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New editor named for 10/13's NW Explorer, Tucson Weekly, ITB
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David Rupkalvis, a University of Arizona graduate who's worked on newspapers in North Dakota and Texas, has been named the new editor of the Northwest Explorer, Tucson Weekly, Inside Tucson Business and other Tucson-area publications owned by media chain 10/13 Communications.
Most recently the editor of the Minot (N.D.) Daily News, Rupkalvis grew up in Sierra Vista, and was once a reporter for the Sierra Vista Herald.
"I am excited to return to Southern Arizona and to have the opportunity to begin work with Tucson Local Media," he said in a press release. "The six publications we print are already a vital cog in the region, and I am lucky to have talented writers and designers to work with."
Before being named editor of the Minot newspaper last September, Rupkalvis was an editor at the Williston (N.D.) Herald for about two years. Prior to that, he was the editor of the Graham (Tex.) Leader. He's also worked for newspapers in New Braunfels, Tex., and Roanoke Rapids, N.C.
Rupkalvis replaces Thelma Grimes as editor of 10/13's Southern Arizona holdings. Grimes, who was the managing editor of the Explorer for three years before 10/13 expanded in Tucson, is stepping down after a year and moving to Denver, where her husband took a job earlier this year.
Last year, Sierra Vista-headquartered newspaper chain Wick Communciations sold the Weekly and ITB to 10/13, a small national chain with a a history of cutting newsroom staff.
Grimes was named the editor of all of the company's Tucson publications after 10/13's expansion here. She also took over editing ITB when former editor Mark Evans refused to work for 10/13 when the sale was announced, calling it "a news company I don't think has earned any trust" based on its ownership of other publications.
Mari Herreras was named managing editor of the Weekly after Dan Gibson turned in his pen to work for Visit Tucson last year. The company also owns the Foothills News and Desert Times in Tucson, and the East Valley Tribune in Mesa, as well as a group of small publications in Texas.
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In February, Ryan Kedzierski resigned as publisher of the group 10/13 dubbed "Tucson Local Media" after its pickups from Wick, taking a job in Oregon. In March, the company named a new publisher: Paul C. Hay, a marketing exec whose career has taken him through Oregon, Alaska and Colorado.
"We are excited to welcome David to the team," Hay said in the press release. "David has a big job in front of him, but with a strong staff here at Tucson Local Media, I know we will continue to provide top-notch news and events to our readers."
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Nearly a week after they were suddenly suspended from their duties, B.C.'s legislative assembly clerk and sergeant-at-arms said they still have no idea why they're being investigated by the RCMP.
"Although it is impossible to deny what you do not know, I firmly say that I have done nothing wrong and that I am confident that an independent investigation now underway with the RCMP will clear me of any alleged wrongdoing," Sergeant-at-arms Gary Lenz told reporters Monday.
Solicitor General Mike Farnworth put forward a motion Tuesday that he and Clerk of the House Craig James be placed on administrative leave. Both were escorted out of the building, James by a Victoria police officer.
James said he "cannot imagine what concern there is about how I have acted in the administration of the Legislative Assembly which would warrant my being removed from my office.
"I am left in the position of not being able to respond because no one has told me what the allegations are or asked for my side of the story," he added.
On Wednesday, Special Advisor to Speaker Darryl Plecas, Alan Mullen, confirmed the allegations against the clerk and sergeant-at-arms date back until at least January.
In a scathing letter sent to house leaders on Friday, however, James and Lenz's lawyers said "the Speaker has no constitutional authority to carry out an investigation of the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly or the Sergeant-at Arms" and no authority to hire advisers to do so.
Attorneys at Fasken Martineau DuMoulin called for their clients to be placed back on active duty, citing an "absence of cogent facts" to prove that they can't do their jobs while the investigation is ongoing.
"Unless there is something specific in the facts allegedly brought to light in this case that makes it impossible for Mr. James or Mr. Lenz to carry out their duties, the only way that the injustice now unfolding from the passage of the motion can be mitigated pending the outcome of the investigation, and public confidence restored, is for the motion to be rescinded," the letter read.
James and Lenz renewed those calls Monday.
"There are processes in place to investigate permanent officers such as the sergeant and the clerk," Lenz said. "I respectfully ask that MLAs consider rescinding the motion and reinstate me and my colleague…Craig James to our position pending the outcome of any investigation currently underway."
James, who became clerk in 2011, described himself as "a practical person" who would have no difficulty going back to work with Speaker Darryl Plecas or any of those who voted in favour of the suspension.
"I hold no bitterness towards anyone involved in this process," he said. "I consider the members to be friends and colleagues, and I have enjoyed strong relationships over the more than 30 years I have worked in the legislature."
Solicitor General Mike Farnworth wouldn't give any specifics Monday, saying only that "I understand their comments and I understand their frustration."
B.C.'s attorney general even encouraged those in the legislature to refrain from discussing the investigation.
"I would urge all members in this place to refrain from commenting on the events of the past week until the investigation is complete," David Eby said.
Plecas then lashed out at journalists covering the shakeup.
"I think what you people need to do is understand when you talk about investigations, it's a huge continuum and one of those is called due diligence and I'm thinking you might want to do some of your own," he said.
The Liberals are now actively trying to take down the man who left their party to become Speaker.
"We all need to be concerned that he's building his own little empire, staffed with expensive lawyers, with investigators with no credentials," Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson told CTV.
Plecas had already come under fire from the Liberals, his former party, who claimed the Speaker recently suggested Mullen himself serve as interim sergeant-at-arms.
Opposition house leader Mary Polak said the decision to suspend James and Lenz was discussed was at a meeting Monday night between her, Plecas, a lawyer and the NDP and Green house leaders.
An affidavit signed by Polak says Plecas "stated his wish" that Mullen be appointed acting sergeant-at-arms, an interim position. Speaking to reporters Thursday morning, Polak called the suggestion "not appropriate."
Hours after the allegation was made, Mullen announced Plecas had hired former attorney general Wally Oppal as a second adviser in the case.
Friday's letter also prompted the Liberals to release a list of 11 questions the party said need to be answered urgently later that day, including "Was the Ministry of the Attorney General aware of the lawyer advising the Speaker, and did the Ministry agree to the retainer of that lawyer?"
Clerk of the House Craig James and Sergeant-at-Arms Gary Lenz speak to reporters on Monday, Nov. 26, 2018.


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How This Handsome Duck Missed the Mark by 8000 Kilometres
Dubbed "Goth Duck", the wayward bird wound up in Werribee, and caught the attention of New York Magazine.
Photography: Warren Palmer
by Kate Dulhunty
A dark, mysterious and handsome stranger has touched down in the wetlands at Melbourne Water's Western Treatment Plant in Werribee. He has a shiny (Birthday Party era) Nick Cave-like black quiff and bright yellow eyes. Yes, he is a duck.
A tufted duck, to be precise, which has taken an 8000-kilometre-plus wrong turn on its migration route.
According to Sean Dooley, editor of Australian Birdlife Magazine, the bird has never been seen in Australia before. Normally it follows a migratory route from Northern Europe to Asia.
"For whatever reason when migrating south to Myanmar or Bangladesh, this one got off course or overshot where it would normally go … something went wrong with its navigation system and it just kept coming south," says Dooley.
Dooley says "birders" and "twitchers" from all over Australia have been flocking to Werribee for an unlikely chance to glimpse the tufted duck.
"In the birdwatching world there are hardcore birdwatchers called twitchers who go chasing after rare sightings," says Dooley. "To get an entirely new bird that's never been seen in Australia, in a well-known birdwatching site within an hour of one of our major cities, is really what makes this remarkable."
Melbourne-based musician and bird-lover James Mustafa, who identifies as a twitcher, made the trip to Werribee. This time he didn't need to travel too far, but ordinarily he loves a good chase.
"I love getting on a plane and flying to the other end of the country hoping to see something like a tufted duck. That's a big thrill and you get to see parts of Australia you otherwise might not," Mustafa says of his birdwatching exploits.
Melbourne Water's Western Treatment Plant is not a bad place for a lost duck. The plant is bigger than Phillip Island and made up of large ponds, lakes and swamps – the same kind of environments the tufted duck normally inhabits.
"There are lots of ducks there at the moment because of the drought. [The tufted duck] is safe there, so it probably won't go anywhere for a while," says Mustafa.
Apparently, the duck has been spotted mingling with similar-looking local ducks known as hardheads.
"It's certainly compatible to breed," says Mustafa. "The tufted duck species itself is known for doing a lot of hybridisation, particularly back in Europe."
Now Melbourne's tufted duck has made it all the way to New York City, showing up on New York Magazine's Instagram account, where it's been dubbed "Goth Duck". The city has been enamoured with good-looking ducks since its own billed hunk showed up in Central Park last October.
Central Park's Hot Duck, the rare, mysterious Mandarin that captivated New York and became the city's most eligible bachelor, now has an Australian counterpart. But Australia's version of the Hot Duck is different: it's the Goth Duck, a tufted duck with black feathers, a black mohawk, and bright yellow eyes that say "danger." Tap the link in our bio for more details from @thecut on the Goth Duck from the land down under, who happens to live at a water treatment plant (?) in Melbourne. 📸: @melbournewater/Steve Young
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The structure of Stari Grad was established between the 12th and 14th century, but it was between 1420 and 1797, when Kotor belonged to the Republic of Venice, that the city became influenced by Venetian architecture. On 15th April 1979 a major earthquake hit the coast of Montenegro, destroying half of Kotor's Old Town and partially damaging the Cathedral Saint-Tryphon. Following this disaster, UNESCO classified the medieval city, in addition to the bay of Kotor, as a world heritage site.
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Somewhere over the rainbow ...
Way up high
There's a land that I heard of
Once in a lullaby
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true
So goes the old Judy Garland song, whose lyrics depict a sweet tender girl's desire to escape from harsh reality of the world, to the bright, new world called Oz—well, it isn't actually my aim to tell a fairy tale …, rather I am to tell a political story. Set in Italy, AD 2008. What has that story got to do with Judy Garland's song? Er … nothing, nothing but the rainbow, a new bright (possible) world "where the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true," and things like these, unimportant details. So what? Well, It's just that I do love fairy tales …
From today's Il Foglio:
The Rainbow Left is making an united front against all the Italian Military Missions abroad – in Lebanon, Afghanistan and the Balkans. Yet while the Prodi Government and its Union coalition were in charge the included Hard Left had voted for all of them in Parliament. Now their slogan is "Italy out of NATO". This is a proposal that the old PCI – The Italian Communist Party – abandoned in 1976 when their Leader Enrico Berlinguer declared that he felt safer "under the NATO umbrella". Moreover Fausto Bertinotti, the now Leader of the Hard Left La Cosa Rossa, who proposed leaving NATO in the 1994 Election, from then until now has been very careful not to repeat it. The front line politicians of the Pd – the centre left Democratic Party – underline all these Cosa Rossa policy position takings as a proof of the good reason – and of the inevitability – of their decision to run for election separately. Yet the argument could be turned upside down. It could be said however that it might be verily their decision to renounce unilaterally the preceding agreed policies of the left wing Prodi coalition government – and with this "the old two party system" – which has subverted that mechanism of "the constitutional inclusion of the extremes" which had been universally considered the Rainbow Hard Left's most important achievement in government.
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About 38% of adults in 2017 battled an illicit drug use disorder.
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Drug abuse and addiction cost American society more than $740 billion annually in lost workplace productivity, healthcare expenses, and crime-related costs.
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Adolescents (aged 12-17):
In 2017, approximately 4% of the American adolescent population age 12 to 17 suffered from a substance use disorder; this equals 992,000 teens or 1 in 25 people in this age group.
About 443,000 adolescents age 12 to 17 had an alcohol use disorder in 2017, or 1.8% of adolescents.
An estimated 741,000 adolescents suffered from an illicit drug use disorder in 2017, or about 3% of this population.
Young adults aged 18-25:
About 5.1 million young adults age 18 to 25 battled a substance use disorder in 2017, which equates to 14.8% of this population and about 1 in 7 people.
About 3.4 million young adults age 18 to 25 had an alcohol use disorder in 2017, or about 10% of young adults.
About 2.5 million young adults had an illicit drug use disorder in 2017, or about 7.3% of this population.
Heroin use among young adults between 18 and 25 years old doubled in the past decade.
Over age 26:
Approximately 13.6 million adults age 26 or older struggled with a substance use disorder in 2017, or 6.4% of this age group.
About 10.6 million adults age 26 and older had an alcohol use disorder in 2017, or about 5% of this age group.
About 4.3 million adults age 26 or older had an illicit drug use disorder in 2017, or 2% of this age group.
Elderly individuals:
More than 1 million elderly adults age 65 or older had a substance use disorder in 2017.
That same year, about 978,000 of people in this age group had an alcohol use disorder and about 93,000 had an illicit drug use disorder.
Two-thirds of the senior citizens over the age of 65 who struggle with alcohol use disorders developed the disorder before age 65.
Between 21% and 66% of elderly individuals battling a substance use disorder also suffer from a co-occurring mental health disorder.
Men vs. women:
In 2017, about 9.4% of men and 5.2% of women age 12 and older had a substance use disorder.
Men may be more likely to abuse illicit drugs than women, but women may be just as prone to addiction as men when they do abuse them.
Ethnicity/race:
American Indians and Alaska Natives age 12 and older had the highest rate of substance abuse and dependence in 2017, at 12.8%.
Whites had a 7.7% rate of substance abuse in 2017.
About 6.8% percent of African Americans struggled with substance use disorders, while the percentage of Hispanics or Latinos who suffered from substance use disorders was 6.6%.
Approximately 4.6% percent of Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders suffered from substance use disorders.
Asian Americans had the lowest rate of substance use disorders at 3.8%.
Criminal justice/employment status:
Almost twice as many people who are unemployed struggle with addiction than those who are full-time workers, CNN Money reports around 17% of the unemployed and 9% of the employed population struggle with a substance use disorder.
Of the 2.3 million people in American prisons and jails, more than 65% meet the criteria for addiction.
Around 75% of individuals in a state prison or local jail who suffer from a mental illness also struggle with substance abuse, and the opposite is also true.
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Moreover, it is crucial to read about the responsibilities and characteristics of the ideal candidate. Visualize yourself as a Sales Associate applicant for Honda Singapore. You managed to browse through the company's social profile and official website. It paid off as you were asked about the new Honda Accord. A less informed applicant will not be able to answer the questions correctly.
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Mathare United intend to end Western Stima's Moi Stadium dominance - Owino
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The Slum Boys have been unable to pick up a win in the last seven matches between them since beating the Powermen 1-0 in 2012
Defender David Owino hopes Mathare United will bring to an end Western Stima's Moi Stadium dominance when the two sides clash in the Kenyan Premier League (KPL) on Wednesday.
Mathare United last won against the Powermen on their own turf in July 2012, but Owino believes they are ready to end their poor run during the mid-week KPL clash.
"Since I have been with Mathare United we have never managed to come out with three points away to Western Stima. They are always a hard nut to crack especially at home," Owino told the club's portal.
"The plan as always is to win the game and we will try and do so [on Wednesday] though we do know it will be tough.
"Especially taking into account how well Western Stima have been playing this season. But we are up for the challenge and we intend to get the three points."
Owino will clash with Western Stima's Henry Onyango, who were raised and played together in local competitions in Kibra before joining their KPL sides.
The Mathare United defender says it will be a moment to savour playing against the attacking midfielder.
"Henry [Onyango] and I are Kibra boys. We know each other well and going up against him is always something I look forward to," added Onyango.
"It's not only him but there are many other players in the KPL from Kibra and it is always amazing when we come up against one another."
The Powermen are fifth on the table with 27 points while Mathare United are ninth with six fewer points going into KPL's matchday 15.
The match between Western Stima and Mathare will kick-off at 15:00 EAT.


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Q: Broken wordpress permalinks on pages only Not sure when it happened but the custom permalinks for pages on my client's Wordpress site have broken. I can fix it by reverting back to the default permalinks and then using the custom permalinks, but they break again whenever my clients edits a page. Blog posts, archives, tags, categories, and custom post types permalinks all work fine, it's only pages that 404 when using custom permalinks.
The site has an .htaccess file with 666 permissions with the following in the file:
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It also has mod_rewrite enabled.
Using Wordpress 3.1.3
It's not the plugins because I have disabled all of them and the permalinks for pages still don't work.
Please help.

A: Do you have a custom post type? This is exactly the kind of behavior you will see from have a custom post type with a slug that matches the slug of your pages. For example, if you have a page called "portfolio" and a post type called "portfolio", both with a slug of "portfolio", 404s are going to be thrown for some of these.

A: I was using the Custom Post Type UI Plugin and had generated the following code (which I added to the functions file) for a custom taxonomy through the plugin:
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Chanakya's Chant | Ashwin Sanghi | Book Review
posted in Fiction on March 18, 2020 by TheBookBlog
Chanakya's Chant by Ashwin Sanghi is a bestselling novel published in the year 2010 by Westland Publications. This novel, many would agree, started a trend in Indian English fiction which juxtaposed itself with the trend started by Chetan Bhagat a little earlier – entertaining and second class romance vs retelling and realigning mythological and historical tales from Indian ancient scriptures and history. Chanakya's Chant received unbound praises and also a certain amount of criticism for the author's job.
While many would say that it is a fashion for the writers to go for romantic novels, it has certainly become a new trend to retell a historical perspective in a novel and present them in a contemporary way to appease, please and sometimes enlighten the young Indian book-reading audience. Ashwin Sanghi and Amish Tripathi are the two major writers in this field. Their writings depict the glorious past of ancient India and narrate them in a way that every reader can enjoy it. So, today, I am reviewing a book by Ashwin Sanghi 'Chanakya's Chant.' I think we all are aware of Chanakya's wisdom, valour and strength. The world recognizes him as a Brahmin who became a kingmaker and a legendary one!
Perspectives on the novel:
The writing style of Ashwin Sanghi is pretty different compared to others, his contemporary or his successors-predecessors. He uses to tell the story of the ancient past and put them into the contemporary world to simplify the things for a common reader. The novel has two storylines. One deals with the story of Chanakya and other deals with a contemporary Chanakya's reincarnation because of a curse, Pandit Gangasagar Mishra. Both narratives have been linked in such a way that a reader can only do nothing other than appreciating it. It is a very new kind of experiment in the limited context of Indian English literature.
The first part of the story depicts the work done by Chanakya. It recalls the story of Alexandra and Porus. What we have been taught in our childhood, the story of Porus' strength thas been recalled in the book. The story of Chandragupta and Chanakya also finds a deserving place in this novel and decorates it with further glory added to the policymaker of ancient India whose policies are still discussed and debated and whose name has become a metaphor, a hyperbole I would say. How a bad-looking Brahmin uprooted the great kingdom of Magadha and installed a suitable man Chandraguppta there – this story will be appreciated by the modern readers. It describes Chanakya's wisdom and strategies to encounter any problem that came his way. Chanakya is a jewel of India and that jewel has been discussed in a pretty well-balanced way by the author. His strategies, wisdom, strength and support were always there to help India to be a developed nation.
The second part of the book discusses a fictional character, Pandit Gangasagar Mishra. He is like Chanakya of past who is determined to uproot the bad politicians from the ruling and putting there a suitable person who can uplift the condition of India. Well, was it an attack on the ruling Congress party? You can take this conjecture forward if you like. It is about modern-day of the years in India when corruptions and scams became normal and usually covered very first pages of Indian newspapers – scams, scams and scams. How politicians have become so corrupt and doing a lot of criminal activities which baffled Pandit Gangasagar Mishra and he became more and more determined to enter into a battle of strategies and policies and unity and team-building. Like Chanakya was determined with his strategies, in the same way, Gangasagr is determined to cleanse the political settings. Like Chanakya had a suitable disciple Chandragupta, in the same way, Gangasagar has also a disciple whom he wants to become the prime minister.
However, there are certain drawbacks of the novel. If you know the history well, you will be frustrated sometimes. Beauce the novel by Ashwin Sanghi, Chanakya's Chant, has got many of the dates and timelines entirely wrong. Chanakya is quoting Dale Carnegie and all other that is beyond the imagination of anyone. Moreover, Gangasagar and Chanakya have been shown in a way that they can do anything for success. But it was not the truth! Chanakya always followed the path of righteousness or rather Dharma that does not teach anyone to deviate from the path of virtues to the path of sin. The honest thing is that we cannot expect the authors of the day to get everything right. Indian authors are trying their best to please the readers and anything else only comes later. Sanghi, in one of his interviews, even agreed that this novel was meant to be a thriller and not anything else. So, it makes things clear.
Well. the novel is a perfect piece for the literature lovers who love to read historical novels. However, if you are looking for a purely historical novel so that you will learn something about Chanakya and his time, then certainly this not meant for you. The novel creates a replica of Chanakya in the modern period. It deals with the past and puts it into the present frame to provide a roadmap for a better future. – nah! It's called strategic writing to milk the most of the moment… Ashwin Sanghi has done great if that is the benchmark of success! You should read the novel if you are looking for entertainment and also a little to push you into thinking about things other than how many times and on which page numbers. You can buy the novel from Amazon India by clicking the link to Amazon below:
Buy the novel from Amazon – click here to go to Amazon India buy page
review by Amit for The Book Blog
Chanakya's Chant | Book Review
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Chanakya's Chant by Ashwin Sanghi is a novel that puts the past and the present into a similar position and offers Chanakya the oar once again to sail the boat of a nation that he built…
#Contemporary, #Novels
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Day 179 of *Another* 100 Days of Good Karma.
I sat on the couch again. I didn't have to take anti-nausea medication today. That's a sign that the fog is lifting. But I still didn't feel good. Tired and slow, mostly. I couldn't stand up too fast or I thought my head would pop from the pressure change.
My big accomplishments were doing the dishes and doing the laundry.
That's just to say that I did them. They aren't put up. There is a giant pile of clean clothes sitting on my living room floor and the dishes are still in the dishwasher with more waiting in the sink.
But I called it 'good enough' and sat back down.
I watched a lot of TV yesterday.
I watched both Patch Adams and Robin Williams' stand up routine, Weapons of Self Destruction. I laughed, but I was sad, too. I've always liked Robin Williams. The world lost a great entertainer when he died.
I watched an Ellen DeGeneres stand up routine (she's hilarious). Then moved on to movies like Ocean's Eleven and Along Came a Spider.
Today's silver lining: Amazon Prime TV.
It kept me well entertained.
Wish I had stayed home with you…….sounds like some good stuff on the tube. I could never work from home on a regular basis, not as long as there were at least two movie channels that I could choose from. Even that would not be a problem, since both of my daughters have Net Flix accounts, so I would have the world of available movies at my Tivo fingertips. Not good for business. But I would so enjoy it. As for the clothes and the dishes, they are clean, right??? Nuff said.
Sounds like you've done enough!! Take it easy and get the rest that you need.


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369 foreground recordings and 234 background recordings of Toxostoma curvirostre . Total recording duration 10:00:57.
Recorded at a range of about 25 meters and about 200 meters from the Biosphere 2 casitas.
Recorded about 300 meters from the Biosphere 2 casitas.
Recorded about 200 meters from the Biosphere 2 casitas.
Recorded about 200 meters from Biosphere 2 casitas.
Desert vegetation includes saguaros, prickly pear, cholla, mesquite, palo verdes, jojoba bushes, chaparral.
Recorded at 9:48am. The recording begins with a Curve-billed Thrasher singing from the middle/upper half of a mesquite tree. Around 30 seconds, a PHAI is chased around the same tree by a NOMO. Not especially affected, the thrasher continues to sing. A second thrasher begins singing behind me, not in the focus of the parabola. The 2nd CBTH behind me slowly moves closer, occasionally singing. At 2:30 the second CBTH flies into the same mesquite tree as the first and you can hear both birds quietly and not-so-quietly singing to each other. At this point it seemed the two were a pair, and the CBTH that sang to my rear and then landed in the tree with the first CBTH could have been a female. At 3:00 they flew out of the tree together to forage on the ground together.
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I could be mistaking the sexes of each CBTH, but the first singing CBTH sang more prominently and forcefully, more typical of a male, while the second CBTH sang intermittently as it approached, something I would assume to be more typically female. A nice interaction to witness and record.
Recorded at a range of about 15 meters and about 200 meters from the Biosphere 2 casitas.
Construction equipment noise is also audible in the background.
Nice two-note phrase of Thrasher.
Rattle-like begging call (presumptive) from several members of a family group, in arid semi-urban habitat. Recording high-pass filtered.
Typical call from a ironwood/mesquite/palo verde thicket near a dry wash, about 40ft from me. Amplified and high pass filter with Audacity.
Natural song from a bird perched in crown of mesquite about 4m up in Prosopis-dominated open South Texas brushland.


Hello keen gardeners, as it's the December article, I wish all the readers out there, a very happy Xmas, and I hope your garden is currently a real joy, and looking tops for xmas and the coming summer months.
My wife and I were recenly very fortunate to go to an open day in Melbourne in the garden of one of Australias very top landscape designers PAUL BANGAY - what a great landscaper! He took a personally guided tour for 1.5 hours through his own garden called STONEFIELDS. Paul designs and creates gardens for many known celebrities and wealthy people in various countries around the world.
I have several of his books that I often show my landscape clients because I find his garden styles very appealing - very clean lines, no fuss gardens, and love the way he uses colour in a garden. He plants in the same colour - like the white garden, which probably had 25 different white flowering plants, so that as one plant finished its flowering, another was just starting, carrying the white theme throughout the whole year. He had a blue garden and a red garden, which he had designed like a persian carpet sort of pattern and colouring.
summer. His new property at Stonefields has ample underground streams, which he can tap into to provide the water he needs, to keep everything looking so lush and healthy.
His lawn was as good as the golf greens at Augusta - they were immaculate, and certainly not one weed or even one blade of grass out of line - he has his lawn mown twice a week!! Yes twice a week!!
I am going to put some of the photos that I took of the garden with this article, so if you are interested, go and have a look below.
I found the trip very inspiring, and as a landscaper its great seeing another in the same profession, pushing the design and plant boundaries to another level.
Merry Xmas to you all, and I look forward to catching up with a lot of you in 2015.


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Are Channing Tatum and Jessie J Secretly Back Together?
Chelsea Stewart
Fans were devastated when Channing Tatum and Jessie J broke up. The two were always gushing about each other, clearly adored one another, and truly seemed like the perfect match.
But perhaps their split isn't as permanent as it might've initially seemed. Over the weekend of Jan. 10, Jessie J and Tatum were seen out together, sparking reconciliation rumors.
(L-R) Channing Tatum and Jessie J | Taylor Hill/WireImage; Stephane Cardinale – Corbis/Corbis Entertainment
How Jessie J and Channing Tatum met and started dating
The Sun reports that these two met at the 2015 MTV Movie Awards. Jessie J presented Tatum with the trophy for Best Comedic Performance for his role in 22 Jump Street.
At the time, Tatum was happily married to his Get-Up co-star Jenna Dewan. In 2018, the pair announced their split after a nearly nine-year marriage.
A little over a year later, he appeared to be moving on with Jessie J. The stars were romantically-linked in October 2018 after they were seen playing mini-golf.
When asked about their apparent relationship, the two remained tight-lipped. But it became evident that they were together. They were often caught flirting and leaving intimate comments on each other's Instagram pages.
In March 2019, Tatum made their relationship Instagram-official when he posted a loving tribute to Jessie J in honor of her birthday.
Wishing you the happiest day filled with all the love and all the light. You came into this world on this day and lit it on fire. You have blessed our eyes, our ears, our hearts and our lives. So thank you for just being you. You are so very special. Happy birthday Baby.
A post shared by Channing Tatum (@channingtatum) on Mar 27, 2019 at 9:50am PDT
Later, sources said the relationship had become so serious that the pair had started to talk about marriage. But by the end of 2019, Jessie J and Tatum had called time on their relationship.
Jessie J and Channing Tatum's breakup
On Dec. 19, 2019, multiple outlets confirmed that the stars had split up. Us Weekly added in its coverage that Jessie J and Tatum had broken up about a month earlier.
According to a source who spoke to People, the couple had decided to separate over distance issues. The source explained that Tatum spends much of his time in Los Angeles due to his daughter, Everly, whom he shares with Dewan, while Jessie is usually in England.
"He is super busy with his career and as a dad," the source said. "He has a world awaiting him and is trying to manage how busy he is which isn't easy."
"[Channing] has a lot on his plate right now and wants to be the best dad possible which means he needs to be around when he isn't traveling for his own work," the source added.
But one insider noted, "There wasn't any drama. They just decided to part ways and are still good friends."
Have they reconciled?
After seeing the stars out together, some people are convinced that they're giving their relationship another shot. Over the weekend of Jan. 10, Jessie J and Tatum were spotted shopping together.
"They were both dressed down in sweats and trying to be low-key," a source told E! News. "No PDA but both were in great moods and together the whole time while giving their opinions on different items."
Following the outing, Jessie J posted a cryptic message on Instagram about "people who make your mind calm."
As of writing, neither of them has addressed their breakup or whether they've reconciled.
Omg my babies #channessie #JessieJ #ChanningTatum
A post shared by Jessie J & Channing Tatum (@jessie.channing) on Apr 27, 2019 at 9:33am PDT
While it might seem like they're back together, it's a good chance they're not. As we mentioned, sources claimed that Jessie J and Tatum were still on friendly terms after their split, so perhaps they were just hanging out as pals. Also, Tatum has reportedly been on the celebrity dating app Raya in search of someone else.
"He would love to be dating someone and is not shy about it," a source told E! News back in December. "He wants to have fun again and he doesn't care if he meets someone online, a setup, or just walking down the street. A friend suggested Raya and he felt like he had nothing to lose by joining."
We'll just have to wait and see what happens from here. Stay tuned.


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The UK has reached 'peak prosecco'... so here's what to drink next
Is the reign of the Italian sparkling wine really over?
By Olivia Blair
Sit yourself down, you may need a drink. The prosecco boom which has swept across the UK for the past few years might really be coming to an end.
According to accountancy firm Hacker Young, the amount of the Italian fizzy wine on sale last year increased by just 5%. Although sales are still up, this is the smallest rise in sales since 2011 and experts say the slowdown in growth could mean the UK has officially had enough of prosecco.
'A 5% increase in sales is not at all bad but that comes after several years of double digit growth,' James Simmonds, a partner at the firm said in a statement. 'Unless the industry can revitalise its image this year, we may now be reaching "peak prosecco".'
'Unless the industry can revitalise its image this year, we may now be reaching "peak prosecco".'
The company suggested that this apparent slowdown in prosecco consumption could be down to two things: The weakness in the pound increasing the cost of imports from Italy means the prices in stores may not be as cheap as they once were. Alternatively, the drink has been overexposed to the point where people are getting tired of it.
So, if we really are on a downward spiral when it comes to prosecco, what is everyone going to be drinking next? Particularly at bottomless brunches, birthday parties and weddings, might we add.
Though we may be slowing down when it comes to fizzy wine from Italy, the same cannot necessarily be ascribed to all bubbles the UK.
According to government figures from HMRC, there was a 64% rise in English and Welsh wines available in 2017 compared to the year before. The Wine and Spirits Trade Association (WSTA) said 3.86 million bottles of sparkling and still wine were made in the UK for sale in 2017.
Biddenden vineyard in Kent
Many English wine producers have now entered the foray of sparkling wine recently, for example Sussex-based vineyard the Rathfinny Estate, who launched their first range of 'Sussex Sparkling' wines (including a Blanc de Blacns, Rose and Blanc de Noirs) earlier this year. The vineyard said they planned to sell half of their sparkling wines to markets overseas in Europe, Asia and North America.
English sparkling wine was also given a royal stamp of approval in 2018 when Cornwall-based vineyard Camel Valley's bottle was given a royal warrant by appointment to Prince Charles.
And if we needed further proof? Majestic Wines revealed to Prima that their sales of English sparkling wine have increased by 9% over the past 12 months.
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James Reed, the sparkling wine buyer at Majestic, reckons it is too early to forecast a real slow down in prosecco production but says he has noticed customers are looking to 'diversify' where their sparkling wine comes from.
'Prosecco has brought lots of people into the category and they're now looking for alternatives,' he told Prima.
He signals to 'flying' sales of Portugese Vinho Verde – and the fact that Portuguese wine sales rose by 61% last year – and the 47% increase of sales in Cremant sparkling wines, which are made with grapes from vineyards found in various regions across France.
'The rest of Italy is worth keeping an eye on,' Reed says. 'Many producers are replicating prosecco-style wines, but in regions like Sicily. These are often great value for money.'
As bizarre as it might sound, is rum the new prosecco? For the first time ever, the sales of the traditionally Caribbean spirit have reached the £1 billion benchmark in the UK in 2018.
At the end of last year, the WSTA said rum had seen an increase in sales value by 38% over the last five years. Not only this, but whereas in 2006 there were 50 rum brands available to buy in the UK, in 2016 this was increased tenfold to over 150 brands.
Rum's increased popularity could be partly attributed to the UK's ever-growing love of cocktails with mojitos, daiquiris and dark and stormy's often considered firm favourites.
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Botanical flavours
Another trend the UK's drinks industry has witnessed this year is in botanical flavoured alcohol, which is has been used as an ingredient in everything from gin to beer.
'In terms of new trends, botanical flavours are growing in popularity,' Laura Swain, the assistant editor of food, beverage and hospitality at Stylus, told Prima. 'Dandelion, parsley and chamomile are all key flavours to keep an eye on.'
Cider brand Rekorderlig made a brief departure from their traditional dark bottles and strong fruity flavours by introducing a botanical range in April featuring flavours like grapefruit-rosemary, peach-basil and rhubarb-lemon-mint.
'Dandelion, parsley and chamomile are all key flavours to keep an eye on.'
Though part of a gin's core identity is its botanical flavourings, several producers of the spirit have released ranges honing on these properties in 2018. Marks and Spencer released two gin flavours in April: British Rose Dry Gin and British Lavender Dry Gin which both change colour when tonic is added to the mix.
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Likewise, The Old Curiosity Distillery released a new range in January which is completely natural, using only original ingredients, in three flavours: Apothecary Rose, Lavender and Echinacea and Chamomile and Cornflower.
So, even if the prosecco trend has reached its peak – there are still plenty of alternative tasty offerings available.
Olivia Blair Digital News Editor Olivia is ELLE's Digital News Editor covering pop culture, royal, lifestyle and women's news and features.
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AAD 2016- Upsurge of International Interest
Global interest in the South African defence industry is growing and there is broad agreement that it is among the best in the world and in the forefront of the development of innovative products, says the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula.
Opening the African Aerospace and Defence Exhibition 2016 in Pretoria on Wednesday 14 September, Minister Mapisa-Nqakula said the five day show is a platform for the industry to market their products and brands and gain access to the international purchasing and supply chains.
"It is pleasing to note the upsurge of international interest in our defence industries. This augurs well for our economy," she said.
During the opening of the show that draws more than 440 exhibitors from 34 countries the Minister announced that the National Defence Industry Council, launched in March, has just published a draft transformation charter intended to bring more small and medium enterprises into the defence sector.
Government expects from all departments, agencies and state-owned companies such as Denel to contribute to the deepening of industrialisation and the formation of partnerships that can support the growth of SMMEs.
"We want to go beyond this and create black industrialists within the sector and call upon existing companies to widen black ownership and participation in the defence industry," she said.
Referring to the deployment of the Rooivalk attack helicopter in support of South African forces that participate in peace-keeping missions, Minister Mapisa-Nqakula said "we cannot rest on our laurels. We are already engaged in the process of upgrading this platform." South Africa is prepared to engage with partner nations and "in line with the global trend of collaborative defence programmes" to consider the upgrading and co-production of the Rooivalk.
Minister Mapisa-Nqakula welcomed the strong presence of defence exhibitors from other African countries at AAD, a show which "continues to cement its place among global aerospace and defence exhibitions."
During the opening she cut the ribbon to the Africa pavilion at AAD 2016 which, for the first time, hosted companies from countries such as Nigeria, Uganda, Namibia and the Sudan. She was joined at the function by the Premier of Gauteng, David Makhura, Secretary of Defence, Dr Sam Gulube and the Chief of the SANDF, General Solly Shoke, foreign defence ministers and senior representatives from 71 countries.
AAD 2016 is hosted at the Air Force Base Waterkloof and three days of trade exhibitions attended by defence decision-makers from across the world will end this weekend.
AAD 2016


What better name than Kick for a Bhai film which is known to give his loyal audiences just that. But Sajid sir, ask your namesake Khan about the dire consequences of wishful and wasteful thinking. Agreed you have disowned him but there's a lot to learn from his doom.
Given Salman Khan's incredible screen presence, what could be more tragic that the fact that his films don't tell stories – good or bad is another question. In recent times, Kabir Khan's Ek Tha Tiger was the only mass entertainer that made great use of the Salman trump card. Sadly Kick is not even in the Dabaang league which helps you condone every glitch to reel in the hypnotic effect of the unique Salman experience. Worse, it's Jai Ho revisited in scenic Poland with almost equally ghastly ingredients, what if only a shade better and bearable. And yet every time Bhai looms large (and he does every two minutes), we feel like discounting his pathetic choice of no-brainers. Sad that we can't!
Bhai, we have always supported your cause. Your success means a lot to us. Your no-brainers are endearing if not enduring, far better than the commercial disasters of the conceited tribe which loves to label you pedestrian. We would still go with your kick than suffer the wrath of the forgettable Bullet Rajas, pitiable Villains, ridiculous Ram Leelas, brazen Besharams, fake Barfis and humdrum Dhooms. Given a choice, we would tune in to your innocuous media bytes, not the overbearing sermons of Kashyaps, Basus, Bhansalis and Bharadwajs. Yes, you are an enigmatic heartthrob (dil me aata hu, samajh me nahi) but why should your films bear the same trademark. And look who's cashing in on your name? A dead wood from Sri Lanka whose face is excellent raw material for carving out durable furniture, a five point someone writer who's gone berserk with his nauseating newspaper columns and a grandson producer who's financed his directorial hankerings ahead of his film.
Madam Fernandes is a psychiatrist who believes in conducting live therapy sessions at the location of the patient's choice. A gyrating dance is an integral part of the treatment.
Inspector Hooda continues his Once upon a time in Mumbai act – clumsy, apologetic and clueless – all in one.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui works overtime to prove his mainstream viability and is reduced to a wheezing joke in the process.
Saurabh Shukla is at his repulsive best erasing the fact that he was the endearing Kallu mama of Satya.
Beware: You'll have to sustain a few ghastly-n-ghostly guest appearance wounds – Nargis Fakhri's clownish item number, 'Byomkesh Bakshi' Rajit Kapur as a distraught doctor, Archana Puran Singh as Bhai's mom and Mithunda as Bhai's Go-to man, we mean Go dada err Go daddy. If you time your rest room visits judiciously, you could still escape unharmed.
Bhai, we suffered your kick for your sake. But when are you meeting Kabir Khan next? For our sake…or better still, convince your dad to pen your next project. That would be God sent for all of us.


I have made numerous profiles without problem even Fuji Gloss canvas.I tried making a print using a profile I made on Fuji Gloss and the results were ok but seemed lacking. I tried one more profile using a HP Collector Satin media type but once again it wouldn`t read all the patches- it said "Cancelled due to Paper Type /LED problems."
Fine Art Pearl (less ink) is the media type I always tell people to being with when defining a new paper preset for Silverada canvas.
I'm not sure why it would stop working right in the middle of the ICC profile target. I'm not extremely familiar with the Z-series printers and I don't remember having heard this issue before.
Has this ever happened to you in the past on any other media, by chance?
To follow up. I am using Fine Art Pearl -less ink media type. The chart reader gets about half way thru reading the patches then stops. Is there anything I should try? I only have enough canvas left from my trial roll for one more attempt at profiling it.


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After the visit, I was left with a persistent, nagging feeling. I decided to talk to the nurse and the naturopath who were involved with her care. I told them, frankly, that I had a weird feeling about what I had found -- like nothing I had experienced before. Could they please encourage her to get this checked out? I then backpedaled, saying I felt like Chicken Little and it was probably nothing.
The naturopath said she would send the ultrasound order right away and contact the client to schedule. The nurse said that blood had been drawn this morning to run some labs. She would add some additional tests to the requisition to get more information for the doctor's diagnosis. They both said it was better to be safe than sorry. They told me that they trusted that if I was this concerned about the situation, it should be taken seriously.
The naturopath was grateful that I had brought it to her attention. I also discussed this with the colon hydrotherapist in our clinic. (After all, she has only palpated a thousand abdomens or so.) She said compacted stool in the colon can occasionally feel that way, but she always sends those clients back to the doctor. I shared that the client was interested in a colonic, and the colon therapist assured me that she would flag her file to verify clearance from the doctor before proceeding with treatment.
Later, I reviewed this case with my mentor. He validated my sensory experience and suggested other ways for me to stay present when these situations happen. We discussed how my time spent outside the treatment room, coordinating care, was not reimbursed. This is an interesting aspect of the medical field: extra time spent conferring with colleagues is not usually paid for. I'm not sure how to remedy this. Though it was a lot of work, I would do it again in a heartbeat. But is that financially sustainable over time? I don't know the answer, but I was grateful to have a safe place to discuss this issue.
The client was scheduled to see me the following week. I was nervous about her results and her reaction to the situation. The ultrasound did show fibroids. (Yes!! I nailed it! Oh wait, back to compassionately remembering this is a person and not a round of Jeopardy...) I asked for a copy of the report to include in my notes. Her treatment plan was being altered to address her hormonal imbalances. She was cleared for further massage. And she had also done the guided visualizations a couple times on her own. It seemed that the mass had changed somewhat. Could I work on it some more? Anecdotally, lymph drainage has been reported to reduce the swelling around uterine fibroids, so we decided to give it a try.
When I touched the fibroid, the weird panic feeling was there again, but less so. I drained the abdomen again and demonstrated dry skin brushing to encourage lymph flow. She became tearful while she shared that she had a history of trauma in this area of her body. I told her that there were other practitioners in the office that might be able to help her discuss her thoughts from this time of her life. I charted our discussion, the referral, and the perceived difference in size and position of the fibroid, relative to the navel.
The client was excited to work on this issue physiologically, lymphatically, and emotionally. She felt hopeful that when she went back for a repeat scan in four months that there would be improvement. She gave me a big hug.
Massage therapists have the potential to augment health care in a profound way. But it will not happen if we do not step up and develop our interprofessional communication skills. We need to study and practice medical writing. We must network with practitioners in other fields of medicine and expose ourselves to how they work. This will inform how we can mesh with the healthcare team. It is vital for us to share these experiences with our colleagues, to advance our profession as a whole.
Be brave and reach out to others. You will find that many practitioners are tired of working alone and will appreciate the connection. Use social media to educate and collaborate. Attend a Bodyworkers Confidential meeting and share your stories. It will require a community effort to raise the standard of massage care. Are you ready to take the baton?