Vicki Beilke, of Stella, retired long-time teacher and coach at Southeast Consolidated Schools, and her husband, Bob, in May learned how to take pictures from one of the best in the business when they spent six nights in Monument Valley in southeast Utah to shoot the magnificent sandstone buttes that adorn the clearest blue skies in all of North America.
The Beilkes traveled to Mexican Hat, UT, for one of Frank Comisar's "Scenic Aperture" photography workshops, shooting pictures "for four hours each morning and four hours in the evening to set up and catch the ever-changing sunlight," she said.
"We took 300-400 photos each day and did a two-hour photo editing workshop in the day – we were absolutely exhausted but we learned how to run our cameras. We would make changes (aperture, shutter speed, ISO) every few seconds as the sunlight changed," she said.
Comisar, a retired Omaha architect who now lives and operates a gallery in Durango, CO, is a renowned, award-winning nature photographer and the founder of Scenic Aperture. The professional landscape and wildlife photographer travels throughout the country guiding the workshops while accumulating more and more awe-inspiring material for his Durango gallery (frankcomisar.com). In addition to Monument Valley, Comisar has conducted workshops, which are limited to 4-to-8 people, to capture canyons in Maob, UT, and snap Sandhill Cranes and other exotic prairie birds in Kearney and Burwell, Nebraska, and Bradenton, FL. This fall, workshops will be held in Ouray, CO, on the Grand Tetons in Jackson, WY, and, in December, the white sands of New Mexico. The same trips are scheduled for 2016, though Comisar does provide individual, private instruction (at just $600 per day!) at the destination of your choice. It costs anywhere from $800 to $2,200 per person to participate in one of Comisar's public workshops.
Influenced by his previous architectural career, Comisar's images are well known for artistically depicting a three-dimensional world in a two dimensional medium. "The creative process is not a destination but a journey. It is a journey that includes research, planning, timing, technical skills, creative judgment, and a bit of good luck," he said.
Beilke said she hopes to join Comisar in western Nebraska early some spring to capture images of prairie chickens.
"Might have to wear a winter coat," she said.


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...WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 23 2019 12:07 PM EDT...
See areas of interest section below for an update on the tropical disturbance developing over southeastern Mexico and Bay of Campeche. Elsewhere...the upper trough currently moving into the northeastern Atlantic is amplifying in response to the amplification of the upper ridge extending across the Gulf of Mexico and eastern Canada in the warm sector of the eastern Canada frontal cyclone...which is resulting in the formation of a rapidly developing frontal cyclone west of the Azores. The amplification of the upper trough will send this frontal cyclone initially east-southeastward...followed by a northeastward hook over or just east of the Azores in 72 hours when the upper trough becomes whirled northward by the upper trough energy associated with the eastern Canada frontal cyclone. The frontal cyclone passing by the Azores is not likely to acquire subtropical characteristics while quickly intruded by the cold front extending from the eastern Canada frontal cyclone. In the long range however...today's model runs suggest the intruding cold front could evolve into quiet an impressive second frontal cyclone west of the Azores in response to the upper trough energy from eastern Canada amplifying into a vigorous and large cut-off upper vortex. If indeed this were to occur...would watch for the acquisition of tropical characterstics in the second frontal cyclone due to the cold destabilizing temperatures of the upper vortex that could aid in the generation of thunderstorms. However whether or not this upper vortex forms will depend on how the next frontal system over Canada evolves which the models have not nailed down just yet due to the usual longer-range uncertainty. That frontal system will be key in the genesis of the cut-off upper vortex as its warm sector would control how much downstream upper ridging builds over eastern Canada...with more upper ridging allowing for the formation of the upper vortex.
AREA OF INTEREST #1...The tropical wave that was in the western Caribbean Sea is now moving through Belize...northern Guatemala...and southeastern Mexico. Latest satellite animation suggests the wave is producing maximum spin over the Guatemala/Mexico border...with a general increase in the pockets of thunderstorms in the region...including over the offshore waters of the Bay of Campeche...due to the assistance of outflow from an upper ridge axis settling over the tropical wave and tail end of a surface cold front extending from the large frontal cyclone currently moving into eastern Canada. Over the next 48 hours the aforementioned area of maximum spin should generally progress west-northwest into the Bay of Campeche under the steering influence of the surface ridge building over the southeastern United States. The upper ridge axis with its favorable low shear and supporting outflow should remain in place during the forecast period while persisting in the warm air ahead of another cold front and upper trough to pivot southeastward from the western US and into the Gulf of Mexico and Bay of Campeche on the back side of the eastern Canada frontal cyclonic system...therefore upper-level winds will generally be conducive for tropical development. In 48+ hours...the tail end of the next cold front will likely merge with this disturbance and perhaps help kick up additional thunderstorm activity...with this disturbance potentially taking an atypical southeastward or eastward track back into southeastern Mexico from the Bay of Campeche due to strong surface high pressure building to the west and north behind the cold front. This idea is supported by the latest NAVGEM model run...while the more reliable GFS and Euro models...as well as the CMC model...continue suggesting more entanglement with the next cold front...maybe evolving into a broad low pressure located further north and similar in characteristic to last week's Tropical Storm Nestor where the northern part of the circulation is supported by the divergence zone of the cold front's upper trough. My peak odds of tropical cyclone development are slightly raised to 15% due to the current organization of the spin at the Guatemala/Mexico border and with the NAVGEM model continuing to suggest tropical cyclone formation in a manner similar to the outlook below. This tepid rise in my odds is because the NAVGEM is not typically a reliable model for tropical development...and I will only raise odds further if the current spin later becomes well organized over the Bay of Campeche or if the other models begin showing tropical cyclone formation. My 0% odds at 96 to 120 hours is due to forecast land interaction when this system moves back eastward toward the Yucatan peninsula...but could be raised should a circulation be observed to develop further north over the Gulf of Mexico as the CMC...Euro...and GFS suggest. Regardless of tropical cyclone development or not...heavy flash flooding rainfall over Belize...the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico...as well as the Mexican provinces of Tabasco and Campeche maybe a concern over the next few days should this disturbance develop plenty of thunderstorms while meandering erratically over the region.
IOH 48 Hr Outlook (1200Z Oct 25)...15% chance of tropical cyclone formation (Bay of Campeche offshore of Tabasco and Campeche near 20N-92.5W)
IOH 72 Hr Outlook (1200Z Oct 26)...15% chance of tropical cyclone formation (coast of Campeche near 19N-91W)
IOH 96 Hr Outlook (1200Z Oct 27)...0% chance of tropical cyclone formation (Yucatan peninsula near 19N-89W)
IOH 120 Hr Outlook (1200Z Oct 28)...0% chance of tropical cyclone formation (northeastern Yucatan peninsula near 20.5N-88W)

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Keeping smart cities safe with artificial intelligence
Phil Lancaster, senior vice-president for business development at Patriot One Technologies, shares insights into how innovative security solutions can help keep the residents of future smart cities safe.
The public are used to seeing CCTV cameras and law enforcement on the streets, but with a rise in crime, the constant danger from terrorism and new, invisible threats compromising the safety of citizens, it is time to explore ways in which security can operate in a smart city.
Surveillance cameras have played a large part globally in keeping cities safe until now, but unfortunately, they are only useful during and after events occur. While they can track people who have committed a crime, or be used as evidence to bring offenders to justice, they cannot prevent an incident happening.
Meanwhile, the Covid-19 pandemic has created a new microbiological threat to people trying to move around the city and resume a normal life after lockdown. Frequent flouting of rules designed to stop the spreading of Covid-19 is hampering efforts to get the virus under control.
While many cities have looked into in-person marshals to help advise those not conforming to the rules and remove those deliberately disregarding them, it is difficult to catch everyone. This solution also puts the marshals at risk of infection if someone comes too close to them without wearing appropriate personal protective equipment.
AI in smart cities
To address these issues, smart cities should implement security systems that work together to detect a threat, alert the right authorities, and address the issue before it turns into an event.
Smart security must be deployed in specific places, at specific times, with specific objectives, but without making the public feel uneasy. Strategic deployment can achieve a reduction in crime, especially when determining crime trends and/or crime displacement during large public events.
New artificial intelligence (AI) powered technologies can help in this by dramatically improving the effectiveness of today's security systems, whilst blending in with their surroundings and not infringing on people's privacy.
AI technologies are relatively straightforward to deploy across a city. They broadly fall into two categories:
1) AI with radar and magnetic technologies: Radar and magnetics are used with AI/machine learning to create multi-sensor, covert systems that can detect hidden physical threat objects, likes guns, knives, rifles, and metallic bomb material, on-body or in-bag.
2) AI with video recognition: Computer vision technology can be rolled out onto existing surveillance systems to detect visible threats such as knives, guns or rifles, or invisible threats, such as viruses. This can be deployed city-wide to identify and flag threats or suspicious behaviours immediately.
The use of AI removes human bias and error, which in turn addresses any civil liberties concerns. It is important to note that AI looks for the threat, not the individual, thus removing any suggestion of profiling. Highlighting that threat and passing the information to a monitoring station can then leave it up to the authorities to determine the response.
Applications for AI-powered security systems
Whether it is used to tackle violence, such a fight or use of weapons, or to stop someone who could be risking the spread of Covid-19, AI systems can be easily programmed to spot the risks and, only when a threat is confirmed, reveal the details about the individual posing a risk to safety.
For example, in an airport, targeted magnetic sensors can be concealed in everyday objects, such as a decorative planter. As people walk past, the sensors scan the individuals and their bags for specified threats, such as weapons or explosives. Some sensors can even diagnose and track airborne trace explosives and chemical warfare agents. Furthermore, they could screen people for signs of Covid-19, ensuring travellers are healthy before boarding a plane.
AI-driven technologies can be integrated into existing systems already installed in cities.
The technology is already available and can enable an airport scanning model whereby passengers could pass through transportation hubs more freely. This could see a change to some of the airport security that we're used to experiencing. Overt metal detectors and surveillance cameras that can feel intrusive and delay passengers could become a thing of the past.
As well as site-specific installations, city councils should look at the widespread deployment of a range of security technologies to make public areas as safe as possible. AI-driven technologies can be integrated into existing systems already installed in cities, such as sensor technologies, including radar, magnetic, video and chemical sensors.
These smart sensors work together to scan crowds of people and look for threats, without compromising a person's privacy or civil liberties. Furthermore, smart sensors can be placed in strategic areas to help them blend in with their surroundings across a range of venues, including sports and music stadiums, schools and universities and large manufacturing plants.
Most people will pass these smart sensor technologies without even realising, but if they do pose a risk to safety, for example through the presence of a threat item or elevated body temperature, sensors can detect these and alert authorities with an image of the individual, so that appropriate response measures can be deployed to address the threat.
Addressing new threats in the age of Covid-19
Real-time AI is now also being deployed to recognise behaviours that may put the wider public at risk. With smart AI, behavioural anomalies can be detected and even categorised.
Using video analytic software, traditional video cameras can be adapted to categorise a type of disturbance or to become remote video health screening tools. Example capabilities include identifying elevated body temperature, which could indicate a viral fever, or recognising if someone isn't wearing a face mask or following social distancing guidelines.
AI must only be a tool to help law enforcement agencies; it cannot be there to replace human interaction.
Once a potential breach of health and safety compliance has been identified, the individual will be flagged to security personnel who can conduct a secondary screening with a temple thermometer or advise them on safety and social distancing measures.
There is still a mammoth amount of work to be done to keep citizens safe and AI must only be a tool to help law enforcement agencies; it cannot be there to replace human interaction. There are still those that are cautious around the use of AI, and civil liberty concerns and racial bias are issues that need to be resolved.
That said, AI used in conjunction with other threat detection technologies that are monitored as part of a safe city infrastructure has the potential to help keep the public safe in a non-intrusive way.
Phil Lancaster applies his diverse law enforcement and security industry career experience to advise Patriot One Technologies as senior vice-president of business development and government relations. During his extensive career in law enforcement, Phil worked as a British police officer as well as internationally in VIP close protection, and has served in British Overseas Territories.


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To all the staff at Brookhaven: I'd like to thank each of you for all your support, care and concern during my stay. I will always appreciate you as well as lift you up in prayer. May God bless and keep you all.
I have heartfelt gratitude for the care and counseling our son received at Brookhaven. Yesterday was his 36th birthday and he continues to do very well. Please convey our deepest thanks to the other staff.
To the staff on the Brookhaven unit, Thanks for all the support and help! You gave me the best experience of my life! Again, Thanks!
You're wonderful. Thank you for your wonderful help. This has been a thoroughly wonderful experience.
I wanted to thank you. Whether doing paper work, dealing with noisy people in group, or helping me face what I didn't want to or feared to face, each of you played a role in getting me sober and I truly appreciate it.
Thanks to all the physicians and staff at Brookhaven for the care you gave and special thanks to Jeff McIlroy, MD, for providing the letter of necessity we needed.
I want to thank everyone at Brookhaven for helping me restore me. I would really recommend your facility to anyone else I know or even a stranger. All of your staff are so gentle with everyone and really seemed to understand what I go through on a daily basis. If I ever should stumble too far again, I know where I will return for help.
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Starting in ASA version 8.4(2) (Feature not available in 8.5(1) code) , ACL entries can contain a new type of object that represents a fully qualified domain-name. This allows administrators to create ACL entries that contain a new object type fqdn that represents a hostname. For this functionality to work, the ASA must be able to resolve these FQDN's to one or more IP addresses. The object then becomes a representation of those IP addess(es).
Since the ASA has to be able to resolve each hostname to one or more IP addesses, we must define what DNS server the ASA can use.
Once the access-list is applied to the security policy of the ASA, the ASA will resolve the DNS entries to IP addresses, then use those IP addresses in the access-list.
Obviously it is important that the DNS server used by the ASA for FQDN resolution is trusted, since the responses from this DNS server will affect the security policy of the ASA. You also want to ensure that your DNS server is stable and has a very low latency since your security policy will rely on the results it recieves.
When the ASA receives the response from the DNS server for the ACE hostname resolution, the answer has a Time to Live (TTL) associated with it. The ASA will keep that domain-to-ip mapping active until the TTL expires, at which time the ASA will re-resolve the IP address of the hostname.
In some cases, DNS responses might be extremely short, on the order of a few seconds. Usually, low lifetimes like this are employed by DNS load-balancers and content hosting services where IP addresses change frequently. If many DNS entries are used on the ASA, short TTLs might cause the ASA to re-resolve the IP addresses very frequently, therby causing extra load on the ASA, DNS server, and the network.
It should be emphasized that this new FQDN ACL feature on the ASA is not a replacement for URL filtering solutions. Administrators attempting to write basic ACL policies that permit or deny traffic to FQDN names outside of their organization might have intermittent success, due to the factors discussed below. The preferred methods for blocking access to certain websites is the use of an external URL filtering server, or by using the application inspection on the ASA to control the access.
Some popular websites such as www.facebook.com send back DNS responses with very low Time To Live (TTL) values. The screenshot below is from a packet capture. It shows that the DNS server responded back to the request and indicated that the TTL of the entry was only 20 seconds.
The ASA will behave slightly differently with the TTL indicated in the DNS response. By default (and at a minimum) the ASA always adds one minute to the TTL (due to the default command 'dns expire-entry-timer 1') of the response received to the DNS request, meaning that in this case the ASA would consider the entry valid for one minute and twenty seconds.
The side effect of this is that the inside client will start using a new IP address for www.facebook.com one minute before the ASA updates its own IP to hostname mapping, and during that time the access-list line might not match. This would result in the clients being permitted or denied intermittently when they access www.facebook.com.
FQDN functionality in ACLs is not a replacement for HTTP Filtering. It cannot distinguish what content is being sent.
Can i use fqdn names as peer in a vpn configuration for addressing dynamically asa or router?
Are there any plans to include this DNS-ACL feature in Core switch IOS code in the near future?
Does anyone know if this has been migrated to the FWSM as well?
ERROR: Access-list SSL_VPN contains user, user-group, security-group or FQDN objects. These are not supported by group policies.
That's a very interesting article!
In ASA OS 9.1 I can configure "fqdn v6 ...", but that resolves ONLY the v6 address. Is there a way to configure an object which resolves to the IPv4 AND IPv6 address of a host?
It's not clear from the documention which interfaces "dns domain-lookup" should reference. The answer, I believe, is any interface that may be used as egress to send the DNS query to the DNS server(s).
Then you will need to add both object networks to a object-group and apply the object-group in the ACL.
It is tested and working fine.
What about a domain with multiple hosts at various ip addresses? I've been asked to open jabber ports (5552,5553) to hipchat.com. They have 20+ servers at various IP addresses (Amazon hosted servers, from what I can tell). According to hipchat's web site , the servers fluctuate, so they advise you to add *.hipchat.com to the whitelist, but the wildcard doesn't work for the fqdn entry. Is this not possible?
That's a perfect example of the shortcoming of using FQDN's in ACL's. There is no work around that I know of other than moving to a true web filtering product like WSA.
I am using ASA with Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software Version 8.0(4).
Do i have any option to use hostnames instead of IP? Object fqdn is not supported in this version.
The article states that the feature was implemented starting with version 8.4(2). You would need to upgrade to use the FQDN. What you could do in your version is create a Network Object, giving it the name and the IP address, then use the name in your rule set. You would have to change the Network Object definition if the IP address of the host changes.
Correct. The dns domain-lookup should specify the interface that the ASA would use to reach the configured DNS Server.
Just to close the loop. The FWSM product line reached End Of Engineering a while ago and no feature like this was ever introduced. In addition, because of the way that the ACLs are compiled on the old FWSM hardware, rapidly changing hostnames would have caused significant headache and problems.
You mean to say like below? but in this case if the IPs change then i need to add new IPs in object group and this is what i wanted to avoid.


The subject of this article or section is part of the Iron Horde Incursion, a world event that succeeded the Siege of Orgrimmar during patch 6.0.2.
The Ironmarch (or the Ironmarch Vanguard and Iron March) is an expeditionary force of the Iron Horde that has traveled through the Dark Portal in order to invade Azeroth, acting upon the orders of Garrosh Hellscream to establish their presence within Blackrock Spire to create a weapon of mass destruction, capable of destroying large portions of Eastern Kingdoms, including Stormwind. They have taken control of Nethergarde Keep and Dreadmaul Hold, and have allied themselves with the Dreadmaul tribe and the nefarious alchemist Kyrak. The joined force of the Ironmarch and Dragonmaw clan in the Spire is known as Black Iron.
The Ironmarch first appeared during the Iron Horde Incursion world event, immediately preceding Warlords of Draenor.
These mobs didn't make it to live for the event. The reason for this is unknown.
An unreleased bonus objective quest in Shadowmoon Valley and unused strings suggest that the Ironmarch army was to be the force that invaded Shadowmoon Valley before the revamp of the zone.
Several green-skinned orcs were members of the Ironmarch during the Warlords of Draenor beta. It is likely that they were members of the True Horde that joined with the Iron Horde when they began their invasion, or they could have been a part of Okril'lon Hold and switched sides during the attack. Since one of them is still wearing what looks like a Kor'kron or Warsong clan tabard, the probability of him being an Azerothian Garrosh loyalist is very likely.
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«Луїджі Дюран де ла Пенне» () — ескадрених міноносців  з керованим ракетним озброєнням однойменного типу  ВМС Італії 1980-х років

Історія створення
Есмінець «Луїджі Дюран де ла Пенне» був закладений 20 січня 1988 року на верфі «Cantiere navale di Riva Trigoso» в Сестрі-Леванте під назвою «Анімозо» (), на честь міноносця часів Другої світової війни типу «Чіклоне».

Спущений на воду 20 жовтня 1989 року. У 1992 році, після смерті  італійського адмірала та політика Луїджі Дюрана де ла Пенне, перейменований на його честь.
Вступив у стрій 18 березня 1993 року.

Історія служби
Після вступу у стрій протягом 1996-1997 років есмінець разом із фрегатом «Берсальєре» здійснив навколосвітнє плавання, пройшовши 46 000 миль і здійснивши заходи у 35 портів в 23 країнах.

З січня по 17 червня 2002 року брав участь в операції «Нескорена свобода»

Влітку 2006 року брав участь в евакуації цивільних громадян різних країн з Бейруту в Ларнаку на Кіпрі в рамках операції «Mimosa 06».

У грудні 2014 року брав участь в рятувальній операції під час пожежі на поромі MS Norman Atlantic.

Есмінець «Луїджі Дюран де ла Пенне» був включений до складу з'єднання «Standing Nato Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2)», яке підпорядковане Об'єднаному командуванню ОЗС НАТО Неаполь і є частиною Сил швидкого реагування ().

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Література
 * Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1947—1995. — NAVAL INSTITUTE PRESS, Annapolis, Maryland
 Александров Ю. И, Апальков Ю. В. Боевые корабли мира на рубеже XX—XXI веков. Ч. II. Авианосцы, крейсера, эскадренные миноносцы. Т. II. Эскадренные миноносцы. СПб. Галея-Принт, 2004 ISBN 5-8172-0081-3

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Absence of Genetic Variation in Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina) in the Dutch Wadden Sea and the British Wash
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JACOBUS A. A. SWART,*:~ PETER J. H. REIJNDERS,t AND WILKE VAN DELDEN:~ *Section of Science & Society, Biological Center, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 14, 9750 AA Haren, The Netherlands t DLO-Institute for Forestry and Nature Research, P.O. Box 167, 1790 AD den Burg, The Netherlands ~/Department of Genetics, Biological Center, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 14, 9750 ~ Haren, The Netherlands
Populations of the harbor seal, subspecies Phoca vitu- lina vitulina, are found at the northeast Atlantic coasts and Iceland. The population in the Dutch part of the Wadden Sea has undergone a strong decline since the beginning of the twentieth century. The population de- creased from approximately 7000 to only around 500 animals in the late 1970s, first because of overhunting and then because of the effects of environmental pollu- tion ~ei jnders 1976~ 1978, 1980). The population started to recover in the early 1980s but an epidemic viral infec- tion, which started in 1988, resulted again in a large re- duction in population (Reijnders 1989).
One common consequence of a decline in popt~t ion size is decreased genetic variation. In populations of oth- erwise genetically variable species, the reduction in ge- netic variation following bottlenecks in population size often leads to severe inbreeding and is generally accom- panied by loss of individual fitness. This latter phenome- non, known as inbreeding depression, may increase the chance of extinction of already vulnerable , populations (Van Delden 1992; Brakefield & Saccheri I994; Bijlsma et al. 1994). Low genetic variability reduces adaptive po- tential in variable environments, which is a considerable disadvantage when a species must live in a new environ- ment (Levins 1968; Bryant 1974). Genetic diversity ap- pears to be positively correlated with broader geo- graphic, climatic, and habitat spectra (Nevo et al. 1984; Karron 1987, 1991). Human impacts on the environ- ment create new and often less favorable environments.
Paper submitted July 11, 1994; revised manuscript accepted Febru- ary 16, 1995.
Thus, conservationists should be alert to the level of ge- netic variation and should consider action when low ge- netic variability is found in endangered populations.
Accordingly, it is relevant to determine the genetic variation of the reduced population of harbor seals in the Dutch Wadden Sea. A straightforward method to in- vestigate the level of genetic variation is the electro- phoretic assay of proteins (Lewontin & Hubby 1966; Hubby & Lewontin 1966; Harris 1966; Nevo et al. 1984; Hamrick & Godt 1990). We describe the results of the electrophoretic assessment of allozyme variation in two populations of the harbor seal (Phoca vttulina vitu- lina), one originating from the Dutch Wadden Sea and one from the British Wash. The latter population has not experienced as severe a reduction in population size as has occurred in the Wadden Sea population.
Blood samples were taken in 1982 (analyzed within three months after sampling) from 38 female seals kept in captivity in the Institute for Forestry and Nature Re- search (IBN) in Texel, The Netherlands. Twenty-one of the animals were offspring of individual females caught in - the Dutch Wadden Sea, and 17 were captured in the Wash in England. Kinship among the seals was not known. Blood sampres (about 10 mL each) were col- lected from the hindflipper vein and immediately centri- fuged'(3000 rpm, 15 minutes, r = 14 cm). The pellets were frozen at -25Q(~ in sealed tubes. Because freezing may damage the blood cells, samples were not washed to re- move possible disturbing ions. To hydrolyze the red blood cells and to stabilize the protein molecules, we added 4 ml of an EDTA/NADP buffer (0.2 M Na2HPO4.H20,
Conservation Biology, Pages 289-293 Volume 10, No. 1, February 1996
290 Genetic Variation in Harbor Seals Swart et al.
0.2 M NaH2PO4.H20, 1 mM Na2EDTA.H20, 17 mg NADP/1, 0.02 ml f3-mercaptoethanol/L at 4C), and we shook the samples vigorously for 1 O-15 minutes at room temperature. Subsequently, we shook the samples vigor- ously for 1-2 minutes with one-third volume CCI 4 in or- der to remove fat molecules from the sample. The sam- ples were centr i fuged again (3000 rpm) for 20-30 minutes. The resulting bright red supernatant - -d i rect ly usable for e lec t rophores is - -was divided into aliquots and stored at -70C. Electrophoret ic runs were carried out at 4C and 15 V/cm in horizontal 6% polyacrylamide slabs wi th a part icular e lectrophoret ic buffer (Table 1). Subsequently, the gels were stained in accordance wi th the references in Table 1. The samples were Screened for variation in 21 enzyme and non-enzyme systems. These 21 prote in systems were selected from a total of 37; the other 16 were rejected because no or nonrepro- ducible staining activity was found. The number of stain- ing bands are presented in Table 1.
None of the 21 prote in systems in the samples from both populat ions showed any variation. This result indi- cates no al lozyme diversity among harbor seals in either
the British or the Dutch populat ion. This result is in ac- cordance with reports on the absence or low levels of al lozyme variation in other seals such as the northern e lephant seal (M i rounga angust i ros t r i s ; Bonnell & Se- lander 1974), the southern e lephant seal (M i rounga le- on ina , McDermid et al. 1972), the r inged seal (Pusa h i sp ida) , the harp seal (Phoca groen land ica) , and the hooded seal (Cystophora cr is tata , Simonsen et al. 1982a, 1982b). Low levels of variation (in heamopex in and adenylate kinase systems) were found in 25 adult gray seals (Ha l i choerus grypus) and 19 harbor seal pups, the latter originating from the Wash (McDermid & Bonner 1975). Although studies on al lozyme variation have shown that many animal and plant species are ge- netical ly highly variable (Nevo et al. 1984; Hamrick & Godt 1990), low levels of variation are frequently found among carnivorous mammals (Al lendorf et al. 1979; Si- monsen 1982; Simonsen et al. 1982a, 1982b; O'Brien et al. 1983, 1985, 1987; Menotti-Raymond & O'Brien 1993). Our results on al lozyme variation are conf i rmed by a re- cent study by Kappe et al. (1995) employing more pow- erful tools for the est imation of the level of genetic varia- tion. They examined two populat ions of the harbor seal, one from the Dutch Wadden Sea and one from the east- ern coast of Scotland by means of mult i locus DNA fin-
Table 1. Protein systems investigated and electrophoretic methods and results.
Protein systems Buffer Reference sta in ing Name Symbol system a technique ~
Methods Results Number o f bands in red blood cells
Enzyme proteins Glucose phosphate isomerase GPI A * Isocitrate dehydrogenase IDH B * Hexokinase HK A * Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase G-6-PD A * 6-Phosphogluco.nate dehydrogenase 6-PGD A * Phosphoglucomutase PGM A * Lactate dehydrogenase LDH B * Pyrophosphate phosphohydrolase PP B Harris & Hopkins 1976 cx-Glycerophosphate dehydrogenase ot-GPDH B * Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase GA-3-PD C * Glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase GOT A * Xanthine dehydrogenase XDH A * Adenylate Kinase AK A Shaw & Prasad 1970 Malate dehydrogenase MDH B * D(-)-3-Hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase HBDH B Shaw & Prasad 1970 Esterase EST B * Tetrazolium oxidase TO F * Amylase AMY E *
Non-enzyme proteins Haemoglobin HB D Benzidine staining BZ D Amidoblack staining AB D
Brewer 1970 3 Kimura 1976 1 Brewer 1970 1
aThe buffers were developed in the Department of Genetics, University of Groningen, except buffer system B. A: 0.05 tris citrate, pH 7.0, diluted 1/2; B: 0.1 M tris maleic anhydride, 0.05 M MgCla 0.05 M EDTA, pH 7.0 (Harris & Hopkinson 1976); C: 0.05 M Na2PO 4 citrate, pH 4.5; D: 0.5 M tris boric acid, 6 g EDTA/L; E: 0.05 M tris citrate, pH 8.0; 17." 0.1M boric acid, NaOH to pH 9.0. b Staining techniques were developed in the Department of GeneticS, University of Groningen and are available on request.
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gerprinting. Average band-sharing coefficients, S (Wet- ton et al. 1987), were 0.85 and 0.81, respectively, for within-population comparisons and 0.81 for between- population comparisons. These figures were much higher than S -- 0.42 found for a sample (n = 14) of a re- lated species, the gray seal, also caught in the Dutch Wadden Sea. Kappe et al. (1995) calculated that the av- erage heterozygosity in gray seals was about twice that in harbor seals. The low level of genetic variation in the harbor seal was further demonstrated by means of the random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) method ap- plied to the two populations screened by Kappe et al. (1995). Out of 50 randomly chosen primers, 25 gener- ated amplified fragments. All individuals of both popula- tions revealed an identical monomorphic pattern with 23 primers, although only two primers gave polymor- phic bands. Thus, both allozyme and DNA assays indi- cate low levels of genetic variation in the harbor seal. Further studies should include the screening of other subspecies of harbor seals, originating from either the Atlantic or the Pacific Ocean, to access genetic differ- ences among these subspecigs.
Harbor seals are restricted to coastal areas. The great genetic similarity between the Wadden Sea and British populations may be explained by occasional migrations. Low levels of migration, as low as one animal a year, may prevent genetic divergence when selection is ab- sent (Hartl & Clark 1989). Tagging studies have shown an exchange of animals between the Wash and the Wad- den. Based on published data (Bonner & Whitthames 1974; Wipper 1975; Drescher 1979), we calculated that the level of exchange of young animals averages 3% each year (Reijnders, unpublished data). These ex- changes may account for the genetic uniformity of the British and Dutch populations.
But exchanges between populations do not explain the absence of allozyme variation. There is some evi- dence that the worldwide distribution of subspecies of the harbor seal reflect historical glacial barriers and in- terglacial reunification. This hypothesis is supported by the fmding that the Pacific and Atlantic populations dif- fer morphologically more from each other than the east and west coast populations do within either ocean (Davies 1958; Ray 1976). Consequently, the east-Atlantic harbor seal could have gone through a population bot- tleneck during the last glacial period (about 10,000 years ago), leading to severe losses of genetic variation. To in- vestigate this concept in relation to our results, we de- rived the number of generations of the harbor seal since the last glaciation. The mean generation time, G, can be approximated from data published by Reijnders (1976, 1978) using the equation of Dublin and Lotka (1925; cited in Krebs 1972): G = ~,lxmxX/'Zlxmx, where G is the mean generation time, 1 x is the probability of surviving to pivotal age x, and m x is the number of female off- spring per female at age x. Because the estimated mean
generation time from these data is 8.75 years, there have been about 1200 generations since the last glacia- tion. This number of generations is not sufficient to re- store the original level of genetic variation after a severe bottleneck (Nei et al. 1975). We hypothesize that the lack of genetic variation results from founder effects during the Pleistocene. In addition, it is expected that the level of genetic variation between subpopulations of the harbor seal from the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans will be higher than the variation within the subpopula- tions.
Low levels of genetic variation may lead to increased vulnerability. Well-studied examples are the South and East African cheetah populations, Ac inonyx jubatus ju - batus and Ac inonyx jubatus raineyi , respectively, which have extremely low genetic variation. Among the reported effects were a high frequency of spermatozoal abnormalities, high juvenile mortality, and a decreased ability to repel skin grafts of even nonrelated animals. In addition, the species appears to be extremely suscepti- ble to a viral pathogen that has only small effects on do- mestic cats. It has been hypothesized that both popula- tions experienced bottlenecks (O'Brien et al. 1983, 1985, 1987; Menotti-Raymond & O'Brien 1993). Simi- larly, an increased vulnerability of the harbor seal in the Dutch Wadden Sea due to a genetically-based, reduced immune response might have been a factor in recent cat- astrophic declines following a viral epidemic (Reijnders 1989; Swart et al. 1994). In 1988 an infectious disease started to spread among harbor seals in the Wadden Sea. Mortality exceeded 80% in some areas, and the popula- tion in the Dutch Wadden Sea was reduced to less than 500 individuals. The primary cause of the disease was a morbillivirus, phocid distemper virus-1 (PDV-1; Oster- haus et al. 1988).
Under favorable conditions, low genetic variation could perhaps be considered relatively harmless for large mammalian carnivores because of their physiologi- cal and behavioral homeostatic control (Levins 1968; Se- lander & Kaufman 1973). Even populations that have ex- perienced strong declines may recover. A paradigmatic case is the sea elephant (Mi rounga angustirostr is). The population of this species was reduced to only 100 ani- mals. No allozyme variation was found after the popula- tion recovered by thousands following protective legis- lation (Bonnell & Selander 1974). Under less favorable conditions, however, such as polluted habitats and the occurrence of epidemic diseases, the reduced level of genetic variation may be catastrophic. Recovery of pop- ulation size requires a healthy environment, which is not the case for the harbor seal in the Wadden Sea be- cause of the environmental pressures. Both wildlife con- servation and environmental protection is needed in the Wadden Sea area. For the harbor seal, with its low level of genetic variation, a preventive vaccination program may be needed (Osterhaus et al. 1989).
The authors thank L. van de Zande of the Department of Genetics, Centre for Biological Sciences, Haren, The Netherlands, for his comments on earlier versions of the manuscript.
Ailendorf, F. W., F. B. Christiansen, T. Dobson, W. F. Eanes, and O. Fry- denberg. 1979. Electrophoretic variation in large mammals. I. The polar bear, Thalarctos maritimus. Hereditas 91:19-22.
Bijlsma, R., N. J. Ouborg, and R. van Treuren. 1994. On genetic erosion and population extinction in plants: a c...
The importance of the North Sea for winter dispersal of harbour seals Phoca vitulina from the Wadden Sea
CORRECTING AERIAL SURVEY COUNTS OF HARBOR SEALS (PHOCA VITULINA RICHARDSI) IN WASHINGTON AND OREGON
Toxic elements and organochlorines in Harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardsi), Kodiak, Alaska, USA
Abundance and Distribution of Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina) in Oregon, 1975-1983
Management and conservation of the harbour seal, Phoca vitulina, population in the international wadden sea area
Novel and Canine Genotypes of Giardia duodenalis in Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina richardsi)
A REVIEW OF THE DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF HARBOR SEALS, PHOCA VITULINA, ON SVALBARD, NORWAY, AND IN THE BARENTS SEA
Underwater acoustic displays and individual variation in male harbour seals, Phoca vitulina
Corneal topography, refractive state, and accommodation in harbor seals (Phoca vitulina)
Contaminant levels in the world's northernmost harbor seals (Phoca vitulina)
Spatial trends of perfluorochemicals in harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) from Danish waters
Dispersal of Common seals (Phoca vitulina), tagged in the Wash, East Anglia
Diving patterns of harbour seals ( Phoca vitulina ) in the Wadden Sea, the Netherlands and Germany, as indicated by VHF telemetry
Declining concentrations of persistent PCBs, PBDEs, PCDEs, and PCNs in harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) from the Salish Sea
Seasonal and Spatial Blubber Depth Changes in Captive Harbor Seals ( Phoca vitulina ) and Steller's Sea Lions ( Eumetopias jubatus )
Tissue Distribution of Perfluorinated Chemicals in Harbor Seals ( Phoca vitulina ) from the Dutch Wadden Sea
IMMUNOLOGICAL AND HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS IN CAPTIVE HARBOR SEALS (PHOCA VITULINA)
Oxygen uptake and temperature regulation of young harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardi) in water
Thermoregulation of the vibrissal system in harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) and Cape fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus)
Aerial visual acuity in harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) as a function of luminance


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LORP Piorun (foudre en polonais) est un destroyer, britannique à l'origine, de classe N qui servit dans la marine polonaise entre 1940 et 1946.

Historique
Construit à Clydebank par le chantier naval John Brown & Company, il est lancé le  sous le nom de HMS Nerissa, puis alloué à la marine polonaise le  ; le pavillon polonais est hissé le .

La nuit du , lors de la poursuite du cuirassé Bismarck, le Piorun, commandé alors par le komandor porucznik Eugeniusz Pławski, trouve et engage le cuirassé allemand. En , il participe au débarquement de Normandie. Le  il participe à la bataille d'Ouessant avec d'autres destroyers britanniques, canadiens et l'ORP Blyskawica contre une flottille de destroyers allemands. Le , il torpille et envoie par le fond le sperrbrecher allemand Sauerland.

Sous pavillon polonais, le Piorun aura escorté 81 convois, coulé 4 navires et abattu un avion.

Après la guerre, pendant l'Opération Deadlight, il coule six U-boote.

Restitué à la Royal Navy le , il est rebaptisé HMS Noble, puis, est déclassé et démoli en 1955.

Bibliographie

Articles connexes
 Liste des unités militaires polonaises de la Seconde Guerre mondiale

Liens externes
 Animacja wyglądu ORP "Piorun" na Youtube
 Film ze storpedowania "Sperbrecher 7" (ex-"Sauerland") przez ORP "Piorun"
 ORP "Piorun" na Uboat.net

Notes et références

Destroyer
Débarquement de Normandie
Bateau lancé en 1940
Bateau de la marine polonaise de la Seconde Guerre mondiale
Bateau de guerre polonais
Seconde Guerre mondiale
Histoire de la Pologne pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale
Navire construit sur la Clyde
Navire démoli en 1955


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Hope everyone is well. Just went to look at these carseats and wondered if anyone has any experience of them?
They showed me how to fit it in my a car (hyundai i30) but i felt the seatbelt only just got round so am worried it won't fit in our other car which is a focus.
LO wasn't too sure of the impact cushion but he is only 9mths so quite small in it. We're not planning on him using it untill he outgrows his current seat so prob not till after his 1st birthday but it was in the sale so thought we'd check it out.
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Le  (VPD), que l'on peut traduire par « Service de police de Vancouver » est le service de police municipale de Vancouver, en Colombie-Britannique, au Canada. Fondé en 1886, il est chargé de l'application et du respect de la loi, ainsi que de la lutte contre la criminalité.

Il dispose de  en 2009, ce qui en fait le second service de police de la Colombie-Britannique quant aux effectifs, après la RCMP E Division de la Gendarmerie royale du Canada.

Sa devise est  (en français : « Servir/protéger »).

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by Julian Miles | Sep 12, 2022 | Story | 5 comments
It's sort of shuffle-dancing down the muddy ruin that used to be a road. The evening light reflects from the parts of its frame revealed through holes in the hacked-up tarpaulin it wears like a poncho.
The dancing progress stops. It crouches down, arm shooting out. Rising, it holds a skull up to the last rays of watery sunlight. With a nod, it places it back down with blinding swiftness, then resumes its progress.
I've never seen the like. Servants of the Machine are shiny nightmares that police the cities where most humans live since the Sun War. Those of us who choose to take our chances out here only encounter them when we gather in groups of ten or more outside of a designated township.
It stops and stoops again. This time, the skull is regarded, tilted, then crushed. Fragments splash down into shallow puddles. It shakes its head, then moves on. Another skull is grabbed up. This one is replaced.
I can't help myself. I follow.
It replaces seven more skulls, crushes two, and throws one far out across the fields after spending a longer while looking at it.
As night falls, it moves off the road and settles under a skeletal tree. It uses a blowtorch in its left forearm to light a fire made from the sticks and rubbish it gathered after it left the road. Then it looks straight at where I'm hiding.
"Tonight will be cold. Come share the fire."
Not liking the possible downsides of refusing the invitation, I do so. Pointing at the fire, I try to smile: "You don't need a fire."
"I do. It keeps The Blackout at bay."
I drop to sit on a chunk of concrete.
"What's The Blackout?"
"We do not know. Some of us think it is an alien entity. Others think it is an electronic interference manifestation generated by the hatred of dead humans. It initialises those of us it takes. Firelight keeps it away."
Ye gods.
"The Servants of the Machine believe in ghosts?"
"No. The Machine itself developed an advanced sensor suite. It detected emanations about humans that remain in the bones of their dead. I believe it detected souls."
I gesture to the road.
"Is that why you're picking up skulls?"
"Yes. Where I detect malevolence, I destroy it. Where I detect beneficence, I send it away from the accumulated bones. We believe concentrations of bones distil only malice."
"The Maunhir. We are equipped with that sensor suite, and serve the Machine by walking the land to reduce the malice. In so doing, we are becoming… Different. The Machine says we are evolving, and will eventually act as a bridge between man and Machine."
"Why does it need one?"
"Nobody can rule by oppression forever. There will always be a successful rebellion. Similarly, a rigid system will eventually decay and fail. The Machine acknowledges this, and seeks to progress from the unforgiving rule enforced by the Servants. It also acknowledges that, at the moment, it has no definite concept of what that will be. The Maunhir were created to answer that. Something entirely new to focus imprecise data."
"Sounds like it needs some humans to work for it."
"We have proposed that."
"And?"
"The Machine needs to evolve further. It has not arrived at accepting the concept. Yet."
"So you walk, and commune with skulls."
"I do. But not at night. Please tell me stories of emotional moments, human. We need to understand."
"That'll take you more than a night."
"We know. What is that saying you have: every little helps?"
Julian Miles on September 12, 2022 at 7:55 pm
If you enjoy my stories on here, you might like to try some of my books.
They're available as ebooks for all devices, paperbacks, hardbacks, and OpenDyslexic font paperbacks. You can find details of the ones currently available on my website – https://lothp.org/published-work/ (each book page has universal links for all available editions).
pyromagic1 on September 12, 2022 at 6:06 am
So much more here than what was written. Well done.
SRDFrench on September 12, 2022 at 3:29 am
Wonderful! Starts off with strong Terminator vibes then ends on a hopeful note. Nicely executed.
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Gli Acrobatidi (Acrobatidae) sono una famiglia di marsupiali dell'ordine dei Diprotodonti.

La famiglia comprende due specie, appartenenti a due diversi generi: Acrobates pygmaeus, in Australia, e Distoechurus pennatus, in Nuova Guinea. La prima specie è dotata di un patagio che le permette di effettuare voli planati. Distoechurus non ha la stessa caratteristica, ma si ritiene che discenda da una specie planatrice.

Tra le caratteristiche della famiglia vi è la lunga coda dotata di una doppia serie di peli ispidi che le danno un aspetto che ricorda quello di una piuma.

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[Wauwatosa, Wisc…] Senator Leah Vukmir (R-Wauwatosa) and Representative Dale Kooyenga (R-Brookfield) fielded questions about education decisions in the state budget bill at town hall meeting Monday night from a local protest group called SOS (Support Our Schools).
Most questions asked by SOS members displayed a fundamental misunderstanding of what the Joint Committee on Finance agreed to do with education funding in the budget. Vukmir and Kooyenga tried to set the record straight, but were often met by boos when the facts did not line up with SOS' narrative.
"The SOS group asked us for, and we got a thousand letters, a hundred dollars per kid. And that was when the governor proposed a hundred and fifty dollar cut. We not only restored the hundred and fifty dollar cut, but then we went a hundred dollars above that. So you have our ears, we are listening, and we are trying to strengthen our public schools as well as our overall school system and our students," Kooyenga explained.
As the meeting wore on, SOS shifted its attacks to the school choice program.
"We've listened to you. We've gone and done the things you've asked us to do, but it's not enough and you want even more," Vukmir said at the end of the meeting. About half the room broke out in applause to support her afterwards.
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Title: Amending Chapter 9-1100 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Fair Practices Ordinance: Protections Against Unlawful Discrimination," by adding a new Section 9-1133, to require that institutions or organizations that serve youth adopt and make known policy guidelines providing for non-discriminatory treatment of transgender and gender non-conforming youth, under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsors: Councilmember Gym, Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember Squilla, Councilmember Green
Indexes: FAIR PRACTICES, GENDER NEUTRALITY, UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATION
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Amending Chapter 9-1100 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Fair Practices Ordinance: Protections Against Unlawful Discrimination," by adding a new Section 9-1133, to require that institutions or organizations that serve youth adopt and make known policy guidelines providing for non-discriminatory treatment of transgender and gender non-conforming youth, under certain terms and conditions.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 9-1100 of The Philadelphia Code shall be amended to read as follows:
CHAPTER 9-1100. FAIR PRACTICES ORDINANCE: PROTECTIONS AGAINST UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATION
? 9-1133. Uniform Policy of Non-Discrimination as to Transgender and Gender Non-conforming Youth.
(1) Definitions. For purposes of this Section 9-1133, the following definitions shall apply:
"Gender Nonconforming." A term describing individuals whose gender expression or gender identity falls outside the traditional male-female definitions.
"Institutions Serving Youth." Entities or organizations that provide educational, recreational, residential, or similar services to youth, in a setting in which the institution is responsible for the care of a youth population and for adopting and enforcing general rules of conduct.
"Transgender." Individuals whose self-determined gender identity is different from the sex classification assigned to them at birth.
"Youth." A collective term applied to individuals who are less than 18 years of age.
(2) Policy Requirements.
(a) Sections three (3) through five (5) of the School District of Philadelphia Policy No. 252, entitled "Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Students," shall apply as a uniform policy of non-discrimination to institutions serving youth within the City with the following modifications:
(i) The terms "gender nonconforming" and "transgender"...
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ALUMNAE of a city girls school have got together in Oxford for a private tour of The Ashmolean Museum of Arts and Archaeology.
Ten former pupils of The Queen's School, most of whom studied at Oxford, travelled from across the country to meet at the university's museum, which is more than 100 years old, where they caught up over lunch before embarking upon their tour.
Catherine Jones, class of '74, said: "Our guide was terrific, picking about a dozen highlights of the collection started by Elias Ashmole and John Tredescant.


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The final Féile Festival event to introduce Small World, an exhibition of Chinese and Irish contemporary art inspired by the romantic poetry of Ireland-born W.B. Yeats (1865-1939). It was also an occasion to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Yeats, widely considered one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature.
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Gunn said the group show focuses on the power of miniature artwork, including small-scale 3D works, to disorient the viewer and create a "Gulliver-like" awareness, referring to an 18th-century story by Anglo-Irish writer Jonathan Swift. Yeats, who had a notably acute focus on visual imagery and a relentless exploration of intimacy, is the perfect literary companion for these innovative and complex works.


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I've been neglecting my book blog lately, haven't I? I've been excited about fashion and have had lots of ideas for that blog, and although I have been reading, I've not had much to talk about in the way of books. I'm thinking of combining my book blog and my fashion blog on a new site. I still think WordPress is great but its limitations are starting to show – I feel like it's hard to make your blog look unique on this platform. What do you think?
Anyway, here's my bookish wishlist. I could go on all day and talk about my dream library but these are the books I'm actually planning on buying, and which won't need their own room.
Robert Langdon returns this October in Origin, to solve more mysteries and break more codes. A lot of people think the Langdon books are silly and low-rent (read my D is for… The Da Vinci Code post to see why I disagree) but I was so excited when I heard we were getting a new book. These books are the definition of page-turners and I'm sure Origin won't disappoint.
Gregory is another author who has been deemed a bit of a sensationalist by nay-sayers, but anyone who gets on the bestseller list is going to attract a backlash at some point. (Mainstream doesn't always mean crap, guys!) Gregory's books are dramatic, a bit dirty and brilliantly feminist, and I can't wait to see what she makes of Lady Jane Grey's story in The Last Tudor. The hardback is out now, but I have paperback versions of Gregory's other books so am waiting for that to come out (or for the ebook to go down in price – I'm not paying £11.99 for something I can't display!).
The Scandal (or Beartown) by Fredrik Backman.
I do have an ARC ebook copy of this from Netgalley, but it's really badly edited and I just can't read it properly. I love Backman's work so I've put that ebook to one side and am waiting for a nice paperback copy to appear. Everything I've read by him is heartwarming, funny and brings a tear to my eye, whether happy or sad, so I'm expecting great things from The Scandal.
I still want to complete my collection of 10 Penguin leather hardbacks, of which I already own Grimms' Selected Tales and Wuthering Heights. These are gorgeous debossed books with beautiful patterns on them. They are all around the £20 mark so it will take me a while to collect them. I'd like the Jekyll and Hyde one next – I love the potion bottles on the front.
I've wanted a pretty copy of Alice in Wonderland for ages – I used to have a lovely one when I was a kid but don't know what happened to it. The Macmillan Collector's Library hardbacks are absolutely stunning: they have gold-edged pages, adorable illustrations and a pastel blue background to the gold-lettered titles. They are just very chic little books! They do an Alice in Wonderland and also A Christmas Carol, so I'm thinking of starting with these and then slowly building up my collection of these beautiful little books.
Well, this is unusual. I used to love poetry but have really gone off it in recent years. However, whenever I go into Waterstones, I keep getting drawn to Milk and Honey by rupi kaur. It's an unassuming cover but the writing inside is stunning: I've not felt a reaction like this to poetry for years, if ever. Open any page and read any sample and you will feel as if you know this person. There is something sad and seductive at the same time about kaur's description of the realities of a sexual relationship. It's extremely raw.
I still haven't finished these! I've got 2 more to go and have decided to reread the others, as I don't really want to come to the end. At the same time, I really want to know what happens. Surely it has to have a happy-ish ending?
I've recently bought the first three books for my niece for Christmas. I'm hoping she loves them as much as I did. All my copies are ebooks so eventually I would like to get a nice set.
Next > August (and July!) 2017 Reads.
I'm excited for Origin! I love Dan Brown.
I have the HP editions by Kazu Kibuishi. I love his illustrations! I got them partly for his art style but mostle because Hogwarts is on the spine and the second book has the Burrow on the cover. It's my fav of the covers, I think.
Those ones do look amazing on a shelf don't they!
Oh, btw, in terms of blogging, do what works best for you, combine or not.


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Happy Birthday To Two Of Dollywood's Famous Leading Ladies
Published November 1, 2018 / Last Updated November 1, 2018
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Happy Birthday to Dollywood's Klondike Katie and Cinderella!
Two of Dollywood's most famous leading ladies celebrated milestone birthdays this year. Katie celebrates her 75th, while "Cindy" enjoys the big 8-0 this season. Both ladies have the opportunity to entertain thousands of Dollywood guests each season, and their performances turn heads and garner waves of admiration wherever the track takes them.
They both admirably served in the U.S. Army during World War II, but now enjoy their retirement years at the world's friendliest theme park. Their "warm" demeanors certainly are welcomed here.
The two Baldwin coal-fired steam trains—Klondike Katie, No. 192, and Cinderella, No. 70—were built in 1943 and 1938 respectively by Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia. Both trains served in Alaska during World War II, transporting troops and lumber on various missions across what would become the 49th U.S. state. Both engines were still in use when they were purchased from the Army. The two locomotives now work together to serve guests as The Dollywood Express, one of the park's signature attractions.
Klondike Katie has worked most of the season while her co-worker Cinderella underwent a months-long refresh. She now looks much like she did back in 1938, with similar cosmetics and a font type close to what would have been on her originally. Just in time for Dollywood's Harvest Festival presented by Humana (now- Nov. 3), both Cinderella and Klondike Katie are ready to charge full steam ahead into the park's busy fall and Christmas seasons.
Maintaining The Dollywood Express
Dollywood Express Team Lead Tim Smith says maintaining the workhorses is a labor of love for his team. For many of them, their current jobs were dreams many years in the making. Smith has had an interest in steam trains his whole life, working at the North Carolina Transportation Museum, as well as Tweetsie Railroad (located in Blowing Rock, North Carolina). He moved west and worked at the Durango and Silverton Railroad in Durango, Colorado and the Virginia and Truckee Railroad in Virginia City, Nevada. He desired to move closer to home and in 2015 accepted his current position at Dollywood.
"We do most of the work ourselves," the North Wilkesboro, North Carolina native said. "It gives our group a sense of pride in what we do to know we're able to keep these trains running and give our guests memories they're always going to hold on to. We can do most of the maintenance work here, but there are things we send out to others to help us with from time to time. We have an iron caster in LaFollette (Tennessee) that can do most of the ironwork we need. Klondike Katie's sister (engine No. 190) is at Tweetsie Railroad; they have the equipment needed to work on our drive wheels."
When Klondike Katie first arrived in Pigeon Forge in 1961, the area looked much different. She anchored a new attraction that had just been built that provided visitors with a five-mile journey through the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains. In the early years, there was not even a workshop to house Klondike Katie. After several changes of ownership, the small park was acquired in 1977 by Jack and Pete Herschend of the Branson, Missouri-based Herschend Enterprises. Owners of Silver Dollar City in Branson, the brothers renamed the park Silver Dollar City, Tennessee. The big steam engine was acquired as part of the sale.
That same year, the Herschends acquired engine 70 and shipped her to the park to work alongside No. 192. After Dolly Parton and the Herschends formed Dollywood in 1986, and the number of visitors continued to climb, the two locomotives continued faithfully serving. For thousands of guests, The Dollywood Express is their main reason for visiting. Smith and his hardworking team balance a tricky schedule to ensure the engines receive the maintenance they need, while also staying operational for park guests each day.
"Our hardest part is balancing the demand of the park schedule with the needed maintenance," Smith explained. "We try to do our maintenance when the park is closed so we don't inconvenience our guests. We try not to do major projects when the park is open, but there are times that we have to do it. It probably upsets us more than it does the guests because we love how it feels when you take them up the mountain and they come back with smiles on their faces. On those rare days when we do have to undertake major maintenance, I assure you our team is probably more unhappy about it than the guests. But we work hard to stay on our schedule and make sure as much as we can is taken care of when the park is closed."
And while most folks may think maintenance stops with the locomotives, the crew in the train shop also has to maintain the tracks and the passenger cars. It adds up to a great deal of work each season.
"The train shop annually replaces around 200-300 crossties out of the nearly 6,000 ties in the track," Smith continued. "We occasionally replace entire sections of the track during the winter months. The locomotives, cars and tracks are looked over constantly looking for anything unusual by the team. We generally try to do our most extensive maintenance during the winter. The cars are inspected top to bottom and repainted each winter. Each locomotive is checked over inside and out. Some winters we may be just replacing a few rod brasses and then some winters we may have the whole engine disassembled."
For the untrained eye (and ear), it may be hard to tell the two apart, except for the numbers emblazoned on their sides. For the many locomotive enthusiasts who visit the park, as well as the Dollywood hosts who work alongside them every day, each has its own personality. Klondike Katie originally was built for speed, while Cinderella had more power and torque to pull heavier loads. In addition to the visual cues, the engines sound very different; especially as they begin their climb out of the Dollywood Express Train Depot for the 20-minute roundtrip experience. Even the folks who work on the pair have their favorite—they just don't let the other engine know it. Even Smith does a great job of hiding which is his "true" favorite.
"I generally tell folks that ask me that my favorite is the one that is running," he said with a laugh. "Klondike Katie is my sentimental favorite since it is the park's original engine; I also spent 15 years operating her sister engine 190 at Tweetsie Railroad. But, I would have to say #70 is my favorite of the two to operate."
No matter which locomotive is pulling the train, The Dollywood Express is a guest-favorite for many who visit the park. Happy Birthday, Klondike Katie and Cinderella!
Plan your next ride aboard The Dollywood Express at Dollywood.com
Michael MartinHappy Birthday To Two Of Dollywood's Famous Leading Ladies 11.01.2018


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Given its innovative setup, Washington was the best place to start. Our nation's capital legalized sports betting in May of 2019; the D.C. Lottery oversees the operation and has its own online app that covers the district, except in four niches for the city's pro sports teams. At BetAmerica, players can wager on everything from classic table games like blackjack, poker, and roulette, to new, innovative platforms and over 300 different slots, including our Slot of the Week. Once all of the I's are dotted and the T's crossed on the regulatory portion of the sports betting industry, providers will start taking bets at lounges located in retail facilities.
Baseball's version of a point spread incorporates aspects of the moneyline, with bettors wagering on the number of runs the given team will score or surrender in the matchup. Familiar routines notoriously drive baseball players, and the sign-up process at the top MLB betting sites is consistent across the board. Tap the account sign-up icon, enter your personal information, and follow the prompts to join. No matter the scouting report, we always prioritize the importance of mobile-friendly baseball betting apps. The top baseball betting mobile apps are functional, intuitive, and packed with the same features found on your desktop or at a betting kiosk.
Check out nearby casinos' websites to learn more about their sportsbook partners. However, the likely temporary yet inexplicable absence of online betting will leave bettors wanting more. Having to visit a casino to confirm sports wagers remains a significant barrier to entry for many beginner bettors. Mississippi pounced on the opportunity to offer regulated sports betting to its residents. The Magnolia State is now approaching 30 retail locations. After the initiative passed, the state legislature got to work creating a legislative framework for sports betting.
For one thing, the lottery commission was allotted its very own license, though no look here partnership has been announced. The lottery is also permitted to place sports betting terminals at thousands of locations throughout the state, such as restaurants, bars, and truck stops. The bottom line is that unless you live in one of the nine parishes listed above, sports betting is soon to be all around you at all times. While DraftKings does not have any physical locations in Louisiana, its access to the state's sports betting market could very well come from an existing relationship with Casino Queen.
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Most sportsbooks seem to offer a risk-free bet up to a certain amount, but BetRivers is different. That means that if you deposit $250, you will get $250 extra to bet on top of what you deposited. These are preferable to some bettors because it's money that you can use freely.
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Types of wagers include straight bets, parlays, match-ups, futures, prop bets, in-play betting and more. Choose among 40 exciting table games, with friendly dealers and an atmosphere of unparalleled comfort. Try your hand at such favorites as Blackjack or Roulette, or take a shot at Craps, Head's Up Hold'em and Flop Poker. Place your bet with the Barstool Sportsbook app and if that bet loses, get an equal free bet up to $1,000 in online bonus cash.
Wager on which team will win the College World Series. Wager on the highest season long batting average by a particular player as declared by MLB. Money line wagers may be made as Action, One Specified Pitcher and Listed Pitchers subject to the rules above. For wagering purposes, each team's Starting Pitcher is defined as the pitcher who throws the initial pitch in his respective half of the first inning.
Gov. Gavin Newsom boasted during the recall that there was $12 billion in the state budget dedicated to homeless services, an unprecedented amount of support from the state. It will go toward all kinds of services, including Project Homekey, which converts hotels, motels and other vacant buildings into supportive housing. "Millions of Californians are betting billions a year on sports, and by definition, that activity is flowing exclusively to unlicensed unregulated operators," Grove, a partner at Eilers and Krejcik Gaming,, told me. The agency also approved "master gaming licenses" for the lottery and its partner Rush Street Interactive.
Previously, casino sponsorships were allowed, but references to sportsbooks were not. In January 2019, the NFL named Caesars Entertainment as the league's first official casino sponsor, a deal that did not include sports betting. Teams have accepted casino sponsorships for years, but without sports betting. SB 1525, like HB 2813, is also sponsored by both Borelli and Pierce.
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