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Q: Animation not working while using Vector3.Lerp in unity3D I'm creating an FPS Game in which I have a GunController Script... Which has DetermineAim() Method, basically a "scope In" function. I also have an Idle animation. So the problem is both Aim and Animation are not working together. If I add animation then the DetermineAim() stops working, and If I remove Animation then the script starts working again.
PS: I'm a beginner at Unity. Any help or suggestion will be appreciated. Thanks
DetermineAim Code:
void DetermineAim()
{
    Vector3 target = normalLocalPosition;

    if (Input.GetMouseButton(1))
    {
        target = aimLocalPosition;
    }
    Vector3 desiredPosition = Vector3.Lerp(transform.localPosition, target, Time.deltaTime * aimSmoothing);

    transform.localPosition = desiredPosition;

}

What Method does:

So as soon as add Idle animation to it stop working. Any help or suggestions will be appreciated.


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UPDATED: Man killed in small airplane crash in Angeles National Forest north of Altadena
Posted on May 15, 2016 by Brian Day
ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST >> A small airplane crashed in the Angeles National Forest north of Altadena Sunday morning, killing a man.
On man was pronounced dead at the crash scene, Deputy Kimberly Alexander of the Los Angeles County sheriff's Information Bureau said. There were no initial reports of additional injuries or additional occupants aboard the plane.
Rescuers searched the Angeles National Forest near Mt. Wilson for more than seven hours before finding the crash site after the small airplane vanished from radar amid inclement weather Sunday morning, officials said.
The missing aircraft was first reported shortly after 9:10 a.m., Los Angeles County sheriff's officials said.
"Apparently, it went off radar," sheriff's Lt. Randy Tuinstra said.
•Flight path of missing plane
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Allen Kenitzer confirmed officials lost communications with the single-engine airplane.
"We have a reported missing aircraft, a Cessna 182. … Traveling from Montgomery Field in San Diego to Santa Monica Municipal Airport, he said. "Contact was lost 17 miles east of Van Nuys."
No witnesses reported seeing the aircraft in trouble, Tuinstra said.
According to FlightRadar24.com, the aircraft's last reported altitude was about 4,000 feet, below the elevation of nearby mountain tops.
Bad weather prevented sheriff's department helicopters from joining the search.
"Visibility is very, very low right now," Tuinstra said. "We're hoping that will burn off soon and we can get a better look."
Members of the Montrose, Altadena, San Dimas, Sierra Madre and Canta Clarita search and rescue teams continued scouring the area on the ground until the weather improved in the afternoon, allowing search helicopters to join in the operation, officials said.
The aircraft crash site was found near the 4,466-foot-tall Brown Mountain, in the forest north of Altadena, according to Deputy Juanita Navarro-Suarez of the sheriff's Information Bureau.
The airplane is registered to San Diego Skylane LLC, according to FAA records. It has a valid, standard-classification flight certification.
Posted in rescue	| Tagged aircraft, Angeles National Forest, rescue
Dueling press releases detail two stories of Altadena rescue
Posted on November 28, 2012 by Frank Girardot
Pasadena Fire Department officials are steamed over a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department press release taking credit for a mountain rescue Monday night. They say the press release is riddled with falsehoods — and that the Sheriff's Department was barely involved in the rescue of two injured women.
Leave it to sheriff's Spokesman Steve Whitmore to put it all in perspective.
"Here is what's important: The people got saved."
Perhaps the most telling detail about the whole operation is on Tim Rutt's altadenablog, which has a picture of the patients being loaded into a paramedic van — not a helicopter.
Posted in Pasadena	| Tagged Altadena, Fire Department, Los Angeles County Fire Department, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Pasadena, rescue
Rescue off Highway 39
Posted on January 11, 2010 by Frank Girardot
AZUSA — A 74-year-old man who was trapped overnight after his SUV plunged 125 feet off of Highway 39 was rescued by helicopter Monday morning.
Family members reported the man missing Sunday night, officials said.
"He's in pretty good shape for a 74-year-old who was down there in the cold all night," Los Angeles County Fire Battalion Chief Jim Geandee said.
Story and video by reporter Thomas Himes:
Posted in rescue	| Tagged Azusa Canyon, highway 39, rescue
Injured hiker flown from forest above Azusa
ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST — Fire officials flew a hiker out of the Angeles National Forest north of Azusa Monday after he became injured in a fall.
The rescue occurred just before 5 p.m. near San Gabriel Canyon and West Fork roads, Los Angeles County Fire Department Supervising Dispatcher Melanie Flores said.
The man, who was estimated to be in his 30s, did not appear to suffer life-threatening injuries but was flown to Huntington Hospital in Pasadena as a precaution, Los Angeles County Fire Department Capt. Tim Bloom said.
The man reported falling four to six feet, while his family members told officials he fell from about 45 feet.
His exact condition was not available.
Posted in Pasadena	| Tagged rescue

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Psychological distress and associated factors among a sample of pregnant women in South Africa
SOURCE: Journal of Psychology in Africa
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
TITLE AUTHOR(S): K.Peltzer, E.Shikwane, G.Matseke
KEYWORDS: ANTENATAL CARE, ANXIETY, HIV/AIDS, MPUMALANGA PROVINCE, PREGNANCY, SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR, WOMEN
DEPARTMENT: Human and Social Capabilities (HSC)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 7011
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/3616
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/3616
If you would like to obtain a copy of this Research Output, please contact Hanlie Baudin at researchoutputs@hsrc.ac.za.
We sought to identify the prevalence of psychological distress and associated factors among pregnant women who were patients at antenatal primary care clinics in a South Africa district. A cross-sectional study using systematic sampling was conducted among 1497 pregnant women (age range=18 to 47 years; mean age=26.6 years, SD=6.1; Black African=98%), with a mean gestational age of 6.5 months (SD=1.6). They completed the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale, a measure of psychological distress. Results showed high rates of severe psychological distress (26.5%). Increased distress was in multivariate analysis associated with having had an STI (other than HIV), being unhappy about current pregnancy, and HIV positive. Identification of pregnant women with psychological distress in public health clinics is crucial for effective and appropriate targeted interventions.
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HIV knowledge and sexual risk behavior among pregnant couples in South Africa: the PartnerPlus project
HIV knowledge, disclosure and sexual risk among pregnant women and their partners in rural South Africa
Recent HIV prevalence trends among pregnant women and all women in sub-Saharan Africa: implications for HIV estimates
Prevalence of prenatal depression and associated factors among HIV-positive women in primary care in Mpumalanga province, South Africa
Prevalence and psychosocial correlates of suicidal ideation among pregnant women living with HIV in Mpumalanga province, South Africa
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Intimate partner violence and HIV risk among women in primary health care delivery services in a South African setting
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Are HIV positive women who have sex with women (WSW) an unrecognized and neglected HIV risk group in South Africa?
Project Masihambisane: a cluster randomised controlled trial with peer mentors to improve outcomes for pregnant mothers living with HIV
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Oasis () is an ongoing South Korean television series starring Jang Dong-yoon, Seol In-ah, and Choo Young-woo. It premiered on March 6, 2023, on KBS2, and airs every Monday and Tuesday at 21:50 (KST). It is also available for streaming on Viki and Wavve in selected regions.

Synopsis
Set against the turbulent backdrop of South Korea from the 1980s to the 1990s, the series depicts the story of three young people who fight fiercely to protect their dreams, friendship, and their one and only first love.

Cast

Main
 Jang Dong-yoon as Lee Doo-hak: the son of a farmer in a quiet and small village in Yeosu.
 Seol In-ah as Oh Jung-shin: an honest and confident woman who knows how to fight against injustice.
 Choo Young-woo as Choi Chul-woong: Doo-hak's childhood friend-turned-rival who is an intelligent and competitive man.

Supporting

People around Doo-hak
 Kim Myung-soo as Lee Jung-ho: Doo-hak's father who is a farmer.
 So Hee-jung as Jeom Am-daek: Doo-hak's mother.
 Shin Yun-ha as Lee Jung-ok: Doo-hak's younger sister.
 Do Sang-woo as Kim Hyung-joo: a young man who meets Doo-hak by chance and then unites with him in loyalty to confront the chaotic era.
 Song Tae-yoon as Kim Gil-su: Doo-hak's left hand man.
 Ahn Dong-yeop as Jo Seon-woo: a high school boxer.
 Han Jae-young as Yeom Gwang-tak: Mugyo-dong Tak-ipa boss who operates nightclubs, tourist hotels, and liquor wholesalers.
 Jang Young-hyun as Yoo Young-pil: Tak-ipa's action leader.
 Lee Han-wi as Go Pung-ho: a former criminal in real estate fraud, whom Doo-hak met in prison.
 Jung Ji-soon as Jang Jang-deuk: a member of Pung-ho's real estate fraud organization called Joseobang.
 Lee Gyo-yeop as Son Su-gong: a document counterfeiter.
 Jang Da-kyung as Ma Cheong-ja: a member of Pung-ho's real estate fraud organization called Joseobang.
 Im Seung-jun as Wolf: a member of Tak-ipa.
 Jo Dong-woo as Rotary: a member of Tak-ipa.

People around Jung-shin
 Kang Ji-eun as Cha Geum-ok: an exclusive distributor and producer of films in Gwangju and Jeonnam, who is also Jung-shin's mentor.
 Seunghee as Ham Yang-ja: Jung-shin's best friend.
 Ahn Jung-hoon as Go Moon-geun: Geum-ok's butler.

People around Chul-woong
 Kang Kyung-heon as Kang Yeo-jin: Chul-woong's mother.
 Jeon No-min as Hwang Chung-seong: a former brigadier general of the security forces.
 Jin Yi-han as Oh Man-ok: Chung-seong's right-hand man.
 Park Won-sang as Choi Young-sik: Chul-woong's father.
 Ha Hye-seung as Gyeong-ja: a maid who works at Chul-woong's house.

Others
 Bae Seul-gi as Song Yeon-ju: a successful actress in both movies and dramas.
 Kang Pil-seon as Moon Dong-su: a night school teacher and leader of the Guro Industrial Complex union.
 Ahn Da-bi as Gil-ja: Jung-ok's hometown sister.
 Jang Young-jun as Ki Young-tak: a student from another school who bullies Chul-woong.

Special appearance
 Kim Hyo-jin as Oh Tae-ja

Production
Filming began in September 2022.

Viewership

References

External links

Korean-language television shows
Korean Broadcasting System television dramas
South Korean melodrama television series
Television series by RaemongRaein
2023 South Korean television series debuts

Television series set in the 1980s
Television series set in the 1990s

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BOOK REVIEW: One – by Sarah Crossan
Posted on March 17, 2016 by Yvo
Title: One
Author: Sarah Crossan
Genre: YA, Contemporary, Poetry
First published: August 27th 2015
Finished reading: March 4th 2016
"'No one is whole,' I told him.
'Everybody is missing pieces.'"
I was browsing my TBR pile for a book featuring strong familial relationships the other day and this novel by Sarah Crossan sounded like the perfect match. What I didn't know or expect was that the whole story is written in verse! I don't read or know a lot about poetry, but that doesn't take away that I can really appreciate it when it's done in the right way. The free verse used in One made me fly through the pages and really connect to the main characters. The plot itself is interesting and tells us the story of two girls, Grace and Tippi, who were born joined at the waist. Through the voice of Grace, Sarah Crossan is able to address a lot of prejudices about conjoined twins. It is interesting to see how other people react to Grace and Tippi and how both twins are fighting to have their own identity. If you are looking for a good contemporary realistic fiction read and don't mind reading it in free verse, One is without doubt a very good choice.
Grace and Tippi are conjoined twins who are joined at the waist. When they were little, they were told they wouldn't be able to live for long, but the two sisters are now sixteen and still going strong. They share everything, but both girls have different dreams and wishes as well. When you're a conjoined twin, you don't exactly have privacy, but still Grace and Tippi would never want to be apart either. Unfortunately, something seems to be wrong with Grace even though she doesn't want to admit it… She doesn't tell even Tippi, but how long can she hide the truth? There might be a choice waiting for them in the future neither of them wants to make…
This novel by Sarah Crossan surprised me, but in a really good way. I was expecting just another contemporary/realistic fiction read, but when I opened One to the first page I was confronted by free verse. I don't read a lot of poetry, but I enjoy reading it in general especially when it's well written like in this case. The prose made me fly through the pages and both the characters and the plot are really interesting. If you are looking for an interesting and original read, make sure to consider One!
This entry was posted in 2016, 4 Star Rating, Book Reviews and tagged 4 star rating, book review, contemporary, drama, family, fiction, health, one, poetry, published in 2015, realistic fiction, romance, sarah crossan by Yvo. Bookmark the permalink.
10 thoughts on "BOOK REVIEW: One – by Sarah Crossan"
Amy on March 17, 2016 at 11:10 am said:
I've been wanting to read this book for ages but have been put off by the fact it's in verse. It's good to hear the verse doesn't subtract from its amazing writing!!
Yvo on March 17, 2016 at 5:03 pm said:
It took me a little while to get used to the verse, especially since I wasn't expecting it, but the story itself is really interesting and makes it totally worth reading.
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bookheathen on March 23, 2016 at 5:12 pm said:
What a fascinating premise and a very unusual approach to a YA work. It sounds like very adult subject matter (potentially, at any rate).
Yvo on March 23, 2016 at 11:07 pm said:
The book doesn't really go into the technical details of conjoined twins, and focuses more on the emotional details; making it more YA suitable.
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Tommy Lee "Tom" Shipe, 60, of Swoope, passed away on Friday, April 5, 2019 at Augusta Health in Fishersville surrounded by family, friends, and love.
Tom was born August 18, 1958 in Staunton. Tom was a kind and generous man who spent his life working hard to provide for his family and serving his community as a volunteer firefighter. When he was not working, or spending time with his family, you could usually find him in the woods pursuing his greatest hobby, hunting. He never met a dog that he did not immediately love, and it was not uncommon to arrive home to a new pet. Tom loved children, and he was an honorary grandfather or father figure to many in the community.
Tom was preceded in death by his father, Thomas Eugene Shipe.
Tom was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, son, brother, and uncle. He is survived by his wife, Teresa Shipe, of Swoope; his son, Jonathan Shipe and his husband Charles Warner, of Lynchburg; his daughter Jessica Losnes, her husband Daniel, and their two sons Mason and Lucas, of Forest. He is also survived by his mother, Dora Jean Shipe, of Waynesboro; sister, Debbie Breeden and her fiancé Jake Alexander, of Fork Union; brother, Bobby Shipe and his wife Janette, of Staunton; brother, Jamie Shipe, of Greenville; and sister, Mary Almarode, of Crimora. Tom had numerous nieces and nephews who he also loved. He is also survived by his mother-in-law, Margaret, and her husband Mark Lehman, of Harrisonburg.
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Snow Hill's burgeoning art scene
Posted in Featured - 12/21/17
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Dec. 21, 2017) For a town of about 2,100, an unusually high number of artists live and work in Snow Hill. A rough estimate is that about two-dozen people are creating art or running studios and galleries, while the works artists create and galleries shows range from blown glass to… Read more »
After fire, Berlin family will rebuild
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Dec. 21, 2017) Hank and Julie Koenig of Berlin are rebuilding their home, following a fire at their 100-year-old residence on South Main Street last week that destroyed family heirlooms and claimed the lives of two beloved housecats. The home, built in 1914 and known locally as "The Pruitt House,"… Read more »
Praying for Christmas miracle in Pocomoke
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Dec. 14, 2017) Pocomoke City citizens are hoping for a Christmas miracle, as Mayor Bruce Morrison recovers from a subdural hematoma, or traumatic brain injury, in a hospital in Delaware. Morrison, according to town officials, was taken by ambulance from his home during the early morning on Nov. 29 to… Read more »
Full house hears renovation pitch for Snow Hill's Sturgis
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Dec. 14, 2017) Representatives of Annapolis-based landscape architects Campion Hruby presented several ambitious renovation concepts for Sturgis Park in Snow Hill at a well-attended public meeting last Tuesday. Three named proposals were shown, with focuses ranging from ecological to civic, and each was designed to make use of the view… Read more »
Pocomoke Chief Harden asks for more PD officers
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Auditors: 'financial health of the town appears strong'
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Dec. 14, 2017) The Town of Berlin is in strong financial position, according to a fiscal year 2017 audit report by Salisbury firm PKS & Company. Berlin received an unmodified or clean opinion, which is the highest level of assurance given, PKS partner Michael Kleger told the Town Council Monday… Read more »
Executive council works to reopen communication
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Flurry of resolution overhauls under OPA consideration
Posted in Featured - 12/7/17
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Dec. 7, 2017) Four first readings of amendments to the resolutions governing the Ocean Pines Association were introduced at an Ocean Pines Board of Directors meeting last Thursday. Some were matters of housekeeping, while others involved substantial changes to association procedures. The alteration to Resolution B-04, for example, would change… Read more »
Volunteers feed hundreds in Berlin
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Pines nonprofit benefits soldiers serving overseas
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By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Dec. 7, 2017) A Maryland Army National Guard truck pulled up to Anna Foultz's home in Ocean Pines last Thursday to haul away dozens of bags of items donated for soldiers serving overseas. Foultz and her late husband, Carl, started the "Holiday Gifts for Our Soldiers Overseas" drive two decades… Read more »


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Q: is the sun going to make an electromagnetic pulse in the next 50 years? EMP is very damaging and can cause blackouts and other bad results specially on electronic devices , so i heard that our sun is going to make an electromagnetic pulse during the next 50 years ..is that true ? and how is it going to affect us ?

A: You are probably referring to a Carrington Event where a large coronal mass ejection from the sun hits the Earth and creates massive disturbances in the magnetic field, with the result that things like the power grid are damaged by the induced currents.

On July 23, 2012 a "Carrington-class" Solar Superstorm (Solar flare,
Coronal mass ejection, Solar EMP) was observed; its trajectory missed
Earth in orbit.

It missed the Earth by about 9 days. Current estimates are that there is a 12% chance of being hit by such an event, per decade. Unless there was an orderly shut down of power grids worldwide before the event damage could cost trillions and take years to repair.

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Impact of Climate and Predation on Autumn Migration of the Curlew Sandpiper
Yahkat Barshep, Anders Hedenström, Leslie Gordon Underhill
Waterbirds 34 (1), 1-9, (1 March 2011) https://doi.org/10.1675/063.034.0101
KEYWORDS: Arctic, breeding success, Calidris ferruginea, Curlew Sandpiper, June temperature, Ottenby, migration, phenology, predation
Using constant-effort catch data, causes of annual variation in the timing of migration of Curlew Sandpipers (Calidris ferruginea) migrating through Ottenby, Sweden, as well as the trend in timing of migration from 1946–2005, was investigated. Variation in the timing of autumn migration of adult and juvenile Curlew Sandpipers was influenced by breeding success connected to predation pressure on the Arctic breeding grounds. Median migration date of adult birds was significantly later in good breeding years compared with poor breeding years while the migration of juveniles was earlier in good breeding years compared with poor breeding years. Also, adults migrated earlier when the average temperature in June was warmer. Median migration dates of adults have advanced by 23 days from 1946–2005, but the migration dates of juveniles have remained unchanged. Unchanged migration dates of juveniles indicate that earlier departure of the adult Curlew Sandpipers from the breeding grounds was not due to earlier breeding. Evidence suggests that declining breeding productivity as a result of increasing predation on broods of shorebirds might, over the years, be the reason for the observed pattern of early departure of adults from the breeding grounds. One possible consequence of earlier migration is a mismatch between timing of migration and periods of food abundance on migration routes and at the wintering grounds, leading to a decline in adult and juvenile survival and population size.
Spring-Migration Ecology of Northern Pintails in South-Central Nebraska
Aaron T. Pearse, Gary L. Krapu, Robert R. Cox, Bruce E. Davis
Waterbirds 34 (1), 10-18, (1 March 2011) https://doi.org/10.1675/063.034.0102
KEYWORDS: Anas acuta, diet, habitat use, Nebraska, northern pintail, Platte River, Rainwater Basin, spring migration
Spring-migration ecology of staging Northern Pintails, Anas acuta, was investigated in south-central Nebraska, USA. Habitat associations, local movements, settling patterns, arrival dates, residency times and survival were estimated from 71 radiomarked pintails during spring 2001, 2003 and 2004, and diet determined from 130 females collected during spring 1998 and 1999. Seventy-two percent of pintail diurnal locations were in palustrine wetlands, 7% in riverine wetlands, 3% in lacustrine wetlands, 6% in municipal sewage lagoons and irrigation reuse pits and 10.5% in croplands. Emergent wetlands with hemi-marsh conditions were used diurnally more often than wetlands with either open or closed vegetation structures. Evening foraging flights averaged 4.3 km (SE = 0.6) and 72% were to cornfields. In accord with these findings, 87% of 93 pintails collected during spring 1998 and 1999 returning to evening roosts consumed corn, which represented 84% dry mass of all foods. Pintails collected on non-cropped wetlands ingested invertebrates and seeds from wetland plants more frequently than birds returning to roost. Radiomarked pintails arrived in Nebraska on 7 March 2003 and 18 February 2004; average arrival date was six days earlier during 2004 compared to 2003. Residency time for individuals varied greatly (1–40 days) yet yearly means were similar and averaged 9.5 days within the region. No mortality was detected for 71 birds monitored over 829 exposure days. Conservation planners linking population dynamics and habitat conditions at spring-staging areas need to focus on pintail body condition during spring and its connection with reproductive success and survival during the breeding season.
Movement Rates and Distances of Wintering Harlequin Ducks: Implications for Population Structure
Heidi M. Regehr
KEYWORDS: age, dispersal distances, harlequin ducks, Histrionicus histrionicus, movement rates, paired status, population structure
Population structure of Harlequin Ducks (Histrionicus histrionicus) wintering in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, was evaluated by generating age, sex, paired status and distance-specific movement rates with multi-stratum mark-recapture analyses, and age and sex-specific movement distances through surveys of marked individuals. Annual movement distances and rates did not differ by sex, but only 2–4% of adults (third year and afterthird year) compared to 7–11% of subadults (hatch year and second year) moved among locations per year and distance moved decreased with age. Adults were highly site faithful regardless of sex and paired status. The stepping stone gene flow model estimated the among population component of genetic variance (FST) at 0.005, suggesting that winter movement by subadults was sufficient to explain results of previous genetic analyses that detected no fine scale genetic structuring. Seasonal movement rates indicated that at least 95% of individuals molt and winter in the same location, and that annual aggregation at Pacific Herring (Clupea pallasi) spawning sites facilitates demographic mixing and gene flow. Low annual movement rates (0.001) between the northern and southern Strait of Georgia and dispersal by both sexes suggest that a metapopulation distribution may function within the Pacific Coast range, which is relevant to the geographic scale of management. Movement rates and distances suggest that subadult survival rates are particularly vulnerable to underestimation.
Migrations and Winter Quarters of Five Common Terns Tracked using Geolocators
Ian C. T. Nisbet, Carolyn S. Mostello, Richard R. Veit, James W. Fox, Vsevolod Afanasyev
KEYWORDS: Common Tern, geolocator, Massachusetts, migration, seabird, staging, Sterna hirundo, winter quarters
Ten geolocators (light-level data loggers) were attached to Common Terns (Sterna hirundo) at a breeding site in the northeastern USA in 2007 and 2008; six were retrieved (five with useful data) in 2008 and 2009. The birds wintered in four discrete areas on the north and east coasts of South America, from Guyana (6–7°N) to northeastern Argentina (36–42°S); three remained within restricted areas for most or all of the winter, whereas two ranged more widely. They left the breeding area at various dates between 1 August and 14 September; three migrated directly from the breeding area while two first moved southwest to stage near Cape Hatteras. All five birds flew directly to the vicinity of Puerto Rico, then moved along the north and east coasts of South America, staging at scattered locations for periods of 3–11 d, before reaching their winter quarters at various dates from 6 September to 26 October. Two birds left their winter quarters on 2 March and 4 April, staged in northern Brazil for 47 and 6 d, then traveled via the Bahamas to reach the breeding site on 1 May. During breeding and post-breeding periods, the birds spent a mean of 7 min each day and virtually no time at night resting on the water, but during the rest of the year they often rested on the water for up to 6 h by day and up to 11 h at night. Leg-mounted geolocators caused several adverse effects but did not reduce survival.
Food Habits of Wintering Waterfowl on the Great Salt Lake, Utah
Josh L. Vest, Michael R. Conover
KEYWORDS: Brine fly, brine shrimp, common goldeneye, food habits, Great Salt Lake, green-winged teal, Northern Shoveler
Two invertebrates, brine shrimp (Artemia franciscana) and brine flies (Ephydridac), occur in great densities in the Great Salt Lake (GSL) but it is unknown whether ducks forage extensively on them during winter or rely on freshwater food. Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula), Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeala) and Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) were collected from the GSL during winters 2004–05 and 2005–06 to evaluate their food habits. Brine shrimp and brine flies comprised more than 70% of the winter diet of these ducks. Common Goldeneyes consumed mainly brine fly larvae (68% based on dry weight biomass), which live primarily along the substrate. Northern Shovelers fed on brine shrimp cysts (52%) and adult brine shrimp (20%) while Green-winged Teal consumed mainly brine shrimp cysts (80%). In some years, up to half of the brine shrimp cysts in the GSL are commercially harvested. Care should be taken so that this commercial harvest does not adversely impact ducks that depend on these brine shrimp cysts for winter food.
Artifact Ingestion in Sea Ducks Wintering at Northeastern Lake Ontario
Michael L. Schummer, Ian Fife, Scott A. Petrie, Shannon S. Badzinski
KEYWORDS: Bucephala albeola, Bucephala clangula, Bufflehead, Clangula hyemalis, common goldeneye, Great Lakes, lead, long-tailed duck, shot, waterfowl
The incidence of lead shot ingestion in waterfowl has declined in the lower Great Lakes (LGL) following the 1999 Canada-wide ban on use of toxic shot for waterfowl hunting, but few data exist on ingestion frequencies of spent shot or fishing weights for sea ducks wintering at the LGL. Artifact ingestion was evaluated in 269 Buffleheads (Bucephala albeola), 224 Common Goldeneyes (B. clangula) and 256 Long-tailed Ducks (Clangula hyemalis) collected at Lake Ontario during winter 2002–03 and 2003–04. Long-tailed Ducks ingested total shot (lead and steel shot combined) more frequently (6.6%) than did Common Goldeneye (1.8%) and Bufflehead (0.4%). Lead shot was ingested by Long-tailed Ducks (5.1%) and Buffleheads (0.4%), but not by Common Goldeneyes. One Long-tailed Duck, 0.1 % of all specimens, ingested one lead fishing weight. Substrate type influenced artifact ingestion frequency and diving ducks that specialize on prey associated with hard substrates may continue to ingest artifacts more than ducks using soft substrate marshes. The results suggest lead toxicosis from spent shotgun pellets is presently non-existent to low in sea ducks wintering at northeastern Lake Ontario and that further restrictions on use of lead fishing tackle may have little implication for sea ducks in this region.
Diet and Gut Morphology of Male Mallards During Winter in North Dakota
Richard E. Olsen, Robert R. Cox, Alan D. Afton, C. Davison Ankney
KEYWORDS: Anas platyrhynchos, diet, gut morphology, Osmerus mordax, Rainbow smelt
A free-ranging Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) population was investigated during winter (December–January 1996–1999) below the Garrison Dam, North Dakota, USA, to relate diet to gut morphology variation in males. Four explanatory variables (fish consumption, male age, winter, and body size) were evaluated as to whether they influenced five response variables associated with gut characteristics of Mallards. Response variables were lower gastro-intestinal tract mass (LGIT), dry liver mass, dry gizzard mass, small intestine length, and ceca length. Diets of Mallards were comprised primarily of Rainbow Smelt (Osmerus mordax) and concomitantly variation in gizzard mass was small. LGIT mass of juveniles was larger than that of adults, greater for those that consumed fish, and greater during the coldest and snowiest winter. Liver mass and small intestine length of Mallards that consumed fish were greater than those that did not. Mallards may maintain lengthy intestines to increase digestive efficiency. Gut size variation was not entirely attributable to dietary composition but also influenced by body size and environmental conditions such that over-winter survival is maximized.
Urbanization of the Silver Gull: Evidence of Anthropogenic Feeding Regimes from Stable Isotope Analyses
Heidi J. Auman, Alexander L. Bond, Catherine E. Meathrel, Alastair M. M. Richardson
KEYWORDS: anthropogenic diet, Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae, Silver Gull, stable isotopes, Tasmania, urbanization
Access to human-derived food is thought the major cause of population increases in many gull species, and the degree to which urbanized gulls depend upon anthropogenic food may be resolved by isotopic benchmarks. Stable isotope ratios (δ13C and δ15N) were compared between Silver Gulls breeding at a remote, nonurbanized site (Furneaux Island Group, Bass Strait) and those at an urban (Hobart) colony in Tasmania to distinguish potential differences in feeding regime. Analyses of whole blood stable isotopes revealed that non-urbanized gulls tended to have a mixed diet from several sources, while urban gulls fed on a separate food web from and a more freshwater origin. No differences in the stable isotope ratios were detected between sexes or among breeding periods. Birds from Hobart tended to feed at a higher trophic position after egg-laying than before, and reflected a change in food preference. These results provided critical baseline data to measure the degree of urbanization of Silver Gulls in Tasmania in order to study potential health impacts of anthropogenic food on birds.
Coloniality in the Crab Plover Dromas ardeola does not Depend on Nest Site Limitation
Giorgio Chiozzi, Giuseppe De Marchi, Dawit Semere
KEYWORDS: coloniality, Crab Plover, Dromas ardeola, Eritrea, nest limitation
The Crab Plover (Dromas ardeola) is a little-known shorebird that breeds colonially in self-dug burrows on islands in the north-western Indian Ocean. To test whether the "nest site limitation" hypothesis could satisfactorily explain the high nest density in this species, 21 colonies were studied in Eritrea from 2002 to 2009. The hypothesis was falsified by the following observations: across the study period, nesting colonies were relocated on the same sandbanks every year and most occupied no more than 4% of the area suitable for excavating burrows; colony size and area suitable for burrowing were not correlated; nest density and colony size were not significantly correlated; the area occupied by nests increased steadily throughout the nest-building period; nests were closely-spaced throughout the building phase rather than being scattered throughout the area eventually used for digging. These results indicate that the Crab Plover is not site-limited but a truly colonial species.
Peregrine Falcons Enable Two Species of Colonial Seabirds to Breed Successfully by Excluding Other Aerial Predators
J. Mark Hipfner, Kyle W. Morrison, Rachel Darvill
KEYWORDS: breeding success, facilitation, nesting association, raptors, seabirds
The breeding success of Common Murres (Uria aalge) and Pelagic Cormorants (Phalocrocorax pelagicus) at Triangle Island, off British Columbia, Canada, was high from 2003 to 2006; four years in which a pair of Peregrine Falcons (Falco peregrinus) nested in the vicinity. However, in three years when the falcon eyrie was inactive (2007 to 2009), adult murres were depredated on the colony by Bald Eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) and murre eggs were taken by Glaucous-winged Gulls (Larus glaucescens) after eagles flushed incubating murres. Consequently, breeding success in both species was low in 2007, then in 2008 and 2009 no murres bred successfully and no cormorants built nests. That a single pair of falcons protected thousands of seabirds is noteworthy for its local conservation implications. Bottom-up control of seabird breeding success has been well documented, but there appears need for a better understanding of the role of top-down mechanisms as a result of both the direct (consumptive) and indirect (non-consumptive) effects of top predators.
Archaeological Evidence for a Double-Crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) Colony in the Pacific Northwest, USA
Kristine M. Bovy
KEYWORDS: archaeology, breeding distribution, Double-crested Cormorant, human hunting, Pacific Northwest, Phalacrocorax auritus, colony, Zooarchaeology
Double-crested Cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) were not observed breeding in the inner coast of Washington and British Columbia until the 1920s and 1930s, whether the breeding was either a re-colonizing event or a new expansion was unknown. Archaeological evidence from Watmough Bay, a shell midden site on Lopez Island, San Juan Islands (Washington State), was analyzed to place the recent changes in breeding distribution in deeper historical context. The Watmough Bay faunal assemblage contains large numbers (n = 2,397) of cormorant bones. Of those specimens that could be identified to species (n = 358), 99.7% were identified as Double-crested Cormorants. The majority (97%, n = 2,336) of the cormorant remains are from juveniles or chicks, which were collected while still at the colony. Radiocarbon dating indicates the majority of the site accumulated between AD 300– 600. Evidence for a ca. 1,500-year-old Double-crested Cormorant colony near Lopez Island confirms that the species did breed in the region prior to the early 20th century. The study further documents the value of archaeological data for current wildlife management.
Estimates of Duck Breeding Populations in the Nebraska Sandhills using Double Observer Methodology
Mark P. Vrtiska, Larkin A. Powell
Waterbirds 34 (1), 96-101, (1 March 2011) https://doi.org/10.1675/063.034.0112
KEYWORDS: aerial survey, Anas, detection probabilities, double observer, Nebraska, population estimation, Sandhills
The Nebraska Sandhills are an important area for breeding ducks in the Great Plains, but reliable estimates of breeding populations are unavailable. Double-observer methodology was used to estimate abundance of breeding duck populations in the Nebraska Sandhills. Aerial transect surveys were conducted using methodology similar to the cooperative Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey conducted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Canadian Wildlife Service. Observations by two front-seat observers and one rear-seat observer were used to account for incomplete detectability. Transect-specific population size and detection probabilities were estimated using program SURVIV; estimates were species-specific by type of social grouping. Regional population sizes were obtained by extrapolating transects' estimates to the Sandhills. Detection probabilities were high (>0.75) for all species, but highest for Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) and Gadwall (A. strepera). Detection probabilities generally followed increases or decreases with duck densities. Uncorrected population estimates, on average, were <7% the population estimates obtained by correcting for detectability. Double-observer methodology should be considered for adjusting duck counts that cannot be corrected using additional aerial or ground surveys, particularly where water and ducks are well dispersed.
Maximum Load-Carrying During Takeoff of Leach's Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa and Cassin's Auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus
Victor M. Ortega-Jimenez, Saul Alvarez-Borrego, Sarahi Arriaga-Ramirez, Eli S. Bridge, Martin Renner
Waterbirds 34 (1), 102-106, (1 March 2011) https://doi.org/10.1675/063.034.0113
KEYWORDS: Cassin's Auklet, Leach's Storm-Petrel, maximum load, Oceanodroma leucorhoa, Ptychoramphus aleuticus, seabirds, takeoff
Birds at-sea increase body mass as a consequence of food consumption and plumage wettability. However, little is known about the effect of maximum extra load on takeoff of aquatic birds. Experimental evaluation of maximum load-lift during takeoff was performed on a wing-propelled diver with high wing loading, Cassin's Auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus, and on a surface feeder with low wing loading, Leach's Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa. Leach's Storm-Petrel supported a maximum extra load of 45% of its body mass, and that of Cassin's Auklet was 25%. The relation of maximal load to food transport and plumage wettability indicates that the storm-petrel and the alcid maintain safety load margins of 31% and 8% of the maximum supported extra load during takeoff, respectively. Load margin showed by storm-petrels suggests an enhanced flight performance, increasing specific lift during foraging; meanwhile that of auklets allows for reduction of specific buoyancy during diving.
Fluctuating Breeding of Arctic Terns (Sterna paradisaea) in Arctic and High-Arctic Colonies in Greenland
Carsten Egevang, Morten Frederiksen
KEYWORDS: Arctic, Arctic Tern, breeding, Greenland, seabirds, Sterna paradisaea, survey methods
Arctic Terns show large variations in colony attendance between breeding seasons, making comparable counts of colony size complex and population status estimates difficult. Here, three areas in two regions of Greenland were surveyed in consecutive breeding seasons between 2002 and 2009. Between-year variation in population size in the small and mid-sized Arctic Tern colonies in West Greenland was considerable (mean CV of individual colonies 117.5%, CV of total 49.6%). In the largest colony in Greenland, Kitsissunnguit, overall colony size showed minor variations (CV 14.6%), but variation in numbers was pronounced at the sub-colony level (mean CV 47.4%). When combining the surveyed colonies in West Greenland, the total population size varied little (CV 6.7%) and less than expected if colonies fluctuated independently (P = 0.023), indicating that local movements between the colonies took place and annual variation was linked to local rather than to large-scale phenomena. In Northeast Greenland, complete breeding failure, likely caused by Arctic Fox, was recorded in two out of four seasons. Future Greenland Arctic Tern colony monitoring should either 1) survey multiple colonies within the same season covering adjoining colonies over a larger area, or 2) survey one large, representative colony in multiple years in order to track potential changes in population size.
Migration Routes and Stop-Over Sites Determined with Satellite Tracking of Bar-Headed Geese Anser indicus Breeding at Qinghai Lake, China
Zhang Guo-Gang, Liu Dong-Ping, Hou Yun-Qiu, Jiang Hong-Xing, Dai Ming, Qian Fa-Wen, Lu Jun, Xing Zhi, Li Feng-Shan
KEYWORDS: Bar-headed Goose, migration routes, Qinghai Lake, satellite tracking
Effective conservation and management of Bar-headed Geese (Anser indicus) require data to determine migration routes and identify key sites for protection. Ten Bar-headed Geese were banded with satellite transmitters at Qinghai Lake in western China in July 2006 and 2007 to determine their migration routes. Of the tagged geese, eight left Qinghai Lake and began autumn migration. Of these eight, four completed their autumn migration, lasting 50 to 90 days, using one of two migration routes to their wintering grounds near Caohai Lake in Guizhou Province, Yarlung Zangbo valley in Tibet, and Kohima in India. The tagged geese each stopped at three to four sites and traveled 1,270 to 1,470 km from their breeding to wintering grounds. Wetlands at Muli Marsh, Zhaling, Eling and Galalacuo Lakes in Qinghai Province, Nagqu and Damxung in Tibet, and Ruoergai Marsh in Gansu and Sichuan Provinces were used as major stopover sites.
First Evidence of Elasmobranch Predation by a Waterbird: Stingray Attack and Consumption by the Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Matthew J. Ajemian, Daniel Dolan, William M. Graham, Sean P. Powers
KEYWORDS: Atlantic Stingray, elasmobranch, Great Blue Heron, predation
A Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) foraging on an Atlantic Stingray (Dasyatis sabina) was observed off coastal Mississippi. Although elasmobranchs have been previously reported in the diets of birds, this observation was the first documenting the attack and consumption behavior by a bird on an elasmobranch. The behaviors in the event mirror previous observations of A. herodias attacking large and unwieldy prey items. Consumption of a high trophic-level fish by A. herodias further emphasizes its role as a top predator in shallow marine food webs.
Entanglement and Drowning of a Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) in a Gill Net Recorded by a Time-Depth Recorder in South-Central Chile
Klemens Pütz, Luciano Hiriart-Bertrand, Alejandro Simeone, Victoria Riquelme, Ronnie Reyes-Arriagada, Benno Lüthi
KEYWORDS: artisanal fishery, data-logger, entanglement, gill net, penguin mortality
Various mitigation measures have been implemented to reduce incidental seabird mortality in longline and trawl fisheries but little attention has been given to artisanal fishing. In the 2008/09 breeding season, during a study of foraging of Humboldt, Spheniscus humboldti, and Magellanic Penguins, S. magellanicus, breeding on Puñihuil islets, southern Chile, a Magellanic Penguin equipped with a time-depth recorder became entangled and subsequently drowned in a gill net set for Corvina Drum (Cilus gilberti). The device was returned by fishermen and the data appear to be the first documented case of such a drowning in a marine, air-breathing vertebrate. According to the data, while diving to a depth of more than 50 m, the bird became entangled and drowned, remaining below 60 m for nearly 21 hours until the net was hauled. Although only a single incident is reported, there are indications that incidental mortality of penguins, other seabirds and marine mammals is more common in artisanal fisheries than previously anticipated.


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The History and Development of the Museum Sector
Museums Overview
Currently there are almost 60 museums registered at the Ministry of Culture and 15 more form the membership of at the Association of Slovene Museums, the main representative organisation in Slovenia. This propulsive cultural sector has its origins in the 17th century.
3.1 Between the wars
3.2 After World War II
4 21st century
Bogenšperk Castle contains Valvasor`s workshop and The Slovenian Geodetic Collection, also part of the Technical Museum of Slovenia
As elsewhere in Europe, the history of museums in Slovenia is connected with the private collections of individual enthusiasts and their attitude towards the preservation of the past. The founder of Slovene museology is said to be Baron Janez Vajkard Valvasor (1641–1693). A polymath or, more precisely, an historian, geographer, ethnographer, cartographer, naturalist, and technician, whose private collection included books, graphic art works, antiques, coins, and medals, Valvasor became a member of the Royal Society in London in 1687.
Slovenian Museum of Natural History and National Museum of Slovenia
In 1821 the Carniolan Provincial Museum was established in Ljubljana, its first collections mostly related to natural science (for example, Baron Žiga Zois's collection of minerals). The first permanent museum collection moved in 1888 to a building designed specially for the purpose of storing and exhibiting objects of historical, scientific, or cultural interest. In 1898 the first specialised museum institution, the Slovene School Museum, was founded in Ljubljana. During this period new museums also began to appear in other towns throughout Slovenia such as Celje (1882), Ptuj (1883), Kamnik (1883), Maribor (1903), and Koper (1911).
National Gallery of Slovenia is housed in a historical building (Narodni dom built at the end of 19th Century) which was later on renovated and enlarged. Ljubljana, 2006.
The most important museological event between the two world wars was the establishment of the National Gallery of Slovenia, the institution that the famous Slovene painter Rihard Jakopič had unsuccessfully attempted to found decades earlier. During the inter-war period the Carniolan Provincial Museum was renamed as the National Museum, and in 1923 its ethnographic collections were given a separate home in the Royal Ethnographic Museum, forerunner of today's Slovene Ethnographic Museum. The establishment of the City Museum of Ljubljana and the Museum of Škofja Loka also date from this period.
After World War II
The Metlika Commandery, a one-time residence of the knights of the Teutonic Order, now an old people's home. It was built in the early 14th century.
After World War II and the founding of the Republic of Slovenia, museum activities underwent a period of major development. Covering the whole Slovene area from the outset, the Slovenian Museum of Natural History was established in 1944 on the basis of the National Museum's natural history collections. It was followed in 1948 by the establishment of the Moderna galerija, with its focus on modern art. The Technical Museum of Slovenia was set up in 1951 and opened to the public two years later. The subsequent increase in activity concerning the protection of technical heritage led to the foundation of further technical collections in Kropa, Železniki, Ravne, and Idrija, where new museums were set up. Some specialised museums were also founded during this time, notably the Museum of Film and Theatre Arts, the Sergej Mašera Maritime Museum in Piran and a range of regional museums, including the Dolenjska Museum Novo mesto, the Murska Sobota Regional Museum, the Nova Gorica Museum, and the Bela krajina Museum in Metlika. Numerous museums dedicated to World War II and the struggle for national liberation also originated in this period. After Slovenia separated from Yugoslavia in 1991 to become an independent state, however, these museums changed their focus to presenting contemporary Slovene history.
The Cultural Centre of European Space Technologies (KSEVT) was founded by Miha Turšič, Dragan Živadinov (Delak Institute), Municipality of Vitanje, Delak Institute and Planit Institute. A space for the synthesis of art and science focused on the post-gravity art was opened in Vitanje in 2012.
Today the museum sector has once again been undergoing institutional reorganisations and reforms by local and national governments (for example, the Slovenian Theatre Institute, the Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana, the Museum of Architecture and Design, the Koroška Regional Museum, the Eco-Museum of Hop-Growing and Brewing Industry in Slovenia). In addition several new museums have been established by local communities (such as the Museum of the Forestry and Timber Industry, the Cultural Centre of European Space Technologies (KSEVT), the Slovenian Alpine Museum, the Computer Museum, the Ljutomer Trotter Museum).
Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova (MSUM) located in the new museum quarter in Ljubljana, 2014
In 2011 Moderna galerija (MG) expanded its activities by opening a new Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova (MSUM) in the renovated building of the former military barracks complex on Metelkova Street – a complex which has grown into a new museum quarter in Ljubljana, encompassing also the Slovene Ethnographic Museum and the National Museum of Slovenia - Metelkova.
Museums on a Summer Night at the International Centre of Graphic Arts (MGLC), In 1987, MGLC moved to the renovated Tivoli Mansion positioned majestically at the end of the Plečnik "promenade" in Ljubljana's Tivoli Park.
Nowadays, the museums in Slovenia focus on audience development with strong educational programmes. The free museum events on the occasion of the traditional national cultural celebrations (3 December, 8 February) have become very popular. The annual Museum Summer Night (the third Saturday in June), coordinated by the Association of Slovene Museums, kicked off in 2003 at the initiative of International Centre of Graphic Arts and has successfully promoted museums as spaces for creative use of free time.
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Janez Vajkard Valvasor on Wikipedia
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Lawyer Connected to Kelso and Kaplan Sends Inspector Accused of Racial Slur Back to Work
by Lin Lan May 24, 2014
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Officials announced on May 21 that a housing inspector suspended for allegedly using a racial slur to describe Assistant City Attorney Charly Gayden will be returning to work on June 5.
Ronald Bellafronte, suspended for three months without pay since March 5, will resume his employment with the city following a decision by the city's hearing officer, Patrick W. Foley
In front of the packed City Council meeting, activist Tormel Pittman challenged Council Vice President Kevin Egan to resign his post and attacked the ethical principles behind the decision.
Tensions rose between Pittman and Egan, escalating into a heated back-and-forth dialogue before Egan repeatedly told Pittman that his allotted five minutes for speaking were over.
Earlier in the meeting, council members unanimously approved a $1,318.98 payment to Foley, a former associate at the powerful law firm of County Counsel Thomas Kelso and former County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan.
Foley made the decision that Bellafronte should have been suspended but not fired, while city officials said they had pushed for temination.
Egan, who works for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 456, said that, for better or worse, the city had to respect the decision of the hearing officer because public workers are entitled to due process.
Under the city's contract with the Municipal Employees Association, city workers have a right to a disciplinary hearing before being terminated.
Egan reminded the crowd that the city recommended Bellafronte's termination, but lost in the hearing. However, the city did not appeal the ruling, which was within their rights.
"Both parties had the opportunities to appeal, and the City decided not to," said city spokesperson Jennifer Bradshaw. "The ruling isn't what we recommended… but we accepted it."
Egan, who stood in for the absent Council President Rebecca Escobar, attributed the city's decision to Foley, saying he had no power over the outcome.
"Why would I resign?" Egan asked, dismissing Pittman's challenge.
Dissatisfied, Pittman pressed the Council members and questioned their views.
"My character couldn't allow me to work alongside this person," Pittman said.
Business Administrator Thomas Loughlin said he was not sure whether Bellafronte would be re-instated to his housing inspector job, or transfered to a different position.
In his housing inspector job, Bellafronte frequently worked with Gayden, who prosecuted the housing code violations Bellafronte issued.
"That's still being discussed internally. There isn't an answer yet," said Bradshaw.
As housing inspector, Bellafronte frequently worked with Gayden, who prosecuted the housing code violations Bellafronte issued.
Pointing to Gayden, Pittman declared that a highly-educated woman of color should not have to feel victimized by Bellafronte, who is "getting a city check" as a government employee.
"She's my sister, and I'm here to support her," Pittman said, adding that no one should be complicit in the reinstatement of someone who was suspended for using a racial slur.
He argued that Bellafronte's presence would harm all other city employees who felt like targets of his discriminatory statements, and who would still have to work with him.
Loughlin had previously condemned Bellafronte's actions as "not tolerated by this administration" when confronted by Pittman at a previous Council meeting.
Other city officials such as Michael Mahony and Edward O'Rourke are still awaiting their own disciplinary hearings for their respective charges, even though those accusations were leveled in 2013.
In both cases, the city is pushing for termination. City attorney William Hamilton said it was required the city wait until the criminal investigations against the men conclude.
Pittman repeated the slur that Bellafronte had allegedly utterred three times during his remarks, before making an abrupt exit and leaving behind a tense atmosphere.
The Bellafronte controversy was just one component of a long agenda.
Most in the crowd had come out in support of Fire Director Robert Rawls, defending his reputation after a tragic car crash involving Rawls' city-owned SUV striking three young children.
This was the second consecutive meeting where the top floor of City Hall was unable to contain an overwhelming number of attendees, with many people crowding outside the door.
Two weeks earlier, hundreds attended a Council meeting to express concerns over the accident.
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Monitoring Group Indicts, in Detail, Cambodia's 'Elite' Deforesters
Cambodia's forests are being stripped clean by an intricate network of Cambodian elite, the forest monitoring group Global Witness reported Thursday, indicting in a detailed report a roll call of illegal loggers and smugglers and the men and women who abet them.
"Cambodia is run by a kleptocratic elite that generates much of its wealth via the seizure of public assets, particularly natural resources," Global Witness said in a statement published alongside its 96-page report, "Cambodia's Family Ties," on Thursday. "The forest sector provides a particularly vivid illustration of this asset-stripping process at work."
Global Witness, which was officially ejected from the country in 2006, spent more than three years investigating the networks of illegal logging. The resulting report, available in English- and Khmer-language versions on the group's Web site, extensively maps the individuals and companies involved.
The lucrative trade has steadily stripped Cambodia of its forest cover, but donor countries, who provide $600 million per year in aid to Cambodia, do not exercise their leverage to stop it, the group said.
The report points to Prime Minister Hun Sen, wife Bun Rany, relative Hun Chouch and others as complicit in the trade. Minister of Agriculture Chan Sarun and the director-general of the government's Forest Administration, Ty Sokhun, are also singled out, as well as Lt. Gen. Hing Bun Heang, head of Hun Sen's elite body guard unit, and Gen. Sao Sokha, commander of the military police.
Gruff officials denied involvement in the trade or deflected questions Friday.
"What business does VOA have?" Hing Bun Heang said. "I am not responsible for any news. What business does it have to want to see me? Go meet the Ministry of Defense's commander. Why does it come to meet me? I am curious, very curious. I don't understand why VOA wants to meet me. If it wants to meet for business, meet with the department commander, and it is finished."
Chan Sarun said some forest had been converted to rubber plantations, but according to a government plan for development. Small-scale illegal logging had also taken place, he said, but denied he was involved.
Ty Sokhun said the report's "sources of information are not correct."
Global Witness called on the country's judiciary to investigate crimes by top officials ranging from murder, robbery, smuggling, illegal wood harvesting and tax evasion. The group also called on donors to "proactively" ensure their aid benefits ordinary Cambodians while withholding support from government bodies engaged in criminal activities.
Illegal logging also funded Hun Sen's "private army"—an elite body guard unit of 4,000 and an entire brigade of soldiers—while providing millions of dollars per year to corrupt officials and their business counterparts, the group said.
Donors, meanwhile, "have not used the leverage that [their aid money] gives them effectively," the group said. "Specifically, they have refused to acknowledge the fact that the government is thoroughly corrupt and does not act in the best interests of the population."
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The Tao of Gini: Hello??? Uh, hello??? Can you hear me?
Hello??? Uh, hello??? Can you hear me?
So, I was having a conversation with a friend of mine the other day - about my post regarding finding Hannah's fake nails in the lint holder of the dryer, and she mentioned her all time favorite thing to find either in the washer or the dryer - Chap Stick. You know - how all that greeezy goo gets on and stains all the clean clothes! I made her laugh saying that just recently I found not one but five Assorted Flavor Lip Smackers that had just gotten washed in a pair of Hannahs shorts. You know which ones I am talking about - the ones with the flavors that sound so very yummy when you are at Walmart with your 10 year old who is begging for everything "cosmetic" at this age. A&W Root Beer, Tootsie Roll, Jolly Rancher, Coca-Cola etc etc. Fortunately for me, they all fell out of the pocket into the washer, so not one of them made it to the dryer - good thing for Hannah's sake.
Well guess what wound up in the dryer today?
Hmmm......looks just like Connor's cell phone. Yup, that's EXACTLY what it is. And you guessed it - BUSTED.
So what are my options here? There truly is only one.
Let's say my family (I will exclude myself here) is 4 (no, let's exclude Garrin here, he's only two, and can't even get his hands in his pockets) OK, so 3 people. Let's say for s$%t's and giggles, I do laundry once a week. On average, the 3 of them wear 2 outfits per day times 7 days times 4 pockets per outfit = 168 pockets.
On Monday morning, I will get up and start checking pockets.
I will NOT - take a shower, get dressed, makeup and hair, bring up 2 coffees, iron 3 sets of clothes, mine, Hannah's and Connors, get kids up, go down and make breakfast, make lunches, sign agenda's, ask Connor why he didn't get a head start on his spelling for this week, get kids back upstairs to shower, brush teeth, do hair, get dressed, get Garrin up showered, dressed, get back downstairs just in time to drive to school.
They can just take the bus. Toot Toot.
For this very reason my children do not own cell phones.
I'm constantly saying "NO what if you forget and leave it in your pocket and it runs through the washing machine and the person on the other end thinks someone is drowning?"


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Apple Watch Series 4: the first Hands-on are very positive – bigger is better!
Are not so many reasons to convince an owner of the iPhone X to switch to the new iPhone XS. Despite the improvement in hardware, smartphones are almost identical. Well-motivated, it could be the step or otherwise the purchase of an Apple Watch Series 4.
The differences compared to the past there are. You part from the size, with a case 40mm (suitable for women) and 44mm (for men). We also find a larger screen with edges that are reduced and therefore a greater number of viewable pixels. All this has made sure that Apple rewrote completely the gui interface that now appears to be more rich, starting from the Quadrants.
That were included with the new quadrants that can display a wealth of information and the complications together. The new chip, the S4 now is dual-core 64-bit, then for the first time, this tiny device makes the leap and manages to turn applications more powerful by spending less energy. We find the dials are dynamic, and even a silver pen that works as the application "Breathes".
The Apple Watch Series 4 feels more modern, a gold finish and a lower part in black ceramic. The crown digital has been updated by adding a feedback haptico, a small vibration that comes into action each time the turn, giving us even more the feeling of movement and precision.
With this smartwatch, for the first time in the world, is provided the ability to perform an electrocardiogram in an independent way, directly from the owner. A new application will take care of everything: we will not have to do anything other than wear the watch and keep a finger on the crown digital. All the data (obtained in 13 seconds) are transcribed on the iPhone within the graphs, and saved as a PDF that can be shared with a doctor. The reliability of this instrument is very high so as to have received the approval from the FDA, and the association of medical american.
Also this model supports cellular data, which enable it to operate autonomously even without an iPhone paired, to listen to your music streaming, receive and make calls and much more. Also the 3 Series had this feature but not in Italy. With the 4 Series instead, Apple has managed to find an agreement with Vodafone, then we will be able to take advantage of the SIM virtual in our Country.
It is a device that is like and will likely sell well. Here's the video:
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