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Mid November 2009 and a mass mailshot from Jez asks the question: "anyone want to go to Myanmar to count SBS?", clearly everyone did, but in the event real life gets in the way of many of the best opportunities. However, Rob and Alex took a long hard look at their commitments and jumped on the bandwagon. For various logistical reasons Myanmar evolved into Bangladesh and in the preceding months plans were drawn, funds were raised and Jez and Alex proceeded to pin-ball between different conservation NGOs. We made contact with a number of in-country ornithologists - chiefly Sayam Chowdhury and Enam Ul Haque and tried to work out where we should, and could, get to. We outlined the justification for the expedition on Birdguides here and subsequently presented the trip diaries part one and part two online there too. Our findings will be detailed in Forktail, Birding Asia and other journals which leaves the small question of a proper description of the blood sweat and diarrhoea. Therefore the following represents an expanded account of the Birdguides diaries with some new pics.... happy expedition-organising....
SBS, Russia, summer 2007 (JG)
Etihad and Kuwait Airways delivered us (Alex and Jez) safely, soundly and in varying degrees of comfort and punctuality to Zia International Airport, Dhaka, Bangladesh where we were met by Abu Yousuf, who kindly volunteered to get up at 4.30am. Rob was due to follow on a couple of weeks later... We checked into a hotel and spent the rest of the day meeting and greeting and sorting out logistics such that by...
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....day two and we were on route to the field! Sayam Chowdhury arrived fresh from trapping ducks at an avian influenza training workshop in the north, sliced smoothly through the usual bureaucracy and logistical nightmares that confront birders off the beaten track and within 24 hours had us out of the capital and waiting in Cox's Bazar in the south-east to catch a boat next morning. The bus journey was for want of a better word, mental. Traffic and road safety in Bangladesh has got to be the worst any of us have ever experienced, anywhere. We were glad to finally check into our uber-minging hotel room late that night.
After planes, bus, cycle rickshaw and row-boat we left Cox's Bazar in a Chinese-Junk-style (minus the sails) motorboat with Pallas's Gulls along the shoreline and Whiskered Terns fishing off the stern. By late morning we were ankle deep in mud at Tajiakata, a mudflat opposite Sonadia Island working through the first of many flocks of wintering waders that we were to count over the coming weeks. This first stop was revisiting a site where Sayam had already recorded two Spoon-billed Sandpipers in January, It was therefore disappointing to draw a blank while searching through Curlew Sandpipers, Greater and Lesser Sandplovers, Broad-billed Sandpipers and Red-necked Stints, as well as a much needed reality check on the challenges this trip will bring. The Horsehoe Crabs here were pretty cool though! In the afternoon we meandered through tidal creeks banked by mangrove, getting an impression of the mosaic of sand-spits, tidal mudflats, mangrove, saltpans, shrimp farms and fishing villages that dominate this section of coastline. Heading to the north end of the island we moored for the night at Belekat'dia, a sand-spit that hosts a high-tide wader roost where Sayam recorded five individuals in January. This evening was a different story and the slate remained clean until a Peregrine came and flushed the roost. Reality check-mate.
Pallas's, Brown-headed and Heuglin's Gulls (AL)
Team inspecting the local fishermen's catch, they were pretty proud of a couple of crabs and some tiddlers, no wonder people are forced to eat waders... (AL)
Irrawaddy Dolphin (AL)
Hoopoe, miraculously avoiding the clutches of a pair of Peregrines (AL)
same Hoope lying low later on (AL)
After checking the nearby mudflat for no further reward, we readied ourselves to head off. Unfortunately the boat didn't. It had become grounded overnight on a falling tide, which to our sun-addled amateur boater minds didn't really feel like rocket science. Plan B was flagging down the local equivalent of the Scilly gig-racers who made short work of the reach between Belekat'dia and Kaladia, an exposed mudflat and site of six Spoon-billed Sands in January. In the time it took to erect a scope a SBS had walked into the field of view; better. In the time it took to scan once, twice, thrice we had counts of 8, 9 and 10 individuals; much, much better! Full coverage of the site produced a final minimum count of 20 birds in a single thorough scan, and the afternoon was capped off with four Nordmann's Greenshank, an Endangered wader with only a handful of recent Bangladeshi records.
First contact (AL)
SBS and Kaladia (AL)
At high tide most of the shorebirds left the roost heading inland so we followed by boat to the coastal saltpans. Thai wintering SBS feed predominantly on saltpans and although there are few records from Bangladesh and Myanmar, suggesting this may be suboptimal habitat, the available area is vast and probably offers a good high tide feeding/roosting area. Dusk prevented a search in the evening, but did bring welcome comforts like a wash at the local well.
The morning high tide beat the dawn and a neap tide meant most birds had left the saltpans before we checked them. The 100 or so Temminck's Stints left on the pans feed further inland than most of the coastal waders and probably spend a greater proportion of their time on the pans. The first of our stops today was at a mudflat island between the coastal saltpans and Kaladia. Here we clocked an impressive 260 Great Knot, presumably the same as a flock of 270 recorded in January. Having checked by now the known sites that have received survey effort in recent years it was time to head off the radar. Extensive searching of Google Earth pre-departure with members of the Spoon-billed Sandpiper Recovery Team had helped identify a few promising areas. Hasher Char to the north of Sonadia was eventful for other reasons today though as we became stuck for the second day in succession. A frustrating afternoon looking at thigh deep impassable mud covered in distant wader flocks turned into a similarly frustrating evening unable to find a suitable campsite for the night owing to reported piracy issues in the area. Eventually we found an idyllic spot on the sandspit of Khoir Char to plan for a more productive day on the 11th and watch two Irrawady River Dolphins offshore (this species is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List and records from this survey were passed to a cetacean monitoring programme being run by the Wildlife Conservation Society in Bangladesh).
Jez finding the mud at Hasher Char difficult going (AL)
Whiskered Tern (AL) these beauties trailed our boat continuously
all hands on deck (AL)
Giash, our guide at Sonadia (who works for a local NGO) with optics donated by the RSPB
Openbill Storks and Shovelers (AL)
Better prepared and with a small fishing boat in tow to access the mudflats we headed back up to Hasher Char and spent a full morning around this productive area. The site contained expansive areas of very deep soft mud, which held the largest wader concentrations encountered to date. Amongst these flocks we recorded an additional 170+ Great Knot and an unprecedented 24 Nordmann's Greenshank; these records provide valuable input into our understanding of the winter distributions of these species and in themselves warrant further study. Despite looking extremely promising we were unable to add to our totals of SBS at this site. We also had a minor pirate incident here. Over the course of the last few days we had been frequently regailed with stories of how dangerous these waters were but by and large we interpreted this as fishermen speak for "we're aren't going anywhere new", this being problematic when the average fisherman's home range is extremely small. So, whilst we were out on the mud our boat was 'attacked' by a boatload of 10 'nasty-looking' folk, fortuitously Yousuf was still on the boat clad in dark blue clothes and surrounded by our gear so the quick-thinking crew declared that he was in the Navy, this served as enough of a deterent; certainly they didn't want to spark off an international incident as these pirates are far from the mould of the Somali types....
9 Nordmann's Greenshanks! (AL)
Great Knots (AL)
Eurasian Curlews ssp orientalis. (AL) EC is now listed as near-threatened, there's no room for complacency in Numenius conservation
Great Knot (AL)
Having covered the main areas identified prior to the trip we had a day and a half to get back to Cox's Bazar, but were leaving areas around Katubdia Island and inland from Cox's Bazar unsurveyed. On the return journey we stopped briefly at Kaladia and nearby Halodia and recorded a total of 25 SBS. This represents the largest count in the country since 1997. Great news for SBS and an early signal that the importance of Bangladesh for SBS may have been overlooked in recent years since the discovery of sizeable wintering concentrations in Myanmar (73 were counted in the Bay of Martaban in January 2010 with an estimated 150-200 individuals all told). The shadow looming over this discovery is that the survey area is all either within or adjacent to the proposed site of a deep-water port development currently under negotiation. Further work to understand the seasonal importance of Sonadia and its component mudflats for Spoon-billed Sandpiper should form an essential component of an environmental impact assessment for this project, but any positive steps in this direction are likely to require further advocacy work in the future.
Alex making his way back to the boat (AY)
The final day journeying back to Cox's Bazar left little time to explore new sites but did allow the team to gather data from local fishermen on the prevalence of shorebird hunting in the area.
arriving back at Cox's Bazar (AL)
Having arranged a minivan the previous evening, we headed north to pioneer the Shankara River mouth, in the end this proved to be rather anticlimactic as the site hosted relatively few shorebirds, with none of the species of conservation concern. Avian highlights included the first Pacific Golden Plovers of the trip but the show was stolen by a breaching Ganges River Dolphin.
Black-eared Kite with dog dinner (AL)
After hearing Jez, Sayam and Alex's successes around Sonadia in the south-east of Bangladesh during the first week of the expedition, Rob finally got to join the ever-so-slightly gloating team. It was a smooth journey, except for that bit at Delhi airport when the cockpit window flew open during take-off. An emergency stop in a 737 put paid to any thought of snoozing into Dhaka. Having packed light, apart from two telescopes, tripods and binoculars all destined for the Bangladesh Bird Club from the excellent RSPB second-hand binocular scheme, a trip to the market for some expendable survey clothes was necessary. While the light shorts that Alex and Rob chose proved to more or less self-destructing in the field, Jez is unlikely to ever be parted from his classic white singlet.
Now we were ready for the next phase, into the Lower Meghna Delta. Unfortunately this time the logistical difficulty of securing a known and reliable boat with crew and local guide was proving testing. Sayam Chowdhury, the great fixer of the team was tied up with his efforts to obtain a visa to fulfil an invitation to the Student Conference on Conservation Science in Cambridge. Rob was wondering if he'd ever get out of Dhaka. But after a couple of days rattling around the city, bouncing from cycle-rickshaw to moto-taxi, we met up with our next hero, Enam Ul Haque, the distinguished Chairman of the Bangladesh Bird Club, and the man who can make these things happen. We would first go to the Feni River mouth with Sayam, a previously unsurveyed area in the north-east corner of the Delta and explore as much as possible from shore and local boat for three days. In the meantime a boat would be sought for the final leg of the trip, touring around the shifting mosaic of islands and water that makes up the Delta for as long as possible.
Ronnie the driver sped us out of Dhaka in his minivan at half-six through the verdant green paddyfields and innumerable brick kiln chimneys that comprise the Bangladeshi countryside. A tomato market induced traffic jam added an eternity to the journey, but by two o'clock we were seated in a small fishing boat being rowed towards a high tide roost opposite the village of Sangarkan. None of the big prizes here though, the roost contained 315 Kentish Plover, 193 Avocet, a few Little Stint and sandplovers. We couldn't persuade the boatmen to go further downstream as the tide began to recede, the first hint of a recurring problem we would have with boats and their crew. A return to shore-based scanning mostly resulted in the accumulation of the entire village to observe the foreigners. A distant Pied Harrier and Steppe Eagles briefly distracted us, but then we were engulfed by the crowd and played the 'who wants to look through my telescope?' game until we could extricate ourselves from the melée.
outreach (AL)
Some decidedly medium-rare chicken at a restaurant last night left Rob largely out of the picture today, though an early sighting of distant 'peeps from the shore still saw him wading through waist- deep glutinous mud to get a closer view with the others, despite looking (and feeling) near death. The 'peeps were Little Stints, and further searches to the south west at Char Fakura by Alex and Jez disappointingly failed to produce any of the target waders (whilst Rob attempted to recover in the van). The most notable sighting of the day was the discovery of two Red-throated Pipits by Alex on the return walk. This species is decidedly rare across most of the subcontinent and there are only four published Bangladeshi records.
Rob, feeling really bad (AL)
Richard's Pipit (AL)
Citrine (AL)
Back up to full strength, almost, Jez, Alex and Rob walked out onto Char Chandia after Sayam headed back to Dhaka to try to obtain his visa. In scenes oddly reminiscent of Cyprus a year ago (the last time we three had been in the field together) large flocks of 'flava' wagtails coated the tightly cropped agricultural plain by the coast, and amongst them were at least 15 Red-throated Pipit and 80 Greater Short-toed Lark. The latter is considered a rare visitor to Bangladesh and, as noted above, the former is very rare. It seems entirely possible that there is a regular passage of migrants moving north from wintering grounds in Myanmar and further southeast and following a route along the Bangladesh coast before heading north/northwest to their high latitude breeding grounds. As for the waders it was another disappointing day, with only relatively small numbers of sandplover, Whimbrel, Curlew, Redshank, Greenshank, Terek, Common and Curlew Sandpiper, Little and Temminck Stint and a couple of Oriental Pratincole but a complete absence of our target. We did add another IUCN Red List species for the trip however, with at least 4 Greater Spotted Eagle along the river. Without any prospect of getting further out towards the mouth of the river and just the drive back to Dhaka to look forward to we made the decision to check a nearby large freshwater wetland at Banskhali. No Baer's Pochard or Baikal Teal, but a pleasant selection of regular Asian waterbirds including 15 of the Near Threatened Ferruginous Duck, numerous Cotton Pygmy Goose, Pheasant-tailed and Bronze-winged Jacanas and a brief view of Yellow Bittern. We were welcomed back into the hazy embrace of Dhaka about eight, one of those uncomfortably long welcomes that held us fast in hot, sticky traffic for four hours before finally getting back to Sayam's house. Alex had now taken over the mantle of 'the sick one' and Jez fell out of a cycle rickshaw. Not the best end to the excursion.
News back in Dhaka was not entirely encouraging. Sayam hadn't heard anything regarding the visa and a boat was still proving elusive. Then a breakthrough, Enam had managed to engage MA Muhit's services in organising a boat out of Bhola from 23rd onwards, and had even forwarded payment in order to secure the vessel. Not that Muhit could join us for the trip, as he was rather preoccupied with preparations for an attempt to become the first Bangladeshi to conquer Everest! The efforts of Enam and MA Muhit on our behalf were well beyond the call of duty, and now we had a reliable boat, a starting point and seven days in the Delta. However, we also had nowhere to go for two days, so quickly arranged a self-funded side trip to visit Lawachara National Park for a change of scenery, some forest birds and the chance of seeing Hoolock Gibbons.
20th-21st March
Lawachara National Park is a remarkable for the remarkable diversity of wildlife that it retains within just 1250 hectares of secondary forest. Surrounded by a heavily exploited area of forest to the north, tea plantations to the west and deforested land south and east it is highly isolated. The star attraction is one of most reliable places to see Western Hoolock Gibbons in Bangladesh. Sitting under a tree with a family group in full territorial song, counter-calling to two neighbouring groups was an exhilarating experience, leavened by the bleak future this impressive primate appears to be facing. Another sighting was a reminder of a different conservation crisis on the subcontinent; a single high-flying White-rumped Vulture proved to be the only vulture seen during the entire expedition. From its status of abundant commensal (it was considered in 1985 to be possibly the most abundant large bird of prey in the world), this species is now Critically Endangered due to the effects of the anti-inflammatory drug diclofenac. The supporting avian cast included Blue-bearded Bee-eater, Red Jungle-Fowl, Orange-headed Ground Thrush, Asian Barred Owlet, Black and Jerdon's Baza and Green-billed Malkoha. We were also treated to excellent views of troops of Phayre's and Blond-bellied Capped Langurs, and Northern Pigtail Macaques and a brief Yellow-throated Marten.
Western Hoolock Gibbon (AL) great ape.
Asian Barred Owlet (AL)
With the late morning lull setting in we left the forest and made a quick visit to Baikka Beel, a large wetland reserve close to Srimongal, the closest town to Lawachara. And it was an awesome sight, half-a-dozen Pallas' Fish Eagle constantly flushing 5,200 Fulvous Whistling Duck, 2,000 Garganey, 450 Lesser Whistling Duck, 86 Ferruginous Duck and a good selection of waders including our life Grey-headed Lapwings. An observation tower has been constructed here with help from MACH (Management of Aquatic Ecosystems through Community Husbandry), giving an excellent of view of the massed waterbirds and the resident Straited Grassbirds.
imm Pallas's Fish Eagle (AL)
adult Pallas's Fish Eagle worrying the Garganey (AL)
Enam Ul Haque had graciously offered to accommodate us on our return to Dhaka in order to prepare for the next round of boats and dysentery. Situated in Banani district, his apartment is the base of the Bangladesh Bird Club and more conveniently located for accessing the launch terminal, for the overnight boats towards the delta.With a few hours to spare we accumulated some luxury items such as baked beans, coffee and powdered milk for the boat, then pinned down our planned route through discussions with Paul Thompson of the Flood Hazard Research Centre and collator of Bangladeshi bird information, and of course Enam himself. Of particular use was a fantastic hand-drawn Bangla-language map of the northern delta that Enam allowed us to take to improve communication with the crew. Although the launch terminal is only 8km from Enam's house we were warned to allow 2 hours and so set off in a small taxi at 17:40 for a 20:30 departure. We noticed that the driver seemed somewhat agitated after only a short distance, then suddenly stopped and got out on a junction. We found out that he was running on empty, but there was an enormous parked queue for any LPG filling station. Somewhat annoyed by this turn of events we made our position clear, i.e. he shouldn't have taken us if he didn't have enough gas for 8 km. Inevitably, having agreed to carry on the taxi spluttered out about a kilometre away from our destination. No bother, a raft of cycle rickshaws assembled in seconds and after some negotiation with the slightly vexed taxi driver we grabbed our bags and were cycled off through the traffic, arriving with plenty of time to spare.
One element was still missing. Indranil Kishor, professional photographer who had cancelled a trip to Malaysia in order to be our translator and fixer for the boat journey. He appeared in a blur of activity and in moments we were settled in our cabins on the upper deck of the launch. Our time in the delta finally began serenely cruising past the flashing torches of the ship-breakers that work the rusty hulls lining the river.
Our home for the next week was ready and waiting for us as the launch pulled in to the terminal at Bhola, and we were able to climb directly aboard. It was a striking vessel, an elegant 10 metre wooden boat with brightly coloured decoration around the low cabin and a gleaming white prow. The plan was to head east towards Sondeep, aiming to discover and survey as much suitable habitat in this area as possible. As the only boat that could be arranged was at Bhola, unfortunately we had to start there. This meant that today would be spent almost entirely travelling and we would only get to the first areas of habitat by afternoon tomorrow. So we headed back up the river, picking up a small boat to use for landing and accessing shallows and turned east around the north coast of Bhola island. The first mudflats were encountered along the eastern coast of Bhola Island as we headed south-east. Large numbers of Ruddy and Common Shelduck were obvious, but large flocks of waders were not apparent and so we kept travelling in order to get to into our targeted areas the next day. Whiskered Terns, Pallas's and Brown-headed Gulls were our regular companions out on the river and four Ganges River Dolphins in the afternoon were noteworthy.
crew #2 (RM)
A small char (island) provided the first test of the little boat and its operator, a young teenager named Farouq. It did not go well. With the tide rising and a bit of a choppy sea it was immediately apparent that the boat was too small and the kid was pretty worried. There was a real danger of capsizing, which wouldn't have gone down well with those of us with expensive cameras, even if the water was less than a metre deep. We aborted the attempted landing on the tiny island but could still see that all it held were 20 Greenshank, some Common Sandpiper and a couple of Terek Sandpiper. The crew wanted to stop at a town with a sheltered channel for a harbour on the east side of Bhola for the night for fear of pirates, but the appearance of foreigners caused a considerable amount of interest from the locals. We ended up mooring to the side of a cement barge just outside the harbour, but people still waded out to visit and film us on their mobile phones! Tomorrow. Wait for tomorrow....
Dog day for House Crow (RM) Guessed that Birdguides wouldn't want this one...Can't wait for the shock stories in the Daily Mail when one reaches Felixtowe: 'Dog-eating Asian Crows invade!'
Our allegedly 'brand new' engine was drinking a lot more oil than it should and one of the crew had to go ashore to source a further barrel. So at seven o'clock rather than six o'clock start, but at least we all got the chance to use the cement barges' 'toilet', one mod con our ship did not possess! A few more small chars were passed once we got underway, but still only small numbers of waders were encountered. Whimbrel were clearly on the move through the area, with 145 counted on one small char. Conditions on the water had become more choppy, with the boat pitching considerably by late morning in the channel north of Hatiya Island. It was one thing for our little boat to sink but this was a lot hairier; almost as hairy as Rob... We could see on the horizon the beginnings of what looked like large, interesting mudflats. Finally, time to get surveying. Well, almost. The boat crew were not happy with the situation, in unfamiliar waters and worried that a storm may spring up on the back of the wind. After all, it doesn't take a great deal to capsize a small wooden boat. We tried using recent satellite images to demonstrate the presence of a large channel just further east in which we would be quite sheltered from any potential problems but, despite Kishor's best efforts the crew were dead set against getting any closer to the open Bay of Bengal.
The decision was made that if we could not get across there today it would be pointless waiting on the off chance that the wind would drop. It was forecast to be the same all week, so we had to write-off our plans and implement plan B. This was heading for Nijhum Deep and surrounding islands and thoroughly survey areas where small numbers of Spoon-billed Sandpiper have been recorded previously. We couldn't now hope to trawl many new sites; our best bet was to find one big glowing pile of SbS. Still, the disappointment was tangible on the boat. We felt sick, and not from the pitching and yawing. These areas in the triangle between Sondeep, Hatiya and the Noakhali coast have still to be surveyed, and must contain both suitable habitat and large numbers of wading birds. It is a top priority for future survey.
Rob, with improvised head gear, shortly after he lost Alex's favourite hat... (AL) Note how the west side of Hatiya is falling into the sea...
To lighten the mood a brace of visibly migrating Blue-tailed Bee-eaters buzzed the boat low over the water heading south towards Moulivier Char, our next destination and a couple of White-winged Terns also passed over amongst the Whiskered, a scarce winter visitor to this part of the world.
In somewhat calmer waters the small boat safely allowed us to disembark and check mudflats along the north-west edge of Moulivier Char, but once again diversity and abundance of waders was poor. Still worried about the wind the crew decided to head the boat up a small creek for the night, so Jez and Rob pitched tents on the shore for a night leaving Alex to the unforgiving hard floor of the cabin roof.
Our little boat, which was, well, rubbish (RM)
Jez, having a great time (AL)
Jez took a turn for the worse last night. The sound of rats eating immediately outside his tent wouldn't have been so bad, if they hadn't been eating his own vomit.... Still, we had plenty of time for a lie-in, with the channel predictably devoid of water when we wanted to get moving. Further frustration coupled with increasing discomfort were telling on the team members, with Alex severely fatigued and lacking any appetite for more rice and dhal, Jez now ill and Rob still yet to see any significant flocks of waders. The water lifted us clear at 09:00 and we began chugging south past Mouliveir Char, Monpura then along the west coast of Hatiya Island to Nijhum Deep. A flock of 200 Pacific Golden Plover and a couple of roosting groups of Greenshank were not enough to persuade us to make any stops en route and the forests of the north-western Nijhum Dwip came into view about 15:00. A Smooth-coated Otter was the highlight as we explored the channel between Hatiya Island and Nijhum Deep, and well over 150 Spotted Deer (introduced to the island) spilled out of the forest at dusk. A water buffalo corpse was sadly only attended by House Crows and feral dogs, though a couple White-bellied Fish Eagle patrolled high above the channel. The west coast of Nijhum Deep was muddy, and finally we could check some flocks of waders. 300 Black-tailed Godwit, 145 Whimbrel and 400 Pacific Golden Plover had the feel of migrating groups, though the 86 Black-headed Ibis and 150 Great Egret were more likely to be resident.
We went up the channel to the main village in the south of Nijhum Deep and took advantage of the guesthouse, owned by the landlord of another Bangladesh Bird Club member, Ronald Halder. Ronald had been able to arrange his own trip to the island and we would meet him tomorrow. In the meantime we took advantage of the brief spell of generator electricity and comfortable beds to prepare for the final stage of the trip.
High Street, Nijum, we had dinner at the restaurant one night and 60 people turned up to watch, that was until the owner went mental at them... (AL)
Rob departed at 06:00 to check that our boat had actually managed to leave the channel as planned to meet Ronald at the southern end of Hatiya Island. It had, and the forest around the channel was filled with resident and migrant birds, including many Greenish and Yellow-browed Warblers, mingling with Fulvous-breasted Woodpeckers and White-throated Fantails. Jez needed more recovery time so Alex and Rob searched the southern half of Nijhum Deep for mudflats and waders for the rest of the morning, though with little success. It was an interesting area for migrants however, with Forest Wagtail, Brown and Long-tailed Shrikes, Blyth's Reed and Clamorous Reed Warbler, 'leucopsis' White Wagtail, and many Yellow and Citrine Wagtail. After some restorative bananas Jez was strong enough to join the team as Ronald arrived and we all moved out to walk the mudflats we sailed past yesterday evening. A more detailed assessment of the birds present was carried out, but this added little new; a single Wood Sandpiper and Grey Plover, while numbers of both Black-tailed Godwit and Pacific Golden Plover were lower.
Well, with only two full days of survey time available to the team the time in the delta had been hugely frustrating. Finally, today we were going to an area we knew would have suitable habitat and that has held Spoon-billed Sandpiper in the recent past. Dama Char is a small island east of Nijhum Deep and we'd put all everything on there being a mass of waders, and hopefully a flock of SbS. Three Irrawaddy River Dolphin feeding together as we chugged round Nijhum was a pleasant start, and as we arrived on the west side of Dama Char things looked promising. About 3000 Black-tailed Godwit were ankle-deep in the rising water, and just beyond them 250 Indian Skimmer were roosting. Within minutes Rob pulled out an Asian Dowitcher, making Ronald's trip, as this was his target species to photograph for his forthcoming book. A minimum of 12 of this Near Threatened Asia-Pacific flyway speciality were mixed in with the, but these were quickly moving off to the south. We knew there was a roost somewhere on the island. Looking in the direction the godwits were taking a vast cloud of waders were circling. Leaving Ronald with the dowitchers we waded channels, flagged down a passing boat and ripped our feet to shreds on needle-sharp marsh grass to get to the birds. Small roosts of Temminck's Stint and Greenshank flew up, a dawdling family of Bar-headed Geese lounged on the shore and a single dainty Small Pratincole swept past.
Asian Dowitcher (R. Halder)
Indian Skimmers (AL)
Indian Skimmer (RM)
Bar-headed Geese (AL)
High Tide roost Dama Char (AL)
The roost was pretty big, but lay on another small island cut off from Dama Char at high tide. Approximately 15,000 sandplover (mostly Lesser) and 9,000 Black-tailed Godwit made up the bulk of the dark mass of bodies, though many other wader species were just about discernable in the haze. Jez tried to wade across but soon found a deep channel so we were forced to watch from distance until the tide dropped and birds began leaving the roost. We split up along the shore and studied different sections. It wasn't long before the first mud was exposed, and we set about grilling waders. More Asiatic Dowitcher appeared, and soon 34 were visible at once, feeding and preening amongst Black-tailed and Bar-tailed Godwit. 5 Nordmann's Greenshank were feeding along channels on deep, soft areas of mud. 26 Great Knot were counted, everything was here. Except… "Spoon-billed Sandpiper". To everyone's relief Alex found one, over an hour after we began searching. As at Kaladia, the SbS was feeding on a relatively hard sand/mud mix that retained shallow pools of water as the tide receded. Concentrating our efforts in this substrate we continually scanned, and the count kept going up. Eventually 19 birds were visible at one time, feeding constantly, pushing through the mud with their incredible bills.
SBS (RM)
SBS (AL)
We returned towards the boat just as the light was beginning to fade. We needn't have rushed. The boat looked like it had been dumped in the middle of a field! The crew, 'to do us a favour' had brought it right up one of the minor channels we charged across earlier. OK, so we didn't have to walk through a kilometre of thigh deep mud, but the boat was stranded for the next four hours. The tide duly arrived, well after dark, but this just brought more problems. An almost full moon meant the tides were almost the largest of the year. The shallow channel we were in quickly disappeared under the flooding water, and a strong south-easterly made the boat difficult to control. With a thud and some creaking we hit a submerged mudbank, and were pinned on it by the wind for over two hours. Eventually we limped back to Nijhum after midnight, and a silvery lining appeared in the form of a Brown Fish Owl and several Large-tailed Nightjars in the bright moonlight.
Despite the success of yesterday's visit to Dama Char, we felt that we had only managed to effectively cover a small percentage of the potential habitat and that we should return today. Ideally we would have stayed on Dama Char overnight, but we had all left bags at the guesthouse on Nijhum. Once again we were at the mercy of the tides and despite an early start couldn't get over to Dama Char until the tide was too high to cross to the roost. Do or die as some say, Rob fancied the odds and packed his scope and bins into Alex's holey (not holy) dry-bag for the swim across. An exhilarating experience, but the tide was already ebbing and the godwits on the move. Several Asian Dowitcher passed over his head mid-channel, but the task was to find Spoonies in the roost. Having to take utmost care not to flush the lot, Rob got to a good 'scoping viewpoint for a majority of the sandplover and found a group of Sanderling, Curlew Sandpiper and Red-necked Stint just off to the side of them. A couple of birds feeding; Sanderling, Spoon-billed Sandpiper! But this was the only individual found out here, with most small waders already making their way towards the mud. A more accurate count from a better vantage point resulted in a maximum of 24,000 sandplover (mostly Lesser) and 8,500 Black-tailed Godwit. Alex was dispatched out further east and found more large areas of mudflat, on to which many of the godwit were landing. He returned counts of a dozen Asian Dowitcher with godwits and a roost of 14 Nordmann's Greenshank. Having eaten virtually nothing for the last six days he was beginning to suffer, and couldn't pioneer across the channels and onward across the deep mud for long. Jez headed back to the site of yesterday's SbS and began counting, eventually Alex and Rob returned and joined the effort. A co-ordinated count led to the minimum number of Spoon-billed Sandpiper feeding at this location being increased to 23, though without managing to get around the circumference of the island there remains the possibility of further individuals being present undetected. With the sun setting and us shuffling around on our knees watching several individuals of one of the most endangered birds on the planet gently pushing mud and sucking inverts all around us there was a tremendous feeling of pleasure. Right here, at this precise moment, all is right in this shorebird Mecca. A sobering thought then, that the minimum of 48 Spoon-billed Sandpiper we recorded this month represent by some estimates about ten percent of this unique species' entire population.
The crew had learnt their lesson last night and stayed out in the safety of deeper water, so of course we had to walk that kilometre of thigh-deep mud we were so dismissive of yesterday. We'd given it our all, but this is a beginning rather than any kind of milestone.
Indian River Tern (AL)
waders (AL)
return of the Rob (AL)
Nordmann's (RM)
All that was left was to get to Tamruddin, on Hatiya Island, to connect with the launch to take us back to Dhaka overnight. Despite Jez and Rob spending several hours on the bridge foredeck not a single cetacean was seen.
Ferry terminal on Hatiya (AL)
We were welcomed back into Enam's house at 08:30 on the 30th, with both Alex and Rob having planes to catch early the next morning. We rushed off into town to eat some pizza. Unfortunatley we could only manage to eat about one slice each before feeling really sick... pass the rice... There was just enough time to call a special meeting of the Bangladesh Bird Club, where we were able to rush together a quick selection of photographs to explain what we've been doing and why Spoon-billed Sandpiper needs coordinated conservation action right now. And just as importantly, to thank all those that went so far out of their way to help us out and made the trip possible, in particular Enam Ul Haque, Sayam Chowdhury, Indranil Kishor, Paul Thompson, MA Muhit, Farhad A. Pavel and M. Abu Yousuf.
sole team photo, morale was good, honest... (IK)


David Linker, M.D., is a board certified cardiologist at the Cardiology Clinic at UW Medical Center, director of the UW Medicine Inpatient Cardiology Consultation Service and a UW associate professor of Medicine and Cardiology and an adjunct associate professor of Bioengineering.
Dr. Linker has extensive expertise in congenital heart disease and echocardiography. He strives to create active partnerships with his patients to achieve the best possible outcomes.
Dr. Linker earned his M.D. from Stanford. He is triple board certified in Cardiovascular Disease, Pediatrics and Internal Medicine. His clinical interests include valvular and congenital heart disease, general cardiology and echocardiography. His research interests include atrial fibrillation, heart disease risk models, effective choice of diagnostic tests, diastolic function/dysfunction, echocardiography and research commercialization. He also helped develop the Seattle Heart Failure Model to aid physicians and patients understand the potential benefits of therapies.
When away from medicine, Dr. Linker enjoys skiing, hiking, mountaineering, reading and computer programming.


On one of my walks through Amsterdam, I found a little shop specialized in vintage clothes from the 1920s – 1960s. When I entered the store, the shop owner was unwrapping bathing suits and bikins; one cuter than the other.This had to be a sign as I was actually looking for a bathing suit for this summer. I had never thought about buying vintage bathing clothes but that day I fell in love with the feminine shapes, lovely colors and prints. When trying on the different styles, I could see that they fit my body shape – large hips, small waist, wide shoulders and round bum. I chose an original 1950's one piece cotton bathing suit with neck holder (allowing to free the breast for nursing), a white collar top and colorful cherry prints.
On our current summer vacation, this vintage bathing suit is definitely my favorite piece. Whether I wear it on its own, combined with sailor culotte pants or my denim shorts; these cherries are my compagnon. Not to forget the best thing: eating a lot of pasta and gelato does not even hurt as the shape of the bathing suit embraces feminine curves, which by the way makes it was well a great postpartum piece!
So cute! I love your swimsuit!


Challenge: A bathroom with a large tub, seldom used, and a small shower that seemed like an afterthought to the original plan was in need of a more functional layout. The client longed for a serene master bathroom retreat that gave her ample space for everyday rituals and storage.
Approach: The removal of the tub enabled the shower to take center stage in the room. The use of flanking cabinetry to frame the shower, created wonderful areas to store personal items and highlight decorative elements like lighting and custom framed beveled mirrors. Conscious of the client's artistic background and sensitivity to colour, we moved towards a rich wall colour and a warm cabinetry stain. Counter and tiles cast light in the room through texture and lighter tones.
Result: Gentle warmth and colour, simple textures and everything in its place: all a girl needs for a relaxing start and end to her day.


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FS17 V2b Cherry Hills Seasons for Alan Jones by Stevie 4x mod map update.
So here's the final Cherry Hills Seasons for Alan Jones V2b update which cleans a few things up in the map and fixes the trees and plants sales trigger.. If you downloaded last weeks V2b update you do not need to start a new game with this, if you have any other older version you will have to start a new game.
This is update V2b and addresses many things and also switches on the maps dirt and terrain.
Delete the old zip file, unzip the new dowloaded file and place the new map zip into your mods folder. A fixed Kotte Multi tanker is also included and can be found in the shops misc section this handles all fluid triggers in the map for you. Do not use an old save start a new game. After deleting the shader_cache folder load the map and drive around it or use player speed if you have that mod to cache the map back in. Save and exit, load back into the map and play.
Thanks again to all the facebook users helping out and messaging in issues and FS_UK forum members and informative posts.


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Sean Rice, NAC Orchestra's 2nd clarinetist, and NAC Music Director Alexander Shelley complete their three-episode series on Beethoven's nine symphonies for the 2018 Beethoven Focus Festival. The seventh symphony's funeral march starts off the conversation. The 1813 premiere of the work featured an encore of the funeral march. What made it so significant? The eighth symphony was "much better" in Beethoven's opinion than the seventh. The harmonic architecture of its first movement is rather unusual for the day, while the next two movements are very classical. The short, quick and witty fourth movement harks back to the first movement. But the ninth… The ninth symphony is of a scale that he had never before undertaken. Sean Rice and Alexander Shelley discuss this marvelous work beginning by its last movement, and lay out the political climate in Vienna at the time, making a connection between the ninth and Beethoven's influences. "Be embraced, you millions: this kiss is for the whole world".
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For someone with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), doing the New York Times crossword puzzle can be very therapeutic. But sometimes it can lead to unexpected results by triggering memories you'd rather not remember.
In the August 12, 2015 New York Times crossword puzzle, number 44 across is, Salinger heroine. If you don't know what the answer in, it fills in when you fill in the answers to number 27, 31, 32, and 33 down. There's an E from stream, an S from Amstel bier, an A from I am, and an E from NNE.
The answer is Esme, but what does that mean? Many of us can't name anything Salinger wrote other than Catcher in the Rye, much less name his heroines.
If you to want to know who Esme is, do a Google search for "esme salinger". According to the first search result, Wikipedia, For Esme—with Love and Squalor is a short story by J. D. Salinger. The second result is for shmoop.com, an education site. The third result is a link to a pdf version of the story.
The fourth search result opens a newyorker.com page, For Esme – With Love And Squalor by J. D. Salinger. There's a photo of the short story in the New Yorker, and the caption reads, For Esme – With Love And Squalor The New Yorker, April 8, 1950 P. 28. Under that, there's this synopsis of the story.
After reading that, go back and click on the link to a pdf version of the story; a 15 page pdf document. The complete text of Salinger's story, starts on page 4.
The first seven pages of the story (pages 4-10 of the pdf file) are about how Sergeant X meets the 13 year old English girl, Esme, when he stops into a tea shop in England shortly before the D-Day Invasion.
Combat veterans with PTSD didn't return home with all their faculties intact. They came home with a wounded brain, horrible flashbacks, wicked nightmares, and difficult to control anger outbursts.
"Goodbye," Esme said. "I hope you return from the war with all your faculties intact." Bing! In a heartbeat, the memories return and a creepy feeling settles over the combat veteran with PTSD. That creepy feeling will last all day, and going to bed will be put off as long as possible to increase the possibility of falling to sleep right away from exhaustion, rather than lying in bed wide awake for hours because of the bad memories.
PTSD is like that. The slightest thing can trigger that creepy feeling: a phrase in a book, an image on TV or a newspaper headline. Salinger puts it this way, when he describes how Sergeant X, was a young man who had not come through the war with all his faculties intact.
It was about ten-thirty at night in Gaufurt, Bavaria, several weeks after V-E Day. Staff Sergeant X was in his room…Then, abruptly, familiarly, and, as usual, with no warning, he thought he felt his mind dislodge itself and teeter, like insecure luggage on an overhead rack. He quickly did what he had been doing for weeks to set things right: he pressed his hands hard against his temples. He held on tight for a moment.
Salinger had been there and done that. After the war, Salinger checked himself into a mental hospital and was treated for "combat fatigue" which is what post-traumatic stress disorder was called then.
There are many veterans from WWII, Korean, and Vietnam who did not come through the war with all their faculties intact. Now they've been joined by many Iraq and Afghan War Veterans who did not come through the war with all their faculties intact. Try to understand that they have no control over the horrible memories and no control of the things that trigger those memories.
All combat veterans with PTSD can go from calm to angry in about three nanoseconds. The change is virtually instantaneous, and the combat veteran has to struggle with controlling that emotion, even though the sympathetic nervous system has released adrenaline and cortisol into the blood stream and the "fight or flight" reaction has already kicked in.
Keep in mind that the chemical reaction to anger is the almost same as the chemical reaction to fear. So there's a fine line between fear and anger, and the combat veteran with PTSD has to deal with that in a split second.
Unfortunately, help is hard to find. The VA's PTSD program is a hit or miss situation, and many civilian counselors don't understand PTSD or the trauma of combat. So the combat veteran with PTSD is left out in the cold.
But if one of your loved ones is a combat veteran with PTSD, you can help. It might be hard for you to reach out with your hand and touch that combat veteran with PTSD. But doing that little thing can work miracles, because oxytocin, which is referred to as the cuddle hormone, is released by the pituitary gland when someone gives you a loving touch or a hug.
So instead of walking out when something triggers the fight or flight reaction in your combat veteran with PTSD, give them a hug. It might change your life and theirs.


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"My Family Is Dead To Me" – Says Nigerian Boy, Chidera Filmed Scattering His Mums' Properties [Video]
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Chidera Jedidiah, a young Nigerian man who was seen in a viral video destroying household property belonging to his mother, has spoken up.
In the viral video, his mother was seen standing at the door of their house with some neighbours while the boy was inside destroying his mum's belongings.
The angry boy entered the kitchen and stared opening and pouring foodstuff on the floor while ignoring the neighbors who were trying to reason with him.
When the mother was asked what happened, she said, Chidera had came home and started demanding some things from her, including "P21" passport to enable him to apply for his college, and because she refused, he resorted to destroying all her belongings.
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— Instablog9ja (@instablog9ja) July 8, 2020
The boy, who lives in Ireland with his family, has taken to his Twitter page and refuted all his mother said. According to him, his mother attacked him first but hers wasn't captured in the viral video.
Chidera narrated that the issue between him and his mum has been on for a while since she started subjecting him to physical and emotional abuse.
The boy revealed that he sometimes sleeps with his mattress by his room's door out of fear that his mother might carry out her threat on his life.
He said at some point, things got so bad that she wasn't talking to him or feeding him, adding that she even threw him out of the house about a month ago and the social workers and Gardai had to get involved.
Later, he was advised to make things work with his mother, so he went back home together with some social workers. While at home, he asked for his passport to fill out college applications but his mother was not cooperative.
He said the people who escorted him home to make peace with his mother were there at the time and he told them that he was going to the kitchen to make himself a meal.
While in the kitchen, he said his mother asked him who gave him the permission to take her food. He claimed she attacked him, poured pepper in his eyes, hit him with a mop stick and other things.
As he could not hit his mother back, he decided to destroy things in the house and vent out his anger after many years of suffering in silence.
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Chidera said his family is dead to him. He said he is done with all of them, including his father and brothers. He further stated that he feels nothing but hatred and disgust for them.
Read what he wrote below;
"Firstly I would like to begin by saying thank you for everyone who has showed love to me. I was very shocked to find out that my personal business was so publicly displayed and that the narrative was twisted and changed to portray me as a bad guy.
"My actions as seen in this video wasn't isn't because of "disagreement" or a "passport" issue as my mum describes in the video. My mum is a very abusive, aggressive and violent person… and she has been all my life.
"When I say aggressive and violent, I am not exaggerating… I have endured plates/knives thrown at me. I even have to remove my mattress and put it up to the door when I sleep for fear she will do something to me in my sleep as she frequently threatens to.
"I have kept all of this very private… not even my friends and good friends knew. So I was in shock to find this video circulating the internet. I have tried talking to her about it but she is to deep in her "Nigerian culture" to ever listen and ends up having aggressive fits.
"She then left me no other choice when she kicked me out of the house about over a month ago to report myself in. This how social workers and Gardaí were brought in. I was moved to numerous places over the duration of this month and feared going back to her abuse.
"But after a conversation from the man and the woman seen in this video, I decided to go back home and make it work with my mum (with my social worker present of course). Unfortunately, as you all can see this "peace" didn't last long.
"The day of this altercation, I had indeed asked for my passport to fill out college applications. But my mum wasn't at all cooperative… in fact at this point … she had been ignoring me in the house and refusing to feed me. I was cycling to my friends house daily to eat.
"So to avoid one of her violent outbreaks I went and looked for it myself without her knowledge. When I couldn't find it I did go back to her to ask her for it again… where she then began to be aggressive and violent trying to physically lift me -!: remove me from the room.
"She was groping slapping and punching me… and obviously I will not fight my own mother back so I told her to stop or I would begin to break things
"At this moment that was the only way I saw, for me to get her to stop without being violent back to her .. however she continued…
"So I broke a few things like hairdryers (we were still upstairs at this point) and my little brother called the guards. The guards arrived and seeing as how they could resolve the issue they warned both me and my mother to stay away from eachother till Tusla were notified (again)
"The guards so made their way downstairs and I accompanied them because I wanted to make myself food… (my mum was still present through all of this and didn't voice her disagreement to me making food). The guards told me to make my food and go straight to my room.
"So the guards left and I was downstairs making food… when my mum came rushing downstairs hysterical… telling me I had no right to touch her food, fair. But I asked her why she didn't say this when I told the guards I was going to make food.
'She got angry and turned off the burner and trying to manoeuvre my way out of another altercation I went to the fridge to eat a cold leftover … she slapped it out of my hand. What she did next was what provoked the actions you see in this video.
"She took powdered pepper and threw it in my face… and while I was still disoriented she grabbed a moping stick and reapeatedly beat me with it … she then grabbed me and bit me. I still didn't retaliate or fight back.
"After this vicious attack she then proceeded to call the three adults featured in this video, her exact words were "You better get here before I kill Chidera". They were there in the next 5 minutes. I had to take off my t-shirt and soak it and put it on my face to cool the pepper.
"At the moment I just felt sheer rage and instead of getting physical or aggressive with my mum… I decided to trash the kitchen as u see in this video. Looking back at it… it might not have been the best solution but I didn't know what else to do.
"The guards were called again and they returned just 30 minutes after they had left and detained me. I was put into emergency care. And I have been in foster since that day last week.
"I feel nothing towards this family other than pure disgust and hatred for the way they all treated me (my brothers and fathers included). And I don't think I can ever bring myself to ever reconcile with them… I have changed my number and deleted all contact with them.
"I have kept all this private to protect all of us as we can all be negatively be impacted by this. But for me to come on social media and receive nasty death threats and messages and finding out they posted this video and painted the narrative completely differently.
"You might all ask me why I didn't correct my mother's grossly false version of the events while I was smashing things. The answer is I was so consumed by rage and anger after what had just happened to me. And as u can see in the video I didn't care about anyone.
"Everyone is entitled to their opinion and that is fine. But as of now the family is dead to me and all I'm focused on is my future and college.
"Again I would like to sincerely thank everyone who knew that there was more to the story and knew the truth and supported me. Love x"
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DoloMyths Run Sellaronda
Ultra Trail 2021
The Organizing Committee
The DoloMyths Run Sellaronda Ultra Trail is organized by the DoloMyths Run Committee, in cooperation with the Municipalities and the Tourist Boards of Canazei, Selva Valgardena, Corvara and Arabba.
The start will be from Canazei (Val di Fassa) on Saturday July the 17th 2021 at 5:00 am
Requirements to take part to the race
To enter the race it is absolutely compulsory:
- To be at least 18 years old and in possession of a medical certificate for agonistic athletics valid by the date of the race.
- To be fully aware of the length and difficulty of the race and to have undergone adequate training in preparation.
- DoloMyths Run Sellaronda Ultra Trail mostly takes place on high mountain trails: it is essential that you are comfortable with running on mountain trails.
The start of the race will take place in turn in Canazei (Val di Fassa) and Corvara (Val Badia) changing year by year. For the year 2021 the start of the race will be on Saturday July 17 at 5:00 am from Canazei. The check of the equipment is scheduled at 4:30 am.
The racetrack
The race will take place all around the Sella Massif, along dirt roads and paths, trying to avoid as much as possible asphalt roads and crossings on national roads. The racetrack is about 61,5 km long with an elevation gain of 3.378 mt. The race will cross the towns of Canazei at 1,450 mt, run through the Sella Pass at 2,200 mt and the "Città dei sassi" down to Selva Valgardena at 1,563 mt and climb again up to Gardena Pass at 2,276 mt along the demanding ascent of the Dantercepies ski slope. After the long descent down to Colfosco and Corvara (1,535 mt), athletes must climb up to the Boè at 2,192 mt, run down to Arabba (1,598 mt), climb up to the Padon Pass (2,373 mt) , highest peak of the whole race course, and, after the amazing Viel dal Pan path in front of the Marmolada Glacier, start the descent from Passo Pordoi (2,235 mt) all the way down to the finish at Canazei (1,450 mt).
Maximum time and checkpoints
The maximum time to cover the distance is fixed in 13 hours. Along the racetrack the time limits to cover the mentioned distance will be established as follows:
Set times:
- 3 hours from the start to Selva Valgardena; at 8:00 am closing of the gate
- 6 hours from the start to Colfosco; at 11:00 am closing of the gate
- 9 hours from the start to Arabba; at 2:00 pm closing of the gate
- 13 hours from the start back to Canazei; at 6:00 pm end of the race
Final maximum time: 13 hours. The athletes who will exceed the above mentioned time limits will be excluded from the prosecution of the competition and their bib numbers will be withdrawn. If, for any reason, an athlete disqualified from the race wants to complete the race, he/she is allowed to run under his/her own responsibility and has no right to refreshments along the track. By the time checkpoints, there will be shuttle buses at disposal to carry the athletes back to the arrival.
A standard of semi self-sufficiency is required to run the race. 10 refreshment points will be placed along the racetrack where athletes can find drinks and food to be eaten directly there. Camel-bags or water bottles can be refilled with water and supplements provided directly by organizers of the race. Any athlete must carry with him, from the start, all he needs to be self-sufficient on the distance from one refreshment point to the other one. Food and drinks provided by the refreshment points must be consumed in that delimited area, avoiding to carry and throw somewhere else any rubbish, such as plastic glasses that will not be provided by the Organization, as they can pollute the environment. Special bins will be placed in each refreshment point for the rubbish to be used compulsorily by the athletes. Any external assistance, provided by people not registered in the race, all along the track or even in short parts of it, is absolutely forbidden.
Compulsory equipment
- A water supply of at least an half liter
- A survival blanket
- A whistle
- A first-aid kit
- Some food (energetic bars or energy gels)
- A wind-breaker jacket to wear in case of bad weather conditions
- Long running pants
- Gloves and a hat
- A mobile phone (it is compulsory to communicate the phone number at the registration)
- A foldable glass or water bottle to be refilled at the refreshment points
Recommended equipment (optional)
- Poles
- A change of clothes
- Solar protection cream
- Vaseline or anti-chaffing cream
The bib number will be delivered to each athlete after showing I.D. card and the medical certificate, valid by the date of the race. The bib number is personal and cannot be transferred to any other person. It must be worn in a visible position for the whole competition. Any change of the bib number is absolutely forbidden.
- The race gadget
- Timing service, including intermediate times
- Refreshments during and after the race
- Pasta-party
- Shuttle bus back to the start for the athletes withdrawn from the race
- Showering service after the race
- 1st ranked | € 700
- 2nd ranked | € 600
- 3rd ranked | € 500
- 4th ranked | € 300
- from 6th to 10th ranked | € 100
Special prize "Sprint Felix"
The two athletes who will pass for first at the "Sprint Felix" in Selva Val Gardena at the 17th kilometer of the race course will be awarded € 50,00 to the first man and € 50,00 to the first woman.
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- the race director
- referees appointed by the jury along the race course
Acceptance of the rules and race ethics
To take part in the DoloMyths Run Sellaronda Ultra Trail each athlete must accept the above enlisted rules and the runners' code of ethics, without reserve. It is compulsory to follow the racetrack, without cutting the race course. Cuts could turn into a damage to the soil, provoking deep erosion of the ground. By the refreshment points bins will be placed for the rubbish in order to avoid any pollution of the surrounding environment. Each athlete must provide first aid to anybody who should need assistance or being in danger and in case call for a rescue team to intervene as soon as possible. General respect is highly recommended. Self-respect and respect for other runners, avoiding any kind of unfair behaviour. Respect for the volunteers on duty for free. Respect for local people who welcome the race and for other hikers along the racetracks. Respect for the Organizing Committee and for its sponsors.
Penalties - disqualification
The race judges present along the trail, the persons in charge placed by the check-points and refreshment points must control that all the rules are respected by the athletes. In case of lack of respect of the rules, penalties or even disqualification can be applied, in accordance with the judgement of the whole jury.
All complaints must be made in writing and presented at the race office with a deposit of 100 euro (which will not be returned if the complaint is not held to be valid), within two hours of the athlete's arrival.
Changes in the route, the time barriers and cancellation of the race
The Jury has the right, at any time, to change the race course, cancel, suspend or delay the race and the position of both refreshment and first-aid points, at any time and without previous communication. In case of bad weather conditions the race can be delayed, suspended or cancelled. The Organizing Committee can suspend the race or change the time limits imposed in case of specific conditions that could be considered dangerous for runners. Should the competition be cancelled, the entry fee would not be refunded whatever is the reason. Any specific decision about it will be taken only by the jury.
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extern "C" GPUCA_NAMESPACE::gpu::GPUReconstruction* GPUReconstruction_Create_CUDA(const GPUCA_NAMESPACE::gpu::GPUSettingsDeviceBackend& cfg);
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namespace gpu
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struct GPUReconstructionCUDAInternals;

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{
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};

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{
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  class GPUThreadContextCUDA : public GPUThreadContext
  {
   public:
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    ~GPUThreadContextCUDA() override;

   private:
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  };

  std::unique_ptr<GPUThreadContext> GetThreadContext() override;
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  int unregisterMemoryForGPU(const void* ptr) override;
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  size_t TransferMemoryInternal(GPUMemoryResource* res, int stream, deviceEvent* ev, deviceEvent* evList, int nEvents, bool toGPU, const void* src, void* dst) override;
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  void ReleaseEvent(deviceEvent* ev) override;
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  void GetITSTraits(std::unique_ptr<o2::its::TrackerTraits>* trackerTraits, std::unique_ptr<o2::its::VertexerTraits>* vertexerTraits) override;
  void GetITSTimeframe(std::unique_ptr<o2::its::TimeFrame>* timeFrame) override;

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  int genRTC();
};

} // namespace gpu
} // namespace GPUCA_NAMESPACE

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Shape isomerism and shape coexistence effects on the Coulomb energy differences in the N = Z nucleus As-66 and neighboring T=1 multiplets
G. de Angelis, K.T. Wiedemann, T. Martinez, R. Orlandi, A. Petrovici, E. Sahin, J.J. Valiente-Dobon, D. Tonev, S. Lunardi, B.S. Nara Singh, R. Wadsworth, A. Gadea, K. Kaneko, P.G. Bizzeti, A.M. Bizzeti-Sona, B. Blank, A. Bracco, M.P. Carpenter, C.J. Chiara, E. Farnea
A. Gottardo, J.P. Greene, S.M. Lenzi, S. Leoni, C.J. Lister, D. Mengoni, D.R. Napoli, O.L. Pechenaya, F. Recchia, W. Reviol, D.G. Sarantites, D. Seweryniak, C.A. Ur, S. Zhu
Excited states of the N=Z=33 nucleus 66As have been populated in a fusion-evaporation reaction and studied using γ-ray spectroscopic techniques. Special emphasis was put into the search for candidates for the T=1 states. A new 3+ isomer has been observed with a lifetime of 1.1(3) ns. This is believed to be the predicted oblate shape isomer. The excited levels are discussed in terms of the shell model and of the complex excited Vampir approaches. Coulomb energy differences are determined from the comparison of the T=1states with their analog partners. The unusual behavior of the Coulomb energy differences in the A=70 mass region is explained through different shape components (oblate and prolate) within the members of the same isospin multiplets. This breaking of the isospin symmetry is attributed to the correlations induced by the Coulomb interaction.
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.85.034320
10.1103/PhysRevC.85.034320
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de Angelis, G., Wiedemann, K. T., Martinez, T., Orlandi, R., Petrovici, A., Sahin, E., Valiente-Dobon, J. J., Tonev, D., Lunardi, S., Nara Singh, B. S., Wadsworth, R., Gadea, A., Kaneko, K., Bizzeti, P. G., Bizzeti-Sona, A. M., Blank, B., Bracco, A., Carpenter, M. P., Chiara, C. J., ... Zhu, S. (2012). Shape isomerism and shape coexistence effects on the Coulomb energy differences in the N = Z nucleus As-66 and neighboring T=1 multiplets. Physical Review C, 85(3), [034320]. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.85.034320
de Angelis, G. ; Wiedemann, K.T. ; Martinez, T. et al. / Shape isomerism and shape coexistence effects on the Coulomb energy differences in the N = Z nucleus As-66 and neighboring T=1 multiplets. In: Physical Review C. 2012 ; Vol. 85, No. 3.
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