder and robbery with a dangerous weapon, according to warrants filed in the Buncombe County Magistrate's Court. He is being held in the Buncombe County Detention Center with no bond set.
James Michael Norton, 30, of Marshall, is charged with first-degree murder and robbery. (Photo: APD)
Kessenger was a Realtor with Asheville Realty Group, having joined the firm about six months ago. "She was a wonderful person and a real professional. Our whole office is just heartbroken," said Bobbie Baxter, co-owner of the group.
Baxter was unsure why Kessinger was in the parking lot at Central Avenue at that time. "We're worried about the safety of all our agents," she said.
The investigation Friday focused on the parking lot of an office building called Central Office Park, located at 56 Central Ave. and Elm Street, which runs adjacent to Interstate 240.
Evidence markers were located near a blue dumpster in the lot, one marking what appeared to be blood on concrete near the trash bin. Several cardboard boxes were littered around the area. One officer swept areas south of the Interstate 240 bridge with a dog.
Hallingse declined to say if the body was located in or near the bin.
Asheville fire officials used a ladder truck to light the scene late Friday.
Downtown stabbing death
Several evidence markers are located near a blue Dumpster in a suspicious death investigation. Tonya Maxwell/tmaxwell@citizen-times.com
Asheville fire officials use a ladder truck to light a suspicious death scene Friday night. Tonya Maxwell/tmaxwell@citizen-times.com
Asheville police investigators focus on a suspicious death scene near a dumpster on Friday evening. Tonya Maxwell/tmaxwell@citizen-times.com
Asheville police investigate a suspicious death near downtown. Tonya Maxwell/tmaxwell@citizen-times.com
Tina Kessinger was a Realtor at Asheville Realty Group. COURTESY ASHEVILLE REALTY GROUP
Asheville police on Saturday searched a Marshall home after the Feb. 12 homicide of Christina Kessinger, 62. Courtesy of Madison County Sheriff's Office
James Michael Norton, 30, of Marshall, is charged with first-degree murder and robbery. APD
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In this issue of the Southern Medical Journal, Aman Pandey, a medical student under the mentorship of Dr Jennifer Jackson, presents a perspective on the importance of interdisciplinary medical education preparatory to the responsibility for clinical care of patients.1 I could not agree with Pandey more. In fact, presenting interprofessional and multidisciplinary clinical education concepts is the mission of the Southern Medical Journal.
1. Pandey A, Jackson JS. Importance of interdisciplinary medical education: a frontline perspective. South Med J 2018;111:209-210.
2. Israel Center for Medical Simulation. https://eng.msr.org.il/virtual_hospital. Accessed December 15, 2017.


LOS ANGELES — "Bachelorette" Ali Fedotowsky and fiancé Roberto Martinez have called off their engagement after more than a year together, her rep said Monday.
"Ali Fedotowsky and Roberto Martinez have ended their relationship. As they go through this difficult time, we ask that you respect the couple's privacy," a statement read.
In August 2010, the All-American blonde chose Martinez, an insurance agent, as her match on the sixth season of "The Bachelorette," just months after she walked away from Jake Pavelka on "The Bachelor" in season 14.
But in October of this year, rumors emerged that their love had turned sour when they postponed their wedding date.
"We didn't meet in the most traditional way. We had a very short courtship and we only knew each other nine weeks before we got engaged," Fedotowsky told People magazine in October.
"We are still figuring out our lives as individuals," she added.


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Home of Dave & Buster's and United Artists Theater Could See Upward of $300 Million in Redevelopment
A 16-story office tower was just added to the Colorado Center and developers say a hotel, restaurants, and apartments could be on the way.
Altogether the mixed-use center near Interstate 25 and South Colorado Boulevard could see $300 million to $400 million worth of improvements in coming years aimed at making the complex "a real live/work place," said Scott Caldwell, senior vice president at Lincoln Property Co.
Lincoln Property buys Denver Financial Center I & II for $95.2M
Glendale retail center sells for $30 million
156,000 Square Feet in New Leases at Colorado Center Tower 3
Employment Law Firm Moves Office from Downtown to Colorado Center
CBRE Completes Sale of One Belleview Station – LPC Denver Will Now Manage the Property
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