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Carrion crow
The carrion crow (Corvus corone) is a passerine bird of the family Corvidae and the genus Corvus which is native to western Europe and eastern Asia.
Bird recorded in Devon, England
Taxonomy and systematics
The carrion crow was one of the many species originally described by Linnaeus in his 18th-century work Systema Naturae, and it still bears its original name of Corvus corone.[2] The binomial name is derived from the Latin Corvus, "Raven",[3] and Greek korone/κορωνη, "crow".[4]
The hooded crow, formerly regarded as a subspecies, has been split off as a separate species, and there is some discussion whether the eastern carrion crow (C. c. orientalis) is distinct enough to warrant specific status; the two taxa are well separated, and it has been proposed they could have evolved independently in the wetter, maritime regions at the opposite ends of the Eurasian landmass.[5]
Along with the hooded crow, the carrion crow occupies a similar ecological niche in Eurasia to the American crow (C. brachyrhyncos) in North America.
The plumage of the carrion crow is black with a green or purple sheen, much greener than the gloss of the rook. The bill, legs and feet are also black. It can be distinguished from the common raven by its size (48–52 cm or 19 to 20 inches in length as compared to an average of 63 centimetres (25 inches) for ravens) and from the hooded crow by its black plumage. The carrion crow has a wingspan of 84–100 cm or 33 to 39 inches and weighs 400–600 grams.
There is frequent confusion between the carrion crow and the rook, another black corvid found within its range. The beak of the crow is stouter and in consequence looks shorter, and whereas in the adult rook the nostrils are bare, those of the crow are covered at all ages with bristle-like feathers. As well as this, the wings of a carrion crow are proportionally shorter and broader than those of the rook when seen in flight.[6]
Distribution and genetic relationship to hooded crows
A map of Europe indicating the distribution of the carrion and hooded crows on either side of a contact zone (white line) separating the two species
The carrion crow (Corvus corone) and hooded crow (Corvus cornix, including its slightly larger allied form or race C. c. orientalis) are two very closely related species[7] whose geographic distributions across Europe are illustrated in the accompanying diagram. It is believed that this distribution might have resulted from the glaciation cycles during the Pleistocene, which caused the parent population to split into isolates which subsequently re-expanded their ranges when the climate warmed causing secondary contact.[8][9]
Poelstra and coworkers sequenced almost the entire genomes of both species in populations at varying distances from the contact zone to find that the two species were genetically identical, both in their DNA and in its expression (in the form of mRNA), except for the lack of expression of a small portion (<0.28%) of the genome (situated on avian chromosome 18) in the hooded crow, which imparts the lighter plumage colouration on its torso.[8] Thus the two species can viably hybridize, and occasionally do so at the contact zone, but the all-black carrion crows on the one side of the contact zone mate almost exclusively with other all-black carrion crows, while the same occurs among the hooded crows on the other side of the contact zone.
It is therefore clear that it is only the outward appearance of the two species that inhibits hybridization.[8][9] The authors attribute this to assortative mating (rather than to ecological selection), the advantage of which is not clear, and it would lead to the rapid appearance of streams of new lineages, and possibly even species, through mutual attraction between mutants. Unnikrishnan and Akhila propose, instead, that koinophilia is a more parsimonious explanation for the resistance to hybridization across the contact zone, despite the absence of physiological, anatomical or genetic barriers to such hybridization.[8] The carrion crow is also found in the mountains and forests of Japan and also in the cities of Japan.[10]
Behaviour and ecology
In Southend-on-Sea, England
Scavenging around a dead bird in Paris, France
The rook is generally gregarious and the crow solitary, but rooks occasionally nest in isolated trees, and crows may feed with rooks; moreover, crows are often sociable in winter roosts. The most distinctive feature is the voice. The rook has a high-pitched kaaa, but the crow's guttural, slightly vibrant, deeper croaked kraa is distinct from any note of the rook.
The carrion crow is noisy, perching on a vantage point such as a building or the top of a tree and calling three or four times in quick succession, with a slight pause between each series of croaks. During each series of calls, a crow may perform an accompanying gesture, bowing its head and neck downwards with each caw. The wing-beats are slower, more deliberate than those of the rook.
Carrion crows can become tame near humans, and can often be found near areas of human activity or habitation including cities, moors, woodland, sea cliffs and farmland[6] where they compete with other social birds such as gulls and ducks for food in parks and gardens.
Like other species of corvid, carrion crows will actively harass predators and competitors that enter their territory or threaten them or their offspring, and will engage in group mobbing behaviour as a method to defend themselves.[11]
Like all corvids, carrion crows show intelligent behaviour.[12] For example, they can discriminate between numerosities up to 30,[13] flexibily switch between rules[14] and recognise human and crow faces.[15] Given the difference in brain architecture in crows compared to primates, these abilities suggest that their intelligence is realised as a product of convergent evolution.[12]
Though an eater of carrion of all kinds, the carrion crow will eat insects, earthworms, grain, fruits, seeds, small mammals, amphibians, scraps and will also steal eggs. Crows are scavengers by nature, which is why they tend to frequent sites inhabited by humans in order to feed on their household waste. Crows will also harass birds of prey or even foxes for their kills. Crows actively hunt and occasionally co-operate with other crows to make kills, and are sometimes seen catching ducklings for food.
Eggs, Collection Museum Wiesbaden
The bulky stick nest is usually placed in a tall tree, but cliff ledges, old buildings and pylons may be used as well. Nests are also occasionally placed on or near the ground. The nest resembles that of the common raven, but is less bulky. The 3 to 4 brown-speckled blue or greenish eggs are incubated for 18–20 days by the female alone, who is fed by the male. The young fledge after 29–30 days.[16]
Chicks in the nest
It is not uncommon for an offspring from the previous years to stay around and help rear the new hatchlings. Instead of seeking out a mate, it looks for food and assists the parents in feeding the young.[17]
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^ Linnaeus, C (1758). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata (in Latin). Holmiae. (Laurentii Salvii). p. 105. Archived from the original on 19 March 2015. C. atro-caerulescens, cauda rotundata: rectricibus acutis.
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^ a b Holden, Peter (2012). RSPB Handbook Of British Birds. p. 274. ISBN 978 1 4081 2735 3.
^ Parkin, David T. (2003). "Birding and DNA: species for the new millennium". Bird Study. 50 (3): 223–242. doi:10.1080/00063650309461316.
^ a b c d Poelstra, Jelmer W.; Vijay, Nagarjun; Bossu, Christen M.; et al. (2014). "The genomic landscape underlying phenotypic integrity in the face of gene flow in crows" (PDF). Science. 344 (6190): 1410–1414. Bibcode:2014Sci...344.1410P. doi:10.1126/science.1253226. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 24948738.
^ a b de Knijf, Peter (2014). "How carrion and hooded crows defeat Linnaeus's curse". Science. 344 (6190): 1345–1346. Bibcode:2014Sci...344.1345D. doi:10.1126/science.1255744. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 24948724. Further reading: [1]
^ Attenborough. D. 1998. The Life of Birds. pp.295 BBC ISBN 0563-38792-0
^ Pettifor, R. A (1990). "The effects of avian mobbing on a potential predator, the European kestrel, Falco tinnunculus" (PDF). Animal Behaviour. 39 (5): 821–827. doi:10.1016/S0003-3472(05)80945-5.
^ a b Nieder A.; et al. (2017). "Inside the corvid brain—probing the physiology of cognition in crows". Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences. 16 (8): 8–14. doi:10.1016/j.cobeha.2017.02.005.
^ Ditz, Helen; Nieder, Andreas (2016). "Numerosity representations in crows obey the Weber–Fechner law". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 283 (1827): 20160083. doi:10.1098/rspb.2016.0083. PMC 4822466. PMID 27009227.
^ Andreas Nieder; Veit, Lena (28 November 2013). "Abstract rule neurons in the endbrain support intelligent behaviour in corvid songbirds". Nature Communications. 4: 2878. Bibcode:2013NatCo...4E2878V. doi:10.1038/ncomms3878. ISSN 2041-1723. PMID 24285080.
^ Brecht, Katharina F.; Wagener, Lysann; Ostojić, Ljerka; Clayton, Nicola S.; Nieder, Andreas (1 December 2017). "Comparing the face inversion effect in crows and humans". Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 203 (12): 1017–1027. doi:10.1007/s00359-017-1211-7. ISSN 1432-1351. PMC 5696503. PMID 28905251.
^ British Trust for Ornithology (2005) Nest Record Scheme data.
^ Baglione, V.; Marcos, J. M.; Canestrari, D.; Ekman, J. (2002). "Direct fitness benefits of group living in a complex cooperative society of carrion crows, Corvus corone corone". Animal Behaviour. 64 (6): 887–893. doi:10.1006/anbe.2002.2007.
Carrion crow call.
Carrion crow videos, photos & sounds on the Internet Bird Collection.
Photo of profile.
Image of the skull.
Ageing and sexing (PDF; 3.4 MB) by Javier Blasco-Zumeta & Gerd-Michael Heinze.
HOME of the corvus corone corone.
The American crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) is a large passerine bird species of the family Corvidae. It is a common bird found throughout much of North America.
American crows are the New World counterpart to the carrion crow and the hooded crow. Although the American crow and the hooded crow are very similar in size, structure and behavior, their calls are different. The American crow, nevertheless, occupies the same role that the hooded crow does in Eurasia.
From beak to tail, an American crow measures 40–50 cm (16–20 in), almost half of which is tail. Mass varies from about 300 to 600 g (11 to 21 oz). Males tend to be larger than females.
The most usual call is CaaW!-CaaW!-CaaW!.
The American crow is all black, with iridescent feathers. It looks much like other all-black corvids. They can be distinguished from the common raven (C. corax) because American crows are smaller, from the fish crow (C. ossifragus) because American crows do not hunch and fluff their throat feathers when they call and from the carrion crow (C. corone) by the enunciation of their calls.
American crows are common, widespread, and susceptible to the West Nile virus, making them useful as a bioindicator to track the virus's spread. Direct transmission of the virus from American crows to humans is unheard of and unlikely.
Battle of Bayou Bourbeux
The Battle of Bayou Bourbeux also known as the Battle of Grand Coteau, Battle of Boggy Creek or the Battle of Carrion Crow Bayou (Carencro is the Cajun French word for buzzard), which is present day Carencro Bayou, was fought in southwestern Louisiana west of the town of Grand Coteau, during the American Civil War.
The engagement was between the forces of Confederate Brigadier General Thomas Green and Union Brigadier General Stephen G. Burbridge.
Brown-necked raven
The brown-necked raven (Corvus ruficollis) is a larger bird (52–56 cm in length) than the carrion crow though not as large as the common raven. It has similar proportions to the common raven but the bill is not so large or deep and the wings tend to be a little more pointed in profile. The head and throat are a distinct brownish-black giving the bird its English name, while the rest of the plumage is black glossed with purple, blue or purplish-blue. Like the Common raven, Thick-billed raven and White-necked raven, it is one of the larger raven species. The smaller raven species are the Australian raven, Forest raven, Little raven, Fan-tailed raven and Chihuahuan raven with the Thick-billed raven being the world's largest raven species and the Chihuahuan raven being the smallest. The feathers of this species often fade quite quickly to a brownish black (even the truly black feathers) and the bird can look distinctly brown by the time it moults. The feet, legs and bill are black. The dwarf raven was formerly considered a subspecies (Corvus ruficollis edithae) but this bird now appears to be closer to the pied crow (C. albus) than this species.
The Cape crow or black crow (Corvus capensis) is slightly larger (48–50 cm in length) than the carrion crow and is completely black with a slight gloss of purple in its feathers. It has proportionately longer legs, wings and tail too and has a much longer, slimmer bill that seems to be adapted for probing into the ground for invertebrates. The head feathers have a coppery-purple gloss and the throat feathers are quite long and fluffed out in some calls and displays.
Chihuahuan raven
The Chihuahuan raven (Corvus cryptoleucus) is a species of bird in the family Corvidae that is native to the United States and Mexico. It was formerly known as the American white-necked raven, and has the proportions of a common raven with a heavy bill, but is about the same size as a carrion crow, or slightly larger than the American crow (44–51 cm (17–20 in) long). The plumage is all-black with a rich purple-blue gloss in good light. Like the forest raven, little raven, fan-tailed raven and Australian raven, it is one of the smaller raven species. The larger species of raven are the common raven, thick-billed raven, white-necked raven and brown-necked raven, with the common and thick-billed ravens being the world's largest raven species and the little and fan-tailed ravens being the smallest. The Chihuahuan raven is very similar in appearance to the Australian raven, although with dark brown irises and whiter feather bases. The nasal bristles extend farther down the top of the bill than in any other Corvus species to about two-thirds the length. The base of the neck feathers are white-ish (seen only when ruffled in strong wind). The bill, legs and feet are black.
Collared crow
The collared crow (Corvus torquatus), also known as the ring-necked crow or white-collared crow, is a member of the family Corvidae native to China and north of Vietnam.
A crow is a bird of the genus Corvus, or more broadly a synonym for all of Corvus. The term "crow" is used as part of the common name of many species. Species with the word "crow" in their common name include:
Corvus albus – pied crow (Central African coasts to southern Africa)
Corvus bennetti – little crow (Australia)
Corvus brachyrhynchos – American crow (United States, southern Canada, northern Mexico)
Corvus capensis – Cape crow or Cape rook (Eastern and southern Africa)
Corvus caurinus – northwestern crow (Olympic peninsula to southwest Alaska)
Corvus cornix – hooded crow (Northern and Eastern Europe and Northern Africa)
Corvus corone – carrion crow (Europe and eastern Asia)
Corvus edithae – Somali crow (eastern Africa)
Corvus enca – slender-billed crow (Malaysia, Borneo, Indonesia)
Corvus florensis – Flores crow (Flores Island)
Corvus fuscicapillus – brown-headed crow (New Guinea)
Corvus hawaiiensis (formerly C. tropicus) – Hawaiian crow (Hawaii)
Corvus imparatus – Tamaulipas crow (Gulf of Mexico coast)
Corvus insularis – Bismarck crow (Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea)
Corvus jamaicensis – Jamaican crow (Jamaica)
Corvus kubaryi – Mariana crow or aga (Guam, Rota)
Corvus leucognaphalus – white-necked crow (Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico)
Corvus macrorhynchos – jungle crow (Eastern Asia, Himalayas, Philippines)
Corvus macrorhynchos macrorhynchos – large-billed crow
Corvus macrorhynchos levaillantii – eastern jungle crow (India, Burma)
Corvus macrorhynchos culminatus – Indian jungle crow
Corvus meeki – Bougainville crow or Solomon Islands crow (Northern Solomon Islands)
Corvus moneduloides – New Caledonian crow (New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands)
Corvus nasicus – Cuban crow (Cuba, Isla de la Juventud, Grand Caicos Island)
Corvus orru – Torresian crow or Australian crow (Australia, New Guinea and nearby islands)
Corvus ossifragus – fish crow (Southeastern U.S. coast)
Corvus palmarum – palm crow (Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic)
Corvus ruficolis edithae – Somali crow or dwarf raven (Northeast Africa)
Corvus sinaloae – Sinaloan crow (Pacific coast from Sonora to Colima)
Corvus splendens – house crow or Indian house crow (Indian subcontinent, Middle East, east Africa)
Corvus torquatus – collared crow (Eastern China, south into Vietnam)
Corvus tristis – grey crow or Bare-faced crow (New Guinea and neighboring islands)
Corvus typicus – piping crow or Celebes pied crow (Sulawesi, Muna, Butung)
Corvus unicolor – Banggai crow (Banggai Island)
Corvus validus – long-billed crow (Northern Moluccas)
Corvus violaceus – violet crow (Seram) – recent split from slender-billed crow
Corvus woodfordi – white-billed crow or Solomon Islands crow (Southern Solomon Islands)
Cyanopica
Cyanopica is a genus of magpie in the family Corvidae. They belong to a common lineage with the genus Perisoreus.
Daurian jackdaw
The Daurian jackdaw (Coloeus dauuricus) is a bird in the crow family, Corvidae. It is closely related to the western jackdaw. The name derives from the Dauria region of eastern Russia.
Eastern carrion crow
The eastern carrion crow (Corvus corone orientalis, originally a separate species C.orientalis.) is a member of the crow family and a subspecies of the carrion crow. Differences from the nominate subspecies include a larger size, at a length about 500 millimetres (20 in), and more graduated outer tail feathers. The eastern carrion crow is found in Siberia from the Yenisei to Japan, south to Central Asia, Afghanistan, Eastern Iran, Kashmir, Tibet and northern China. They generally lay three to five eggs in trees or buildings. The eggs show no difference from the nominate subspecies.
Egg predation
Egg predation is a feeding strategy by animals (ovivores) including fish, birds, snakes and insects, in which they consume the eggs of other species. Since an egg represents a complete organism at one stage of its life cycle, eating an egg is a form of predation, the killing of another organism for food.
Egg predation is found widely across the animal kingdom, including in insects such as ladybirds, molluscs such as the leech Cystobranchus virginicus, fishes such as haddock, snakes such as colubrids, birds such as carrion crow and buzzard, and mammals such as red fox, badgers and pine martens. Some species are specialist egg predators, but many more are generalists which take eggs when the opportunity arises.
Snakes specialising in egg predation have greatly reduced venom, implying that the main function of venom is to subdue prey.
The fan-tailed raven (Corvus rhipidurus) is a passerine bird of the crow family native to Eastern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Like the Forest raven, Little raven, Australian raven and Chihuahuan raven, it is one of the smaller raven species. The larger species of raven are the Common raven, Thick-billed raven, White-necked raven and Brown-necked raven with the Common and Thick-billed ravens being the world's largest raven species and the Little and Fan-tailed ravens being the smallest, in fact it is about the same size or slightly larger than the carrion crow (47–51 cm) but with a much thicker bill, shorter tail and much larger wings.
Grey crow
The grey crow (Corvus tristis), formerly known as the bare-faced crow, is about the same size (42–45 cm in length) as the Eurasian carrion crow (Corvus corone) but has somewhat different proportions and quite atypical feather pigmentation during the juvenile phase for a member of this genus.
The tail feathers are relatively long and graduated and the legs are relatively short. The overall colouring of the adult bird is black with randomly bleached wing and tail feathers. A large region around the eye is quite bare of feathering and shows pinkish-white skin with the eyes a bluish-white. The bill is unusual too in being very variable, bluish on upper mandible and pinkish-white on the lower in some specimens, while on others the whole bill is pinkish white with a darker tip. The forward pointing nasal bristles so often prominent in other Corvus species are very reduced also.
The juvenile bird by comparison has remarkably pale plumage being light brown to cream, the wings, tail and primaries showing blackish-brown and fawn and the head and underparts often almost white.
The species occurs all over the huge island of New Guinea and associated offshore islands in both primary and secondary forest in both lowland and hill forest up to 1350 m.
Feeding is both on the ground and in trees taking a very wide range of items. Fruit seems to be very important making up a large percentage of the intake though small animals such as frogs and aquatic insect larvae are taken from shallow water on sand or shingle beds in rivers. When foraging through the trees the birds keep loose, noisy contact with each other and usually number between 4–8 individuals.
The voice is described as a weak sounding 'ka' or a whining 'caw' with other hoarse sounding notes added when excited.
The hooded crow (Corvus cornix) (also called hoodie) is a Eurasian bird species in the Corvus genus. Widely distributed, it is also known locally as Scotch crow and Danish crow. In Ireland, it is called caróg liath or grey crow, just as in the Slavic languages and in Danish. In German, it is called "mist crow" ("Nebelkrähe"). Found across Northern, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe, as well as parts of the Middle East, it is an ashy grey bird with black head, throat, wings, tail, and thigh feathers, as well as a black bill, eyes, and feet. Like other corvids, it is an omnivorous and opportunistic forager and feeder.
It is so similar in morphology and habits to the carrion crow (Corvus corone), for many years they were considered by most authorities to be geographical races of one species. Hybridization observed where their ranges overlapped added weight to this view. However, since 2002, the hooded crow has been elevated to full species status after closer observation; the hybridisation was less than expected and hybrids had decreased vigour. Within the hooded crow species, four subspecies are recognized, with one, the Mesopotamian crow, possibly distinct enough to warrant species status itself.
The house crow (Corvus splendens), also known as the Indian, greynecked, Ceylon or Colombo crow, is a common bird of the crow family that is of Asian origin but now found in many parts of the world, where they arrived assisted by shipping. It is between the jackdaw and the carrion crow in size (40 cm (16 in) in length) but is slimmer than either. The forehead, crown, throat and upper breast are a richly glossed black, whilst the neck and breast are a lighter grey-brown in colour. The wings, tail and legs are black. There are regional variations in the thickness of the bill and the depth of colour in areas of the plumage.
Montiferru is a historical region of central-western Sardinia, Italy. It takes its name from the eponymous extinct volcano massif, whose main peak is the Monte Urtigu (1,050 m). Extending for some 700 km², the massif had originally a maximum elevation of c. 1,600/1,700 m, later reduced due to erosion.
The volcanic origin of the area is testified by the basaltic rocks of the seaside. Water sources are frequent, rivers from the area including the Rio Mannu.
The economy is essentially rural, based on agriculture and animal husbandry. Flora goes from the Mediterranean shrubland of the coast to olive and fruit trees in the mainland, up to pine and oaks in the more elevated parts. Wildlife include wild boar, fox, Sardinian hare, European hedgehog, least weasel, marten, the rare Sardinian wildcat, vulture, carrion crow, peregrine falcon, hoopoe, little owl, Eurasian scops owl and others.
Somali crow
The Somali crow, or dwarf raven (Corvus edithae), is approximately the size (44–46 cm in length) of the carrion crow, Corvus corone but with longer bill and somewhat more brownish cast to the feathers, especially when worn.
This species occurs principally in Somalia, Djibouti, the Ogaden and the Northern Frontier District in the Horn of Africa, and can be distinguished from the larger brown-necked raven C. ruficollis by its call, appearance and differences in its behaviour.
It was formerly considered a subspecies of the larger brown-necked raven (C. ruficollis), but is now considered to be a distinct species.
This crow is thought to be closer to the pied crow C. albus by some authorities, especially in its behaviour, than to the brown-necked raven. Hybrid birds between the pied crow and the Somali crow appear to reinforce this close relationship where the two species meet.
The nest is a raven-like bulky structure set in either a lone tree or on telegraph poles. It will nest on cliffs in coastal regions or areas where trees are unavailable. The 3-5 eggs are laid in April and early May.
The voice is described as a harsh "caw" rather like the rook, Corvus frugilegus of Eurasia.
Stelvio National Park (Italian: Parco nazionale dello Stelvio; German: Nationalpark Stilfser Joch) is a national park in the north-east of Italy, founded in 1935.
The park is the largest in Italy and covers part of two regions: Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol and Lombardia, in 24 municipalities.
Stelvio National Park has borders with the Swiss National Park, the Parco naturale provinciale dell'Adamello-Brenta and the Parco regionale dell'Adamello. Together, these parks comprise 400,000 hectares (1,500 sq mi) of protected natural environment. The park includes an extensive territory of valleys and high mountains, ranging from 650 metres (2,130 ft) to 3,900 m (12,800 ft) in height.
Stelvio National Park is home to a variety of wildlife including chamois, alpine ibex, roe deer, red deer, wild boar, red foxes, stoats, least weasels, red squirrels, alpine marmots, mountain hares, Eurasian badgers, beech martens, European pine martens, European mole, hazel grouse, lammergeiers, ravens, carrion crow, great spotted woodpeckers, black woodpeckers, buzzards, nutcrackers, Eurasian dotterels, rock partridges, western capercaillies, Eurasian eagle-owls and golden eagles.
The Mewlips
The Mewlips is a hobbit poem, appearing in the work The Adventures of Tom Bombadil by J.R.R. Tolkien. It concerns the Mewlips, an imaginary race of evil creatures that feed on passers by, collecting their bones in a sack. The poem describes the long and lonely road needed to reach the Mewlips, travelling beyond the Merlock Mountains, and through the marsh of Tode and the wood of "hanging trees and gallows-weed". None of these names appear on any of the official maps of Middle-earth. There is a mention, in the same poem, of gorcrows, creatures who croak in their sleep; nothing more is said of them. Gorcrow is an old term for Carrion crow, a common Eurasian scavenging bird.
Extant species of family Corvidae
Subclass: Neornithes
Superorder: Neognathae
Family Corvidae
Pyrrhocorax
Alpine chough (P. graculus)
Red-billed chough (P. pyrrhocorax)
Treepies
Crypsirina
Hooded treepie (C. cucullata)
Black racket-tailed treepie (C. temia)
Dendrocitta
Andaman treepie (D. bayleyi)
Bornean treepie (D. cinerascens)
Grey treepie (D. formosae)
Black-faced treepie (D. frontalis)
White-bellied treepie (D. leucogastra)
Sumatran treepie (D. occipitalis)
Rufous treepie (D. vagabunda)
Platysmurus
Black magpie (P. leucopterus)
Bornean black magpie (P. l. aterrimus)
Temnurus
Ratchet-tailed treepie (T. temnurus)
Cissa
Common green magpie (C. chinensis)
Indochinese green magpie (C. hypoleuca)
Bornean green magpie (C. jefferyi)
Javan green magpie (C. thalassina)
Urocissa
Taiwan blue magpie (U. caerulea)
Red-billed blue magpie (U. erythrorhyncha)
Yellow-billed blue magpie (U. flavirostris)
Sri Lanka blue magpie (U. ornata)
White-winged magpie (U. whiteheadi)
Old World jays
Garrulus
Eurasian jay (G. glandarius)
Lanceolated jay (G. lanceolatus)
Lidth's jay (G. lidthi)
Podoces
(Ground jays)
Biddulph's ground jay (P. biddulphi)
Henderson's ground jay (P. hendersoni)
Pander's ground jay (P. panderi)
Persian ground jay (P. pleskei)
Ptilostomus
Piapiac (P. afer)
Stresemann's
bushcrow
Zavattariornis
Stresemann's bushcrow (Z. stresemanni)
Family Corvidae (continued)
Nucifraga
Spotted nutcracker (N. caryocatactes)
Clark's nutcracker (N. columbiana)
Holarctic
Black-billed magpie (P. hudsonia)
Yellow-billed magpie (P. nuttalli)
Eurasian magpie (P. pica)
Oriental magpie (P. sericea)
Maghreb magpie (P. mauritanica)
Asir magpie (P. asirensis)
Black-rumped magpie (P. bottanensis)
True crows
(crows, ravens,
jackdaws and rooks)
Australian and Melanesian species
Little crow (C. bennetti)
Australian raven (C. coronoides)
Bismarck crow (C. insularis)
Brown-headed crow (C. fuscicapillus)
Bougainville crow (C. meeki)
Little raven (C. mellori)
New Caledonian crow (C. moneduloides)
Torresian crow (C. orru)
Forest raven (C. tasmanicus)
Grey crow (C. tristis)
Long-billed crow (C. validus)
White-billed crow (C. woodfordi)
Pacific island species
Hawaiian crow (C. hawaiiensis)
Mariana crow (C. kubaryi)
Tropical Asian species
Daurian jackdaw (C. dauuricus)
Slender-billed crow (C. enca)
Flores crow (C. florensis)
Large-billed crow (C. macrorhynchos)
Eastern jungle crow (C. levaillantii)
Indian jungle crow (C. culminatus)
House crow (C. splendens)
Collared crow (C. torquatus)
Piping crow (C. typicus)
Banggai crow (C. unicolor)
Violet crow (C. violaceus)
Eurasian and North African species
Mesopotamian crow (C. capellanus)
Hooded crow (C. cornix)
Carrion crow (C. corone)
Rook (C. frugilegus)
Jackdaw (C. monedula)
Eastern carrion crow (C. orientalis)
Fan-tailed raven (C. rhipidurus)
Brown-necked raven (C. ruficollis)
Holarctic species
Common raven (C. corax)
North and Central American species
American crow (C. brachyrhynchos)
Northwestern crow (C. caurinus)
Chihuahuan raven (C. cryptoleucus)
Tamaulipas crow (C. imparatus)
Jamaican crow (C. jamaicensis)
White-necked crow (C. leucognaphalus)
Cuban crow (C. nasicus)
Fish crow (C. ossifragus)
Palm crow (C. palmarum)
Sinaloan crow (C. sinaloae)
Tropical African species
White-necked raven (C. albicollis)
Pied crow (C. albus)
Cape crow (C. capensis)
Thick-billed raven (C. crassirostris)
Somali crow (C. edithae)
Azure-winged
Iberian magpie (C. cooki)
Azure-winged magpie (C. cyanus)
Grey jays
Perisoreus
Canada jay (P. canadensis)
Siberian jay (P. infaustus)
Sichuan jay (P. internigrans)
New World jays
Aphelocoma
(Scrub jays)
California scrub jay (A. californica)
Island scrub jay (A. insularis)
Woodhouse's scrub jay (A. woodhouseii)
Florida scrub jay (A. coerulescens)
Transvolcanic jay (A. ultramarina)
Unicolored jay (A. unicolor)
Mexican jay (A. wollweberi)
Calocitta
(Magpie-Jays)
Black-throated magpie-jay (C. colliei)
White-throated Magpie-jay (C. formosa)
Cyanocitta
Blue jay (C. cristata)
Steller's jay (C. stelleri)
Cyanocorax
Black-chested jay (C. affinis)
Purplish-backed jay (C. beecheii)
Azure jay (C. caeruleus)
Cayenne jay (C. cayanus)
Plush-crested jay (C. chrysops)
Curl-crested jay (C. cristatellus)
Purplish jay (C. cyanomelas)
White-naped jay (C. cyanopogon)
Tufted jay (C. dickeyi)
Azure-naped jay (C. heilprini)
Bushy-crested jay (C. melanocyaneus)
Brown jay (C. morio)
White-tailed jay (C. mystacalis)
San Blas jay (C. sanblasianus)
Violaceous jay (C. violaceus)
Green jay (C. ynca)
Yucatan jay (C. yucatanicus)
Cyanolyca
Silvery-throated jay (C. argentigula)
Black-collared jay (C. armillata)
Azure-hooded jay (C. cucullata)
White-throated jay (C. mirabilis)
Dwarf jay (C. nana)
Beautiful jay (C. pulchra)
Black-throated jay (C. pumilo)
Turquoise jay (C. turcosa)
White-collared jay (C. viridicyana)
Gymnorhinus
Pinyon jay (G. cyanocephalus)
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[UPDATED] Kanye West Is a True Belieber
He says Justin sang his favorite song of 2015.
By Eliza Thompson
Over the weekend during one of his now-routine Twitter sprees, Kanye West revealed his favorite song of 2015. It's a little late for year-end lists, but he was busy finishing his album and his fashion line, so cut him some slack. He makes his year-end lists when he wants, and if they only contain one song when he's done, so be it! Anyway, Kanye's pick for song of the year is — drum roll, please — "What Do You Mean?" by Justin Bieber. Excellent choice, sir. Excellent choice.
Lest you accuse Kanye of jumping on the Purpose bandwagon, please note that Yeezus has been riding the Belieber train since at least 2010, when he tweeted about how much he liked the song "Runaway Love." Justin, who was 16 at the time, said he was "hyped" Kanye liked his music, which led to Kanye proposing that he and Justin work on a song together with Raekwon. A "Runaway Love" remix did eventually happen, and it was amazing. All of which is to say that maybe it's time they started tweeting each other about remixes again, because I can't be the only one who wants to know what Kanye would do with "I'll Show You."
Update 3/14, 4:18 p.m.: Kanye was not lying; he does love this song. Here he is singing it in the car, as captured by Kim Kardashian's Snapchat. Cross your fingers he does "Sorry" next.
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Apple vs. FBI: The Great Back Door Debate Broken Down
In a discussion sweeping the tech (and consumer) world, it's easy to suffer from "Apple vs. FBI" information overload. Here at WinMagic, we've been closely following the developments of the story and understand Apple's firm stance. In an effort to break the story down (and share some of our own thoughts) here are the nuts and bolts of the Apple vs. FBI case.
On February 16, Judge Sheri Pym, of the Federal District Court for the District of Central California, granted the U.S. Attorney's request for tech giant Apple to unlock an encrypted iPhone.
The United States government approached Apple with a request to build an iPhone operating system to be installed on an encrypted iPhone 5c, circumventing the existing security settings on that iPhone.
Apple has told the judge that although they could write a new program, doing so would compromise security and violate the company's rights.
The request was issued earlier this month.
The FBI is asking for Apple to unlock the encrypted iPhone because it was used by one of the terrorists responsible for the tragic attack in San Bernardino, California.
The U.S. Attorney is asking for "reasonable technical assistance" to the FBI. Without Apple's help, the FBI has no way of cracking the encryption code through a key without possibly wiping the device of its contents – contents that the FBI believes could serve as critical information.
As a leading provider of intelligent key management and encryption solutions, WinMagic understands Apple's firm stance. If Apple were compelled to write a program that enables easier key identification (tied to the users' password), the technology company would essentially be providing a backdoor to the security of the specific phone, which could very realistically be replicated for future brute-force attacks.
Although there is a chance that by breaking into the iPhone the FBI could uncover useful information in the San Bernardino case, we as security experts recognize that the risk associated with this request far outweighs the potential benefit.
Here's why – from an in-depth, expert view of today's evolving threat landscape, we recognize that the hacking techniques of cybercriminals are becoming exponentially more advanced. If Apple were to comply with the FBI's request and create a backdoor, trolling cybercriminals could easily capitalize on the backdoor, find a way to manipulate and replicate the action, thus creating a domino effect of compromised security loopholes.
As Apple continually updates it iOS, it took the security measure to stop storing encryption keys for devices, making it impossible for the company itself to unlock the code. Simply put – without an encryption key, Apple cannot bypass a lock code. In short: Apple has given the encryption keys back to their customers.
For over two decades, WinMagic has provided intelligent key management for everything encryption, with robust, manageable and easy-to-use data security solutions. Our flagship solution, SecureDoc, secures data wherever it is stored by providing enterprise grade data encryption and key management policies across all operating systems to our customers. In short, WinMagic gives the encryption keys back to our customers. We've done so for two reasons:
To supply our customers with the ability to use a single key manager for all platforms
To offer the ability to select and use whichever encryption technologies best meet the requirements regardless of key management capabilities
According to a recent blog post on intelligent key management, we take a deeper dive into our offering:
Our intelligent key management offering increases security by supporting a single instance of strong multi-factor authentication for each user, while concealing all other encryption keys and authentication credentials behind the scenes.
The case of Apple vs. FBI has raised long overdue awareness around the subject of encryption and its ability to strongly secure data. Our intelligent key management encryption offering has created a fortress of data security that can only be stormed by the keeper of the keys – i.e. our customers. There are no loopholes, no backdoors. Just intelligent encryption.
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Yanlin Liu, Professor & Doctoral Supervisor of Viticulture and Enology, College of Enology, Northwest A&F University, Scientist of China Agriculture Research System (CARS) for Wine Microbiology. Prof. Dr. Liu serves as director of Processing and Storage Laboratory of CARS for Grapes and Wine industry. She is a well-known wine experts and wine judge for several international and domestic wine competitions. She also is the founder of a platform (Wine Tasting Panel) for professional wine tasting.
Prof. Dr. Liu is a long time educator and scientist of grape and wine. Her research program mainly focuses on enology, yeast screening and breeding for enological microbiology, and the control of wine quality. She has headed over 2 research projects of National Natural Science Foundation named as Mapping and dissecting the QTLs associated with low temperature tolerance in native wild yeast of saccharomyces cerevisiae and Molecular mechanism regulating hydrogen sulfide production by the sulfate reduction pathway in saccharomyces cerevisiae. She also participated in several national, ministerial or provincial research projects. Prof. Liu published more than 150 articles in academic journals and 4 monographs as the first author or corresponding author, in which there are about 20 papers indexed by SCI. She has been awarded 4 ministerial or provincial research awards. A germplasm repository containing thousands of native wine yeast strains has been established by her research team. And two fine indigenous Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains CECA and CEC01 were selected and had come into the stage of wine industrialization application.


In this authoritative and eye-opening book, Max Tegmark describes and illuminates the recent, path-breaking advances in Artificial Intelligence and how it is poised to overtake human intelligence. How will AI affect crime, war, justice, jobs, society and our very sense of being human? The rise of AI has the potential to transform our future more than any other technology–and there's nobody better qualified or situated to explore that future than Max Tegmark, an MIT professor who's helped mainstream research on how to keep AI beneficial. How can we grow our prosperity through automation without leaving people lacking income or purpose? What career advice should we give today's kids? How can we make future AI systems more robust, so that they do what we want without crashing, malfunctioning or getting hacked? Should we fear an arms race in lethal autonomous weapons? Will machines eventually outsmart us at all tasks, replacing humans on the job market and perhaps altogether? Will AI help life flourish like never before or give us more power than we can handle? What sort of future do you want? This book empowers you to join what may be the most important conversation of our time. It doesn't shy away from the full range of viewpoints or from the most controversial issues–from superintelligence to meaning, consciousness and the ultimate physical limits on life in the cosmos.
Sports in Society is the definitive text for the sport sociology course. Taking a global, issues-oriented approach to the study of the role of sport in society, this text encourages the discussion of current sports-related controversies and helps students develop critical thinking skills.
This book offers a comprehensive overview of the intellectual developments in urban conservation. The authors offer unique insights from UNESCO's World Heritage Centre and the book is richly illustrated with colour photographs. Examples are drawn from urban heritage sites worldwide from Timbuktu to Liverpool to demonstrate key issues and best practice in urban conservation today. The book offers an invaluable resource for architects, planners, surveyors and engineers worldwide working in heritage conservation, as well as for local authority conservation officers and managers of heritage sites.
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Hand2Mouth Blog: Woo-Hoo it's a Bar-B-Q!
Please join us on Saturday afternoon for an autumn BBQ at the Chill Palace, the name we've given to the beautiful azumaya that our firend Josh built last summer in our backyard. We will be grilling up a storm and sipping delicious drinks brought to you by Ninkasi and New Deal. And, if you haven't yet treated yourself to a game of Cornholio, now is your chance! My main man Casey has handmade our set and it has now skyrocketed to the tip top of my backyard game list. We'll have Dj Brokenwindow spinning records and a fire in the firepit!! Most importantly the yard will be teeming with dear friends and supporters. We never have enough time to just hang out and relax with the beautiful people in our town, so come on out to the Palace and chill with us.
I also want to send a big thanks to Ninkasi Brewing, New Deal Vodka, Kookoolan Farms, Saint Cupcake, Sunshine Dairy, Columbia Gorge Juices, Nature Bake, Safeway and Hood River Organic for generous donations to help make it all possible.
Oh and it's company member Julie Hammond's birthday on Saturday so when you see her say something sweet.
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Alabama Pioneers Honored ⁄ Biographies ⁄ Genealogy Information
BIOGRAPHY: Rev. George Evans Brewer October 31, 1832 – photograph
October 31, 2018 October 20, 2018 by Donna R Causey
REV. GEORGE EVANS BREWER
Elmore, Coosa County, Alabama
Rev. George Evans Brewer was born near Covington, Newton County, Ga., October 31, 1832, and died in 1922 in his ninetieth year and is buried in Notasulga with other members of his family.
He was the son of Rev. Aaron G. and Martha (Taylor) Brewer, the former born near Squancum, Monmouth County, N. J.; grandson of George and Rebecca (Schenck) Brewer, both of whom were members of the earliest Dutch families settling in the New Netherlands, a minister in the Protestant Methodist Church, being a member of the Baltimore convention which organized that body; and of George Taylor, a native of Ireland; great-grandson of Lazarus Brewer, of Monmouth County, N. J.; and great-great-grandson of Anneke Jans Bogardus, of New York.
Rev. Mr. Brewer was educated in the country schools and at Robinson Springs Academy, Elmore County. He taught school from 1851 to 1856. In 1856 he was elected superintendent of education of Coosa County, being the first under the new school law and was a member of the House of Representatives from the same county, 1857-59, and a member of the State Senate, 1859-63.
In the fall of 1860. he was ordained to the ministry in the Missionary Baptist Church and served his first pastorate at Wetumpka. In February 1862, he was elected captain of an infantry company raised in Coosa County and was first on detached duty at Pensacola, but in June 1862, was assigned to Co. A., 46th Alabama infantry regiment, C. S. A.
With this organization, he served until the close of the War Between the States, much of the time in command. He was adjutant-general of Alabama during 1866, but resigned before the close of the year. He then returned to the active ministry, in which he continued without interruption until 1901, when he was appointed to the position of chaplain of convicts, by Gov. Wm. J. Samford, being retained in office by Gov. Wm. D, Jelks.
After the expiration of his term in 1907, he again took up his ministerial work. He served as moderator at various times of the Central, the Tuskegee, and the Harris Baptist Associations. He was a potent influence in the establishment of the School for the Deaf and Blind at Talladega and the hospital for the insane, now Bryce Hospital, at Tuscaloosa.
Mr. Brewer's deep interest in history was manifested by numerous writings both published and unpublished. Among the former was his "History of the Central Baptist Association" (1895.) and "History of the 46th Alabama Regiment, C. S. A.," which appeared in The Montgomery Advertiser, 1902.
He was employed in the State Department of Archives and History for several years, including 1917-18, at which time he wrote the "History of Coosa County". The military files of the Department were enriched by voluminous notes from his pen.
He was married December 20, 1854, at Rockford, Coosa County, to Laura Ann, daughter of Judge Isaac Willis and Louisa (McCary) Suttle, of that county. She died in 1914, after, a happy marriage lasting sixty years.
Sallie Teresa Brewer, m. Henry Bradford
Edgar Brewer m. Mary Morgan;
Ella Rosa Brewer d. young;
Samuel Oscar Brewer m. Ollie Wilkie
George Francis Brewer m. Frances Meredith
Mattie Laura Brewer, m. Dr. B. W. Allen
Mamie Louisa Brewer, m. Thomas M. Espy
Infant son, deceased
He and his wife are buried in Rosemere Cemetery in Opelika, Lee County, Alabama
The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 04, No. 01, Spring Issue 19
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How Indian TV Shows Changed the Lives of Viewers
Such environments, watching shows like Amita ka Amit online not just introduces one to the plight of two common individuals in Mumbai but additionally re-instil belief in the institution of established marriages, Indian methods and traditions.
Additionally, India TV shows such as for example Adaalat and Crime Patrol have been functional in bringing to the television set a new style of socially conscious TV viewing. With a reality TV format in addition to through history boards, shows such as this have already been important in making the Indian viewer extremely well informed and educated.
With tens and thousands of various primary and changed artwork types that occur inside our nation, Indian TV shows have successfully leveraged the wealthy culture and artistic history that people get as a nation never to only transform activity in India but additionally to provide distinctive opportunities to a large share of skilled citizens. With fact television, amusing artists, performers, musicians and a variety of other people have been in a position to collaborate and present themselves to millions of people.
Recall the full time when meal was not offered at home before 11 PM since your mother did not desire to skip the bout of Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi? Or recall the full time as soon as your dad solved every problem that Amitabh Bachchan requested the contestants of Kaun Banega Crorepati? As well as those minutes when grandmothers believed that her four daughters signified the heroes of Kahaani Ghar Ghar Ki? Sure, they are all of the wonderful thoughts that were, and also nowadays, mark the ability of Hindi Tv Yeh Rishtey Hain Pyaar Ke shows and what it has been doing to us in the recent years.
We Indians are usually at the top of the psychological quotient and something that moves our emotional notes could be an instant hit. That is why, family dramas have managed to get in touch to persons, which in exchange gave the shows their TRP's, awards and the label of being probably the most effective display in the Indian television history.
Related could be the event with truth shows. The audience cried when the contestants failed and celebrated once they prevailed. These reality reveals offered an opportunity to the standard people to improve their destiny and purchase fame. It made persons feel that they have an equal opportunity to be on tv, and that looking attractive or walking around creation houses to present their ability was not needed anymore to be part of a show. Therefore it is not improper to say that Indian television shows presents people lots of drama, leisure and opportunities, which attaches all of us to it.
But the point and also to be noted here's that folks modify their preferences quickly with new shows. Programs like Zee, Colours, Celebrity and Sony are seeking quite difficult to come up with the very best mix of family soaps and truth shows to boost their TRP's. Currently, Colors stands next in TRP graphs making use of their shows like India's Got Ability and Balika Vadhu. Nevertheless, Sony Activity stands large with Kaun Banega Crorepati, CID, Bade Acche Lagte Ho and Offense Patrol, and hikes away with the piece of top reveals in the charts, equally in the daily soaps area along with the reality shows section. Celebrity scars next making use of their show Diya Aur Baati Sound, after their drop in the charts with the finish of Satyameva Jayate time one.
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Perspectives in STEM: An evening with Dr. Laurie Leshin
Presented by the Science Alliance
Join us for the first in the NYWiSTEM Series "Perspectives in STEM" as Dr. Laurie Leshin of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) discusses her illustrious career in science and technology.
Grow a New STEM: One Woman's Walk of Discovery on Earth and Mars
Our nation's future prosperity is fundamentally linked to our ability to invent and innovate our way to a better world. Innovation drives the world of STEM, and therefore, a healthy STEM ecosystem is critical to our future prosperity. In this presentation, Dr. Leshin will discuss the importance of asking inspiring questions that are almost impossible to answer as a means to drive innovation, and the absolute need to engage intellects from all backgrounds to seek answers and solutions. She will reflect on her own experience as an academic leader, a NASA executive, and an astrobiologist to frame a discussion of the importance of a thriving community of innovators. And she might just share the latest results from NASA's Mars Curiosity rover!
Dr. Leshin's seminar will be followed by a question and answer session.
Laurie Leshin, PhD
Dean of Science, RPI
Dr. Laurie Leshin is Dean of the School of Science at RPI where she leads the scientific academic and research enterprise in the School. Prior to joining Rensselaer, she held several senior executive roles including the Deputy Head of the future Human Spaceflight Program at NASA Headquarters, and Deputy Director for Science and Technology of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Before joining NASA, Dr. Leshin was a Chaired Professor of Geological Sciences, and Director of the Center for Meteorite Studies at Arizona State University.
Dr. Leshin received her PhD in Geochemistry from Caltech. Her scientific expertise is in cosmochemistry and planetary science. Dr. Leshin is a member of the science team for the Mars Curiosity rover mission, currently roaming the surface of Mars.
Dr. Leshin has received many honors for her contributions to space science and exploration. In 2004, she served on President Bush's Commission on Implementation of United States Space Exploration Policy, a nine-member commission charged with advising the President on the execution of his new Vision Space Exploration. She received the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal in 2004 for this work, and the Outstanding Leadership Medal in 2011 for her work at NASA. This year, President Obama appointed her to the Advisory Board of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. And, the International Astronomical Union recognized her contributions to planetary science with the naming of asteroid 4922 Leshin.
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...for those who regard liberty as anything more than a campaign-trail abstraction. Those of us over a certain age grew up fearing the threat of communism. As it turned out, it wasn't much of a threat. The real threat, the one we all missed, was the one right under our noses, as our public servants on all levels--from those sworn to protect and defend to those we elected to govern, morphed into our corporatist/fascist masters. As never-ending "wars" like the war on drugs became an ongoing excuse to eviscerate the Constitution and Bill of Rights turn "Peace Officers" into a standing army of occupation.
Balko meticulously documents this evolution from an historical perspective, bringing together his years of tracking police excesses and increasing militarization, with history lessons in how the modern police force as we know it came to be.
The true spirit of liberty, the true spirit of these United States, may not yet be lost to us and to history, but it's clearly on life support, and the Priest waits in the hallway... Our first, best hope to turn back the tide will always be education, and "Rise of the Warrior Cop" is an excellent place to start.
But then, if you're not doing anything wrong, what do you have to worry about, right? And oh yes, Think of the Children!
I have to agree with the other praise provided so far about Abreva. Unfortunately, I've NEVER been able to "catch it in time" to have it disappear, but I can definitely attest to it's shortening of time spent suffering through them. I too was a, less than thrilled w/ the results, Zovirax user. This far beats out Zovirax for ease of pain and other symptoms, as well as the much mentioned shortening of outbreak time. That said, price really isn't a factor, this is the only product out there that can boast these effects and there is usually a coupon in the package to save you a few bucks the next time around. Also, their website, also usually has printable coupons.
Pen Name - My favorite pregnancy book!
I've read several books about pregnancy/childbirth and this book is by far my favorite. I love that the author's information is presented in a numbers-oriented way. She doesn't try to make recommendations as to what an expectant mother should do with her own pregnancy, she just presents the % risks/benefits involved with specific prenatal behaviors, dietary restrictions, etc and lets the reader make her own decision. This book is perfect for any science-minded woman who is pregnant or trying to conceive, and wants to know the real data from the studies that are out there. Great book!
Here is Kaplan's state-of-the-art tome. It has what you need: test strategies, practice tests, practice quizzes, detailed explanations, resources online, and a lot of "what to expect."
I cannot imagine anyone working their way through this whole book. I mean, really.
What I appreciate about the Kaplan approach is not merely the amount of content here, but that Kaplan gives you different ways to prepare so that you're ready for your test. After about 20 minutes of cruising through this material, I was able to mount a program that worked for me.


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December 07, 2005 CET: 20:45
Local time: 20:45 ABDI IPEKCI ARENA
CSKA Moscow maintained its strong rise in Group C standings by winning its fourth straight game in dominant fashion on the road, 49-82 against Ulker in Istanbul on Wednesday. CSKA is now 4-2 and sure of at least a share of third place, while Ulker falls into a danger zone at 1-5 with its second home loss. A second-quarter surge in which it scored 14 unanswered points was all that CSKA needed to take charge for good, adding to its big leads the rest of the way. Matjaz Smodis led the winners with 18 points in 23 minutes, but the contributions for the winners spanned the whole lineup. David Andersen added 16 point, Trajan Langdon 12, David Vanterpool 10 rebouns and Theodoros Papaloukas 10 assists. Ulker got 11 points from Marcus Haislip and 10 from Mirsad Turkcan, who did all his scoring in the first half and also picked up 9 rebounds.
Sergei Panov got CSKA going with a three-pointer from the wing, to which Turkcan answered with a put-back for Ulker. Langdon kept CSKA's accuracy in order with a corner triple and Andersen added a layup that gave the guests a 2-8 margin. Turkcan and Marcus Haislip came to the rescue for Ulker with consecutive baskets, but a three-point play by a dominant Andersen kept the guests in charge. Omer Onan slashed for a tough layup but otherwise Ulker had troubles against CSKA's defense. Aleksey Savrasenko came off the bench and immediately scored in the paint and even when Turkcan nailed a jumper, Matjaz Smodis answered from downtown for a 10-16 CSKA lead. Turkcan kept scoring fluently, but he didn't get much help. Meanwhile, Savrasenko followed Holden's jumper with his second basket to give CSKA a 12-20 advantage after 10 minutes.
Vrbica Stefanov boosted Ulker with a corner triple and Ibrahim Kutluay copied him from downtown to make it a two-point game, 18-20, early in the second quarter. Papaloukas got CSKA back on track with a two-handed dunk off a steal, as the guests switched to zone defense. Turkcan beat it with a put-back basket, but a technical foul on him was called before CSKA broke open the game. Langdon and Andersen took over with 4 points apiece to force an Ulker timeout at 20-31. CSKA's zone defense was dominating now, while Andersen scored inside and Panov added a put-back basket to cap a 0-14 run that put the guests fully in charge, 20-37, after 18 minutes. Haislip came to the rescue with consecutive short jumpers for Ulker, but that didn't stop CSKA. Langdon silenced the crowd with a three before Papaloukas added a fastbreak layup and fed Holden for another, all good for a 24-44 CSKA margin at halftime.
Haislip and Andersen exchanged baskets early in the third quarter, as Ulker tried to power the offensive board. Free throws by Stefanov and Trepagnier brought Ulker within 29-46, but the scoring pace was slower after the break, allowing CSKA to keep its lead. Holden fed Langdon for an easy basket while Panov appeared again to get a put-back basket to boost CSKA's lead to 31-50 after 24 minutes. Kutluay came off a screen to nail a big jumper but the hosts needed much more than that. Vanterpool kept rebounding well at both ends and slashed for a layup which made it a 20-point game, 33-53. Smodis followed Holden's driving layup with a baseline jumper. Nothing changed until the end of this period, as Smodis nailed a triple and added an uncontested layup to give CSKA a 40-62 lead after 30 minutes.
The fourth quarter held little drama, especially after Smodis lit up with a pair of three-pointers in the first few minutes, raising the CSKA lead to 40-67. Despite a triple by Ibrahim Kutluay of Ulker, the visitors just kept adding to their advantage. Alexey Savrasenko, Theodoros Papaloukas, Nikita Kurbanov and Zakhar Pashutin all contributed points down the stretch. Only young Oguz Savas and Bekir Yarangume had anything left in them for Ulker, which went quietly to its third loss in a row in Group C.
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Referees: PITSILKAS, NIKOLAOS; FACCHINI, FABIO; RYZHYK, BORYS; BAKALIS, PANAGIOTIS
Ulker 12 12 16 9
CSKA Moscow 20 24 18 20
Ulker 12 24 40 49
4 STEFANOV, VRBICA 28:45 9 2/2 1/2 2/2 2 1 3 2 1 1 1 12
5 PASALIC, DRAGO DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
6 TURKCAN, MIRSAD 27:00 10 5/10 0/2 4 5 9 1 1 4 3 1 8
7 ONAN, OMER 22:45 2 1/2 0/3 2 1 2 -3
8 ONER, CANER DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
9 YARANGÜME, BEKIR 5:30 2 1/1 1 1 2
10 KUTLUAY, IBRAHIM 32:15 8 1/4 2/6 1 1 1 3 1 1
11 ERDEN, CUNEYT 9:00 0/1 0/3 1 1 3 1 -7
12 TREPAGNIER, JEFF 21:45 3 0/3 0/3 3/4 5 5 2 2 1 3 2 5
13 YANNIER, DERYA DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
14 SAVAS, OGUZ 23:30 4 1/2 2/2 1 1 2 1 2 2 4
15 HAISLIP, MARCUS 29:30 11 5/9 1/2 1 3 4 2 5 13
Team 1 1 3 -2
Totals 200:00 49 16/34 3/19 8/10 8 18 26 6 6 17 1 1 13 12 33
47.1% 15.8% 80%
Head coach: ATAMAN, ERGIN
4 PAPALOUKAS, THEODOROS 22:30 5 1/2 1/2 3 3 10 2 1 1 1 17
5 KURBANOV, NIKITA 7:00 2 1/1 1 1 2 4
6 PANOV, SERGEY 12:45 7 2/4 1/2 3 1 4 1 3 4
7 ZAVOUREV, VASILY 4:15 0/1 0/1 1 -1
8 SMODIS, MATJAZ 23:15 18 3/4 4/5 1 2 3 1 1 2 2 17
9 VANTERPOOL, DAVID 24:00 4 1/6 2/2 5 5 10 5 2 1 1 12
10 HOLDEN, JR 22:30 6 3/5 0/2 4 1 1 1 7
11 PASHUTIN, ZAKHAR 13:00 4 2/2 0/2 1 1 1 1 3
13 ANDERSEN, DAVID 23:45 16 7/10 2/3 6 6 1 1 3 19
14 SAVRASENKO, ALEKSEY 18:00 8 3/6 2/4 2 2 1 3 2 5
15 KASHIROV, ANATOLY 2:15 1 1 2 1
21 LANGDON, TRAJAN 26:45 12 2/5 2/6 2/2 3 3 1 2 2 2 11
Totals 200:00 82 25/46 8/20 8/11 10 25 35 22 6 11 1 1 12 12 98
54.3% 40% 72.7%
Head coach: MESSINA, ETTORE
ATAMAN, ERGIN
"We are still struggling to reach the physical level of our opponents and this is the main reason that we can't challenge the big teams. Tonight's performance is a good example of this handicap. CSKA Moscow is playing the best style of modern basketball. They showed what a team can do best in every aspect of the game. I have nothing to say but to congratulate CSKA Moscow and wish them good luck for future games."
December 7 20:45 CET LIVE FINAL
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Lutheran leader encourages backing for Sudan over referendum
By Peter Kenny
The head of the Lutheran World Federation has called for prayer and assistance for the people of Sudan ahead of the 9 January referendum on autonomy in South Sudan.
The general secretary of the Lutheran World Federation, the Rev Martin Junge has called for prayer and assistance over Christmas for the people and churches of Sudan in anticipation of the 9 January referendum on autonomy in South Sudan.
"Our hope is that the Comprehensive Peace Agreement of 2005 between the respective Sudanese parties will hold, that the people of South Sudan will be free to vote in the referendum and free to choose the future direction for their region, and that whatever the result of the vote the consequences will play out in a way that is peaceful and respectful of human dignity," Junge said in a 22 December letter to LWF member churches worldwide.
The referendum on independence for southern Sudan is part of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed in Nairobi that sealed the end of a 21-year-long civil war which led to the deaths of more than two million people.
The conflict pitted Sudan's south, where Christianity and traditional religions predominate, against the north, where most people are Arabs, and Sunni Islam is dominant. With 44 million people, Sudan is Africa's biggest country.
"The situation in South Sudan and with Southern Sudanese in the North is tense," noted Junge, a Chilean theologian who said he wanted to back a similar call for prayers and support issued recently by the World Council of Churches General Secretary, the Rev Olav Fykse Tveit.
"Many people are fearful," said Junge. "The already serious humanitarian challenges in South Sudan have been confounded by the movement of tens and tens of thousands of Southern Sudanese from the North to the South."
The LWF leader noted that while some of this movement is voluntary, much of it stems from fear and intimidation as many people have no place to stay due to a lack of organised reception centres. In addition, many people who want to move to the South have been unable to do so and remain in the North.
Junge urged Lutherans around the world "during this special time of Christmas" to pray for the people and churches of Sudan and to assist those in countries where the South Sudanese in diaspora are entitled to vote, such as Australia, Canada, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, the United Kingdom and the United States.
"I wish you a blessed Christmas. May there be peace in the New Year throughout our world, and especially in Sudan," he said.
[With acknowledgements to ENI. Ecumenical News International [1] is jointly sponsored by the World Council of Churches, the Lutheran World Federation, the World Communion of Reformed Churches and the Conference of European Churches.]
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MintLife Blog > Investing Advice > Why Your Investment Portfolio May Not Be as Healthy as You Think
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Why Your Investment Portfolio May Not Be as Healthy as You Think
April 11, 2018 / Kendall Davis
Even though personal investing is a topic that usually involves dry, technical features like spreadsheets, percentages, and basis points, one of the terms you often hear to describe a portfolio is "healthy."
This is no mistake. One of the most important ways we can think about our investment strategies is in regards to their health, similar in many ways to how we think about our own physical health. It's a handy metaphor — 20 and 30-somethings live in a golden age of healthy lifestyle thinking and op-eds. Everywhere you look you can find new information and theories about the best way to preserve and measure your body's performance, to ensure its best potential future. Similarly, your portfolio's potential health depends on its nutrition — or, the diversification, quality, and suitability of the assets you've invested in — and its fitness — the active role you take in making changes to optimize its performance.
There are all kinds of health, too. An office worker might drop into yoga three times per week and favor bountiful salads over gluten at all costs, while a triathlon Olympian might train at 4am everyday and gobble up 2,000 calories per meal. Both are, fundamentally, healthy. Your portfolio is similar — its health can be personalized to you, but the fundamentals of exercise and healthy diet are always present, and measuring change is vital to progress. In that sense, Mint itself is a financial health diagnostic tool — it lets you see the exact factors impacting your monetary system, and then tweak your habits, so you can achieve whatever your financial equivalent of a bikini bod might be. As the saying goes, "What gets measured gets managed."
As the VP of Investments at Fundrise, a major real estate investment technology company, I'm not in the position to give you a regimen of daily protein intake and burpees, but I do regularly think about their financial equivalents. In this article, let's look at what a typical 30 year old's portfolio might look like, and discover where it might be thriving, where it's ill, and where some quick changes could make it even stronger.
The Composition of a Portfolio
Let's consider my fictional buddy Jim. On paper, financially, he's perfectly average.
He studied computer science in college, and immediately after graduating landed a job at a local, medium-sized manufacturer of audio equipment, where he helps manage their online retail site and system's database.
Now 30 years old, after eight years on the job, Jim has invested his savings in a few ways:
An eight year old 401(k) in a Vanguard Retirement Trust, which invests in a variety of Vanguard mutual funds, including their Total Stock Market Index Fund, Total Bond Market II Index Fund, and others. Jim opened this 401(k) as soon as he was given the opportunity by his employer.
From Vanguard: https://institutional.vanguard.com/iippdf/pdfs/FS1470.pdf
A five year old Roth IRA through Schwab, invested in Schwab's Total Stock Market Index Fund. Jim opened this account on the recommendation of an old friend who has a bit more experience in personal finance.
A one year old account with Betterment, invested in the platform's Bond ETFs, which Jim decided to open after he read about robo-advisors in an article on his favorite lifestyle website.
Overall, about 60% of Jim's investments are in the 401k, 30% in the Roth IRA, and 10% in the ETFs.
He's casually defined his diversification strategy on the "100-Minus-Your-Age" rule, which he's heard in a variety of places. That rule dictates that his exposure to stocks should be a percentage equal to the difference between 100 and his current age; the rest should be bonds. At 30, Jim has tried to maintain 70% in stocks and 30% in bonds — an allocation of assets that's possibly out of date, as it's based on a theory invented (and last updated) in the 1950s.
Jim is certainly on the right track — but ideal financial health would look considerably different than what he's got set up.
Just the fact that Jim started investing his savings as early as possible puts him ahead of most people. Compound interest is one of the most powerful tools of long-term investors, and any extra time you give it to work its magic can have profound effects.
Jim's impulse toward diversification is also correct, and an important part of long-term investor success. On top of having a reasonable split between stocks and bonds, he's also diversified those assets geographically, with both domestic and international exposure. That means he's less vulnerable to the vicissitudes of any single market. That's a good foundation — but his big-picture diversification strategy is way out of date, and his portfolio is missing out on a lot of potential.
Big Opportunities for Improvement
Jim's diversification among stocks and bonds is great in spirit, but in practice, it's dangerously obsolete. "100-Minus-Your-Age" is based on a time and reality when stocks and bonds were the only accessible options for most investors. Now, however, new markets and technologies have blown open old limitations, and there are other assets available that give diversification expectations a new dimension.
In addition to stocks and bonds, Jim should also try to expose his portfolio to alternative assets, like real estate. Real estate has been a fundamental element of many of the wealthiest investors' portfolios for decades — but, until recently, it's never been available to most people. That's why it's been excluded from classic recommendations like the "100-Minus-Your-Age" rule. But that's now outdated. Our company, Fundrise, has worked to bridge the gap, and we've made sure that someone like Jim can diversify more fully, as long as he's got an internet connection and $500 he's prepared to invest. We've observed many successful investors balance their portfolios with 50% stocks, 20% bonds, and 30% real estate.
Looking at Jim's investment history, it's hard to identify any financial goals more specific than "retire someday." While that's a perfectly adequate goal for almost everyone, because Jim has been consistently, gainfully employed, I can't help but wonder if he has interest in other forms of financial independence. Some of the most common goals for investors include supplemental income, balanced investing, and long-term growth — as these goals suggest, it's reasonable for investors to have more varied and granular outlooks than just waiting for their retirement account to eventually mature. Sometimes that just means earning income while you sleep — nothing wrong with that.
How do you integrate new goals to your investment strategy? I've seen some investors use private market opportunities, like real estate private equity, as ways to pursue discrete goals while also buffing up their portfolio strength overall. Private markets tend to see less frequent price fluctuations than public markets, and the changes they see are due to fundamentals, rather than sentiment. Because they often move separately from those other markets, private market investments can accomplish goals on different timelines. They have the potential for outsized, exceptional returns, and they can be potentially insulated from downturns when other markets suffer setbacks. Finally, they can help boost a portfolio's current income, long-term growth, or both.
Portfolio Prognosis
Remember when I said that time was one of the most powerful tools in any investor's toolbox? Well, one of the wonderful things about assessing the investment health of someone at age 30 is that there's still plenty of that all-powerful time to optimize strategies. Jim was already in a good position — and now, by adding alternatives to his portfolio and increasing his diversification, he may be in an even better one. Health outlook? With all the right investment veggies and exercise, a very hearty financial future. (And before you ask, yes, Mint's a vegetable.)
Kendall Davis leads the Investments Team at Fundrise, the first investment platform to create a simple, low-cost way for anyone to unlock real estate's historically consistent and exceptional returns. Since joining in 2014, Kendall has built out investor relations for the company, focusing on all aspects of the Fundrise investor experience and furthering the company's mission to democratize real estate investing. Stay up to date with the latest from Fundrise through their social channels: Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.
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The highly anticipated reconstruction of the LCBO Headquarters on Queens Quay will boast a total of 6 towers in the completion of the new community called Sugar Wharf. The first residential high-rises, Sugar Wharf Condos, will stand at 80 and 79 storeys tall and will feature 1,927 suites.
Don't miss out on this once in a lifetime opportunity to reap the rewards of living on Lake Ontario with spectacular views of the city's waterfront and harbour. This is your chance to invest in a property created to add to the landscape of new developments under the Lower Yonge Precinct Plan (this planning project created to address the significant population growth expected for the area will attract a diverse audience).
With upcoming schooling, retail and restaurant expansions in the Lower Yonge Precinct Area, this project is Menkes development's most widely accommodating condo yet!


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McrFRED 12 is now confirmed!
The event will take place on Thursday 27th March, 6.30pm.
I love Modernizr and it was great last year to have one of the developers Stu Cox at McrFRED.
For McrFRED 12 we have @joecritchley.
Joe has been working hard on a new site redesign for Modernizr. I'm really looking forward to seeing what he's been up to and having a sneak peak of what's to come.
Joe's talk will cover how he got started on the project, advancing open-source design, an overview of Modernizr V3, a shift towards content (major UI redesign) and instant user feedback.
If you're coming to this event, please thank the current sponsors @carbon_creative, @github, @firefox and @techhubmanc.


Zhubei City is a fantastic city in the North of Taiwan. It is a county-controlled city. It is the county seat of Hsinchu County. It is an area that has rich resources, fertile land, and an abundance of ethnic culture. If you enjoy ethnic music and art, you will like Zhubei City. The Han Chinese make up most of the Ethnic Chinese in the area. It is divided into the Hakka and the Minnan clans. They live together in harmony and there is a nice blending of the two languages. The culture of the area comes out in every area of life. You see it even in the unique architecture of the buildings. The architecture is extremely unusual and different. It is a type of style not seen elsewhere in the country and its uniqueness is like a breath of fresh air. It is amazing! It is rare and exclusive!
Zhubei's prior name was "red fur field" (紅毛田). This came from the time of the Japanese occupation of Taiwan. Now the city has a new name! A new name for a new city! Zhubei City has become a popular city with immigrants. The Hsinchu County government has focused most of its infrastructure there. Many new immigrants never leave.
Zhubei City is home to the Hsinchu Science and Industrial Park. This is the major center for technological industries in Taiwan. Zhubei City is a satellite city of Hsinchu City. It has become a high-tech hub!
Cai-Tian-Fu-Di Nation is a cultural museum in Zhubei City that has become a major tourist attraction. Chinese Sweet Gum Avenue is one of the most beautiful highways in Zhubei City. Photographers especially like this highway for all the beautiful photo opportunities it affords.
Coast Proterozoic Forest is part of the Hsinchu Coastal Trail. This is a bike path along the Nanliao Coast through Hsinchu County and into Maoli County. There is little shade as you are riding in Hsinchu County, but as you come into Maoli County it is a dense forest and has huge mangrove forests that you will ride through. This is the prettiest part of the ride.
No matter what you like most, there is something for everyone at Zhubei City. The next time you are in Hsinchu, travel a little north and visit Zhubei City. It is a modern city with quality hotels and restaurants. The truly have the welcome mat out.


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Letter to Congress in Support of the FOREST Act, May 23, 2022
Office/Committee
Domestic Justice and Human Development
International Justice and Peace
Dear Senator/Representative:
We write in support of the FOREST Act of 2021 (S. 2950, H.R. 5508). This bipartisan bill will regulate U.S. imports of goods typically connected to deforestation, such as soy, cocoa, and palm oil, enforcing greater transparency and accountability in global markets. The FOREST Act represents an opportunity for the United States to mitigate the harmful impact of forest loss worldwide and to encourage a more ethical and sustainable global commodity market.
Deforestation is a major contributor both to climate change and biodiversity loss. Certain items found in countless consumer products such as palm oil, soy, beef, wood fiber, cocoa, and rubber are major drivers of deforestation worldwide. The FOREST Act will prevent the import of these commodities and their derivative products from accessing U.S. markets if they originate from illegally deforested lands, removing incentives for governments and companies to continue illegal deforestation. Additionally, the bill enables the United States to develop "action plans" with other nations to help them protect against illegal deforestation so that trade partnerships may continue.
As Pope Francis wrote in his encyclical on ecology Laudato si', "caring for ecosystems demands far-sightedness … the cost of the damage caused by [a] lack of concern is much greater than the economic benefits to be obtained" (no. 36). The FOREST Act is an example of legislation that takes a far-sighted and integral view of global commerce that includes the responsibility to care for forests and ecosystems around the world. Thank you for your continued work to care for the environment, our common home.
Most Reverend Paul S. Coakley
Archbishop of Oklahoma City
Chair, Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development
Bishop David J. Malloy
Bishop of Rockford
Chair, Committee on International Justice and Peace
Letter to Congress on FOREST Act, May 23, 2022.pdf
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Every woman will be so much the better satisfied with her exact fit fashion lingerie as long as its beauty lasts. To retain the shape, colour, elasticity and other qualities of lingerie, the woman consumers should be directed to regular care. There are care instructions on the sewn-in care labels for each model, but in spite of all that many women are unfortunately ignorant of them or pay no regard to them during the wash.
As a rule the lingerie, all the more that with sewn-in props, ought to be hand washed. A contemporary way of life and lack of time hustle woman consumers into washing their lingerie by washers. Still to keep the lingerie articles looking beautiful longer, we use a lingerie wash bag to protect the shape and sight of lingerie.
- It is important not to crumple, twist and wring padded bras because it may cause the deformation of the bra cups.
It is also important that the washing machine is not too full – the weight of the rest of the laundry may squash them. When you take them out of the washing machine the cups should be smoothened before drying.
- Are you frustrated by the discoloration of your lingerie?
This can be avoided by separating your white laundry from the laundry of other colours. Darker fabrics contain more colorants and it is advisable to wash them by hand fist time, to remove the redundant dye.
In general, it is true to wash white lingerie articles with an universal detergent, while coloured models ought to be washed with a gentle detergent for sensitive lingerie. We do not use a softener as it breaks down the fibre firmness and enlarges the possibility of the shape stretching out with time. Likewise, the softener's alloys fill up thin pores among fibres and make a knitwear impossible to conduct effectively the humidity as at the biginning.
No lingerie is allowed to be washed at the highest temperature (90 °C)! Up-to-date materials and washing agents make proper cleanness feasible at lower temperatures.
The lingerie ought to be hung after the wash but never dried up in the sun as the exposure to direct sunbeams can cause the lingerie yellow. Moreover, the air drying is always better for lingerie duration than drying up in a dryer.The ironing of most models after drying is neither necessary nor recommendable.
As help with keeping of lingerie are maintenance signs stated at products' sewn-in labels.
Sun creams, sea water or chlorinated water in swimming pools may all cause separately damage to your bathing suit. The destructive effect increases if these factors are combined, and your suit is exposed to the sun or heat – in particular, the elastic band and the elastomer in the material are effected. So please do consider the following instructions,because you will extend the life span of your bathing suit.
1. After use, hand – wash your bathing suit with washing powder for coloureds or sensitive laundry at 30°C. Rinse it well with clean water.
2. Do not store your bathing suit until completely dry.
3. Bathing suits must be stored in an aired room, never in a plastic bag.
4. Stiff and spongy cup linings must not be crushed when washed. Dry cup linings are laid one into the other, so the primary shape will be preserved.
5. Fluorescent colours normally lose intensity under the influence of sun rays.
6. Gold and lacquer imprint may lose its primary gloss with time. Wash gently with much water.
7. The presence of grease (oil, sun cream, sweat) damages the elastomer, so do pay attention to the instructions for care.


The University of Chicago and Queen's University Belfast today concluded Global Conflict | The Human Impact in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Hosted by The Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts at the University of Chicago and The Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice at Queen's University Belfast, the conference saw leading voices engage in two days of conversation focused on strategies for resolving violent conflict and reducing its impact on people around the globe.
The conference was led by James Robinson, institute director of The Pearson Institute at UChicago, and Richard English, distinguished professorial fellow of the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute at Queen's University Belfast.
Joining via video message was Hazim Avdal, an Iraqi refugee living in the United States and studying computer science at UChicago.
A panel of speakers highlighted the conflict research being conducted worldwide, with keynote addresses from former U.S. Sen. George J. Mitchell, Sergio Jaramillo Caro, former High Commissioner of Peace in Colombia, and Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. The conference delved into the human issues of violent conflict through the lens of "The Troubles" in Northern Ireland, the recent end of Colombia's 50-year war with the FARC and the global refugee crisis.
Second-year student Avdal gave a personal story of his experience as a refugee. Avdal grew up as a member of the Yazidi religious minority in northern Iraq, which has suffered persecution at the hands of ISIS.
In 2013, Avdal graduated high school with honors and was accepted into the University of Mosul. But before he could attend, Yazidi students were purged from the college by ISIS, forcing around 2,000 students to drop out under threat of death. Shortly after, Avdal's family narrowly escaped an ISIS attack on their village in which 530 of the population of 2,000 were killed, captured or enslaved.
Avdal became involved in the nonprofit organization Yazda, using his IT knowledge in service of other genocide survivors. Through his work with Yazda, Avdal became acquainted with the Clooney family. He came to the U.S. as a refugee with the support and sponsorship of George and Amal Clooney and the Clooney Foundation for Justice. After arriving in the U.S., Avdal applied and was accepted into the University of Chicago.


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<?php

namespace NS\SentinelBundle\Form\IBD\Types;

use JMS\TranslationBundle\Translation\TranslationContainerInterface;
use NS\UtilBundle\Form\Types\TranslatableArrayChoice;

class VaccinationType extends TranslatableArrayChoice implements TranslationContainerInterface
{
    public const
        MEN_AFR_VAC     = 1,
        ACYW135_POLY    = 2,
        ACW135          = 3,
        ACYW135_CON     = 4,
        OTHER           = 5,
        B               = 6,
        C               = 7,
        UNKNOWN         = 99;

    protected $values = [
        self::MEN_AFR_VAC  => 'MenAfriVac (conjugate MenA)',
        self::ACYW135_POLY => 'ACYW135 (polysaccharide)',
        self::ACW135       => 'ACW135 (polysaccharide)',
        self::ACYW135_CON  => 'ACYW135 (conjugate)',
        self::B            => 'B recombinante',
        self::C            => 'C (conjugada)',
        self::OTHER        => 'Other',
        self::UNKNOWN      => 'Unknown',
    ];
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub