Amphibians are a diverse and exciting class of animals that include frogs, toads, salamanders, newts and caecilians.
Amphibians are vertebrate animals (have a backbone) like fish, mammals, reptiles and birds and hundreds of millions of years ago, amphibians became the first vertebrates to live on land. They are cold-blooded, which means their body temperature is regulated by their surrounding temperature. Amphibians are also characterised by their smooth, slimy skin and their lack of scales, feathers or hair. Their skin is permeable (which means air can pass through the skin) and many amphibians therefore breathe through their skin instead of through their lungs.
There are three types of amphibians: frogs, salamanders and caecilians.
Generally, frogs have a short body, webbed fingers and toes, bulging eyes, and no tail. Frogs are good jumpers with long powerful legs. Toads are a type of frog. Two species of frogs are the American bullfrog and the poison dart frog.
One way to tell a frog and a toad apart: frogs have smooth, clammy skin, while toads have drier, bumpy skin. Both frogs and toads lay their eggs in water, but toads spend more of their time on land than do frogs.
Salamanders look a bit like lizards. They have skinny bodies, short legs, and long tails. Salamanders can re-grow lost limbs and other body parts. They like wet, moist areas like wetlands. A newt is a type of salamander.
Caecilians are amphibians that don't have legs or arms. They look a lot like snakes or worms. Some of them can be long and reach lengths of over 4 feet. They have a strong skull and a pointed nose to help them burrow through dirt and mud.
Nearly all amphibians are capable of producing poisons from their skin. Some of these poisons are easily smelled.
More than 75 percent of all toad and frog species in the world live in tropical rainforests.
Many frogs and salamanders take care of their young, either by guarding their eggs, carrying their young with them of by feeding tadpoles.
All amphibians begin their life in water with gills and tails. As they grow, they develop lungs and legs for their life on land.
There are more than 4,000 different kinds of amphibians.
Most amphibians hop or crawl to the safety of the nearest water when danger threatens. Some also have glands in their skin that ooze poisonous or foul-tasting fluids when they are attacked. The common toad and a few other species confuse predators by puffing themselves up to look bigger.
The term "amphibian" comes from the Greek word amphibious. Amphi means "both" and bios means "life". Those names refer to the two lives that many amphibians live – when they hatch from their eggs, amphibians have gills so they can breathe in the water. They also have fins to help them swim, just like fish. Later, their bodies change, growing legs and lungs enabling them to live on the land.
The most poisonous frog is the Golden Dart Frog, which has enough toxic secretions on its skin to kill up to 10 people. South American Indians use the skin secretions of poison dart frogs on the tips of their arrows to kill animals. The rough-skinned newt, common to Oregon in America, is very deadly. One college student several years ago swallowed one on a dare and he died because it gives off something known as a neurotoxin that paralysed his ability to breathe.
The largest amphibian is the Chinese Giant Salamander. It can grow to 6 feet long and weigh 140 pounds.
The largest frog is the Goliath Frog which can grow to 15 inches long (not counting the legs) and weigh over 8 pounds. The smallest amphibian is a frog called the paedophryne amauensis. It is also the world's smallest vertebrate animal. It is about 0.3 inches long.
The best jumper is the South American Sharp-nosed Tree frog. It has been recorded to jump over 30 feet high – which is higher than a house!
Colour helps amphibians find mates and hide from predators and prey. Some species are brightly coloured to tell predators that they are poisonous. Others are camouflaged to blend in with their surroundings.
Some frogs (such as wood frogs and Spring Peepers) are able to freeze solid during the winter and survive!
Frogs swallow their food whole. The size of what they can eat is determined by the size of their mouths and their stomach.
A group of frogs can be called an army, chorus, or colony.
A group of toads can be called a knot or a nest.
A group of salamanders can be called a band.
The life cycle of amphibians begins with an egg.
A larva usually hatches from an egg (frog and toad larva are commonly referred to as tadpoles).
The larva slowly develops into an adult by growing legs and arms and by developing lungs.
The larval stage can last anywhere from 2 weeks to 2 years!
Once the change is complete, the adult amphibian will emerge from the water and spend the majority of its life in the moist, surrounding habitat.
Not all amphibians go through the same metamorphosis process. Some frogs and salamanders, like the greenhouse frog and the red-backed salamander, lay their eggs on land. The larva develops inside the egg and the adult will hatch out of the egg on land. They will live their entire lives away from water. The marsupial frog puts her eggs in a pouch on her back. Within that pouch the larva develops into frogs. Once the larva has fully developed, it emerges from its protective pouch as a small frog.
Frogs and toads, also known as the tailless amphibians, live on every continent except Antarctica. Currently, there are more than 3,500 species of frogs worldwide. Because frogs are the only amphibians that can hear, they are also the only amphibians that have a voice box or larynx. During the summer, if there are frogs in the area you can often walk outside and hear frogs calling to establish their territory or to find a mate.
Salamanders usually have a long tail and four legs. Many people mistake salamanders for lizards and lizards for salamanders, but they are very different. Salamanders, unlike lizards, have smooth, slimy skin and a larva stage. Salamanders also do not have ears or a voice box. The 360 different species of salamanders worldwide are usually found in the cooler forested areas in the Northern Hemisphere.
Adult amphibians are carnivores and predators. They eat a variety of food including spiders, beetles, and worms. Some of them, like frogs, have long tongues with sticky ends that they flick out to catch their prey. The larvae of many amphibians mostly eat plants. Frogs have teeth, but toads do not. Most frogs have teeth on the upper jaw, yet they none on the lower jaw. Frogs' skin is slimy because they have protective skin secretions that ooze out of their bodies. Whereas frogs have smooth skin, toads' skin is rough and bumpy, due to special structures that secrete poisonous fluids from their skin.
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Another mummy recently identified as a victim of ancient Egyptian violence is Gebelein Man, one of the best-known occupants of the British Museum's Early Egypt gallery. Found in 1896 at Gebelein, about 40km (25 miles) south of Thebes, the individual had been buried in a shallow pit, his crouched body wrapped in linen and matting. Although he died 5,500 years ago, Gebelein Man is one of the best-preserved ancient Egyptians ever found, his remains naturally mummified by the hot, dry sand. What was not known was how he died.
Now, 3D imaging has allowed researchers to examine the man's muscles, bones, teeth, and organs for the first time, revealing not only that Gebelein Man was young when he died, aged between 18 and 20, but that a small cut over his left shoulderblade hides a penetrating wound, probably caused by a pointed weapon 1.5-2cm (0.6-0.8in) wide – possibly a copper blade.
CT scans show that the blow was struck with such force that it damaged his shoulderblade and shattered the rib immediately beneath, forcing bone fragments into surrounding muscle tissue and likely puncturing his lung. With no signs of healing, British Museum experts say, this injury was probably fatal, while a lack of other defensive wounds suggests that Gebelein Man may not even have seen it coming.


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If dad had any idea how the Internet works he would be delighted to know that people enjoyed his article. I suppose at his stage of life he is entitled to focus on subjects like "love" and leave blogs, posts, google and the web to others.
Thank you for posting such beauty from the heart.


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India decides to give it back to China
For decades, India has been behaving like Pandavas. Coaxing and cajoling the big neighbour to not transgress on its land. And even ignoring in many instances open provocation by the big bully of the world.
However, lack of strength and show of weakness have never been good policies in dealing with any foreign country, or for that matter anything in life.
There comes a time in a nation's life, when it has to stand up for itself.
That India has now decided to say enough is enough brings reassurance to a nation which is accustomed to ignoring violations of its boundary and impossible claims about line of actual control by China.
The decision of Indian government to ban 59 China origin apps is a smart move that is really going to hurt China. Already the noises being made by the Chinese mouthpieces are confirming that the move has hurt China's interests in a big way.
Banning these 59 apps will not harm India in any way because there are alternative apps available for most of these. However, this will indeed hurt Chinese interests as these apps are likely to lose a very big market in India.
India has decided to escalate the tussle one rung above. And for a solid reason. It has to send China a message – that we will not tolerate transgression of our land.
You cannot hurt Indian interests at regular intervals and continue to do normal business elsewhere in our country.
There must be consequences. And they have started now.
Economy on normalcy path
कोरोना संक्रमण के कारण गोलमुरी तिब्बत मार्केट सील
टाउन पोस्ट हिंदी
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झारखंड के स्वास्थ्य मंत्री बन्ना गुप्ता ने पांच दिन में ही दे दी कोरोना को मात, रिपोर्ट आई निगेटिव

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Since its establishment in 1919, the International Labour Organisation has sought to achieve equality between men and women at the workplace.
President of the Caribbean Court of Justice, Sir Dennis Bryon, made this observation today while delivering the keynote address at the ILO Subregional gender equality workshop for judges of the Caribbean at Hilton Barbados Hotel.
"It has regarded gender equality as a key component for women and men to obtain decent work in conditions of freedom and security and dignity. I will now repeat the strategic goals of the gender equality programme. Promoting and realising standards; creating opportunities for women and men for decent employment and income and strengthening social dialogue.
"The objective of this workshop seems to fall within the strategic goals of the gender equality programme. I think that providing professionals with knowledge that will enable them to use international labour law to enhance gender equality while delivering justice at national levels raises some interesting issues.
"Of course it raises the matter that there are not many cases coming before the courts, but some cases do come before the courts. I think that the most interesting issues is the fact that international law is applicable in the respective countries of the Commonwealth Caribbean. International law is just incorporated into national law. The act of ratifying international treaties immediately incorporates international law into national law," Sir Dennis added.
He referred to the capital punishment case of Joseph and Boyce, who, having exhausted all of the legal channels in Barbados, applied to the Inter-American Court, but the Government of Barbados had indicated that it would not await the decision of the Inter-American because the law was not incorporated into Barbados' laws.
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Scottish trio have Miguel Angel Jimenez in sights in Austrian Open
Warren, Howie and Syme still in top 10 at halfway stage
By Martin Dempster
Marc Warren lines up a putt on the 10th green on his way to a second-round 69 in the Austrian Open at Diamond Country Club, near Vienna. Picture: Stuart Franklin/Getty Images
Golden oldie Miguel Angel Jimenez stormed to the top of the leaderboard at the halfway stage in the Austrian Open but has three Scots chasing him in the first European Tour event in four months.
"We're doing well. We must be doing quarantine right in Scotland," joked Craig Howie of sitting in the top 10 along with compatriots Marc Warren and Connor Syme at Diamond Country Club, near Vienna.
Jimenez, who is already the oldest winner in European Tour history, carded 10 birdies as the 56-year-old Spaniard backed up an opening 68 with a 65 to move into a two-shot lead on 11-under-par.
"It feels great," said Jimenez, a 21-time winner on the circuit, the last of which came at the age of 50 years and 133 days in the 2014 Spanish Open.
"Four months without competing, it's nice getting back into a tournament and feeling the tension again. I was excited to get back. I miss the competition."
He's made 15 birdies so far on his return to action, having entered this week's event as he prepares for the Champions Tour, his main priority these days, to restart.
Three-time European Tour winner Warren and Howie, who is playing in just his second event on the circuit, are sitting joint-second in a five-strong group on nine-under.
"Overall, it was a pretty solid day, nothing overly spectacular but pleased with a solid round again," said Warren of his 69, which contained four birdies and one bogey.
The Glaswegian is carrying his own bag due to his caddie's Covid-19 test not coming back in time.
"There's no one to moan at if you get a club wrong," he quipped of that. "It's trying to keep on top of the other stuff, making sure there's water in the bag – especially in hot conditions like today – which I've been taking for granted over the last 15 or so years. Next time I've got a caddie on the bag I might go a little easier on him."
Howie picked up four birdies in the first six holes to lead outright before mixing an eagle with three bogeys in the remainder of his round.
"It was tricky because it's so warm," said the Peebles man, who has matched Warren's two opening efforts. "Having spent quarantine in the UK, we're not used to this. It meant the ball was going a really long way and it was difficult to get good numbers to hit the right distance."
Despite the long lockdown lay-off, he's taken up where he left off in the opening few events of the Challenge Tour season in South Africa earlier in the year.
"I have zero expectations this week, I still do," insisted Howie, who is managed by Paul Lawrie. "My game isn't really amazing, if I'm honest. It's not as sharp as I'd hope, but that's to be expected."
Syme, who finished second in the Shot Clock Masters at the same venue when he was a rookie two seasons ago, recovered from a shaky spell in the middle of his round to keep the leader in his sights.
"I was feeling the heat on the middle of the front nine and dropped a few shots because of it," said the Fifer after signing for a 70 that contained five birdies to sit in a tie for eighth.
"Although it's been nice in bits at home, we've not had heat like that for a long time. I adjusted, remembered things like putting my towel around my neck. Basic stuff which I wasn't doing."
On sitting just four shots behind Jimenez, he added: "It's exciting to be at the right end of the leaderboard. Nice to be in a good position."
Craig Ross, a winner on the MENA Tour earlier in the year, carded a second straight 70 to sit on four-under, two shots ahead of Scott Henry (73), as five Scots out of a seven-strong starting contingent progressed to the weekend.
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UPDATE 1/28/2019: David MacDonald, president of Friends of Acadia, issued a statement that was added to this story.
An agreement to end the partial federal government shutdown came just in time for visitors and year-round staff at Acadia National Park in Maine.
The end of the partial federal shutdown means the winter visitor center for Acadia National Park at the Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce office will be staffed again by rangers.
While the park was kept open during the 35-day-long shutdown and the closure came at the slowest time of year for the park and had little economic effect on surrounding communities, almost all of the park's 80-90 full-time staff, including Superintendent Kevin Schneider, were put on furlough. Additionally, the shutdown during Acadia in winter delayed work on a critical transportation plan years in the making.
David MacDonald, president and CEO of the Friends of Acadia, a nonprofit organization that works closely with the National Park Service to protect and improve the park for public use, said the shutdown created "a terrible situation" for park staff. It resulted in "a very significant operations backlog" at Acadia, the country's eighth-most visited national park, and basically left a small number of law enforcement rangers to run the park and work without pay over the holidays, he said.
President Donald Trump on Friday agreed to a measure that would fund the government for three weeks and clear employees in Interior and dozens of other agencies to again work, with no provisions to pay for the wall he wants to build on the border with Mexico. Trump left open the possibility the government could shut again as of Feb. 15.
Huge sheets of Ice cover the granite cliffs along the summit road to Cadillac Mountain during Acadia in winter.
This entry was posted in Acadia National Park, Features, News and tagged @mobile, acadia-in-winter, acadia-national-park, cadillac mountain, david-macdonald, friends-of-acadia, transportation-plan on January 27, 2019 by Acadia on my mind.
Starting 2019 with a bang, nearly 100 walkers and runners from Bar Harbor to Millinocket, Florida to Oregon, are virtually logging miles from Cadillac to Katahdin, and even going by Stephen King sites along the way – to do good, stay fit, and keep up with old friends and make new ones.
The 5-star version of the 2019 edition of the Acadia to Katahdin Medal, if you log at least 1 mile a day for 100 days in a row. Only did 20 days in a row? That's OK, you get one small star for each 20-day streak, and the large sequined star for the fifth consecutive 20-day streak. Took the first few days of 2019 off? That's OK, too, since we can extend the virtual race, so you can still get in 100 days if you start this weekend.
And if over the first 100 days of the new year, participants in the Acadia to Katahdin Virtual Race get a streak going, they earn the right to a custom medal, featuring a star for each 20-day streak, plus a large sequined star for logging at least 1 mile daily all 100 days, for a maximum 5 stars. Register for the Maine virtual race now.
Launched last year with Mount Desert Island Marathon & Half and Millinocket Marathon & Half as the virtual edition of the Sea to Summit Series, the virtual race has so far raised $375 for charity, on top of the $800 raised in an earlier edition of the race.
But perhaps as meaningful as benefiting charity, the virtual race has led one participant to lose 21 pounds (@LRM); helped a couple of racers keep a more than year-long streak going (@Shellperry and @KDW); allowed fans of the Acadia and Katahdin regions to see photos of the places they love in the race course's Google Street Views; and let family and friends stay in touch, no matter where in the world they log their miles.
In 2018, we learned who among the virtual racers are Stephen King fans, thanks to @Ghost, who challenged other racers to dedicate a 10+ mile entry to an SK story. We met virtual racers, some for the first time, on the day of the real-life MDI and Millinocket races and throughout the year, logging some miles together on a small remote island or sharing a cup of good cheer at the Sawmill Restaurant in Millinocket.
For 2019, may the Acadia to Katahdin Virtual Race help you keep your new year resolutions, whether it's to train for a marathon or a trip to hike Acadia National Park or Baxter State Park, lose weight, get fit, or stay in touch with family and friends, no matter where in the world they are. Even if you don't make a 20-day streak for a star, and even if you haven't completed the 337.8-mile virtual race course, everyone is a winner, as medals will ship after April 10.
The continuation into the first 100 days of the new year makes this the virtual edition of 2019 Streak-100, co-sponsored with Crow Athletics, with special pricing for Crow members signing up for the first time, as well as for those who participated in the real-life MDI or Millinocket races. Sign up here.
This entry was posted in Acadia National Park, Features and tagged @mobile, friends-of-acadia, gary-allen, mdi-marathon, millinocket, running, virtual-race-with-medals, virtual-runs on January 2, 2019 by Acadia on my mind.
MILLINOCKET – All roads lead to the Magic City today for the running of the Millinocket Marathon & Half, in real life from all corners of Maine to Maryland and beyond, and virtually, from Florida to Oregon.
More than 2,000 runners from around the world have descended in real life to run in frigid temperatures for 13.1 or 26.2 miles, to give a much-needed boost to this old mill town that has fallen on hard economic times, just before Christmas.
And the spirits of Acadia, Stephen King and virtual racers from around the country have gathered here as well, like a benevolent dome, with the Acadia to Katahdin Virtual Race helping to raise funds for the Millinocket Memorial Library, Our Katahdin and the Friends of Acadia.
The real-life race, only in its fourth year, has become a magnet to Millinocket in the dead of almost-winter, the brainchild of Gary Allen, the Maine Running Hall of Fame director of the Mount Desert Island Marathon & Half, who started the free race to help out a struggling town. He likens the impact of the races he's launched as "a pebble tossed into still water," with ever-widening rings of positive influence and inspiration.
If you can't make the Sawmill, see the other places where the virtual race medals can be picked up in Millinocket today, in the highlights below.
More photos and stories from the real-life and virtual races to come, along with an explanation of the Stephen King theme for the Acadia to Katahdin Virtual Race. Proud to co-sponsor the virtual race with the Millinocket and MDI races, to help benefit charity.
Time for this blogger (and virtual racer @AOMM) to get ready for the frozen 13.1 miles, and be warmed by the spirits of Millinocket.
This entry was posted in Acadia National Park and tagged acadia-national-park, virtual-race-with-medals, virtual-runs on December 8, 2018 by Acadia on my mind.
Three nests at Acadia National Park produced eight peregrine falcon chicks in 2018, making for a successful year for the state-endangered birds despite the unusual failure of a nest at the Precipice.
Park wildlife biologist, Bruce Connery, holds a peregrine chick that has just been lowered from its scrape, or nest, for banding. Acadia National Park photo.
According to Bruce Connery, the park's wildlife biologist, four peregrine falcon chicks fledged at Valley Cove over Somes Sound; two at Jordan Cliffs and two on Ironbound Island. The nest at Jordan Cliffs is a nice story because park leaders in late May had initially feared that a nest there had also failed.
The park reopened the popular Precipice Trail and a section of the Orange & Black Path on July 13, according to a park press release, which is earlier than usual.
The Precipice Trail, which goes up the east face of Champlain Mountain, is usually closed from late March or early April until late July or early August each year because of nesting peregrine falcons, but a nest failed this year at the Precipice.
Connery said in a press release that it is not uncommon for falcon pairs to fail to nest in some years. He noted that this year was only the second time in 27 years that a pair has failed to nest successfully at the Precipice. In addition, Beech Cliff above Echo Lake did not yield any falcon chicks this year or for the past several years and Connery has said he does not know the reasons for that.
A peregrine falcon chick is banded near a nest at the Precipice in an earlier year. Photo by Keith Wozniak/Acadia National Park.
This entry was posted in Acadia National Park, Features, Hiking, News, Wildlife and tagged @mobile, acadia-national-park, bruce-connery, jordan-cliffs, peregrine-falcon-chicks, precipice-trail on July 13, 2018 by Acadia on my mind.
In memory of her husband Michael, who died in a kayak accident off the coast of Maine in 2016, Jennifer Popper journeys north from New Jersey to Maine, raising more than $15,000 for charity, and logging her miles on a virtual race route from Acadia National Park to Katahdin along the way.
As she arrived in Boston last week, more than halfway through her 800-mile walk, she was surprised and overjoyed to be greeted by an old friend with a handmade sign, three former co-workers of her husband's, and two fellow virtual racers she'd never met before. "It's overwhelmingly awesome," Popper said.
Like so many of the participants in the Cadillac to Katahdin Virtual Run and other virtual runs, Popper has found meaning and camaraderie in logging walking, running or hiking miles. Popper, who goes by the virtual race name @jennsjourney, has appreciated comments on the race message board from fellow virtual racers, especially @Keefa and @FL2ME.
"I don't know who Keefa is, or Flamethrower," Popper said, but the support has meant a lot as she's on her trek to raise funds for the two nonprofits that have meant a lot to her and her husband, the East Coast Greenway Alliance and FreeWalkers.
Since last August, the more than 150 participants from around the country in the Cadillac to Katahdin race have helped raise $800 for three official charities benefiting from the race: Friends of Acadia, Millinocket Memorial Library and Our Katahdin. At the same time, they have collectively logged more than 59,000 miles on the virtual race route, back and forth between Cadillac and Katahdin; made real and virtual friends along the way; and accomplished other personally meaningful goals, whether raising funds for other causes or meeting a health and fitness goal.
The Cadillac to Katahdin Virtual Run is winding down this month, and to mark Acadia's 102nd birthday on July 8, we're announcing a new race, the Acadia to Katahdin Virtual Race, that will include the 26 peaks of Acadia, the Schoodic section of the park, parts of the Down East Sunrise Trail, and other new features.
We're proud to once again co-sponsor the race with Mount Desert Island Marathon & Half and Millinocket Marathon & Half, as the virtual edition of the 2018 Maine Sea to Summit Series, to help benefit charities in the Acadia and Katahdin regions. Details of the new race and registration information will be available here later this month, as the finishing touches are put on the new virtual race route, and the new finisher's medals.
Even if participants in the virtual runs never meet, they are bound by some connection to the Acadia or Katahdin regions or the Mount Desert Island and Millinocket Marathons & Half Marathons, or by a charitable impulse or interest in health and fitness.
This entry was posted in Acadia National Park, Features, News and tagged @mobile, acadia-national-park, cadillac mountain, friends-of-acadia, gary-allen, katahdin, mdi-marathon, running, virtual-race-with-medals, virtual-runs on July 8, 2018 by Acadia on my mind.
Inside a cramped, old trailer that serves as his federal office, Gary Stellpflug, trails foreman at Acadia National Park, points to a wall pinned with note cards that spell out a backlog of maintenance projects for Acadia trails.
The projects to improve Acadia National Park trails, including many that still require funding, stretch out to 2022. "We won't run out of work, even at the present rate," said Stellpflug.
Of the nearly $12 billion of backlogged maintenance in national parks across the country, Acadia weighs in with nearly $60 million including more than $9 million on hiking trails alone.
This year, the Acadia trails crew is involved in a major effort to reduce the maintenance backup, topped by a current overhaul of the Valley Cove Trail, which is located on the east side of St. Sauveur Mountain and runs along the west shore of Somes Sound, a 5-mile-long inlet that carves into Mount Desert Island.
Built by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression 80 years ago, the Valley Cove Trail was championed by park founder George B. Dorr as a way to access what he described as "an unusually beautiful shoreline" along the fjord-like Somes.
Anyone trying to hike the Valley Cove Trail the last two years would have been greeted by trail closure signs warning of hazardous conditions, not just of peregrine falcon nesting.
This entry was posted in Acadia National Park, Features, Hiking, News and tagged @mobile, acadia-national-park, carriage-roads, christian-barter, friends-of-acadia, gary-stellpflug, hiking-acadia-national-park, jeff-chapin, jordan-pond, national-park-service, schoodic-peninsula, seaside-path, valley-cove-trail, vincent-sproul on June 29, 2018 by Acadia on my mind.
UPDATE 7/13/2018: Acadia National Park announces that the Precipice Trail will reopen on July 13, but keeps the Jordan Cliffs Trail closed for the time being because of the presence of nesting falcons. At least 8 falcon chicks have fledged or hatched in 2018 at Acadia including four at Valley Cove, two on Jordan Cliffs and two on the cliffs of Ironbound Island — up from a total of 5 in 2017 but less than 11 in 2016.
At least three peregrine falcon chicks have hatched at Valley Cove in Acadia National Park this year, but a nest was unsuccessful at the Precipice and a third site at Jordan Cliffs may also have failed, according to the park's wildlife biologist.
Based on a recent observation, Bruce Connery, wildlife biologist at Acadia, said in an email that he believes at least three peregrine falcon chicks have hatched at Valley Cove, and are set to fledge in about three weeks. There could also be perhaps more chicks at Valley Cove, he added.
"At Valley Cove, we had thought there were at least two chicks, but based on the observations I did this morning, I believe there were at least three chicks…about 14 days old," Connery wrote in an email on Saturday.
It is unclear when the park will reopen hiking trails that are closed annually to help protect the nesting falcons and chicks. The park usually waits for the falcon chicks to fly for four to five weeks before reopening the trails, usually by early August.
Falcon chicks usually don't fly for the first time until late June or July 1.
The Precipice Trail will remain closed because of a broken bridge and handrail, Connery wrote. It will take at least two weeks to get materials, haul them to the site and then construct the new bridge.
This entry was posted in Acadia National Park, Features, Hiking, News, Wildlife and tagged @mobile, acadia-national-park, bruce-connery, kevin-schneider, mickey-shortt, peregrine-falcon-chicks, peregrine-falcons, precipice-trail, valley-cove-trail on May 28, 2018 by Acadia on my mind.
Since the late 1990s, enthusiastic birders have been flocking to Mount Desert Island every year, to celebrate the diversity of songbirds, seabirds and raptors found in Acadia National Park and surrounding areas.
Now, as the Acadia Birding Festival marks its 20th anniversary from May 31 to June 3, the gathering comes at a time of urgency, as a new Audubon and National Park Service study identifies as many as 66 species of Acadia birds that could become locally extinct by the year 2050, if nothing is done to reduce the impacts of climate change.
This year has been declared the Year of the Bird, to mark the 100th anniversary of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act that protects birds, and sound the alarm about climate change's potential impact and other environmental threats, with the hope of preventing species from becoming modern-day equivalents of the canary in a coal mine.
In an interview, Becky Marvil, executive director of the Acadia Birding Festival, said it is disheartening to see the findings of studies such as the effects of climate change on birds in U.S. National Parks. As more and more data are released, it appears the consequences of climate change could be more damaging to birds than anyone imagined, she said.
Marvil said the Year of the Bird is important because it brings awareness to birds and the importance of habitat, conservation, and the environment.
"It's a year of thinking of all the things that affect birds," agreed Michael J. Good, a Registered Maine Guide and owner of Down East Nature Tours, and founder of the Acadia Birding Festival. And that means not only addressing climate change and conservation of habitat, but also cleaning up plastic, which seabirds can mistake for food, leading to death, he said in an interview.
Among the Acadia birds expected to be celebrated at the birding festival, according to festival trip descriptions, but also at risk of becoming locally extinct (extirpated) in summer or winter by 2050 if no steps are taken to address climate change, according to climate change researchers: Bald Eagle; Yellow-bellied Flycatcher; Pileated Woodpecker; Common Raven; and Common Loon.
This entry was posted in Acadia National Park, Features, News and tagged @mobile, acadia-birding-festival, acadia-national-park, peregrine-falcons, things-to-see-and-do, wildlife on May 13, 2018 by Acadia on my mind.
Baker Island, a remote part of Acadia National Park, occupies a longtime special spot in the lore of the park.
The region's first lighthouse was constructed on the Acadia island and its first keeper was the head of the self-reliant Gilley family that settled Baker in the early 1800s. Hikers enjoy the island for its mystical views of the Acadia mountains on the horizon on a clear day, unusually large sand bar and reef and paths through grassy fields around the coast. People are attracted by the light tower, an Acadia ranger-narrated boat trip and walking tour of the island from mid-June through early September, and giant slabs of granite on the south shore called the dance floor, once used by smooth-stepping rusticators and recently by at least one local swing group.
Now, Cornelia J. Cesari, whose family has owned one of only two private homes on the Acadia island for more than 30 years, has written the first comprehensive history of the island.
In her book, called "Baker Island," Cesari writes that the island is "an out-of-worldly experience, a timeless Brigadoon" and a historical hub for fishermen, locals, tourists, summer people, artists, academics, military families and naturalists.
Cesari said she was driven to write the book because the island affects the lives of many people and its complete 200-plus year history was never previously written. Visitors often approach her on Baker Island and tell her how much it means to them, or become rapt when she tells stories about the island, she said.
The island is known largely because of its light tower and the pioneering Gilley family that settled there.
Charles W. Eliot, the youngest ever president of Harvard and a summer resident of Mount Desert Island who helped create the national park, was so fascinated by the island's history that he wrote what is now called "John Gilley, One of the Forgotten Millions," a little tome, originally published in 1899, that tells the history of the family that settled the island.
Cesari's book, part of Arcadia Publishing's Images of America series, expands on Eliot's research and brings the history up to the moment.
A view of mountains in Acadia National Park from the north shore of Baker Island.
This entry was posted in Acadia National Park, Features, Hiking, History, News and tagged @mobile, acadia-national-park, baker-island, baker-island-lighthouse, cornelia-cesari, frank-faulkingham, hannah-gilley, henry-kolm, henry-wadsworth-longfellow, keepers-of-baker-island, little-cranberry-island, william-gilley on May 5, 2018 by Acadia on my mind.


• At Beneath Ceaseless Skies: "The Black Veil" by M. Bennardo. Fantasy.
"As Constant Sterry slipped exhausted from his saddle, the last he saw was that same figure approaching, outstretched hands sheathed in thin black gloves with lacework as fine as any to be found."
• At Beneath Ceaseless Skies: "Now Ix, He Was a Lover" by Hannah Strom-Martin. Fantasy.
"Ela nodded mechanically. The loom clicked: a new blanket for her bed. Feride had got the wool from Kismé and it was pink: the color of a swollen lip."
• At Weird Fiction Review: "The Divinity Student: Part Four" by Michael Cisco.
"No good trying to concentrate, his mind chasing after a dozen different things, just killing time. Is Ollimer actually his contact — why wait around? The Clown was sent to teach him how to use the box, make him ready to play it for Magellan."
At Daily Science Fiction: "Finally Free" by Frances Silversmith. Fantasy.
At Every Day Fiction: "Robot for Sale" by Scott Shipp. Science Fiction.
At Flashes in the Dark: "The Tomb of Nagaresh" by David Nordahl. Horror.
At Nature: "Reach for the Stars" by Priya Chand. Science Fiction.
• At Beneath Ceaseless Skies: "The Goblin King's Concubine" by Raphael Ordoñez, read by Dan Rabarts. Fantasy.
"Maugreth was roused by the concubine in the darkness before dawn. He threw off the chitinous coverlet of mushroom velvet and sat up. He was still half-asleep. The sound of a distant horn rolled through the forest, echoed by another note from nearer at hand. "Eh? What is it? What?" he grunted, groping for his sword."
• At Chilling Tales for Dark Nights: "The Grab" by Richard Laymon, read by Matt Grant. Horror.
"In this twisted tale, a man and his good friend Clark visit a country bar in a small town, which boasts of an attraction called "The Grab." The attraction is concealed inside a padlocked box at the end of the bar, and it only costs $10 to play. When Clark opts to display his alpha-male attitude by committing to give it a try without knowing what's inside the box, he bites off more than he can chew."


The #BelowDeckMed deckhand is going all in on yachting.
The Below Deck Mediterranean crewmembers have had some pretty interesting jobs before making their way into yachting. But the prize for the hottest career definitely has to go to Bobby Giancola, who continues to work as a firefighter EMT today.
But now that Bobby has gotten a taste of the yacht life as a deckhand this season of Below Deck Med, he's currently in the process of becoming a full-time yachtie. "Yes, still in the process," Bobby updated The Daily Dish about his future plans. "I'm still at the fire department right now. I'm kind of just trying to tie up some loose ends there with the [time] trades I had to pay back for working."
However, we should see Bobby back on the high seas in no time. "But I really loved yachting, and now that I've got new yachting friends down in Fort Lauderdale, I'm in the works right now of moving down there and getting on a yacht," he said.
We can only imagine that Bobby's fellow firefighters will be sad to see him go, but they still have his back when it comes to this career move. "[They're] 100 percent supportive. They're my biggest backers. They're awesome," Bobby said of what the guys back at the firehouse think of his time on Below Deck Med during his appearance on Tuesday night's Watch What Happens Live (clip above). "Obviously, they give me a ton of digs all day long. But you got a bunch of guys at the fire department watching Bravo, and it's fun."
Bobby giving Andy Cohen his old fire helmet on WWHL basically makes his departure from that line of work official, anyway.
But for those of you who will miss gawking at Bobby in uniform, at least we'll always have these photos to admire.
It's a good thing Bobby is on board the Ionian Princess this season of Below Deck Med because things are just starting to heat up. See what we mean in the clip, below.
What Did the Below Deck Med Crew Do Before Yachting?


It's a new condition that I know you wish you had! I discovered this medical problem as I was hand washing those dishes that you can't wash in the dishwasher but wish you could. As I plunged my hand into the soft, soapy suds I felt a sharp pain in my middle finger. I lifted up my hand to discover that it was turning purple. As I gazed at this lovely shade of lilac, it began to swell. Seriously! I watched my knuckle grow as fast as Devin's quiet babble can turn into ear piercing wales that make my brain spin in my head.
How odd! I don't remember hurting it. I was simply touching dishsoap bubbles! I tried to finish the job while ignoring my ever growing finger. It hurt to bend the joint so this task was made more difficult.
My finger began to throb if I let my it drop. So, for the rest of the evening I walked around with my elbow bent and my hand up towards my face. It made the night more challenging as I fulfilled my motherly duties. You try changing a baby's diaper with an unbendable and undroppable finger! The task is already difficult because said baby instantly arches his back, throws his hips from side to side, and screams as if you are forcing him to go through the birth canal once again. I do believe he thinks the birthing descent would be much more enjoyable than getting a clean bum!
I went to sleep with my hand resting on my forehead. This was the only position that gave me relief and allowed sleep to come. In the morning my finger no longer hurt. But it bore a purple dis colorization for the next several days. I think my bottle of antibacterial apple blossom Dawn should have a warning label that reads, "Washing dishes may cause spontaneous contusions!"


A group of migrating swans pass Mount Meager, Pemberton Meadows, British Columbia, Canada.
A small pink flower in melting snow at Woerthsee lake near the Bavarian village of Inning, Germany.
A rat forages for bird seed in a snowy garden in Pontrhydfendigaid, Ceredigion, Wales.
Tree sparrows at the Leas and Whitburn coastal park in South Tyneside, UK, where the National Trust has said that the birds have bounced back from the brink at the nature reserve created on the site of an abandoned colliery.
A thirsty timber wolf, Lithuania.
A family of capybaras in the Pantanal wetlands, in Mato Grosso state, Brazil.


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by Allan J. McDonald and James R. Hansen
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What they didn't want you to know
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"A major contribution to a difficult episode in the history of human spaceflight."--Roger D. Launius, Division of Space History, Smithsonian Institution
"McDonald tells the heartbreaking tale of how he saw his words of warning ignored, and the fateful consequences of that decision."--Donald C. Elder III, Eastern New Mexico University
On a cold January morning in 1986, NASA launched the Space Shuttle Challenger, despite warnings against doing so by many individuals, including Allan McDonald. The fiery destruction of Challenger on live television moments after launch remains an indelible image in the nation's collective memory.
In Truth, Lies, and O-Rings, McDonald, a skilled engineer and executive, relives the tragedy from where he stood at Launch Control Center. As he fought to draw attention to the real reasons behind the disaster, he was the only one targeted for retribution by both NASA and his employer, Morton Thiokol, Inc., makers of the shuttle's solid rocket boosters. In this whistle-blowing yet rigorous and fair-minded book, McDonald, with the assistance of internationally distinguished aerospace historian James R. Hansen, addresses all of the factors that led to the accident, some of which were never included in NASA's Failure Team report submitted to the Presidential Commission.
Truth, Lies, and O-Rings is the first look at the Challenger tragedy and its aftermath from someone who was on the inside, recognized the potential disaster, and tried to prevent it. It also addresses the early warnings of very severe debris issues from the first two post-Challenger flights, which ultimately resulted in the loss of Columbia some fifteen years later.
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Q: Store time in variable In my query I want to store the current system time  in b variable so that I can compare the variable with another time to execute the following conditions.. Please help me in my coding..
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A: You could try something like:
Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
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Q: Can someone explain the purpose of CSS frameworks and why we use them? So in class, we've been applying css frameworks like Bootstrap, Foundation, Normalize.css but I do not understand what the point is of using them. Can someone briefly explain WHY they are used? How am I supposed to know which framework to use? For example, let's say I made a basic HTML file for my blog and I want to style it. Would I need to use a framework? How would I know which to use? How is it different from just styling on my own from scratch? I know these seem like stupid, ridiculous questions but I just started learning CSS a month ago and do not understand what frameworks like Bootstrap, Foundation, Normalize, etc. are and the purpose of them. Someone please explain as if how they would explain to a little child so I understand? Thanks.

A: A bit of an opinion-based question, but in short: developers are lazy and it takes time to code sites that are mobile-ready, consistent across browsers, and are easy to manage as browsers get updated.
With frameworks, developers need not waste time figuring any of this out.
For example, with Bootstrap, using the grid system, it is possible to make mobile-ready sites with minimal media queries and complex CSS rules.
Using other people's code, which has been tested on production environments and is constantly being patched and updated, saves a lot of time and a lot of bugs down the road.

A: You can think of frameworks (in any language, not just CSS) as a bunch of existing reusable codes you can readily use for your own projects. They essentially make your life easier because you don't have to reinvent the wheel anymore. Simply put, frameworks are a bunch of tested reusable codes for common tasks.

A: The purpose is to avoid having to make your CSS from scratch. There are a LOT of CSS activities that most people do over and over. If you look at a wide variety of sites, you'll notice similarities in the way information is presented. As a result, if you're going to be presenting information using one of those standard layouts, it's vastly easier to simply use a CSS framework than roll your own version.
Also, different browsers have different default CSS settings. Using a CSS framework will provide a CSS reset as part of what they do. This helps ensure that what you see in one browser is what will be seen in all browsers. This helps you spend more time building your site and less time trying to figure out why the display is different in a particular version of IE, for example.

A: frameworks comes with lots of features like grid, components, typography along with good browser compatibility so you can simple use them instead of creating them from scratch. It totally based on project requirement that what framework you should use. Apart from bootstrap and Foundation there are more great out there created by few geeks.


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Published on September 7th, 2016 | by Guest Contributor
Smart Water Heaters As Energy Storage Options — Hawaii Case Study
September 7th, 2016 by Guest Contributor
By Kelly Murphy
Many know that rooftop PV penetration in Hawaii far surpasses almost anywhere else in the world. Given the state's 100% renewables mandate by 2045, the pace to explore and quickly implement renewable energy in Hawaii has exposed many challenges and has forced them to the "bleeding edge" of the newest technologies. This forced progress now includes accelerated installation of various forms of energy storage, particularly at the grid-edge. This situation underscores the growing importance of cost-effective and scalable energy storage and its synergy to greater solar generation.
Importantly, a draft NARUC Distributive Energy Resources Compensation Manual says: "Energy storage can be used as a resource to add stability, control, and reliability to the electric grid. Historically, storage technologies have not been widely used because it has not been cost competitive with cheaper sources of power, such as fossil fuels. However, given the recent decline in cost as well as improved storage technologies, storage has become an option that is able to compete."
Our answer is focus your study on Hawaii, because of all the locations across the planet, Hawaii is transitioning faster than anywhere else from a huge and risky over dependency on imported fossil fuels, particularly for electricity generation.
That was the strategy that our company committed to (PDF) just 4 years ago, and it paid off as Hawaiian Electric began deploying our smart water heater solution about a year ago as its very first residential behind-the-meter real-time energy storage.
Hawaii Energy Situation
For perspective, Hawaii is heavily dependent upon oil and gas for its electricity. In past years, total oil imports cost the average person in Hawaii as much as $3000/person/year, but as crude prices dropped by more than half, the money bleeding out of the islands also receded.
Hawaiian Electric's regulatory filings show that its price for low sulfur fuel oil prices dropped from $135.10/bbl in August 2014 to the current $58.44/bbl. For residential customers on Oahu, that collapse in oil prices took their $0.367/kWh electricity rate in August 2 years ago to $0.267 today. In other words, the drop in price of imported oil converted to a drop of $50/month in the monthly electricity bill for an average customer using 500 kWh/month.
Not so coincidentally, the incredible rise in oil prices that peaked in 2008, and again in August 2 years ago, spurred a torrent of legislative and regulatory activity in Hawaii. For instance, in 2007, Hawaii became the second state in the nation to set a binding cap on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through Act 234, a policy to reduce GHG emissions statewide to 1990 levels by the year 2020.
Hawaii's Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) that was established in 2001 was amended during the 2006 legislative session to require that 20% of electricity sales be produced from renewable resources by 2020. In June 2015, Governor Ige signed a bill strengthening Hawaii's commitment to clean energy by directing the state's utilities to generate 100% of their electricity sales from renewable energy resources by 2045.
As further background, the Hawaiian Islands have 6 electrical grids, and none are connected to any other island. Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO) and its subsidiaries, Maui Electric (MECO) and Hawaii Electric Light Company (HELCO), serve about 93% of the state's electric utility customers. The island of Kauai is served by Kauai Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC).
Hawaii's transition to 100% renewables
Under Hawaii's Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS), each electric utility company must meet the following percentages of "renewable electrical energy" sales:
30% of its net electricity sales by December 31, 2020
100% of its net electricity sales by December 31, 2045
The PUC stated earlier this year that RPS compliance stood at 23%. KIUC has already spent a total of $350 million to get where it is right now, and plans to get to 60% renewable energy by 2020 and 70% by 2030. Hawaiian Electric plans to get to 46% renewable energy by 2020 and 67% by 2030. It also was recently reported that it will cost $8 billion in infrastructure upgrades alone on Oahu.
As mentioned, in the spring and up until September 2014, oil was continuing to push residential electricity bills to highly unsustainable levels. Hawaiian Electric (just like most utilities) periodically updates its Integrated Resource Planning (IRP). Yet in April 28, 2014, in an unprecedented action, the Public Utility Commission (PUC) rejected HECO Companies' IRP Report and associated Action Plans and issued 4 new orders, including within Order 32052 Appendix A "Inclinations on the Future of Hawaii's Electric Utilities" which was both guidance and a roadmap to move Hawaii to a grid of the future. The PUC also set a late summer deadline for the HECO Companies to file several new and very exhaustive reports. Among those reports that HECO was required to file:
A Power Supply Improvement Plan (PSIP) for each of the 3 separate HECO companies that addressed critical power supply resource issues including system reliability issues
A Distributed Generation Interconnection Plan (DGIP) that addressed critical distribution system upgrade planning issues
A Demand Response portfolio plan (IDRPP) that utilize DR in lieu of conventional generation
During the 2 years that followed, over a dozen associated PUC Dockets added thousands of pages of studies and documents to support the PUC's "Inclination" guidelines and goals, yet the key report was always the PSIP. That initial August 26, 2014 PSIP filing (at 1600 pages) was informally rejected by the Commission. Later, after a careful review, the Commission issued Order No. 33320 on November 4, 2015, where it stated that it found several shortcomings in the PSIPs that need to be addressed. The Commission ordered the Hawaiian Electric Companies to file a Revision Plan that month and ordered HECO to file updated PSIPs by April 1, 2016 — which it did.
In a June 20, 2016 submittal, HECO told the PUC that it incurred, but never sought recovery for, approximately $5 million in outside consultant costs for development of the PSIPs submitted into August 2014, and approximately $700,000 was incurred in beginning the planning and update work required in late 2015. The outside consultants began their work on the interim and updated PSIPs in late 2015. So, through May 2016, the companies incurred approximately $3,578,632 in PSIP consultant outside services costs and estimated they will incur an additional $2,188,893 from June 2016 through year end.
This is a gold mine waiting to be prospected by utilities, because if HECO is correct, the research contained in the Docket has nearly $10 million in consulting evaluations and reports from companies like Energy and Environmental Economics (E3), Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and others contained within the 11,000 pages PSIP Docket alone. In addition, further critical information will be added after the 2 Technical Conferences scheduled by the PUC before the final HECO PSIP is submitted at year end.
This is the motherlode, but there are at least another dozen other supporting Dockets that contain thousands of other pages of analysis and rich veins of lessons learned. Part of the reason that those sources are so valuable is the little-known fact that Hawaii was first or among the first to investigate and institute programs, and certainly the first to face some of the expected and unexpected consequences. For instance, Feed-in-tariffs (FIT) as a renewable energy procurement mechanism were initiated in September 2009 and ended in December 2015. However, future revisions or modifications could be addressed either in Docket No. 2014-0192 (DER policies) or in Docket No. 2014-0183 (the HECO Companies' PSIPs).
Hawaiian Electric was also the first to:
Face "feeder constraints"
With DOE help it collaborated with NREL and SolarCity to expand those limits
Experience the end of net metering (October 12, 2015), which was replaced 2 new programs known as Customer Grid-Supply and Customer Self-Supply
Experience "System Holding Capacity" limits when in July HELCO joined MECO in hitting their upside limits first mentioned by former PUC Commissioner Mike Champley in March this year
Hawaiian Electric also proposed a Time-of-Use to the PUC, and a recent working paper by University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization (UHERO) modeled it into 3 different scenarios and said:
To maximize the success and benefits of implementing a TOU program, our study underscores two critical considerations. The first is the importance of enabling technologies providing for greater potential load shifting, both in regards to information and automation, and the second is the importance of customer participation in achieving efficiency goals in electricity generation.
Energy storage and smart water heaters
UHERO's model results point to the importance of appliances in a residential household's decision to shift load. The difference in percentage change during TOU periods between the Appliance and Literature Scenarios suggest that although a certain amount of appliance load is potentially switchable, residents are unlikely to switch that amount of their appliance load, especially without enabling technologies.
The UHERO paper also included some graphs which we see as pointing to the value of smart water heaters — substantial load with significant usage during the critical late afternoon ramp.
Source: UHERO, http://www.uhero.hawaii.edu/assets/TOURates_8-2.pdf
Olin Lagon, Founder and CEO of Shifted Energy, a 2014 and 2015 Energy Excelerator cohort company
This entire first ever deployment – anywhere – of Grid Integrated Water Heaters (GIWH) technology would not have happened without Olin Lagon and his company Shifted Energy. Olin is a software architect with a string of patents who has a long history of social responsibility. Born and raised in Hawaii's public housing this founder and former director of non-profit Kanu Hawaii is putting his love of technology directly to work. Olin formed Shifted Energy and joined the Energy Excelerator specifically to help leverage GIWH. He is convinced that GIWH is the single most cost-effective and scalable renewable technology that will directly benefit all stakeholders. Working directly with Hawaiian Electric, Olin and the Energy Excelerator helped fund this first deployment in western Oahu and Olin took personal responsibility ("kuleana" in Hawaii) working hands-on over the past year with plumbers and electricians during installation and start up.
In July, Olin was honored to participate in Microsoft's World Partner Conference in Toronto (if interested, see the portion in this clip from 1:20 – 1:54).
Adding Renewables
Our final suggestions to utilities anticipating adding renewables to their power generation mix:
Again, focus on HECO's PSIP because it states the issues, paths to solutions, and offers lessons already learned in the world's most critical hotspot for renewable integration
Devote at least a modest budget and direct consultants to
Acquire the know-how to help solve looming problems by sifting through Hawaii's acquired knowledge, facts, techniques and lessons already learned
Examine and break information into digestible pieces
Compile the information into patterns of solutions
Expect of them a critical analysis beyond the fact finding
Mining these data results in high quality learning outcomes and solid "next steps," all stemming from the real life challenges, experiences, and solutions ongoing in Hawaii.
About the author: Kelly Murphy, Business Development Specialist for Steffes, is responsible for the "go to market" and sales strategies for a patented and cost-effective electric energy storage system known as GETS. HECO selected the GETS System for their very 1st behind-the-meter (non-battery) residential energy storage deployment which began about a year ago. Kelly's background includes co-founding a venture capital funded energy startup company as well as being a peer reviewer for a landmark DOE study that concluded that renewable generation when combined with flexible systems is capable of supplying 80% of our total electricity energy needs in the US by 2050.
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Everyone from the Boise, Idaho area is familiar with the scenic Boise River next to the Boise State University campus, but only a few insiders know about a hidden stream located downtown at the intersection of Broadway and Front streets. The artificial stream, called a "flume," can be found on the ground floor of the Idaho Water Center and is the site of a collaborative research initiative by scientists from Boise State and the University of Idaho (UI). The project is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
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This Museum Collection gobelin cushion cover shows Spring, a famous illustration by Alphonse Mucha, (24 July 1860 – 14 July 1939), and part of a line of 4 cushions showing the 4 seasons. Mucha was a Czech Art Nouveau painter and decorative artist known best for his distinct style. He produced many paintings, illustrations, advertisements, postcards, and designs.


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[233] message from the president of the united states, transmitting a convention between the united states and great britain, to facilitae the construction of a ship canal to connect the atlantic and pacific oceans, signed at washington, november 18, 1901.
White House,
Washington, December 4, 1901.
Filipino seamen held not to be citizens of the United States (Documents 182-185)
Exclusion of British and Australasian vessels from trade between the United States and Hawaii (Documents 186-188)
Protection of American interests by British consul in the Kongo Free State (Documents 189-192)
Passport applications of persons claiming United States citizenship through naturalization of parents (Documents 193-194)
Death of Queen Victoria (Documents 195-204)
Accession of Edward VII (Document 205)
Exclusion of Chinese persons from the Philippine Islands (Documents 206-207)
Visit of U. S. S. Brooklyn to Australia and New Zealand on occasion of tour of Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (Documents 208-211)
Erection of tablet in memory of Frederick W. Ramsden, late British consul-general at Santiago de Cubaa (Documents 212-213)
Claims of United States citizens v. Great Britain on account of deportation from South Africa (Documents 214-218)
Supplementary treaty of extradition between the United States and Great Britain (Document 218a)
Protection by United States consul of British interests in the Azores (Documents 219-220)
Rights of British subjects in Cuba are not governed by treaties, either with the United States or Spain, but by alien law of 1870 (Documents 221-222)
Courtesies shown U. S. S. Hartford in Scotland (Document 223)
Award by Great Britain of £600 to Charles Lillywhite, a naturalized United States citizen, on account of his arrest, false imprisonment, and deportation from New Zealand to England (Documents 224-230)
Interoceanic canala (Document 232a)
Reprint of Senate Document No. 85, Fifty-seventh Congress, first session.↩


See the potential - Lovely Etc.
Today's message – look past the dirt and junkiness and find the potential.
I love yard sales and all the treasures they hold. But as I'm sure you know, most of the treasures start out looking like…well, just a bunch of junk.
Yard sales are the perfect place to really fuel your creativity. When I see something at a yard sale, I immediately begin thinking about what it could become.
Perhaps it just needs a fresh coat of paint or a good cleaning. But my favorite finds often end up becoming something totally different from what they were originally intended to be. The trick is to not just see what something is but what it can become.
Here are some of my own favorite transformations.
So what are your favorite yard sale transformations? Is it easy for you to see the potential in a piece of junk or does it take lots of effort and pinterest searching to come up with a great idea?
I too love to go to yard sales. Check out my finds on my blog.
Hi Carrie … Love yard sales too and fun to find stuff to re-purpose. You do a really fine job of that.
This was a really awesome series, thank you so much for putting it out there! We just bought our first house out in the suburbs, and I am so excited to start yard-saleing! We moved out of a super tiny apartment into a reasonably sized house, so now we need some furniture to fill the place up!
Jessi, how exciting to have a new house to make your own! I understand needing furniture for sure. When we bought our first house, we had a bed and dresser and that was pretty much it. Have fun hitting up yard sales – just remember to be patient. Sometimes it takes a little while to find something really great!
One of my recent finds was a black metal plant stand, about 3' tall, with 4 tiered sections that swing out from each other – brand new for $5! It will make a perfect buffet serving piece with bowls set in the stand in place of plants!
If you cater or regularly host large gatherings, yard sales are the BEST place to find unique serving items, platters, you name it for CHEAP!
What a great find and I love your idea for using it! You are so right – yard sales are a fabulous place for finding great serving pieces.


30th December 2017-Took Bracken and Paisley to Luton CA where Paisley was 2nd in the Puppy Stakes winning £20 and Bracken was 4th in the Open Stakes winning £3. In the breed classes Bracken was 2nd in Open but Paisley was 1st in Puppy and Best Puppy in Breed and beating her Mum to Reserve Best of Breed. Paisley also went on to win Puppy Group 3.
7th December 2017-Bracken had a great day on our local shoot today and did some great work beating and picking up.


Manora, also known as Nora Chatri, is a folk dance-drama tradition practiced by the Thai community in the north Malaysian states of Kelantan, Kedah and Penang, as well as throughout southern Thailand. A Manora performance incorporates stylised dance, singing, comedy, and drama.
Ritual elements are strong in this performance tradition, which is often performed on special occasions such as Buddhist temple ceremonies and the initiation or coming of age rites of a dancer. Manora is also held at community gatherings such as weddings and public festivals.
The word manora derives from a Buddhist jataka tale about Manora, a heavenly bird-princess who falls in love with a human prince, Phra Suthon. This tale forms the basis of the tradition's main dance sequence in which the principal dancer, as Phra Suthon, performs a courting dance with Manora and her heavenly sisters. Dance movements are characterised by backward-bent fingers and outstretched arms, alternating subtle and sudden gestures that are said to reflect those of a mythical bird. The opening dance is followed by a lakon (dramatic sequence), during which various stories are performed by the principal dancer, a pair of clowns and supporting actors.
In Kelantan, the Manora has incorporated many characteristics of Kelantanese Malay traditions, particularly the Mak Yong. The musical instruments of Manora usually comprise of gendang, geduk, gedumbak, gong, canang, kesi, wooden clappers, and serunai. PUSAKA works closely with Kumpulan Manora Cit Manit Kg. Bukit Yong, led by the principal dancer, Manora Ah Tid.


Mary Hamilton, Partner, is a member of the Wills, Estates + Trusts and Charities + Non-Profit Practice Groups at Alexander Holburn. Mary has almost 30 years of experience in matters relating to wills, trusts and estate administration. She has held senior positions with various wills, estates and trusts groups in Vancouver and was named Vancouver Trusts and Estates Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers in 2011 and 2017. Mary spends a significant part of her time advising executors, administrators and trustees about the probate process, administration of estates and trusts, and helping them pass their accounts. Mary lectures frequently to client groups, lawyers, the charitable sector, and to the public on topics pertaining to wills, estates, incapacity and charitable giving. She also shares her expertise with other lawyers in British Columbia co-authoring an annotated precedent book on wills and co-editing practice manuals on both estate planning and estate administration. Mary has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in Canada since 2006, and is also ranked BV distinguished by Martindale-Hubbell.


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На 18 февруари 2022 г. Абу е обявен за ново попълнение на Царско село. Дебютира на 20 февруари при загубата с 1:2 като домакин на Берое.

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Graften One was born from the irresistible desire to create, it is the result of two years of dedicated work. From the beginning our goal was create a moden and professional 3D printer of the highest quality at an affordable price. For this reason it was built without compromising on materials and components. We were fascinated with the popularity of 3D printing. We wanted to show how easy and comfortable using a professional 3D printer can be. Extremely intuitive and dedicated software can be used via tablet – like – devices compatible with WiFi. Software is uploaded in printer cloud and runned on other control devices (without any installation) via a web browser like web program.
-M2 – Two printheads which allow combining unlimited types of materials in one printing proccess.
Graften One positively impressed many demanding tests, thus it easily meets the highest of user expectations. Our flagship model was appreciated by scientists of a university, professional racing teams, 3D printer farms and many other people who took part in beta tests.


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New Warner Bros. Entertainment CEO Ann Sarnoff Is the Woman WarnerMedia Needs
With Sarnoff, WarnerMedia CEO John Stankey signals the importance of direct-to-consumer streaming for the studio's future.
Anne Thompson
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Ann Sarnoff
Warner Media
When it came to replacing Warner Bros. Entertainment chairman and CEO Kevin Tsujihara, Ann Sarnoff wasn't on the list of usual suspects. WarnerMedia CEO John Stankey entrusted a swath of powerful men to oversee his media combine — News and Sports chairman Jeff Zucker, NBC Entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt, and WarnerMedia Direct-to-Consumer chief content officer Kevin Reilly among them — and it might have seemed that he would hire someone similar. Instead, he found his reliable and trustworthy executive who can direct the film and television studio into the digital future in Sarnoff, the New York-based BBC Studios Americas president who is now the first chairwoman and CEO of Warner Bros.
Tsujihara left under the cloud of an extramarital affair that had him seeking acting roles for an ingenue, and Stankey wanted to see a woman in the top film job at WarnerMedia. Headhunters found Sarnoff, who was less high-profile than the other names in circulation for the post. Other candidates speculated to be in the mix included Universal and Fox grad Stacey Snider, ex-Disney/ABC honcho Anne Sweeney, former Yahoo chief Marissa Mayer, and Vice Media CEO Nancy Dubuc.
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The choice of Sarnoff reveals that Warner Media is prioritizing their upcoming streaming service: She built the BBC's North American direct-to-consumer streaming service BritBox into a massive success with 800,000 subscribers. She conceived and launched a streaming service from scratch, negotiating all the partnerships involved, including a content share partnership with ITV, ensuring that it was on Roku from the start. (Doomed Filmstruck took nine months.) In her new role, she has a mandate to fill the studio's new streaming service with combined content from Warners and HBO in a state that's ready to compete with the likes of Netflix, Amazon, Apple, and Disney+.
Instead of supervising such BBC brands as "Doctor Who," "BBC Earth," and "Top Gear," Sarnoff will now shepherd the DC, Harry Potter, and Looney Tunes brands, along with television and interactive entertainment. A graduate of Georgetown and Harvard Business School, Sarnoff's experience over 30 years ranges from running consumer products and business development at Nickelodeon, COO of the Women's Basketball Association, and president of Dow Jones Ventures.
Finally, even if Sarnoff is relatively low-profile in Hollywood, there are not many executives, male or female, who can boast expertise in production, marketing, branding and distribution of film, television, and interactive entertainment.
Sarnoff will be based in Los Angeles and will join the Warner Media team later this summer. Both Warner film chief Toby Emmerich and TV chief Peter Roth will report to Sarnoff.
Additional reporting by Christian Blauvelt.
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Rustic 19th-century antiques are mixed with sleek mid-century modern in the quirky King's Cross home of two designers.
Fashion designers Antoni Burakowski and Alison Roberts, aka , run their studio from their four-storey Georgian home in Southwark, London – all raw brick, exposed beams and reclaimed furniture. The house was rotten when they bought it. "The surveyors said, walk away, but we fell in love with it," says Antoni. A handsome panelled wood front door, which leads directly on to the ground-floor reception, replaced an ordinary-looking door from B&Q.