With Man of Steel out on Blu-Ray/DVD combo pack this week, fans of the film can take in the birth of the new cinematic DC Universe once more. But people buy Blu-Rays not just to see their favorite films over and over, they buy them for those vaunted special features.
A lot goes into making those extra documentaries, deleted scenes, and featurettes ready for public consumption. For more on the process, how they're chosen, and which to look out for in particular on Man Of Steel, we talked with Warner Bros SVP of Special Features Paul Hemstreet.
Newsarama: Paul, how early in the development process of making a film do you get involved in planning the special features that will go on the home release? It seems, especially with behind-the-scenes and making of type features, that you have to plan very early.
Paul Hemstreet: Yeah, we start incredibly early in the process. Ideally, we are starting as soon as the film is going into pre-production. We try to get going as soon as we can around that time. We regularly look at the whole list of studio greenlights and keep monitoring that, because we work very closely with our theatrical counterparts to make sure that we are crewed up with a team to get what we need and what they need throughout shooting of the film.
We look to what our goals and concepts could be that early, so that the crew is on the set and shooting with a purpose. Of course, that does evolve and change, and new ideas come along the way, all throughout the process, but we're at least thinking along those lines from the beginning.
So for Man of Steel, we were in production on the special features over a couple of years. We had crews on location when they were shooting in Plano, IL [for the Smallville scenes], and at different locations throughout the process.
Nrama: With comic book movies especially, there is a wealth of history to be drawing from, talking about how the comic book ideas come to screen – does that continue to be a focus for you, and is it more of a focus because of the development of DC Entertainment and how much more closely you can work with the comic book division?
Hemstreet: It is something we definitely look at and are interested in. I don't think it's grown, because it's always been something important for our DC related franchises; we've always had good relations with DC Comics through the years. I think what may be different is that on a studio-wide level, there's more synergy, there's more promotions working in concert between the divisions. As far as what we're focused on, that's something that we look to for any Superman movie, any Batman movie. It also depends on the filmmakers and where they're looking for inspiration.
Now Zack Snyder has always been a huge comic book fan, fan of the DC world, and incredibly knowledgeable. So he always looks to that world directly for inspiration. Same with Chris Nolan on the Batman series, he looked more to the roots of the character in the comic books than to previous film incarnations.
I think that's true with Man of Steel, in looking back, rather than trying to build on what films had already done, it was looking at the comic book origins, so that was an important story for us to tell.
Nrama: It's interesting, you've done a pretty wide variety – obviously, making of documentaries are common – but how do you track the popularity of each kind of special feature segment and know which ones you want to follow-up on and do for the next films?
Hemstreet: We really look at fan engagement for it, and also critical review. These days, of course, with social media, we get much more immediate feedback on the features and what people are responding to. We follow blogs that give rundowns and reviews of the special features. We look at all that reaction.
What's important too is what gets traction when they are just announced, where do we get response? Is it getting picked up in the press? Is it getting talked about on social media? So that's an important part of it. I think there are certain essentials when we come out with a major film that people look to have when they're buying. Sometimes, we can get social research feedback that is more detailed and lets us dig a little deeper for what people want.
Nrama: You did the big fan event last Saturday, leveraging that social media to let fans ask questions of Zack Snyder and the cast. Is that something, with the ubiquitous nature of Blu-Ray players that are connected to the internet, is that something you'd look into doing through the home edition at all?
Hemstreet: Well, we have done things like that in the past. We have done those BD-Live chats with some success as far as publicity, but it still excludes some people from the experience. With this event last weekend, we really wanted to reach as many people as possible. That's why it didn't require a purchase to experience it. We do have some features that depend on streaming, for instance the Xbox Smartglass experience, where they can experience features on a second screen. So we're looking at new engagements. In international territories we have "My Warner" coming out with time-synced events.
So it's something we are looking at, and as audiences move to the digital platforms we'll move more into that.
Nrama: Is the changing technology specifically opening up any new avenues for you right now?
Hemstreet: We're always looking at what's coming down the road, we just have to look at organic ways of rolling it out. There are so many competing formats, we can't create individual experiences for every single platform, because there are so many coming out. We try to think about what is the greatest experience associated with, for instance, Man of Steel, that can then be applied to the different distribution methods. But it's always what serves the film, what will be the best experience we can bring to consumers, and how we can bring it to different platforms.
Nrama: Any specific feature this time around that you're very excited for fans to check out?
Hemstreet: Yeah, definitely! "Planet Krypton" is, I think, an exciting piece because it really expands the world. It's a traditional linear piece, but I think it's exciting because it carries the story through into the content. You learn more about Krypton, the weapons, the world, the costumes, the history. I think that's something that fans are really going to love.
The "Journey Into Discovery: Creating Man of Steel," where you get to watch the movie with Zack Snyder, is a great experience. You get to see the picture-in-picture, walk-ons with Zack; Henry and Amy are in those as well. It's really an immersive deep-dive. We've done those before as well, even with other Snyder films, but I think this one is the richest one we've done. I think it's that type of immersive experience that translates well into the various formats.


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India has been making the case for electric vehicles to be both manufactured and purchased in the country for quite some time, with the apparent belief that they could make a large impact within the next two decades—if they just had the infrastructure. After doubts from Tesla CEO Elon Musk appeared Twitter earlier this week, however, they were promptly addressed by an Indian program for manufacturing.
When it comes to cars, it seems that there is always someone who wants a Tesla as their electrified vehicle, even in countries where the manufacturer doesn't yet sell vehicles. India hoped to capitalize off of the popularity of Teslas and other new EVs as early as 2016, when India's minister of power, Piyush Goyal, launched a campaign to populate the country with electric cars.
Earlier this year, there seemed to be hope that Tesla would launch in India as early as summer 2017.
However, it appears there may have been some sort of internal confusion within Tesla that led to the nixing of the potential summer launch. As Musk explained in a later tweet, he believed that in order to be compliant with the country's trade laws, at least 30 percent of parts used in manufacturing of Tesla vehicles would need to be sourced locally. But Tesla does not have the ability to supply those needs domestically in India yet.
Shortly thereafter, the Twitter account of Make in India—a governmental sponsored program which, per their website, aims to "transform India into a global design and manufacturing hub"—clarified the misconception tweeted by Musk. According to the group, so long as Tesla had some sort of factory in India, it could sell its cars in the country, no matter what percentage of components were made there.
With India focusing on becoming a global manufacturing hub and making 100 percent of new vehicles electrically-powered by 2030, a Tesla Gigafactory could help to make this reach a tad more achievable. Other countries, such as China, have set similar goals at much smaller scales (8 percent electrification in 2018, 12 percent in 2020), and they already have a better-established electrical infrastructure. In January, Bloomberg reported that 50 million Indian households still lack electricity, making the goal of 100 percent electrification in 13 years seem a bit far-fetched. Tesla also has not taken the Indian government up on its offer of land for its Gigafactory.
Tesla does seem to find hope in the Indian electric vehicle market, however. Model 3 reservations were made available to citizens of India, but it seems that the vehicles are unlikely to be manufactured in-country in the foreseeable future. For the market to thrive, India will need to rejuvenate its electrical infrastructure and provide some form of Level 3 charging for the public.
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Born: 1770, Germany Died: 1827, Austria Period: Classical, Romantic
The events of Beethoven's life are the stuff of Romantic legend, evoking images of the solitary creator shaking his fist at Fate and finally overcoming it through a supreme effort of creative will. Born in the small German city of Bonn on or around December 16, 1770, he received his early training from his father and other local musicians. As a teenager, he earned some money as an assistant to his teacher, Christian Gottlob Neefe, then was Read more granted half of his father's salary as court musician from the Electorate of Cologne in order to care for his two younger brothers as his father gave in to alcoholism. Beethoven played viola in various orchestras, becoming friends with other players such as Antoine Reicha, Nikolaus Simrock, and Franz Ries, and began taking on composition commissions. As a member of the court chapel orchestra, he was able to travel some and meet members of the nobility, one of whom, Count Ferdinand Waldstein, would become a great friend and patron to him. Beethoven moved to Vienna in 1792 to study with Haydn; despite the prickliness of their relationship, Haydn's concise humor helped form Beethoven's style. His subsequent teachers in composition were Johann Georg Albrechtsberger and Antonio Salieri. In 1794, he began his career in earnest as a pianist and composer, taking advantage whenever he could of the patronage of others. Around 1800, Beethoven began to notice his gradually encroaching deafness. His growing despondency only intensified his antisocial tendencies. However, the Symphony No. 3, "Eroica," of 1803 began a sustained period of groundbreaking creative triumph. In later years, Beethoven was plagued by personal difficulties, including a series of failed romances and a nasty custody battle over a nephew, Karl. Yet after a long period of comparative compositional inactivity lasting from about 1811 to 1817, his creative imagination triumphed once again over his troubles. Beethoven's late works, especially the last five of his 16 string quartets and the last four of his 32 piano sonatas, have an ecstatic quality in which many have found a mystical significance. Beethoven died in Vienna on March 26, 1827.
Beethoven's epochal career is often divided into early, middle, and late periods, represented, respectively, by works based on Classic-period models, by revolutionary pieces that expanded the vocabulary of music, and by compositions written in a unique, highly personal musical language incorporating elements of contrapuntal and variation writing while approaching large-scale forms with complete freedom. Though certainly subject to debate, these divisions point to the immense depth and multifariousness of Beethoven's creative personality. Beethoven profoundly transformed every genre he touched, and the music of the nineteenth century seems to grow from his compositions as if from a chrysalis. A formidable pianist, he moved the piano sonata from the drawing room to the concert hall with such ambitious and virtuosic middle-period works as the "Waldstein" (No. 21) and "Appassionata" (No. 23) sonatas. His song cycle An die ferne Geliebte of 1816 set the pattern for similar cycles by all the Romantic song composers, from Schubert to Wolf. The Romantic tradition of descriptive or "program" music began with Beethoven's "Pastoral" Symphony No. 6. Even in the second half of the nineteenth century, Beethoven still directly inspired both conservatives (such as Brahms, who, like Beethoven, fundamentally stayed within the confines of Classical form) and radicals (such as Wagner, who viewed the Ninth Symphony as a harbinger of his own vision of a total art work, integrating vocal and instrumental music with the other arts). In many ways revolutionary, Beethoven's music remains universally appealing because of its characteristic humanism and dramatic power. Read less
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The following has been adapted from original text by Norman Ratcliffe in Seabird Populations of Britain and Ireland (with permission from A&C Black, London).
Common terns are not the most abundant UK tern species, but are probably the most familiar because their breeding range extends around much of the British Isles coastline plus inland on lakes, reservoirs and gravel pits along the large river valleys of SE and Central England, notably the Thames, Ouse, Humber and Trent, and along rivers in SE Scotland. They are absent from most of Wales and SW England, and are largely replaced in the Northern and Western Isles by Arctic terns.
All tern populations in NW Europe were brought to the brink of extirpation at the end of the 19th century by hunting of adults for the millinery trade, but recovered in response to protective legislation in the early 20th century. However, over the last three decades, the UK common tern population has remained broadly stable.
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UK population estimates and change 1969-2002 (census data)
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UK phenology, diet, survival rates
Common tern is currently identified as a conservation priority in the following:
Amber listed in Birds of Conservation Concern 4 (2015 update)
EC Birds Directive - listed in Annex 1 and as a migratory species
(further information on Conservation Designations for UK Taxa)
Amber listed in Birds of Conservation Concern in Ireland 2014-2019 (2014 update)
UK Population
% Biogeographic Population
% World Population
11,800 AON*
4.2 (ssp. hirundo)
*AON = Apparently Occupied Nests
The UK population figure (rounded to the nearest hundred) was derived from data in Mitchell, P.I., Newton, S.F., Ratcliffe, N. and Dunn, T.E. (eds.) 2004. Seabird Populations of Britain and Ireland. Poyser, London. This was also the source of figures for the Biogeographic and World populations.
All terns breeding in the British Isles show a low degree of site faithfulness from one year to the next; in response to predation or habitat change, and especially in areas where islands and other suitable habitat are plentiful, adults may move en masse between different sites. Hence, in order to gain an accurate national estimate of tern numbers, a simultaneous census was planned to cover all colonies in Britain within a single year. Thus the majority of British tern colonies were surveyed in 2000, including extensive surveys of Orkney and Shetland. The main exception was in the Western Isles; most Lewis and Harris tern colonies were surveyed in 1999, with those from the Sound of Harris to Barra Head surveyed in 2002. In Northern Ireland, results from the All-Ireland tern survey conducted in 1995 were utilised. During the SCR, counts were made in different years within regions, and inter-colony movements may have caused greater inaccuracies. Also, survey coverage of the Northern Isles was poor. This was overcome by inclusion of data from the 1980 survey of terns in Orkney and Shetland. Coverage of inland sites was probably more extensive during Seabird 2000, so the assessment of changes in range and status inland should be made with caution.
Breeding populations can also fluctuate among years owing to variations in the proportion of mature birds attempting to nest. However, comparison with annual counts from sites throughout the UK indicated that counts during the SCR and Seabird 2000 were not atypically low. As such, trends estimated between the two surveys should be reasonably robust.
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For census results for individual countries and Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man see under relevant sections below.
The Seabird 2000 census provides the most comprehensive recent assessment of the distribution and abundance of breeding seabirds. Numbers of common tern found in different regions, and a map showing the location and size of colonies, is provided in the Seabird 2000 common tern results page (PDF, 1.1 mb).
The locations sampled during the annual Seabird Monitoring Programme provide some information on distribution and are accessible via the Seabird Monitoring Programme online database.
With reference to the regional accounts below please note the following:
Breeding abundance: graphs of abundance index with 95% confidence limits are only shown for a region where the trend produced has been deemed accurate (see methods of analysis). Where a trend was thought to be inaccurate, graphs of abundance at major colonies in a region may be shown instead, particularly if such colonies hold greater than 10% of the regional population, are monitored frequently and may thus help illustrate regional population fluctuations outwith national censuses. Occasionally, too few data have been collected regionally to produce either of these.
Productivity: graphs of productivity are only shown if analysis of breeding success data produced a significant result for regional and/or year effects (again see methods of analysis). If results were not significant, then a regional mean productivity value is given. However, on some occasions, too few data are available from which to provide a meaningful average. Furthermore, for 11 species where the quality of monitoring data available was considered high, population viability analysis was undertaken at the UK level and the results of this are also reported.
Breeding Abundance
Figure 1: Trend in UK abundance index (solid line) of common tern 1986-2015 with 95% confidence limits (dotted lines). Based on SMP data; view the methods of analysis (PDF 158 kb).
Between the first census in 1969-70 and second census in 1985-88, common terns increased by 9%, although a fall in numbers was recorded by Seabird 2000. Since then, the trend in abundance index appeared to be upward, albeit with some fluctuation, until 2006, but in recent years a decline is obvious. In 2015, the index has produced an upward trend based at 19% below the 1986 baseline. Trends at finer spatial scales have varied considerably and these are likely to reflect varying pressures facing common terns in different habitats across their wide geographic range. Increased predation by non-native species such as American minkNeovison vison1 and the native fox Vulpes vulpes have caused declines in some areas, but conservation management to ameliorate these problems is being undertaken. The species has also benefited from habitat creation by man in the form of gravel pits, tern rafts in reservoirs, islets in industrial lagoons and structures in ports, and from maintenance of habitat on reserves by control of vegetation succession and gull competition. Maintaining the population is likely to depend on the continuation of such management in perpetuity.
Figure 2: Trend in UK productivity (no. of chicks fledged per pair) of common tern 1986-2015. Based on SMP data; view the methods of analysis (PDF 158 kb).
Like most of the other tern species, the productivity of common terns has fluctuated over the recording period and, although the species has never been as successful as roseate tern, seldom has it been as unproductive as Arctic tern. There rarely is a single reason for years of poor productivity, which are usually due to several factors such as predation2, bad weather and poor feeding conditions, though common terns have a broader diet than many tern species and are less affected by changes in prey availability. As common terns often nest on low-lying ground close to the tide edge, their nests are vulnerable to erosion and tidal inundation; predictions of increased storminess and sea-level change under climate change scenarios may lead to increased prevalence of such events, though managed realignment of coastal defences may create new opportunities for nesting.
Population estimates and change 1969-2002 (census data)
Population estimate (AON*)
Figure 1: Trend in abundance index (solid line) of common tern in Scotland, 1986-2015 with 95% confidence limits (dotted lines). Based on SMP data; view the methods of analysis (PDF 158 kb).
Numbers of common terns in Scotland during the Seabird Colony Register were 58% higher than during Operation Seafarer but by Seabird 2000 had fallen by 29%. The index above perhaps suggests common tern abundance actually continued to rise after the SCR and peaked in the early 1990s with a prolonged decline evident thereafter up to Seabird 2000 and beyond (with some fluctuation). The abundance index reaches a low point in 2011 and in 2015, based at 61% and 56% below the 1986 baseline, respectively. As for many tern species, maintaining population levels depends on management of breeding sites. Predator control, habitat creation, competition for nesting sites and reducing disturbance are key management factors at most breeding localities.
Figure 2: Trend in productivity (no. of chicks fledged per pair) of common terns in Scotland, 1986-2015. Based on SMP data; view the methods of analysis (PDF 158 kb).
Although the productivity of common terns in Scotland has fluctuated somewhat over the recording period, there are very few years when the species has nested successfully; in most years, productivity falls below 0.60 chicks fledged per pair. Productivity was particularly low in 1996, 2002 and 2008 due to the additive effects of predation, bad weather and poor feeding conditions. In 2014, detailed studies at colonies in Lochaber and Argyll and Bute, found that colonies that had suffered predation (by American mink and large gulls) fledged 0.52 chicks per nest (n=135 nests) compared to 0.93 chicks fledged per nest (n=393 nests) from colonies with no, or little, predation.
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Figure 1: Trend in abundance index (solid line) of common tern in England, 1986-2015 with 95% confidence limits (dotted lines). Based on SMP data; view the methods of analysis (PDF 158 kb).
Common tern numbers in England decreased by 24% between Operation Seafarer and the Seabird Colony Register, in contrast to populations in Scotland and Wales. Seabird 2000 recorded approximately the same number as during the 1985-88 survey. The abundance trend above shows much fluctuation since Seabird 2000 and suggests numbers in 2014 and 2015 may be similar to that recorded during Seabird 2000. The species has benefited from habitat creation by man in the form of gravel pits, tern rafts in reservoirs, islets in industrial lagoons and structures in ports, and from management to maintain habitat on reserves by control of vegetation succession and to reduce competition with, and predation by, gulls.
Figure 2: Trend in productivity (no. of chicks fledged per pair) of common terns in England, 1986-2015. Based on SMP data; view the methods of analysis (PDF 158 kb).
The productivity of common terns in England has fluctuated since 1986 but appears to have been in decline since the mid-1990s, with 2015 averaging at 0.40 chicks fledged per pair. Peak productivity was recorded in 1995 (1.08) however, it has seldom been high and, although poor in some years, common terns in England usually fare better than those breeding at Scottish colonies.
Figure 1: Trend in abundance index (solid line) of common tern in Wales, 1986-2015 with 95% confidence limits (dotted lines). Based on SMP data; view the methods of analysis (PDF 158 kb).
The abundance of common terns in Wales has decreased steeply since 2007, falling by two-thirds and actually dipping below the 1986 baseline from 2009 to 2013. This steep decline was largely due to the abandonment of the largest colony at Shotton Steelworks (Clwyd) where common terns last successfully bred in 2008 (624 AON); between 2009 and 2013, common terns arrived at the site in varying numbers but either left before breeding had commenced, or the few pairs attempting to nest failed early. However, in 2014 and 2015, common terns nested successfully with a total of 225 and 344 nests. The population, as shown by national census data, has never been large and there are few colonies, but numbers increased during each subsequent census after Operation Seafarer. Data received from the same three colonies (Shotton Steelworks (Clwyd), The Skerries and Cemlyn Lagoon (both Gwynedd)) in 2014 and 2015, held a total of 561 and 684 breeding pairs respectively, figures which are likely to be representative of the entire Welsh population (some small colonies holding a few pairs may not have been surveyed).
Figure 2: Trend in productivity (no. of chicks fledged per pair) of common terns in Wales, 1986-2015. Based on SMP data; view the methods of analysis (PDF 158 kb).
Common terns at Welsh colonies are among the most productive in the UK, regularly fledging more than one chick per pair. Near complete failure was recorded in 1990 with the next poorest breeding season occurring in. No real trend is apparent over the recording period as productivity has fluctuated widely. 2012However, 2014 was the most productive breeding season since 1996 with 1.56 chicks per pair, with 2015 slightly lower at 1.34. In the colony at Cemlyn (Gwynedd), the first incubating adult was seen on 25th May, only two days later than 20143. However, despite reasonable weather conditions at this colony, only 40 chicks were thought to have fledged from 67 nesting pairs. For the first time since 2008, common terns bred at Shotton Steelworks in 2014 and fledged 2.1 chicks per pair. 2015 also proved to be a successful year with increased numbers of pairs, high productivity at 1.6 chicks fledged per pair and low mortality. This was due to a combination of new fox-deterrent security measures around the colony and an abundant food supply in the Dee estuary.
Figure 1: Abundance of common terns at four colonies in Northern Ireland, 1986-2015.
The number of common terns breeding in Northern Ireland increased by 55% between the Seabird Colony Register and Seabird 2000 to 1,704 pairs. In 2006, the six largest colonies (Cockle Islandm Carlingford Lough, Strangford Lough and Copeland Island (all Co. Down), Larne Lough and Belfast Lough (both Co. Antrim)), in the region held 2,369 pairs (cf. 1,570 in 2000) - overall there had been an increase in the national population - but numbers at these colonies have now declined with only 1,319 AON recorded in 2015 (Figure 1). A further two colonies, where monitoring is less frequent, held 114 nests; so eight colonies surveyed totalled 1,436 breeding pairs which is an increase on the 2014 total of 989. Few other extant colonies were found during the comprehensive coverage of Seabird 2000 and these are unlikely to hold more than 100-200 pairs in total. Hence, it seems the national population is now much lower (maybe 15% lower) than that recorded during the last census.
Productivity data for common terns in Northern Ireland showed no statistically significant variation over time. An average of 0.57 chicks was fledged per pair per year between 1999 (the first year the SMP has data for) and 2015. Breeding success was high again at Portmore Lough (Co. Antrim) in 2015 where 84 nests fledged 101 young (1.20 chicks per nest).
Figure 1: Abundance of common terns on Rockabill (Co. Dublin), 1986-2015.
Between Operation Seafarer and the Seabird Colony Register common terns in the Republic of Ireland declined by 44%, and although the population had increased again by 1998-2002, Seabird 2000 still recorded fewer pairs than during the first census. However, increases have been recorded at the main colonies over the last decade. At the largest, Rockabill (Co. Dublin), numbers increased almost exponentially from 1986 onwards (Figure 1), possibly due to immigration from other colonies around the Irish Sea, with 2,153 pairs recorded there in 2014 (cf. peak of 2,191 in 2011). Rockabill is just one of at least 30 colonies in the country; it and two other colonies monitored in 2014 held a total of 3,451 pairs - more than was recorded during any of the national censuses. No data was submitted to the SMP for the 2015 breeding season.
Figure 2: Trend in productivity (no. of chicks fledged per pair) of common terns in the Republic of Ireland, 1986-2014. Based on SMP data; view the methods of analysis (PDF 158 kb).
Productivity in the Republic of Ireland was very high in the early 1990s, but since 1998 has been more typical of levels recorded in the countries of the British Isles. Productivity has been very low, seldom above 0.50 chicks fledged per pair, in several years since 2007. No data on common tern was provided to the SMP for 2015.
Figure 1: Trend in abundance index (solid line) of common tern throughout Ireland, 1986-2015 with 95% confidence limits (dotted lines; drawing of upper limit restricted to preserve detail in the abundance index). Based on SMP data; view the methods of analysis (PDF 158 kb).
The total Irish population of common terns during Seabird 2000 was similar to that recorded by Operation Seafarer 30 years previously, although numbers decreased in between these two censuses. Colonies sampled for the SMP show that the trend in abundance has generally been upward since 1986, although continuing post Seabird 2000, it appears to have levelled off in recent years. Rockabill, the main colony in the Republic of Ireland, has increased substantially during the last 28 years from 70 pairs in 1986 to over 2,000 pairs. However, in Northern Ireland, numbers had similarly been increasing but reached a peak in 2006 and have been declining steeply since then until 2015. Nevertheless, colonies sampled in 2014 (about one-third of those known during Seabird 2000) held almost 4,361 pairs - a similar amount to that recorded for the whole of Ireland during Operation Seafarer and Seabird 2000. No data on common tern was submitted by the Republic of Ireland to the SMP for the 2015 breeding season.
Figure 2: Trend in productivity (no. of chicks fledged per pair) of common terns in throughout Ireland, 1986-2015. Based on SMP data; view the methods of analysis (PDF 158 kb).
The trend in productivity of common terns throughout Ireland is similar to that shown for the Republic of Ireland, where 54% of the data have been collected however, only 10 breeding success records have been supplied to the SMP since 2009. Productivity was very high in 1990 but very low in seven years in the last decade. Between 1998 and 2006 productivity appears to have been relatively stable, albeit with some fluctuation, but apparently has declined since then.
Only a few pairs of common terns have bred on the Isle of Man. One pair was found during Operation Seafarer which had risen to seven pairs during the Seabird Colony Register. No pairs were recorded during Seabird 2000 and none have been reported nesting in the decade since.
No systematic data on the productivity of common terns on the Isle of Man have been submitted to the SMP.
Common terns are the only species of tern to breed in the Channel Islands. During Seabird 2000, 174 pairs were recorded which represented a decline of 23% since the Seabird Colony Register. Prior to this, numbers had doubled from 107 pairs in 1969-70. The small colony on Alderney (20 AON in 2000) appears to be the only colony visited since Seabird 2000; 15 AON were recorded there in 2005, 11 in 2007, five in 2012, 14 in 2013 and 25 in 2014 (a peak count since 1986). No data were submitted to the SMP in 2015. With so little data collected during the last decade, the current status of common terns on the Channel Islands is unknown.
Data submitted to the SMP on the productivity of common terns in the Channel Islands are sparse; thus, no meaningful average productivity value can be given.
No data have been collected as part of the Seabird Monitoring Programme.
1 Craik, J.C.A. 1997. Long-term effects of North American Mink Mustela vison on seabirds in western Scotland. Bird Study 44: 303-309.
2 Craik, J.C.A. 1995. Effects of North American Mink Mustela vison on the breeding success of terns and smaller gulls in west Scotland. Seabird 17: 3-11.
3 Wright, D and Clarke, A. 2014. Cemlyn wardens report. Unpublished report, North Wales Wildlife Trust.
Data have been provided to the SMP by the generous contributions of its partners, other organisations and volunteers throughout Britain and Ireland. Partners to the SMP are: BirdWatch Ireland; The British Trust for Ornithology; Centre for Ecology and Hydrology; Natural Resources Wales; Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture (Isle of Man); Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government (Republic of Ireland); States of Guernsey Government; JNCC; Manx Birdlife; Manx National Heritage; The National Trust; National Trust for Scotland; Natural England; Northern Ireland Environment Agency; The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds; Scottish Natural Heritage; Seabird Group; Shetland Oil Terminal Environmental Advisory Group; Scottish Wildlife Trust. More about the SMP partners >>
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ARKANSAS GOP UNVEILS NEW CALL CENTER FOR DIRECTING TRUMP JUDGES IN CASE DECISIONS
DOYLE WEBB: "WE WILL CALL THEM AND GODDAMNED WELL TELL THEM WHAT THEIR DECISION WILL BE"
Arkansas GOP Chairman Doyle Webb proudly unveiled a new Republican Judges Call Center in Little Rock on Tuesday. Originally intended only for judges in the south-central United States, the call center's scope has expanded significantly prior to its official opening. While the emphasis remains on assisting the young Federalist Society judges in the region who were nominated for the bench by President Donald Trump, its services are now available nationwide to all jurists who are helping to turn the country into a right-wing authoritarian state.
During a brief tour, Webb explained that the hotline is not a traditional phone line, rather it works over the secure, encrypted Signal app. Judges nationwide, many of whom are young and unqualified after being thrust onto the bench during the Trump administation, are able to receive instruction straight from the GOP on how to rule in the cases that come before them. The 4,000-square-foot office, located near the Richard Sheppard Arnold US Courthouse in central Little Rock, can accommodate a staff of 20, although Webb noted that nearly all of the on-call employees are still working from their homes or bunkers or campers.
"This week was our official opening, but we've been unofficially open for several weeks now, working the kinks out," a beaming Webb said. "We kicked things off on Monday, right at noontime, and not two minutes later I was so surprised to get our very first call, from Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, thanking us for setting up the hotline and wishing us well. I worked in his office when he was chair of the EEOC, and he is a mentor and basically like a kindly uncle to me. I always called him 'Uncle Thomas'.
"But he wished us well and said he will not hesitate to give us a call if he needs our help. Heck, I know he usually zones out during the oral arguments. But it was so good to catch up for a few minutes. He said he plans to stay on the bench until he's 100. He said his health is holding up well enough but his gall bladder is still acting up. As he put it, he has to sleep sitting up so he doesn't drown in his own bile."
The office itself is plain, unremarkable, and unmarked from the outside. Beige cubicles populated the open office call center area. Newsmax and One America News Network were quietly being shown on large-screen TVs at one end. A poster of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh hung in the entry vestibule. In a glass-walled conference room there was a dry erase board with "Trump Restoration 2022" and "January 6th – Prosecute the Investigators" written at the top. Contact information for leading conservative think tanks and A-list Republican bomb-throwers was also written on the board, including Signal numbers for Ronna McDaniel, Newt Gingrich, Karl Rove, Tom Cotton, Wendy Rogers, and Lindsey Graham. A small bronze bust of Ronald Reagan, with an American flag handkerchief tied around his head and covering his eyes and ears, sat on a pedestal in the corner. No law books, nor any book of any kind, was seen during the tour.
"This is the deal," Webb said. "We get them a lifetime appointment, a lifetime salary, benefits, pension, and they rule how we want them to rule. And if they are unsure, if there's any doubt at all, we tell them to call us, and we will tell them how to rule. And if they don't call us, we will call them and goddamned well tell them what their decision will be. Facts, established law, legal precedent, common sense, [and] right and wrong be damned. And (expletive) their feelings."
Aside from Webb, only one other person was seen in the office that day. US District Judge Lee Rudofsky was spotted eating a pulled pork sandwich in one of the cubicles. Rudofsky, presiding over the District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, was nominated to the federal bench in 2019 by Donald Trump despite questionable credentials. Rudofsky seemed startled by this reporter's appearance, and he quickly chomped down the last bites of his sandwich and scurried out the door.
Webb laughed at Rudofsky's abrupt departure. "Well thanks. I thought he'd never leave. He needs bathe more often. He expects us to buy him lunch every day now. Delivered from Whole Hog Cafe. We had some late nights writing out the opinion for him in the redistricting case. Smashes all previous precedent and settled law to get our partisan, ideological interests ahead of the US Constitution. Disenfranchising all those people here in Little Rock. God, I get an erection just thinking about it.
"Some of these young judges, God bless them, were put on the bench with zero experience. Kids, basically. When the Federalist Society was making their list of judicial candidates for President Trump, the only requirements were being an angry, young, heterosexual, hard-right conservative white male. Being born into wealth with an immense sense of entitlement were also big factors. Any other possible factors, [like] experience, merit, attitude, reading ability, grasp of reality, being a registered sexual offender, etc. were frankly not a consideration.
"Some of these new judges, heck, they still live at home with their moms and they want to play video games all night. We aren't a goddamn wake-up call service, so we've had to lecture and frighten a few moms about making sure junior gets showered and fed and driven to the courthouse on time.
"A few of the kids have called to say that some of the female attorneys appearing in their courtroom are really attractive, and they've asked about the protocols for trying to score with them. We've paternally explained that it would be highly improper for them to proposition an attorney appearing before them, so instead we'll reach out and contact that attorney privately on their behalf. We've had to be a traffic cop at times, as sometimes the horndogs are horning in on the same law-honey. A few times we've have to crush some wet dreams and tell a judge that the conservative agenda has to win out over any hot piece of (behind). Cry me a river, and sometimes they do just that.
"It's unfortunate, really, that the hottest lawyer-babes are almost always representing radical left-wing communist ideas like civil rights, equality, all that flowery kumbaya bullcrap. More often than not, our female litigators, the corporatists, the fascists, the ones wanting guns and Jesus everywhere, they are some mean, jilted, old spinster battle-axes. Just plain unpleasant to be around, let me tell you. Our judges have whined they are reminded of their moms and want to cower under the bench. But they have to rule the way we (expletive) tell them to rule, even if it gets, uh, ugly.
"Part of the problem is that our new judges won't have the initiative to give us a call. So we've had to set up Outlook reminders and make some calls ahead of some important rulings. And of course it usually leads to us writing some of the decisions for them. Some of them just don't have the executive function yet, some are just plain lazy, and a few are basically (expletive) idiots. Most of them prefer to send us a text, which is mostly fine, but sometimes we have to call them and ask 'What in the hell are you trying to ask us?'
"We've had a few of the old-time fossils on the federal bench call in, during a recess right before they're supposed to issue a ruling, and they ask us 'Which way do I rule to help us Republicans?' Retired-in-place, you might say. But we've gotten the old guys out of the ditch. We ask that they don't call while court is in actual session, but…," Webb said, shrugging. "Honestly, it can be confusing at times. Some party in a lawsuit may be secretly owned by one of our billionaire oligarchs."
On the way out, Webb pointed at the poster in the entryway. "I called Brett Kavanaugh a couple of months ago, hoping he might be persuaded to visit and cut the ribbon. He didn't seem to understand who I was or why I was calling. He answered 'Who the (expletive) is this!?' I barely got an introduction out before he screamed obscenities at me hung up the phone," Webb chuckled. "I could only sit back and think 'well, Trump sure picked the right guy.' Brett is certainly our spirit animal for everything we do here."
In the parking lot, Webb strangely did not mince words when asked how this sizable operation was being funded. "Charles Koch gave us the money," Webb flatly stated. "More than what we asked for. A lot more. At least 20 years worth."


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A Whole New Era of Therapy
This continues The Healing Voices Series on Alice Miller: Icon & Ideas
Alice Miller's book, now known as The Drama of the Gifted Child, became an icon of the self-help and recovery book market. One reason is that it hit the market when new cultural trends were developing–and converging. Her book appealed to readers who were driving these trends. That's what made it a catalyst, too, and what made her an icon. What were these trends? How did they connect with Alice Miller's ideas with such impact? The first trend was a whole new therapy.
Psychotherapy as currently practiced in the clinical setting began in the late 19th and at turn of the 20th century. It was aligned with ideas of Sigmund Freud, including that mental illness was caused by suppressed memories and unresolved issues. Until the 1950s, methods and interpretations from Freud and Jung dominated treatment protocols for mental illness. Their ideas and their proteges comprised the establishment which Alice Miller would reject.
In the 1950s, while Miller was immersed in her study of psychoanalysis, a radical idea appeared that rejected Freudian and Jungian thought. These experts pointed to behavior and its modification as a way to treat mental illness. Psychoanalysts focused on root causes psychologically which, if affected in some way, would cure the illness. Behavior therapy, which was radically distinct from inward-looking psychoanalysis, had no interest in retrospection. With time it would include experts who incorporated analysis by modifying feelings and thoughts with modifying behavior (some eventually evolving into cognitive-behavioral therapy). But, at its inception, this was a behaviorist approach, based on scientific studies of primate and human behavior. It was antithetical to Freud and Jung and would continue to be so even as Miller made her own professional break.[1]
As schools and different methods of psychology were proliferating, therapy was becoming more widespread too. Once psychoanalysis was affordable mostly to the wealthy class, but that was changing. Baby boomers were coming of age in the 1960s and 1970s. The post-war economy had stabilized and was growing. It needed workers. To attract candidates, some employers enriched professional compensation with mental-health insurance benefits. Graduates, with new degrees and jobs, did not abandon the zeitgeist of the 1960s but sought to continue self-actualization in therapy. They were less interested in the indefinite process of classical psychoanalysis, and insurers were happy to shift to less expensive protocols offered by well-qualified psychology doctorates and masters, or social workers.[2] My first therapist was a licensed social worker. She is the one who handed me my first copy of The Drama of the Gifted Child.
[1] Now, over 60 different schools of psychotherapy, including types of behavioral psychology, exist. Among them are those influenced by Alice Miller.
[2] Historical dates have been confirmed using two sources: Haggerty, Jim. History of Psychotherapy. PsychCentral.com. April 20, 2020. Accessed https://psychcentral.com/lib/history-of-psychotherapy/ https://psychcentral.com/lib/history-of-psychotherapy/ and Wikipedia contributors. (2020, July 14). History of psychotherapy. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 02:30, September 18, 2020, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=History_of_psychotherapy&oldid=967695131
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The French-built Wauquiez Pilot Saloon 48 provides a panoramic view of the outside world from a single-level deck saloon. The master stateroom is aft, with stowage and an en-suite head with a separate shower. The guest cabins are forward, and they share a head. The Pilot Saloon 48 also has a dinghy garage aft, a robust hull and a powerful rig.
The Hallberg-Rassy 412 has been available in Europe for a while, and the first hull recently arrived in the United States, where the Swedish boat is likely to attract plenty of attention. The 412 has an aft cockpit that can carry a small crew up the Intracoastal Waterway or across an ocean. A standard rig flies a slightly overlapping headsail for easy handling, and Hallberg-Rassy's signature windscreen helps protect the crew in a blow. A concealed below-deck headsail furler and seven flush hatches reinforce the boat's clean lines. Liveaboards and long-distance cruisers may want options such as a generator, washing machine, and bow and stern thrusters.
From one of the most respected yards in the world comes the Nautor's Swan 54, a bluewater cruiser that can take you just about anywhere. Not messing with something that isn't broken, the Swan 54 marries moderate displacement and a vee hull form with Swan's construction techniques. Finish work is outstanding, and the Swan 54 sails as good as she looks.
Discovery has built some of the world's ultimate bluewater cruisers. Its Ron Holland-designed Discovery 58 is the latest. The 58 is available with inboard twin wheels or a single wheel in the well-protected cockpit. Standard sail-handling aids include in-mast furling, twin headsails with a self-tacking jib and electric winches. The 58's pronounced overhangs and moderate displacement/hull lines create a nice balance between speed and seakeeping capabilities.
The X-Yachts Xc 38 is the latest in the builder's cruiser line. With robust construction and quality joinery work, the Xc 38 has a deep, purposeful forefoot that provides a seakindly ride in rough seas. The layout is designed for a couple, with twin helms, a single rudder and a German-style mainsheet system. The plumb bow, graceful sheer and traditional transom add to her good looks.
Slovenia's Elan Yachts builds a wide range of racers and cruisers. Its GT5 is the first in a Gran Turismo series of boats engineered to combine comfort and performance. On board this 43-footer are amenities often found on larger boats, such as a cockpit galley with a fridge, grill and other goodies. Forward, a cleanly engineered deck makes things easy for crew, and a cushioned sunpad is on the foredeck. There's an "inverted" saloon arrangement, with the galley forward and 180-degree "skylights" beaming light below.
Crafted of aluminum, the Boreal 47 is a centerboard cruiser from France that's designed to look after its crew in any kind of weather. The doghouse/hard dodger incorporates a navigation station with wraparound views of the outside and has a clever vent that circulates outside air into the aft staterooms under the cockpit. The integral centerboard allows the boat to take the ground with ease. Concentrating the 47's weight amidships, including a deep anchor-chain locker, provides a seakindly motion in strong seas. Twin daggerboards help ease steering loads, and a sprit is forward for running with light-air sails.
The Tartan 395 has a fast, seaworthy hull, twin wheels, moderate overhangs, a fully battened main and stout construction. It's all packaged in a boat that combines past and present aesthetics. An extensive options list means buyers can order only what they need for their particular sailing style.
Southerly is known for stout, fast bluewater cruisers. That tradition continues with the Southerly 540. She has a tall, powerful rig with swept-back spreaders and a double headsail configuration to facilitate double-handed sailing. A variable-draft keel helps in shoals or shallow water, opening a world of inshore exploring.
The Sun Odyssey 440 has inclined side decks that slope down around the twin helms, providing a safe and smooth transition from the cockpit forward. Other features include an asymmetrical cockpit with an L-shaped lounging area, room for a portable refrigerator inside the cockpit table and a low boom that helps when tending the main.
The Gunfleet 43's center-cockpit configuration and non-overlapping headsail make this boat forgiving and comfortable in a seaway. Control lines are within reach of the helm to accommodate shorthanded crews and solo watches. Twin rudders are standard, and a centerboard/keel arrangement is as an option. The below-deck accommodations include an en-suite master stateroom aft.
The angled lines of the Beneteau Oceanis 51.1's deck and cabin trunk are what first catch the eye, but even more noticeable is the stepped hull forward. Steps are a design element that has long been found on multihulls. The 51's hull flares outward immediately above the waterline, creating a well-defined chine that allows for a roomy interior while creating a narrow, slippery profile under the waterline. Performance-minded buyers may check out the First version, which is available with a taller aluminum or carbon mast that adds as much as 35 percent more sail area. That version also includes a deeper, highaspect keel with a lead bulb.
The Fareast 19R has the same combination of performance and quality construction as its larger 28R sister ship, but at a lower price point. Highlights include a resin-infused hull, a T-keel with a carbon fin and lead bulb, a carbon rudder, tiller and tiller extension, and a retractable aluminum sprit. The 19R's simple, backstay-free rig makes it possible to fly a square-top main. Fareast cut its teeth building top-quality foils in anticipation of the Beijing Olympics, and its build quality today remains strong.
Designed like a daysailer, the Eagle 54 is a product of Holland's Leonardo Yachts. The hull is constructed using epoxy with a foam core and carbon fiber in the frames. This provides lightweight strength and stiffness. Her high-aspect fin keel with bulb provides lift and sail-carrying ability, and all halyards and sheets are led aft beneath the boat's teak decks, directly to the helm.
The Juan Kouyoumdjian-designed ClubSwan 50 is dramatic in terms of aesthetics and performance. Her reverse sheer not only looks good but also helps reduce windage at high angles of heel. Other gofast performance features include a high-aspect steel fin with a lead bulb, a lightweight tumblehome bow and sprit to help keep weight out of the ends, twin rudders, all-carbon construction for the spars and hull, and a hull that's optimized to combine stability and planing performance. Teak decks are standard.
At 15 feet, 5 inches overall, the roto-molded Hartley 15 is the latest design from Great Britain's Hartley Boats. It's a boat that combines speed with predictable performance under sail. The 6-foot beam provides a stable platform, while the high boom, vang and internal bench seating improve the ease of sailing. Other features include a center-mounted hoop that raises the mainsheet out of the cockpit, a self-bailing cockpit and an asymmetrical spinnaker.
Drawn by designer Heraldo Norbert Ruesch, the Malbec 18 has a 6-foot-long cockpit, enough space below for a family of four and an optional slide-out galley with a sink. The rig and centerboard provide noteworthy performance, and the boat can serve as a smart club racer. The Malbec 18's chines, graceful sheer and cabin top create a look that's both sporty and purposeful. She's trailerable, too.
Prest-o change-o, it's the Reverso: a performance dinghy that breaks into four segments that can fit into the back of a medium-sized sport utility vehicle. The builder says the boat reassembles without tools in minutes. This 11-footer from France can be sailed single-handed, or it can accommodate two adults, or an adult and a couple of kids. The boat has a performance square-top main, hiking straps, a tumblehome bow and flared hiking winglets for getting your weight outboard in a breeze. It weighs 165 pounds, making it portable.
Hobie's latest beach cat to receive an upgrade is the 17-foot Getaway. Wave-piercing bows and an extra 6 inches of overall length are intended to increase speed and carrying capacity. (It can now take six sailors.) Familiar features from the original Getaway include a roller-furling jib, EZ Loc rudders and a battened, boomless main. The Getaway's hulls are roto-molded, keeping the design rugged and beachable.
The HH55 is configured to provide what the builder calls an "exquisite amalgam of style, speed and manageability" in a fast, bluewater cat. Highlights include all-carbon construction, a Southern Spars carbon mast and a carbon V-boom. The HH55 can be ordered with three or four staterooms and a pair of conventional outboard helm stations aft, or a single helm station forward, near the base of the mast. She has a square-top main and curved C-style daggerboards.
Fountaine Pajot describes the Saona 47 as the "quintessential catamaran for extended cruising or circumnavigations, offering remarkable space, safety, comfort and powerful performance in all conditions." The boat aims to live up to that description with dramatic lines, expansive accommodations, socializing and lounging spaces, an open-plan cockpit, a forward lounge area and a "lounge deck" adjacent to the raised helm. The tender lift doubles as a swim platform.
The Corsair 760 is an evolution, of sorts, of the Corsair 24. This trimaran combines wave-piercing bows and additional volume/buoyancy in the amas for speed and stability underway. The amas fold in for trailering. Sailors looking for even more speed in this length can order the Corsair 760 Sport version. It has a carbon mast and boom, carbon bowsprit and lightweight interior.
Corsair has overhauled its 970 Cruze trimaran to create Sport and Carbon versions. The Sport carries a taller, 44-foot aluminum rig with a more powerful mainsheet arrangement. A carbon rig is also available. The Carbon version has the carbon mast and full carbon construction. Both boats include the folding amas for which Corsair is known, making the boats trailerable.
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So Much For That Whole Civility Thing…
Jay Tea January 19, 2011 Thuggery, Unions 34 Comments
In these tough economic times, the announcement that a company was going to open a new facility in an economically-depressed area would be welcomed. Toss in the promise of up to 1200 new jobs, many aimed at the low end of the economic spectrum and ideal for the unemployed and less-skilled, as well as the plans to take over an empty site from a closed Chevrolet dealership, and the locals ought to be doing handsprings. Add in the new employer's history of bringing low prices for subsistence-level merchandise, further aiding the poor, and you'd be planning the tickertape parade for the company.
Unless the company is Wal-Mart, and it wants to open a new store in the DC area.
Because to many on the left, "creating jobs" and is bad if they're not union jobs. "Selling stuff cheap" is bad because it helps people be less dependent on handouts.
Which is why the unions are working overtime to block this move — even organizing a "protest" against the developer at his own home.
Let me repeat that: for the "sin" of helping Wal-Mart convert a vacant car dealership into a new Wal-Mart, and hiring about a thousand people, this developer must be punished by having his home address publicized and the site of the next Thugapalooza.
And note the rallying poster: it lists Dick Foulger's name and home address with a call to march on his house tomorrow evening. And it shows the Wal-Mart smiley face in a rifle's crosshairs.
(We will now pause for a moment of silence, as the left will studiedly
ignore this "incitement to violence" from their side because they can't
find a way to shift the blame on to Sarah Palin, the Tea Party, or the
right wing in general.)
As Red State noted, this is not the first time these union thugs have brought their Thugapalooza events to the homes of individuals they don't like. Last May, they went after a top official with Bank Of America's home. The exec wasn't there, so they had to content themselves with terrorizing his 14-year-old son. That oughta teach the little shit to pick the wrong parents.
Were I Mr. Foulger, I would plan to be home at the appointed hour, with a fully-fueled snowblower. (Were it not winter, I'd say a lawn sprinkler.) And I would make certain that any thug who ventured on my property were given a gasoline-powered version of a classic New Hampshire "whitewashing." I would also, if at all possible, have someone else nearby with a shotgun, loaded the way the "bear counselor" advised Sarah Palin on her show — round one with a noisemaker, round two with a beanbag. The remaining rounds for bear were solid shot, but I'd substitute rock salt.
Before all that, of course, I would contact the local police and inform them of the planned Thugapalooza and ask them for assistance. I would also tell them my plans for defending my home, and the only way they could prevent me from doing so would be to have officers tell me so in person, at the appointed hour.
In cases like this, of course, the police should be our first line of defense. But only a fool would have them be the only defense — because, as we saw last summer, the cops might just be there to help the protesters.
Whether or not this Wal-Mart is a good idea, attempting to lure several hundred people to the developer's home by using a sign featuring a rifle's crosshairs and the guy's home address is just utterly intolerable. But the left will willingly tolerate it.
Because "hate' and "incitement" and "inflammatory rhetoric" only counts when it comes from the right.
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Suicide Risk
Mental Health, Self-care, Suicide Risk, Trauma
What Everyone Should Know About Trauma
Trauma can be a complex mental health issue. Some people may have mild symptoms, while others may deal with more severe problems that interfere with their everyday life.
Whether you were directly involved in a recent event or know someone else who was affected, it's critical to be armed with information on what to look for and how to deal with it. The support could help more than you know.
Click below to read about what a few experts detailed to the Huffington Post on what everyone should know about trauma following a tragedy.
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Mental Health, Suicide Postvention, Suicide Prevention, Suicide Risk, Tookits
Preventing Suicide : A Resource For Police, Firefighters And Other First Line Responders
Suicide is recognized as an important public health problem and a major source of preventable deaths worldwide. For every person who commits suicide, there are 20 or more who will attempt suicide. The emotional impact for family and friends affected by completed or attempted suicide may last for many years.
First interveners, such as police officers, firefighters and other responders are often a first line resource for people who have significant mental health, emotional, or substance abuse problems and who may be suicidal. Yet, they are often not well trained in the signs and symptoms of serious mental illness, nor do they always know the most appropriate actions to take when suicidal behaviours are a concern.
Police officers, firefighters and other first line responders are increasingly called upon in situations involving mental health emergencies, such as suicidal crises. Consequently, they occupy an important role in community-based suicide prevention: by ensuring that persons with mental disorders receive appropriate mental health treatment, by removing access to lethal means from people at high risk of suicide, and by recognizing the suicide potential in situations involving domestic disputes or where potentially deadly force is exercised. First responders are in a unique position to determine the course and outcome of suicidal crises.
Their respective institutions may help reduce suicides in the community: by ensuring that first line responders are appropriately trained to recognize the signs and symptoms of mental illness, to identify the risks of suicide, and to understand local mental health legislation and how it is used by community 4 agencies, by developing specialized programmes to help them manage mental health and suicidal crises in the field, and by helping to create the inter-agency linkages needed to facilitate access to health and mental health care.
This booklet is written for police officers, firefighters and other first line responders who deal with people in psychological distress, including those who are suicidal. They are often the first ones involved in situations where suicidal behaviours, such as a suicide threat, suicide attempt or completed suicide, have occurred. They work in crisis situations where prompt and efficient interventions are needed and are therefore called "first interveners" or "first responders". This may also include those who first contact the family and friends of a person who committed suicide,
Suicide Postvention, Suicide Intervention, Mental Health, Suicide Prevention, Suicide Risk
Alex Shendelman discusses mental health, suicide prevention, intervention & post-vention
Click below to hear Alex Shendelman (starting at 23:40 on the track) discuss mental health, suicide prevention, intervention and post-vention as well survivor of loss support with Brett Dakin.
Alex is our Survivor of Suicide Loss & Survivor of Homicide Loss Programs Lead for Distress Centres.
A survivor of suicide loss himself, Alex has spent the last thirteen years building a community of support for those who have experienced a similar loss. He has spoken on a variety of topics pertaining to suicide and homicide loss as well as mental health for a wide range of highly acclaimed and grassroots organizations.
As personable as he is knowledgeable, Alex is personally invested in helping each program member find their personal pathway forward.


In May 2013, Aviation Performance Solutions (APS) expanded it's safety training services to a new location in Dallas, Texas USA. Please listen to Britt Wrinkle, a corporate pilot currently flying the Learjet 45, as he reports from his training that he received through the Bombardier Leading Edge program. Britt discusses the Texas facility, personnel, overall training, and some of his lessons learned. Enjoy!


This Mary Anne Hobbs show was actually the show that really turned me on to dubstep. I have no idea how many times I have rinsed this awesome show. Did Dubstep Warz change your view on dubstep?
this is the most important radio broadcast of this generation.
Why does it seem so much longer ago? God I will miss her voice every week. I can even begin to thank her for all the great years!
Mary anne hobbs the best DJ!


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Bushwhackers var namnet på gerillarörelser under amerikanska inbördeskriget. Det fanns bushwhackers både på sydstats- och nordstatssidan. Ordet är ett amerikanskt slangord för skogsmän.

Konfedererade
I Partisan Ranger Act 1862 godkände Amerikas konfedererade staters regering att armén organiserade paramilitära stridsgrupper bakom fiendens linjer. Dessa officiella partisaner fanns framförallt i Virginia och gömde sig bland civilbefolkningen mellan operationerna. För dessa var bushwhacker ett pejorativ.  De mest kände ledarna var John Singleton Mosby och John Hanson McNeill. Vid sidan av dessa officiellt godkända partisaner fanns det spontana stridsgrupper organiserade av fanatiska slaveriförespråkare i framförallt Missouri. De plundrade ofta städer och byar för sin försörjning, då deras förankring bland civilbefolkningen var mycket svar. De begick istället ofta krigsförbrytelser rikade mot civilbefolkningen, bland annat Lawrencemassakern och Centraliamassakern, bägge 1863. Även under Slaget vid Baxter Springs drabbades civilbefolkningen. Nordstaterna vägrade se dessa gerillasoldater som legitima kombattanter. De riskerade att bli hängda som brottslingar om de blev fångade. Deras mest kände ledare var William Quantrill och William T. Anderson. Många som tjänstgjort under Quantrill blev efter kriget kriminella, till exempel Jesse James, Frank James, Cole Younger.

Unionister

Partisanförband organiserades spontant i unionistiska kärnområden i sydstaterna för att bekämpa den konfedererade militären och mot slutet av inbördeskriget blev detta gerillakrig ofta mycket blodigt med hämndaktioner mot konfederationssympatiserande grannar, hemvärnsmän och tjänstemän i värnpliktsväsendet. I North Carolina kallades sådana partisaner för Buffaloes, i andra stater gick de under namnet Bushwhackers.

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Bushwhack är ett amerikanskt slangord för anfalla eller beskjuta från bakhåll.

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Mannen utanför lagen 1976
Ride with the Devil 1999

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Bushwhackers
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February | 2010 | Zong!
The exams are over – now it's time to work on Zong! again. Since today, the bugtracker runs on our new homeserver and we also moved the private git repository to there. Thanks again to Phil for hosting them the last months (or even years)!
This entry was posted in Zong! Development on February 26, 2010 by Andi.
Due to our exams in the winter semester, we have currently no time left for developing Zong!. We are planning to continue in March. Our next big steps are the complete rewriting of the core (now only using persistent data structures, which makes for example undo/redo dead easy) and the setup of our own home server (running git and redmine for the tracker).
This entry was posted in Zong! Development on February 18, 2010 by Andi.


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Arsene Wenger Insists Arsenal's British Core Must Remain Intact
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Arsenal Manager Arsene Wenger Insists Arsenal must do all they can to keep Arsenal's British core at the club, with a number of English first team stars futures hanging in the balance.
The Gunners have Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Jack Wilshereclosing in on their final year of their current contracts this summer as are Aaron Ramsey and Kieran Gibbs who have all struggled to hold down a regular starting spot in the Arsenal lineup.
Arsenal are currently sitting sixth ahead of their Monday night fixture away to Crystal Palace, a win will see them jump up to fifth in the race for a Champions League place next season. The Gunners are fourth favourites for a top four finish at 3.80 according to NetBet,
one quick look at the fixtures list means Wenger will have a tough job of making the top four which will make their task even more difficult of retaining their top players.
The most talked about potential departure of the British contingent has been 'The Ox' who has shown real promise this season when given the chance to play in central midfield. The Arsenal boss feels it will be "a big damage" to the club should the 23-year-old leave north London after the huge investment in the former
Southampton Academy graduate.
"We have to keep them all," Wenger said in his pre-match press conference. "We still have a group of young English players.
We have Ramsey, we have Oxlade-Chamberlain, Wilshere, Gibbs. All these players, we have to make decisions and manage to keep them together."
"I personally think it's vital that Oxlade-Chamberlain stays at Arsenal. We have bought him when he was very young, and we have built him up.I like his mentality, and he has a good football brain. I think it would be a big damage for us to lose this kind of player."
"Sometimes on the flank he's out of the game. In the middle he's more focused. He needs to be involved in the game. He can lose balls, but defensively he's strong in the challenge. When he wants to switch on, he has that kind of robustness to deal with body to body. And that's very important in the Premier League."
While Arsenal need to keep hold of the British core, Wenger warned the club will not be able to match everybody's wage demands especially with negotiations with superstars Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil still to come this summer.
"That's our problem. In a very inflationary market, we have to consider the situation as a whole. So that means we have to dedicate the money for everybody," he said.
"I think we always had that attitude, I think we have shown that in the past," he said. "We have sold players in the past when we didn't find agreements, just because we needed to respect our balance."
Arsenal face a vital transfer window come June with a huge amount of uncertainty surrounding the club. Arsene Wenger's future is one of the most talked about subjects, however with a host of first team stars closing in on their final year of their deals, it could be the Gunners busiest summer for quite some time.
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Bus drivers in Holloway, north London, held a Ramadan celebration on Friday of last week.
Unite union rep Paul Brandon said "It is a completely self-organised initiative from the drivers.
"There is a large Muslim community at the garage who are keen to promote understanding of Islam to their non-Muslim colleagues.


From the first moment I stepped foot into Inner Bliss I knew this would change my life. My first yoga class was a night when Cleveland Vegan brought dinner, we got to practice and eat together and it was the most humbling experience I've ever had. Ever since then yoga has become an addiction for me, I constantly crave the next class. What will I discover? What new pose will I nail? Who will I meet? Who will I connect with? Being a part of this team has been one of the greatest things to ever happen to me, and even my shifts working at the desk have led me to meet so many amazing people. Every experience is better than the last and I have all the amazing teachers, yogis, and friends at Inner Bliss to thank for that.
What makes you come alive? Helping, uplifting and encouraging others. It makes me excited and happy when I am able to help someone achieve something or start something. Especially when its anything creative!
Life before yoga? I was very tired and sedentary all the time. I was not very outgoing and I did not communicate well. My social life was lacking and I felt incomplete and unhappy.
Life After yoga? Yoga has taught me it is okay to feel and have emotions and that its okay to be yourself and to be confident! It gets me moving and want to be moving. This in turn has given me more energy, given me more confidence, and taught me how to be mindful and how to speak to others. Ive made so many friends just from being in the amazing yoga community. I am a much happier and more pleasant human to be around.
Secret pleasure? Stories. I get completely lost in compelling stories, whether its TV shows, Podcasts, Books, Comics, True Crime, a friend telling a story.. I can lose days!
What is in your backpack? Not a whole lot, if it weren't for the convenience of throwing it over my shoulder I probably wouldn't need to even carry one.
What impact do you want to leave on the world? I would really love to open a Cleveland based location for the Innocence Project one day.
If you had 4 legs & you were furry, what would you be? A black cat.


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Black Business
Byron Allen Loses $20 Billion Supreme Court Case Against Comcast
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Byron Allen, founder and CEO of Entertainment Studios Network (ESN) has lost his Supreme Court battle with Comcast. According to Black Enterprise, in February 2015, his company filed a $20 billion racial discrimination lawsuit against the cable giant. Still, the Supreme Court has ruled in a unanimous decision that Allen was not able to prove that Comcast's decision not to carry his channels was because of race.
Comcast is the largest cable TV company and home Internet service provider in the United States. They are supposedly committed to diversity, but they refused to carry ESN's channels, which mostly concentrate on African-American targeted programming. Comcast cited lack of programming demand, bandwidth constraints, and a preference for programming not offered by ESN.
ESN, which owns The Weather Channel and many other channels, first appeared before the District Court in Washington, DC, and the case was dismissed. However, that decision was later reversed by the Ninth Circuit, which held that ESN just needed to show plausible facts proving that race was a factor in the way decisions were made at Comcast. The case was later escalated to the Supreme Court but has now been dismissed, which pushes the case back to the lower court.
"This is a very bad day for our country," Allen said in a statement. "Unfortunately, the Supreme Court has rendered a ruling that is harmful to the civil rights of millions of Americans."
"We will continue our fight by going to Congress and the presidential candidates to revise the statute to overcome this decision by the United States Supreme Court, which significantly diminishes our civil rights," he continued.
Executives at Comcast are obviously happy about the ruling. Meanwhile, many in the African American business community remain extremely disappointed in the court's decision.
Allen spoke extensively about his case during the 2018 Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Summit and during a televised radio interview on The Breakfast Club back in October 2019. Both interviews sparked national outrage.
Many others began to strongly question why Comcast repeatedly refuses to license Allen's cable networks, in contrast with other distributors like Direct TV, Dish Network, and Verizon that have all agreed to carry his programming.
Allen once sued Charter Communications for the same reasons, but that case, too, was dismissed.
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Brandon Hobson
Brandon Hobson is the author of the novel Where the Dead Sit Talking, which was a finalist for the 2018 National Book Award for Fiction and winner of the Reading the West Book Award. His other books include Desolation of Avenues Untold and the novella Deep Ellum. His work has appeared in the Pushcart Prize anthology, The Believer, the Paris Review Daily, Conjunctions, NOON, and McSweeney's, among other places. He is an assistant professor of creative writing at New Mexico State University and teaches in the MFA program at the Institute of American Indian Arts. Hobson is an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation Tribe of Oklahoma.
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