In my Simple Knit Series that I created for complete beginners, I designed three modern projects that walk you through three basic stitches: garter, stockinette, and seed stitch. With my Simple Garter Stitch Scarf, I created gorgeous texture by holding two strands of yarn together: Lion Brand Yarn's Homespun and Wool-Ease Thick & Quick. I wanted to design a knitted blanket using these same two yarns as I knew that it would work up quickly and provide a beautiful overall look. I chose Homespun Yarn in "Deco" (a soft cream) and Wool-Ease Thick & Quick in "Fossil" (Fisherman base with subtle stripes of camel, taupe, oxford and silver), which is perfect for lovers of neutral palettes like myself!
I wanted this blanket to use basic stitches so that beginners could make it. I worked up a swatch using knit and purl stitches only and determined how much ribbing and stockinette border I wanted.
I casted on my stitches using my smooth 15 mm circular needles. By holding two strands of yarn together, you treat them as one!
After completing the stockinette border, it was time to start the ribbing!
I love the look of the chunky ribbing that somewhat resembles cables without the intertwining. Once you establish the ribbing pattern in the first few rows, it is easy to keep building upon it as it becomes very clear when you are supposed to knit or purl.
When researching how to achieve a smoother edge for stockinette, I discovered the chain edge technique. To give a nice clean edge, you begin and end your right side and wrong side rows differently. For right side rows, you slip the first and last stitch purl-wise with the yarn in front. For wrong side rows, you knit the first stitch of the row through the back loop only, and you knit the last stitch of the row. You can read more about this technque HERE on the Craftsy blog.
I wanted to add some decorative edging to the top and bottom of the blanket with some fringe! This also helps eliminate the curling of these edges since the fringe pulls it down. I chose to add some thick fringe that resembles a heart shape at the point of attachment.
I cut strands of yarn by wrapping Wool-Ease Thick & Quick around a book of a suitable length and then snipped along the bottom edge.
I then insert my crochet hook into a stitch and pulled up one side of the yarn. I counted two stitches over and then pulled up the other side of the yarn. I then pulled both ends of yarn through the loop created and continued pulling down.
I spaced each fringe two stitches apart. Doesn't the edge look beautiful with the decorative fringe? If you do not want the fringe, you could always use that yarn in the body of the blanket rather than saving it for the fringe edging.
I lay my blanket on a mattress covered with towels, pinned it into place, and then blocked it with water! This also helps the fringe lay more straight and flat.
For right side rows, slip the first and last stitch purl-wise with the yarn in front.
For wrong side rows, knit the first stitch of the row through the back loop. Knit the last stitch of the row.
If you do not want to create chained edges, you can omit these steps for the first and last stitches of each row.
The bold ribbing is framed by stockinette stitches at the top and bottom, and on the left and right. 15 rows of stockinette stitches are knitted at the top and bottom- adjust as necessary depending on how much framing you want.
If you would like to add fringe with Wool-Ease Thick & Quick, leave about 3 grams of yarn for each bundle of fringe (the pattern as written below leaves about 90 grams of Wool-Ease Thick & Quick Yarn). Homespun yarn tends to fuzz up and fray if left as a single strand, so it is recommended that you use Wool-Ease Thick & Quick for the fringe.
Optional: Block the blanket to help reduce some of the curling. Adding fringe along the top and bottom edges eliminates the curling.
Cast on 64 stitches using long tail cast-on (leave 100″ tail).
Row 1 (wrong side): Knit first stitch through back loop only. Purl across. Knit last stitch of the row (through front loop as normal).
Row 2 (right side): Slip first stitch purl wise with yarn in front. Move yarn to back. Knit across. Slip last stitch purl wise with yarn in front.
Row 3-15: Repeat Rows 1 and 2.
Row 16 (right side): Slip first stitch purl wise with yarn in front. Move yarn to back. Knit 6, purl 6, knit 5, purl 6, knit 5, purl 6, knit 5, purl 6, knit 5, purl 6, knit 6. Slip last stitch purl wise with yarn in front.
Row 17 (wrong side): Knit first stitch through back loop only. Purl 6, knit 6, purl 5, knit 6, purl 5, knit 6, purl 5, knit 6, purl 5, knit 6, purl 6. Knit last stitch of the row (through front loop as normal).
Row 18-95: Repeat Rows 16 and 17.
Row 96-111: Repeat Rows 2 (even rows) and 1 (odd rows).
Below is a graphic visually showing how the stitches are distributed between the stockinette (knit) and garter (purl) sections. Note that if you work the chained edges, the first and last stitches have special instructions (which is why there are 7 stitches on each end, but the pattern above shows "Knit 6" or "Purl 6").
Using Wool-Ease Thick & Quick yarn, cut strands of yarn about 14″ long (you can wrap yarn around a book that is 7″/18 cm long to get similar lengths). Take 4-5 strands and pull ends through space along bottom edge. Count two stitches away and pull other ends through. Pull ends through loop and continue pulling. Repeat across bottom and top edge, spacing each fringe two stitches away. I had 16 bundles of fringe along the top edge and 16 bundles of fringe along the bottom edge. Trim fringe as needed. You can opt to omit the fringe or use tassels as well.
The Chunky Ribbed Knit Blanket is such a luxurious blanket that is very simple to knit! The two yarns look so gorgeous together, and will match in any space!
We love having knit and crochet blankets around the home so that they are ready to be used whenever you need some extra warmth. They look like works of art on display at the home, but they are functional and practical as well!
Throw blankets are the perfect size for cuddling and they are very manageable. I actually knitted this blanket within a span of 3-4 days, and there is an interesting story behind this quick time period! I initially knitted my "Simple Garter Stitch Blanket" found HERE and wanted to make a ribbed version approximately the same size. Not thinking too much about it, I casted on the same number of stitches that I did for my garter stitch blanket not knowing that the final dimensions would turn out drastically differently! I later discovered that stockinette stitches are more narrow and taller than garter stitches- thus, my final blanket ended up being very narrow and very long! I kept thinking that the final blanket would stretch and be okay with blocking but this was not the case. This design is actually part of Lion Brand Yarn's 12 Weeks of Christmas, so I ended up frogging the entire blanket with only one more week to go before I needed to hand in the final pattern and photos. I quickly figured out the new sizing and managed to knit the blanket within 3-4 days (targeting about 30 rows per day). I was so relieved when we took final photos and handed in the project to Lion Brand Yarn!
Adding fringe really elevates the blanket and gives such a polished finishing touch!
How stunning does the ribbing look? Simple knit and purl stitches can be combined in such an elegant way!
If you have been wanting to try knitting a blanket, I hope you will give this luxurious design a try!
It is so soothing getting into the rhythm of knit and purl stitches, and you will love seeing your blanket grow and grow as it drapes upon your lap as you continue working on it!
I adore my new Chunky Ribbed Knit Blanket and hope you love it as much as I do! The concise PDF of this pattern can be found in my Etsy shop HERE, and it also contains the "Simple Garter Stitch Blanket" pattern which can be found HERE. Both blanket designs use the exact same amount of yarn, so if you would like a very simple blanket using only the garter stitch, check out the Simple Garter Stitch Blanket. Lion Brand Yarn has also put together a kit for this blanket that contains all the Wool-Ease Thick & Quick and Homespun yarn you need, and it is currently 20% off HERE! I am so honoured that this design is part of Lion Brand Yarn's 12 Weeks of Christmas, and you can check out the rest of the designs HERE to get ready for your holiday crafting! Stay cozy, my friends! Keep challenging yourself to create projects you never dreamed of making, whether that be sweaters, amiguurmi, or large-scale projects such as blankets!


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La saison 1970-1971 du Championnat de Hong Kong de football est la vingt-sixième édition de la première division à Hong Kong, la First Division League. Elle regroupe, sous forme d'une poule unique, les quatorze meilleures équipes du pays qui se rencontrent deux fois, à domicile et à l'extérieur. En fin de saison, les deux derniers du classement sont relégués et remplacés par les deux meilleurs clubs de Second Division League, la deuxième division hongkongaise.

C'est le club des Hong Kong Rangers qui remporte le championnat cette saison après avoir terminé en tête du classement final, avec deux points d'avance sur Jardines SA, tenant du titre et quatre sur Sing Tao SC. C'est le tout premier titre de champion de Hong Kong de l'histoire du club. À l'opposé du classement, Hong Kong FC vit une année cauchemardesque avec vingt-six défaites en autant de matchs...

À l'issue de la saison, le club de Jardines SA annonce son retrait de la compétition, ce qui permet le repêchage de Kowloon Motor Bus FC, initialement relégué.

Clubs participants

Compétition
Le barème de points servant à établir les classements se décompose ainsi :
 Victoire : 2 points
 Match nul : 1 point
 Défaite : 0 point

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Calgary Arts Academy's Education Centre is a key component of the Youth Campus. Calgary Arts Academy will provide world-class inclusive Arts Immersion education in a multi-aged, multi-disciplinary democratic learning environment. Calgary Arts Academy's Education Centre, along with other shared Youth Campus facilities, will provide students with exceptional learning experiences.
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In 2009, Henry Mintzberg's Managing was named one of the best books of the year by strategy+business and Library Journal magazines, the number two business book of the year by the Toronto Globe and Mail, one of the top ten academic titles by Choice magazine, and the management book of the year in a competition organized by the Chartered Management Institute in association with the British Library.
So this is clearly a book every manager should read. But one of the issues Mintzberg addresses is the frenetic pace and relentless pressures of the job—most managers hardly have time to think. So Mintzberg has done some revising and some updating and has distilled the essence of his original 320-page book into a lean, action-oriented 216 pages.
The core of the book remains the same: Mintzberg's observations of twenty-nine different managers, from business, government, and nonprofits, working in diverse settings ranging from a refugee camp to a symphony orchestra. What he saw led him to develop a new model of management, one firmly grounded in his conclusion that it is not a profession or a science. "It is a practice," he writes, "learned primarily through experience and rooted in context."
But context cannot be seen in the usual way. Factors such as national culture, level in a hierarchy, and even personal style turn out to have a far different influence—sometimes much less—than we have traditionally thought. Mintzberg also offers a compelling discussion of some of the inescapable conundrums of managing. How can you get in deep when there is so much pressure to get it done? How can you manage it when you can't reliably measure it? How do you balance the need for change with the need for continuity?
He concludes with a provocative look at what being an effective manager really means, which he describes as "engaging management." This is the most authoritative and revealing book yet written about what managers do, how they do it, and how they can have the greatest impact.
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Shawn Mendes Finds Closure And Grace In Moving-On Anthem 'It'll Be Okay'
Shawn Mendes is single — or at least, he is no longer dating Camila Cabello, with whom he had been romantically involved since July 2019. The pair announced their split on Instagram last month and said in a joint statement that they "started our relationship as best friends and will continue to be best friends."
Mendes also has a new single out this week called "It'll Be Okay," and while his relationship status shouldn't necessarily be a factor in discussing it, in this case, it kind of is. It's hard to hear "It'll Be Okay" as anything but a soothing balm after a break-up, the kind of sonic pep talk that both ruminates on what was lost and tries hard to find the positives about moving on. The opening lyrics to the song suggest as much: "Are we gonna make it?" Mendes sings over atmospheric noise. "Is this gonna hurt?"
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Musically, it's a mid-tempo, piano-led exploration of loss, and Mendes avoids using his dramatic raspy belting in favor of an even-tempered, more subdued delivery, though he still manages to sell the biggest moments. "If you tell me you're leaving / I'll make it easy / It'll be okay," he sings on the chorus in a register a few notches above a whisper before gliding into falsetto.
On social media ahead of its release, Mendes expressed a desire to get back to building bonds with his fans once again. As he captured an image of a beautiful cresting beach sunset, "It feels like I [haven't] truly connected with you guys in a while. I miss you🤍 I hope you love this song."
That kind of optimism pervades "It'll Be Okay," especially as the action settles down and Mendes sings the final words of the song and leaves us with a parting thought about his state of mind: "If the future we dreamed of is fading to black / I will love you either way."
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The openness Mendes expresses here echoes the grace of his and Cabello's break-up announcement: "We've decided to end our romantic relationship but our love for one another is stronger than ever." Check out the lyric video for "It'll Be Okay" above.
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The SMFA Medal is awarded annually to individuals who have made a significant and lasting impact on the art world. The gala—which includes a seated dinner and silent auction—raises vital funds for scholarships and educational opportunities for SMFA students. The Medal Award was first presented in 1996 on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the founding of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. In the time since, the School has paid tribute to some of the most noteworthy artists and influential art patrons of our time.
2015 Medal Award winner was John Baldessari. Because of a medical complication he was unable to leave Los Angeles to go and receive his medal.
I was asked to connect with John Baldessari and shoot and conduct an interview on art education and the important role of supporting the arts education. It was a pleasure meeting, interacting and working with such an icon. I am very grateful!
Additionally, the fact that I am an alumni of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and was there on scholarship during my education, I shared a few thoughts of my own on the importance of supporting art education, how it impacted my process in becoming who I am now. SMFA was kind enough to share that video after Baldessari's interview with the attendees that night.
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The risk manager for Boyd Gaming Corp. says curiosity keeps him engaged, and continual education will be the key to managing emerging risks.
I was trained as an accountant, worked in public accounting and became a CPA. Being comfortable with numbers is helpful in my current role, and obviously, the language of business is financial statements, so it helps.
Working in finance in the corporate environment included the review of budgets and the analysis of business expenses. I quickly found the area of benefits and insurance — and how "accepting risk" impacted those expenses — to be fascinating. I asked a lot of questions. Be careful what you ask for — I soon found myself responsible for those insurance areas and haven't looked back!
I have found the risk management community to be a close-knit group, whether that's industry professionals, risk managers with other companies or support organizations like RIMS and other regional groups. The expertise of the carriers and specialty vendors to develop new products and programs, along with the appropriate education, will continue to be of key importance to companies going forward.
As I'm sure many in the insurance field would agree, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005 changed our world and our industry. It was a particularly intense time and certainly a baptism by fire for people like me who were relatively new to the industry. This event clearly accelerated the switch to the acceptance of more risk, which impacted mitigation strategies and programs.
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The fast-paced threat that cyber security represents today. Our company, like so many companies, is reliant upon computers, software and IT expertise in our everyday existence. This new risk has forged an even stronger relationship between risk management and our IT department as we work together to address this growing threat.
Additionally, the shooting event in Las Vegas in 2017 will have an enduring impact on firms that host large gatherings and arena-style events all over the world, and our company is no exception.
With the various types of insurance programs we employ, I have been fortunate to work with most of the large national and international carriers — all of whom employ talented people with a vast array of resources.
We use brokers for many of our professional coverages, such as property, casualty, D&O and cyber. We are self-insured under our health plans, with close to 25,000 members. We tend to manage those programs internally and utilize direct relationships with carriers and specialty vendors to tailor a plan that works best for team members.
What this has meant to me is try everything you can to learn about something, new or old. After you have gained this knowledge, you can begin to access and maybe suggest changes or adjustments. Being curious has always been a personal enjoyment for me in business, and I have found people are more than willing to lend a hand, offer information and advice — you just need to ask. Building those alliances and foundations of knowledge on a subject matter makes tackling the future more exciting and fruitful.
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Sridharan Sriram (; born 21 February 1976) is an Indian cricket coach and former cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm orthodox spin bowler. He played in the Indian Cricket League and the Indian Premier League.On 19 August, 2022, he was appointed as the technical consultant (T20I) of the Bangladesh Men's Cricket Team till the T20 World Cup 2022.

Playing career
Sriram started his cricketing career as a left-arm spinner and took 29 wickets on India's Under-19 tour of South Africa in the 1992–93 season. However, playing for Tamil Nadu, it was his batting which brought him wider recognition. His most prolific season was in 1999-2000 when he scored 1075 runs in the Ranji Trophy including 5 centuries, and was named as an Indian Cricket Cricketer of the Year. Sriram was selected in 2000 for the first intake of the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore.

His consistent domestic form resulted in a call-up to the India national cricket team, and he made his One Day International debut against South Africa at Nagpur on 19 March 2000. However, a string of low scores meant that he lost his place in the squad after 6 matches.

Sriram continued to score heavily in domestic cricket for Tamil Nadu, and he earned a second chance with the national team for the tour of Bangladesh in 2004-05. He played in the first 2 ODIs, taking 3 wickets in the first, and scoring 57 in a losing cause in the second. However, this was to be his last match for India.

He moved from Tamil Nadu to Maharashtra in 2006. Sriram has also played as an overseas player for the Scottish Saltires in English domestic cricket in 2004, and has been regularly selected for the South Zone cricket team in the Duleep Trophy. He currently plays for Goa.

In 2007, Sriram decided to sign with the Indian Cricket League.
Although he quit Indian Cricket League in 2009 and accepted amnesty offer from BCCI to be back into the reckoning for selection at international level.

Coaching career

He worked with the Australia A squad that toured India in 2015. He was also named as a coaching consultant for the Australian cricket team during the Test series in Bangladesh in 2015. He also accompanied the Australian cricket team during the 2019 Ashes.

In 2019, he was appointed as the batting and spin bowling coach of Royal Challengers Bangalore.
He also was a spin bowling coach for Australia which hosted India for 4 match test series in 2018.
On 19 August 2022, he was confirmed as a technical consultant for Bangladesh for T20Is format.

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Living people
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Burning Down a Building With a Fugitive In It: Always Illegal, Sometimes Practical
Camille Dodero
Filed to: Killer cop
Killer cop
Christopher Jordan Dorner
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Alleged killer-cop cop-killer Christopher Jordan Dorner is almost positively dead, San Bernardino Sheriff John McMahon told reporters at a press conference late yesterday.
"We believe that this investigation is over," McMahon said, qualifying that officials "cannot absolutely, positively confirm it was him." Officials could not "absolutely, positively confirm it was" the rogue ex-cop because the Big Bear Lake cabin where Dorner was allegedly hiding burst into flames during Tuesday's shootout, leaving the body inside charred beyond recognition.
But how did the fire first start? There has been circumstantial speculation, based in part of police radio chatter, that the police set the fire deliberately. "We did not intentionally burn down that cabin to get Mr. Dorner out," McMahon said.
However, the sheriff did say that his deputies had shot pyrotechnic tear gas into Dorner's cabin during the standoff. Conveniently, pyrotechnic tear gas generates heat, causes explosions, and easily ignites fires. As Slate clarified in 1999:
Pyrotechnic tear gas has tactical advantages. First, the smoke cloud obscures the movement of agents as they approach a building or crowd. Second, because the metal casing becomes quite hot, it is difficult for the device to be thrown back at police (a common problem with powder grenades). The disadvantage is that it can start a fire.
The advantage to this disadvantage is a plausible deniability: Law enforcement officials can launch incendiary canisters at a target—like, say, a lakeside cabin where a confessed cop killer with a loony manifesto and a police vendetta is hunkered down—and still claim they didn't "intentionally" set the hideaway into a fiery blaze.
But it's not as if scorching the living fuck out of Dorner's lair was a magical surprise or a freak accident. That pyrotechnic tear gas could start a fire is a likely enough scenario that FBI officials spent six years vehemently denying that agents had used the military-grade weapon in the 1993 attack on David Koresh's compound in Waco, Texas, even though canisters were discovered in the rubble. In fact, Janet Reno had specifically ordered federal operatives not to use pyrotechnic devices and the bureau's eventual admission, in 1999, that it had was what sparked a 10-month internal investigation into the federal response to the siege.
The wrinkle here with the San Bernardino Sheriff's claim that his department "did not intentionally burn down that cabin" is that police voices were heard on Tuesday, in more than one instance, yelling about plans to "burn the motherfucker out." On police radio communications picked up via scanner by reporter Max Blumenthal, San Bernadino Sheriff's official can be clearly heard saying, "We're gonna go forward with the plan, with with the burn. Like we talked about." Later, a voice says, "burners deployed and we have a fire." The voice does not sound surprised or alarmed about the fire.
Cops Accused of Starting Fire as Charred Body Found in 'Dorner' Cabin
After hours of confusion and misreporting as police waited for fire to dissipate and temperatures…
The verb "burn," in tactical-police lingo, may very well be shorthand for launching tear-gas canisters. (The Guardian, noting that one brand of pyrotechnic tear gas is sold under the name "BurnSafe," suggests that it indeed is.) It happens to be the same verb—and the same canister—one would use for arson.
What if the California cops did use "burn" in the latter sense, and intentionally set fire to the cabin. That would not be legal, right? You can't just go around incinerating suspected bad guys, right?
Absolutely not. "You don't blow up something either by explosives or by fire in order to apprehend somebody," said James A. Cohen, a Fordham University law professor who closely followed ther Dorner situation Tuesday. "It's the very definition of 'excessive force' and the police aren't able to use excessive force in the execution of their duties."
So why, with Dorner surrounded, and with no certainty about whether or not someone else was inside, didn't the cops just wait him out? "Waiting him out is an increasingly risky proposition because of the possibility of escape," Cohen said. "If he makes a run for it, so to speak, he's already expressed the intention to take down as many police officers as he can. Even if it's not an attempt to escape, it could be an attempt to commit suicide-by-cop."
Besides, what would be the tangible negative consequences of burning down the cabin, assuming they could confirm Dorner was alone? Realistically, just a couple hundred thousand dollars.
"Let's assume [Dorner] has survivors," Cohen said. "Or he has a mother who says, 'You used excessive force against my son and you killed him' and files a lawsuit." Such a suit's viability would naturally depend on evidence: no evidence, the case doesn't go anywhere; even a shred of proof would almost positively lead to a settlement. Cohen can't imagine more than low six figures being at stake. "The police see this as, 'We took a dangerous killer off the street who said he was going to keep killing and it cost us $250,000. That's chump change to save lives.'"
Such reasoning, even in a hypothetical situation, is a slippery slope. "We have good cause to be concerned about the inattentiveness of the importance of the rule of law," Cohen said, regarding situations like the Dorner stakeout. "But we may never know—because who's going to admit to it?"
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Anita Rejch
Greek Myths. Fairytales of the Ancients [Mity greckie. Baśnie starożytnych]
TAGS: Adonis Andromeda Aphrodite Apollo Ariadne Athena Cronus / Kronos Daedalus Demeter Dionysus / Dionysos Gaia / Gaea Hades Hecate Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hestia Hypnos Icarus Kore (Persephone) Midas Minos Minotaur Moirai Narcissus Oedipus Orpheus Ouranos / Uranus Pandora Perseus Poseidon Prometheus Rhea Sisyphus Thanatos Theseus Zeus
Anita Rejch, Mity greckie. Baśnie starożytnych, Warsaw: Papilon, 2007, 112 pp.
Anthology of myths*
Cover design by Robert Rejch. Illustrations by Marcin Piwowarski. Courtesy of the publisher.
Summary: Barbara Krcha, University of Warsaw, b.krcha@student.uw.edu.pl
Analysis: Marta Pszczolińska, University of Warsaw, m.pszczolinska@al.uw.edu.pl
Katarzyna Marciniak, University of Warsaw, kamar@al.uw.edu.pl
Photograph courtesy of the Author.
Anita Rejch , b. 1975
A philologist and journalist. Worked as an educator; for many years she was the editor of an educational portal Interkl@sa (accessed: June 16, 2021); author of books for children; co-author of educational exercises; editor of books for children and young adults.
Works: Mity greckie. Baśnie starożytnych [Greek Myths. Fairytales of the Ancients], 2007; Baśnie z tysiąca i jednej nocy [Tales of the Thousand and One Night], 2007; Sekretny pamiętnik szkolny [Secret School Diary], 2007; Złote myśli. Mój skarbczyk sekretów [Golden Thoughts. My Treasury of Secrets], 2008; Sekretny dziennik nastolatki. Cztery pory roku [Secret Diary of a Teenage Girl. The Four Seasons], 2012. The author says that she adores children, poetry, biking, travel, and Thailand – the land of smiles. She loves her family, most of all, her two daughters – the elder Idusia and the younger Jagódka.
Bio based on the material kindly provided by the Author.
Official website (accessed: June 16, 2021).
Bio prepared by Barbara Krcha, University of Warsaw, b.krcha@student.uw.edu.pl
Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue, Faculty of "Artes Liberales", Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp., section by Barbara Krcha, pp. 294-295.
The book is a collection of the most popular Greek myths adapted for children between 10 and 12 years old and written in an accessible language. The author compares mythical events to situations well-known to children from their everyday life allowing them to grasp the sense and wisdom of myths. The stories cover the origin of the world and the birth of the gods, the myth of Prometheus, the three Moirai, or the Fates, the winged twins, Hypnos and Thanatos who are the gods of sleep and death, the beautiful goddess Aphrodite, who emerged from the sea, Hermes, the prankster, Demeter and her daughter Kore, the musician Orpheus and his beloved Eurydice, the crafty Sisyphus, Perseus who killed the Gorgon Medusa, Narcissus in love with his own reflection, the builder Daedalus and his son Icarus, Theseus – the slayer of the Minotaur, and Oedipus who tried in vain to escape his destiny.
In fifteen short chapters, this book presents selected Greek myths adapted for children. Each story is dedicated to a god or mythological character. Most of the myths are widely known, while a few are less popular, like, for example, the myths about Moirai or Hypnos and Thanatos. The author omits some myths, such as the basic myth of Heracles, but the hero appears in other stories – Heracles pleads with Zeus to free Prometheus, and becomes a role model for Theseus after they actually meet.
The way of presenting Greek myths includes stylized childish rhymes, contemporary dialogues, descriptions, and comparisons to make the content more familiar. Thus the myth of Narcissus begins with the image of a blooming meadow and a family picnic with homemade delicacies that children could organise with their parents. The retelling of Demeter and Kore's myth includes an image of a mother and a daughter making fruit preserves in the autumn so that Demeter can bake an apple pie or fry apple pancakes to serve as comfort food when she is lonely in the winter.
The selected myths are full of minor details, secondary characters or subplots known from ancient sources, which are often omitted in childrens' stories as they are considered unnecessary, for example, Aristaios, Autolycus or Talos, son of Perdix. Some of them, however, intentionally or not, are alternate versions of classical stories: the myth of Moria and her revived brother Tylos is presented here as a part of the story of the Moirai; Amaltea, known in antiquity as a nymph or a goat, becomes a hybrid half-nymph-half-goat; Sisyphus imprisons Hades instead of Thanatos; the Minotaur is named as a son of Minos. Some details are softened as they could be too harsh for the child reader, like in the case of Ouranos' mutilation or the release of Prometheus from his chains (there is no mention of killing the eagle or the sacrifice of Cheiron the Centaur). A similar adaptation was used in the story of the Minotaur, who, after his captivity in the labyrinth, accepts his new place, becomes calm, and arranges a cozy room there. Unfortunately, the very next chapter about Theseus shows this "tame" Minotaur being slaughtered during his sleep.
What seems to be inconsistent in this adaptive effort is its selectivity: some violent events are omitted or glossed over, some remain. The author describes Daedalus' jealousy of the intellect and skills of his nephew Talos, but then mentions not only the boy's death but describes the murder in gruesome detail. The murder is shown as premeditated; the uncle distracts the boy with light banter to make him unsuspicious, once the deed is done, Daedalus hides the body in a sac prepared beforehand. While carrying the heavy bloody bag, he engages in a conversation with a passer-by and finally flees to avoid detection. The Theban myth is told in a similar way, including a drastic description of Laius' cruelty, instead of a short mention of the baby Oedipus, abandoned to avert the prophecy. The detailed scene describes a psychopathic Laius suddenly rushing into the alcove during delivery, snatching the newborn from the crying nurse, taking the infant boy on top of a mountain, piercing his feet with nails, tying him up and finally abandoning him there.
The author also highlights contemporary social problems in her retelling. The best example here is the myth of Theseus, in which the hero is raised as the son of a single mother, left by her partner when he learns of the pregnancy. The only comment about the father's abandonment of the family is a banal one that such things happen sometimes. An adult Theseus acts in a similar way – he abandons Ariadne and sails away. Again, it is the woman who is more engaged in the relationship. At the end of the myth about Aegeus' death, Theseus is told that he lost the father he never really knew. Similarly, the myth of Aphrodite highlights a problem of incompatible marriages in which spouses have different interests and life goals but remain together, despite love affairs with other people.
Adonis Andromeda Aphrodite Apollo Ariadne Athena Cronus / Kronos Daedalus Demeter Dionysus / Dionysos Gaia / Gaea Hades Hecate Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hestia Hypnos Icarus Kore (Persephone) Midas Minos Minotaur Moirai Narcissus Oedipus Orpheus Ouranos / Uranus Pandora Perseus Poseidon Prometheus Rhea Sisyphus Thanatos Theseus Zeus
Abandonment Adventure Adversity Child, children Conflict Death Disability Family Freedom Heroism Love Murder Prediction/prophecy Punishment Relationships Siblings Twins Violence
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Home > Outreach > Teaching Resources > Teacher Professional Development Programs > Past Teacher Development Programs > Middle Passages: A Shared History of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
Middle Passages: A Shared History of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
July 31 to August 7, 2011
The University of York
The Department of History, The University of York
The Gilder Lehrman Institute for American History
In Memory of Yaw Bredwa-Mensah
Scholar, Colleague, Teacher, and Friend
York, UK– From July 31 to August 7, 2011, The University of York partnered with the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition, part of the Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale University and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History to host "Middle Passages: A Shared History of the Transatlantic Slave Trade," a professional development seminar bringing together teachers from The United Kingdom, the United States and Ghana.
During the seminar, eleven teachers from the United Kingdom joined seven teachers from Ghana and ten from the United States to study the history and legacies of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Led by historians Stephanie Smallwood, Associate Professor of History at the University of Washington, and James Walvin, Professor of History Emeritus at the University of York, and Dmitri van den Bersselaar, Professor of History at the University of Liverpool the seminar covers the history of the Transatlantic Slave Trade and the experience of the Middle Passage. Seminar topics include the history of African-European contact, the nature of African societies in the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries, the slave trading practices in Africa, the impact of the slave trade on regions of Africa, the character of the coastal trade in the forts and castles, and the numbers and experience of African arrivals in the Americas.
The idea for the seminar originated in 2007 during a conference in Ghana commemorating the 200th anniversary of the closing of the Transatlantic slave trades. Designed as a three-year program and now in its final year, the Middle Passages Seminar was held at the Kokrobitey Institute in Ghana in 2009 and at Yale University in the United States in 2010.
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How better to pay tribute to the 1980s than with a hoard of undead pop culture references you can't keep away? I heard whispers of S.L.U.G. Zombies late last year and despite not being a fan of the mindless undead I picked up Macho Mangler, Flesh-Eatin' Phil, Buck Wilde when the opportunity presented itself. (I luff the concept. At press time I've not seen series 1, this is a series 2 set.) According to a poster checklist at Slugzombies.com there are 100 of these little guys so far, and the interesting thing is that it's a tremendous mix of pop culture references and parodies mixed with the traditional wide-ranging figures you might expect in a line like this. I'm also not sure if the entire series is one big in-joke and the ones that I don't see as references are just outside my ignorant field of vision. In terms of size, these guys are fairly meaty-- smaller than October Toys' Z.O.M.B.I.E., bigger than M.U.S.C.L.E., and actually about on par with the bulk of O.M.F.G.. The wrestler figure in this set, Macho Mangler, is about 2 1/8-inches tall and the closest thing to a Hulk Hogan M.U.S.C.L.E. figure I've yet seen.
In this pack, the bizarre Flesh-Eatin' Phil is the shortest figure at 2-inches, and it was actually the reason I picked the set. A crazy person crawling out of a mailbox? Sold. It's partially hollow (see below) and has a bizarre undead eagle drawing on the back as a parody of the USPS logo. The sculpting is very clean, and I'd say sharper than their 1980s ancestors. The green color really brings out the detail nicely, from the messed-up hair to the crazy eyes to the screwed-up fang-like teeth chomping on someone's bills. Phil is lacking in too much blood and guts, he could just as easily be an insane person or a fairly rude depiction of a hobo. Sculpted rivets and metal place make the mailbox look super-cool, and there's a printed black series of letters and numbers that I assume are some sort of date stamp. Kindly tell me if you know what it means - 1532SG01.
Macho Mangler is unquestionably a thinly-veiled parody of Hulk Hogan. The facial hair, bandanna, pants, and long flowing locks are hard to mistake for anyone else, and he has a fair amount of "damage" on his person. A banged-up shoulder reveals a little mangled flesh, his spine is exposed, and he's missing a couple of patches of flesh on his arms. One eye is bruised shut, and he's missing a few teeth. He has no problems standing, no articulation (obviously, a slug figure has no articulation) and well, what you see is what you get. It ain't bad. After getting my hands on this, I hope it's true that Mattel is considering doing a similar line of WWE wrestlers in the near future, particularly if it included classic WWF-era wrestlers from the early Wrestlemania events.
I don't know who Buck Wilde is supposed to be. I assume someone will do an annotated list of these guys some day. Maybe it's Buck as in "My name is Buck, and I'm here to party." He seems like a western cop type and for all I know is a reference to Walking Dead as I do not follow zombie lit as much as others. He's holding a pistol, wears a duster and a hat, and sports a badge. There are little spurs on his boots and a grim sneer on his face. I can't help but wonder if Jakks designed the characters first and decided which ones to zombify later-- he looks like he could be easy made undead with a few minor tweaks. Granted, zombies don't use tools, right? Is that how it works?
As anyone who has followed me on Twitter or heard me rant this year, I'm enamored with the return of low-cost minifigures as a kid-driven collectible. It's cheap and affordable. M.U.S.C.L.E. men were about $1 for 4 in 1987, so these new figures do not compare favorably for inflation. I like the idea of a themed line with flesh-colored heroes (although I guess it's kinda ignoring the fact there's more than one color of flesh to be had) against green hordes, pitting action heroes against an unnatural army of the dead gives the creators a massive play area and countless designs to parody. As of my writing this, I'm on the fence on if I will (or can) collect them all, but I'm definitely interested in buying a few more. Well done, Jakks Pacific, you've got some creative people there.
Line notes: 100 figures were shown, and they get pretty astonishingly close to recognizable movie characters. "Sawblade Sampson" is Ash from the Evil Dead/Army of Darkness, "Mini-Gun Max" is Blaine from Predator, "Hot-Headed Harriet" is Ripley from Aliens, and "The Dead" is The Dude from The Big Lebowski. Six series were solicited to online retailers like Entertainment Earth and S.L.U.G. Aliens and Monsters were mentioned at Toy Fair 2012. At press time, figures from the first three series are in circulation. Packaging is simple for today's standards but the quality is too high for a "cheap" product. Both sides are full-color printed on a nice heavy glossy stock, there's a cardboard insert for the logo masking a checklist with bios for the figures in the series, and a sticker with names on the front of the bubble. I bet they could get it down to $3 or $3.50 if they cut some corners, and made the packaging more like a Hot Wheels car. (Read: junky.) That's what I would do, anyway, lower the price and encourage more impulse buys.
Collector notes: So far these have appeared in 3-packs, 12-packs, blind-boxed singles, and carry cases. I do not know yet which ones are exclusive to which configuration, but I did notice that in series 2, you can't collect them all without duplicating figures. Each 3-pack has at least 2 figures from the 12-pack. The 12-pack has a few figures not in the 2-packs. See where this is going? Series 2 has 16 figures, and if my math is right you must buy 24 figures to get all 16 series 2 figures.


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Unions Fill Power Vacuum at Obscure California Regional Government
February 26, 2016 /1 Comment/in Infrastructure /by Kevin Dayton
On June 7, 2016, voters in nine California counties in the San Francisco Bay Area will vote on a proposal (Measure AA) to annually assess a $12 tax on every property parcel. This tax would apply equally to each parcel, ranging in assessed property value from Google headquarters in Mountain View to a $30,000 trailer in Vallejo.
The tax money would go to the obscure Oakland-based San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority, established in 2008 by state law as a regional agency. Regional governments are increasingly popular in California, in part because state laws such as the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (Assembly Bill 32) and Senate Bill 975 (2008) are compelling local governments to collaborate on public policy.
Governed by officials appointed by local governments, these regional governments often lack press oversight and public accountability. That creates a power vacuum that groups eager for taxpayer funding can fill for their own advantage. Construction unions have seized the opportunity.
In the case of the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority, union Building Trades Councils of the nine affected counties want to control future construction contracts funded by this parcel tax. On February 24, 2016, the board of the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority considered a policy requiring construction companies to sign a Project Labor Agreement with unions as a condition of working on contracts greater than $100,000 funded by the proposed parcel tax.
San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority governing board gets ready to praise Project Labor Agreements at its February 24, 2016 meeting.
In front of a full room of union officials from the entire region, almost every Bay Restoration Authority board member expressed strong support for a government mandate for construction contractors to obtain their workforce (including apprentices) from the union hiring hall and make all employee fringe benefit payments to union health care and pension funds. One board member dared to assert that the parcel tax was actually about Bay restoration and not labor unions. She also questioned how the union deal would affect volunteer organizations. But in the end, she voted with the rest of the board to proceed with continued development of the Project Labor Agreement policy.
Objections came from construction business associations, the Santa Clara Valley Water District, the Contra Costa (County) Taxpayers Association, Ducks Unlimited, a construction company based in Sonoma that specializes in wetlands restoration projects, and one ordinary citizen from El Sobrante. The board voted to create an ad hoc committee to work with the Santa Clara Valley Water District and Ducks Unlimited to neutralize their opposition to the Project Labor Agreement.
Why is this regional agency implementing a Project Labor Agreement policy? Some of the union love is ideological and some of it is based on politics back at the local governments of the appointed board members. Much of it is presumably intended to convince the unions to provide major financial and organizational help to the Measure AA campaign to convince voters to approve the parcel tax.
Union campaign assistance is needed because of one major obstacle to voter passage of the $12 annual parcel tax: under Proposition 13 (approved by state voters in 1978), a two-thirds supermajority of all voters in the nine Bay Area counties must approve the tax increase. This threshold will be difficult to exceed, even in a region that strongly supports environmental causes. Both the Left and the Right have reasons to reject this tax.
In addition, the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority has a logistical challenge in putting one tax measure on the ballot in nine different counties. This is an unprecedented effort that has provoked many legal questions and required significant interaction with county election officials. (Unlike the opposition to the Measure AA parcel tax, the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority has taxpayer funds to get answers to legal questions.)
Big corporations (such as Pacific Gas and Electric) are eagerly supporting this regressive property tax, as it gives them an image of environmental activism while putting the burden of paying for the restoration on ordinary homeowners who had nothing to do with degrading San Francisco Bay in the first place. Nevertheless, union activism will also be needed to overcome voter resistance to sending their tax money to an obscure agency in Oakland.
A Project Labor Agreement locks in that union support. But could it backfire on the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority?
Ironically, the board's decision to give unions monopoly control over the construction contract workforce has inspired the development of organized opposition to the parcel tax. It also creates for voters a clearly identifiable example of insider politics, favoritism for special interest groups, and fiscal irresponsibility.
Tags: Contra Costa Taxpayers Association, Ducks Unlimited, Measure AA - San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority (2016), Project Labor Agreement, Project Labor Agreements, San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority, Santa Clara Valley Water District
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Jack Weir says:
Aside from other legitimate reasons to defeat this poorly crafted measure, the Authority's clear inclination to enact a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) in order to garner union support for Measure AA is enough to cause voters to reject it outright.
PLA's have been shown to raise construction costs by 15-20%, with no offsetting benefit to public agencies or to taxpayers. None of the promised benefits of PLA's are authentic, and only unions and union contractors stand to gain, at taxpayers' expense.
Contra Costa Taxpayers Association and a host of other regional advocates urge voters to turn this measure down.
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It's no secret that one of the best ways to get name recognition for your small business is by giving. The benefits can't be denied. What is it about giving that's so rewarding—not only in a fulfilling way, but also monetarily? The psychological reasons may have something to do with the recent downturn which, in fact, was caused by greed. Still, giving back is a long-standing business tradition that's been a tried and true strategy for decades. Here are five reasons why giving back benefits you and your small business.
A small business's involvement in the local community is a win-win in so many ways. First and foremost, community members in need benefit from local business giving. What happens when you help those in need in your community? You build a network of people who support your company. Those you help will not be silent about your support, either. Your good deeds will be talked about. Word-of-mouth is still one of the most efficient methods of advertising, and improving lives is certainly a positive way to get a mention—or even a shout.
In a Cone Communications study published in 2010, a whopping 85 percent of consumers said they have a better outlook on companies that give to a cause they personally care about. That better outlook translates into sales.
The best way to gain customer support through giving is to tie in a local need with your business. If you own a restaurant, how about inviting the homeless in once a week and giving them a free meal? In fact, that's exactly what Chef D (real name Derrick Walton), who owns Rock Power Pizza in Des Moines, Iowa, does. Once homeless himself, Chef D vowed to offer hope to the hungry when he got back on his feet. Every Monday night, he closes the restaurant to the general public and feeds the homeless in the area. Somehow, word got out. In 2014, Ellen DeGeneres surprised Chef D with a $10,000 donation to keep the program going. You can't ask for better word-of-mouth than that.
Employee happiness is essential for small-business success. Unfortunately, many small businesses can't reward employees with big raises; as small companies, they just don't have the resources. But there are other ways to make employees feel good about working for you. One way is to demonstrate that you are a leader who cares. Involving employees in charity drives and fundraisers is an added bonus that makes your employees feel like part of the solution. Bolstering morale makes for engaged employees who are enthusiastic about company success, even if you can't pay them what they'd like.
Giving back brings you in close contact with many members of the community. You rub elbows with those in need and you make connections with other philanthropists in your community. Small-business owners who make connections with successful business executives often find themselves with opportunities they may not have had otherwise.
There's actually science behind the idea that giving back makes people healthier and happier. Social psychologist Liz Dunn conducted surveys and experiments that showed adults are happier when spending more money on others than on themselves. Happier people are generally healthier people.
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Audi A4 has undergone major modernization, bringing new technologies and revolution under the hood
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A4 is one of the basic elements of the middle class, so it's no wonder that after four years of the current generation, Audi comes great modernization. In fact, this is already the second setting in the line, but decent corrections from a year ago can not be called resetting in the real sense. Now things are different and the favorite a-four wears series of news.
The first thing to do is the very outer design itself, thank you emphasis on sports design even more dynamic and worthwhile. Once again, the traditional Singleframe is slightly larger, especially wider, resulting in optically expanding the body. The new headlights hit the eyes – A4-now has full LEDs, but top-notch will be available at an extra cost Matrix LED technology with sophisticated graphics.
Defenders received more massive and firmer holes, while the side-view defines more clearly the modeled muscles above the cobblestone. Large rear lights were also a big change sophisticated LED graphics resemble a larger A6. Customers have a choice of 12 colors for color, including a new shade Terra Graynew wheel designs were also offered.
The well-known interior of A4 remains is characterized by horizontal lines. However, in the middle of the instrument panel is new, especially the full touch screen with MMI, which is the center of the new control system.
The acoustic feedback screen takes over the function of the previous MMI rotary / push controller on the center console by displaying a touch screen 10.1 "diagonal. His graphics, which we know from recent news, are purposefully pure and simple, because there is a growing trend nowadays; to understand many common language formulations.
Additional options are available display with head hotspote WLAN or sound system Bang & Olufsen Premium sound system with three-dimensional sound on the front of the cabin. 12.3 "Audi Virtual Cockpit, so you will surely know full digital alarm clocks, but now we are getting to know their new environment where we can see enhanced graphics the third main style of the screen – a central speed and speed indicator.
At the start of the sale, the Audi A4 in Europe will be available with 8 motorized versions – 3 TFSI petrol engines and up to 5 diesel TDI. Versions of gasoline are already represented exclusively by the two-liter engine – 35 TFSI (110 kW / 150 hp and 270 Nm) 40 TFSI (140 kW / 190 hp and 320 Nm), and then 45 TFSI (180 kW / 245 hp and 370 Nm). The oil pallet opens the version 30 TDI (double-liter, 100 kW / 136 hp and 320 Nm) 35 TDI (twin-liter, 120 kW / 163 hp and 380 Nm) 40 TDI (double liter, 140 kW / 190 hp and 400 Nm) and of course 45 TDI (triple, 170 kW / 231 hp and 500 Nm).
Yes, following the bigger news from S6 and S7 already under the hood of the S4-ky revolution – petrol V6-to replace the diesel triplewhich has performance 255 kW / 347 hp and 700 Nm. Therefore, six-cylinder petrol will be found in the broadest RS4 for the A4 range, but Audi is not yet a shaped form for us.
All units with reserve meet emission standards Euro 6d temp, while most of the units are already equipped with a mild hybrid (MHEV) system that reduces fuel consumption and improves comfort. The choice will be a 6-speed manual gearbox, 7-speed double coupling S tronic gearbox or 8-speed automatic transmission tiptronic, combined with front-wheel drive or all-wheel drive.
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The US National Park System includes more than 400 sites spread across some 84 million acres. But few national parks are large enough to contain ecosystems. Two new studies reveal that America's national parks and other protected public lands are too small and fragmented to sufficiently preserve the nation's biodiversity. Often missing are conservation corridors linking islanded protected areas.
Chris Margules, National Science Foundation Two new studies find that America's national parks and other protected lands are too fragmented to preserve the nation's biodiversity.
A recent study on habitat fragmentation reached startling conclusions for the country's ecosystems. Conducted by two-dozen leading ecologists, the study focused on long-term habitat fragmentation experiments on five continents. The authors found that more than 70 percent of the world's forests are within one kilometer of a forest edge, making them susceptible to degradation by suburban, urban, and agricultural pressures that intrude further into forests every day. These influences were found to reduce diversity of life by 13 percent to 75 percent in all areas studied, with the percentage increasing the closer the habitat to the edge. In fragmented habitats, nearly half of all species are lost within 20 years, and this downward trend continues over time.
A co-author of the paper, Clinton N. Jenkins, contributed to another similar paper published on April 2 entitled "US Protected Lands Mismatch Biodiversity Priorities." There, researchers found that many areas with high concentrations of biodiversity in the United States are inadequately protected, especially when it comes to protecting unique species found only in specific geographical areas. "Most species are very small and endemic to very small geographical areas. These rare, narrowly distributed species, most often fish, reptiles, amphibians, are often overlooked when it comes to conservation," Jenkins told me.
The study found that the states with the most endemic species — those unique to a defined geographic location — are in the Southeast. Despite accounting for 10.7 percent of the land area of the lower 48 states, just 7.8 percent of the country's land conservation easements exist in this region. Priority areas to expand conservation cited in the paper are the middle to southern Blue Ridge Mountains, the Florida panhandle, the Florida Keys, and the southern section of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, among others.
According to the authors, habitat loss is the primary threat to the survival of a species, and the lands being conserved in the United States are not geographically configured to match the distribution of endemic and vulnerable species. "It is a biological defined trend that heavily fragmented habitats are too small to thrive in the long term. Multiple strategies to connect these priority areas need to be implemented such as better land management and more incentives to private landowners for conservation. Financial resources are most often directed to the most convenient areas to conserve or where the funding originated rather than what makes the most sense in protecting biodiversity. By redirecting the financial resources available to conservation to connect endemic rich areas large enough to protect ecosystems, it will make it much cheaper and easier to maintain those areas," said Jenkins.


Climb over the bleak moors to visit the deserted village of Poulouriscaig. This is a fine example of the places where Highlanders forced to leave the fertile straths during the Clearances were made to settle. It is easy to imagine how hard life must have been.
Old track, boggy in places and indistinct for one section.
Armadale. Open start point in Google Maps for directions.
Armadale has a superb sandy beach which is well worth visiting. For the walk to Poulouriscaig, drive along the township road northwards until it forks by a small wooden bus shelter. There is space to park on the right here with care. Begin the walk by following the left branch of the road; as it reaches a small whitewashed house turn up a track which goes off to the left, signposted 'Poulouriscaig 1.5m / 2.5km'. The rough track passes through a gate and through sheep pastures.
After crossing a small burn, ignore a newer track forking right. Soon after this follow the old track as it swings right, now climbing over the Druim an Aird ridge, with views back to Armadale Bay and along the coastline to Strathy Point. Follow the track as it then descends to cross a burn and then climbs the slope beyond in a series of zig-zags, passing a small concrete building. The track then peters out - continue to reach the top a steep-sided stony gully. A clear but modern track climbs up to the left here, but the route for Poulouriscaig bears right and follows a shallow glen downhill - there is a waymarker post.
This section can be boggy and is unclear at first, but soon improves. The route then bends left further down the glen to reach the first ruins of the village. There are several ruined houses here, the best preserved being one with a fireplace over to the right and another down in the bottom of the next glen.
Like Badbea in Caithness, Poulouriscaig was one of the villages that was built by those cleared from the fertile straths inland (such as Rosal in Strathnaver) and forced to make a new life on the infertle moors by the sea. It is a bleak spot, and in the winter it is easy to see how difficult life here must have been. The village was finally abandoned in the 1930s. Return back to Armadale the same way.


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