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"The Pines of Florence": Castellare di Castellina Chianti Classico (2018)
Birding Food Reviews Birds and Booze finches Italy Tuscany White-winged Crossbill winter finches MORE
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Brewery Ommegang: Idyll Days Pilsner
This early weathercock once graced the church of Santi Faustino e Giovita in Brescia, Italy, but now resides at the Museo di Santa Giulia in the same city. It's hard to believe that a few weeks ago I was checking the weather forecast every day, eagerly anticipating any warm, southerly winds that might carry with them new arrivals during the height of spring migration in May. MORE
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The Birding in Costa Rica is Always Good at Lands in Love
Sandy was a fifty-something guy who had immigrated to the Falls from Campobasso, Italy. "Seen anything good"? How many of us have heard that open-ended question while birding in the USA, Canada, and Costa Rica? How many of us aren't sure how to answer it? Since we all know that what falls into the "good bird" category is relative, I guess you can answer it any way you want. MORE
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What Winter Wonders Wait?
Just before I left for Italy, I took a trip to the Lee Metcalf Wildlife Refuge for a healthy dose of migration. It was loaded with waterfowl – lots of Mallards and Green-winged Teal , a few Gadwalls and Northern Shovelers , a solitary Pintail and an equally lonesome Eared Grebe , and of course tons of my old favorite the American Coot (or as I like to call them, the Devil's chickens.) MORE
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'Tis the Season: Notable Bird Books (and Booze and Binoculars) of 2020
Aglianico is a rustic and savory red wine from Southern Italy made from a venerable grape of the same name. This has been a great year! For bird books, we mean – reference works and field guides, books of essays and reminiscences, novels, and works on birdsong and other specialties. MORE
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Birds of Bolivia: Field Guide–A Book Review
One of these days, Jeopardy will feature a category called "Field Guides" and the first clue will be: "This landlocked South American country finally got its own bird field guide in 2016, but it wasn't available in the United State until 2019." " The answer, as discerning Neotropical birders know, is: "What is Bolivia?" " The book in question is Birds of Bolivia: Field Guide , edited and written by Sebastian K. MORE
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Collaborative List – September 2019 – (Red-letter version)
10 Beats have been out in 9 countries (Argentina, Brazil, Serbia, China, Costa Rica, USA, UK, Italy and Mexico) and have shared 125 lists to account for 916 birds. Italy is the newest country to feature in our collection of Countries/Territories/SARs/Kingdoms/Principalities and brings this list to 51. The autumn is upon us. Southbound migrants are passing through in torrents. Are you getting any action? The beats have been ranging far and wide. MORE
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The Red-billed Leiothrix of Tuscany
And while most of these introduction attempts failed, the species has now become firmly established as a "countable" species in several areas of France and Italy, and even Spain so far as I was able to find out. Celebrated awesomeness: Trips Europe invasive species Italy MORE
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Animals are Victims of Italy's Earthquake Too
Tags: natural disaster animal rescue italy earthquake MORE
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Lovely Owls
VICE went to Italy to play, squeeze, hug, and cuddle some of the most adorable owls in the land! You might recognize one of the owls in the video below. They are all very sweet. Luckily they made a video that we can share with you! cute animals cute video MORE
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De arte venandi cum avibus: San Martino Siir (2015) – Aglianico del Vulture DOC
Whatever they may be, the image makes a handsome label for this week's wine, the 2015 Siir from San Martino, a vineyard in the Aglianico del Vulture region of Basilicata in Italy. Aglianico vines are still grown in southern Italy today, particularly in area around Mount Vulture, an extinct volcano in Basilicata. MORE
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"One for the crow": Dancing Crow Vineyards Zinfandel (2017)
The remainder of the recipe is relies on grapes grown in the High Valley AVA on the eastern side of the lake and includes the Rhône varietals Syrah (12%), Mourvèdre (4%), and Petite Sirah (4%), as well as Arneis (2%), a grape from Italy's Piedmont region more often used in white wine production. "One for the rook, one for the crow, one to wither, and one to grow." MORE
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Jochen's Top 10 birds of 2016
My trips abroad were limited to short family vacations to the Cote d'Azur during the first days of January and a week-long vacation to northern Tuscany / Italy in May. Scopoli's Shearwater , Tuscany, Italy. Great Spotted Cuckoo , Tuscany, Italy. Northern Gannet , Liguria coast, Italy. Birding-wise it turned out okay, largely due to a few nice days in April / May here in Germany, a few good days in Italy and the Sylt trip at the end of the year. MORE
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What is the National Bird of Italy?
Italy has no national bird! Some places on the web claim that the national bird of Italy is the "bluebird" but this is so untrue that it does not make sense. Europe, let alone Italy, doesn't have bluebirds.). The lack of a national bird is not because Italy has a paucity of birds or a lack of interest in symbols. Here, for example, is the emblem of Italy, adopted by the Italian Republic in 1948. ……… Birds Italy national bird MORE
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Bird Conservation News: The Good, The Bad (and Ugly), and More Good
Confiscated from a poacher in Brescia, Italy, this robin will be released to fly away into an uncertain world, where habitat is threatened and predators and poachers await. The survival of songbirds depends in part upon eliminating illegal hunting. Photo by David Guttenfelder, courtesy of National Geographic ). If you are a migratory bird in Europe and western Asia, this is your sweet spot. MORE
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The true "Mediterranean" Gull
The coast of the Mediterranean Sea is used mostly as a wintering ground, with just a handful of breeding colonies between Greece, northern Italy and eastern Spain (and recently through central Europe all the way to Ireland). It has come to my attention that this blog needs more gulls. MORE
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Birding the Cyclades: My my, how can I resist you?
Tha dropping numbers are suspected in Greece and Croatia, and confirmed in Italy, France and Malta. I am half-awake, but keep my eyes closed. Listening to the wheeping of stays and shrouds and screeching of fenders against the next sailboat, I do not want to wake up. Still, we are sailing out of the marina soon and I should have some coffee before that. We are in the village of Finikas on the island of Syros in the Cyclades archipelago of Greece. MORE
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Little Fanaticos Soccer Dog Jerseys
They carry USA, Germany, Brazil, England, France, Italy and more. Love soccer? Does your dog love it too? If so, then Little Fanaticos is the site for you! Just look at how adorable the soccer jersey for dogs looks on Baby the Maltese! This is such a fun item, very unique and something that looks great as well. It is very well made, and fit her perfectly. It's sometimes hard to find clothes for dogs that fit just right, but the soccer dog jersey could not have fit better. MORE
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Superheroes and the Birds
Along with her team (including her lover Jenny Sparks, the living Spirit of the Twentieth Century) she destroyed an alternate Italy to prevent the invasion of her world and took over the United States in order to run it better than Congress. With the release of the widely anticipated Avengers film this week and the latest Batman film set to hit later this year, I thought it might be fun to look at some comic books for a change. MORE
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The slaughter tourism trade in Serbia
The cargo was meant to be sold as delicacies to restaurants in Italy. But by then, all surviving Turtle Doves are already in Africa, and those less fortunate await in deep freezers for their final flight to Italy. Twenty years ago, flocks consisting of a thousand European Turtle Doves were a common sight in Serbia in spring. Ten years ago, those flocks were reduced to a few hundred birds. Nowadays, the flocks are even smaller, merely a few dozen birds. MORE
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First Outbreak of Usutu Virus in Germany
It subsequently spread to Budapest/ Hungary (2005, 2006), Zürich/ Switzerland (2006), and north-east Italy (2008/2009). Okay, I meant to write an entertaining post. I honestly did. But I have been sick with different kinds and forms of cold since the beginning of December with no interruption, and so has my entire family. And I am sick of winter, too: first there was no winter at all, with scarcely a night below freezing all through December and January and only rain, rain, rain. MORE
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Activists Hit Max Mara Managers in Italy
From Bite Back: Redecorated with paint and oil the opulent houses of Luigi and Ignazio Maramotti in Albinea (Reggio Emilia). Locked the main entrances. Redecorated with paint also the house of the sister Maria Ludovica located in Reggio Emilia. All these people represent the top management of Max Mara Fashion Group, they torture and kill animals for profits of their company. MORE
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The Hidden Qualities of House Sparrows
As we move from Spain towards the east however, it starts getting interesting as soon as we reach Italy. Italy has an almost endemic … well … "form" of Sparrow, the Italian Sparrow , whose taxonomic affinities and rank have been a matter of dispute ever since scientists started to think about it. The Italian Sparrow is not entirely confined to Italy but – not surprisingly – also occurs in neighbouring areas of Austria and Switzerland. MORE
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Grifalco: Aglianico del Vulture "Gricos" (2016)
Birding Food Reviews Birds and Booze falconry Gyrfalcon Iceland Italy wineThe Gyrfalcon ( Falco rusticolus ), the largest falcon in the world, is as sought after by falconers as it is by birders – and for many of the same reasons: namely, the rarity with which these imposing raptors of the Arctic visit us residing in more temperate climes. MORE
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Notable Mentions: Digiscoper of the Year 2011
Here is just a small handful of some of the wonderful images that have moved me this year: The subtle brown hues in mclaudio's (Italy) Dotterel ( Charadrius morinellus ) image wonderfully place the bird within a habitat – and imagined landscape – context. MORE
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Collaborative list – December 2019
35 countries were visited during 2019 , 7 of them ( Belgium , France , Germany , Italy , Thailand , Indonesia and Barbados ) bringing new blood to the Country/Territory/Emirate/Republic/Pricipality/Kingdom/Special Administrative Region list which now stands at 55. They came home exhausted. MORE
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Idlewild Wines: Flora & Fauna Red Wine (2018)
While this quail belongs to California in both name and range, the wine it adorns is the product of a Sonoma County winery committed to the varietals and techniques of Italy's Piedmont, in the Alpine foothills of that country. MORE
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Love "Roller"coaster: Castellare di Castellini Chianti Classico (2016)
Birding Food Reviews Birds and Booze European Roller Italy rollers Tuscany Valentine's DayToday is Valentine's Day – which means that at this very moment, countless would-be Romeos and hopeful Casanovas are undoubtedly scurrying around at the eleventh hour trying to find that perfect gift, tracking down the last florist in town not already sold out of roses, or perhaps merely struggling to choose a perfect bottle of wine for tonight's dinner. MORE
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Quinta do Casal Branco: Lobo e Falcão Reserva (2016)
After three visits to southern Italy, followed by a lone excursion to Belgium, we'll head back south to end our month-long "Grand Tour" of falconry-themed wine and ales in Portugal. Incidentally, Italy, Belgium, and Portugal are among the eighteen countries where falconry is inscribed as a living human heritage by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESC0), attesting to the great heritage of this sport in many parts of the world. MORE
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German Birding Blitz
Europe… with such low herp diversity the locals split any sub-population of a species that occurs on either the Iberian Peninsula or Italy as a new species just to make them feel better out themselves, naturally is the continent that rose to the top of my trip list. Andy Avram is a lifelong resident of northeastern Ohio, just east of Cleveland. MORE
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The Domestic Turkey and the First Thanksgiving
Dates of first arrival listed by Schorger (1966) are: Italy 1520, Germany 1530, France 1538, England 1541, Denmark and Norway 1550, Sweden 1556. This is the time of year that we rightfully contemplate the noble Turkey. The very first thing we notice about this large member of the Galliformes is that there is a wild version and a domestic version, and although the two are rather different, they are both given the same species name, Meleagris gallopavo. MORE
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Cuckoo for Congo
Funny story about that – though they did take widely divergent paths they have come back together : Three of the birds, Chris, Martin and Kasper, flew down through Italy and straight across the Sahara desert. Back in August we linked to an article about cuckoos that had GPS transmitters attached to them in England and how they had taken widely divergent paths to get to Africa. MORE
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Easy, Bonus Birding at Cano Negro, Costa Rica
It even entices those of us who seriously dig the fromage (did I ever tell you about the amazing, heavenly provolone I ate at a rest stop somewhere in Italy? There are lots of great birding sites in Costa Rica. In fact, go anywhere with a good amount of natural forest and the birding is gonna be good. MORE
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The Parakeet of City Streets, the Monk Parakeet
Monk Parakeets are established not only in New York City, but in at least seven states (Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, New Jersey, New York, Texas), Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, and Quebec, Canada in North America; Belgium, Italy, England, and Spain in Europe; cities in South America (where they are considered introduced since these are not rural areas), and possibly even Japan. MORE
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Sardinia!
Trips Europe flamingos ItalySo last week I was in Sardinia. Many fine wines were drunk, and many fine meals were eaten. We also looked at some racing cars, which I guess was sort of the point? But of course, also and above all that, I saw birds. The White Wagtails , omnipresent on all my other trips to Europe, were not around this time. MORE
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Italy Related Topics
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Italy has no national bird! Some places on the web claim that the national bird of Italy is the "bluebird" but this is so untrue that it does not make sense. Europe, let alone Italy, doesn't have bluebirds.). The lack of a national bird is not because Italy has a paucity of birds or a lack of interest in symbols. Here, for example, is the emblem of Italy, adopted by the Italian Republic in 1948. ……… Birds Italy national bird
From Bite Back: Redecorated with paint and oil the opulent houses of Luigi and Ignazio Maramotti in Albinea (Reggio Emilia). Locked the main entrances. Redecorated with paint also the house of the sister Maria Ludovica located in Reggio Emilia. All these people represent the top management of Max Mara Fashion Group, they torture and kill animals for profits of their company.
Birding Food Reviews Birds and Booze finches Italy Tuscany White-winged Crossbill winter finches
Birding Food Reviews Birds and Booze falconry Gyrfalcon Iceland Italy wineThe Gyrfalcon ( Falco rusticolus ), the largest falcon in the world, is as sought after by falconers as it is by birders – and for many of the same reasons: namely, the rarity with which these imposing raptors of the Arctic visit us residing in more temperate climes.
VICE went to Italy to play, squeeze, hug, and cuddle some of the most adorable owls in the land! You might recognize one of the owls in the video below. They are all very sweet. Luckily they made a video that we can share with you! cute animals cute video
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Trips Europe flamingos ItalySo last week I was in Sardinia. Many fine wines were drunk, and many fine meals were eaten. We also looked at some racing cars, which I guess was sort of the point? But of course, also and above all that, I saw birds. The White Wagtails , omnipresent on all my other trips to Europe, were not around this time.
Birding Food Reviews Birds and Booze European Roller Italy rollers Tuscany Valentine's DayToday is Valentine's Day – which means that at this very moment, countless would-be Romeos and hopeful Casanovas are undoubtedly scurrying around at the eleventh hour trying to find that perfect gift, tracking down the last florist in town not already sold out of roses, or perhaps merely struggling to choose a perfect bottle of wine for tonight's dinner.
They carry USA, Germany, Brazil, England, France, Italy and more. Love soccer? Does your dog love it too? If so, then Little Fanaticos is the site for you! Just look at how adorable the soccer jersey for dogs looks on Baby the Maltese! This is such a fun item, very unique and something that looks great as well. It is very well made, and fit her perfectly. It's sometimes hard to find clothes for dogs that fit just right, but the soccer dog jersey could not have fit better.
As we move from Spain towards the east however, it starts getting interesting as soon as we reach Italy. Italy has an almost endemic … well … "form" of Sparrow, the Italian Sparrow , whose taxonomic affinities and rank have been a matter of dispute ever since scientists started to think about it. The Italian Sparrow is not entirely confined to Italy but – not surprisingly – also occurs in neighbouring areas of Austria and Switzerland.
Funny story about that – though they did take widely divergent paths they have come back together : Three of the birds, Chris, Martin and Kasper, flew down through Italy and straight across the Sahara desert. Back in August we linked to an article about cuckoos that had GPS transmitters attached to them in England and how they had taken widely divergent paths to get to Africa.
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10 Beats have been out in 9 countries (Argentina, Brazil, Serbia, China, Costa Rica, USA, UK, Italy and Mexico) and have shared 125 lists to account for 916 birds. Italy is the newest country to feature in our collection of Countries/Territories/SARs/Kingdoms/Principalities and brings this list to 51. The autumn is upon us. Southbound migrants are passing through in torrents. Are you getting any action? The beats have been ranging far and wide.
And while most of these introduction attempts failed, the species has now become firmly established as a "countable" species in several areas of France and Italy, and even Spain so far as I was able to find out. Celebrated awesomeness: Trips Europe invasive species Italy
Whatever they may be, the image makes a handsome label for this week's wine, the 2015 Siir from San Martino, a vineyard in the Aglianico del Vulture region of Basilicata in Italy. Aglianico vines are still grown in southern Italy today, particularly in area around Mount Vulture, an extinct volcano in Basilicata.
After three visits to southern Italy, followed by a lone excursion to Belgium, we'll head back south to end our month-long "Grand Tour" of falconry-themed wine and ales in Portugal. Incidentally, Italy, Belgium, and Portugal are among the eighteen countries where falconry is inscribed as a living human heritage by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESC0), attesting to the great heritage of this sport in many parts of the world.
The cargo was meant to be sold as delicacies to restaurants in Italy. But by then, all surviving Turtle Doves are already in Africa, and those less fortunate await in deep freezers for their final flight to Italy. Twenty years ago, flocks consisting of a thousand European Turtle Doves were a common sight in Serbia in spring. Ten years ago, those flocks were reduced to a few hundred birds. Nowadays, the flocks are even smaller, merely a few dozen birds.
Here is just a small handful of some of the wonderful images that have moved me this year: The subtle brown hues in mclaudio's (Italy) Dotterel ( Charadrius morinellus ) image wonderfully place the bird within a habitat – and imagined landscape – context.
This early weathercock once graced the church of Santi Faustino e Giovita in Brescia, Italy, but now resides at the Museo di Santa Giulia in the same city. It's hard to believe that a few weeks ago I was checking the weather forecast every day, eagerly anticipating any warm, southerly winds that might carry with them new arrivals during the height of spring migration in May.
Sandy was a fifty-something guy who had immigrated to the Falls from Campobasso, Italy. "Seen anything good"? How many of us have heard that open-ended question while birding in the USA, Canada, and Costa Rica? How many of us aren't sure how to answer it? Since we all know that what falls into the "good bird" category is relative, I guess you can answer it any way you want.
Confiscated from a poacher in Brescia, Italy, this robin will be released to fly away into an uncertain world, where habitat is threatened and predators and poachers await. The survival of songbirds depends in part upon eliminating illegal hunting. Photo by David Guttenfelder, courtesy of National Geographic ). If you are a migratory bird in Europe and western Asia, this is your sweet spot.
The coast of the Mediterranean Sea is used mostly as a wintering ground, with just a handful of breeding colonies between Greece, northern Italy and eastern Spain (and recently through central Europe all the way to Ireland). It has come to my attention that this blog needs more gulls.
The remainder of the recipe is relies on grapes grown in the High Valley AVA on the eastern side of the lake and includes the Rhône varietals Syrah (12%), Mourvèdre (4%), and Petite Sirah (4%), as well as Arneis (2%), a grape from Italy's Piedmont region more often used in white wine production. "One for the rook, one for the crow, one to wither, and one to grow."
It even entices those of us who seriously dig the fromage (did I ever tell you about the amazing, heavenly provolone I ate at a rest stop somewhere in Italy? There are lots of great birding sites in Costa Rica. In fact, go anywhere with a good amount of natural forest and the birding is gonna be good.
Tha dropping numbers are suspected in Greece and Croatia, and confirmed in Italy, France and Malta. I am half-awake, but keep my eyes closed. Listening to the wheeping of stays and shrouds and screeching of fenders against the next sailboat, I do not want to wake up. Still, we are sailing out of the marina soon and I should have some coffee before that. We are in the village of Finikas on the island of Syros in the Cyclades archipelago of Greece.
Just before I left for Italy, I took a trip to the Lee Metcalf Wildlife Refuge for a healthy dose of migration. It was loaded with waterfowl – lots of Mallards and Green-winged Teal , a few Gadwalls and Northern Shovelers , a solitary Pintail and an equally lonesome Eared Grebe , and of course tons of my old favorite the American Coot (or as I like to call them, the Devil's chickens.)
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One of these days, Jeopardy will feature a category called "Field Guides" and the first clue will be: "This landlocked South American country finally got its own bird field guide in 2016, but it wasn't available in the United State until 2019." " The answer, as discerning Neotropical birders know, is: "What is Bolivia?" " The book in question is Birds of Bolivia: Field Guide , edited and written by Sebastian K.
Monk Parakeets are established not only in New York City, but in at least seven states (Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, New Jersey, New York, Texas), Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, and Quebec, Canada in North America; Belgium, Italy, England, and Spain in Europe; cities in South America (where they are considered introduced since these are not rural areas), and possibly even Japan.
It subsequently spread to Budapest/ Hungary (2005, 2006), Zürich/ Switzerland (2006), and north-east Italy (2008/2009). Okay, I meant to write an entertaining post. I honestly did. But I have been sick with different kinds and forms of cold since the beginning of December with no interruption, and so has my entire family. And I am sick of winter, too: first there was no winter at all, with scarcely a night below freezing all through December and January and only rain, rain, rain.
Along with her team (including her lover Jenny Sparks, the living Spirit of the Twentieth Century) she destroyed an alternate Italy to prevent the invasion of her world and took over the United States in order to run it better than Congress. With the release of the widely anticipated Avengers film this week and the latest Batman film set to hit later this year, I thought it might be fun to look at some comic books for a change.
Dates of first arrival listed by Schorger (1966) are: Italy 1520, Germany 1530, France 1538, England 1541, Denmark and Norway 1550, Sweden 1556. This is the time of year that we rightfully contemplate the noble Turkey. The very first thing we notice about this large member of the Galliformes is that there is a wild version and a domestic version, and although the two are rather different, they are both given the same species name, Meleagris gallopavo.
Europe… with such low herp diversity the locals split any sub-population of a species that occurs on either the Iberian Peninsula or Italy as a new species just to make them feel better out themselves, naturally is the continent that rose to the top of my trip list. Andy Avram is a lifelong resident of northeastern Ohio, just east of Cleveland.
While this quail belongs to California in both name and range, the wine it adorns is the product of a Sonoma County winery committed to the varietals and techniques of Italy's Piedmont, in the Alpine foothills of that country.
35 countries were visited during 2019 , 7 of them ( Belgium , France , Germany , Italy , Thailand , Indonesia and Barbados ) bringing new blood to the Country/Territory/Emirate/Republic/Pricipality/Kingdom/Special Administrative Region list which now stands at 55. They came home exhausted.
Aglianico is a rustic and savory red wine from Southern Italy made from a venerable grape of the same name. This has been a great year! For bird books, we mean – reference works and field guides, books of essays and reminiscences, novels, and works on birdsong and other specialties.
My trips abroad were limited to short family vacations to the Cote d'Azur during the first days of January and a week-long vacation to northern Tuscany / Italy in May. Scopoli's Shearwater , Tuscany, Italy. Great Spotted Cuckoo , Tuscany, Italy. Northern Gannet , Liguria coast, Italy. Birding-wise it turned out okay, largely due to a few nice days in April / May here in Germany, a few good days in Italy and the Sylt trip at the end of the year.


A national nursing shortage is causing many health care systems to recruit personnel from other areas. Last year when Hurricane Maria ravaged the island of Puerto Rico many nurses and health care professionals were left without power, basic necessities, and jobs.
The nurses arrived in Newton this past Friday. Team members at Abernethy Laurels partnered with several local Latino support organizations to help welcome them to the mainland and acclimate them to the area.
"Many individuals from Puerto Rico are bilingual, so they already have a good handle on the language," shared McIntosh. "Many clinical processes that they are already familiar with easily translate here on the mainland." The nurses will spend the next several months working towards obtaining the proper nursing licensure for North Carolina.
"We are so honored and humbled to provide this opportunity to these healthcare professionals as part of our ministry," shared McIntosh.


Tree surgeons in Bedford UK for an extended period have provided the arboricultural services for the local UK authorities, the schools, private estates, companies in the construction businesses and residents homes. The tree surgeons have over the years ensured that the Tree work Recommendations that have been set by the law. A substantial number of tree surgeons in Bedford UK has been approved by the Arboriculture Association as well as provided with the health and the safety certificates. The certificates issued to the tree surgeons in Bedford UK ensure that only the qualified personnel that have exceptional trading services, respectable customer services and are competent technically offer tree services.
Tree surgeons in Bedford UK usually recommend a specific height for certain species of trees. Tree surgeons in Bedford UK, therefore, trim the vertical length of the plants as well as ensure that the crown is well spread. The framework of the trees undergoing crown reduction should be intact throughout. The tree surgeons in Bedford UK are keen to maintain neatness by retaining a similar shape.
Tree surgeons in Bedford UK have focused on ensuring that the condition of which the tree are set to grow are right and favorable so that at the mature stage, the tree looks healthy. Crown thinning refers to whereby small proportions of live branches on trees are cut. Tree surgeons in Bedford UK encourage crown thinning to allow enough light to penetrate throughout the crown and minimize the sail off the wind. The crown thinning does not affect the shape or the size that a tree will grow.
Crown lifting is done by the tree surgeons in Bedford UK which involve removing the low branches of the tree. The base of the crown is lifted to increase the clearance of the ground. Crown lifting is also advisable so that the regions that have trees are easily accessible even by the vehicles. The crown lifting also allows for the light penetration.
Crown reduction, crown thinning and crown lifting are just some of the tree services offered by the tree surgeons in Bedford UK. The three mentioned three activities should be left for the professional such as those tree surgeons in Bedford UK because trees at a particular stage of growth should not be interfered with as it may cause stress on the trees and increase recovery period. Also, the tree should undergo the three procedures up to a certain point to avoid damage.
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TALKING GOLF WITH GARY 1-9-2012
STRICKER STRIKES FIRST
Steve Stricker began the new PGA Tour season with a victory in the Tournament of Champions, though he didn't make it easy on himself in Monday's final round.
His five-shot lead was reduced to one shot after only six holes before Stricker pulled himself together with back-to-back birdies and closed with a 4-under 69 to win by three.
Martin Laird, Jonathan Byrd and Webb Simpson each got within one shot of Stricker in the final round, but they couldn't catch him. Stricker rolled in a 25-foot birdie putt on the par-3 eighth, pitched to tap-in range at the par-5 ninth and was on his way.
Laird closed with a 67, and his birdie on the last hole put him alone in second place. Byrd kept most of the pressure on Stricker along the back nine of the Plantation Course, but he bogeyed the 17th. He had a 68 and tied for third with Simpson, who had a 68.
It was the 12th career win for Stricker, and ninth since he turned 40. He moved back to No. 5 in the world.
OOSTHUIZEN RETAINS TITLE
Louis Oosthuizen holed a 35-foot birdie putt on No. 17 to top fellow South African Tjaart van der Walt and retain his title at the Africa Open on Sunday.
The former British Open champion beat Van der Walt by two shots after closing with a 6-under 67 for a 27-under total of 265 at the season-opening European Tour event.
Van der Walt shot a 69 to finish one shot ahead of Retief Goosen, who also carded a 69 at East London Golf Club.
Oosthuizen and Van der Walt were tied with two holes to play but Oosthuizen's birdie and Van der Walt's bogey at the short par-3 No. 17 finally separated the pair.
It was the 29-year-old Oosthuizen's fourth European Tour title and first since his win in East London in 2011, while Van der Walt again missed out on a first professional victory.
Oosthuizen had an up-and-down front nine at the par-73 course with an eagle, four birdies and two bogeys. But he birdied Nos. 11 and 17 and didn't drop any shots coming home to claim the $201,000 winner's check.
Van der Walt opened with three straight birdies and had five in all. His only bogey of the day was the crucial slip at No. 17, where he missed a birdie chance and a short putt for par.
Goosen, who won the Africa Open in 2009, managed an eagle and three birdies but dropped a shot at No. 10 and finished alone in third, one clear of Jaco van Zyl (66).
Scotland's Alastair Forsyth was fifth to break up a run of South Africans at the top of the leaderboard. Another South African, Richard Sterne, closed with a 3-under 70 for 20 under and sixth in his first tournament in nearly a year after struggling with major back problems.
The LPGA is returning to Hawaii.
The tour announced Thursday that the Lotte Championship Presented by J Golf will be played on Oahu starting in mid-April, ending a two-year absence for the LPGA in Michelle Wie's home state.
The LPGA and Asia-based Lotte announced a three-year agreement to hold the $1.7 million, full-field event. LPGA says the host course will be announced in the coming weeks.
Hawaii, which hosts two PGA Tour events, hosted as many as three LPGA events in 2008 but that fell to none by 2010 because of the loss of corporate sponsorships amid the recession.
The Lotte Championship is one of three new tournaments on the schedule this year. It joins the ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open, the Manulife Financial LPGA Classic and the Jamie Farr Toledo Classic.
Bettye Danoff, one of the LPGA Tour's 13 founding members, has died. She was 88.
The LPGA Tour said Danoff's family confirmed she died in Texas.
At 5-foot-2 and barely 100 pounds, Danoff earned the nickname "Mighty Mite" and was the first grandmother to play the tour. Before the formation of the LPGA Tour, she beat Babe Zaharias 1-up as an amateur in the final of the 1947 Texas Women's Open to end Zaharias' 17-tournament winning streak.
Danoff won four straight Dallas Women's Golf Association Championships from 1945-48, the women's division of the Texas PGA in 1945 and 1946 and the Texas Women's Amateur in 1947 and 1948. The Texan, winless on the LPGA Tour, also played exhibitions as an amateur with PGA Tour star Byron Nelson in the late 1940s.
Danoff often traveled the tour with daughters Kaye, Janie and Debbie.
Danoff and the others founders were honored in 2000 with the Commissioner's Award. Last year, the tour started the LPGA Founders Cup in Phoenix.
Danoff's husband, Dr. Clyde Walter Danoff, died in 1961.
Turner Sports says longtime broadcaster Jim Huber has died. He was 67.
The cable network says Huber died Monday in Atlanta. A cause of death was not immediately released.
A statement from Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., said Huber was an Emmy Award-winning essayist who joined Turner Sports full-time in 2000 and was an announcer for professional golf matches and NBA games.
He previously served as an anchor and reporter for CNN/Sports Illustrated and hosted CNN's Pro Golf Weekly and Sporting Life with Jim Huber.
David Levy, a Turner president of sales, distribution and sports, said in the statement that Huber served 27 years with the company.
Levy said: "The Turner Broadcasting family suffered a great loss and we are saddened by the passing of our colleague and friend."
After crunching numbers using different models, the PGA Tour has decided to leave the points structure alone for the FedEx Cup. The system was changed after each of the first three years in existence. This now is the third straight year with no tweaking.
PGA Tour spokesman Ty Votaw said even though FedEx Cup points will start being awarded this week at the Tournament of Champions, changes could be made at the next policy board meeting in March, though "I would say that's unlikely."
The formula has been working well for the most part. The reward for a strong regular season is a high seeding going into the playoffs, which translates to better odds of reaching the Tour Championship. And there's still plenty of volatility for a high finish in the playoff events, as Reavie showed last year and Laird did in 2010.
Points are worth five times as much in the playoffs. Votaw said tour officials looked at how the standings would be if points were only tripled, or quadrupled, and didn't see anything worth changing.
Paul Casey dislocated his right shoulder while snowboarding in Colorado, sidelining him for the first two months of the year and damaging his chances of qualifying for Europe's Ryder Cup team.
The 20th-ranked Englishman said he doesn't need surgery and "should be back hitting balls in a few weeks."
Casey will be unable to defend his Volvo Golf Champions title in South Africa this month and will also miss the European Tour's entire Middle East swing. That includes the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship, which he has won twice in the past five years.
The 34-year-old Casey lost his PGA Tour card last year and will lose the chance to earn valuable Ryder Cup points ahead of the matches in Medinah, Ill., in September.
He failed to qualify for the team in 2010 after missing part of the season with a rib injury. He was then snubbed for a wild card by captain Colin Montgomerie despite being ranked in top 10. He was part of winning European teams in 2004 and '06 and also played in the defeat at Valhalla in 2008.
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Scientology policy dictates harassing people through noisy investigations and other tactics.
More about harassment
Los Angeles Police - Public Statement Regarding Eugene Ingram's Wiretapping
April 23, 1985: A public announcement by Los Angeles Police Chief Daryl Gates disavowing any cooperation with Eugene Ingram, longtime Scientology agent, who claimed to have obtained a letter from the LAPD authorizing Ingram to eavesdrop on others.
harassment in the News
September 27, 1986 Verdict Is Upheld Against Scientology A Los Angeles judge last week rejected a request that he either overturn a $30 million verdict against the Church of Scientology of California or grant a new trial in a suit by former member Larry Wollersheim, who said Scientologists destroyed his business and drove him to the brink of insanity when he left the church after 11 years. harassment, Larry Wollersheim, lawsuits, Los Angeles, CA, Press, Scientology and Society
September 19, 1986 $30-Million Court Fight Lost by Scientology In a staggering blow to the Church of Scientology of California, a Superior Court judge Thursday upheld a jury's $30-million damage award to a former church member who said the organization wrecked him mentally and financially. disconnection, Fair Game, harassment, Larry Wollersheim, lawsuits, Los Angeles, CA
August 30, 1986 Principals Shouldn`T Harass Teachers Charlotte Observer: Principals Shouldn`T Harass Teachers harassment
April 8, 1986 Ex-Scientologist Says Church Harassed Him Miami Herald: Ex-Scientologist Says Church Harassed Him harassment
April 4, 1986 Inside Scientology - Finally When the staffers learn that you are a "wog" (Scientology-speak for non-Scientologist) or, worse yet, a wog journalist their warm smiles change instantly to icy defensiveness. Unless a Scientologist's neighbor is a fellow member of the church, Scientologists can be zealously self protective. harassment, Press
October 17, 1985 Former Scientology Aide Wins Ruling On Church Records The state Supreme Court yesterday allowed a former Church of Scientology official to obtain church records in a suit against the group. The action lifts the court's order of September 10 blocking release of the records of "audits," or examinations, of church members, to Gerald Armstrong, who resigned in 1981 as archivist of the church's Los Angeles branch. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Paul Breckenridge has said the church declared Armstrong a "suppressive person," and employees spied on him, assaulted him and hit him with a car. assault, Gerry Armstrong, harassment, Press
October 8, 1985 Suit Against Scientology Founder Protested About 200 members of a group calling itself the Religious Freedom Crusade held a rally to protest a $30 million suit filed in 1983 in US District Court against L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the Church of Scientology, by Boston lawyer Michael Flynn. Flynn, whose suit alleges that the church has engaged in harassment against him, has represented former church members in various suits against the church across the country. Boston, harassment, lawsuits, Michael Flynn, Press
April 19, 1985 Witness Says Judge Probed A Portland judge who presided over a fraud trial involving the Church of Scientology in 1979 was the target of a covert operation by the church aimed at learning his attitudes about drug usage and sexual promiscuity, a former Scientologist testified. harassment, lawsuits, Press, What's Wrong with Scientology?
April 17, 1985 Court Hears Final Scientology Tape Jurors in the Church of Scientology fraud trial Tuesday listened to the last of five hours of surreptitiously-taped conversations in which a former Scientologist talked about a plan to "transform" church leadership by filing suit to take managerial control. In the final two recorded meetings, Armstrong said he "wouldn't touch" an idea posed by his questioner about writing false materials on the letterhead of a private investigator, whom Armstrong believed was pursuing him on behalf of the church. As it turned out, the private investigator was the one making the tapes. Gerry Armstrong, harassment, Press
April 12, 1983 Scientology Suit Allowed to Go to Trial A federal judge opened the way Monday for four former Scientologists to sue the church for fraud over a variety of claims including promises that it could prevent colds, raise intelligence and solve obesity. The judge ruled that while Scientology is a religion, many of the claims it makes appear to involve non-religious matters, such as statements that it can improve a person's health and career. fraud, harassment, lawsuits, Michael Flynn, Press
May 12, 2006 Critic Barb Graham Harassed with "Noisy Investigation" Barb Graham's relatives got a call purportedly from an investigator looking into her "terrorist activities". Written Scientology policy directs this kind of "noisy investigation." harassment, ARS Week in Review
April 23, 1985 Los Angeles Police - Public Statement Regarding Eugene Ingram's Wiretapping A public announcement by Los Angeles Police Chief Daryl Gates disavowing any cooperation with Eugene Ingram, longtime Scientology agent, who claimed to have obtained a letter from the LAPD authorizing Ingram to eavesdrop on others. crimes, Documents, Eugene Ingram, harassment, Los Angeles, CA
March 24, 1984 Former Scientologist Fred Stansfield Receives a Death Threat Stansfield claims he received a death threat from a Scientologist "friend" on March 24, 1984 (a threat reported to the FBI) harassment
October 10, 1972 Guardian's Office Weekly Report Directs Attacks on Paulette Cooper Scientology Guardian's Office Weekly Intelligent Report notes that Paulette Cooper is "still actively attacking Scientology" and lists three "handling" actions, including giving New York Scientologists orders to "attack her in as many ways as possible"; this item says that action has already been taken on "wide-scale exposure of PC's sex life." crimes, Guardian Office, harassment, New York, Paulette Cooper


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#ifndef DEFINES_H
#include "Defines.h"
#endif // !DEFINES_H

public ref class Settings{

public:
	//default constructor
	Settings(){
		rollPID = gcnew array<double>(3);
        rollPID[0] = RPDefault;
		rollPID[1] = RIDefault;
		rollPID[2] = RDDefault;

		pitchPID = gcnew array<double>(3);
        pitchPID[0] = PPDefault;
		pitchPID[1] = PIDefault;
		pitchPID[2] = PDDefault;

		this->motorSelect=true;
		this->rollMotorDirection=true;
		this->pitchMotorDirection=true;
		this->swapXYAxis=false;
		this->reverseXAxis=false;
		this->reverseYAxis=false;
		this->reverseZAxis=false;
		this->pitchMotorPower = 127;
		this->rollMotorPower = 127;
	}

	Settings(array<double> ^RPID,array<double> ^PPID,bool MS,bool RMD,bool PMD,bool SXY,bool RXA,bool RYA,bool RZA){
		this->rollPID = RPID;
		this->pitchPID = PPID;
		this->motorSelect=MS;
		this->rollMotorDirection=RMD;
		this->pitchMotorDirection=PMD;
		this->swapXYAxis=SXY;
		this->reverseXAxis=RXA;
		this->reverseYAxis=RYA;
		this->reverseZAxis=RZA;
	}
	Settings(Settings ^ a){
		this->rollPID = gcnew array<double>(3);
		this->pitchPID = gcnew array<double>(3);
		for(int i=0; i < a->rollPID->Length; i++)
			this->rollPID[i]=a->rollPID[i];
		for(int i=0; i < a->pitchPID->Length; i++)
			this->pitchPID[i]=a->pitchPID[i];
		this->motorSelect=a->motorSelect;
		this->rollMotorDirection=a->rollMotorDirection;
		this->pitchMotorDirection=a->pitchMotorDirection;
		this->swapXYAxis=a->swapXYAxis;
		this->reverseXAxis=a->reverseXAxis;
		this->reverseYAxis=a->reverseYAxis;
		this->reverseZAxis=a->reverseZAxis;
		this->pitchMotorPower = a->pitchMotorPower;
		this->rollMotorPower= a->rollMotorPower;
	}

	bool setRollPID(int i, double val){
		if(i < rollPID->Length && i >= 0){
			if(val >= PMIN && val<= PMAX)
				rollPID[i] = val;
			else
				return true;
			return false;
		}
		return true;
	}

	/*bool setPitchPID(float PVal,float IVal,float DVal){
		if(PMIN <= PVal && PVal<= PMAX)
			pitchPID[P]=(int)(PVal*1000);
		else
			return true;
		if(IMIN <= IVal && IVal <= IMAX)
			pitchPID[I]=(int)(IVal*1000);
		else
			return true;
		if(DMIN <= DVal && DVal <= DMAX)
			pitchPID[D]=(int)(DVal*1000);
		else
			return true;
		return false;
	}*/

	bool setPitchPID(int i, double val){
		if(i < pitchPID->Length && i >= 0){
			if(val >= PMIN && val<= PMAX)
				pitchPID[i] = val;
			else
				return true;
			return false;
		}
		return true;

	}

	float getRollPID(int index){
		return rollPID[index];
	}

	array<double> ^ getRollPID(void){
		return rollPID;
	}

	float getPitchPID(int index){
		return pitchPID[index];
	}

	array<double> ^ getPitchPID(void){
		return pitchPID;
	}

	void setMotorSelect(bool b){
		motorSelect = b;
	}

	bool getMotorSelect(){
		return motorSelect;
	}

	void setRollMotorDirection(bool b){
		rollMotorDirection = b;
	}

	void setPitchMotorDirection(bool b){
		pitchMotorDirection = b;
	}

	bool getRollMotorDirection(){
		return rollMotorDirection;
	}

	bool getPitchMotorDirection(){
		return pitchMotorDirection;
	}

	int getPitchMotorPower(void){
		return this->pitchMotorPower;
	}

	bool setPitchMotorPower(int p){
		if(p >= 0 && p < 256)
			pitchMotorPower = p;
		else
			return true;
		return false;
	}

	int getRollMotorPower(){
		return this->rollMotorPower;
	}

	bool setRollMotorPower(int p){
		if(p >= 0 && p < 256)
			rollMotorPower = p;
		else
			return true;
		return false;
	}

	void setSwapXYAxis(bool b){
		swapXYAxis = b;
	}

	bool getSwapXYAxis(){
		return swapXYAxis;
	}

	void setReverseXAxis(bool b){
		reverseXAxis = b;
	}

	bool getReverseXAxis(){
		return reverseXAxis;
	}

	void setReverseYAxis(bool b){
		reverseYAxis = b;
	}

	bool getReverseYAxis(){
		return reverseYAxis;
	}

	void setReverseZAxis(bool b){
		reverseZAxis = b;
	}

	bool getReverseZAxis(){
		return reverseZAxis;
	}

	array<bool> ^getRollPIDChanged(){
		return this->rollPIDChanged;
	}

	bool getRollPIDChanged(int index){
		if(index > this->rollPIDChanged->Length && index < 0){
			System::Console::WriteLine("getRollPIDChanged error index out of range!");
			return false;
		}
		else{
			return this->rollPIDChanged[index];
		}
	}

	void setRollPIDChanged(array<bool> ^a){
		this->rollPIDChanged = a;
	}

	void setRollPIDChanged(int i,bool val){
		if(i < this->rollPIDChanged->Length && i > 0)
			rollPIDChanged[i] = val;
	}

	array<bool> ^getPitchPIDChanged(){
		return this->pitchPIDChanged;
	}

	bool getPitchPIDChanged(int index){
		if(index > this->pitchPIDChanged->Length && index < 0){
			System::Console::WriteLine("getRollPIDChanged error index out of range!");
			return false;
		}
		else{
			return this->pitchPIDChanged[index];
		}
	}

	void setPitchPIDChanged(array<bool> ^a){
		this->pitchPIDChanged = a;
	}

	void setPitchPIDChanged(int i,bool val){
		if(i < this->pitchPIDChanged->Length && i > 0)
			pitchPIDChanged[i] = val;
	}

	bool getMotorSelectChanged(){
		return this->motorSelectChanged;
	}

	void setMotorSelectChanged(bool a){
		this->motorSelectChanged = a;
	}
	// motor power changed
	bool getRollMotorPowerChanged(){
		return rollMotorPowerChanged;
	}
	void setRollMotorPowerChanged(bool a){
		this->rollMotorPowerChanged = a;
	}

	bool getPitchMotorPowerChanged(){
		return pitchMotorPowerChanged;
	}
	void setPitchMotorPowerChanged(bool a){
		this->pitchMotorPowerChanged = a;
	}

	// motor direction changed

	bool getRollMotorDirectionChanged(){
		return this-> rollMotorDirectionChanged;
	}
	void setRollMotorDirectionChanged(bool a){
		this->rollMotorDirectionChanged = a;
	}

	bool getPitchMotorDirectionChanged(){
		return this->pitchMotorDirectionChanged;
	}
	void setPitchMotorDirectionChanged(bool a){
		this->pitchMotorDirectionChanged = a;
	}

	// axis changed

	bool getSwapXYAxisChanged(){
		return this->swapXYAxisChanged;
	}
	void setSwapXYAxisChanged(bool a){
		this->swapXYAxisChanged = a;
	}

	bool getReverseXAxisChanged(){
		return this->reverseXAxisChanged;
	}
	void setReverseXAxisChanged(bool a){
		this->reverseXAxisChanged = a;
	}

	bool getReverseYAxisChanged(){
		return this->reverseYAxisChanged;
	}
	void setReverseYAxisChanged(bool a){
		this->reverseYAxisChanged = a;
	}

	bool getReverseZAxisChanged(){
		return this->reverseZAxisChanged;
	}
	void setReverseZAxisChanged(bool a){
		this->reverseZAxisChanged = a;
	}

private:
	array<double> ^rollPID;
	array<double> ^pitchPID;
	bool motorSelect;
	int rollMotorPower,pitchMotorPower;
	bool rollMotorDirection,pitchMotorDirection;
	bool swapXYAxis,reverseXAxis,reverseYAxis,reverseZAxis;

	array<bool> ^rollPIDChanged;
	array<bool> ^pitchPIDChanged;
	bool motorSelectChanged;
	bool rollMotorPowerChanged,pitchMotorPowerChanged;
	bool rollMotorDirectionChanged,pitchMotorDirectionChanged;
	bool swapXYAxisChanged,reverseXAxisChanged,reverseYAxisChanged,reverseZAxisChanged;
};

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C-19 Puts Fully Vaxxinated Aussie Olympic Champ in Hospital
By Covid Global News
A positive COVID-19 test has forced Madison Wilson out of the International Swim League competition
Wilson says she feels "extremely unlucky" to have contracted COVID-19, being fully vaccinated
She acknowledged those who have reached out in support
Tokyo gold medal-winning swimmer Madison Wilson has been admitted to hospital having tested positive for COVID-19.
The 27-year-old is in Italy for the International Swimming League (ISL) and posted on social media saying she was moved to hospital yesterday for further care and observation.
Wilson, who is fully vaccinated, says she may have been run down and has described the experience as "a huge wake-up call".
"I am extremely disappointed and upset not to be racing alongside my teammates in match 8 here in the ISL," Wilson said in a post on social media.
"Even though I am double-vaccinated and took the right precautions set in place through the ISL, I have managed to fall to this virus.
"It's been a crazy few months and I believe being run down physically and mentally may have made me more susceptible.
Madison Wilson in hospital after testing positive for COVID-19.
"I feel extremely unlucky but I do believe this is a huge wake-up call, COVID is a serious thing and, when it comes, it hits very hard."
Wilson also thanked those close to her, overwhelmed by their outpouring of love and support.
"I'd be stupid not to say I wasn't scared," she said.
"I'm so lucky for all my family, friends, and support people.
"I can't believe how much love I have been shown and I'm forever in debt to these people.
"Special thanks to my incredible LA family, you haven't and won't ever see a team with a bigger heart than theirs, away from the pool the most incredible compassionate group of people and in the pool, we are fighting with every bit of strength. I can promise we will be ready to fire come semi-finals!
"I'm taking some time to rest, and I'm sure I'll be ready to bounce back in no time."
Original Source: https://www.covidglobalnews.live/health/c-19-puts-fully-vaxxinated-aussie-olympic-champ-in-hospital/
Authorities Reveal Horror Details in Dual Helicopter Crash that Killed Four People
Former Prime Minister of Australia Kevin Rudd at the World Economic Forum Meeting 2023


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Dudley teen jailed for injuring four after trying to run over her ex-boyfriend
Staff Reporter January 6, 2021 | 02:00 pm Dudley teen jailed for injuring four after trying to run over her ex-boyfriend2021-01-07T19:17:01+00:00
Teenager Lydia Baya drove her mother's car into her ex-boyfriend and injured four people (Photo: WMP)
A Dudley teenager has been jailed after injuring four people in a deliberate act of reckless driving in Birmingham last August.
Lydia Baya had taken her mother's car and, following an argument with her ex-boyfriend, drove at the 19-year-old, and a 16-year-old girl with him, on Pershore Road just after 1pm on 14 August.
After running the pair down, the car crashed into a bus stop injuring two more pedestrians. CCTV footage from an approaching bus captured the Renault Captur as it came to rest on the pavement, where 18-year-old Baya left it and walked off.
WATCH | Teen injures four people in Birmingham in bid to run over ex-boyfriend
A 58-year-old woman suffered a shattered pelvis and is left in fear of going outside her own home. A 45-year-old woman received cuts and bruises, as did the ex-boyfriend and the girl, which they have fortunately recovered from.
Passengers from the bus and other members of the public rushed to the aid of the victims and all were treated in hospital. The road remained closed for several hours while emergency services attended the scene.
Baya was arrested a short distance away on suspicion of attempted murder, but on 17 November at Wolverhampton Crown Court, she pleaded guilty to two counts of attempting to cause grievous bodily harm and one count of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
Lydia Baya, 18, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder
DC Andy Jones, from the force's Public Protection Unit, said: "The consequences of Baya's uncontrollable rage that day was catastrophic.
"It is by pure chance that the victims' injuries were not more serious or even fatal."
Baya, from Windsor Crescent, was sentenced today (6 Jan) to three and a half years for attempting to cause grievous bodily harm and two and a half years for causing serious injury by dangerous driving to run concurrently.
She will be banned from driving for 12 months on her release and will be required to take an extended test before being allowed behind the wheel again.
https://www.iambirmingham.co.uk/2021/01/06/dudley-teen-jailed-injuring-four-trying-run-ex-boyfriend/https://www.iambirmingham.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Lydia-Baya-18-was-arrested-on-suspicion-of-attempted-murder-800x516.jpghttps://www.iambirmingham.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Lydia-Baya-18-was-arrested-on-suspicion-of-attempted-murder-300x194.jpg 2021-01-07T19:17:01+00:00 Staff ReporterCrimeNewsAttempted Murder,B'ham,Birmingham,Brum,BrumFeed,car,Car collision,DC Andy Jones,Dudley,ex-boyfriend,GBH,grievous bodily harm,I Am Bham,I Am Birmingham,IAmBham,Lydia Baya,Pershore Road,Police,Public Protection Unit,Reckless Driving,Teen,teenager,West Midlands Police,Windsor Crescent,WMP,Wolverhampton Crown CourtA Dudley teenager has been jailed after injuring four people in a deliberate act of reckless driving in Birmingham last August. Lydia Baya had taken her mother's car and, following an argument with her ex-boyfriend, drove at the 19-year-old, and a 16-year-old girl with him, on Pershore Road just after...Staff ReporterStaff Reporter[email protected]AdministratorI Am Birmingham
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We think it happend to everyone in Knight, you get out of ED after 5 mins cause mages blink to deva en kill it right away. And we have no clue who those mages are except the pt and they not gonna report those mages for that since they where in the party also. A number of people suggested ideas to stop them. Disable mage TP(effects the PVP). Disable blink(Many mages WH). Make deva appear after last boss is killed. Put aggro monsters in the walls.
Another thing that would improve ED is taking out the draki items. Maybe you have lost count on how many ED's have been screwed up because of one person looting a draki item to another person. It get people angry and people start leaving. Then the ones that are left can't finish it cause it takes too long time.
Best would be to edit the map and eg is to make more solid walls, but yeah that most likely wont happen Anyway a decent party can get to deva in 10-15min, so you don't have to stay for an hour. Unless it comes down to fighting and the enemy doesn't let you kill deva ofcourse. Also we think it was said before that this wallthingy wasn't seen as a crime or being punished.
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To Arthur Lee, 10 October 1778 JA Lee, Arthur To Arthur Lee, 10 October 1778 Adams, John Lee, Arthur
To Arthur Lee
Dear Sir Passy Octr 10. 1778
I have sometimes complained, that having no Place appointed for the public Papers, nor any Person to keep them in order, was an Inconvenience and Interruption to the public Business; I have added, that to have the Papers in my Chamber, as they are in disorder, and many Persons going to them at Pleasure, taking out Some, and removing others, was unequal upon me, as making me in a Sort responsible for the order, which I could not preserve, and for Papers themselves which I could not secure: Besides that it occasioned continual Applications to me alone, and necessitated me, to Spend a great Part of my Time, in writing orders, Notes of Hand, Copies of Letters, Passports, and twenty other Things, which ought at all Times to be written by our Clerks; at least as long as it is thought necessary to put the public to the Expence, of keeping so many.
I have not asked Dr. Franklins opinion concerning your Proposal of a Room in your House, for the Papers, and an Hour to meet there; because I knew it would be in vain: for I think it must appear to him as it does to me, more unequal still. It cannot be expected that two should go to one, when it is as easy again for one to go to two: not to mention Dr. Franklins Age, his Rank in the Commission, or his Character in the World: nor that nine tenths of the public Letters, are constantly brought to this House, and will ever be carried where Dr. Franklin is.
I will venture to make a Proposition in my Turn in which I am very 127Sincere. It is, that you would join Familys with Us. There is Room enough in this House to accommodate Us all. You shall take the Appartments which belong to me at present, and I will content myself with the Library Room and the next to it. Appoint a Room for Business, any that you please, mine or another. A Person to keep the Papers, and certain Hours to do Business.
This Arrangement will save a large sum of Money to the Public, and as it would give us a Thousand Opportunities of conversing together1 which now We have not, and by having but one Place for our Countrymen and others to go to, who have occasion to visit Us, would greatly facilitate the public Business. It would remove the Reproach We lye under, of which I conf ess myself very much ashamed, of not being able to agree together, and will render the Commission more respectable, if not in itself, yet in the Eyes of the English the French and the American Nations,2 and I am Sure, if we judge by the Letters We receive, it wants to be made more respectable, at least in the Eyes of many Persons of the Latter.
If it is any objection to this, that We live here, at no Rent, I will agree with you in fixing the Rent or leave the House.
As I Suppose the Proposal I made of appointing Mr. W. T. Franklin to take the Care of the Papers, occasioned your Letter of the sixth Instant, I cannot conclude this Answer to it, without repeating that Proposal. This Appointment can be but temporary, as a secretary will probably arrive from Congress, e'er long.
But in the mean Time Mr. Franklin, who keeps Papers in good order, and writes very well, may be of more service to Us than he is at present. We shall then have a Right to call upon him to do Business, and We shall know what situation he is in, and what reward he is to have.
I3 agree perfectly with you, that an Hour should be fixed for Business and I beg Leave to propose Nine O Clock in the Morning, to which Hour and from thence to any other Hour in the Day, you please, I will endeavour to be punctual. If you have any Objection to this Hour, you will be so good as to name another. I am, dear sir, with an earnest Desire and a Settled4 Determination to cultivate an Harmony, nay more a Friendship,5 with both my Colleagues,6 as far as I can consistently with the public service, and with great Respect and Esteem, your Friend and Colleague
RC (Adams Papers). LbC (Adams Papers). Where damage to the right margin has resulted in the loss of letters and words, these have been supplied from the Letterbook and are placed in brackets. This was one of 128twelve letters written by JA, from this date through 6 Sept. 1785, that were sent to JQA by Richard Henry Lee, Arthur Lee's grandnephew, who had used them in preparing his Life of Arthur Lee, LL.D. (2 vols., Boston, 1829). JQA received the letters, and an additional one from Arthur Lee to JA written in 1788, in 1827 and 1828. In April 1837, as JQA was organizing his papers, he reread them and was deeply affected by the memories they evoked. In his Diary he wrote: "I now read them all, and they took me back a full half century, and more; even to the days of my boyhood. The Letters written at different times mark each the feelings and the interests of a different epoch." JQA, then nearly seventy, continued: "there is a character of romantic wildness about the memory of my travels in Europe, from 1778 to 1785, which gives to it a tinge, as if it was the recollection of something in another world. Life was new—everything was surprizing—everything carried with it a deep interest" (JQA, Diary, 26 April 1837, Memoirs, 9:352–353).
In the Letterbook copy this word was followed by "upon the pub," which has been canceled.
In the Letterbook this passage, from the preceding comma, reads: "yet in the Eyes both of the English Nation the French Nation, and above all the American Nation."
In the Letterbook this paragraph began: "But whether you approve of these Ideas, or not."
In the Letterbook JA substituted "Settled" for "fixed."
In the Letterbook "Friendship" was originally followed by "between," which was canceled.
In the Letterbook the following ten words were interlined for insertion. In that passage "my duty" originally followed "consistent with," but was canceled.
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This was a cute science fiction type comedy/drama about a little alien dog (CJ7) that finds its way to Earth into a poor construction worker and his little boy's life.
Having seen the trailers for this, I figured that there would be a sad element to this which was somewhat predictable, contrary to Stephen Chow's previous films. Xu Jiao's acting as Dicky, was actually very well done and you forget almost right away that in reality, the character is actually played by a female. Somehow, I don't think you could pull it off as well with American child actors/actresses.
Overall I found it to be a sad but cute film that definitely was out of the comfort zone of your usual Stephen Chow directing, but in fact was a very good film. I thoroughly enjoyed CJ7 and would definitely recommend it. Slight warning though. I watched this in Mandarin, so I really didn't get a chance to hear it in other languages. Being as such, I can't vouch for the English voice cast or if it suited the actual film or not.


I was out last week with Jeff Watkins and crew for an offshore trip. The morning was very slow, but I found a nice color change that afternoon and we caught a nice cooler full of small to large Dolphin. We also hook a billfish, but after a few minute fight and a several nice jumps, it was gone. Get a crew together and lets go offshore.