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Nachusa 2020 Science Publications
By Elizabeth Bach
Ecosystem Restoration Scientist
With 2020 drawing to a close, Nachusa science has several accomplishments to recognize:
Nearly 40 Blanding's turtle hatchlings were released after "head-starting." This is the result of seven years of on-going research from Dr. Rich King, Tom Anton, Dave Mauger, and Jess Fliginger and partnerships with Richardson Wildlife Foundation and the Forest Preserve Districts of DuPage and Lake counties. Learn more in this blog post from Jess Fliginger.
Nine eastern prairie fringed orchid seedlings were transplanted to Nachusa Grasslands as part of on-going research from Dr. Betsy Esselman and colleagues into developing methods to restore populations of this endangered plant.
Citizen scientists completed annual odonate (8th consecutive year), RiverWatch (7th consecutive year), and frog calling (4th consecutive year) surveys, using appropriate social distancing.
Friends of Nachusa Grasslands allocated over $47,000 to support research at Nachusa through their grants program.
Several scientists have received major external grants to do research at Nachusa Grasslands. These include new projects and continue building long-term datasets for existing work.
Fifteen peer-reviewed scientific publications have included data from Nachusa Grasslands in 2020.
Scientific publications are the product of years of hard work, collecting and analyzing data as well as writing the paper. I'd like to use this blog post to highlight some of this recently published research.
prairie restoration
It has been an exciting year for Dr. Holly Jones, Dr. Nick Barber, and their lab groups. Holly and Nick began research at Nachusa Grasslands in 2013 as new faculty at Northern Illinois University (Nick is now at San Diego State University). Their work investigates restoration outcomes related to planting age, prescribed fire, and grazing. In 2020, the team has published five papers:
Heather Herakovich found Prescribed Fire Has a Greater Impact on Artificial Nest Predation Than a Recent Bison Re-introduction in Illinois Tallgrass Prairie as part of her PhD dissertation research. Using artificial nests with artificial eggs, she found in the year immediately after a prescribed fire, nest success was lower and predation rates were higher. Field mice were the most common nest predator.
Melissa Nelson and Sheryl Hosler, who earned their Masters' from NIU in 2019, examined Reintroduced grazers and prescribed fire effects on beetle assemblage structure and function in restored grasslands. Older restorations supported more large-bodied, carnivorous, and nocturnal species beetles. Remnant beetle communities most closely resembled mid-age restorations. Bison presence shifted the ground beetle community slightly, and prescribed fire had no overall effects on the beetle community.
Ryan Blackburn, who earned his MSc in 2018, published two papers from his work examining management impacts on plant communities and bison diets at Nachusa. In Plant Community Shifts in Response to Fire and Bison in a Restored Tallgrass Prairie Plant Community Shifts in Response to Fire and Bison in a Restored Tallgrass Prairie, Ryan found Restoration age was a main driver of differences in plant community. Ryan also found Reintroduced bison diet changes throughout the season in restored prairie. The majority of bison diets are grass, and about one third of Nachusa bison diets include flowering plants (including legumes).
Angie Burke looked at Early Small Mammal Responses to Bison Reintroduction and Prescribed Fire in Restored Tallgrass Prairies in her MSc thesis. She found more small mammals in new restorations and recently burned areas, driven largely by shifts between voles and mice in the community. You can learn more about her findings in this blog post.
ornate box turtle
The Wildlife Epidemiology Lab, led by Dr. Matt Allender, at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has included Nachusa Grasslands as one of their sites in on-going health evaluations of wild turtle populations. Research scientist Dr. Laura Adamovicz has published three papers from her PhD dissertation:
In Erythrocyte sedimentation rate and hemoglobin-binding protein in free-living box turtles (Terrapene spp.), Dr. Adamovicz found adding blood lab-work to traditional health metrics for wild turtle populations correlated strongly with other measures of wild turtle health, and are less biased across season, population, and years.
In Plasma antibacterial activities in ornate (Terrapene ornata) and eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina), anti-bacterial capacity of blood differed between the two species of box turtle.
Building on the previous results, Plasma complement activation mechanisms differ in ornate (Terrapene ornata ornata) and eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina) showed that the two species of turtle use different pathways to achieve anti-bacterial properties within their blood.
Devin Edmonds, who is a graduate student with Dr. Michael Dreslik at UI-UC and the Illinois Natural History Survey, examined Reproductive output of ornate box turtles (Terrapene ornate) in Illinois, USA. This is the first assessment of ornate box turtle reproduction in Illinois.
Meghan Garfinkel earned her PhD from University of Illinois-Chicago this spring. Her research quantified crop pest suppression by songbirds. She found Birds suppress pests in corn but release them in soybean crops within a mixed prairie/agriculture system. Additional data is needed to see if these results can be applied more broadly on the landscape and across years. These initial results indicate birds could provide sizable services to agricultural land around prairie habitat.
Physlis Pischl, a PhD student at Northern Illinois University, performed an elegant analysis of Plastome phylogenomics and phylogenetic diversity of endangered and threatened grassland species (Poaceae) in a North American tallgrass prairie. The work showed endangered and threatened grass species were more closely related than expected and likely evolved together in specific grassland habitats. Destruction of those habitats have resulted in many closely related species all being endangered and threatened. Read more about this study.
John Vanek shared his work with Dr. Rich King surveying snake communities at Nachusa in this recent blog. John also published Observations of American Badgers, Taxidea taxus (Schreber, 1777) (Mammalia, Carnivora), in a restored tallgrass prairie in Illinois, USA, with a new county record of successful reproduction. While it is no surprise to find badgers at Nachusa, this is a new confirmed report of breeding badgers.
Hana Thixton found Further evidence of Ceratobasidium serving as the ubiquitous fungal associate of Platanthera leucophaea (Orchidaceae) in the North American tallgrass prairie (open access) in her MSc research with Dr. Betsy Esselman at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Ceratobasidium fungi were by far the dominant fungal partner for EPFO, and genetic diversity of those strains was limited, indicating the fungal partners were consistent across sites.
Drew Scott found Plant diversity decreases potential nitrous oxide emissions from restored agricultural soil in this research as part of his PhD dissertation at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. In this study, he found nitrous oxide emissions, a potent greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change, from soils at Nachusa with high plant diversity were about seven times lower than from areas with low plant diversity.
View the complete list of Nachusa publications.
Elizabeth Bach is the Ecosystem Restoration Scientist at Nachusa Grasslands. She works with scientists, land managers, and stewards to holistically investigate questions about tallgrass prairie restoration ecology.
Bumble Bees: A Familiar Face
By Chandler Dolan
Bumble Bee Technician
Yellow coneflower (Ratibida pinnata) and wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) provide great nectaring habitat for bumble bees in mid-summer.
The scene: It's a classically humid, July afternoon. A gaze across the prairie shows patches of yellows and pinks, suggesting the presence of yellow coneflower and wild bergamot. As the heat intensifies, the birds and bison seem to slow. You stand quietly, intently listening to the sounds the grassland offers. Suddenly, a loud buzz tears through the patterns of bird melodies and katydid song. A familiar yellow and black face emerges from under a canopy of partridge pea: a bumble bee.
Bumble bees are familiar insects. The shaggy combination of yellow and black (and sometimes orange) hairs with a plump, round build makes these insects nearly unmistakable. Their role of pollinating beautiful wildflowers and food plants alike is an important ecosystem service they provide us, free of charge. Their friendly buzz and frantic foraging suggest a healthy ecological system. Unfortunately, bumble bees face an uncertain future. Through habitat loss, pesticide use, and disease, many bumble species have experienced significant decline and are becoming increasingly rare.
One of the largest bumble bee species at Nachusa, the black-and-gold bumble bee (Bombus auricomus) can be characterized by its dark wings and low-pitched buzz.
Thankfully, Nachusa gives refuge to three threatened species of bumble bees, including the critically endangered rusty-patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis). In 2017, Bethanne Bruninga-Socolar discovered the presence of the rare bumble bee at Nachusa in the form of a foraging worker. This was a great discovery, as the current distribution of the species is fairly unknown. To know this species was living at Nachusa was special and has given rise to new research opportunities and questions to be answered.
With the new motivation of a federally endangered species in the Grasslands, new projects have begun! The 2020 season is the first season we have boots on the ground (in the form of me!) to monitor bumble bee abundance and diversity across all species of bumble bee at Nachusa. We start with simple questions: What species of bumble bees are here? How many of them are there? What flowers are they using? By answering these questions, we can start to form new questions and learn about the Grasslands. This season is all about exploration, experimentation, and just getting a sense of the bumble bees at Nachusa.
The endangered rusty-patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis) found at Nachusa Grasslands.
Endangered Bumble Bees of Nachusa Grasslands
As mentioned, the rusty-patched bumble bee is a federally recognized endangered species in the United States. In fact, it is the first bumble bee species to be listed on the United States Endangered Species Act. This characteristic bumble bee sports a unique "rusty patch" on its abdomen, which is one of its best identification traits, hence the name. The decline of this species is somewhat mysterious and very sudden. Prior to 1996, this species was abundant throughout much of the Midwest and Northeastern U.S. After 1996, the species tumbled into rapid decline and is now extremely rare in the Northeast. Most records of this species today are sporadically reported in the Midwest, but at very low rates.
To identify the endangered rusty-patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis), look for the distinct rusty-patch of the abdomen surrounded by yellow hairs.
In the seven weeks I have been surveying, I have detected two rusty-patched bumble bee workers at Nachusa. To know this species is still present and not extinct is a great discovery alone. But understanding the way it uses the mosaic and where it chooses to nest is still up for question, and is difficult to answer with such sparse sightings. Our first sighting occurred very early in the field season. In fact, it was the fourth day of surveying! Seeing a single rusty-patched worker busily foraging on beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis) was a great way to start the season. Our second was about a month later on July 17th. Upon my arrival to a hill to do some quick exploration, the very first bee I spotted was the rare but distinct bumble bee methodically feeding on wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa). I held back tears of joy as I quickly netted the bee for proper identification.
The golden yellow bumble bee (Bombus fervidus) on Culver's root (Veronicastrum virginicum).
Nachusa also houses two other declining bumble bee species: the golden yellow bumble bee (Bombus fervidus) and the American bumble bee (Bombus pensylvanicus). Bombus fervidus has quickly become one of my favorite species, as its striking yellow abdomen and bold, black thorax band are impossible to miss. While these species are not recognized as endangered by the federal government, they have documented declines that warrant them a "vulnerable to extinction" assessment by the IUCN Redlist. I'm happy to report that these species are detected regularly and seem to like certain parts of the Grasslands. One day we hope to answer these questions: What parts of Nachusa are these vulnerable species found, and why? What makes one patch of habitat more suitable than another?
American bumble bee (Bombus pensylvanicus) on wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa).
Bumble bees are interesting. Their familiarity provides a calming energy, as their small wings effortlessly lift their seemingly oversized bodies and loads of pollen to provide for the nest and its offspring. But despite how recognizable they may be, there is still much to learn about them. Simple things such as their habitat and favorite flowers are yet to be fully understood. A closer look into the world of bumble bees reveals a world of individual decision-making by our hairy friends that we are working hard to better understand. One of the first steps to conserving a species is to better our understanding of them. With the first long-term bumble bee surveying season at Nachusa underway, we hope to better understand our bumble bees and to one day provide them the best habitat we can. To lose a species is to lose a piece of a puzzle. Once gone, the picture will never be the same, with a hole no other piece can fill.
*** UPDATE: On July 29th and 30th, two more rusty-patched bumble bees were observed at Nachusa! That makes a total of 4 observations this season! ***
Dr. Bethanne Bruninga-Socolar's ongoing research on Nachusa's bumble bees is supported with a Scientific Research Grant from the Friends of Nachusa Grasslands.
If you would like to play a part in helping the bees at Nachusa Grasslands, consider joining our Thursday or Saturday Workdays or giving a donation to the Friends of Nachusa Grasslands. Donations to Friends can be designated to Scientific Research Grants.
Chandler Dolan graduated from the University of Northern Iowa in December of 2019. Throughout Chandler's career as a young biologist, they have been continually drawn to endangered species ranging from the rusty-patched bumble bee to neotropical parrots and migratory songbirds. As Chandler dives deeper into the world of bumble bees, they hope to pursue bumble bee conservation as a long-term goal for graduate school.
Nachusa Smammals: It Takes a Village
By Jess Fliginger
Meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius)
In 2013, Dr. Holly Jones started conducting a long-term research project at Nachusa Grasslands on quantifying the effects of disturbance-related management strategies on small mammal populations at restored and remnant prairie sites. The reintroduction of bison in 2014 allowed for a powerful before and after bison impact study that documented the effects of bison grazing on the small mammal communities. Data collected on species responses to bison, prescribed fire frequency, restoration age, and vegetation composition will inform decisions regarding abundance and biodiversity for small mammals. Small mammals play important roles in the food web by influencing vegetation structure through herbivory and seed predation, as well as serving as prey for predator species. So far, plant communities with bison grazing are becoming more diverse and more abundant with small mammals. In the beginning, Dr. Jones ran the small mammal project by herself for a year until she was able to pass it on to her Master's student Angela Burke in 2014. It was quite a challenge to run the project on her own, and volunteers have become an essential component to keep it going. Over the years, we have had more than 100 volunteers participate to help check traps in the morning and reset traps in the afternoon.
Dr. Holly Jones and PhD student Erin Rowland bait the small mammal traps.
On the first day of small mammal trapping, or as we like to call it "smammaling", we prep 150 metal Sherman traps by baiting them with peanut butter and oats. Our small army of volunteers, 3 or 4 people, create an assembly line, with one person spreading just a dab of peanut butter on the backplate and the other sprinkling a small pinch of oats inside. Once all traps have been prepped, we start stacking rows of them, Tetris style, in the back of Scarlet, our NIU mule.
Out of the four seasons we sample for small mammals, August and October have the tallest vegetation, making it difficult to locate our poles. We flag the highest plant we can find nearby; for me it's usually prairie dock or good ol' big bluestem, and we try to navigate our way through the meandering paths of the tallgrass prairie jungle."
We take off to set 25 traps at six of our 5x5 grid sites, hoping our plans don't get foiled by any bison delays or strange weather. Each site has flagged poles to indicate where the trap must be set; however, finding them can sometimes be a challenge. Bison love using our poles as backscratchers, and they are often found sprawled across the prairie. At each pole we place an open trap where it will sit until an unsuspecting critter passes by and catches a whiff of irresistible Jif.
The mice spend the night at their "mouse hotel" feasting on peanut butter and oats until we are back to process them in the morning.
I always get a rush of excitement as I walk up to a trap and notice the door is closed. When I peek inside the trap, I am usually able to see a little face staring back at me. Occasionally, I'll get a trigger-no-capture and my excitement will fade to dissatisfaction. Likewise, thieves are a constant problem. Some especially small, speedy daredevils are able to run in to the trap, take some quick bites of peanut butter, and run out without triggering it. We keep tabs on which traps have been thieved and adjust/replace them accordingly.
Tail measurements are taken from a meadow jumping mouse.
To process the small mammals, we record the weight and take measurements on the right hind foot, tail, and body using a caliper. In addition, we determine their sex, age, reproductive status, species, and PIT tag number. Some of the species we have captured at our sites and record data on include thirteen-lined ground squirrel, deer mouse, white-footed mouse, western harvest mouse, meadow jumping mouse, prairie vole, meadow vole, and masked and short-tailed shrews. The most common species we capture is the deer mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus. Depending on whether it's a new capture or recap, we will carefully insert a PIT tag underneath its skin – similar to microchipping your pet – as a way to keep track of its movements, survival, and reproduction throughout the study. It's always a treat when we have an overwinter or recapture from the previous year; they were the lucky ones to survive the long cold winter! Finally, we provide complimentary haircuts to all new buddies and collect the hair to run in the stable isotope lab. The information gathered from each sample result can tell us about their diet and role in the food web.
Dr. Jones' daughter, 5-year-old Aliana, is our smallest, but mightiest, volunteer.
Since 2015, I have been volunteering with Dr. Jones' small mammal project. This year I was given the opportunity to help run the project and process the small mammals until her incoming PhD student, Erin Rowland, arrived. I took up the challenge, and with practice I became a pro. I would say my favorite part of the job is meeting the volunteers and training them how to be great smammalers. I enjoy acting as a Nachusa tour guide to all newcomers, young and old.
Would you like to volunteer on the small mammal project?
Although anyone is welcome to volunteer, the majority of our helpers are undergraduate students who enjoy a break away from the classroom. Volunteering for the small mammal project gets you to spend time outside, which is beneficial to your health and well-being. It inspires the public to engage in the scientific process, appreciate native plants and animals, and meet others who care about our environment. Furthermore, it helps develop team building skills that are important for any job setting. Volunteers are the heart and soul of the small mammal project, and without them I'm not sure it would be able to persist. There is a lot to accomplish within the 12 consecutive days we are at Nachusa smammaling, and any help is greatly appreciated! If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Erin Rowland. To me, the small mammal project is all about making new and old friends — volunteers and mice alike.
Small mammal research has been supported by the Friends of Nachusa Grasslands science grants from 2015 to 2018.
Consider a donation to the Friends of Nachusa Grasslands to support the ongoing science!
Challenge Grant Is a Success!
Orland Prairie, May 22, 2019
"Today you can stand anywhere on the 23-acre plot and see all the way across it in any direction. Previously, the woody invasives blocked the view. Now the prairie species will have space and sunlight to bloom and thrive."
--Mike Carr, Orland Prairie Steward
By Dee Hudson
Nachusa Grasslands Steward
Asian honeysuckle and autumn olive brush were quite thick throughout a 23-acre plot of Nachusa's Orland Prairie. Ten years of mowing and burning these invasives had little effect, as the shrubs kept resprouting. As long as these invasive shrubs remained, the native plants were suppressed. In order to help restore Orland Prairie, Friends of Nachusa Grasslands applied for a stewardship grant from the Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation. The objective of the Community Stewardship Challenge Grant Program of the Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation is to encourage increased community participation in the care of natural areas and wildlife habitat managed by non-profit organizations in Illinois.
Native plants struggle to thrive within this thick patch of invasive autumn olive and honeysuckle brush.
The grant provided support to Friends of Nachusa Grasslands in a several ways:
A Cash Donation Match Challenge
If Friends of Nachusa raised $7,000 from individual donors, the grant would match the dollars 3 to 1.
Result: In 2018 Friends raised the full $7,000 and was awarded $21,000 from Clean Energy Community Foundation.
Saturday workday volunteers
Volunteer Stewardship Challenge
Once Friends of Nachusa logged 400 volunteer hours on habitat care for the grant project site, they would receive additional grant money.
Result: After completing 400 volunteer stewardship hours, Friends of Nachusa Grasslands recently received an additional $4000 in grant money.
"The 400+ hours of volunteer labor have really changed the trajectory of the target area for the good. It's been a pleasure to work with a group of people, both regular and new volunteers, on a big project for the last 18 months."
— Mike Carr, Orland Prairie Steward
Social Media Challenge
Friends of Nachusa was challenged to log 100 volunteer hours promoting the grant project site and stewardship work days on social media.
Result: With this final blog the Friends Social Media team concludes 100 volunteer hours used to publicize this project, earning an additional $2,000 grant money from the Foundation.
Facebook & Twitter social media posts
Equipment Purchase
The Foundation would reimburse up to 80% or $5,000 (whichever was less) of equipment purchases during the 18-month grant period.
Result: Friends of Nachusa purchased a skid loader grapple for Nachusa Grasslands and was reimbursed $3,577 by Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation.
Come see Orland Prairie! Join steward, Mike Carr, as he leads a tour of the project site at Nachusa Grasslands' Autumn on the Prairie on Saturday, September 21, from 2:45 to 4 pm. See the areas newly-cleared of dense brush and enjoy the young plants moving into the bare ground.
BEFORE PHOTO: May 9, 2018
AFTER PHOTO: May 16, 2019. Notice the invasive brush is missing and it's easy to see across the 23-acre land.
Friends of Nachusa Grasslands would like to thank Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation for motivating and supporting our organization in this invaluable effort.
@illnoiscleanenergycommunityfoundation
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A Big Jump Into Restoration
By Jeff Cologna and Joy McKinney
"All life is bound to a simple truth . . . that time goes on, that in each person's life begins a tale, a tale that will either end in memory or in legend."
― M. J. Chrisman
Mike Carr
Each steward at Nachusa Grasslands has a fascinating personal tale, often involving stories of sacrifice, setbacks, and success. Together, with the resources of The Nature Conservancy, volunteers, donors, and Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation, stewards work hard to ensure Illinois prairie is not merely a fading memory, but a lasting reality for all future generations. Mike Carr, one of these amazing stewards, shared a few stories from the past with us. The following paragraphs highlight those early days.
Mike's story began as a boy whose father loved the great outdoors but "bemoaned endlessly about all the invasive plants." His father, Francis Carr, taught him about invasive plants and how to identify trees by their bark, enabling him to identify them all year 'round. Little did he know back then that these skills and a disdain for invasives would serve him so well at Nachusa.
In the Spring of 2010, soon after "getting away" from the city of Chicago, Mike found himself "banging on the door" of Bill Kleiman, Nachusa's Director. Early in their discussions, Bill explained how critical fire is to restoring and maintaining healthy prairie landscapes. Experience managing fire became a top priority. Mike quickly completed a 40-hour online fire certification class leading to an absolute "love of fire" as well as the acquisition of key skills for participating in controlled burns.
Bird's foot violet in springtime
Mike was then challenged by Bill Kleiman and Cody Considine, restoration ecologist at Nachusa, to take on a unit of his very own which would later be named Big Jump. We asked Mike why the 350-acre unit was given this interesting moniker. Apparently, it was the result of a naming contest among stewards. His unit is basically "a long way from the HQ." Due to the number of high-quality remnants within its boundaries, Mike's restoration activities have opened up the landscape, enabling unseen natives such as porcupine grass, arrow leaf violets, and blue-eyed grass to show themselves, surprising and delighting Mike. Every year he discovers new "surprises" that weren't there before. "The whole hillside of one remnant is filled with violets in the spring and another remnant with Carolina rose, bird's foot violet, comandra, and pussy toes.
Mowing Brush
Mike focused his efforts on a 23-acre plot within the unit which is now known as "Orland Prairie." In the beginning of restoration, Mike shared that Orland Prairie needed some kind of push to get rid of all the invasive woodies (shrubs and bushes) so the prairie could find its way. In the last 10 years, Nachusa's Fecon mower was used to knock down the invasive woodies. Seed, collected by combine, was then spread on the area, beginning the restoration process. Unfortunately, woodies continue to dominate.
Applying basal bark
Restoration efforts continue at Orland Prairie with the help of a generous grant from the Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation. The grant is being used in part to purchase herbicide for continued eradication of the highly invasive autumn olive plant and other woodies. The application of the basal bark herbicide is highly effective. "If you stand next to an autumn olive and you tell it that you'll come back with basal bark . . . it'll just die!" Mike quipped. Basal bark applications have been used to successfully eradicate infestations of autumn olives, which at one time stood up to 15 ft high and covered the entire 23 acres. Mike shared that the herbicide is most effective after a fire.
Mike Carr is just one of the many dedicated men and women who have committed to making Nachusa Grasslands more than just a memory. We would like to thank Mike's dad for inspiring him to be patient and dedicated to long term goals and above all, valuing and respecting nature.
Come meet Mike on the March 2nd workday to see the Orland Prairie and experience the whimsical beauty of Nachusa Grasslands!
Volunteers Breathe New Life Back Into The Land
By Dee Hudson
What does a degraded landscape look like?
Take a good look at the image below. The two volunteer stewards can barely walk through this dense thicket of invasive bushes. The sheer number of invasives that reside here have crowded out most other species, and as a result, have limited the possible diversity. In addition, when leafed out during the summer time, the bushes block the sunlight from reaching the ground and therefore discourage native species from growth.
This section at Orland Prairie has very dense and unwanted brush
As Orland Prairie's land steward, Mike Carr led the December 8 Saturday workday into this gnarly section in the attempt to eradicate the invasive brush. At the end of the day, each volunteer stewardship hour was carefully logged, because Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation has approved this particular habitat as a grant project. When 400 volunteer hours of habitat care have been recorded, Illinois Clean Energy will present $4,000 to Friends of Nachusa Grasslands.
This volunteer uses the Birchmeier backpack sprayer
What species are targeted for removal?
Amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii)—Native to Asia, but not to North America
Autumn Olive (Elaegnus umbellate)--Native to Asia. It was first brought here as erosion control and food for wildlife.
Wafer Ash (Ptelea trifoliate)--Although this bush is an Illinois native, in this degraded landscape the bush has become too numerous. If it returns once other species have been planted, that signifies that the bush is meant to grow in this area and therefore will not be removed again.
Buckthorn—Native to Europe. It was first brought to North America as an ornamental shrub.
Some opportunistic wafer ash have also been treated
How is the brush eradicated?
On this workday the volunteers treated the brush with basal bark applications. The treatment was applied to the base of the bush with either a backpack sprayer or a hand sprayer.
The pink color indicates the treated bushes
What does a restored landscape look like?
This landscape is also a part of the 23-acre grant project. The area once looked very degraded, but with basal bark treatments and prescribed fire, the brush understory was removed. Then prairie seeds were planted and the photo above shows the successful restored results. This area has been given new life and is on its way to recovery.
Who restores these habitats?
The December 8 Saturday workday volunteers
Anyone who wants to make a difference can help with restoration!
Are you interested in preserving habitat for native plants and animals?
Are you enthusiastic about conservation?
Do you enjoy working outdoors in nature?
Do you enjoy learning new skills?
Are you searching for a meaningful volunteer experience with other enthusiastic volunteers?
Next ICE Grant Workday
Join fellow volunteers on December 22, 2018 for the next ICE Grant Saturday workday. Meet at Nachusa's Headquarters Barn before 9 am and be ready to restore habitat. If you have any questions about the workdays, check the Friends of Nachusa Grasslands website.
Let's make a difference together!
Connect with Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation: @illnoiscleanenergycommunityfoundation
400 Hours? Wow!
By Mary Meier
What do 400 hours of volunteer stewardship, $7,000 in donations, and 100 hours of social media posts have in common? They are all components of the Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation's Community Stewardship Challenge Grant Program.
Friends of Nachusa Grasslands qualifies for the Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation's Community Stewardship Challenge Grant Program.
According to its website, "The Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation was established in December 1999 as an independent foundation with a $225 million endowment provided by Commonwealth Edison. Our mission is to improve energy efficiency, advance the development and use of renewable energy resources, and protect natural areas and wildlife habitat in communities all across Illinois."
The Foundation encourages increased local support and participation in the care of habitat by providing grant funds as a match to local dollars raised and labor donated.
Friends of Nachusa Grasslands has been approved for grants totaling $32,000 if we fulfill requirements under several categories:
A 3 to 1 match on cash received from individual donors, not to exceed a grant payment of $21,000, so we need to raise $7,000
$4,000 for 400 volunteer hours logged on habitat care for the grant project site
$2,000 for 100 volunteer hours logged on promoting the grant project site and stewardship work days on social media
An equipment reimbursement up to $5,000, or 80%, whichever is less
Patch of invasive autumn olive
Friends chose Nachusa's Orland Prairie, a prairie remnant on the west end of the Big Jump Unit, for its habitat restoration project site. Volunteers have already begun attacking the 23-acre parcel that is heavily infested with the invasive shrub autumn olive. Non-native honeysuckle is also rampant in the area.
Mike Carr spraying autumn olive
Mike Carr, Orland Prairie volunteer steward, who has been working on the unit for several years, says,
"I really enjoy brush clearing, especially the nasty stuff."
Both autumn olive and honeysuckle are some of the most tenacious foes that Nachusa's volunteers battle.
According to The Nature Conservancy, "Autumn olive is quickly becoming one of the most troublesome shrubs in central and eastern United States. High seed production, high germination rates and the sheer hardiness of the plant allow it to grow rapidly."
Bush honeysuckle encroaching on an oak tree
In addition, a University of Illinois extension website says, "Controlling bush honeysuckle is vital to the preservation of native ecosystems in Illinois. Bush honeysuckle currently poses one of the greatest threats to forest ecosystems in Illinois."
Volunteers herbiciding invasive shrubs
Saturday workday crews and individual volunteers are using herbicides to kill the woody brush invading Orland. Later this year and early next year, we will over-seed the area with native species collected during the harvest season, conduct prescribed burns, re-contour unsightly gravel pits, and remove non-native trees and large debris from fence rows at the site.
Our long-term goal is to establish a diverse prairie planting on the 23-acre site, providing for long-term weed management and suppression of non-native shrubs and trees. Ongoing stewardship efforts, including volunteer labor, herbicide application, and controlled burns, will gradually help integrate the target area into the surrounding habitat.
Arrow-leaved violet (Viola sagittata)
Mike Carr is very excited about the project's rewards. He has already discovered several rare prairie species at the cleared site, such as arrow-leaved violet (Viola sagittate) and blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium), and he looks forward to many more surprises over the coming months.
During the Orland Prairie workday on May 19, new volunteer LuAnn McFadden mused,
"It's so beautiful that I could spend the entire day out here."
May 19 volunteer workday crew at Orland Prairie
How can you help Friends earn the stewardship grant? Volunteer for a Saturday brush clearing workday at Orland Prairie — the next one is on June 9. During the summer and fall, you can also help collect prairie seeds for Orland from the preserve. The Friends Social Media Team uses Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and our website to promote volunteer opportunities.
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\section{Introduction}

Consider the Standard Model (SM) as the renormalizable part of an effective field theory (EFT)
\begin{equation}
\mathcal L = \mathcal L_{\rm SM}^{(d\leq 4)} + \sum_{d>4} \frac{1}{\Lambda_{\rm eff}^{d-4}} \mathcal L^{(d)} \,,
\end{equation}
where only SM fields appear as dynamical degrees of freedom in $\mathcal L$, and
$d$ denotes the canonical operator dimension. Assuming $\mathcal O(1)$ coefficients in the
EFT operator expansion, currently all experimental evidence in particle physics can be accommodated
by such a generic theory with a very large cut-off scale $\Lambda_{\rm eff} \approx 10^{15}$~GeV (cf.~\fig{fig:IB}).

\begin{figure}[ht]
\centering
\includegraphics[angle=0,width=15cm]{IB}
\caption{\label{fig:IB} Summary of indirect bounds on the scale of new physics (NP). Massive
neutrinos hint to a generic high-scale dynamics which automatically accommodates all
indirect searches for NP. A future improvement on proton decay bounds and/or failure
to observe neutrinoless double beta decay
with inverse neutrino mass hierarchy would put pressure on this framework.}
\end{figure}

For NP around the TeV scale to be compatible with the indirect bounds
in \fig{fig:IB}, exact or approximate symmetries are usually postulated
which in term forbid or sufficiently suppress the most dangerous contributions to
flavor changing neutral currents, CP violation, as well as B and L changing processes.
At the heart of these problems is the fact that generically, extending
the SM particle content will either break some of the SM accidental symmetries,
and/or introduce new sources of breaking of the approximate SM symmetries,
which in general will not commute with the existing SM spurions.
Examples of the first kind include B and L. Flavor,
CP and custodial symmetry of the Higgs potential fall into the second category.

One may thus ask the following well defined question:
{\it Which extensions of the SM particle content with masses close to the
electroweak scale (i) automatically preserve the accidental and approximate
symmetry structure of the SM,
(ii) are cosmologically viable,
and (iii) form consistent EFTs with a cut-off scale
as high as $10^{15}$~{\rm GeV}?}

In Ref.~\cite{DiLuzio:2015oha} we explored such possibility by adding to the SM one extra matter (spin $0$ or $1/2$)
multiplet and requiring that its SM gauge quantum numbers alone forbid all renormalizable interactions which would
break any of the SM approximate or accidental symmetries.
In the present contribution we review
the selection criteria which lead to the answer to the question above.

\section{Accidental matter multiplets}

The classification of single particle SM extensions which automatically preserve
its accidental and approximate symmetry structure leads to an infinite set of states.
In order to make the list finite we apply two extra selection
criteria coming from cosmology (no too long-lived colored/charged particles)
and perturbativity (no Landau poles below $\Lambda_{\rm eff} \approx 10^{15}$~{\rm GeV}). The final list of viable accidental matter multiplets which pass all the
constraints is provided in \Table{summary1} (uncolored case). This Table is complemented by an analogous
one featuring $14$ ($3$) colored
scalars (fermions) which can be found in Ref.~\cite{DiLuzio:2015oha}.

\setlength{\tabcolsep}{4pt}

\begin{table}[htbp]
\centering
\caption{\label{summary1}
  List of new weak-scale uncolored states $\chi$ which can couple to SM fields
  at the renormalizable level
  without breaking the flavor group $U(3)^5$,
  and which are compatible with cosmology and
  an EFT cut-off scale of $\Lambda_{\rm{eff}} \approx 10^{15}$ GeV.
  The possible electromagnetic charges of the LP in the multiplet are denoted by $Q_{\rm{LP}}$, while
  $\mathcal{O}_{\rm decay}$ denotes the lowest dimensional operators responsible for the decay of $\chi$.
  States with $Y=0$ are understood to be real.
  In the last column, the Landau pole has been
  estimated at two loops by integrating in the new multiplet at the scale of the $Z$ boson mass, while the symbol in the bracket stands for the gauge coupling, $g_{1,2,3}$, triggering the Landau pole and $m_{\rm Pl} = 1.22 \times 10^{19}$~GeV is the Planck mass. The states marked with $\ddag$ and $\star$ are constrained by electroweak precision tests and BBN, respectively, to  lie possibly beyond the LHC reach.}
\vspace{0.4cm}
\begin{tabular}{@{} |c|c|c|c|c|c| @{}}
\hline
Spin  & $\chi$ &  $Q_{\rm{LP}}$ & $\mathcal{O}_{\rm decay}$ & dim$(\mathcal{O}_{\rm decay})$ & $\Lambda_{\rm{Landau}}^{\rm{2-loop}}$[GeV] \\
\hline
0 & $(1,1,0)$ & 0  &
$\chi H H^{\dag}$  & 3 &$\gg m_{\rm Pl}$ ($g_1$)  \\
0 & $(1,3,0)^\ddag$ & 0,1 & $ \chi H H^{\dag} $ & 3 & $\gg m_{\rm Pl}$ ($g_1$)  \\
0 & $(1,4,1/2)^\ddag$ & -1,0,1,2 & $ \chi H H^{\dag} H^{\dag} $ & 4 & $\gg m_{\rm Pl}$ ($g_1$)  \\
0 & $(1,4,3/2)^\ddag$ & 0,1,2,3 & $ \chi H^{\dag} H^{\dag} H^{\dag} $ & 4 & $\gg m_{\rm Pl}$ ($g_1$)  \\
\hline
\rowcolor{LightCyan}
0 & $(1,2,3/2)$ & 1,2  & $\chi H^{\dag} \ell \ell ,~ \chi^{\dag} H^{\dag} e^c e^c ,~ D^\mu \chi^\dag \ell^\dag \overline{\sigma}_\mu e^c$  & 5 &$\gg m_{\rm Pl}$ ($g_1$)  \\
\rowcolor{LightCyan}
0 & $(1,2,5/2)$ & 2,3 & $ \chi^{\dag} H e^c e^c $ & 5 & $\gg m_{\rm Pl}$ ($g_1$)  \\
\rowcolor{LightCyan}
0 & $(1,5,0)$ &  0,1,2  & $ \chi H H H^{\dag} H^{\dag} ,~ \chi W^{\mu \nu} W_{\mu \nu} ,~ \chi^3  H^{\dagger} H $ & 5 & $\gg m_{\rm Pl}$ ($g_{1}$) \\
\rowcolor{LightCyan}
0 & $(1,5,1)$ &  -1,0,1,2,3 & $ \chi^{\dag} H H H H^{\dag},~\chi \chi \chi^{\dagger} H^{\dagger} H^{\dagger} $ & 5 & $\gg m_{\rm Pl}$ ($g_1$) \\
\rowcolor{LightCyan}
0 & $(1,5,2)$ & 0,1,2,3,4 &
$ \chi^{\dag} H H H H$ & 5 &  $3.5 \times 10^{18}$ ($g_1$)  \\
\rowcolor{LightCyan}
0 & $(1,7,0)^\star$ & 0,1,2,3 & $\chi^3 H^{\dagger} H$
& 5 & $1.4 \times 10^{16}$ ($g_{2}$)  \\
\hline
\rowcolor{piggypink}
1/2 & $(1,4,1/2)$ &  -1 & $\chi^c \ell H H,~\chi \ell H^{\dag} H ,~ \chi \sigma^{\mu \nu} \ell W_{\mu \nu}$ & 5 & $8.1 \times 10^{18}$ ($g_2$)  \\
\rowcolor{piggypink}
1/2 & $(1,4,3/2)$ &  0 & $\chi \ell H^{\dag} H^{\dag}$  & 5 & $2.7 \times 10^{15}$ ($g_1$) \\
\rowcolor{piggypink}
1/2 & $(1,5,0)$ &  0 & $\chi \ell H H H^{\dag} ,~ \chi \sigma^{\mu \nu} \ell H W_{\mu \nu}$  & 6 & $8.3 \times 10^{17}$ ($g_2$) \\
  \hline
  \end{tabular}
\end{table}

\subsection{Automatic preservation of $U(3)^5$}

The quantum numbers of the new multiplet $\chi$ are selected by
requiring that it does not couple to SM
fermions at the renormalizable level.
This automatically guarantees that the flavor group $U(3)^5$
of quarks and leptons (including B and family L number)
is only broken by their respective Yukawas.

Let us consider first the case where $\chi$ is a fermion.
If $\chi$ transforms under a real representation of the SM gauge group, the most general
Lagrangian is
\begin{equation}
\mathcal{L}= \mathcal{L}_{\text{SM}} + i \chi^{\dagger} \overline{\sigma}^{\mu} D_{\mu} \chi + \frac{1}{2} M (\chi^T \epsilon \chi + \text{h.c.}) \, ,
\end{equation}
which is invariant under a $Z_2$ transformation $\chi \to -\chi$.
If $\chi$ transforms instead under a complex or pseudoreal representation of the gauge group (so that a Majorana mass term is forbidden), we introduce another field $\chi^c$ with conjugate quantum numbers. In this way, the new state is vector-like and a mass term can always be added. In both cases
an extra accidental symmetry guarantees the stability of the new particle at the renormalizable level. The case of extra scalars is more involved since they can always couple to the Higgs field at the renormalizable level
without breaking $U(3)^5$
and their stability depends on the allowed interactions with the Higgs field (cf.~Ref.~\cite{DiLuzio:2015oha}).

\subsection{Cosmology}

Barring few exceptions (for scalar cases only), the lightest particle (LP) in the multiplet is stable at the renormalizable level. Colorless and electrically neutral stable particles can be
dark matter (DM) candidates, a possibility which has been extensively studied in the literature, also known as Minimal DM~\cite{Cirelli:2005uq}. On the other hand, colored and charged stable particles are severely constrained by cosmological observations as well as by searches for exotic forms of matter on Earth and in the Universe \cite{Burdin:2014xma}.

The new extra states will eventually decay due to operators present in the
SM$+\chi$ EFT
suppressed by the scale $\Lambda_{\rm eff} \approx 10^{15}$~{\rm GeV}.
Since we are interested in LHC-scale extensions of the SM
we can set $m_\chi \sim 1$ TeV, and estimate on dimensional grounds the lifetime
of the particle due to $d=5,6,\ldots$ operators:
\begin{equation}
\Gamma_5 \sim \frac{m^3_\chi}{\Lambda_{\rm eff}^2} \approx (10^{-3} \ s)^{-1} \, ,
\qquad
\Gamma_6 \sim \frac{m^5_\chi}{\Lambda_{\rm eff}^4} \approx (10^{21} \ s)^{-1} \, ,
\qquad \ldots \, .
\end{equation}
Particles decaying via $d=5$ operators are potentially subject to Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) constraints. A refined calculation of the particle lifetimes and the
relic abundances shows that BBN bounds are indeed relevant for some of the
new states in \Table{summary1} (cf.~Ref.~\cite{DiLuzio:2015oha} for more details).
On the other hand, charged and/or colored particles decaying via $d>5$ operators
are excluded by cosmic rays and exotic heavy nuclei searches \cite{Burdin:2014xma}.

\subsection{Landau poles}

Extra matter drives the gauge couplings towards the non-perturbative regime and
can eventually lead to the emergence of a Landau pole. The latter might be associated
with a new dynamics that, if generic, would break the accidental symmetries of the SM.
We hence require that no Landau poles are generated below the cut-off of the EFT,
$\Lambda_{\rm eff} \approx 10^{15}$ GeV. This yields in turn an upper bound on the dimensionality of the extra representation.

The determination of the Landau pole is carried out at the two-loop level.
Indeed, for non-abelian gauge factors there can be an accidental cancellation in the one-loop beta function
between matter and gauge contributions, so that two-loop effects may become important and even change qualitatively the asymptotic behavior of the
theory (cf.~\fig{fig:2loopLP}).

\begin{figure}[ht]
\centering
\includegraphics[angle=0,width=8.5cm]{2loopLP}
\caption{\label{fig:2loopLP}
Running of $\alpha_3$ for the SM augmented with a real scalar multiplet
with quantum numbers $(27,1,0)$
under $SU(3)_C \otimes SU(2)_L \otimes U(1)_Y$.
}
\end{figure}

\section{Conclusions}

Many indirect probes of NP such as proton decay, flavor and CP violating observables tell us that NP
at the TeV scale (if there) must be highly non-generic. In order to suppress
the most dangerous $d=6$ operators in the SM EFT, extra protection
mechanisms like MFV~\cite{D'Ambrosio:2002ex}, B and/or L number conservation are usually imposed. In the work in Ref.~\cite{DiLuzio:2015oha},
we explored yet another possibility:
\emph{the gauge quantum numbers of the NP states are such that the accidental and approximate
symmetry structure of the SM is automatically preserved at the renormalizable level}.
After applying cosmological constraints and by requiring the consistency
of the SM$+\chi$ EFT up to $\Lambda_{\rm eff} \approx 10^{15}$ GeV we are left with a finite set of
single particle extensions of the SM (cf.~\Table{summary1}),
which were the focus of a detailed phenomenological analysis including
BBN constraints and collider bounds.
Interestingly, these scenarios feature in most of the cases a striking phenomenological
signature with charged and/or colored states which are stable on the scale
of high-energy particle detectors.

There are also a couple of side products of the analysis in Ref.~\cite{DiLuzio:2015oha}
worth to be mentioned.
On a more technical side, the determination of Landau poles requires a two-loop accuracy
in those cases where there is an accidental cancellations in the one-loop
beta function (cf.~\fig{fig:2loopLP}).
Moreover, in the classification of the effective operators in \Table{summary1}
we pointed out the existence of a previously overlooked
$d = 5$ operator responsible for a fast decay of the neutral component
of the scalar multiplet $(1, 7, 0)$, effectively ruling out the minimal scalar DM candidate~\cite{Cirelli:2005uq}.

\section*{Acknowledgments}

L.D.L.~wishes to thank the organizers of the 27th Rencontres the Blois
for providing a pleasant and stimulating atmosphere.
This work was supported in part by the Slovenian Research Agency.
The work of L.D.L.~is supported by the Marie Curie CIG program, project number PCIG13-GA-2013-618439.
We thank the Galileo Galilei Institute for Theoretical Physics for the hospitality and the INFN for partial support
during the completion of this work.

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Ringside: For Marvelous Marvin's sake, let's do something about the Jo Jos
by Tom Gray
This ringside column appears in the June 2021 issue of Ring Magazine.
Marvelous Marvin Hagler was asked for his thoughts on three women being assigned to judge his 1984 rematch with Syrian slugger Mustafa Hamsho at Madison Square Garden. But a surly Hagler had no time for judges, male or female.
"These are my judges," seethed the undisputed middleweight champion, raising both fists.
In November 1979, the Brockton-based destroyer had to settle for a split decision draw with then-middleweight champion Vito Antuofermo, and he held a grudge. Hagler finally claimed the crown by annihilating Alan Minter the following year, and heading into the Hamsho return, he'd brutally stopped eight of nine challengers. "These are my judges" was not hyperbole – he meant every word.
When Hagler finally lost his cherished championship to Sugar Ray Leonard in April 1987, it was a WBC-appointed judge that let him down. Hagler-Leonard, no matter who you thought won, was a very close fight, but one blind mouse by the name of Jo Jo Guerra managed to award 10 of 12 rounds to Leonard (118-110). It is perhaps the most notorious scorecard in boxing history, and "The Marvelous One" was so repulsed that he never boxed again.
Hagler-Leonard was a great fight, but one lopsided official scorecard left a sour taste.
On March 13, 2021, the boxing world was rocked to its foundation by Hagler's sudden and tragic passing. On social media, tributes poured in from all over the world and served to highlight just how revered and respected the great former champion is within his sport and beyond. The Ring chose to postpone a Sugar Ray Robinson special edition that was already in the works in order to compile this memorial issue, and we didn't think twice about doing so.
Just hours after Hagler's death, Juan Francisco Estrada avenged a previous defeat and unified the junior bantamweight championship by posting a 12-round split decision win over Roman Gonzalez. Like Hagler-Leonard, it was a terrific prizefight, closely contested, and opinions varied on the outcome. However, once again, a ringside judge became part of the story. One Carlos Sucre scored nine rounds for Estrada (117-111), suggesting that "Chocolatito" failed to turn up for work. Like Adalaide Byrd, who saw Canelo Alvarez winning 10 of 12 rounds against Gennadiy Golovkin in their controversial September 2017 draw, Sucre's card was an insult to any fight fan's intelligence.
But… STOP THE PRESS! This time, boxing took a stand.
Gilberto Mendoza, the WBA president, suspended Sucre pending an investigation. "We have to respect 'Gallo' Estrada, who made a great effort," said Mendoza. "In this case, the judges favored him. However, I sent a temporary suspension while Sucre is heard, because big shows and fights like this one do not deserve the kind of score he gave. His decision was misguided yesterday."
READ: Sucre suspended by WBA
In a sport replete with problems, poor judging is currently angling for the top spot. It's not just a U.S. problem (Estrada-Gonzalez 2 was staged in Dallas); the U.K. has also seen some horrible officiating in recent months.
In February, Spain's Kiko Martinez ventured to London for a crossroads battle against highly touted prospect Zelfa Barrett. Martinez, 35, was considered over-the-hill, but the former junior featherweight titleholder hurt the youngster early, pressured him from bell to bell and maintained a frenetic pace throughout. The result? Barrett was given the nod on all three scorecards and two officials, Steve Gray and Bob Williams, voted 118-111 in his favor. Those numbers were miles away from reality, but there was no investigation, and both U.K. officials were back out scoring contests within a couple of weeks.
In a sport replete with problems, poor judging is currently angling for the top spot.
If that was bad, Lewis Ritson's 12-round split decision win over Mexico's former lightweight titleholder Miguel Vazquez last October was worse. Vazquez, 34, had been a reliable operator in his day, but he'd lost four of his previous seven outings and was in the twilight of a 51-fight career. Younger, fresher and in better form, Newcastle's Ritson was a heavy pre-fight favorite. Then the bell rang. Vazquez boxed brilliantly in almost every session and Ritson was chasing shadows. Beyond puzzling was that the home fighter's corner seemed quite pleased with how the fight was unfolding. "You're boxing very nice, considering you haven't been in the ring for a year," opined head trainer Neil Fannon between rounds nine and 10. That simply wasn't true. Ritson looked awful, but he was still given the verdict by two judges. One of them, Terry O'Connor, who gave the fight to the Englishman by a despicable tally of 117-111, was seen on the Sky Sports broadcast quickly glancing at what appeared to be a cellphone during a round. The veteran official was called before the British Boxing Board of Control a week later and denied that he was holding a handheld device. But when asked about the silly numbers he'd come up with, his answer left the BBBoC "satisfied that Mr. O'Connor's final score reflected his own opinion of the contest." Our favorite word, "subjective," saved the day, and O'Connor was back at ringside within two weeks.
It must be said that Matchroom's Eddie Hearn, promoter of these shows, publicly condemned the scoring that favored his fighters, but while that's amicable – even refreshing – it doesn't solve the problem long-term.
The WBA, which is off my Christmas card list until it drops a hoard of secondary world title belts, has at least made the right decision in suspending an inept official. Every governing body, commission or board should now follow suit when the numbers don't add up. Make it global. Maybe then judges will bring their A-game, and fighters, fans and media won't be covering their eyes and ears every time a contest goes to the scorecards.
Our Marvelous Marvin Hagler tribute issue is available for purchase at The Ring Shop: www.ringmagshop.com
Tom Gray is Associate Editor for Ring Magazine. Follow him on Twitter: @Tom_Gray_Boxing
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… does not only refer to the fictional documentary, mockumentary, of Woody Allen, but is also the name of the film school in Bolzano in the Alto Adige region of North Italy. Documentary films are being taught and made here in an atmosphere of warmth and competence. I can say so about the school and its permanent staff having been one of the priviliged regular teachers there since 2007. Diploma films are now in production from the hands and eyes of the students, who have been there for almost three years and who this summer will leave the protected environment of the film school to enter the audiovisual jungle. With skills, knowledge and hopefully a hunger to tell stories. (Several of the students have been writing on this site, write zelig under "search").
A new three year cycle 2010-2013 lies ahead and the deadline for application is February 1st. This is a quote from the site where YOU, upcoming documentarian can find more info:
"No more than 30 candidates will be admitted to the 2010-2013 cycle. Past experience has shown that a large number of applicants will be competing for these slots. Therefore the admissions process has been divided into two phases. The tri-lingual exam commission will select up to 60 candidates from all the applicants, and invite them to Bolzano for a five-day battery of admissions exams. Recommended age of applicants: 20-30 years."
http://www.zeligfilm.it/


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Cobblestone Capital Advisors Llc Buys CoStar Group Inc, PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Trad, General Electric Co, Sells CarMax Inc, Vanguard Large Cap ETF, Invesco S&P 500 Pure Value ETF
Investment company Cobblestone Capital Advisors Llc (Current Portfolio) buys CoStar Group Inc, PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Trad, General Electric Co, Novo Nordisk A/S, Regions Financial Corp, sells CarMax Inc, Vanguard Large Cap ETF, Invesco S&P 500 Pure Value ETF, , Deere during the 3-months ended 2021Q3, according to the most recent filings of the investment company, Cobblestone Capital Advisors Llc . As of 2021Q3, Cobblestone Capital Advisors Llc owns 252 stocks with a total value of $1.5 billion. These are the details of the buys and sells.
New Purchases: CSGP, GE, NVO, RF, VMBS, AON,
Added Positions: GOVT, MINT, ITOT, IXUS, JPST, JVAL, GOOG, CWI, VXF, AMZN, UL, MTUM, IEMG, CNI, MCD, LMT, PEP, VZ, VSAT, ED, WU, T, CSX, APPN, AMT, MO, BABA, ACN, VWO, VOD, VXUS, TSLA, SCHE, IEFA, HDV, ACWX, EPD, CINF, CVX, CGC,
Reduced Positions: KMX, VV, BNL, SCHZ, AAPL, SPY, SCHB, DE, EFA, GOOGL, PHYS, RCKT, VTI, IWM, LQD, FNDX, SCHR, MBB, SHOP, HCA, JPM, MSFT, FB, VB, IWO, IWN, SCHX, BK, IJR, VOO, TOTL, DINT, NVDA, MRK, MA, QCOM, PM, SEE, KBE, SPTI, PFE, CRM, SCHA, SCHH, KMB, SBUX, SYK, TU, MMM, TFC, UNP, UNH, VEU, VNQ, WMT, ETN, MDT, DHR, GS, GIS, FHN, XOM, EMR, ECL, EMN, DUK, HD, STZ, COP, CTXS, BMY, BLK, BAX, ADP, ADBE, IYG, ORCL, NEE, NFLX, MTB, LOW, LHX, ABBV, SCZ, OTIS, IWV, IJH, EEM, TIP, ISRG, QQQ, IBM, ITW,
Sold Out: IEC, RPV, DIA, WDFC, DDD, PSX, GLW, TWLO, UGI, PLTR,
For the details of COBBLESTONE CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC 's stock buys and sells, go to https://www.gurufocus.com/guru/cobblestone+capital+advisors+llc+/current-portfolio/portfolio
These are the top 5 holdings of COBBLESTONE CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC
BTC iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (GOVT) - 5,532,426 shares, 10.03% of the total portfolio. Shares added by 3.01%
iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF (IXUS) - 1,851,900 shares, 8.98% of the total portfolio. Shares added by 1.94%
iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF (ITOT) - 1,007,687 shares, 6.77% of the total portfolio. Shares added by 2.61%
Apple Inc (AAPL) - 417,282 shares, 4.03% of the total portfolio. Shares reduced by 1.15%
Alphabet Inc (GOOG) - 16,635 shares, 3.03% of the total portfolio. Shares added by 1.61%
New Purchase: CoStar Group Inc (CSGP)
Cobblestone Capital Advisors Llc initiated holding in CoStar Group Inc. The purchase prices were between $80.97 and $90.15, with an estimated average price of $86.4. The stock is now traded at around $82.210000. The impact to a portfolio due to this purchase was 0.88%. The holding were 150,045 shares as of 2021-09-30.
New Purchase: General Electric Co (GE)
Cobblestone Capital Advisors Llc initiated holding in General Electric Co. The purchase prices were between $96 and $107.84, with an estimated average price of $103.28. The stock is now traded at around $108.960000. The impact to a portfolio due to this purchase was 0.07%. The holding were 9,304 shares as of 2021-09-30.
New Purchase: Regions Financial Corp (RF)
Cobblestone Capital Advisors Llc initiated holding in Regions Financial Corp. The purchase prices were between $18.14 and $21.76, with an estimated average price of $19.9. The stock is now traded at around $24.170000. The impact to a portfolio due to this purchase was 0.02%. The holding were 11,571 shares as of 2021-09-30.
New Purchase: Aon PLC (AON)
Cobblestone Capital Advisors Llc initiated holding in Aon PLC. The purchase prices were between $226.79 and $299.17, with an estimated average price of $268.54. The stock is now traded at around $297.720000. The impact to a portfolio due to this purchase was 0.02%. The holding were 800 shares as of 2021-09-30.
New Purchase: Novo Nordisk A/S (NVO)
Cobblestone Capital Advisors Llc initiated holding in Novo Nordisk A/S. The purchase prices were between $84.42 and $106.62, with an estimated average price of $96.57. The stock is now traded at around $112.710000. The impact to a portfolio due to this purchase was 0.02%. The holding were 2,353 shares as of 2021-09-30.
New Purchase: Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (VMBS)
Cobblestone Capital Advisors Llc initiated holding in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF. The purchase prices were between $53.1 and $53.49, with an estimated average price of $53.3. The stock is now traded at around $52.960000. The impact to a portfolio due to this purchase was 0.02%. The holding were 6,330 shares as of 2021-09-30.
Added: PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Trad (MINT)
Cobblestone Capital Advisors Llc added to a holding in PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Trad by 67.04%. The purchase prices were between $101.79 and $101.91, with an estimated average price of $101.86. The stock is now traded at around $101.770000. The impact to a portfolio due to this purchase was 0.18%. The holding were 64,982 shares as of 2021-09-30.
Added: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA)
Cobblestone Capital Advisors Llc added to a holding in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd by 29.03%. The purchase prices were between $145.08 and $221.87, with an estimated average price of $182.3. The stock is now traded at around $163.970000. The impact to a portfolio due to this purchase was 0.01%. The holding were 2,658 shares as of 2021-09-30.
Added: CSX Corp (CSX)
Cobblestone Capital Advisors Llc added to a holding in CSX Corp by 26.35%. The purchase prices were between $29.71 and $34.13, with an estimated average price of $32.03. The stock is now traded at around $35.470000. The impact to a portfolio due to this purchase was 0.01%. The holding were 14,673 shares as of 2021-09-30.
Added: AT&T Inc (T)
Cobblestone Capital Advisors Llc added to a holding in AT&T Inc by 20.95%. The purchase prices were between $26.96 and $29.23, with an estimated average price of $27.83. The stock is now traded at around $24.950000. The impact to a portfolio due to this purchase was 0.01%. The holding were 26,651 shares as of 2021-09-30.
Added: Altria Group Inc (MO)
Cobblestone Capital Advisors Llc added to a holding in Altria Group Inc by 47.00%. The purchase prices were between $45.52 and $51.04, with an estimated average price of $48.33. The stock is now traded at around $44.750000. The impact to a portfolio due to this purchase was 0.01%. The holding were 8,657 shares as of 2021-09-30.
Added: The Western Union Co (WU)
Cobblestone Capital Advisors Llc added to a holding in The Western Union Co by 38.86%. The purchase prices were between $19.84 and $23.58, with an estimated average price of $22.1. The stock is now traded at around $18.550000. The impact to a portfolio due to this purchase was 0.01%. The holding were 14,830 shares as of 2021-09-30.
Sold Out: (IEC)
Cobblestone Capital Advisors Llc sold out a holding in . The sale prices were between $10.05 and $15.34, with an estimated average price of $13.11.
Sold Out: Invesco S&P 500 Pure Value ETF (RPV)
Cobblestone Capital Advisors Llc sold out a holding in Invesco S&P 500 Pure Value ETF. The sale prices were between $72.23 and $78.63, with an estimated average price of $76.15.
Sold Out: SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA)
Cobblestone Capital Advisors Llc sold out a holding in SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF. The sale prices were between $338.18 and $355.08, with an estimated average price of $348.19.
Sold Out: Phillips 66 (PSX)
Cobblestone Capital Advisors Llc sold out a holding in Phillips 66. The sale prices were between $64.27 and $87.9, with an estimated average price of $72.58.
Sold Out: WD-40 Co (WDFC)
Cobblestone Capital Advisors Llc sold out a holding in WD-40 Co. The sale prices were between $223.62 and $261.8, with an estimated average price of $240.09.
Sold Out: 3D Systems Corp (DDD)
Cobblestone Capital Advisors Llc sold out a holding in 3D Systems Corp. The sale prices were between $24.82 and $38.5, with an estimated average price of $29.74.
Here is the complete portfolio of COBBLESTONE CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC . Also check out:
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TV ratings: How many people watched the NBA Finals 2022?
Viewership for the NBA Finals was up on 2021, but still lagging behind pre-pandemic 2019 numbers, giving pause and hope to broadcasters in equal measure
Jeffrey May
Kyle TeradaUSA TODAY Sports
The 2022 NBA Finals brought big numbers back to primetime, capturing 13.99 million viewers for Game 6, according to figures released today.
Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors brought star drawing power to the table, with fans tuning in to see big names like Klay Thompson and Draymond Green square off against the Celtics. Boston, for their part, have a large and zealously loyal fanbase of their own.
The @warriors are the 2021-22 NBA Champions! #NBA75 pic.twitter.com/ckNLJTdQ1C
— NBA (@NBA) June 17, 2022
The entire NBA Finals were expected to improve on last year's numbers, but have not been as big as hoped for. The viewer numbers for the series represented a 22% overall increase in viewers over the previous seasons finals, and 12% on Game 6 of 2021, but is still a 24% drop on the pre-pandemic 2019 Game 6.
In 2019, the average viewership was 15 million people across all games, leaving this year falling short. But with the increase on audience over last year, the networks will be pleased that the trend seems to be upward, building back toward where it may have been had covid never happened.
From the final buzzer to the stage — all the emotions.
NBA Champions. pic.twitter.com/2Q67CEi7nv
— Golden State Warriors (@warriors) June 18, 2022
In any case, the Golden State Warriors don't care. They are NBA champions and will be happy with that state of affairs, no matter how many millions watched.
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Malaysian pop trio, KRU, are disbanding after their final concert
Legendary Malaysian pop trio, KRU, will be breaking up after their final concert later this year.
The disbanding of the 90s' pop boy band was announced at a press conference held in Kuala Lumpur where the trio made up of brothers, Datuk Norman, Yusry and Edry Abdul Halim, shared the reasons of the breakup.
"As a team we have achieved all that we wanted so far but we all have our own responsibilities now. It's time to look ahead and move forward with our own projects," said a teary eyed Norman, the eldest brother of the group, who also thanked all their fans and family for the support over the years.
It's a shame to watch one of the greatest revolutionaries of the Malaysian music scene to be disbanded but nevertheless, their efforts and deeds which they have achieved will forever make them a staple as Malaysian musical icons.
Since their debut in 1992, they have produced iconic hits such as "Awas" and "Ooh! La! La!".
Their most recent award was earned by Edry for Top Composer during the 25th anniversary of the Music Author's Copyright Protection (MACP)
There will be one last chance to catch KRU though. Their final performance, "Konsert Gergasi KRU25", is taking place this 4 to 6 May at Istana Budaya, Kuala Lumpur.
Tickets are currently on sale and are running out fast with only around 1,000 of them left, so grab yours now via their Facebook page!
Check out one of their most iconic hit singles, "Awas".
(Photo Source: KRUMUSIC's Instagram)
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Grupo Cortefiel will begin its expansion in the UK next spring, with three of its flagship brands, Cortefiel, Springfield and women'secret. This project is a key part in its global expansion plan, which focuses on its entry into new countries to complete its presence in the major European markets.
These UK store openings mark the beginning of its collaboration with Brand Empire, a subsidiary of Land Securities, one of the leading companies in the real estate sector in the UK. This partnership will allow the Group to expand easily and rapidly in such an important market and also to consolidate its position as truly global player that is already present in over 60 countries.
The retail format to be used by the Grupo Cortefiel brands will comprise stand-alone stores, mainly located in shopping centres throughout the country.
According to Ezequiel Szafir, General Manager of Grupo Cortefiel: "Our brands Cortefiel, Springfield and women'secret are already present in 60 countries, and expanding into a key market such as the UK was the next obvious step to take. This innovative agreement with Brand Empire represents a formula that entails lower investment and lower risk for developing the Group brands in new markets".
The UK is one of the most competitive markets and because of this Grupo Cortefiel has chosen to enter it through an affiliation agreement. One of the big advantages of working with a strong group such as Land Securities is its large sales network and its proven experience and strength in the local market, which will guarantee in-store traffic, which is clearly a great advantage when entering a new market.
Grupo Cortefiel, a leading company in the fashion retail sector, has over 8,900 employees, a sales network of 1,600 stores, and is present in over 60 countries through its four retail chains: Cortefiel, Pedro del Hierro, Springfield, and women'secret.


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World Heritage Tourism: Unlocking the Potential. World Heritage UK's inaugural conference October 14th and 15th, Saltaire
It gives me great pleasure to announce details of World Heritage UK's inaugural conference taking place in Saltaire World Heritage Site on October 14th-15th 2015
Saltaire from canal – Copyright www.photographers-resource.co.uk
This conference will be the first opportunity for many years for all parts of the World Heritage community to get together to explore a specific theme relevant to all of the UK's existing and prospective WH Sites, that of World Heritage tourism.
The programme is currently being finalised, but at this stage, we are delighted to announce the following speakers:
Rt. Hon Tracey Crouch MP Minister for Sport, Tourism & Heritage (appearing by video only)
Peter Debrine, Programme Specialist: Sustainable Tourism UNESCO
James Berresford Chief Executive of Visit England
Prof. Mike Robinson Professor of Cultural Heritage Director, Ironbridge International Institute for Cultural Heritage
and a range of speakers from our own Sites, and from all four home nations. A full draft programme is available here: Saltaire Conference Draft Programme 18 Sep 2015
In addition to the speakers, there will be time for networking, displays, a reception from the Lord Mayor of Bradford, a choice of tours and of course, the conference dinner in one of Bradford's finest curry houses.
The conference will be taking place within the Saltaire World Heritage Site near Bradford in Yorkshire, and will be from 9am on the 14th Oct to 3.15pm on the 15th October 2015.
To book, please go to http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/world-heritage-tourism-unlocking-the-potential-tickets-17652177137?aff=es2 where you will find all of the details.
Conference fees will vary depending on membership status, If you or your organisation is not yet a member of World Heritage UK and you would like to take advantage of the free ticket offer, please go to Join here for more information on how to sign up. Voting member organisations have one free place at this year's event and discounted rates for additional attendees.
For any queries or further information about the event, please contact chris.mahon@worldheritageuk.org
And finally, please could you forward this information to anyone who you think may be interested in this event. We need our World Heritage community to spread the word and really make this inaugural conference a success.
Many thanks and I look forward to seeing you there
World Heritage UK Shadow Chair, on behalf of the board and the very hard-working conference committee


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Man stabbed multiple times by girlfriend in Llanelli- Inquest
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Killing treated as murder-suicide
A businessman was stabbed more than 50 times by his girflriend before she killed herself at her home in a Llanelli street.
An inquest today heard Jessena Sheridan, 46, and Gary Williams, 58, were found dead inside the house in the double tragedy being treated as murder-suicide.
Mr Williams was stabbed in the neck, stomach and chest - and found dead in the bedroom just feet away from his girlfriend's body.
Police confirmed they are treating the death of Mr Williams as murder - and Miss Sheridan's as "non-suspicious."
The inquest heard both were found dead in the bedroom at the house in Lakefield Place, Llanelli on December 29.
The body of Jessica Wendy Ann Sheridan was also found in the bedroom.
A inquest hearing in Haverfordwest was told Ms Sheridan died from "self-inflicted wounds".
Dyfed-Powys Police is not looking for anyone else in connection with the deaths.
The force also said there would be no criminal charges.
Trainee coroner's officer, Maggie Julian, told the hearing Mr Williams, from Gowerton in Swansea, was found with multiple injuries.
A provisional report on his death indicated he died from stab wounds to the neck, chest and stomach.
The inquest into both deaths was adjourned by Coroner Mark Layton until May.
Police said no-one will be prosecuted for either death. Mr Williams was from Gowerton near Swansea.
A spokeswoman for Dyfed-Powys Police said: "The police investigation will not result in any criminal prosecution. The matter has been referred to HM Coroner.
"The families wish to be given privacy to grieve at this time."
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40-year-old Oystermouth Road footbridge is due to come down on the weekend of February 1/2.
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Nature Needs Us to Work Together with China
by Vance Martin | Sep 6, 2017
How often do you think about your relationship with China? If you're anything like me before WILD launched the WILD China Project 18 months ago, probably not a lot. Even though we are all enmeshed in an intimate market-based relationship that we experience personally nearly every time we visit a grocery store or shop for goods online, the fact is that our awareness of that relationship is low. And because we are not aware of how closely we are linked with China, we may not be taking full advantage of the opportunities in this relationship to collectively improve the way we and China relate to nature.
It is because of these opportunities and the many benefits a strong East-West conservation relationship could yield for nature that WILD initiated and continues the WILD China project with our partners and colleagues here and in China. Coordinating with China has immediate global implications for nature, implications that could significantly reduce the pressure placed on our planet's fragile biodiversity. With deeper and stronger conservation ties between China and the West, both partners can leverage China's status as a world player to provide substantive relief for Earth's threatened wild places.
The China Potential
China's proven ability to accomplish rapid and transformative change can and should be harnessed for the benefit of nature. In the last 30 years China achieved something unprecedented. By moving 500 million people into the middle class, with services, health care, and prospects that make possible healthier and more dignified living, China demonstrated the potency of its political will. But the short-term gains in quality of life came at the cost of long term losses to biodiversity, and a deemphasis on important basic characteristics of ecological sustainability and relationship with wild nature. But China is aware of these shortcomings and their implications for the health of the Chinese people and the planet. Recently, they addressed them by developing at the national policy of "Ecocivilization" prepare for a future with respect for wildlife and places.
The WILD China goal is to make a substantive contribution to Ecocivilization. We aim to create, in partnership with our many Chinese colleagues and partners, the practical steps and elements required to create a modern-day concept of wilderness as a protected area – a concept which does not exist in China despite its current drive to create a coordinated National Park System – something also never before existing in China. We will compliment and add substance to this, by working upon the deep, thousands of years old, Chinese philosophical roots of human relationship with wild nature.
Meetings, agreements, and planning all part of progress on our WILD China Project,
with Chinese and other collaborators working towards WILD11 China.
Our results in 2017 have been strong and targeted, and are just the first of many more:
Science – We stimulated the first "National Inventory of Wilderness in China", overseen by Professor YANG Rui at Tsinghua University (Beijing)
Policy – Again with Professor Yang, the first peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to wilderness concept was published.
Culture – Working with China Institute for Strategy and Management, we invited the National Museum of Wildlife Art (Jackson, WY) to open discussions on a major, public, global wildlife art exhibition series and museum in China.
Wilderness Management – Working with a University in South China, we aim to have translated into Mandarin the first ever global guidelines for wilderness management (launched in 2016 after 2 years of development by the IUCN's Wilderness Specialist Group, chaired by WILD).
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Pete Hitchins	on September 13, 2017 at 7:15 pm
Great work you are doing……keep it up as our wild creatures are disappearing at a rate of knots.
Kat Haber	on September 16, 2017 at 6:45 am
Thanks, Vance and WILD Team, for being early to the old culture of China to advocate for the wildest parts of CHina to remain intact.
Stephen Woodley	on September 28, 2017 at 10:55 pm
You are the partnership Master Vance. Good on you. The focus on wilderness and conservation with China is a bright star in a gloomy night.


In a wonderful synergizing effort, the students at Akros Middle School and The Edge Academy collected over 2,000 cans in our first annual can food drive. The students did a wonderful job of bringing in cans and then the middle school lighthouse team helped load all the cans into a donated Penske Truck. The students then went to the Haven of Rest to unload the can food items for donation. The Haven of Rest was very grateful and excited for the donation.


Just our endless gratitude for helping Tessalation! become a reality and your name and link (when applicable) posted on our webpage!
Our endless gratitude for helping Tessalation! become a reality.
We will send you a Tessalation! postcard thank-you upon publication of the book and will list you or your business on the project's webpage.
We will send you a digital PDF copy of Tessalation! upon its release to the email specified and will list you or your business on the project's webpage. Share and share alike with this one! We believe in sharing.
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We will list you in the limited edition hardback version of the book.
We will send you a digital PDF copy of Tessalation! upon its release.
We will send you one of the limited edition, signed, hardback copies of Tessalation! sent to the U.S. address you provide.
TESSA IN THE WORLD PACKAGE!
We will send you a digital PDF copy of Tessalation! upon its release and will list you or your business on the project's webpage. Share and share alike with this one! We believe in sharing.
We will send you one of the limited edition, signed hardback copies of Tessalation!, sent the the global address you provide.
TESSA AND A FRIEND PACKAGE!
We will send you two (2!) of the limited edition, signed hardback copies of Tessalation!, for you and a friend, sent the the U.S. address you provide.
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We will send you one of the limited edition, signed hardback copies of Tessalation!, sent the the U.S. address you provide.
We will send you ONE 12 x 18 " premium canvas print of the Tessalation! page of your choosing, to the U.S.
We will send you one custom Tessalation! puzzle of your choosing (you pick the number of pieces and the page from the book you like!) to the U.S. address you specify!
We are so thrilled you want to carry Tessa in your store or list it for sale on your website. Thank you for putting her in more hands!
We will send you a box of 12 (minimum number sent from the distributor) hardback copies of Tessalation! upon release of the book.
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We will send you three (3) of the limited edition, signed hardback copies of Tessalation!, for you and a friend, sent the the U.S. address you provide.
Author Emily Grosvenor will visit your classroom (up to 30 elementary students) and will teach a class on how to make tessellations. Oregon schools only).


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Q: I feel I am being voted down on multiple posts without any apparent reason!
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I get a feeling that my posts have been targeted by a particular user and voted down without any apparent reason! I come back online today to find that 5 of my posts have been voted down within a minute, so it's a little hard to believe that it's because my questions are frivolous! Is there any way we could find out and block the person who is doing such an activity from visiting our profile? It's just that it's really hard to earn rep which I need to start a bounty and when I see my posts voted down for no apparent reason, it just annoys me!

A: There is a background job to detect such serial downvotes. If it recognizes this as a series, it will undo the downvotes and reassign the reputation. It works for serial upvotes as well.
The detection algorithm, for good reasons, is not public. Otherwise malicious downvoters would game it easily. I would expect a minimum of rules like this: downvotes are from the same person, there are more than a certain number with a certain time frame.
You can always have a moderator look at it. Flag one of the posts for moderator attention and point to the other posts in question. A moderator could do a recalc as well to have your rep recalculated if necessary.

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