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Home Veterans Third Invictus Games Adaptive Sports Competition kicks off in Toronto
Third Invictus Games Adaptive Sports Competition kicks off in Toronto
DOD photograph by Roger L. Wollenberg
Air Force Capt. Christy Wise, U.S. team captain, carries the American flag as her team enters the opening ceremony for the 2017 Invictus Games at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Sept. 23, 2017. At right is team co-captain Marine Corps Sgt. Ivan Sears. The Invictus Games, established by Britain's Prince Harry in 2014, brings together wounded and injured veterans from 17 nations for 12 adaptive sporting events, including track and field, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair rugby, swimming, sitting volleyball and — new to the 2017 games — golf.
Competitors, celebrities, royalty and spectators came together in Toronto, Canada, Sept. 23 to kick off the 2017 Invictus Games at the sold-out Air Canada Centre here.
Inspired by the Department of Defense Warrior Games, an adaptive sports competition for wounded, ill and injured service members and veterans, Britain's Prince Harry created the Invictus Games in 2014.
The prince, who was on hand at the opening ceremony, flew Apache helicopters in Afghanistan during his military service.
"Invictus is all about the dedication of the men and women who served their countries, confronted hardship and refused to be defined by their injuries," he said last night. "Invictus is about the families and friends who face the shock of learning that their loved ones have been injured or fallen ill and then rally to support them on their journey to recovery. Above all, Invictus is about the example to the world that all service men and women, injured or not, provide providing the importance of service and duty.
"We made a great start in London in 2014," he continued. "We took it to the next level in Orlando last year, and over the next week, in this year, as we celebrate Canada's 150th anniversary, Toronto is going to put on a games that draws the attention of the world."
More than 550 wounded, ill and injured service members and veterans from 17 nations will compete in 12 sporting events at the Invictus Games, including archery, track and field, cycling, golf, sitting volleyball, swimming, wheelchair rugby and wheelchair basketball. The games run through Sept. 30.
"[There are] more competitors, more sports, more nations, more friends, more families and more people watching at home than ever before," Harry said. "With the people in this arena tonight and those watching across Canada and around the world, we have the biggest crowd Invictus has ever enjoyed. In the days ahead, I know that many of you will be experiencing Invictus for the first time. I hope you're ready for some fierce competition. I hope you're ready to see the meaning of teamwork that proves that anything is possible when we work together. I hope you're ready to see courage and determination that will inspire you to power through the challenges in your own life. I hope you're ready to see role models in action that any parent would want their children to look up to. And I hope you're ready to see lives change in front of your eyes."
Britain's Prince Harry speaks during the opening ceremony for the 2017 Invictus Games at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Sept. 23, 2017. The prince established the Invictus Games in 2014.
Camaraderie among athletes
Marine Corps Sgt. Ivan Sears, co-captain of the U.S. team, said he thinks his squad will be strongest in rugby, track and field, volleyball, wheelchair basketball and swimming. The camaraderie among the athletes from the respective service branches and other countries has been good, he added.
"I visited with someone from the Netherlands for about 20 minutes this morning," said Sears, who said his favorite sport is wheelchair racing on the track. "Everybody's getting along, laughing and having a smile on their face."
His mother, Judy Pullin, said she is proud of her son and his team.
"I'm very proud of Ivan. I'm going to be the bragging momma here. He medaled four times here last year. He medaled four golds, and it was just amazing. I was definitely crying," she said. "These are all athletes. Yes, they may have a disability. They may have something physical or an invisible wound, but you've just got to be proud of them."
Medically retired Cpl. Melanie Harris of the Canadian armed forces, who is competing in compound archery and sitting volleyball, joked that the Canadian motto is "I'm not sorry."
"Canadians are known for being sorry but not sorry; however I want them to know they're always welcome back here," she said with a laugh. Harris said Canada's wheelchair rugby and wheelchair basketball will be among the Canadian team's best events.
"It's going to be a great competition," she said. "We're going to do great. We will bring some gold home. We don't mind sharing, too, but whoever wins wins, [and] we're going to fight for it."
Harris said her teammates have been taking care of each other and are like family. "We're all there for each other," she added.
DOD photograph by EJ Hersom
First Lady Melania Trump holds a T-shirt in support of the United States competitors surrounding her before the opening ceremony for the 2017 Invictus Games in Toronto, Sept. 23, 2017.
Medically retired Lance Cpl. Dennis Resell of Denmark's special operations forces is competing in archery and sitting volleyball. He said he has confidence in his team as well. "We're going to do great. You can't beat the Vikings," he said. "Team Denmark's biggest strengths are definitely our team spirit and our brotherhood."
Resell said he enjoys the camaraderie among the athletes and had been looking forward to the opening ceremony. "It's a once-in-a-lifetime experience," he said. "Walking in there, people cheering — it's going to be great."
The Central Band of the Canadian Armed Forces from Ottawa and the Royal Regiment Band from Quebec performed as the 550-plus competitors from the 17 participating countries entered the arena. Thailey Roberge of Vancouver, British Columbia, and Elliot Miville-Deschenes of Montreal represented the youth of Canada and hosted the opening ceremonies. They sang "O Canada," the Canadian national anthem, and then "Under One Sky" to celebrate the Invictus Games Flag Tour.
As Laura Wright sang the official 2017 Invictus Games song, "Invincible," more than 200 members of the Canadian Military Wives National Choir joined her. Canadian Rangers marched in bearing the Invictus Games flag and raised it high.
Canadian singer Sarah McLachlan performed "I Will Remember You" and then spoke of the Lighting of the Flame ceremony, which began in Kabul, Afghanistan. The flame passed from Afghan security forces veteran Maj. Ahmad Shahh to retired Canadian Master Cpl. Jody Mitic, official ambassador of the Toronto Games.
Michael Burns, CEO of the Invictus Games 2017 organizing committee, said the committee is leveraging most of the infrastructure used in the Pan American Games here in 2015.
"We will be up in Scarborough for swimming. Tomorrow, we will be up at York University at their brand new stadium for athletics. The old Maple Leaf Gardens will be a massive hub of activity. We drained the reflective pool at the Nathan Phillips Square to host wheelchair tennis. We're hosting archery at Fort York, and we're using Hyde Park for cycling," Burns said. "This city is going to be lit up over the next eight days. There isn't anywhere you're going to be able to turn and not see a banner or sign or sport competition or the competitors throughout the city enjoying themselves."
He said the closing ceremony and almost every ticketed sporting competition has sold out.
"Over the next eight days, you will be moved; you will be inspired. You will be entertained. You will see things on the playing field you have never seen before," he said. "These games aren't about the finish line. These games are all about making it to the starting line. The men and women who will be competing in these games — talk to any one of them — they'll tell you that they have been injured as a result of their service. Any one of them has been tested many, many times by faith throughout their careers, and yet they remain undefeated, undiminished, proudly and distinctly unconquered."
Words of encouragement
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also offered encouragement to the Invictus Games athletes. "You're not just here to inspire, you're here to win," he said. "Through your athleticism, through your drive and your competitive spirit, you are showing the world that illness and injury can actually be a source of tremendous strength."
Actor Mike Myers, Invictus Games 2017 ambassador, said he supports the Invictus Games because they provide the adaptive athletes the ability for rehabilitation, personal achievement and recovery through the power of sports.
Television and movie personality Mike Myers reacts emotionally during a news conference associated with the opening of the 2017 Invictus Games in Toronto, Sept. 23, 2017.
"I come from a military family," he said. "My mother, who passed away in March, was in the Royal Air Force. She's one of those ladies you see in World War II movies. She would move the fighters toward the incoming Luftwaffe bandits — that's what my mom would do.
"My father was a royal engineer in the British army and built bridges, cleared minefields," he continued. "He often recited the unofficial motto of the Royal Engineers: 'We do the impossible immediately. Miracles take a little longer.' Mostly, my father spoke about the unbreakable brotherhood of those who served. He remembered the name of every single British soldier he served with, and for every name, [he had] a hilarious story."
Myers said he's grateful for those who have and continue to serve.
"Those that serve our country deserve our utmost respect, and all the [veterans] in the Invictus Games have my deepest respect, admiration and gratitude from the bottom of my heart," he said, his voice shaking with emotion. "Thank you very much. What I do for a living is silly, and without brave people who keep us safe, I wouldn't be able to do what I do. The Invictus competitors represent the very best of the human spirit, and I know my mother and father would have wanted me to support that spirit, the competitors and the thousands of wounded warriors around the world. I want to thank all the competitors in the Invictus Games, all of the soldiers currently serving and all of the family members and caregivers. The caregivers are the unsung heroes of service to this country and to all countries. Thank you for your service."
Helping in recovery
Harry said he created Invictus to help veterans in their recovery. "In a world where so many have reasons to feel cynical and apathetic," he said, "I wanted to find a way for veterans to be a beacon of light and show us all that we have a role to play, that we all win when we respect our friends, neighbors and communities. That's why we created Invictus — not only to help veterans recover from their physical and mental wounds, but also to inspire people to follow their example of resilience, optimism and service in their own lives."
As the prince closed the ceremony, he spoke directly to the competitors. "For the next week, we entrust you with the Invictus spirit. You have all come such a long way," he said. "Some of you have cheated death and have come back stronger than before. Some of you have overcome emotional challenges that until very recent years would have seen you written off and ignored. And now you are here, on the world stage, flags on your chest, representing your countries again, supporting your teammates and looking up into these stands and into the eyes of your families and friends.
"You are all winners," Harry said to the competitors. "Please don't forget to love every second of it. Don't forget about our friends who didn't come home from the battlefield. Don't forget those at home who still need our support and don't forget you are proving to the world that anything is possible. You are Invictus. Let's get started."
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University of New Mexico Provost Chaouki Abdallah has invited four finalists to campus this fall for the position of Jim and Ellen King Dean of Engineering and Computing at the UNM School of Engineering. Each candidate will meet with faculty, staff, students and community members during their visit.
The finalists are Christos Christodoulou, JoAnn Lighty, Naz Karim, and Ed Seebauer.
Open forums for each candidate have been scheduled.
"The search committee was very pleased with the experience, strength, and diversity of our applicant pool", said Julie Coonrod, search committee chair and professor of civil engineering at UNM.
Christodoulou is the associate dean for research at the School of Engineering and is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He previously served as chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering from 1999-2005. He is one of the founders of COSMIAC (Configurable Space Microsystems Innovations and Applications Center) and served as director from 2012-2014.
Lighty is professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Utah. She is currently on loan to the National Science Foundation (NSF), where she is serving as the director of the Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CBET) in the Directorate of Engineering. Lighty previously served as department chair in Chemical Engineering at the University of Utah from 2007-2013. From 1997-2004 she served as associate dean for academic affairs for the College of Engineering at University of Utah.
Karim is the Michael O'Connor Chair II and the head of the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University. He was a professor of chemical engineering at Colorado State University for over 20 years. He has held the Whitacre Endowed Chair and served as department chair of Chemical Engineering at Texas Tech University for eight years before joining Texas A&M. Karim has also served as a distinguished visiting professor at many international universities, including Technical University of Denmark and Osaka University.
Seebauer is the James W. Westwater Endowed Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has served on the faculty there since 1988, including serving as department head from 2005-2011. In 2011-2014 he served as a Provost Fellow for the Illinois campus, functioning as a special-assignment associate provost focusing on international academic programs. Seebauer has received a Sloan Research Fellowship in Chemistry and an Inventor Recognition Award from Semiconductor Research Corporation.
Questions regarding the visits or the search can be addressed to Search Coordinator Jennifer Love, engdeansearch@unm.edu.
For more information on the search, visit Jim and Ellen King Dean of Engineering and Computing.


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Consolidating Continues Apace -or- Mind Your SKUs
The indefatigable Chris Funari reports this morning that Cigar City has gone the way of private equity.
Cigar City, a leading independent brewery based in Tampa, Fla., has agreed to sell controlling interest to Boston-based private equity firm Fireman Capital Partners, which already owns majority stakes in Oskar Blues, Perrin Brewing and the Utah Brewers Cooperative outfit that includes the Wasatch and Squatters brands.
Together, the five craft breweries make up what the firm calls United Craft Brews LLC., a separate holding company and special purpose fund set up specifically for craft brewery acquisitions.... Collectively, all five companies produced more than 320,000 barrels in 2015 and ranked as a top-15 craft producer. In addition to its presence in Utah, the group has beachheads in the major craft markets of Colorado, North Carolina, Michigan and Texas.
The whole article is worth a read--though at this very late date, there's not a lot to add. I did find it to be satisfyingly congruent with another bit of reportage that came out today from Jason Notte. (It's listed as "opinion," but it's more heavily reported than anything I ever do.) In that piece, Notte describes the glut of SKUs and the potential challenges they pose. (An SKU or "stock keeping unit," is a product's identifier on store shelves; for example, Deschutes might have five SKUs at a grocery store for Mirror Pond, Black Butte Porter, Obsidian Stout, Fresh Squeezed IPA, and "seasonal." That seasonal SKU would rotate throughout the year, so you'd see eight Deschutes products at that grocery store over the year--even though there are just five SKUs.)
Bump Williams Consulting has made a living providing analytics to the beer, wine and spirits industries since 2008. In that time, it's watched the number of beer SKUs rise from 4,843 to 11,833. Craft beer SKUs alone have soared from 2,274 in 2008 to a whopping 7,400 last year, more than tripling the amount of products that the industry sent into the marketplace.
All of that variety is great for consumers, but it acts as a spur to larger companies who want prominent placement so they can cut through the chaos and get a sizable chunk of the whole. There are a number of players now grabbing for that market, and they know there's not room for very many winners. More Notte:
According to data from IRI, a Chicago-based market research firm, 48.85% of all craft beer sales came from the top 10 brands alone: Samuel Adams, Sierra Nevada, New Belgium, Shiner, Lagunitas, Small Town (Not Your Father's brands), Deschutes, Stone, Goose Island and Bells. A whopping 62% come from the top 20.
The reason there's so much consolidation happening right now is because each passing week makes it harder to enter that top high-selling tier. Gaining national distribution is hugely expensive, and hanging onto it will require substantial funds. Small brands have the appeal and market experience, and big beer companies have the money. With ABI money, Goose Island managed to push their 20-year-old IPA into the country's top five. That's what this combination can do for brands. But, if you're a regional brand selling 50,000 barrels, the opportunity to grow 20x and become a national player is starting to sunset. And big beer knows it only needs a few horses to ride, so the scramble is on.
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As many of you probably know I don't have babies anymore. My kids are almost 13 and 10. However, all of my friends are now starting their families so I find myself babysitting quite frequently. Young mom problems… Well, I'm excited to bring you this post about the VTech Safe and Sound Video Baby Monitor. I received the product and compensation to facilitate my post, but all thoughts and opinions are my own.
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Time… wait, who has that anymore?
One thing in life is for sure. Time is freaking precious. As a really young mom (I was 16 when I got knocked up) I look back and wish I would have clung to so many more of the cute moments–capturing more videos and pictures. Because I was young and stupid, I let stress and drama distract me from making more adorable memories.
Although, now that I'm older and watching my friends have their kids at the more "appropriate" age, I am seeing them make similar mistakes. Life is pretty chaotic no matter the stage you're in and it's up to us to stop and look at what's important.
Okay so maybe not all the moments are cute but that's what makes it all such a beautiful adventure. With this video monitor you can see how your little one comforts himself back to sleep after waking from a dream, or how he rambunctiously tries to escape his prison–I mean crib. Each tiny human has such a distinct personality and that's been my favorite part of watching my kids grow up. And you really see it when they think you're not looking. So, the VTech Video Baby Monitor is not just for babies.
1. Internet Surveillance – I set this up so I can see what my tween is up to on the web.
2. Scavenger Hunt – the kids hid the camera in different locations and had to figure out where it was using the parent unit.
3. Hide and Seek – this was actually a blast with the talk-back feature!
5. Pet/Kid Safety – keep and eye on your fur babies too and train them from a far with the talk back feature!
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I like it for the use foe your pets and the one for the kids for using it to play Hide and Seek with the talk back feature.
I had no idea that I could use a baby video monitor for other things like monitoring your teenager on the web. I think that keeping my eye on the pets is a good idea to see what they are up to.
I love the idea of hide and seek or for a scavenger game! So fun! But i would probably use it as home security or internet security. I love these ideas!
I would totally use this to spy on my kids at bedtime. They give me a hard time about bed all the time and I would love to see what they actually do up there.
Great monitor- I love your idea of internet spying! I still use mine to help monitor my toddler, who has apnea… and now need another for baby 2, BUT I plan on someday reusing them for home security!
That is really a great idea to have it around for older kids for babysitting and just for home security. I never would have thought of that!
Who knew there were so many uses for a baby monitor? I love the scavengar hunt idea!
These are really great ideas! I have the same video monitor for my 14 month old, so it's good to know that I'll have use for it for many years into the future.
This is such a great idea!!! I love the one about using it for a scavenger hunt. I bet the kids have a blast with that!
Ya gotta love getting a lot more use out of an item normally used for babies only. You can get your money's worth that way! I would like more explanation though on some of the activities such as freeze dance and hide and seek. How do you use the monitor for that? Oh and I LOVE the internet usage monitor idea!
Your kids are adorable. I hope you got to them before they had time to kill each other! Those are some really interesting ideas on how to repurpose your baby monitor.
I love the creative ideas for using the baby monitor after your 'baby' has grown. I'm afraid of what I'd see if I was watching in on my boys.
Great ideas, I have older kids too and have great use of the monitor just to see what they're up to. Never thought of using it to watch the net though – what a great idea!!
This looks like such a cool product. I didn't get a monitor for my son, but now that I realize that you can use this for other purposes after they no longer a baby, it makes me want to get one the next time around.
This is a pretty cool way to use an expensive baby monitor after your kids have outgrown it. I always like repurposing things!
We have had one hidden in our boys room and they didn't know it. So much bickering that we wanted to hear what was going on.
Great ideas for something most would just think they've outgrown! Love the idea of the scavengar hunt, that could be fun!
These are great ways to use the monitors. Never would of thought of using it for a scavenger hunt.
I love the idea of the games! A friend of mine uses this monitor and raves about it.
These are very creative ideas! My kids would have so much fun using it for a scavenger hunt.
I would love to own one of these monitors to watch my young kids. Just because they are not babies doesn't mean I don't want to see what they are doing.


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What does Spider-Man do when he runs out of web fluid? Parkour of course! Check out the amazing (pun intended) fan video above, directed by Cameron Manwaring and Chris Jordan featuring parkour athlete Ronnie Shalvis dressed as Spider-Man. If your computer is powerful enough to play it, change the quality to 4K for the best viewing experience… that's 2x the resolution of 1080p!


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Why I Chose Mexico to Study Milk
It's been two and a half years since I went to Mexico to start studying the globalization of milk consumption and this blog. My intention was to update it frequently but as soon as I returned to the US, I jumped into so much activity that writing this milk series took a back seat. Nonetheless, I did produce some posts here and on the Seed the Commons blog. I've also built awareness by speaking about the globalization of dairy at numerous venues, and I spearheaded the Seed the Commons campaign to #GetMilkOut of San Francisco school meals, which was launched on September 30, 2017. I am resuming the milk series with the hope of updating it more frequently, perhaps with shorter posts. For this one, I want to take a step back and speak about why I chose Mexico as my focal point.
I started this project to study a convergence of issues related to the globalization of dairy, including: the role of food aid in creating new markets for donors and integrating local food systems into a global capitalist market; the soft power of the West and the power of dominant groups to define what is normative; the social representations of non-European cultures, bodies, and ultimately of poverty, that justify a non-profit/development/humanitarian complex that furthers neocolonialism.
The first iteration of this project was a PhD I started in 2009, and I got the idea for it while I was working in the world of international human rights in 2007. I already knew that I wanted to explore the role played by the "non-profit industrial complex" and international institutions in maintaining a neocolonial world order, and I had an interest in food aid because I considered the usurpation of food systems central to this order. The idea to study milk distribution came about when I read an article about a joint program between Kraft and Save the Children: a school milk program in Mexico.
I read more about school milk programs, realizing how widespread they were becoming and how instrumental they were in changing food cultures around the world. The project crystallized and I decided to stick with Mexico for a number of reasons.
Poster Child for Neoliberalism and American Influence
The westernization of food cultures in the Global South, namely the increased consumption of animal products and processed foods, is largely the result of neoliberal policies and in this Mexico is a perfect case study. As the country that has ratified the largest number of free trade agreements, Mexico seemed like a poster child for the effects of free trade. The effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on Mexican food systems are particularly well documented and are often spoken about in activist circles to illustrate the damage wrought by free trade agreements in the Global South.
That NAFTA involves the Unites States is also important, as Mexico's close relationship with the United States is another area where it provides a magnified view of the direction the rest of the world is taking. "Westernization" often amounts to Americanization, and from food culture to economic policy, much of the world takes its lead from the US. NAFTA has been a boon for the American dairy industry, for which Mexico is the largest export market. Mexico not only has important economic and political ties with the US, but also a very close cultural proximity.
The history of milk distribution in Mexico is also linked to its relationships with other parts of the Global North. Dairy was introduced to Mexico by Spanish colonizers and its consumption started to rise significantly in first half of the 20th century. At this time, Nestlé opened the first dairy processing plant in Mexico and this Swiss company subsequently became involved in both the Mexican social sector and in the technical development of its livestock industry. Also during this time, the first milk distribution programs created new outlets for foreign dairy industries.
Layers of Cultural Imperialism
As Mexican diets and diseases become stereotypically American, the influence that the United States exerts onto its southern neighbor provides a great case study of the power of a dominant group to define dietary norms. However, dairy is not an altogether recent food in Mexico. The increase in dairy consumption over the course of centuries reveals other layers of cultural influence that are rooted in Mexico's history of colonization. The story goes that the Spanish conquered Mexico and a culinary fusion of indigenous and Spanish foods gave rise to what we know today as Mexican food, but it would be more appropriate to view the adoption of Spanish foods as a gradual process. Some indigenous communities still eat predominantly indigenous foods and their adoption of Mexican (in the sense of modern-day Mestizo) food culture is a current, ongoing process.
Among my criteria for choosing a country were that milk would not be a traditional food and that a high percentage of the population would be lactose intolerant. Indigenous Mexicans fit the bill. And since the goal was to examine at the social dynamics by which a dominant group shapes the dietary norms of a subordinate group, the evolving and overlapping relationships of power between indigenous Mexicans and Europeans, Mexicans and Americans, and indigenous Mexicans with Mestizo culture make Mexico a very rich terrain.
The issue of lactose intolerance was important because it brings into salience the power dynamic between those receiving new foods and those promoting them (especially when these are authority figures such as doctors, nurses, aid workers, and teachers). While lactose intolerance is not as high in Mexico as in some other countries where milk consumption is being adopted as a new norm, it does play into the changes underway, as both indigenous and Mestizo populations produce strategies to deal with their impediment in consuming a food that they are told is necessary.
One-Eighty: from Plant-Based to Carnism Extraordinaire
Common representations of Mexican food are heavy with meat and cheese, but pre-Columbian Mexican food was almost entirely plant-based. Today, while consumption levels of meat and dairy remain lower in Mexico than in wealthy countries, they are quite elevated by Global South standards and are highly appreciated and culturally valued. As I set out to explore the social mechanisms of dietary change, I found Mexico fascinating because it presented the widest possible change.
There are many countries and populations where milk consumption has skyrocketed from next to nothing. However, in many of them animal domestication and/or the consumption of animal products had a longer history or were more culturally significant. The story of Mexico illustrates the true malleability of culture and even of social identity, and how these are shaped from above by those who dominate socially, politically and economically.
At the same time, the story of food in Mexico also shows us strategies of resistance. From Zapatistas replanting milpas on reclaimed lands to massive popular mobilizations against Monsanto and indigenous women selling donated milk in the market, Mexico is full of examples of people exerting the right to protect and determine their own food systems and culture. While milk is dumped onto communities around the world, the processes by which it is adopted or rejected can be quite complex. Mexico is the perfect place to unfold it all.
Author nassimPosted on June 14, 2018 June 18, 2018 Categories Milk and Food AidTags food aid, globalization, Mexico, milk, social norms
Cruelty Finds Justification
A pig is a dog is a cow is a cat.
Pig being transported to slaughter. Photo Credit: Toronto Pig Save.
Nothing justifies sending a terrified animal to slaughter. Yet through the increased popularity of the food movement (which is positive in some ways), animal cruelty has a renewed appeal.
It's not that the food movement is "worse" or that they are more attached to meat consumption than your average person (save in the case of people who are themselves linked to animal husbandry through family/community tradition). Rather, the food movement legitimizes and anchors society's natural resistance to change. But, their main arguments are nonsense:
We are often told that what we're being sold is necessary because it's harder to argue against necessity than against preference. A good example is milk; the dairy industry got us by instilling the fear that without milk, our kids were missing something essential to their normal development. So these days, the argument is that we NEED cows to save the soil, we NEED manure to grow sustainably, we NEED beehives to pollinate the crops and so on. Don't believe it. They are tapping into our Eurocentric biases to make cruelty appear unavoidable and enlightened.
Terrified pigs before slaughter
Another favorite of enlightened foodies and food activists. Why yes, liberating animals does go against almost all of our cultures, there's no denying it. And we don't have to deny it, because culture should not trump ethics and tradition should not be dogma. A double win of doing away with this nonsense justification is that we can also stop treating people of color (especially the "Native American hunter in touch with nature") as Noble Savages, which is another manifestation of racism.
Only industrial animal agriculture is harmful
This is where the food movement and the animal rights movement are speaking at crosshairs. It's true that factory farming is not representative of all animal husbandry, and that traditional forms may well be much better… for the environment. But this is not about the environment. If someone were breeding and killing puppies on their land, we wouldn't say "That's wonderful because this sustainable puppy farm sequesters carbon and supports biodiversity". These pigs feel happiness, pain, joy and extreme terror just like dogs do. There is no rational justification for treating them differently.
Why Do We Love One, but Eat the Others? by Pawel Kuczynski
Author nassimPosted on February 26, 2018 March 1, 2018 Categories Animal LiberationTags Eurocentrism, food movement, Noble Savage, social norms, vegan
Carnism as Cultural Appreciation
The Local Butcher Shop in Berkeley sells what foodies consider the right type of meat: grass-fed, pasture-raised, hormone-free, happy animals, all that jazz. They offer daily sandwiches with ingredients like roasted corn tapenade, soft-boiled duck eggs, herbed aioli and nepitella (I had to look it up too). They also offer butchery classes, where those who are seduced by the esthetic of artisanship can learn to hack away at the corpses of pigs, chickens, fish, even deer. Happily, these classes have been the object of protests by animal liberation activists.
On July 10, The Local Butcher Shop posted this picture to Facebook with the caption "Bastille Day is this Friday, July 14th, and we've got you Francophiles covered: French onion soup, garlicky Toulouse sausage, Boudin Noir (blood sausage), Crépinettes, pork rillons, duck rillettes, duck confit, whole rabbits & chickens. Call us to place an order! Vive la France!"
I really hope that in 20 years we will look back on this gleeful barbarianism in disbelief. And even while the food movement has been turning ex-vegans into carnists, the renewed vigor of the animal liberation movement has me hopeful. Last week in San Francisco I participated in our city's first March to Close All Slaughterhouses, and intrepid open rescue networks as well as a slaughterhouse vigil movement are compelling the world to finally empathize with farm animals.
There is nothing surprising to me about using Francophilia to sell meat. In recent years the vegan movement seems to have exploded in Europe, but when I was a kid in Europe it truly was more difficult to be veg*n, and when I would visit the Bay Area, it felt like such a breeze. Then a reversal started around the time I moved to the Bay Area (2010), largely due in my opinion to different streaks of identity politics. One was the idea that Europeans are more nuanced and sophisticated, and so instead of rejecting all animal products, they eat the right kind.
Under Bush, many Americans felt self-conscious and strove to imitate Europeans in an effort to distinguish themselves from all the other "dumb Americans". Appreciation of local cheeses and artisanal sausages soon conveniently fell into this fold. Veganism was another example of misplaced zeal from Americans who, untethered to tradition and lacking nuance, swing from the extremes of fast food to fat free. San Franciscans especially seemed to have something to prove. After traveling to New York and witnessing an amazing vegan scene, I moved to San Francisco to see vegan businesses shutting down, ex-vegans popping up en masse, and carnism as a new enlightenment.
The problem was that people accepted a framing of the issue that is wrong. Veganism is not about refraining from a type of food entirely versus consuming with distinction and moderation. It's about rejecting the entire notion that certain animals are food. When I lived in Europe, not a week went by without someone dropping the thought-terminating cliché "faut manger de tout" ("one must eat of everything"). I don't have much of a problem with that message per se; the question is, what constitutes "everything"? The word everything is used as a synonym for "every food". In my opinion, animals are not food. In the opinion of those people, certain animals are. Discussions should have centered on this difference, instead they were dismissed.
When a European travels to Asia and sees dogs raised for food, they don't nod appreciatively and say that some dog meat in moderation is a wise food choice. No, they constantly lament the fate of the dogs (I speak from the experience of having traveled in Asia with Europeans). They wouldn't be very open-minded if a local told them "faut manger de tout". Where vegans departed from the mainstream is that we questioned why society doesn't afford the same empathy to those defined (in the West) as "farm animals" as it does to dogs. Not coming up with a good answer, we changed our ways.
Veganism is about changing our social norms and social relations with other animals, and I think Bay Area folks should have been proud of our willingness to do this.
Now the Bay Area is stirring again. As a result of the above-mentioned protests, The Local Butcher Shop agreed to post an animal liberationist message on their window front; a likely first in the history of all butcher shops. The Bay Area is marching towards animal liberation; let's be unwavering this time.
Author nassimPosted on August 1, 2017 January 30, 2018 Categories Animal LiberationTags Bay Area, cultural appreciation, social norms
Earth Day at Alemany Farm
"In the spirit of earth day bring reusable cups…" but let's go ahead and roast a pig.
When Seed the Commons organized the first People's Harvest Forum, I invited one of the founders of Alemany Farm to come speak about land and urban gardening in San Francisco. I explained that this was a forum that promoted veganic farming, and he was ok with veganics as long as it isn't promoted exclusively, or in his own words, as long as it was "without dogma".
Compassion is such a very dogmatic thing, of course. No, wait, it's only dogmatic when it's the compassion of the minority. The compassion that the majority has for dogs and cats is not seen as "dogmatic" (even though the majority second-guesses themselves much less). When vegans apply our ethics to our actions in the very same way that the majority does, we get dismissed as dogmatic.
This is a double standard that serves to insult us and to detract from the challenge that we present to dominant social norms. Because the question that needs to be answered is this: why should we treat a cow or pig differently than a dog? If there is no good answer to this question, it follows that we should farm veganically, and it is no more dogmatic than farming without dogs or cats. To maintain the status quo of animal commodification, the question is skirted.
We must liberate the class of animals known as "farm animals". People will resist and insult and try to avoid ever engaging in a discussion on why farm animals are uniquely suited to their lot. This is normal. We are fighting to change social norms, and it's always an arduous task. Humans protect the status quo and especially their own privilege. Those who farm, roast or eat pigs want to protect their entitlement to pigs' lives and bodies, and all the better if they can be self-congratulatory about it. At Alemany Farm, they justify their celebration of domination with the trope of the "circle of life", but nobody uses this argument to justify cruelty to animals that are deemed to matter.
All of these clichés – "the circle of life", the rejection of dogma, the wisdom of moderation – have the veneer of sophistication, but they simply provide a knee-jerk defense of the way things are. I grew up in Switzerland, land of the middle ground. Rejecting "extremes" and lauding moderation is a national pastime. It's not enlightenment, it's conservatism. When people urge for moderation, they conveniently draw the contours of that moderation around what is normal to them. But if we persevere, veganism and veganic farming will become the new normal.
I've heard people – especially vegans – moan that vegans aren't active enough around the political or social justice issues of our food system. I knew a vegan who used to volunteer at Alemany Farm and who left because every year they would roast the dead body of a sentient, intelligent, sensitive being. We should not have to betray our ethics to be able to engage in important community activism.
As vegans, we must set up our own urban and community gardens. Urban agriculture is too important for us to hold back until we achieve widespread animal liberation. Let's reclaim the streets, grow our own food systems with a vegan ethic, and help build up a genuine people's movement for land reform and a better world.
Author nassimPosted on March 18, 2017 August 23, 2017 Categories Animal LiberationTags environment, food movement, social norms, veganic


Learn to calculate common financial ratios and be able to understand and analyze multiple financial statements.Almost all attorneys are forced to deal with some financial or accounting related issue at some point in their legal career. This topic provides a fundamental understanding to certain accounting and financial concepts commonly found in law. This topic will discuss the applications and techniques used to summarize the financial information and assess financial health in a concise, useful, easy to understand manner. This information is useful for any attorney looking to understand the basics of financial ratio analysis and how to interpret these important indicators of a company's financial health.


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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using NUnit.Framework;
using PetriPlanet.Core;
using PetriPlanet.Specs.Bdd;

namespace PetriPlanet.Specs
{
  [TestFixture]
  public class ArraysSpecs : BddBase
  {
    private int[] sourceArray;
    private int[] destinationArray;

    [SetUp]
    public void SetUp()
    {
      this.sourceArray = new[] { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 };
      this.destinationArray = new[] { 104, 103, 102, 101, 100 };
    }

    [Test]
    public void ItCanPerformAnOrdinaryCopy()
    {
      Arrays.WrapCopy(this.sourceArray, 3, this.destinationArray, 1, 3);

      Expect(this.destinationArray, EqualTo(new[] {104, 4, 5, 6, 100}));
    }

    [Test]
    public void ItCanPerformAWrappedCopy()
    {
      Arrays.WrapCopy(this.sourceArray, 8, this.destinationArray, 3, 3);

      Expect(this.destinationArray, EqualTo(new[] {1, 103, 102, 9, 10}));
    }
  }
}

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Why make life easy when you can make life interesting.
A bit of old news, apparently there was a bit of excitement over a possible revival of the Austin-Healey marque that never came to be.
Here's a great video from the archives, a quick history of TRIUMPH sports cars.
What could be more exciting than a 320 HP Allison t63c18 Turboshaft driven Triumph Spitfire?
Jalopnik takes a look at the surviving "traditional" British car marques.
According to the author of an Automobile.com story, BMW has categorically said no to bringing back the Triumph marque.
A rare piece of Triumph history, the 1961 Le Mans was sponsored by Triumph and here's the film they produced.


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«Страстной бульвар» — российский художественный фильм 1999 года.

Сюжет

К Андрею Соколову, некогда подававшему надежды артисту, а ныне спивающемуся кочегару в ЖЭКе, в одно похмельное утро влетает в комнату говорящий ворон и устраивает в ней переполох. В результате Андрей находит старую записную книжку с телефонами своих старых товарищей и подруг. Сделав несколько звонков, он, нарядившись Пушкиным, отправляется на встречу со своим прошлым.

В ролях
 Сергей Колтаков — Андрей Соколов
 Владимир Ильин — Дукин
 Нина Усатова — Жемчужина, жена Дукина, актриса театра кукол
 Сергей Гармаш — писатель
 Сергей Паршин — пассажир с сынишкой
 Елена Стародуб — бывшая жена Андрея Соколова
 Сергей Виноградов — Леонид, в прошлом танцовщик балета, бывший друг Андрея Соколова
 Николай Малаев — Гриша
 Владимир Пискунов — собаковод
 Виктор Смирнов — собутыльник
 Валерий Прохоров — собутыльник

Съёмочная группа

 Автор сценария: Сергей Колтаков
 Режиссёр: Владимир Хотиненко
 Оператор: Владимир Шевцик
 Художник: Юрий Устинов

Награды, номинации

 Приз ФИПРЕССИ ММКФ 1999
 Участник внеконкурсного показа Берлинского кинофестиваля 1999
 Участник внеконкурсного показа Монреальского кинофестиваля 1999

Фильмы России 1999 года
Трагикомедийные фильмы России
Кинокомедии России
Кинокомедии 1999 года
Фильмы на русском языке
Фильмы Владимира Хотиненко

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Religious Ed classes for the current school year will begin on Wednesday, September 21st. All classes will be held in the St. Patrick's rectory (directly north of the church).
Registration fees are $20/child. Please contact the church office to sign up your child(ren) or to ask questions. 712.563.2283.
We are also in need of willing hands to prepare meals for the junior high and senior high students. If you are able to help in this way, please sign up on the sheet in the church entryway. Thank you!


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Home Uncategorized Hamilton apologised to duo
Hamilton apologised to duo
Date published: June 10 2011
Lewis Hamilton conceded that he had suffered a "bad day at the office" in Monaco two weeks ago and had apologised to all concerned…
Lewis Hamilton conceded that he had suffered a "bad day at the office" in Monaco two weeks ago and had apologised to all concerned.
Now, he said, he wanted to move on, put the affair behind him and do his best for himself and his McLaren team this weekend in the Canadian Grand Prix where he claimed his maiden win 2007 and won again last year.
"I never like to go into a weekend as favourite and I don't like to be too upbeat," he said. "I am not Muhammad Ali and saying this weekend is going to be the best weekend ever.
"But, I would definitely say, looking at the next few races, this is one of the better ones for us. Coming off a very tough weekend, I feel I am racing against some very, very talented drivers who are going to be quick as well.
"I would rather do my talking on track, I feel the car will work well and I feel I am in a good 'head space' so I hope that will add to a good result."
The 26-year-old Brit was penalised at the Monaco race for collisions with Felipe Massa and Pastor Maldonado.
Afterwards he criticised the stewards in an outburst during a television interview, in which he jokingly suggested, with a reference to the comic character Ali G, that he was being victimised because he was black.
He apologised to the stewards in Monte Carlo and wrote a letter of apology to the FIA.
He said: "Last week, coming back from the grand prix I had some time to reflect on my behaviour and my weekend and just a feeling of it being a bad day in the office.
"I wrote a letter to the FIA to apologise and spoke to the drivers. I felt that was necessary to do, and it was the right thing to do, to put it behind me. This is racing…
"When you are competitive – and this is the pinnacle of motor sport – it is not easy to overtake. So, every move you make is questionable. Sometimes, you get it right. Sometimes, you don't.
"The stewards are doing a great job, and since I've been in F1 it has been improving, being much more consistent – and it makes it much better.
"While I would prefer not to be in the stewards' room too often – and I am trying – my whole life I was always in the headmasters' office.
"So, I am used to it and try and learn from situations I get myself into. I had time to reflect on the weekend and I wrote a sincere apology letter to Jean (Todt, president) and to the FIA and I got a great letter back.
"After that I was able to put it behind me and I am very grateful to be here. I do want what is best for the sport and I want to be able to contribute to improving the sport and making it great."
He added that he had also cleared the air with Massa and Maldonado.
"I know Felipe really well, I've known him since F3 and having such a good relationship with him, I gave him a call and he had calmed down also and he was able to understand the position.
"With Pastor, I've seen him, known him for many years, and he is doing a fantastic job. He was very quick that weekend. I am not wanting to put anyone out of a grand prix."
He conceded too that he had buckled under the pressure of events in Monte Carlo.
"I think it is a combination of many things," he said. "We all know what it is like to be under pressure and to put pressure on yourself.
"We all have good and bad days in the office and that was definitely one of the worst weekends in the office.
"But that is motor racing. That is life and you learn from those situations. I have gone back and had a few days at home, been training and I feel completely refreshed and looking forward to a more positive weekend!"
Hamilton in the clear with the FIA
The Nearly Men: Felipe Massa


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Home > News from Elsewhere > Media Releases > TV Academy honours ARRI ALEXA Camera System with Engineering Emmy
TV Academy honours ARRI ALEXA Camera System with Engineering Emmy
LOS ANGELES, 6 November 2017 – At the 69th Engineering Emmy® Awards Ceremony in Hollywood, the Television Academy recognised ARRI with the most prestigious television accolade for outstanding achievement in engineering development for its ALEXA digital motion picture camera system. Actress Kirsten Vangsness, who presented the award, said: "The ALEXA camera system represents a transformative technology in television due to its excellent digital imaging capabilities coupled with a completely integrated postproduction workflow. In addition, a cohesive pipeline, the onboard recording of both raw and a compressed video image, and an easy-to-use interface contributed to the television industry's widespread adoption of the ARRI ALEXA."
The Engineering Award was accepted by ARRI´s Harald Brendel, Teamlead Image Science, and Frank Zeidler, Senior Manager Technology and Deputy Head of R&D – both members of the ALEXA development team – as well as Glenn Kennel, President of ARRI Inc. In his acceptance speech, Harald Brendel mentioned ARRI's 100-year legacy of laying the foundation for the ALEXA and keeping the camera today as the industry workhorse. He noted, "I must thank Executive Board Member, Franz Kraus, for steering the company into the digital age, for building up our understanding of film and its imaging characteristics to produce the ARRILASER and ARRISCAN. This paved the way to the ALEXA which we introduced in 2010. Thank you to the Television Academy and most importantly, to our many customers who drive us to continue to improve."
There is also great enthusiasm for the Engineering Award in Munich, Germany, where the headquarters of this globally active film and media technology company is based. Franz Kraus, Executive Board Member of ARRI, responsible for technology, comments: "This prestigious award especially recognises the hard work of the ALEXA core team of engineers, who started almost two decades ago in the digital intermediate days. They brought all of their accumulated knowledge and experience to the ALEXA camera project, thus implementing the much-appreciated cinematic look of the ALEXA. We are very grateful for this very special acknowledgement of the Television Academy."
Dr. Joerg Pohlman, Executive Board Member of ARRI, responsible for the operative business, adds: "We are very thankful to the Television Academy for their esteemed recognition. Since its inception, ARRI has prided itself on being a long-term professional partner to the global film and television industries. This commitment will continue to drive us in the future and we look forward to many more years of successful collaboration."
Renowned for a film-like, organic look and high dynamic range, the ALEXA digital camera was quickly embraced for its stunning image quality, reliability, efficient workflow, and ease of use. ALEXA's upgradeable design has allowed the system to remain the camera of choice for television and feature production even seven years after its release. The camera technology is now available in multiple iterations: the ALEXA Mini, ALEXA SXT Studio with optical viewfinder and the newly introduced ALEXA SXT W for wireless control.
Some notable shows captured on ALEXA include recent Emmy winners The Handmaid's Tale, The Night Of, Veep, Big Little Lies, along with Game of Thrones, Man in the High Castle, Mozart in the Jungle, Insecure, Modern Family, and many more.
The Television Academy's Engineering Emmys are presented to individuals, companies, or organisations for engineering developments that considerably improve existing methods or innovations that materially affect the transmission, recording, or reception of television.
The Engineering Emmy Award is especially significant this year since 2017 marks ARRI's centenary. Earlier this year, ARRI was honoured by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with a Scientific and Engineering Award for the forward-looking concept and innovative technology of its ALEXA digital camera system.
About ARRI:
Arnold & Richter Cine Technik (ARRI) is a global company within the motion picture media industry, employing around 1,500 staff worldwide. In 2017 ARRI is celebrating its centenary, having been founded in 1917 in Munich, Germany, where the headquarters is still located today. Other subsidiaries exist in Europe, North and South America, Asia, and Australia. The ARRI Group consists of five business units: Camera Systems, Lighting, Media, Rental and Medical. ARRI is a leading designer and manufacturer of camera and lighting systems for the film and broadcast industry, with a worldwide distribution and service network. It is also an integrated media service provider in the fields of film post- and coproduction and international sales as well as equipment rental, supplying camera, lighting and grip packages to professional productions. ARRI Medical focuses on the use of core imaging technologies for surgical applications. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has recognised ARRI's engineers and their contributions to the industry with 19 Scientific and Technical Awards.
For locations and more information please visit www.arri.com.
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Q: How do I use an input to out put exactly 5 characters in a string and space them out Basically I'm trying to make a code in Java where I am inputting 5 letters, for example "Hello". The code needs to spit an output with each of the letters spaced apart by ten spacing. I also have to use printf and space them out using the %. I was able to do this without using %, by using .replace, however that's not what I'm supposed to be doing.
So the output should be:
H     e    l     l      o
Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Enter five chatracters: ");
String charoutput = scanner.next();
String charoutput2 = charoutput.replace("", "       ");

System.out.println("You have entered: " +charoutput2);

A:     Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
    System.out.println("Enter five chatracters: ");

    // You can include validation of the length of the input line if necessary
    String answer = scanner.next();
    String[] charArr = answer.substring(0, 5).split("");
    String result = Arrays.stream(charArr)
            .map(p -> String.format("%s%10s", p, ""))
            .collect(Collectors.joining());

    System.out.println(result);
    scanner.close();

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The Nest Tiny House is tucked in the Coronado Historic District, part of Central Phoenix, Arizona. Our eclectic neighborhood is home to numerous restaurants, coffee shops, murals, Little Free Libraries, boutiques, galleries, and friendly residents.
Be sure to FLY THE NEST and explore the rest of Phoenix's offerings. Read on to see some of our favorites.
David Bowie Murals on 7th St.
Spend some time enjoying Phoenix's urban core, then take a road trip exploring Arizona's vastly varied landscapes. Each of these destinations is a 4-5 hour drive from The Nest.


Did you know that the mesophotic zone of a coral reef – the area 100 to 500 feet beneath the ocean surface – is called the "Twilight Zone"? That all reef fish found in that zone at Kure Atoll are found nowhere else in the world? That special equipment allows divers today to go deeper and stay underwater longer than ever before?
To discuss these and other topics, more than 200 researchers, managers and interested parties gathered in Honolulu on Nov. 19 and 20 for the Symposium on Science in Support of Archipelagic Management.
The two-day event included presentations on terrestrial and marine ecosystems, natural and cultural resources, protected species research, conservation genetics, climate change, and new and innovative research techniques.
Forty-six speakers gave presentations on work carried out in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument and other Pacific Ocean archipelagos. Speakers addressed work in the Hawaiian Archipelago, Samoan Archipelago, Galapagos Archipelago, Marianas Archipelago and the Pacific Remote Islands.
The symposium was convened and hosted by Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument co-managers, NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Pacific Islands Regional Office and Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology.
Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument is the largest contiguous, fully-protected conservation area under the U.S. flag, and one of the largest marine conservation areas in the world. Scientific, cultural, and maritime research are important to the overall operations of the monument.
During the conference, keynote speaker Dr. Richard Pyle of Bishop Museum discussed the mesophotic zone, or "Twilight Zone" of a reef, between the typical depths of scuba diving (above 100 feet) and the deep exploration of robotics and submersibles (below 500 feet.) Dr. Pyle and other researchers shared the techniques they use to explore this area, including the use of rebreathers.
Keynote speaker Dr. Michael Seki, director of NOAA's Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, reviewed the history of research in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands leading up to designation as a marine national monument in 2006.
Researchers also reported on submarine and remotely operated vehicle (ROV) expeditions, such as those coordinated by NOAA's Okeanos Explorer in 2016 and the E/V Nautilus exploration in 2018, which mapped numerous seamounts and identified 14 seamount habitats with lush deep coral communities.
Surveys in the Samoa Archipelago resulted in documenting 110 coral species with six new records. An analysis of 36 papers shows there have been approximately 374 total coral species documented from American Samoa.
Numerous new records and new species have been recorded and more are being described annually, such as Pete Basabe's Butterflyfish.
Researchers discussed endemism in archipelagos, where a species is unique to a defined geographic location and found nowhere else. In the mesophotic depths around Kure Atoll, 100% of the fishes are Hawaiian endemics, meaning the entire fish community is composed of fishes that are not found anywhere else on Earth. This is the highest level of endemism known from any marine ecosystem.
Scientists are working to save the Nihoa millerbird, Nihoa finch, and Laysan finch, all endemic to Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. Preventing these species from going extinct will depend on regular monitoring (ideally annually), managing threats, successful translocations, and community support.
Since 2008, scientists have studied plastic ingestion incidence and loads in seabirds from the main and the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Plastic ingestion studies, along with tracking, dietary and chemical analyses, help with investigating seabird foraging behavior during changing ocean conditions. They also teach us about the flow of pollutants in North Pacific marine ecosystems.


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Natural gas is now 85% of Crescent Petroleum's...
ABU DHABI, 12th January, 2020 (WAM) -- Crescent Petroleum has outlined a range of efforts aimed at ensuring a sustainable future for company and the region in the decades ahead.
Majid Jafar, Crescent Petroleum's CEO, announced the company's sustainability efforts during the opening panel of the Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum.
The panel, titled 'Setting the"...
PM Barzani Reaffirms KRG's Commitment to Diversifying...
ERBIL - Prime Minister Masrour Barzani chaired the first meeting of the Economic High Council of the Kurdistan Region on Monday, during which he reaffirmed his cabinet's commitment to diversifying and modernizing its economy.
The council convened with a number of ministers and governors for talks on the financial situation in the"...
PM Barzani Reaffirms KRG's Commitment to Diversifying Economy
The council convened with a number of ministers and governors for talks on the financial situation in the Kurdistan Region, Barzani's office said in a statement.
'During"...
No Coronavirus Cases Recorded in Kurdistan: Health Ministry
ERBIL - Kurdistan Region's Minister of Health Saman Barzangy has refuted the reports of the occurance of a case of the new Coronavirus in the autonomous region.
The Kurdish minister also criticized the media outlets reporting 'fake' news, saying: 'Sadly, fake news have been published about the occurrence of one case of Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Kurdistan Region.'
In"...
France Supports Explosive Hazard Management in Iraq
The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) has welcomed an additional contribution of EUR 600,000 (approximately USD 670,000) from the Government of France dedicated to explosive hazard management activities that aim at enabling returns in retaken areas of Iraq.
The presence of explosive hazards, including improvised explosive devices in areas retaken from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), also known as Daesh, will continue to impede"...
Farmers in Erbil protest over payment delays
SULAIMANI — Farmers in Erbil governorate protested Monday (January 27) about delayed payments for grain that they had sold to Baghdad and Erbil in the past.
The protesters told NRT Digital Media that the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) owe them a total of 517 billion Iraqi dinars ($433.3 million).
They also criticized the KRG for not being"...
Euro Ambassadors Condemn State Violence in Iraq
The Ambassadors of Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States condemn the excessive and lethal use of force by Iraqi security forces and armed groups since 24 January against peaceful protestors, including in Baghdad, Nasiriya and Basra.
Despite assurances by the government, security forces and armed groups continue to use"...
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