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Breaking: MTA Selects Tishman Speyer as Rail Yards Developer
Posted on March 26, 2008 by Katie Lorah
The MTA announced today that it has selected Tishman Speyer as the developer for the West Side Rail Yards. This announcement ends a 6-month bidding process, which originally involved 5 competing developers. Tishman Speyer outbid the only other remaining contender– a joint venture between the Durst Organization and Vornado Realty Trust– by $112 million, offering to pay $1.004 billion for the rights to develop the 26-acre site.
Read the Mayor's Press Release
Tishman Speyer Wins Hudson Yards Bid [Crain's New York Business]
Tishman Speyer's initial bid plan for the rail yards can be seen here. The developer is working with architect Helmut Jahn, landscape architect Peter Walker, and master planner Cooper Robertson. They plan to build 10 million square feet of commercial space, 3 million square feet of residential and leave 13 acres of open space.
Given the sudden change in gubernatorial administration, many thought the rail yards bid process would be delayed, so the MTA's announcement comes as somewhat of a surprise. Tishman Speyer's anchor tenant, Morgan Stanley, reportedly dropped out of the deal earlier this month.
Tishman Speyer's plan preserves most of the High Line, but proposes to demolish the spur over Tenth Avenue, and part of the section along 30th Street.
Statement regarding the MTA's selection of Tishman Speyer as the developer for the West Side Rail Yards
Friends of the High Line commends the MTA's, Governor Paterson's, and Tishman Speyer's commitment to preserving the majority of the historic High Line structure at the rail yards, and we look forward to working with all parties to ensure that the remaining sections– the spur over Tenth Avenue and the full section along 30th Street– are preserved as well.
The treatment of the High Line in Tishman Speyer's bid shows considerable progress from the days when it was presumed the site could not be developed without its demolition. We applaud the MTA, Governor Paterson, and Tishman Speyer for their recognition of the High Line as an asset. We are encouraged that they now share our vision of a continuous walkway, connecting the new residential, commercial and open space at the rail yards with the gallery district of West Chelsea and south to Gansevoort Street, that will be the next great city public park for New Yorkers and visitors alike.
We look forward to working with Tishman Speyer and the MTA to ensure full preservation of the entire historic High Line structure, including the spur over Tenth Avenue– almost 1/3 of the rail yards section. Additionally, we hope to work with the leadership of the Javits Center to ensure that a pedestrian easement is preserved on the 33/34 block, north of the rail yards site, so that the High Line may extend to connect with the Javits Center and the planned #7 extension.
We owe a great deal of our success so far in this process to the tireless support of our elected officials: Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Governor David Paterson, City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, Congressman Jerrold Nadler, Borough President Scott Stringer, and State Senator Tom Duane, as well as the advocacy efforts of Manhattan Community Board 4, and our Friends of the High Line volunteers and supporters. Our rail yards advocacy would not be possible without the generous financial support of the A.G. Foundation, the Greenacre Foundation, the Leon Levy Foundation, John and Wendy Neu, and Wendy Keys and Donald Pels.
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Hal Weiner, on March 27, 2008 at 6:40 am said:
When you have Tishman Speyer for your friend you don't need enemies.
Despite the nice electronic fountain at the Rockefeller Center skating rink,
TIshman Speyer should not even have been allowed to bid for this job until
the lawsuit by the tenants at Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village is
decided, as to whether or not T-S " acquired " the property illegally. It was
originally supposed to go to the tenants so they could make it a co-op and
preserve affordable housing. They managed to raise over FOUR BILLION
dollars to buy it. Naturally Tishman Speyer can out bid anyone. Look at this
recent debacle. So although the LAW requires that they be given first crack
at buying the buildings, not for profits, but to preserve their homes, 11,000 middle class and middle income apartments will now become home only to investment bankers and hedge fund employees and assorted Yuppie Scum
instead of continuing on as a bastion of middle class family living in NYC, something that is going the way of the dinosaur and snail darter. Just watch your backs. These people will try to reverse the High Line yet, up and down its entire length if they can. Don't tell me that they can't because it would be
" illegal. " " Illegal ": is their middle name.
Gotham Gazette - The Wonkster » Blog Archive » The Hudson Yards Deal, on March 27, 2008 at 4:13 pm said:
[…] The people involved in that park seem pleased as well. "The treatment of the High Line in Tishman Speyer�s bid shows considerable progress from the days when it was presumed the site could not be developed without its demolition," writes High Line Blog. […]
Michele P, on March 27, 2008 at 5:30 pm said:
I, too, have my doubts about Tishman Speyer as the accepted plan. I have to believe, given Tishman's reputation in the city, that some government hands were greased with cash. Hardly the most inspiring of the submissions on display this past winter and, sadly, hardly a surprise from the city of new york planning commission.
Friday Links Roundup «, on March 28, 2008 at 10:54 am said:
[…] development from a community-based planning perspective – Friends of the High Line says that the plan preserves most of the High Line, and FOTH has pledged to work with the developer to ensure preservation of the entire […]
Breaking: Tishman Speyer Rail Yards Deal Falls Through « High Line Blog, on May 9, 2008 at 10:01 am said:
[…] Speyer was selected to develop the rail yards last month, after an eight-month bid process. Theirs was the high bid, at $1.004 billion, beating […]
sandrar, on September 10, 2009 at 6:15 pm said:
Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. 🙂 Cheers! Sandra. R.
Michael H. McLaughlin, on February 16, 2010 at 1:41 pm said:
Can you point me to where I might see photos of the rail yards at 67th – 59th sts and West End Ave in the 1920s?
My mother in law grew up there and we have been discussing her memories of living on 67th and, later, at 7 West End Ave.

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Got to my destination and was attacked by warm Pilipino hospitality, some chitchatting, some rice loading and more rice loading, some more chitchatting and then bed time!
This was arguably the most difficult swim I have done, it was a pool swim, in a very nice 50m pool.
Like gentlemen, we let the Philinas start first!
So swim 50m,Tumble turn under the lane rope.Repeat. 8 times!Get out of the pool.Run a lap of the pool!Then dive back in.Repeat.800m total!
I stayed polite on the second time around, when passing the other athletes, dodging breastroke kicks, swimming under people and doing some very long streamlines!!
Onto the bike, the rain was right on time; the course was like a retarded rectangle, 3km downhill, 3 km flat, 3km uphill, and 1km flat. Repeat twice!
The race was actually draft legal for everybody but me!
T2 come in and out, run downhill all the way to the turn around. Long and losse strideThen back uphill. Shorter tighter stride!
A few high fives and I was first to get some Gatorade at the finish line!
Even though this race had very little importance in the bigger picture, I value this run off the bike, I have had very few of these this year, well in all these years. But today was a good one and I enjoyed every step of it!This may sound cliché, but from the first 10meters I ran, I knew today was going to be a good run! Food/ awards/ more food/ goodbyes and big gear back to O-Town!
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Last week we set up a Pickleball game in the community of Chula Vista - in the Zapata area of Vicente Guerrero on a speed soccer court which had been pretty much abandoned. Soon we had 2 young boys playing with us. Then, the cholos (gang members) joined us and we played with them too!
We've learned that an easy and effective way of engaging with the youth (including gang members) of Vicente Guerrero is through sports. From playing sports, we are able to build relationships and trust.
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The New York Post is reporting that yesterday's short lived Amazon Fire TV sale was a mistake. Consider yourself lucky if you nabbed a new Fire TV for $79.99, or better yet at the $59.99 student price. It's unclear at this point if the $79.99 price available to the general public was a mistake, or if it was just a mistake to allow the $20 off student discount to stack on top of the already reduced sale price. During last year's Amazon Student day event, the online retailer also discounted the 1st-gen Fire TV by $20 for students, so it does seem like that part of yesterday's sale was intentional.
10/8/2015 8:15am I just heard back from Amazon and they said the $20 off student discount inadvertently got applied to the regular Fire TV price. The good news is, they'll be fully honoring the discounted price for everyone who managed to get an order in. Way to go Amazon!
I got my refund so I guess I was one of the lucky ones.
The poor reviews are still pouring in, I guess, another mistakes will have to be made. This is by far the worst launching of a Amazon's device!
I can't cope with the fact that Amazon bragged about beating Netflix into delivering UHD 4K HDR in May and months later releases a device that won't support it.
Amazon should never have let this out the door with the audio and remote issues. Surely someone should've picked up on the multichannel sound before the launch. No excuse for that. But, on the positive side, Amazon is straight onto it. The Nexus Player went neglected for months.
As for the remote, if beggars belief so many are complaining they can't get the batteries out. A comment on their mental age, I think.
The best tip I've come across since mine arrived is to enable and then disable WiFi to get the remote working without dropouts. Amazon needs to sort that out too.
Other than waiting for Firestarter and the audio patch, no complaints from me.
Got my $20 as well.
Although the full price was displayed when I added the Fire TV to my cart, I contacted customer support via chat, told them It was my understanding that the deal would last for the day, and they were able to give me the discounted price, and the student discount applied on top. Couldn't pass up a brand new AFTV2 for $60. Very exciting.
Amazon's explanation makes no sense as a mistake.
The reviews are bad and they are getting returns. Now they halted sales until they get the firmware updated. Tge product was rushed to keep up with apple and roku and it's one big screw up of what had been a great product.
The search page and item page showed the item as 79.99, but the price went up to 99.99 for me when I try to check out. CS chat sent me to 4 different people and refuse to honor the price. The last one told me the sale was over but the price kept showing up as 79.99 for me during the chat. Emailed them the transcript and was sent back a generic email to go check out their warehouse deals.
I haven't set up my new Fire TV yet.. but I had no issues opening the back of my remote.. it was super easy. People are nuts.
I applied for and got the $20 refund for the price difference between what I paid for my pre-order and the price during this one day special.


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A former actor in BBC medical drama Casualty has had part of his ear bitten off at a Newcastle Travelodge.
Clive Mantle, who also stars in US drama Game of Thrones, was attacked at the Foster Street hotel in a dispute over noise, his agent said.
The 55-year-old had finished a run in The Ladykillers at the Theatre Royal. The ear has been sewn back on.
A 32-year-old man from Hamilton in South Lanarkshire has been charged with wounding with intent.
He will appear before magistrates next month following the attack in the early hours of Sunday.
A spokesman for Mr Mantle's agent, London-based Sarahband Associates, said surgeons at Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary had managed to sew the top part of the actor's right ear back on.
He said he believed Mr Mantle was pinned to the floor in the hotel and attacked after asking other guests to keep the noise down.
He said: "He is very shaken and shocked by what has happened, you don't expect this kind of thing to happen in a hotel.
"The part of the ear that was bitten off was found and sewn back on. Mr Mantle said the police, ambulance and hospital staff were amazing."
The Ladykillers finished its run in Newcastle on Saturday but its tour is due to continue in Salford on Tuesday.
Laura Myers, publicist for the play, said: "Clive doesn't yet know when he will be able to rejoin the cast and feels he must mention the ambulance crew, police and hospital staff who were all superb.
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A Travelodge spokesman confirmed that emergency services were called to the Newcastle Central Travelodge in the early hours of Sunday morning after an incident involving two guests.
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Another man has been released on bail in connection with the attack and a third man released without charge.
Mr Mantle played surgeon Mike Barrett in Casualty and spin-off series Holby City for more than nine years.
He also featured in the first season of Game of Thrones as Lord Greatjon Umber.
In the 1980s he co-starred in the TV series Robin of Sherwood as Little John.


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The New Hero Paradigm
The western film is a defining and enduring genre of the American cinema despite limited setting and plot based on early exploration and taming of the United States frontiers. While many bad, derivative stories haunt film, the genre is one of the oldest, constantly changing views of the hero archetype. As one of the oldest genres of film, the western presents a clear view of the connection between hero and culture. Across the history of the western one can see that the hero has been in a state of change moving from classic hero to anti-hero, following cultural paradigms.
The hero archetype is best understood in its classical sense which was first patterned by Otto Rank in the "The Myth of the Birth of the Hero" (1914). Rank describes the hero in developmental context in which he transitions from birth to ultimate victory.
1. Prophecy of the birth of the hero.
2. The birth of the hero to divine, noble or royal parentage.
3. He is abandoned, given away or set adrift in the water.
4. Rescue and adoption by surrogate parents.
5. Return to the land of his father, where the hero proves his worthiness.
6. The hero claims his royal birthright and is awarded with honors (Rank, 1914).
This description of the hero is patterned from many classic and ancient hero archetypes including: Jesus, Moses, Gilgamesh, Cyrus, Perseus, Hercules, Telephus, Oedipus, Romulus, Paris, Siegfried, Lohengrin, Tristan, Sargon, Karna, Achilles, and many others (Rank, 1914). These heroes embodied ideas of cultures that were based on royalty, nondemocratic ideals, and divinity. The heroes are all of noble birth and in many ways their fate is predetermined. The classic Greek heroes of mythology come to mind as the best examples of this pattern of hero. This cultural paradigm of the hero stood for centuries until the advent of film specifically western film. In many ways, the change in cultural paradigm was the result of film and the birth of America.
The earliest films dating from 1894 were westernized films of Annie Oakley and Buffalo Bill. These films were not so much westernized but rather American in nature. These films often depicted rifle shooting as would be seen in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Despite the fact that the period of the "old west" was rapidly coming to an end by 1912, the advent of film would, at the same time, begin immortalizing this period and begin the cultural paradigm shift of the classic hero (Biography, 2014).
For the first time in history, heroes were no longer the figment of words as the medium of film brought these characters to life. By chance, the first of these heroes to be brought to life would be the western archetype. Imagine what people in other countries as well as America were seeing for the first time as images depicted people wearing western clothing and firing guns. There were also sharp contrasts to the classic hero image as people like Annie Oakley performed rifle tricks and Sioux Indians performed dances on film. Rather than seeing the noble hero that fights for the weak, viewers saw a new form of hero emerge in the early western films. This hero was the rise of the common man through concepts such as manifest destiny, freedom, and taming the frontier.
In some ways, such protagonists may be considered the literary descendants of the knight errant which stood at the center of earlier extensive genres such as the Arthurian Romances. Like the cowboy or gunfighter of the Western, the knight errant of the earlier European tales and poetry was wandering from place to place on his horse, fighting villains of various kinds and bound to no fixed social structures but only to his own innate code of honor. And like knights errant, the heroes of Westerns frequently rescue damsels in distress. Similarly, the wandering protagonists of Westerns share many of the characteristics equated with the image of the ronin in modern Japanese culture (Brandy & Stoehr, 2012).
But despite this similarity with the classic hero, this new hero must have also stood in stark contrast to the classic hero due to the lack of classic elements such as divinity or determined fate. As well, these heroes had great appeal as America was already considered a land of opportunity and they were directly connected with this image and belief.
Quickly this new hero would emerge. This is a hero that was not born of noble stature and had no divine orientation. He is a simple hero that fights for what is right. This hero faces new challenges that most people would never have seen prior to the creation of film. Some of these new challenges would be gun fights, showdowns, fist fights in saloons, stage coach, and train robberies. All of this would be back-dropped by horse riding on frontiers and western towns filled with saloon girls, gamblers, town folk, and many other staples of the old west. The first actual western movie The Great Train Robbery (1903) would encompass all of these new elements which would propel a new paradigm for the hero (Filmsite , 2014). The Great Train Robbery brought to life the genre of the western complete with good guys vs bad guys and all the nuances of the old west. Most importantly, this film illustrates a new hero which most people can identify with because he is similar to them. The possibility of being this hero is more realistic and practical than the classic hero of the past.
One might argue that the The Great Train Robbery was merely illustrating what the changing archetype of the hero was already in dime books and magazines. This argument might be true but film ushered in the new hero faster and began a metamorphosis of the hero that continues today. To understand this one must realize that literacy in 1820 was only 20% of the population (National Assessment of Adult Literacy, 2014). This means that books and stories were still being translated by word of mouth. Literacy is perhaps the largest factor in what allowed the classic hero to remain mostly unchanged for over a thousand years. Film would remove this factor and allow culture to expand and embrace new hero archetypes.
Beyond the The Great Train Robbery one would begin to see new variations in the hero emerge. The virtuous cowboy hero would begin changing as the western genre became intrinsically linked with American culture. One can see this in the early western films that depicted Indians as savage villains. Between the years of 1931 and 1972 there was a rapid transformation of the hero in western film (Shively, 1992). Most notably, this can be seen in John Wayne movies. The films of John Wayne's career are a series of cowboy vs Indian films. These films are only several of dozens of these types of films.
Stagecoach (1939)
Fort Apache (1948)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
Rio Grande (1950)
Throughout these films, the hero remains the cowboy who is virtuous and lives by a code. However, during the 1950's attitudes towards Indians would begin changing and by the time the movie the The Searchers (1956) is released one can see a new antihero emerging. The classic cowboy vs. Indian western began falling out of favor and The Searchers highlights this change dramatically. The Edwards character (John Wayne) is not distinguished as a white hat good guy but is instead cast as dark hero who is not bent on saving his niece but is instead driven to kill her because he believes that she is "the leavin's of a Comanche buck." (Ford, 1956) This dark hatred that consumes the character is harsh to the sensibilities and highlights the changing nature of the hero. The Edwards character is a vile antihero which is designed to spotlight the social issues concerning racism and how it impacts individuals. We see how the dark character of Edwards is fueled by cynicism and hate. This character is meant to breakdown stereotypes or to show racism in a negative light.
This antihero continued to emerge in other ways in film. As cultural views concerning Indians and race continued to change, so too did the western hero. One of the most dramatic changes in the western hero would be the movement from the virtuous cowboy to the outlaw dark hero. Although not the first to show the change in the hero, but perhaps the best example of this change can be seen in Clint Eastwood movies. Most notable is the "Dollars Trilogy". A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a Few Dollars More (1965) and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) comprised this series.
These films exemplify the evolving antihero because they concentrate more on the flaws of characters rather than their attributes. None of the characters in these movies are decent people and the movies surround plots such as a quest for money and fulfillment of greed rather than a noble mission. In the Good the Bad and the Ugly characters backstab and attempt to steal from each other. There is no code, no good guy, just dark characters toiling over money.
The anti-hero began to emerge in the 1960s but by the 1980s and 90s this new archetype was fully evolved with a variety of different forms. This antihero fully emerges in the Young Guns (1988). The lines between good and evil are thin as the plot of centers on the exploits of Billy the Kid during the Lincoln County War. The primary character, Billy the Kid (Emilio Estevez) is paranoid and psychotic (Cain, 1988). The entire film centers on Billy the Kid taking justice into his own hands. The "good guys" are no better because they are greedy cattlemen who control the law. The antihero archetype, by this time, has evolved into a flawed character who is sometimes murderous and other times placid. In the Unforgiven (1992), Clint Eastwood plays an ex-gunslinger who goes looking for one more large score (Eastwood, 1992). Eastwood brings to life the anti-hero William 'Bill' Munny. Munny is a solitary man trying to raise children after departing a life of crime. Again, the lines of good and evil are blurred as the ex-gunslinger finds himself gunning down the Sherriff and his deputies in the final scene of the movie.
Who are these antiheroes? If film is a reflection of the culture and values that society maintains, then it is safe to say that these antiheroes are facets of that culture. As film evolved, so too did the hero into many different facets of antiheroes. One can see this in the altering of western genres moving away from racially and ethnically charged themes which stereotyped Indians and other groups. In the 1970s, westerns became less about cowboys' vs Indians and more about cowboys' vs cowboys. Even in the 1980's and early 90s the reflection of society becomes evident as a new more realistic hero emerged as characters become more entrenched in materialism and greed. While some might argue that the antihero is a shallower version of the classic hero, in reality the antihero adds a new dimension of complexity to the western film. The antihero forces audiences to question their own morality and whether they have a code. Interestingly enough, the western heroes also become more diverse with actors such as Morgan Freedman (The Unforgiven) and Lou Diamond Philips (Young Guns). It would be unfair to look at the rise of the antihero in a negative manner or to blame society for a lack of ethics. The truth of the antihero is that he provides a new dimension to the western that reflects many different aspects of society. Although the antihero is popular now, the classic western hero is still alive. Remakes of the Lone Ranger (2013) show this fact to be true.
Despite the setting-locked nature of the western, the genre has shown remarkable flexibility in its plots and heroes. The evolution of the hero in the western has (and continues) to supply audiences with a wide array of classic heroes and dark heroes. As one examines the history of western film, it is easy to see how the American culture has impacted these movies with changes in heroes. Although the current genre of western is more likely to have an antihero, it is highly likely that this hero will evolve in new ways as the culture of American society continues its evolution.
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Isabella Morris Primary last in line for repairs—Hon Walwyn
-says CDB Loan for ESHS & Bregado Flax first
August 3rd, 2018 | Tags: Capoon's Bay Tortola Elmore Stoutt High School Caribbean Development Bank Bregado Flax Educational Centre Isabella Morris Primary School Leonora Delville Primary Andrew A. Fahie Myron V. Walwyn
A file photo featuring the Isabella Morris Primary School in 2013. Photo: VINO/File
This is according to Minister for Education and Culture, Honourable Myron V. Walwyn (AL), when he presented formal answers to the House of Assembly (HoA) during its July 19, 2018, sitting. Photo: VINO/File
CAPOONS BAY, Tortola, VI - Students attending the Isabella Morris Primary School will have to—in the new school term—resume classes under the tent at Capoons Bay.
The state of affairs will continue, since monies obtained from a Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Loan, will be firstly used at the Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) L-Shaped building and the Bregado Flax Educational Centre (Secondary Division), "as these are the most urgent at this time."
At least this is according to Minister for Education and Culture, Honourable Myron V. Walwyn (AL), when he presented formal answers to the House of Assembly (HoA) during its July 19, 2018, sitting.
He was at the time responding to questions laid in the HoA by, Leader of the Opposition, Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1).
Hon Fahie, in his question to the Minister for Education and Culture asked directly, "would the Minister for Education and Culture please tell this Honourable House, when the repairs to the Isabella Morris Primary School will commence?"
He was told "initial assessments of both schools showed that the Leonora Delville Primary would be the better school to be repaired in short order."
CDB Loan
According to the Minister for Education and Culture, "children from the Isabella Morris Primary, Ivan Dawson Primary and Leonora Delville Primary are presently housed at Capoons Bay, under the tent for a total of 110 students," and that "the Ivan Dawson Primary is expected to be completed early in the first term and thus (only) reducing the number of students at Leonora Delville."
Dodging the Opposition Leader's direct question, as to when repairs will commence on the Isabella Morris Primary School, Hon Walwyn instead told members of the House, "the Ministry has been looking at the junior high school concept on either end of the island and Isabella Morris was being looked at as the Junior High School on the western end."
He said, "a committee was set up to look at this concept and a report was submitted but there are a number of details which has to be worked out."
On the matter of the repairs, Hon Walwyn would only say, "…whatever the decision, the Isabella Morris Primary is one of the schools being considered under the CDB loan funding but our main focus and of the monies available, the vast amount will go towards the Elmore Stoutt High School L-Shaped building and the Bregado Flax Educational Centre (Secondary Division) as these are the most urgent at this time."
6 Responses to "Isabella Morris Primary last in line for repairs—Hon Walwyn "
1 (03/08/2018, 13:35) Like (6) Dislike (1) Reply
WE CANOT BELEIVE ANYTHING THIS MAN SAY
Observer (03/08/2018, 14:47) Like (7) Dislike (0) Reply
Why in the world they getting loan to rebuild ESHS when "...a black-tie fundraiser gala which was held in Hong Kong for Elmore Stout High School has been hailed a success." Where is the money from the Hong Kong for Elmore Stout High School fundraiser to rebuild the high school?
jokers (03/08/2018, 16:09) Like (1) Dislike (1) Reply
ALL THESE CROWNIES GONA GEL XXXXXX DOWN WATCH ME
WOWW (03/08/2018, 17:09) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
Myron gone rush fast to try build these school to get in next election lol.
Outsider (03/08/2018, 20:18) Like (5) Dislike (0) Reply
Friends of IMPS should start a Go Fund Me Account to rebuild the school. The government should not be involve in handling the funds collected. UPWARD ONWARD IMPS FOR LIFE.
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What happened to the money raised for the school in Hong Kong?


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Publish Date July 28, 2014
IBM's Watson computer has been making headlines these past few years. It was put to the test on the game show Jeopardy and routed 2 of the most successful contestants in the show's history. If the past is any indication of performance, Watson's involvement in the field of oncology could prove beneficial to both patients and practitioners. Originally the size of a large room, IBM managed over time to successfully reduce the size of Watson to that of a pizza box. Improvements weren't only made to its size, but also its processing speed, which has increased by an astonishing 240%.
Study Finds That Carbon Monoxide Can Help Shrink Tumors and Amplify Effectiveness of Chemotherapy
Therapeutic benefits of this poisonous gas appear linked to cell's energy status; CO, used in combination with chemo helps spare healthy tissue
In recent years, research has suggested that carbon monoxide, the highly toxic gas emitted from auto exhausts and faulty heating systems, can be used to treat certain inflammatory medical conditions. Now a study led by a research team at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) shows for the first time that carbon monoxide may also have a role to play in treating cancer.
Mayo Clinic Researchers Find Shape-Shifting Stops Migrating Cancer Cells
Like a car with a front and back end, a steering mechanism and an engine to push it forward, cancer cells propel themselves through normal tissues and organs to spread cancer throughout the body. Researchers at Mayo Clinic in Florida, however, have managed to turn these cells into shapes like a round fried egg and an exaggerated starfish that sticks out in many directions — both of which cannot now move.
In research published in the December issue of Molecular and Cellular Biology, investigators reveal how interplay of molecules keeps cancer cells moving forward, and how disturbing the balance of these proteins pushes their shape to change, stopping them in their tracks.
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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital leads study showing that a drug withdrawn from the market in 2010 may enhance the effectiveness of bone marrow transplants for select pediatric leukemia patients
Combining the drug gemtuzumab ozogamicin (GO) with conventional chemotherapy may improve the outcome of bone marrow transplantation for some children battling high-risk acute myeloid leukemia (AML), according to a study led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The results appear in the current edition of the journal Cancer.
Cancer Screening Is for the Dogs
Publish Date February 1, 2013
Early detection is paramount in the successful treatment of cancer. Colonoscopies and Pap smears have long been known to considerably lower mortality rates. However, improved screening methods are always needed. For example, lung cancer has a survival rate of about 15% because it is too often detected in the latter stages, which limits treatment options. Currently, imaging and sampling of blood, fluid, and tissue are the staples of diagnosis, but the future may also include a furrier option.
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Geoffrey Haskett
ghaskett@refugeassociation.org, 202-417-3803 x 40
Geoffrey Haskett has a wealth of experience as a leader in conservation. He served as the Polar Bear Commissioner for the U.S. – Russia Polar Bear Commission, appointed to that position by both Presidents Obama and Bush. The work of that organization is considered to be a landmark in cooperative wildlife management between governmental and Native representatives of the U.S. and Russia. He also served as head of the delegation for the United States at the Range States Meetings for Polar Bears in Tromso, Norway, Iqaluit, Canada, Moscow Russia and Ilulissat, Greenland. He also served as head of delegation on the Porcupine Caribou Herd Board with Canada.
Geoff was the Regional Director for the US Fish and Wildlife Service in Alaska where he was responsible for management of almost 80 million acres of land within 16 National Wildlife Refuges, all actions under the Endangered Species Act and for fish and migratory bird resources. Prior to this, he was stationed in Washington DC as Chief of Refuges from 2005 to 2008 where he was responsible for a strategic plan for refuges that resulted in major funding increases for the NWRS.
Mark Musaus
mmusaus@refugeassociation.org, 202-417-3803, ex. 23
Helps develop and implement strategic plans and programs. Serves as lead financial officer and works closely with the Board Treasurer and Executive Committee. Oversees federal and non-federal grant management, reviews and approves payment of invoices, and personnel management. Assists President with operational oversight and decision-making with respect to fundraising, staffing, and resource allocation. Mark retired in December 2012 as the Deputy Regional Director for the Southeast Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service after a 38+ year career. Born in Venezuela and raised in NJ, he earned his B.S. in biology and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Grove City College (1975). He was selected for the Fish and Wildlife Service Student Trainee Program in 1974, serving one summer at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge. He has served as assistant refuge manager at Choctaw (AL), J.N. Ding Darling (FL), Piedmont (GA), and Tennessee (TN) national wildlife refuges, and as the deputy project leader at Savannah Coastal Refuges (GA).
In 1998, he was selected as the project leader for the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee and Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuges. In May 2007 he accepted the Chief of the Division of Visitor Services and Communications for the National Wildlife Refuge System. There he administered recreation and visitor use including hunting and fishing programs, environmental education, wildlife observation and photography on 550 national wildlife refuges. He led communication and outreach programs for the refuge system, partnerships with other federal, state, and conservation organizations, worked closely with congressional staff, and helped to further develop the National Wildlife Refuge System's Friends Program. From January 2012 until he retired he served in the role of deputy regional director for the Service's southeast region. He helped oversee supervision of 1,500 employees in 10 states and the Caribbean in diverse Service programs ranging from the National Wildlife Refuge System to the Endangered Species Program, Migratory Birds, and Wildlife Law Enforcement.
Mark received the Refuge Manager of the Year Award in 2000, the Department of Interior Superior Service Award in 2001, and the DOI Take Pride in America, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Federal Land Manager of the Year award in 2005. He and his wife Linda reside in Buford, GA, northeast of Atlanta, have two married daughters and three grandchildren.
Caroline Brouwer
Acting Vice President, Government Affairs
cbrouwer@refugeassociation.org
Caroline will advance federal conservation policies in Congress and with the Administration for the National Wildlife Refuge Association, focusing on federal conservation funding and legislation affecting the National Wildlife Refuge System. She will also help lead the Cooperative Alliance for Refuge Enhancement (CARE).
Before accepting this position with the Refuge Association, Caroline was with Ducks Unlimited (DU) where she worked as a Governmental Affairs Representative for seven years. She led DU's advocacy on the appropriations process to increase funding for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service programs such as the National Wildlife Refuge System, North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA), and the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). Caroline was also the CARE representative for DU.
Caroline earned her law degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law and a Bachelor's in anthropology from the University of the South in Sewanee, TN. She is licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia and South Carolina. Before going to Ducks Unlimited, she worked as a community economic development volunteer for the Peace Corps in Ukraine, a private attorney, and family court prosecutor.
Courtney Lewis
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Courtney's main task at the National Wildlife Refuge Association (NWRA) is to build a vibrant and sustainable individual and major giving program. Courtney will also be working on diversifying funding for NWRA to create a sustainable financial future for the organization. Prior
to NWRA, Courtney worked at Restore America's Estuaries as their Senior Development Manager. She focused on fundraising for their 1,200 person biennial Summit and their individual giving program. Prior to that, she was the Director of Development at Earth Day Network, where she raised $750,000 in a matter of a few months for an event on the National Mall and raised over $100,000 in new donations in a single week using online crowdfunding and peer-to-peer fundraising.
Courtney received her B.S. in Sustainability, focusing on Sustainable Ecosystems at Arizona State University, and her M.S. in Environmental Studies, focusing on Sustainable Development and Climate Change at Antioch University New England. Courtney enjoys spending her spare
time with her three cats and significant other. She also enjoys camping, fishing, and golfing in the great, local spots by her home in Silver Spring, Maryland.
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Debbie performs the administrative tasks necessary to keep the office functioning smoothly, such as routine bookkeeping and maintenance of membership databases. Prior to joining the the Refuge Association staff, Debbie roamed the country, teaching mathematics at community colleges in Ohio, Texas, and California.
Robert Taylor, PhD.
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Rob works on inventorying and monitoring projects to strengthen the science used in managing wildlife and restoring key habitats at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, a globally significant area for seabird conservation in the northwest Hawaiian Islands.
Born and raised in New York City by not exactly nature-loving parents, Rob isn't sure how he ended up doing conservation work, but suspects that it stems from his longstanding appreciation of fresh air, uncrowded spaces and a fascination with plants and animals. After finishing a B.S. in Computer Science (St. John's University) and a brief stint as a computer geek with IBM, Rob went back to school, this time studying ecology and conservation biology at the University of New Mexico (Ph.D., Biology/Ecology).
After graduating he was hired on by The Nature Conservancy where he worked for a couple of years in the desert southwest before taking on the job of Northeast Oregon Regional Ecologist where he spent over 10 years leading the development of an ecological monitoring and research program for the Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Initiative. As a "jack of all trades" ecologist, Rob has experience with a variety of issues including grazing, fire, climate change, invasive species, and wildlife habitat restoration. Most of all he enjoys working with land managers and other stakeholders in developing robust and efficient adaptive management and monitoring programs and in catalyzing conservation-relevant research in collaboration with academic and agency partners, including the University of Idaho where he holds an adjunct faculty appointment in the Department of Forest, Range, and Fire Sciences.
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Julie holds the position of Florida and Gulf Programs Manager for the National Wildlife Refuge Association. Julie has over 23 years' experience working in the conservation field. Julie has a wide breadth of experience and knowledge, from working as a wildlife biologist and land manager to land protection implementation, land conservation program development, and advocating for land conservation funding and programs.
Julie works with all levels of governmental agencies and private entities to: develop conservation plans for protected wildlife species, identify conservation lands and protection strategies; develop reserve designs, management and policy, community education and outreach and stakeholder coordination. Her passion is assisting landowners in protecting their natural and agricultural lands; she has extensive knowledge and experience in land acquisition and easement programs, and other conservation incentive programs that can assist landowners and achieve conservation goals. Julie served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Dominican Republic and has worked in conservation and rural development in Latin America and Central Asia Julie holds a Master's degree in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation from the University of Florida.
Mike Boylan
Regional Representative, Alaska
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After a 35 year career working in the service of the National Wildlife Refuge System in Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, California, Alaska and Washington DC, Mike retired as Refuge Supervisor in Alaska in December, 2012. He has a B.A. in Journalism from Wayne State University, M.S. in Ecology from Ohio State University, and MPA in Public Policy from University of Southern California. Mike received the Department of Interior's Meritorious Service Award in 2009. Mike's interest in wildlife photography has led him to experience gorillas in Rwanda, Komodo dragons in Indonesia, African wild dogs in Botswana, and polar bears in Churchill, Canada, among others. He lives in Eagle River, Alaska.
Joe McCauley
Regional Representative, Northeast Region
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Joe brings more than 25 years of experience working for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to his position as the Northeast Regional Representative for the National Wildlife Refuge Association. As Regional Representative, Joe will facilitate communication between the Northeast Region, local nonprofits, local communities and the Refuge Association about issues related to Government Affairs and Conservation Programs.
Joe was born in Washington, DC, and grew up just outside the District in Falls Church, Virginia. After spending several years at a private engineering firm in Northern Virginia, he began his career with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 1983 at the Cortland, New York, Ecological Services Office. Joe then transitioned to Northeast Region's Division of Realty working as a wildlife biologist on land acquisition planning where he prepared the first Land Protection Plan in the Northeast Region and expanded the boundary of the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge by 11,000 acres.
Joe served for 10 years as the Refuge Manager of the Eastern Virginia Rivers National Wildlife Refuge Complex, comprised of the James River, Plum Tree Island, Presquile, and Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuges. As refuge manager Joe more than doubled the size of the Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge from 3,600 acres to 8,400 acres and developed a unique wildlife conservation easement template as an alternative to fee and title acquisition resulting in over 1,660 acres permanently protected via conservation easement.
Most recently, Joe was the Regional Chief, Division of Realty, Northeast Region for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service where he was responsible for overseeing real property acquisition for the Service within the 13 northeastern states. During his five years as Regional Chief, Joe added 18,000 acres to the Refuge System.
When Joe takes a break from enhancing the National Wildlife Refuge System, he enjoys spending time fishing, gardening, and birding.
Angie Horn
SoCal Regional Refuge Partnership Specialist
Angie Horn is an urban park advocate with a decade of outreach, programming, event planning, development, and partnership coordination experience focused on urban environmental issues at the community, state, national, and international level.
Prior to her new role as SoCal Regional Refuge Partnership Specialist, Angie served as Outreach and Program Manager at City Parks Alliance for nearly 10 years, where she worked with a team of professionals dedicated to increasing investment in urban parks and natural areas. Under the direction of a board of 29 active urban park leaders, she led the development and implementation of programs aimed at increasing the capacity of 300+ organizational members to create innovative cross-sector partnerships that resulted in greater connections between public agencies, nonprofit park partners, and underrepresented communities throughout the United States.
Angie is a graduate of UNLV and holds a BA in Anthropology and Ethnic Studies.
Steve Jester
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Steve Jester is the Executive Director for Partners for Conservation (PFC). PFC is an organization of private landowners and partners that are practicing innovative, measurable and effective conservation practices on the ground for the long-term health and productivity of working landscapes and rural communities across the United States.
Prior to joining the Refuge Association staff, Steve was the Executive Director of the Guadalupe-Blanco River Trust, the first nationally accredited land trust in Texas. Prior to his work at the Trust, Steve was on the staff of The Nature Conservancy for almost a decade leading community-based conservation projects first in Texas and later in Wyoming. Before joining The Nature Conservancy, he spent a decade working with state fish and wildlife agencies in Florida and Texas. He has worked with private landowners throughout his career and has come to appreciate their critical importance in conserving working landscapes that comprise some of the most important wildlife habitats in the United States.
Steve earned a B.S. degree in Agriculture from Texas State University – San Marcos and a M.S. degree in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences from Texas A&M University. He lives in Edwards Plateau region of Texas with his wife Suzanne and daughters Shelby and Shae.
Fernando Núñez-García
Caribbean Conservation Coordinator
fnunezgarcia@refugeassociation.org, 787-690-6914
Fernando lives in Comerio, Puerto Rico and will be facilitating community outreach and partnership development to help build public awareness and support for conservation efforts in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. He brings 26 years of experience working with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to this new position. He was born in Aibonito, Puerto Rico and obtained bachelor and master degrees in general biology from the University of Puerto Rico. While working for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), he pursued further graduate studies at the University of Florida in Gainesville researching the impacts and implications of land management practices on the native and migratory avifauna in the forested highlands of Puerto Rico. In 1998 he transferred to the FWS division of Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration (WSFR) in the Atlanta Regional Office managing all Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands grants. Later in 2001, he was called to help the Division of Refuges during the controversial transfer of U.S. NAVY lands to the Department of the Interior (DOI) in Vieques. After the first land transfer, Fernando accepted the position of supervisor of the Río Grande Ecological Services Field Office in charge of the Puerto Rican Parrot Recovery program. From his new position, he continued assisting the Division of Refuges with the second land transfer from the U.S. NAVY to the DOI in 2003. In July 2006, Fernando returned to the Division WSFR to manage all endangered species grants for the region, Everglades restoration projects, and all WSFR grants in Puerto Rico. He then became the Wildlife Branch Supervisor of the WSFR program in the Atlanta Regional Office overseeing the implementation of the Wildlife Restoration program in 10 states, all grant programs in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the hydrological restoration of the Florida Everglades. His interests include land management practices, ecological approaches to conservation, the human element in environmental conservation, habitat restoration, avian ecology, and sport fish restoration. Fernando believes in supporting multi-sector coalitions for the development and implementation of conservation actions in Puerto Rico. He is also fluent in Spanish and English. He is an avid kayak angler who cherishes country living and gardening.
Jessica Castro Prieto, PhD
Caribbean Wildlife Specialist
Jessica is based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She supports projects identified as conservation priorities by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to advance existing work and further develop landscape conservation partnerships and initiatives that support National Wildlife Refuges, Threatened and Endangered Species, and At-Risk/Species of Greatest Conservation Need. Jessica was born in Colonia, Uruguay, but she has been living in Puerto Rico for several years. She has a Master's degree in Ecology and a PhD in Environmental Sciences in the University of Puerto Rico. For her PhD research she quantified pressure from residential development and human population around protected areas in Puerto Rico. Her research interests include strategies for biodiversity conservation, and conservation planning. She is involved in relevant projects in Puerto Rico such as the long-term monitoring of sea turtles on the island and in the development and maintenance of the spatial inventory of Puerto Rico's protected areas. Besides her work with the Refuge Association, Jessica has a part-time contract with the International Institute of Tropical Forestry, U.S. Forest Service, where she is working in the development of the first Breeding Bird Atlas for Puerto Rico, and the description of Provisional Ecological Sites. Jessica enjoys spending time with her two daughters and her husband in the outdoors and visiting her parent's farm in Uruguay.
Mike Bryant
Regional Representative, North Carolina and South Carolina
mbryant@refugeassociation.org, 252 216-7505
Hello, I'm Mike Bryant and I recently retired from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service after a 37+ year career on refuges in three regions; the past 20 years as the refuge manager for six national wildlife refuges in eastern NC. I am very familiar with the natural resource challenges in coastal NC and managed for migratory birds, threatened and endangered species, and other species while balancing public uses that help develop and sustain support for these resources. I'm still keenly interested in these resources and the challenges they face. I feel collaboration and building public support are essential to success in the conservation of these natural resources.
Communications Associate
Eden is responsible for advocating the Refuge Association's message to a broader audience by leveraging social media. She operates all of the Refuge Association's social platforms while continuing to study the trends that will better connect people to our mission.
Originally from Pennsylvania, Eden continued her education at Louisiana State University where she earned a B.S. in Natural Resources Ecology & Management with a concentration in Conservation Biology. She hopes to help bridge the gap between science and the public through compelling communication.
In her free time, Eden enjoys hiking, finding quaint places to read under trees and paying attention to the smaller things in life that often get overlooked. In the future, she hopes to continue her education in the field of marine biology.
Stewart Fefer
Gulf Program Specialist
sfefer@refugeassociation.org, 207-798-2854
Stewart Fefer has been a coastal conservation biologist and manager for more than 40 years with a focus on coastal and marine protected areas in the US and internationally. Stewart retired from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service after a 35 year career as a Project Leader and Refuge Manager with broad experience in design, protection, restoration and management of coastal Protected Areas. Stewart served as Refuge Manager of the Hawaiian Islands NWR, of Refuges in the Northeast Region of the US and served as the Project Leader for the Gulf of Maine Coastal Program Office. Stewart also has worked with the U.S. Department of Interior Technical Assistance Program on management of Protected Areas in Kenya, Botswana, Mozambique, East Timor, Oman and Indonesia and has worked with the Quebec Labrador Foundation on Protected Areas in Central America and the Middle East. Stewart has been working with the NWRA since 2015 assisting FWS Refuges along the Gulf coast of Texas in developing and implementing successful protection and restoration projects on and adjacent to Refuges to help mitigate losses from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Stewart received his undergraduate degree in Natural Science from Bard College, and a graduate degree in Wildlife Management at the University of Maine. Stewart has received numerous awards for his conservation efforts including the prestigious Chuck Yeager Award awarded by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, the USFWS John Gottschalk Award for conservation partnerships, Coastal America Partnership Awards. Gulf of Maine Visionary Award, John Bard Award for Science, and a University of Maine Alumni Award.
Jon Andrew
Florida Refuge Liaison
Jon Andrew began his career with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in North Dakota as a biological technician at Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center. Following temporary jobs conducting winter surveys of deer habitat in Maine and assisting the Fish and Wildlife Service National Planning Coordinator in Washington DC, Jon accepted a position with the U.S. Army, Fish and Wildlife Branch at Fort Sill Oklahoma helping with wildlife surveys, prescribed burning and law enforcement. Following this – Jon moved to Alaska and served as a wildlife biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service working on refuge land acquisition planning and land exchanges. With some regrets, he left Alaska for South Texas as a Refuge Manager at Lower Rio Grande Valley and Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuges. This was followed by a brief stint at Balcones Canyonlands NWR in Austin Texas-completing the planning and public involvement which resulted in the establishment of the refuge. Following this assignment, Jon served as the Refuge Manager for the four refuges located in the Florida Keys-implementing a refuge-wide ban of jet ski use. This was followed by assignments in Atlanta Georgia working on Ecological Services projects throughout the southeast and assisting then Geographic Assistant Regional Director Geoff Haskett on all FWS programs in Florida and the Caribbean. Jon then moved on to Washington DC and served as a Branch Chief in the Refuge program focusing on policy and planning. Later as Chief of the Office of Migratory Bird Management Jon managed FWS programs aimed at the conservation of migratory birds and the annual setting of migratory bird hunting regulations. Jon was then selected as the Regional Chief of Refuges for the Southeast Region serving in this capacity for eight years until again moving to Washington DC representing the Department of the Interior as liaison to the Department of Homeland Security – with the objective of managing impacts of increased border security on Department of the Interior lands. After 36 years of public service, Jon retired to Sarasota Florida where he fishes and watches birds with his wife Sue.
Jon traces his ancestry back to the early 1700s in New England and though living in Florida still claims a strong connection to all the New England states and especially to the Boston Red Sox-who finally broke the curse in 2004 and then broke it again in 2007 and 2013. Along with following the Sox, Jon loves shallow water fishing with his skiff and fly rod, watching birds, reading as much as possible, and traveling with his wife Sue to any place they have not been.
Jon looks forward to continuing his lifelong commitment to National Wildlife Refuges which began so many years ago canoeing the waters of Great Meadows NWR in Massachusetts.
Steven Quarles
Environmental Counsel
squarles@refugeassociation.org, 202-417-3803
Mr. Quarles is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of the law firm Nossaman LLP. He is a veteran attorney who focuses his practice on addressing issues concerning federal wildlife laws (Endangered Species Act (ESA), Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) and Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (BGEPA)), federal lands and resources (including resource use, siting, and access law), and renewable energy. He represents a wide range of associations and companies, policy coalitions, state governments, local governments, land conservation trusts, and environmental organizations.
Mr. Quarles served as Deputy Under Secretary in the U.S. Department of the Interior and special counsel on the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. He is active as an officer and member of the Board of several non-profit organizations. He is a graduate of Princeton University and Yale Law School.
Mr. Quarles has served on the Board of Mineral and Energy Resources of the National Academy of Sciences and on two committees of the National Research Council commissioned by Congress. He also was a member of the Secretary of the Interior's Federal Advisory Committee on Wind Turbine Guidelines and the Secretary of Agriculture's National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education and Economics Advisory Board. He was a participant in the Endangered Species Act at Thirty project of the University of California, Santa Barbara, Columbia University and the University of Idaho; Stanford University Forum on the Endangered Species Act and Federalism; and The Keystone Center's Working Group on Habitat Issues.
Mr. Quarles is active in the non-profit arena, serving as Vice Chair of Bat Conservation International, and member of the Boards of NatureServe and Maryland Environmental Trust.
Mr. Quarles and his spouse own and operate one of the largest Hanoverian breeding farms in Maryland. They have ensured the protection of their 250-acre farm by donating a conservation easement to the Maryland Environmental Trust.
Rob Morgan
rmorgan@refugeassociation.org, 202-417-3803
Rob Morgan is an attorney who serves as a director, Secretary and General Counsel of the Refuge Association. He retired from Perot Systems, an information technology services company, in 2010 after 21 years. Before Perot he served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Washington, D.C. and before that as an Associate at Covington & Burling.
Rob earned an A.B. in History from Yale. He then served as a Lieutenant in the Army and was awarded a Bronze Star for service in Vietnam. After the Army he earned an M.B.A. from Harvard and a J.D. from the University of Virginia, where he served as Articles Editor on the Law Review. After law school he clerked for a judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals in New York.
Mr. Morgan lives in Lewes, Del., with his wife, Janice Erich, and is active in civic affairs. His interests include history, nature, travel and languages.
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Cissy Russell
Cissy has been a graphic designer for 30 years, and for more than 12 of those years, she has created everything from logos to annual reports for the Refuge Association.
A committed, near-vegan vegetarian for almost 25 years, an avid reader, a lover of music, a sometime-ukulele strummer and piano player, a once-aerobics instructor and mother to a now-grown daughter, her childhood was spent roaming the U.S. from military base to military base, from Quantico to Hawaii. She has now put down roots in historic downtown Wilmington, N.C. where her extended family has lived for generations.
Dave Griffin
Dave Griffin owns Confluence Visuals, a company that brings together high-quality and compelling visuals (both still and moving) with all forms of new digital media (web video, social media, mobile applications). Dave's background is in software engineering, where artistry is interwoven into concepts like elegance and design. But before computers came along he always was fascinated with photography and video. Today he has the great joy of combining his passion for telling stories through great visuals with the latest digital technologies that he has been immersed in for over 30 years, including the implementation and operation of over 20 different websites that serve local, regional and national audiences. Based in Maynard, Massachusetts, Dave is also involved in local civic groups including a board member and past president of OARS (for the Assabet, Sudbury and Concord Rivers), advisory committee member for Emerson Hospital, president of the Maynard Historical Society. Dave is also well known for his photography of local rivers in the area, particularly the Assabet River.
Dennis David
Dennis has worked in fish and wildlife conservation for 40 years. As Regional Director for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) in the northern everglades, he was instrumental in fostering a close partnership with FWS Refuge leadership and constituents to win public support for establishing the Everglades Headwaters National Wildlife Refuge and Conservation Area (EHWNWR). Following his FWC retirement in 2012, he continued to work for FWS on the EHWNWR project.
Dennis began working with the Refuge Association in 2013 as "Conservation Project Manager" where he is responsible for continuing work in the Everglades as well as coordinating and assisting with special conservation projects benefiting Refuges. He brings extensive experience in helping facilitate projects that require intra-agency coordination, which will help manage Service projects that reach across multiple Service Division and Office lines. He is currently assisting refuge managers in identifying landscape and community-based conservation opportunities around Refuges in focal areas under the FWS Vision for a Healthy Gulf of Mexico Watershed. He is also helping lead an integrated FWS team in an assessment of "at-risk" species conservation opportunities on Refuges.
Dennis obtained a B.S in Zoology from the University of South Florida in 1974 and immediately began a lifelong career working for FWC. His career included working as an alligator biologist for 20 years, serving in a leadership role as Deputy Vice Chairman for North America on the IUCN Species Survival Commission Crocodile Specialist Group for 10 years, traveling all around the globe working on crocodilian management, and serving as a Regional Director over central and northeast peninsular Florida.
When not working on conservation projects Dennis, his wife Ilonka and dog Riley are enjoying their "semi-retirement" life since recently relocating to New Smyrna Beach, Florida. They enjoy beach walks or taking time to fish, kayak and boat in the bountiful Indian River Lagoon waters located in and around the Merritt Island NWR.
Paul Taylor is the Founder and CEO of Global Citizen, a cutting-edge social branding firm that partners with clients to create powerful movements around the change they want to see in the world. Paul has a unique combination of global Fortune 100 social branding experience gained while working for and consulting with The Coca‐Cola Company, Nike, P&G, Colgate‐Palmolive, Hewlett Packard, and social impact organizations such as the UN Millennium Development Goals, Alliance for a New Humanity, Evolving Wisdom, The Shift Network, Thrive Movie, and The Shift Movie. Prior to founding Global Citizen, Paul worked as a global executive at The Coca-Cola Company for 7 years where he led two multi-billion dollar business units as the Global Innovation Director – VP of Coke Classic & Diet Coke and the Global Marketing Director- VP of Dasani & Powerade. Paul also teaches courses on next generation social marketing, branding, & communication and next generation leadership & social entrepreneurship at Ubiquity University. Paul has been working with the National Wildlife Refuge Association for over two years, developing world-class branding and marketing strategies for the Association and the National Wildlife Refuge System.
Rick Schultz
Rick is based in Farmington, MN and will be facilitating communication between the Midwest Region, local nonprofits, local communities and the Refuge Association about issues related to Government Affairs and Conservation Programs.
Rick is native to Minnesota, but spent many of his adolescent years in Montana enjoying the great outdoors. Under the guidance of his parents, he developed an appreciation for fishing, hunting, and other outdoor pursuits, which eventually lead him to a career in wildlife conservation.
Rick worked for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Department of the Interior for more than 35 years. He spent 21 years in the field working on national wildlife refuges in Minnesota, North Dakota, and Iowa. His most recent field position was that of refuge manager of Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge. In 2005, Rick relocated to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters in Washington, DC where he served as Division Chief for Natural Resources and Planning for the National Wildlife Refuge System. In 2007, he accepted the position of National Borderland Coordinator for the Deputy Secretary of Interior. In this capacity, his primary responsibility was to assist the Department of Homeland Security incorporate environmental stewardship into border security fences and operations. In October 2009, Rick returned to the Fish and Wildlife Service where he served as Regional Chief of the National Wildlife Refuge System in the Midwest. In September 2012, Rick retired and is now enjoying time with family, home projects, bird guns, gun dogs, and fly-fishing rods.
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Were I to consider any change, it might be to insert a comma in L7 after "lightly", but irrespectively, the poem works extremely well as it's presented.
i think the form of 'lightly' is to move the verb itself, overload it as a passive noun, a 'promising' as person in the poem, and not just a flavored pointer to feather. it's to endow feather with a face and personality, you might say. so, 'lightly promising' with the current of the poem, and isn't said from the shore.
Mike, I have to admit... that actually makes sense.
Well written. Seems to hark back in near fashion to some early modern poetry, first half of the 20th Century. Imagism meets modern metaphysical poetry. Sorta like an "Emperor -- Just to Say".
Enjambment -- spacing/breaks -- execution are tops.
Worthy to be noted, re-read.
i felt it dwindled a bit after - but still an awesome poem.


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"Challenge" also by Dual Writer is in that vein. If you want some in the 1800's, look at FantasyLover for "Lucky Jim" and "Escape From Lexington".
Those by Catman are set in a marine environment rather than a land one.
Depending on exactly what you're after you might want to try doing a Category Search using the Farming tag, also most of the Westerns and the Damsel in Distress Universe stories may suit what you're after, as well as a lot of the Time Travel tagged stories.
Much of my Clan Amir series is set in a town and not a city as well.
edit to add: I've not listed my westerns, time travel or DiD stories here.
I second all these choice. I will also add some of JRyter's and Woodmanone's stories that I would recommend.
Howard Faxton has several stories about either living on a farm, or inheriting a farm after meeting certain conditions.
More of a Western, but Wagons Ho! - The Early Years by Lazlong are about settling up in the country and the chores and adventures associated with it.


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Trainer Linda Toscano (fourth from left) and driver Brian Sears (second from right) with the Meadowlands Pace trophy after Best In Show's victory.
East Rutherford, NJ -- What a week for harness racing Linda Toscano.
On Sunday evening, the trainer gave a gracious acceptance speech at her induction to the Harness Racing Hall of Fame in Goshen, N.Y., and on Saturday night (July 13), she stood in the winner's circle after Best In Show pulled a 27-1 upset in the $682,650 Crawford Farms Meadowlands Pace.
It was the perfect bookend to a seven-day span she'll never forget.
"This another one I never dreamed of," Toscano said after becoming the first female trainer to win the Pace. "This is home for me. This is awesome."
In a thrilling finish, Best In Show slipped through an opening on the rail to defeat his more heralded rivals. He got up by a head over Bettor's Wish, the brave first-over challenger who couldn't have raced much better.
Right in the mix was Workin Ona Mystery in third, with the pacesetting Captain Crunch, the North America Cup winner and the 1-2 favorite in the Pace, a close-up fourth in the blanket finish.
The time was 1:48 on the warm evening for the track's signature race.
Brian Sears, also a Hall of Famer, gave Best In Show a perfect ground-saving drive. Best In Show left alertly before readily yielding to let the favorites duke it out while settling into fourth.
"I knew they were racing pretty good," Sears said. "It was all the horses to beat and they were going at it. I was pretty content. I wanted to sneak him around there a little bit. I got a little opening, and he fired for me."
And he fired up the tote board.
Best In Show paid $56.20, $14.40 and $6.80. Bettor's Wish returned $4.00 and $2.80. Workin Ona Mystery paid $3.80 to show.
The time was 1:48 after clipping through aggressive fractions of :26.2, :52.4 and a blazing 1:19.3 to the three-quarter pole.
It was fourth win in 12 starts for Best In Show, who competed in a non-winners of two races condition as recently as May.
"We knew he was a nice colt last year and he got a little colt sore on us," Toscano said. "We shut him down, brought him back and he's done everything right."
Best In Show has been rapidly making up for that lost time.
The son of Bettor's Delight out of Put On A Show earned $341,325 as a homebred for Richard P. Young & Joanne Young. He turned in a pair of second-place finishes in his previous two starts, an Ontario Sires Stakes and his Pace elimination behind Bettor's Wish.
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All-source wagering on the 13-race program totaled $4,044,303, the sixth time in the last seven years that Meadowlands Pace Night betting surpassed the $4-million mark. … The driving stars were out in force as 10 of the races on the card were won by Dave Miller (3), Tim Tetrick (3), Yannick Gingras (2) and Sears (2). … There were a pair of 50-Cent Pick-4s on the program and they both took big action. The Pick-4 that began in Race 6 took in a 2019-best $146,229, while the Late Pick-4 (Races 10-13) saw a total pool of $122,070. ... Racing resumes Friday at 7:15 p.m.
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