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DZUP-DZUP
Ascidiacea Collection of Zoology Department - UFPR
The collection of Ascidiacea has approximately 3000 samples identified and preserved in formaldehyde. There are approximately equal number of samples still under study and without complete identification. Also constitute the collection approximately 1000 permanent slides of zooids and larvae of colonial species. The types in the collection are mostly paratypes, and most of the samples are reference material. The material comes mainly from the Brazilian coast, but there are also samples from Panama, Ecuador, Chile, Angola, France, and Sweden, among other countries.
Contact: Rosana M Rocha (rmrocha@ufpr.br)
Home Page: http://taxonline.bio.br/colecoes/nome/index.php?id=30-coleção-de-ascidiacea
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 9 October 2018
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial)
STRI-BC
Bird Collection
Contact: Juan Mate (matej@si.edu)
Home Page: http://biogeodb.stri.si.edu/bioinformatics/databases/birds_home.php
Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
STRI-Bird-Tissue
Bird Tissue
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 370ce194-7c64-46aa-8894-e8615ea18f6c
Live Data Download: Login for access
STRI-CHP
Círculo Herpetológico de Panamá
Home Page: http://biogeodb.stri.si.edu/amphibians
Last Update: 2 April 2015
STRI-CTFS
CTFS-Tree Censuses and Inventories in Panama
These are results from a network of 186 tree census plots and inventories in Panama. At plots, every individual stem in a rectangular area of specified size is given a unique number and identified to species. Available here are counts of the number of individual trees of each species in each plot, in two categories: all individuals 10 mm in stem diameter or larger, and all individuals 100 mm in stem diameter or larger. In inventories, all species present are tallied, but no individuals are counted, so data provided here is simply a list of species observed at each location. Precise location of every site, elevation, and estimated rainfall (for many sites) are also included. Data from these numerous plots and inventories are collected following the same methods as, and species identity harmonized with, the 50-ha long-term tree census at Barro Colorado Island.
These data were gathered over many years, starting in 1994 and continuing to the present, by scientists working within the Center for Tropical Forest Science at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI). The principal scientists are R. Condit, R. Pérez, S. Lao, and S. Aguilar. Funding has been provided by many organizations, including STRI.
Contact: R. Condit, R. Pérez, S. Lao, and S. Aguilar
Home Page: http://ctfs.si.edu/Public/Datasets/PanamaTreePlots/
Collection Type: Observations
Usage Rights: CC BY (Attribution)
eMammal-Machine-Obs
eMammal Camera Trap Observation
eMammal is a system for collecting, storing, and sharing camera trap data. The system is designed for scientists and citizen scientists, and anyone who wants to join in the fun and discovery of camera trapping. Professional and volunteer camera trappers use our software to look at pictures, identify animals, and upload them to the Smithsonian Data Repository for review and storage. These data are useful for addressing important scientific and conservation questions, and the pictures provide a unique view into the hidden world of wildlife. For a fun animal ID game using eMammal favorites, click on eMammal Lite for more!
Contact: https://emammal.si.edu/contact
Home Page: https://emammal.si.edu/
Last Update: 21 April 2017
FM-Plants
Additional electronic access to F database is available at: http://emuweb.fieldmuseum.org/botany/Query.php. Specialty: Phanerogams worldwide with emphasis on tropical and North America, especially rich in collections from Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Peru; pteridophytes worldwide with emphasis on Guatemala, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Peru; bryophytes worldwide; mosses of North America, Central America, Andean South America, and Australasia; hepatics of north temperate, South America, and south temperate; all groups of fungi, especially basidiomycetes with emphasis on New World and lichenized fungi of north temperate and Central America; algae worldwide, especially Cyanobacteria; economic botany.
Contact: Christine Niezgoda (cniezgoda@fieldmuseum.org)
Home Page: http://www.fieldmuseum.org/research_collections/botany/default.htm
Last Update: 23 October 2018
IPT / DwC-A Source:
IPT Direct Pteridophyte harvest - Panama
IPT Direct Seed Plant harvest - Panama
IPT Direct Pteridophyte harvest - Costa Rica
IPT Direct Seed Plant harvest - Costa Rica
Rights Holder: http://fieldmuseum.org/about/copyright-information
Harvard-Herbarium
Harvard University Herbaria
This dataset contains digitized specimen records collected within Panama stewarded by the Harvard University Herbaria. The Harvard University Herbaria, with over 5 million specimens, is the world's largest University Herbaria. Included in the Herbaria are what were once six separate herbarium collections: * Herbarium of the Arnold Arboretum (A) * Economic Herbarium of Oakes Ames (ECON) * Oakes Ames Orchid Herbarium (AMES) * Farlow Herbarium (FH) * Gray Herbarium (GH) * New England Botanical Club Herbarium (NEBC). DarwinCore data follows the AppleCore guidance https://code.google.com/p/applecore/.
Contact: Jonathan Kennedy (Director of Biodiversity Informatics) (jonathan_kennedy@harvard.edu)
Home Page: https://huh.harvard.edu
Last Update: 15 June 2019
IPT All Data Import
Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology
The Museum of Comparative Zoology was founded in 1859 on the concept that collections are an integral and fundamental component of zoological research and teaching. This more than 150-year-old commitment remains a strong and proud tradition for the MCZ. The present-day MCZ contains over 21-million specimens in ten research collections which comprise one of the world's richest and most varied resources for studying the diversity of life. The museum serves as the primary repository for zoological specimens collected by past and present Harvard faculty-curators, staff and associates conducting research around the world. As a premier university museum and research institution, the specimens and their related data are available to researchers of the scientific and museum community
Contact: Linda S. Ford (lford@oeb.harvard.edu)
Home Page: http://www.mcz.harvard.edu
Rights Holder: Copyright © 2016 President and Fellows of Harvard College The MCZ does not guarantee the accuracy of these data. Individual researchers should verify individual records by making direct reference to corresponding museum specimens.
Access Rights: http://www.mcz.harvard.edu/privacy/user.html
iNaturalist-Costa Rica
iNaturalist Observations - Costa Rica
All iNaturalist research grade observation made within the country of Costa Rica.
Home Page: http://www.inaturalist.org
iNaturalist-Panama
All iNaturalist research grade observation made within the country of Panama. These include observations from two marine projects called Biodiversity of Bocas del Toro and Marine Life in the Bay of Panama and Gulf of Chiriqui
Macroalgal Herbarium Consortium Portal
The goal of the NSF funded Macroalgal Digitization Project is to image, database and georeference the macroalgal specimens in 49 herbaria from New England to Florida, to Hawaii and Guam. Data provided through this project portal will allow researchers to determine how macroalgal biodiversity and our aquatic ecosystems have changed over the past 150 years as a result of climate change, bioinvasions, and a wide range of human activity.
Home Page: http://macroalgae.org
Management: Data harvested from a data aggregator
Pub-Obs-Invertebrate
Marine Invertebrate Observations from Publications
Caribbean and Pacific coast field observations
Contact: Rachel Collin (CollinR@si.edu)
Home Page: http://www.stri.si.edu/english/research/facilities/marine/bocas_del_toro/
Global Unique Identifier: 1c615927-7c36-4628-afc3-f405ced42bdf
MO-Plantae
Missouri Botanical Garden - TROPICOS
The Missouri Botanical Garden's Herbarium is one of the world's outstanding research resources for specimens and information on bryophytes and vascular plants. The collection is limited to these two major groups of plants. As of 31 December 2015 the collection had 6.66 million specimens (6.1 million vascular plants and 563,000 bryophytes). This specimen dataset includes over 4.4 million records (4.0 million vascular plants and 300,000 bryophytes).
Contact: Bob Magill - Senior Curator Science and Conservation (bob.magill@mobot.org)
Home Page: http://www.tropicos.org
IPT Ingestion
CR-Plantas
Museo Nacional de Costa Rica
Specialty: Costa Rica, Mesoamerica, and neotropics; tropical ferns; tropical fungi.
Date Founded: 1887.
Contact: Armando Estrada, Director, (museohn@racsa.co.cr)
Home Page: http://www.museocostarica.go.cr/en_en/en-detalle/herbario-nacional-de-costa-rica-en-l-nea.html?Itemid=115
Last Update: 22 January 2017
NMNH-Plantae
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution - Botany
Contact: Thomas Orrell (orrellt@si.edu)
Home Page: https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/search/
IPT data provider - Panama
NMNH-Fungi
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution - Fungi
Home Page: http://collections.nmnh.si.edu/search/
NMNH-Insecta
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution - Insecta
NMNH-Invertebrates
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution - Invertebrates
NMNH-Paleobiology
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution - Paleobiology
NMNH-Vertebrates
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution - Vertebrates
NL-Botany
This database contains specimen records from the former herbarium of the Leiden University within the botanical collection of the Naturalis Biodiversity Center (Leiden, Netherlands). The Department of Botany houses the National Herbarium of the Netherlands (NHN) which consists of herbarium collections of the universities of Leiden, Wageningen and Utrecht. In 2010 the collection of the University of Amsterdam also moved to Naturalis.The focal areas of the collection are Southeast Asia, tropical America, tropical Africa and the Netherlands. The former herbarium of the Leiden University (acronym: L) contains about 4 million specimens and has extensive collections from Southeast Asia, especially from Indonesia and New Guinea, but it also holds a large collection of palearctic plants, and is the principle herbarium for Dutch plants. As the oldest Dutch herbarium, it also contains several historic collections.
Contact: Christel Schollaardt (collectie@naturalis.nl)
Home Page: http://science.naturalis.nl
STRI-NFC
Neotropical Fish Collection
Home Page: http://biogeodb.stri.si.edu/bioinformatics/en/
NY-Plantae
The William and Lynda Steere Herbarium of The New York Botanical Garden holds a collection of more than seven million preserved specimens. All plant groups–flowering plants, conifers, ferns, mosses, liverworts, and algae, as well as fungi and lichens --are represented in the Herbarium collection, which is particularly strong in New World specimens. Digitization of all groups is underway, with more than 3.5 million specimens barcoded and 2.5 million specimens imaged.
Contact: Thiers, Barbara (bthiers@nybg.org)
Home Page: https://www.nybg.org/plant-research-and-conservation/tour/herbarium/
IPT provider - Panama and Costa Rica
Rights Holder: The New York Botanical Garden
NY-Fungi
IPT Fungi harvest
STRI-SCZ
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's Herbarium
Contact: Mireya D. Correa A. (corream@si.edu)
Home Page: http://biogeodb.stri.si.edu/herbarium/
FLMNH UF
University of Florida Invertebrate Zoology Collection
Contact: John Slapcinsky, IZ collection manager (slapcin@flmnh.ufl.edu)
Home Page: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/malacology/index.htm
Last Update: 13 November 2018
Harvest from UF IPT
KU-KUH
University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute Herpetology Collection
KU herpetology houses one of largest herpetology collections in the world (340,000 specimens representing more than 5000 species from 156 countries). The KU collections include the world's largest collection of neotropical amphibian and reptile specimens (200,000+) as well as substantial numbers of Nearctic (80,000+) and Asian (20,000+) specimens. KU holdings are particularly strong for the U.S., Ecuador, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Costa, Rica, Haiti, the Philippines, Peru and Panama. The collection from Kansas is the state's largest (20,000+). The type collection includes nearly 400 primary types, mostly amphibians. KU Herpetology also maintains 5000 cleared-and-stained osteological preparations, nearly 5000 dried skeletons, and one of the world's largest collections of amphibian larvae (6000+ lots). The KU digital archive includes more than 12,000 digital images and more than 1500 acoustic recordings.
Contact: Rafe Brown (rafe@ku.edu)
Home Page: http://herpetology.biodiversity.ku.edu
Access Rights: http://biodiversity.ku.edu/research/university-kansas-biodiversity-institute-data-publication-and-use-norms
STRI-AALC
Annette Aiello Lepidoptera Collection
Annette Aiello reared Lepidoptera as well as some other orders, occupies 75 Cornell drawers. The collection includes mounted head capsules, pupal exuviae, cocoons and other abandoned parts.
Contact: Annette Aiello & Edwin Domínguez (aielloa@si.edu & dominguezee@si.edu)
Home Page: http://biogeodb.stri.si.edu/bioinformatics/insect_collection/index.php
Global Unique Identifier: 887954c0-3c96-4da4-8c46-2fe3360bbced
DwC-Archive Access Point: https://stricollections.org:443/portal/content/dwca/STRI-AALC_DwC-A.zip
STRI-HWIC
Henk Wolda Insect Collection
Henk Wolda light trapped insects from various stations in Panama, especially Barro Colorado Island (BCI), are estimated at 2500 Homoptera (Auchenorrhyncha only), 1000 Cerambycidae, 300 Blattodea, and unspecified, but smaller, numbers of Scarabaeidae, Elateridae, Chrysomelidae, and various other coleopteran families.
Global Unique Identifier: 63c0b22c-d055-4928-bc37-28d6a9078960
Rights Holder: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
STRI-HPSC
Henry P. Stockwell Beetle Collection
Henry P. Stockwell beetle collection occupies some 200 drawers, including about 80 drawers of Curculionidae (weevils). More than 70% of the material is from Panama. The collection includes about 100 paratypes representing about 15 species.
Global Unique Identifier: 22f76930-aeb4-4f87-b3b5-a3efcb165250
Rights Holder: STRI
STRI-ENTO
Synoptic Insect Collection
STRI Synoptic Insect Collection was begun on Barro Colorado Island in 1977 by Robert Silberglied and Annette Aiello as a general collection to give researchers an overview of the BCI insect fauna and to permit preliminary identifications for research vouchers. Years, later the collection was moved to the Tupper site where it now occupies 150 Cornell drawers and includes voucher material from STRI visitors and staff. The collection is strongest in Asilidae (robber flies), Pentatomidae (stink bugs), Reduviidae (assassin bugs), and Passalidae (betsy beetles) groups that were targeted by visiting specialists.
Global Unique Identifier: 5546039a-dfdf-4ad1-a1b6-a356c8a71a09
Field-Obs-Bird
Bird Field Observations
Bird field observation submitted by the user community
Collection Type: General Observations
Global Unique Identifier: 17fb98f6-fb6a-48fc-8843-45d87ee213d1
Field-Obs-Fish
Fish Field Observations
Fish field observation submitted by the user community
Global Unique Identifier: a49ad83d-6bdb-464a-8d8e-1f738005697a
Field-Obs-General
General Field Observations
General field observation submitted by the user community
Global Unique Identifier: d3d6a320-776a-4d14-935b-46f4bb9e7c95
STRI-STRI-HAEMO
Haemoprotozoan Database
Contact: Matthew Miller (millerma@si.edu)
Global Unique Identifier: 82a0d665-7687-4c1c-affc-60547e3b261d
Field-Obs-Herp
Herp Field Observations
Reptile and amphibian field observation submitted by the user community
Global Unique Identifier: a1c71768-17ab-4e31-bc14-431c9d723ce1
Field-Obs-Entomology
Insect and Arthropod Field Observations
Insect and arthropod field observation submitted by the user community
Global Unique Identifier: 6e16d724-0be0-4101-a230-b841ebd1f0a5
Field-Obs-Plant
Plant Field Observations
Plant field observation submitted by the user community
Global Unique Identifier: ca9ad970-3a4d-4d8d-88be-c323f8052ee3


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This Week in the History of the Irish: February 21 - February 27
Posted by The Wild Geese on February 20, 2016 at 9:30am
LUAIN -- On February 22, 1886, Conservative Party politician Lord Randolph Churchill, father of Winston Churchill, gave what many consider one of the single most destructive speeches in Irish history, inciting militant loyalists at Ulster Hall in Belfast. Churchill had shown disdain for Ulster Unionists up until then, in private, at least, telling Lord Salisbury, "these foul Ulster Tories have always ruined our party," but as 1886 began he saw an opportunity to exploit their fears for political gain.
(Right: Belfast Central Library - A drawing of Lord Randolph Churchill from the Illustrated London News. Churchill died at age 46.)
He decided that if Prime Minister William Gladstone "went for Home Rule [for Ireland], the Orange Card would be the one to play. Please God may it turn out the ace of trumps and not the two." This quote would lead one to believe he had few real convictions regarding the issue. "Ulster will fight, and Ulster will be right," he proclaimed to a crowd before he even arrived at Ulster Hall on February 22. During his speech, he played on Protestant fears of Dublin "Catholic" rule and encouraged Ulster Protestants to organize, which they did, beginning to form paramilitary drilling units. Churchill achieved a short term political gain by his playing of the Orange Card; but his most lasting legacy is the unfounded fear of Irish Catholics that he helped to implant in the minds of Ulster Protestants, a tragedy for both traditions on the island. Those fears are still evident in the sectarian hatreds of today.
Hulton Deutsch
Roger Casement being led out of Pentonville Prison, where he would later be hanged.
MÁIRT -- On February 23, 1965, Irish patriot Roger Casement's body was returned to Ireland to be reinterred. Casement was born at Sandycove, County Dublin in 1864. He joined the British colonial service and was knighted in 1911 for his work on behalf of African and South American native workers who were being exploited by whites. Leaving the colonial service in 1912, he became involved with Irish nationalism, joining the Irish Volunteers. In 1916, Sir Roger traveled to Germany and arranged German assistance for the Easter Rising . He traveled back to Ireland by submarine, convinced by then that the Rising could not succeed but that he must join his comrades. He was captured at McKenna's Fort soon after landing on the southwest coast. Casement was later tried in England. To lessen the protests over his expected death-sentence the British circulated small parts of his so-called Black Diaries which purported to reveal his alleged homosexual activity while in colonial service. Recent evidence points to a possibility that these diaries were forged by British intelligence to lessen worldwide condemnation of Casement's execution. Sir Roger Casement was hanged at Pentonville Prison on August 3, 1916. In 1965 Casement's body was returned to Ireland, where he was given a funeral on March 1that rivaled that of O'Donovan Rossa. Eamon de Valera, 82 years old and feeling poorly, insisted on attending and gave the graveside oration at Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin. Casement had returned to Ireland in 1916 to share his comrades' fate. In 1965, 49 years later, he was finally able to rejoin them one last time.
Colección Hermanas Cantillo O'Leary
Daniel O'Leary, 1818
CÉADAOIN-- On February 24, 1854, Daniel Florence O'Leary , a general in Simon Bolivar's South American army, died in Bogota, Colombia. O'Leary was probably born about 1800 in Cork city, the son of a butter merchant. Little is known of his early life. In 1817, he traveled to London to enlist in a regiment being formed by Henry Wilson. Wilson was recruiting officers and NCOs to go to South America and form a Hussar regiment in service to Simon Bolívar, who would go on to liberate much of South America from Spanish rule. O'Leary sailed for Venezuela with Wilson near the end of 1817, arriving in March 1818. O'Leary first met Bolívar away from the front shortly afterward and apparently Bolívar was impressed with the young Irish officer. In March 1819, O'Leary saw his first action and was promoted to captain. In July, after Bolívar's famous crossing through the Casanare Swamps and over the Andes, O'Leary received a saber wound in the battle of Pantano de Vargas but he quickly recovered and took part in the battle of Boyaca on August 9. Shortly after this, O'Leary became aide de camp to Bolivar. Two years later, after much more fighting, Venezuela was freed. During the next few years, as the fight continued to free the rest of South American from Spanish domination, O'Leary would perform many dangerous missions for "The Liberator," rising ever higher in his esteem. O'Leary continued to serve Bolívar well through the political and military intrigues that followed the freeing of South America from the Spanish. After the death of Bolívar in December 1830, the new Venezuelan government exiled O'Leary to Jamaica. There he wrote extensive memoirs that were later edited by O'Leary's son, Simon Bolívar O'Leary, and published in the 1870s and 80s. Simon was the eldest of six children O'Leary had with his South American wife. In 1833, O'Leary was able to return to Venezuela. He held a number of diplomatic posts for the Venezuelan government for the next 20 years, and on at least two occasions was able to visit his boyhood home of Cork. When O'Leary died in Bogota in 1854, he was buried there in Colombia's capital. The Venezuelans named a plaza after him in Caracas. In 1882, they obtained permission to take Daniel O'Leary's body from Bogota to Caracas, where it was laid to rest in the National Pantheon of Venezuela to lie forever in death next to the man had served so faithfully in life, Don Simon Bolívar.
CÉADAOIN -- On February 24, 1841, John Philip Holland , the father of the modern submarine, was born in Liscannor, Co. Clare. As a boy Holland wished to go to sea but was prevented by bad eyesight. He took vows as a Christian Brother in 1858 and taught in their schools, but he left the order and came to the United States in 1872.
John Philip Holland, father of the modern submarine.
While living in and teaching in Paterson, New Jersey. he began experimenting with the design of small submarines. In 1879 he came to the attention of Irish rebel expatriate John Devoy who financed the building of one of Holland's submarines with money from Clan na Gael. The vessel was dubbed The Fenian Ram and it was hoped that it would one day be used against English vessels along Ireland's coast. This plan never worked out but Holland didn't give up. In 1895 he formed a company to build submarines. Ironically, the British government, his original ship's planned first target, was the first to purchase one of his submarines. The U.S. government soon followed, naming the first ship the USS Holland. Devoy and Clan na Gael's support of Holland, which so advanced submarine-building technology, would still bear fruit against Ireland's nemesis eventually, through the devastating German submarine campaigns of World Wars I and II . John Philip Holland would not live to see it; he died in Newark, New Jersey, on August 12, 1914.
National Library of Ireland
Edward Daly, 1916 martyr, in his Irish Volunteers uniform.
DEARDAOIN -- On February 25, 1891, Edward "Ned" Daly, one of the leaders of the Easter Rising, was born in a home on Frederick Street in Limerick city. Edward's family was staunchly republican. His father and uncle were Fenians. His uncle, John, served 12 years in English prisons. Edward's sister, Kathleen, married Thomas Clarke, another leader of the Easter Rising. Edward joined the Irish Volunteers in 1913 and became captain of one of their companies and then advanced to a battalion command. His unit was charged with holding the Four Courts area during the Rising, which took place in April 1916. Though pressed hard and attacked by superior numbers of British troops, Daly's men managed to hold out until the very end, inflicting heavy casualties. After Patrick Pearse ordered the surrender Saturday evening, Daly was held at Kilmainham Jail. He was given the same quick sham court-martial at Richmond Barracks as the other leaders of the Rising. On the morning of May 4, Edward Daly died for Ireland, shot against a cold damp wall at Kilmainham Jail.
"Ulster will fight and Ulster will be right".
-- Lord Randolph Churchill at an Orange rally in 1886.
'The Navy doesn't like my boats because they have no deck to strut on'
-- John Holland, in the years when he was struggling to convince the U.S. Navy to purchase one of his submarines.
"What a head he has and he's not yet 28!"
-- Simon Bolívar speaking of Daniel O'Leary
'What a glorious reunion we'll have in Heaven, eh? Sure Katie, I'll give Tom* your love. First thing I'll do. As for me, girls, I'm proud of what I did. Next time, we'll win. I'm only sorry I won't be there to do my bit.'
-- Edward Daly, during a visit to his cell by his mother and two sisters the night before he was shot. May 4, 1916. *Tom Clarke was Daly's brother-in-law, who was shot earlier that day.
February - Feabhra
22, 1893 - Peadar O'Donnell (Revolutionary, writer - Meenmore, Co. Donegal.)
24, 1841 - John Holland (Inventor of the submarine - Liscannor, Co. Clare.)
25, 1891 - Edward Daly (Revolutionary - Limerick.)
27, 1735 - Thomas Conway (Soldier in French and U.S. armies, Cloghane, Co. Kerry.)
28, 1884 - Seán Mac Diarmada (Revolutionary - Kiltycolgher, Co. Leitrim.)
28, 1951 - Barry McGuigan (WBA Welterweight champion - Clones, Co. Monaghan.)
21, 1945 – For his actions leading his company on Iwo Jima on this day, Marine Capt. Joseph Jeremiah McCarthy is awarded the Medal of Honor
22, 1797 -The last invasion of England: Small French force commanded by Irishman William Tate lands in Wales.
22, 1886 - Lord Randolph Churchill gives memorable speech inciting militant loyalists at Ulster Hall in Belfast.
23, 1965 - Roger Casement's body returned from England to be reinterred at Glasnevin in Dublin.
24, 1692 - The Treaty of Limerick is ratified by William of Orange.
24, 1854 - General Daniel Florence O'Leary, officer in Simon Bolivar's South American army, dies in Bogota, Columbia.
27, 1830 - John Baron O'Brien, colonel in the Austrian army, dies in Austria.
27, 1945 – Gunnery Sgt. William G. Walsh is killed in action on the island of Iwo Jima. He was posthumously award the Medal of Honor.
Tags: Americas, Irish Freedom Struggle, Military History, On This Day, United States

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HIGH END 2012: Micromega launches €299 MyDAC converter – made in France, not China | What Hi-Fi?
Launched here at the High End 2012 show in Munich is the Micromega MyDAC, a compact digital to analogue converter due on sale in the next couple of months at €299.
Yet despite that price and a very competitive specification, the MyDAC isn't a typical product bought of the shelf or made to order in China: instead, Micromega says proudly that the device is designed and made in France.
The new model will come in black or white, and will offer inputs on optical and electrical digital sockets, plus a USB socket for the connection of a computer. This will give asynchronous operation up to 192kHz/24-bit, and a choice of USB class 1.0 or 2.0 operation.
Very low jitter USB masterclocks are used, with separate clocks for multiples of 44.1 and 48kHz, each with its own low noise power supply.
Galvanic isolation of the USB input from the rest of the circuitry avoids noise, and a separate audio output stage – but even more striking than the price and the place of manufacture is the design of the power supply.
Rather than going for the near-universal low-voltage input fed from an external plug-top transformer, Micromega has designed the DAC with internal power supplies, with separate provision and regulation for the digital and audio sections.
The power supply is designed to be fast, and with very low noise, and as with the audio signal path, no capacitors are used in the audio power supply path.
Connection to the mains is via a 'figure of eight' socket on the rear of the MyDAC, and the DAC can operate on voltages from 85V to 265V.
The operation of the MyDAC is simple, with a single anodised aluminium rotary switch in the front panel selecting Standby/USB/coaxial/optical, and LEDs beside it to indicate the input in use.
It's planned that this will be the first of a range of similar compact components from Micromega – the My DACs on the Munich stand were functioning units, but also on show were prototypes of a phono amplifier and a headphone amp.


In a new Lowy Institute Analysis, Lydia Khalil explores the growing confidence of Iraq's government under Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki.
Several Southeast Asian countries continue seriously to assess the feasibility of nuclear energy, despite the 2011 Fukushima disaster. This publication explores the reasons and prospects for such interest, as well as implications for Australia and nuclear non-proliferation.
In a new Lowy Institute Analysis, John Bowan looks at the progress of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. On the technical side all looks good.
In a new Lowy Institute Analysis, Dr Stephen Grenville looks back at the decade-old Asian financial crisis in search of insights on current vulnerabilities.
In this Lowy Institute Analysis, Roberto Menotti of the Aspen Institute Italia examines the European Union's policy responses to the rise of China. The EU is a newcomer to East Asian affairs, but its stake in the region is growing rapidly in light of China's economic clout.
This Working Paper in International Economics by David Pearce and Warwick McKibbin explores two issues that have emerged in recent policy discussions on the need for price signals to encourage efficient abatement of greenhouse gases.
After Doha: II. Is globalisation history?
Since the 1997-98 Asian crisis, the investment decline in East Asia, outside of China, combined with the falling in public and private savings in the United States, has contributed to the surge in global current account imbalances.
In a Lowy Institute Analysis, Mark Thirlwell argues that while the suspension of negotiations in late July may or may not mark the end of the Doha Round, it will almost certainly mark a watershed for the international trading system.
Roaring tiger or lumbering elephant?
After years of economic underperformance, the Indian economic model has been transformed, and with it, India's growth performance. So much so that the last two years have brought both a widespread rethink on India's prospects and a wave of foreign portfolio investment.
In a major new Analysis, Professor Warwick McKibbin and Dr Alexandra Sidorenko explore the implications of a pandemic influenza outbreak on the global economy.
Iran, the international community and the nuclear issue: where to next?
In a new Lowy Institute Analysis, Anthony Bubalo and Michael Fullilove examine the likely trajectory of efforts to resolve the Iranian nuclear question, an issue that is likely to lead the international foreign policy agenda in 2006.
The emergence of China as an economic power has important implications for energy use and environmental outcomes at the local, regional and global levels. China is currently the world's third largest energy producer and the second largest energy consumer.
In a Lowy Institute Issues Brief, former Australian Governor on the Board of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Lance Joseph, addresses nuclear proliferation dangers of today and how these might be addressed.
This paper examines the implications of the major demographic transition currently under way and over the next 80 years for Japan, the United States, the rest of the OECD, and developing regions.
This Issues Brief assesses the relationship between the United Nations and Asia – both the UN's activities in Asia and the behaviour of Asian states at the UN.
The Government has chosen a builder for three new Air Warfare Destroyers [AWDs] before it has properly considered whether we really need to buy them, and how best to buy them if we do.
Legal and institutional reform in the Palestinian territories is a critical and often overlooked component of the effort to reach a peaceful settlement between Israel and the Palestinians.
In a new Working Paper in International Economics, Professor Warwick McKibbin and Alison Stegman write that assumptions about carbon emissions per person lie behind many future climate projections as well as being the basis of a number of policy proposals.


STAMFORD, Conn., April 21, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR) (together with its subsidiaries, "Charter") today announced that its subsidiaries, CCO Holdings, LLC and CCO Holdings Capital Corp., closed on the sale of $1.5 billion of senior unsecured notes due 2026 (the "New Notes"), consisting of $1.2 billion aggregate principal amount which priced on April 7, 2016 (the "Initial Notes") and $300 million aggregate principal amount which priced on April 14, 2016 (the "Add-On Notes"). The Initial Notes were issued at par and the Add-On Notes were issued at a price of 100.375% of the aggregate principal amount thereof. The New Notes bear interest at a rate of 5.500% per annum.
The New Notes were sold to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A and outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in reliance on Regulation S. The New Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or any state securities laws and, unless so registered, may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.


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Q&A: Founder of HK startup connector WHub Karen Contet Farzam
By Tsering Namgyal
Hong Kong's biggest startup community connector WHub has over the past few years become synonymous with the city's vibrant startup scene. It has over 2,800 startups on the platform, has organized over 500 events, including the Startup Impact Summit #SIS, ten job fairs that attracted more than 10,000 people, and has published more than 6,500 jobs. Recently it published a groundbreaking survey (download it here) on HK's startup ecosystem. We speak to the founder of WHub Karen Contet Farzam (also the founding member of FinTech Association of Hong Kong) on what makes Hong Kong tick as a fintech hub.
Q: WHub has recently published a ground-breaking white paper on FinTech? Please tell us some of the key findings and what led to the publication of this White Paper?
A: Over the past three years, Hong Kong has been transitioning from a leading financial hub to a competitive FinTech hub.
WHub's FinTech Whitepaper presents the key findings and facts as well as a comprehensive analysis of the contributing factors that helped enable this successful transition. These include a growing and diverse ecosystem, recent startups that raised funding, community-builders, FinTech associations and events, corporate–startup collaboration, regulators and government support, etc.
Such contributing factors include the strength of its existing financial sector, a strong talent pool, Hong Kong's position as a gateway to regional and Mainland China markets and the Asia Pacific, the regulatory framework, its safeguard for intellectual property and data protection, as well as many other variables.
In less than two years, the regulators have made fast-paced changes to enable innovation ranging from Open API frameworks, Fast System payments, Virtual Banking licences and regulatory sandboxes.
The whitepaper also offers readers an in-depth look at the various Fintech sub-sectors and their underlying technologies (blockchain, artificial intelligence/machine learning, Big Data analysis and cloud computing) and concrete applications within the market.
As for every new ecosystem, most people often don't immediately realise how attractive Hong Kong actually is as a FinTech hub. As the largest online startup community and power-connector, WHub wanted to showcase HK's strength as well as the opportunities for all the different possible stakeholders: talent, entrepreneurs, corporates, investors, etc. The more people that get involved, the stronger the ecosystem will become.
Q: Your views on the Hong Kong startup scene especially in FinTech?
A: Hong Kong has seen extensive activity in its startup ecosystem with an estimated 3,000+ startups, a very diverse startup ecosystem of which FinTech accounts for only 14%.
Specifically, the city now boasts the evolution of nine home-grown unicorns including 4 FinTech Unicorns with a valuation of $8.5 billion – AirWallex (raised US$202 million), BITmex (trading history of over US$34 billion worth of Bitcoin since its launch), the TNG FinTech Group (raised US$115 million in Series A, the largest series A investment for a FinTech company) and WeLab (raised US$425 million).
It is not commonly known that one of Hong Kong's unicorns, SenseTime is the most valued AI startup in the world. The city actually has the second highest density of unicorns, just after Israel.
Hong Kong startup scene is booming, and it is only the beginning.
Q: What makes Hong Kong an attractive place to launch your fintech startup, especially as a gateway to the mainland?
A: As one of the world's leading international financial centres, Hong Kong's is characterised by low tax, free port and its well-established international financial market built on a long history of trade and commerce. Hong Kong is ranked first as the freest economy in the world.
Hong Kong is uniquely positioned to allow fast and high scalability. Products can be tested quickly due to its hyper-connected population. Its small market forces startups to think globally from day one. There is a strong sense of genuine support and solidarity within the ecosystem, which further helps boosts HK's attractiveness.
For centuries, Hong Kong has been the gateway to Mainland China, but now it also plays a critical financial role in the Greater Bay Area with the emergence of cross-industries alliances and joint ventures as well as the key expansion city for the Chinese TechFin giants. With the population of the Greater Bay Area being more than the whole of the UK and twice that of Canada, and the fact that GBA accounts for 12 percent of Chinese GDP, represents tremendous opportunities.
Strategically located at the heart of Asia, Hong Kong is reachable by half of the world's population within five hours' flight time, opening the possibility for rapid expansion and international growth.
Q: Could you please name what are some of the fastest-growing and promising subsectors within the FinTech? And if possible some startups that are blazing a trail in their fields?
The Hong Kong FinTech fastest-growing sub-sectors are financial inclusion, crypto currency and wealth management.
Hong Kong is quickly becoming the settlement hub for China's international payments and securities transactions. As governments look to boost financial inclusion (also through virtual banks) and growth, the power of digital payments is becoming quite significant.
Hong Kong's unicorn TNG wallet has released an app that enables foreign workers without bank accounts to make remittances globally at convenience stores in their neighborhood.
BitMEX is a digital currency exchange platform that offers investors access to various global markets using only Bitcoin and not fiat currency. BitMEX is one of the largest Bitcoin trading platforms globally.
FinEX Asia is a global FinTech platform connecting professional and institutional Asian investors with high quality, low volatility asset classes, including US consumer loans.
8 Securities developed a robo-advisory service and a mobile stock trading app to deliver better online and mobile investment services.
AngelHub.io (sister company of WHub.io), HK's first SFC startup investment platform, offers professional investors the opportunity to invest in vetted and promising startups scaling in the Asia Pacific region.
Q. How does WHub help the startups scale up and succeed in what is a very competitive market? And what do you think are the key factors of startup success?
A: WHub.io helps startups unleash their full potential.
We have a vibrant community, including our international partners, that reaches over hundreds of thousands of startups and startup enthusiasts around the world.
WHub's vision is based on 3 main pillars:
– Connect: Connecting startups with the startup ecosystem to forge game-changing partnerships; enable startups to build their team by posting jobs and contacting talent directly.
– Empower: Providing startups with exclusive WHub Perks, from resources to events; access to inspiring and thoughtful connections and events through WHub's curated event calendar.
– Educate: Issuing Startup Toolboxes to help startups scale beyond their home countries; organising events and supporting global conferences; curating the latest news in the ecosystem.
We believe in the combination of startup agility and corporate power. Startups need infrastructure, access to market and know-how; while corporates need new products and services to stay competitive while maintaining an innovative mindset to keep ahead of the game. These are the key factors of startup success.
News: HK gets its first SFC-licensed equity crowdfunding platform in AngelHub – Blockchain Asset Review
[…] co-founder and chief executive, Karen Contet Farzam, told Blockchain Asset Review in an in-depth Q&A two weeks ago that they have received the SFC approval in […]


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What Does VO2 Max Mean?
VO2 max is the maximum rate with which the body consumes oxygen during physical activity. The name originates from volume (V), oxygen (O2) and maximum (max). A person's endurance potential and physical fitness are established with this metric. It is for this reason that VO2 max is an important indicator in pre-employment testing where the physical capacity of a person is a determinant of their suitability for a particular job. VO2 max is either measured in liters per minute or milliliters per kilogram per minute. VO2 max is also known as maximal oxygen consumption, maximal oxygen uptake, peak oxygen uptake, and maximal aerobic capacity.
WorkplaceTesting Explains VO2 Max
A normal VO2 max rate lies in the range 30 to 60 ml O2 per kg, per minute. Where a job is physically demanding and requires a particular level of fitness, the VO2 max of a candidate is measured against the requirements of the job to ascertain whether the candidate is suitable. The reason for this is that when the body reaches its VO2 max, it has to resort to burning sugar stored in the muscles and the liver which tires the body out quicker. A high VO2 max rate is largely contributed to genetic makeup and physical exercise. Specifically, it is a product of speed, a strong and healthy heart, high blood volume, high mitochondrial and capillary density.
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Made to truly support women at work.
We all know men and women are shaped differently. Considering the differences, you would expect office chairs to be just as suitable for women as for men. We were surprised to find that this was not the case.
The creation of Lei is based on extensive ergonomic research that aims to explore and understand the differences in men's and women's sitting styles. Together with Monica Förster we created an office chair made specifically for women. A chair tailored to the specific ergonomic requirements for female posture, making it feminine in terms of function and support, but classic in every other sense.
Every bolt. Every nut. Every detail. When we created Lei nothing was left to chance. Once the ergonomic specifications became clear from the research, it was evident that the design team would actually have to invent a number of technical solutions. The patented back supporting system LumbarFlex™, the removing of unsightly and awkward levers in favour of spherical knobs, as well as the simplicity in moving seatback and armrests - it all required a new take.
The patented LumbarFlex™ is a solution that allows a cushion in the back of the chair to follow the user's forward movement and provide constant lumbar support.
Considering that women comprise such a huge part of the workforce, you would think that there would be many chairs specifically designed for women – since everyone knows that men and women are shaped differently – but this was not the case.
simply by lifting the armrests.
Lei's purposeful and elegant design is deeply confident and robust, without being overwhelming in any way. There is nothing superfluous about Lei – the levers that often protrude from the seat pans of normal office chairs have been transformed into minimalistic and easy-to-reach rounded knobs. On top of all the innovations needed to meet the specifications, we still had to incorporate other general requirements for materials that were light, durable and sustainable. No compromises were made in any aspect of creating Lei – it took a lot of work, but technically, functionally and design-wise, the chair is perfect.
- I wanted Lei's form to be dictated by its functions, measurements and technical solutions, all of which are grounded in extensive ergonomic research focusing on what women need from an office chair, and how they sit differently than men. I'm quite proud of the fact that by helping to prevent some of the more common problems associated with sitting for extended periods of time, Lei promotes a healthier work environment for both women and men.
Please contact us now to get your hands on your very own Lei chair.


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About Joan Foor
Homeward Journey
It's Tough Growing Up
My Heart's Journey
Published by customwsd at June 9, 2015
World War II Changed Lives
Young men were drafted and sent to boot camps all over the U.S. They were taught skills for hand to hand combat and how to hit the bullseye with rifles and 45 caliber pistols. For Advanced Training they were sent to different places to learn specific skills such as flying an airplane, how to be a tail gunner, or earned navigation by air or sea. Many ended up as a foot soldiers. It took all kinds of training and skills to fight a war. The average person does not realize the need for cooks to feed our men and women in Mess Halls. Men and women are needed to handle communications, to care for the wounded on the battlefield as combat aid men, or at Clearing Stations and hospitals. Some were trained, how to drive a tank, duce and one half truck, or jeep. And learn how to weld to repair their cruisers when damaged.
The skills needed depended on whether or not one ended in the air force, marines, navy or army. Men lied about their ages to join and fight for their country. A friend of mine shared his experience on the U.S.S. Chester in 1942.  He was a welder and the Japs blew a hole in the side of his ship, The Chester, and it was lofting. Hank and his buddies were lowered over the side to weld the hole. They were shot at from the Japanese planes in the Pacific. They welded the side and saved the crew and cruiser.
Those men who were left behind due to physical problems felt inferior and as outcasts. My father resented not being able to join the air force. He was rejected for hearing deficits. Three of his brothers enlisted, one was trained as a pilot, the middle brother as a tail gunner and the youngest trained to be a navigator. Dad's resentment grew stronger and he began to hate going to work at the railroad.  Even though his job was important to keep the trains running and in good repair. Pennsylvania Railroad built and repaired freight cars and steam engines. War supplies and servicemen were sent by rail wherever needed, or to airports to be flown overseas. Dad felt left out and was became irritable. He started drinking more beer as an escape mechanism. When his brothers came home in uniform before being shipped overseas he said," I would gladly change places with you and would rather take a beating than go into work at the railroad."
Mother was a true patriot and when women were "stay at home moms" she joined the work ethic. She took a job at the railroad.  Dad was furious but calmed down when he found out she would not be crawling around railroad cars painting and riveting. Her job was in the office as secretary and she could continue to wear dresses, skirts and blouses and high heeled shoes. My grandfather said it was refreshing to see her working in the office and not hearing foul language coming from her like it was from some women working in coveralls. Although he appreciated the work all women were doing in absence of the men who went to serve our country. Mother volunteered as air raid warden on our street. She trained my brother and me how to blacken the windows and hide in the attic stairwell. Mother wore a special vest, hard helmet and carried a flashlight with a red lens. She took this position seriously.
Dad continued to be resentful and I noticed more arguments between them. He was jealous because she was bringing in almost as much income, but enjoyed the extra money. When we were at the cottage he built along the river they did less arguing. We had wonderful weekends together as a family. Although Dad continued to drink several six-packs of beer over the two days. Was this the beginning of what was to come?  Read more in A Marked Woman based on a true story of what happened.
Are You In An Abusive Marriage?
Joan Foor. All Rights Reserved.
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Claude Noel's Friday press conference prior to the season opener against the Ottawa Senators.
"I don't know how you prepare for it" when referring to the short camp.
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"every coach won't really know what to he's got" again referring to the short training camp.
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Tennis Legend Evonne Goolagong Cawley Officially Recognised
March 10, 2008 by Manfred Wenas
Written by the WTA Tour
ST. PETERSBURG, FL, USA – Australian tennis legend Evonne Goolagong Cawley has been officially recognised as one of only 16 women to have attained the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour's World No.1 singles ranking since computer rankings were introduced in 1975.
It was recently discovered that Goolagong ascended to the top spot for one ranking period (rankings were issued bi-monthly during 1975-1990) shortly after her gripping 63 57 63 win over Chris Evert at prestigious 1976 Virginia Slims Championships held at the Forum in Los Angeles.
The belated accolade comes about following a recent search in the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Rankings archive in St. Petersburg, Florida, which revealed that a handful of paper records were in fact missing between April and July 1976, most notably was the ranking period April 26 to May 9.
On looking at the point differential between No.1 Evert and No.2 Goolagong on the April 12 printout, there was little separating the two. When the Jenkins method was applied to compute the rankings following the results of the Virginia Slims Championships on April 17, and with the 1975 Family Circle Cup points (which Evert won) from the 52 weeks previously coming off on April 26, Goolagong moves into the No.1 spot by 8/10ths of a Rating Point.
Two weeks later on May 10, when Evert's victory at the 1976 Family Circle Cup and Goolagong's non-entry are factored in, the American moves back into the No.1 spot for and would continue to hold it for 112 consecutive weeks until Martina Navratilova's victory at Wimbledon in 1978.
To celebrate the achievement, the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour sent Goolagong Cawley a Waterford Crystal trophy, something new No.1s in recent years have received. She is pictured in this story with the trophy.
"I'm simply delighted," said Goolagong Cawley from her home in Noosa, Queensland. "In Australia at the end of 1975 and during the '76 Virginia Slims Tour (which finished just before Easter – Chris and I then played World TeamTennis with no more official tournaments until the WTT break for Wimbledon) I played at the highest level, the most consistent tennis of my career. The tournaments were on grass and on mostly quick carpet which helped the serve and volley part of my game and for five or six months I felt virtually unbeatable.
"Prior to this time, I had lost to Chris a number of times in a row mostly on clay – her best surface – but strangely during that time it was my ground strokes that improved and subsequently gave me such an edge on everyone, including her. Today I am happy and gratified that what I felt at the time has now been recognised officially. It's personally very satisfying and this has been the best Christmas present."
"Evonne was always one of the most beloved and gracious of champions," said Sony Ericsson WTA Tour CEO & Chairman Larry Scott. "We felt once it came to light that she did in fact assume the No.1 ranking for a period in 1976, it was important to recognise the achievement, just like we had with all the other 15 women who have achieved that pinnacle in women's tennis.
"Unfortunately our record keeping wasn't perfect in those early days of women's tennis and our ranking system was viewed as a means of just accepting tournament entries. It wasn't until the early 1980s that the media and players started to pay attention to the changes in the rankings during the year as opposed to only the end of season rankings. Media coverage has evolved to the point now when a player cracks the Top 10 for the first time or attains the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour No.1 Ranking that it attracts world-wide attention and deservedly so."
Veteran observers of the tennis writing community had this to say:
"Back in the Seventies, most of us as tennis writers didn't pay much attention to the weekly rankings; we were more concerned with where the players stood at the end of the year, and that was when we paid serious attention. The computer rankings in the seventies were only just evolving and most of us were still writing on typewriters; of course there was no internet.
"Hence, when the WTA, through an innocent mistake, did not give Evonne Goolagong the honor she deserved as an authentic No.1 in 1976, that error went right by us in the press. We knew that Evonne was having a great year and was involved in an exciting battle for the top spot with Chris Evert, but the oversight regarding her rise to No.1 during that season was simply not noticed. Blame that on the times, the circumstances, and the fact that the week in, week out rankings were not a top concern of many writers, and that is why Goolagong never got her due.
"She was one of the great players of the Open Era and it is a very good thing for all of us historians that she is finally getting recognition for having achieved the No.1 ranking in the world. It adds to her legacy of seven Grand Slam singles championships and a wonderful overall record through the years.
"I do not blame the Tour in the least for what happened; in fact, it is setting the record straight now, and 31 years later Goolagong is at last being officially given an honor she deserved long ago. It is good for her and good for the game. When historical errors are made, they should be corrected, and that is the case right now. Good for the Tour and good for Goolagong, because now everyone will know that she was indeed the No.1 player in the world during her prime."
Steve Flink
"Evonne was certainly one of the most graceful and charming of champions – a delight off the court and on. She was very shy as a young player and I think she surprised many of us by maturing into a powerful advocate for the Aboriginal people. I would imagine a strong family life when she got married helped her develop the confidence off the court and on it. 1976 was most certainly her most consistent year.
"The rankings were, indeed, less noted on the women's tour than the men's in those early days and records were badly kept so week by week would have been difficult to check at the time. It's terrific that she gets her just reward now. But Evonne's game transcended statistics. As Bill Tilden might have said, she played her own sweet game."
"Hurrahs to the diggers who discovered that Evonne Goolagong should have been ranked No.1 during 1976, not No.2. It took a while, but never too late for justice. This fact will be noted in the next edition of my Tennis Encyclopedia in 2008."
Bud Collins
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During his teenage farming years he spent seven months of one summer on a dairy farm in Denmark. Later, at twenty, he worked for six months on a farm in Normandy, France.
He was conscripted in 1956 for two years National Military Service, the highlight of being selected as an officer cadet and five months later he graduated as a Second Lieutenant. Gordon then spent seventeen months in Bicester, Oxford, which were boring except for a couple of days when the unit was put on standby for Suez, but the crisis was soon over. He left the army on 4th of January 1958.
Gordon immigrated to Vancouver Canada in 1972 with his wife and two children (2-years and 3-months-old) and no job. Life was very challenging for a few years but improved when they moved to Victoria and started a small business, which they grew over twenty years. Retiring in 1998, Gordon enrolled as a Humanities student at the University of Victoria, graduating with a diploma which was awarded exactly fifty years after his Agricultural diploma from Aberdeen.


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I buy a lot of ground turkey because it's cheap and healthy, but I'm sick of turkey burgers. how can I liven them up?
Think of the turkey as a vehicle for more assertive flavors. I like to sauté a pound of ground turkey with a tablespoon each of minced garlic and ginger, some chopped onion, and half a tablespoon of curry powder. Pile it on fresh Boston lettuce leaves, top with fresh mint or cilantro if you have any around, and use the lettuce to wrap it up like a burrito. Take it over the top with a dip made from Greek yogurt, fresh lime juice, and a hit of red chili paste like sriracha.


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H. Ross Perot rose from poverty to self-made billionaire
Posted: Jul 9, 2019 / 11:42 AM EDT / Updated: Jul 9, 2019 / 06:51 PM EDT
FILE – Presidential hopeful H. Ross Perot speaks at a rally in Austin, Texas, in this 1992 file photo. Perot, the Texas billionaire who twice ran for president, has died. He was 89. (AP Photo, File)
DALLAS (AP) — H. Ross Perot rose from a childhood of Depression-era poverty to become a self-made billionaire who twice ran for president with a mixture of folksy sayings and simple solutions to America's problems. His 19% of the vote in 1992 stands among the best showings by an independent candidate in the last century.
Perot died of leukemia Tuesday at his home in Dallas surrounded by his family, family spokesman James Fuller said. He was 89.
As a boy in Texarkana, Texas, Perot delivered newspapers from the back of a pony. He earned his billions in a more modern way, however. After attending the U.S. Naval Academy and becoming a salesman for IBM, he set out on his own — creating and building Electronic Data Systems Corp., which helped other companies manage their computer networks.
The most famous event in his storied business career didn't involve sales or earnings. In 1979, Perot financed a private commando raid to free two EDS employees who were being held in a prison in Iran. The tale was turned into a book and a movie.
Perot first attracted attention beyond business circles by claiming that the U.S. government left behind hundreds of American soldiers who were missing or imprisoned at the end of the Vietnam War.
Perot fanned the issue at home and discussed it privately with Vietnamese officials in the 1980s, angering the Reagan administration, which was formally negotiating with Vietnam's government. Looking out for the health care needs of veterans became a long-time concern of Perot.
Perot's wealth, fame and confident prescription for the nation's economic ills propelled his 1992 campaign against President George H.W. Bush and Democratic challenger Bill Clinton. In June of that year, a Gallup poll showed Perot leading his major-party rivals.
Perot dropped out in July, however, saying later that he did so to prevent Republicans from sabotaging his daughter's wedding. He rejoined the race less than five weeks before the election, but his popularity had fallen. Critics said he had a penchant for embracing conspiracy theories. He finished third in the popular vote and was shut out in the Electoral College.
Still, Perot recorded the highest percentage for an independent or third-party candidate since President Theodore Roosevelt's second-place showing in 1912. Some Republicans blamed Perot for causing Bush's defeat by splitting the anti-Clinton vote, although exit polls were inconclusive.
During the campaign, Perot spent $63.5 million of his own money. He bought 30-minute television spots during which he used charts and graphs to make his points, summarizing them with a line that became a national catch phrase: "It's just that simple."
However, Perot's ideas on trade and deficit reduction remained part of the political landscape. He blamed both major parties for running up a huge federal budget deficit and supporting trade deals that allowed American jobs to be sent to other countries. The movement of U.S. jobs to Mexico, he said, created a "giant sucking sound."
Perot's themes — that Washington is corrupt, wastes taxpayer money and ignores the working class — have been repeated by other candidates since and helped Donald Trump win the presidency in 2016.
"He gave a lot to other people in public ways, but he also did it in private ways that nobody saw. There were thousands of stories just like that," said Meyerson, a longtime senior executive in Perot's longtime companies.
Young Perot's first job was delivering newspapers in a poor, mostly black part of town from his pony, Miss Bee. He said when the newspaper tried to cut his commission, he complained to the publisher — and won. He said he learned to take problems straight to the top.
From Texarkana, Perot went to the U.S. Naval Academy even though he had never been on a ship or seen the ocean. After the Navy, Perot joined International Business Machines in 1955 and quickly became a top salesman. In his last year at IBM, he filled his sales quota for the year in January.
In 1962, with $1,000 from his wife, Margot, Perot founded Electronic Data Systems. Hardware accounted for about 80% of the computer business, Perot said, and IBM wasn't interested in the other 20%, including services.
Many of the early hires at EDS were former military men, and they had to abide by Perot's strict dress code — white shirts, ties, no beards or mustaches — and long workdays. Many wore crewcuts like Perot.
The company's big break came in the mid-1960s when the federal government created Medicare and Medicaid, the health programs for seniors, the disabled and the poor. States needed help in running the programs, and EDS won contracts — starting in Texas — to handle the millions of claims.
Perot went on to establish another computer-services company, Perot Systems Corp. He retired as CEO in 2000 and was succeeded by his son, Ross Perot Jr. In 2009, Dell Inc. bought Perot Systems.
It was during the Nixon administration that Perot became involved in the issue of U.S. prisoners of war in Southeast Asia. Perot said Secretary of State Henry Kissinger asked him to lead a campaign to improve treatment of POWs held in North Vietnam. Perot chartered two jets to fly medical supplies and the wives of POWs to Southeast Asia. They were not allowed into North Vietnam, but the trip attracted enormous media attention.
After their release in 1973, some prisoners said conditions in the camps had improved after the failed missions.
In 1979, the Iranian government jailed two EDS executives and Perot vowed to win their release.
In later years, Perot pushed the Veterans Affairs Department to study neurological causes of Gulf War syndrome, a mysterious illness reported by many soldiers who served in the 1991 Persian Gulf war. He scoffed at officials who blamed the illnesses on stress — "as if they are wimps" — and paid for additional research.
Perot received a special award from the VA for his support of veterans and the military in 2009.
Clinton and former President George W. Bush praised Perot's patriotism and support for veterans.
Clinton said Perot wanted to tackle budget deficits and rising national debt that kept interest rates too high for middle-class Americans. Bush said he "epitomized the entrepreneurial spirit" and "gave selflessly of his time and resources to help others in our community."
Several original Norman Rockwell paintings hung in the waiting area. Perot told a visiting reporter that he tried to live by Rockwell's ethics of hard, honest work and family.


Some final thoughts on "The Future of Ideas"
The entertainment industry groups are scared shitless over the new ability of normal people to make exact, high fidelity, copies of content which they purchase. While we all have a right to fair use the industry sees us all as pirates wanting to pull down their businesses. To save their collective asses they will lobby the governement by throwing their money around to get the congress to pass the most obscene laws imaginable. We've got to stop them. Start at the EFF and figure out what you can do. Copyright law is out of control. The original framers of the U.S. Constitution had the idea that the country would suffer if innovation on old ideas could never occur because those old ideas were perpetually protected. They understood, over 200, years ago what our lawmakers seem completely incapable of seeing. Works of art and culture should not be perpetually protected by copyrights. Eventually they need to fall into the public domain to fuel the creativity of future generations. Mickey Mouse must someday be set free. Software and business process patents are probably evil. We should demand of the U.S. Patent office that they become more stringent when they change policies so that we are not stuck with bad regulations. If software patents are not going away then they should be severly limited in duration. Again innovation and economic growth are at risk. None of these battles is new. They are just the constant push and pull between corporations, the government, and the people and usually there seems to have been a decent balance struck in most cases. Now the political system is drunk with corporate money so the balance is shifting to wards companies that shortsightedly want to protect their meager profits in their existing businesses while they fail to understand that all of this change will only sprout new industries for them to grow on and prosper. If RCA had listened to studio execs when they invented video tape there wouldn't have been a home VHS market. There are other ways to maximize shareholder value.
Windows 95 in the Public Domain in 5 years? Windows 95 would be in the public domain in about 5 years if anyone listens to Lawrence Lessig. In The Future of Ideas he comes up with some possible remedies to our current disapearing commons crisis. One f the remedies is to limit software copyrights to 5 years, renewable for another 5 year term, after which the software, and source, falls into the public domain. You may think that's drastic but look at the reality. A law like this passed 10 years ago would basically be yeilding Windows 95 in 5 years. I'm not sure how much code reuse happens in Redmond but hey that's a very interesting prospect. Regardless of what you think of Microsoft, try to imagine of all of the knowledge locked up in a product like Win95. Think of the social benefit of that much code being released for teachers to use as examples in classes, for inventors to gain insight into another world previously hidden, for hackers to critique maybe even to the benefit of Microsoft. On the otherside what would the effect to Microsoft be if Win95 was released? I doubt they would be harmed financially. They are making money off next generation products that they've developed since the release of Win95. From a technology stand point do they lose anything? Probably not. Other companies, while not placing code in the public domain, have released their software as open source. The exposure of the source hasn't caused any harm. And you can't tell me Microsoft would be harmed by another company redistributing their own version of Windows 95 ten years after it's initial release. The more I think about it what a great move this would be for the software industry. To bad it will never happen.
From the "Wake Up People" Dept. If you care about your rights you might want to check out this link at the EFF. Congress is considering passing laws that give the big media associations strong control over what features electronic manufacturers can give customers in new devices. This is about the MPAA and RIAA controling what you can hear and see by locking down the hardware you will buy to view and listen to Digital TV, DVDs, CDs, etc. Write your to your reps. and senators. I did.
Thoughs on "Crashing the Party" I finished Nader's Crashing the Party last week and Michael Moore's Stupid White Men the week before. I must say I was really surprised how these two books effected me on an emotional level. It's been a while since I've read something that actually made me want to go out and act. These two books really hit a nerve, or more accurately, awakened something that was asleep for a long time. I'm not sure if many can connect with what I'm saying but I can hardly think I'm unique. Crashing the Party really opened my eyes to the fact that we don't have to live with a political system that continues to offer the least of two evils. It's time for a change. I don't know if the Green Party is the way but there has to be a clear message sent to elected officials at all levels that the people demand more for their vote. Our votes count when they are cast in good conscience they are wasted when we vote to be with the winner or for the guy who has a chance at being elected. My vote was wasted on Al Gore when I should have been standing with Ralph Nader in 2000. The two party system died when the two parties started acting like each other. No one could tell the difference between Al Gore and George W. Bush during the election. That's why the results came out the way they did. It's time for a change. Now I'm not naive enough to think that one single vote is going to herald a new age of American politics with a viable third party choice available to all. No, I think I'm going to start smaller by getting in touch with what's going on in my town. That's the best place to start. Where better to connect with the process but in your own back yard. Maybe I'll make a difference. Maybe not. But at least I'll have a sense of what's going on and where my money is being spent.
I'm sure David Deutsch author of The Fabric of Reality would have a field day with some of the current thoughts on net-space. I would recomend reading him if your interested in these kinds of notions. I'm going to go re-read him since Doc W. in an email reply brought up the notion of time as a place. i.e. like the past. I think even he thought the notion didn't quite fit but it did start to remind me of Deutsch's work on quantum mechanics, the multiverse theory of reality, and quantum computers.
This is not a very comforting article. Forget biological and chemical weapons. Super unleaded could be the weapon of choice for terrorists. Not far fetched when you think that a few years ago the weapon of choice was fertilizer.
AOL switching to Mozilla (finally!) If the story is true mozilla-heads all over the world should rejoice and it could mean an explosion of support for my favorite browser. Linux is also under consideration as an OS of choice inside AOL but an AOL client for Linux is not part of the deal. Keep your fingers crossed people. It means a lot for folks suffering under the yoke of oppression that Microsoft calls an operating system.
I woke up today genuinely depressed about the situation in Israel and Palestine. PapaDoc blogged it today and provided some link to a very misguided soul trying to draw parallels to the Roman occupation of Judea. Very misguided, indeed. The analogy is flawed and the notion is uncivilized. The root of the problem is that both sides are unwilling to sit at a table and talk peace. I liked Mark Bowden's description of the mental condition of the Somali's with respect to their long running civil conflict, in Black Hawk Down. After speaking with Somali's of different factions he concludes that no one really wants peace. Each side only wants victory over the other. In my mind this applies to the conflict among the Israelis and the Paletinians. Either side can not win under the current situation. Their mindset is that each side wants victory. Israel can not hope to gain anything by continuing to brutalize the Palestinians. It's apparently even too much for the State Department. How can they possibly feel that more violence is the way to peace. Of couse we've given any state the green light if they claim they are fighting terrorism so I guess that was a semi-silly question. Still Israel stands to loose more and more support from its allies if all we see are images of them killing Palestinians. On the other side how can the Palestinians hope to gain anything by violently resisting the occupation? They have limited resources at best and they are facing a very determined adversary. This is not a foreign army they are repelling. This is not Israel's Viet Nam. The only thing the Palestinians can achieve is more senseless loss of life and increased marginalization due to their tactics. Suicide bombers do not play well on American TV nor are they a good use of young, motivated human beings. The Palestinians could only hope to widen the conflict which would be disasterous to the region. There is no way for them to win. So what can be done? In my opinion, both sides need to stop fighting now. Israel should retreat from the occupied territories. The Palestinians should cease their activities both in Palestine and in Israel. Short of that the Palesinians should go non-violent. It would send a message to the world that they really want peace and it would force Israel to stop their offensive. There could be no justification for Israel continuing to kill people who would lay down unarmed at the checkpoints. The Palestinians could really change a lot if they chose non-violence. With or without Arafat they must take the initiative and lay down their weapons. It is their best hope.
BTW, my thoughs on IM stem from the notion that in my mind IM is just 1:1 chat. Since most IM systems now allow for users to create extemporaneous m-way chat/IM sessions. So my experience is different from Matrullo when he says that IM is 1:1 and linear.
Dr. Weinberger asks for some feedback on his IM notions. IM for me is more about crunching spacetime than anything. Since most of the people whom I work with are far flung and spread out at various accounts IM is a way for us to meet, fling ideas, banter and generally chit-chat without actually being there. Sad to say it is not perfect and can never replace a face to face meeting or elbow bending session at the local pub. However it does help us to maintain bonds that tend to weaken when everyone is busy concentrating on work and there is no watercooler to crowd around and decompress for a while.
We celebrated my daughter's 9th birthday this weekend. On Sunday my wife and I, mostly my wife, worked from 8:30am until about 5:00pm on preparing and hosting this shindig for 15 of her friends. It was an international theme so we made different snacks from all around the world and the kid's activities were all children's games from different countries. Tara organized and planned this event on her own. I was her helper starting Saturday when we went to get a few last minute items and when we started cooking and decorating on Sunday morning. My wife should do this for a living. She is truely creative and when it comes to parties of any sort she's the master (mistress?). Not in that Stepford Wife/Martha Stewart way either. She really dives in and is careful about what I sometimes think is the most mundane detail. But it comes out perfect because she pays attention to those details. She also runs these events. She explains the food, the activities, breaks up the eventual disputes over quantities of treats dished out, etc. I don't think a linebacker in the NFL has the energy to keep 15 eight to nine year old kids engaged for two and a half hours. But she does. I think it comes from the days when she taught Spanish and Italian to high school kids, another herculean feat. She is an absolutley amazing woman.
While this is no "work of staggering beauty" it still is very funny.
An Open Letter to Marek Grieve for now, but don't stop writing altogether. We were all disgusted by Perl's death. Not only because of the perpetrators but in a world that could let things like this happen to innocent people. Politicians, Terrorists, Journalists, we are all just people given to the darkest most vile id-monsters of human nature. However we are also capable of staggering beauty and sometimes deep compassion and understanding. So Grieve for now but don't let that grief go completely. Ball it up and drop it into that pot of creative juices and when the thing starts to seethe and erupt, get back to the damn keyboard and write, you madman. I'm a hack, a pretender, but your words gave me inspiration and laughter. It would be a shame if your voice was silenced forever by sadness. We need all the help we can get to sort out this life. Come on man. It's time to write again.
Go, RageBoy, go! I love the guy. How can Dvorak actually call his analysis of cluetrain critisism? Talk about delusion and drug use. I think Mr. D has been dipping into medicine bag.


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Q: Webservice testing without SoapUI I am new to the Webservice Testing. Someone Can please answer the below Questions-
1) How to do WebServisce Testing without any SOAP UI.
2) If URL is not working but we have WSDL file, can Webservice testing be done?

A: Why not use soapUI? The open source version is free and has plenty of features. But, if you really must use something else there's Postman or you can go down to the code level in the programming language of your choice, such as CXF for Java.
Then, if you have a WSDL but it's not active, there are plenty of mocking tools (in soapUI and Postman), frameworks, and services (WireMock or Mockable) available.

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My brother is both powerful and cruel, which means I have a lot of enemies I've never met. He swears he'll keep me safe, but what I want most is to break free.
I especially want to break free with Drew, my brother's lawyer. But as those enemies draw closer, the cost of my freedom may be the man I've come to love.
SWEET is the next book in the Chicago Underground series, but can also stand alone and does *not* have a cliffhanger.


In the new case, Baghaei is charged with making unfounded comments and spreading lies against the judiciary, Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi said.
Following his release on July 26, Baghaei lambasted the judiciary with unprecedented vitriol.
His filmed comments were widely distributed via social media.
However, according to Dolatabadi, Qassemzadeh dismissed Baghaei's comments as false and unfounded.
In another part of his rant against the judiciary, Baghaei referred to his solitary confinement in Block 209 of Tehran's notorious prison, Evin.
Meanwhile, Dolatabadi refrained from commenting on the anti-judiciary remarks Baghaei attributed to the personnel of the hospital where he, after going on hunger strike, was taken.
He said they even used profanity when referring to the officials who forbade Ahmadinejad's entry, saying they were ashamed of what happened.
Furthermore, Baghaei lambasted the situation at Iran's prisons.
Will Iran's Judiciary Prosecute Ahmadinejad?


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Aussie team fined heavily for cheating !!
Read this news caption in 'News.com.au" that an Australian team has been whacked with an enormous $300,000 fine after rampant cheating was exposed. – mind wandered to various deeds of Aussie Team from 'underarm incident' of Trevor Chappel to various incidents. Gundappa Vishwanath walked all the time and raised to glory at the cost of team even in recalling Bob Taylor – players like Adam Gilchrist, Aravinda DeSilva too walked. Aussies are notorious for their on-field behaviour including sledging, assailing and some cheating incidents but the recent Series has thus far been one of 'bonhomie' – more because of the interactions that player had in IPL.
The first Test of the four-match series between Australia and India, starting December 17, 2020 in Adelaide, will be a day-night affair, played with a pink ball. It's familiar territory for Australia, who are not only at home but have also played seven day-night Tests - the most by any team - since the format launched in a big way in late 2015, pitting Australia and New Zealand in Adelaide. India, meanwhile, have played just one of them, at home, against Bangladesh.
Recalling a Sydney test in 2008, Ricky Ponting then fielding at silly point, dived to hold a ball that ballooned off Mahendra Singh Dhoni's pads; he got to his feet and vociferously claimed the catch, though replays at the time indicated he had grounded the ball. That could have been justified as happening in the heat of the moment - but later in the day, after play, and with the benefit of video replays to draw from, Ponting not only maintained that he had caught it clean, but suggested that an Indian journalist who had questioned the catch "shouldn't be standing there".
The dark blot ever would be the ' 2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal', also known as the Sandpapergate scandal, when during the third Test match against South Africa at Newlands in Cape Town, Cameron Bancroft was caught by television cameras trying to rough up one side of the ball with sandpaper to make it swing in flight. Captain Steve Smith and vice-captain David Warner were found to be involved and all three received unprecedented sanctions from Cricket Australia. Now they are back and are in the thick of action. This is no post on Cricket though involves another Sports – team being Australian !
Netball is similar to basketball although the rules, equipment and team numbers are different. There is no dribbling; no running with the ball; 7 players; ball passed within 3 seconds; ball & basket slightly smaller; no backboard; players designated to certain areas. According to the INF, netball is played by more than 20 million people in more than 80 countries ! Major domestic leagues in the sport include the Netball Superleague in Great Britain, Suncorp Super Netball in Australia and the ANZ Premiership in New Zealand. Four major competitions take place internationally: the quadrennial World Netball Championships, the Commonwealth Games, and the yearly Quad Series and Fast5 Series. In 1995, netball became an International Olympic Committee recognised sport, but it has not been played at the Olympics.
Suncorp Super Netball is the premier professional netball league in Australia. The inaugural season commenced in February 2017. The 2020 Suncorp Super Netball season was the fourth season of the premier netball league in Australia. The season was originally scheduled to commence on 2 May, though was delayed to 1 August due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The defending premiers, New South Wales Swifts were eliminated in the first week of the finals series by the eventual runners-up West Coast Fever. The news is : Diamonds coach Stacey Marinkovich has been cleared of any wrongdoing after her West Coast Fever team was fined $300,000 and docked 12 points for the 2021 Super Netball season for salary cap breaches worth more than $296,000 over two years. The breaches involved undisclosed contracts which committed to payments above the competition's Total Player Payment cap. The Fever, who have been coached by Marinkovich since 2014, breached the cap by $127,954 (19.7 per cent) in 2018 and $168,659 (25.3 per cent) in 2019.
The team West Coast Fever has been hit with a $300,000 fine and stripped of premiership points after severe salary cap breaches were exposed. The breaches equates to 19.7 per cent over the limit in 2018, when the club reached their maiden grand final, and 25.3 per cent over in 2019 when they finished sixth. Half the $300,000 fine has been suspended for three years, to be paid if the club flouts the Total Player Payment rules again within that time. The club has also been docked 12 premiership points for the 2021 Super Netball season - the equivalent of three games.
Breaches involved undisclosed contracts which committed to payments above the total player payment cap. Salary caps are designed to neutralise the ability of the richest and most successful teams to dominate competitions. Will this be applicable to some IPL Franchisees too !! The matter first came to light in June this year when Netball Australia contacted the Fever team about several worrying but minor irregularities that had come to their attention. Fever co-operated with the league to conduct an in-depth investigation, which discovered the severity of the rorting - the worst ever uncovered in Australian netball. Netball Australia found no evidence that any players were aware of the breaches and no current coaches were involved in signing players or organising payments through undisclosed contracts. West Coast Fever managing director Simon Taylor and president Deane Pieters quit shortly after the Fever's grand final loss to Melbourne Vixens in October. The Fever are yet to publicly name the people responsible for the rorting, with Netball WA acting chief executive Garry Chandler saying the matter was confidential. 'It's a very dark day for the club - everybody involved in and around the club is completely devastated,' said Chandler, according to news.com.au.
They are not the first club to be fined. Earlier this year, the Adelaide Thunderbirds were fined $100,000 - of which $90,000 was suspended - for breaching the 2019 total player payments cap by $22,698. It is stated that Adelaide and Perth were two very different situations, 'The reason why this one is particularly harsh is because it was over a number of seasons, it was significant, and so there was definitely some deliberate action here. .
Interesting !
Posted by Srinivasan Sampathkumar at Friday, January 01, 2021
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This hornbill is enjoying a big grasshopper for lunch!
Dry thorn fields and broad-leafed woodlands.
Large yellow bill, medium size and white color with black spots.
A medium sized bird, 48–60 centimetres (19–24 in) in length.


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From designing streets to entire regions, the urban forest integrates into every level of planning.
"Planners who succeed tend to be opportunistic... It is, in a way, a creative awareness of the many linkages that exist among the variety of social, political, environmental, and economic issues that confront planners in their everyday work."Read more in the essay below.