Overlord (DIR. Julius Avery) American soldiers are dropped into German-occupied France and need to prepare for the D-Day invasion, but they find that the Germans are involved in some messed-up stuff.
The Toronto Youth Shorts Film Festival celebrates its 10-year anniversary with a variety of well-realized works, made by young filmmakers worth keeping watch for. The festival's whopping total of 47 films are split into four programmes – the kids presentation Sparks (screening on September 21), followed by Forging Our Own Discourse, Moving Forward, and Searching For Belonging (screening, in order, on September 22).
By: Trevor Chartrand There are some unforgettable vast desert vistas in Jirga, a philosophical study of redemption and forgiveness screening at this year's festival. I had a chance to talk with director Benjamin Gilmour and star Sam Smith to discuss their experience making the film, but I just had to ask about those landscapes.
At a time where democracy is in danger of losing its way, it is necessary to ask a few questions regarding the next steps towards putting democracy back on the right path, and whether democracy is even a system worth saving. Astra Taylor's NFB-produced What is Democracy? attempts that feat but, unfortunately, comes up short.
By: Trevor Chartrand Based on a play of the same name, Thom Fitzgerald's Splinters would have been better off staying on stage. While a perfectly fine motion picture, the film is essentially an adequate and frankly mediocre entry into this year's TIFF line-up.
By: Trevor Chartrand Sparse and atmospheric, writer/director Benjamin Gilmour's Jirga is a visually stunning entry in this year's TIFF lineup.


Marine diatoms contribute significantly to photosynthesis in our oceans and act as the base of the food chain in many of the most productive fisheries. The process of photosynthesis in phytoplankton is affected by cell size, as the rate at availability of carbon dioxide (CO2) is much lower around large diffusion-limited cells.
To investigate how large marine phytoplankton, such as diatoms, overcome the problems of diffusion limitation, we have developed techniques to measure the concentrations of inorganic carbon at the surface of individual diatom cells. By using tiny ion-selective microelectrodes, we were able to measure pH, oxygen and carbonate ion concentrations around the large diatom Odontella sinensis during photosynthesis. The results indicate that photosynthesis leads to dramatic changes in pH at the cell surface of individual cells. By combining these findings with cellular modelling approaches, we were able to demonstrate how large cells can overcome the diffusion limitation of CO2 using the enzyme external carbonic anhydrase.
These findings will help researchers understand how phytoplankton of different size may respond to the predicted changes in the availability of CO2 in future oceans.


Truth told, I rarely read fiction. My coffee table is covered by theology books, and when I do need a good "story" I get it the way God intended – the SyFy Channel. When I heard "pro-life novel" however, my interest was piqued. I am thrilled to report that Kari Burke's The Life I Dreamed was well worth my break with tradition.
Burke has crafted a novel that advances the culture of life without being preachy. She uses the interaction between her multi-dimensional characters to paint a realistic vision – something much needed in Christian fiction –of both the struggles and opportunities facing people of faith in the present culture.
Burke's protagonist, Emmy O'Brien, could be one of a dozen young mothers I know: devoted to the teachings of the Church but struggling with the ramifications of living them in the day-to-day. Her husband is a youth minister heavily involved with the lives of the kids from the parish. She admires his devotion to them, but at the same time she's extremely frustrated with how his job leaves her with the lion's share of the work in parenting their own kids. Her husband's work for the Church also means living on a shoe-string budget. Combine that with couple's refusal to use contraception, their four young children, and their families' and friends' consternation with their Catholic lifestyle; and you have a young woman just barely making it emotionally from one day to the next.
Imagine how frustrated and overwhelmed this character feels when her husband comes to her with the request that they help a pregnant and homeless sixteen year old. Seriously, how much can be asked of one person? This book explores that question in an extraordinarily honest way. It doesn't show angels and demons fighting spiritual battles behind the scenes. As much of a reality as that is, this story sticks to what we see and hear and feel – and how God's grace is at work through seemingly mundane channels. There are no magical fixes in this book; rather, it's the kind of hard fought redemption we actually see going on around us. And that's what makes this an authentic story of hope!
If you find yourself fed up with the state of the world or dragged down by the pressures you face, I recommend foregoing the escapism of television for a couple of nights to let yourself be nourished by The Life I Dreamed. It's a story about a family just like yours – Catholic, struggling, but able to rise to the occasion through the grace of God.


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Robert Ben Rhoades – The Truck Stop Killer In Disguise
Robert Ben Rhoades found taste in abducting, torturing, raping, killing and dumping the body of beautiful female teens who he often picks from the roadsides with his truck. This mostly affected hitchhikers and roadside séx workers who he sexually assaulted via his taste. Yes, Robert Ben Rhoades is still alive!
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1. Robert Ben Rhoades
2. Early Life
3. Murders, arrest and sentencing
The above photograph displays the last moment of Regina Kay Walters on earth before she would be murdered by a serial killer obsessed with young teens in the 90s.
This proves just slightly the vast passion of one of the American notorious serial killers, Robert Ben Rhoades in disguise developed for young feminines that ended the lives of over 20 teenagers at the time of his operations.
The beautiful history of America may have attracted an enormous number of different races to migrate their living bounty to the nation but they may as well put that into consideration amid the view of top-notch serial killers recorded in the country since the 80s to date.
From the status that cannibalised their victims to the personals that developed a cruel passion for sexual parasitism, we have outlined Robert Ben Rhoades as a nightmare to all.
Robert Ben Rhoades
Robert Ben Rhoades who is famously known as The 'Truck Stop Killer' is an American notorious serial killer and rapist who found taste in killing, raping and torturing young female teens.
His operation spanned for over 15 years between 1975 to 1990 leading to the death of over 50 victims before he was convicted of several charges and sentenced to life imprisonment.
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Robert Benjamin Rhoades who was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa in 1945 was specifically raised in an undisclosed location by her mother who didn't quite enjoy the best bond of her marital union following her husband's soldier vocation.
Unlike the other serial Killers, Robert's childhood was normal as he was provided with unlimited care and parenting by her mother.
In his teens, he still lacked his father's guidance even though he retired from the US Army and joined the US Firefighters. This however never ruined his teen as he often enjoyed the care her mother deployed to his status.
His first crime tales in his teen involved only an arrest for tampering with a vehicle at the age of 16 in 1965 for tampering with a vehicle along with an arrest for public fighting at the age of 17 in 1967.
According to Wikipedia, during Roberts' High School era, he engaged in the extracurricular activities of his attended schools and involved himself with various sports and other programs, including gridiron football, wrestling, choir and French club. This made his teen very perfect.
The tole of life would befall him after graduating from Thomas Jefferson High School in Council Bluffs in 1964 and joining the US Marine Corps.
Robert couldn't experience that proud moment a successful father would embrace and celebrate his son for achieving a milestone because was arrested for molesting a 12-year-old girl on that exact day. He would go and commit suicide before his trial which broke Robert mentally.
His service at his vocation was withdrawn and discharged after he was involved in an alleged theft. This transpired around 1967 or 1968 when he was dishonourably discharged from the military for his involvement in a robbery.
After the discharge, Robert didn't hesitate to strive for a new vocation which he didn't find easy. He thrived to fit into several vocations for months until he became a trucker.
In the 1970s and 1980s of this vocation and adventure, he married 3 times and welcomed a child with his first wife. This was also the era he developed an obsession with BDSM – A Tv series that endorse and tutors the need for torture during séxual activity with your partner for extraordinary pleasure.
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He tried to practise BDSM with his wife but she refused which resulted in a forceful approach. He tortured and sexually abused his wife severally to an extent that she left him.
Murders, arrest and sentencing
The last moment of Regina Walters on earth captured by Robert Ben Rhoades before killing her.
Robert killed over 50 victims of his taste but the Police Department where able to document 6 of them.
His first killing transpired after he picked married hitchhikers identified as Patricia Candace Walsh and her husband, Douglas Zyskowski, in January 1990.
While there were on a long journey, with no hesitation, he killed Douglas and dumped his body along the road. His body was found and identified several years after the incident.
While he kept Patricia, he tortured and raped her severally before killing her and dumping her body by the roadside also.
A month later, he set off for another hunt caught in the grind of an 18-year-old victim, Shana Holts, who escaped and informed police after he had raped her severally. Weeks after the police had captured Robert, they dismissed their supposed investigation after Shana couldn't find any vital evidence to sue him.
His urge didn't quite quench after he deployed the same obsession on one of his famous victims, Regina Walters. At the time of the operation, Robert picked up Regina Walters and her boyfriend, Ricky Lee Jones on the roadside while they were on the verge to run away from home together.
No information was provided on how he killed Ricky until his decomposed remains were found several years later. His autopsy confirmed that he was shot in the head immediately after he was picked by Robert alongside his girlfriend.
Just like his other victims, he tortured and raped Regina to his satisfaction. Among all his victims, Regina emerged to be the victim he was extremely obsessed with because of her beauty.
After several months of sexual assault and torture, he strangled her to death. During the day he murdered her, he portrayed his favourite rites that involved cutting off his victim's hair and forcing her to wear a black gown and shoes. He took some photographic shots of her and kept them in remembrance of her beauty. This was when the current trending horrifying photographs of Regina originated.
Her decomposed body was found and avenged after Robert was caught in the act with his last victim, Kathleen Vine several years later.
He was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. Robert denied all the first-degree counts of murder pledged on him at the peak of his trials but pleaded guilty after enormous evidence exposed his dark side.
At his home, several torture tools and BSDM equipment were in his possession. Including vast photographs of his victims, which he captured before killing them. He is currently serving his jail terms at Menard Correctional Center located in the united states.
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Sportsnet and CHL agree to extension of broadcast deal through 2025-26 season
TORONTO - Sportsnet and the Canadian Hockey League have agreed to a 10-year contract extension to maintain exclusive broadcast rights through the 2025-26 season.
The new agreement announced Tuesday, which begins with the 2014-15 season, covers multimedia rights including television, online and mobile for more than 50 CHL games each year including playoff games and the Memorial Cup.
In addition, Sportsnet announced a 12-year sub-licensing agreement with TVA Sports for exclusive French-language multiplatform rights for CHL games, beginning with the 2014-15 season.
Sportsnet has been broadcasting CHL games since the network?s inception in 1998.
Beginning in 2014-15, Sportsnet is the official national broadcast partner of both the CHL and NHL and is also the regional broadcaster of the Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers, Toronto Maple Leafs and Vancouver Canucks.


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CREW WHO SURVIVED SOMALIA PLANE EXPLOSION STAY IN CHELSEA VILLAGE
On 2nd February, a commercial Daallo Airlines flight, bound for Djibouti from Mogadishu, was forced to make an emergency landing shortly after take-off when part of the plane was ripped open by the explosion. Officials now say that a bomb was responsible for the blast. Two people were injured and reports that a body fell from the aircraft are yet to be confirmed.
Stranded in Mogadishu awaiting transport to Djibouti, the shaken crew including pilot Vlatko Vodopivec, co-pilot and four members of the cabin team, were accommodated at Chelsea Village – a secure compound that offers MOSS-compliant accommodation and amenities for up to 85 guests. Chelsea Village is a project run by The Chelsea Group, a diverse group of companies offering private security to power engineering, of which Hart is the founding member.
'They were relieved and happy to be here,' said Denis Aljukic, one of the managers at Chelsea Village who ensured that the crew were properly looked after during their three-day stay. 'Our security is excellent which put their minds at rest after what must have been a very stressful experience. They were very happy with the accommodation and the catering too.'
Chelsea Village is located directly adjacent to the new Mogadishu International Airport terminal within the secure MIA zone. It offers safe, clean and comfortable en-suite, modular accommodation provided by NapCap and the compound is a minute's drive to the UN, the UK Embassy and other missions. Phase Two is soon to be underway and will offer accommodation for at least 50 more guests and amenities such as a gym.
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Chelsea Village is a project by The Chelsea Group, a family of diverse companies including private security, power engineering, specialised managed services, leadership training and more. To find out more, visit www.chelseagroupworldwide.com
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Yesvantpur - Chandigarh Karnataka Sampark Kranti Express (22685)
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Yesvantpur - Chandigarh Karnataka Sampark Kranti Express (22685) Train Info
Complete information of Yesvantpur - Chandigarh Karnataka Sampark Kranti Express (22685) train which runs from Yesvantpur Junction (YPR) to Chandigarh Junction (CDG) are provided. Info like 22685/Yesvantpur - Chandigarh Karnataka Sampark Kranti Express Train Schedule, Time Table and Coach Position are section wise given below. Others information like Train Type, Zone of the Train Rake, Pantry and Catering info etc. of Yesvantpur - Chandigarh Karnataka Sampark Kranti Express (Train Number 22685) are also provided.
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Yesvantpur - Chandigarh Karnataka Sampark Kranti Express (22685) Rake/Coach Position
Yesvantpur - Chandigarh Karnataka Sampark Kranti Express (22685) default Rake/Coach Position is shown below. But it can be changed any time due to various reasons without notice. This train has total 24 coaches excluding train engine (locomotive) having different classes. Please check the position of your coach so that you can find it easily at the time of journey.
Yesvantpur - Chandigarh Karnataka Sampark Kranti Express (22685) Train Schedule
Yesvantpur - Chandigarh Karnataka Sampark Kranti Express (22685) Train Schedule with platform numbers is given below.
Yesvantpur Jn (YPR)
Arrives at 18:20 ( +2 nights )
Chandigarh Jn (CDG)
Yesvantpur - Chandigarh Karnataka Sampark Kranti Express (22685) Time Table/Timing
Yesvantpur - Chandigarh Karnataka Sampark Kranti Express (22685) Time Table/Timing is given below. The Timetable contains arrival, departure and halt times in all stopping stations, platform numbers, distance of each stopping stations from starting point etc.
Yesvantpur - Chandigarh Karnataka Sampark Kranti Express (22685) has 16 halts between Yesvantpur Junction and Chandigarh Junction
Yesvantpur Junction (YPR)
Tumakuru (TK)
Arsikere Junction (ASK)
Davangere (DVG)
Hubballi Junction (UBL)
Dharwad (DWR)
Belagavi (BGM)
Miraj Junction (MRJ)
Pune Junction (PUNE)
Manmad Junction (MMR)
Bhusaval Junction (BSL)
Bhopal Junction (BPL)
New Delhi (NDLS)
Panipat Junction (PNP)
Ambala Cantt Junction (UMB)
Chandigarh Junction (CDG)
Yesvantpur - Chandigarh Karnataka Sampark Kranti Express (22685) Train at a Glance
Yesvantpur - Chandigarh Karnataka Sampark Kranti Express (22685) is a Sampark Kranti Train runs from Yesvantpur Jn (YPR) to Chandigarh Jn (CDG) twice in a week. This train departs from Yesvantpur Jn at 01:55 pm and reaches Chandigarh Jn on day 3 at 06:20 pm. 22685/Yesvantpur - Chandigarh Karnataka Sampark Kranti Express train covers total 2861 km in 52h 25m during its journey and it has total 16 halts between Yesvantpur Junction and Chandigarh Junction stations.


Where do you work: in the Information Services Department of the Leddy Library, the main campus library for the University of Windsor.
I am a liaison librarian for Biology, Earth Science and Computer Science. I also do a little bit of this and that which I do here and there.
In many ways, my work at the Leddy Library has come full circle as I was originally hired as a Science Librarian in 1999. As I increasingly spent most of my time on the library's website, I then became a User Experience Librarian. I then covered a colleague's maternity leave and another's sabbatical year. Now I'm back doing liaison work. It's the same work but different – just like the saying, "You don't step into the same river twice".
Ah, but if I tell you that now then you will have no reason to read my contribution to the forthcoming collection of autoethnographies that will be published by ACRL.
It's not a project, but some weeks ago I was part of a Monday night seminar dedicated to the idea of Open Cities at the McLuhan Centre for Culture and Technology. It was really cool to sit in the same coach house which was once the operational base of McLuhan and the site of his own Monday night seminars.
5) Have you had a project that has failed miserably in the past year? If so, tell us about it!
I'm working on a secret project right now that is entirely dependent on whether students are curious enough to borrow a box of objects without exactly knowing what's inside. While I am hopeful that they just might, I don't think the odds are in my favour. I'll hopefully reporting the results of this experiment at the OLITA Lightning Talks at SuperConference.
6) What upcoming projects do you have on the horizon?
I have several potential projects that I am hoping to work on in the near. However, I am forcing myself to not to commit to anything new until I finish up all the existing projects around me. Stop tempting me.
7) If you had unlimited funds, what would be your dream project at your library?
I'm increasingly concerned with the physical and mental wellbeing of students, many of whom worry about the vast amount debt they are taking on as they are at school. So, if I had unlimited funds maybe I would buy the copyright and the author contracts of the major textbooks and use this intellectual capital as a means to seed a more equitable and sustainable system of educational resources built for free use and re-mixing.
8) What's your favorite "shoestring" project that you could recommend to others?
I can get pretty evangelical when it comes to Zotero. It allows for so much potential use beyond formatting bibliographies. For example, you can use Zotero to automatically update bibliographies published on a website which can be maintained by a variety of people. Why this isn't widely used this way in academia still flummoxes me.
9) Do you partner with community groups or other organizations in your current position? If so, what are those partnerships like? Do you have ongoing projects with them?
I'm on the Board of Directors of Hackforge, a community minded Hackerspace that's located in downtown Windsor where I'm the lead of two special interest groups: Maptime Windsor and Open Data Windsor Essex. We don't have a formal partnership with Hackforge but I find that the librarianship I bring to Hackforge is very well received and what I learn from Hackforge helps me with my work at Leddy.
10) How does your library use social media? Do you have any success stories to share?
Our library does use social media but largely just for broadcasting events and news from the library. I find that most social media – including blog posts – tend to be re-shared if the work resonates personally with the reader. I believe that's why our most popular posts – deal with the disciplinary interests of students or pressing issues of the time such as the #BlackLivesMatterCNDSyllabus.
12) How do you keep up with library technology changes and trends?
When I paid lots of attention to Twitter, I felt that I had developed a sort of situational awareness of library trends and technology changes by following a wide variety of librarians and technologists. But now I'm reducing my social media snacking and getting back to longer reads such as newsletters, blogs, newspapers and books.
13) If you could go back in time five years, what would you tell yourself that you have learned in your current position?
I would shake myself and yell, "you don't need a fancy program, project management philosophy, or complicated system to keep track of your day to day work; you need to just keep a simple notebook as a bullet journal".
14) What is the best part of your day in your current role?
I am continually grateful for the opportunity to learn something new every day.
15) What is your pet peeve about your current position or your library?
I am a little jealous of libraries whose librarians and staff keep in touch with each other using systems like Slack or chat. That sort of sharing just isn't in the workplace culture where I am — and that is not inherently a bad thing.
16) How do you think your library will change over the next 10 years?
I still contend that the library as a physical space will remain its most important asset. I very much hope we can get some funding to revitalize our space for our students.
17) Do you feel as though your library services are valued by your community?
Yes. We have students who spend more time in the library every day than I do!
18) How do your library patrons use technology at the library? At their homes?
I think why they use technology is a more interesting question than how. For example, if students use chat and social media to continually check in with their circle of friends back home for comfort and community, then perhaps academia as an institution isn't doing enough to foster conversation and dialog on our campuses.


He was just on MSNBC again talking about how Occidental Petroleum makes a lot of profits but reports little U.S. taxable income. Any Wall Street Journal reporter should know to check the 10-K filing for U.S. based oil multinationals as it is often the case that most of their income is generated by foreign oil producing affiliates. Since Harwood could not be bothered, I did. Its pretax income was $5603 million in 2018 and I was surprised to learn that $3431 billion was generated in the U.S. with the remaining $2177 billion generated in other nations where oil profits often are taxes at very high rates. In fact, this company paid $1014 billion in foreign income taxes. Now as far as the claim that it paid zero U.S. income tax, that is not what they reported to their investors as the 10-K filing noted U.S. income taxes were $463 million. A 13.5 percent effective tax on its U.S. sourced income sounds low to me but it is not zero.
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two blog posts in two days, whoa. who am i? new blogger, who dis? HA JK.
i'm not going to lie to you all, i have not worked out consecutively in about 5-6 years. i danced competitively for 14 years all through my childhood and teenage days so my metabolism was always great! now, i'm still thin because it's in my genetics, but i always feel so groggy.
i started barre last month and have loved every bit of it. the past few years, i have always been intrigued by it especially with the term "barre" coming from a dance background. you honestly do not have to have a background in dance though, it doesn't have anything to do with that. LOL. all in all, i love it and will definitely continue taking classes.


and, of course, take a look at the photo album with more than 250 selected images from 10 days of this tour.
When mountains in the central part of the Balkans start having freezing temperatures at night in the autumn, it's time to head south, to the warm, meditteranean part of the peninsula. That is exactly what we do every year in the Balkans Wild Tracks tour. This is the adventure we've experienced between October 20th and November 5th in Greece, Albania, Macedonia and Serbia.
Building on the success of Eastern Serbian Nomad's Adventure, we take the journey further south. Stara planina left the participants in true overlander's extasy – the sheer beauty of the mountain, the rich experience of the landscapes, combined with demanding trails, make you crave to return! So we're starting our south Serbian journey from there. Southeast Serbia is the home to all the highest Serbian mountains, giving you the opportunity to float on endless grassy ridges. The kind of landscape typical for Stara planina goes on for an entire week in this tour, revealing to the participants mountains such as Ruj, Vardenik, Suva, Besna Kobila and Dukat.
There will be TWO South Serbian Nomad's Adventure tours in 2016 – one in July, and the other in September. For more info and application form please visit the tour announcement on Rustika Travel website.


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My daughter and I like to share what we discover when we are researching school topics. This way, other kids and teachers can benefit too.
In the United States and many other countries too, Easter is the second big favorite holiday for children. This is an event that kids, in particular, can enjoy discovering and reading about. On this resource page there are a selection of 10 fun and interesting facts about Easter that kids can discover.
This wonderful celebration is mostly known by little ones for the chocolate bunnies, eggs and colorful jelly beans that may appear. But there are so many more things that children can learn and discover about this popular and religious occasion.
As one of the most significant holidays of the year in the Christian calendar, Easter completes the circle in the life of Jesus. Besides the religious importance of the occasion, this time of year is considered to be the beginning of Spring. It is also one more step closer to the end of the school year. Enjoy these fun facts and snippets that you can learn about this cheerful and colorful holiday occasion.
Bright colors like yellow and green as well as pretty pastel shades are often associated with Easter as well as the many popular symbols such as eggs, spring lambs, bunnies and flowers. All of these things tend to symbolize and represent new life, growth and all of the joy that comes with the onset of the spring season months.
It is a traditional period where, for many countries, there is a definite move away from the cold, damp and bleak weather on to warmer and lighter days. There are colorful flowers growing and new animals such as lambs and chicks being born.
Even though it is known as a religious holiday, it still holds much joy and excitement for anyone who really looks forward to all the beautiful flowers of spring and the warm days of summer ahead.
Christians, like me, across the world celebrate Easter Sunday in remembrance of the savior Jesus who we believe came back to life just 3 days after dying on the cross.
For Christians, Easter Sunday is a very joyous symbol of rebirth and of hope. Our savior Jesus died to make up (and atone) for all the bad things that have happened in the world. Jesus also wanted to bring people closer to their God again and this he accomplished with Easter.
3) Why Are Eggs Given Out at Easter?
Eggs are given as a gift because they are a symbol of new life which is what this occasion really represents. Baby birds grow in eggs and hatch from them when they are ready, just as Jesus is said to have risen alive from his tomb after lying dead for 3 days. He was born anew.
Eggs are a reminder that we can always choose to start our lives anew as well. We can make up for and atone for things that we might have done wrong in the past and then go forward in life as better people with the best of intentions.
Chocolate eggs were first made in the early 1800's in Europe. This delicious candy treat has long been a favorite of children and adults everywhere. The tiny eggs fast became a real holiday favorite and it wasn't long before Easter Sunday quickly became associated with chocolate bunnies and other tasty candies and treats.
You do not need to give a chocolate egg as an Easter gift. You can paint over hard boiled or empty egg shells with bright and fun designs that appeal to young children. Better still, get them to paint them as a fun activity.
Kids can glue news print and then colored tissue papers around a blown-up balloon to make a large and colorful paper mache egg of their own. Alternatively, get hold of a silicone egg mold and make candies or melted crayon art in the shape of eggs instead.
Look for a themed silicone mold which will allow you to make your own eggs. You can use chocolate, brownies and even non-edible treats and gifts such as making rainbow crayons by melting chopped up old crayons and baking those instead. It is a good craft to try with older children and can make a wonderful change to make some of your own treats for this holiday celebration instead of buying them.
It is easy for the real message of this occasion to get lost sometimes with all the treats and fun activities like egg hunts. We always make sure to buy chocolate eggs and bunnies just wrapped in cellophane rather than a huge box and a wasteful amount of packaging, some of which cannot easily be recycled.
It's good to get kids to think of ways that they can re-use some of the packaging that they will get from their egg gifts. You can make children aware of sensible re-cycling around this event as a learning activity.
Over 16 billion jelly beans are made each year in anticipation for the Easter holiday. Jelly beans are used to fill up plastic eggs which are then placed in cute spring baskets.
It's hard to believe but there are people and children who simply do not like chocolate and there are other people with food intolerances who cannot even eat it. So having an alternative candy treat like jelly beans is a great idea.
These beans come in a multitude and rainbow of colors which makes them fun to put out in bowls for friends and family to help themselves to when they visit in the spring. The chewy candy eggs are made in a huge variety of flavors and colors.
For some reason, red jelly beans are more popular than any other color. While jelly beans are popular, most children prefer a chocolate egg or an Easter bunny over any jelly bean. It may be hard to believe but there are some people who really don't like chocolate, so the beans are a great alternative treat.
Jelly Belly beans are a firm favorite in this household and not just at this time of year. Part of the fun with these fun and colorful beans is discovering new flavors that you like, and ones that you really don't like too. They are colorful and fun treats for the spring and can be used to fill mini baskets or nests and look great put out on display.
The concept of the this cute Bunny originated in Germany before the early 1700's. The bunny rabbit was thought to carry a basket and deliver sweet pastries and other candies to village children.
As our ancestors brought the traditions to the United States, the basket was often replaced by a bonnet instead. A young girl's bonnet could handily be used as a nest for the Easter bunny to place treats in.
Candy companies produce over 90 million chocolate bunnies each year. Solid milk chocolate bunnies and those filled with marshmallow creme are two of the all-time favorites. If you want to give a gift that isn't chocolate to a child, consider buying a sweet little bunny rabbit plush that children can care for and cuddle long after the holiday celebrations are over. It makes a great alternative to chocolate and treats.
700 million Marshmallow Peeps are sold each year in addition to the other forms of candy that make up the contents of many Easter baskets.
If you're not from the USA, you may not know what Marshmallow Peeps actually are. The peeps are made from soft marshmallow and often fashioned into animal shapes like chicks and bunnies for this Spring occasion.
Back in 1953, when Peeps were handmade, it took 27 hours to make each marshmallow chick. It now takes just 6 minutes because the process is automated.
Many areas have Easter carols that are played on the holiday much like the songs associated with Christmas. Songs like The Easter Parade and Here Comes Peter Cottontail are firm holiday favorites for children.
We play this Easter music while we are doing the traditional Egg hunt and also while preparing the Sunday celebratory meal. We also use this music for playing the Pass the Parcel party game. We wrap up candy and small items associated with the occasion like little chenille chicks.
Like Christmas, many people send out Easter cards to loved ones to celebrate this happy holiday season. Over 120 million cards are sent out each year to family and friends.
If you make your own card, you can add in some of the traditional symbols such as eggs, spring lambs, bunny rabbits and brightly colored flowers.
One fun idea for children is to make a card shaped like an Easter egg. Cut a blank folded greeting card into an oval egg shape then get kids to decorate it with colored crayons, pens, paints, stickers and even glitter glues. Send the cards out to your loved ones for special blessings on this happy occasion.


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Pictures that load while on the phone. Love it.
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Should we be test posting there, to see if we can't break it?
Feel free to post there but any post at the new site will eventually get wiped once I back up this database and move it over.
I'm not having any issues.
It's odd having the user info on the right instead of the left, but that isn't important and will get used to it quickly.
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I forgot that was even changed in the software. The mobile version puts the user at the top.
The youtube tags are not currently working. I realise that might be one of the things low on any priority list.
When using the spoiler tags, the "show/hide" button is well visible. The text barely readable however.
... and Admin is already fixing stuff in the background as I edit.
Are you stuck with the color theme ? I use my phone exclusively and find the dark background difficult to read. My current view is black on a light blue background and works great.
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There is a light theme that looks better on a phone. Log in at the new site and switch your theme to prosilver. Looks very similar to the current mobile theme.
Spoiler tag at this point in time doesn't trigger its code when used.
Leave it that way so that "spoilers" spoil it for those that think spoilers spoil things.
Fixed now. I think. Ha-ha.
I don't see that option on the page but I'll trust you in that.
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«Ne pali svetla u sumrak» —; en alfabeto cirílico: «Не пали светло у сумрак»; en español: «No enciendas las luces en el crepúsculo»— es una canción compuesta por Jože Privšek e interpretada en serbocroata por Lola Novaković. Se lanzó en 1962 mediante Jugoton. Fue elegida para representar a Yugoslavia en el Festival de la Canción de Eurovisión de 1962 tras ganar la final nacional yugoslava, Eurovizija 1962.

Festival de Eurovisión

Eurovizija 1962
Esta canción participó en la final nacional para elegir al representante yugoslavo del Festival de la Canción de Eurovisión de 1962, celebrada el 23 de enero de ese año en los estudios TV Zagreb. Tres jurados regionales se encargaron de la votación. Finalmente, la canción «Ne pali svetla u sumrak» se declaró ganadora de la final.

Festival de la Canción de Eurovisión 1962
Esta canción fue la representación yugoslava en el Festival de Eurovisión 1962. La orquesta fue dirigida por Jože Privšek.

La canción fue interpretada 12.ª en la noche del 18 de marzo de 1962 por Lola Novaković, precedida por Suiza con Jean Philippe interpretando «Le retour» y seguida por Reino Unido con Ronnie Carroll interpretando «Ring-A-Ding Girl». Al final de las votaciones, la canción había recibido 10 puntos, quedando en 4.º puesto de un total de 16. Esta fue la mejor posición del país hasta 1983, cuando también quedaron en cuarto lugar.

Fue sucedida como representación yugoslava en el Festival de 1963 por Vice Vukov con «Brodovi».

Véase también
 Yugoslavia en el Festival de la Canción de Eurovisión

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Letra de «Ne pali svetla u sumrak» en yugoslavo y español
 Letra e información sobre la canción
 Festival de la Canción de Eurovisión 1962, Yugoslavia

Canciones en serbocroata
Canciones de 1962
Canciones de Eurovisión 1962
Canciones de Eurovisión de Yugoslavia

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What are the Elements of a Strategic Palestinian Narrative and Discourse?
January 19, 2019 7:17 AM Al-Shabaka International, Opinion/Analysis, Palestinian Politics 0
by Amjad Iraqi, for Al-Shabaka Palestinian Policy Network.
This commentary is part of Al-Shabaka's Narrative and Discourse Policy Circle, convened in 2018, in which a team of Al-Shabaka policy analysts worked together across borders to tackle the question of whether Palestinians should have a sole, legitimate narrative and, if so, what it should be. 1 For more from this policy circle, see Hazem Jamjoum's "Reclaiming the Political Dimension of the Palestinian Narrative" and the online Policy Lab discussion between Tamara Ben-Halim, Hazem Jamjoum, and Amjad Iraqi, "Palestinian Narrative: How Do We Build A Strategy?
Narrative and discourse relate to the concepts we use in thinking and communicating about ourselves and the world around us. These concepts are usually articulated and promoted by political, social, and cultural institutions and movements; they reflect and shape power relations; and they impact people's values, thoughts, beliefs, and ultimately actions. They are expressed through a wide range of forms, including literature, art, written history (such as articles and books), oral narration, photography, film, music, theater, and painting.
Why are these concepts important to the Palestinian people? To answer, four Al-Shabaka policy analysts – Tamara Ben-Halim, Jamil Hilal, Refqa Abu-Remaileh, and Samar Batrawi – provided reflections and arguments that have been woven into this commentary by policy circle facilitator Amjad Iraqi. They discussed the key elements that make up a narrative and discourse, and discussed how to channel them into strategic tools for the Palestinian struggle. They concluded with several questions for Palestinian analysts, historians, and artists to consider in future work.
Do we need a unified narrative?
Questions are sometimes raised as to why extensive time and energy should be invested in examining and further developing the Palestinian narrative and discourse. Some Palestinians argue that it is not "our job" to have to convince others, including the West, of the plight of Palestinians, and that our efforts are better channeled elsewhere.
However, we would argue that clarifying these concepts plays a fundamental role in sharpening our thinking and analysis of the Palestinian struggle for freedom, self-determination, and the right of return. In policy terms, an effective narrative determines how "mainstream" audiences, including influencers and political actors, perceive and comprehend the Palestinian "story" –experiences, historical moments, and current events. An effective discourse determines the "language" or lens through which this narrative is discussed by mainstream audiences – such as through nationalist, feminist, legalist, or other bases of dialogue and understanding.
Arguably, the Palestinian narrative and discourse have not yet achieved their strategic potential. Like the Palestinian people, the Palestinian narrative suffers greatly from its fragmentation. This partly derives from the differences in Palestinians' experiences of oppression (e.g. refugees in exile versus second-class citizens in Israel); political ideologies (e.g. nationalism versus Islamism); and urgent priorities (e.g. end of the 1967 occupation versus return to the 1948 lands). It also partly derives from debates over which contemporary framework of analysis should be prioritized for diagnosing the Palestinian predicament (e.g. "settler colonialism" or "apartheid") and for prescribing the way forward (e.g. "statehood" or "equal citizenship").
As Nadia Hijab and Ingrid Jaradat Gassner observed in an Al-Shabaka commentary, this lack of consensus among Palestinians over how to frame their collective struggle "prevents the adoption of clear messages to articulate both what has befallen the Palestinians and what we aspire to," and in turn "obstructs the development of effective strategies for achieving these aspirations." As such, the difference between having a unified narrative and discourse, and not having one at all, is the difference between the success and failure of the Palestinian struggle itself.
We therefore suggest that Palestinians require an effective strategy that mobilizes a range of resources in order to consolidate, articulate, and amplify their national narrative and discourse on a global scale. By enhancing these tools, Palestinians can better influence mass public opinion in favor of the Palestinian cause, which over time can push powerful actors such as governments and corporations to change their policies in support of Palestinian rights. Furthermore, by unifying our narrative and discourse in this way, Palestinians can build on and contribute to the struggles of other oppressed people in the world by offering a model for how such an approach can serve their liberation.
Lessons from the anti-apartheid struggle
To understand the significance of narrative building, Palestinians should look to the lessons of other social and political movements in recent history. One principal example is the global struggle against apartheid South Africa from 1948 to 1994. Anti-apartheid groups promoted many differing (and oftentimes competing) ideologies and discourses: the African National Congress' (ANC) focus on non-racialism, the Black Consciousness Movement's emphasis on Black power, the Communist Party's attention to economic class, and so on. However, most groups generally agreed on a common "story" of their struggle: that apartheid, as a philosophy and as a regime, was a morally unacceptable project that had to be completely dismantled and replaced, at the very least, by a democratic system with equal political rights for all races.
This narrative challenged the South African regime's racist and securitized discourse, echoed by many of its Western government allies, which argued that apartheid was a peaceful and prosperous model amidst a backwards and violent continent; that black people under white rule were better off than those living in neighboring countries; and that figures like Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo were "terrorists." An example of such talking points – many of which strikingly resemble those of Israel today – can be found in a notorious 1989 article in The Christian Science Monitor by South African academic Anne-Marie Kriek, in which she asked: "Why is South Africa so harshly condemned while completely different standards apply to black Africa?"
International grassroots movements that supported the anti-apartheid struggle helped to amplify its powerful political message, including in Western centers of power. Over the years, longtime allies of the South African regime like the US and UK gradually shifted their policies to oppose apartheid. The "Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act," passed by the US Congress in October 1986 – and which overrode a veto by President Ronald Reagan – imposed a range of sanctions on South Africa and conditioned their removal on the country's "respect [for] the principle of equal justice under the law for citizens of all races;" the release of all political prisoners including Mandela; and a timetable for the elimination of racist laws, among other demands.
The language and objectives of such policies reflect the extent to which the anti-apartheid narrative, and the discourse of racial equality, was embraced and mainstreamed even among decision makers. The moral resonance of the ANC's narrative in particular was vital to turning the popular and political tide against the apartheid regime. As scholar Adrian Guelke observed in Rethinking the Rise and Fall of Apartheid (2004): "Part of the reason for the ANC's success was its ability to project a different conception of South Africa's future to the dismal one offered by the National Party government based on discredited theories of racial and ethnic difference."
The lessons of struggles like South Africa's are thus valuable for Palestinians to consider how to form a clear, united, and resonant "story" and "language" that can turn the tide against Israel's policies and bolster Palestinians' pursuit of liberation, self-determination, and human rights. The specific components of those frameworks are a subject for future analysis; the remainder of this commentary will address some of the key challenges faced in crystallizing the Palestinian narrative.
Distortions of the Palestinian narrative
The Palestinian narrative faces many external obstacles that hinder its ability to influence mainstream opinion and policy. It has been and continues to be subjected to crude forms of defamation, misrepresentation, and distortion – not only from those promoting the Zionist narrative, but also from local, regional, and international sources. Mainstream political and public discussions continue to primarily reflect the narratives promoted by Israel, which put the demands of its national security, rather than of Palestinian rights, at the center of the conversation. These conditions are intricately tied to the active obstruction of Palestinian political agency by Israel and the international community, thereby thwarting Palestinians' ability to organize, articulate, and operationalize their narrative.
Edward Said identified some of these obstacles in the opening chapter of The Question of Palestine (1979). One is the dismissal of the Palestinian narrative by Americans, Europeans, and Israelis as being propagated by "backwards" and "uncivilized" Arabs. Another complementing example is the securitized rhetoric of the "War on Terror" – most intensely propagated after the attacks of September 11, 2001 – which depicts Palestinians and their resistance – whether violent or non-violent – in absolute contradistinction to so-called Western civilization.
More specifically, in a 2013 Al-Shabaka commentary, Jamil Hilal identified five major "misrepresentations" that afflict today's dominant discourse on Palestine: (1) that Palestinian territorial rights are limited to only 22 percent of their historical homeland; (2) that the starting point of the Palestinian struggle is 1967, instead of 1948 or prior; (3) that the Palestinian people consists only of residents of the West Bank and Gaza Strip; (4) that the two-state solution is the Palestinians' most legitimate and viable political future; and (5) that Palestinians can develop their society and institutions while living under military occupation.
These distortions are compounded by the fact that the Zionist/Israeli narrative has adapted over time to undermine any advancement of the Palestinian narrative. For example, Palestinian Arabs first had to contend with the Zionist movement's mythologizing of Palestine as "a land without a people for a people without a land." When Palestinian nationalism revitalized in the 1960s – bolstered in great part by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) – Israel dismissed Palestinians' identity as a fabrication, such as when Prime Minister Golda Meir infamously claimed that "There was no such thing as Palestinians." When the First Intifada (1987-93) further elevated the Palestinian narrative onto the global stage, Israel focused on portraying Palestinian demands for their rights as existential (and anti-Semitic) threats to the Jewish state.
Disentangling the Palestinian and Israeli narratives
Due to the negative discursive conditions described above, Palestinians are often forced to focus on re-interpreting or debunking Zionist/Israeli narratives – a laborious process that distracts Palestinians from telling their narrative on their own terms (or their "permission to narrate," à la Edward Said). Sometimes, Palestinians even find that elements of their own narrative are appropriated by Israel to portray itself as the victim, such as when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the idea of removing Israeli settlements in the West Bank as "ethnic cleansing." Palestinians' interaction with mainstream discourse thus tends to be reactive and defensive, often having to define itself in relation or in response to Israel's positions.
A recent example of this dynamic was during the Great March of Return in Gaza in 2018. Many Palestine advocates speaking on international media platforms were routinely compelled to answer Israel's claims that the protests were orchestrated by Hamas and sought to violently breach Israel's "sovereignty." This securitized, Israel-centric narrative often dominated the Palestinians' explanation of the march as a nonviolent grassroots movement that aimed to break free from a brutal blockade and fulfil their right to return to their homeland. As Noura Erakat explained in a video commentary for The Washington Post, "The abomination is that we dare to exist and that we won't disappear, and somehow that's seen as in response to Israel rather than a desire to live…We're not trying to say anything about Israel. We want to live. And the fact [is] that Israel is…the primary reason that we're not living."
In view of this, a major strategic challenge is to de-couple the Palestinian narrative from its negative intertwinement with the Israeli narrative. To do so, the Palestinian narrative needs to form its own locus or starting point, and to be true to its own story. As Hazem Jamjoum emphasized, it is especially important to be true to the "political dimension" of the Palestinian narrative. He warns that the heavy focus in recent decades on grounding the Palestinian struggle in international legalistic frameworks "risks losing sight of [the struggle's] fundamentally political nature."
At the same time, in unraveling the Israeli narrative's propaganda, Palestinians must ensure that their own narrative does not fall into propaganda traps itself. This can not only create new distortions about their struggle, but also be monopolized and weaponized by their own leaders for ulterior, corrupt, and/or authoritarian goals. This pattern was witnessed to varying degrees in many post-colonial or post-imperialized countries, including Algeria, Iran, Syria, Vietnam, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe, among many others. Today, the PLO appears to be following the same path.
Between strategy and ideology
In moving forward, an important distinction should be made between grounding the Palestinian narrative and discourse in "ideology" and grounding them in "strategy." If ideology pushes people to advocate their beliefs in their desired way regardless of the outcome (that is, failure or success in convincing people), strategy is the pragmatic pathway that enables people to put ideologies aside in the name of finding the most effective means of achieving a desired goal or solution to a problem. The challenge, therefore, is to find the best framework that maximizes the strategic impact of a unified Palestinian narrative and discourse, without compromising heavily on core ideological principles.
An additional challenge is how to transform and capitalize on the Palestinians' fragmentation – which, despite its negative effects, also creates diversity, multi-sidedness, wide networks of influence and access, and so on – into Palestinian strength and strategy. This is particularly difficult given the lack of strong and legitimate state-like institutions to facilitate, consolidate, and sustain a narrative-building process in an organized and representative manner. Arguably, a unified discourse does not have to mean absolute consensus across all Palestinian constituencies. In fact, a framework ought to be found that can bring together and accommodate the Palestinians' differences as well as similarities; in other words, one that includes rather than excludes its multi-faceted nature.
In view of these issues, three levels of framing can guide the articulation of a strategic discourse, inspired by literature on identity framing and social movements. The first level, diagnostic framing, relates to how we identify the key causes and enablers of the Palestinian predicament. For example, what are the core problems that need to be resolved in the struggle? Who is responsible for creating them? What labels and terminologies do we use to explain them?
The second level, prognostic framing, concerns the outcomes and resolutions that we are aiming to achieve. This includes outlining the strategies and tactics that are required and the obstacles and opportunities to confront while pursuing them. The third level, motivational framing, concerns how we tailor both the diagnosis and prognosis to appeal to and mobilize different audiences. Can we pursue a one-size-fits-all approach? Is it enough to promote justice according to our ideological beliefs, or should we be savvy and adaptable to different perspectives?
This commentary has sought to raise key issues and questions regarding the Palestinian narrative and discourse. More debate is needed to move forward, and Al-Shabaka will be part of this debate. In the meantime, we offer a series of questions for consideration:
What key components and priorities of a common narrative can be agreed upon by all Palestinian constituencies?
Do Palestinians need to agree on the "end goal" of our struggle in order to build and sustain a unified narrative?
How do we ensure the strategic effectiveness of our discourse without making it narrow or exclusionary?
Will our discourse revert to traditional models of nationalism, or can it find new frameworks to bring together the fragmented Palestinian communities?
Can our narrative prioritize what we are fighting against – Israeli settler colonialism and apartheid – while our discourse centers on a vision of what we are for – freedom, justice, and equality?
Does acknowledging the right of Israel to exist (as happened in the Oslo Accords) imply the acceptance of Zionism's narrative and discourse?
How should the Palestinian narrative and discourse address the historical and contemporary rights of Jewish-Israelis in a future political vision?
These are some of the questions that need to be tackled not just by Palestinians but also their allies, sharing experiences and lessons from other struggles.
An Al-Shabaka policy circle is a specific methodology to engage a group of analysts in longer-term study and reflection on an issue of key importance to the Palestinian people.
Al-Shabaka Member Amjad Iraqi is an advocacy coordinator at Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, where he has worked since 2012. He is also a contributing editor at +972 Magazine, and has published articles in the London Review of Books and Le Monde Diplomatique, among other outlets. He serves as a consultant for several policy and human rights groups in Israel-Palestine. Amjad has an MA in Public Policy from King's College London, and an Hon. BA in Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Toronto.
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HomeConservationPygmy Killer Whale (Feresa attenuata)
Pygmy Killer Whale (Feresa attenuata)
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Pygmy killer whales are small members of the dolphin group. They can reach a length of 8.5 feet (2.6 m) and weight of 380 pounds (170 kg).
They have a small head with a rounded melon that extends in front of the mouth and there is no discernable beak. Their dorsal fin is relatively large and tall and is located behind the mid-back. They have relatively long pointed, tapering flippers (pectoral fins). Body color is dark with some small white areas on the lips and belly.
Reproductive biology is poorly known in this species.
Pygmy killer whales usually occur in groups of 50 or less. Both sexes may remain in their birth groups. They are generally less active than other oceanic dolphins; frequently they are seen "logging"–resting in groups at the surface with all animals oriented the same way.
They apparently feed primarily on squids and fishes.
This species is classified as DATE INCOMPLETE according to the IUCN's Red List.
MMPA – Pygmy killer whales, like all marine mammals, are protected under the MMPA.
CITES Appendix II – throughout its range
Species Description
up to 380 pounds (170 kg)
up to 8.5 feet (2.6 m)
gray with small head and a rounded melon/forehead, relatively large dorsal and pectoral fins
Lifespan:
squids and fishes
usually occur in groups of 50 or less, they remain in their birth groups;
generally less active than other oceanic dolphins, they are seen "logging"–resting in groups at the surface
RELATIVE SPECIES: Melon-headed whale, False Killer Whale
OTHER NAMES: Lesser Killer Whale
NEIGHBORING SPECIES: Killer whale, False Killer Whale, Short-finned pilot whale.
PREDATORS: Humans
THREATS: Rarely taken by fishermen or caught in nets.
DIET: Squid and fish
MANNER OF FEEDING: Unknown
BEHAVIOR: Travel in pods of 50 or less. Occasionally bow ride with other species of dolphin. Rarely jump out of the water. Slower and calmer than other dolphin species. In captivity, they are known to attack and kill their tank mates.
REPRODUCTION: Calves are born in the summer.
LIFE SPAN: Unknown
They prefer deeper areas of warmer tropical and subtropical waters where their prey are concentrated.
Pygmy killer whales are found primarily in deep waters throughout tropical and subtropical areas of the world. There are three recognized stocks in the U.S.: Hawaii, Northern Gulf of Mexico, and Western North Atlantic.
Population Trends
The most recent stock assessment reports with population estimates are available on our website.
drive fisheries, though few
bycatch in gillnet fisheries, though there is no reported bycatch from U.S. fisheries
Conservation Efforts
There are no known conservation efforts directed specifically at this species as they are poorly known and have few fishery interactions or other known threats.
This species is protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 as amended.
Order: Cetacea
Family: Delphinidae
Genus: Feresa
Species: attenuata
Cool/Gross/Weird:
Pygmy killer whales were known from two fossil skulls for over 100 years until discovery of live animals in 1954.
Pygmy killer whales are very aggressive when kept in captivity.
Very rare. Looks like a small killer whale without the white markings.
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Killer Whale (Orcinus orca)
Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus)
Pygmy Sperm Whale (Kogia breviceps)
data incomplete
North Atlantic Ocean
North Pacific Ocean
Odontoceti
Portly
Pygmy Killer Whale
South Pacific Ocean
Which animal is a "big-winged New Englander"?
La Plata Dolphin (Pontoporia blainvillei) aka Franciscana
Peale's Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus australis)