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Banding Together: Two Pacific Flyway States Share Resources to Manage Geese
Every September, California Department of Fish and Wildlife waterfowl biologist Melanie Weaver sets off on an unusual business trip. She packs up a trailer with huge nets, wire, rockets, crates and a number of VHF collars. She makes the seven-hour drive to Summer Lake, in southern Oregon's high desert country, and settles in for a waterfowl capture project of indeterminate length.
Panorama of Summer Lake
USGS employee holding goose
Melanie in the water retrieving geese
Melanie in sideview mirror
Fitting the collar
A finger nibble
Every September, California Department of Fish and Wildlife waterfowl biologist Melanie Weaver sets off on an unusual business trip. She packs up a trailer with huge nets, wire, rockets, crates and a number of VHF collars. She makes the seven-hour drive to Summer Lake, in southern Oregon's high desert country, and settles in for a waterfowl capture project of indeterminate length. Her quarry is Anser alibifrons elgasi — the Tule white-fronted goose. Her goal is to capture, collar and release these huge, cackling birds until she runs out of collars.
Tule geese are one of two sub-species of white-fronted goose — also known colloquially as specklebelly geese, or "specs," by hunters. The other sub-species of white-fronted goose, Pacific white-fronted, are plentiful, numbering about 700,000 in the Pacific flyway. But the Tule goose is far less common. Weaver estimates there are only 15,000 to 16,000 Tules.
Monitoring goose populations — particularly Tules — is a high priority for CDFW, as regulations are tied to the less numerous species. Currently, California regulations dictate that the hunting season for white-fronts on the west side of the Sacramento Valley closes on Dec. 21. This is to minimize harvest on Tule geese.
"They are right in the middle of a popular hunting area for Pacifics, so we have to be proactive," Weaver explained. "If we saw the population decline significantly, we'd have to consider closing the season for all white-fronted geese. We want to avoid that."
But why would the California Department of Fish and Wildlife be trapping geese north of the state line? One reason is logistics —Tule geese begin their southward trek from Alaska in mid-August or thereabouts. They're heading for the Sacramento Valley, and Summer Lake Wildlife Area is a major stop over along the migration route. As they move further south into California, Tule geese mix with their more common cousins, the Pacifics. "We've tried to capture them in and around the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex before, and we end up expending a lot of effort just for a handful of Tules caught," Weaver explained. "So the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife suggested moving our capture effort to the Summer Lake Wildlife Area. It's largely only Tule geese coming through this time of year."
And that's the other reason — this partnership between the waterfowl programs from neighboring states illustrates the importance and strength of the Pacific Flyway. Alaska, Canada, Washington, Oregon and California all have a stake in ensuring the conservation of the species that traverse their lands and use their waters. ODFW doesn't just offer up their land as a banding site. They also provide lodging for Weaver, typically split the cost of the radio collars, and supply labor for the duration of the project, no matter how long it takes.
Weaver's ODFW counterpart, waterfowl biologist Brandon Reishus, was in it for the long haul right alongside Weaver. On a chilly Monday morning in mid-September, only just a week after they laid out the nets, they hit the jackpot. On that particular day, Reishus was crouched in the blind, using a scope to scan for incoming flocks, while Weaver sat nearby in a pickup truck. They waited and watched for a few hours, keeping in touch by radio, before Reishus spotted his opportunity. After a quick heads up to his Californian counterpart, the Oregon biologist pressed the detonation button, launching the pre-set rockets a quarter mile away. In the blink of an eye, the 60-foot-long net sailed over the unsuspecting birds as they blissfully churned up grit from the water. Both biologists then jumped into the truck and raced to the site, where they untangled the geese and put them into crates for transport to the Summer Lake Wildlife Area shop. The final count on this particular morning was 14 birds; a small number was all that was needed to complete the marking effort for this year as an earlier capture resulted in 44 birds.
The geese were given a little time to settle down before the processing began. Each bird was sexed and the bills measured. Although Weaver and Reishus can typically identify their catch just by the size and color (Tules are larger and darker than Pacifics), scientific measurements are essential for definitive identification.
The birds were also weighed before they were banded and collared. The collars will enable the biologists to obtain a population estimate on the wintering grounds, using a mark resight method. This and other data obtained from the bands will be used to make future management recommendations.
In the early afternoon, Weaver and Reishus drove back to the exact spot where the net was deployed just hours earlier. On the count of three, all the crates were opened at the same time, and the geese noisily rushed out, spreading their wings and re-forming their flock as they raced away.
As Weaver and Reishus affixed the last of the VHF collars on this particular Monday, they marveled at the unusually early conclusion of this years' trapping effort. Sometimes it takes a full two weeks to use up their supply of collars. Once again, the team effort paid off. And even as they packed up their equipment from the Summer Lake Wildlife Area and prepared to head their separate ways, they were making plans to meet up again in a week, for a Pacific Flyway Study Committee meeting in Arizona.
"It's such a valuable partnership," Weaver said. "We look at the big picture, and we all work on solutions together."
CDFW Photos. Top Photo: weighing a goose.
Categories: Wildlife Research
Tagged: tulegeesegooseoregonwhite-frontedspecklebellyspecspacificwildlife management
Dove Banding
As the second half of California's split dove season kicks off, dove hunters may put more than birds in their bags. They may harvest a bird with a band on its right leg – thus getting an opportunity to contribute important data that will help guide future management efforts.
Going with the Flow: CDFW's Water Branch Keeps a Careful Eye on California's Riverine Resources
Taking care of California's fish and wildlife wouldn't be possible without managing the resources upon which they depend. To that end, CDFW has an entire branch – and many scientific staff – dedicated to the scientific study, and planning and management of water resources.
Pacific Herring Report
The Pacific herring – much like squid and anchovy – is an important forage fish that supports a commercial fishery and provides a prey source for all manner of fish and wildlife, including whales, seals, sea lions, sturgeon, salmon, pelicans and numerous other species of birds and invertebrates.
Upper Butte Basin Wildlife Area Pioneering Wild Turkey Banding, Research Effort
Scientists at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and volunteers from the National Wild Turkey Federation conduct annual spring trapping and banding of wild turkeys at the Upper Butte Basin Wildlife Area in order to better understand the characteristics, habitat preferences and the dynamics of the growing population of wild turkeys using the wildlife area and surrounding properties.
CDFW Dove Banding Program Seeks Volunteers
If you have an interest in migratory upland birds – as a hunter, a birdwatcher or just a citizen scientist – there's a unique volunteer opportunity coming up that will allow you to work hands-on with wildlife, while helping the California Department of Fish and Wildlife collect critical research data that will become part of a national database.
Banking on a Future for California's Natural Resources
In California, lands that support valuable natural resources can be permanently protected through a system called conservation banking. Credits are established for sensitive species or habitats found on a site, and these credits can then be sold to developers or other project proponents who need to meet permitting requirements or are otherwise required to compensate for environmental impacts.
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Police Arrest 20-Year-Old Man For Raping A 100-Year-Old Grandmother
Indian police have arrested a 20-year-old man for allegedly raping a 100-year-old grandmother in her own bedroom.
Family members were alerted to the situation after hearing calls for help from the elderly woman's room, at their home in a village in Nadia district, West Bengal, eastern India.
They found the 20-year-old suspect, named in local media as Argha Biswas, hiding underneath the elderly woman's bed, and he could be arrested shortly afterwards.
The 100-year-old's granddaughter, who wished to remain anonymous, said: 'I heard some strange noises.
'When I looked through the window, I immediately called others to help when I saw my grandmother.'
Biswas told reporters outside the court that he was 'under the influence of alcohol and did not know what I was doing,' when questioned about the accused crime.
The 100 year old woman was taken to a hospital following the alleged incident but was discharged Wednesday.
Rupesh Kumar, a senior police officer, said: 'She was sleeping alone in her home. The house wasn't locked as the village culture.
'Her family members found the man when she cried for help.
'When we arrived, we found Argha Biswas under the bed, he was caught by the family members of the old woman.'
Biswas has appeared before a local court and will spend 14 days in judicial custody before another hearing takes place.
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errors and default values.

Use it with the [Local Container Troubleshooting tutorial](http://cloud.google.com/run/docs/tutorials/local-troubleshooting).

For more details on how to work with this sample read the [Google Cloud Run Node.js Samples README](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/nodejs-docs-samples/tree/main/run).

## Local Development

### `npm run e2e-test`

```
export SERVICE_NAME=broken
export CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/${GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT}/broken
npm run e2e-test
```

## Using Testing Scripts

### url.sh

The `url.sh` script derives the automatically provisioned URL of a deployed
Cloud Run service.

```sh
export SERVICE_NAME=broken
export REGION=us-central1
test/url.sh
```

### deploy.sh

The `deploy.sh` script deploys a Cloud Run service.

```sh
export SERVICE_NAME=broken
export CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/${GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT}/broken
export REGION=us-central1
test/deploy.sh
```

### runner.sh

The `runner.sh` script:

* Deploys the service to Cloud Run based on the `deploy.sh` script.
* Sets the `BASE_URL` and `ID_TOKEN` environment variables.
* Runs any arguments passed to the `runner.sh` script.
* Tears down the Cloud Run service on completion.

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```

## Environment Variables (Testing)

* `BASE_URL`: Specifies the Cloud Run service URL for end-to-end tests.
* `ID_TOKEN`: JWT token used to authenticate with Cloud Run's IAM-based authentication.
* `REGION`: [`us-central1`] Optional override region for the location of the Cloud Run service.
* `SERVICE_NAME`: The name of the deployed service, used in some API calls and test assertions.

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* **got**: [Testing] Used to make HTTP requests of the running service in end-to-end testing.

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Understanding the Salafi Online Ecosystem: A Digital Snapshot
A digital snapshot of the rapidly shifting online Salafi ecosystem across social media and its intersection with Gen-Z identities.
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This theoretical briefing seeks to contextualise ISD's research into the online Salafi ecosystem within the key political debates and terminological considerations.
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This methodology paper provides an overview of ISD's research approach for our data-driven snapshot of the Salafi digital landscape.
What's new (and What's not) with News Front
Despite having been banned in 2020, pro-Russian propaganda outlet News Front has been able to return to Facebook for at least a third time without any significant innovation in its tactics or operation. This raises questions about how effectively Facebook enforces its own bans on known bad actors.
Reciprocal Dynamics Between Australia's Political Fringes on Twitter
For this research, ISD's digital analysis unit have been monitoring a network of 208 channels distributing white supremacist content on the encrypted messaging platform Telegram. In an analysis of over a million posts, this briefing unpacks how the platform is being used to glorify terrorism, call for violence, spread extremist ideological material and demonise minority groups.
Inspiration and Influence: Discussions of the U.S. Military in Extreme Right-Wing Telegram Channels
This briefing reveals that, while military activity is often framed within the broader context of anti-government and antisemitic ideology, white supremacist groups actively draw inspiration from the military in their preparations for violence.
The Business of Hate: Bankrolling Bigotry in Germany and the Online Funding of Hate Groups
The Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) and the Global Disinformation Index (GDI) have published a new study which shows how 17 known German far-right groups and actors alleged use online funding services to fund their activities. These services include companies like Mastercard, Paypal, Giropay and WooCommerce). More than half of these online funding services have Terms of Service (ToS) that should prohibit their use by such sites.


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So I'm cheating a little bit, because I really cooked this last night. I saved the chicken leftovers for tonight because I have a busy day ahead of me, and basketball for Master B, so leftovers made more sense for tonight's dinner. But last night's dinner was a really simple, nutritious dinner and the kids liked it. Three boxes ticked! Simple, nutritious, and kid approved 🙂 Oh, and a little bonus – it was a cheap meal!
We are on our last week of school lunches before kids are on school holidays, so here's a few ideas to get you through the week!


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According to the Boston Globe, "Ortiz said he… hoped [the PRP injection] would give him a "60-70 percent'' chance of getting back to make a contribution during the final 33 games of the season.
"You guys know I live for this [game],'' he said. "And there's not one thing that I would like to do more than be out there performing for our fans. I had one [PRP injection] done before and I believe in that big-time." (His previous PRP injection was in 2007 to help heal a knee injury).
PRP stand for Platelet Rich Plasma, a treatment which involves using the patient's own blood to speed healing. PRP is used to treat Achilles tendon injuries, arthritis, muscle tears, plantar fasciitis, scar tissue and certain other painful conditions.
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Q: How to interpret arrays passed from VBscript to a Delphi COM server App I am trying to pass an array of bytes from VBscript to my windows Delphi Application and can't seem to find the correct syntax to interpret the passed data.
The requirement is fairly simple as the VBscript snippet below demonstrates
Dim inst,arr(5)

Sub Main
  set inst=instruments.Find("EP1")
  arr(0) = 0
  arr(1) = 1
  arr(2) = 2
  arr(3) = 3
  arr(4) = 4
  inst.writebytes arr,5
end Sub

I can get the server to accept the olevariant passed by the script but the data seems garbled, my example server code is shown below and is based on the Stackoverflow question here How to use variant arrays in Delphi
procedure TInstrument.WriteBytes(Data: OleVariant; Length: Integer);
var i,n:integer; Pdat:Pbyte; Adata:PvarArray;
begin
  if VarIsArray(data) then
  begin
    n:=TVarData(Data).VArray^.Bounds[0].ElementCount;
    Adata:= VarArrayLock(Data);
    Getmem(Pdat,length);
    try
      for i:=0 to length-1 do
        Pdat[i]:=integerArray(Adata.data^)[i];
      Finstrument.WriteBytes(Pdat,Length);
    finally
      freemem(Pdat)
    end;
  end;
end;

So the idea is to accept the integers passed by the script, convert it to the local data representation (array of byte) then pass it on to my function to use the data.
I have tried several different data types and methods to try and get some ungarbled data out of the variant all to no avail.
What is the correct method of extracting the array data from the passed variant?
Also, TVarData(Data).VArray^.Bounds[0].ElementCount has a value of zero, why would that be?

A: Arrays created in VBScript are

*

*zero based

*untyped

*declared with upper bound (not size as you assumed; size of array declared as Dim arr(5) is 6)

*include dimension info in them (so you don't need to pass it along with the array)

When used in COM, they are passed as variant arrays of type varVariant (as the Ondrej Kelle points out in his comment). To process such an array in your method you have to assert that:

*

*the value is a single dimensional array

*each element can be converted to byte

You can write helper routine for that:
function ToBytes(const Data: Variant): TBytes;
var
  Index, LowBound, HighBound: Integer;
  ArrayData: Pointer;
begin
  if not VarIsArray(Data) then
    raise EArgumentException.Create('Variant array expected.');
  if VarArrayDimCount(Data) <> 1 then
    raise EArgumentException.Create('Single dimensional variant array expected.');
  LowBound := VarArrayLowBound(Data, 1);
  HighBound := VarArrayHighBound(Data, 1);
  SetLength(Result, HighBound - LowBound + 1);
  if TVarData(Data).VType = varArray or varByte then
  begin
    ArrayData := VarArrayLock(Data);
    try
      Move(ArrayData^, Result[0], Length(Result));
    finally
      VarArrayUnlock(Data);
    end;
  end
  else
  begin
    for Index := LowBound to HighBound do
      Result[Index - LowBound] := Data[Index];
  end;
end;

for loop in the routine will be horribly slow when processing large arrays, so there's optimization for special case (variant array of bytes) that uses Move to copy bytes to result. But this will never happen with VBScript array. You might consider using VB.Net or PowerShell.
Using such a routine has downside of keeping 2 instances of the array in memory - as variant array and as byte array. Use it as a guide when applying it to your use case.

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7 Beautiful Women From Ukraine To Meet Online Right Now
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Home » Hotties » Hot Ukrainian Women
Ukraine is known around the world for different reasons, but beautiful Ukrainian women are definitely among the top ones. Women from Ukraine have millions of admirers globally. However, until recently, it wasn't too easy to meet Ukrainian girls, as it required long-distance travel, which costs both time and money.
Luckily, these days, all men have to do to meet sexy Ukrainian women is sign up for an international dating website. Here are the 7 hottest Ukrainian women whose profiles you can find online and contact them any time you want.
Anna, 36, from Odesa
Anna, 30, from Dnipropetrovsk
Alina, 30, from Kyiv
Elena, 39, from Odesa
Viktoriya, 34, from Odesa
Kateryna, 22, from Odesa
Galyna, 44, from Kyiv
1. Anna, 36, from Odesa
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2. Anna, 30, from Dnipropetrovsk
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Anna turned 30 this year and lives in Dnipropetrovsk — a big, industrial city in Eastern Ukraine. Anna is a fitness instructor, and you can tell by her flawless physique that she takes health, beauty, and fitness seriously. Anna has never been married and has no children because she's waiting for her Mr. Right to start a family with. She wants to be with someone ambitious and confident yet caring. Does this sound like you? Then don't hesitate to drop her a line!
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Group of Key Senators Meeting to Craft Health Reform Compromise
Posted December 5, 2009 at 6:03pm
Senate Democratic liberals and centrists have been working feverishly this weekend to craft a compromise on the public insurance option that can satisfy all factions of the party and secure a filibuster-proof vote on health care reform before Christmas.
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), one of the prominent liberals among the group of Members that has been meeting, said the goal is to complete negotiations by the end of the weekend. Referencing the next meeting at 4 p.m. Sunday, Rockefeller said, "We're going to keep meeting. We'll be meeting until midnight if it takes that."
Senators emerged upbeat from a meeting of the two sides Saturday afternoon, saying they were moving forward, but provided few details about the proposals they may or may not be considering.
"We're making good progress, and we are discussing the public option and related issues,— said Senate Democratic Conference Vice Chairman Charles Schumer (N.Y.), who noted they had met three times Saturday.
In addition to Rockefeller and Schumer, participants in the Democratic meetings Saturday included Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Chairman Tom Harkin (Iowa) and Sens. Sherrod Brown (Ohio), Russ Feingold (Wis.), Tom Carper (Del.), Ben Nelson (Neb.), Mark Pryor (Ark.), Blanche Lincoln (Ark.), and Mary Landrieu (La.). Schumer and Pryor have been leading the effort.
It was unclear why Sen. Joe Lieberman (ID-Conn.) has not been at the previous meetings of the group, considering he has threatened to filibuster any bill that includes a public option. However, Rockefeller said he is "on the list" of invitees.
Rockefeller said Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) brought the group together to solve the party's internal differences over the public option. Liberals want a government-run insurance plan, while centrists have been resistant to an option that would put the government in the driver's seat on health care. Reid will likely need all 60 Members of the Senate Democratic Conference to beat back a GOP-led filibuster of the measure, given the unanimous Republican opposition.
"If I had to make any criticism I'd say, well, why weren't we doing this— earlier? Rockefeller said. "Harry started this process. He just called me up and said there's five of you progressives and then five moderates — people who might not vote for the bill, etc. — and you're going to start meeting and we've been meeting.—
One of the reasons the group has been intent to finish its negotiations this weekend is because of the potential lag time between an agreement and a usable cost-estimate from the Congressional Budget Office, Senators acknowledged. Reid hopes to be able to start the clock ticking on time-consuming procedural maneuvers that will lead to final passage by the end of next week, aides and Senators said.
Still, Schumer indicated that CBO may not be the driver of when an agreement is announced.
"We're going to try to get CBO to be as quick as possible,— Schumer said. "But, you know what? You can't write a bill based on CBO. You have to write a bill based on what's best for the country and then get CBO to score it.—
Of the secrecy surrounding the high-pressure negotiations, Rockefeller joked, "When [reporters] said Sen. Harkin said that [the Office of Personnel Management] was discussed, I denied even knowing who Sen. Harkin was.—
Rockefeller explained that he was unable to give many details on the substance of the talks.But he said he is optimistic that the group will be successful: "People are open in ways that have not been open before. … I have a good feeling about it.—


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And the walls of Hillview School in Menlo Park came tumbling down
by Linda Hubbard on June 28, 2012
The demolition of Hillview Middle School, which was built in 1949 with additions to its core campus taking place throughout the 1950s, began in earnest this week. All will be replaced by new two-story buildings in an area that was once the school's playing fields — with the exception of the 1999-built multi-purpose auditorium, which will remain.
In its early years, Hillview was a K-8. It was then converted to Menlo Park City School District's one middle school. The new buildings, scheduled to open on September 4 (with a grand 0pening celebration slated for August 28) will accommodate a student population of around 900.
The original school demolition will continue to take place over the next month. The school district posted this update: "As part of our environmental efforts, building materials will be separated and recycled/disposed in a proper manner. Asphalt from the roadways and concrete from the buildings will be reused on site. This will help save energy cost as well as help our recycling efforts.
"The contractor continues to work hard in completing all work in both the interior and exterior of the building. In the next two months, the contractor will complete all site work in the school courtyard and roadway leading into the new school as well as most of the landscaping activities. The contractor is also hard at work completing the interior spaces and the District will be setting up the classroom furnishings and preparing the rooms for the incoming students. Construction of the new synthetic all-purpose field is scheduled for the fall with all work to be completed by December 1, 2012."
Traffic note: Elder is closed between Santa Cruz Avenue and Valparaiso.
For those baby boomers who came to Menlo Park and Atherton in the 1950s and went through Menlo's three K-8 schools — Hillview, Encinal, and Oak Knoll (the latter two modernized with some original buildings intact) — the demise of Hillview is bittersweet. But it was also the impetus for the three elementary school's graduating class of 1962 to plan a 50th reunion, scheduled for September 22 at Burgess Park. And yes, there's a Facebook page to get more details.


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Home » Plays » Off-Broadway » Kunstler
The miscast lead actor is the chief flaw of this well written, oddly presented and unsatisfying bio-drama about the irascible, left-wing defense attorney.
Posted on February 24, 2017 by Darryl Reilly in Off-Broadway, Plays
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Jeff McCarthy in the title role of Jeffrey Sweet's "Kunstler" (Photo credit: Heidi Bohnenkamp)
Darryl Reilly, Critic
A strangely miscast lead actor is the chief flaw of this unsatisfying bio-drama about the irascible, left-wing defense attorney, William Kunstler.
His gray hair wildly grown out, eyeglasses perched above his forehead and wearing a rumpled suit, Jeff McCarthy does bear a resemblance to the subject. However, his robust characterization is more Harold Hill from The Music Man, rather then the growling, old Jewish man Kunstler was. In 1995, when the play takes place, Kunstler was 76 years old, and died later that year.
The accomplished Mr. McCarthy at times indeed appears to be on the verge of breaking out into a song and dance number. Since McCarthy has distinguished himself in such musicals as Urinetown, Sideshow and as a replacement Billy Flynn in Chicago, that is not so far fetched. He also does a number of facile and hammy impressions of public figures referred to in the play such as various contentious judges, Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon.
McCarthy pronounces several Yiddish words with less then realistic results. It's as if Cherry Jones were playing Bella Abzug and spoke in her natural Southern accent. Those who have never seen or heard the actual Kunstler could very well acclaim McCarthy's energetic performance, and those who are familiar with Kunstler could be distracted by it. Without a believable Kunstler, the merits of the play are murky.
Jeff McCarthy and Nambi E. Kelley in a scene from Jeffrey Sweet's "Kunstler" (Photo credit: Heidi Bohnenkamp)
In Kunstler, playwright Jeffrey Sweet recounts the defense attorney's life and career in his well-written, comprehensively researched, and affectionate treatment. The conceit is that Kunstler is to address an audience of law school students at a university. Kerry is a young woman who is the vice-chair of the program committee attends him to him and becomes his foil, and is the play's secondary character. This construction allows for a free wheeling manner of imparting the chronological details. It's a solid take that could have certainly been at least a routine biographical exploration, but is undone here by the odd casting.
Kunstler's time as a middle-class careerist in Greenwich Village in the 1950's, becoming involved in the Civil Rights Movement, assisting Martin Luther King, the Vietnam War, the 1968 Chicago riots, the Catonsville Nine, the Chicago Seven, Attica, Wounded Knee, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, John Gotti, Colin Ferguson, and the Central Park Jogger Case are among the milestone topics covered, often with reenactments of the events.
Sweet adds to the drama that Kunstler was very controversial and there are recorded sounds of students protesting his appearance, trash that was thrown onstage and a garish effigy of him hanging in the auditorium labeled "traitor." Less successful are whimsical fantasy sequences.
The charming Nambi E. Kelley does her girlish but hard-edged best as Kerry. By design and precedence, the role is more of a device then a person, and Ms. Kelley personalizes it with her pleasant performance.
Director Meagen Fay emphasizes the vaudeville elements of the play and has McCarthy in full throttle, but does slow the pace down for the serious portions. Sometimes it's too slow as tedium periodically sets in.
The stylized gray auditorium created by scenic designer James J. Fenton is clinical, abstract and dull. Betsy Adams' lighting design is steady with minor results. Composer Will Severin's original music is good and his sound design is well balanced. Elivia Bovenzi's costume design is a fine selection of garments that represents the characters.
William Kunstler was a formidable and colorful figure who was involved with a number of historic incidents. He is certainly worthy of dramatization, but Kunstler is overall a missed opportunity to do so.
Kunstler (through March 12, 2017)
The Creative Place International in association with AND Theater Company
59E59 Theaters, 59 East 59th Street, in Manhattan
For tickets, 212-279-4200 or visit http://www.59e59.org
Running time: 90 minutes minutes with no intermission
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: A tobacco merchant in Winchester, Lloyd Logan married Ann Gamble Baker and they had three children: Ann Elizabeth, Lloyd Duval, and Maria L.
: Ann Elizabeth married Thomas D. Spindle (born 1833).
: Maria L. (1837-1905) married Charles Worthington of Maryland and lived in Maryland.
: Lloyd Logan's wife was a member of the Baker family that I have been researching for four years. She was notorious for her anti-union sentiments during the Civil War and her house (the Logan House) was taken over by a Union general. I believe this family left Winchester after the war but I have not been able to locate them.
: I would like to get in touch with a descendant of this family and share information. Thank you.
My original entry failed to list additional children of Lloyd and Ann Logan. They had seven children:Ann Elizabeth, Lloyd Duval, Maria L., Mary, Sarah Wilson, Samuel B., and Charles.
Samuel B. (12/26/1842 - 11/7/1870) married Jeannette Thruston (c.1848-?) and they had one child whose name is reported to me as Lewis and listed as female.
My present source on this family is not too reliable so don't take any of this information as gospel truth. Hopefully, someone will come to my rescue. Thank you.
[S230] Ann Gamble Baker, Unknown, (Unknown - see text of source).


A recent central committee meeting of Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF party called for President Robert Mugabe to be installed as president for life, and the creation of ideological schools targeting preschool children.
The minutes of the party's central committee and politburo meeting on 30 March - the two most powerful ZANU-PF organs, both chaired by Mugabe in his capacity as president and first secretary of the ruling party - were adopted on 4 May and subsequently leaked to an IRIN correspondent.
Amid an economic meltdown characterised by an inflation rate of more than 4,000 percent, South African President Thabo Mbeki, charged by the Southern Africa Development Community with negotiating an end to Zimbabwe's political impasse, acknowledged at the weekend that free and fair elections would be the best route out of the crisis.
Mugabe, 83, has been in power since Zimbabwe achieved independence from Britain in 1980, and has already declared his candidature in the parliamentary and presidential elections scheduled for March 2008.
The ZANU-PF Women's League, composed of all female members of the party and among Mugabe's most loyal followers, is leading the charge to have him declared president for life. Zimbabwe's vice-president, Joseph Msika, appeared to be the only one at the meeting opposed to awarding life presidency to Mugabe.
"The president should be president for life. There are no vacancies within the presidency," said Oppah Muchinguri, leader of the Women's League and minister of gender and women's affairs, according to the minutes.
"We resolve that we will mobilise all young women to be in the Young Women's League to strengthen the party," Muchinguri told the central committee meeting, and suggested that instead of awarding presidential scholarships to promising students from poor backgrounds, the children of party stalwarts should be the recipients of the scholarships.
The scholarships are awarded for studies at Fort Hare University, in South Africa, where Mugabe was a student before going into a life of politics.
Absalom Sikhosana, leader of the ZANU-PF Youth League, said drastic measures were required if the ruling party was to remain in power.
"The youth have resolved that the plans for the Party Ideological School be expedited to ensure consistence in inculcating the ideology of the party, instilling values and norms across all levels of leadership, and to institutionalise these norms and values from preschool levels."
A ZANU-PF central committee member told IRIN: "It was very obvious that the presentations by the women and the youth were carefully choreographed, and that Mugabe was aware of or behind the proposals to have him declared life president."
It is thought that the likelihood of the central committee resolutions being implemented was high, as the meeting began with a pledge of loyalty to the ruling party and its president.
John Nkomo, national chairman of ZANU-PF, refused to comment on whether Mugabe would be installed as life president.


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Ludo Mich / Jennifer Walshe / W. Ravenveer
artists : Ludo Mich / Jennifer Walshe / W. Ravenveer
Publisher : Hypnagogic Tapes, County Leitrim, Ireland
C-60 cassette plus xeroxed inserts & download code
– side A: live at Hunters Moon Festival , Ireland, 2012
– side B: Antwerp, 2016
C-60 in cardboard box with inserts & download code
Hypnagogic Tapes 003 contains recordings of two performances by Antwerp artist Ludo Mich. Side A of the cassette is a recording of the duet 'We Are Robots, But We Are In Love' that Ludo Mich and Jennifer Walshe performed live at the Hunters Moon festival in Ireland in 2012. Side B contains 'The Bells', recorded with Antwerp musician W. Ravenveer (Erwin van Looveren) in 2016. In both recordings Ludo can be heard in full swing, as he descends growling, grunting and screaming into regions beyond the grasp of his audience and surfaces again cleansed and pure. On side A of the cassette Ludo and renowned Irish vocalist Jennifer Walshe enter into a duet in which it is impossible to tell whether it is an embrace or a stranglehold. It is a passionate and violent affair, accompanied by Walshe's accordion, recorder and percussion instruments. Side B is a collaboration with musician W. Ravenveer (Erwin Van Looveren) from Antwerp. Their improvised piece 'The Bells' – Quasimodo dissected live, his hump turned inside out and worn as a madcap – was recorded by Frank Vranckx in Antwerp in 2016.
Ludo Mich (1945) has walked and trespassed the line between life and art since the early 1960s. Ludo was trained as an artist in his hometown Antwerp, where he was part of the vibrant and international art scene of the 1960s and 1970s. Influenced by sources as varied as dadaism, Yves Klein, Piero Manzoni, Dutch Provos, Fluxus and Situationist International, Ludo developed into a anarchic and subversive performance artist and a gifted filmmaker. With a keen eye for new developments in the technical field, he also emerged a pioneering artist in modern media such as video, holography and electronic music.
Hypnagogic Tapes is run from Ireland by Willie Stewart of Woven Skull, whose documentary Ludo Is Fantastic has just premiered. The cassette is beautifully packaged in a cardboard box and comes with inserts and a download code. Limited edition of 70.


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Jack of All Trades, Master of None: the Question of U.N. Intervention
February 19, 2011 November 4, 2012 Daniela Kiszti
In the hope of never again experiencing the same kind of fear that enveloped the Cold War, the post-Cold War era was intended to usher in a time of collective peace and global prosperity. States worked with multilateral security aims, in an effort to maintain and defend the existing stability of the world order. Although numerous other organizations have emerged, such as NATO or the African Union, since its inception, the one organization that the world has come to recognize as the 'international community,' and rely on for the international maintenance of security and justice, is the United Nations (U.N.). Run on a platform of multilateralism, and fashioned as a means of protecting and preserving peace and stability, this kind of collective security "involves states in the international system coming together to act under an agreed set of norms, principles and rules, to defend an existing security order from a threat or attack." Although state sovereignty and independence prevailed as the modus operandi even prior to the creation of the U.N., meaning that each state ruled and governed itself and dealt with conflicts using its own methods, this shift towards the collective enabled the U.N. to develop a motive for circumventing the issue of sovereignty. In the case of states that are unable to control conflict within their own borders, thus jeopardizing human security and increasing the possibility of negative 'over flow', the sovereignty of that state is waved in favour of international intervention. This allows the international community to intervene in that state, based on U.N. principles and the responsibility of the organization to protect both the citizens and states of the world.
According to some analysts, however, whether there exists an obligation or not, international organizations should refrain from interfering in the internal conflict of nations because war, in and of itself, "can resolve political conflicts and lead to peace." The argument is that intervention by the international community only results in 'pausing' the conflict as opposed to eliminating the true cause of the antagonism between the participants, thereby allowing for the possibility of renewed combat following the departure of the interveners. As such, rather than helping to end conflict, military forces and NGOs simply aggravate the problem, namely by pursuing their own agendas and protecting their own interests (e.g. preventing the deaths of military personnel and using war situations to increase charitable donations). In short, if the conflict is not allowed to unfold in its entirety, any kind of intervention is not only futile, but exacerbates the harm. However, the problem with this reasoning is that, although intervention is often an imperfect solution, the complete absence of U.N. involvement may prove to be even more disastrous. Additionally, although possibly being effective in some instances, allowing certain conflicts to persist unabated is more often perceived as morally reprehensible to a world that has come to rely on the cohesive effort of the international community as a vehicle for peace and reconciliation. Ultimately allowing certain internal conflicts to simply burn themselves out is in reality, and by consensus of the international community, neither ethically nor morally justifiable in any circumstance. So why is it that U.N. interventions are so often determined to be failures?
Reliance on one another has always been a natural tenet and necessity for humankind, and the subject of international security is no exception. Benefits of the organization are based on the old adage 'united we stand, but divided we fall', and burden-sharing is considered a key-stone element. Collective intervention in conflicts under the auspices of an unbiased organization is thus viewed as a virtuous idea that can generate an increase of international respect and goodwill, while at the same time spreading the issue of responsibility thinly across all states involved. The successes of the U.N. are shared, while no state can be deemed exclusively liable for the organization's failures. It would seem, therefore, that when intervention is based on collective agreements, the sincerity and legitimacy of U.N. missions cannot be questioned. Everything is a shared operation, from financial responsibility to military power to respectability and beyond. The problem is that, from its inception to today, the U.N. contains within it the seeds of its own demise and the primary reason why interventions by the organization have a tendency to fail.
It is often suggested that the failure of intervention efforts undertaken by the international community does not lie in the inherent intention of intervention itself, but in the covert 'behind the scenes' activities of the organization seemingly in charge. Albeit a noble and fanciful idea, the very core that keeps the U.N. running, namely an expressly voluntary system composed of individual member-states, is what tends to hamper the actual practice of multilateral intervention and collective security. The fact is that interventions for internal conflicts are based upon the funding, resources, and authorization of these numerous states, and any lack of adequate member-state support for missions undertaken by the international community produces insufficiencies and leaves the prime objectives of such operations vulnerable. It is often argued, therefore, that the U.N.'s intervention operations are incessantly hindered by its member-states, from their bureaucratic bickering to their lack of political will and everything in-between. Essentially, the organization is impotent unless it has the agreement and consent of the majority of its members in decision-making. Nothing can be accomplished within the organization, or through it, without the collaboration of its members since "the United Nations has no armed forces of its own, no power of arrest, no authority to tax, no right to confiscate, no ability to regulate, no capacity to override treaties." As such, arising from this primary issue, are a number of related problems that have the potential to obstruct or prevent adequate intervention missions from being launched. Sadly, this not only heightens and perpetuates the unending global concern regarding human and international security, but it is also helping to gradually erode the legitimacy and respectability of the U.N. as a world organization. Although it must be understood that intervention is not a 'quick fix' operation, critics are often justified in chastising the international community for its intervention blunders. After all, it is said that 'a house divided against itself cannot stand,' and unfortunately, on too many occasions, the U.N. has proven to be such a fickle and unstable establishment.
Indisputably, however, regardless of the extent to which the U.N. attempts to 'fix' its problems, any intervention operation will, in its own fashion, have its own flaws. Nevertheless, when viewed in a wider context, intervention is the most viable tool available to the U.N. for suppressing intrastate violence and ultimately safeguarding the security of an increasingly integrated and vulnerable world. It is clear that the U.N. is by no means an infallible institution, yet it can be argued that it is the only multilaterally respected solution available, willing to attempt to rectify the problems of the world. Therefore, the international community has taken it upon itself to actively and repeatedly involve itself in internal affairs, despite a track record riddled with failures when it comes to intervention in the internal conflicts of nations. The road to successful intervention needs to be a learning process, one in which the successes and failures of past situations are consistently reviewed, coupled with a recognition that each conflict has its own unique dimensions to consider prior to decisions being made about intervention. In other words, the international community must consistently take into account the fact that what may have worked in past conflicts, may not necessarily work in today's conflicts. Rather, new policies must be developed and/or refined in order to accommodate the uniqueness of conflicts, as well as to anticipate the overall effectiveness of intervention.
With the shift from interstate to intrastate security concerns, the responsibility to protect has been assigned to the only institution that has come to represent the international community as a whole, the United Nations. Like a modern day Atlas, "a Titan who supported the heavens by means of a pillar on his shoulders," the U.N. is looked upon to support the world and its security by means of the pillars in its Charter. As such, the importance of examining such a controversial topic as international intervention is precisely because it takes wisdom and thoughtful analysis to develop formulas to deal with instability and chaos within the international realm. We must, nevertheless, be mindful of the fact that international intervention is, in itself, an imperfect plan towards the settlement of internal state conflicts. When all is said and done, however, if states within the United Nations could learn to truly function as a united front working to manage conflict and injustice within the world, then the failures of the organization might be significantly reduced. Nevertheless, the responsibilities of international intervention have undeniably been given to the international community and, accordingly, it has both a right and an obligation to take whatever actions it deems necessary in times of crisis and conflict that prove detrimental to our world. The world, quite frankly, would not have it any other way.
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HomeFeaturesMeeker Board of Trustees swears in new Town Manager and Town Clerk
Meeker Board of Trustees swears in new Town Manager and Town Clerk
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Meeker Mayor Regas Halandras swears in Lisa Cook as the new Town Manager and Amy Tupy as Town Clerk. "I serve at the pleasure of the board of trustees," Cook said. Doc Watson Photo
MEEKER | At Tuesday's Meeker Town Board of Trustees meeting, Meeker Mayor Regas Halandras swore in Lisa Cook as the new Town Manager.
This position carries enormous responsibility. Cook's own modest summary, "I serve at the pleasure of the Board of Trustees," does not fully describe her duties, which includes administering and managing whatever the board needs.
Also sworn in was Amy Tupy as new Town Clerk, another position of great responsibility, involving general record keeping for the town.
Other business included the board's acceptance of an application for a hotel and restaurant liquor license for "The Fork," a new restaurant at 374 Seventh St. A public hearing on the matter will be held on March 15.
The board also voiced concern over what have been labeled "dangerous buildings" in Meeker. A list has been compiled of such properties, as well as others which "need attention." This list is based on both complaints from residents and on what the police department recognizes as a hazard.
Bids for various vehicles were also announced by Mayor Halandras. A single bid of $36,851 for a 2018 or 2019 4-door SUV police patrol vehicle was received from John Elway Chevrolet. Three bids were announced for a 2019 4-wheel drive loader and five bids concerning the 2019 crack seal project. The approved bids will be awarded at the next council meeting, March 5.
By DOC WATSON | Special to the Herald Times
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So, if you do Kobo and you're holding out for a cheaper copy of Escape From B-Movie Hell, now's your chance to bag one. This promo runs from 26th – 30th October, here's what you do. Go to the Escape From B-Movie Hell book page, click to buy the book, enter the code 40SAVE at checkout and they'll knock 40% off the price.
You can also download as many participating books in the promo as you like with the same code … which is nice.
If you have already bought a copy of Escape From B-Movie Hell the link to the sale home page is on there too.
This is a cracking giveaway running over the next couple of weeks and the prize is a bunch of funny books.
The lovely Dean Wilson at SFF book bonanza has set this one up. If you like funny books, follow the link, enter the competition and a whole bunch of humorous paperbacks could be yours. You can get extra chances to win by sharing the details as well.
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Next week, in a radical departure from my usual fare, I will be bringing you HORROR with my good author friend Will Macmillan Jones! It being Halloween and all, I thought you might like that. Mwah hahahaahahahahahargh! (For full effect, do that laugh in the style of the one at the end of Michael Jackson's Thriller).


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Le  est une compilation d'écrits historiques coréens. Le travail est effectué par des historiens du comité d'écriture de l'Histoire coréenne lors de l'occupation de la Corée par le Japon. Il couvre une période allant de l'antiquité jusqu'au .

Ce comité, parrainé par le Japon, réécrit l'histoire en faveur du Japon. La présence coréenne en Mandchourie, avec le royaume de Koguryo, est gommée ; les royaumes de Baekje et Gaya sont décrits comme des colonies japonaises avant la lettre.

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Q: Error: Message sent to deallocated instance I've made a popup view, with a UIButton on it which closes the view. Whenever I put on the button, the program quits with this message: [MTPopupWindow performSelector:withObject:withObject:]: message sent to deallocated instance 0x84675f0
Here is the header file and source file to use the class I use this line of code:
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I thought that there was something wrong with deallocating my objects too soon but since I'm using ARC I'm not sure what is causing this problem. I think the problem is in this line of code:
[self.closeBtn addTarget:self action:@selector(closePopupWindow) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];

But I don't see anything wrong with this.

A: You should have known there was a problem when you wrote this:
// Cast to void because we don't use the result (otherwise compiler warning)

Since you don't use the result, ARC believes that it's free to insert a release on your object after that line, which means the object is getting deallocated way early.
There are a number of ways around this; take a look at things like NS_RETURNS_RETAINED or having the caller of your popup window hold a strong reference to it.


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Inés Indart es una localidad de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina, perteneciente al partido de Salto.

Población
Cuenta con , lo que representa un descenso del 9% frente a los  del censo anterior.

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Coord.geográficas + imágenes NASA, Google

Parque Solar Indart
Un parque solar de 400 kilowatts ya se encuentra en pleno funcionamiento en la localidad de Inés Indart, partido de Salto, provincia de Buenos Aires, con capacidad para abastecer de energía a una población de 4000 habitantes. El pueblo tiene 1000 pobladores, por lo que parte de la energía sobrante será volcada a la red para abastecer en la ciudad cabecera del partido.

Se trata de la segunda central fotovoltaica inaugurada en la provincia como parte del programa bonaerense de Generación Eléctrica Distribuida (Proinged), un fideicomiso conformado por la provincia y cooperativas eléctricas cuyo objetivo es abastecer de energía eléctrica segura a pueblos considerados "punto de línea" (que están en el límite del tendido eléctrico y suelen sufrir cortes de suministro cuando crece la demanda.

La obra se adjudicó a una Unión Transitoria de Empresas (UTE) conformada por tres firmas locales: las desarrolladoras Sustentator y Wadeh y la ensambladora de paneles solares LV Energy, y fue completada en cinco meses (a fines de enero se adjudicó y el 22 de junio fue inaugurado del parque)

En total, se instalaron 1540 paneles fotovoltaicos, ensamblados en San Luis por LV Energy, una compañía fundada en 2013 para el desarrollo de las energías renovables. Asimismo, se instaló un sistema de cámaras, iluminación de emergencia y pararrayos para dar mayor seguridad a la obra.

El ingeniero Rodrigo Herrera Vegas, socio fundador de SUSTENTATOR dijo en un portal de noticias: "Al contrario de lo que ocurre en las licitaciones como las del programa Renovar, para estos proyectos a escala más pequeña no se pueden importar equipos con arancel cero, así que decidimos proveernos como una empresa local".

En su primer mes de funcionamiento, "la central ayudó a inyectar 1,72 MWh diarios de energía limpia, a pesar de que estamos en invierno"comentó el desarrollador.

Localidades rurales de Buenos Aires
Partido de Salto
Toponimia vasca de Argentina


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You are here: Home » Featured Articles » Hunters Kill Hundred of Eagles Annually: U.S. Government Needs to Get the Lead Out
Hunters Kill Hundred of Eagles Annually: U.S. Government Needs to Get the Lead Out
Editor Post | June 25, 2014	| 3 Comments
Officials from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service prepare to conduct autopsies on recently deceased bald eagles. (Photo: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
By John R. Platt for TakePart.com
It's illegal to shoot bald eagles but America's national symbol is still dying as a result of hunting.
Researchers working at the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge recently conducted autopsies on 168 dead bald eagles found in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. According to their tests, nearly half the birds had detectable levels of lead in their livers. Worse, 21 percent of the eagles most likely died from exposure to the toxic metal.
The source of this lead, according to the study, appears to be the gut piles left behind by hunters after they have shot deer and other animals. Lead bullets tend to fragment into tiny pieces when they strike a target and can spread through an entire carcass. The researchers collected the offal piles from 25 deer that had been shot with lead ammunition on the refuge. Radiograph tests showed that 36 percent of those gut piles contained lead, sometimes as little as one fragment and as many as 107 fragments.
Eagles in the winter "rely on carrion as a primary food source, especially deer carcasses and offal [gut piles] left in the field after hunting events," wrote project leader Ed Britton in an earlier version of the study.
The FWS study does not say eagle populations are declining. The agency removed the bald eagle from the endangered species list in 2007 after 40 years of recovery efforts, but they remain protected under two other federal laws.
News of this bald eagle study came out the same day that the Humane Society of the United States, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), and 10 other conservation organizations filed a petition with the Department of the Interior to ban the use of lead ammunition on federal wildlife refuges and national parks.
The petition cites not just bald eagles but 130 other wildlife species that ingest fragments of lead bullets and shotgun pellets, often by feeding on prey that has been shot by hunters. The species affected range from California condors to grizzly bears. According to the petition, 10 to 20 million animals die from lead poisoning every year.
"There's a reason we're getting rid of all the other sources of lead in the environment," said Andrew E. Wetzler, director of the Land and Wildlife Program at NRDC. "It's a deadly toxin."
Continue reading at http://www.takepart.com/article/2014/06/18/bald-eagles-are-dying-lead-poisoning-and-hunters-are-blame
Tags: bald eagles, hunters, lead bullets, lead poisoning, mother nature, nrdc, people and solutions, wildlife
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How many are killed by solar arrays and windmills?
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Hi Ed –
Thanks for commenting on the article. You raise an interesting point. I Googled "eagle deaths wind turbines" and "eagle deaths solar" and found many articles about eagles dying due to wind farms, and some on how eagles get fried at high-temperature solar array installations.
What are the totals? In a quick internet search, I didn't find the "one" number, but last year, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published a study that reported from 1997 until 2012 at least 85 golden eagles and bald eagles were killed by 32 wind-energy installations across 10 states. And both Duke Energy and ExxonMobil have pleaded guilty and paid fines for killing birds, some of which were eagles. I also read about ways that wind farms are tackling the problem, including eagle radar and people serving as spotters so the turbines can be shut down when eagles are near.
The article on this site reported that about 84 eagles are believed to have died from bullet lead poisoning in 4 states in a short period of time. In an internet search of "eagle death lead poisoning," I saw many recent articles about eagle poisonings in California, Utah, and many, many other states. These eagles weren't shot, because we all know that guns don't kill eagles. People shooting lead bullets with their guns kill eagles. So hunters have a choice to consciously hunt by changing their ammo to something that isn't toxic to the animals that absorb it in one way or the other—or not.
This is all interesting. But what I thought most interesting was this point that you raised: Should we compare the number of eagles killed by hunters who use lead bullets to the number of eagles killed by renewable energy? Renewable energy projects are built for the good of society. Hunting is for the personal pleasure of the individual. So, if major corporations are held accountable for killing eagles, what should happen to hunters for doing the same thing, but in a more agonizing way, because they won't switch to lead-free bullets?
Many hunters are also conservationists and stewards of the land (think Teddy Roosevelt), which means that they don't intend to harm animals just for grins. But the plight of eagles that ingest lead is extremely grim—and fatal. Please take a look at the lead poisoning flyer posted by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, which also offers hunters information on how to stop killing eagles this way. The link is http://www.iowadnr.gov/portals/idnr/uploads/education/Species/birds/eagles_lead.pdf
Let me share these two sentences from the Iowa document.
"Eagles with lead poisoning may exhibit loss of balance, gasping, tremors and impaired ability to fly. Emaciation follows and death can occur within 2 to 3 weeks after lead ingestion."
Why would any God-fearing hunter choose to do this to our great American symbol?
I remember seeing an article back in the 70′s on lead posioning of ducks from shot dropped into the lakes and rivers from hunters. This brought on the use of "steel" shot in waterfowl hunting. My question on the research is the "appears to be" and "detectable levels of lead" statements used in the article. To me it infers a need for more intense investigation as to the source of the lead problem. I feel someone on making a leap on their conclusions based on a bias. I fear the true souce of this lead posioning may be being overlooked. Steel shot used for waterfowl. Most high powered rifle projectiless pass through the target or are lodged in the meat not left in a gut pile on the forest floor. More research is needed to solve this problem.
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While the bright blue Submariner ref. 116619 may be nicknamed after a children's cartoon character, there is certainly nothing child-like about this Rolex diver's watch. Beefy, ultra-precious, and very expensive, let's shine the spotlight on the "Smurf" Submariner ref. 116619.
The Submariner 116619 a watch that will look amazing on any wrist.
The Rolex Submariner ref. 116619 made its debut at Baselworld 2008. To the untrained eye, this may look like a standard stainless steel Submariner but, of course, it isn't. Rather, the Submariner 116619 is crafted in solid 18k white gold, which certainly makes this more of a luxury sports watch than a Rolex tool watch. Yet, like all Rolex diving watches, the Submariner 116619 is built for the task at hand should the need arise—but more on that later.
Here is a microshot of the Submariner's crown.
The Submariner ref. 116619 retains the characteristic 40mm Oyster case but features wider lugs and bigger crown guards than its predecessors, therefore it wears bigger. As a contemporary model, this Rolex Sub is outfitted with a Cerachrom ceramic unidirectional rotating bezel, in addition to larger lume plots on the dial.
However, the most striking feature of the white gold Submariner ref. 116619 is the vibrant blue color of the dial and bezel, which is the reason for its "Smurf" nickname. It's worth noting that the blue shade on this particular Submariner is a different blue than other blue Submariners.
Here are the details of the clasp.
Despite the fact that the Submariner ref. 116619 will probably never go for a dive given its precious 18k white gold construction, it is still built as a diving watch. As such, like all modern Rolex Subs, the Submariner ref. 116619 can safely plunge to 1,000 feet (300 meters) deep under water.
What's more, to accommodate thick diving suits, the Submariner ref. 116619 features the clever Glidelock extension system on the Oyster bracelet's clasp. No tools are required to make the bracelet longer or shorter, simply slide the Glidelock mechanism until the perfect fit is reached.
The lume on the watch makes it highly visible in dimly lit places.
For optimal legibility in low light, the blue dial of the Smurf Submariner features a Chromalight display, which is Rolex's own luminescent material that glows blue rather than green. It's said that Chromalight can last up to eight hours in the dark. In addition to the luminescent hands and hour markers, there's also a lume plot on the bezel to make tracking dive immersion times even easier.
Powering the time and date functions of the Submariner ref. 116619 is the famous Rolex in-house Cal. 3135 automatic movement with 48 hours of power reserve.
Would you pick up this Smurf? Comment below.
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The Binevenagh and Coastal Lowlands Landscape Partnership Scheme invites bids from appropriately qualified individuals or organisations to undertake Castlerock Trails Interpretive design and build Tender County Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
Intent to propose should be in by Thursday 23rd November 2021 at 5pm, this is to ensure we can arrange site visits.
The closing date and time for the return of proposals is 28th January 2022 at 5pm.
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Castlerock Community Association (CCA) in partnership with the BCLLPS team put forward a proposal for a community trails project as part of the wider Binevenagh Landscape Partnership Scheme. This National Heritage Lottery funded project aims to raise awareness and celebrate the history and heritage of Castlerock village. Information gathered from the local community will be used to develop a self-guided trail network. Three interpreted walking routes have been identified focused on the Victorian village, the Beach and Bann Estuary and Hervey and Hezlett heritage. The walks range from 0.6 miles to 2.9 miles in length and radiate out from the promenade picnic hub in the heart of Castlerock village with the option of developing longer walks by linking to trails within Downhill Forest. A trail head will give detailed information on the trail network, while the replacement of the existing Causeway Coastal Route signage and enhancement of up to four public spaces within the network will create interpretive focal points where stories relating to the area can be told in tactile and imaginative ways.
We hope this project will contribute to the village creating opportunity for activities to engage the local community and visitors, making a difference to the heath and wellbeing of residents.
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Man struck and killed by lightning while boating off North Carolina coast
UPDATE: Man identified and confirmed dead after being struck by lightning near Masonboro Island
By Zach Solon, Mara McJilton and Debra Worley
Published: Jul. 6, 2022 at 9:15 AM EDT
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT/Gray News) – A man was struck and killed by lightning near Masonboro Island, a small island off the North Carolina coast, Sunday afternoon.
Several marine units responded after civilians flagged them down during a routine patrol.
Authorities found William Friend, 33, had been struck by lightning, WECT reports.
Deputies performed CPR on Friend as they were taking him to a marina to meet emergency responders.
EMS moved Friend to the ambulance, where they attempted to resuscitate him for 20 minutes before pronouncing him dead.
They took the man's body to the hospital to meet with family members.
Boaters and lightning safety experts say Friend's death is a reminder of the dangers of being on the water or at the beach during a storm.
"There's really no safe place on a boat," said Captain Ryan Saporito with Sea Tow Wrightsville Beach who was helping other boats in the area during the storm Sunday.
According to John Jensenius with the National Lightning Safety Council, being near the water without shelter during a thunderstorm can be life-threatening.
"Some people think that there's some protection just based on a little bit of metal, but really there isn't when you consider that lightning gets into the metal systems of your boat and you're very close to those," Jensenius said.
With pop-up storms and the threat of lightning becoming the norm through the summer months, being near water can increase your risk of danger.
"We recommend getting as far away from water as possible but, to be honest, if you're in the water or if you're on the beach you're very exposed to the lightning threat," Jensenius said.
According to the National Lightning Safety Council, this was the third lightning-related death in the United States this year.
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In 2004, Hendon Park Sports Association started as a pickup game at a field near Rockford and Bathurst on Sunday mornings. The outfield had a tennis court right in the middle of it. The first game was so cold that winter gloves were needed to hold the metal bats. Behind shortstop was a huge hole, the cause of at least one sprained ankle before the season was over. With a lot of time and effort over that summer, 14 players came out every single Sunday with the teams supplying a catcher and first baseman for each other. The catcher acted as umpire and off things went.
The next season the City of Toronto offered us the Hendon Park East Field on Tuesday nights, a field we still use to this day. Within the first 6 weeks of that season, we got a core group of around 20 people who came religiously. This is when we became a real group. Most of these 20 people are still playing in HPSA to this day.
The following winter we grew from those 20 players to 6 full teams. This is when Hendon Park Sports Association, or HPSA, was formally born. By 2007 we had 12 teams, By 2008, 17 teams & 22 teams in 2009. Soon, HPSA was a 5 division, 40 team league built on the principles of safety, sportsmanship, and a passion for softball.