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Author: Ann Dornfeld
Growing Fruits and Veggies in the City
Planting an urban garden in Louisville, KY. (Photo courtesy of the City of Louisville)
For decades, people in American cities have relied on farmers in rural areas to grow the fruits and vegetables we eat. But a new generation of farmers says there's no reason to keep agriculture out of the urban core. Ann Dornfeld reports:
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Sean Conroe and Amber Banks found each other like so many people do these days: on the Internet. They met for cupcakes, and talked about their hopes and dreams.
It wasn't a date. Amber and Sean both wanted to start a farm. In the middle of the city.
"Because there are a lot of neighborhoods that don't have access to healthy, fresh produce and if they do it can be very expensive. So we see unused space as a great place to grow food to make it more accessible to people."
They call their project Alleycat Acres. Conroe created a Web site to recruit volunteers and donations. Within a week, they were offered a plot of land between two houses in south Seattle. Conroe says 20 volunteers worked for six weekends to turn the grassy land into what it is now. A farm.
"We have spinach, onions, radish, lettuce and chard that's all ready to be harvested right now."
There are carrots and green onions. Peas, beans, and turnips.
"Broccoli, tomatillos and cucumbers which are all starting to pop up. And then strawberries."
Sean Conroe is in college, and Amber Banks is a teacher. But they both grew up farming and gardening.
"Since this is our first year it's gonna be tough. But we are very pleased so far. We did not expect there to be this much food already, so things are definitely off to a good start."
The Alleycats have harvested nearly 200 pounds of produce so far. They've donated most of it to local food banks. They deliver it by bike.
(sound of snipping and bagging greens)
Bridget Barni is sitting in the dirt thinning the salad greens. She's one of the 80 people who've signed up to volunteer on the farm.
"I just learned how to do this this morning. It's amazing what you can learn when you show up on a Saturday and are willing to get dirty!"
Like a lot of the volunteers, Barni doesn't have much gardening experience.
"So what's the secret to picking in the right place. The right leaves?"
"Y'know, I asked that same question! And it turns out there is no science to it! It's more like, just get in there and let the new leaves get some sun and grow."
Exposing city-dwellers to the joys of growing food is one of the Alleycats' missions. They invite school groups to the farm to help out. And Amber Banks says they want the same people who get food donations to know how to work the soil.
"Y'know, 'cause we're not gonna be around forever. People are eventually gonna have to take over these gardens.
To teach people that they can feed themselves from the ground that's right around them is really a good message as well."
Sean Conroe says Alleycat Acres is expanding to other vacant lots in the city. So are a lot of other urban farming groups. They're planting carrots in unused yards. And broccoli where old businesses were torn down.
"We'd like to expand as much as we can where there are empty lots that have ample sunlight, that have access to water and that have community rallying around projects such as this."
The city has even dubbed 2010 "The Year of Urban Agriculture." But these farms' growth is limited. That's because like a lot of cities, Seattle has restrictions on urban farms. The city council is now considering changing those laws.
For the Environment Report, I'm Ann Dornfeld.
Author Ann DornfeldPosted on June 4, 2010 Categories Features
Acidic Oceans Dissolving Shellfish Industry
Oceanographer Richard Feely says the shellfish industry is suffering in part because the more acidic seawater encourages the growth of a type of bacterium that kills oyster larvae.(Photo courtesy of the NOAA)
When carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere, about a third of it absorbs into the ocean. That creates carbonic acid—the stuff in soda pop that gives it that zing.
That means seawater is becoming more acidic.
Scientists say this ocean acidification is starting to cause big problems for marine life. And Ann Dornfeld reports that could affect your dinner plans.
Taylor Shellfish Farms has been growing oysters for more than a
century. And shucking them, one by one, by hand.
"An old profession. Y'know, they've tried for years to
find a way to mechanize it. There's no way around it. Every oyster is
so unique in its size and shape."
Bill Dewey is a spokesman for Taylor. The company is based in
Washington state. It's one of the nation's main producers of farmed
shellfish. Dewey says if you order oyster shooters in Chicago, or just
about anywhere else, there's a good chance they came from Taylor.
But in the past couple of years, the company has had a hard time
producing juvenile oysters – called "seed."
"Last year our oyster larvae production was off about 60
percent. This year it was off almost 80 percent. It's a huge impact to
our company and to all the people that we sell seed to."
Shellfish growers throughout the Pacific Northwest are having similar
problems with other kinds of oysters, and mussels, too. They suspect a
lot of it has to do with ocean acidification.
Richard Feely is a chemical oceanographer with the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration. He says when the pH of seawater drops
too low, it can hurt marine life.
"What we know for sure is that those organisms that
produce calcium carbonate shells such as lobsters, and clams and
oysters, and coral skeletons, they generally tend to decrease their
rate of formation of their skeletons."
Feely says it looks like acidified waters are affecting oysters
because their larvae build shells with a type of calcium carbonate,
called aragonite, which dissolves more easily in corrosive water.
The more acidic seawater also encourages the growth of a type of
bacterium that kills oyster larvae.
Feely says the changes in the ocean's pH are becoming serious. He
recently co-published a study on the results of a 2006 research cruise
between Hawaii and Alaska. It was identical to a trip the researchers
took in 1991. They found that in just 15 years, the ocean had become
five to six percent more acidic as a result of man-made CO2.
"If you think about it, a change of 5% in 15 years is a
fairly dramatic change. and it's certainly humbling to see that in my
lifetime I can actually measure these changes on a global scale. These
are very significant changes."
A couple years ago, Feely gave a talk at a conference of shellfish
growers. He explained the impact ocean acidification could have on
their industry. Bill Dewey with Taylor Shellfish Farms was there.
"All these growers were walking around with all these
really long faces, just very depressed. I mean it was a very eye-opening presentation and something that's definitely had growers
paying attention since, that this could be a very fundamental problem
that we're going to be facing for a long time to come."
Dewey calls shellfish growers the "canary in the coalmine" for ocean
acidification.
Scientists say if humans don't slow our release of CO2 into the
atmosphere, shellfish may move from restaurant menus into history
A related story from The Environment Report
An article from Science Daily
The EPA's site on Ocean Acidification
Author Ann DornfeldPosted on April 8, 2010 Categories FeaturesTags acid, acidification, acidity, carbon, change, clam, clams, climate, decline, dioxide, fish, global, grow, growers, level, levels, life, marine, mussel, mussels, ocean, oceans, oyster, oysters, seafood, sealife, seas, shellfish, warming, water
Killer Whale Shows Reconsidered
Animal rights activist Will Anderson says there is nothing healthy about the relationship between captive marine mammals and their keepers. (Photo Courtesy of Milan Boers CC-2.0)
People who want to watch marine mammals like dolphins often head to
theme parks such as SeaWorld. But after a killer whale at one SeaWorld
killed its trainer last month, critics are calling for a reevaluation
of keeping these huge animals captive. Ann Dornfeld has the story:
of keeping these huge animals captive. Ann Dornfeld has the story.
In the wild, a killer whale's world sounds something like this:
[Killer whale calls in British Columbia]
But most people see killer whales in an environment like this:
[Electric guitar at SeaWorld show, chanting of "Shamu! Shamu!
Shamu!", audience claps in time]
SeaWorld calls all of its performing whales "Shamu." Millions of
people have visited SeaWorld over the decades to get splashed by
Shamu's tail and watch trainers leap off the killer whales' noses. The
trainers hug and kiss the animals between high-flying stunts.
But animal rights activist Will Anderson says there is nothing healthy
about the relationship between captive marine mammals and their
keepers. The waters around Seattle, where he lives, are home to wild
killer whales. Anderson has worked to free captive killer whales for
40 years.
"The relationships they have with their trainers are
nothing less than 'Well, what else is there to do?' If you're starved
for what you innately need – social bonding – you're gonna settle for
whatever morsel you can get."
Killer whales are actually huge dolphins, not whales. Anderson says
tanks are no place for animals which roam up to 100 miles each day in
their native waters.
"Their bodies and their minds, and their behaviors,
their needs and their huge size, they are all adapted for the wild.
They are not adapted for tanks."
At SeaWorld, Julie Scardina is the Animal Ambassador. She handles
public relations for the theme park. She says just because killer
whales can roam 100 miles a day in the wild doesn't mean they often
"The 100 mile statistic there is actually just a
capability. They have the capability of roaming that far, just like
humans have the capability of walking 20 miles or more per day. We
provide opportunities for exercise, for play, and of course during our
shows they get plenty of exercise."
Scardina used to train killer whales. She says the tricks show the
public what the animals are capable of. And she says keeping killer
whales in a more naturalistic, aquarium-like environment wouldn't
serve the animals well.
"I've worked with animals for over 30 years. There's
no way you can convince me that it would be better to let an animal
kind of hang. That's kind of like saying it's okay to let a person sit
on the couch if they'd like. You need to provide stimulation, you want
to get them up and moving."
Scardina says the goal of SeaWorld's Shamu shows is to encourage
marine conservation.
"Well, certainly our mission is to educate people
about the oceans, to inspire them. And that's what obviously our hope
is, is by seeing these animals and how incredible they are – I know
that's how I became inspired when I was a child."
But in a promotional video for SeaWorld's main killer whale show,
called "Believe," SeaWorld employees suggest a different theme… more
conquest than conservation.
"How do we get in the water with the top predator in the ocean, y'know. that kills and eats anything it wants at any time.
I thought for a moment right there, y'know what, this is really crazy
what we do. But we are doing it!"
The video, and the "Believe" show itself, focus on the power of the
human spirit – not the marine environment.
Activists like Will Anderson are calling for theme parks like SeaWorld
to return killer whales to their native waters, protected by huge
enclosures. There is general agreement that captive killer whales
wouldn't survive if released into the open ocean.
Watch a promo for SeaWorld's show "Believe"
More about Killer Whales from National Geographic
Read SeaWorld's commitment to conservation and the environment
Author Ann DornfeldPosted on March 17, 2010 Categories FeaturesTags activist, activists, animals, captive, captivity, conservation, death, debate, dolphin, dolphins, education, kill, killed, killer, mammals, marine, ocean, orca, orcas, tank, whale, whales, wild, world
CO2 Eats at Ocean Creatures
Healthy Reef Systems May Be a Thing of The Past(Photo courtesy of Mikael Häggström)
Some scientists think we might be headed for a mass extinction event
in the oceans. When carbon dioxide gets released into the atmosphere,
a lot of that CO2 soaks into the oceans. That makes the water more
acidic. When the pH gets too low, it dissolves the skeletons of
animals like coral and mussels. Ann Dornfeld reports:
https://environmentreport.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/spot_dornfeld_022410.mp3
** The story as originally broadcast incorrectly referred to the publication as "Natural Geoscience." It should be "Nature Geoscience."
acidic. It can dissolve the skeletons of
Fifty-five million years ago, a mass extinction happened when the
oceans became too acidic.
Richard Feely is a chemical oceanographer for the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration. He says that today's ocean acidification
is happening too quickly for many species to adjust.
"Over the last 200 years we've seen a 30-percent increase in acidity
of the oceans, and about six percent of that increase of acidity of
the oceans has been in the last 15 years."
Researchers at the University of Bristol in England ran simulations of
the acidification processes 55 million years ago and today. They found
that acidification is happening ten times faster these days than it
did before the prehistoric mass extinction.
That could mean that if we don't slow our release of CO2 into the
atmosphere, life in our oceans could crash within a century or two.
The study is published in the journal of Nature Geoscience.
A report from the Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership
An fact sheet on oceanic acidifcation From the NOAA
Author Ann DornfeldPosted on February 24, 2010 Categories News SpotsTags acid, acidification, acidity, atmosphere, carbon, chemical, chemicals, co2, dioxide, ecosystem, extinction, extinctions, mass, ocean, oceans, oyster, oysters, polluting, pollution, sea
Slash-And-Burn in Indonesia
Indonesia's peat forests are home to Sumatran tigers, Asian elephants and orangutans. (Photo by Ann Dornfeld)
When the peat is burned, it releases tons of CO2 into the atmosphere. (Photo by Ann Dornfeld)
Officials from every country in the
world have gathered in Copenhagen
this week to build the
framework for a global climate treaty.
One of the goals is to slow the
destruction of forests in developing
countries. Those forests process and
store massive amounts of carbon dioxide.
Ann Dornfeld reports:
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Preserving forests will be a huge debate in Copenhagen. Poor countries want wealthier countries to compensate them for not cutting the forests for lumber and to convert it to farmland. To find out why that might be important, you have to visit a place like this peat forest on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
(sound of the forest)
Forests like this one are home to orangutans, Sumatran tigers and Asian elephants. But these forests may be more important for what lies beneath their marshy floors. The peat is composed of thousands of years' worth of organic material. Indonesia's peat forests are storage units for much of the world's carbon. And they're being destroyed at an alarming rate.
Not far down the road, Greenpeace Indonesia campaigner Bustar Maitar looks out on a charred landscape. You'd never know a forest stood here just a few months ago.
"Is the no more ecosystem here. No more forest here."
Only a few burnt tree trunks are standing. Sour smoke curls up from the blackened ground. Maitar says this fire has been burning for a month.
"Fire is coming from not from in the top of the ground, but the haze is coming from inside. It means it's the underground fire, especially in peatland. And underground fire is very difficult to handle."
Indonesia's peat forests are rapidly being logged, drained and burned in order to clear the land for tree farms and palm oil plantations.
The peat can be dozens of feet deep. When it's burned, the carbon it's been storing is released as carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. All of that burning peat has made Indonesia the world's third largest emitter of CO2.
Until recently, industrialized nations topped the list of greenhouse gas emitters. Now the United States shares that shortlist with developing nations like China, India and Brazil. As these countries industrialize, demand for timber and open space has stripped many of their forests bare. But leaders of developing countries insist their nations should be allowed to do what it takes to build their economies – even if that leads to climate change.
Paul Winn works on forest and climate issues for Greenpeace. He says the only alternative is for wealthy countries to pay developing countries to slow their emissions.
"If the industrialized world is serious about climate change, it's essential. It just has to be."
Winn says wealthy countries have pledged 45 billion dollars so far to help poor countries reduce emissions. But he says that's just a start.
"If you compare that to what the industrialized world spent on protecting its banks and its financial institutions during the financial crisis, it's a pittance. And it's far more essential that they do it now. Because these forests are threatened, and the emissions that go up into the atmosphere are going to come back and bite the industrialized world if they don't fund its protection."
Some of the funding plans on the table at Copenhagen would still involve drastic changes to the world's forest ecosystems. The UN's current plan would give pulp and paper corporations in Indonesia carbon credits to convert peat forests into acacia plantations.
Winn says that's the opposite of what needs to happen. Greenpeace and other environmental groups want industrialized countries to fund a moratorium on logging.
One complicating factor is the rampant corruption in many developing countries.
"It is a concern. And I would imagine that's why many of the industrialized countries haven't committed to funding."
Winn says a thorough verification process would ensure that if countries allowed logging, they'd have to repay donor nations.
Winn is in Copenhagen to promote forest protection in the developing world. He says he doesn't expect anything major to come out of this conference – but hopefully it will lay some groundwork.
A related article from CNN
Author Ann DornfeldPosted on December 7, 2009 Categories FeaturesTags atmosphere, below, burn, burned, burning, burns, carbon, copenhagen, countries, country, dioxide, emission, emissions, fire, fired, fires, flame, flames, flaming, forest, forests, gases, gasses, ground, land, lands, marsh, money, peat, tree, trees, under, world
Citizen Scientists Help Uncle Sam
Citizen scientist divers brave the chilly waters of Washington State to count the marine life below. (Photo by Ann Dornfeld)
The REEF survey is clipped to volunteer diver Pete Naylor's gear as he waits to dive in to the Hood Canal in Washington State. (Photo by Ann Dornfeld)
Citizen scientists count dozens of invertebrate and fish species - such as this cabezon - to help professional scientists monitor marine populations. (Photo by Ann Dornfeld)
As governments tighten their belts,
it's getting harder for them to pay
scientists to monitor the health of
the nation's ecosystems. So increasingly,
they're turning to citizens who do
that kind of work for free. Ann Dornfeld
reports on the growing influence of these
"citizen scientists":
It's the kind of cloudy, wet day that most people spend indoors. But the cold and wet doesn't matter as much when you're planning to spend your day at the bottom of a Puget Sound fjord.
(sound of divers splashing into water)
About 75 miles from Seattle, these scuba divers are conducting volunteer surveys for REEF, an organization that monitors fish populations around the world. The data help researchers understand where fish live, and in what kind of numbers. It's the kind of information governments need to understand how fishing and pollution are affecting waterways.
Back on the boat, surveyor Janna Nichols has just emerged from the 48-degree water. She pulls out her survey and goes down the list marking off what she's just seen.
"Sunflower stars, definitely, many of those – saw a lot of those around. No sand dollars, no sea urchins. Ah! Ooh! Ah! Here's an exciting one! I saw a giant nudibranch! A very small giant nudibranch. But those are very cool to see – a treat!"
Identifying fish can be tricky, because the same species can have different coloration depending on its age, gender, or even time of the year.
"Black-eyed gobies were everywhere. I would say under a hundred of them. And – they were mating! Because I don't know if you noticed, they had black pelvic fins. And they kind of hover around and say "Hey, baby baby, look at me!"
As much fun as these "citizen scientists" have, professional scientists take the data these divers collect seriously. Last summer volunteer surveyor David Jennings went diving in Washington's Olympic National Park Marine Sanctuary. He was excited to see the colorful tiger and china rockfish he'd heard were abundant at the park. But when he got there, he only saw a couple. So he looked at the past six years of REEF survey data to see how the rockfish populations had changed.
"One of the best sources was someone that wrote up a diving experience he had in 2002 where he saw dozens of tigers and many chinas. Whereas I in a week of diving saw two tigers and just three chinas. so it was a very big contrast to what people saw in the past."
Jennings took the data to the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife. That's the agency that decides fishing limits. Greg Bargmann is a department fisheries biologist who's working on next year's catch limits for rockfish. He says even though the REEF divers aren't as highly-trained as the state biologists, the data they collect are more current and cover a wider area.
"The REEF survey shows a very dramatic decrease in abundance over the last five years. Our state surveys don't show that, but we have a lot of imprecision in our surveys so we're relying on the REEF surveys to look for changes in population."
That's because the state can't afford to send its biologists out as often or to as many sites as the volunteers dive.
"We really appreciate the interest of our citizens to spend time going out there and using their own transportation costs and their own equipment to go out and collect data, and to listen to us and collect things that are not easy to do sometimes."
You don't have to dive to be a citizen scientist. In Ohio, citizens track everything from salamanders to spiders. In California, tighter budgets mean more poaching – and not enough game wardens. So states are training volunteers to do more work. And across the country, the Environmental Protection Agency relies on citizens to monitor water quality in lakes and streams.
Bargmann says while governments rely on citizen scientists more during budget crunches, he sees programs like these becoming increasingly important for keeping track of the health of the environment.
"Citizen Scientists Track Climate Change" from TER
"Heading Out On A BioBlitz" from TER
Author Ann DornfeldPosted on September 14, 2009 Categories FeaturesTags budget, budgets, citizen, citizens, count, counting, country, cuts, ecosystem, ecosystems, federal, fund, funded, funding, funds, government, governments, money, nation, paid, political, politics, research, science, scientist, scientists, state, states, survey, surveying, surveys, volunteer, volunteering, volunteers
Shrinking Salmon Populations
A close view of salmon eggs and developing salmon fry. (Photo courtesy of the US Fish and Wildlife Service)
A federal judge says the Obama
Administration soon has to come
up with a plan to restore endangered
salmon runs to the Pacific Northwest's
biggest rivers. Ann Dornfeld went
gill net fishing on the Columbia
River to find out what's at stake:
(sound of a boat moving through water)
Gary Soderstrom is a fourth-generation Columbia River salmon fisherman. Even though it's his work, on a sunny summer day there are few places he'd rather be than casting a gill net on this tranquil bay near the mouth of the Columbia.
"Just being this far from the dock, it's just a whole different world! All the nights and the days I've put out here, I still feel good when I get out here." (laughs)
Soderstrom – or Suds, as he's better known – says gillnetters today catch salmon pretty much the same way his great-great-grandfather caught them. The main difference today is motors help fishers lay out and reel in their nets.
(sound of reel squeaking as net is laid)
"See how he's layin' up the bank here, and then he's gonna go across. That'll create a trap for the fish if he leads 'em over to the beach, and they might get confused."
The technique might not have changed much. But this river has. These days, a dozen species of salmon and steelhead on the Columbia are listed as endangered. One of the biggest factors is the hydroelectric dam system that provides most of the power to the Pacific Northwest. Those dams keep young salmon from making it to the ocean. Suds says that's why his son won't be a fifth generation fisherman.
"There used to be several thousand fishermen on the Columbia at one time. Now there's a couple hundred of us that are still active. Most guys like my son and them have went and got other jobs to try and raise families on."
Federal law requires the government to restore the endangered salmon runs. For years, fishers and environmental groups have been calling for the removal of four dams on the Snake River, a tributary of the Columbia.
But the Clinton and Bush Administrations backed other plans to restore salmon runs. Those plans ranged from spilling a small portion of water through the dams to trucking baby salmon around the dams. Federal courts rejected those plans as insufficient. Now a federal judge has told the Obama Administration it has until mid-September to come up with a plan that goes far beyond the scheme President Bush proposed last year.
Ann Dornfeld: "What do you think is the chance that they're gonna take out the dams?"
Gary Soderstrom: "Well, about like me winnin' the Powerball! (laughs) I mean, don't think it's ever gonna happen, but realistically, it'd work."
Suds says he'd also like to see tougher restrictions put on farmers who irrigate their crops with water from the Columbia.
"Irrigation systems, a lot of them are still water hogs. I think they should be forced into using the least amount of water they can get by with."
It's been about 15 minutes, and it's time to reel in the nets.
(sound of reeling in nets)
We've brought in one 17-pound coho.
(sound of salmon hitting the floor)
But like most of the other fish caught on the Columbia these days, it was raised in a hatchery upstream.
Suds says for years he's been volunteering his time on advisory councils and boards throughout the state to try to restore the habitat that once brought millions of salmon down the river the natural way. But what he'd really like to do is meet with President Obama and explain the river's history to him firsthand.
"But in my situation, being a peon fisherman, you'll never get to talk to a guy like him. Y'know, if you could bring him out here and show him what I've shown you today, maybe he'd have a clearer understanding of what's going on out here."
Suds Soderstrom says he wants the president to make good on his promise to let science dictate his policies, rather than politics – which always seem to favor development.
"Sooner or later you're either gonna have fish or people. And the people seem to be winning."
The new Administration has until September 15th to propose its plan to save endangered salmon. The federal judge who's been overseeing the process for years has made one requirement: this time, the plan has to work.
'The End Of The Line' from TER
'Saving Salmon From Sea Lions' from TER
Author Ann DornfeldPosted on September 10, 2009 Categories FeaturesTags commercial, decline, declining, endangered, federal, fish, fished, fisher, fisherman, fishermen, fishers, fishes, fishing, government, judge, judges, lake, lakes, number, numbers, ocean, oceans, overfished, overfishing, political, politics, population, populations, recreational, restoration, restore, river, rivers, salmon, shrink, shrinking, species, water, waters
Low in the Vitamin D Department
How much sun you need to get enough Vitamin D depends on where you live, the time of year, how much skin you're exposing - and even the color of your skin. (Photo source: Kallerna at Wikimedia Commons)
According to two recent studies,
most kids in this country aren't
getting enough Vitamin D. Scientists
say a lot of adults are low in the
vitamin, too. Ann Dornfeld looks
at whether the solution is as simple
as spending more time in the sun:
According to two recent studies, most kids in this country
aren't getting enough Vitamin D. Scientists say a lot of
adults are low in the vitamin, too. Ann Dornfeld looks at
whether the solution is as simple as spending more time in
the sun:
(sound of kids building sandcastles on the beach)
If you've been to the beach this summer, or anywhere
outdoors, you probably slathered on the obligatory
sunblock. If you were extra-careful, you wore a wide-
brimmed hat, or made sure your kids wore t-shirts in the
water instead of a skimpy suit.
Thing is, the solar radiation you work so hard to avoid is
also kind of healthy. That's because it creates Vitamin D
through a chemical reaction in your skin.
"Vitamin D is essential."
Susan Ott is a professor of medicine at the University of
Washington.
"It's actually a steroid hormone that helps you absorb
calcium from your diet. And it works in your intestines so
the calcium can get into your system and become
available to the bones."
Ott specializes in bone diseases like osteoporosis and
osteomalacia – both diseases that Vitamin D helps
When you slather on sunblock, you're also blocking the
creation of Vitamin D.
Before you run outside to soak up the last few rays of
summer unprotected, there's a catch. Ott says no one
knows how much sun you need to get enough Vitamin D.
It depends on where you live, the time of year, how much
skin you're exposing – and even the color of your skin.
"People with dark skin do not make as much Vitamin D
with the same amount of sunlight exposure – they need to
be out in the sunlight longer to get the same amount of
Vitamin D as a fair person."
Scientists don't have a way to recommend how much sun
you need to get enough D.
Kim Nowak-Cooperman is a nutritionist at Seattle
Children's Hospital. She says a recent study looked at
people who live in Honolulu.
"They looked at 93 people who got three or more hours of
sun every day for five days a week. And they actually
found that half of those people were Vitamin D insufficient,
when you would think that they would be very, very high in
Getting your Vitamin D from food can also be hard. It's
naturally abundant only in oily fish like sardines, salmon
and mackerel. Since the 1930s, Vitamin D has been
added to milk to prevent the bone-softening disease
rickets in children. Now rickets is making a comeback.
Nowak-Cooperman says that's because most kids don't
drink enough milk to get the recommended daily
allowance of Vitamin D. And even that recommendation
might not even be enough.
"Originally that number was derived from the amount of
Vitamin D that would prevent rickets. We are now seeing
that Vitamin D has a more important role and that the
insufficiency of Vitamin D can be implicated in other
disease processes."
Studies show Vitamin D might prevent everything from
rheumatoid arthritis to diabetes to tuberculosis. So the
American Academy of Pediatrics now recommends kids
get twice the US RDA for Vitamin D. That means 400 IU from either four glasses of milk or a
supplement.
Professor Susan Ott says adults should take a
supplement, too. She recommends 800 to 1000 IU. Any more than that, she says, and you risk
absorbing too much calcium.
"I think right now there's a fad and people are taking too
much. I just went to the drugstore the other day and I saw
pills that were 5000 units. That's enough to last you a
week! And I have patients that are taking that every day.
I'm worried they're gonna get kidney stones."
Ott says there's also a trend for people to get blood tests
to determine whether they're getting enough Vitamin D.
She says unless you're elderly or have other serious
health problems, it probably isn't necessary.
So what should you do? Ott says just pop that daily
supplement – 400 IU for kids, 800 for adults – and
keep slathering on the sunblock.
Info on Vitamin D from the Mayo Clinic
Wikipedia's page on Vitamin D
A fact sheet on Vitamin D
Author Ann DornfeldPosted on September 2, 2009 Categories FeaturesTags health, healthy, illness, inside, milk, outdoors, outside, protect, protection, rays, sick, sickness, skin, spring, summer, sunblock, sunblocks, sunning, sunny, suns, sunscreen, sunscreens, sunshine, tanning, ultraviolet, unhealthy, vitamin, vitamins, weather
Captive Otters Adopt Orphaned Pups
Now that surrogate moms raise the otters, the goal is for the pups to never see or hear a human. To get up close to the pup, Ann had to put on a Darth Vader costume of sorts. (Photo by Angela Hains)
An aquarium exhibit otter bonds with a pup, behind-the-scenes at the Monterey Bay Aquarium (Photo courtesy of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation)
A sea otter mother and pup pair. Animals that can rejoin the breeding population get top priority in the aquarium stranding program. (Photo by Doc White, courtesy of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation)
For animals in most zoos and
aquariums, the door from freedom
to captivity only swings one way.
But at the Monterey Bay Aquarium,
sea otters from its exhibits teach
wild sea otter orphans how to
survive in the ocean. Ann Dornfeld
has the story:
For animals in most zoos and aquariums, the door from
freedom to captivity only swings one way. But at the
Monterey Bay Aquarium, sea otters from its exhibits teach
wild sea otter orphans how to survive in the ocean. Ann
Dornfeld has the story:
Rosa has her baby in a headlock. That's actually how
southern sea otters hold their young.
"The pup is essentially unconscious – it's very much
asleep, and Rosa is holding it as a female would in the
wild: she's got it sort of teed off to her side with a paw
around its neck."
Andy Johnson is the director of the Monterey Bay
Aquarium's Sea Otter Research and Conservation
By the end of the19th century, sea otters had been hunted
to extinction in some parts of the Pacific.
Lilian Carswell is with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
She says these days, pollution and disease are sea otters'
biggest threats. And she says a lot of other species
depend on otters' survival.
"Sea otters are important for a number of reasons. One is
that they're a top predator in the nearshore marine
ecosystem and they play an important role in structuring
what that ecosystem looks like."
Hungry sea otters keep sea urchin populations in check.
When urchins overpopulate an area, they can mow down
entire kelp forests that provide food and shelter for
hundreds of species.
So to help conserve the otter population, Andy Johnson
and his team at the Monterey Bay Aquarium pair orphaned
pups from the wild with the female exhibit otters. The goal
is for the surrogate mother to not only care for the pup, but
also to teach it all the skills it will need to be released back
into the wild at about six months old.
A volunteer has just tossed some food into the pool where
Rosa and the orphaned pup are swimming. Rosa grabs
the live crab as the pup watches.
"Rosa's quite skilled with those, so she'll pretty much take
that apart in a few minutes. We'll have to watch the pup
and see if the pup approaches the crab without getting
pinched. I have to admit it's quite amusing to see these
young animals confronting these crabs 'cause these crabs
are pretty formidable on their own."
Rosa ends up breaking off a leg for her adopted pup, who
decides the shell is too much work. Before long, though,
the pup will learn some of the same impressive skills that
adult sea otters have – like how to use tools to open clams
and sea urchins.
Before the surrogate program began, workers and
volunteers used to hand-rear these pups. They'd even
take the pups swimming in Monterey Bay to acclimate
them to their future home.
But that made the released otters expect food from
boaters and other people they encountered in the bay.
Now that surrogate moms raise the otters, the goal is for
the pups to never see or hear a human. We've been
watching the sea otters interact from a TV monitor near
the pool. To get up close to the pup, I have to put on a
Darth Vader costume of sorts – starting with a huge black
nylon poncho.
(sound of the poncho)
Ann: "This is a welding mask?"
Andy Johnson: "A very cheap welding mask."
Rosa isn't fooled. As I approach the pool, she shoots over
to see whether I have food.
(sound of the otter sniffing around)
Rosa was a rescued pup. She was hand-reared before the
surrogate program began. After she was released into
Monterey Bay, she had to be recaptured because she was
jumping on kayaks and divers.
"We found that with the sea otters, putting them with an
adult female in a fairly shallow pool for six months far
outweighs whatever we were doing trying to raise these
pups."
Sea otter populations are recovering at a slow pace in
California. But this program is contributing to the
Johnson says the apparent survival rate of the re-released
pups is now about as good as that of newly-weaned pups
in the wild. Some have even successfully raised their own
pups, using skills they picked up from an exhibit otter at
the aquarium.
Monterey Bay Aquarium's sea otter programs
A success story on one of the pups
Live sea otter camera at the aqarium
Author Ann DornfeldPosted on July 20, 2009 Categories FeaturesTags animal, animals, aquarium, aquariums, babies, baby, captive, captivity, human, humans, mother, ocean, oceans, orphan, orphaned, orphans, otter, otters, parent, parents, pups, raise, raised, release, released, seas, water, waters, wild, wilderness, wildlife, zoos
Jellyfish Taking Over Oceans?
A jellyfish under the Ross Sea ice, on October 14, 2005 (Photo by Henry Kaiser, courtesy of the National Science Foundation)
Some scientists are warning
that as overfishing and climate
change affect the world's oceans,
jellyfish will take over the
ecosystem. That could mean that
eventually, if you cast a net
into the ocean all you'd haul
in would be jelly blobs. But
as Ann Dornfeld reports, such
warnings may be premature:
The theory goes like this. Overfishing is removing the main jellyfish predators from the oceans. And warming oceans could be more hospitable to jellies.
A new report published in the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution says jellyfish are already taking over. Its authors point to recent big jellyfish blooms as evidence.
But not everyone's convinced.
"I think there's a set of people that are sensationalizing the jellyfish bloom issue."
University of Washington researcher Claudia Mills has been studying jellies for 30 years.
"I do think that probably jellyfish blooms are on the increase. But the problem is, we have so little baseline data that it's almost impossible to really, honestly know that."
Mills says there's hardly any historical data on jellyfish populations, and not even much recent data.
She says it could be that the future of the world's oceans is gelatinous and tentacled… or the blooms could just be cyclical.
Photos and info on jellies from National Geographic
An article on jellyfish from the Discovery Channel
Author Ann DornfeldPosted on June 22, 2009 Categories News SpotsTags bloom, blooms, cyclical, eating, ecosystem, ecosystems, fish, fishes, fishing, food, foods, jellies, jelly, jellyfish, number, numbers, ocean, oceans, population, populations, predator, predators, predatory, water, waters


Vatican City — Eleven children of parents who are in the United States under Temporary Protected Status traveled to Rome to meet Pope Francis ahead of the canonization of St. Oscar Romero.
For the teens and young adults, Romero, the archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador, when he was assassinated in 1980, had defended people like their parents during his ministry.
Ramos and the other young people were able to briefly speak with Francis, who gave them words of encouragement.
Members gave the pope a letter from the TPS Alliance, an organization supporting TPS holders, a T-shirt supporting TPS, a canvas portraying Romero and documentation on TPS. "He even took the T-shirt out and showed it to everyone," Andrew Romero said.
After pleading with Francis to "help protect their families' immigration status," the pope responded that "migration is a human right, don't forget. May St. Romero help you."
The children of TPS holders hope that El Salvador's international reputation of violence may change now that Romero was declared a saint in ceremonies in St. Peter's Square Oct. 14. "Now we have an international figure, if he would become the image of us, that would be amazing," Villalobos said.
For the delegation, Romero represents the true meaning of social justice. As children, they heard about the future saint -- and his calls to end the long Salvadoran civil war -- from their grandparents.
"I couldn't understand that someone had shot a priest," Villalobos said. He explained that he connected Romero, the civil war and the economic crisis that ensued in El Salvador and forced many of his family members to leave their homeland. Now, his family is in the U.S. and he fears that his parents may be forced to leave their adopted country if TPS expires.
"The people who moved to the U.S. are the same that Romero fought for," Villalobos said. "They are the people who worked in the fields, who fled, and now the children of 'campesinos' [farmers] have TPS and are under threat in the U.S."


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Uladsimir Jarmoschyn (* 26. Oktober 1942 in Pronsk, Oblast Rjasan, Russische SFSR) ist ein belarussischer Politiker.

Uladsimir Jarmoschyn studierte am Polytechnischen Institut von Nowotscherkassk und an der Leningrader Luftfahrtakademie. Danach arbeitete er als Dreher in der Elektrolokomotivfabrik Nowotscherkassk. Ab 1965 war er in Minsk tätig, wo er ab 1990 im Rat der Stadt saß. 1992 wurde er zunächst dessen stellvertretender Vorsitzender und war dann von 1995 bis 2000 Vorsitzender. Nach dem U-Bahn-Unfall in Minsk 1999, wobei 54 Menschen ums Leben kamen, wollte er als Vorsitzender zurücktreten, doch der Ratspräsident akzeptierte seinen Rücktritt nicht. Als Abgeordneter des Belarussischen Parlaments wurde er am 18. Februar 2000 von Präsident Aljaksandr Lukaschenka zum Ministerpräsidenten ernannt. Am 1. Oktober 2001 wurde er von Henads Nawizki abgelöst.

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Marysville man pleads guilty to stabbing attack on wife
He had learned she was planning to file for divorce, attacked her, then drove her to a hospital.
by Scott North
Friday, January 12, 2018 7:33am
Local NewsEverettMarysville
EVERETT — A Marysville man can expect to spend up to a dozen years in prison after pleading guilty Thursday to stabbing his estranged wife nearly 20 times when he learned she planned to end their marriage.
Nathan Robert Bradford, 45, pleaded guilty to domestic-violence first-degree assault. Snohomish County Superior Court Judge Marybeth Dingledy scheduled sentencing for Feb. 1.
Bradford made clear he understands the consequences of his admission that he nearly killed the woman. He faces a prison term ranging from just under a decade to 12 years under state sentencing guidelines.
In court papers, Bradford admitted he attacked his wife with a knife Oct. 28.
Documents show the violence came after he found divorce papers while going through her car. At first he left the scene, saying that he wished the woman, 30, would "die in a fiery crash."
Later, he returned with a knife and stabbed her repeatedly. She awoke bleeding in the backseat of a car. He was driving her to an Everett hospital.
Surveillance video recorded Bradford abandoning the woman, who was then near death, and driving away. He was wearing a blue T-shirt with a Superman logo, according to court papers.
He later was found in Whatcom County, about 40 miles north, parked in an SUV along Chuckanut Drive. He apparently had attempted suicide by running a tube from the exhaust pipe and into the car.
Bradford has remained locked up at the county jail in Everett since his arrest.
Scott North: 425-339-3431; north@heraldnet.com. Twitter: @snorthnews.
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What Is The Analytics Page On Youtube
If you've been searching for a way to promote your YouTube videos, you've probably noticed the Chrome extension TubeBuddy. The tool is tied to YouTube. It offers three paid plans as well as a free plan. In this Tubebuddy review, you'll find out more about how this extension works and whether it's a good choice for your needs. You'll also discover why this tool is worth your consideration.
TubeBuddy is a YouTube extension that you may have heard of if you are a YouTube creator. The Chrome extension allows you to track and analyze your videos and understand trends in audience viewing. TubeBuddy offers many useful features, such as health report analytics, channel subscriber count, likes/dislikes and search rank tracking. It can also be used to compare videos and determine which are most popular. While it's easy to use, there are some drawbacks.
To install TubeBuddy, first visit the official website of the Chrome Web Store. Search for "TubeBuddy" and then click the install button. If you are unfamiliar with the Chrome Web Store, search for "TubeBuddy", and then select the extension. Once you've installed it, you'll receive a pop-up asking you to confirm installation. Next, you'll see a message that says "TubeBuddy Sign-In Required." Click the button to launch your browser to the sign-in page for YouTube.
TubeBuddy's ability to optimize YouTube videos is one of its coolest features. This Chrome extension allows you to easily modify the title, tags, description, and description of your YouTube videos to make them look more appealing. TubeBuddy's video optimization tools will allow you to see where your videos rank in YouTube search results. It is one of the most popular plugins for YouTube creators. It's also a powerful affiliate program. Many features of the extension can help you make more YouTube videos and make money.
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TubeBuddy is a tool that YouTube users are familiar with. This tool helps you keep track of comments and analytics from your YouTube channel. It can also be linked to Facebook, allowing native publishing of your videos to Facebook. If you're unsure of how to connect the two, you can follow this step-by-step guide. Once you've signed up, you can use the extension to post videos directly to your Facebook page.
The YouTube panel contains powerful tools that help you promote your videos on social media. The Tag Explorer, for example, is similar to Google's Keyword Planner and lets you research the best tags to use for a video. YouTube tags play a large role in ranking your videos, so finding the right ones will boost your videos' search results. TubeBuddy makes it easy to share your videos on Facebook. It makes it easy for you to share and publish videos on Facebook and shares them as native Facebook videos.
TubeBuddy's search explorer feature lets you find keywords by volume and competition. The tool can translate video titles and descriptions in multiple languages. It will also help you add tags for videos that do not help your rankings. In the end, you'll have actionable insights to make your videos more popular and attract more viewers. This will save you countless hours of searching for promotional opportunities on YouTube. TubeBuddy can help you save time and effort.
A TubeBuddy subscription is a worthwhile investment, and the premium version is free. The software has many features that you don't get from free tools, including the ability to upload templates and manage comments. A Pro package offers a discount and advanced keyword search. Overall, TubeBuddy is a great choice for YouTube users and should be considered when setting up your channel.
TubeBuddy is connected to YouTube, making it easier to get started. It will optimize your video for search engines and remove the need to visit each video watch page. This Chrome extension is time-saving and will make your life much easier. When you use TubeBuddy to optimize your YouTube channel, you can see how the videos performed across all platforms.
TubeBuddy offers three different paid packages. The three basic plans are PRO, STAR, or LEGEND. The Pro package offers the most productivity tools, while the Star plan offers more advanced features, including bulk video uploads. The Legend plan adds further competitor analysis, translation tools, and cross-channel SEO optimization. Each plan comes with a free trial. But which one is best for you?
There are three types of plans: Professional, Standard, or Free. The Free plan gives you basic productivity tools and data and research features. The basic account allows you to use limited templates and does not allow for automatic keyword tagging. Moreover, it does not offer Facebook or Twitter publishing, and it does not offer A/B split testing. But for $10 a month, you get access to 75% of the productivity tools and can publish your videos directly to Facebook and Twitter.
Keyword Explorer and Search Rankings. These are tools that help you increase your ranking in search engines. TubeBuddy's Keyword Explorer allows you to find and copy competitor tags. It's one of the best tools for generating SEO-friendly content ideas. TubeBuddy is an extension that you can use to enhance your YouTube channel, regardless of whether you choose to pay for a plan or not. It saves you time and helps you create successful content.
TubeBuddy Professional: TubeBuddy is a great tool for optimizing your videos and increasing Youtube subscribers. Sign up for the free version to see how much traffic you videos generate. You can also test the free version. By completing tasks, you can earn premium upgrades. TubeBuddy affiliates are available to paid users. You will earn rewards for signing up at minimum 50 new users.
Pro: TubeBuddy is the best choice for professional users who wish to increase their subscriber base. TubeBuddy will help you find keywords that are low in competition and maximize your YouTube viewers. Once you've found your keywords, you'll be able to rank for them on Google, and you'll see an increase in your subscribers' count. TubeBuddy can help you decide the best time to upload videos.
If you're looking to create a successful YouTube channel, TubeBuddy might be the right tool for you. TubeBuddy allows you to automate your workflow and reduce the time spent creating content. There are three different plans available, including a free version and a paid plan for businesses and brands. The free plan doesn't offer Facebook publishing, bulk processing or keyword suggestions. This makes it less effective in growing your YouTube channel. However, if you're new to YouTube and would like to test the waters before you invest in a paid plan, the free version is a good option for you.
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11 extra limb bones for wings, which could also be used for additional arms, or extra legs.
Read the official announcement for more (my report is here). I'll be providing more updates and background notes to the project in due course.
Nothing is final until we go to the main grid. The purpose of the testing period on Aditi is to identify and if possible fix any issues with the proposed skeleton. It's possible we will add, remove or change bones as a result of feedback from the project viewer – so bone suggestions or bug reports are both very much fair game.
Project Bento also came in for significant discussion at the TPV Developer meeting on Thursday, December 18th, as noted below (see also the meeting video).
Concerns have been raised over avatars using Bento updates potentially crashing viewers which do not yet have the updates. however, the Lab has indicated that uploads using the new Bento skeleton will remain blocked on the main grid until the viewer code reaches RC status (see below), which should limit the risk of issues.
In addition, the Lab indicates it has pro-actively incorporated a range of bug fixes into recent versions of their viewer, up to and including the 4.0.0 CEF release, which are intended to handle a number of situations where a crash might result from a viewer without the Bento updates encountering an avatar using the Bento skeleton. It is hoped that by the time the Bento viewer does reach RC status, these fixes will have propagated out to TPVs, and will help prevent any potential clashes between viewers lacking the Bento updates and avatars using the new skeleton until such time as all viewers and release versions with the Bento code.
This is obviously a very complicated and controversial topic; there's been a lot of feedback about it in the forums. Where we are right now is, animating positions is not something we ever supported on purpose, which means that our code for it … it doesn't work particularly well in the viewer. And our hope is, with adding the new joints, that workaround would no longer be needed to do interesting, alternate avatar shapes.
So the plan, and the way I believe it is currently configured is that on Aditi, uploads of animations that alter positions shouldn't be allowed. And the intent there is to make sure we're exercising the alternative pathway and making sure we actually can create the kinds of avatar people want to create using the new Bento skeleton without positions.
That's where we are right now, but obviously, we're in the very early stages of testing Bento, and we don't really know for sure yet whether there are cases where this is required or not until people have actually exercised it. So that's the kind of feedback we're hoping to get: people trying different things and letting us know what can and can't be done in this alternate paradigm which we think is a bit better supported.
As to the specific proposal to have translations for facial expressions, I'm really curious to how that would work. We talked about it when we were putting together the skeleton, and it seemed like it would be kind-of incompatible with the notion of any kind of avatar scaling. If you make the head bigger, or the whole avatar bigger, your translation-based facial animation, it seems like, is not going to scale up with the size of the head. So I'm not sure how well that would work. In any case, I'll take a look at the report in more detail, and may want to respond to specifics in there, but that's where we are overall with position animations right now.
It is just disabled on Aditi … for testing Bento, and nothing is final until we go to the main grid. But our hope is that this is just a temporary work-around that you're not going to have to have, since it doesn't work particularly well currently.
I think it will help inform that, and any other discussion of how the new skeleton extensions and restrictions work, [is] to try to make everything very concrete. That is, the assertion that "A" cannot be done, or that given the current restrictions, "A" cannot be done well, I think would be well-informed by having people share, publish what exactly they tried to do and exactly what the results are, and share the animation files and the meshes and the rigging and all that; so that everyone can see very, very specifically, what's going on.
And it may be that there are different ways to do what people are trying to do, and that they can accomplish a satisfactory result in a different way, and we can all learn what that is, or collectively discover that they can't, and we need to make some adjustments.
But the assertion that XYZ can never be done, in general and with no specific example, doesn't really help us to make good decisions.
Uploading of content designed to use the Bento skeleton to Agni (the main gird) will remain blocked until such time as the Bento viewer reaches release candidate status.
This is unlikely to be much before the end of February 2016, partially because of the Christmas / New Year break, but also to give plenty of time for testing on Aditi and to provide feedback which may help the Lab in making further changes if needed, as per the comments above. It is also hoped the long lead-in time will give everyone the confidence that Bento is going to be something content creators are able to effectively use.


Reports say a "heavily armed" man opened fire at a German movie complex in Hessen today.
Reports are coming out of Germany that an armed man has opened fire at a movie theater complex in Hessen, Germany. Deadline reported the story earlier this morning, citing German newspaper Bild, which reported that a "heavily armed" man opened fire in a crowded theater and was in a stand-off with police.
Variety reports that up to 25 moviegoers have been injured in the shooting. No casualties have been confirmed. According to The Wrap, the gunman has been killed by police and the injuries could be as high as 50 people. The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that the shooter has been killed by German authorities.


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Blade and Soul Account: Should You Get The Game?
August 3, 2016Richard Griever0 Comments
Should you go get yourself a Blade and Soul account, let alone devote some time to download it? Below are a few burning questions that are commonly asked by the new and possible player. Hopefully, these will help with making the decision to play this wonderful MMO Is this game pay to win? – Blade and Soul Account Short answer: No. The game is definitely not pay-to-win by the conventional sense of it (i.e. being able to buy gear from the cash shop with crazy stats). PvE content can all be beaten comfortably without spending a single dime on the…
Blade and Soul Gold: NCSoft has Done a Lot
NCSoft's gotten a bad rap for these past couple of months that Blade and Soul's been kicking it in the western territories. NCSoft this, NCSoft that; the list of complaints just go on and on. If it's not the deflation of items for their Blade and Soul gold pricing, it's some allegedly game-breaking "bug" that people can't stomach. But one redditor points out that they all aren't too bad as they've done a lot in the past to help the game, and community, thrive. A few of those points are outlined below: Blade and Soul Gold: NCSoft's Achievements Thus Far…
BnS Gold: Even NCSoft Has to Fight Off Lag
July 28, 2016Richard Griever0 Comments
In a recent stream from Bethany Stout, or Liinxy as she's known online, NCSoft's Community Manager, was under a little bit of stress running the stream as she alt-tabbed to and fro from window to window. While it's quite normal for mishaps to happen during any stream, one eagle-eyed observer caught a glimpse of how the emplyoees over at NCSoft actually play Blade and Soul. Yep, that's right; even they use a latency-reducing program to run Blade and Soul and their other games. Blade and Soul Gold: Explains a Lot of the Unfixed Lag Since launch, tons of folks have been…
BnS Gold: The Shadows of the Innocents Patch Changes
It's here! The Shadows of the Innocents update comes in with a lot of new content, updates, balancing, new items, and, of course, the three new instances that include the massive 24-member encounter that is the Twisted Grimhorn Wilds. But, more importantly, the other updates have more bearing on the overall game. Certain things that we players were used to have changed and will affect how we do our character progression and BnS gold farming. Speaking of BnS gold farming, there are tons of new things to do and the old ways have changed from slightly to significantly. There are…
Blade and Soul Gold: Maintenance and You
"Starting on July 14, 4:00 AM PDT / July 14, 11:00 AM UTC, all servers will undergo maintenance for approximately 7 hours and 45 minutes. An in-game notice will be given 30 minutes prior to the maintenance starting. Below are the list of changes introduced within the update: Linked Server Groups Routine server maintenance and modifications" Welp! That's a big chunk of time being taken away from us to enact routine maintenance and activate the Linked Server Groups feature that NCSoft announced recently. But, at the very least, Blade and Soul didn't go down for maintenance the day before, as it…
Blade and Soul Gold: How is this still a thing? – Phishing Scams
Scams all alike aren't too strange to be dealing with in 2016. What's really strange is that, in 2016, some folks don't know how to deal with a scam or how to spot one. Then again, not everybody has the same experience as me or anybody else versed in this area. Since the early days of the internet, online scams are something I looked out for and I learned how they worked. If you're a young'un and don't really know how this stuff actually is, let me give you a bit of advice to keep your BnS gold and account…
Blade and Soul Gold: The "Badly" Chat Bug
July 4, 2016Richard Griever0 Comments
This might sound dumb and has no sense, but just hear me out. If you go into f9 right now and join a 3v3 group, you can crash the whole arena game which includes all 6 players by simply typing "badly" , We found this bug just now while doing 3s and tried it, it seems to be crashing everyone in the match. Im not sure NCSoft is aware of this, but can anyone else try it and give their results. Holy shit, what? What is this? Just when you start getting used to the bugs and exploits in Blade…
Blade and Soul Account: Ghost Channel Bug
June 29, 2016Richard Griever0 Comments
Blade and Soul has a bad enough of a rap in the bug and balancing department. A redditor recently brought to light of a bug in the Ghost Channel where he was perpetually stuck in, unable to party with anybody and even unable to see anybody. It's affected all of his characters on his Blade and Soul account, making it impossible for him to play anything properly. He can, however, whisper a couple of friends and they can reply back. However, there's no other thing he can do. After having contacted support about the problem, it's pretty clear that they…
Blade and Soul Account: A Few Tips Fighting Against Soul Fighters
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The opening round of the KCB Kenya National Autocross championship came to a dramatic end at Cheita Farm over the weekend with second generation drivers dictating the pace in their respective classes.
Outgoing three times Bambino champion Ryan Bailey was in a class of his own in his new class and buggy when he restricted reigning junior champion Rajveer Thethy to second place.
Rajveer, son of former Two Wheel Drive champion Charan Thethy, drove a Daewoo machine which has over the past few years been synonymous with the Thethy family.
Ryan, one of the best all round youngsters and son of the legendary Paul Bailey won the Two Wheel Drive Junior Non Turbo class serving up great moments ahead with a fastest heat time that saw him vanquish all the "Attacker Buggies" contrary to all expectations.
It was double celebration for the Bailey family with Ryan's mum Gillian crowning her autocross debut with victory in the Two Wheel Non Turbo class.
"Yesterday (Sunday) was definitely my best day of racing ever," quipped Ryan, adding: "I completed my first race in the junior class and finished first. I also narrowly set the fastest time of the day beating all the buggies on times. It was a great event."
Notable absentee in the junior class were Don Smith siblings- Rio and Sean - who are expected to unveil their new Vitz 1500cc machine soon.
Syanna Jessop, daughter of multiple Safari Rally navigator champion Tim Jessop, entered her name in the annals of autocross championship history by being the first girl to win the bambino class.
"The 2.2km track was awesome and suited my driving style. I did my best to improve on my times in each lap. I feel more comfortable with the bambino buggy and hope to improve on my lines and keep speed through corners," 15 year old Syanna, who is a student at Hillcrest School, said.
Imran Hakada emerged the victor in Two Wheel Drive Non Turbo class ahead of Shalien Mughal, Karan Sehmi and Lovejyot Singh.
"This year will be more fun and competitive as there are many drivers practicing to make themselves better. It will be competitive, interesting and fun," Hakada said.
Defending Four Wheel drive turbo champion Azar Anwar proved that age is nothing but a number. Anwar 63, won his class with the fatest overall heat of the day by bearing the younger generation of drivers to a breathtaking podium dash. Anwar posted the fastest overall time on the best of three heat total.
Gillian savored her debut in Two Wheel Drive Non Turbo class which saw her defeat Tejas Hirani who drove a bambino buggy and couldn't match Gillian's time in a slower machine.
Lovejyot Singh had this to say after returning from sabbatical: "The race was all good and well organised. The track was very fast with nice flowing corners back to back and I was overly glad to tackle my first NRG event. I finished 4th in my class and felt a bit rusty driving again after a 6 months of break."
Nikhil Kapoor was all smiles and this is what he had to say: "Its was an amazing track. Very well organized. As for me, the buggy developed some issues on the practice heat but with the consent of the officials, I was allowed to share a buggy with Shaz Esmail."
Other second generation drivers included McRae Kimathi , son of KSMF chairman Phineas Kimathi and Ken Nteere, son of the late Washington Nteere.


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Fieldthings website
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Uses the [Agency Theme for Jekyll Redux](https://rovrevik.github.io/agency-jekyll-theme-redux)
==============================================================================================

## Getting started
[Jekyll](http://jekyllrb.com/) is used by [GitHub Pages](http://pages.github.com/). The dependencies used for Jekyll at GitHub are specified [here](http://pages.github.com/versions/).

### RVM
This project includes [RVM](http://rvm.io/rvm/install) .ruby-version and .ruby-gemset files.

- Install [RVM](http://rvm.io/rvm/install) and [Ruby](http://www.ruby-lang.org/).
    ```bash
    # install the stable version of rvm
    $ curl -sSL http://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable
    # install the ruby version used for GitHub Pages (at the time of writing).
    $ rvm install 2.1.1
    # install the projects dependencies`
    $ bundle install`
    ```
- RVM commands to create gemsets:
    ```bash
    # create .ruby-version and .ruby-gemset files using correct ruby version when changing into the project directory
    $ rvm --create --ruby-version use 2.1.1@fieldthings-site
    # or as separate commands if you prefer
    $ rvm gemset create fieldthings-site # create the gemset
    $ rvm 2.1.1@fieldthings-site # use the gemset scoped to the given ruby version
    $ rvm --ruby-version 2.1.1@fieldthings-site  # use it and create the .ruby-version and .ruby-gemset files
    ```
- RVM commands that that are just generally useful:
    ```bash
    # set the system ruby as the default in new shells
    $ rvm --default use system
    # set a specific ruby version as the default in new shells
    $ rvm --default use 2.1
    $ rvm gemset list_all
    ```
### Managing project dependencies with [Node.js](http://nodejs.org/)/[npm](http://www.npmjs.com/), [Bower](http://bower.io/) and [Gulp](http://gulpjs.com/)
This project uses a few Node.js-based tools to manage dependencies. The deps directory in the root of the project is managed in GIT and contains all of the project's dependencies organized by name. The name of the projects correspond to the names in Bower. The bower.json file specifies all of the dependencies and versions used by the project. After the Bower dependencies are installed, Gulp is used to copy only the required files from bower_components to the deps directory.
The intent is to manage the project dependencies only with Bower and Gulp. The results get managed with GIT. If dependencies need to be added removed or updated, don't muck with it by hand. Delete the deps directory and let Bower and Gulp recreate it. When the dust settles, commit the contents of the deps directory.
It would be great the hook this mess into the GitHub Pages life-cycle. Until a way to do that is found, this is what we have.

- Install [nvm](http://github.com/creationix/nvm) and [Node.js](http://nodejs.org/)
    ```bash
    # Install the latests stable version nvm (0.26.1 at the time of writing)
    curl -o- http://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.26.1/install.sh | bash
    # Install the version of Node.js that this project uses. Any 0.12 version should be sufficient.
    nvm install 0.12
    ```
- Install Node.js dependencies with [npm](http://www.npmjs.com/).
    ```bash
    # Install the Node.js dependencies with npm.
    npm install
    ```
- Install [Bower](http://bower.io/) dependencies.
    ```bash
    # Install the bower dependencies.
    bower install
    ```
- Execute gulp to update the project's dependencies.
    ```bash
    # Execute gulp to update the dependencies.
    gulp bower-files
    ```

## How to use
### Services
- Services are in the '/_services' directory.

### Portfolio
- Portfolio projects are in the '/_portfolio' directory.
- Images are in '/img/portfolio'

### About
- Events in the Timeline are in _timeline directory.
- Images are in '/img/about/'

### Team
- Team members and info are in the '_team' directory.
- Default team images:
    - Image Directory: '/img/team/'
    - Images Size: 225 × 225 pixels
    - Image DPI: 72 pixels/inch

## Viewing changes locally.
Execute `jekyll` in the project root directory.

## Demo
- View this jekyll theme in action [here](http://rovrevik.github.io/agency-jekyll-theme-redux)

For more details, read [documentation](http://jekyllrb.com/)

## TODO
- contact form validation isnt working well at all like upstream
- make better use of cdns for dependencies
- concatenate js and css
- conform to the spirit and approach of a default generated jekyll project better


The two met in the pope's private study for nearly half an hour, joined only by an interpreter. The pontiff, in white papal dress and a pectoral cross on a chain around his neck, sat behind a small desk while Trump, in a dark suit and navy striped tie, took the single chair across from him as if interviewing for a job.
President Trump shakes hands with Pope Francis at the Vatican during his first trip overseas as president.
Trump and Francis spoke about how religious communities can combat suffering in "crisis regions," such as Syria, Libya and areas controlled by Islamic State terrorists, according to the White House. The president told the pope that their states share "many fundamental values," such as promoting human rights, combating global famine and protecting religious freedom, the White House said.
Trump later met with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, who raised the issue of climate change and encouraged the president to maintain the U.S. participation in the Paris climate accords, a decision the administration is debating.
"We had a good exchange [about] the difficulty of addressing climate change, responses to climate change, and ensuring that you still have a thriving economy and you can still offer people jobs so they can feed their families and have a prosperous economy," Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told reporters.
Once Francis rang a bell signaling that the one-on-one discussion had concluded, the pair exchanged official gifts. The pope presented Trump with a medallion by a Roman artist in the shape of an olive tree, the symbol of peace.
Trump's visit to the Vatican capped his quest this week to promote "tolerance" among followers of three of the world's religions and cooperation against extremism. On his maiden foreign trip as president, Trump has addressed a summit of Muslim leaders in Saudi Arabia, and met with Israeli and Palestinian leaders in Jerusalem and Bethlehem.
Underscoring the differences between them, Trump's administration introduced a budget proposal Tuesday that would deeply cut assistance to the poor. Francis, meanwhile, spent Tuesday commemorating the Rev. Oscar Romero, a Salvadoran archbishop gunned down by right-wing death squads and who championed social justice and the rights of the poor.
First lady Melania Trump, in a black dress with a black veil, also was greeted by the pope and engaged in a brief conversation. She appeared more animated than during the earlier parts of the trip, when she gazed into the distance without expression while her husband was the center of attention.
One of the pope's attendants gave Melania Trump a small object that appeared to be a rosary, as she was walking away. She turned back and asked the pope to bless it, which he did.
Before departing the Vatican, the Trumps were given a private tour of the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Basilica, and the president held a 50-minute meeting with Parolin and Archbishop Paul Gallagher, who effectively serves as the Vatican's foreign minister.
The president later met with Italian President Sergio Mattarella at the Quirinal Palace in Rome, and with Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni at Villa Taverna.
Trump is in the process of deciding whether to uphold the Paris climate change agreement, amid debate among his advisers. The agreement is expected to be the subject of discussion between Trump and new French President Emmanuel Macron and other European leaders when they meet in Brussels this week.
Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump, who wore a black dress and veil, and her husband, Jared Kushner, a senior White House adviser, also met the pope.
In a separate room in the Apostolic Palace, Trump introduced members of his family to Francis, and they shook the pontiff's hand. The Americans included Tillerson, national security adviser H.R. McMaster, State Department officials Margaret Peterlin and Brian Hook, as well as three longtime aides who are close to the president: Hope Hicks, his communications adviser; Dan Scavino, who manages his Twitter account; and Keith Schiller, his former bodyguard who directs Oval Office operations.
Nevertheless, Vatican officials — while seeking to play down a meeting that many speculated could either be very diplomatic or easily run off script — have described Wednesday's encounter as an opportunity for the U.S. president and the head of the Roman Catholic Church to find common ground.


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7 facts about Armani, the legendary Italian Brand by Giorgio Armani
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In the summer, the legendary fashion house Armani turned 45, and this is a great occasion to remember how it was created and how it differs from other Italian brands. Today, it is not just luxury clothes that show the wealth of the one who wears it. Armani stands for style, practicality, modernity and quality. The company is still run by its creator Giorgio Armani, who believes that with the help of an outfit you can express yourself. The designer encourages his clients to co-create – he creates clothes, but it depends on the person how everything will look in the completed image.
Giorgio Armani has always been driven by constant dissatisfaction, above all with himself. He is constantly in search of perfection, so that his collections are ageless. Simplicity, classic and no striving for shocking: the Italian designer prefers to avoid momentary spectacular novelties. First of all, he seeks to grasp the request of society, to understand how people want to dress in everyday life.
№1 a progressive approach to clothing design
Giorgio Armani comes from a simple Italian family where you didn't even have to think about fashion, you had to earn a living. In a large family, they dressed modestly, but with taste, largely thanks to the mother, who influenced the perception of beauty in the future designer. Armani studied for two years at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Milan, dropped out, served in the army, and then got a job at the Rinashente department store, where the beginner's acquaintance with the fashion world began. Later he worked as an assistant to a designer, a purchaser of fabrics, created patterns, sewed for several brands of clothing – in general, he worked his way up to the owner of his own brand from the very bottom.
7 Facts About Armani, The Legendary Italian Brand By Giorgio Armani. Photo credit: successo.com
Armani founded the fashion house in the summer of 1975 with his friend, the architect Sergio Galeotti, who took over the financial issues, presenting the designer not to be distracted from creativity.
Armani was one of the first designers to feel the demand for major changes in clothing. Changing views of women on their own role in society, feminism and the desire for gender equality led to the fact that women increasingly wanted something more strict, comfortable and practical. The designer told why he wanted to change the appearance of clients.
I found that women often looked ridiculous, ridiculous, as if they were deliberately dressed up like dolls. At the sight of the glittering ladies overloaded with jewelry, it seemed that they had no problems, no other thoughts, except for the thought of bed, which may not be so bad, but it does not correspond to real life at all.
№2 a pioneer in everything
Armani was the first Italian designer to enter the world stage. It is now the inscription "Made in Italy" – an undoubted sign of quality, and at the time when Giorgio Armani was just starting his career, the world was guided by the style of France and Great Britain, so in Italy the silhouettes of recognized fashion designers were most often copied. Giorgio Armani was also one of the first Western designers to place great importance on the Chinese market. The brand emerged in the East in the early 1990s, and in 2010 became the first luxury fashion house to open a flagship store and an electronic version in Asia.
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№3 Armani got his first recognition in the USA
Conservative Italians were initially skeptical of the designer's ideas. However, he did not give up and decided to enter the American market, where he was warmly received. Already in the late 1970s, there was a spirit of innovation in this country, and women were easily ready to change their style in favor of the convenience that the Italian brand offered. In 1981, Giorgio Armani appeared on the cover of the American Time magazine and became the second designer in history to receive this honor (the first was Frenchman Christian Dior in 1957). Other popular fashion designers were very jealous of this. In the United States, the Armani brand is popular with office workers to this day.
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№4 Armani set the trend for dressing celebrities on the carpet
It seems common these days that famous brands dress Hollywood stars, but for a long time, starting in the 1980s, celebrities took to the red carpet mainly in Armani outfits. The designer was passionate about cinema and created costumes for nearly 200 feature films, including American Gigolo, Ocean's Thirteen, The Dark Knight, Inglourious Basterds.
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№5 the brand has created uniforms more than once
Giorgio Armani designed clothing for the Italian army in the late 1970s. And in the early 1990s, he designed a uniform for the crew of the Italian airline Alitalia. Then the American newspaper New York Times noted the discrepancy between the appearance of the flight attendants and the quality of the services they provide: their clothes were as fashionable and elegant as the service was bad. In the 2010s, Giorgio Armani designed the kit for the Italian Olympic team four times: in 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018.
№6 Milan is one of the world's fashion capitals thanks in large part to Armani
The capital of Italy has been famous for its textile industry for many centuries, but it was Giorgio Armani who drew the world's attention to Milan and put it on a par with London and Paris, which set trends in fashion for decades. Over time, notable brands such as Versace, Dolce & Gabbana, Prada and Moschino also appeared in Italy.
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№7 Armani isn't just about clothes
Now the company has turned into a real empire. It all started in 1981, when Giorgio Armani took a step towards the democratization of fashion and created the Emporio Armani collection. The idea and design corresponded to the style of the brand, but the prices were lower than the couture line. Gradually, the number of brand directions increased. Now the Armani assortment includes women's, men's and children's clothing lines for work and leisure, accessories, household goods, care and decorative cosmetics, perfumes and even candy stores in several countries. The company is involved in hotel interiors, and Armani himself sponsors the Milan basketball team.
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Giorgio Armani has always strived to create not just spectacular, but comfortable clothes that anyone can fit into their personal wardrobe, make part of their style.
It is the desire to create an elegant image that emphasizes the person's personality that is the key idea of the Armani fashion house.
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