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Richard Saziya of Tsanga Timbers; a Tough Entrepreneur in a Tough Economy
Jennifer Nkem-Eneanya
You probably think that the economy and leverages for business are the very worst in your nation right? You have convinced yourself that the Government's ineptitude and the high interest rates offered by unsympathetic banking institutions are a bane to your launching out with that product, idea or enterprise. You might be right; then again, you might be wrong.
Zimbabwe. The Zimbabawean dollars collapsed in 2008 due to hyperinflation. Businesses crashed. In 2009, they adopted the American dollars and slowly, despite the odds, a few entrepreneurs have taken the bold step of starting over again.
Even though manufacturing had collapsed after years of underinvestment and the long-term capital needed to revive it was scant, Richard Saziya, refused to succumb to the signs of the times; he was alive after all, and where there is life, there is hope for new beginnings.
Richard, a graduate from the Mutare Boys High School, has years of experience in the timber industry, from contract milling through to the management of a furniture manufacturing operation.
In 2009, Richard Saziya and John Sanders –a chartered Accountant- founded Tsanga Timbers, a saw-mill in a forest close to Nyanga, 280km (173 miles) North-East of Harare. They cut wood sourced from carefully managed pine plantations Zimbabwean forest and turn it into products like wooden pallets, benches for schools and ceiling installations for homes.
A cutting machine, bought from China for $19,000 USD makes this possible. Tsanga Timbers also sells a kit for a three-bedroom pine cabin for $375 USD which Richard designed as a starter home but which has excited interest from tourist lodges. The company's doing well with that product, and thinking of expanding to neighboring countries.
"Tsanga" was inspired by the "Tsanga River" which flows through the Troutbeck Valley in the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe, where the timber is derived. Known locally as Troutbeck, the source of the Tsanga River flows into the Gairezi River and ultimately forms part of the mighty Zambezi.
Richard is very well acquainted with the Troutbeck Valley, assisting landowners in managing and maintaining their plantations alongside the Tsanga River and working to protect the increasingly vulnerable plantations from widespread annual fires.
The vision of Tsanga Timbers is simple: to deliver high quality pine products to Zimbabwe and the region, and to take advantage of the latest technology whilst operating in an environment-friendly manner; continually striving to reduce waste and minimise the energy foot print.
Tsanga Timbers recently completed the construction of a 144m3 Solar Drying Kiln. This innovative method of curing timber is supposed to be extremely effective and environment-friendly because it does not require the burning of fossil fuels or the use of an external power source. In addition, it ensures that they have a continuous supply of high quality, dried timber, even during the extended rainy season in Nyanga.
It may not yet be uhuru for Richard Saziya and his team at Tsanga Timbers but I bet we can all agree that they are headed in the right direction. Tough times don't last –even after decades of reign- but tough people do!
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Great stuff from you, Jide and thanks for stopping by.
You can go ahead and share with Africans on this platform, what the collaboration will entail. If it will empower an African in some way, then we are all for it. Cheers.
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This invaluable learning tool begins with a basic introduction to flying and a history of flight, then explores the role of the FAA, criteria for earning the various pilot certificates, how to select a flight school and instructor, and the tests associated with earning a pilot certificate. Topics covered include aeronautical decision making, aircraft construction, principles of flight, aerodynamics of flight, flight controls, aircraft systems, flight instruments, flight manuals and other documents, weight and balance, aircraft performance, weather theory, aviation weather services, airport operations, airspace, navigation, and aeromedical factors. Appendices provide additional support including acronyms, abbreviations, and NOTAM contractions, airport signs and markings, a glossary and index.
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered Supports Private Matches
Amos Hodge, the lead designer at Raven Software, confirms to a fan over Twitter that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered will support private matches and a number of other options.
While the Call of Duty series always pulls in huge sales numbers each and every year, 2016 may be a different story as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered is garnering just as much, if not more attention than this year's entry, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. With high expectations already on this project, Raven Software is looking to deliver not just a better looking experience than what fans remember, but a game that can also satisfy modern shooter expectations as well.
In response to a fan over Twitter over fan-requested features, Raven Software lead designer Amos Hodge revealed that players are able to not only create private matches but add AI bots to matches as well. This will be one of many private match options players can choose to turn on if they want in addition to previously revealed details like unlocked load outs and controller options.
Customization doesn't stop there, however. Hodge also confirmed over Twitter that players will be able to disable the in-game HUD options for medals earned during a match. Now, instead of seeing these flashy medals appear for doing something during a match, players can opt to see them at the very end. While, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare did feature medals, these icons were much more subtle than they tend to be in more recent versions of the series.
So far, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered appears to be doing and saying all the right things to hit and exceed fan expectations with its strong attention to detail. Whether or not that justifies picking up a copy of the Legacy Edition of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare will vary from person to person, but Raven is certainly making a strong case for series veterans or hardcore shooter fans.
Private matches remain a popular feature with gamers and more and more shooters are starting to support this mode. As one of the longest requested additions, Bungie finally embraced private matches and added them into its popular sci-fi shooter, Destiny. One of the surprise hits of 2016, DOOM, is also adding private matches in its next planned free update.
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The Battle of Fort Grierson (Second)
May 23, 1781 at Fort Grierson, Richmond County, Georgia
Facts about the Battle of Fort Grierson (Second)
Armies - American Forces was commanded by Brig. Gen. Andrew Pickens and consisted of over 400 Soldiers. British Forces was commanded by Col. James Grierson and consisted of over 200 Soldiers.
Casualties - American casualties were estimated to be 40 killed/wounded. British casualties were about 30 killed/wounded and 45 captured.
Outcome - The result of the battle was an American victory.
On May 22, a group of Loyalist militia went on a raid against the local Patriots. The Loyalists surprised a group of militia guarding horses, killing the guards and taking 400 horses back with them to the fort.
On May 23, Brigadier General Andrew Pickens decided on a plan to dislodge the Loyalist garrison at Fort Grierson and intercept the Loyalists before they could reach nearby Fort Cornwallis. Fort Grierson, was surrounded by Pickens and Lee and Major Eaton, and a battery was opened up against it. Maintaining the siege and keeping watch on Fort Cornwallis were the Legion cavalry under Major Eggleston, and some of the militia.
Brown tried to make a sortie to thwart the effort, but was himself driven back into Fort Cornwallis where he cannonaded the besiegers instead. A while after, Lieutenant Colonel Grierson issued from the fort of his name, in an effort to escape to Fort Cornwallis.
A sharp skirmish ensued, and upwards of 40 of Grierson's men were captured, while Grierson with a handful of others, by moving under the cover of the river bank, were able to reach Fort Cornwallis in safety. In addition, the loyalists lost 30 killed. Pickens and Lee captured two cannon from Grierson, which they then proceeded to deploy against Fort Cornwallis. The Americans lost two wounded, and Major Pinkertham Eaton killed.
Some accounts claim that in the shuffle of what transpired he was taken prisoner and his death occurred moments after the fighting had already ceased. Captain Robert Smith subsequently replaced him in command of the North Carolina Continental detachment.
Lee, in his memoirs, praises the effort of a Captain Handy who led the "Marylanders" against one of Brown's forays. Evidently this individual was Captain George Handy, from Maryland, of the Legion Infantry, and it was that unit (not a detachment from the Maryland Regiment as might otherwise seem to have been implied) which took part in the skirmish with Brown. Further in support of this, there is an unrelated anecdote in Lee's memoirs suggests that the "Capt. Handy" of Augusta belonged to the Legion.
Kirkwood: "Received express from Col. Lee that he had taken two redoubts [Ft. Grierson, and apparently making reference as well to Ft. Galphin as well] at Augusta in Georgia, making 70 of them prisoners & Killed about 40, taking a Quantity of stores, Rum, etcs."
Tarleton Brown: "The next fort we attacked [after Fort Balfour, see 17 April] was that commanded by the wretched Grason [Grierson], at the upper end of town, This we soon stormed and took -- Captain Alexander shooting Grason [Grierson] for his villainous conduct in the country. Some made their escape from us by fleeing to Brown's fort, near the river. Before we laid siege to Brown's fort, a fellow by the name of Rutherford (a villain withal) took a company and slipped out in the night down the river, opposite Beach Island, and just at the break of day surprised our horse guard.
It being in the bend of the river, the British and Tories got round them, and having a superior force, our men took to the river, but they killed several of our brave fellows while they were swimming, some making their escape -- my brother Bartlett Brown, was one among that number. We heard of their trip after our guard, and pushed to cut them off, but were too late by a few momentarily, for as we got within one hundred and fifty yards on the lane, we saw them enter. A few moments sooner, and we would have fixed them smugly."


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The following sub-sections have been created to encompass the different commitments and issues within strategies, providing an overview of the approaches to these. Across the strategies examined, different emphasis and linkages were made, reflecting the health and care systems, structures and policies within each country.
As such, these sub-sections may contain aspects which overlap with other themes (e.g. where workforce development or awareness raising is a tool to improve diagnosis). However, the content of the subsections reflects the framing of the issue within the strategy in which it was found e.g. if a strategy committed to an awareness campaign under the heading of 'diagnosis' in the strategy, it has been included under the heading of 'diagnosis' in this report.


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"This is a really nice hole," someone said. Meaning, from the perspective of a fruit tree, a hole wide enough for the roots to spread out, and shallow enough to leave the "trunk flare" exposed.
Molly Ladd '09 pointed out the flare, a swelling on the trunk of a young peach tree she was holding, to the people standing around the really nice hole. The dozen-plus volunteers convened by Ladd and Andie Bisceglia '09 on a brilliant, windy May afternoon included Bates students and a professor, and members of the nonprofit organization Lots to Gardens. The task: planting apple, peach, pear, and cherry trees, grapevines, and raspberry and blueberry bushes at Franklin Pasture, a piece of city land a few blocks from Bates.
Ladd and Bisceglia assembled $1,500 in grants, including $500 from the Bates College Museum of Art's Green Horizons initiative, to create this urban orchard. Lots to Gardens, which Kirsten Walter '00 founded to involve young people in community gardening projects, will tend the orchard and distribute its produce through farmers' markets and community harvest dinners.


TERROR ON THE BORDER (Unrivaled Books) by E.E. Hunt will have you on the edge of your seat from the first page to the last as Jack Cassidy, his young wife, Juanita Delgado and her cousin, U.S. Border Patrol Officer Orlando Delgado battle the ruthless Hernan Cortez, Mexico's most brutal drug lord and his blood thirsty gang, Los Lobos. Modeled after the real gangs and drug cartels of nightly newscasts, Hunt has crafted a story as chilling as any true crime tale and brings to life the adrenaline stoked exploits of gun toting gangsters and merciless drug dealers.Skillfully weaving true-life events into a fictional narrative that illuminates the harrowing world of illegal narcotics and human trafficking, Hunt tells the story of a teenage Juanita Delgado, kidnapped on a rural road and smuggled across the U.S. border to work in the slave trade in a Dallas brothel. Freed from her cruel captors by Jack Cassidy, the two marry and join forces to help the poor citizens of San Miguel, Mexico; a town ravaged by the violence and lawlessness of the Los Lobos gang. But Hernan Cortez has other plans as he targets a rich uncle of the Delgado cousins and sets about abducting Juanita and Orlando to torture and hold for ransom. In a daring escape from Cortez and his strongmen, Juanita and Orlando reunite with Jack and warn their rich uncle of Cortez's plan.
As Jack, Juanita and Orlando race to the U.S. – Mexico border, a shocking plot twist seals the fate of Cortez and his sadistic enforcer, Manuela and Jack must finally pay the price of justice delayed. Hunt is a master storyteller who brings to life the numbing statistics of drug violence that we hear every day. In Mexico, the human slave trade is a $20 billion-a-year endeavor, second only to drug trafficking, with cartels bringing in over $64 billion a year from their sales to users in the U.S. The fictional Los Lobos mirror the exploits of the Zetas, a real drug cartel born of Mexican Army Special Forces deserters whose members include corrupt former federal, state and local police officers. Frightening in its accuracy and breathtaking in its brutality, Terror on the Border is a heart stopping read.
This book kept me on the edge of my seat from the beginning to the end. I was amazed to find how I did not want to put it down as the action is non-stop and the situations that are brought up are ones in which you can only imagine (though I can see many of them happening).
The book was well written both for plot and for characters. I was able to identify with the characters even though I had little in common with them. The story itself was full of twists and turns, but they are all ones which definitely kept my interest and attention and I was held to the end of the book wondering what would come next!
This was a great book that all should check out!


Roccat's Khan Aimo headset boasts High-Res audio support and 7.1 surround sound alongside a built-in DAC/AMP combo for £110. The Khan also supports LED synchronisation with other Roccat peripherals which includes the new Aimo intelligent lighting.
Does the inclusion of an inbuilt DAC/AMP combo offer genuinely better audio performance as suggested on paper, or does this unnecessarily limit you to a purely PC-specific headset with its USB 2.0 connection?
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Inbuilt DAC/AMP combo with 7.1 Surround Sound.
Software experience a little buggy.
Buy from Overclockers UK for £109.99 inc. VAT HERE.
KitGuru says: The Khan Aimo offers brilliant 7.1 surround sound as well as crystal clear audio capture through its built-in microphone. The massively customisable sound profiles included with the Roccat Swarm software make the Khan Aimo a great option to consider for a PC-specific headset.
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The 1500-watt advanced motor system with next-generation blades is designed to power through tough ingredients and avoid bogging down. 10 pre-set Auto-iQ programs designed to eliminate the guesswork from making great-tasting drinks and delicious meals. 10 manual mode speeds with variable speed control allowing for total control and customization. Smart Vessel Recognition automatically displays Auto-iQ programs specific to the attached vessel. Other attachments are sold separately. Includes a 1500-Watt Base, 72 oz. Pitcher, Tamper, Lid with Vented Lid Cap, and 50-Recipe Booklet. Attachments are BPA free and dishwasher safe.


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GE achieved 1GW of wind energy in Brazil
GE has announced it has achieved a total installed capacity of 1GW of wind energy in Brazil.
During the first half of 2014, GE connected 381 wind turbines for wind farm developer Renova Energia to the grid in Brazil, providing 600MW of capacity to the country. Serveng, another wind farm developer in Brazil, received 106 newly connected GE wind turbines in March. GE also announced it produced its 1,000th wind turbine hub in Brazil, which was delivered to Contour Global as part of an 800MW contract with GE in the country. GE is set to produce its first wind turbine nacelle, from a newly expanded manufacturing facility in Campinas, Sao Paulo later this year. Additionally, the company opened the second of two new service centers in Brazil in the state of Rio Grande do Norte in June, as part of a US$ 1.5 million investment in Brazil.


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8 Fascinating Reads
Morgan Housel, The Motley Fool
Happy Friday! There are more good news articles, commentaries, and analyst reports on the Web every week than anyone could read in a month. Here are eight fascinating ones I read this week.
China is managing its demographic crisis in peculiar ways, writesBloomberg:
From July 1, parents in China can sue their kids who don't visit often enough, under a broadened law mandating children take better care of the aged. With China's elderly population forecast to more than double to 487 million in the next 40 years, the government needs to try and limit the cost of caring for seniors.
Harder than it looks
Sam Ro cites data from LongBoard Asset Management on the return of 3,000 stocks from 1983 to 2007:
Slipping away
The Wall Street Journalreports on the bleak state of American savings:
Fifty-seven percent of U.S. workers surveyed reported less than $25,000 in total household savings and investments excluding their homes, according to a report to be released Tuesday by the Employee Benefit Research Institute. Only 49% reported having so little money saved in 2008.
The survey also found that 28% of Americans have no confidence they will have enough money to retire comfortably -- the highest level in the study's 23-year history ...
Only about half of the 1,003 workers and 251 retirees surveyed said they were sure they could come up with $2,000 if an unexpected need were to arise in the next month.
Former Treasury secretary Larry Summers writes about the life of a financial crisis:
There is a striking difference between financial crises in memory and financial crises as they actually play out. In memory, they are a concatenation of disasters. But as they play out, the norm is moments of panic separated by lengthy stretches of apparent calm. It was eight months from the South Korean crisis to the Russian default of 1998, six months from Bear Stearns' demise to Lehman Brothers' fall, and there were several 30 per cent stock market rallies between 1929 and 1933.
Other side of the trade
For years, it was assumed that investing overseas would protect you from a falling dollar. But now, a rising dollar is threatening profits:
U.S. companies that sell goods and services abroad are bracing for a big hit in the current quarter, as the beaten-down yen and euro threaten to take big bites out of sales.
Large U.S. companies disclosed more than $50 billion in losses related to currency swings last year, compared with $22 billion in gains the previous year, according to data from FiREapps, a currency-risk-management consulting firm.
Philip Morris International and Corning are two companies taking a walloping, disclosing currency losses of $284 million and $27 million, respectively, last quarter, the article writes.
Thornburg Investments shows what fees, taxes, and inflation can do to an S&P 500 index fund over time:
Note: You can bypass most of these hits by investing in a low-cost, commission-free ETF through Vanguard in a tax-sheltered Roth IRA.
Prime profits
Time writes about the spending behavior of Amazon Prime customers:
Even more interesting than the growing Prime ranks is what Prime seems to do to subscribers. A 2010 Businessweek story stated that Amazon Prime broke even within three months of launching, not the two years predicted by its creators. That's because customers spent as much as 150% more at Amazon after they became Prime members. Subscribers not only ordered more often, but after paying the $79 fee, they started buying things at Amazon that they probably wouldn't have in the past. Since shipping was always speedy and free, members saved themselves a trip to the store for things like batteries and coffee beans.
In another sign of economic strength, Calculated Risk shows that hotel occupancy is nearing pre-recession levels:
The article 8 Fascinating Reads originally appeared on Fool.com.
Morgan Housel owns shares of Philip Morris International. The Motley Fool recommends Amazon.com and Corning. The Motley Fool owns shares of Amazon.com, Corning, and Philip Morris International. Try any of our Foolish newsletter services free for 30 days. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.


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Q: Error while converting string to Datetime I have string value 7/29/2000. When I convert it to date time it's giving an error. Error Message: Cannot convert string to Datetime
IFormatProvider provider = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("en-US", true);
string oldValue = decrypt.Decrypt(dtOldI9Value.Rows[0][column.ColumnName].ToString().Trim());
DateTime dtOldValue = DateTime.Parse(oldValue, provider, System.Globalization.DateTimeStyles.NoCurrentDateDefault);

From the 3 rd line i am getting the value as "7/29/2000". Please help me.

A: This works:
IFormatProvider provider = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("en-US", true);
DateTime dtOldValue = DateTime.Parse("07/29/2000", provider, System.Globalization.DateTimeStyles.NoCurrentDateDefault);
Console.WriteLine(dtOldValue);

So there must be something with your decrypt.Decrypt(). Are you sure it doesn't adds characters to oldValue? Check oldValue.Length, it should be 10.

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ERG undergoes rebrand, expands to offer PEO services in South Carolina
After seven years of operating under the brand of ERG Payroll & HR, the company is rebranding to guHRoo. GuHRoo offers simple software combined with expert support for payroll, benefits, HR, and compliance.
"We were looking for a name that was more aligned with our vision of being the most trusted provider of HR solutions in South Carolina," said Matt Vaadi, founder of guHRoo. "A guru is a 'mentor, guide, expert, or master'. We have created a team and software that is built to guide small business owners through the complexities of being an employer."
With nothing changing except the name, the company will remain headquartered in Columbia, SC and there will be no changes to the existing team or current solutions.
In addition to the updated branding, guHRoo is now offering a PEO (Professional Employer Organization), which combines employees from many companies into a single group to reduce healthcare prices, create access to benefits and perks, and streamline compliance.
NAPEO suggests that companies using a PEO grow faster than their peers, are more likely to stay in business, and have less employee attrition. Additional NAPEO research reported that the annual return on investment for cost savings alone is 27.2%. This means that for every $1,000 spent on PEO services, a client can save an average of $1,272, yielding a cost savings of $272 for every $1,000 spent.
As a PEO, guHRoo can bundle payroll, compliance, HR, and benefits under our umbrella, and help to administer employment-related responsibilities for you. Plus, with its group buying power, you get access to health insurance and other perks at more affordable rates. Small businesses can also get flat rates on their employee benefits instead of age-banded rates.
For more details, contact guHRoo today.
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Q: Laravel + DOMPDF - Como faço para contar a quantidade de páginas de um relatório depois de realizar o download? Vi vários exemplos na internet porém nada que consiga a adaptar ao meu código ou então que funcione.
Exemplo no rodapé queria exibir assim. Página:1/30, 2/30 e assim por diante, meu controller está assim:
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Synopsis: On Christmas Eve five years ago, Holly was visited by three ghosts who showed her how selfish and spoiled she'd become. They tried to convince her to mend her ways.
Now she's stuck working for the top-secret company Project Scrooge–as the latest Ghost of Christmas Past.
Every year, they save another miserly grouch. Every year, Holly stays frozen at seventeen while her family and friends go on living without her. So far, Holly's afterlife has been miserable. But this year, everything is about to change. . . .
Let me start by saying that I DO NOT like YA contemporary novels.
I'll read them only in the most exact of situations (The Charlotte Holmes novels, for instance), but this book was the selection for my Bookstagram Book Club (GO #TEAMKINGWHALE) and the synopsis had just enough vague magic-y/science-y weirdness to intrigue me.
But The Afterlife of Holly Chase melted even my cold, dead old lady heart.
The novel follows failed scrooge, Holly Chase, through…you guessed it: her afterlife. There is no heaven or hell for her, just the life as a sort of ghost/zombie vagueness that works for Project Scrooge. I felt like some of the intricacies of Project Scrooge could have been fleshed out more, but this novel is about the human aspect, not the technical. I can forgive it leaving out that part of world building.
I was worried that I would hate Holly Chase. There is nothing I hate more than a "poor rich girl" but Cynthia Hand deftly wrote Holly as flawed human that has depth and the ability to grow. I did dislike Holly at first, but very quickly I was drawn into her loneliness. Not the loneliness of her rich, teenage life, but the loneliness of her afterlife. I felt for her and found myself rooting for her to somehow get a happy ending (which is surprising since I'm usually a fan of tragic endings).
There was a fairly large supporting cast in this book and while some were not well explored, I felt I was able to get enough about them to work within the story. I think Boz and Stephanie were my favorite of the supporting cast. And while we got quite a bit of Stephanie's backstory, I wish we'd gotten to know Boz a bit more. But at the same time, the unknown gives the novel the right feel.
I think what I liked most about the book was that even though I knew something was going to be all plot-twisty, I never could quite put my finger on it. It kept me invested and constantly wondering where this was all going. There were some bits that could be classified as clichéd but they were written in a way that I enjoyed and therefore didn't care about the cliché.
I will not say any spoilers but I will say that I cried a lot because even though I try to hide it, I am a total sap. I called one thing about the ending, but not everything. And regardless, I loved everything that came to pass.
At the end of the day, this was not a perfect book. But it made me cry AND it made me happy, which is what I love in a book. So 5 stars on enjoyment alone, 4 stars if I was being critical about clichés and some lack of world building.
So glad you loved this one! Holy Chase completely surprised me with how good it was! I loved it so much!


The White Sox added two more big names to their already stocked farm system, acquiring the Cubs' top two prospects, Eloy Jimenez and Dylan Cease, in a five-player trade on Thursday.
Veteran lefty starter Jose Quintana was the centerpiece of the deal -- he was sent to the Cubs for Jimenez, the reigning Midwest League MVP, and Cease, the Cubs' top piching prospect. Minor League infielders Matt Rose and Bryant Flete are also headed across town in a transaction the White Sox confirmed just before 11:30 a.m. ET on Twitter.
It's a huge haul for the White Sox, an organization that already boasts some of baseball's top-ranked prospects, including Yoan Moncada (No. 1), Michael Kopech (No. 11), Luis Robert (No. 23) and Lucas Giolito (No. 28). With Jimenez and Cease, Chicago will own nine prospects on MLB.com's Top-100 list.
Jimenez, a 20-year-old left fielder, was hitting .271 with eight homers and 32 RBIs in 42 games this year with Class A Advanced Myrtle Beach. The right-handed outfielder earned his second Futures Game selection this summer, was named a Carolina League All-Star and took home a suitcase full of awards and honors as a Midwest League All-Star last season when he was named the league's MVP and Prospect of the Year.
He was a Rising Star in the Arizona Fall League and was selected as an MiLB.com Organization All-Star for the Cubs last year after batting .329 with 14 homers and 81 RBIs in 112 games for Class A South Bend.
Cease, 21, was 1-2 with a 2.79 ERA and 74 strikeouts and 26 walks in 51 2/3 innings across 13 starts this season in the Midwest League with South Bend. The 2014 sixth-round pick is ranked as the No. 63 prospect in baseball, was an All-Star this summer and named the Cubs' Minor League Pitcher of the Month for April. He missed time in May with a leg injury but rebounded nicely in June, when he posted a 2.03 ERA in four starts.
Rose is a 22-year-old first baseman from Georgia State and was the Cubs' 11th-round pick in 2015. The right-handed infielder has struggled with his average but offers plenty of power -- he hit 17 home runs last season across two levels and is batting .227 with 14 homers and 38 RBIs in 65 games this season for Myrtle Beach.
Flete, 24, signed with the Cubs out of Venezuela in 2012 and made his domestic debut two years later in the Northwest League. He's hitting .305 with six homers, 37 RBIs and a .355 OBP in 70 games this season as the Pelicans' primary second baseman.
Quintana has not had a stellar campaign so far -- he's 4-8 with a 4.49 ERA in 18 starts for the White Sox, although he's signed through next season and has affordable contract options for 2019 and 2020, making the 28-year-old an enticing option for a Cubs squad desperate to stay in contention in the NL Central. At the time of the deal, the Cubs (43-45) are tied with St. Louis for second, 5.5 games behind Milwaukee.
Last season, Quintana went 13-12 with a 3.20 ERA in 32 starts, earning his first-career All-Star selection.


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Was John the Baptist a Hairy Man?
April 2, 2020 April 1, 2020 ~ Dana Horton
Many of us were taught in Sunday School that John the Baptist was the fore-runner to Jesus. The visual is that John graciously stepped aside when Jesus came along, as he clearly recognized that Jesus was the Messiah and John was just the messenger. But there's a new book by Joel Marcus that claims that Is not the case. The book is called John the Baptist in History and Theology. This week's bullets come from a summary of this book.
Verification? The usual story is in the gospel of John, where John the B baptizes Jesus, and then God says that this is my beloved son, and it's all pretty obvious. But both Matthew and Luke have accounts that indicate John the B was not convinced. Specifically, John was put in prison at the end of his life before being beheaded. While there, he sends messengers to Jesus asking him if he is the Messiah. Ummm, why did John need to get clarification if that whole Messiah question was settled at the beginning of Jesus' ministry?
Who did John think of himself as? John thought he was the return of the Old Testament prophet Elijah. Stay with us here. In the Old Testament story, Elijah was taken up to heaven while still alive. Because Elijah had not really died, he was expected to return at the end of the age. And John thought he was the embodiment of that return.
To further make his point, the author offers the following logical argument: Elijah is described in 2 Kings 1:8 as a hairy man wearing leather shorts. In the Gospels John is described as a man wearing leather shorts and a coat of camel's hair. But the Gospels say John just wore a hairy coat. Why the difference? Because John must not have had much hair, yet wanted to model himself as much as possible on Elijah.
How do you know that? OK, we were not there. But if the Gospel writers had instead invented the description of John out of whole cloth, they would have portrayed him as a hairy man, exactly like Elijah. This makes a logical case that the description of him wearing a hairy garment probably reflects the historical record.
Interesting, but how did that affect his relationship with Jesus? If John thought of himself as Elijah, he may have seen his star pupil Jesus not as the Messiah but as Elisha, the successor figure who inherited a double portion of Elijah's spirit when the latter was taken up to heaven. John thought of himself as 'the man' who spoke of atonement, salvation, and spiritual blessing. After him there would be only a mopping up operation–the Messiah (not Jesus) would arrive to enact judgment, separating the wheat (those sealed by John's baptism for salvation) from the chaff, and consuming the latter in unquenchable fire.
Is this stuff fun or what?
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People love ranking things. It's so much easier to determine something or someone's value when you can compare and contrast, and point to a list of six or seven random things and say, "See? This thing is ranked fifth here, and this other thing is ranked fourth. Ergo, the second thing is better." And then the second person can respond, "Please stop saying ergo." With that in mind, I thought it was time, once and for all, to rate the last 10 NBA Draft picks to come out of Syracuse.
Without further ado, here is the definitive* ranking of Syracuse University's last 10 selections in the NBA Draft.
*it's totally not definitive, stop taking everything so literally, Steve.


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Man Utd v Everton Preview
Guess you're not into talking about Everton that much at the moment, so I'll try to keep it short.
It was shite but it was hardly a surprise was it? Everton have been shitting it over there for a full 17 years now so it was predictable that those in royal blue would wilt. It's not due to missing Schneiderlin or Coleman, they had players missing too, it's mostly about Everton being shithouses at Anfield.
The sooner Koeman or whoever can figure out how to remedy that particular affliction they will receive a large dollop of goodwill and Evertonian affection.
Anyway, that's that. So let's look forward – albeit admittedly with some splurges of remnant bitterness throughout this godforsaken-too-soon-preview.
The second game of of the week sees another tough visit down the road, this time down the East Lancs to Old Trafford. It's probably not high on anyone's preferred fixture list to bounce back from a derby defeat but that's how the Premier League computer spat it out.
To stiffen that task a little further Man Utd are on the back of a disappointing result on the weekend and also welcome back talismanic striker Ibrahimovic for this game. Lady luck does seem to have quite the strap on for the cute little anus of Everton.
Or maybe this could just be the very mindset that's interfered with the universe's wavelengths and therefore contributed toward Everton shitting it in such games. I've seen a lot of that about in the past couple of days, but it's a load of horseshit if you're asking my humble opinion. Which you're not, but I need to pull a paragraph out of my arse here.
The truth of the matter is what you or I do contributes little to the performance or success of our team, I'm talking acute decimal points. Sure, there may be games under the lights at Goodison where collectively we create a good atmosphere which may in some way help a player or four, but on the scale of impact we're largely redundant. It's the players out there playing their sport that's impacting Everton's fate and often with a focus so intense that the crowd/customers are in their peripheral at very best.
A football manager certainly has a big impact on the club's output with his strategy, man management and player acquisition. An owner, a Director Of Football, first team coaches. They all have some degree of tangible effect on how a team actualises itself in the game. The clubs will naturally big up the fans and their importance as, well, we're customers. But even then us as customers aren't that important in terms of income streams as the TV money dwarfs us, that's why the clubs are being dead generous with ticket price halts and child prices. It's good public relations in an industry where "brand" is massively important for sponsorship income and commercial development.
Whilst all this "believe it and it will happen" stuff is good on Ted Talks and tedious mindset training sessions you're forced on in work, it doesn't really have any effect for a fan to adopt this in football.
Not being a misery arse here, I just seen loads of stuff where the very life source of Evertonianism was being critiqued, blamed for what unravelled at Anfield. I'm perfectly comfortable in the realm of cautious optimism, pragmatism, fatalism and an impending sense of doom. I don't want us meeting coaches with flares, Steven Gerrard still wonderfully slipped and shit it despite all that. I still think we're dead special us and won't rest easy until we're winning stuff again, but then most fans of large clubs with any sort of history probably thinks that. I've lost my point amongst this pointless padding out of paragraphs. Soz. But fuck off.
Back on topic with United. WIth a large section of it's fanbase being Manc you're subjected to a particular brand of humour which has parallels with the cruel wit of Merseyside, but is just different. Can't really put my finger on it to be honest. Maybe there is little difference and I'm trying to drive a wedge between it for partisan purposes of a marginally less dull preview.
Where there is a difference is in clothing, with Mancs seemingly limited to ordering from their mar's 1997 Great Universal or "school grant in St John's market". While those blues making the trip to Salford will be not wearing much Everton colours – this is not the away fixture for that malarkey – you'll probably stand out a mile for having colour co-ordination, a pleasant material odour and footwear that doesn't belong in oily puddles east of the Volga river.
I am of an L postcode so I'm not going to give up anything too easy to Man Utd. I hope they get beat every game of the season mostly because there's some in their fan base who would meltdown in a fury of self entitlement, but mainly because if Man Utd are doing shit then there's a space above us Everton can probably take.
Also I don't see Man Utd fans singing about Coleman's leg break or with Steaua Bucharest flags on the Stretford End, or carrying a coffin when it looks like we're about to get relegated. Yeah they sing anti scouse songs but we sing anti manc songs – without the need to do plane gestures at them. Before you throw "we're not much of a threat to them", have Liverpool been a genuine threat to them in the past quarter century either?
This is no love in, they've won enough and pained Everton sufficiently for me to dislike them plenty but there's teams I dislike much more than them. In conclusion: very few of them arse me as a grown man but this partisan pantomime we endure on weekends allows the personalisation of hating on some baddies more than others. I'd have United over the other red biffs any day of the week even if the kopites are telling us they root for us when we play Man Utd. Get to fuck and conscend someone else, this is my panto. THEY'RE BEHIND YOU! No they're not, they're six points fucking ahead. Fuck off Everton.
Mourinho manages Man Utd these days and as per above that's OK in my world as he's probably the most high profile person in the world to call out the shite for what they are. Even if Mourinho is a cunt. But then so am I. You probably are too some of the time.
Here's a list of some of United's players:
Ibrahimovic – I'll admit that I thought he was nothing much more than a Millennial's wank sock material, all the young lids referring to him as Zlatan and giffing the fuck out of long range goals. Turns out they were right, he's fucking ace now I've had time to watch him in the Premier League. The type of iconic striker I hope Everton gets in their relative prime one day soon.
Rooney – like fuck I'm opening up that wound, I've gone too easy on United above so need to swerve any more words that's likely to fuck Evertonians off in their current sensitive state. If he does then he does, if you really insist.
Martial – boss player.
Rashford – one fucking boss player.
Mata – looks good on Match Of The Day but not sure how good he is really is when I'm not looking. Looks like the most handsome Power Ranger would if they took their suits off. Think he's injured.
Pogba – buzzing because he's got a Toni & Guy subscription and his own emoji. The utter fucking penis. You're good at football, no one is arsed about what you think or that you've got Drake on speed dial you dense shithead.
Lingard – a Warrington lad who came through the ranks at United and had to battle hard for his chance and seldom fails to put a shift in. A technically good player too. More of his type as opposed to the above.
Carrick – possibly one of the most underrated Premier League players there's been, which is fucking mad considering all he's won. Does have a face like he's just felt his first ever hemorrhoid in the shower. Don't google it Michael, don't ever google any symptom as Dr Google tells you it's probably cancer. "Are you sure there's no available appointments for the next three weeks? Ok well I suppose, but if someone does cancel please fucking call me, even if it's 3am in the morning, tar love."
Young – Marlo Stanfield faced shithouse who I still haven't forgiven for diving like fuck against us with Villa. I'd like Barkley to tackle him after taking a particularly poor first touch.
Rojo – yeah we see your barrio tattoos tithead but we're more scared of birds from Speke.
De Gea – grows that beard a couple of inches longer and doesn't wash his hair for a week and I'm fairly confident a brown talking dog would appear at his side and starting trying to solve mysterious crimes with him. That said, best keeper in the land.
Time for Everton.
Lukaku didn't play well and took a load of shit. I'm a fence sitter at the best of times and I'm not getting my arse from its groove on this. Firstly it's fucking madness to hate on the first Everton striker to score 20 league goals in a season since Gary Lineker. That said for all his ambitions he's pleased of throwing at the media willynilly it's a bit mad that he doesn't use these type of games to really show what he can do. Could be he's getting pretty shite service. Could be something else. Tear into Old Trafford Romelu and we'll forget this even happened. Same sort of thing for Barkley if I'm being honest. Despite not having the best game I didn't see Ross hide much though, which he would have in previous seasons. Progress is progress.
The play the kids experiment didn't work at all so I reckon we will see Mirallas step in for this at the expense of Calvert-Lewin. Don't think Schneiderlin will make this game either so some sort of concoction of Gana Gueye, Barry or Davies will play and probably prove inadequate against United's superior midfield, and Fellaini. Will be interesting anyway to see how Koeman – face like chewed eraser – responds and sets up Everton for this.
Pennington had somewhat of a baptism of fire getting twisted inside out by Coutinho and co. Which makes me think there'll either be a four at the back here or Holgate will take his place and something like Lennon pushed out on the right. We'll find out an hour before kick off so no point in second guessing it any further. I'm hoping Robles is done with his impression of a beaked up matador on some M6 bridge at 3am. You could have drove an Eddie Stobart into his net at Anfield without it being 5 metres touching distance from him. He's been sound since Christmas so i'm willing to chalk this off, the mad Spanish get.
I promised you short and fucked that right up, sorry if you've read until this point.
Into these blues.
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Seringapatam medal
The Seringapatam Medal, or Sri Ranga Pattana) is a campaign medal that was awarded by the Governor-General of India to all British and Indian soldiers who participated in the British victory in the Battle of Seringapatam in 1799.
Obverse and reverse of a silver Seringapatam medal
Awarded by Honourable East India Company (HEIC)
Campaign medal
Awarded for
Participation in the Battle of Seringapatam, April–May 1799
Campaign(s)
Part of Fourth Anglo-Mysore War
Total awarded
About 54,000:
185 silver gilt
3,636 silver
5,000 bronzed
45,000 tin.
Ribbon of the medal
The 1799 siege and capture of Seringapatam, the capital of Mysore, was the culmination of the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War. It resulted in the death in battle of Tipu Sultan of Mysore, with Mysore becoming a princely state within British India.[1]
The Seringapatam Medal was commissioned by the Honourable East India Company (HEIC) in 1801 to reward all ranks of both the British and Indian armies who contributed to the British victory,[2] including those who set out for the campaign but did not finally take part.[3] This was the first HEIC campaign medal awarded to both Indian and British troops on the same basis. Those eligible included the Swiss mercenary unit, the Regiment de Meuron.[4]
The original medal was minted in England in 1801–2, but only sent out to India in 1808, for distribution to dignitaries and to troops from the presidencies of Bombay and Madras.[5] This issue was presented in various metals determined by the rank and status of the participant:[6] in gold to the highest-ranking commanders, Indian princes and other dignitaries; in silver-gilt to intermediate officers including majors and senior HEIC officials; in silver to more junior officers; in bronze to native commissioned and senior non–commissioned officers and to European sergeants and equivalent; and in tin/pewter to corporals and other ranks, both British and Indian.[7]
A second issue of the medal was struck in Calcutta, India in 1808 for award to troops of the Bengal Presidency. The Presidency, apparently unaware of the original award criteria, followed the precedent set by the earlier HEIC campaign medals for the Deccan and Mysore and awarded medals in gold to native officers and in silver to native non–commissioned officers and other ranks.[8]
Although commonly worn in uniform, formal permission to wear the medal was only granted to officers in HEIC service in 1815,[9] and to members of the British Army in 1851, upon the decision not to grant a separate Seringapatam clasp to the newly instituted Army of India Medal.[10]
In addition to the medals, those present received prize money, varying from £100,000 for General Harris, the Commander-in-Chief, and £10,000 to other general officers to £7 for each private soldier.[8]
The medal, designed by Conrad Heinrich Küchler, had the following design:[8]
The obverse shows the British lion trampling a tiger, Sultan Tipu's emblem,[6][2] with a pennant above bearing the Arabic caption Asad Allah al-Ghalib (Arabic: أسـد الله الـغـالـب), which translates as The Victorious Lion of God. Below is the date of the fort's capture: IV MAY MDCCXCIX.
The reverse displays the storming of Seringapatam Fort with, above, the sun at its zenith. Below is an inscription in Persian Seringapatam, God given 28 day of the month zikadah, in the Hijri year 1213.[11]
It was issued unnamed, although some recipients had their details engraved on the medal.
The original medals, with a diameter of 1.9 inches (48 mm), were manufactured at the Soho Mint in Birmingham, England in 1801–2. Additional gold and silver medals were produced by the Calcutta Mint in 1808. These were of poorer workmanship and are slightly smaller, with a diameter of 1.8 inches (46 mm) and slightly thinner.[7]
The Soho Mint medals were awarded without any means of suspension for wear,[12] with recipients arranging their own, which included both ring and bar suspenders.[8] The Calcutta Mint medals were issued mounted with a flattened loop for suspension.[5] Although there was no formal regulation, the medal was usually worn on the left chest from a watered pale orange ribbon, with the shading representing the stripes of a tiger, Tipu's emblem.[9] However, British officers frequently adopted the blue edged red ribbon used for the Army Gold Medal, and worn around the neck by general officers and on the left chest by more junior officers.[13] Some native Indian soldiers wore the medal around the neck from a yellow cord, as was the practice for other HEIC medals.[8]
While no clasps were authorised, some officers added an unofficial clasp bearing the word Seringapatam.[5]
Number awarded
In total, about 53,934 medals were awarded:[8]
Gilt medals
Pewter medals
Soho Mint, Birmingham 30 185 850 5,000 45,000
Calcutta Mint 83 – 2,786 – –
Total 113 185 3,636 5,000 45,000
Anglo-Mysore Wars
Fourth Anglo-Mysore War
Tipu's Tiger
Lions and tigers in Arts and Literature
George Childs Kohn (31 October 2013). Dictionary of Wars. Routledge. pp. 322–323. ISBN 978-1-135-95494-9.
"The Seringapatam Medal". The Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
Mayo, John Horsley (1897). Medals and Decorations of the British Army and Navy, Volume 1. A. Constable & Co. p. 145. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
"No. 15180". The London Gazette. 14 September 1799. p. 921.
Mayo, John Horsley (1897). Medals and Decorations of the British Army and Navy, Volume 1. A. Constable & Co. pp. 134–137. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
"Seringapatam Medal (Gold)". The Fitzwilliam Museum. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
Steward, William Augustus (1915). War Medals and Their History. London: Stanley Paul & Co. p. 11-14. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
Joslin, Litherland and Simpkin. British Battles and Medals. pp. 23-24. Published Spink, London. 1988. ISBN 0907605257
Captain H. Taprell Dorling. Ribbons and Medals. p. 56. Published A.H.Baldwin & Sons, London. 1956.
Mayo, John Horsley (1897). Medals and Decorations of the British Army and Navy, Volume II. A. Constable & Co. p. 335. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
Maya Jasanoff (2007). Edge of Empire: Lives, Culture, and Conquest in the East, 1750–1850. Random House. ISBN 978-0-307-42571-3.
John Mussell (ed). Medal Yearbook 2015. p. 116. Token Publishing Ltd. Honiton, Devon. ISBN 978-1-908-828-16-3
For example, British commander General Harris wore his medal around the neck. His son, a Lieutenant at the battle, wore it on his chest. See Mayo p 136.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Seringapatam Medal.
British Army Medals: Seringapatam Medal
National Army Museum: Seringapatam Medal
Campaign medals of the Honourable East India Company
Deccan Medal (1778-4)
Mysore Medal (1790-2)
Capture of Ceylon Medal (1795–6)
Seringapatam medal (1799)
Egypt Medal (1801)
Army of India Medal (1803–26)
Medal for capture of Rodrigues, Isle of Bourbon and Isle of France (1809-10)
Java Medal (1811)
Nepal Medal (1814-16)
Ceylon Medal (1818)
Burma Medal (1824-6)
Coorg Medal (1837)
1st Afghan War
Ghuznee Medal (1839)
Jellalabad Medals (1841–2)
Candahar, Ghuznee, Cabul Medal (1842)
Medal for defence of Kelat-I-Ghilzie (1842)
Scinde Medal (1843)
Gwalior Star (1843)
Sutlej Medal (1845–6)
Punjab Medal (1848–9)
Indian Mutiny Medal (1857–8)
Note: Where no ribbon is shown, the medal was suspended around the neck by a cord:


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I added

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tasks.withType(org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinCompile).all {
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on top of the classes that had StateFlow member types.
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java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Failed resolution of:
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What steps are necessary to add StateFlow in an Android Project using Kotlin?
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AmphibiaWeb - Bolitoglossa pesrubra
Bolitoglossa pesrubra
Bolitoglossa pesrubra (Taylor, 1952)
© 2015 Dr. Peter Janzen (1 of 35)
IUCN Red List Status Account Least Concern (LC)
Diagnosis: Small to moderately-sized salamander (males 26-57 mm SL, females 38-67 mm SL); moderate digital webbing; adults with 45-57 maxillary teeth; moderately long tail; high color variation (dorsum may be brown to light gray to black; mottling present or not; sometimes brick red to yellow middorsal field; often pink or red limbs and throat; venter may be brown with darker markings to black with sparse white spots).
Description: Bolitoglossa pesrubra is a common small to medium-sized species with moderate digital webbing. Adults are 60 to 131 mm in total length. Adult males measure 26 to 57 mm in standard length, while adult females measure 38 to 67 mm in standard length. Tail length is moderate, measuring about 49 to 51% of total length. Eyes are large and protruding. Adults have 45 to 65 maxillary teeth, extending to 3/4 the length of the eye, and 21 to 33 vomerine teeth. Adult males have 0 to 2 1/2 costal folds between adpressed limbs, while adult females have 1 to 3. Hands and feet are moderately webbed, with at least two phalanges on the longest two or three digits free of webbing. Subterminal pads are present. Head width is 14 to 17% of standard length, and leg length is 22 to 25% of standard length (Savage 2002).
Dorsal ground color varies from shiny brown to light gray to black, with or without dark brown to black mottling, or sometimes black with light spots. Paler areas are often reddish or pinkish. A broad brick-red to yellow middorsal field is sometimes present. Limbs and throat will often be pink or red. Venter may be brown with darker markings to black with scattered white spots or blotches (Savage 2002).
Country distribution from AmphibiaWeb's database: Costa Rica
Costa Rica. Restricted to the central Cordillera de Talamanca, including the Fila Cedral, from 1,870-3,620 m asl (Savage 2002; García-París et al. 2000). Populations in the southern Talamanca are probably a different species. It is found in humid lower montane, montane, and sub-alpine zones, in forest as well as in disturbed areas such as road edges and garbage dumps (Stuart et al. 2008). Although the habitat is continuous it is quite heterogeneous at different elevations; the Sakira and Villa Mills areas are higher elevation cold and wet páramo habitat (6–9°C and 1,700–4,000 mm rain/year 6–9°C), with a moderate seasonal water deficit and primarily bamboo and shrubs for vegetation (García-París et al. 2000). In the lower elevation Salsipuedes area, the climate is mild and wet (12–15°C, 2,300–5,100 mm rain/year), with a small seasonal water deficit (García-París et al. 2000).
This is the only species of salamander currently known from the seasonally dry páramos of Central America (Kappelle and Savage 2005), though other salamander species have been found in South American páramo (e.g., Bolitoglossa hiemalis from Colombia (Lynch 2001).
This species is a nocturnal generalist, eating a wide variety of small arthropods (e.g., Coleoptera, Diptera, Collembola, Acarina; Mead and Boback 2002). It is active throughout the year, at temperatures ranging from 0 to 20°C (Savage 2002). At higher elevations, it is mostly terrestrial, hiding under surface debris or bark during the day and foraging for food at night on low vegetation and moss mats (Savage 2002). At lower elevations, B. pesrubra is semiarboreal; it can often be found hiding in bromeliads during the day (Savage 2002).
Egg clutches are made up of 13 to 38 eggs. Each egg measures about 5 mm in diameter and is surrounded by a vitelline membrane plus two gelatinous layers. In higher-elevation populations, on the continental divide in the Cordillera de Talamanca, clutches are laid under rocks and logs. Females from lower-elevation also make use of bromeliads or other plants with suitably large axils for clutch deposition sites. Clutch attendance is generally done by females but Vial (1968) found that in about thirteen percent of cases (four of thirty-one) the male tended the clutch. The parent attending the clutch coils around the eggs with the head and throat resting on top of the egg mass, and rotates the eggs every few days. Attendance is nearly continuous over the four to five months of embryonic development. Unattended clutches fail to develop. Development is direct (Vial 1968).
In the wild, individuals are estimated to grow slowly, about 3 mm per year, and to reach sexual maturity at 6 years for males and 12 years for females (Vial 1968). Under captive conditions, however, growth can be up to 5x as fast, with males reaching sexual maturity in about 1.5 years and females maturing at 3 years (Houck 1982). Prey availability may be the reason for the differing growth rates in captivity vs. the wild (Savage 2002). Longevity has been estimated to be about 18 years (Vial 1968).
In a six-month study (Vial 1968, as B. subpalmata), the species was found not to be very vagile; distances away from original capture sites ranged from 0.1 m to 50 m. Juveniles moved an average of 2.8 m, while females moved an average of 3.7 m and males moved an average of 5.4 m. Home ranges were 44 sq m on average (Savage 2002).
Population densities at high elevations are some of the highest recorded for salamanders; 9,297 individuals/ha at 3,200 m (Vial 1968). Densities are lower at lower elevations; at 2,438 m the population density dropped to 756/ha (Vial 1968). Population density also varied seasonally, with higher densities noted in the rainy months (May-November) and lower densities in the driest month (March).
This species is apparently toxic to predators; Thamnophis snakes were observed to be incapacitated or in serious discomfort after consuming B. pesrubra salamanders (Brodie et al. 1991). Tail displays are also used as a defense against predators, though this species rarely sheds its tail when seized by snakes (Ducey and Brodie 1991; Ducey et al. 1993). There are no snakes at the higher elevations occupied by B. pesrubra, and B. pesrubra salamanders from higher elevations were less likely to make tail displays when threatened (Ducey and Brodie 1991; Ducey et al. 1993).
Analysis of mitochondrial cytochrome b sequences showed strong phylogeographic structure among B. pesrubra populations, with three distinct phylogeographic units: Villa Mills, Sakira, and Salsipuedes (García-Paris et al. 2000). Average population heterozygosity for B. pesrubra is exceptionally high for vertebrates, at 0.23–0.28 (Hanken and Wake 1982). This is likely due to the combination of a nonmigratory life history (direct terrestrial development with no need to migrate to a water source), low vagility, small home ranges, and high philopatry (García-Paris et al. 2000).
Although this species achieves some of the highest densities ever recorded for salamanders (0.5 individuals/sq m, or 9,297/ha, at high elevations of 3,200 m; Vial 1968), B. pesrubra is growing increasingly rare and is estimated to have suffered more than a 30% population decline over the past fifteen years/three generations (Stuart et al. 2008). Declines are patchy and enigmatic; some populations have declined by up to 90%, e.g., at Cerro de la Muerte, where no animals were recorded in 2005 surveys; Lips and Donnelly 2005; and at Cerro Cuerici, Stuart et al. 2008; in other areas this species is still common (Stuart et al. 2008). B. pesrubra showed marked declines in 1987-1988 (Savage 2002), at a time when many other Costa Rican anuran species (especially Atelopus species) were also undergoing sudden population crashes (Pounds et al. 1997). Modeling predicts that the range occupied by this salamander is highly suitable for the amphibian chytrid fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) (Lötters et al. 2010). B. pesrubra can apparently tolerate disturbed habitat since it has been found at roadside edges and in garbage dumps (Stuart et al. 2008), implying that disease (such as chytridiomycosis) is likely to have played more of a role in its decline than habitat loss. It occurs within several protected areas, including Parque Nacional Chiripó, Parque Nacional Tapantí and Reserva Biológica Cerro las Vueltas (Stuart et al. 2008).
This species was first described by Taylor (1952), as B. pesrubra, and subsumed into B. subpalmata by Vial (1966); much of the literature on this species is under B. subpalmata. It was separated again from B. subpalmata by García-París et al. (2000). The taxon now considered B. pesrubra may still represent several species (Stuart et al. 2008).
The karyotype is 2N=26, NF (nombre fundamental, the number of chromosome arms)=52; all chromosomes are biarmed. No heteromorphism is present in sex chromosomes of this species (Kezer 1964; León and Kezer 1978).
A Spanish-language species account can be found at the website of Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio).
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Originally submitted by: David Chen (first posted 2009-11-04)
Species Account Citation: AmphibiaWeb 2010 Bolitoglossa pesrubra <https://amphibiaweb.org/species/5343> University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. Accessed Jan 30, 2023.