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DOCUMENT: Internet, Investigation, Crime
Telephone Terrorist
Unmasking the leader of Pranknet and the miscreants behind a year-long wave of phone call criminality
Pranknet - Police Report Arby's Baytown, Texas
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/pranknet-police-report-arbys-baytown-texas
Pranknet - Hit List Telephone Numbers
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/pranknet-hit-list-telephone-numbers
Pranknet - Incident At Holiday Inn, Conway, Arkansas
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/pranknet-incident-holiday-inn-conway-arkansas
Pranknet - Orange County Sheriff's Bulletin
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/pranknet-orange-county-sheriffs-bulletin
Pranknet - Choice Hotel's Email Warning
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/pranknet-choice-hotels-email-warning
Pranknet - Johnson City Sprinkler Incident
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/pranknet-johnson-city-sprinkler-incident
Pranknet - Orlando Hotel Incident
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/pranknet-orlando-hotel-incident
Pranknet - Alabama Comfort Suites
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/pranknet-alabama-comfort-suites
In addition to Malik, TSG's probe has identified an assortment of other formerly invincible Pranknet regulars. This band of misfits includes:
* Known online as "Hempster," William Marquis, 51, lives on Gilroy Drive in the Scarborough section of Toronto, Ontario. Pranknet's second-in-command, Marquis is a felon whose rap sheet includes convictions for drunk driving (2004) and marijuana production (2005). The latter case resulted in Marquis receiving a two-year "conditional sentence," which roughly equates to probation.
Marquis was also busted in 1992 for his role in a $4 million hydroponic pot growing operation. When he appeared in an Oshawa courtroom, "a red-faced Marquis wept" during a bail hearing, according to the Toronto Star. Charges in that case were later dropped after Marquis gave prosecutors a statement about his role in the grow operation, a police commander recalled. Marquis's codefendant, who headed the ring, later pleaded guilty. In an interview last week, Marquis declined to discuss the 1992 case, except to say that the $4 million figure quoted by law enforcement was "grossly exaggerated."
Marquis is widely viewed as Pranknet's deputy and can regularly be seen enforcing chat room rules and banishing, or "bouncing" violators. Pranknet's "room mother," Marquis has told online acquaintances that he has provided Malik with rent money, and last year he apprised a small circle of Pranknet intimates about the fire at Malik's home (in an apparent attempt to solicit donations to the Pranknet chief).
Earlier this year Marquis offered a $500 bounty to anyone in the chat room who could succeed in getting someone to drive a car through the lobby window of a hotel. Remarkably, Malik did just that on May 27 at a Hampton Inn in York, Nebraska. Posing as a representative from a fire alarm company, Malik tricked a front desk worker into pulling the hotel alarm, which he claimed was malfunctioning and needed to be "reset." After the alarm sounded, he told the woman that the only way to stop the screeching was to break lobby windows, which supposedly contained sensors of some sort. As York Police Department Chief Donald Klug recalled, "A trucker was standing there and he offered to help and drove his truck through the front door."
Malik was so pleased with the destruction that he raced to Pranknet's Twitter page to contemporaneously report, "I just pulled off the most epic prank. I had a hotel guest back his truck into the hotel window (in the lobby) and break the window." That tweet/admission of guilt was recently deleted from the group's Twitter feed.
Marquis's most recent pranks involved follow-up calls placed in an effort to get victims to recount the damage caused by previous Pranknet hoaxes. He posed as an insurance adjuster in a call to a Waffle House where employees had been persuaded to set off the restaurant's fire suppression system. Following a notorious February 26 prank at a KFC in Manchester, New Hampshire, Marquis called the restaurant and said he was an "investigator" in a bid to get victims to recount how they were humiliated.
The KFC prank, an excerpt of which can be listened to here, was handled by Malik and another Pranknet regular nicknamed "Slayer." That call was recently removed from Pranknet's YouTube page, which itself was suspended last week by the online video giant. Here's how Malik described the February call when he posted it to YouTube: "Epic KFC Prank Call (greatest ever)...dex successfully convinces the 3 female employees to undress fully nude OUTSIDE and URINATE ON EACH OTHER!!! AND MORE!"
Sometimes, when Malik opts not to abuse a young female victim who has ended up on the phone with him (they are usually answering fake Craigslist ads offering something of value for free, like a laptop or concert tickets), he tries to impress her by noting, "We've made the news many times. Not for anything good." Operating without a wingman, Malik then tries to close the deal by suggesting the woman Google the phrase "KFC employees naked" so that she can get a fuller understanding of his prowess. This is apparently how Malik tries to court a gal.
During an interview, Marquis, who told TSG that his "conscience is clear," lied about his criminal record and the extent of his involvement with Pranknet. Asked about his relationship with Malik, Marquis said, "There is no relationship," adding that he had no contact with the Pranknet founder. He also denied giving Malik money or paying for Pranknet expenses like Skype accounts.
However, Marquis's claim that he is not in contact with Malik is belied by TSG's own computer server logs. Records indicate that Malik immediately shared with Marquis the addresses of stories about Pranknet that appeared on TSG. The stories, which each carried a distinctive url that was created solely for Malik's viewing, were first provided to the Pranknet founder in e-mails sent to his Gmail account ([email protected]). On three occasions over the last six weeks, within minutes of Malik clicking a link (which recorded his IP address in Windsor), Marquis also looked at the story, resulting in his Scarborough IP being memorialized on TSG's servers.
When confronted with this strange coincidence, Marquis could offer little beyond, "Hmmmm."
* Shawn Powell, known as "Slipknotpsycho," is a 24-year-old Texan on that state's sex offender registry. In May 2002, he was sentenced to 13 months in custody following his conviction on a felony charge of indecency with a minor (he admitted taking naked photos of an eight-year-old female relative). The unemployed Powell, whose rap sheet also includes a 2003 pot possession conviction, is a relative Pranknet newcomer and, as a result, apparently only the subject of one police investigation.
On July 5, TSG has learned, Powell and a Pranknet veteran nicknamed "Prankster" targeted a pair of fast food restaurants. Of all the cities he could have chosen, Powell decided to cut his teeth in Baytown, Texas, where he happens to reside. While "Prankster" took the lead, posing as "Jamie Taylor," a representative of the Baytown Fire Department, Powell "hosted" the calls via his Skype account.
"Prankster" succeeded in convincing an Arby's worker to activate the kitchen's fire suppression system, which resulted in foam being discharged from overhead extinguishers. Powell, using the alias "Corey Taylor" (the name of the lead singer in the metal band Slipknot), joined the call in an unsuccessful attempt to get the worker to break windows due to the purported toxic nature of the foam. According to a Baytown Police Department report, an Arby's manager estimated that the prank caused $4600 in damages and lost sales, and said that the restaurant would be shut until the local health department inspected the business and cleared it to reopen. A similar call by Powell and "Prankster" to a Baytown Jack in the Box did not fool employees there.
As is Pranknet custom, "Prankster" placed a July 6 follow-up call to try and gauge the damage he and Powell caused the previous day. Referring to the Arby's fire system by its correct trade name--Axiom--he told a manager that if she set it off again, "it would clean all the foam off the floor."
Powell's brief Pranknet career also includes a barrage of racist and threatening calls. And one afternoon last month, he even arranged for a prank call to be made to his own mother, which was broadcast live. With a Pranknet member acting as if he were a cop, Powell's mother was made to believe that her name and phone number were found in the pocket of a murder victim. The woman, who said she thought the dead man could be a relative, was directed to come to the police station for further information.
* Nothing speaks more to the execrable nature of Malik's rank and file than the fact that the sex offender who took naked photos of a little girl is not the most loathsome guy in the chat room.
A leading contender for that honor is "Prankster" himself. Over the past year, he has perpetrated dozens of hoaxes across the country, making him one of Pranknet's most prolific vandals. While "Prankster" has left destroyed hotel rooms, damaged restaurants, and scores of victims in his wake, his most reprehensible act occurred on July 20.
The prank began that morning with a call to the front desk of a Homewood Suites hotel in Lexington, Kentucky. "Prankster" asked to be connected to Room 206, and when a male guest answered the phone, he claimed to be calling from the front desk with alarming news. The prior guest in Room 206, he claimed, had tested positive for hepatitis C and the hotel was concerned that the infectious disease could have been transmitted to the man due to an insufficient cleaning of the room by housekeeping staff.
The guest was informed that the hotel had a doctor on premises and, just to be safe, he was asked to provide a urine sample to be tested. While the request was preposterous on its face, the man nonetheless complied. After urinating in a bathroom drinking glass, he was directed to drop the sample off at the front desk for testing. While this action alone might have earned the coveted Pranknet "epic" tag, the hoax was not over.
Switching characters, "Prankster" then called the front desk and claimed to be a representative with Martinelli's, a cider company. He told a female Homewood Suites employee that a representative of his firm was coming downstairs with a sample of a new apple cider and asked whether she would sample it and give her opinion of the product. "It has like a fizzy sensation," he advised the woman. "It's supposed to tingle as it goes down."
[A recording of the conclusion of the July 20 prank can be heard here.]
Then, like clockwork, the male guest arrived at the hotel's front desk as the female employee was on the phone with "Prankster." "Here he comes," the woman announced as the man approached her desk. "Okay, take the cider and send him back up to his room," "Prankster" advised. Amazingly, the male guest turned over the urine sample without any discussion with the hotel clerk.
Laughing, the woman asked, "You're sure there's no poison in this?" "Prankster" responded, "I'm sure ma'am." After the woman sipped from the glass, "Prankster" asked how it tasted. "Horrible," she replied. "That does not taste like cider...I'm not gonna take another sip, that's horrible." She added, "I can't take any more of that."
It was now time for the repulsive reveal.
"Well, I need to inform you of something, ma'am," said "Prankster." "I want you to understand that you just drank that man's urine." This pronouncement was accompanied with a burst of laughter from another Pranknet member apparently sitting in on the Skype call. The second man called the hotel employee a "dumb bitch" for drinking the guest's bacteria-filled waste. The disgusting episode, of course, received plaudits from the Pranknet chat room faithful, one of whom exclaimed, "That bitch drank piss!" Another regular, who uses the nickname "Timmy two-bags," typed this trenchant observation: "i bet she was gagging for a few hours after that."
Homewood Suites employees, who would not speak to TSG, immediately reported the incident to the Lexington Division of Police. A spokesperson, Detective Shannon Garner, confirmed that the matter is being investigated as wanton endangerment, a first-degree felony. Garner said a police report gave this brief synopsis of the crime: "Victim was intentionally exposed to an unknown substance by an unknown person without her knowledge."
Hours after the incident, Pranknet's eminence grise decided to weigh in. Marquis, a 51-year-old with nothing better to do than hang out with degenerates half his age, sought to downplay the "Prankster" achievement. "Prankster's fucking head is gonna get all swollen. He just got lucky with the right person, for fuck's sake," harrumphed "Hempster."
While conning a victim into drinking someone else's urine is acceptable conduct, Marquis draws the line at pranks involving animals. Because he is a committed cat person, you see. It would be downright diabolical to even refer to a pet in a Pranknet hoax. During an off-topic discussion last week, Marquis referred to news that day of the discovery of the remains of an eight-year-old girl who had gone missing months earlier. The creepy Pranknet leader, who enjoys monitoring police scanners, noted that while the child's murder was a "shame," he would "be more pissed off if it was an animal. If it was somebody's pet that they kidnapped, beat, and tortured and killed. Isn't that weird?"
Last Friday, TSG obtained the Skype number (281-761-6233) used by "Prankster" and gave it a call. Though a reporter was dialing from a blocked number, "Prankster" picked up anyway, which he said he rarely does.
Asked whether he was concerned about the police probe of the felonious urine prank (not to mention other investigations into his activities), "Prankster" said, "Not necessarily." He had little concern about being located or identified by police, journalists, or victims: "It's too difficult to find me. I'm a ghost on the Internet...I do pretty much everything I can to keep anything out of my computer that would lead it back to my actual computer. I'm not a stupid individual, like I said." (An audio excerpt of TSG's interview with "Prankster" can be found here.)
[As he was speaking, "Prankster" was desperately trying to get on the Pranknet mic so that he could broadcast something epic: His TSG interview. Alas, he never got the mic, nor did "Prankster" fathom that his interviewer was monitoring the chat room as he tried to set up a live sandbagging.]
When pushed to answer more questions, "Prankster" brayed that he no longer wanted to be bothered by a reporter.
"You, of all people, is telling someone to leave them alone? Don't you exist to do the exact opposite?" he was asked.
"Yeah, but that's my job," he replied. Did he actually consider tormenting strangers on the telephone his occupation? "Prankster" answered, "In a way, yes. But in a way, no. It's a hobby, hobby slash job slash, you know, something of that nature." During the 10-minute conversation, "Prankster" declared that he was "not a snitch and I'm not a phony," adding, "If you do happen to come across my address, my phone number, my real name, then you can go ahead and you can do that."
So, with the young criminal's permission, TSG spent the next 24 hours trying to identify him. When we called him back early Saturday evening--this time on his home number--his mother answered the line. When "Prankster" came to the phone, he was no longer willing to chat about his "hobby slash job" or his status as Internet apparition. Instead, he quickly hung up when a reporter identified himself. He would do this again when we called back.
"Prankster" is Tyler Markle, who turns 19 later this month.
He lives with his mother and stepfather in a mobile home on a rural road in Diboll, Texas (pop. 5407), about 115 miles north of Houston. He attended Diboll High School and, like Pranknet founder Malik, is an avid player of first-person shooter games (he is known in that world as "RancidOneShot 2" and "N3v3rQu1t").
On a recently deleted MySpace page, Markle (whose full name is James Tyler Markle) listed his body type as "6' 6" / Athletic," though that is an exaggeration, according to one source. He plays on a recreational softball team, dresses like a goth, and loves the "Twilight" series of books (his Twitter account, "3DW4RD_B3LL4," is an alphanumeric tribute to the vampire saga's main characters). Markle also happens to be a regular at the area's only gay bar, though he is not old enough to drink and lists his orientation as "Straight" on his former MySpace page. Fellow patrons would likely be interested to learn of his frequent homophobic rants while on the Pranknet mic, not to mention his repeated threats to violate men and women with a chair leg.
As the sun set Saturday evening, Markle retreated to his bedroom while his mom screened calls from New York City.
* Known as "Veruca," LeeAnn Jordan is a 28-year-old Lewiston, Maine woman who has allowed her PayPal account to be used by Malik to receive assorted money transfers, including payments for CDs and MP3s containing hundreds of his pranks. Malik, records show, also had access last year to a server housing two web sites connected to Jordan, including one for her father's electrical contracting business.
While Jordan does not place prank calls--and rarely shows up in the Pranknet chat room--her name surfaced in the criminal investigation of the hoax at the Manchester KFC. In February, Malik and his allies were carrying out their pranks in a room on the popular Paltalk chat service. When investigators discovered that Jordan had paid for the Paltalk account used by one of the KFC suspects, they conducted an interview with her.
Jordan, a mother of small children, told a detective that she "pretty much lives her life through the computer" and acknowledged purchasing the Paltalk account in question, which carried the nickname "DonkeyPuncher" (one of several accounts used by Malik). Asked about the identity of "DonkeyPuncher," Jordan said she "doesn't know him," and claimed that it was "not uncommon for her to buy people temporary memberships to Paltalk," according to a Manchester Police Department report.
The Manchester probe stalled when Detective Peter Marr traced the "DonkeyPuncher" IP address to an Internet service provider in Canada. With the case now moving outside the country, Marr contacted federal prosecutors for guidance. However, as Marr wrote in a May 6 report, "It was obvious to me that the US Attorney's didn't have much interest in the case when I told them that the IP address of the suspect" was in Canada. In shutting the case, Marr noted, "At this time I have exhausted all leads and am closing the case due to not having the jurisdiction to continue further."
In a brief interview, Jordan denied ever speaking with Manchester police, and refused to answer questions about Malik, whom she claimed lived 3500 miles away from her.
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Submitted by Pollynkorect on Sun, 2011-04-17 09:11.
Ain't multiculturalism wonderful? Imagine if anyone had done this in Pakistan, Tariq Malik's native land.
Submitted by AJE2011 on Thu, 2011-01-13 19:46.
May have struck again (although I'm sure there have been other incidents). They called a hotel in Omaha, Nebraska had a guest break the sprinkler head in his hotel room because of a gas leak. When are the authorities going to get this guy? http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/113429209.html
Submitted by HarshTime on Thu, 2010-12-30 08:13.
Sometimes spanking is the only solution.
Submitted by Yobo456 on Sat, 2010-12-18 03:02.
What pathetic losers! I have a feeling many are still virgins. Sad. They are still living off their parents, hiding in their small world. Malik looks like an ugly man-inside & out. No wonder they spend their days hurting other people. If any of them stopped to examine his own life, he might just want to end it all.
Submitted by asis4243 on Mon, 2010-11-15 15:07.
Send him back to his own country.
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Yvonne Fredericks-Pearson (born 1955) is a Guyanese politician.  She has been a member of the National Assembly since 2015.  She served as Toshao (village head) of Mainstay/Whyaka from 1994 to 2012.

Early life

Yvonne Fredericks was born to a Kalina family around 1955 in Abrams Creek, located in the Pomeroon-Supenaam region.  She was the third of five children.  Her father, Fred Fredericks, was a teacher and President of the Guyana Organization of Indigenous People (GOIP).  As her family was unable to pay school fees, Fredericks left school at the age of 15, and was sent to work in a shop in Wismar.  She wanted to become a mechanic, but could not afford the training course.  Instead, she joined a library, and eventually enrolled at an institute for adult education.

In 1978, Fredericks' mother sent for her to rejoin the family for a move to the Essequibo coast.  After the move, Fredericks was hired as a driver for Mary Williams, the Regional Vice Chairman.  Williams was also the Toshao of Mainstay/Whyaka village (at the time, an unpaid position) some distance inland; on these trips to the village, Fredericks met Lascel Pearson.  They soon married, and had five sons.  In the 1980s, Lascel was elected Toshao.

Toshao
In 1994, Pearson was elected Toshao of Mainstay/Whyaka.  She would ride a bicycle to Anna Regina on a regular basis to take classes at the UG Institute of Distance and Continuing Education.   To attract tourists to the village, she lobbied the Ministry of Local Government to open a resort at the village's lake.  Pearson's negotiations with the central government and a private company led to the 2002 establishment of an organic pineapple processing facility, which employed over 60 villagers.  In 2005, she supported the Mainstay/Whyaka Women's Development Group in starting an aquaculture project.  She was elected as Chair of the National Toshaos Council in 2009.  Due to new term limits instituted by the 2006 Amerindian Act, Pearson was required to step down as Toshao in 2012.

Pearson joined the People's Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) in 2010, and served as an advisor to the Minister of Amerindian Affairs until 2015.

Member of Parliament
Pearson was elected to the National Assembly on the PPP/C National Top-Up list for the 2015 general election.  During her first term as an MP, Pearson was a member of the Parliamentary Sectoral Committee on Natural Resources.  She also competed in archery (Adult Women 18+ category) at the Indigenous Heritage Games 2019.

Pearson was re-elected in the 2020 general election.

References

External links

 Parliament Profile

Living people
Guyanese women in politics
Members of the National Assembly (Guyana)
People's Progressive Party (Guyana) politicians
Guyanese people of indigenous peoples descent
People from Pomeroon-Supenaam
Indigenous politicians of the Americas
21st-century Guyanese politicians
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21st-century women politicians
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20th-century women politicians

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du (Tal; drosos).
⇒See a list of verses on DEW in the Bible.
1. Formation of Dew:
Two things are necessary for the formation of dew, moisture and cold. In moist countries there is less dew because the change in temperature between day and night is too small. In the deserts where the change in temperature between day and night is sometimes as much as 40 degrees F., there is seldom dew because of lack of moisture in the atmosphere. Palestine is fortunate in being near the sea, so that there is always a large percentage of water vapor in the air. The skies are clear, and hence, there is rapid radiation beginning immediately after sunset, which cools the land and the air until the moisture is condensed and settles on cool objects. Air at a low temperature is not capable of holding as much water vapor in suspension as warm air. The ice pitcher furnishes an example of the formation of dew. Just as the drops of water form on the cool pitcher, so dew forms on rocks, grass and trees.
⇒See the definition of dew in the KJV Dictionary
2. Value of Dew in Palestine:
In Palestine it does not rain from April to October, and were it not for the dew in summer all vegetation would perish. Dew and rain are equally important. If there is no rain the winter grass and harvests fail; if no dew, the late crops dry up and there is no fruit. Failure of either of these gifts of Nature would cause great want and hardship, but the failure of both would cause famine and death. Even on the edge of the great Syrian desert in Anti-Lebanon, beyond Jordan and in Sinai, a considerable vegetation of a certain kind flourishes in the summer, although there is not a drop of rain for six months. The dews are so heavy that the plants and trees are literally soaked with water at night, and they absorb sufficient moisture to more than supply the loss due to evaporation in the day. It is more surprising to one who has not seen it before to find a flourishing vineyard practically in the desert itself. Some of the small animals of the desert, such as the jerboa, seem to have no water supply except the dew. The dew forms most heavily on good conductors of heat, such as metals and stones, because they radiate their heat faster and cool the air around them. The wetting of Gideon's fleece (Jg 6:38) is an indication of the amount of dew formed, and the same phenomenon might be observed any clear night in summer in Palestine
3. Importance to Israel:
Dew was a present necessity to the people of Israel as it is today to the people of the same lands, so Yahweh says, "I will be as the dew unto Israel" (Ho 14:5). Dew and rain are of equal importance and are spoken of together in 1Ki 17:1. It was especially valued by the children of Israel in the desert, for it supplied the manna for their sustenance (Ex 16:13; Nu 11:9).
4. Symbol of Blessing:
Isaac in blessing Jacob asked that the "dew of heaven" (Ge 27:28) may be granted to him; that these things which make for fertility and prosperity may be his portion. "The remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples as dew from Yahweh" (Mic 5:7), as a means of blessing to the nations. "Blessed of Yahweh for .... dew" (De 33:13).
5. Symbol of Refreshment:
Dew is the means of refreshing and reinvigorating all vegetation. Many Scripture references carry out this idea. The song of Moses says, "My speech shall distill as the dew" (De 32:2). "A cloud of dew" (Isa 18:4) refreshes the harvesters. "My head is filled with dew" (Song 5:2). "Like the dew of Hermon" (Ps 133:3). "Thou hast the dew of thy youth" (Ps 110:3). "Thy dew is as the dew of herbs" (Isa 26:19). Job said of the time of his prosperity, "The dew lieth all night upon my branch" (Job 29:19).
Other figures use dew as the symbol of stealth, of that which comes up unawares (2Sa 17:12), and of inconstancy (Ho 6:4; 13:3). God's knowledge covers the whole realm of the phenomena of Nature which are mysteries to man (Job 38:28; Pr 3:20).
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Because I've been busy and neglectful you get a post with a bunch of pictures spanning Sydney's birthday and hit or miss over the last few months.
Many of you probably know that we got a dog back in March. I grew up with dogs, Anne wanted a dog, Sydney wanted a dog. So we got a dog. Several days later Sydney and I were showing signs of suffering some from allergies from the dog. Sydney was wheezing a bit after a few days. We had to take him back to the Rescue we got him from. We were all very sad and disappointed, but we were also very happy that he was adopted the same day we took him back.
This is Roscoe, our four-day dog.
The spring season here was particularly nasty. Everyone had allergies and the people who normally get allergies got them particularly badly. This may have had something to do with our reaction to Roscoe. Or it may not. We might try a dog again but it won't be for several years when Sydney is a bit older and a bit more ready for one.
In early April was Sydney's birthday. So here are a bunch of birthday pictures!
If I remember correctly, the only pictures I took of Sydney opening presents were presents that Grandma B got her. This was the first year Grandma B wasn't able to be here for Sydney's birthday. So I wanted to make sure I got pictures of Sydney with Grandma B's presents so I could post them on the blog in a timely manner so Grandma B could enjoy them.
So here are the present pictures.
More of those coming up later. Sydney only opened a few presents at her party on Saturday. She opened the ones her friends brought her and a few others we let her open. The others we saved for her actual birthday on Monday. The Sunday in between her party and her birthday was Easter. Here's Sydney waiting anxiously to be able to come downstairs on Easter morning.
And Sydney digging into her Easter basket before egg hunting.
It's probably just a touch too big for her. And she has no idea how to ride a bike and be able to balance on it. After two failed attempts at putting training wheels on it (the axle is too short so the bolts that would hold them on can't be put on) we have finally taken it to a bike shop. We should get it back in a day or two (yes, it took us all summer to take it in) so she can hopefully ride it on her own.
I had the day off work for Sydney's birthday. As a special birthday treat I took her to our local Build-A-Bear Workshop. She built one of her new best friends, Fuzzy.
The door jam barely visible on the right side of the picture is Sydney's bedroom door. We have her measurements there. On her fifth birthday she was right about four feet tall.
She also insisted on measuring Fuzzy, who was about one foot tall.
Also on her birthday she insisted on taking a picture with Fievel. Remember him?
And Sydney once again got birthday balloons from Great Grandma Monette.
And Sydney got to open more birthday presents on Monday (her actual birthday). These pictures are Grandma B presents again. I think.
One day Sydney asked if she could take a picture with the camera. She decided she would take one of her various art supplies here in the office.
One morning Sydney crawled into bed with us and then zonked out. I was already zonked out and Anne got up and got the camera.
At the beginning of the summer Sydney asked if she could cut her hair shorter. She felt her hair was too heavy and too hot and she wanted it shorter.
And found this picture of this funny looking kid on the camera so I decided to post it here.


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LEGOMANIA! returns to Clevedon on Thursday 26th October!
Once again we will bring our HUGE collection of LEGO and loads of LEGO related fun with Gincandescence. There will be plenty of LEGO for everyone to build whatever they choose. We'l also have lots of LEGO-related craft ideas, so that children can make something to take home.
Drop Dead Delicious will be running the kitchen, with lots of refreshments and some amazing home-made cakes.
We will be running two sessions, at 10.30am-1.00pm, and at 2-4.30pm.


A few weeks ago Yves Rocher was 25% cash back on Ebates (it's now 9%) and was also having a clearance sale and on top of that, a discount, so even though it's not really talked about in the blogosphere, I decided to give a shot. Yves Rocher is a french brand but their website ships to most countries and they offer free shipping with a $35 or more purchase which tends to be unusual for international sites. Anyway, my last run-in with Yves Rocher was several years ago when I ordered their Vanilla Bourbon perfume (which looks to be discontinued), which is a cheap favorite among vanilla perfume enthusiasts. I had never tried their makeup but at 50% or more off with all the promotions, I figured it was worth a shot.
Since I'm apparently obsessed with cream or gel blushes these days, when I found the Watercolor Effects blush on the Yves Rocher website, I added it to my basket.
The tube is really tiny. I honestly didn't take the website seriously when it said "Its irresistible mini format!" - it truly is small, only holding .23floz - but considering the $5 price tag, it isn't what you would call expensive.
The color I bought is Light Poppy which is an orangey red that winds up more of a coral when you rub it into the skin. The texture is very liquidy and with the rounded lip gloss like tip delivery system, has a tendency of spurting out a bit more than you would need for 1 application. I feel this is a pretty goof proof gel blush though. Because it is watery, it takes awhile to set on the skin (though it does eventually set after a few seconds so I would advise against applying to each cheek before blending - blend upon application) and also goes on rather sheer for the first application but can be built up. It blends into the skin pretty easily and creates a nice glow of color.
This particular swatch looks a bit more orange than it looks in natural lighting. It does have a hint of red to it which makes it a very wearable shade.
The above swatch rubbed in. Notice that where the majority of the product was placed has the outline but the rest is fairly even.
I'm pretty impressed with this miniature blush. My only concern is how quickly it will be used up (which I guess isn't so bad for someone like myself with plenty of makeup to finish) as the tube feels a bit empty now having used the product only 3 times however it did survive through my grocery trip today outside in the heat so no immediate concerns of needing to reapply throughout the day (and even if you do the packaging makes it very portable).
The Yves Rocher site says there is another color of this formulation but it doesn't appear to be available for sale yet. I think this color would suit most skin tones, barring the most dark ones. It's very subtle yet gives a nice glow to my NW10 (or thereabouts) cheeks.
Disclosure: This site includes a referral link (Ebates).
@Lillian: I've been using this probably every day since this review. I really love it! Also makes a great lipstain even though it's not advertised as one. For $5 I think it's a real bargain!
i have both colours and i love the other colour! it's more a pinky-peach, i also bought a back up of it. love to use a small stippling brush with these.
That is a beautiful color! Love it. I've been very happy with the Yves Rocher products that I have used in the past (body and fragrance). I admit that I have ignored their color products.
Oh, and they have a new vanilla perfume out!
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Santa Barbara Women's Self Defense strives to assist in providing empowerment and confidence to young ladies and women in our community. It finds itself in a unique position to do this in that the Founder and Owner (Teri Coffee McDuffie) is a 6th Degree Black Belt in the Korean Martial Arts and has been training in the art for the past 29 years. Leveraging this level of insight and commitment allows Santa Barbara Women's Self Defense to maximize its' delivery of effective power for people of all sizes and abilities.
Community involvement is a core value of Santa Barbara Women's Self Defense (SBWSD). Through outreach to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Ventura, Santa Barbara and Carpinteria SBWSD provides workshops to help elevate self esteem through self defense to teenagers and young adults in our community. To further reach into the broader community SBWSD regularly provides on campus self defense consultancy services to the U.C. Santa Barbara sororities, dorms and student organizations.


A one-day event at a church in Pennsylvania impacts the Great Commission Fund and the worldwide Alliance family.
At LIFE 2016, Francis Chan enforces the power of spending time acknowledging the glory of the Lord.
This introductory clip can be used to start each session or provide a sneak peak of the next session in the series. We believe that nothing of lasting value can be done unless it is bathed in prayer. His passionate belief that prayer undergirds all ministry compelled Alliance founder A. B. Simpson to create a prayer league that would focus on the world's evangelization. He believed that this Prayer Alliance would prove to be the "mightiest force in the spread of missions." That force still drives The Alliance today. Prayer is the primary work of God's people.
Brandon and Bethany Nutter explain why they love fulfilling the Great Commission in the Dominican Republic through Envision.
Rev. Kelvin Walker of Bedford Community Church in Bedford Hills, NY, and C&MA Board member brings the message, "because you say so," based on the account of Peter's encounter with Jesus in Luke 5.
John Stumbo proclaims the music that will be made when all tribes, tongues, and nations one day worship together in Heaven.
Evelyn Mangham tells the story of the call of her father, George Breaden, to the Middle East, and the reaction of his family.
Alliance worker, James Newman, shows how the Poipet Community Health Project is caring for people that are HIV positive and alone. Produced in 2005.
Set to the song, "Farther Along" by Josh Garrels, Hope + Future displays the joy we share as an Alliance Family.


Expectations and spirits are high for the third-ranked Washington women's cross country team heading into the start of its season this Saturday with the Sundodger Invitational. Sophomore Lauren Saylor had a great freshman season both in cross country and track, running in UW's top-seven at every race, and qualifying for NCAA Regionals in the 5000-meters. Saylor also earned a spot on the U.S. Junior XC team that competed in Edinburgh, Scotland this past March. The Clovic, Calif. native talks with GoHuskies about her summer of training and the big goals the team will strive to reach this season.
GoHuskies.com: Where did you run today, and where are some of your favorite runs in the area?
GH: This may be an elementary school question, but how did you spend your summer vacation?
GH: What do you think is the biggest difference coming in as a sophomore now?
GH: The women's team is ranked No. 3 heading into the season. Were you surprised that the voters think so much of the team at this point?
GH: Given the expectations, is it a challenge not to look ahead and stay focused on the present?
GH: Are there any particular goals for yourself personally that you're looking towards?
GH: Classes are starting up next week, is there anything you're looking forward to fall quarter?
GH: Have you chosen a major?
GH: Last spring you got to compete at the World Junior Cross Country Championships in Scotland. What was that experience like?
GH: Was that the most interesting place that running has taken you so far?
GH: The Sundodger is just a few days away now. What are looking to get out of that race?
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The Polish consul in Norway Sławomir Kowalski has been declared "persona non grata" there and has to leave the country within one week.
The website also reported that the Polish government is to take similar steps towards Norwegian diplomats in Poland. The deputy Foreign Minister Sławomir Szynkowski has announced that with regard to previous actions taken by the Norwegian Foreign Ministry, a similar note was presented to Norway's Ambassador to Poland.
Sławomir Kowalski is known for his conflict with Norway's Barnevernet child protection service over the rights of Polish children.
On January 21, the Norwegian media announced that Mr Kowalski has to leave the country within three weeks.
So far, no one has confirmed the revelations concerning the "inappropriate behaviour" of Mr Kowalski.
Barnevernet's activity was negatively evaluated by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg and Polish Office for Foreigners.


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How Therapeutic Horseback Riding Is Helping Veterans, People With Disabilities in NYC
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Nestled amid the hubbub of the Bronx and Queens, New York, perhaps where you'd least expect to find them, are several peaceful horse farms established to support and empower people living with disabilities.
GallopNYC, founded in 2005, offers both recreational lessons and therapeutic horseback riding to the residents of its surrounding city. At the onset of the pandemic, the nonprofit was forced to downsize, sending many of its horses to be housed upstate. But thanks to an outpouring of donations from the community, it rebounded and has now welcomed back all 40 members of the herd.
Executive director James Wilson, a Texas transplant to the Big Apple who started at the nonprofit as a volunteer, is passionate about what GallopNYC is doing: "We're a place where people come and learn about horses and make their lives better."
Over the years, the organization has developed several programs to help change the lives of its riders — including veterans, individuals who use wheelchairs, and people with autism. "Almost every year we have a rider who is classified as nonverbal, who says their first word," Wilson told CBS News.
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It's the grace, patience, and empathy of the horses, the organization's website says, that make them its "key partners" and allow riders to come out of their shells. Eka Khuchua has experienced the equine's magic firsthand. Her daughter Nino was initially nervous about riding, but her anxiety melted away once she saw the horses. "She has trouble sometimes expressing herself. She gives commands, so that's very empowering for her," Khuchua explained to the outlet, "I think it helped her a lot. She's more confident."
Other parents appreciate the riding lessons' impact as well. "It's given her something that she's proud of, that's her thing," Lisa Hahn previously shared with Bklyner of her daughter Marley, who is autistic. "There's this connection with the horse, I don't know what it is, but there's something about it that's so therapeutic."
All GallopNYC instructors are certified in a specific form of horseback riding therapy developed decades ago by the Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International (PATH Intl.). One location also offers hippotherapy under the guidance of a physical therapist, which can improve core stability and postural control.
In addition, GallopNYC offers a seasonal program specifically for senior citizens in which participants come together to have lunch, learn about and socialize with the horses, and volunteer with elementary school children.
"It's an opportunity for seniors to improve their own lives because it helps them intellectually. They're learning new things, physically, because we're walking, taking care of horses. We do barn work also and, socially, we meet new friends," Lois Chiarello, a volunteer and member of the senior program, told CBS.
Take a look at some of the happy faces of riders at GallopNYC, and learn more about how to get involved or donate.


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New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof will speak at AU on Sept. 10 at 8:30 p.m. in the University Club.
Kristof writes a weekly column in the Sunday edition of the New York Times on international human rights and American politics. His most recent book is "Half The Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide," about the necessity to aid women in order to alleviate poverty. He has also co-authored two other books on east Asia.
He has also won two Pulitzer Prizes. Kristof and his wife, Sheryl WuDunn, won the award in 1990 for their coverage of the military interruption of protests in Tiananmen Square. Kristof won again in 2006 for his reporting on the genocide in Darfur, Sudan, according to the New York Times.
Sponsor of the event, the Kennedy Political Union, intended to announce the speaker on Sept. 3 at 8 p.m. But some advertisements for the event appeared on school television monitors on Aug. 30.
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RK Železničar 1949 () is a Serbian handball club based in Niš. They compete in the Serbian Handball Super League.

History
The club was formed as RK Naissus on 7 September 2009 by the amalgamation of RK Železničar and ORK Niš. They immediately started competing in the Serbian Handball Super League by inheriting the spot from ORK Niš.

On 5 December 2011, the club changed its name to RK Železničar. They won their first trophy, the Serbian Handball Cup, in the 2013–14 season. After suffering relegation from the top flight in 2016, the club spent the following season without competing.

Ahead of the 2017–18 season, the club received a wild card entry to the Serbian Handball Super League.

Crest, colours, supporters

Kits

Honours
Serbian Cup
 2013–14, 2017–18

Notable players
The list includes players who played for their respective national teams in any major international tournaments, such as the Olympic Games, World Championships and European Championships:

  Stefan Janković
  Jovo Damjanović
  Darko Đukić
  Milan Đukić
  Dobrivoje Marković
  Ratko Nikolić
  Stevan Sretenović
  Aleksandar Stojanović

Head coaches

  Vladan Stošić (2009–2010)
  Miloš Stanić (2010–2011)
  Zoran Živković (2011)
  Aleksandar Živković (2011–2012)
  Jovica Cvetković (2012)
  Nikola Marković (2012)
  Jovica Cvetković (2012)
  Nedeljko Vučković (2013)
  Vladimir Stanojević (2013–2014)
  Siniša Prokić (2014)
  Miroslav Đorđević (2014–2015)
  Siniša Prokić (2015)
  Nebojša Bokić (2015–2016)
  Josif Petković (2017–2018)
  Veselin Vujović (2018–2019)
  Đorđe Teodorović (2019–present)

References

External links

 RK Železničar 1949 – EHF competition record
 RK Železničar 1949 at srbijasport.net

Zeleznicar 1949
Handball clubs established in 2009
2009 establishments in Serbia
Sport in Niš


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Rep. Rohrabacher Meets With WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange
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7-Year-Old Australian Boy Confirmed Missing After Barcelona Terror Attack
According to the latest reports, a third person has been arrested in connection with the van attack in Barcelona . Australia said at least four of its nationals were injured, and Italy three. The news came as Sydney-based Commonwealth bank worker Suria Intan was also named as a victim in the attacks. A Hillsong Church spokesperson told AAP its church in Barcelona is supporting her and her family. (more...)
Trump praises North Korea's Kim for 'wise' decision on Guam
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Girls Found Dead In Clinton Home
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A Leading Elephant Conservationist Has Been Murdered in Tanzania
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Pelosi calls on Trump to fire additional staff
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Venezuelan constitutional assembly seizes power of opposition-led congress
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Freeing Demitri's Wolf
by Charlie Richards
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Demitri Vinetti knows his parents believe his claim that he's gay is an act of rebellion. But when Demitri scents Kiernan Wabinaw at the diner where he works and the human keeps coming back again and again, he's certain he's found his mate, a male mate, proving Fate's on his side. Getting advice from friends, Demitri digs deep for courage and asks Kiernan on a date.
Kiernan is shocked and flattered that such a handsome young man would take an interest in him, especially since his forty-fifth birthday is just around the corner. He's been fantasizing about Demitri since first spotting him at the diner a couple of weeks ago, and he's happy to take him up on his offer.
When Kiernan learns that Demitri's parents beat him for going on a date with him, he discovers protective instincts he's never known before. But the fact that Demitri's less than half his age and his parents are abusive is only the first of many shockers. Will Kiernan be able to accept that shifters exist? Or will he chalk Demitri up as too much trouble and run the other way?
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"So, what do you do for fun?" Kiernan asked once their food had arrived and Peter disappeared again.
Demitri paused where he was cutting his steak, looked up and answered, "Hiking. I love hiking. There's nothing better than getting out in the mountains and exploring."
"Are you familiar with this area?" Kiernan used a fork to pull off a large chunk of meat from the fall-off-the-bone ribs and stuck it in his mouth.
For just a second, Demitri wished his tongue was that fork and being licked and sucked like it was the greatest treat. Mentally shaking himself, he nodded. "Yeah."
Over the last couple of years, running had been his way of getting away from his parents. Once, while in wolf form, a pair of environmentalists had caught him, but the pack had rescued him before they could take him out of the forest. He wasn't certain what deal the pack beta, Shane, had made with them—probably for information—but eventually they'd been let go.
Demitri tried not to think about the pass he'd made at fellow wolf shifter, Manon Lemelle, an enforcer in the pack. He'd had a crush on him for months after the Cajun had rescued him. Manon had kindly turned him down. It had been for the best.
"I want to be a park ranger," he blurted, then blushed. He'd only told a few people about his desire.
"Really? Do you know much about what they do?" Kiernan scooped up some mashed potatoes, then rested his forearm on the table and said, "I know there are a number of national forests around here. Are they hiring?"
Demitri nodded. "I don't have the necessary degree right now, though. My friend, Nick, is a park ranger, and he's helping me pick classes." He grinned, excitement flooding him as he remembered talking to the pack tracker about it. "He says maybe I could get hired on as an intern this summer. He helped me fill out an application for that and said he'd put in a good word for me."
He flushed and returned his gaze to his plate. Cutting into his meat again, he quickly took a bite. He hadn't told too many about his desires, yet, and he sure didn't want his parents to find out. They were encouraging him to look for a school in Denver. He didn't know why.
"Most young people want to get away from small town living," Kiernan commented. "I take it you plan on sticking around then?"
"Oh, yes," he replied. "I'm not going anywhere."
Kiernan nodded and smiled at him.
Demitri smiled back. It suddenly occurred to him that the man was probably trying to confirm his earlier statement, which was that he wanted something permanent. He understood the human's hesitation. There was quite a difference in age and experience between them.
Trying to think of something to fill the silence, he nibbled his bottom lip for a second. He caught Kiernan staring and smiled. "Why'd you move here?" He felt the heat of a blush work its way up his neck at the forward question.
"Work," Kiernan replied. Demitri watched his date's gaze rove over his face and down his shirt covered chest, which only made him flush even more. Heat lit Kiernan's pale blue eyes, turning them almost silver. "I wanted out of the city, and one of the local construction companies had an opening for a foreman."
Demitri nodded, struggling to focus on Kiernan's words and ignore the clear appreciation in his eyes. "Right, because Gus left." He hadn't known the rhino shifter well, but he knew Gus had mated with a gargoyle. They'd moved south to join a gargoyle clutch.
"You know about that?"
Shrugging, Demitri pointed out, "Small town. Everyone knows just about everything."
"Ah, still getting used to that."
Demitri nearly jolted in his seat when a sock-clad foot rubbed against his calf.
Kiernan smirked warmly, obviously knowing he'd surprised him. "So, I guess that means you're okay with being paired with an older man?" he crooned.
Demitri licked his lips as his body flushed hot. "A sexy silver fox like you?" he murmured, taking a stab at being coy. "What's not to like?"
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Lee Correctional Institution is a high-security state prison for men located in Bishopville, South Carolina. On April 15, 2018, seven inmates were killed in the Lee Correctional Prison Riot. It was the deadliest U.S. prison riot in the past 25 years.

History
The facility opened in 1993 to replace the decommissioned Central Correctional Institution which had been the state's primary prison for over 130 years. At the time, Lee cost $46 million dollars to construct. It remains the largest maximum-security prisons for males in the South Carolina state system. It is often characterized as being the most dangerous.

Prisoners took control over portions of the prison on two separate incidents prior to the 2018 riot which was the deadliest U.S. prison riot in the past 25 years. The prison has had a long history of violent incidents.

The riot was the inspiration for the 2018 U.S. prison strike.

Further reading

See also
 Attica Prison riot
Lee Correctional Prison Riot

References

External links
 South Carolina Department of Corrections

State prisons in South Carolina
Buildings and structures in Lee County, South Carolina
1993 establishments in South Carolina


Jesse Eisenberg's Lex Luthor fills a lot of roles in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Billionaire businessman. Genius. Super villain. Doomsday creator. However, basketball player isn't one of them, and despite Eisenberg having some talent shooting hoops, one scene involving Luthor making a 3-point shot at the LexCorp basketball court proved more difficult than expected for the actor.
…And then the character has to turn around and have this very confident, villainous greeting to these people, but I just looked like someone who had finally made a shot after 30 baskets, which is like, exhausted and apologetic.
Making a 3-point shot is hard enough when cameras aren't pointed at you, but in Jesse Eisenberg's case, he also had to deliver a greeting as Lex once the ball went in. So it's understandable he had so much trouble pulling that off, but I'd like to imagine that Lex really did feel "apologetic" after making that shot. He doesn't strike me as the type who was athletic in high school or college, so scoring a 3-pointer is no small accomplishment, especially when a group of people are watching.
Fortunately for Lex Luthor, he doesn't have worry about making it into the NBA to make his billions. He inherited LexCorp after his father's death and, under his leadership, the company's direction has shifted from oil and machinery to tech. That move proved beneficial, as Luthor was subsequently named Fortune Magazine's Businessperson of the Year. The new LexCorp has also been said to have a more "Silicon Valley"-feel to it, which explains the basketball court- shooting hoops is one way for its employees to deal with stress. Within the inner confines of LexCorp, however, Luthor is up to no good plotting how to defeat Superman. The full extent of his plan is still unknown, but it will involve using General Zod's corpse to create Doomsday. When you're plotting to kill Earth's Kryptonian protector, sometimes taking a basketball break can help clear the mind.
You can hear Eisenberg tell the story for himself, as well as explain like to work with the always-muscular Henry Cavill and Ben Affleck, in the video below.
Lex Luthor's evil scheme will unfold when Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is finally released on March 25.


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Cephalopod Science & Study
Cephalopod Farming
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Chile - First Patagonian red octopus juvenile specimens obtained at laboratory
This SUGGESTS that they may have been able to raise a small egg species to juvenile. This is big news if they have achieve this for a quantity of hatchlings. I did find this rather interesting qualification of the big/small egg question in the Journal of Plankton Research:
Although the mode of life of newly hatched cephalopods is often categorized as either planktonic or benthic, the hatchlings in aquaria showed no preference for swimming or settling. Additionally, the size of eggs and hatchlings which is correlated with the mode of life at hatching in other octopodid species, fitted both planktonic and benthic in E. megalocyathus. Furthermore, morphological and behavioural characteristics were similar to the pre-settlement stage of planktonic hatchlings of Octopus vulgaris. Therefore, we suggest that hatchlings of E. megalocyathus have an unusual, suprabenthic mode of life.
First Patagonian red octopus juvenile specimens obtained at laboratory
Friday, March 01, 2013, 04:00 (GMT + 9)
In order to diversify aquaculture through cephalopods farming, the Institute of Aquaculture of Universidad Austral de Chile carried out a scientific-technological project for the sustainable production of Patagonian red octopus (Enteroctopus megalocyathus) juvenile specimens.
After three years working in the Marine Invertebrate Hatchery of the Aquaculture Institute of Universidad Austral de Chile, located in Puerto Montt (HIM-UACh), the first cephalopod juveniles were born.
Chile has two traditional octopus species of high commercially valued octopus, which are the Octopus mimus and the Enteroctopus megalocyathus. The latter, the Patagonian red octopus, is a cold water species that is rapidly growing in the Chilean Patagonia.
Dr. Iker Uriarte, head of research, pointed out that the cephalopod is harvested when it reaches between 2 and 4 kg and "in the medium term it will be able to be produced through economically and environmentally sustainable farming methods," Aqua reported.
Uriarte explained the octopus sustainable production requires a high effort as to R&D&I to produce abundant controlled farmed juvenile specimens.
The researcher added that in 2012 the first descriptions of the innate immune system of the species were obtained, developed in conjunction with Dr. Rodolfo Amthauer of the Institute of Biochemistry and the scientists Alex Romero and Ricardo Enríquez of the UACh Institute of Animal Pathology.
With this knowledge platform, in December 2012 it was possible to obtain juveniles under laboratory conditions for the first time for the species. This was achieved after enhancing breeders, hatching eggs and farming planktonic paralarvae and benthic juveniles.
"The specimens that have now reached 1 gram and measure 4.5 cm will be the first ones to provide information on the time required to get from one newly settled juvenile up to a 50 gram specimen that may enter the fattening farming phase," said Dr. Uriarte.
This research was funded by Fondef D09 I of 1153, which the University was allocated in the XVIII Research and Development Contest 2010.
The project was led by a larviculture and nutrition team joined by Dr. Iker Uriarte, Ana Farías and Jorge Hernández, and engineers in aquaculture, Viviana Espinoza and Jessica Dörner.
The investigation also included the participation of international scientists, such as Dr. Carlos Rosas of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, an expert in farming the Octopus maya.
Now, Uriarte just been allocated the project Fondecyt No. 1131094, where it is intended to study the ecophysiological aspects regulating the embryonic paralarvario growth and development and that of the early juveniles of this species that is common in the southern area of South America, and that has great economic importance both for Chile and for Argentina.
By Silvina Corniola
Enteroctopus megalocyathus TONMO Octopodidae
Effects of alimentary regime on feeding, growth, and proximal composition of Octopus mimus Gould, 1852 National Shellfisheries Association, Inc. 2010 (article)
Most cephalopods have a growth rate superior to other shellfishes, reaching their maximum size in a short period of time (Lee et al. 1991, Cortez et al. 1995b, Iglesias et al. 2000, Vega & Mendo 2002, Semmens et al. 2004). They also have an efficient feeding system with predominance in the assimilation of amino acids, as a result of which the protein content of the body is very high: 75 85% of dry weight (e.g., Octopus vulgaris) (Villanueva et al. 2002). As a result, the asymptotic phase of growth, which is a predominant characteristic in the life cycle of most molluscs and teleost fishes, is absent or is almost imperceptible (Moltschaniwskyj 2004). This fast growth, which may be greater than 5% of body weight per day (Villanueva 1995, Iglesias et al. 2000), high conversion rate of ingested food (40-60% assimilation) (Garcia Garcia & Aguado Gimenez 2002), short life cycle (2-3 y) (Boyle & Knobloch 1982, Forsythe & Hanlon 1988, Cortez et al. 1995a), rapid adaptation to culture conditions (Iglesias et al. 2000), and their value as one of the most important resources of the world's fisheries (Vecchione 1991, Villanueva et al. 2002) have resulted in cephalopods, especially octopuses, being considered serious candidates for production under controlled conditions (cultivation) on an industrial scale (Nabhitabhata 1995, Zuniga et al. 1995, Olivares et al. 1996, Defeo & Castilla 1998, Cortez et al. 1999b, Baltazar et al. 2000, Iglesias et al. 2000, Vaz-Pires et al. 2004).
The Chilean octopus fishery is currently based on 2 species--the Northern octopus (Octopus mimus Gould, 1852) and the Southern octopus (Enteroctopus megalocyathus Gould, 1852)--with O. mimus showing more signs of overexploitation as a result of the high demand of national and international markets (Osorio 2002, Araya 2003, SERNAP 2003, Cardoso et al. 2004). The increase in captures has affected the abundance of both species and has also produced a reduction in maximum size, as result of the capture of the largest individuals (Rocha & Vega 2003).
The difficulty in obtaining juveniles of O. mimus in captivity has restricted its cultivation to the on-growth of subadult individuals of approximately 1 kg captured in the field, obtaining individuals of 2-3 kg in 3-4 mo (Olivares et al. 1996, Cortez et al. 1999a).
Laboratory observations have shown that the origin and quality of food items are important in the growth of octopuses, because different items produce different rates of food conversion (Cortez et al. 1995b). This distinction is fundamental in cephalopods, because they digest lipids poorly and their capacity to catabolize them is limited (Navarro & Villanueva 2000, Garcia Garcia & Aguado Gimenez 2002).
The goal of this study was to determine the specific feeding rate (SFR), the specific growth rate (SGR), and the proximal composition of O. mimus fed with 3 different diets in captivity to assess culture potential.
Rearing and Growth of the Octopus Robsonella fontaniana (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) From Planktonic Hatchlings to Benthic Juveniles
Iker Uriarte1,Jorge Hernández1,Jessica Dörner,Kurt Paschke,Ana Farías,Enzo Crovetto,Carlos Rosas 2010 (full article)
SUCCESS RAISING SMALL EGG paralarvae using crab zoeae (see crab raising in referenced paper)
Paralarval rearing
Three hundred R. fontaniana paralarvae (obtained as explained above and hatched on the same day) were placed in 1-l glass recipients using three densities: 25 paralarvae l−1 (10 flasks), 5 paralarvae l−1 (6 flasks), and 1 paralarva l−1 (6 flasks). The cylindrical glass flasks (diameter 9 cm, height 20 cm) were covered with black plastic lids; these conditions provided the paralarvae with a semi-dark environment in which they could recognize their prey but were less likely to be damaged by the tank walls. Once a day, the paralarvae were fed three live L. santolla zoeae per paralarva. The paralarvae were fed only L. santolla zoeae until settlement. For all growth stages, the seawater was replaced daily (100%) with UV-sterilized seawater at 11 °C and 30‰ salinity, and the aeration was provided in the form of a mild flow through a Pasteur pipette. Survival was evaluated periodically until 22 days after hatching (DAH). Afterward, 14 paralarvae (22 DAH) were used for a new experiment. These specimens were placed in 3-l flasks (1 paralava per flask) and fed exclusively L. santolla zoeae; seawater was changed daily and survival was evaluated at 24, 34, 42, 52, 62, and 72 DAH. After 70 days of rearing, the paralarvae that had been swimming in the seawater column adopted benthic behavior, tending to stay mainly at the bottom of the tank and using one of the shelters (half-inch PVC joints) provided. This was referred to as settlement behavior and marked the end of the paralarval period. Eight of the 72 DAH octopuses that settled were used for a new experiment. These specimens were placed in individual 5-l tanks (16 cm width × 31 cm length × 14 cm depth) with a PVC shelter (12 mm diameter × 5 cm length). Two-thirds of the water was changed daily using filtered, UV-sterilized seawater at 11 °C and 30‰ salinity. Survival was evaluated over a period of 92 days, when the juvenile octopuses were 78, 95, 101, 108, 120, 135, and 160 DAH.
Live feed production
L. santolla zoeae (3.1–5.6 mm) were produced throughout the experiment using the standardized conditions detailed in Paschke et al. (2006) (ddw: PDF here). Briefly, lecithotrophic Zoea I larvae were reared at 12 °C and 30‰ for a maximum of 3 days; thereafter, Zoea I molted to Zoea II. The Zoea I were characterized by a lack of spines (Campodonico, 1971), positive geotaxis (Paschke et al., 2006), a maximum swimming velocity of 2.1 cm s-1 (Escobar, 2005), carapace length 2.4 mm, carapace width 1.61 mm, (Surot, 2006), dry weight 1040 to 878 μg larvae−1 (Kattner et al., 2003; Surot, 2006), and protein content 41% of the dry weight; triacylglycerols accounted for about 75% of the lipid fraction, and monounsaturated (MUFA) and polyunsaturated (PUFA) fatty acids were 48.3% and 29.8% of the total fatty acid content, respectively (Kattner et al., 2003).
At the beginning of the benthic stage, the juvenile octopuses were fed a mix of king crab zoeae and live wild juveniles of the crab Petrolisthes laevigatus; later they were fed only juvenile crabs weighing between 0.23 and 0.56 g wet weight. The juvenile crabs were caught in the rocky intertidal and kept at 11 °C and 30‰ salinity. The octopuses were fed 1 to 2 crabs per day.
Feeding of cephalopods under culture conditions
Journal of FisheriesScience.com 2012 Vol. 7 No. 3 pp245-252 Record number 20133235594
Authors: Sen, H; Kop, A.
The deficiency of the artificial diet to supply growing of cephalopods is the main factor in the commercial cephalopod culture. It is required that the special metabolism of these species should be well known for manufacturing of the diet successively. Although, feeding trials with shrimp, squid, crab, mussel, and fish are positive effects on the growth, it is not economical for common feed due to expensive. Additionally, in spite of fact that it is not possible to obtain these feeds in due time and amount, the production of pellet and/or artificial food is obligatory points for culture of cephalopods. Studies focused on preparation of optimal composition of artificial feed for obtaining optimal growing of cephalopods have been progressing during the recent years.
Pathogens and immune response of cephalopods Sheila Castellanos-Martínez,Camino Gestal
1. Introduction Scientific interest for cephalopods is increased over the last century for, at least, a couple of reasons: i. their value as experimental animals for biomedical and behavioral research (for review see for example: Grant et al., 2006, Hanlon and Messenger, 1996, Hochner, 2008, Hochner et al., 2006 and Mather, 1995); ii. their position in the world marked as a major fishery resource (e.g. Boyle and Rodhouse, 2005).
Since the decline of traditional fisheries (Balguerias et al., 2000 and Caddy and Rodhouse, 1998), cephalopods have gained attention in aquaculture practice. Among other cephalopods, Octopus vulgaris has been considered the 'candidate' species in European aquaculture because of its easy acclimatization to farming conditions, its rapid growth and its good value for the market (Vaz-Pires et al., 2004). The octopus on-growing is currently developed in Galicia (NW Spain) on an industrial scale ( Garcia and Garcia, 2011 and Garcia et al., 2004).
Despite the benefits, one of the disadvantages of aquaculture is the increase in the incidence of pathologies produced by bacteria and/or transmissible parasites that could be a serious risk for the production. On the other hand, the EU Directive on the use of animals for experimental purposes European Parliament and Council of the European Union, 2010, requires capture of animals from the wild to be minimized. Thus, it becomes urgent that practices of culturing animals be further expanded. Finally, an important outcome of the Directive 2010/63/EU is that appropriate care and maintenance of cephalopods for research purposes will require proper knowledge and practice in terms of assessment of health and disease prevention of the animals.
Sepia Officinalis - Cuttlefish Farming
Center of Marine Sciences Research Proposal
Much cuttlefish research during the last few years has focused on its introduction as a new species for aquaculture. This is because the species displays biological and economical aspects with potential for industrial culture. Sykes et al. (2006a) reviewed this potential and identified reproduction as a technological bottleneck for the European cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis. This was mostly due to several biological aspects of the species, such as: semelparity; low fecundity and fertility in captive conditions; and suspicions of inbreeding (after egg non-viability after 6 consecutive generations - Sykes et al. 2006b). Control of reproductive function in captivity is essential for the sustainability of commercial aquaculture production. It relies on species specific biological and physiological knowledge and culture conditions, which will ultimately influence animal welfare (Conte 2004). Nonetheless, no previous studies on cuttlefish reproduction in captivity have used a multidisciplinary approach to solve these problems. With the present proposal we aim at an approach that will take zoo-technology, behavior, physiology, and population genetics, into account.
Regarding the effect of culture conditions, early experiments (Forsythe et al. 1991 and 1994; Correia et al. 2005) and recent data (Sykes et al. 2006a & 2006b, 2009 and unpublished results; Domingues & Márquez 2010) indicate that the type of tank, environmental and biological conditions may influence fecundity and fertility. On the other hand, the effects of optimal bottom area/tank volume, density, and natural male/female ratio; are still to be unveiled and these culture conditions will have an effect on cuttlefish physiology.
Knowledge regarding cuttlefish behaviour and chemical communication has been reported both in nature and captivity. In nature, cuttlefish only become social for reproduction, while in captivity they show complex intraspecific visual displays (Hanlon et al. 1999) and form short-term female-male pair associations (Boal, 1997). Males use visual displays to establish size-based dominance hierarchies, where large males mate more frequently (Adamo & Hanlon, 1996; Boal, 1997). During copulation, males display sperm removal behaviour (Hanlon et al. 1999). Despite the wealth of information regarding the role of vision in cuttlefish behaviour, little is known about the role(s) of olfaction. Apparently, olfaction is involved both in female mate-choice and social recognition (Boal & Golden, 1999; Boal, 2006). Recently, a peptide (ILME) was identified in cuttlefish, which is a chemical messenger released by the oocytes and eggs and which acts at both paracrine and pheromonal levels (Zatilny et al. 2000a) So, to what extent does all of this influence reproduction in captivity and how can we use it to manipulate cuttlefish reproduction? On the other hand, to what extent will culture conditions influence cuttlefish behavior and chemical communication?
If we are able to succeed in raising reproduction numbers in captivity to what is recorded in nature, then the future cuttlefish aquaculture industry will have to rely on a breeding selection protocol that still needs development. S. officinalis is a semelparous species and this implies a different brood stock management that used for most finfish. Until now, it has been a common practice to use cultured broodstocks to obtain animals for the subsequent generations (Sykes et al. 2006b). Such closed-cycle practice with captive breeders may have led to reproductive isolation from wild populations and a resultant loss of genetic variability due to the low effective breeding population size and inbreeding. We need to address this issue, by determining the effective number of breeders contributing for reproduction in an integrative way, by using behavioral analysis and paternity studies, and quantifying the loss of genetic variation in consecutive cultured generations at given culture conditions. To achieve this objective, we will have two lines of breeders: one according to Sykes et al. (2006a) and another were we will establish the minimum level of outbreeding by adding "new blood" at different generations.
After, we will use the data to redesign the existing cuttlefish husbandry protocol based on a statistical approach that will determine the importance of each variable under study in this project and the magnitude of influence in cuttlefish reproduction in captivity.
The accomplishment of the objectives of the current proposal will allow not only a better understanding of cuttlefish biology, behaviour and genetics, but will also be of extreme importance for other cephalopod species and industry application in the future.
FatFish
Any updates on that research project?
@FatFish, these primarily come from our daily News bot (octobot) finds or my own Google Scholar results so they are as up to date as I can make them. Everyone is encouraged to add to the list of finds. Sadly most of them are behind subscription walls but many of our academics do have access.
Large-scale octopus farming could be three years away
Under Current News June 26, 2014 Alicia Villegas
The key to succeed in commercial aquaculture production is to achieve full cultivation across the octopus' life cycle. The research institute is focusing on this now — in fact they managed to complete full cultivation across the life cycle of several octopuses for the first time ever in 2001.
This was achieved after using live crustacean zoeae — larvae — as single or complementary prey, but it is very difficult to obtain them in large quantities. "To produce at large scale, that would be very expensive, so our focus is now to analyze the crustacean larvae so our farmed crustacean artemia has the same composition," Iglesias said.
The new focus will be key for commercial octopus production. ...
Productive performance of juvenile Patagonian red octopus (Enteroctopus megalocyathus) fed with fresh preys: are relevant the quantity of protein and energy on diets? - Chile
Another study to find appropriate food to cheaply farm octopuses
This study was conducted to investigate if the productive performance of Patagonian red octopus (Enteroctopus megalocyathus) is related to the quantitative contents of protein and energy of fresh diets based in marine preys. Six diets with P/E ratios of 35 (100% crab = C100), 41 (100% fish = F100), 44 (25% squid and 75% fish = S25:F75), 46 (50% squid and 50% fish = S50:F50), 48 (75% squid and 25% fish = S75:F25) and 51 (100% squid = S100) g protein MJ−1 during 83 days were evaluated in octopuses weighing 297 ± 120 g. The growth and body biochemistry of the octopuses were not affected by the diets, however, food and lipid intake were affected, with crab diet obtaining the highest intake in both cases. The higher values of dry matter digestibility were achieved in S100 and S50:F50 diets, the highest protein digestibility was obtained with S100 and C100 diets, while the highest energy digestibility was achieved by diet S75:F25 and F100. Feed efficiency varied between the diets and protein/energy ratio alone explained 82.8% of the total variance. Besides, octopus fed F100 and C100 showed the highest body protein deposition. So, although it had no significant differences in growth and survival between the different diets, the feed efficiency and nitrogen deposition changed in relation with the protein/energy ratio of fresh diets. It is discussed that is possible to maintain growth of octopuses and to improve the feed efficiency and protein deposition parameters by optimizing the P/E values of diet.
Selection of marine species and meals for cephalopod feeding based on their essential mineral composition
J. Cerezo Valverde, A. Tomás Vidal, S. Martínez-Llorens, M.C. Pascual, J.I. Gairín, J. Estefanell, D. Garrido, J.F. Carrasco, F. Aguado-Giménez, B. García García 2014 (subscription)
A quantitative analysis of the essential mineral content (mg kg−1 dry weight) was carried out in 31 samples, including molluscs, crustaceans, fish and meals in an attempt to identify those most suitable for formulating cephalopod diets. The mineral ratios (MR: content in the test sample/content in whole Octopus vulgaris) were used as index of nutritional quality. Both crustaceans and oysters presented an optimal profile that covered the macro- and microelements composition of O. vulgaris. These samples differed from the rest by their higher Ca, Mg, B, Cu and Zn contents based on a principal component analysis. Fish were deficient in macroelements, such as Na (MR: 70–420 g kg−1) and Mg (MR: 220–690 g kg−1), but would be good source of K, Ca and P. Most fish were also deficient in Fe, Zn and Cu, although the copper content would be the most affected (MR: 3–130 g kg−1). Fish and krill meals showed a high content of Ca and P, although both would be deficient in Na (MR: 440–470 g kg−1) and Cu (130–540 g kg−1), along with K, Fe and Zn in krill and Mg and B in fish. Among the plant meals, sunflower and soybean were the most appropriate, presenting higher total content of minerals and MRs above 1000 g kg−1 for all minerals, except Na, Cu and Zn.
An insight on Octopus vulgaris paralarvae lipid requirements under rearing conditions
D.B. Reis, I. García-Herrero, R. Riera, B.C. Felipe, C. Rodríguez, A.V. Sykes, M.V. Martín, J.P. Andrade, E. Almansa 2014 (subscription)
In this study, two new alternative preys: Grapsus adscensionis zoeae (as sole prey) and Palaemon elegans zoeae (in cofeeding with Artemia sp.), as well as, Artemia sp. juveniles were used as feed for octopus paralarvae, as a way to understand its lipid requirements. Total lipid (TL) content, lipid class (LC) and fatty acid (FA) profiles of preys, octopus hatchlings and 9-day-old paralarvae were analysed. Growth and survival of the paralarvae were also determined. Regardless the prey provided, a notable shift in the lipid profile of paralarvae was registered after 9 days of rearing. The highest index of growth rate (IGR) recorded when decapod crustacean zoeae were supplied might have some relation with levels of 20:4n-6 (ARA) and DHA/EPA ratio observed. In this sense, Grapsus adscensionis zoeae leaded to a higher content of ARA and a lower content of EPA, which may indicate a possible competition between these two FA. For that a balanced EPA/ARA ratio might be significant in this species nutrition without disconsidering DHA levels as an essential fatty acid. Finally, the changes observed in paralarvae FA profile might not only be related to prey FA profile, but also with changes occurring in the lipid classes contents.
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