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» Lenny Kravitz
December 23, 1967 —
How is this for a storybook marriage?
Their eyes met across the crowded room. He: a big-nosed, freshly-divorced, short Frenchman. She: a former model, a statuesque Italian with a string of rock-n-roll boyfriends. It wasn't exactly love at first sight. For her, at least.
But the Frenchman, being the persistent bugger that he is, persisted. And soon the Italian saw past the visuals and embraced her new lover. It wasn't that difficult at the end. Not when you are pursued by the President of France.
Now, we're not concerned with the tabloid details of their relationship; we're concerned whether the relationship's principals are Jewish. Nicolas Sarkozy, as we already established, does have some Jewish roots. But what about his bride, the marvelous Carla Bruni? Here's where it gets fuzzy, and again not without tabloid headlines.
Bruni's paternal grandfather was an Italian Jew who married a Catholic and converted to Christianity during World War II (considering the time, it's somewhat understandable). So that should make the magnificent Carla a quarter Jewish, except...
According to Carla, her father, composer Alberto Bruni Tedeschi, is not her biological parent. She is a product of a tryst between her mother and Brazilian grocery magnate Maurizio Remmert, which will likely make her not Jewish at all.
Carla also says that she is "easily bored with monogamy", and now there are rumors of infidelity on both sides.
So much for a storybook marriage.
Verdict: Sadly, not a Jew.
Dorrit Moussaieff
Dominique Ouattara


One of the many Marvel Netflix series that has fans binge-watching every few months is Luke Cage, based on the popular "hero for hire" from the streets of Harlem. Joining the series for the second season is The Deuce star Mustafa Shakir, who plays the villain Bushmaster.
Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter, Shakir spoke about the challenges of getting into character as the Bushmaster and why the character finally "clicked" for him on the fourth day of shooting.
"For me, my first order of business was to scour as many film documentaries, interviews, what have you, about Jamaica and Jamaican accents, to just really inundate myself with the culture. I did that for a bit. I listened to a lot of Nyabinghi music, which is Jamaican gospel. And for some reason, more than anything else, that sort of brought out this feeling and this vibe about who this character is about. All of that prep, that research and what have you, was cool, but the first day of shooting I was still [uncertain]. Until you do it, you just don't know it.


DENVER — The Colorado Symphony will perform the score of "Star Wars" film "The Empire Strikes Back" live. Two performances will be held at the 1stBank Center in Broomfield in March.
A screening of the film is included with the performance, according to Live for Live Music.
There will be performances on March 23 and 24. Both will be held at 2 p.m., according to AXS.
Tickets go on sale Friday, Dec. 21 at 10 a.m. Mountain Time. They can be purchased through Altitude Tickets. Prices range from $46 to $85 before fees. Pre-sale tickets are available. The 1stBank Center said they can be accessed through its Facebook page.
"The Empire Strikes Back" was released in 1980. John Williams scored the movie. The composer was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score.
The Symphony recently announced that it would perform the score to "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" live at the Denver Performing Arts Complex in January.


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Taylor Swift fans spot Scooter Braun shade in 'Love Story' Match ad, more news
By Wonderwall.com Editors 3:19pm PST, Dec 2, 2020
Why Taylor Swift's fans think she dissed Scooter Braun in Ryan Reynolds'-penned ad
On Wednesday, Dec. 2, Taylor Swift's fans woke up to a little treat from the singer — a tidbit of her new version of "Love Story," from the six albums she vowed to re-record after her nemesis, Scooter Braun, acquired the masters to her back catalog, thereby taking over rights to make money on her original music. "Okay so while my new re-records are NOT done," she tweeted, "my friend @VancityReynolds asked me if he could use a snippet of one for a LOLsome commercial he wrote so…here's a sneak peak of Love Story! Working hard to get the music to you soon!!" The clip is an ad for Match.com, written by Ryan Reynolds, in which lonely old Satan finds true love with the year 2020 (for reasons we need not re-hash here). As Taylor's new music plays in the background, romance blossoms between the new couple, who at one point, stop in front of a dumpster fire for an emoji-ready selfie. Cue the "aws" and "LOLs" but before you let the video play past the 1:13 mark, take note of what Taylor's fans are pretty sure is one of her increasingly bold Easter eggs. To fans, this one's hiding in plain sight. Behind the evil twosome of 2020 and the devil, off to the side of the dumpster fire is — wait for it — a scooter, knocked over on its side. Behind it? The number "6" — the same number of Taylor's albums that Scooter got in his Big Machine Label Group deal — is scrawled on a wall in graffiti. As one fan put it on Twitter: "The fallen Scooter. I love Taylor omg." Wrote another, presumably to Scooter and his supporters: "BYEEEEE …"
Keep reading for the latest on Harry Styles and conservative pundit Candace Owens' would-be feud …
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Harry Styles drags Candace Owens on 'manly men' critique, Candace claims 'shots fired'
Harry Styles is not above trolling his trolls. Amid news there's a waitlist for copies of Harry's December 2020 Vogue cover — the one featuring Harry in a dress, much to the chagrin of conservative pundit Candace Owens — Harry Instagrammed a photo of himself from his Variety cover. Before we get to Harry's Variety cover plug, let's take a quick refresher on Candace's response to the skirt he wore for Vogue. "There is no society that can survive without strong men," she tweeted. "The East knows this. In the west, the steady feminization of our men at the same time that Marxism is being taught to our children is not a coincidence. It is an outright attack. Bring back manly men." Fast forward to Harry's new post: In the pic, he's wearing a a light blue tux-type getup by Palomo Spain and a whole lotta ruffles while eating a banana. The caption reads simply, "Bring back manly men." Candace, by the way, caught wind of Harry's post and responded with this political pundit vs. pop star pseudo-feud challenge: "When people try to tell me I don't have influence, and then @Harry_Styles dedicates an entire post to my tweet. I inspire global conversation. #BringBackManlyMen Shots fired." Moving on …
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Jessica Simpson reveals she's dyslexic
In her widely praised, No. 1 New York Times bestseller, "Open Book," Jessica Simpson revealed she'd overcome an addiction to alcohol and pills — and that she was a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. This week, the memoirist made one more revelation. "Fact: I'm dyslexic and this was the first time I have ever read out loud without hesitation," she wrote in an Instagram post celebrating the inclusion of her memoir on Apple's Best Audiobooks of the Year list. "I did it for the listener. I did it for my family. I did it for myself." Dyslexia "is characterized by trouble with reading despite normal intelligence," according to Wikipedia. Prior to her note about her reading disorder, Jess, 40, thanked Apple Books, "for recognizing and respecting my story." Added the mother of three: "Turning my fears into wisdom has been a soulful journey to say the least. I appreciate the power of this praise with all of my heart."
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Jennifer Lopez weighs in on A-Rod elopement rumors
Easter egg queen Taylor Swift may be hiding some secret kernel of truth for fans at every turn. Jennifer Lopez? Not so much. J.Lo's new movies, "Marry Me" and "Shotgun Wedding," recently stirred up buzz about whether the films somehow suggest she and her fiance, Alex Rodriguez, have already said "I do." "It's funny because life does reflect into things you are doing at times," Jennifer said while chatting with ET this week. "But it's just kind of a coincidence because when I did 'El Anillo,' the song in Spanish, which is, 'When are you going to give me a ring?,' I was not really trying to send a message," she continued. "It was just a song that we wrote that we liked and with 'Marry Me,' it was something we were developing for, I would say, seven years." She added: "All of that stuff and it was happening now where Alex and I are engaged and about to get married at some point," she continued. "It just happens that way. It's a funny thing, life and art, they kind of intersect."
Prince Harry on how becoming a dad 'changed everything'
Prince Harry's long supported conservation causes, but he recently came to understand just how essential it is that we take action now to protect the environment before it's too late. He and Meghan Markle welcomed their first child, Archie. "The moment you become a father everything really does change," Harry says in a video posted this week by WaterBear Network. "… Because then you start to realize, well, what is the point in bringing a new person into this world when they get to your age and it's on fire? We can't steal their future. We really can't. That's not the job we're here for." Filmed in Harry, Meghan and Archie's California home, the 9-minute clip shows Harry explaining "the importance of storytelling to drive meaningful action," according to the caption from WaterBear, which calls itself, "the first interactive streaming platform dedicated to the future of our planet" on its website. Harry — who was named President of the NGO African Parks in 2017 after physically helping to save hundreds of elephants and other wildlife in Malawi — also urges viewers to do more than just talk about conservation issues. "For me, it's about putting the do's behind the say's, and that is something that WaterBear is going to be doing: capitalizing on a community of doers," Harry continues. "There's a lot of people that say, but this is about action." Since its launch, Vogue UK and other outlets have likened WaterBear to "Netflix for climate docs."
Cardi B talks staying true to herself and teaching Kulture to do the same
Billboard announced this week that Cardi B is the outlet's official Woman of the Year — and not just because of her music. As Cardi herself recently broke down in an Instagram video aimed at haters who griped she doesn't deserve the honor, there are plenty of reasons to give Cardi props in 2020. Per Billboard, "WAP" spent four weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 and "set a new record for most streams for a song in a single week," with 93 million. The rapper also promoted women collaborating in hip-hop — still a rarity, Billboard notes — as her huge hit became a women's anthem for the year. Finally, Cardi tackled politics, interviewing Bernie Sanders on social media and having Bernie and, later, Joe Biden, explain to her massive fan base why voting is so important. "I want to show people that you can do positive things, but you can also be yourself," Cardi tells Billboard. As for those very vocal haters? Cardi doesn't seem to sweat 'em. "They want you to be Mother Teresa, they want you to put out music, and they want you to look a certain way," she explains. "It's like, 'Y'all gotta chill — I'm just a regular-degular b—-, man." Finally, asked about how she'll raise her toddler, Kulture, Cardi says she'll teach her little girl to be strong and believe in herself. "I want her to be confident always," she says. "Don't let one comment break you and make you feel like you're not that girl. You that girl."
Would newly single Becca Kufrin give 'The Bachelorette' another try?
Is the third time the charm when it comes to the Bachelor Nation? Maybe not for 2018 "Bachelorette" Becca Kufrin. The publicist– who split from Garrett Yrigoyen in September after they got engaged on the show — joined Kaitlyn Bristowe on her latest episode of her "Off the Vine" podcast. Since Becca previously appeared on Arie Luyendyk Jr.'s season of "The Bachelor," Kaitlyn wondered if she'd consider returning to her "Bachelorette" role if asked. Becca didn't exactly jump at the idea. "Oh god! I don't know. Lately, people have been asking, I think just because I'm single," she admitted (via ET). "I never want to say no and I'd never want to say never. But also, I am 30. I feel like a grandma. I love to sleep. I love my bed. I love snuggling with [my dog] Minno." Filming a whole season means "there's no sleep for two-plus months," she said. "I don't know if I could do it again." Becca's also not sure she needs another engagement prospect right now. On "The Bachelor," Arie infamously proposed, Becca accepted — then Arie changed his mind and proposed to Lauren Burnham instead. "I was engaged two times already. I don't want to keep racking up the rings," Becca joked. "As much as I love Neil Lane, I don't want to have a ring graveyard."
Pharrell launches inclusive entrepreneurship program
Pharrell Williams is working to support Black and Latinx entrepreneurs in tech, design, healthcare, and consumer products and services, with a new initiative called Black Ambition. Launched on Tuesday, Dec. 1, the program aims to create a more inclusive entrepreneur community by strengthening access to resources like seed capital, mentorship and strong peer networks. "Recent events and tragedies have illustrated the always existent stark divisions in the American experience, and while entrepreneurship has long been a tenet of the American dream, marginalized people have faced long-standing barriers to success," Pharrell told THR in a statement. "With Black Ambition, the goal is to help strengthen the pipeline of talented entrepreneurs and close the opportunity and wealth gaps derived from limited access to capital and resources." The Grammy winner is kicking things off by opening up two prize competitions, one of which is a collaboration with Historically Black Colleges and Universities for students developing ideas for and starting up companies in tech, design, healthcare, and consumer products and services. Speaking at a virtual press conference, Pharrell explained: "We need a voice and in order for us to have a voice, we have to have some ownership. We have the smallest slice of the American pie in terms of ownership. We would like to manifest our ambitions. We can't just say we have them. What do they look like? This is what it looks like. This is what Black Ambition looks like."
Lady Gaga's 'Chromatica' is getting the Oreo cookie treatment
Lady Gaga and Oreo cookies present … one more reason to love your pandemic uniform of leggings/sweatpants/choose your own stretchy waistband adventure. Delish reports Oreo is releasing a limited-edition cookie line inspired by Gaga's new album, "Chromatica." Think pale pink Oreo cookies sandwiched around green creme and three designs on the outside that riff on the "Chromatica" album art. The Mother Monster approved treats hit stores in January.
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To catch up on some birthdays. My friend Florist Erin (I call her that cuz she's a florist and I have like 5 friends name Erin) celebrated her 30th birthday at the end of August.
Her husband Jason threw her surprise party with a Hawaiian Luau theme.
At the end of September another good friend Stephanie celebrated her 30th birthday too. She threw a toga party to celebrate.
I had originally suggested a White Trash theme. I decided to go with mine and her's when I made my toga choice.
I'm just glad I've got another year and a half until I have to start worrying about the 30s. At least I'll have an contingent of friends that have survived the milestone when my turn comes!
What fun friends! Happy birthday to your old husband.
Old husband's are the greatest! Happy belated birthday John!


(Rockville, Md. – January 8, 2018) As the newest technology innovations and gadgets are unveiled this week at CES 2018, survey results of a group of 2017 attendees released today by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) reveal that 87% believe children are spending too much time with technology, and 74% feel today's popular technology is negatively impacting conversation and social interaction.
Additionally, 82% of those CES 2017 attendees surveyed by ASHA said the industry is not doing enough to educate the public about responsible usage, and 80% think the potential impact of technology should be considered as part of a product's or app's development process.
The data represent results of a survey completed at CES 2017 by 218 attendees. Respondents included executives and staff involved in product development, product design, marketing and sales, information technology, health care, education, and other areas of the industry.
With the unprecedented technological advancement that has taken place have come individual and societal benefits. Increasingly, however, reports indicate growing interest in more moderate use of popular technology. What is so striking about the results of ASHA's poll is that some working in the technology industry appear to feel the same way.
Polling of more than 500 ASHA members—audiologists and speech-language pathologists—in 2016 revealed specific concerns about the impact of technology overload on communication. Audiologists indicted their chief concern was that repeated misuse of personal tech at loud volumes could damage children's hearing. Meanwhile, speech-language pathologists said their primary concern was that excessive device use is replacing conversation and human interaction. If left unaddressed, 68 percent of the communication experts polled said they foresee widespread tech overuse as a communication "time bomb" that could irreparably damage the communication skills of future generations.
This "time bomb" encompasses speech and language development, which is dependent on adequate time for verbal exchange such as listening, talking, reading, and interacting with parents—interactions that technology cannot duplicate—and hearing loss, which impedes communication as well as academic, social, and vocational success.
Yet, in this same poll, experts said the solutions do not need to be draconian: 70% said their number one piece of advice is to set reasonable parameters and model safe usage, and less than 2% advocated for tightly restricting children's tech use. In response to this polling, ASHA has launched a new Healthy Communication and Popular Technology Initiative and is actively seeking collaborating organizations, both inside and outside the tech industry.
For tips on finding healthy balance, view ASHA's updated Digital Diet here.


My family recently had to deal with the passing of our father. It was a great celebration of life as the feelings of sadness and joy were carefully balanced in the emotional delivery at the service.
The hangover effect was strong as we dropped by my sister's house for a quick drink after the ceremony, and 14 quick drinks later the grandchildren's spouses drove all celebrators home as we tried to explain what an Irish Wake is.
After the day, all the newly orphaned children were given the administrative tasks one must perform to put legal closure to the passing of our father. Canceling the cable, alerting CPP, OAP, activating life insurance and many other menial tasks, that so many have done were put on lists. These tasks were welcome distractions for all in our grieving process.
There was one responsibility I had to perform that surprised me in its simplicity and in the end, its complexity. While on hold with Bell, I was overwhelmed with a feeling of closure. I was cancelling my parent's phone, and the number 845-3113 had been the family number for fifty-five years. As I waited on hold with the Bell service line, a recorded message continually reminded me I was a valued customer at Bell. When the conversation finally ended a sense of finality hit me like a Tepperman ball gently knocking down a building. I just stared out of my kitchen window wondering where the Windex was.
This phone number had supported the family through many interesting times. It was first known as Victor 5 3113, and many years later the world forced us to add the area code to that number, if we wanted to call home to see how our parents were doing.
The seven digits had been the beneficiary of many different types of telephones during its life. It started with one rotary phone in the kitchen, that all six children and parents had to share. A decade later the family put an extension in another room, though that extra phone didn't decrease the arguing of usage. As technology increased, we eventually succumbed to the push button craze and mother's choice of off green colours for those phones are still stories that make us smile.
As the children grew into teenagers, the arguments for phone usage increased. Parents had to take on the role of adjudicators for time on the phone as the girls and the boys presented the importance of their calls. Upon reflection it could not have been easy for mom to decide on who was making the better case.
The Sisters pleaded to chat with their friends to debate the relative cuteness of David Cassidy vs. Donny Osmond. This vital phone conversation had to be compared to the boy's desire to rant about the lack of defensive dedication displayed by Frank Mahovlich during his shifts with the Toronto Maple Leafs. When Mr. Mahovlich went to the Montreal Canadians, his name was never spoken in the house again.
This phone number was the only mode of communication in those days, and was paramount in facilitating important communications. Those connections spanned from the poignant to the mundane.
845-3113 was one number away from the Oakville Scout Hut's old number, 844-3113. We received many calls a week inquiring about jamborees, meetings and other Boy Cub stuff. We became so educated about the local boys group that we could answer most of their questions before letting them know they had the wrong number.
All this history now gets filed in the "once upon a time" bin, as an unexpected sense of mourning has occurred. After I completed the cancellation, my sister scolded me, as she was still calling that number daily to hear dad's voice on his answering machine.
The advancement of telecommunications has put this story of sappy nostalgia into its proper place. There is not a photo on anyone's cell phone that shows my father holding his cell phone. It is not that my father was camera shy, he was technology shy, and never had any other phone number to remember except 845-3113.
People will say it is irresponsible for me to post this phone number. People will say it is okay to post this as long as you don't give the '905' area code. People will also say that nobody has to remember phone numbers anymore as they are automatically saved on your phone. The point is people say a lot of things, and I have learned to ignore people who I don't want to listen or talk to. This is why I have call display.
So one day soon, another house in Oakville will have the catchy phone number 845-3113. I only ask that you take good care of this number. For fifty-five years it took very good care of us, and it was the only number that mattered to my family. I will now have to unmemorize this number, as I try not to forget the friendly voice of the father and mother who answered that phone any day or night that I called. In its latter years I never called this number for a reason, I just telephoned them because I knew one day that privilege of soft conversation with my parents would be taken away from me. That day came and I was less accepting to that loss than I had hoped.
Cue the Blong. Collaborating with a guy who only used numbers to list his symphonies, is not as easy at is sounds.
You are so cool, Dennis. I enjoy everything you write. Keep ip the good work!
Thanks Betty. I will work on my coolness. Thanks for reading my blog.
Sincerest sympathies to you and your family Dennis. What a poignant post and one any of our generation could relate to.
Man, you should have kept it as a cell number – too many memories to let it go – funny thing, I still remember that number, somethings we never forget…..hugs to you Dennis.


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Books about the Peregrine Falcon
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Family: Falconidae
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The Peregrine Returns: The Art and Architecture of an Urban Raptor Recovery
Mary Hennen
Illustrations: Peggy MacNamara
"In The Peregrine Returns, Mary Hennen gives wings to this extraordinary conservation success story. Drawing on the beautiful watercolours of Field Museum artist-in-residence Peggy Macnamara and photos by Field Museum research assistant Stephanie Ware, as well as her own decades of work with peregrines, Hennen uses a program in Chicago as a case study for the peregrines' journey from their devastating decline to the discovery of its cause (a thinning of eggshells caused by a by-product of DDT), through to recovery, revealing how the urban landscape has played an essential role in enabling falcons to return to the wild – and how people are now learning to live in close proximity to these captivating raptors. Both a model for conservation programs across the country and an eye-opening look at the many creatures with which we share our homes, this richly illustrated story is an inspiring example of how urban architecture can serve not only our cities' human inhabitants, but also their wild ones."
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Richard Sale
New Naturalist 132
"In a much-anticipated volume on one of Britain's most fascinating group of birds, Richard Sale draws on a wealth of experience and research, providing a comprehensive natural history of the four British breeding falcons. The book takes each of the four breeding species in turn (Kestrel, Merlin, Hobby and Peregrine Falcon), exploring its form, habitat, breeding biology and status, along with a chapter on the hunting techniques of each species."
Falcons in the City: The Story of a Peregrine Family
Chris G. Earley
Illustration: Luke Massey
"A charming story about a nest of wild birds that alarm, then charm, their city landlords. What happens when a peregrine falcon chooses to lay its eggs on a balcony high atop a tower block? Here is the story of a family of wild birds that moves into a cramped urban home and decides to settle in among towers filled with people and noise. The birds' new human neighbours are quick to try and evict, but it turns out that the falcons have rights too and the law is on their side. This amusing true-life story looks at the issues related to urban wildlife and how urban dwellers co-exist with an ever-increasing wildlife population that finds ingenious - and sometimes devious - ways to move into our homes and cities, often without notice. Illustrated with photographs documenting the early life of a peregrine falcon family that grows from eggs to full-fledged birds in the flowerbox of a curious apartment-dweller, this book also explores the natural history of this majestic bird species."
Flight Paths: A Field Journal of Hope, Heartbreak, and Miracles with New York's Bird People
Darryl McGrath
"In the late 1970s, the bald eagle and the peregrine falcon were heading toward extinction, victims of the combined threats of DDT, habitat loss, and lax regulation. Flight Paths tells the story of how a small group of New York biologists raced against nature's clock to bring these two beloved birds back from the brink in record-setting numbers. In a narrative that reads like a suspense tale, Darryl McGrath documents both rescue projects in never-before-published detail. At Cornell University, a team of scientists worked to crack the problem of how to breed peregrine falcons in captivity and then restore them to the wild. Meanwhile, two young, untested biologists tackled the overwhelming assignment of rebuilding the bald eagle population from the state's last nesting pair, one of whom (the female) was sterile. McGrath interweaves this dramatic retelling with contemporary accounts of four at-risk species: the short-eared owl, the common loon, the Bicknell's thrush, and the piping plover. She worked alongside biologists as they studied these elusive subjects in the Northeast's most remote regions, and the result is a story that combines vivid narrative with accessible science and is as much a tribute to these experts as it is a call to action for threatened birds."
The Peregrines of Norwich Cathedral
Robin Chittenden
Red Hare Publishing
"The Peregrines of Norwich Cathedral has breath-taking photography from one man's love for these incredible birds of prey. Robin Chittenden has been photographing birds ever since he was given a camera as a child. From the first sighting of an adult bird perched on the cathedral in 2009, Robin has followed the Peregrines at one of Norfolk's most iconic buildings."
The Story of the Norwich Peregrines
Hawk & Owl Trust
"In a major update to his first book The Peregrines of Norwich Cathedral - Their Year in Pictures published in 2012 photographer and author Andy Thompson presents a superb selection of images taken from ground-level during the breeding seasons 2012-14. Augmented by stills images courtesy of the Hawk and Owl Trust webcam and Andy's insightful Peregrines back story this is a beautifully presented pictorial record of the newest cathedral residents that have captured the imagination of millions of internet viewers from around the world."
Patrick Stirling-Aird
Originally published by New Holland in 2012.
"Reaching speeds in excess of 200 miles per hour, the Peregrine Falcon is famous as the world's fastest bird. However, its penchant for choosing inaccessible places to breed, feed and roost mean that few people are well acquainted with its habits and behaviour. Peregrine Falcon offers a window into that rarely seen world, thanks to a combination of high quality images and beautifully written text, with chapters on subjects such as hunting, raising young and how populations around the world have rallied against the threat of extinction and are now prospering once again. The birds are further brought to life through a series of personal anecdotes from the author and photographers, which are woven into the text."
Queen of the Sky
Graffeg
"The amazing story of Ffion Rees and the peregrine falcon she rescued from the sea off the remote coast of west Wales. It's the story of how Ffion nursed the Falcon back to life and back to the wild, and about the bond which grew between the two. The story is told by international author and illustrator Jackie Morris, a friend of Ffion, who also lives in this remote part of Pembrokeshire, west Wales. Jackie describes the risks, triumphs and above all the trust which developed between the pair and which formed the basis of the falcon's path to back to health and back to the freedom of the wild. Beautifully illustrated throughout with photographs, drawings, sketches and magificent paintings in watercolour and gold leaf by Jackie Morris. A must for birdwatchers, art lovers and romantics alike."
Urban Peregrines
Ed Drewitt
Pelagic Publishing
"This beautifully illustrated book is the first in-depth focus on the lives of Peregrines in towns and cities. In words and stunning photographs, Ed Drewitt reveals the latest information on Peregrine behaviour including how they are adapting to, and taking advantage of, the urban environment. The book is also a how-to-guide, with information on finding peregrines, studying their diet, ringing individuals for research, putting up nest boxes and enabling people to learn more about them through public viewing points or web cameras. Ed also discusses what makes a Peregrine urban, their contemporary relationship with people, and helps dispel some myths and reveal some truths about this agile predator."
Peregrine Falcons of the World
Clayton M. White, Tom J. Cade, James H. Enderson
Original art: Andrew Ellis
Lynx Edicions
"Peregrine Falcons of the World brings together the lifetime experiences of the authors with this splendid falcon in the field and in museums, hundreds of personal accounts by Peregrine observers worldwide, a vast literature on this falcon which is surely among the best-studied birds, scores of superb photographic images so generously supplied, and the matchless art of Andrew Ellis. The goal is to provide a feel for how Peregrines have responded to their varied world, and to earmark the many gaps in what we know. Oddly, Peregrines have not colonized many places, where by any reckoning, they should be. In recent times, roughly twenty subspecies of Peregrines were described. The historical reasons for these designations, and our current analyses are provided here. Some populations are very distinct in form and color, but sometimes they geographically overlap and intergrades appear. Each subspecies account also describes distribution, hunting and nesting habitats, migration and wintering ranges, estimated population sizes, and conservation aspects."
"Reaching speeds in excess of 200 miles per hour, the Peregrine Falcon is famous as the world's fastest bird. However, its penchant for choosing inaccessible places to breed, feed and roost mean that few people are well acquainted with its habits and behaviour. This book offers a window into that rarely seen world, thanks to a combination of high quality images and beautifully written text, with chapters on subjects such as hunting, raising young and how populations around the world have rallied against the threat of extinction and are now prospering once again. The birds are further brought to life through a series of personal anecdotes from the author and photographers, which are woven into the text."
The History and Range Expansion of Peregrine Falcons in the Thule Area, Northwest Greenland
Kurt K. Burnham with William A.Burnham, Ian Newton, Jeff A. Johnson and Andrew G. Gosler
Museum Tusculanum Press, University of Copenhagen / University of Chicago Press
"The History and Range Expansion of Peregrine Falcons in the Thule Area, Northwest Greenland covers the discovery and history of the most northern breeding population of Peregrine Falcons in the world, near Thule Air Base in northwest Greenland (75.9 – 77.6°N). Although the region was explored by scientific expeditions as early as 1818, Peregrines were not documented in the area until the 1930s. By the early 1990s the population had become well established, with a warming climate enabling Peregrines from further south to expand their breeding range northward. Here Burnham and his co-authors present their comprehensive findings on the biology and ecology of this population based on thirteen years of research from 1993 to 2005."
Hunting Tactics of Peregrines and Other Falcons
Dick Dekker
"This dissertation describes the foraging habits and capture rates of four species of bird-hunting falcons; Peregrine (Falco peregrinus), Merlin (Falco colum-barius), Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus), and Prairie Falcon (Falco mexicanus). Eight of the nine study areas were situated in western Canada in widely different habitats, and the observation periods intermittently included all seasons over 44 years, 1965-2008. The various chapters report and compare the location-specific hunting methods and choice of prey of these falcons. In addition, the book reports on the population dynamics and nest site competition between Peregrines and Prairie Falcons on a sympatric breeding range in Alberta over a span of 48 years."
The Peregrine, The Hill of Summer & Diaries
J.A. Baker
"Despite the association of peregrines with the wild, outer reaches of the British Isles, The Peregrine is set on the flat marshes of the Essex coast, where J A Baker spent a long winter looking and writing about the visitors from the uplands – peregrines that spend the winter hunting the huge flocks of pigeons and waders that share the desolate landscape with them. Including original diaries from which The Peregrine was written and its companion volume The Hill of Summer, this is a beautiful compendium of lyrical nature writing at its absolute best. Bestselling author Mark Cocker has provided an introduction on the importance of Baker, his writings and the diaries – creating the essential volume of Baker's writings. Since the hardback was published in 2010, papers, maps, and letters have come to light which in turn provide a little more background into J A Baker's history. Contemporaries – particularly from while he was at school in Chelmsford – have kindly provided insights, remembering a school friend who clearly made an impact on his generation. In the longer term, there is hope of an archive of these papers being established, but in the meantime, and with the arrival of this paperback edition, there is a chance to reveal a little more of what has been learned. Among fragments of letters to Baker was one from a reader who praised a piece that Baker had written in RSPB Birds magazine in 1971. Apart from a paper on peregrines which Baker wrote for the Essex Bird Report, this article – entitled On the Essex Coast – appears to be his only other published piece of writing, and, with the kind agreement of the RSPB, it has been included in this updated new paperback edition of Baker's astounding work."
Peregrine Falcon Populations: Status and Perspectives in the 21st Century
Editor: J Sielicki and T Mizera
"The book is based on papers presented at the 2nd International Peregrine Conference Poland 2007, held from 19-23 September 2007 in Piotrowo near Poznan, Poland. There are papers on Peregrine populations in Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, Russia (European and Asiatic part), Ukraine, Belarus, Armenia, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Austria, United Kingdom. In addition to European presentations it also includes papers from countries in other continents - United States, Australia, South Africa, Israel, Malaysia, India, Argentina. Furthermore, this book also includes papers on Saker Falcons, comparing the species with the Peregrine and studies from their central European stronghold - Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia."
The Peregrine Falcons of Morro Rock: A 40-Year History: 1967-2007
Steve Schubert
"The peregrine falcons of Morro Rock, located along the coast of Central California, have been admired and observed by travelers and visitors from around the world, and is one of the most well-known peregrine falcon nesting sites in North America. This 40-year history chronicles the yearly efforts of nest site attendants and endangered species management techniques - captive breeding, double clutching, captive hatching of thin, fragile wild eggs, and fostering falcon chicks into the wild nests - that has assisted in the recovery of a once imperiled species."
Raptor Species Conservation Frameworks: The Peregrine Conservation Framework Project Progress Report: Phase 1
Liz Humphreys, Chris Wernham and Humphrey Crick
BTO Research Report 535
"The British population of Peregrines (Falco peregrinus) showed a period of recovery following the deleterious effects of organo-chlorine pesticides in the 1950s and 1960s. The most recent national survey in 2002 showed that the population had continued to increase in Britain as a whole but that the Scottish population had decreased by 8% since 1991, with particularly marked declines in some geographical areas of Scotland. Concerns about this continuing and spreading decline in Scotland led the Scottish Raptor Monitoring Group to instigate a detailed analysis of the factors influencing territory occupancy and loss, following the model undertaken as the Golden Eagle Conservation Framework."
Helen Macdonald
Animal series
Reaktion Books
224 pages, 25 colour illustrations , 75 other illustrations
"Falcon surveys the practical and symbolic uses of falcons in human culture in new and exciting ways; bridging science and cultural history, and packed with fascinating facts and many illustrations, the book offers thought-provoking and sophisticated cultural analysis in a lively, approachable style. Helen Macdonald describes the complete history of the bird, ranging across the globe and over many millennia, as well as incorporating the latest scientific discoveries. There are chapters on falcon natural history; myth and legend; falconry; conservation; falcons in the military, in urban settings and the corporate world. Along the way, the reader will discover how falcons were mobilized in secret military projects, their links with espionage, the Third Reich and the space programme, and how they've featured in erotic stories. The book explores their veneration as gods in Ancient Egypt, their role as cultural icons in the Middle East, and their recruitment by the advertising industry to promote all manner of products, from photocopiers to jet planes. Falcon combines in-depth practical, personal and scientific knowledge of falcons with a strong analytical perspective, on the place of these birds in human history."
Peregrine Falcon: Stories of the Blue Meanie
James H. Enderson
"In this personal and highly entertaining memoir, Jim Enderson tells stories of a lifetime spent studying, training, breeding, and simply enjoying peregrine falcons. He recalls how his boyhood interest in raptors grew into an ornithological career in which he became one of the leading experts who helped identity DDT as the cause of the peregrine falcon's sudden and massive decline across the United States. His stories reveal both the dedication that he and fellow researchers brought to the task of studying and restoring the peregrine and the hair-raising adventures that sometimes befell them along the way. Enderson also seamlessly weaves in the biology and natural history of the peregrine, as well as anecdotes about its traditional and widespread use in falconry as an aggressive yet tractable hunter, to offer a broad portrait of this splendid and intriguing falcon."
On the Wing: To the Edge of the Earth with a Peregrine Falcon
Alan Tennant
"An epic story about birds of prey, the American landscape, and man's dreams of flight."
Return of the Peregrine: A North American Saga of Tenacity and Teamwork
Editors: Tom J. Cade and William Burnham
"The Peregrine Falcon restoration is the largest and most comprehensive endeavor to restore wild populations of an endangered species ever accomplished. The magnitude of the program and level of cooperation achieved are unique in nature conservation. Why and how this effort was achieved is documented in this book and serves as an example of what can be accomplished when people are willing to work cooperatively.
Authored by 69 people with long-term involvement, and most of the individuals key to the success, the story is presented chronologically, topically, and geographically. Tom Cade begins with a prologue on the life history traits of the Peregrine Falcon in relation to recovery as only someone with over fifty years of experience can write. In the following 21 chapters and 57 sidebars the story unfolds in each author's own words.
Although the focus is in North America, including Greenland, the story extends to Europe with two renowned British scientists contributing chapters. Derek Ratcliffe tells his story of discovering DDT as the cause for Peregrine Falcon decline, followed later in the book by Ian Newton documenting the contribution of the restoration program to the understanding of the Peregrine and summarizing what is known about the species."
The Peregrine Falcon Breeding Population of the UK and Isle of Man in 2002
A.N. Banks
BTO, The National Centre for Ornithology
Historical, contemporary and prospective breeding territories of the Peregrine Falcon in the UK and Isle of Man were surveyed during the breeding season of 2002 by volunteer and professional fieldworkers. This 48 page report summarises the findings of the survey.
Bolt from the Blue: Wild Peregrines on the Hunt
" This book offers the unique accounts of a passionate expert who has seen more than 2,000 hunts by wild peregrines. A perceptive and personal narrative aimed at a wide readership, this book portrays the fabled falcon in a variety of landscapes, migrating over the prairies, caring for its young at the nest or wintering on the coast where it meets its nemesis, the mighty bald eagle. Bolt from the Blue is an exuberant celebration of the peregrine falcon's return from local extirpation."
Wings for My Flight: The Peregrine Falcons of Chimney Rock
Marcy Cottrell Houle
Pruett Publishing
"In the pristine desert of southern Colorado, a wildlife biologist spends a gruelling summer atop Chimney Rock observing a pair of nesting peregrine falcons, a species perilously close to extinction. She hopes her research will shed light on how to help the species 'recover'. The real-life drama that unfolds is rife with conflict, sadness, humour, and profound humility. Wings for My Flight tells the coming of age story of one biologist who, through the help of another species, comes to a greater understanding of her own."
In Pursuit of the Peregrine
R.B. Treleaven
Tiercel Publishing
"Dick Treleaven shares with his readers his unrivalled knowledge and deep insight of the birds' behaviour, their habits and habitats, their hunting techniques and motivation. His account which includes the re-establishment of the peregrine on many parts of the north Cornish coast and in inland quarries provides a vital record, while his illustrations and his observations capture the birds' unique attributes -their incredible vision and perception, their sheer speed and agility -that every one who has watched a peregrine cleaving the sky in pursuit of some distant prey will forever marvel at. Every stroke of Dick Treleaven's superb oil paintings and line drawings which grace the pages of this book and feature in many collections throughout the world, exude his love of these birds and their environment."
Fascination with Falcons
Bill Burnham
"Written by Bill Burnham, President of The Peregrine Fund. Supported by wonderful colour photos and attractive illustrations, author Bill Burnham combines information and experiences on and with falcons in the Americas."
Stewart: The Skyscraper Falcon
Linda Birman
"In the spring of 1994, a peregrine falcon captured Seattle's heart and imagination when it nested on the fifty-sixth floor of a downtown skyscraper. A video camera allowed visitors the privilege of watching the entire nesting process. Today peregrine falcons are recapturing a large part of their former world range and are invading all the great cities of the world."
The Peregrine Sketchbook
C.F. Tunnicliffe
Introduction: Robert Gillmor
Afterword: Derek Ratcliffe
Excellent Press
26 colour sketches of Peregrines made by in Anglesey, plus black and white sketches and extracts from Tunnicliffe's journal written whilst sketching the birds in Anglesey in 1948. The book has an introduction by Robert Gillmor and an afterword on the Anglesey Peregrines by Derek Ratcliffe.
City Peregrines: A Ten-Year Saga of New York City Falcons
Saul Frank
"This is more than a story of how the world's most spectacular aerial predator invaded and took over New York City. It offers more than an expansion of our understanding of nature's most ubiquitous bird. It is the personal story of how a retired business manager, Saul Frank, hiked, biked, and climbed around New York City pursuing peregrines, often at great risk to himself, but always gaining enjoyment for himself and his wife. It is the story of how our greater understanding of the world's most successful predator came from an amateur bird watcher."
Dorset Peregrine Watch
Edmund Harwood
Wadswell Publications
Falcons of The Rock
Donovan Lavender
Lavender Books
"A self-published hand printed book detailing the observations of the Peregrine Falcon at Morro Rock Ecological Reserve and the ecological problems besetting them."
Emma Ford
Paintings: Antony Rhodes
Photographs: Piers Cavendish
"This well-illustrated book is a celebration of the peregrine falcon. It describes its place in history and its cultural significance across the world. It then goes on to describe the peregrine's natural history, with details on its life cycle, its interactions with man, and its future prospects."
Includes specially commissioned photographs by Piers Cavendish and paintings and drawings by Anthony Rhodes.
C Savage and A Forsyth
Sierra Club Books for Children
"This lavishly illustrated book depicts the peregrine falcon in all its grace and beauty as it plucks its prey from the air, feeds its young, and soars over natural landscapes and urban settings in many parts of the world. The accompanying text describes the peregrine's place in mythology, its persecution and its lifestyle."
Roy Dennis
Colin Baxter Photography / Worldlife Library
A 48 page monograph on the peregrine falcon in Britain with 26 colour photographs.
Peregrine Falcon Populations: Their Management and Recovery
Editors: Tom J. Cade, James H. Enderson, Carl G. Thelander, Clayton M. White
The proceedings of the 1985 Sacramento Conference on Peregrine biology, which assessed the worldwide status of the Peregrine 20 years after the Madison Conference which focused world attention on the decline of this species. The volume covers status of the species in the US, Europe and the rest of the world, results of studies on pesticide effects, ringing and population dynamics, and programmes for the species reintroduction and management.
On Wing and Wild Water: New Encounters In A Last Wild Place
Mike Tomkies
".... Mike Tomkies undertook the most punishing yet most rewarding venture of his twenty years in the wilds. Recalling his years as a journalist in the international film world, he decided to buy his own movie camera and record single-handed the secret lives of three of the rarest and most spectacular birds in Britain. He had already discovered forty eyries of the elusive golden eagle in 300 square miles of trackless mountains surrounding his lochside home.
Even more rare among the protected birds over which he kept watch were the black-throated divers that return each year to raise their young in seclusion on an islet in the loch.
The peregrine falcons were more difficult to observe at close quarters; but no amount of patience and perseverance could compare with the tenacious determination it took to embark on the 'killer trek' to the farthest, most precipitous eagle eyrie with 50 lbs of filming equipment and a cumbersome hide on his back." (from the dust jacket)
Hacking: A Method for Releasing Peregrine Falcons and Other Birds of Prey
Steve K. Sherrod, William R. Heinrich, William A. Burnham, John H. Barclay, and Tom J. Cade
"Written by The Peregrine Fund biologists, this is an excellent guide for anyone working at hack sites or releasing birds of prey to the wild. It is filled with detailed information on the variety of release methods, steps in constructing a hack site, procedures for caring for falcons at the site, and much more."
Working Bibliography of the Peregrine Falcon
Richard D. Porter, M.Alan Jenkins and Andrea L. Gaski
National Wildlife Federation Scientific & Technical Series No. 9, in cooperation with The Peregrine Fund, Inc.
The Peregrines of the Lake District
M.J. Dawson
Oriel Stringer
A survey of the numbers of the peregrine falcon over the last 100 years in the English Lake District and the nearby Pennines, with a list of over 80 eyries.
The Peregrine Falcon
Derek A. Ratcliffe
Illustrations: Donald Watson
Poyser
1980 (2nd edition 1993)
The first edition of The Peregrine Falcon was widely recognized as a classic of its kind, documenting not only the species' biology but the sad story of its decline due to the impact of pesticides. This extensively revised and enlarged second edition takes full account of important new developments in the story of this bird during the years since the first publication.
Contents: The Peregrine and Man; The Peregrine's Country; Population Trends; Distribution and Numbers; Food and Feeding Habits; Nesting Habitat; The Breeding Cycle; Movements and Migration; Breeding Density and Territory; Population Regulation and Dynamics; Ecological Relationships with Other Birds; The Pesticide Story; Other Enemies; Appearance, Form, And Geographical Variation; Conservation.
The Peregrine Falcon in Greenland: Observing an Endangered Species
James T. Harris
University of Missouri Press
An account of research studying Peregrines in West Greenland. Also includes wider ranging sections on the history and biology of the Peregrine and the effects of pesticide contamination on Peregrine populations.
The Private Life of the Peregrine Falcon
R B Treleaven
Headland Publications
A study of a breeding pair of Peregrines in Cornwall.
Peregrine Falcon Populations: Their Biology and Decline
Editor: Joseph Hickey
University of Wisconsin Press
"During the years 1950 to 1965, a population crash of nesting peregrine falcons occurred in parts of Europe and North America on a scale that made it one of the most remarkable events in environmental biology. This book, in part an eyewitness account, presents the papers and discussions of a conference held by the University of Wisconsin from 29 August to 1 September 1965 to crystallize and evaluate some practical hypotheses to account for this extraordinary phenomenon."
The Peregrine
J. A. Baker
"With no prior knowledge of birds, Baker is seized with an unexplained longing to track the peregrine falcons that hunt in the river valley behind his home each winter. Though his subjects are far more elusive than the pigeons and gulls on which they prey, on rare occasions he sees a peregrine roosting or bathing, or spots a fresh kill in the grass. He outlines their strict hunting ethos and as the winter approaches, he resolves to shun the world of men in fierce pursuit of the falcon's inner life. As the landscape thaws, Baker shares the hawk's absolute terror in the face of the stumbling, erratic human beings encroaching on its territory. Veering swiftly from the mundane to the miraculous, Baker's self-effacing diary of a long winter in the wild is a triumph of pure and immediate description."
The Peregrine Falcon At The Eyrie
Francis Heatherley
Opening lines: "Now that the Sea Eagle and the Osprey are extinct, mainly through the depredations of egg - collectors, and the Golden Eagle is only tolerated in parts of Scotland where sportsmen find the bird useful in thinning down the grouse and hares that interfere with deer-stalking, the Peregrine Falcon is the grandest bird of prey we have left in England. The following account is based on field notes made during three successive springs at the same eyrie, and as their full relation involves a lot of monotonous reiteration, I will try and combine the salient facts of all three years in their proper order, so as to give a connected account from the date of hatching to the time when the young leave the eyrie."


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Tusk was an unusual, unwieldy, experimental double album when Fleetwood Mac released it in 1979. A new deluxe edition of the album ups the ante even further, combining the original double LP on 180-gram vinyl with a 5.1 surround mix on audio DVD and five CDs. The CDs include an alternate version of the album from mostly unreleased session outtakes; demos, remixes and singles; and previously unreleased live performances from the Tusk tour.
Tusk is now available in the deluxe edition (5 CD/1 DVD/double LP), expanded edition (3 CDs), single CD (remastered) edition. There's also a deluxe version download available on iTunes and Amazon, as well as iTunes downloads of the expanded and remastered album editions and also Amazon MP3 versions of the expanded set and remastered album.
I have the extended 3 cd version since the release and it was absolutely the entry to Fleetwood Mac and John McVie. Great work, great music, love it.


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There's a very quickly growing number of liberal states using this crisis to free criminals from prison
Posted by: Gregory Hoyt| March 19, 2020 |Categories Editorial, Featured, Homeland Security, Law and Legal
Have you noticed that the modern left's most touted solution to combating the spread of COVID-19 is letting people out of jail or stop arresting them altogether?
It's been a serious talking point for the past few weeks, as Law Enforcement Today has covered several instances of it either being suggested or implemented in some form recently.
The question is, why?
Public Defender Wants Jail Inmates Released Due To COVID-19 https://t.co/L0kcTjaXI5 pic.twitter.com/PiGQsNzzVJ
— WCCO – CBS Minnesota (@WCCO) March 17, 2020
Jails and prisons have a confined population that can be compelled in to various forms of restricted movement quite easily. While COVID-19 could spread inside of a jail or prison fast if unchecked, prison and jail officials are in a unique position to react faster than government could on the free-roaming populace.
Some Utah inmates may be released due to COVID-19, sheriff's group says https://t.co/hJc4rfYY2t pic.twitter.com/z1FKN8FI1L
— DNews Crime Team (@DNewsCrimeTeam) March 17, 2020
David Horowitz, from the Conservative Review, noted the same concept:
"The concern of [the virus] spreading in jail more than in the general public is absurd. If anything, this is the most protected population, because each individual is under control of the government and anyone sick has already been quarantined and screened, which is why there is no record of an inmate epidemic during previous viral outbreaks in recent years."
Letting people out of jail or prison isn't going to stop individuals from contracting COVID-19, it makes absolutely zero sense. All one has essentially created is a change in venue for someone released.
Inmates are being released in Ohio due to COVID-19 fears.
Allegheny Jail needs to send folks home. Over 80% are there for non-violent issues just couldn't afford bail. They don't deserve virus illness and death risk for parking tickets and marijuana use. https://t.co/kuVYnmtoUw
— Pittsburgh Green Left ?? (@PghGreenLeft) March 17, 2020
Keep in mind, not everyone has "someone" to go home to when released from jails or prison. That means you're going to have people transferring to halfway homes, or even on the streets.
Same dangers, different venue.
The only time people should be relieved of their sentences is when merit has opted for a possible early release or someone has reached their end of sentence. People shouldn't be released because they might get sick.
Furthermore, do these advocates realize that when you step into prison (at least in Arizona) you have to fill out a form acknowledging you may die in custody for any number of reasons?
Whether it's a slip in the shower, an act of violence at the hands of an inmate, or even pneumonia.
People deemed not ready to reenter society shouldn't be reintegrated because there's a virus that has contributed to the deaths of less than 5% of those it has infected.
Doing something of that nature en masse would just be grossly irresponsible, and the general public would reap the "rewards" of that irresponsibility.
Greene County Sheriff Wesley Holt said Monday that some inmates had already been released from the county jail. He added that some citations will look different in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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— Bianca Marais WJHL (@BiancaWJHL) March 17, 2020
I wouldn't go so far as to say we'd be witnessing something akin to a scene out of Escape from New York, but you'd certainly see a spike in crime if there were heavy releases from prisons due to COVID-19.
Horowitz likened the possible outcome to a topic we've reported on extensively. That topic is bail reform:
"It will make every American city like New York, which experienced a 22.5% increase in major crime in February following the enactment of a new law abolishing bail for those who were supposed to be 'low-level' criminals."
See what I'm getting at here? We already have data from the failed experiment called bail reform that shows the dangers of early releases.
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Ironically, bail reform and those clamoring for releases due to COVID-19 are stances from the same overly-compassionate romanticizing of suspected or convicted criminals and felons.
What this crowd of left-wing activists fail to acknowledge is that simply releasing a risky population back into society early isn't going to fix any problems. All that it could wind up accomplishing is creating new and different problems.
Are we so quick to forget Hurricane Katrina? We've already seen what happens when regular citizens roam through the streets when there's a state of emergency and an economical freeze.
Imagine the looting and property crimes we'd see if a flood of early-released inmates reintegrated into cities with quarantines?
Now, as a reformed convict, I do believe in many forms and instances of criminal justice reform. However, criminal justice reform should be achieved the right and proper way. When I see pro-inmate organizations suggesting we release all the inmates vulnerable to COVID-19, that's when I begin to stop taking those kinds of entities seriously.
The Los Angeles County sheriff has reduced the jail population by more than 600 people and is asking officers to cite and release offenders when possible in order to protect inmates from COVID-19. https://t.co/Jd3P2lUi1w
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 17, 2020
While certain counties have already started releasing lower risk inmates, not every other county needs to jump on this bandwagon. Don't be that lemming that walked off the cliff because you saw the one in front of you do it.
The inmate population is already quarantined to an extent, there's no need to rush to get them out early for their health and safety.
Newsom says that California will enact martial law 'if we feel the necessity'
Officer stabbed in neck by suspect. District Attorney says you can thank 'bail reform'.
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Gregory Hoyt is an I.T. Marketing and Sales professional based out in Sierra Vista, Arizona. While being a staunch and outspoken advocate of law enforcement and first responders, Gregory Hoyt also has the experience of having spent nearly 5 years in prison as well. Since then, he's used his unique perspective to offer support and commentary about the criminal justice system. When not working or combating bad ideas, Hoyt also leisurely studies economics, history, and law.


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Myanmar Seeks New Ways to Tackle Urgent Health Threat of Drug-Resistant TB
Country?s first international symposium to tackle DR-TB crisis
MSF, the WHO, and Myanmar's Ministry of Health will host a symposium exploring new ways to accelerate access to treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) throughout the country.
Drawing by George Butler
The entrance to MSF's Hlaingtharyar Clinic in Yangon.
Yangon/New York, August 22, 2013—The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Myanmar's Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization will host a symposium this week exploring new ways to accelerate access to treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) throughout the country.
The symposium, Turning the Tide on TB: Tackling DR-TB/HIV-co-infection in Myanmar, will be held today and tomorrow in Yangon. The symposium will see experts from Myanmar and other high-burden TB countries, along with international leaders in the field, come together to share their knowledge and experience in tackling DR-TB. Opportunities to improve treatment and increase cure rates through patient-centered approaches to care, new diagnostics and new drugs will be discussed, as well as the specific needs of marginalized groups such as prisoners and migrant workers.
"High-burden TB countries must show leadership in tackling this crisis and seize new ways to increase DR-TB care today, as well as push for access to new drugs for tomorrow," said Dr. Unni Karunakara, MSF's international president. "Myanmar is demonstrating this leadership through its expanding DR-TB program, yet there remains a long way to go. Strengthened partnerships and innovation are needed at all levels—national and international—to ensure effective treatment reaches all those who desperately need it."
Close to 9,000 people in Myanmar are diagnosed with DR-TB every year, but only a fraction are currently being treated. In 2012, only 800 people were on treatment. Untreated, the airborne and infectious disease is fatal. Rapid scale-up of DR-TB care is urgently needed country-wide to save lives and stem the unchecked crisis.
New treatment approaches and regimens are critical to ensuring that more people are treated and ultimately cured. The current DR-TB regime lasts two years and is expensive. It is also highly toxic, producing excruciating side effects, including extreme nausea, deafness, or even psychosis. Patients must swallow up to 20 pills a day and endure eight months of daily injections, yet only around half have a chance of being cured, according to global statistics.
"The side effects from the treatment were strong and it was really difficult to manage," said Ko Min Naing Oo, a cured multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) patient from Myanmar."I felt dizziness, pain in my buttocks from all the injections, and problems with my hearing. I felt nauseous when I smelled cooking, found myself easily getting angry, constantly weak and tired, always having diarrhea, and experiencing hallucinations."
The symposium will conclude with recommendations for ways forward, in support of Myanmar's ambitious plans to make DR-TB care widely available.
"No country can afford to ignore the human and financial cost of the global DR-TB epidemic," said Dr. Karunakara. "It's one of the most pressing medical crises today. All DR-TB patients in Myanmar, and throughout the world, do not have years to wait for a chance of cure - the time to act is now."
Ko Min Naing Oo is committed to raising awareness about the disease and providing peer support for new patients. He launches his inaugural post as Myanmar's first blogger on the global TB&ME patient platform today http://blogs.msf.org/tb/.
MSF has been providing health care in Myanmar since 1992 to millions of people from many ethnic origins. Across Myanmar, MSF provides over 30,000 people living with HIV/AIDS with life-saving anti-retroviral treatment. It was among the first responders to cyclones Nargis and Giri, providing medical assistance, survival items and clean water sources for tens of thousands of people.
For patient stories, please go to "I Am Healthy Again": MDR-TB Patients in Myanmar Tell Their Stories


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this time it is all about how to build a place where you can easily take good photos of your painted miniatures without having too many trouble. This is for sure not the best way, it is more the McGyver guy in me. Please know that there are different settings on how you can do this and please know too that this version here is far from perfect.
I write this article because i did a new setup to my own place as i am still having a lot of trouble. I will show you on the following photo how my past photo place did look like. I had 2 frames from cardbox where i did put aluminum foil at it to reflect the light from the lamps. Using daylight bulbs helps you get the photos you want: natural colours and not made wronb by for example a yellowish bulb. For example, Raffa and myself, we use a lamp from the well known company "Ikea", putting in a "Osram DULUX S 11W/865 (860) G23 LUMILUX Daylight" - Link!
As a background i did use black or sometimes grey carton pape, sometimes i even try my luck with some cloth. Remember that your background should always have an easy look, not too much to irritate the viewer from the miniature shown.
- a printed background, which has been made by Raffa with some strange but soft marginal changes in it, i guess you can do such things on your own, if not get a move on to your local printer shop and ask for help. They mostly can do such things very easy without much costs for you.
First of all i want to say that you really should pay attention while doing any of our articles. You try them at your own risk, so please always keep an eye out to your own safety and health.
To get a clear cut through the plastic i did use a saw.
I went out on the balcony to cut it on the left side, followed by the right seize in place where i want the open area to be. Take attention not to make it too bright, because you will need the buckets body later on. You can make this as high as the bucket goes to have the option to get some photos of big models.
I guess everyone reading here knows my photo results until now. In my eyes the most important thing has happened that i wished for. The bucket made the light coming in more diffuse for a better result. And it is easy to take it away if you want to clean up your workbench or don't plan to make photos the next days.
This is the result which comes from the camera. A bit too bright, i hope you may see the difference to the photo i did before of Carlos.
I hope this article helps or inspires the one or the other. There will be some other articles talking about photography and things you should take care of while doing. Sooner or later in the article section.
If any questions may appear or if you just want to tell me what you think (if this is better than before?), please feel invited to drop a comment here.
Buuuut anyway, i have the exact same setup, it's really recommandable!
What camera are you using to take photo of miniature?
What lens is best for photographing minis?
Just a little tip, you can use a Dremel for a quicker job. And you can smooth off the edges with a little bit of heat (a lighter).


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New York primary results: Hillary Clinton triumphs over Bernie Sanders
Jon Campbell
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ALBANY - Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton scored a decisive Democratic primary victory Tuesday in her adopted home state, topping Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in a battle of candidates with New York roots.
Clinton easily captured the popular vote in the Empire State, with the Associated Press calling the contest 46 minutes after polls closed.
Early results showed the Democratic front-runner with a large lead: With 93 percent of precincts reporting, Clinton had 58 percent of the vote to Sanders' 42 percent. Her victory was fueled by a particularly strong showing in New York City, where she captured more than 63 percent of ballots cast.
REPUBLICANS: Trump wins home state
NEW YORK PRIMARY RESULTS: County-by-county map
NEW YORK PRIMARY: Voter turnout unusually high
NEW YORK PRIMARY: Hotline swarmed with complaints
Clinton, who represented New York in the U.S. Senate from 2001 through 2008, was looking to expand her lead over Brooklyn-born Sanders, whose stronger-than-expected campaign is hoping to remain in the race until the Democratic National Convention in July.
It could take days, however, to sort out how many of New York's 247 delegates tied to Tuesday's primary each candidate will pick up. As of 11:04 p.m., Clinton had secured 104 delegates to Sanders' 85, according to the AP.
"Thank you, New York," Clinton told supporters at her victory party at the Sheraton New York Times Square in Manhattan. "You know, you've proved once again there's no place like home."
The two Democratic candidates spent much of the past two weeks crisscrossing the state, hoping to pick up victories in as many of the state's 27 congressional districts as they can.
Of the 247 Democratic delegates based on Tuesday's results, 163 are awarded on the district level -- each congressional district gets five, six or seven delegates -- with the remaining 84 awarded proportionally based on the statewide results.
Public-opinion polls had showed Clinton with a consistent lead over Sanders, showing Clinton with at least a 10-percentage-point lead in the days leading up to the primary.
Clinton cast her ballot Tuesday morning at Douglas Grafflin Elementary School in Chappaqua, Westchester County, along with her husband, former President Bill Clinton. The pair has lived in Chappaqua since 2000, when Clinton was first elected to the U.S. Senate representing New York.
Sanders, meanwhile, also painted his effort in a positive light, telling a rally crowd Tuesday evening in Pennsylvania that his campaign is "doing a lot better, I think, than people thought we would" in New York.
"Despite the fact that Secretary Clinton has won elections there twice for the U.S. Senate, despite the fact that she beat then-Sen. Obama in 2008 in the primary there by 17 points, despite the fact that virtually the entire New York Democratic political establishment is standing with her – you know what?" Sanders said. "We're going to do just fine tonight in New York."
Counties across the state reported brisk voter turnout, with both the Republican and Democratic primaries competitive in New York -- a rarity for a state whose primary date is generally late in the nomination process.
Prior to New York, Clinton was leading Sanders in the national delegate race, 1,758 to 1,076, according to the Associated Press. That number includes "superdelegates" -- Democratic officials free to support whomever they choose -- that have backed Clinton.
New York has 44 superdelegates on top of the 247 delegates awarded through Tuesday's primary.
NEW YORK PRIMARY: 7 things to know
Clinton has sought to paint Sanders' as a politician whose big-ticket ideas -- such as his plan for free college education -- aren't backed up by feasible plans. The two squared off in a heated debate in Brooklyn last week, sparring over gun control, tensions in the Middle East and the minimum wage.
"America is a problem-solving nation, and in this campaign we are setting bold goals backed up by real plans," Clinton said at her victory party Tuesday.
Sanders used his speech in State College, Pennsylvania, to decry many of New York's voting laws, including the state's "closed" primaries, which prevent independent voters from casting a ballot in the Democratic and Republican races.
The closed primaries likely hurt Sanders, who has attracted support from many first-time voters and independents. In order to vote in the Democratic primaries, previously registered independent voters would have had to switch to the Democratic Party by last October.
Also, polls didn't open until noon in upstate New York compared to 6 a.m. in New York City and its suburbs, which Sanders said was unfair to voters hoping to cast their ballot before work.
"I want to see more of our people actively involved in the political process regardless of their views," he said. "And in that regard, I would hope that in future primary elections in New York state, the officials there make some fundamental changes about how they do business."


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Director in Person: Manick Sorcar takes the microphone for a Question and Answer Session with the audience after screening his animation at the Annual Function of Coors Brewing Company.
April 25, 2002: On a personal invitation from Joanne Osborn, Director of the Asian Chamber of Commerce, Manick Sorcar was present at the Annual Function for "Take the Kid to Your Work Day" as the Director in Person for his award winning film "Deepa & Rupa: A Fairy Tale From India". The film was the highlight of the show. Prior to its screening he was introduced to the audience as the "distinguished animation film maker, Colorado's own Manick Sorcar". After the show, he was invited on stage again to take a question and answer session with the packed audience.
"Deepa & Rupa" is the winner of over eight international awards including the Gold Plaque at the Chicago International Film Festival. It is India's first animation mixed with live action, and is based on a children's story from the State of Bengal. "The Woodcutter's Daughter", also an animation mixed with live action (a Finalist at the 40th New York Festivals), is followed by "The Sage & The Mouse", a winner of the Gold Medal at the International Film Festival of New York - both are based on popular stories from The Panchatantra, the classic book of fables of India. "Sniff" (Gandhabichar), which received the prestigious C.I.N.E. Golden Eagle from Washington, D.C, is based on a popular non-sense poem by Sukumar Ray (of "Abol Tabol" fame).
Sorcar's animation films are regarded as "cultural bridges between East and West" and are highly popular at the schools of USA. This is the 11th continuous year the PBS stations of the Rocky mountain area have telecast Sorcar's animation during the holidays of Xmas or New Year. His animation videos are available at all libraries, or can be purchased from Tattered Cover book stores around the nation, and several internet vendors).


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The impact of education is profound: education results in raising income, improving health, promoting gender equality, mitigating climate change, and reducing poverty.
Girls and boys who learn to read, write and count will provide a better future for their families. With improved education, so many other areas are positively affected. Education has the power to make the world a better place.
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1 in 4 children in the US are growing up in a single parent home. Single parents have much higher likelihood to live in poverty, as they face incredible work/life balance issues. Single Parent Families have unique needs and issues constantly affecting their inability to overcome ruin. The emotional and financial toll on most of these families is actually helping to create an even younger population of single parents who are just children themselves.
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The Board of Trustees are a highly accomplished and dedicated individuals who share an uncommon loyalty for, and commitment to, Roanoke-Chowan Community College.
The Board of Trustees includes four member appointments by the Governor, four by the Hertford County Board of Commissioners and four by the Hertford County Board of Education, with each member appointed for a four-year term. The Student Government President and Roanoke-Chowan Community College President serve as ex-officio, non-voting members.
Regularly scheduled meetings are held the 4th Tuesday of each month with the exception of July and December. Meetings are held at 7:00 p.m., in the Jernigan Building Board Room 106.
Kimberly Turner, Chair
Appointed by the Governor of North Carolina
Ronald Gatling, Vice-Chair
Appointed by the Hertford County Board of Commissioners
Andre Lassiter
Appointed by the Hertford County Board of Education
Jean Matthews
Jeri Pierce
Betty Pugh
Dr. Claudia Richardson
Wendy Ruffin-Barnes
Dr. Mary Ruffin-Harrell
Dr. Otis Smallwood
John Trent
Albert Vann
Disha Juikar, SGA President
Non-Voting Member
Presidential Search Timeline
Roanoke-Chowan Community College is governed by the elected Board of Trustees. The college works under a set of policies set forth and approved by the Board. The policies are reviewed on a regular basis and necessary updates are approved by the Board of Trustees at their monthly meetings.
For more information regarding any of the college policies and procedures in this listing, contact the Office of Human Resources at 252-862-1310.
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BP 2.1 Mission Statement
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BP 2.5 General Powers Duties and Responsibilities of the President
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BP 5.1 Purchasing
BP 8.1 Curriculum
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One key partner could not be ignored of course, 3DHubs. This company is a key player in the 3D printing ecosystem. It lets anyone from anywhere order 3D prints from local 3D printers. 3DHubs is a great way to meet other 3D printing people. If you have a printer 3DHubs can offset the cost of using it and if you don't yet have one then 3DHubs lets you print without the upfront investment. There are now over 31,000 3D printers all over the world on the 3DHubs network. 3DHubs wishes to be a local manufacturer for designers and people wanting to get things made. The company has been a high impact service for the desktop 3D printing community. We're very happy to announce that you can now directly from Makeprintable get your file 3D Printed at a hub near you. We hope that this will make it easier for 3DHubs customers to go from file to 3D print together with Makeprintable & 3DHubs. We hope many of you use it to print and do give us feedback!
See the video explaining the 3DHubs integration.
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3D printing is still very far away from being simple, but we hope to make it simpler for you every day.