The All Beetle Trap from Insects Limited is a sturdy polypropylene insect trap designed to catch a variety of beetles, the firm says. The All Beetle Trap Kit with Pheromone Gel Attractant has 10 complete All Beetle traps and 10 PantryPatrol Pheromone Gel packets. The All Beetle Trap consists of a clear view lid for easy inspection, a sturdy polypropylene base with multi-textured sides that allows beetles of all types access into the pitfall trap area and a removable tray that is easily replaced when filled with beetles or when new attractant is needed, Insects Limited reports. The All Beetle Trap will attract red flour beetles, confused flour beetles, cigarette beetles, warehouse beetles, rice weevils, saw-toothed grain beetles and nearly 20 other species of stored product beetles.
FMC Professional Solutions announced Dragnet SFR Termiticide/Insecticide will be reintroduced to the U.S. market and made available to pest management professionals in early 2019. Dragnet SFR Termiticide/Insecticide is a multi-purpose insecticide formulated with permethrin for fast-acting, long-lasting control of fleas, termites and 75 other pests, FMC says. It will be available in a 1.25-gallon container with an attached measuring chamber for fast and convenient use.
"We are pleased to bring Dragnet SFR Termiticide/Insecticide to new customers and those who had relied on it for many years," said Evan Parenti, FMC insecticide product marketing manager. "This valued solution has been highly rated among our customers for many years." Dragnet SFR Termiticide/Insecticide is formulated with FMC's SFR technology to help provide continued protection against fleas, termites, occasional invaders and other pests. Labeled for both pre- and post-construction termite control, Dragnet SFR Termiticide/Insecticide kills termites by contact and works as a repellent, preventing them from crossing treated areas. Dragnet SFR Termiticide/Insecticide features a broad, flexible label for use in and around residential and commercial structures, including schools, nursing homes, hospitals, restaurants, hotels and food-processing establishments.
www.pestpartners365.com Syngenta says its 2019 PestPartners 365 Program reinforces the firm's commitment to helping PMPs grow their businesses. As of Oct. 1, PMPs can begin working toward qualifying for yearlong rebates, no matter how large or small their company.
PMPs simply purchase any combination of products from the entire Syngenta Professional Pest Management (PPM) portfolio to generate at least $200 in base rebates during the qualification period (Oct. 1, 2018-April 30, 2019). This year the program features a new, longer qualification period to give PMPs more time to make their purchases. No forms are required to redeem rebates, and PMPs will automatically receive rebates on all Syngenta purchases made during the entire program year (Oct. 1, 2018-Sept. 30, 2019).
The opportunity to defer payment on select products with SummerPay terms until June 28, 2019.
Access to an online rebate calculator that creates sample orders to help estimate rebate savings.
Higher base rebates on select products to help more companies qualify.
Sample purchase orders that can help businesses qualify within the introductory (or "Partner") level.
Additionally, PMPs who purchase Syngenta products to generate at least $500 in base rebates between Oct. 1 and Dec. 7, 2018, will earn a special one-time Early Order Bonus rebate.
NPD Products says The Boss products provide unmatched flexibility for interior and exterior spraying needs. The sprayers have the ability to perform liquid and foam treatments. All of the products in The Boss family have been designed to work as an interior and exterior application system, the firm adds.
Lithium Ion Battery — Provides a reliable power source lasting a full day or longer depending on the application. Shoulder, elbow and back fatigue or injuries will be reduced, NPD says, and there's no hand pumping.
Battery Storage — Located between the tank and the back of the operating technician, providing easy access. The electronics are placed in this area to keep them out of direct sunlight and rain, which will cause damage within months.
Adjustable and Removable Shoulder Pads — Provide for a more comfortable fit for all body types and can be replaced easily from the wear and tear of everyday use.
Slim Line Tank — The complete design is flat and as close to your back as possible.
Translucent Tank — The non-pressurized tank provides a window to accurately measure chemical usage faster and easier.
Telescoping Extension Wand — Technicians' height varies dramatically. In addition, certain jobs require different tools; the telescoping extension wand allows technicians to access hard-to-reach areas.
Soft Flow Technology — Innovative Boss technology provides for a one-applicator approach for interior and exterior applications. The low-flow setting reduces the output rate to as low as 13 ounces per minute and the high-flow rate delivers 60 ounces per minute, reaching a height of 25 feet.
11/16 Standard Thread — The Boss uses an industry standard 11/16-inch brass threads.
Extension Hoses — The Boss spray applicators provide a removable trigger gun, using dripless brass hydraulic connectors for long life. This feature allows connection to the extension hoses and the ability to spray 100 feet away from the applicator. In addition, it allows the Boss applicator to be used for all exterior power spraying in lieu of a truck-mounted sprayer, providing enhanced treatment flexibility for pest management professionals.
Plug and Play Repair Design — The Boss applicators have a modular design using components that snap together with nylon and push type fittings, so no wire cutting or soldering required.
EcoRaider has introduced ER-3, its next generation mosquito and pest control product. EcoRaider ER-3 is a triple-action formula that knocks down adult mosquito populations, offering spatial repellency to keep mosquitoes from an area, and kills larvae to prevent future generations, the firm says. EcoRaider ER-3 is a green, 25b exempt product that does not require spray notifications. This formula is effective, yet green and non-toxic for children, pets and wildlife, according to the manufacturer.
EcoRaider ER-3 can be diluted down to 4-8 ounce per finished gallon and used for triple action mosquito treatment as well as other dilution ratios — for general pest control purposes. Pest management professionals can use EcoRaider ER-3 to treat for special events such as outdoor parties, weddings, festivals and more. As a triple-action formula, EcoRaider ER-3 reduces treatment times, delivers lasting spatial repellency, and provides cost-efficient results in one treatment, the manufacturer reports.
AMVAC Chemical Corporation announced the launch of its new customer-facing website, www.amvac-chemical.com. The website design includes a robust search function for the company's complete line of products, distributors and field representatives, as well as marketing and sales campaigns and product promotions.
Market pages for pest and vector control, turf and application technology, and agriculture provide product information, how to purchase products, news and promotions. Product search functions are specifically tailored to each market, which allows users to find products by region and category or by crop and insect. Product pages also feature access to labels, photos, videos and other instructional materials, providing a valuable educational resource for PMPs.
Additional enhancements include 'Find a Retailer' and 'Find a Field Rep' capabilities, which generate quick links to local contact information for pest management professionals.


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Adam Jones: Bengals kicked Steelers' butts in playoffs
Now Jones will be instrumental in Lewis' next act: Rebuilding the team after losing its No. 2 and 3 wide receivers, offensive coordinator and Pro Bowl safety. There is change every offseason, but the Bengals are approaching the type of hurdle that can bring down even the best of infrastructures.
The Cowboys placed Rolando McClain and Randy Gregory on reserve/did not report, Cowboys Executive Vice President Stephen Jones told reporters. McClain has yet to report to camp after missing his flight this week and Gregory is in rehab.
The Cowboys also announced running back Lance Dunbar, defensive lineman Maliek Collins, defensive end Benson Mayowa and tight end James Hanna will be placed on the PUP list. In addition, the Cowboys placed running back Darren McFadden, linebacker Jaylon Smith and linebacker Damien Wilson on the non-football injury list.
Washington Redskins general manager Scot McCloughan feels rookie wide receiver Josh Doctson's pain.
McCloughan arrived at training camp sporting a hand wrap courtesy of the Achilles' tendon soreness that kept Doctson out of organized team activities sessions in May.
Former Redskins tight end Chris Cooley unpacked McCloughan's curious story on Washington's WTEM-AM.
"I said, 'What happened to your hand?'" Cooley recalled Friday, via the Richmond Times-Dispatch. "He said, 'when I found out about Doctson' — which they thought was going to be much worse, the Doctson injury, apparently it isn't going to be as bad — 'I punched the wall.'"
Doctson initially couldn't believe the Redskins' GM actually did that.
"I thought he was playing around, but he was being for real," Doctson said. "You know, it's just what they believe I can do. They trust me."
The Redskins eschewed more dire team needs in the first round of the draft because they couldn't resist Doctson's talent as the best player available.
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Andy Reid: Justin Houston expected to miss camp
Houston underwent surgery in February to "fix" an ACL that wasn't functioning properly. The four-time Pro Bowl edge rusher posted an Instagram video in April, revealing that his LCL was also repaired.
Trainer Rick Buckholder prescribed a recovery timetable of six to 12 months. Houston is now four months into his rehab program.
Following the procedure, Reid said he was holding out hope that the 27-year-old would be able to play at some point in 2016. NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport reported Tuesday that Houston is expected to miss time at the start of the season.
Houston is the most valuable player on Reid's defense. If he's still sidelined in September, 2014 first-round draft pick Dee Ford will take over as the bookend starter opposite veteran Tamba Hali.
Anquan Boldin wasn't going to be on the market for long, especially with so many teams struggling to find depth at wide receiver.
In the end, it was Jim Caldwell and the Lions who made the strongest push, according to NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport.
A starter on Iowa State's defense was arrested over the weekend.
According to the Des Moines Register, defensive back Nigel Tribune was booked for OWI early Sunday morning in Ames. Police said Tribune, a senior cornerback, was driving without his headlights on. After being pulled over shortly before 3 a.m., police said Tribune had "watery and bloodshot eyes" and smelled like alcohol. He subsequently failed field sobriety tests and his blood-alcohol content was above the legal limit of .08.
Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Nigel Bradham was arrested by Miami Beach police on suspicion of battery/aggravated assault on Monday stemming from an alleged incident that occurred at a Miami hotel, according to Miami-Dade County Court and police records.
According to a Miami Beach Police Department arrest report, Bradham got into a verbal altercation with an individual working at the Hilton Bentley South Beach hotel on Thursday. He then allegedly punched the individual "without provocation" in the nose with his closed fist, causing the victim to fall to the ground. Other members of Bradham's group then joined in on the attack before fleeing the scene with Bradham, the report states.
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J.J. Watt undergoes back surgery, will start training camp on PUP list
Watt has started the first 80 games of his career, never missing a contest. He has 74.5 sacks in those 80 games and is the reigning AP Defensive Player of the Year.
Contract disputes are a problem that every NFL franchise has to face, and it can lead to ugly discourse between the disgruntled player and team. Defensive end Michael Bennett, who signed a four-year, $28.5 million contract with the Seahawks in the 2014 offseason, hasn't been thrilled with his deal for more than a year.
"I just want to be fairly compensated with the top guys in the league," Bennett told The Huffington Post. "I'm definitely one of the top five defensive ends."
He does have a point.
The 30-year-old veteran's 34.5 sacks over the past four seasons (three of which were in Seattle) has firmly placed him among the NFL's elite. Over that span, Bennett's 292 quarterback pressures ranked second in the league per Pro Football Focus, only behind three-time Defensive Player of the Year J.J. Watt.
So which one is Brady's favorite?
"I mean, I love ice cream, so I think avocado ice cream is pretty good," Brady said.
The good news for us is that Brady shared the ingredient for his ice cream on Facebook.
Bills will retire Bruce Smith's No. 78 at home opener against rival Jets
For 19 years, Bruce Smith made the lives of NFL quarterbacks and offensive linemen miserable. The No. 1 overall pick of the 1985 draft, Smith spent the first 15 years of his career racking up sacks for the Buffalo Bills, who announced Tuesday morning that they will retire his No. 78 jersey at their 2016 home opener. That game will be played on Thursday Night Football against the New York Jets in Week 2.
Smith will be the second player in Bills history to have his number retired, after quarterback Jim Kelly.
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Q: Remove CSS rule for Material UI component in theme overrides I want to remove the CSS padding-bottom in the Material UI CardContent component. But I only find solutions on setting it to something else. My current workaround is to set it to something invalid (e.g. -1) so browsers will just ignore it.
I have this theme which contains the workaround:
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        "&:last-child": {
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        },
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    },
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});

would would be the correct way of remove a css rule from a component in Material UI.
(I already tried inherit, initial, revert and unset). Setting it to 0 is not what I want because I want the padding of the MuiCardContent without last-child to get applied.

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This is the second post in a series of three on Project Life scrapbooking.
If you can believe it, that's it! Just 5 simple items and you're all set! Before you know it, you will be finished your first album.
Knowing where to begin can often be the hardest part of starting. Becky Higgins (the creator of Project Life) recommended to me in a class to start with a memory or event that you would love to re-live. By doing this, chances are that you will love looking at the pictures and telling your stories to remember for later. This is the best way to start because it makes it so much more fun!
I've personally started with something I've loved living and re-living through the photos – our first year of marriage! The photos below are from our anniversary album to celebrate the end of one full year together.
When I create pages for my Project Life album, I work in three phases. I first print out a bunch of photos that I know I will want to use in the layout and slot them into the pages I am working on. Secondly, I go through and choose the journaling cards that go with the topic or theme of the page and add those to the layouts. Only when this is complete for a couple of pages, do I go back and add my journaling for phase three. Often times, I place the photos and cards on top of the pockets before slotting them all in.
I prefer to batch journal because I find that journaling requires a different mindset then choosing the photos and cards for the pages. Separating these phases is something that works well for me and might be something you find beneficial to your process too.
This is definitely one thing I am guilty of, as I enjoy having complementary colours in my layouts and themes that match the photos of the topic I am working on. In 50 years when your grandkids are looking at these books, there is no way they will ask about why I chose to use a card that doesn't match the photo or the other cards. All they will be looking at are the photos, the stories and Grandma's handwriting that they may or may not be able to read!
And before you know it, you will be showing your creations to everyone who pops by for a cup of tea! Project Life really does make it easy for anyone to create an album full of memories. I can't wait to see what you create!


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Authored - NJ Contract Law Update - The Scariest Contract-Substitute Claim?
SEPTEMBER 21, 2012 | Windels Marx - Commercial Litigation
Suarez v. Eastern International College
Contract-substitute claims include common-law fraud and the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act ("CFA"). These were the claims adjudicated in Suarez v. Eastern International College, 2012 WL 3600003 (N.J.App.Div. August 2012).
Although a contract claim apparently was not pleaded, Suarez clearly involved an agreement between the parties for enrollment at a for-profit training school. Yet the case features neither contract nor quasi-contract claims, nor a discussion of the economic loss doctrine.1 Rather, the plaintiff apparently pleaded two Counts only: (1) common-law fraud, and (2) the CFA.
The Appellate Division upheld dismissal of the common-law fraud claim, but reversed and reinstated the CFA claims; explaining its rationale as follows:2
1. A common-law fraud could not succeed, because:
(a) "[T]here is no evidence that [defendant's representative] ... knew any statement he made was false", or "was aware" that any omissions were "material[]", or "knowingly omitted those facts from his representations".
(b) Moreover, those statements "were not statements of present or previously existing facts and therefore cannot provide the basis for a claim based on common law fraud".3
2. However, the CFA claim was valid, because:
(a) Intent is irrelevant to prove a CFA claim.
(b) The CFA is "intended to protect consumers from deception and fraud, even when committed in good faith."
(c) CFA claims are valid when they focus on "the capacity to mislead", regardless of traditional fraud criteria, as long as the plaintiff can prove "the omission of accurate" or non-misleading "information about [a] ... material fact"; "a literally true statement can still have the capacity to mislead the average consumer and therefore, fall within the purview of the CFA".
(d) "A half-truth can be as deceptive as a positive misrepresentation" (a statement of law normally applicable to common-law fraud claims).
(e) Federal regulations help delineate what would be considered important information by students--such as the plaintiff student in Suarez, complaining that she was misled as to her employability in a particular vocation following graduation.
(f) "The reasonable expectations of the consumer" were "thwart[ed]".
(g) Plaintiff theoretically could prove, in Suarez, that the defendants "present[ed] information in a manner that deprived the consumer of material facts necessary to make an intelligent decision in selecting the product or service to purchase."
(h) The student could have been misled into believing that she would be immediately employable in her area of training following graduation, rather than needing to fulfill additional requirements for the requisite "certification".
(i) "If a jury accepted plaintiff's proofs, it could find the statement that plaintiff would be employable ... was a statement of fact, material to her decision to enroll and made to induce her to do so"--and was "false", such that she was nearly unemployable.
There was one more branch of the Court's decision: namely, whether the "learned-professional" exception to the CFA applied. That exception "excludes certain transactions from the purview of the CFA because they involve services provided by learned professionals in their professional capacity", who are "subject to regulation specifically applicable to their profession, which might conflict with the regulation of activities under the CFA"--to the point "that a direct and unavoidable conflict exists between application of the CFA and application of the other regulatory scheme or schemes."4
The Suarez Court found the "learned-professional" exception inapplicable due to "the lack of uniform regulations"; i.e., the absence of a "regulatory body that defines uniform standards for the services [defendant] ... provides for its activities as a for-profit training school, let alone regulation that would present a patent and sharp conflict with the application of the CFA." Id. The Court ruled that the federal regulations it had cited in support of CFA liability did not constitute such a pervasive regulatory scheme.
Morals of the Story
The morals of the story are these:
The CFA is powerful medicine--permitting treble damages and attorneys fees.
Required common-law elements are alleviated for the benefit of the plaintiff.
The CFA may apply to many commercial transactions (a highly complex subject for another article).
Parties defending a CFA claim must be aware of the case-law about the applicability vel non of commercial transactions; the learned-professional exceptions: the interplay among materiality, causation, and the ostensible lack of need to prove reliance; the various types of transactions (not just those discussed in Suarez) to which the CFA may apply; and a host of other matters.
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Clark Alpert is the author of Guide to New Jersey Contract Law, published by the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, originally published in 2007 and updated in November 2011. His updates on New Jersey contract law are based in recent issues and practical methods for addressing similar situations in your practice or business. They are not intended to serve as legal advice. Clark welcomes your questions and comments.
1 Each of these subjects is discussed in prior Articles in this series.
2 Citations and quotation delineations omitted below.
3 The Court (and thus presumably the parties) omitted mention of easier-to-prove contract-substitute claims; such as negligent misrepresentation, equitable fraud, and promissory estoppel.
4 Citations and quotation delineations are omitted; including citations from Lemelledo v. Benefit Management Corp., 150 N.J. 255, 270 (1977), in which this author submitted an amicus brief for a trade association.
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We would like to thank Big A Root Beer for a very successful kick-off to our toy drive once again. Oct. 24th turned out to be a beautiful day with $330.00 from raffle prizes and Big A donated $2600.00 from their sales (awesome). Thanks to all the Roamin Angels who participated in the Event.
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Letter: Alberta doesn't need self indulgent good-old boys
Anywhere else in this country such behaviour would have serious consequences
Much has been made public recently about the infamous Devin "do-nothing" Dreeshen.
Instead of responding to his constituents concerns over the last two years, Innisfail-Sylvan Lake UCP MLA Mr. Devin Dreeshen chose to make the legislative offices his private bar and play house. This is extremely offensive.
Albertans need honest hard-working politicians, now more than ever, not self-indulgent good-old boys. As well as heavy drinking and intoxication on the job, abusive and aggressive behavior has also been identified.
A lawsuit against the Office of the Premier of Alberta has been filed. His actions are going to cost we taxpayers dearly.
Anywhere else in this country such behaviour would have serious consequences; however in this UPC government , it appears to be ignored.
What I ask, is what is Mr. Kenny going to do, other than accept a resignation from a ministerial position that Mr. Dreeshen was incompetent at doing in the first place, in my opinion.
It seems there are no real repercussions to Mr. Dreeshen. Now he has less to do, not that he did anything in the first place, and still remains a highly paid MLA within the dubious workings of the UPC caucus. Will the premier call a byelection to find a new MLA for Innisfail-Sylvan Lake constituents?
This government continues to disappoint at every turn of events. How much longer must we suffer the ineptitude of this government?
Remember, never believe what a politician says, but watch what he does.
Alex Baradoy,
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Robbins Airport, located in Robbins, Illinois, was the first airport to be owned and operated by African-Americans.

Robbins Airport was built after the closure of the Acres Airport, the only Chicago-area airport that serviced black pilots. It was constructed  by the Challenger Air Pilots' Association, a group of 15 to 20 black aviators that included pilots Cornelius Coffey, John C. Robinson, Janet Bragg, Earl W. Renfroe, and Harold Hurd, on the site of an abandoned airfield. The site consisted of one hangar and a half-mile-wide dirt airstrip. Construction was completed in January 1933. It was approved as an airfield by the United States Department of Commerce and was the only accredited black-owned Airport in the country. The airport was managed by Robinson, who began teaching other members of the Challenger club to fly in the spring of 1933. Robbins Airport had the only flight school at the time where African-Americans could be trained as pilots. The surrounding white communities, such as Blue Island and Midlothian, did not approve of this activity, and their police sometimes arrested black pilots if they were forced to land before reaching the airport. However the pilots had the support of Robbins mayor and police chief, who would get them released. In May 1933, the hangar was destroyed by a storm. The pilots relocated to Harlem Airport in Chicago (southeast corner of West 87th Street and South Harlem Avenue in Oak Lawn now Southfields Shopping Center) at the invitation of the airport's white owners. At Harlem Airport, Coffey opened the Coffey School of Aeronautics, which trained both black and white pilots. Many of the flight school instructors entered the Tuskegee Airmen Program during World War II. The Harlem Airport closed after 1956.

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Mutation testing has been found to be an efficient technique in order to assess the quality of a test suite. The use of Simulink models is increasing in both industry and academia to model and simulate complex systems such as Cyber-Physical Systems (CPSs). An advantage of Simulink is its ease to integrate software and control algorithms with complex mathematical models that typically represent continuous dynamic behaviors. In addition to that, the increasing trend of industry in adopting product line engineering methods to efficiently support the variability that their products demand is resulting in configurable Simulink models. Consequently, many configurations can be employed to test the configurable system. Each of these configurations will have a set of mutants, which will be in accordance with the configuration characteristics (i.e., features). However, manually generating and configuring mutants for each of the configurations is a time-consuming and non-systematic process. To deal with this problem, we propose a methodology supported by a tool that automatically generates mutants for configurable Simulink models.


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'Beyond negligent': Census workers describe logistical nightmare as deadline approaches
It's the latest indication of the issues plaguing the bureau as it fulfills its constitutional mandate to count all persons living in the U.S.
A YMCA youth ambassador conducts a Census 2020 interview in Los Angeles on Aug. 12, 2020.Patrick T. Fallon / Bloomberg via Getty Images file
Sept. 14, 2020, 8:30 AM UTC
By Dartunorro Clark
When Dean Arnold started working for the Census Bureau in late August, the work was more difficult than he had imagined. The agency gave him about two weeks of training as an enumerator after the coronavirus pandemic disrupted the original timeline of the 2020 census this year.
Arnold braved the scorching temperatures of summer in Los Angeles to knock on the doors of people who he was told hadn't filled out the census. He said he felt a civic duty to help, but he couldn't have anticipated the sheer volume of logistical challenges: duplicate or incorrect addresses, technical issues with the iPhone app census workers used to fill out the surveys, residents who had already filled out the census online and resistance from people who just didn't trust the government with their data.
"It was hard, especially because of the political environment we're in," he said by phone, adding, "Many people told me, 'I don't want Trump to take this information.'"
In the final stretch of the census count, Arnold's experience, along with the experiences of others who spoke to NBC News, is the latest indication of the issues plaguing the bureau as it fulfills its constitutional mandate to count all persons living in the U.S.
Census workers worry that cut in hours could hurt final count
Sept. 4, 202003:21
The agency announced last month that it would end all of its counting efforts on Sept. 30, a month earlier than previously expected. And although a federal judge recently ordered the bureau to temporarily stop following its plan to wind down operations early, a leaked internal Census Bureau document sent to the House Oversight Committee and obtained by NBC News this month warned that the agency already has far less time and fewer resources to review the data than in previous years.
The internal document warns that the "highly compressed" timeline, as well as limits on activities like door-knocking and data review, will lead to less accurate results.
Only about 66 percent of households have so far self-responded to the census, with only a few weeks remaining to compile the data that illustrates the racial makeup of America and helps determine the distribution of $1.5 trillion in federal aid and how many congressional seats and Electoral College votes each state gets, according to the agency. An additional 25 percent have been counted in person, leaving nearly 14 million households uncounted.
Many of those left out live in hard-to-reach areas, such as rural communities and areas with limited access to the internet. Disproportionately affected are Native tribes, Latinos, Asian Americans and Black Americans, who already have historically been undercounted.
Arnold said the issues he faced made him fear that Los Angeles' large minority population would also be underrepresented. He said it would have been difficult, if not impossible, to get all the data he needed because of the time it took to get through all of the necessary questions using the app. He found more success by memorizing the questions and shortening the script, which he said helped him complete more cases.
Then he was laid off. He said his supervisor told him by phone that he did a great job but that there were too many enumerators in the city for the number of cases. Just 56 percent of Los Angeles residents had self-responded through Saturday.
In a rural town in Colorado, another worker, who spoke on condition of anonymity because workers aren't authorized to speak to the media, painted a different picture of having been given incentives and multiple bonuses to keep working on as many homes as possible. The worker described an abundance of counters in the area, which the source described as a small "red-leaning" town.
"I'm not sure why they need us in this rural country so much, but they do," the worker said.
The worker recounted similar issues with the questionnaire process and with using the census app and described indifference from a supervisor when the worker reported physical threats from residents who were agitated by repeated visits from enumerators.
"I'm so disgusted with the whole situation," the worker said, adding: "I know it can be a hassle and filled with the bureaucracy, but this is above and beyond. It's suspicious to me."
A census worker from San Francisco, who also spoke on condition of anonymity, began knocking on doors in August after having undergone two hours of in-person training. This worker said workers were given a link for online classes about how to use the program's app-based survey system.
But the preparation was inadequate, said the source, who also described technical issues with the app.
"There were times when I would be mid-interview and it would literally stop," the worker said.
The worker also came across many occupants who said they had already completed census questionnaires.
Tim Olson, the agency's associate director of field operations, defended the operation in a telephone interview and brushed off enumerators' concerns.
"Certainly, we have people who are frustrated working in an environment that is a long and intense process, because the time for every census is already very tight," Olson said. "It would surprise me if you were not hearing from workers."
Olson said that the technical glitches are to be expected, particularly in rural areas where internet connectivity is spotty, and that the agency has training updates to help workers streamline their collection efforts.
"Some people have problems [with the iPhone], and most people are just fine," he said. "If they're out in an area with no internet, sometimes it freezes up on them."
Olson defended recent layoffs by saying some workers are let go to allow the "best of the best" to enumerate people in harder-to-reach areas.
The issues described by the workers, however, have only heightened the worries of officials who fear a 10-year mistake.
House Oversight Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., urged Democratic and Republican leaders in a letter this month to pass legislation to extend the deadline to ensure that the census is accurate, but legislation is stalled in the Republican-controlled Senate. The House passed a bill in May.
Julie Menin, the census director for New York City, said in a telephone interview that she believes the logistical issues and other factors are part of a pattern from the administration to use the traditionally nonpartisan census as a political cudgel.
"The overlay here is that there has been constant inference in the census by the Trump administration from the get-go," Menin said, noting the unsuccessful attempts to exclude undocumented immigrants and to add a citizenship question to the census.
The inspector general of the Commerce Department, which oversees the census, raised concerns in a letter Aug. 18 that a lack of enumerators presented the risk of not having a "complete and accurate" census.
The roughly 240,000 workers the agency has now are half the workforce of the 2010 census, which had 564,000, according to a report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Olson described the enumeration issues not as interference but as the agency's implementing new technologies and strategies that have allowed it to do more with fewer enumerators. He said the agency is "ahead of schedule from where we expected to be."
But Menin said the number of enumerators is abysmal.
"To have half the number of enumerators that existed in 2010 is beyond negligent," Menin said. "It's taking what is a core democratic principle, the census, that is embedded in our Constitution and completely eviscerating it."
Dartunorro Clark
Dartunorro Clark covered national politics, including the Covid-19 recovery, for NBC News.
Rich Schapiro contributed.


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Why do people pretend to be ethical?
I read a fantastic criticism of the idea of "conscious consumerism" a couple of weeks ago, and it's really stuck with me. It centred on the difference between what people say they do and what they actually do; the difference between their "stated preferences" and their "revealed preferences". When you ask them in surveys, people say "of course I like to buy from brands who pay fair wages and adopt sustainable environmental practices!" But when you look in their shopping baskets and in their cupboards at home, you find they buy all sorts of completely unethical brands and products. The conscious consumer, the argument goes, is a myth that we present to the outside world, a caricature of the sort of person we know we should be but fail to live up to in reality.
I think there's definitely some merit in that. The projections of ourself that we offer up in a survey are quite different to the messy realities. But I think there's far more to the picture than just our own ethical failings, and I think there's one big, fat reason why we don't consume quite as ethically as we know we should. That's what this week's article is about.
Affordable ethics
What consumers say and what they do are quite different. That's often used as a stick with which to beat the idea of "conscious consumerism". Is it that consumers are only pretending to be ethical? Or does money play more of a part?
This week's three interesting links
Stop Punishing Women for Being Ambitious
(→ bloomberg.com)
Women are less likely to negotiate their salaries, earn less than men, and are underrepresented at the highest levels of business. Narratives that explain these problems often focus on what women can do differently – to "lean in", to negotiate harder, to stop apologising, to be more assertive, and so on.
Stefanie O'Connell explains how these narratives, problematic in themselves in the way that they blame women for problems they have little control over, can also have unpleasant side effects. Women who adopt these more assertive behaviours, and show their ambition clearly, often face a backlash for doing so:
"A 2020 study linked this backlash directly to ambition: when women were arbitrarily assigned leadership positions, they were less likely to be found unlikeable. It was only when a woman was actively pursuing a leadership position that she encountered penalties. This suggests that more than power, influence or success, women are penalized for the pursuit of those things. This shows up in tangible outcomes, like the denial of job opportunities, raises and promotions – all of which can make building wealth harder."
A TikTok Star's Fave Accessibility Apps
(→ apps.apple.com)
Lucy Edwards is a hit on TikTok with her videos explaining her life as a blind person, breezily answering questions from viewers that they might feel awkward asking otherwise. Lots of her videos focus on technology (How does she film herself? How does she read a menu in a restaurant? How does she edit her videos?), and Apple have done a special feature on the apps she uses.
I've seen videos of visually impaired people using iPhone accessibility features before and always found them incredible. This is another great example of a side of technology that most people never see, but that is vitally important as more and more of modern life involves being able to use technology. #
Where Do Butts Come From?
(→ theatlantic.com)
A surprisingly engaging – and informative – article on the evolution of the… well, you'll get the picture.
"One unusually aerated specimen, a type of polyclad flatworm, sports multiple anuses that speckle its backside like feces-spewing freckles. Two others, a pair of sponge parasites called Syllis ramosa and Ramisyllis multicaudata, will twine their body through host tissues like a tapestry of tree roots, with each tip terminating in its own proprietary butthole; they have hundreds, perhaps thousands, in total. (It's not totally clear why these animals and others spawned an embarrassment of anuses, but in at least some cases, Hejnol thinks it's a logical outcome of a branched digestive system, which can more easily transport nutrients to a body's every nook and cranny.)"


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Lava Hot Springs é uma cidade localizada no estado americano de Idaho, no Condado de Bannock.

Demografia
Segundo o censo americano de 2000, a sua população era de 521 habitantes.
Em 2006, foi estimada uma população de 481, um decréscimo de 40 (-7.7%).

Geografia
De acordo com o United States Census Bureau tem uma área de
1,8 km², dos quais 1,8 km² cobertos por terra e 0,0 km² cobertos por água. Lava Hot Springs localiza-se a aproximadamente 1530 m acima do nível do mar.

Localidades na vizinhança
O diagrama seguinte representa as localidades num raio de 28 km ao redor de Lava Hot Springs.

Ligações externas

Cidades do Idaho


Note: CZ does not make these magazines into 10rd capacity. They are "permanantly altered" to 10 round capacity to comply with CA and other restricted states by Calegalmags. Method of modification is a rivet in the spine of the mag body that stops the follower at 10 rounds. Base plate is removable.
These work wonderful. Work better than the cali 10 stubs and look awesome!!!
These magazines are great! They came very well packaged, and shipping was extremely fast. I'm not only impressed with the product,and packaging, but the customer service of this company as well.The customer service I received is by far the best I've ever dealt with. I'm just an all around happy customer, and will Make this my go to company for magazines.
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Q: Formula to get the exact number of primes below $n$ Total noob question so please bear with me.
There seems to be several formulae which estimate the number of primes below $n$, but none which give the exact number (short of computing the primes directly).
Is that because it has been proven that such a formula does not exist? Or because it hasn't been discovered yet?
ie. A formula akin to area = πr² that gives an instant answer rather than using ∑
Thanks!

A: In other words - Is there an explicit analytical formula for the prime-counting function $\pi(n)$?
Yes there are many. If it's about computation time one would use boundaries, resulting from the prime number theorem.
If it's about easyness one may use Wilsons theorem to get to an anaytical expression or other theorems, for example
$$\pi(n) = \sum_{j=1}^{n}\left\lfloor\cos^2\pi\frac{(n-1)!+1}{n}\right\rfloor,$$
where $\lfloor\cdot\rfloor$ is the floor function. Basically the whole function inside the sum is an indicator function, that returns $1$ if $n$ is prime and $0$ otherwise.
If it's about beauty, than it's this formula:
$$\pi(x)=R(x)-\sum_{\rho}R(x^\rho),$$
where $$R(x) := \sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{\mu(n)}{n}\operatorname{li}(x^{1/n}),$$
$\mu$ the Möbius-function, $\operatorname{li}$ the logarithmic integral and $\rho$ are all the zeros of the $\zeta$-function.


We had a great introduction to setting up and using the FOLDSCOPE in the Huinay Scientific Field Station of Fundación Huinay.
Got a great look at some fresh samples of marine plankton between 0 and 15 m of depth right out of the Comau fiord, infront of our station. Some pretty algae, i.e. dinoflagellates and diatoms could be seen and identified.
Love this assembly. What an intense diversity. The blue background reminds me of the ocean!


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Too many in Latin America and Other Countries are denied access to an excellent education, Teaching English (TESL), Working Single Families and the Indigenous Survival catalyzes leadership, families, culture and making an educational equity a reality for Universities and Professional Goals, Working Single Families and for the Indigenous Culture.
alm Oasis Foundation focuses on Ethnic English Speaking Teachers as volunteers and a diverse network of leaders who confront education by teaching English to students to become certified with an English Certificate to obtain University Degrees Overseas and Professional goals. Programs that assist Sewing Facilities for Single Mothers, and to Help with the Indigenous Rights of their Culture and Living. As English educators, volunteers, missionaries, entrepreneurs, and community members, we promote the aspirations of students, families and culture.
Informed and inspired by their English students, Working Single Families and Indigenous many continue teaching and as volunteer assistants; others pursue other leadership roles in schools and school systems or launch careers in other fields that shape educational access and opportunity.
Teaching English as a Second Language, meets Single Family, Indigenous needs for children and students to expand life changing goals attending Universities, Professional Positions Worldwide and Families which Benefits the Economics of Third World and Ethnic English Countries. Palm Oasis Foundation changes lives and are changed in the process. Volunteers, Missionaries, Teachers and Families that are committed to their children, students and as young adults stays with them, and no matter what career path they choose, will continue to work and advocate for a world of expanded opportunity for all children.
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New Band To Burn One To - Mutts
As also seen on The Soda Shop
The next New Band To Burn One To hails form the windy city, Chicago, IL.
Mutts first played together while recording Pretty Pictures EP in July 2009. The session was partially something to do on a week off from touring, and partially a release from record label politics. Drummer Chris Faller had recently left Fueled By Ramen standout The Hush Sound (in which he played bass) after their second album, citing two suffocating studio experiences among his reasons. Bassist Bob Buckstaff's prior band Wax on Radio also achieved national recognition, before parting ways due to disagreements with Downtown Records over their debut release. And keyboardist Mike Maimone had met Buckstaff in January, when both were hired to play for Wind-Up Records band Company of Thieves. Fresh from his self-released debut recording, Maimone quickly learned that a young band on a big budget label endures scrutiny at every turn.
While on tour in early 2009, Buckstaff pitched the idea of recording a follow-up EP to Maimone's album by tracking an impromptu session live to tape. They called on mutual friend and engineer Jon Alvin to record the project. He suggested Stereophonic Studio, an old warehouse on the north side of Chicago with a 1960's 8-track tape machine, and also enlisted Faller on drums. The trio hadn't played together, and the songs were just ideas Maimone had recorded to his phone on hotel lobby pianos. But with tape rolling, the trio arranged their parts and came up with a 4-track EP, becoming a new band in the process.
Back on the road with their other projects, Mutts play shows whenever they return to Chicago. These have recently included Logan Square Auditorium, Lincoln Hall, multiple Beat Kitchen dates, and Schuba's coming up on August 30th. They have earned a reputation for chaotic and spontaneous sets, playing the EP songs, covers such as a honky-tonk piano version M.I.A.'s Paper Planes, and revamping cuts from Maimone's solo album.
In early 2010, a lineup change threw a wrench in plans to record a second EP. But it wasn't a change in Mutts' lineup; Company of Thieves replaced Buckstaff with Faller on bass. With his rhythm section suddenly at odds, Maimone invited drummer and friend Cory Healey to play on the session. The trio returned to Stereophonic with Jon Alvin again engineering. This time Maimone left the acoustic piano, playing a vintage Wurlitzer though a Leslie and various tube amps. Again finishing the arrangements as they went, We Float EP was tracked in 3 days and became an immediate and honest reaction to a turbulent time.
We Float EP and Pretty Pictures EP are both available as free downloads on MuttsMusic.com, as well as Bandcamp and other digital sites. Both EPs are also free on CD at shows, and available in the mail via MuttsMusic.com for $5 to cover shipping & handling.
This summer Mutts finished tracking their 3rd release – The Tells of Parallels EP – to be released in October. A vinyl re-issue of all 3 EPs will be available in early 2011.
Head on over to their sites and get your EPs for free. Their official site has MP3 format. Their Bandcamp site has FLAC as well as formats and the ability to buy a physical CD. Enjoy!
Posted by Bufftbone at 12:38:00 AM
Labels: Mutts, New Band To Burn One To


Blaupunkt, one of the most admired German consumer electronics brands, accredited with the tag of "Brand of the Century" is making a trailblazing entry into the Indian LED Televisions market. Blaupunkt has unveiled 3 series of its LED Televisions at IFA Berlin on 31stAugust 2018 in Germany. Subsequently, the Global Management Team of Blaupunkt launched these 3 Series on 11th of September 2018 at The Lalit, New Delhi. The key Members of Indo-German Trade Commission, Kiara Advani (Bollywood actress & Netflix sensation), and Dr. Jai Madaan (renowned motivational speaker and astrologer) attended the brand launch event with several other dignitaries.
It was a grand show the Germans put up; the ambience was futuristic and on the countdown, there were 2 of the best-in-tech LED televisions unveiled on stage. The star models—55-inch 4K UHD LED TV and 50-inch FHD Smart Sound Series when unveiled in a hi-tech dramatic manner; one could realize why the Germans took their time to enter India with a great selection of LED televisions. Blaupunkt LED Televisions can surely be a style statement to any quality discerning Indian customer due to its new age features, including AI capabilities and sleek charismatic design. Finally, the entire range of Blaupunkt LED Televisions that included the 4K UHD Series, Smart Sound Series) and Family series was unveiled and displayed as the Germans shared the features and USP's of its all three series.
The 4K UHD Premium Series has three LED Models that have the inbuilt sound bar of 60 W— the 43-inch, 49-inch, and 55-inch, where 55 inch is the flagship model of Blaupunkt. It is India's 1st voice enabled android open source television. The customers can now find the Broadcasted channels and Internet on same platform with the ease of one remote. All these LED TVs offer high-resolution display, are Quad Core enabled and have 178-degree view angle. The 4K UHD Premium offers connectivity through WiFi, Miracast option, has multiple ports and RJ45 Ethernet. With smart air mouse voice enabled feature, search your favorite programs /apps in a flick of a second. The best part is that the 55" television has 60 W in-built sound bar so that you can enjoy brilliant audio output.
The Smart Sound series has three models available in 32-inch, 43-inch, and 50-inch, having additional sound bar, so a viewer can get 30+60 W sound output. The Smart Sound series comes with a FHD & HD resolution, supports WiFi, has Miracasting and 178-degree viewing angle feature and multiple ports option. It has two inbuilt box speakers that give a cinematic sound experience to the viewer. The connectivity features include three HDMI, two USB, and RJ45 Ethernet. AI-driven smart user interface helps viewers to get the best content from TV channels and internet on the same platform via Universal search feature. The slim metallic bezel in this series makes the television aesthetically attractive. With smart air mouse, one can enjoy futuristic TV viewing experience.
In order to reach this affordable luxury product to the length and breadth of India, the German brand has tied-up with online retailer Flipkart for exclusive sales arrangement and the 8 models from the 3 Series of Blaupunkt will be unveiled at Flipkart on the 11th September and would be readily available for purchase from 18th September onwards.
· The 4K UHD Premium Series 43" will be available on Flipkartat a selling price of Rs.30, 999. 4K UHD Series comes in 49" and 55" inches, making it 3 sizes in this series.
· The HD Smart Sound Series 32" will be available on Flipkart at a selling price of Rs.16, 999. Full HD Smart Sound Series comes in 43" and 50" inches , making it 3 sizes in this series.
· The Family Series HD 32" will be available on Flipkart at a selling price Rs.12, 999. Family Series has another 43" inches Full HD model.


Clark-Pleasant Schools will spend more than $2 million on security improvements for its eight campuses, including cameras and door locks.
Clark-Pleasant Schools will spend more than $2 million on security improvements and upgrades for its eight campuses, following the approval of a work bid by the school board.
Business Director Jay Staley said the district plans to add more than 500 cameras across all of its schools, more door locks and a system that will alert staff if an exterior school door is open for an extended period of time.
The move is part of the school's efforts to improve school safety and security, following the approval of a public safety referendum that will bring in about $12 million over the course of eight years via an increase in property taxes. C-PS has said it will use those funds to increase its police presence, upgrade technology, hire mental health professionals and upgrade its security technology.
In addition to adding cameras and door locks, Clark-Pleasant Schools will upgrade other security tech.
Staley said the equipment should arrive in May and the majority of the work will take place this summer. The district plans to have the project mostly completed by fall break in October.
Extra money in the district's rainy day fund allowed Clark-Pleasant Schools to request bids for the entire project at once, allowing them to improve security more efficiently.


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by: Randall Williams
More Hunting and Fishing Coming to a National Wildlife Refuge Near You
Interior Department proposes another wave of expanded hunting and fishing opportunities on wildlife refuges and other public lands
UPDATE (August 30, 2021): In a press release today, the department announced that this proposed rule has been finalized in time for the 2021-2022 hunting season. The original post discusses the proposal.
Last week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced its intention to allow hunting and fishing on an additional 2.1 million acres of land across 90 national wildlife refuges and one national fish hatchery.
This follows similar moves to expand access under the Trump Administration in 2019 and 2020, which we called out as one of the recent successes the Biden Administration could build upon to benefit sportsmen and sportswomen. According to the Fish and Wildlife Service, the expansion proposed in this rule is the largest in recent history—including last year's, which itself was larger than the previous five rules combined.
If the rule is finalized after a public comment period, Americans will be able to hunt and fish on seven wildlife refuges previously off-limits to these activities and access new lands on another 83 refuges. Public lands in all 50 states are included in the new proposed rule, and the changes would go into effect in time for the 2021-2022 hunting seasons.
All told, the new rule would boost the total number of huntable national wildlife refuges to 434 and make fishing available on 378. The Fish and Wildlife Service is also working with states to make sure hunting and fishing regulations on federal refuges are more consistent with local laws and seasons.
Why Allow Hunting and Fishing on Refuges?
It comes as a surprise to some that hunting and fishing are allowed on refuges, which were established to conserve, restore, and enhance fish, wildlife, and their habitats. These lands, however, are not off-limits to other uses, and six wildlife-related activities are prioritized by law: hunting, fishing, photography, wildlife watching, environmental education, and interpretation.
When, where, and how hunting or fishing is allowed is dependent on several factors, and the decision to permit these activities is made on a case-by-case and unit-by-unit basis by local refuge managers and biologists. Considerations include objectives of each refuge or hatchery, its biological soundness, and the public demand for and economic feasibility of providing recreation while protecting other resources. Learn more about the history of allowing hunting and fishing on refuges here.
More Access Equals More Opportunity
"Hunters and anglers are some of our most ardent conservationists and they play an important role in ensuring the future of diverse and healthy wildlife populations," says USFWS Principal Deputy Director Martha Williams. "Our lands have also provided a much-needed outlet to thousands during the pandemic and we hope these additional opportunities will provide a further connection with nature, recreation and enjoyment."
Here are 26 places across six regions where this proposal may enhance your hunting and fishing opportunities by this fall.
Some of the proposed changes in the West would open new opportunities for species or types of hunting that were not previously available. In Montana, for instance, both the Charles M. Russell NWR and the UL Bend NWR would allow mountain lion hunting on acres of the refuges already open to other types of hunting. Similarly, both the Las Vegas NWR in New Mexico and the Camas NWR in Idaho would allow elk hunting, which would be the first big game hunting opportunity offered by either refuge.
On the Ouray NWR in Utah, pronghorn and sandhill crane hunting would be allowed in areas already open to sportsmen and sportswomen pursuing other species. Likewise, the National Elk Refuge in Wyoming would allow deer and pronghorn hunting in areas already open to other hunts.
The Southwest
In some places, hunters would see a sea-change in opportunity. On the Muleshoe NWR in Texas, sportsmen and women will be able to hunt whitetail deer, mule deer, quail, and doves, which would amount to the refuge's first big game, upland game, and migratory bird hunting seasons.
While some changes create hunting and fishing opportunities where they previously did not exist, others expand existing opportunities to a greater area of the refuge. For example, in addition to opening migratory bird hunting for the first time, changes proposed for the Mackay Island NWR in North Carolina/Virgina would also expand current opportunities for deer hunting.
Several refuges would create additional opportunities through youth-only hunts. Among those proposed in Arkansas are a youth deer hunt on the Big Lake NWR, a youth turkey hunt on the Bald Knob NWR, and youth hunts for deer, rabbits, and squirrels on the Holla Bend NWR.
Anglers in the region would for the first time get to enjoy sportfishing on the Grand Bay NWR, which straddles Alabama-Mississippi border, and the Florida Panther NWR in Florida, while waterfowlers in Alabama would see the first-ever duck and goose hunting season on the Choctaw NWR.
The Mid-Atlantic
Both the Great Swamp NWR and the Supawna Meadows NWR in New Jersey could offer new opportunities to hunt, among other species, turkeys, and both could also expand existing deer hunting opportunities.
In Virginia, the proposed rule would open migratory bird hunting, upland game hunting, and sportfishing for the first time at the Eastern Shore of Virginia NWR, while also expanding existing opportunities there for whitetail hunting. The Great Dismal Swamp NWR, James River NWR, Occoquan Bay NWR, Prequile NWR, and Rappahannock River Valley NWR would all allow turkey and coyote hunting for the first time, among other opportunities.
The Midwest
In Michigan, the Harbor Island NWR would allow migratory bird hunting, upland game hunting, and sportfishing for the first time, while also expanding current opportunities for deer hunting and bear hunting to additional acreage within the refuge.
The Northeast
In Maine, waterfowl hunters would enjoy the first-ever migratory bird hunting opportunities at the Franklin Island NWR and the Pond Island NWR, which also extends into New Hampshire. Likewise, anglers would for the first time be able to fish at the Pine Tree State's Green Lake National Fish Hatchery.
A complete list of the proposed changes to hunting and fishing access can be found here.
Top photo by Wyman Meinzer/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via flickr.
4 Responses to "More Hunting and Fishing Coming to a National Wildlife Refuge Near You"
Elena Vizuet September 3, 2021
This is an absolute horrendous decision! For entertainment those who are bored with life are allowed to kill in few places that serve as a refuge for wild life! Where are your priorities? Hundreds of species dissappear every second from the face of the earth and you encourage the remaining species to diminish in number. Because some people want to kill. Just insane.
Rebecca Uhl September 3, 2021
These refuges were created to provide a safe place for the animals to live freely without fear of being killed. There is a law protecting migratory birds that should stay intact. This announcement left me in tears. What has happened to compassion towards animals in the U.S? Please don't let this happen. Hunters have enough land available for them to kill our magnificent animals.
Herbert wilson September 3, 2021
No. No. No. this sucks
Kathy Godfrey September 5, 2021
Hunting and fishing on a wildlife refuge this is totally horrible.
Wildlife was supposed to be protected!!!!!
Now it is ok to go into their homes and just kill them? Right?
As far as I am concerned Teddy Roosevelt was not caring one bit about wildlife.
Wow, wildlife should be protected and not murdered for sport.
The beautiful deer, elk, moose, bears, wild turkeys etc. should be allowed to live out their life!
Imagine someone coming into your home where you live to kill you just for the fun of it!
This is truly unbelievable bad news for wildlife!
First all you have to have respect for all animals.
I don't know how a person can sleep at night, knowing that they just killed a graceful deer or elk.
1. More Hunting and Fishing Coming to a National Wildlife Refuge Near You
2. House Lawmakers Reintroduce MAPLand Act to Improve Public Land Access
3. Sediment-Built Marshes Where Drag-Screaming Redfish Await
4. Checking in on the Conservation To-Do List We Set for Biden's First 100 Days
5. The Case for Better Access Data
House Lawmakers Reintroduce MAPLand Act to Improve Public Land Access
Legislation invests in digitized, integrated mapping resources for outdoor recreation
The Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership celebrated the reintroduction of a House bill that will enhance outdoor recreation on public lands by investing in modern technology that allows sportsmen and sportswomen to know exactly which lands and waters they can access.
U.S. Representatives Blake Moore (R-Utah), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Russ Fulcher (R-Idaho), and Joe Neguse (D-CO) introduced the bipartisan Modernizing Access to Our Public Land (MAPLand) Act to the House of Representatives on Tuesday.
The MAPLand Act would digitize recreational access information and make those resources available to the public. The legislation would also provide federal land management agencies with funding and guidance to create comprehensive databases of available map-based agency records related to recreational access and use.
"Access is one of the most important issues facing hunters and anglers today, and the MAPLand Act is a commonsense investment to ensure all Americans can take full advantage of the recreational opportunities on our public lands," said Whit Fosburgh, president and CEO of the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership. "In addition to making it easier for public land users to stay safe and follow the rules while in the field or on the water, this bill would allow our agencies to manage and plan more effectively while also reducing the potential for access-related conflicts between recreators and private landowners. Simply put, this legislation promises to help more people get outdoors. We appreciate these representatives' leadership to introduce this bill in the House and our community is eager to help move the MAPLand Act through Congress."
The bill includes language to digitize information about:
• legal easements and rights-of-way across private land;
• year-round or seasonal closures of roads and trails, as well as restrictions on vehicle-type;
• boundaries of areas where special rules or prohibitions apply to hunting and shooting;
• and areas of public waters that are closed to watercraft or have horsepower restrictions.
Currently, many of the easement records that identify legal means of access into lands managed by the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management are stored at the local or regional level in paper files. This makes it difficult for hunters, anglers, and even the agencies themselves to identify public access opportunities. For example, of the 37,000 existing easements held by the U.S. Forest Service, the agency estimated in 2020 that only 5,000 had been converted into digital files.
In addition to improving the public's ability to access public lands, the bill would help land management agencies — in cooperation with private landowners — prioritize projects to acquire new public land access or improve existing access. According to a report by the TRCP and onX, a digital-mapping company, more than 9.52 million acres of federally managed public lands in the West lack permanent legal public access because they are surrounded entirely by private lands. Digitizing easement records would be the first step towards addressing this challenge systematically.
Last year, more than 150 hunting- and fishing- related businesses signed a joint letter calling on congressional leadership to pass the MAPLand Act. From gear manufacturers and media companies to guides, outfitters, and retailers, the letter signers emphasized the importance of outdoor recreation opportunities on public lands to their bottom lines.
In addition, conservation groups across the country applauded the leadership shown by lawmakers to invest in the future of America's public lands system.
The bill was also introduced in the Senate in March by U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Angus King (I-Maine) alongside Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Susan Collins (R-Maine), John Barrasso (R-WY), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Steve Daines (R-Mont), and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz).
Photo: Maven/Craig Okraska
Sediment-Built Marshes Where Drag-Screaming Redfish Await
Why are some anglers writing off one of our best options for restoring these disappearing habitats?
Four League Bay might be the most remote destination on Louisiana's coast. Even with a 300-horsepower outboard pushing a 24-foot bay boat, the ride from Terrebonne Parish's Falgout Canal west to Four League takes nearly an hour of weaving through fresh and brackish marshes, bayous, lakes, and bays. Most of them are slalom courses of crab-trap floats. Alligators spring from the banks, and blue wing teal headed back to the Dakotas from their wintering grounds in Central and South America take flight.
My good fishing buddy Todd Masson and I had been trying to get on the boat with Capt. Lloyd Landry for nearly two months, cancelling and rescheduling throughout the early spring as strong thunderstorms and unseasonably cold fronts pushed through Louisiana. Had we known that tropical storm and hurricane-force winds would sweep across the area just a couple hours after we returned to the marina, we might have cancelled again.
That day, the forecast gave us about a 5-hour window before thunderstorms were due to arrive. So, we put a stiff southeast wind at our backs and headed to some of the most unmolested, beautifully intact marsh in all of Louisiana to catch some hard-pulling, drag-screaming redfish.
Many Louisiana anglers write off Western Terrebonne Parish, especially the marshes and shorelines of Four League Bay, during the spring because the area is inundated with freshwater pouring from the Atchafalaya River. The assumption is that the 240,000 cubic feet per second of fresh, sediment-rich water that is building new marsh annually in the Atchafalaya Delta chases away the redfish and speckled trout.
The annual floods that scare away some coastal anglers are the exact reason the area teems with fish and the marshes are so healthy and intact. The nutrient-rich freshwater from the river mixes with the Gulf's saltwater, creating a diverse forage of shrimp, crabs, pogies, crawfish, bluegill, mullet, and an assortment of other prey. The suspended sediment in the river water feeds the marsh, giving it a more stable soil structure for plants to root and submerged grass beds to grow.
It's the perfect environment for fat, healthy redfish.
We picked a protected shoreline about seven miles from the river's mouth. A handful of casts and Masson connected with a thick 20-inch redfish. A minute later, a bruising 29-inch red crushed a soft-plastic grub at the end of my line.
That pattern continued throughout the morning as Landry guided us into protected pockets and shorelines, picking away at healthy, well-fed redfish and black drum until the thunderstorms pushed us east to the marina just after noon.
Had the winds not limited our search area, we were set to chase speckled trout as well. Landry had been catching them in open lakes and bays as they transitioned from wintering grounds in interior marshes into their spring and summer feeding and spawning areas in the Gulf of Mexico.
We had options. Despite the strong winds that kept most anglers off the water that day, the benefit of healthy marshes laden with submerged freshwater grasses is that there are ponds and protected shorelines to duck into and hide—this works well for both fish and fishermen.
In far too many places along Louisiana's coast, the options are running out. Marshes that have been cut off from annual, life-giving Mississippi River sediment by levees are more vulnerable to erosion from hurricanes or any other high-wind events. They are sinking below the water line, too, as seas gradually rise while the marsh subsides.
Nearly 2,000 square miles of wetlands, some of the most productive fish and wildlife habitat in the world, have been lost in the Mississippi River Delta, especially the basins between the mouth of the Mississippi and Atchafalaya Rivers, in the last century. To stem that loss and build back some marsh, the state of Louisiana is moving toward construction of sediment diversions both east and west of the Mississippi River below New Orleans. These structures will help to mimic the annual flooding that is sustaining and growing the marshes near the Atchafalaya River's mouth—the processes that originally built all the marshes, swamps, and barrier islands of South Louisiana.
Some anglers and commercial fishermen are objecting strongly to the projects, claiming the freshwater will eliminate fishing. But there are few options for fixing this broken system other than using every single available sediment resource, especially the suspended sediment that comes with annual floods along the Mississippi and Atchafalaya rivers. Without reconnecting the Mississippi River to its delta, another 500 square miles of wetlands could be lost in the next century.
Anglers and fish have had to adjust to losing habitat far too frequently over the last 50 years in coastal Louisiana. Making adjustments as we regain habitat is something that I, and many other anglers, welcome.
Anglers need options. Without sediment diversions and all other efforts to rebuild and sustain our coast, we just might run out.
Checking in on the Conservation To-Do List We Set for Biden's First 100 Days
Here's what got done and which issues still need urgent attention this year
In January, we outlined the TRCP's top ten conservation priorities for the Biden Administration to influence in the first 100 days after inauguration. Here's a status check on these top-tier issues and what we'll be pushing for beyond this first critical and indicative period of the president's term.
Priority: Put Americans Back to Work Through Conservation
Status: Some Success with More to Come
In the wake of COVID restrictions that drove unemployment rates up while also inspiring more Americans to get outdoors, we pushed the new administration to make smart and robust conservation investments that would put people back to work while improving habitat, combatting climate change, and supporting public lands at risk of being loved to death.
Biden's $1.8-trillion American Jobs Plan, unveiled in March, has broad themes around creating jobs through investments in infrastructure and resilience. It specifically mentions restoring the Everglades and Great Lakes as a part of this push. It's too early to take a few of our other suggestions, like doubling conservation funding in the 2023 Farm Bill, and many of our priorities related to funding hinge on the president's budget request, which may not be ready until late May (though it was expected earlier this spring.)
The administration has supported recent congressional efforts to invest in clean water infrastructure. Just this week, in a nearly unanimous vote, the Senate passed a bill that would increase funding for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund Program, which has put Americans to work conserving habitat and protecting water quality for more than three decades. The House still needs to pass its version of the bill to take this first important step for infrastructure and jobs.
To read more about how investments in conservation can create jobs, rebuild our economy, and improve the health of our communities, click here.
Priority: Use Habitat Improvements to Address Climate Change
Status: Strong Momentum
The administration's intense focus on climate is a bright spot for conservation, especially because many of the land- and water-based tools for combatting climate change are habitat improvements that hunters and anglers want anyway. The same week we outlined our priorities for the first 100 days, President Biden issued an Executive Order on climate change and later created a climate task force run out of the White House, which will consider input collected from across federal agencies. Those stakeholders were required to get their recommendations to the task force by April 28, and many of the agency staff who are responsible for conservation in America were willing to listen to sportsmen and sportswomen when it came to crafting those comments.
Priority: Invest in a Coordinated Response to Chronic Wasting Disease
Status: Nothing So Far
Unfortunately, as news has been coming out of the states about CWD test results from this past hunting season, the administration hasn't done anything headline-worthy to stop the spread of the fatal deer disease. The U.S. Department of Agriculture did gather stakeholders for input on how funding already appropriated for this fiscal year should be spent. States still need to make their requests for the portion of this funding that should go toward the local response where CWD needs careful management.
The TRCP continues to push for a study and overhaul of the USDA's voluntary Herd Certification Program, which is supposed to keep captive deer herds at "low-risk" of contracting and spreading CWD, and a moratorium on the interstate movement of live deer until this program is updated. And Congress may still choose to act on its ability to fund or inquire into disease management.
Priority: Max Out Conservation Reserve Program Acres
Status: Important Changes Made
We're happy to report a solid win in this category that will support the rural economy and our hunting and fishing opportunities. In February, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that it would extend the ongoing Conservation Reserve Program sign-up period while it looked at ways to improve program administration. Thankfully, the department followed up with specific and much-needed changes to the incentives offered to boost CRP acreage. This is critical to digging out of a historic enrollment slump, and it is what sportsmen and sportswomen have been calling for since spring of 2020.
Priority: Restore Roadless Area Protections in the Tongass National Forest
Status: Backcountry Habitat Still at Risk
After roadless area safeguards were lifted in the Tongass in 2020, the TRCP urged the Biden Administration to halt any pending projects that could undermine the habitat value of 9.2 million acres of undeveloped forest, world-class fisheries, and vital habitat for Sitka blacktail deer, bears, moose, and Roosevelt elk. There have been no immediate steps taken to restore roadless area protections, and the threat still stands.
Priority: Ensure That Savings from the "Fire Fix" Go Toward Forest Health
Status: Hinges on Budget Talks
Now that we treat—and pay for—catastrophic wildfires the same way we do other natural disasters, the U.S. Forest Service should be able to spend more on forest health and maintenance, including $400 million that was promised but never made available in the fiscal year 2020 budget. Whether the Biden Administration will reinvest in the Forest Service in FY2022 hinges on official budget request, which should be delivered to Congress this month, and ultimately the congressional budget deal that must get done by the end of September.
Priority: Rebuild the Bedrock Conservation Law That Protects Our Streams and Wetlands
Status: It's Complicated
While it seems that the administration would like to take on the job of clarifying which waters and wetlands can receive Clean Water Act protections—as the fourth administration to do so since a series of Supreme Court decisions created confusion in the early 2000s—it may not get the chance before the courts influence this debate yet again.
Further, the Trump Administration rulemaking can't just be undone. A new rule would have to be substantially different than past iterations, including the one from 2015 that was widely celebrated by hunters and anglers. This process will be difficult to get it done in a four-year term. What may ultimately be needed is legislation to see that headwaters and wetlands are subject to Clean Water Act protection and for sportsmen and sportswomen to fend off legislation that codifies the current rule, which leaves important clean water resources at risk.
Priority: Commit to Modernizing Fisheries Management
Status: Agencies Need to Staff Up
On the administration side, there's not much to report and likely won't be until two key positions are filled: National Marine Fisheries Service Director and NOAA Assistant Administrator of Fisheries. However, legislation has been introduced in the Senate to update the management of forage fish species that our favorite sportfish rely on for food.
Priority: Restore Strong Conservation Plans for the Greater Sage Grouse
Status: No Change for Conservation, More Grouse Habitat Lost
The Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service have not opened their plans for yet another round of changes, but a court injunction issued in October 2109 still stands and requires implementation of the original 2015 conservation plans—for now. Meanwhile, we know that the long-term decline in grouse populations has deepened slightly. Learn why the loss of habitat is directly tied to fewer male grouse being counted on mating grounds, or take a deep dive on the history of sage grouse conservation since the first seasons and bag limits were set for hunters.
Priority: Reverse Mining Decision in Minnesota's Boundary Waters
Status: Not Addressed
The TRCP and partners urged the Biden Administration to not only withdraw mining leases reinstated on the merits of a cursory environmental study but to quickly develop and implement a strategy to permanently protect the Boundary Waters from a massive copper mine. The Forest Service has yet to act on this in the first 100 days. Meanwhile, the Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act was reintroduced in the House last month.
Top Photo: Maven/Craig Okraska
The Case for Better Access Data
When it comes to public lands mapping data, sportsmen and sportswomen deserve a higher standard
Most recreational access opportunities on public lands are identified in agency management plans and may appear on agency-produced paper maps that show, for instance, roads and trails open to different types of motorized and non-motorized vehicles. Sometimes alongside a national forest road you'll see a sign marking a zone where hunting or shooting is restricted, such as near a campground or forest service ranger station. Other times you'll pull up to a mountain lake parking lot and a sign is posted that specifies horsepower restrictions for boats.
While some of this information might, in certain places, be available in a GPS-compatible format, in many places it is not. As a result, it is difficult for the public to find specific information about available recreation opportunities on public lands or even follow the rules that the agencies have spent millions of dollars creating. Sometimes, a person might avoid hunting in an area altogether simply because they can't tell by looking at a sign where the no-shooting boundary starts and ends. Many members of the public might also avoid driving on an open road because the existing sign long ago went missing and they don't want to inadvertently break the rules.
Where geospatial data layers have been made available by the agencies, they are not all designed to benefit recreational access to the extent that they could and should. For example, in 2015 the BLM created a national transportation layer called the Ground Transportation Linear Feature data standard, or GTLF, which is a digital mapping layer that delineates BLM-administered travel routes. The GTLF, however, doesn't provide enough information for the public to understand access opportunities and restrictions because it does not require attributes for allowed vehicle type and seasonal restrictions. As a result, the investment that went into this dataset is ultimately lost on hunters, anglers, and most other recreationists.
A case in point can be found in the BLM Butte Field Office in southwest Montana where the agency completed a travel management plan (TMP) for the Upper Big Hole area in 2009, which established comprehensive rules for vehicle travel on specific routes and during specific times of the year. In this place, the local BLM field office did a good job with their travel plan in that it provides adequate public access while conserving important deer and elk habitat. However, because the national GTLF is lacking in important attributes, detailed transportation information for the Upper Big Hole area can only be found by those with the skills to locate and review an environmental impact statement. Under these circumstances, an elk hunter in the area wanting to understand and follow agency transportation rules must rely on good signage on the ground—a difficult thing for the BLM to maintain with limited budgets and considerable miles of roads and trails.
This challenge is not limited to Montana. The BLM has completed travel management planning on approximately 20 percent of the 245 million acres administered by the agency, yet useful geospatial transportation data is not publicly available for most areas. In fact, the only places where helpful geospatial transportation information has been made available is where local BLM offices have taken it upon themselves to develop more thorough transportation layers than required by the agency.
The MAPLand Act would fix this information shortfall by requiring the BLM to add access specific attributes to the GTLF and make them publicly available within three years. GPS mapping companies could then add these data to their smart phone applications and make detailed access information available to the public in real time.
While each agency can point to some accomplishment of the mapping requirements proposed in the MAPLand Act, their data are generally inconsistent from one agency to the next and none of the agencies have completed all of these proposed requirements. For example, the USFS has done a really good job with its transportation layers, while other agencies like the Bureau of Reclamation have considerable work left to do. Without consistent and comprehensive data provided by each agency, hunters and anglers can't be confident that GPS mapping devices will provide them with the information they need to stay safe and legal while recreating on public lands.
There are also useful data layers that MAPLand would require the agencies to produce that are currently not being pursued. For instance, there is no comprehensive digital information being developed for areas with shooting restrictions, nor is there standardized digital information on watercraft rules. While management decisions regarding these recreational opportunities have been made in agency land use plans, the creation of digital resources for the public has been overlooked.
Agency personnel and a variety of stakeholders invest considerable time in the public processes used to create these management decisions and frameworks, which ultimately aim to conserve the values and resources held in trust for all public landowners. But unless the resulting plans are easily accessible to everyone—which in the twenty-first century means available with a glance at a smartphone—we aren't seeing the full benefits of the hard work and collaboration that went into creating them.
It's time that our federal land management agencies have the guidance and funding to bring public land mapping systems into the modern era. Public land users of all types should be able to use digital mapping systems and smartphone applications to identify new opportunities for access and recreation, and to better understand the rules to help reduce conflicts with private landowners and prevent inadvertent violations of agency regulations.
Take action today for improved public land mapping systems designed to help hunters and anglers enjoy better days in the field and on the water.