One more highlight from our Caribbean Crawl along Nostrand Ave in Brooklyn, this time from Allan's Bakery, 1109 Nostrand Ave. In a previous post, I raved unabashedly about Allan's definitive Trinidadian currant rolls and coconut rolls. In addition to their sweet offerings, they do a top notch job with savory items as well.
 Here's a codfish patty that was bursting with flavor (and filling); chicken, beef, and veggie are also available.
 A little Trini vocab for the uninitiated: "Bake" refers to bread – it can be fried, baked, or even roasted; there's coconut bake as well. This is Fried Bake and Codfish – definitely good eats.
Postscript to my last post about Crown Height's jerk chicken. At Peppa's, 791 Prospect Place, Brooklyn, we also picked up a side order of festival, the sweet fried dough that's a typical accompaniment to savory Jamaican cuisine. These deliciously puffy, light cornmeal and flour dumplings are island favorites (mine, too) and Peppa's Jerk Chicken may well serve the best I've ever had. See second photo for a close-up.
On our recent Caribbean Crawl in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, the judges chewed over jerk chicken, pitting  Triple D's Place, 771 Washington Ave, against  Peppa's Jerk Chicken, 791 Prospect Place. I've always been a huge DDD's fan (huge, because I've eaten so much of it), but I also dig Peppa's so this was a greatly anticipated one-on-one competition.
Both were delicious, of course, but it seemed that the experience wasn't quite canonical. New recipes? I doubt it. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Then I recalled that in addition to classic jerk seasoning, the chicken should be shot through with piquant smokiness. Both seemed anemic in that regard, and that led me to the theory that perhaps in warmer weather only, the chicken is grilled outdoors where billowing clouds of sweet smoke announce its whereabouts, but in winter, it's cooked indoors so it doesn't get that ecstatic intensity that I associate with jerk orthodoxy.
As usual, my OCD got the better of me so the next day I headed off to Triple D's to confirm my suspicions – and to procure a large order to go. Yep, that's the ticket! (And speaking of tickets, the local gendarmes frown upon streetside gastronomy, so get it whenever it's available!) Come spring, I'll arrange a proper rematch.
Highlights from our Caribbean Crawl along Nostrand Ave in Brooklyn. The storied Ali's Trinidad Roti Shop at 1267 Fulton St, Brooklyn was next on the list. Here's Oxtail Stew Roti, certainly good, but I wish we had thought to procure a sauce (25 cents extra) or two to kick things up a bit; the customary long line precluded our making an attempt to rectify the oversight.
Aloo Pie (Ali's spelling of choice is alou; aloo is the Hindi word for potato). I've seen these slit open at the top with a dumpling-like consistency (the way to go as far as I'm concerned) and sealed up the seam like an empanada (hey, it takes all kinds). Savory chutney inside kept the potato company. Tasty for sure.
Highlights from our Caribbean Crawl along Nostrand Ave in Brooklyn. This stop was the new location of A&A Bake & Doubles & Roti Shop at 1337 Fulton St just off Nostrand Ave in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.
 The goat roti was rich and savory, absolutely delicious. Note that this type of roti, known as dhalpuri, comprises two layers of dough rolled out together with seasoned ground yellow split peas (dhal) sandwiched between. Floppy and supple, it's a security blanket swaddling its treasure.
 A closer view of the dhal filling.
 There's a good reason why this Trinidadian shop is known as "The Doubles King". Doubles are quintessential Trini street food, and one doubles is a perfect snack. (See what I did there, grammarians?) Curried chickpeas are sandwiched between a pair of fried flatbreads (baras) and they meld to become a wonderfully messy, squishy treat, but it's the condiments and chutneys that separate the king from the commoners and as far as I'm concerned, A&A rules.
 Cornmeal Cou Cou, arguably the national dish of Barbados and similar to polenta, topped here with dolphinfish (actually mahi-mahi and unrelated to dolphin).
 The breadfruit Cou Cou with saltfish (preserved cod) was even better.
Don't you love it when you head into a modest, unprepossessing place and get gobsmacked by great food? That's what went down at Blue Mountain Cuisine, a Jamaican restaurant at 3701 Eastchester Road in the Bronx.
This virtuoso hearty breakfast was definitely something to sing about. It starred delicious stew kidney accompanied by bammy (cassava cakes) and plantain; the role of the bread in this performance was festival, sweet Jamaican fried dough that usually comes in a form less extended than what you see here. And the cornmeal porridge was more flavorful than any I've had in recent memory – so tasty that I chugged, rather than spooned, the last of it down: good to the last drop!
Since 1977, Champion Bakery has been known for fresh baked Jamaican cakes, pastries, patties, and breads with names like Alligator Bread, Duck Bread, Mongoose Bread, Pinch Bread and Hardo Bread. This Carrot Cake cuts like a pie, crumbles like a cookie, and eats like a cake, but that crispy edge is the real prize. So good that I barely had enough left to bring home to top with Great Nut ice cream!
Champion Bakery is located at 3978 White Plains Road near East 225th Street, Bronx.


Just like mainstream clothing, drag queen fashion has evolved over the years. Vanity Fair has tapped four memorable alums of RuPaul's Drag Race to show exactly how things have changed in the past century.
Kim Chi, Raja, Detox and Shangela get their historical tuck on, as they pay homage to early early-20th century female impersonator Francis Renault and many more. Raja gets the honor of paying tribute to Mama Ru herself. Check out the glamorous video lesson below.


A Pug's Voice – The Next Generation | A pug speaks eloquently, honestly, and freely about the joys and vicissitudes of his life.
Grandma says I must write you a letter but I've been so busy I can hardly catch my breath. She said if maybe I stopped barking for a minute I would have time! I don't know what it is about being on the Cape, but for some reason, I love to bark and bark and bark…usually for no reason except that it feels so good! Sometimes I like to lie all alone in the back yard and just bark…not a loud bark…just a steady low bark. Phillip thinks I am crazy because he only barks when there is an intruder or another dog barking.
The big thing I have to tell you is that we've had these really huge dogs visiting the past two weekends…I mean REALLY BIG! Two are called Bernese Mountain Dogs (and believe me, Mama, they are as big as mountains!) and the other one was a giant chocolate Lab called Bucky. Bucky was too crazy even for me! This weekend the two Bernese (Canon and Caius) came back with a HUGE Greyhound named Whoopee. She was so beautiful and graceful…Grandma said she had "runway legs," whatever that means. I have never seen anything in my life run so fast. Daphne, Phillip, and I tried to keep up with her when we chased the ball but she was a blur. So, here is my question for you…when will I get that big? I never minded being the smallest dog, but now I want those long, skinny legs and that long pointed nose just like Whoopee. She raced on a track and was abused…at least that is what Grandma and her other daughter talked about…until she was rescued by her present owners. They love her so much that they cook her special meals every day, buy her clothes for every season, and do everything for her. I was kind of jealous but she is so nice and sweet I couldn't be. I tried really hard to keep up with her but I wasn't even close. Even Daphne couldn't and she is the fastest dog I know!
At any rate, we are pretty tired most of the days from barking, playing, chasing Daphne, going for walks, going up and down the stairs, so that by bedtime we are done (as Grandma says). Camp is great and now that the weather is cooler, we are really happy. Leaves are already falling here because of the drought this summer so that every time we go out, the ground makes a crunchy sound. Miss you so much and can hardly wait to see you, but I am having a great time.
I attached a portrait of us on National Dog Day.
Something about the weather, the angle of the sun, the relaxed atmosphere that led Grandma to the cupboard for our stash of buffalo pizzles…They are stinky, foul smelling items but to us the greatest treat in the world. Daphne, of course, as our leader, would never dream of joining us on the grass for these delicacies. She always separates herself from the pack…something about maintaining a certain discipline and distance I think. She will inhale hers while we are still sucking and chewing away. Poor old Cecily though…because she is both blind and deaf, she loses hers easily and then she wanders around trying to find it. Grandma always keeps one eye on her though so she doesn't harm herself.
What a summer this has been for us Fresh Air Fund dogs…the most fun of all is playing Treibball with Daphne. Actually, it is Daphne who herds the ball and we just chase her, barking crazily. it is exhausting because she is so fast, chasing that ball through the woods, around trees, up and down little hills, all the while howling and screaming at it like a foxhound on the scent. When Grandma and Grandpa say we've had enough, we collapse with our little sides heaving and our tongues going in and out so fast from panting…but it is the greatest thing ever!
I know some great big dogs are coming tonight and that worries me a bit…two Bernese Mountain dogs, and one huge Labrador…Grandma says she will make sure we are safe though. It is going to be really quiet in NY when we return, but at least Maisie and I have each other during the days.
Last night Grandma had a few leftover scraps of salmon to add to our dinner. The smell was driving us mad and the taste was out of this world…wouldn't mind having that every night!.
OMG, Daphne is so cool. She scares me and excites me at the same time. I will follow her anywhere even if it looks dangerous. She can be so sweet and fun and then, for no reason, snap at me. I have learned she doesn't mean it and I know how to run really fast and avoid her when she is snappy…like when we play Treibball. I swear she wants to kill it!
I know you are having a bad time and I wish Phillip and I could cheer you up and wrestle for you. Grandma says I am the Energizer Rabbit and sometimes she has to get cross with me when I get too "busy." I know she loves me though because she talks to us all the time. She calls us her McNuggets and Velcro Pugs. We didn't like sleeping in the dormitory…I am not sure why but once we moved in with Grandma and Grandpa, we sleep like babies.
I love you and miss you, but don't worry about us…camp is great. I can hardly wait until I see you.
Help me out guys…I am really at a loss trying to figure out females. I live with one, and now two more. Don't get me wrong, I love them, but sometimes a fella' just needs a little time out from all the drama. Maisie can be a really annoying little half sister and while I know she loves me to the moon and back, she never stops sniffing, licking, or chewing me. I am a pretty patient guy but there comes a point where I snap – not in a mean or nasty way – I just turn and give it back to her. And here's the kicker, she loves this the most! So what do I do? All I really want to do for the day, and evening too, is nap – napping is good and I need a lot of it. Let's face it, I am a lover and cuddler, not a fighter or athlete. If left on my own, I could cuddle and sleep away my life. At any rate, now that there are three females, I am beginning to feel sleep deprived.
Cecily really doesn't interfere because she is deaf and blind, but what she does do a lot is bark. I think I heard that Mason did that when he became challenged. She is a good cuddle partner though. Daphne, like I think I mentioned before, is a whole different class of dog. She doesn't want to share space with anyone, prefers sleeping alone, and only plays with you when she is in the mood. We learned very quickly not to "poke the bear." She is alpha dog with a capital A. We respect her and never overstep our boundaries. So you can see there are three very different personalities working on me.
Now, the most fun for Maisie and me is when Daphne decides she is ready to play, and believe me, she plays hard! She has this disgusting old deflated, ripped, and shredded football that she loves to chase and chew on. When she runs after it we run for her, barking with all our might and nipping at her since we know nothing can keep her from that ball. We feel so brave and strong doing this since we are safe from any retaliation. I know, we are wimpy pugs but it does so much for our self confidence and allows us to have some interaction with our boss. Sometimes, though, she will get so fed up that she drops the ball and comes for us, giving that growl that comes from deep in her chest. Let me tell you, when we hear that sound and see her muscles bulging, we scatter like roaches. I know I sound like a sissy but really I am just protecting myself from harm. Daphne's jaws are really terrifying.
I'm not complaining because our days are actually pretty stimulating (probably more than I need) but we are a pack now, and as most of you know, pugs like big families. Grandma runs a fairly tight ship and she always has my back when there is ever an issue…probably because I am the only boy. She calls me "Philly Lou" or "Philly Gumbo" and I love it when she does.
Oh, my name is Phillip, by the way…named after Phillip Lauer of Pupstarsonoma. He was the one who connected me to Mama after Mason died. I flew up to NYC from Arkansas and have never looked back. Thank you, Phillip, for putting Mom in touch with Barbara Lair, who breeds the most beautiful pugs in the world, if I do say so myself! At any rate, here are Maisie and I, the next generation of pugs, living a summer on Cape Cod…not too shabby! The downside is the sleeping situation. Grandma and Grandpa cannot and will not share their bed with pugs (something about not liking dogs sleeping on their heads or wrapped around their necks…weird, right?) So, we sleep in the "dormitory" with Daphne and Cecily (Grandpa's office). Here is the real kicker…just because Maisie and I have had a few accidents up there, we have been put into diapers at bedtime. I am not embarrassed but Maisie is freaked out, hiding her head, looking away, and asking me to help her escape from them, the diapers that is. I help her and she helps me so that every morning when Grandpa comes for us, we are both without the diapers. I overhead Grandma talking about getting us onesies to hold them on us…oh well, the price we must pay, I guess.
Tears continue to fall as I sit at my computer, writing for the last time, words about my beloved grandpug, Mason. As Mason's "transcriber," it has been my privilege for these many years to give him the voice he so rightly deserved. His passing leaves a gaping hole in so many of our lives and a silence that is nearly deafening. Never have I known an animal in such a tiny body to have such a powerful presence. He was engaging, charming, demanding, funny, loving (on his terms), masterful, beautiful, courageous, tenacious, and all-consuming. His connection to my daughter was something incredible to behold and I feel certain there never will be such a bond between any human and animal.
Bringing him to life was a completely organic experience. He did tell me what he wanted to convey and always with a dry, sardonic, and somewhat jaundiced point of view. He was a gentleman but a glutton, a romantic but a pragmatist, a mastermind but an innocent. He was always a study in contradiction.
To say that he will be missed, is a huge understatement. In time we will all be able to share the many Mason stories that have become part of his lore and cachet, but not for a while. Right now we miss him too much and feel his absence too greatly.
I have loved sharing his life and telling his stories, and really grieve that there will be no more. I console myself with the knowledge that at least his voice was heard and loved by so many throughout the world. We all wish to thank you for your notes, letters, and comments throughout this very difficult time. Your words give us great comfort and peace, confirming what we've always felt about this little pug. Thank you for your loyal readership, support, and love.
What a summer it has been, dear reader, and my silence is due only to Grandma's endless stream of guests visiting on Cape Cod. We were fortunate enough, however, to manage four visits and enjoy all of the pleasures this beautiful strip of land and sea offer. And while I would gladly regale you with tales of my chivalrous and exemplary conduct, I fear the opposite is more the case.
Returning to New York always puts me in a more– how should I phrase this?–aggressive and machismo state of mind. The mellowing and soporific effects of Cape Cod go by the wayside once we cross the Triboro Bridge and zoom down the FDR Drive to the Lower East Side. The difference is palpable and this old pug knows the route like the back of his paw. Living in Gotham requires a fortitude and quickness of reaction that is like nowhere else on earth…and so I become Devil Pug!
It is not something of which I am proud, but there it is, dear reader, a fact of my life.
I am ashamed to confess that I did the unmentionable, the unthinkable, the most abhorrent of all crimes…I bit the hand that feeds me, my dearest and most loving mother's. It was on a Saturday morning when we always lie in bed and play – I, on my back with four little legs pedaling the air wildly and mouth agape, exposing the few little tooth like stumps remaining in my head – that I chomped down on her index finger like a Wolverine, never dreaming for a second that my bite had any teeth (so to speak). Well, blood came forth as my mother yelled in great pain. I am a monster, a devil, an evil creature with no means of atonement. And without prolonging the suspense, Mom ended up in the emergency room Sunday morning with a significant infection in her finger for which she received both antibiotics and a tetanus shot.
Another incident proving my satanic qualities is my seizure of the loaf of bread she brought from California for Dad. She, without thinking, thought the bread was secure (you will remember my bread episode of several years ago that sent me to the ER) and of course it wasn't. It was laden with seeds, nuts, and other delicacies not fit for a pug. I proceeded to gorge until I was discovered. You would think I had learned my lesson but here is the thing about pugs, dear reader, we have no memories of unpleasant experiences…only of pleasant ones. I remember that bread tastes good but not that I was deathly ill from ingesting it.
I will continue on my hellish, bullish way, climbing over Lizzie as if she were merely a bump in the road and something to overcome. I will use her as a pillow or else ignore her completely. And while I am not the vilest of all creatures, I am certainly deserving of my sobriquet in today's blog title.
A Pug's Voice – The Next Generation · A pug speaks eloquently, honestly, and freely about the joys and vicissitudes of his life.


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Kedvesem är en låt med den ungerska sångaren ByeAlex. Kedvesem är ungerska och betyder min älskling. Det finns en version med svensk refräng i slutet av låten.

Eurovision

Den 2 mars 2013 blev det klart att låten kommer att vara Ungerns bidrag i Eurovision Song Contest 2013.
 Låten gick vidare till final och slutade där på tionde plats, den bästa placeringen för Ungern sedan 2007.

Andra versioner
 Kedvesem (Márta Alex)
 Kedvesem (Zoohacker Remix) – Versionen i Eurovision Song Contest 2013 (Márta Alex / Márta Alex, Palásti Kovács Zoltán)
 Kedvesem (Zoohacker Remix med svensk refräng) (Márta Alex, Hoffmann Mónika / Márta Alex, Palásti Kovács Zoltán)

Se även
 Ungerns bidrag i Eurovision Song Contest
 Ungern i Eurovision Song Contest 2013

Referenser

Bidrag till Eurovision Song Contest 2013
Ungerns bidrag i Eurovision Song Contest
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Family, close associates celebrate Buhari @ 80
Featured Headline News Nigeria
December 24, 2022 December 24, 2022 281
President Muhammmadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that no amount of provocations will dampen his determination to serve them in the best of manners.
He made the vow in Abuja at a special event organised by his family and close associates to mark his 80th birthday.
In a documentary on his life from childhood, shown at the event, the President admitted that the widely-circulated rumour suggesting that he was dead, and cloned from a Sudanese called Jibrin, was "destructive", but it did not shift him from focus.
The President said the architects of such allegations wanted to "distract attention from the main issue", which is developing the infrastructure, and making people aware that they need to work hard to live well and earn the respect of their communities.
On what he will miss the most after leaving office in May, next year, President Buhari simply said, "nothing much".
"I wonder if I am going to miss much. I think I'm being harassed. I believe I'm trying my best but still my best is not good enough," he said.
"Because there are people around that think that they can intimidate me to get what they want instead of going through certain systems to earn whatever they want to earn. And they are the same people who want to be clever by half."
Foremost among the attendees were Governors, members of his cabinet, legislators, APC flag-bearers, party stalwarts, relatives, traditional leaders, and other top government officials.
Eulogising the celebrant on behalf of the family, his eldest daughter, Hajiya Fatima Buhari, thanked Allah for giving him health, long life, honest, and caring heart.
"Baba is someone who money cannot buy," she proclaimed.
"That's one thing we know. He taught us humility, loyalty, integrity, dignity, honesty, and to be dedicated to faith," she recounted, adding: "And he has very good sense of humour.
"He gave us everything a parent will give his child – love, care, good education, shelter.
"We've learned so much from his respect for time, uprightness, sense of planning, accountability, indiscrimination. We're so proud of you; we love you, we wish you a very happy birthday, and wish you could last another 80 years."
A toast for the celebrant
Proposing a toast to the celebrant, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo made a reference to the jocular nature of the President, and the manner in which he is "successfully steering the affairs of the country".
He referred to his boss as a "very religious man", whose "piety guides his thoughts and actions".
"There were some allegations that were made against me that were completely false, so I was very very annoyed and went to him," the Vice-President narrated.
"I told him that I wanted his permission to a memo I have written for the EFCC and the ICPC to investigate. He looked at it and looked at me and said "VP, why do you worry yourself about all these people? These people just make all sorts of allegations, cook up stories, you know. They're saying I am about to get married again, and that made some people rush to the National Mosque for the wedding.""
During the toast, the Vice-President was full of praises for his principal, describing him as an "exemplary leader", a "forthright and honest man", a "good and kind man", and a man who has led the country with "great courage, with determination and commitment" for years.
He prayed the Almighty to preserve his life in good health, peace, and joy, for many years.
Man with impeccable traits
Similarly, Senator Ibikunle Amosun described the President as a man with "impeccable traits" that were appealing to even his adversaries.
"This humble man is very compassionate, very committed, a good listener, somebody that loves his family, somebody that loves Nigeria, a nationalist," he said.
"President Muhammadu Buhari will always think about others, a very contented fellow."
Also speaking, Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State commended President Buhari for keeping to his promise and completing the 2nd Niger Bridge.
"The 2nd Niger Bridge is indeed a great miracle, and our people have not taken it for granted. We're deeply very, very grateful to you, Sir," he said.
He described the President as a "patriot", having passion for all the sections making up the country.
The presidential candidate of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu thanked President Buhari for "sacrificing a lot for the progress of Nigeria".
He said: "You have been at the helm of the affairs of this country at a critical time. We have seen a life of commitment, dedication, patriotism and honesty. Mr President, you have done well for your country. Our nation has seen the difference, the leadership that you demonstrate."
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, led other members of the President's cabinet to present a giant birthday card to the celebrant.
Reporting by Abdullah Bello; Editing by Abdullahi Lamino and Tony Okerafor
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A Guinness World Record: The Kanoo Group brand included in the world's biggest billboard
Dubai, UAE: The Kanoo Group, a diversified business conglomerate, one of the largest independent, family-owned groups of companies in the Gulf is one of the UAE iconic brands featured in the world's biggest billboard with 6,000 square meters in size, a Guinness World Record.
The billboard was built by the Emirates Intellectual Property Association (EIPA), in collaboration with Dubai Police under the theme, 'We think like Zayed' in connection with the celebration of Sheikh Zayed's 100th birth anniversary, who dedicated his life to serving the nation and raised it across various fields on both regional and global levels.
Mr. Mishal Kanoo, Chairman, The Kanoo Group - UAE & Oman said, "We are honoured to be a part of the world's biggest billboard which is a symbol of the great leadership of the 'late founding father' and in celebration of his 100th birth anniversary. We are proud to raise this banner of the UAE and its people, with their continued wise governance in making this country a centre of innovation in the region and the world."
The Kanoo Group, among other reputable institutions from inside and outside the UAE, were featured in the significant billboard in recognition for their support and efforts in contributing towards the progress and development of the people and driving sustainable development in the UAE.
See also: Mishal Kanoo, South Korean envoy hold talks to strengthen ties
For years The Kanoo Group has been a key supporter of various government initiatives, including NGOs, as part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR) and philanthropic programmes aimed at helping communities and in line with the company's values that will advance the nation's goals and vision.
The Kanoo Group for the 3rd time also co-sponsored the recent International Law Enforcement IP Crime Conference which was co-hosted by INTERPOL and Dubai Police, to reinforce the global efforts in fighting the crime wave of illicit trade in the region and to protect and to support the country's trademarks.
See also: The Kanoo Group Sponsors Intellectual Property Crime Conference for the third time
The world's biggest billboard is situated on Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Road towards Sharjah and beside Silicon Oasis.
'The Kanoo Group' is one of the largest, independent, family-owned groups of companies in the Gulf region established in 1890. It has diversified business industries in shipping, travel, machinery, logistics, property, oil & gas, power, industrial chemicals, training, joint ventures, retail and commercial activities, among others, and operates extensively throughout Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen and Qatar.
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The Kanoo Group Sponsors Intellectual Property Crime Conference for the third time
Dubai, UAE: To reinforce the global efforts in fighting the crime wave of illicit trade, The Kanoo Group, for the third time, co-sponsored the latest edition of International Law Enforcement Intellectual Property Crime Conference held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Dubai, on 25 to 26 September 2018.
The intellectual property (IP) event was co-hosted by INTERPOL and Dubai Police in partnership with the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Interior, UL (Underwriters Laboratories), the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition (IACC) and the Emirates IP Association (EIPA).
Mr. Fahad Kanoo, Acting CEO, The Kanoo Group-UAE & Oman said, "The annual conference provides us with a vital and unique platform that brings together law enforcement officials, security and industry experts to strengthen our international cooperation against IP crimes in the region and beyond."
"We continue to do our part in supporting causes and actions that tackle these global threats and bring awareness among different sectors of our community," he added.
See also: The Kanoo Group launches new luxury compound villas in Jumeirah
While the Conference was originally intended specifically for law enforcement personnel, it has transformed into a great educational and networking tool for the public, as well as private sector organisations such as The Kanoo Group.
On behalf of The Kanoo Group, Mr. Ali Islim, Marketing Manager of The Kanoo Group (UAE & Oman), together with Management delegate attended the event and received the Appreciation Award from Major General Dr Abdel Qudous Abdelrazaq Al Obaidli, Assistant Commandant General for Excellence and Pioneering, Dubai Police.
The 12th International Law Enforcement IP Crime Conference addressed the key IP issues related to artificial intelligence, cryptocurrencies, organised crime, money laundering, and free trade zones. It was aimed to shape effective enforcement strategies through a review of operational case studies, best practices and industry perspectives through a series of plenary and panel sessions as well as workshops allocated for one-on-one networking sessions.
With the global trade of fake goods, worth approximately half a trillion US dollars a year, IP crime touches all industry sectors, affecting the global economy and endangering public health.
According to INTERPOL, between March and May this year, it has coordinated regional operations across Africa, Asia, the Middle East and South America to shut down factories and supply chains connected to counterfeit goods, and to identify illicit trade routes, and dismantle organised crime networks.
Protecting IP embodies the Expo 2020 Dubai theme, "Connecting Minds, Creating the Future", in line with the UAE leaders' vision for a sustainable economy.
As one of the pioneering conglomerates in the region established in 1890, The Kanoo Group understands the importance of IP protection and the enormous damages that illicit trade/counterfeiting and piracy do to our global economy, by which no industry sector is exempt.
See also: The Kanoo Group backs Regional Conference on Intellectual Property
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Enrico Moretti makes a good case that where a worker lives still matters, and that job opportunities are unevenly distributed across metropolitan areas of the United States. The best jobs in the innovation sector of the economy are to be found primarily in a small number of thriving metropolitan areas.
I find Moretti less convincing when he addresses more general economic questions, such as how many good jobs the new economy can create. He presents a rather rosy view of job creation that would be contested by other authors.
Moretti cites the spectacular growth rates of certain kinds of jobs, such as in software, scientific research and development, and pharmaceuticals. But even in these areas, the absolute numbers of jobs are not as impressive as the growth curves (which tend to rise steeply when they are starting from close to zero). Moretti says that the innovation sector can be the main engine of economic growth without providing a majority of the jobs, but one would still like to know how much it can grow beyond its estimated 10% of jobs today, considering that manufacturing jobs used to employ 30% of the labor force.
Moretti asserts that "2.6 jobs are typically created for every one destroyed," but he doesn't suggest a time frame for that process or explain why job creation has been so sluggish and unemployment so high during this particular transition.
Just like people, industries have life cycles. When they are infants, they tend to be dispersed among many small producers spread all over the map. During their formative years, when they are young and at the peak of their innovative potential, they tend to concentrate to harness the power of clusters. When they are old and their products become mature, they tend to disperse again and locate where costs are low. Thus it is not surprising that the innovation sector— the part of the economy that is now going through its formative years— is concentrated in a handful of cities.
I would suggest that the jury is still out on whether the information society can create as many well-paid, full-time jobs as the manufacturing society in its heyday. The last book I reviewed, Jeremy Rifkin's The Zero Marginal Cost Society, argues that it cannot. Rifkin believes that the information age is calling into question the whole idea of the paid job as defined by capitalism. The fact that knowledge is so easily shared may place a limitation on how much it will be bought and sold in the marketplace. When people can access the ideas of the most renowned scholars on the Internet for free, how many intellectuals will be paid to think?
I accept the assumption that as machines do more of the routine work, people will be liberated to engage in more creative activity. The question is how much of that creative activity will take the form of paid work. Maybe we will do less paid work in the aggregate, but distribute what paid work there is more evenly.
This meritocratic view is contested by other economists, notably Thomas Piketty in Capital in the Twenty-First Century. (See my review, especially Part 3.) In his view, the distribution of income depends not just on merit but on institutional factors, such as the organization and bargaining power of unions and the influence of executives over their own compensation. The widening pay gap between executives and other workers cannot be accounted for by a widening education gap. The distribution of income also depends on the share of national income going to owners of capital, which has been rising recently (from a range of 15-25% in rich countries in 1970 to a range of 25-30% recently). This happens when the return on capital remains high although the rate of general economic growth has slowed. Getting ahead through wage growth becomes harder compared to profiting from accumulated wealth.
Moretti makes a contribution to economic geography, but his general view of the job market never gets beyond the conventional wisdom to address the more interesting controversies.
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When opening a Visual Effect Asset, the Visual Effect Graph window opens and displays the contents of the asset. This window enables editing the default behaviour of this template. Expose parameters and events, and also attach to instances in scene to debug and preview the effect.

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## The Graph Area

The graph area is where you can add node elements and connect them to define behaviours. This area is the wide panel that takes the most entirety of the window.

#### Navigation:

* You can pan around the graph using the Middle Click button or the Alt+Drag Left Click button.
* You can Zoom in and out using the Mouse Wheel.\
* You can focus on one specific element using the F Key
* You can frame all elements using the A Key

#### Adding Elements

* You can right-click into an empty space, or inside a Context container and select `Create new Node` to prompt the contextual create node menu.
* You can also use the Spacebar to prompt the contextual create node menu at cursor position.
* When making connections, if you drop a non-connected connection into an empty space, the contextual create node menu will appear. Any node created this manner will also be connected

#### Selection / Dragging

* Clicking an element selects it
* Ctrl+Click an element add/removes it from selection
* Dragging an element around with Left click drags it
* You can select using a selection rectangle by starting in any empty area
* You can freehand select elements by using the Shift key before dragging around. Freehand selection works based on collision between nodes and the freehand line.

#### Copy, Paste, Duplicate, etc.

* Ctrl+C / Ctrl+V copies and pastes
* Ctrl+Z undoes
* Ctrl+D duplicates
* After starting dragging an element, using the Ctrl Key, then dropping the element will create a copy of it.

#### Group Nodes

* Group nodes can be created by selecting any node/group of nodes and selecting Group Nodes in the contextual Menu
* Group nodes adapt their size to their contents
* You can add elements to a group by dropping the node onto it
* You can remove elements from a group by using the shift key , and dragging the element out of It.

#### Sticky Notes

* You can add sticky notes by right clicking an empty space then choosing Add Sticky Note
* Sticky notes have a title and a body that can be edited by double clicking.
* Sticky notes can be resized
* You can change the theme, and the font size by using the right-click menu

## Toolbar

On top of the graph area is a toolbar where you can access various actions:

* **Refresh** : Refreshes the graph (WIP)
* **Blackboard** : Toggles the Blackboard Panel
* **Component board** : Toggles the Component Board Panel
* **Auto Compile** : Toggles the auto compilation of the asset
* **Compile** : Compiles the asset

## Blackboard Panel

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The blackboard panel enables the creation and the setup of the parameter interface. Every parameter can be created here, setup with default values, reordered and categorized using this panel.

* Use the + button to add a category or a new entry of a specific type.
* Use the exposed checkbox to make this parameter visible to to the component
* Delete key deletes a parameter
* You can reorder parameters and move them to Categories by dragging them around.
* To create a parameter operator, simply drag the parameter label to the graph to create it.

## Component Board Panel

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The Component board is used to attach the current graph to a component in the scene so the preview can be made on this particular instance.

#### Attachment to Running instance

To attach the component board to a particular instance in scene, just select the effect in the hierarchy, then click the Attach button of the component board. The instance will attach and you will be able to access play controls, event preview and editing widgets.

* Play controls are the same as the component play controls:
  * Stop sends the Stop() event to trigger the shutdown of the effect, while terminating simulation.
  * Play/Pause toggles the simulation and spawn
  * Frame advance lets you advance only one frame of simulation
  * Reset clears out buffers and sends the Play() event
  * Preview Play Rate can also be adjusted from 1% to 4000%
* Events can be sent to this instance
  * OnPlay and OnStop (corresponding to `Play()` and `Stop()` from the API)
  * Any custom named event can also be sent, and renamed using this panel.

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This book is an experimental first in its series and is free.
I started writing this book series when a friend of mine told me a story that-- according to him-- was true. It inspired me to write a series that delves into the connection between the spiritual and the psychedelic. I was just getting into chemistry as a cleaning chemical engineer when I came across the subject of non-recreational mind-altering drugs... While I give no comment on any of my personal experiences (or lack thereof) regarding this topic... The subject did make for a great book.
Val himself is an American Shaman-- and he characteristically blends many of the other-worldly or spooky aspects of what we think about when alone at night. It's the kind of character that has all the traits that can and should scare you-- but packaged and delivered in such a charismatic and charmingly familiar way that you can't view Val as anything but the protagonist of the story. Which is exactly what I am going for. The aim of the book's philosophical narrative is to wedge in open-mindedness towards readers who have yet to experience the psychedelic. It's to tie in religious belief and language with authentic phenomena that occur right within our own psyches.
We are made of chemicals. We experience everything about this dimension of the universe that we call reality though chemicals. Other dimensions and far more than we know are not light-years away; they are molecules away.
So follow a story that explores and explains these questions that we've designated as unsolvable. Explore the possibilities of life... and death... as you never have before. Don't just search for the supernatural; experience it.
Of course, just getting approached by a weak but spiteful spirit in your sleep is a nightmare; it doesn't mean they break in though. You just look out at them, and they just look out at you..."


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James Ellis (2 October 1829 – 1901)  was a British Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1892.

Early life
Ellis was born in Glenfield, Leicestershire, the son of Joseph Ellis and his wife Hannah Shipley, daughter of John Shipley. He was educated at the schools of the Society of Friends (Quakers). He was a merchant and owner of granite quarries. He was chairman of Leicester School Board.

Political career
By 1881 Ellis had been elected as Chairman of South Leicestershire Liberal Association He was Liberal candidate for Bosworth at the 1885 general election and was returned as Member of Parliament. On 25 June 1888 he announced he would be standing down at the next election at a meeting of the Bosworth Divisional Liberal Association in Hinckley Ellis was described as a Gladstonian Liberal by inclination. He continued held the seat until the 1892 election.

Family
Ellis married in 1855 Louisa Burgess daughter of Thomas Burgess of Wigston Grange, Leicestershire.

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1829 births
1901 deaths
Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1885–1886
UK MPs 1886–1892
People from Glenfield, Leicestershire


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WF patriarch Joseph Kemp gave his wife Flora, a library for the city.
The Kemp Public Library opened on Flag Day in 1918, and now 100 years later, the Wichita Falls Public Library is celebrating that centennial founding.
As the story goes, Wichita Falls patriarch Joseph Kemp gave his wife Flora, a library for the city, as her Christmas present in 1916.
The Kemp Public Library opened on Flag Day in 1918, and now 100 years later, the Wichita Falls Public Library is celebrating that centennial founding, according to Andrew Jelen, Library Collections Supervisor and Jana Hausburg, Library Administrator.
One of the ways the WFPL will celebrate its centennial is to have patrons, past and present, record their memories and photographs of the library for a time capsule to be opened in 2118. "We're not literally burying the time capsule," said Hausburg with a laugh.
Jelen and Hausburg agreed to set aside space and technology on Fridays and Saturdays in March, for people to visit the library and digitally record and share their memories on a message. There will be a room and library person with an iPad, recording patrons from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.
A library representative will have prompts for patrons who wish to share memories. Jelen said patrons can, for example, describe their earliest memory of the Kemp, describe what the library has meant to them, or talk about their favorite author and did they discover him or her through the library?
Other suggestions might include did they meet the love of their life at the library? Or, how the library has changed for them over the years, he said, or what might libraries look like in the future?
People are welcome to contact the library and reserve a time to record a message, but if they just want to come, they are welcome to do that too, he said.
After March, and for the rest of the 2018, patrons can contribute messages, pictures and texts online to the wfpl.net website.
The library also has an activity for kids to draw or write about what they think the library might look like in 100 years.
Finally, the library will host an adult (ages 14 and up) art contest where winners will have their art hung on the library walls. Information will be shared soon online, he said.
Hausburg said the library is looking to the future with a new Java Island coffee section recently opened in the old reference desk area. People can purchase coffee pods, make their drink in a Keurig and then sit in the space, plugging their laptops into the Internet.
The library has also been repainted in brighter colors and the study carrels have been renovated.


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8: The Politics of Memoirs - Tracey Spicer
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Tracey has...
7: The Politics of Reading People - Alan Stevens
This podcast is going to delve into a topic that affects us all – The Politics of Reading People, the ultimate life skill! My expert guest is Alan Stevens, who has built a 30-year career doing just this. He has been dubbed 'The Mentalist meets Dr Phil'.
Alan works with business leaders, teachers, coaches,...
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Emma Franklin Bell is an author, artist, entrepreneur and fellow podcaster who co-hosts The Ladies Lounge Podcast. Emma spent two decades in the performing arts industry before opening her own dance studios, mentoring studio owners in business strategy and writing a book How to Run a Preschool Dance Studio.
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5: The Politics of Demography - Bernard Salt
Bernard Salt is widely regarded as one of Australia's leading social commentators by business, the media, and the broader community. He heads the Business Demographics and founded KPMG Demographics, which developed into a high-profile specialist advisory business.
Bernard writes two weekly columns...


You have a dream and a passion for your cause. You have supporters and volunteers. It's hard work. You are working for your mission daily, but is it enough?
The reality is, the vast majority of nonprofits fail within three years of incorporation, and many more limp along year after year. Are you content to limp or are you ready to run? Your success doesn't depend on your commitment to your cause as much as how you tackle the fundamentals.
Build your strategic plan. Consider this your training program to get you in running shape. It identifies where you are headed and how you will get there. Tie your annual or semi-annual goals to your strategic plan and refer back to your plan frequently. Don't forget this is a living, breathing document. It's okay to make course corrections along the way.
Build your case. What do you hope to change and how will you change it? What have you already done to make a difference? What distinguishes you from the other 15 million nonprofits in the United States and those that do similar work in your own community?
Build your business plan. How are you going to sustain your operations? Being a nonprofit doesn't exempt you from having a strong business plan. Donors are holding nonprofits to a higher level of accountability than ever before. Your donors are your stakeholders. You must demonstrate you are good stewards of their donations.


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October Picture: Eastern black-backed jackal
Black-backed jackals exist in two subspecies, an East-African and a Cape version. The canines look a bit like a mixture of fox and wolf. Obviously the dark back gave the name to this jackal species. They are not endangered due to their excellent ability to adapt.
Usually jackals are hunting with their family at dusk. In areas without rivals they can also be seen during daytime, near human settlements – where they can perfectly live as well – they are nocturnal. Main food is meat, usually from smaller species up to mid-size antelopes such as impalas, but they also eat plants and berries and can live from human waste. They are effective hunters, but can be lazy if possible and follow lions to eat the leftovers.
Black-backed jackals live monogamous with their offspring that leaves the parents at about 2.5 years of age to form an own family. Usually 3-6 puppies are born, about half of them survives. Gestation period is two months, sexual maturity is gained at about the first birthday, the average life expectancy is about 7 years. Main enemies of small jackals are predators and birds of prey, for adults leopards.
In situ conservation in Nigeria: Interview with Zack Schwennecker
Some kind of firm partnership was established in the previous years between Charity Kalender and Save the Drill. The organization, which plays a big role in funding the conservation work for drills in Nigeria and Cameroon, is supported for the fourth time. Zack Schwennecker, 28, studied zoology at the Michigan State University. After graduating he started to work in Nigeria's Afi Mountains. He told us how this has happened, what he is doing over there and how he deals with the tough everyday work.
Zack, you work for the Drill Ranch in Nigeria since 2015 – how did it happen that an American college graduate ended up living far away from home in Africa?
I have volunteered at Drill Ranch from March 2015-February 2016, October 2016-May 2017, July 2017-May 2018 and then returned in November of 2019 as the Project Manager. I followed in the footsteps of my cousin who volunteered at Drill Ranch on and off for 5 years. I grew up hearing of stories from her at our annual family reunions and that is what inspired me to study Zoology at Michigan State University. When I graduated from Michigan State, I had no plans for my future and not really a whole lot of options. My resume was not impressive. When my cousin floated the idea that I should come and volunteer with her at Drill Ranch it was an easy choice to say yes.
Your job title is "Project Manager" – this can pretty much mean everything and nothing. What exactly is your typical range of work?
There is nothing typical about our work and no 2 days are the same. Depending on our staffing situation, I have to do the veterinary work and all of the corresponding recordkeeping with that(600 animals!), accounting, national staff and volunteer management, construction and design, food buying, community/government engagement on conservation issues, legal/immigration for expatriate volunteers, and so on. And this is at 2 different project sites whose needs and operations run quite differently. When staffing is good, most of these areas are covered by either national staff or expatriate volunteers working with national staff. When it is bad, it may be a 14-16 hour day just to get routine work done.
When you came to Nigeria, did you expect your life to be like this? What has been the biggest problem for you personally since living there?
I had very little expectations coming to Nigeria, which I think has served me well. I have found that many people who have ambitions and dreams of working in Africa become disappointed with the realities of working here. It is not the glamorous work that can often be portrayed on National Geographic etc.. So I think arriving with very little expectations has allowed me to come in and see Nigeria for what it is and thus avoid some of the disappointment that many have working in such a difficult place.
The biggest challenge personally in the past 2 years my age. Nigeria, and Africa generally puts a lot of emphasis on seniority and being just 28(started volunteering when I was 22) means it is more challenging for me to earn credibility amongst peers and staff. With that being said, having been here 6 years I know a lot about the project, the country, and the issues we face which has helped overshadow my youthfulness a bit.
You are working for the Drill Ranch since a couple of years now despite of the difficulties you faced. How do you maintain your motivation / what is your personal drive to keep up your work?
I think anyone working with animals finds their motivation from the animals. When your success can often be so small and your failures often severe, just being able to see the animals thriving in their natural state, albeit in a semi-captive setting, is enough motivation for me to continue fighting for them. When you see an animal come in who has suffered severe trauma, often at the hands of human beings, grow up and forgive the past tragedies, the least any of us can do is go above and beyond what we thought we were capable of to help that animal.
Zack Schwenneker bei der Arbeit in Nigeria
und auf Deutschlandbesuch im Zoo Wuppertal. Bild: Hauke Meyer
September picture: Grant's zebra
Zebras basically are well known animals, but many do not know a lot in detail about Africa's wild horses. It is not too difficult though, there are three zebra species: Grevy's zebras, Mountain zebras and plains zebras. Mountain zebras have two subspecies, while there are five living subspecies of plains zebras: Grant's zebras, Burchell's zebra, Chapman's zebra, Crawshay's zebra and Maneless zebra. In Kenya there are two different kinds of zebras with Grevy's zebras and Grant's zebras.
The calendar picture shows a young Grant's zebra foal, which nicely allows to display differences to other zebra species and subspecies. First of all it is the mane that ends brownish and not as black as other zebras. Grant's zebras stripes are pretty broad, which in this case can be seen on the neck but it will be more obvious when the animal is grown up. Plains zebras have so called shadow stripes between the black and white main pattern, which in case of the Grant's zebras are just a few or are not existent at all. This foal has some on the upper hind leg. Also characteristic is that the stripes go down until the hoofs, while some species/subspecies nearly have white legs.
IUCN lists plains zebras as such as "near threatened" since five years. The general category is a bit surprising as the subspecies have huge difference in the number of animals. In total there are about 500.000 plains zebras but nearly 400.000 of them are Grant's zebras, so this subspecies is not endangered at all. This is totally different particularly with the Chapman's zebras, Crawshay's zebras and Maneless zebras that all would require higher protection. However, a DNA research in 2018 suggested that plains zebras probably have no subspecies and are just one species with regional differences, e.g. that the stripes of northern zebras are wider and southern zebras show more shadow stripes.
When thinking of zebras in Africa many imagine a picture of hundreds or thousand animals. However they live in small families, which merge together into large formations. One herd always contains of one stallion with a few females and their offspring. Young stallions merge to bachelor groups until they are experienced enough to challenge an adult stallion to take ove his herd. If he succeeds he chases the offspring away or even kills them to have own offspring as soon as possible. It takes eleven months until the foals are born, another eleven months they are fed by their mothers. Sexual maturity is gained at the age of three for females and at the age of five in case of stallions.
August-Picture: Augur buzzard
Next to the jackal buzzard the augur buzzard is one of only two larger species of buzzards in Africa. He lives in ranges usually starting from 1.500 meters – as well as here on this picture, which was taken at the Aberdare national park. Despite of this augur buzzards are no endangered species. His range is from Ethiopia down to Namibia wherever there are regions at such a height.
The body size of the bird is about 60 cm, while the wingspan goes up to 1.50 meter. Seen from below augur buzzards are nearly completely white with the exception of the black-framed feather tips. Heard and upper side are mainly blackish-gray with a slight part of white. There also are melanistic bird in the nature, which are entirely black on the upper side.
Mostly these birds live in monogamous pairs, one nest is being bred more often. Regarding the nutrition augur buzzards are not picky and take what they can get. Researches of the stomach content of dead birds showed that reptiles – from lizards to snakes – mostly make up to 60% of their food. Next to them smaller mammals like rats, hyraxes and hares are on their list, while also chicken and other ground living birds of their sizes such as francolins can become a victim.
June-Picture: Common Impala
Impala are well known antelopes, which basically are spread in large parts of Africa. Within the group of bovids they form an own subfamily consisting of two species. One of them is the rare and endangered black-faced impala, which mainly lives in Namibia, while the common impala is having a wide range in Eastern and Southeastern Africa. The German name of the common impala translates back to black-heel impala – in fact the species has a black spot on their hind heels.
Juvenile male. The black spots on the hind heel can be seen well on this picture. Picture taken at Zoo Osnabrück
The pictures shows a few months old male impala. He is grown fairly tall but his horns are still small. Female impala remain without horns. Characteristics are the slim body and the large black-and-white colored ears. When the young male turns about one year old he will be kicked out of his herd and will be looking to join other males of his age to form a vital bachelor group. They offer another protection against predators and at the same time they learn to fight. It takes about four years until they are old, powerful and experienced enough to challenge a proven male to ideally take over his herd. Females have an easier life, they remain within their herd of birth and become sexually mature when they are about 1.5 years old.
Female Impala
For antelopes of their size impalas turn relatively old. In the nature males reach an age of about ten years, while females live about 14 years. In zoos singular animals are supposed to have turned 25 years old. In the wild they have numerous enemies who want to prevent impalas from turning this old. Most dangerous for these antelopes are leopards, followed by African wild dogs. Also other carnivores are dangerous for them but lions, hyenas and cheetahs do not have them high on their list as favorite food. Juveniles also are endangered from the air since birds of prey can take the small impalas up into the air. Despite of all the dangers the numbers of common impalas is estimated to be about two million.
Young but fully grown male impalas in their final stages in their bachelor group.
Donation Handover for the Reticulated Giraffe Project
Everywhere in the world covid is causing its cahnges, and also the donation handover picture is a little bit different than it used to be. Nonetheless the supported projected say thank you for the support. Representing for the Reticulated Giraffe Project in Kenya's Samburu National Park, EEP studbook keeper Jörg Jebram of Opel-Zoo Kronberg sent this picture. His suggestion led to chosing this project, which was supported with 500 Euro by the income of the Charity Calendar "Wildlife of Kenya 2021"
"Wildlife of Kenya 2021" collects more than 1.000 Euro profit
This year's calendar campaign "Wildlife of Kenya 2021" has finished. A plus of 1.129,84 Euro is the result – the profit was already wired to Rettet den Drill and the Recticulated Giraffe Project in Kenya's Samburu national park.
The highest cost factor of the calendar project naturally is the production of the calendars itself. By far the second highest aspect is the shipping – calendars have an uncommon format for shipping companies, which is why 4,90 Euro apply for national deliveries. In a lesser extent the cardboard packaging – a special calendar format is used here – is the next bigger factor. Next aspect are the side costs of the money transfers, which is nothing but the fees PayPal takes for their services. Of course also the state wants his taxes, while this year a little bonus was the VAT reduction from 19 to 16% due to the covid crisis. Under the bottom line this results in the final amount of 1.129,84 Euro profit from income of 1.955 Euro prior taxation. No money is kept for administration or own profit! Thanks a lot to all purchasers and supporters of Charity Kalender!
January-Picture: Lion
On safaris lions belong to the animals everybody wants to see. In Kenya this happened pretty reliably, in the wildlife sanctuaries Solio Ranch and Ol Pejeta, as well as in the Masai Mara where this picture was taken.
As in zoological gardens, the chance to see lions in action is rather small as lions sleep about 20 hours per day, regardless if they are kept in captivity or live in the wild. However, this does not mean that you can detect these carnivores easily as the grass is pretty high and there are many bushes in Kenya – many places to hide. This experienced lion lay alone close to a bush. The probability to find further lions nearby is high since lions are the only cats to live in a pack and not solitary. A male who loses his family to a younger rival usually dies shortly after as consequence of the fight, or based on the fact that he alone has problems to catch pray since his lionesses have been hunting for him previously. For this reason a male lion barely reaches an age of ten years in the wild, while a male zoo lion can reach twice this age.
In this scenario no other lions were to be seen for a long time until suddenly there was movement in the high grass on the other side of the car. Two lionesses lay there well hidden with cubs. The male cat obviously was not disturbed by the car that separated him from his pack. Quite in contrast, he turned around and rubbed his back on the around – in this moment the lion king rather seemed to be a playful kitten.
Not fully clear is the status of the lion. Formerly he would have been determined as panthera leo nubica – the Nubian or East African lion. Latest DNA analyses only split lions into two species: panthera leo leo and panthera leo melanochaita. Latter species is home in southern and eastern Africa and thus also would be the species living in Kenya. The subspecies leo exists in central and West Africa plus the Asian version in India. It remains to be seen whether or not this is the final taxonomy. Safe is that the white lions as shown in some zoos are no own species but only an intended color variation.
Reticulated Giraffes in zoos and the wild – Interview Part 2
CK: In Germany there only are five reticulated giraffe bulls left – three of them are in their final period of life, one has no cows around, and only the Serengeti Park Hodenhagen has a young stallion who realistically seen could breed. Will we have to say goodbye to reticulated giraffe births in Germany permanently?
JJ: As coordinator I always have the entire situation on mind, not any national borders. However, I do not think that we have to say goodbye to newborns forever. Yet due to their long gestation period of 15 months changes happen very slowly. Thus it can happen quite some time until reticulated giraffes are born on a regular base again in Germany.
Maru at Zoo Cologne, third oldest reticulated giraffe bull in Germany, born 2001 in Copenhagen
Kiriongo at Zoo Duisburg, Germany's oldest reticulated giraffe bull, born 1999 in Munich
CK: In general recitulated giraffes are breeding very well, it would easily be possible to raise the number of animals in zoos, while the number of free living animals is going down more and more. This automatically leads to the question why there is no breeding to re-send giraffes to the wild.
JJ: At the moment the situation for releasing giraffes to the wild is not existing. As so often when population numbers in the wild are declining the situation has to be changed in a way that the threat is reduced or a safety area is created before this makes sense. We are working on this strategy at the moment and honestly said I hope that the number of giraffes in Africa can recover and be stabilized without the help of zoos. Nevertheless I coordinate the studbook in a way that zoos could help with genetically healthy animals if needed. At the moment I try to help that the situation of giraffes in Africa is changed into the positive without zoo releases.
CK: How big is your hope particularly for reticulated giraffes that the situation changes for the good? Realistically seen Kenya is the only country, which still has this species.
JJ: It is difficult to evaluate whether or not we can succeed in keeping up the wild population of reticulated giraffes. For sure we need to do everything we can to lower the threats and create safe areas for the animals. Only when this is succeeded we can judge on the situation and see if we need to support with zoo giraffes.
CK: Which further actions can be done from zoos to improve the situation in the wild?
JJ: In the last few years I promoted the cooperation between zoo and giraffe conservation in their natural habitats. Within our giraffe group we created a subgroup, which merely focuses on the topic of giraffe protection within Africa and tries to link it closer to the zoos. For example various research and conservation projects were evaluated with an enormous amount of time to recommend them to zoos as worthy to support. This close collaboration between in-situ and ex-situ protection remains one of the goals of the breeding program.
CK: At last, you are the studbook coordinator of the various giraffe subspecies and have worked with baringo giraffes in Gelsenkirchen and now in Kronberg. Does this subspecies automatically become kind of a favorite or would you be open to working with other subspecies in your daily routine?
JJ: It is true, baringo giraffes are accompanying me since taking over the role as studbook keeper. Still, I like the other subspecies as well and am fascinated by them. That way I enjoy it a lot when visiting colleagues who are working with other subspecies. Naturally it happens that I compare the specialties of these animals to "my" baringo giraffes. This does not happen due to being my favorites but rather because I see them every day when working in the zoo.
Reticulated Giraffes in Zoos and the Wilderness – Interview with studbook keeper Jörg Jebram
One man is coordinating and deciding, which giraffes are living in which European scientifically led zoos, and which ones are allowed to breed. Jörg Jebram directs the European studbook, until end of 2019 from Gelsenkirchen Zoo, since 2020 out of Opel Zoo Kronberg. He gave the recommendation to support the Reticulated Giraffe Studbook in Kenya's Samburu Nationalpark, and Charity Kalender talked to him about his activity within the zoos and the situation of the reticulated giraffes in the wild.
Charity-Kalender: Mr Jebram, 13 German zoos keep reticulated giraffes, no giraffes subspecies can be seen more. Indeed the number of giraffes is going down, the last offspring was born 2016 – what is the reason for it?
Jörg Jebram: About eight years ago I started coordinating the European studbook for the giraffe subspecies. Back then the populations were too big. There basically was no space to send offspring to other zoos. In 2014 we developed a so called long term management plan for each subspecies. The aimed population size for reticulated giraffes was determined to be 130 animals based on a precise analysis of the genetic data. Right now we have 149 reticulated giraffes in the studbook, so we still have 19 more than we need for maintaining a healthy population. The aim still is to reduced the total number a little.
CK: How do you want to reach the reduction aim?
JJ: This mainly happens by reducing the number of births. The lowering of the total number as well as the number of births is intended. The German colleagues supported me a lot in this process and I am very thankful for this. A studbook always depends on the singular participants and never is the work of one person alone.
CK: How difficult was it to convince other zoos of the reduction? After all zoos like to present offspring to attract visitors.
JJ: In my opionion the decisive factor was the fact that possible offspring could not be placed in other zoos when reaching the sexual maturity – the offspring would have needed to stay at their place of birth. Back then I communicated this intensively and precisely to the keepers to explain the situation. I think that this open and admittedly very time consuming communication was a key in motivating zoos to help reduce the birth rate.
CK: In Germany a reformation of the mammal keeping guideline was introduced in 2014, which caused a severe increase in needed size for the enclosure as well as for the giraffe houses. In how far is this a problem for the future of keeping giraffes?
JJ: This has little until no influcence on my work. At least no zoo approached me that they want or need to give up their giraffes. I think the German zoos were and still are having a very high standard. Scientifically led zoos are permanently questioning their enclosures and adjust them if necessary. In my opinion the size of an exhibit does not say a lot about the quality of keeping the animals. Of course the size of each enclosure needs to be adequate for the animal and his behavior, but there are some other factors, which at least are as important. Thus I don't like to see the mere size being put into attention that much.
CK: In the past bulls have been sent to a herd at an young age when reaching the sexual maturity and caused lots off offspring. Wouldn't it make more sense for the population management if the boys first were sent to a group with young stallions and when breeding bulls are needed they'd be taken out of these groups at an higher age?
JJ: From a genetical point of view it does not matter if the bull is coming to a group of females at an age of 2.5 or of 5 years, the genes are the same. As mentioned, the breeding success is very good with the current way of management. In the nature the old and experienced bulls determined the reproduction until they are chased away from younger bulls. I don't think that a stay in a bachelor group has any influence on the well being of an animal, in the wild it is a way for the young bulls to survive – rather kind of a necessary community. In the wild the animals fight to reproduce, in zoos they are selected by their genes. I take a look at how often the genetic lines are already represented and which are not as much used. Latter ones usually are preferred for breeding to keep the genes as much spread as possible over many years. The age or the group constellation they were brought up with does not really matter for this choice.
In the next days you can read part 2 of this interview, which mainly is about the situation of the animals in the wild.
Drill keeping in zoos – the current situation
Most people who know about drill monkey will have met them in a zoo. The chances for this are not too good though, there are only 18 drill keeping zoo worldwide – nearly all of them in Europa. Germany is offering the best chance for it with five zoos (Munich, Hanover, Osnabruck, Wuppertal and Saarbrucken).
The 16 European zoos reached a smaller milestone in 2019 when the number of kept species reached 100. At the end of the year an exact number of 103 drills was reached – a positive development considering that the number of 50 animals was not reached before 2005.
The current tendency goes to keeping drills together with other species such a forest buffalos in Osnabruck, brazza monkeys in Hanover or pygmy hippos and sitatunga in Valencia. Also it is tried to keep several males together in one group.
What is so special about working with drills? The best people to evaluate it are the zoo keepers who deal with them in their daily life. They are especially impressed by the character of the animals. Herbert Harder of Zoo Wuppertal considers the work with them as challenging as you need lots of empathy and diplomacy to gain the trust of the animals, which forces you to keep learning constantly. Also Kathrin Paulsen of Zoo Hanover uses a similar description when she says that all drills have an individual character, which has to be considered as well as their relationship and friendships – with the special challenge that their relations can change during the course of the time.
Maybe gain a personal impression about it when you have a chance to visit a drill keeping zoo nearby.
Calendar Pictures 2021
Here you can view all pictures of "Wildlife of Kenya 2021". Needless to say that the pink sign on the ostrich-pictures has been edited for the print version.
Reticulated Giraffes
Many people know reticulated giraffes from zoos where this species can be found relatively often. Yet scientifically a lot is not known yet. Already the question whether it is a species or "only" a subspecies is not fully agreed upon. Traditionally giraffes are considered to be one species with nine subspecies with the reticulated giraffe being one of them. An extensive genetic analysis of the Senckenberg Institute delivered the result that giraffes have to be evaluated anew. Four different species were recognized, of which one is the reticulated giraffe.
For the reticulated giraffe this means that she is not one of about 100.000 giraffes but an own species with only about 8.700 animals left in the wild, which is listed as critically endangered. Their habitat is Northern Kenya, Southern Ethiopia and Somalia – even this is not correct anymore as we will realize in the next time.
Among the giraffes the reticulated giraffe optically differs more from the others than other kinds. The fur is also rather crème-colored but due to the large brown spots it appears as if they were brown with a white net as frame, while other giraffes seem to be light with dark spots. Any attentive zoo visitor can recognize that all giraffes have an individual pattern and no animal is equal to another one.
Male reticulated giraffes can grow up to six meters height and weigh 900 kg – and this as mere vegetarians. One giraffe requires about 50-60 kg food per day, which is the reason why giraffes are wandering around that much. Giraffes spend about half of their day with eating. Also in relation to other large animals giraffes have a very large heart that weighs 12 kg alone.
A widely known fact is that the long neck is held by seven vertebrae, the same number as humans have. Interesting are the ossicones. The males in the wild often have them blank and not covered with fur as they use them for fights against rivals. In contrast to females who merge together with other females and their offspring, bulls are roaming the savannah alone and do not accept other males near them. Only younger bulls who just left their moms join other juvenile bulls for a bachelor group.
Offspring is not a big problem for reticulated giraffes. The cow gives birth to a baby after gestation period of fifteen months. It does not take long until she is ready to mate again, so that the time between two births is about one and a half years. Grown up giraffes can defend themselves very well. Lions are the biggest threat but they put their own lives at risk when attacking a giraffe due to their long and powerful legs. The juveniles are much more endangered and can be killed by mid-size carnivores like cheetahs, leopards, hyenas and wild dogs as well. Only every second giraffe reaches the maturity age. Much more dangerous for the species are human beings though by restricting the habitat of the animals and hunting them.
The Drill
Due to supporting Rettet den Drill (Save the Drill) he is in the focus of Charity Kalender again this year. But what kind of a monkey is the drill anyway? We put an eye on the animal, his situation in his countries of origin and his situation in the zoological gardens over the next weeks.
The Drill is at home in Nigeria, Cameroon and the island of Bioko, which belongs to Equatorial Guinea, and thus belong to the old world primates. Together with the mandrill he is summarized to the genus Mandrillus. While the mandrills are pretty famous due to the showy colorful face of the males, only few people have heard about the drills. The females of both species are even pretty similar, but the males mainly differ by the drills having a black face. The back of the male is very colorful though and shines in a variation of blue and purple – the more shining the higher is the rank of the animal. At a length of about 60 cm the males weigh about 30 kg, the females only a bit more than a third of it.
A drill group with about 25 individuals consists of a dominant male, a harem group of females and their offspring. Various group can merge together to a big squad of more than 100 individuals. At an age of 5 to 7 years the young males leave their birth group, while the females remain.
Drills live in the tropical rain forest. They are not tree residents though but mainly can be found on the ground. The forest offers protection for the animals and serves as food source. Drills are omnivorous and do not reject meat. Destruction of the rain forest for tropical wood and agriculture is the biggest threat for the primates, which are listed as endangered by IUCN. Drills play an important role for the ecosystem. By eating fruits they spread the seed in the forest and help trees and plants to grow. Probably about 5.000 animals are left in the wild, a massive loss of 50% over the last 30 years. Next to the loss of habitat they are hunted for their meat, or killed for planting banana, coconut or manioc plantations.
Calendar Cover 2021: Southern White Rhino at the Solio Ranch
Actually the cover picture has a sad background. It shows the Southern white rhino, a subspecies, which originally did not exist in Kenya. Thus, it is an invasive species but in this case it was intentionally imported. The picture was taken at the Solio Ranch – the place that imported Southern white rhinos to Kenya in 1980.
Why was it done? Kenya originally is home to the East African black rhino and the Northern white rhino. Black and white rhinos do not have a common territory – the version with the wide mouth uses it as lawn mower on the ground and eats grass, while the version with the peaky mouth uses it to eat from the bushes. Since 1966 the Solio Ranch was in ownership of a man, whose separated parts of his property – 55 km² – for wildlife as his wife asked him to. Rhinos were not home to this territory although the territory would have fitted both species. This was realized by the Kenyan government in 1970 when they suspected that despite of 20.000 black rhinos in the country they would not be able to protect the species from poachers. So they asked Solio Ranch to place some animals on their ground. During the next decade a total of 27 black rhinos were sent to Solio Ranch – during the same time the number of free living black rhinos in Kenya reduced by more than 90% to only 1.500 animals.
At Solio they recognized that the territory was also good for the white rhino. However, the Northern white rhinos were so few that the fight was basically already lost – in 2008 the last specimen died in the wild, only two females are living in custody today. So Solio imported 16 Southern white rhinos from South Africa in 1980. This story is an amazing success. All Southern white rhinos in Kenya stem from these 16 imports, such as mother and calf on the cover picture.
East African black rhinos are roaming here as well. The rhino offspring was not only sent to Kenyan national parks and other wildlife sanctuaries, but also to other countries like Malawi or Uganda. How fragile everything still is shows that also on Solio 30 rhinos were poached within five years at the beginning of this century – this however marked the beginning for more intense protection and monitoring.
Donations made for BOS and Pandrillus
The first Charity Calendar was a solid success. A bit more than 500 Euro were donated to both, Rettet den Drill (Pandrillus), and Borneo Orangutan Survival. Both organziations received their donations in spring 2018.
Borneo Orangutan Survival
Orangutans as great apes are probably known by everyone. Not as much known is that the "wood man" (translation of the term orangutan) is listed as critically endangered by IUCN. As endemic species, orangutans only live on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo in Indonesia – two islands, which are known for massively producing palm oil that destroys the habitat of the animals. The oil palm is very fruitful and thus a cheap product, which makes it an attractive product for the industries. 85% of the worldwide palm oil production is gained in Malaysia and Indonesia, the rain forest has to vanish for it. In nearly every household you can find products containing palm oil, e.g. in cosmetics, detergent, sweets, chocolate bars, fast food, frozen products or margarine – watch out for the list of content in your products and avoild palm oil! Yet also fuel is a problem these days. Seemingly eco-friendly fuel as Biodiesel and E10 massively contain palm oil: about 45% of the entire palm oil production in the EU is used for fuel!
Also other factors are endangering orangutans. Babies are still captured and sold on the Asian market. The capture happens by shooting the moms. Orangutans are similar to human beings and thus they can suffer similar diseases, which are brought in by human beings. All this, in combination with a slow reproduction rate leads to a decrease of about 2.000 animals each year. Given that there only are about 50.000 Bornean orangutans and 15.000 Sumatran orangutans left, this is a drastic quota.
Borneo Orangutan Survival fights against the extinction of a first kind of great apes. In Borneo BOS operates two rescue and rehabilitation centres, which host about 800 animals. Aim is to release all orangutans back to the wilderness who are able to survive on their own. With the help of an affiliate, BOS purchased woodlands, in which the apes can live.
Sumatra Orang Utan – Sumatran orangutan – Pongo abelii – Zoom Erlebniswelt Gelsenkirchen
Borneo Orang Utan – Bornean Orangutan – Pongo pygmaeus – Zoo Osnabrück
Pandrillus Foundation
(German affiliate)
Drills are relatively unknown apes. Zoo visitors often confuse hem with baboons or their next relatives, the mandrills. The drills are mainly living on the ground, and only exist in Cameroon, Nigeria and the island Bioko
My name is Olaf Goldbecker, I was born in 1976 in Germany. Neither am I a professional photographer, nor am I a zoologist. Yet how do you get the idea for such a project, how does a German relate to primates, and why do you offer a calendar whose profit is going to species conservation projects?
Well, I have been travelling pretty much in the recent years. My main job is a merchant, on the side I am running a small sports service company. To get new and maintain old contacts it is a good idea to travel – to the USA, within Europe or within Germany. Between appointments there often is time to be filled, and I use to spend it in zoos. Animals have always interested and fascinated me. Since some years I gained a deeper insight into the work of a scientifically led zoo, which increased my interest. While visiting I do what many visitors do: I take photographs. In the course of the time there is quite an amount of photos, and alos the quality of the pictures grew, so that at some point I asked myself the question "is there anything useful you can do with these pictures?!?"
Last Christmas I donated a small calendar to family and friends, to see how the quality looks like on print. The result convinced me and so the decision grew to start an attempt establshing and marketing such a project. It was clear to me that the profit of this project has to go to the free living relatives of the models – the species living in the wild. I will document the result of this campaign here on this website.
Yet why of all animals did you opt on primates? Well, I did not want a simple animal collection, but a firm motto. Of course there would have been other options – and who knows, if this is turning to be a success it can happen that a next edition shows predators, hoofed animals or sea animals. Yet the current choice are primates. About half of all primate species are listed as endangered by IUCN, more than 10% are threatened by extinction. Next to collecting money for some of these species, it is an aim to further the knowledge on the problems these animals have, which partially could be improved by our consuming in the everyday life.
I wish everyone lots of fun with the calendar and the pictures. If you like calendar and this project I would be happy if you told other people about it and spread the word.
Olaf Goldbecker – Mensch – Human being – Homo sapiens – Sometimes here, sometimes there
Goldstirnklammeraffe – White bellied Spider Monkey – Ateles belzebuth – Zoo Barcelona
When people think about primates most people remember lively apes playing and toying around. Yet primates are a complex generic group, starting with the 30 grams light tarsier up to the 200 kg heavy gorilla. Naturally our next relatives, the great apes, fascinate us. With the image of these lively animals in mind you can easily forget how serious their situation is in the nature. This is a core reason why we opted on this topic for the first edition of Charity-Kalender.
In total there are 496 primates species, of which more than half of them are endangered in the meantime. Alone on the island of Madagascar 101 there are species and nearly 90% of those are in a critical state. Among Asia's 119 species there are worries regarding about two thirds of the kinds. Origin of the primates merely are in Middle and South America (new-world monkeys), in Africa and Asia (old-world monkeys).
Tourists who have been to Southern Europe may protest now and say that they have seen primates in Gibraltar. This is absolutely correct. These are Barbary macaques or also called magots, which with a high probability were imported from Northern Africa. The 230 animals who live there today can be tracked back to Winston Churchill. A legend says that Gibraltar remains under British governing as long as magots live there, so Churchill imported Barbary macaques from their origin Morocco and Algeria to liven up the population that declined to only a few animals. Even though they are no real European monkeys they have a geographical specialy as they are Africa's only primates living north of Sahara. A further unique feature: they are the only macaques, which are not home in Asia.
You might think that a monkey, which is tough enough to survive in Europe and even is a bit annoying as in Gibraltar cannot have worries, but the opposite is the case: Barbary macaques are engangered, the population decreased by more than fifty percent within the last thirty years. About 6.000 to 8.000 animals live worldwide, yet at least two thirds in Morocoo. There are two main problems for the population: one is that annually 200-300 babies are caught and illegally sold as pets. The other is the aggricultural growth, which results in lesser connected areas and separates the singular groups.
In Zoos Barabary macaques are widely spread though and form a solid reserve pool. Nice walk through enclosures can be found at NaturZoo Rheine and at Apenheul Apeldoorn. Furthermore magots are on exhibit at Arche Noah Zoo Braunschweig, Opel Zoo Kronberg, Tiergarten Nuremberg or Zoo Barcelona.
In the course of this primates campaign we will inform about further specialties of various primate species.
Berberaffe – Barbary macaque – Macaca sylvanus – NaturZoo Rheine
Berberaffe – Barbary macaque – Macaca sylvanus – Apenheul Apeldoorn


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