In the spring of 1986, National Vaccine Information Center co-founder Kathi Williams and I gathered with a small group of parents in Atlanta, Georgia to hold the first public demonstration demanding that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) be truthful with the American public about vaccine injuries and deaths. We held up signs with photos of children who had died or been brain injured by toxic whole cell DPT vaccine to witness and honor them, the children who had no voice and had no choice.
NVIC stands in solidarity with parents who are gathering in Atlanta and witnessing about what happened to their once healthy children, and are again calling on the CDC to tell the public the truth about vaccine injuries and deaths.
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Keep up the good work raising this significant issue. As someone whose healthy granddaughter died at 16 mths, the same night has her vaccine, my thoughts will be with you all. The voice of those damaged or dead as a result of vaccine needs to be heard. Too much is covered up by big pharma. I work in a university alongside a pharmacist and forensic toxicologist – we know vaccines contain some ingredients not meant for the human body. Too many vaccines, too young is not the way to go and choice over our own bodies is essential.
I have decided and am going to stand by my descion that my children will not recieve anymore vaccines of any kind. I am so scared of the risks that could happen to them. If they start making the vaccines safe (with out poisons) then I will think about haveing my children vaccinated at that point in time.


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It's September 25, 2009. And it is raining. It should be the beginning of hot season but there have been signs of rain for weeks now. The winds are coming from the northwest. The mosquitoes are insanely bad. The frogs are singing at night. The bugs are chirping during the day. Zambians call it the … Continue reading The Rains That Save the Animals.


The bell rings over a PA system as traders flock to "the pit" and begin the task of exchanging land, labour, capital and market stocks. The hustle and bustle is so loud that bystanders hoping to have any form of a conversation are forced to yell over the traders who are trying to diversify a portfolio for their stakeholders.
But this isn't a stock exchange on Wall Street and these aren't your typical day traders. This is the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, where a daylong event called SheBiz is being held for more than 500 female high school students from more than 10 schools throughout Toronto and the surrounding area.
The simulated trading pit is at the front of a large lecture hall where students have been introduced to many career options for women in business, most specifically in financial areas.
SheBiz is an annual event put on by Women in Capital Markets and other sponsors. Held on Nov. 20 this year, teachers from the various schools snatched up all 500+ free tickets in a day, and that's nearly double the number available in 2014. Schools come from a variety of social-economic backgrounds, including one focused on new entrants to Canada.
Attendees are in Grades 9 through 11 and soon have to start the daunting task of selecting school electives, with many often opting for arts or English according to Megitt. So SheBiz tries to reverse-engineer a career path for young women, showing them that to even have the option for finance-related fields down the road, selecting the appropriate courses now is crucial.
During a packed agenda, students hear from successful senior-level women such as Sanaa Khatri, an associate at Scotiabank Global Banking and Markets and Joelle MacPhee, marketing director with the reading program Ooka Island Inc. The teens also participate in interactive activities and meet current university students from multiple business schools. As a bonus, Canadian style expert Afiya Francisco told students how to dress for success without breaking the bank by physically showing affordable multi-purpose outfits.
The strategy seems to be working. Jennifer Earnshaw, a first year student at London, Ont.'s Western University, has now opted to study business as a result of attending SheBiz in Grade 10.
"I thought business was just for guys, because I knew that all of my guy friends were applying for business and none of my girl friends were," said Earnshaw, who planned on studying medicine to become a psychiatrist before changing to corporate law.
This year's attendees were equally captivated, with each student listening carefully to the speakers, and then being full of laughter and excitement during the interactive components.
Tiffany Frank, a Grade 11 student at St. Mary's High School in Kitchener, Ont., said while she knew she wanted to study something in business before and that the day's session on entrepreneurship really inspired her. "I like that it's hands-on and the fact that it's my own idea, and isn't copying someone else," she added.
Tiffany's schoolmate Lyndsay Bott, also in Grade 11 and already considering studying business in university, said she particularly enjoyed the dress for success part of the agenda.
With a formula that is successfully tuning more young women into finance-related careers, Megitt said SheBiz is expanding. Starting next year, it will host events in Montreal and Vancouver, with hopes of adding other cities later.
But Megitt said her colleagues should be getting more involved too, in order to reach and educate everyone.


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We cannot help but honor an individual who's work covers abroad range of good a person can do. Ms. Ziemba's commitment couples the physical, intellectual and spiritual in service to every strata of society. Her work touches children and adults; the local, national and international; human rights, animal rights, healthcare, the environment, the poor, the imprisoned and those whose freedoms and rights are threatened.
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"…for the Women and Children of Bosnia" as Los Angeles coordinator for a series of benefit events under the auspices of, and working directly with, the President of the General Assembly of the United Nations, H.E. Mr. Stoyan Ganev, which brought blankets and food to thousands of women and children during the war in former Yugoslavia.
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First U.S. Environmental Film Festival as Director of Judging. The judging panel awarded documentarian Sam LaBudde first prize for his undercover filming of the tuna fishing industry. The publicity LaBudde received from his award created pressure on the industry and as a result tuna fishing industry was mandated to become dolphin safe.
Amnesty International as member, activist and event producer for many years her accomplishments included producing the Annual General Meeting plenaries attended by over 5,000 participants, dignitaries and press. Among the events produced was a duet between Joan Baez and Jackson Browne and a speech by Cesar Chavez.
Perigrination as a participant and photographer for the United Farm Workers Union 14 day march to the California State Capitol in memory of the late Cesar Chavez. Attending dignitaries included Senator Tom Hayden and Representative Joseph Kennedy.
Prison Possibilities, as Team Leader coordinating volunteer groups, a national organization dedicated to the transformation of the United States prison system to reflect more humane attitudes and reduce the problem of recidivism. Worked directly with inmates in prisons such as San Quentin and Buena Vista Correctional Facility.
Welcome Back, a nationally recognized program Ms. Ziemba created while attending junior high school, working directly with returning Vietnam POW's to assist them in reuniting positively with their children back home.
Valley Big Brothers Big Sisters as a volunteer Big Sister many years, as non-paid staff photographer and produced multiple events for the volunteers and kids.
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Q: Java generics incompatible types (no instance(s) of type variable(s) exist) The question title may seem to be same as some other post but the content is different. So please don't mark it duplicate.
Problem:
I have the below class:
public class SCDTO extends RDTO {
    private List<String> sCPairs = Collections.emptyList();

    public SCDTO(List<String> sCPairs) {
        this.sCPairs = sCPairs;
    }

    //Getter setter

}

I am trying to using the below lambda expression to set the sCPairs.
sCPairsObject.setSCPairs(
         util.getSCMap().entrySet().stream()
        .filter(entry -> entry.getValue().contains("abc"))
        .collect(Collectors.toCollection(ArrayList<String>::new))
);

But I have an compilation error saying:
no instance(s) of type variable(s) exist so that Entry<String, List<String>> conforms to String

util.getSCMap returns Map<String, List<String>>.
Can anyone please explain why this is happening and how to solve it?
Thanks.

A: You are streaming entries from the map:
sCPairsObject.setSCPairs(util.getSCMap().entrySet().stream()

Then filtering out some of them:
.filter(entry -> entry.getValue().contains("abc"))

now you need to map the entries to List, for example:
.map(entry -> entry.getValue())

and stream the contents of all these lists as one stream:
.flatMap(List::stream)

Finally collect the values into a list:
.collect(Collectors.toList());

A: Your stream pipeline finds all the Map entries whose value List<String> contains the String "abc", and tries to collect them into a List<String>.
You didn't specify how you intend to convert each Map.Entry<String,List<String>> element that passes the filter into a String. Depending on the required logic, perhaps you are missing a map() step after the filter.
For example, if you wish to collect all the keys having a value that passes the filter into a List<String>:
 sCPairsObject.setSCPairs(util.getSCMap()
                              .entrySet()
                              .stream()
                              .filter(entry -> entry.getValue().contains("abc"))
                              .map(Map.Entry::getKey)
                              .collect(Collectors.toCollection(ArrayList<String>::new)));

A: You don't need to iterate over the entrySet since you are not using the key at all. You can get the values of the Map and filter that. Looks like this
sCPairsObject.setSCPairs(util.getSCMap()
   .values()
   .stream()
   .filter(entry -> entry.contains("abc"))
   .flatMap(List::stream)
   .collect(Collectors.toList());

A: Since you want to convert a Map<String, List<String>> to a List<String> where the list should be a union of all matching value lists you'll need a flatMap() to join the streams on those value lists into a single stream.
Additionally you don't seem to need the keys so just stream on the map's values:
List<String> scPairs = util.getSCMap().values().stream() //stream on the values only
                           .filter( l -> l.contains( "abc" ) ) //filter the lists
                           .flatMap( Collection::stream ) //join the individual streams
                           .collect( Collectors.toList() ); //collect the result into a single list

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Hollywood is riddled with Asian stereotypes. January. 14, 2021 07:41. hoho@donga.com.
It is not hard to see black actors and actresses in Hollywood movies any more, but not Asians. If they do make an appearance, their characters are flat or the movies get classified as foreign language movies.
"Minari" directed by Lee Isaac Chung is a good example. It is a semi-autobiographical take on the Korean-American director's own upbringing. The plot follows a Korean family who moved to the United States in pursuit of the American dream in the 1980s. Even though the movie was produced by Brad Pitt's Plan B Entertainment, it was entered in the Best Foreign Language award category for the Golden Globes according to its policy require contenders in the best drama or comedy/musical categories to feature at least 50 percent English dialogue.
In contrast, "Inglourious Basterds (2009)" directed by Quentin Tarantino was nominated for the Best Motion Picture even though it featured only 30 percent English dialogue, which has attracted criticism that it is racist to apply different rules to movies that were not directed or starred by white people. In 2019, "The Farewell," which tells a story of a Chinese immigrant family directed by Chinese-American director Lulu Wang, was also put in the Best Foreign Language award category.
Many Asian characters in Hollywood movies often reflect stereotypes of Asians in the Western world. Just like in "A Serious Man (2010)," which features a South Korean student who argues he should not fail the class, many Hollywood movies portray South Korean people as hard-working students. Or they are described as rich people who only care about money like in "Crazy Rich Asians (2018)," which was hugely popular in the West as a story about insanely rich Asian people but failed to attract a huge audience in Asia where it was considered a cliché.
Some argue that the underrepresentation of Asians in Hollywood movies can be addressed when more Asian people participate in the making of Hollywood films just as black and Mexican people have done. "Hollywood is now paying more attention to South Korea thanks to 'Parasite,'" said movie critic Jeong Ji-uk." More South Korean people should be involved in producing films so that there will be more South Korean characters that are more than a stereotype."
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Is Killing Someone Who Broke Into Your Home, Self Defence?
A number of cases in the UK recently are certainly saying YES, it is Self Defence.
There seems to be a big trend in the UK this year for both law makers and politicians (including the PM, David Cameron), for wanting to clarify the law to state that stabbing a home intruder to death should never be punished. It should only ever be determined as acting in self defence.
"put beyond doubt that homeowners and small shopkeepers who use reasonable force to defend themselves or their properties will not be prosecuted"
Below we will be having a look at three cases where all of the people featured were found to have acted in self defence where no charges were laid. The defenders were deemed to have used reasonable force. All of the intruders were killed by stabbing wounds from a knife.
One other case will highlight what was NOT considered reasonable force and this person was sent to prison. This was a controversial case at the time.
During the home invasion, the home owner, Cooke, had been taken upstairs at knifepoint by the intruder, Raymond Jacob. Whilst being taken upstairs by Jacob, there was a struggle and Cooke stabbed the intruder.
"At the time he was in fear for his own safety and the safety of his wife and son, who arrived at the house as the incident was happening."
The courts decided that Vincent Cooke had acted in self defence and had used reasonable force.
In this case, I doubt anyone would disagree. When criminals start moving people around, they normally mean no good. And if anyone is ever in that situation, where your wife and son arrive as this is all happening... well... In that situation, it is reasonable to assume that something very bad was going to happen either to you, and/or your loved ones.
The other key here is that the intruder was using a weapon, a knife.
This case is a clear example of reasonable force. Killing in this instance was deemed Self Defence.
Peter Flanaghan, his 27yr old son and his son's girlfriend were woken during the night, just before midnight by sounds downstairs. Flanaghan investigated the disturbance and was confronted by four intruders, one of whom was armed with a machete. When Flanaghan confronted the men, a scuffle broke out between him and one of the intruders and Flanaghan stabbed the man in the chest.
Shortly afterwards, three of the other intruders were seen carrying the body of the stabbed intruder down the street. When they heard sirens approaching, they abandoned their accomplices body on the street and fled. They were soon caught.
"People are entitled to use reasonable force in self-defence to defend themselves, their family and their property. All the evidence indicates that in the frightening circumstances that he faced, Mr Flanagan did what he honestly and instinctively believed was necessary to protect himself and his home from intruders."
You've got your son and his girlfriend upstairs as you go down to investigate the sound. When you see the four men, one armed with a machete, what goes through your mind?
What would go through any normal persons mind? That is the key. If the answer to that question is similar to what happens, what happens would be seen to be reasonable at the time and the claim of self defence will probably be established.
Key factors in this case were that there were multiple attackers and they were armed, one with a machete.
Cecil Coley, 72yrs old, was playing cards in his flower shop with a 60yr old friend of his.
Four men armed with guns and knives stormed into the shop. During the ensuing struggle, Mr Coley received a number of injuries, including a serious facial injury, and his friend was knocked unconscious. At some point in the incident, one of the guns, a blank firing pistol, was fired.
"all the evidence indicated that when Coley took a knife that was on the shop counter and struck out with it, he was acting in a way that he felt instinctively necessary to protect himself while fearing for his life."
Coley killed one of the intruders by stabbing. Coley was deemed to have acted in self defence.
It must have been terrifying for him. Four men armed with knives and guns. Coley was 72. Coley was outnumbered, outarmed and much older. These are all factors that contribute towards a favourable self defence decision in court. Coley had them all on his side.
Note: This case is longer than the others as the circumstances need to be explained.
Brett Osbourn and four friends were watching television over a drink.
Wayne Halling had been smashing the windows of other houses in the street with his fists and head, giving himself more than 90 wounds. His wrist was cut to the bone and he had sliced half through one of his toes. He was covered in blood.
By the time Halling arrived at the home where Osborn was sitting with his friends, he was, as every witness who was interviewed stated, a "terrifying sight".
Halling got in the house because one of Osborn's companions, Kelly Hinds, had heard the commotion and gone outside. The drug-crazed Halling took her for "Emma", the girlfriend who, he screamed, had "set him up". Miss Hinds recalled that he "grabbed me and pushed me against a parked car. I immediately got blood from him on my top. I managed to push him away".
Halling pursued her back to the house. Miss Hinds managed to get inside but, even with the help of her pregnant sister, Jodie, was unable to close the door against his weight or stop him from pushing his way in. He staggered along the corridor, smearing the walls with blood.
Jodie Hinds screamed "He's in the house! He's in the house!" and Jay Westbrook, her boyfriend, struggled with him, knocking him down. But he got up again and kept going.
"There is blood everywhere, things are flying everywhere, the girls are screaming hysterically. I just don't know what to do. Then he starts coming towards me." In fear and confusion, Osborn picked up a steak knife with a 6in serrated blade that he says was on the floor. He would later tell the police: "I didn't know what he was going to do to me." Also, knowing that Jodie Hinds was pregnant, he was terrified of what might happen if she were attacked. "He came towards me, sort of grabbed me," says Osborn, "and I lunged, and stabbed him that was the only thing I could think to do. It was just the panic. He's mad, he's crazy, he's just smashed up three houses, attacked people, beaten up my friend. I didn't know what was going to happen. There's blood all over him. The only thing I could think of was to protect myself and the other people in the house."
Halling fell to the floor. Police and an ambulance then arrived: there had been several calls to the emergency services, but because of fights in Romford as the pubs closed, officers had been slow to get to the scene.
"The law does not require the intention to kill for a prosecution for murder to succeed. All that is required is an intention to cause serious bodily harm. That intention can be fleeting and momentary. But if it is there in any form at all for just a second - that is, if the blow you struck was deliberate rather than accidental - you can be guilty of murder and spend the rest of your life in prison. Moreover, while self-defence is a complete defence to a charge of murder, the Court of Appeal has ruled that if the force you use is not judged to have been reasonable - if a jury, that is, decides it was disproportionate - then you are guilty of murder. A conviction for murder automatically triggers the mandatory life sentence. There are no exceptions."
The legal situation was explained to Osborn by his defence team. Mr Bott and Mr Potter advised him that although they thought it very unlikely that any jury would reject his plea that he had stabbed Halling in self-defence, they could not, in all honesty, claim that it was a certainty. There was a small chance that a jury might decide that his use of the knife was "disproportionate". The jurors would then be bound, under the law, to convict him of murder.
Osborn pleaded guilty to manslaughter as a result of provocation. He was sentenced to five years in prison, of which three years was expected to be the maximum sentence.
This was (and remains), a controversial case. Many people felt that under those circumstances, Osborn had acted reasonably. He was with friends, including two females (one of which was pregnant and one was assaulted by Halling), he was clearly unstable, was covered in blood and had forced his way into their house.
The main difference in THIS case was that Halling was unarmed. There was only one of him. Osborn had used a knife. These are the facts that make a ruling of self defence difficult. Was using a knife and stabbing Halling five times using reasonable force? It's all too easy to look back in hindsight, a calm mind and some clarity of the situation.
Did Osborn need to wait until Halling had picked up a knife first? Would it be reasonable to feel that Halling would launch into a lethal attack at any moment? In the situation Osborn found himself in, I would assume that Halling was an immediate threat.
At any time, he could arm himself and attack. After all, where did all that blood come from? Did he just kill someone down the street?
You COULD go for the self defence plea but again, who knows what a jury would think of using a knife against an unarmed aggressor. It's risky either way.
Because this case could have gone either way, I though it important to highlight that sometimes people in genuine self defence situations go to prison due to split second decisions.
Let's not forget for one moment in our calm look at the facts with the benefit of hindsight, each of these cases would have been quite sudden and quite scary. They were all desperate situations where those involved would have been shocked by the element of surprise and that shock would have endured throughout.
All genuine self defence situations are scary. Someone is trying to kill you! (I hope your training scares you from time to time as well, it should).
In this state, humans cannot make clear and logical decisions. How we react, besides acting on instinct for the untrained, will largely be a result of our own training, beliefs and make up.
What are your thoughts on using lethal force to defend yourself or your loved ones?
What are your thoughts on using lethal force to defend your property?
Have you got weapons handy in case someone does break into your home? Will that make any attack you use with that weapon pre meditated in the eyes of a jury? That is something you need to consider. Is there a way you can store it in a place that is more natural for you to instinctively go for it? Instead of having a knife under the bed, could you store it with some diving or fishing gear in a cupboard nearby? Things like this need to be considered. You do not want to set yourself up for a prison sentence before an intruder has even forced his way inside your home.
What about after the fact?
Those three men that were deemed to have used reasonable force in a self defence situation still have to live with them killing someone for the rest of their lives. Have you considered that? Are you inhumane? Will you take pleasure in killing? Do you look forward to it? Will you regret it every day for the rest of life?
Or do you accept that in such a situation, they have forced you to respond in a way to defend yourself. They have caused it, not you. You need to come to terms with how you will mentally view such a situation. Not just pre (as in trying to build confidence to act, though that is important), but post. How will you feel about your actions after the fact?
Does it really matter what your thoughts on it are if you spend the next ten years in prison?
Such considerations are just further reasons why we need to train in systems and methods that only use reasonable force, all of the time, such as ISR Matrix. If you are training in some ancient way where you do a sweep and then do a 'finishing' move once you have the attacker is down, you are training in an old obsolete system for the realities of todays day and age.
If you train knife defence where you do a disarm and then cut the attackers throat with their own knife, you are training in an obsolete system for todays day and age.
Spend some time thinking about what you consider reasonable actions are in the event someone (or group of people), breaks into your home. Think of numerous situations. What will you do? Maybe it will help if you spend a few moments writing down all of the realistic possibilities for your area. Then consider your appropriate options for each.
Can you fall back into one room that can be securely locked, like a safe room whilst you call the police?
What are the laws in your area?
Do you ALWAYS have all doors and windows locked? Even during the day? Do you always open the front door when someone knocks?
What are your opinions of self defence in the home, or about the cases above? Do you know of other cases that are controversial?
Should we be able to use MORE force during a home invasion because it is in our home?


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Becker bill looks to transform parking lots into energy generators
Senate Bill 49 would give tax incentives for companies to build solar canopies on their lots
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Solar arrays in the front parking lot of Gabriela Mistral Elementary School in Mountain View on Oct. 25, 2021. Photo by Magali Gauthier.
Seeking to transform parking lots across the state into generators of clean energy, state Sen. Josh Becker introduced a bill this week that would offer tax incentives for companies to build solar canopies on their properties.
State Sen. Josh Becker, D-Menlo Park, speaks at a press conference at Barron Park Elementary in Palo Alto on March 2, 2021. Photo by Magali Gauthier.
Known as Senate Bill 49, the bill targets stores like Walmart, whose spacious parking lots Becker sees as potential sites for solar canopies. By driving solar projects into these types of areas, Becker said, the state can lessen the need to construct solar farms in rural areas.
"We're building lots of solar but when you build it on undeveloped land, it's land you can't use for other purposes," Becker told this news organization.
Meanwhile, commercial parking lots today are among some of the most inefficient examples of land use in the state, Becker said. SB 49 would both allow these lots to generate clean energy. And because the lots are already in urban and suburban areas, the installations would obviate the need to construct.
He noted that if Walmart constructed solar canopies on parking lots in all 3,500 of its superstores, the installations would generate about 11 gigawatts of electricity (1 gigawatt is enough to power about 250,000 homes).
That's about the same amount that France estimates it could generate under its recently passed legislation, which requires all parking lots with more than 80 spaces to be covered by solar panels. In describing his legislation, Becker cited as precedent both the French legislation and the bill signed in Washington state earlier this year that allows large-scale commercial parking lots to build solar canopies and to spread out the sales and use taxes associated with the equipment over eight years.
In his announcement, Becker touted the potential of parking lots to help the state reach its goal of 100% clean electricity by 2045. He cited a report from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory that found that pavement makes up between 35% and 50% of total surface areas in cities and that 40% of that pavement is parking lots.
"Putting a solar canopy over an existing parking lot is a much more efficient use of space than acquiring land to install a ground-mounted system," Becker's announcement states.
He noted that if half of the state's parking lots were covered with solar canopies, that would provide 13 gigawatts of power, or more than 10% of the 110 gigawatts that the state needs to meet its 2045 target.
"This is one of the many tools we're going to need to use to hit our targets of using 90% clean energy by 2035 and achieving 100% carbon neutrality by 2045," Becker said in the announcement. "In my view, this is relatively low-hanging fruit. We've got the land available — now the challenge is to make better use of it."
The bill is set to go through the Legislature's hearing process in early 2023.
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Third Party Calculation Agents have become more prevalent in the past years. Companies that run the strategy/index calculation as an outsourcing partner for the investment banks. This may not seem of great interest for the end client at first glance; however, there are some benefits to such an approach.
The calculation agent has very broad and discretionary powers. Banks that aim for a sustainable business will not abuse them, but there obviously is a conflict of interest. This excerpt is from the risk factors of an equity structured note.
If the calculation agent is the same entity as the guarantor and the issuer is an affiliate of the guarantor, potential conflicts of interest may exist between the calculation agent and the purchasers.
From a control point of view, it is an improvement to have an impartial third party involved calculating levels. It is true that the banks pay Third Party Calculation Agents, but this is a systematic process that can be verified, unlike CDO ratings for example.
The Third Party Calculation Agent can also provide some help/consulting on best practices for exception handling and some quality control for the rules to less experienced strategy providers.
In big and experienced investment banking operations, these advantages may not count for much, as they normally already follow best practices. Nevertheless, with the proliferation of smaller banks releasing Trading Strategy Indices, the potential for quality control as part of the work of Third Party Calculation Agents could grow.
For most clients, the existence of calculation agents other than the investment bank providing the investment strategy may not be significant enough to influence any investment decisions. Very sophisticated clients sometimes have to set up their own calculation spreadsheets, this could also be an area where Third Party Calculation Agents can leverage their knowledge and offer consulting services.
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Why is the Vatican keeping Bishop Scharfenberger in the dark?
Christopher Altieri
Bishop Edward Scarfenberger (Diocese of Albany/CNA)
Bishop sent to Buffalo says he wasn't given 'any documentation or any marching orders'
Bishop Edward Scharfenberger of Albany, New York, is in a tough spot. Appointed apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Buffalo after the resignation of Bishop Richard Malone, Bishop Scharfenberger is the public face of the Church in a place riddled with scandal and in dire need of urgent repair. But he apparently has little power to effect reform and little information with which to work.
Bishop Malone resigned after 18 months of intense public scrutiny of his leadership, which produced significant evidence of serious mismanagement and attracted the attention of state and federal prosecutors.
"I didn't know quite what to expect," Bishop Scharfenberger told Charlie Specht of ABC local affiliate WKBW in a wide-ranging interview that aired earlier this week, "because I really hadn't been briefed at all."
The bishop continued: "All I knew is what I read in the papers, to tell you the truth."
He would have read enough, then, to know that there is a great deal amiss in the diocese, but not always enough to take informed and prudent steps toward remedy.
Observers – the faithful and clergy of Buffalo and beyond, as well as reporters – were surprised to hear Bishop Scharfenberger say that he had not received a copy of the report, which Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn prepared after conducting a fact-finding mission to the diocese late last year.
"I was not given that," Bishop Scharfenberger told WKBW, "I don't know what it contains.
"I was not given any documentation or any marching orders that 'you're here to clean things up,' or anything. I was just told to be the administrator of the diocese."
He also told WKBW that he's used most of what time he has spent in Buffalo since receiving the temporary assignment a month ago to get to know the people of the diocese and its internal structure, and to get his head around the mechanics of what is a complex – and by every account highly dysfunctional – ecclesiastical apparatus and clerical culture.
The DiMarzio report would presumably have made that part of the job easier, but the report is the property of the Holy See, which has made the report privileged and confidential. While this is standard operating procedure for apostolic visitations, one wonders why it should be kept from the eyes of anyone who has to deal with the problems the report was commissioned to discover in the first place.
"[Bishop Scharfenberger] was provided with an overview of the general findings of the apostolic review," Albany's diocesan communications director Mary DeTurris Poust told the Catholic Herald in response to follow-up queries sent via email, "but was not provided with the actual report."
She said she did not know whether Bishop Scharfenberger specifically asked Bishop DiMarzio for a copy, but noted that Bishop Scharfenberger has said he has discussed the report with Bishop DiMarzio.
By press time, the Holy See Press Office had not responded to queries from the Herald, regarding the reasons why the Vatican did not make Bishop Scharfenberger privy to the report when asking him to take the apostolic administrator's job.
There is a lot more in the interview, including some very welcome statements from Bishop Scharfenberger. "Criminality is not entitled to secrecy," he said, in response to a question regarding diocesan transparency.
The Catholic Herald asked whether Bishop Scharfenberger intended his remark to cover crimes at both canon and civil law. "This includes both canonical offenses as well as criminal," his spokeswoman said.
"I would make a distinction," Bishop Scharfenberger went on to say in his interview with WKNW, "between 'secret' and 'confidential': As you know, it is standard corporate practice – and this would also be true for teachers – that there is some confidentiality that is expected by anybody who is an employee," offering medical records and attorney-client records as examples.
The Herald asked Poust via email what, if any steps Bishop Scharfenberger has taken – or intends to take – to ensure that the clergy and faithful of Buffalo are apprised of their rights under the sweeping reform legislation Pope Francis enacted and then decided not to use in Buffalo: Vos estis lux mundi.
"Bishop Scharfenberger has been apostolic administrator for just one month and is working through a range of issues and defining priorities," his spokeswoman responded. "He will continue to communicate regularly with the Catholic faithful, the clergy and all members of the diocese on key issues as they surface."
Last year – several months after Vos estis took effect – a senior cleric in Buffalo told the Herald he did not know how to file a Vos estis complaint. Whistleblower Siobhan O'Connor told the Herald in November that she never filed a Vos estis complaint because she assumed the evidence already before the public was sufficient to trigger an investigation. "I thought: 'Why should I?'," O'Connor said. "The evidence was already there." For reasons powers that be have not seen fit to disclose, Pope Francis decided to go another way.
Legal and semantic niceties aside, the issue for Catholics the world over is one of trust: the faithful do not believe Church leadership have their best interests to heart, and will continue to doubt the commitment of hierarchical leaders to that very basic requisite until there is a genuine reckoning and real — not just paper — reform.
"What I do sense is a certain impatience," Bishop Scharfenberger told WKBW. "You know, 'We should have done a lot of things yesterday' – and I want to do things in a very deliberative way, so that we get it right."
In point of fact, Bishop Scharfenberger has been quite frank from the very beginning, that he has no specific mandate – no "marching orders", to use his phrase – for Buffalo. What happened in Buffalo before Bishop Scharfenberger got there is not his fault. The Holy See has not made it any easier for him to take effective responsibility for the crisis.
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Mustelidaebadgers, otters, weasels, and relatives
By Matt Wund
Geographic Range
Lifespan/Longevity
Ecosystem Roles
Economic Importance for Humans: Positive
Economic Importance for Humans: Negative
Mustelidae is the largest family within Carnivora and is comprised of 56 species in 22 genera. Members of this family include weasels, stoats, polecats, mink, marten, fishers, wolverines, otters, badgers and others. While many authors have traditionally considered skunks a subfamily within Mustelidae, recent molecular evidence indicates that skunks do not lie within the mustelid group and instead are recognized as a single family, Mephitidae, a systematic understanding which is accepted here (Dragoo and Honeycutt, 1997; Flynn et al., 2005; Marmi et. al., 2004; Sato et. al., 2003; Sato et. al., 2004). (Dragoo and Honeycutt, 1997; Flynn, et al., 2005; Marmi, et al., 2004; Nowak, 1991; Sato, et al., 2003; Sato, et al., 2004; Vaughan, et al., 2000; Whitaker and Hamilton, 1998)
Mustelids inhabit all continents except Australia and Antarctica, and do not occur on Madagascar or oceanic islands. Members of this group can be found in diverse habitats, which include both terrestrial, aquatic and marine environments. Mustelids are mainly carnivorous, with various members of the family exploiting a great diversity of both vertebrate and invertebrate prey. Mustelids are generally proficient hunters; some weasels can take prey larger than themselves. Members of this family often hunt in burrows and crevices, and some species have evolved to become adept at climbing trees (e.g., marten) or swimming (e.g., sea otters, mink) in search of prey. (Nowak, 1991; Sato, et al., 2003; Vaughan, et al., 2000; Whitaker and Hamilton, 1998)
Generally, mustelids have elongate bodies with short legs and a short rostrum, as typified by weasels, ferrets, mink, and otters. Wolverines and badgers have broader bodies. An order of magnitude difference in size exists between the smallest and largest mustelid species. The smallest species is the least weasel (Mustela nivalis), weighing between 35 and 250 grams. Wolverines (Gulo gulo) and sea otters (Enhydra lutris) reach 32 kg and 45 kg, respectively. All mustelids have well developed anal scent glands, which serve various functions, including territorial marking and defense. (Hutchings and White, 2000; Nowak, 1991; Vaughan, et al., 2000)
Members of the family Mustelidae inhabit all continents except Antarctica and Australia. They do not occur on Madagascar or oceanic islands, but have been introduced to New Zealand. (Dragoo and Honeycutt, 1997; Sato, et al., 2003; Vaughan, et al., 2000)
Biogeographic Regions
nearctic
palearctic
neotropical
Other Geographic Terms
Mustelidae are distributed from the arctic to the tropics and occupy nearly all terrestrial habitats. Several species are semi- or nearly fully aquatic and inhabit freshwater rivers and streams, as well as coastal marine waters. (Nowak, 1991; Vaughan, et al., 2000)
Habitat Regions
saltwater or marine
Terrestrial Biomes
desert or dune
savanna or grassland
scrub forest
Aquatic Biomes
lakes and ponds
rivers and streams
Other Habitat Features
estuarine
intertidal or littoral
Adult mustelids range in size from 114 mm and 25 g (least weasel) to over 1 m and 45 kg (sea otters). These animals are generally long-bodied with short legs. Most species have slender bodies, but some, like badgers (Mustelinae, Mustelinae) and wolverines have much broader bodies. The skull is elongate with a relatively short rostrum. Adult males are generally about 25 percent larger than females of the same species. The ears are short, as are the legs, each of which bears five digits. The claws do not retract and, in digging species, are especially robust. Mustelids are digitigrade or plantigrade. The dental formula varies among species: 3/3, 1/1, 2-4/2-4, 1/1-2 = 28-38. The canines are long, and the carnassials are well-developed. The upper molars are often narrow in the middle, giving them an hourglass shape. Mustelids have a powerful bite; in many species, the large postglenoid process locks the lower jaw into the upper, causing the lower jaw to only move in the vertical plane, without any rotary motion. (Nowak, 1991; Vaughan, et al., 2000; Whitaker and Hamilton, 1998)
Other Physical Features
endothermic
homoiothermic
bilateral symmetry
Sexual Dimorphism
male larger
Mating systems vary both within and among species. Many species are polygynous and/or promiscuous. Some species are social, while others are solitary. Social organization can vary within species as well. Mustelids require prolonged periods of copulation to induce ovulation of an unfertilzed egg. As a result, copulation may last for several hours before fertilization can be successful. (Amstislavsky and Ternovskaya, 2000; Johnson, et al., 2000; Vaughan, et al., 2000)
Mating System
polygynous
polygynandrous (promiscuous)
Most mustelids breed seasonally, but the length of the reproductive period varies among species. Day length often dictates the onset of the breeding season, which usually lasts 3 to 4 months. Many mustelids undergo delayed implantation, with the fertilized embryo taking up to 10 months (e.g. Meles meles) to implant in the uterus in some species. Environmental conditions such as temperature and day length determine when implantation occurs. Mustelids that live in more seasonal climates are more likely to exhibit delayed implantation. Following implantation, gestation typically lasts 30 to 65 days. Females give birth to a single litter each season, the size of which varies within and among species. For example, sables have an average litter size of 2.2, but can give birth to anywhere from 1 to 7 pups. The mountain weasel averages 8.7 pups per litter, but can have between 3 and 14 young in a single bout of reproduction. Generally, mustelids are altricial, being born small and blind. They reach sexual maturity between 8 months and two years following birth. (Amstislavsky and Ternovskaya, 2000; Nowak, 1991; Thom, et al., 2004; Vaughan, et al., 2000)
Key Reproductive Features
iteroparous
seasonal breeding
gonochoric/gonochoristic/dioecious (sexes separate)
viviparous
delayed implantation
Young are generally born in an alricial state, requiring extenisive care and protection from their mother. Young mustelids typically are able to care for themselves when they are about two months old. Females defend territories in order to acquire enough resources to care for their young and most often nurse and protect them in a burrow or den. (Johnson, et al., 2000; Nowak, 1991)
Parental Investment
altricial
precocial
pre-fertilization
pre-hatching/birth
pre-weaning/fledging
pre-independence
Mustelids typically live between 5 and 20 years in the wild. (Nowak, 1991)
Members of the family Mustelidae are either diurnal or nocturnal. Many of the long, narrow-bodied species are quick and agile, and move in a bounding, scampering fashion. The broader-bodied forms have a more lumbering gait. Some species are adept climbers, while others are excellent swimmers. Many species spend a great deal of time on the ground, searching for food in crevices, burrows, or under cover. Many species shelter in burrows. (Nowak, 1991; Vaughan, et al., 2000)
Social behavior varies both within and among species, and may vary in relation to local environmental conditions such as food availability. For example, European badgers are known to form groups with several males and females that are all reproductively active within the group. Yet in other parts of their range, European badgers may live solitarily or in pairs.Many species are territorial for at least part of the year, with individuals competing over hunting areas or access to mates (e.g., Mustela erminea). (Johnson, et al., 2000)
Key Behaviors
scansorial
terricolous
fossorial
natatorial
diurnal
motile
Vision and hearing are important in Mustelidae, but olfaction is particularly well developed. In addition to using scent cues to find food, scent-marking is the main form of communication in this family. Secretions from well-developed scent glands function in territorial interactions, indicate reproductive state, and are used in other social contexts. The degree and function of scent marking varies among species, and according to social and environmental conditions within species. (Hutchings and White, 2000; Nowak, 1991; Vaughan, et al., 2000)
Other Communication Modes
scent marks
Perception Channels
Mustelids are primarily carnivorous, but some species may at times eat plant material. A wide range of animal taxa are preyed upon by various members of this family; many mustelids are opportunistic feeders rather than specialists. However, many mustelids are especially adept at capturing small, mammalian prey. Weasels, for example, are capable of chasing and capturing rodents in their burrows. Otters are well-adapted to chasing and capturing aquatic prey, including fish, crustaceans, and other aquatic invertebrates. Mustelids hunt in a variety of terrestrial, aquatic, and arboreal habitats. Some species regularly prey on animals larger than themselves. Some species have been known to store food (e.g., Mustela, Gulo). (Nowak, 1991; Vaughan, et al., 2000)
Primary Diet
eats terrestrial vertebrates
piscivore
eats eggs
insectivore
eats non-insect arthropods
molluscivore
Foraging Behavior
stores or caches food
Mustelids are generally small carnivores, and are therefore subject to predation by larger carnivores such as canids with which they co-occur. They may also fall prey to large snakes (Serpentes), raptors (Falconiformes), and owls (Strigiformes). Some mustelids secrete noxious chemicals to discourage predators. In some of these species, aposematic color patterns can help ward off predators. (Bright, 2000; Nowak, 1991)
Anti-predator Adaptations
aposematic
Known Predators
larger carnivores Carnivora
large snakes Serpentes
raptors Falconiformes
owls Strigiformes
Mustelids mainly impact their communities through their effects on prey populations. Many species limit rodent and bird populations. In some cases, mustelids limit rodents that are considered pests, in other cases, mustelids threaten rare bird species. Some species, such as sea otters (Enhydra lutra) are keystone predators, enhancing the diversity of their community by keeping highly competitive prey species in check. Honey badgers (or ratels, Mellivora capensis) have developed commensal relationships with both humans and honey guides (Indicator indicator), using both to aid in the location of bee colonies. (Bright, 2000; Macdonald and King, 2000; Nowak, 1991)
Ecosystem Impact
Commensal/Parasitic Species
Indicator indicator
Many mustelids help control rodent populations that are considered to be pests. In addition, many are hunted and/or raised for their pelts, which are often considered highly valuable (e.g., the pelts of mink and sable). Some species have been domesticated and are traded as pets (e.g., ferrets). (Bright, 2000; Nowak, 1991)
Positive Impacts
body parts are source of valuable material
controls pest population
Some mustelids are considered pests, either for harming poultry livestock, for threatening other species in the wild, or for transmitting diseases. European badgers have been implicated in the transmission of bovine tuberculosis. Cattle may become infected from grazing on land where badgers have defecated. Up to 20% of badgers carry the disease in areas where bovine tuberculosis is a problem. Since 1975, badgers have been culled in the United Kingdom, but there is no conlcusive evidence that it has helped control bovine TB. As mammalian carnivores, mustelids can also be infected by, and transmit, rabies. (Bright, 2000; Gough and Rushton, 2000; Nowak, 1991)
Negative Impacts
causes or carries domestic animal disease
Some mustelid species are considered highly threatened by the IUCN, while other species are so abundant that they are considered pests. Approximately 38% of all species of Mustelidae are considered threatened,which is a much higher proportion than mammals in general (15%). Habitat destruction is a serious risk to species with restricted habitat requirements such as otters and martens. Smaller carnivores that are restricted to small habitat fragments may also be at risk to predation by larger carnivores that can more easily move among fragments. Hunting has been a problem for some species, while others, particularly tropical mustelids, do not seem to be declining as a result. Endangered mustelids include: Colombian weasels (Mustela felipei), European mink (Mustela lutreola), Indonesian mountain weasels (Mustela lutreolina), marine otters (Lontra felina), southern river otters (Lontra provocax), sea otters (Enhydra lutris), and giant Brazilian otters (Pteronura brasiliensis). Sea mink (Neovison macrodon) became extinct in recent times. (Bright, 2000; Gough and Rushton, 2000)
Numerous re-introduction programs for various mustelid species have met with mixed success. Generally, "soft" re-introductions, those that allow the animals to acclimate to their new surroundings while in a temporary enclosure, are more successful than "hard" re-introductions, in which captive-bred animals are released directly into the wild. Black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes) are considered extinct in the wild, although several re-introduction programs are underway. (Bright, 2000)
IUCN Red List [Link]
The earliest mustelid fossils are from the Old World and have been dated to the Oligocene (33.5 – 23.8 mya) or mid-Miocene (23.8 – 5.3 mya). There is debate regarding which fossils from these epochs represent possible ancestral forms that led to Mustelidae and which fossils represent the first modern mustelids.
Matt Wund (author), Tanya Dewey (editor), Animal Diversity Web.
Living in Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, New Guinea and associated islands.
living in sub-Saharan Africa (south of 30 degrees north) and Madagascar.
living in the Nearctic biogeographic province, the northern part of the New World. This includes Greenland, the Canadian Arctic islands, and all of the North American as far south as the highlands of central Mexico.
living in the southern part of the New World. In other words, Central and South America.
living in the northern part of the Old World. In otherwords, Europe and Asia and northern Africa.
uses sound to communicate
living in landscapes dominated by human agriculture.
young are born in a relatively underdeveloped state; they are unable to feed or care for themselves or locomote independently for a period of time after birth/hatching. In birds, naked and helpless after hatching.
having coloration that serves a protective function for the animal, usually used to refer to animals with colors that warn predators of their toxicity. For example: animals with bright red or yellow coloration are often toxic or distasteful.
having body symmetry such that the animal can be divided in one plane into two mirror-image halves. Animals with bilateral symmetry have dorsal and ventral sides, as well as anterior and posterior ends. Synapomorphy of the Bilateria.
a wetland area rich in accumulated plant material and with acidic soils surrounding a body of open water. Bogs have a flora dominated by sedges, heaths, and sphagnum.
areas with salty water, usually in coastal marshes and estuaries.
an animal that mainly eats meat
either directly causes, or indirectly transmits, a disease to a domestic animal
Found in coastal areas between 30 and 40 degrees latitude, in areas with a Mediterranean climate. Vegetation is dominated by stands of dense, spiny shrubs with tough (hard or waxy) evergreen leaves. May be maintained by periodic fire. In South America it includes the scrub ecotone between forest and paramo.
uses smells or other chemicals to communicate
the nearshore aquatic habitats near a coast, or shoreline.
having a worldwide distribution. Found on all continents (except maybe Antarctica) and in all biogeographic provinces; or in all the major oceans (Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific.
in mammals, a condition in which a fertilized egg reaches the uterus but delays its implantation in the uterine lining, sometimes for several months.
desert or dunes
in deserts low (less than 30 cm per year) and unpredictable rainfall results in landscapes dominated by plants and animals adapted to aridity. Vegetation is typically sparse, though spectacular blooms may occur following rain. Deserts can be cold or warm and daily temperates typically fluctuate. In dune areas vegetation is also sparse and conditions are dry. This is because sand does not hold water well so little is available to plants. In dunes near seas and oceans this is compounded by the influence of salt in the air and soil. Salt limits the ability of plants to take up water through their roots.
active during the day, 2. lasting for one day.
animals that use metabolically generated heat to regulate body temperature independently of ambient temperature. Endothermy is a synapomorphy of the Mammalia, although it may have arisen in a (now extinct) synapsid ancestor; the fossil record does not distinguish these possibilities. Convergent in birds.
an area where a freshwater river meets the ocean and tidal influences result in fluctuations in salinity.
forest biomes are dominated by trees, otherwise forest biomes can vary widely in amount of precipitation and seasonality.
Referring to a burrowing life-style or behavior, specialized for digging or burrowing.
mainly lives in water that is not salty.
An animal that eats mainly insects or spiders.
the area of shoreline influenced mainly by the tides, between the highest and lowest reaches of the tide. An aquatic habitat.
referring to animal species that have been transported to and established populations in regions outside of their natural range, usually through human action.
offspring are produced in more than one group (litters, clutches, etc.) and across multiple seasons (or other periods hospitable to reproduction). Iteroparous animals must, by definition, survive over multiple seasons (or periodic condition changes).
a species whose presence or absence strongly affects populations of other species in that area such that the extirpation of the keystone species in an area will result in the ultimate extirpation of many more species in that area (Example: sea otter).
marshes are wetland areas often dominated by grasses and reeds.
eats mollusks, members of Phylum Mollusca
having the capacity to move from one place to another.
This terrestrial biome includes summits of high mountains, either without vegetation or covered by low, tundra-like vegetation.
specialized for swimming
active during the night
found in the oriental region of the world. In other words, India and southeast Asia.
the business of buying and selling animals for people to keep in their homes as pets.
an animal that mainly eats fish
the regions of the earth that surround the north and south poles, from the north pole to 60 degrees north and from the south pole to 60 degrees south.
polygynandrous
the kind of polygamy in which a female pairs with several males, each of which also pairs with several different females.
having more than one female as a mate at one time
rainforests, both temperate and tropical, are dominated by trees often forming a closed canopy with little light reaching the ground. Epiphytes and climbing plants are also abundant. Precipitation is typically not limiting, but may be somewhat seasonal.
Referring to something living or located adjacent to a waterbody (usually, but not always, a river or stream).
mainly lives in oceans, seas, or other bodies of salt water.
communicates by producing scents from special gland(s) and placing them on a surface whether others can smell or taste them
scrub forests develop in areas that experience dry seasons.
breeding is confined to a particular season
reproduction that includes combining the genetic contribution of two individuals, a male and a female
places a food item in a special place to be eaten later. Also called "hoarding"
living in residential areas on the outskirts of large cities or towns.
a wetland area that may be permanently or intermittently covered in water, often dominated by woody vegetation.
uses touch to communicate
Coniferous or boreal forest, located in a band across northern North America, Europe, and Asia. This terrestrial biome also occurs at high elevations. Long, cold winters and short, wet summers. Few species of trees are present; these are primarily conifers that grow in dense stands with little undergrowth. Some deciduous trees also may be present.
that region of the Earth between 23.5 degrees North and 60 degrees North (between the Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle) and between 23.5 degrees South and 60 degrees South (between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle).
Living on the ground.
defends an area within the home range, occupied by a single animals or group of animals of the same species and held through overt defense, display, or advertisement
the region of the earth that surrounds the equator, from 23.5 degrees north to 23.5 degrees south.
tropical savanna and grassland
A terrestrial biome. Savannas are grasslands with scattered individual trees that do not form a closed canopy. Extensive savannas are found in parts of subtropical and tropical Africa and South America, and in Australia.
A grassland with scattered trees or scattered clumps of trees, a type of community intermediate between grassland and forest. See also Tropical savanna and grassland biome.
temperate grassland
A terrestrial biome found in temperate latitudes (>23.5° N or S latitude). Vegetation is made up mostly of grasses, the height and species diversity of which depend largely on the amount of moisture available. Fire and grazing are important in the long-term maintenance of grasslands.
A terrestrial biome with low, shrubby or mat-like vegetation found at extremely high latitudes or elevations, near the limit of plant growth. Soils usually subject to permafrost. Plant diversity is typically low and the growing season is short.
uses sight to communicate
reproduction in which fertilization and development take place within the female body and the developing embryo derives nourishment from the female.
young precocial
young are relatively well-developed when born
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Sato, J., T. Hosada, M. Wolsan, H. Suzuki. 2004. Molecular phylogeny of arctoids (Mammalia: Carnivora) with emphasis on phylogenetic and taxonomic positions of the ferret-badgers and skunks. Zoologial Science, 21: 111-118.
Thom, M., D. Johnson, D. Macdonald. 2004. Evolution and delayed implantation in the Mustelidae (Mammalia: Carnivora). Evolution, 58/1: 175-183.
Vaughan, T., J. Ryan, N. Czaplewski. 2000. Mammalogy, 4th Edition. Toronto: Brooks Cole.
Whitaker, J., W. Hamilton. 1998. Mammals of the Eastern United States. Ithaca: Comstock Publishing.
Wilson, D., D. Reeder. 1993. Mammal Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. Accessed July 01, 2005 at http://nmnhgoph.si.edu/msw/.
Order Carnivora carnivores
Carnivora: information (1) Carnivora: pictures (938) Carnivora: specimens (1208) Carnivora: sounds (4)
Family Mustelidae badgers, otters, weasels, and relatives
Mustelidae: information (1) Mustelidae: pictures (111) Mustelidae: specimens (208)
Species Aonyx capensis African clawless otter
Aonyx capensis: information (1) Aonyx capensis: pictures (2)
Species Aonyx cinerea Oriental small-clawed otter
Aonyx cinerea: information (1) Aonyx cinerea: pictures (14)
Species Arctonyx collaris hog badger
Arctonyx collaris: information (1) Arctonyx collaris: pictures (1)
Species Eira barbara tayra
Eira barbara: information (1) Eira barbara: pictures (1) Eira barbara: specimens (7)
Species Enhydra lutris sea otter
Enhydra lutris: information (1) Enhydra lutris: pictures (11) Enhydra lutris: specimens (12)
Species Galictis cuja lesser grison
Galictis cuja: information (1) Galictis cuja: specimens (6)
Species Galictis vittata greater grison
Galictis vittata: information (1) Galictis vittata: specimens (7)
Species Gulo gulo wolverine
Gulo gulo: information (1) Gulo gulo: pictures (1) Gulo gulo: specimens (14)
Species Hydrictis maculicollis spotted-necked otter
Hydrictis maculicollis: information (1) Hydrictis maculicollis: pictures (2)
Species Ictonyx striatus striped polecat
Ictonyx striatus: information (1)
Species Lontra canadensis northern river otter
Lontra canadensis: information (1) Lontra canadensis: pictures (7) Lontra canadensis: specimens (13)
Species Lontra felina marine otter
Lontra felina: information (1)
Species Lontra longicaudis neotropical river otter
Lontra longicaudis: information (1)
Species Lontra provocax southern river otter
Lontra provocax: information (1) Lontra provocax: specimens (2)
Species Lutra lutra European otter
Lutra lutra: information (1) Lutra lutra: pictures (3)
Species Lutrogale perspicillata smooth-coated otter
Lutrogale perspicillata: information (1) Lutrogale perspicillata: specimens (2)
Species Lyncodon patagonicus Patagonian weasel
Lyncodon patagonicus: information (1)
Species Martes americana American marten
Martes americana: information (1) Martes americana: pictures (13) Martes americana: specimens (22)
Species Martes flavigula yellow-throated marten
Martes flavigula: information (1)
Species Martes foina beech marten
Martes foina: information (1)
Species Martes gwatkinsii Nilgiri marten
Martes gwatkinsii: information (1)
Species Martes martes European pine marten
Martes martes: information (1)
Species Martes melampus Japanese marten
Martes melampus: information (1)
Species Martes pennanti fisher
Martes pennanti: information (1) Martes pennanti: pictures (3) Martes pennanti: specimens (20)
Species Martes zibellina sable
Martes zibellina: information (1)
Species Meles anakuma Japanese badger
Meles anakuma: information (1)
Species Meles leucurus Asian badger
Meles leucurus: information (1) Meles leucurus: pictures (4)
Species Meles meles Eurasian badger
Meles meles: information (1) Meles meles: pictures (1) Meles meles: specimens (9)
Species Mellivora capensis honey badger
Mellivora capensis: information (1) Mellivora capensis: specimens (15)
Species Melogale everetti Everett's ferret-badger
Melogale everetti: information (1)
Species Melogale moschata Chinese ferret-badger
Melogale moschata: information (1) Melogale moschata: specimens (8)
Species Melogale orientalis Javan ferret-badger
Melogale orientalis: information (1)
Species Melogale personata Burmese ferret-badger
Melogale personata: information (1)
Species Mustela africana tropical weasel
Mustela africana: information (1)
Species Mustela altaica mountain weasel
Mustela altaica: information (1) Mustela altaica: pictures (7)
Species Mustela erminea ermine
Mustela erminea: information (1) Mustela erminea: pictures (3) Mustela erminea: specimens (8)
Species Mustela eversmanii steppe polecat
Mustela eversmanii: information (1)
Species Mustela felipei Colombian weasel
Mustela felipei: information (1)
Species Mustela frenata long-tailed weasel
Mustela frenata: information (1) Mustela frenata: pictures (6) Mustela frenata: specimens (8)
Species Mustela itatsi Japanese weasel
Mustela itatsi: information (1)
Species Mustela kathiah yellow-bellied weasel
Mustela kathiah: information (1) Mustela kathiah: specimens (7)
Species Mustela lutreola European mink
Mustela lutreola: information (1)
Species Mustela lutreolina Indonesian mountain weasel
Mustela lutreolina: information (1)
Species Mustela nigripes black-footed ferret
Mustela nigripes: information (1) Mustela nigripes: pictures (1) Mustela nigripes: specimens (7)
Species Mustela nivalis least weasel
Mustela nivalis: information (1) Mustela nivalis: specimens (8)
Species Mustela nudipes Malayan weasel
Mustela nudipes: information (1)
Species Mustela putorius European polecat
Mustela putorius: information (1) Mustela putorius: pictures (12) Mustela putorius: specimens (8)
Species Mustela sibirica Siberian weasel
Mustela sibirica: information (1)
Species Mustela strigidorsa black-striped weasel
Mustela strigidorsa: information (1)
Species Mustela subpalmata Egyptian weasel
Mustela subpalmata: information (1)
Species Neovison macrodon sea mink
Neovison macrodon: information (1)
Species Neovison vison American mink
Neovison vison: information (1) Neovison vison: pictures (7) Neovison vison: specimens (13)
Species Poecilogale albinucha African striped weasel
Poecilogale albinucha: information (1)
Species Pteronura brasiliensis giant otter
Pteronura brasiliensis: information (1)
Species Taxidea taxus American badger
Taxidea taxus: information (1) Taxidea taxus: pictures (9) Taxidea taxus: specimens (12)
Species Vormela peregusna marbled polecat
Vormela peregusna: information (1)
To cite this page: Wund, M. 2005. "Mustelidae" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed January 17, 2022 at https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Mustelidae/


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function [pval, e_table] = testchi2independence(c_table)

% TESTCHI2INDEPENDENCE computes the p-value of independence hypothesis.
% ----------------------------------------------
% [pval e_table] = testchi2independence(c_table)
% ----------------------------------------------
% Description: computes the p-value of the hypothesis that outcomes are
%              independent of the conditions (treatments), then the data is
%              organized as a contingency table.
% Input:       {c_table} contingency table.
% Output:      {pval} p-value.
%              {e_table} expected contingency table (under independence).

% © Liran Carmel
% Classification: Hypothesis testing
% Last revision date: 11-Mar-2005

% check number of argumesnts
error(nargchk(1,1,nargin));
error(chkvar(c_table,'integer','matrix',{mfilename,inputname(1),1}));

% compute expected contingency table
[rows cols] = size(c_table);
n = sum2(c_table);
p_col = sum(c_table,1) / n;
p_row = sum(c_table,2) / n;
e_table = n*p_row*p_col;

% chi2 statistic
chi2 = sum2( (c_table - e_table).^2 ./ e_table )

% find p-value
dof = (rows-1) * (cols-1);
pval = 1 - chi2cdf(chi2,dof);

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Q: A mess with Qt/Qwt versions - how to revert to original state? I'm on Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit. I obviously made a mess by installing Qt Creator and Qt4 Designer. I've built and installed the Qwt (6.1.0) libraries (widgets) that are visible to Qt4 Designer but not to Qt Creator... I'm pretty sure it is the Qt (qmake) version that made these installations incompatible and messy...
The Qt Creator reports:

Qt Creator 3.0.1
Based on Qt 5.2.1 (GCC 4.8.2, 64 bit)

The Qt4 Designer reports:

Version 4.8.6

Both installations were done through synaptic utility. Later on, I've used an online installed from Qt project and installed another (opensource) version of Qt Creator (Based on Qt 5.3.2; GCC 4.6.1, 64 bit).
What I'd like to do is use Qwt widgets in Qt Creator and have a working version of Qt Designer (not it doesn't start; Segmentation fault).
Is there a way to wipe all Qt stuff and begin from scratch? Which directories, profiles, etc. should be erased?
Many thanks.

A: Assuming that you want to work with a Qt creator based on Qt 5.2 and you want to build an application using Qr 4.8.
a) build and install Qwt for Qt 4.8 - like always
b) build and install Qwt for Qt 5.2 ( maybe with enabling QwtDesignerSelfContained in qwtconfig.pri ).
Use qmake from the directory of the Qt version you want to build Qwt for.
Then all that's left to do is tell the creator where to find the plugin, that has been built for Qt 5.2 - f.e. by setting the QT_PLUGIN_PATH.


This bright spring salad is a great vegetarian dinner side or lunch! Full of green veggies, soft mozzarella & fresh herbs, it's easy, delicious & make-ahead friendly.
If you've been following for awhile, you must know by now that I am a sucker for a patterned plate. Colors and shapes always spark recipe ideas, so I was super excited when the folks from Q Squared approached me to make beautiful food on their beautiful dinnerware.
When I first laid eyes on these bright blue Heritage pieces, I knew I'd make a big chopped spring salad with a bounty of fresh spring greens. I blanched some asparagus and tossed it with sweet basil oil, peas, radishes and pistachios.
For more spring salad ideas, check out this grilled asparagus salad or this herb-flecked tabbouleh!


Michelle, thanks for the link love. Shill is just getting going, but we're trying to be a little more real conversations to the « join the conversation » world. I'm glad you get what we're going for. It won't be for everyone, but that's kinda the point.


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Responses from the participants indicated that although there is a Right to Information Law (RTI) in the country, and if used could be effective, a low level of awareness of its existence among the public makes it ineffectual. With respect to the convening of a public forum to elicit citizen inputs into planning and policy formulation, it was generally opined that such is neither mandatory by law nor regularly held.
Nevertheless, there are best practices in the country such as Buji and Onigbongbo local government areas in Jigawa and Lagos States respectively. Also, amidst the overbearing power of national and state governments over local governments, it was stated that more power should be devolved to the tier of government. It should be administratively, politically and fiscally independent, so as to deliver on its core mandate to the local population.
April 25, 2014 in Focus Group Meetings.


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Q: Docker php-fpm container exit with code 0 after running Symfony console commands I'm learning docker and was trying to set up the environment for a Symfony project. It works well until I added the migration and fixtures creation commands to entrypoint.sh. Now the php container will exit with code 0 after running all the commands in entrypoint.sh. Can someone help me with this?
Here is my setup:
docker-compose.yaml
version: "3.7"

services:
    nginx:
        image: nginx:alpine
        ports:
            - ${NGINX_HOST_PORT}:80
        volumes:
            - ./public:/var/www/symfony/public
            - ./docker/nginx/default.conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
        depends_on:
            - php

    php:
        build:
            context: .
            dockerfile: docker/php/Dockerfile
        volumes:
            - symfony:/var/www/symfony:delegated
        depends_on:
            - mysql
            - redis
            - composer
        environment:
            REDIS_HOST: redis
            REDIS_PORT: 6379

    redis:
        image: redis:alpine

    composer:
        image: composer:latest
        command: install
        volumes:
            - symfony:/app

    mysql:
        image: mysql:latest
        command: --default-authentication-plugin=mysql_native_password
        ports:
            - ${MYSQL_HOST_PORT}:3306
        environment:
            MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: ${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD}
            MYSQL_DATABASE: ${MYSQL_DATABASE}

volumes:
    symfony:
    #        driver: local
    #        driver_opts:
    #            type: none
    #            o: bind
    #            device: ${PWD}:${PWD}
        driver: local
        driver_opts:
            type: nfs
            o: addr=host.docker.internal,rw,nolock,hard,nointr,nfsvers=3
            device: ${PWD}:${PWD}

Dockerfile for php container:
FROM php:7.3-fpm-alpine

ENV APP_DEPENDENCIES \
    curl \
    vim \
    git

ENV PHP_EXTENSIONS \
    pdo_mysql

ENV PECL_EXTENSIONS \
    xdebug \
    redis

RUN apk add --no-cache ${APP_DEPENDENCIES} ${PHPIZE_DEPS} && \
    docker-php-ext-install ${PHP_EXTENSIONS} && \
    pecl install ${PECL_EXTENSIONS} && \
    docker-php-ext-enable ${PECL_EXTENSIONS}

COPY ./ /var/www/symfony
COPY docker/entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/entrypoint.sh

CMD ["/usr/local/bin/entrypoint.sh"]

entrypoint.sh:
#!/bin/sh

APP_PATH="/var/www/symfony"

echo "applying db migrations"
${APP_PATH}/bin/console doctrine:migrations:migrate first
${APP_PATH}/bin/console doctrine:migrations:migrate
${APP_PATH}/bin/console doctrine:fixtures:load

A: First thing, The container will die when it executes the entrypoint script as there is no process the keep the container running in entrypoint. There should always be a process that will keep running so the container will not die.
Second thing, you are not starting php-fpm in the entrypoint so as the result your container will not start PHP in the container.
update your entrypoint.
#!/bin/sh
APP_PATH="/var/www/symfony"
echo "all params $@"
echo "applying db migrations"
${APP_PATH}/bin/console doctrine:migrations:migrate first
${APP_PATH}/bin/console doctrine:migrations:migrate
${APP_PATH}/bin/console doctrine:fixtures:load
echo "starting php-fpm"
exec $@

update CMD in the Dockerfile
CMD ["/usr/local/bin/entrypoint.sh","php-fpm","-F"]


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Home » News » BAE Systems Australia Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation Australia [2008] FCA 18
BAE Systems Australia Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation Australia [2008] FCA 18
In the matter of BAE Systems Australia Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation, the Federal Court of Australia (FCA) reviewed whether the applicant, BAE Systems, is entitled to deductions under s 73B of the Income Tax Assessment (ITA) Act 1936.
The applicant taxpayer appeals from the Commissioner's disallowance of objections made by the applicant in respect of amended income tax assessments issued by the Commissioner for the years of income ending on 31 March of 1993, 1994 and 1996.
The deductions claimed are for expenditure incurred in each of the relevant years of income in carrying on R&D activities in respect of the Jindalee Operational Radar Network Project ('Jindalee Project').
The Commissioner accepted that the expenditure was incurred in respect of R&D but alleges that the applicant is not entitled to the deduction because the R&D work was carried out "on behalf of" another person within the meaning the meaning of s 73B(9) or the applicant was not "at risk" in relation to the expenditure within the meaning of s 73CA of the ITA Act.
The court ordered that the motion filed by BAE Systems be dismissed.
The Commissioner concludes that the "overall effect" of these provisions was that the applicant did not bear any financial risk, or at least any material financial risk, associated with the R&D.
Click here to view the Bae Systems Australia (NSW) Pty Limited v Commissioner of Taxation for the Commonwealth of Australia (2008) case.


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