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Call to Action: Ask the WDNR to limit the hunting of coyotes to a respectable season
Posted on December 21, 2019 5:22 pm by Rachel Tilseth
Coyotes are hunted year-round in an open hunting season with unlimited daily bag statewide in Wisconsin. The scientific data doesn't support such a reckless hunt of a wild carnivore.
Unlimited hunts on coyote are reckless conservation policies that must be changed.
Coyotes (Canis latrans)
Coyote photograph credit NPS
Coyotes (Canis latrans) are medium-sized wild canids indigenous to North America. They are seasonally monestrus socially monogamous, and territoria. Once bonded, a coyote pair remains together for an indefinite number of years, sharing responsibility for territory maintenance. Litters averaging 3–7 pups are typically born March thru May in most North American latitudes after a gestation of 60–63 days,and both parents participate in the care and rearing of young
Mature offspring may disperse or remain within their natal territories, assisting in the defense of resources and infant pups, but typically only the dominant male and female breed. Juvenile coyotes around 12 months of age can be reproductively active in their 1st winter, but available evidence suggests that juvenile and yearling females are less fecund than adult females 2 years of age. Older females 10 years of age gradually pass into reproductive senescence, whereas a male coyote was reported to have sired pups when 12 years of age. Older coyotes may continue to maintain territory residency or revert to a transient lifestyle. Source Journal of Mommalogy
The coyote, our unique Song Dog who has existed in North America since the Pleistocene, is the most persecuted native carnivore in North America. The coyote is the flagship species for all misunderstood and exploited carnivores. Poisoned, trapped, aerial gunned and killed for bounties and in contests, an estimated half a million coyotes are slaughtered every year in the U.S. — one per minute. —Project Coyote
Wonton Waste
Photos surfaced of decomposing coyote carcasses located on U.S. Forest Service (USFS) lands south of the city of Washburn. The USFS and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources are the investigating the dumped coyote carcasses.
"Altogether I found more than 60 coyote carcasses at the dump site before I quit counting," said Paul DeMain, the Hayward resident who took the photos on April 29, 2018, near a popular hiking trail in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest. "Killing and dumping wild animals is repugnant to living beings, life, and our coexistence with creation."
Why doesn't Killing the whole pack work?
When pack animals such as coyotes, dingoes and wolves are killed, the social structure of their packs breaks down. This causes coyotes to breed to replace their pups. Coyotes protect territories, and breaking up a pack brings in other coyotes. If the coyote pack has established a territory near livestock it makes more sense to leave them intact. Why not implement non lethal controls teaching the established pack to steer clear.
"Coyotes keep rodent and rabbit populations in check. Rodents and lagomorphs (rabbits and hares) are important food items for coyotes, often making up more than half of the dry weight of prey items found in scats (Fedriani et al., 2001; Morey et al., 2007)." —Project Coyote
Coyote photograph credit by John E Marriott
Coyotes are hunted year-round in an open hunting season with unlimited daily bag statewide in Wisconsin. Coyote are considered expendable because they are so adaptable. Coyotes in Wisconsin are considered furbearers that can be hunted with no daily bag limit.
Ask Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to limit the hunting of coyotes to a respectable season and remove the 24 hour-three-hundred-sixty-five-day year round hunt with an unlimited daily bag. Coyotes keep rodents, rabbits and feral cats in check and are essential to our ecosystems. Thus endangered & rare song birds can flourish in coyote habitat.
The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board (NRB or Board) sets policy for the Department of Natural Resources and exercises authority and responsibility in accordance with state laws.
If you have Board-related questions or would like to request information, to submit written comments, or to register to speak at a Board meeting or listening session, email or call:
Laurie J. Ross, Board Liaison
Laurie.Ross@wisconsin.gov
Madison WI 53707-7921
Wolves of Douglas County Wisconsin Films will be working to limit coyote hunting to a respectable season. We will be working with other organizations to accomplish these goals. In the meantime please politely email the Natural Resources Board asking for a reasonable/respectful coyote hunting season. Thank you for your help!
I relished being awakened with the sounds of the coyote family outside my house while living on the prairie of South Dakota in the 1990s. I returned home from town one afternoon to find their lifeless bodies nailed to the barn. I was a renter, not the property owner, and asked them why they killed them. Their response was the only good coyote is a dead coyote. I tried to educate them that coyote will not hunt near or around their den site. But it fell on deaf ears because it's been a culturally ingrained behavior to kill predators, such as coyote, ever since the continent was settled by western civilization. —Rachel Tilseth
"American policymakers have always needed enemies, and with wolves gone, the coyote stepped unsuspectingly into the glare"
― Dan Flores, Coyote America
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A National Coalition to End Wildlife Killing Contests
Posted on June 20, 2018 11:54 am by Rachel Tilseth
We are beyond killing animals for prizes and fun," she told National Public Radio. "This should be part of our history books." ~ Camila Fox, Project Coyote
The National Coalition to End Wildlife Killing Contests applies the combined expertise and experience of our member organizations to work toward ending wildlife killing contests, derbies, and tournaments in the United States.
Coalition Goals:
Expose the prevalence of wildlife killing contests (WKCs) across the US, which are organized events where participants compete for cash and prizes for killing a wide variety of wild animal species.
Raise public awareness about how WKCs disrupt ecological function and health, degrade the value of individual animals, teach disrespect for wildlife, and inflict and promote cruelty to animals.
Featured image of coyote by John E Marriott
Inspire and promote grassroots action to end WKCs through legislation, regulatory reform, and litigation.
Support efforts by organizations and individuals to prohibit and end WKCs nationwide, at every jurisdictional level.
Advocate for responsible, humane, and ecologically sound wildlife management practices, focused on coexistence and scientifically credible non‐lethal methods of conflict resolution.
Promote dialogue with WKC sponsors to encourage them to stop supporting these events, and to view wildlife as essential components of healthy ecosystems rather than as pests, vermin, or targets in competitive killing contests
"Scientific evidence does not support the notion that indiscriminately killing coyotes through events such as the Georgia Coyote Challenge is an effective wildlife management practice," said Camilla Fox, executive director of Project Coyote, a national organization based in Marin County, California.
Wolves of Douglas County Wisconsin has joined this important effort to end wildlife killing contests along with 27 other member organizations.
The latest news on the effort to end wildlife killing contests was a Media Release from Project Coyote.
Coalition of scientists and more than 25 wildlife protection groups ask Georgia officials to cancel statewide coyote killing contest.
ATLANTA, Georgia—Today a coalition of scientists with Project Coyote and more than 25 wildlife and animal protection organizations that are part of the National Coalition to End Wildlife Killing Contests ("Coalition") delivered two letters to Georgia Governor Nathan Deal, Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Commissioner Mark Williams, and Georgia Wildlife Resources Division Rusty Garrison, urging the cancellation of the controversial "Georgia Coyote Challenge."
To view a copy of the National Coalition to End Wildlife Killing Contests' letter, please click here.
To view a copy of Project Coyote's science letter, click here.
To read Project Coyote's Notes from the Field interview with Dr. Chris Mowry, click here.
Related: Project Coyote's exposé about wildlife killing contests, KILLING GAMES: Wildlife In The Crosshairs, is now receiving excellent reviews in film festivals across the U.S. In early May, the Humane Society of the United States released a video of its undercover investigation revealing the callous and brutal reality of wildlife killing contests.
The National Coalition to End Wildlife Killing Contests applies the combined expertise and experience of its 27 member organizations to work toward ending wildlife killing contests, derbies, and tournaments in the United States.
Photograph by Ron Niebrugge
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Sneak Peek at Project Coyote's short film "Killing Games – Wildlife in the Crosshairs"
Posted on June 8, 2018 5:53 pm by Rachel Tilseth
On any given weekend, some of America's most iconic wild animals are massacred in wildlife killing contests. Bloodied bodies are weighed and stacked like cords of wood, and prizes are awarded to the "hunters" who kill the largest or the most of a targeted species. More information.
Coyotes, bobcats, wolves and foxes are common victims of these contests; children as young as 10 are encouraged to participate. Fueled by anti-predator bias, these legally sanctioned but relatively unknown contests are cruel and foster ignorance about the critical role apex predators play in maintaining healthy ecosystems. These contests occur on both public and private lands in almost every state except California — where killing predators for prizes has been outlawed. In KILLING GAMES, a groundbreaking exposé, actor, conservationist and Project Coyote Advisory Board Member Peter Coyote — with environmentalists, ranchers, public officials and Native Americans — brings these shadowy contests to light and speaks out against this hidden war on wildlife. Project Coyote's KILLING GAMES inspires viewers to call on their state and local legislators to bring an end to these brutal contests where wild animals become living targets. More information.
Director and Producer Camilla H. Fox is the founder and executive director of Project Coyote- a national non-profit organization based in northern California that promotes coexistence between people and wildlife and compassionate conservation through education, science, and advocacy. With more than 25 years of experience working on behalf of wildlife and wildlands and a master's degree in wildlife ecology, policy, and conservation, Camilla's work has been featured in several films, books and national media outlets. A frequent speaker on these issues, Camilla has authored more than 70 publications and is co-author of Coyotes in Our Midst, co-editor and lead author of the book, Cull of the Wild, producer of the award-winning documentary Cull of the Wild ~ The Truth Behind Trapping and most recently, producer and director of the film KILLING GAMES: Wildlife in the Crosshairs. Camilla has served as an appointed member on the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture's National Wildlife Services Advisory Committee and currently serves on several national non-profit advisory boards. In 2006, Camilla received the Humanitarian of the Year Award from the Marin Humane Society and the Christine Stevens Wildlife Award from the Animal Welfare Institute. She was named one of the 100 Guardian Angels of the Planet in 2013 and the 2014 Conservationist of the Year Award by the John Muir Association. In 2015 she was honored with the Grassroots Activist of the Year Award by the Fund for Wild Nature. Read more here.
"Killing one, ten, twenty or more wild animals is most assuredly not a game—all animals deserve our deepest respect, regard, and compassion. KILLING GAMES ~ Wildlife In The Crosshairs exposes the barbaric practice of slaughtering coyotes, bobcats, wolves and other wild animals for prizes and "fun." Thank you, Project Coyote, for bringing to the forefront this cruel and ineffective "wildlife management" method. We at Born Free, who work to conserve and protect wild animals and to end their exploitation, encourage everyone to watch this groundbreaking film, and to take action to end these shameful killing contests."
~Will Travers & Virginia McKenna Born Free
Posted in wildlife killing contests, documentary film,	Tagged Adrian Treves, Camila Fox, coyote, Documentary film, Film, hunting, hunting for prizes, Peter Coyote, Project Coyote, short film, trophy hunts, Wildlife at risk, Wildlife killing contests, Wolves	Permalink →
Killing is Not Conservation…
Posted on May 13, 2018 3:09 pm by Rachel Tilseth
…The idea that only man is equipped for conserving our planet's natural resources is a dying concept; dying right along with the untold numbers of wild sentient beings killed in the name of conservation. Such problems drive home a critical flaw in the paradigm of conserving wildlife. In the state of Wisconsin alone coyotes are hunted year round because they're considered vermin that need to be exterminated. It's about time we work towards changing the paradigm of killing to conserve. It's going to take a major shift in thinking that will require opening up lines of communication between the general public; specifically with interests in conserving our natural resources for future generations to come. It's not about numbers. It's about sentient beings sharing our planet, and how we can coexist for the benefit of all living upon Mother Earth.
Changing the paradigm from killing to compassionate conservation is a major shift in thinking…
"Let me first briefly note what compassionate conservation is not. The easiest way to summarize this topic is to say that compassionate conservation isn't "welfarism gone wrong."" Marc Bekoff from: Compassionate Conservation Matures and Comes of Age.
PHOTOGRAPH BY SEAN CRANE, MINDEN PICTURES
More from Compassionate Conservation Matures and Comes of Age by Marc Bekoff Traditional conservation science is ethically challenged and conservation has had a very bloody past and continues to do so. Of course, this does not mean that conservation biologists are cold-blooded killers who don't care about the well-being of animals, but rather that the problems that are faced throughout the world, most brought on by human intervention in the lives of other animals, are challenging to the point of being daunting. Often, it seems as if the only and easiest solution is to kill the "problem animals" and move on to the next situation, in a never-ending series of conflicts. However, killing simply does not work in the long run. And, of course, as numerous people have pointed out, it is ethically indefensible.
Compassionate conservation also doesn't allow for people to play what I call the "numbers game." Claims that go something like, "There are so many members of a given species it's okay to kill other members of the same species" are not acceptable. With its focus on the value of the life of each and every individual, no single animal is disposable because there are many more like them.
"Killing to save: We really don't want to kill others animals but…Compassionate conservation also is not concerned with finding and using the "most humane" ways of killing other animals, so killing animals "softly" is not an option, because it's inarguable that killing individuals in the name of conservation remains incredibly inhumane on a global scale." Marc Bekoff
What is Compassionate Conservation?
Populations of animals are not homogenous, abstract entities, but comprise unique individuals – in the case of sentient animals, each with its own desires and needs and a capacity to suffer.
Animal welfare as a science and a concern, with its focus on the individual animal, and conservation biology and practice, which has historically focussed on populations and species, have tended to be considered as distinct. However, it is becoming clear that knowledge and techniques from animal welfare science can inform and refine conservation practice, and that consideration of animal welfare in a conservation context can lead to better conservation outcomes, while engendering increased stakeholder support. From Compassionate Conservation website
Changing the paradigm from killing to compassionate conservation is a major shift in thinking. How can we begin to change from killing to compassionate conservation? It begins locally, in local communities, by opening the conversations at public meetings. More to come on this topic…
Featured image from Flickr.com
Posted in animal cruelty, Coexistence with wildlife, Compassionate conservation	Tagged action alert, coexisting with wildlife, Compassionate Conservation, coyote, education, endangered species, Endangered Species Act, legislation, livestock producers, non-lethal, Poaching, Science, Trophy Hunting, WI DNR, Wisconsin, wolf, Wolves	Permalink →
Humane Society of the United States exposes predator killing contests in an undercover story.
Posted on May 5, 2018 1:20 pm by Rachel Tilseth
Killing to conserve a species is not conservation. The following story by Humane Society of the United States exposes the cruelty taking place in predator killing contests.
Undercover video takes viewers into grisly world of wildlife killing contests published on May 3rd 2018.
On a freezing, rainy Sunday night, cold beer flows freely at the weigh-in and judging phase of the Parlin Buck Club's fourth Annual 24-Hour Predator Killing Contest in Barnegat, New Jersey. An undercover investigator for the Humane Society of the United States films a group of men laughing and posing in front of about 15 dead foxes hanging by their feet from a rack. Several weeks earlier and a few hundred miles away, our investigator filmed participants in the Bark at the Moon Coyote Club's New York State Predator Hunt in Macedon near Lake Ontario, as they placed the animals they'd killed in rows outside a restaurant. About 200 animals were piled up to be counted, weighed and displayed.
These scenes of casual indifference to the suffering and death of animals are captured in our undercover investigation video of wildlife killing contests in New York state and New Jersey. The investigation was carried out in early 2018.
We've discussed these grisly spectacles before, where participants compete to win prizes for gathering the most animal carcasses; sadly, they happen more often than you might imagine. Our investigators' video gives you a chance to witness for yourself what goes on at these depraved and cruel events.
The most common victims of these killing contests are native carnivores like coyotes, foxes and bobcats, but other species in the crosshairs include crows, wild pigs, squirrels, rattlesnakes, raccoons, rabbits, porcupines, badgers, skunks and even mountain lions and wolves. Countless dependent young may be orphaned during these events, left to die from starvation, predation or exposure.
While some contest organizers say the events provide a service to hunters by removing animal species that also eat deer or turkeys, there is no science to support that claim. On the contrary, it is their victims, the native carnivores they kill, who provide vital ecological services. They do so by controlling populations of other species, benefiting crop and timber growth and supporting biodiversity.
[Related: Wildlife killing contests are animal welfare and conservation disgrace]
We're making progress in our fight to stop these horrible events. In 2014, California banned contests in which cash or prizes valued at $500 or more are offered. Colorado now limits the number of animals that can be killed by wildlife killing contest participants. In 2017, Maryland placed a moratorium on cownose ray killing contests in the Chesapeake Bay. In New York, Assembly member Deborah Glick, D-Manhattan, and Senator Phil Boyle, R-Bay Shore, have introduced legislation that would end this senseless practice. In coming months, more states will put forward proposals that seek to prohibit these killing contests, and we'll be backing them.
Last fall, we launched our toolkit, "Wildlife Killing Contests: A Guide to Ending the Blood Sport in Your Community," which has become a valuable resource for wildlife advocates, organizations and even city governments. We have also joined with Project Coyote and 19 other like-minded local, state and national organizations to form the National Coalition to End Wildlife Killing Contests, to increase public education and to encourage policy change at the local and state levels.
To help make a difference, sign our petition calling on your state's wildlife management agency to put an end to these cruel, pointless and counterproductive wildlife killing contests.
Check out Wolves of Douglas County Wisconsin's new film project about wolf advocates, "The Yellowstone Story" Yellowstone's wolves face trophy hunters ready to kill them as soon as they step across park boundaries. Meet the wolf advocates fighting for the legacy of Yellowstone's wolves…
Watch our pitch trailer
A film that presents the viewer with a complete picture of what it means to advocate for an imperiled species protected within Yellowstone National Park; contrasted against an uncertain future because of wolf hunting taking place just beyond the park's borders.
"Inside the Heart of Wolf Advocacy- The Yellowstone Story" tells the stories of people working to preserve the legacy of wolves in Yellowstone National Park. A Wolves of Douglas County Wisconsin Film. Produced by Rachel Tilseth and Maaike Middleton and Directed by Rachel Tilseth. In this clip wolf advocates share their stories. Ilona Popper is a writer and advocate for wolves. Dr. Nathan Varley and Linda Thurston Wildlife biologists and business owners of The Wild Side Tours & Treks in Yellowstone National Park. Song credits: "Don't Know Why, But They Do" Words & Music by Joe De Benedetti & Noah Hill. B roll credits thanks to National Park Service. www.wolvesofdouglascountywisconsin.com for more information. To support the film through a tax free contribution go to https://www.planb.foundation/News/82/inside-the-heart-of-wolf-advocacy
Learn more about our film project by clicking here.
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A plea for justice: In the video what you are seeing is a clear act of animal cruelty in progress…
…Yet the hunter in the video is never prosecuted. Warning the following video contains violence against a helpless wild sentient-being.
In the video what you are seeing is a clear act of animal cruelty in progress. Yet the hunter in the video is never prosecuted.
Will there ever be justice for the coyote being tortured by a hunter's dogs in the video? I've been asking that question for several years now. When I found the horrific video in 2014 that a hunter posted to a hound hunting page I immediately downloaded it. I was hoping to seek justice for the coyote. I sent the video over to a group I was working with at the time in 2014, and they told me they would help me investigate the hounder in the video. I asked them if they found anything out about the hounder in the video, and they never got back to me. After over six months or so of no response from this group, I turned the video and the name of the hunter, Francis Metz, over to a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources warden in June of 2015.
Screenshot of the first email sent to a WDNR conservation warden in June 2015 almost a year after I sought help from another group I was working with at the time. They never got back to me.
The following screenshot is the response from Warden Kamke.
I received a response From the warden referring the case to another warden.
The warden, Nick Miofsky, did an investigation into the video and the hunter Francis Metz. Then, the warden turned the video and the evidence they collected over to the Florence County District Attorney on animal cruelty charges. Finally, I had hope that there would finally be justice for the coyote. How Ironic that in the end the district attorney of Florence county deemed the video to be to old to prosecute.
I've had this video for four years now, and there's been no justice for this coyote. Yet, so many people want to keep the horrible truth from being seen. Even George Myer thinks the actions seen in this video are wrong and illegal. But he too did nothing about the abuse committed to the Coyote by the hunter.
Next, on March 15, 2016 Wolves of Douglas County Wisconsin received a message in the inbox from George Meyer Executive Director at Wisconsin Wildlife Federation inquiring about the video on YouTube. The following is the message from George Meyer:
I viewed the Utube film of the dogs attacking the coyotes. While I support coyote hunting, the actions shown on the video are wrong and illegal. Please provide information on whether it took place in Wisconsin and who was involved. If done in Wisconsin I will personally look into it and seek legal redress.
The following is my response to Mr. Meyer's message:
Thank you for being appalled by the actions in this video as I was. I found the video on a hound hunting Facebook posted by Francis Metz. I turned this over to a warden and it was investigated. Then turned over to the DA in Florence County for animal cruelty. But the DA did not pursue it. It was disappointing. But I haven't given up and was getting ready to do a FOIA to get all the details. This is my email Address wolvesdouglasco@gmail.com Email me and I will forward you the emails. I look forward to receiving your email, Best, Rachel Tilseth
The following is Mr. Meyers response:
Will contact you tomorrow.
I never received an email back from George Meyer. In fact I never heard from him again. Disappointing to say the least.
That's not the end of the story. In fact it's just the beginning. I had the video on Wolves of Douglas County Wisconsin's You Tube Channel for a number of years, that is until March 15, 2017. It was taken down by YouTube deeming that it violates community standards. And a strike was assigned against my account.
My question is why was the video deemed, "violates YouTube's community standards" then removed on March 15, 2017? Apparently all a person has to do to get a video removed is complain by clicking on the Flag Icon appearing on the far right under the video.
How to Remove Videos From YouTube That Someone Else Uploaded (source)
Wave the Flag
Under each video on YouTube is a toolbar with buttons that perform different actions, with a Flag icon appearing on the far right. This is the flagging tool which allows you to report a video to YouTube staff for review. Click the button and provide details as to why the video should be removed. If the video violates YouTube's Community Guidelines it will be removed; but if there is no violation, the video will not be removed no matter how often it is flagged.
The video was removed and a strike was placed against Wolves of Douglas County Wisconsin's YouTube channel. Dare I even suggest a campaign by coyote hunters was responsible for removing the video?
Someone, or several "someone's" wanted this video off my You Tube channel. Perhaps the proof is in the video, that clearly shows the coyote is being tortured by the hunter's dogs. Why are they trying to cover up this animal cruelty? I want justice for the coyote in the video. The coyote hunter in the video was never prosecuted. Let's not let the barbarous act committed against the coyote go unchallenged!
Please help me find justice for the the coyote…
The coyote was once a living breathing member of a community, and living in the wild in northern Wisconsin. Please take action copy and paste the link of this blog and send it to your Wisconsin State legislators, the head of the Wisconsin DNR executive team.
Say shame on this hunter who pushed his dogs to attack a coyote in the video! We want justice for the coyote!
Featured image by Ron Niebrugge
And thank you for sharing this blog!
Rachel Tilseth
The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated. ~Mahatma Gandhi
Posted in Cruelty of wild animals, Uncategorized	Tagged animal cruelty, coyote, coyote hunters, hound hunting, use of dogs, Wisconsin	Permalink →
Wolves may generate cascading effects through changes in coyote distribution.
Posted on January 6, 2017 12:24 pm by Rachel Tilseth
These changes benefit hares and foxes, while also reducing the deer mouse population in some years. Journal of Mammalogy
Article Source: greatlakesecho.org Foxes join #TeamWolf versus #TeamCoyote
By Karen Hopper Usher
It's wolves vs coyotes vs foxes, and the effects of this competition are felt on down the food chain to deer mice, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Mammalogy
Read full article click HERE: It's what scientists call a "mesopredator release," Flagel said. The mesopredator (medium-sized predator) is released from the conditions that keep it in check, and the effects are felt on down the food chain.
But now the wolves are coming back and there's evidence of cascading effects caused by their return.
It shows the reversal of the effects of coyote taking over the eastern United States, Flagel said.
"What we're seeing here is gray wolf recovery can benefit small carnivores and rabbits and hares by changing or redistributing coyotes, and also deer mice decrease in some years," Flagel said.
This isn't the first study that has looked at the impacts of wolves on our ecosystems, said David MacFarland, large carnivore specialist with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. "But anything that adds to enhanced understanding is beneficial as we're making management decisions."
And it's not just wolves that are coming back in the upper Midwest, MacFarland said. Bears are also more common than they were.
"Large carnivore communities are doing better than they have in the past hundred years," he said. Meanwhile, large carnivores in other parts of the world are in "significant peril."
Scientific reaction to the study has so far been positive, Flagel said. He's been presenting his findings at wildlife conferences.
Flagel's team was the first do a study like this at such a fine scale, Flagel said, and that's important because that's where the wolf, fox and coyote interactions are happening.
Featured image by John E Marriott
Posted in Great Lakes wolf cascading effects	Tagged cascading effects, coyote, deer mice, fox, gray wolf, Journal of Mammalogy, Michigan, study, Wisconsin	Permalink →
Advances made in wolf deterrents
Posted on October 27, 2016 8:51 pm by Rachel Tilseth
Local rancher claims state-sponsored killing isn't needed
Source Idaho Mountain Express
If ranchers around the West don't make more use of nonlethal deterrents to predation on livestock, they risk losing access to the public lands they need, a conservation-minded sheep rancher said during a presentation on the subject last week in Ketchum.
At The Community Library on Thursday, Brian Bean, co-owner of Lava Lake Lamb, described the tools and techniques provided to ranchers by the Wood River Wolf Project, which seeks to save the lives of both livestock and wolves. The project was begun nine years ago by the group Defenders of Wildlife, but was handed over last year to the nonprofit Lava Lake Institute for Science and Conservation, of which Bean is a co-founder.
In 2014, the Idaho Legislature created a $400,000 fund to pay for lethal control of wolves preying on livestock, which is carried out upon request by Wildlife Services, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. That fund was reauthorized in 2015 and 2016. In addition, using money provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the state compensates ranchers for at least half the value of livestock lost to wolf depredation.
Bean said the ease by which ranchers can obtain free lethal control actions reduces their motivation to try nonlethal deterrents first.
"The system is set up to make it so easy to kill predators," he said.
However, he said that system may be contrary to ranchers' long-term interests as the public becomes less tolerant of predator control.
"There's a much greater risk of public lands disenfranchisement than they believe," he said.
To motivate ranchers to use those deterrents, the Wood River Wolf Project makes free "band kits" available to the five sheep operators who graze their animals on Sawtooth National Forest allotments, along with free instruction.
"We make it as easy as possible for the ranchers, so they don't have any reason to say, 'No, I don't want to use these nonlethal tools,'" said project Coordinator Avery Shawler in an interview.
The 10 band kits available contain numerous items to scare wolves, including about a dozen flashing Foxlights, air horns, a starter pistol with 200 rounds of blank ammunition and small cylindrical boom boxes. The Wolf Project also provides "turbo fladry"—red flags strung along a solar-powered electrified wire to surround the outside of a band of sheep at night, as well as sleeping bags, pads and tents for herders to sleep with the band when it's at too high an elevation to pull their camp trailer up.
Bean said the mostly Peruvian herders enjoy being with the sheep and don't want to see them killed.
He said use of nonlethal deterrents has contributed to a reduction in wolf depredation on Lava Lake Lamb herds from several per year to one event every two or three years, as well as to fewer sheep being attacked each time.
"For us, we feel that it won't be necessary to use lethal control, and for anyone who takes time to learn nonlethal [deterrents]," he said.
In about 2012, the Wood River Wolf Project was the first entity in the United States to use the Foxlights, a product invented by Australian sheep rancher Ian Whalen. The lights, set up among a band of sheep or other domestic animals, flash at random intervals to mimic humans walking around with spotlights that they are pointing in various directions while guarding their animals.
Whalen attended the presentation Thursday, which was intended primarily for him to demonstrate his product.
He said that in Australia, the main predator of sheep is red foxes, a non-native animal brought to the continent by the British to provide sport for hound hunting.
"Since then, they have decimated many of our small [native] creatures," he said.
Whalen said ranchers have traditionally used 1080 poison and night shooting to kill foxes. Still, he said, they often found dead lambs in the morning.
"Quite clearly, it wasn't working," he said.
Whalen said that while he was lying in bed one night feeling too lazy to go outside and scare off foxes, it occurred to him that maybe he could set up lights that just made it look like he was out there. His first idea was to use the red flashing lights set up to warn drivers at road construction sites. He tried that, and it helped, he said. The he went to an electrical engineer and asked him to design a light that flashed randomly and switched from white to blue to red. He wanted the lights to come on automatically when the sun dims and shut off at dawn. Thus was born the Foxlight.
Whalen said that due to his invention, he hasn't killed a fox since 2006.
The Foxlights come in two versions—a solar-powered light for $129 and a battery-powered one for $89 for use in forested areas with little sunshine.
Whalen said he's sold about 30,000 Foxlights in Australia—as few as one light to people who just want to guard one chicken coop to as many as 60 to a rice farmer having problems with large flocks of ducks eating his crop.
Whalen said experimental use in the United States indicates that the lights are effective against coyotes and mountain lions, but they haven't been tried with bears. He said the Foxlights don't work against coyotes or other predators living in urban areas that are accustomed to seeing lots of lights.
Bean said the Foxlights are one of the top two or three tools that the Wood River Wolf Project uses, though he emphasized that effective deterrence requires the use of numerous approaches.
"One of the things you have to accept with these intelligent canid predators is that they will become habituated," he said.
Whalen said the lights have been used in Nepal to deter predation by snow leopards, and, for a while, in Pakistan.
"The Pakistani Army confiscated them all on the theory that they might be some kind of landing system for drones," he said.
Recently, he has donated lights to wildlife-conservation projects in Africa. He said the lights have proven effective at deterring lions and leopards, though not jackals.
In Mozambique, he said, the lights are being used as part of a project by conservationists to keep elephants and hippos out of the local villagers' vegetable gardens and predators out of livestock corrals. In Zimbabwe at Victoria Falls, the lights play a similar role to help maintain the wildlife that draws tourists.
"That makes me proud," he said, "that my little baby is doing something for the wider world. Overall, I don't know how far my lights are going to go." Source
A solar-powered Foxlight is intended to fool predators into thinking that humans are up and about at night around a band of sheep.
Featured image: Wood River Wolf Project
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Wolves should remain protected according to a new study from Princeton-UCLA
Posted on July 27, 2016 7:57 pm by Rachel Tilseth
Princeton-UCLA study finds gray wolves should remain protected. Researchers from Princeton University and the University of California-Los Angeles who investigated the genetic ancestry of North America's wild canines have concluded that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's scientific arguments for removing gray wolves from endangered species protection are incorrect.
The study, which contradicts conventional thinking, finds that all of the continent's canids diverged from a common ancestor relatively recently and that eastern and red wolves are not evolutionarily distinct species but a hybrid of gray wolf and coyote ancestry. The study will appear in the journal Science Advances.
Gray wolves once ranged across much of the United States but were hunted to near-extinction in the late 1800s and early 1900s. In 1973, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed the gray wolf under the Endangered Species Act, in part, because its geographic range once included the Great Lakes Gray wolves once ranged across much of the United States but were hunted to near-extinction in the late 1800s and early 1900s. In 1973, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed the gray wolf under the Endangered Species Act, in part, because its geographic range once included the Great Lakes region and 29 eastern states. Since then, gray wolves have rebounded due to protections, reintroduction and natural repopulation, making wolf recovery in the West one of the most successful efforts under the ESA. Gray wolves also still live in the Great lakes area but not in the 29 eastern states. The red wolf also was protected under the ESA as a distinct species in 1973, but the eastern wolf, which was only recently recognized as a distinct species, is not protected.
The Fish and Wildlife Service will decide this fall whether to remove the gray wolf from protection, drawing renewed attention to the conflict between conservationists, ranchers, hunters and others who see the iconic predator either as a threat or as part of a healthy ecosystem. The agency says the gray wolf should be delisted because the eastern wolf – not the gray wolf – lived in the Great Lakes region and eastern states. Essentially, the presence of the eastern wolf, rather than the gray wolf, in the eastern United States would cause the gray wolf's original listing to be annulled. With the exception of the Mexican wolf, the gray wolf would lose protection from its entire North American range under the proposed rule change.
In their new study, lead author Bridgett vonHoldt, an assistant professor in ecology and evolutionary biology at Princeton, and her colleagues analyzed the complete genomes of 12 pure gray wolves (from areas where there are no coyotes), three pure coyotes (from areas where there are no gray wolves), six eastern wolves (which the researchers call Great Lakes wolves) and three red wolves.
Results showed that eastern and red wolves are not evolutionary distinct species but the result of a relatively recent interbreeding: Eastern wolves are about 75 percent gray wolf and 25 percent coyote, while red wolves are about 25 percent gray wolf and 75 percent coyote.
"We found no evidence for an eastern or red wolf that has a separate evolutionary legacy," vonHoldt says. "These results suggest that arguments for delisting the gray wolf are not valid."
The researchers also conclude that the ESA should protect hybrid species because interbreeding in the wild, thought to be uncommon when the ESA was passed in 1973, has been shown to be common and may not be harmful.
"Our findings demonstrate how a strict designation of a species under the ESA that does not consider genetic admixture can threaten the protection of endangered species," vonHoldt says. "We argue for a more balanced approach that focuses on the ecological context of genetic admixture and allows for evolutionary processes to potentially restore historical patterns of genetic variation."
The study, "Whole-genome sequence analysis shows that two endemic species of North American wolf are admixtures of the coyote and gray wolf," was published July 27 by Science Advances. The research was funded by the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health.
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Thinning out coyotes by killing them doesn't work and only leads to more predation on livestock
No science behind coyote killing contests.
The Wisconsin coyote is considered to be a furbearer and is hunted year-round. The Wisconsin coyote has been classified as vermin that is harmful to people, pets and livestock. This reputation couldn't be further from the truth. Coyotes are highly intelligent, family oriented, skilled hunters and are benifical for maintaining healthy ecosystems.
"These adaptable animals will eat almost anything. They hunt rabbits, rodents, fish, frogs, and even deer. They also happily dine on insects, snakes, fruit, grass, and carrion. Because they sometimes kill lambs, calves, or other livestock, as well as pets, many ranchers and farmers regard them as destructive pests." Source: National Geographic article about the coyote
Yet, this reputation as a destructive pest is far from reality. According to Project Coyote, "they are, adaptable to diverse environments, coyotes provide the following ecological benefits: having a positive impact on ground-nesting birds and songbird diversity and abundance. Coyotes keep rodent and rabbit populations in check. Coyotes help control disease transmission."
As scavengers, coyotes provide an ecological service by helping to keep our communities clean of carrion (dead things). www.projectcoyote.org
Coyote killing contest exist to conserve the species according to the old school of conservation ethics. But studies have shown that these killing contest don't work. In fact they create a whole new set of problems for the coyote and may increase predation on livestock.
Infographic from: Why Killing Coyotes Doesn't Work The Humane Society of the United States.
Coyotes are hunted all year-round in Wisconsin.
The following excerpt is from the WI DNR Furbearers page: Coyote (Canis latrans): The coyote is a medium-sized member of the canine family. Average coyote weight is between 20-30 lbs., though they can weigh up to 50 lbs. Coyote fur can be a variety of colors including gray, tawny, red, blond and black. Coyotes may be hunted year-round with the appropriate license, though the trapping season is restricted. Coyotes are considered furbearers.
The definition of Furbearers by the WI DNR states; A furbearer is a mammal whose fur has commercial value. Traditionally, these are the mammals trapped for their fur, though not all of Wisconsin's furbearers may be harvested in the present day.
Coyote killing contests are held in the winter because the fur is at its best value. How much does a hunter get for a fur? According to eBay a tanned coyote hide can go from $50.00 to $300.00 for a coat.
In the WI DNR website about Coyote is listed as a furbearer and can be hunted year-round. Yet, in this same discription there is no discussion about ecological benefits of coyotes.
In researching this article I came across several coyote legends, myths & folklore, that put the coyote as being anthropomorphized into human form. Modern science recognizes that coyotes occupy their own unique space on the planet distinctly separate from humans.
There is no science behind coyote killing contests. Wisconsin coyotes are killed for their fur and sport.
Featured image: by John E Marriott
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You probably know that Greyfriars Bookshop is now the only Christian Bookshop in Reading, very much part of a dying species.
Due to the competition they face from online stores and eBooks, it is a real battle for physical bookshops to keep going, and this is particularly true for Christian bookshops. Yet as Christians we know that the presence of a Christian bookshop in a town is important. We firmly believe that Christian books impact communities and change lives!
Christian Bookshops can be welcoming 'outreach' centres that the general public can visit if they are in need of prayer, have questions about something that they are struggling with, or perhaps are just looking for a relaxing place to catch their breath. This is an important part of our work here at Greyfriars.
Christian bookshops are also an important provider of resources for the local Christian community. Christian books and study materials are key to our discipleship, both for us as individuals and as groups, as well as an evangelistic tool to help bring people to Christ.
We at Greyfriars Bookshop are keen to maintain this ministry to Reading and would ask, if you feel it appropriate, that you encourage your congregations to use and support the bookshop to enable us to continue to do so.
General shopping habits have changed, but it is so important to still have a place where customers are able to come and look inside resources and discover books both new and those that have stood the test of time and have become classics. It is also important that customers are able to receive good input and advice from knowledgeable staff. We will often recommend books that are genuinely good reads, having either read them ourselves or received recommendations from other committed Christians. Places like Amazon cannot provide you with a vague title you can't remember, but we offer a personal service and will always attempt to find the book that you are looking for.
We can often recommend a great present for your church member or friend and we also offer a great selection of very competitively priced cards for all occasions. At Christmas and Easter, we stock seasonal items such as Christmas and Easter cards, the Real Easter Egg and the Real Advent Calendar as a Christian based alternative to those available in other shops.
Where possible, we will attempt to match prices with Amazon for you so please give us the opportunity to match where we can. We understand how important it is to keep costs down and so want to do our best to help you to serve your communities and congregations, whether you need materials for your church or home groups or for you personally. We will offer Pastors a 10% discount off the retail price of books, CDs and DVDs to help support you.
As well as selling lots of great books and CDs, we offer many Fairtrade goods and gifts. Please consider committing to buying one or two items per week as this makes a big difference for farmers who produce food all around the world and are often living at subsistence levels. We sell beautiful Christian gifts and treats for yourself and others, including ethically sourced sterling silver jewellery made by a small fair trader. Physical bookshops, especially Christian bookshops, are disappearing from our high streets and it saddens us to see this, so please think of us in future and get in touch to see what we can do for you.
By helping us to stay open you are helping to support a ministry where people can come and receive prayer and encouragement in the town centre during the week, as well as helping Christian resources to be available to the people of Reading and surrounding areas.
Do come down and help us to stay part of the high street and please share this with your congregations and ask them to like us on Facebook and recommend our website (www.greyfriarsbookshop.org.uk). We would also appreciate your prayers for us and our ministry.


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Главная News 2019 February SAUDIS OIL WILL DOWN
SAUDIS OIL WILL DOWN
BLOOMBERG - Saudi Arabia expects to reduce oil output once again in February and pump for six months at levels "well below" the production limit it accepted under OPEC's oil-cuts accord, Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih said.
The world's biggest exporter targeted production of 10.2 million barrels a day in January and is aiming to pump about 10.1 million in February, he said. Saudi Arabia's voluntary limit under the December cuts deal with Russia and other producers was 10.33 million barrels a day.
"Saudi Arabia will be well below the voluntary cap that we agreed to" and will pump beneath its ceiling "for the full six months" of the December cuts accord, he said in a Bloomberg Television interview in Riyadh.
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies including Russia, a coalition known as OPEC+, agreed to pare production starting this month in an effort to buttress sagging oil prices. Crude futures have gained this year as Saudi Arabia leads the way in curbing output amid a surge in U.S. shale-oil supplies. Benchmark Brent crude was trading 42 cents higher at $60.35 a barrel at 10:37 a.m. in Dubai.
"Demand will start picking up at the end of the first quarter and into the second quarter," Al-Falih said. The impact of OPEC+ output reductions "will trickle down into the global markets over the next few weeks."
U.S. Oversupply
The U.S. is currently "way oversupplied" with its own output and with oil from other Western hemisphere producers, Al-Falih said.
"So, as we look at the oil market, and we see it in the price differentials, it's really not rewarding us to export a lot of oil to the U.S. And as a result, as we make adjustments, it makes commercial sense that that's the market that gets the majority of our cuts."
Saudi Arabia and like-minded countries are determined to drive inventories below the five-year historical average, he said. "We're going to do it by ensuring that supply is below demand for 2019."
It's still unclear what effect political turmoil in Venezuela will have on crude markets, Al-Falih said. Output from the South American OPEC member has languished amid escalating tensions between forces loyal to President Nicolas Maduro and those supporting opposition National Assembly leader Juan Guaido.
OPEC CONFORMITY LEVEL 98%
OPEC - The JMMC calls on all participating countries of the 'Declaration of Cooperation' to redouble their efforts in the full and timely implementation of the supply adjustments to ensure that the oil market remains in balance in 2019.
OPEC PRODUCTION DOWN 751 TBD
REUTERS - The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries said in a monthly report that its oil output fell by 751,000 barrels per day (bpd) in December to 31.58 million bpd, the biggest month-on-month drop in almost two years.
2019, January, 9, 11:15:00
OPEC OIL PRODUCTION DOWN 630 TBD
PLATTS - OPEC crude production in December tumbled 630,000 b/d month on month, an S&P Global Platts survey of industry officials, analysts and shipping data showed Tuesday, but the organization still has much more cutting to do to reach its new quotas for 2019.
SAUDI'S OIL PRODUCTION DOWN 400 TBD
MEOG - Saudi Arabia reportedly cut its crude production by more than 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) in December 2018. Saudi crude production sat at 10.65 million bpd (mbpd) that month, down from 11.07 mbpd in November.
ОПЕК + РОССИЯ: МИНУС 2.5%
МИНЭНЕРГО РОССИИ - Принято консолидированное решение о совместных действиях с коллегами из ОПЕК и не ОПЕК по сокращению добычи на 2,5% для стран ОПЕК и 2% для стран не ОПЕК.
OPEC: 26 MBBL SURPLUS
AN - "Based on available figures, we have around 26 million barrels of surplus ... compared to 340 million barrels in early 2017," Al-Mazrouei told a press conference in Kuwait City.
SAUDIS NEED $84
PLATTS - Saudi Arabia will require oil prices higher than $84/b to avoid running another deficit, analysts warned after the kingdom announced on Tuesday record government spending in its state budget for 2019.
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Yates throws 4 TD passes, Georgia Tech rolls past Owls 45-17
Sep 11, 2021, 12:30 AM | Updated: 3:54 pm
ATLANTA (AP) — Geoff Collins believes the resiliency demonstrated by his Georgia Tech players shows "we're leaps and bounds from where we were."
Collins also knows a more telling test awaits next week when the Yellow Jackets visit No. 6 Clemson.
Fill-in starter Jordan Yates passed for four touchdowns and Georgia Tech contained Kennesaw State's triple-option offense to beat the Owls 45-17 on Saturday.
"To come out and play at a high level in every area of the game is pretty cool," Collins said.
With the bounce-back win from last week's stunning loss to Northern Illinois, Georgia Tech (1-1) gained momentum for its Atlantic Coast Conference opener at Clemson next week.
The performances by Yates and Kyric McGowan, who had two touchdown catches, are evidence of improved depth from back-to-back three-win seasons.
Yates became the first quarterback in Georgia Tech history to throw for four touchdowns in his first start. The redshirt freshman completed 17 of 22 passes for 254 yards as the replacement starter for Jeff Sims, who was in uniform but held out with a left arm injury.
Yates gave credit to his offensive line.
"I'm really proud of my guys out there," Yates said. "They kept me upright all game up front."
The defense forced three turnovers. Jordan Domineck knocked down an option pitch from Xavier Shepherd, recovered the fumble and ran 70 yards for a touchdown that gave the Yellow Jackets a 14-0 lead in the first quarter. Domineck created room for his scoring run by pushing Shepherd to the ground with a stiff arm.
Domineck also had a sack and Charlie Thomas added his first two career interceptions. The Yellow Jackets held Kennesaw State (1-1) to 272 yards, including 161 rushing.
Georgia Tech led 38-3 before Iaan Cousin's 54-yard touchdown run on a fourth-down play for Kennesaw State early in the fourth quarter.
The Owls then recovered an onside kick, setting up Shepherd's 39-yard touchdown pass to Adeolu Adeleke.
"I was proud of our kids' fight," said Kennesaw State coach Brian Bohannon, a former Georgia Tech assistant. "We got behind and kept fighting and got a little momentum late in the game."
The second interception for Thomas set up Yates' second scoring pass to McGowan, a 39-yarder. Yates also threw scoring passes to Jordan Mason and Kalani Norris. Dontae Smith had a 10-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter.
The right-handed Sims had his left arm wrapped and braced following the injury in the opener. Sims participated in pregame warmups but Georgia Tech announced before the game he would be used only in an emergency situation.
After Yates lost his helmet on a third-quarter hit and had to leave the field for a play, Temple transfer Trade Beatty was the fill-in instead of Sims.
Kennesaw State: The Owls had at least one first down on every possession until they were stopped on three downs with about five minutes remaining. Kennesaw State converted each of its two fourth-down plays and finished with 13 first downs while averaging 3.8 yards per rush. It was the Owls' first game against a Power 5 opponent.
Georgia Tech: The strong passing performance by Yates could spark debate about his role when Sims is fully recovered. Yates showed impressive poise when replacing Sims last week against Northern Illinois and again was effective against the Owls. "He played at a very high level and used his weapons around him," Collins said.
CATCHING ON QUICKLY
McGowan's scoring receptions were from 4 and 39 yards. The Northwestern graduate transfer has three touchdown catches in his first two games with the Yellow Jackets.
"It's been really fun," McGowan said. "The coaches and the players and the rest of the staff have made my transition as fun as it could be."
QB MENDING
Kennesaw State quarterback Jonathan Murphy, who led the Owls with 98 yards rushing and two touchdowns in last week's 35-25 win over Reinhardt, did not play. Murphy left the opener with an apparent lower leg injury and did not practice this week.
"We're hopeful he can get back to practice next week," Bohannon said.
Kennesaw State: The Owls will play at Wofford next week.
Georgia Tech: The Yellow Jackets play their first road game of the season when they visit Clemson.
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Taxonomia
 Xiphophorus alvarezi
 Xiphophorus andersi
 Xiphophorus birchmanni
 Xiphophorus clemenciae
 Xiphophorus continens
 Xiphophorus cortezi
 Xiphophorus couchianus
 Xiphophorus evelynae
 Xiphophorus gordoni
 Xiphophorus hellerii
 Xiphophorus kallmani
 Xiphophorus kosszanderi
 Xiphophorus maculatus
 Xiphophorus malinche
 Xiphophorus mayae
 Xiphophorus meyeri
 Xiphophorus milleri
 Xiphophorus mixei
 Xiphophorus montezumae
 Xiphophorus monticolus
 Xiphophorus multilineatus
 Xiphophorus nezahualcoyotl
 Xiphophorus nigrensis
 Xiphophorus pygmaeus
 Xiphophorus roseni
 Xiphophorus signum
 Xiphophorus variatus
 Xiphophorus xiphidium

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This startup has an algorithm that finds discount flight tickets 'hidden' on airline websites
Lucie Bresova and Oliver Dlouhy.
Skypicker
You probably book airline tickets through a travel aggregation website such as Expedia or Travelocity. Or maybe you go direct to the website of the airline itself. Those sites actually contain hundreds of cheap, "hidden" flights that airlines don't show to consumers, and consumers can't find them.
Some of these flights can be priced 50% to 90% lower than those booked via a regular flight ticket, according to Lucie Bresova, the CFO of the Czech Republic-based Skypicker. Skypicker is a flight-booking app that blew our minds when Business Insider discovered it on a visit to Prague last week.
When Bresova first made that claim, I scoffed: 90% cheaper? Sure. Dream on.
But Skypicker is so clever that once you understand how it works — and once you know that Skypicker has a ticket-buying algorithm that finds the cheap, unseen tickets and automates the buying process — you cannot help but be impressed.
It's one of those companies that make you think, "Why did no one think of this before?"
Before learning how the app works, it is worth knowing the story of why the app exists in the first place. Three years ago, Skypicker's founder, Oliver Dlouhy, was trying to book a flight for a vacation with his girlfriend. He wanted to save money on a flight from Prague to Portugal. All the direct flights were expensive. And there were very few connecting flights through other cities. But then Dlouhy noticed that if he booked a ticket from Prague to a random European city, like Oslo, on one airline, and then a ticket from Oslo to Portugal on a competing airline, the combined price of the two "unconnected" connecting flights came to less than the price of a direct flight.
But finding this information took Dlouhy an entire day of manually searching individual flight websites.
This is the key problem: Airlines don't list possible connections with rival airlines, or "noncooperating" airlines (those that aren't in an international alliance). They do list their own flights, but they don't indicate whether those flights might link up with a flight offered by another company. Similarly, travel websites such as Expedia and Travelocity don't list all flights from each carrier, because they either don't have that information or are withholding it.
Most consumers don't know that these flights might actually connect because it is not obvious that the best flight from Prague to Portugal might go through Oslo. Sure, it might take longer, but adding a daylong stopover in somewhere like Barcelona isn't a hardship if you're on vacation. Knowing whether the flights link up can mean the difference between buying a €500 ticket to fly direct between two major cities or getting two €25 tickets from discount airlines and connecting the flights yourself via Skypicker — a 90% difference in price, at the extreme end of the discounts.
A screenshot from the Skypicker website.
And, Bresova says, a series of connecting flights on noncooperating airlines on a long-haul route can sometimes be quicker than taking the "official" route.
So Dlouhy found a developer, and they built a search engine to scrape flight data from other travel sites in the hope of putting these flights together in a way that makes sense for consumers. Needless to say, scraping other companies' data isn't ideal, so Skypicker acquired a small meta-search engine, Tripomatic, for $500,000 in January 2014 — more than value of Skypicker at the time.
Skypicker also persuaded 150 airlines to allow the company to list their data. Airlines were reluctant at first, Bresova said. "We are tiny, and we say, 'Give us your tickets and data,' and they say, 'No we don't need this.'
"It looks like we are just a travel app, but we work with huge amounts of data," Bresova added. We met Bresova at Socialbakers' Engage 2015 social-media conference, along with about a dozen companies on the Czech tech startup scene. (You can see all our Engage 2015 coverage here.)
Part of the challenge Skypicker had in the beginning was that from the airlines' point of view, every ticket sold for a cheaper, disjointed connecting flight is a ticket not being sold on a pricey direct flight — the kind of flights on which airlines make their biggest profit margins. But Bresova argues that those big direct routes like London to New York will always be full because certain passengers just need to get from A to B on deadline. Skypicker actually adds extra ticket sales across the system, she says, by exposing flights that consumers don't know exist and that airlines don't know they can sell.
The company is already successful. It had revenue of €4 million through April, up fourfold from 2014. The company has 80 employees and is booking about $175,000 a day in sales, Bresova said. In fact, the company just had a record €200,000 sales day. Not bad for an app that only really launched last year, whose oldest employee is Bresova, at 31. "Next month will be even crazier in growth," she says.
Skypicker's unique hoard of flight data will soon be displayed in the ticket-search engines Kayak, Momondo, and Skyscanner.
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Q: Why might $input (Settings API) be coming through empty? I'm trying to be a good thememaker and pass all my settings through the Settings API, but I'm running into some difficulty in the sanitization callback function.
The core of the problem is this: the $input variable, passed in by default, is empty. My $_POST[options group] is coming through just fine (it has everything I'd expect to see in $input) but, again, $input is empty. Where do I even start looking to debug this?
EDIT 1
In response to Chip, here's what I have (stubbed, obviously):
function lblg_sanitize_options( $input ){
global $lblg_shortname, $lblg_default_options;

echo "Input: ";
print_r($input);

If I do something similar using, e.g., Oenology and do a print_r($input);, I get the expected Array( etc.
EDIT 2
Here's the results of print_r($_REQUEST); for my theme:
Array ( [option_page] => lblg_options [action] => update [_wpnonce] => 1f96eb2410 [_wp_http_referer] => /wp-admin/themes.php?page=lblg_options [lblg_options] => Array ( [layout_stylesheet] => Select a layout: [alt_stylesheet] => *none* [use_custom_header] => true [display_footer_copyright] => true [footer_copyright] => [footer_credit_text] => [save] => Save changes ) )

And here it is for Oenology:
Array ( [option_page] => theme_oenology_options [action] => update [_wpnonce] => 748c46a1a1 [_wp_http_referer] => /wp-admin/themes.php?page=oenology-settings [theme_oenology_options] => Array ( [header_nav_menu_position] => below [header_nav_menu_depth] => 1 [display_social_icons] => on [rss_feed] => rss2 [facebook_profile] => [flickr_profile] => [linkedin_profile] => [myspace_profile] => [twitter_profile] => [youtube_profile] => [display_footer_credit] => false [submit-general] => Save Settings ) )

I can't spot the difference. Can you?
EDIT 3
Might the various slugs/shortnames/pagenames be conflicting somehow?
EDIT 4
Here's what I'm doing for registration:
function lblg_admin_init(){
    global $lblg_shortname;
    register_setting( 'lblg_options', $lblg_shortname . '_lblg_options', 'lblg_sanitize_options' );
}

Here's what I'm calling out, intra-options-form:
settings_fields( 'lblg_options' );
do_settings_sections( 'lblg_options' );

The settings themselves are all being registered in a big loop, in a fashion similar to this:
add_settings_field( $key, $value['name'], '', 'lblg_options', $section );

Further thoughts?

A: The $input variable is not passed to the validate function by default. You need to declare it, e.g. not this:
function mytheme_validate_settings() {}

But rather, this:
function mytheme_validate_settings( $input ) {}

(Or maybe I'm the only one who's made that bone-headed mistake before?) :)
EDIT:
The other thing to check: does the $optiongroup in register_setting() match the argument passed to settings_fields() in your form markup?

A: Answering my own question by way of an answer Chip has embedded in his excellent settings tutorial, namely: it's all about Correlating Function Arguments. Apparently some of the variable names/options group names I was using weren't lining up correctly.

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True vs. False Repentance: What's the Difference?
Today I'm sharing from Core Christianity.
According to the Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (Louw & Nida) the word repentance means, to change one's way of life as the result of a complete change of thought and attitude with regard to sin and righteousness. In repentance, a person is given a true sense of the heinous nature of sin and, hating it, they turn to God through Christ with the desire to part ways with it. It is a gift that God gives to us and true repentance leads to eternal life (2 Tim. 2:25).
For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death. For see what earnestness this godly grief has produced in you, but also what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what punishment! At every point, you have proved yourselves innocent in the matter.
True repentance does not regret parting ways with sin; false repentance does.
Because God grants us a clear view of our sins in repentance, we don't regret the loss of them. False repentance is characterized by a continual longing for the "old life." Although a person may have made certain external changes in their life, their heart is continually drawn back to the sins they miss. Jesus said, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God"(Lk. 9:62).
Now, it's important to note that this doesn't mean we won't face old temptations as believers. There's a constant struggle between the old and the new man (Gal. 5:17), and this conflict is itself an indication that we have been enlightened by God to see our sin as something we must fight against. We don't always experience victory on the battlefield though, and often the Christian life can feel like a string of defeats. The good news is when we sin, we have an advocate before the Father pleading our case (1 Jn. 2:1), and as he grants us victory, we rejoice over the death of our sin, rather than mourning its loss.
True repentance hates sin; false repentance hates the consequences of sin.
True repentance is often characterized by a godly anger about the terrible nature of sin. This zealous indignation is concerned with God's glory and the flourishing of the image of God in humanity. False repentance is less concerned about the glory of God and more concerned with getting caught. This type of concern is what Paul calls "worldly grief." True repentance often takes the initiative in bringing sin into the light (through confession) since it hates the sin itself, not just its consequences. Jesus said, "For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed. But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God" (Jn. 3:20-21).


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Dr Sally Cairns is a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Leeds, focusing on aviation, as part of the project on long distance travel. She has undertaken research into transport policy, traffic reduction and travel behaviour change for over 25 years, including previous work on aviation and climate policy, and teleconferencing. Outputs comprise over 100 publications, including book chapters, journal papers, research reports and magazine articles, with papers presented at numerous conferences and seminars. Sally has also provided invited input to the House of Lords Science and Technology Select Committee's investigation into behaviour change, the All Party Parliamentary Sustainable Aviation Group, the Conservative Party's Quality of Life Commission and SERA, the Labour Party's Environment Campaign. She wrote a column for Town and Country Planning magazine for 8 years. Sally also runs her own research company.
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Cyprus participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "Alter Ego" written by Minus One and Thomas G:son. The song was performed by the band Minus One, which was selected by the Cypriot broadcaster Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) in November 2015 to represent Cyprus at the 2016 contest in Stockholm, Sweden. The Cypriot song, "Alter Ego", was presented to the public on 22 February 2016.

Cyprus was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 10 May 2016. Performing 11th during the show, "Alter Ego" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 14 May. It was later revealed that Cyprus placed eighth out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 164 points. In the final, Cyprus performed 14th and placed 21st out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 96 points.

Background

Prior to the 2016 contest, Cyprus had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest thirty-two times since their debut in . The nation's highest placing in the contest was fifth, which they achieved three times: in 1982 with the song "Mono i agapi" performed by Anna Vissi, in 1997 with "Mana mou" performed by Hara and Andreas Constantinou, and 2004 with "Stronger Every Minute" performed by Lisa Andreas. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the 2004 contest, Cyprus had featured in five finals. Cyprus' least successful result in the final has been last place, which they achieved in 1986 with the song "Tora zo" performed by Elpida. After returning to the contest in  following their one-year withdrawal from the  due to the 2012–13 Cypriot financial crisis and the broadcaster's budget restrictions, Cyprus managed to qualify to the final and place twenty-second with the song "One Thing I Should Have Done" performed by John Karayiannis.

The Cypriot national broadcaster, Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC), broadcasts the event within Cyprus and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. CyBC confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest on 11 September 2015. Cyprus has used various methods to select the Cypriot entry in the past, such as internal selections and televised national finals to choose the performer, song or both to compete at Eurovision. In 2015, the broadcaster organised the national final Eurovision Song Project, which featured 54 songs competing in a nine-week-long process resulting in the selection of the Cypriot entry through the combination of public televoting and the votes from an expert jury. However, CyBC opted to select the 2016 Cypriot entry via an internal selection, a method which was last used by the broadcaster in 2013.

Before Eurovision

Internal selection
On 4 November 2015, CyBC announced that they had internally selected the band Minus One to represent Cyprus in Stockholm. Minus One previously attempted to represent Cyprus at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2015, placing third in the national final Eurovision Song Project with the song "Shine". In order to create their contest song, the band collaborated with Swedish composer Thomas G:son, who has written several Eurovision entries for various countries including the Swedish Eurovision Song Contest 2012 winning song "Euphoria".

Minus One recorded their Eurovision entry in January 2016 at the Nordic Sound Lab studios in Skara, Sweden together with Thomas G:son and Thomas Plec Johansson. The song, "Alter Ego", was presented to the public on 22 February 2016 during the CyBC evening news broadcast. The official preview video for the song, directed by Emilios Avraam, was released on the same day.

Promotion
Minus One made several appearances across Europe to specifically promote "Alter Ego" as the Cypriot Eurovision entry. On 3 April, Minus One performed during the Eurovision Pre-Party, which was held at the Izvestia Hall in Moscow, Russia and hosted by Dmitry Guberniev. On 9 April, Minus One performed during the Eurovision in Concert event which was held at the Melkweg venue in Amsterdam, Netherlands and hosted by Cornald Maas and Hera Björk. On 17 April, Minus One performed during the London Eurovision Party, which was held at the Café de Paris venue in London, United Kingdom and hosted by Nicki French and Paddy O'Connell.

In addition to their international appearances, Minus One performed "Alter Ego" on 26 March during their concert series at the DownTown Live venue in Nicosia and the band performed at the Fighting Cancer with Music fundraising event in support of The Cyprus Anticancer Society in Limassol on 24 April. Minus One performed a farewell concert prior to travelling to Stockholm at the DownTown Live venue on 30 April.

At Eurovision

The Eurovision Song Contest 2016 took place at Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden. It consisted of two semi-finals held on 10 and 12 May, respectively, and the final on 14 May 2016. According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five", consisting of , , ,  and the , were required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top 10 countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The EBU split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with the goal of reducing the amount of neighbourly voting. On 25 January 2016, an allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals and determined which half of the show they would perform in. Cyprus was placed into the first semi-final, to be held on 10 May 2016, and was scheduled to perform in the second half of the show. Once all the competing songs for the 2016 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Cyprus was set to perform 11th, following the entry from the Czech Republic and before the entry from Austria. The two semi-finals and the final were broadcast in Cyprus on RIK 1, RIK SAT, RIK HD and Trito Programma with commentary by Melina Karageorgiou.

Performances

Minus One took part in technical rehearsals on 3 and 6 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 9 and 10 May. This included the jury show on 9 May where the professional juries of each country watched and voted on the competing entries. Heading into the first semi-final, CNN reported that bookmakers and polls ranked the entry 21st out of the 42 entries.

The Cypriot performance featured the band members of Minus One dressed in black with all of the musicians in large cages and the lead singer, François Micheletto, in the centre of the set-up with a microphone stand. The stage and LED screens displayed white lighting effects and images of wolves. The artistic director of the performance was Sacha Jean-Baptiste. Minus One were joined by one backing vocalist: Lars Säfsund. At the end of the show, Cyprus was announced as having finished in the top 10 and subsequently qualifying for the grand final. It was later revealed that Cyprus placed eighth in the semi-final, receiving a total of 164 points: 93 points from the televoting and 71 points from the juries.

Shortly after the first semi-final, a winners' press conference was held for the ten qualifying countries. As part of this press conference, the qualifying artists took part in a draw to determine which half of the grand final they would subsequently participate in. This draw was done in the order the countries appeared in the semi-final running order. Cyprus was drawn to compete in the second half. Following this draw, the shows' producers decided upon the running order of the final, as they had done for the semi-finals. Cyprus was subsequently placed to perform 14th, following the entry from Australia and before the entry from Serbia. Minus One once again took part in dress rehearsals on 13 and 14 May before the final, including the jury final where the professional juries cast their final votes before the live show. Minus One performed a repeat of their semi-final performance during the final on 14 May. Cyprus placed twenty-first in the final, scoring 96 points: 53 points from the televoting and 43 points from the juries.

Voting
Voting during the three shows was conducted under a new system that involved each country now awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent, with their names published before the contest to ensure transparency. This jury judged each entry based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation's televoting results were released shortly after the grand final. The Cypriot jury consisted of Poly Roussou, Nicos Evangelou, Silia Ioannidou, Kypros Karaviotis and Christina Tselepou. The Cypriot spokesperson, who announced the top 12-point score awarded by the Cypriot jury during the final, was Loukas Hamatsos. Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Cyprus and awarded by the country in the first semi-final and grand final of the contest, and the breakdown of the jury voting and televoting conducted during the two shows.

Points awarded to Cyprus

Points awarded by Cyprus

Detailed voting results
The following five members composed the Cypriot jury:
 Poly Roussou (jury chairperson)pianist, music teacher, assistant headmistress
 Nicos Evangeloumusic teacher, pianist
 Silia Ioannidoujournalist, radio producer
 Kypros KaraviotisDJ, radio producer
 Christina Tselepouvocal music coach, live performance singer

References

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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016
Eurovision


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1\. Wyświetl listę plików z aktualnego katalogu, zamieniając wszystkie małe litery na duże
```sh
ls -1F | sed -e '/[/]/d' | tr 'a-z' 'A-Z'
```
2\. Wyświetl listę praw dostępu do plików w aktualnym katalogu, ich rozmiar i nazwę
```sh
ls -hgoF --full-time | tr -s " " | cut -f 1,3,7 -d " " | sed -e '/[/]/d' | tr " " "\t"
```
3\. Wyświetl listę plików w aktualnym katalogu, posortowaną według rozmiaru pliku
```sh
ls -1lS | sed -e '/^d/d' | tr -s " " | cut -f 5,9 -d " " | tac
```
4\. Wyświetl zawartość pliku */etc/passwd* posortowaną według numerów UID w kolejności od największego do najmniejszego
```sh
cat /etc/passwd | sort -t : -k 3 -nr
```
5\. Wyświetl zawartość pliku */etc/passwd* posortowaną najpierw według numerów GID w kolejności od największego do najmniejszego, a następnie UID
```sh
cat /etc/passwd | sort -t : -k 4 -nr -k 3 -nr
```
6\. Podaj liczbę plików każdego użytkownika
```sh
find -type f -printf "%U\n" | sort | uniq -c | sort
```
7\. Sporządź statystykę praw dostępu (dla każdego z praw dostępu podaj, ile razy zostało ono przydzielone)
```sh
find -type f -printf "%m\n" | sort | uniq -c
```
8\. Czy potrafisz odpowiedzieć jaki będzie efekt wykonania poniższych poleceń?
```sh
ls -l > lsout.txt
```
Zapisanie do pliku *lsout.txt* szczególowej listy plików z aktualnego katalogu.

```sh
ls -la >> lsout.txt
```
Dopisanie do pliku *lsout.txt* szczególowej listy plików, lacznie z plikami zaczynajacymi
sie od "." (ukrytymi) z aktualnego katalogu.

```sh
ps >> psout.txt
```
Dopisuje do pliku *psout.txt* opis biezacych procesow.

```sh
free -m >> ~/wynik
```
Dopisanie do pliku znajdującego się w lokalizacji *~/wynik* informacji o wolnej i wykorzystanej
pamieci podanej w megabajtach.

```sh
kill -1 1234 > killout.txt 2>killerr.txt
```
Zakonczenie procesu o id 1234 oraz przakazanie komunikatow informacyjnych do pliku *killout.txt*,
natomiast bledy zapisz do pliku *killerr.txt*

```sh
kill -1 1234 > killout.txt 2>&1
```
Zakonczenie procesu o id 1234 komunikaty informacyjne zapisz do pliku *killout.txt* a bledy wypisz na ekran.

```sh
kill -1 1234 > /dev/null 2>&1
```
Zakonczenie procesu o id 1234 komunikaty informacyjne zapisz w lokalizacji */dev/null* a bledy wypisz na ekran.

```sh
sort psout.txt > pssort.txt
```
Sortowanie procesow w pliku *psout.txt* i zapisanie wyniku w pliku *pssort.txt*

```sh
ps | sort > pssort.txt
```
Sortowanie procesow i zapisanie do pliku *pssort.txt*

```sh
cat lsout.txt | sort > lssort.txt
```
Wypisanie pliku *lsout.txt* posortowanie i zapisanie do pliku *lssort.txt*

```sh
who | sort | more
```
Posortowanie listy zalogowanych uzytkownikow ze stronami.

```sh
who | sort | less
```
Posortowanie listy zalogowanych uzytkownikow ze stronami.

```sh
find -type f | wc
```

```sh
find -type f -print0 | wc --files0-from=-
```


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Vermeulin won tijdens de Olympische Zomerspelen 1956 de gouden medaille met de ploeg en de zilveren medaille op de ploegenachtervolging op de baan.

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