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T h e B O A C L a b r a d o r s i g h t i n g of J u n e 2 9, 1 9 5 4
Martin SHOUGH
Chapter 1 - Summary & acknowledgements
Chapter 2 - The report
Chapter 3 - Sources & materials
Chapter 4 - Possible explanations
4.1 Flocking birds
4.2 Stratospheric balloons
4.3 Mirage
Chapter 5 - Conclusions & questions
Appendix A - Weather data
Appendix B - Witness statements extracts
Appendix C - Similar reports
4.1. Flocking starlings (Sorta Sol) or other birds
This is among the more interesting explanations proposed over the years for the BOAC case (sometimes known as the Centaurus incident). The shape-changing behaviour of the amorphous black object suggested to the Belgian researcher Wim VAN UTRECHT the intriguing idea that they saw a huge flock of starlings. The same theory was put forward by US researcher Brad SPARKS [13].
Below is part of the text (now removed) of Wim VAN UTRECHT's article on the starling cloud explanation as it appeared in the case examples section of this website.
In the early 1980s I had the opportunity to observe a very similar scene as the one reported by Captain HOWARD. This happened while I was standing at a bus stop in a village close to the city of Antwerp, Belgium. Waiting for the bus to arrive, my attention was caught by a dark, more or less oval-shaped mass, flying to and fro over some distant houses. Although the general aspect was that of a solid object, the dark blob not only changed shape constantly, it also seemed to increase and decrease in size from time to time. It was only after about ten minutes, as the phenomenon suddenly headed in my direction, that it revealed its true nature: a flock of birds. A "starling cloud", as I found out later.
Rereading the description of what was observed on June 29, 1954, we wonder if the captain, crew and passengers of the Centaurus were not victims of a similar illusion. The shape-shifting black object described by Captain HOWARD closely resembles a tight formation of thousands of birds silhouetted against a sunset background. The "inverted pear"-shape (see image BI-BS-04 in our bird picture gallery), that transformed into an "arrow" (the most common bird formation for long-distance flights), then morphed into a more elongated object (see BI-BS-09), growing and stretching "very much like a jellyfish that assumes varying patterns as it swims through the water" (compare with the videos of starling clouds listed under "more info and images" below the thumbnails in the gallery), all this matches the aspect and behaviour of a bird swarm. The "smaller blobs dancing attendance" on the bigger one, could have been smaller flocks that moved in and around the "mother cloud". A group of birds would also account for the objects "getting rapidly smaller" before disappearing. Possibly, at that moment, the formations broke up, either because the birds reached their destination and dispersed to find a roosting place on the ground, or because they sped away in different directions after being attacked by a hawk or other predator.
Browsing the specialised literature on the Internet, we found that the first record of a starling on Labrador dates back to 1917 [1]. This European starling (also known as common starling or sturnus vulgaris) began nesting on the peninsula in the 1930s and 40s [2]. The millions of starlings that can be found in North America these days are all descendants of only 100 European birds that were released in New York City in 1890 and 1891 [3].
More information on starlings was gathered and we learned that, during the day, the animals disperse as far as 15-20 miles from the major roosts in search for food. Some even travel up to 50 miles daily from their roost to reach their feeding grounds [4]. During these excursions, starlings navigate by geographical cues such a seashores and rivers, but when returning to their roosting grounds in the evening, they often use the setting Sun as a point of reference [5]. Interestingly, most of the starlings that nest in Newfoundland and eastern Canada spend the colder seasons in the more southern urban regions, many as far as New York [6]). So it's not only possible that the objects sighted over Labrador were birds returning from their feeding grounds, it is also possible that they were migratory birds returning from their wintering grounds in the south.
The starling hypothesis seems to fit nicely with most of the case details, but there are a few problems as well.
For example one may ask oneself if a flock of small birds can keep pace with a Boeing Stratocruiser flying at 270 miles per hour (434 km/h). The mean air speed of the starling is only between 40 and 50 miles per hour (between 64 km and 80 km/h) [7]. It would therefore seem impossible for a swarm of starlings to remain parallel with the plane for 18 minutes. The explanation could be that, when observed from a moving vehicle, objects that are at a great distance (the estimates given by Captain HOWARD range from 3 to 5 miles) can stay in sight for a long time, even if these distant objects travel at a much lower speed than the vehicle itself. The phenomenon is most noticeable with astronomical bodies. The Moon for example is so distant that it remains roughly in the same position when observed through the side window of a vehicle travelling in a straight line. Because of this, the illusion is created that the Moon is following the vehicle. The same is true for airplanes and bright stars or planets, all of which have been responsible for countless reports of cars being chased by UFOs.
A more difficult problem to solve is the altitude at which the phenomeon was situated. In his interview with Graham FISHER, Captain HOWARD stated that the objects were parallel to his plane and "at the same altitude" (19,000 feet or 5.8 km). However, on the NICAP web site HOWARD is quoted as having said:
"They were moving at about the same speed as we were (230 knots approx) on a parallel course, maybe 3 or 4 miles to the north west of us (we were heading NE). They were below the cloud at this time, at a guess at 8,000 ft. Soon after crossing the coast into Labrador, the cloud layer was left behind and the objects were now clearly in view, seeming to have climbed more nearly to our altitude. At this time the sun was low to the northwest, sky clear, visibility unlimited" [8].
In a 1988 article entitled "How Fast and High Do Birds Fly?", EHRLICH, DOBKIN & WHEYE write: "Most birds fly below 500 feet (150 m). When migrating, however, birds often do climb to relatively great heights, possibly to avoid dehydration in the warmer air near the ground. (...) Generally long-distance migrants seem to start out at about 5,000 feet and then progressively climb to around 20,000 feet" [9]. There appears to be no consensus amongst experts whether the starling is a short or long-distance migrant, but it is generally agreed that starlings rarely fly at altitudes above 1,000 feet. However, various authors point out that, under certain circumstances, the birds do fly at higher altitudes, for instance to locate familiar landmarks, fly over fog or clouds, surmount physical barriers, gain advantage of a following wind, or maintain a better thermoregulatory balance (actually, it is the cold at these altitudes that helps them disperse all the heat being generated by their flight muscles) [10]. Since starlings use directional information from the setting Sun, it is conceivable that they will sometimes climb to higher altitudes as not to let the Sun disappear from their view. In the same line of thought, the "foggy weather" and "low cloud at about 5,000 feet" may also have forced the birds to fly at a higher altitude than normal.
Wind tunnel tests showed that starlings are, however, reluctant to fly at ambient temperatures below zero and can't fly at -18° C because of ice formation in their nares and bills [11]. Unfortunately, no meteorological data are available, other than the captain's own statement that, once above the clouds, there was a "clear sky" with "unlimited visibility". To get an idea of the prevailing temperatures for the given time of year (June 29), time of day (evening) and sighting location (Labrador), we checked the soundings taken by weather balloons launched from Goose Bay between 1978 and 2007. Looking at the data for every June 29 from this 29-year period, we find that balloons released at 00:00 Zulu Time (8 p.m. Local Time) recorded temperatures comprised between -10.1° C and -29.3° C when they reached altitudes between 5.4 and 5.9 km (1,646 to 1,798 feet) [12]. In other words, it is possible, at least theoretically, that the objects spotted over Labrador on June 29, 1954, were starlings.
Still, and although starlings are the unchallenged masters in forming well-defined, smooth-looking shapes in the skies, there are several other species of birds that have their breeding grounds in Labrador and gather in massive swarms before assuming a V or arrow-shaped formation for their long-distance flights. Examples are godwits, curlews, dunlins and snow geese, four species that are known to fly at altitudes of 20,000 feet and more [13].
The explanation we propose is that the captain, crew and passengers of the Centaurus witnessed a distant bird swarm, possibly starlings, backlit by the setting Sun. This explanation is supported not only by Captain HOWARD's detailed account that describes the phenomenon as "black blobs" behaving like "a jellyfish that assumes varying patterns as it swims through the water", but also by the time of day (just before sunset, when most birds return to their roosting grounds).
The major shortcoming of the bird hypothesis is the altitude at which the objects were situated, and which is rather atypical and requires somewhat exceptional circumstances, at least in the case of a starling swarm.
Notes & References
[1] elibrary.unm.edu (pdf).
[2] elibrary.unm.edu (pdf) and museum.gov.ns.ca/.../birds/....
[3] www.britannica.com/.../starling.
[4] digitalcommons.unl.edu/...birdcontrol.
[5] segate.sunet.se and www.npwrc.usgs.gov/.../birds/migratio/orient.htm.
[6] links.jstor.org and www.medscape.com.
[7] www.britannica.com/.../common-starling and adsabs.harvard.edu.
[8] www.nicap.org/boac.htm.
[9] www.stanford.edu/.../How_Fast.html.
[10] More about the altitude at which birds fly can be found on:
- www.flightsafety.org (pdf)
- www.npwrc.usgs.gov/.../altitude.htm
- library.fws.gov/.../Mig_of_Birds...(pdf)
- www.earthlife.net/birds/migration2.html.
[11] jeb.biologists.org (pdf).
[12] Atmospheric soundings for most parts of the world can be consulted at weather.uwyo.edu/upperair/sounding.html.
[13] www.pbs.org/lifeofbirds/champions.
The first reference to this theory (to dismiss it as "highly improbable" on the grounds of speed and altitude) appears to have been by Capt. HOWARD himself in an 800-word entry in his Voyage Report written during the Goose-London leg of the flight (CARNELL, 1954; see Appendix B), and as reported in the papers the next day [14][15]. Another similar speculation was published in the London Daily Mail one week later [16].
Such flocking displays can involve hundreds of thousands of birds and do resemble dark shape-shifting blobs in the sky, a phenomenon widely known as Sorta Sol which is Danish for "black sun" [17]. One reason for the especially well-defined shapes of starling flocks is that the bird density increases towards the periphery of the flock, rather than towards the centre, which is believed to be related to defence against predators [18]. Capt. HOWARD in fact used a related simile: "The large object was continually, slowly changing shape, in the way that a swarm of bees might alter its appearance" (HOWARD, 1982). Wim VAN UTRECHT proposed that the apparent stationing of the objects off the aircraft's wing for an extended time might be an illusion of distance perspective, akin to that whereby the moon appears to follow a moving vehicle.
Fig. 4 : A starling cloud flanked by four geese over Tøndermarsken, Denmark. [© Bjarne WINKLER - Photo used with permission] - For more images and links to videos of flocking starlings, see the picture gallery on birds.
However, in this case the minimum relative velocity of the 230 kt (265 mph) plane and a starling (assuming the 40 knot maximum velocity of the starling [19] is parallel to that of the plane) is about 190 kt (220 mph). In 18 minutes the starling falls aft the plane by a distance of 66 statute miles. Capt. HOWARD said the UAPs stayed "parallel" and "paced" the Centaurus "exactly" for 18 minutes. This was checked by the navigation officer against the windshield post. (The only reported deviation described in early sources was that the UAPs appeared to move ahead of the aircraft a little at one point and then fell back to the same abeam position [20]. This could maybe have been yaw in the aircraft axis [21].)
Clearly, to explain a 190 kt airspeed difference in terms of differential tailwinds we require the flock of birds to be inside - and the aircraft outside - a very sharply-defined southwesterly jet with a core windspeed greater than this. There are strong reasons why this scenario is highly unlikely even in principle. The reader is referred to the lengthy discussion in Chapter 4.2 (stratospheric balloons) where extreme jet winds are the overriding requirement. It is sufficient to note here that the wind in the sighting area at the 19,000 ft level (500 mbar) measured by radiosonde ascents between 10:00 p.m. and 11 p.m. EST June 29, 1954 was only 25 kt. [Appendix A (ix)], an order of magnitude too slow. There is no indication of violent wind at 19,000 ft in the sighting area. This fits the fact that due to a continental blocking high over Labrador the mid-latitude jet was not only abnormally weak in the East through June 1954, its average position [traced at the 700 mbar level in Appendix A (x)] was confined in a zonal flow far to the South.
In the absence of a violent jet stream we are reduced to considering parallax. Let us assume that despite the report of "exact" pacing the blob fell back over 18 min by as much as 10°, say, which might seem roughly a constant constant to a lay reader - although it is a large angle navigationally speaking. Perhaps a 10° drift was concealed by yaw, or perhaps the pilot and navigator didn't check the angle as accurately as was suggested. In order for this 66 mile distance to equate to 10° our starlings would have to be nearly 380 miles away. (If we require to respect a bearing accuracy of 1° then obviously the distance increases to 3800 miles!)
But if 10° were good enough, could a flock of starlings be observed at 380 miles? Capt. HOWARD estimated the angular size of the main blob when in its "telephone" phase as equal to that of an ocean liner at 5 miles. If an ocean liner is on the region of 1,000 ft (typical for biggest transatlantic vessels in the then-familiar class of the France and Queen Mary [22]) then an angular width in the region of 2° is implied. In his Colorado Project Sighting Report form HOWARD answered question #36 ("What was the APPARENT size of the object compared with the following familar objects?") with "about the same size as the moon", or 0.5°. Of course this was many years after the fact. And not all ocean liners are as big as the iconic translatlantic superliners. If we make due allowances and split the difference we end up with an angular size in the order of 1° [23]. At 380 miles range that means the main flock would be nearly 7 miles across, and the outliers (spanning 5-10 times the angular width of the main blob according to HOWARD's drawings) would cover about 35-70 miles.
According to all quoted witnesses (including crew, cabin staff and a New York BOAC employee flying as a passenger [24]) the blobs were "black", "dark", "solid", "substantial". Even allowing for optical contrast illusions in silhouette this implies a very substantial density of birds, and given a lower bound on flock diameter of several miles the absolute number of birds would be truly colossal. For example, a spherical flock of only 2 miles (3km) radius having a mean density of 1 starling per m³ would contain some 36 billion (36x109) birds, which exceeds the typical numbers in large flocks by 4 or 5 orders of magnitude. Indeed this is in the order of 10 times the estimated total spring and fall traffic of all migratory birds on all flyways throughout the continental US.
Consider also that although the sighting did occur close to the major East coast migratory route known as the Atlantic Flyway (even though not in a migratory season) the impressive dusk flocking displays always occur at low altitude when the birds are roosting, and are formed by the aggregation of very much smaller groups and individuals that pre-assemble in trees and other perching sites over a wide area.
The flock is actually not so much a blob as a pancake, tending to form in a sheet which is relatively thin in the direction of gravity and extended in directions perpendicular to it [25]. The characteristic morphing-blob appearance occurs because the changing aspect when twisting and banking over the nesting site causes transient increases in the density of birds per unit angular area. The shapes change very rapidly for this reason, and the optical density of the blob thins out in between to the point where it becomes a faint smudge or streak.
This geometry means that if a Sorta Sol flock were to be transported to a migratory route at 19,000 ft and made to fly straight and level alongside an aircraft then it would tend to be viewed along its axis of maximum optical density. But as already mentioned, these flocks are roosting displays and are not known to occur at altitude during point-to-point flight. Passerine birds (among which are included starlings) do not form concentrated flocks at all during their migrations [26] and although millions of birds may be involved the process may last many weeks [27]. For starlings in the US, for example, the mass northern migration back to the breeding grounds occurs from late September until the end of November [28]. (A million birds over this period would pass a given point at an average rate of only about 700 per hour, or 180 birds per 18-minute observation period.) Other birds like geese that do form tight flocks at high altitude in order to migrate do so in small numbers in distinctive and recognisable formations, not in vast swarms.
The mass migrations of all species occur in local climatic Spring and Autumn, and although migratory dates in more northerly latitudes will tend to contract towards the breeding peak - so that Autumn migration in the Canadian High Arctic (10°- 20° or more N of the sighting area) is beginning erratically by late July [29] - late June is near the peak of the breeding season everywhere, when the vast majority of birds are near their nest sites.
It is true that the European starling is one of only two birds (the other being the lapwing [30]) found to have a secondary Summer migration, composed of that year's juveniles which often fly a short distance (a couple of hundred miles) in the direction of the wintering grounds, as though to get a head start [31]. But a small sub-population of summer-migrating starlings trickling South does not in any realistic way help to explain our dense, black UAPs apparently heading North.
Brad SPARKS has suggested [32] that the Sorta Sol theory might be rescued if there were numbers of large high-altitude bird flocks distributed over a wide area of Eastern Canada, an abnormal mass migration possibly due to some freak climatic trigger, so that the witnesses saw different concentrations of birds in succession. If their visual attention was interrupted they might have missed the transitions and assumed they were seeing the same group of "objects". This might account for an illusion of a single object (or group of objects) appearing to "pace" the airliner, even though the individual bird speeds remain low.
No doubt each of the witnesses did take his or her eyes off the objects from time to time during the 18 minutes, but it seems safe to say that a lot of people were looking a lot of the time, with the front seaters probably watching most of the time. Yet there is nothing in any account to suggest that anyone ever thought the object(s) disappeared and reappeared at any time.
Nevertheless, allowing (despite absence of evidence) the conjecture that flocking behaviour comparable to the Sorta Sol might occur during point-to-point flight at 19,000 ft, a relay of different flocks would allow us to reduce the range and reduce the absolute size of the flocks. But only to the same extent that the stationary average bearing can no longer be an illusion of vanishing parallax caused by great distance. So although individual birds in these flocks can be allowed to fly at arbitrarily low average speeds (speed can be zero in the limit of an infinite number of successive flocks!) the average position of the successive flocks must still advance at close to the aircraft speed.
In order to preserve an illusion of continuity how many "hand-overs of the baton" are necessary in this relay race?
Let's keep an allowance of 10° for an undetected or unreported drift per flock before it needs to be replaced by a new one, but cut the distance assumption down by a factor 10 so the flocks are 3.8 miles (6 km) away. A drift of 10° is therefore 0.66 miles. A 1° diameter flock only 3.8 miles away is <400 ft (120 m) across and with a density of only 1 bird/m³ the flock contains nearly a million birds, which is the right order for the largest Sorta Sol flocks of starlings. Assuming that all of the velocity of all of the starlings in the flock stays parallel to the aircraft (probably an unrealistic limit) then at the minimum relative speed of 225 mph it has drifted aft to our limiting 10° in about 10 seconds. This million-bird flock then needs to somehow dissipate and be replaced by a new one displaced angularly forward by 10°, and the same thing has to recur more than 100 times during 18 minutes - each time neatly missed by every eyewitness and each time reassembling a similar pattern of smaller sub-flocks deployed symmetrically fore and aft. The total number of birds in this amazing performance is in the order of a hundred million birds at least.
Brad SPARKS suggests [33] trying to make the theory work with a lighter density than 1 bird/m³, a smaller 0.5° degree UAP diameter, and an "accordion effect" in a continuous concentration of birds rather than successive discrete flocks.
One can visualise this idea as an 80-mile ribbon of birds lying parallel to the aircraft track, having a sub-critical density of birds that becomes a visible blob only at the peak of a compression density wave propagating along the ribbon at the speed of the aircraft. Why this would happen - or why some other, more complex disposition of birds would create the effect of it happening - is not clear to me. But it's obviously true that we can reduce the absolute number of birds by assuming a lower peak density, although this is in tension with the need to maintain a "black", sharp-edged" and "substantial" appearance insisted on in early observer accounts.
An empirical study of starling flock parameters [34] measured bird densities in ten events. An average over the ten values gives 0.27/m³, or about 1/4 of the value assumed above (within an order of magnitude - which is not a large difference in the context). Video evidence shows that the average effect of this typical density of birds in Sorta Sol displays is not by any means "solid" and "black", the flock is only intermittently dark in its most favourable aspect. We should therefore assume that this peak density is the minimum value necessary to maintain a constant black, sharp-edged silhouette for 18 minutes in flocks of comparable size.
Obviously the optical depth and edge-definition of a flock due to a given density of birds will also be proportional to the physical depth and thus to the absolute number of birds. We do not wish the absolute number of birds to drop too low. If the peak group is, say, 50 m spherical diameter (for simplicity) and subtending 0.5° at the above distance of 3.8 miles (6 km) then at the typical density of 0.27/m³ it contains only about 10,000 birds. Since the measured typical density provides only an unsatisfactory minimum opacity and definition in Sorta Sol flocks that regularly exceed this absolute number by a factor of 10 or 100, we should apply at least a factor 10 or 100 correction. Then for the same density a more comfortable 100,000 birds roughly doubles the diameter and range of the 0.5° peak-density group to 100 m at about 7 miles (11 km).
Let us plug this figure into SPARKS' "accordian wave" model. Clearly the just-invisible medium for this travelling density peak has to be made of a very much larger number of birds at a density not far below the peak, thus for an 80-mile (130 km) stream of birds the total must still be in the order of 1,000 times the number of birds in the visible 100 m peak blob, which implies, conservatively, a number in the order of 108 or 109 birds concentrated within a few miles of the Stratocruiser during one 18-minute period on June 29, 1954.
This reduced figure is still between 10% and 100% of the estimated total spring and fall traffic of all migratory birds on all flyways throughout the continental US today [35] and seems entirely incredible. The passenger pigeon, historically the most abundant US bird once comprising 25% - 40% of the entire US bird population, is believed [36] to have formed a migratory river up to 300 mi (500 km) x 1 mi (1.6 km) containing up to 2.5 billion birds, or in the order of 1 million birds per km² of plan area, a density comparable to the 1/m² concentration in Sorta Sol flocks. But apart from the anomalous migratory date, the passenger pigeon was totally extinct in the US by about 1,900. No other bird existed in remotely comparable numbers in 1954.
Add to an extraordinary number of birds the facts: - that Sorta Sol is low-level roosting behaviour that occurs only where much smaller flocks and individuals, returning from feeding grounds, congregate over the nest sites; - that passerines like starlings do not tend to flock densely when migrating; - that starling migration is minimal on the Atlantic Flyway (most East Coast birds are resident, and most of what little migration there is comes from US populations flying south, not from Canada) [37]; - that very few birds migrate at all above about 7,000 ft and that most starlings fly below 1,000 ft; - that migration times across the US are Feb-March and Oct-Nov [38], not during the midsummer breeding season [39]; - and that there is no obvious mechanism by which the density peak in this hypothetical great river of birds would track the motion of the plane at a rather consistent bearing for 18 minutes and we conclude that the Sorta Sol theory has several, collectively fatal, problems [40].
[13] SPARKS, B., personal communication, 05.08.2009; SPARKS, B., Comprehensive Catalogue of 1,600 Blue Book Unknowns, 2001-2008, Case #938, www.cufos.org.
[14] "Flying Saucers? Yes, says the Captain", Daily Express, July 1, 1954.
[15] "Sky 'objects' Seen from Plane - Pilot's Report", London Daily Telegraph, July 1, 1954.
[16] MAY, K. R. (Salisbury, Wilts.), letter to the Editor, Daily Mail, July 7, 1954, describing roosting flocks seen from a train in South India in 1945. An Editorial comment dismisses the idea on the grounds of altitude.
[17] Many extraordinarily beautiful videos of Sorta Sol can be found on YouTube, for example: video1 or video 2.
[18] BALLERINI, Michele, et al., "An empirical study of large, naturally occurring starling flocks: a benchmark in collective animal behaviour", Animal Behaviour 76(1), July 2008, 201-215.
[19] HOUGHTON, E., "Detection, Recognition and Identification of Birds on Radar", 1964; cited in: BLACKMER, R. H. et al, "Radar and the Observation of UFOs", in GILLMOR (ed.) & CONDON, Scientific Study of UFOs, Vision, 1970, p. 675.
[20] In his December 1, 1967 Sighting Report written for the University of Colorado UFO Project, Capt. HOWARD draws a diagram of initial and final compass directions showing the LOS advancing fully 20° towards the nose of plane. This large and systematic rotation of angle cannot be accounted for by yaw and is in conflict with early statements that the objects "kept station" on the same (average) bearing. If reliable, of course, a steady 20° LOS overtake would be sufficient to rule out the Sorta Sol theory immediately.
[21] According to Capt. HOWARD the aircraft track (autopilot setting) was 49° True and the instant heading would have been 49 ±5°, i.e. a possible variation of up to 10° (letter from R. H. B. WINDER to Robert J. LOW, August 30, 1967, forwarding Capt. HOWARD's answers to question posed by LOW. Colorado University UFO Project files; Library of the American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia).
[22] According to www.ufoevidence.org "Captain James HOWARD later described the main object as having 'the size of the Queen Mary'!" but no source is given for this quotation.
[23] This result can be cross-checked against Capt. HOWARD's drawings (Fig. 1) and the blueprint dimensions of the Boeing 377 from which we can calculate that the angular diameter of the engine nacelle ~36 ft from the cockpit would be approximately 5°. The setting sun is of course 0.5° across. Scaling the angular width of the UAP in Sketches #2 and #3 using these two yardsticks yields values of about 4° and 0.5° respectively, and in #1 the values are about 0.2° and 2° respectively. The overall mean of these six values is ~1.9°, reassuring us that an angular diameter of 1° is reasonable and probably conservative.
[24] "Romford Man Sees Flying Saucers", The Recorder, Romford, Hornchurch & Upminster, Friday July 2, 1954, p. 1.
[25] BALLERINI, Michele, et al., op. cit.
[26] ELPHICK, J., Atlas of Bird Migration, New York, Random House, 1995.
[27] KESSEL, B., "Distribution and Migration of the European Starling in North America", The Condor, Vol. 55, # 2, March-April 1953, elibrary.unm.edu.
[28] KESSEL, B., op. cit.
[29] GUDMUNDUR, A., et al., "Radar Observations of Arctic Bird Migration at the Northwest Passage, Canada", ARCTIC, Vol. 55, # 1, March 2002, pp. 21-43.
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[30] According to the American Birding Association the Northern Lapwing, Vanellus vanellus, is classified as an occasional non-breeding visitor to the northeast US and Canada. The estimated global population of 7 million birds breeds in Eurasia and winters mainly in Asia Minor, India, and Southeast Asia. There are over 50 historical reports of Northern Lapwings from eastern Canada and the northeastern US, but large flights in December 1927 and January 1966 account for most of the records. I find no reference to extraordinary Summer visitations in 1954.
[31] ALERSTAM, Thomas, Bird Migration, Cambridge University Press, 1990, p. 41.
[32] Personal communication, September 8, 2009.
[34] BALLERINI , Michele. et al, op.cit.
[36] en.wikipedia.org and www.si.edu.
[37] KESSEL, B., "Distribution and Migration of the European Starling in North America", The Condor, Vol. 55, #2, March-April 1953, elibrary.unm.edu.
[38] GUARINO, Joseph L., "Bird Movements in Relation to Control", Wildlife Damage Management, Internet Center for Bird Control, Seminars Proceedings, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 1968, digitalcommons.unl.edu.
[39] Limited records indicate an unusually warm and generally settled regime over the area of Quebec on June 29, 1954 (see Appendix A). However on June 24, 1954, Hurricane Alice hit Texas, flooding the Lower Rio Grande Valley with 27 inches (686 mm) of rain. U.S.90 was 30 feet (9.1 m) underwater (www.islandnet.com). Conceivably, the approach of Alice could have disturbed huge numbers of birds from nesting sites in the south, but I have so far been unable to find evidence.
[40] Wim VAN UTRECHT is now satisfied that the starling theory has been ruled out (Personal communication, May 11, 2009).
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Maikel Scheffers, Esther Vergeer and Peter Norfolk won the men's, women's and quad singles titles as the Australian Open Wheelchair Championships drew to a close Saturday (28 January) at Melbourne Park.
For the first time since the Australian Open Wheelchair Championships have been held alongside the second week of the year's first Grand Slam, there were Dutch winners of both the men's and women's singles titles.
However, world No. 1 Scheffers had a tough fight for his second-career Grand Slam title after dropping the first set of the men's final to French world No. 5 Nicolas Peifer. He raced back to win, 3-6, 7-6 (2), 6-0.
With both players having reached their third Grand Slam final apiece, Peifer looked like he might be on course to land his first Grand Slam title after he came from 3-1 down in the opening set to convert two of his six break-point opportunities.
Scheffers converted his second break point opportunity of the match to level at 4-4 in the second set, but Peifer continued to have the edge as he served for the match at both 5-4 and 6-5, only for Scheffers to force a tiebreak.
Frenchman's serve to love to lead the third and final set, 3-0, and the cruise to victory.
"I feel really happy at the moment. It was a big fight between us. Nico is a good player, so yep, I feel good," said Scheffers told the International Tennis Federation (ITF).
"I just talked to my parents and my girlfriend and they're really happy, as well, and yeah, let's see what I can do this year more. I've got a lot to defend this year, but I like that and it's all about the titles."
Norfolk has started each of the last two Paralympic Games years by winning the quad singles title at the Australian Open, and the 2004 and 2008 Paralympic champion sent a message out to his nearest rivals ahead of London 2012 as he achieved the same at Melbourne Park again this year. However, as with Scheffers, Norfolk had to come from a set down to plant a comeback 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 victory.
The world No. 2-ranked Briton edged into a 3-1 first-set lead, only for world No. 1 and defending champion David Wagner to hit back and secure four games in a row en route to taking the opening set.
But with the help of the fifth of his ninth aces during the match Norfolk came from a break down to lead the second set, 2-1, and he never relinquished the advantage again. He extended his lead to 3-1 after the third deuce game of the set and broke Wagner's serve to love to level the match.
The fourth game of the third and final set included multiple deuces, with both players having the opportunity to win it, but Norfolk once again had the edge to lead 3-1 and he then held his own serve to love before going on to build a commanding 5-1 advantage.
After Wagner had reduced his errors, to make it 5-2, Norfolk went on to earn himself two match points and only needed the first to regain the title he last won in 2010.
"I struggled for a while out there to find my game, but I love the pressure of playing in a major final and I knew if I stuck with it, I could find my rhythm," Norfolk told the ITF.
"I'm absolutely thrilled with my fifth singles title at the Australian Open and I hope I can use this as my base for a very successful 2012."
Norfolk leaves Melbourne having won both the quad singles and quad doubles titles at the same Grand Slam for the first time in his career, after partnering fellow Briton Andy Lapthorne to win the Australian Open quad doubles title on Thursday (26 January).
After beating Australia's Daniela di Toro in the 2011 final, Vergeer served up the same dominance against her compatriot and current world No. 2 Aniek van Koot in this year's final, completing another 6-0 6-0 victory after just 47 minutes. Vergeer ends the 2012 Australian Open having dropped just four games in her three matches.
"I've been playing (van Koot) for the last couple of weeks in the tournaments I've played, so I knew exactly what I wanted to do and I knew exactly what the circumstances would be on Show Court 2," Vergeer told the ITF.


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Californians are not too fond of Gov. Jerry Brown so far and they don't quite understand the state's budget mess, but they seem to like the ideas that Brown has put on the table for solving the state's fiscal predicament, according to a new poll from the Public Policy Institute of California.
Gov. Jerry Brown's budget proposal calls for deep cuts in health and social service programs that form California's safety net. Brown wants to cut $1.7 billion from Medi-Cal, 1.5 billion from CalWorks, and $750 million from the Department of Developmental Services. Brown would limit access to Medi-Cal services, including prescription drugs and place stricter time limits on welfare. He also proposes to limit reimbursements for home care for people who need help with daily living so they can remain in their homes and not in an institution.
California's fiscal outlook is even worse than legislators and most Capitol observers assumed when lawmakers patched together a budget in October 100 days after the start of the current fiscal year. The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's office, widely respected for its work on budget issues, projected Wednesday that the state will face a $25 billion shortfall in the budget for the fiscal year that begins next July. And the problem could be worse, if court cases break against the state or Congress and President Obama extend estate tax relief that would indirectly cost California's treasury nearly $3 billion.
Democratic lawmakers and advocates for the poor harshly criticized Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger over the weekend after he vetoed nearly $1 billion from the state budget, much of it from programs intended to aid low-income families. Schwarzenegger sliced $962 million from the spending plan sent to him by the Legislature 100 days after the start of the fiscal year July 1.
After weeks of inaction, get ready for a flurry of activity Tuesday on the state budget. And then more inaction.
Schwarzenegger: No budget til he leaves office?
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger caused a stir in the Capitol Monday when he told reporters he wouldn't sign a budget that didn't include long-term reforms, even if it means the state goes without a new spending plan until he leaves office in January.
If state revenues are climbing next year, why does California face an $18 billion budget shortfall? For a couple of reasons: mainly the need to retire this year's deficit and cope with costs that are programmed to rise automatically in the year ahead.
According to a recent analysis by the UCLA Center for Health Policy, the proposal would dismantle California's home- and community-based long-term care system. Full implementation of the proposed cuts would likely leave frail, low-income seniors – among the state's most vulnerable residents – without needed support.
If someone handed Governor Schwarzenegger a check for a billion dollars, you probably wouldn't expect him to tear it up or send it to Washington, D.C. to give to other states. But that's exactly what he has proposed doing in his FY 2010/11 budget. And his budget would toss a million children's reliable health care overboard at the same time.


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Kieti Law LLP merges with CDH to forge a new legal future in East and Southern Africa
10 Apr, 2021, 12:36 am
Kieti Law LLP (Kieti), one of Nairobi leading boutique corporate law firm has joined forces with Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr (CDH), one of the largest full-service business law firms in South Africa, with more than 300 lawyers, in a move to bolster the capabilities of both firms in the continent's East African economic hub and better service East African clients' needs in Southern Africa.
Related: Kieti Advocates LLP: Raising the Bar of Boutique Legal Practice in Kenya
Through this partnership, and under the CDH banner, both firms will not only expand their service offerings in the region but also benefit from the alchemy of Kieti's embedded regional expertise and knowledge, CDH's depth in its full legal service offering and capability and, both firms' reputation for their commercial legal business nous in their respective domestic jurisdictions.
Brent Williams, CDH CEO said he is enthusiastic about the new opportunities that this partnership presents. "Our partners at Kieti are highly skilled, young, dynamic and are looking to grow their presence and capability into a regional powerhouse," he said. "On the other hand, at CDH we are looking for more continental reach and a base of operations in the region. Both of us stand much to gain from this shared future ahead of us."
Sammy Ndolo, Managing Partner at Kieti said this union is client-driven as Kieti is regularly retained by both local and foreign investors. "In a market that offers much opportunity and where the needs of our clients are changing, so too must our ability to service these needs. Together with CDH, we can offer not only greater depth of service and legal expertise to our local clients, but also attract global clients with interests in the continent."
Brent added that although this may be a merger on paper, it has all the hallmarks of the beginnings of an entirely new law firm. "This new firm will remain both Kenyan and South African at its respective operational levels and yet quintessentially and proudly African in practice and culture. We are excited to take full advantage of our South African legal expertise and close to 170 years of legal precedent and pair it with East African legal expertise and business culture to the benefit of both our clients and businesses. We also anticipate that this merger provides an alternative opportunity for top legal talent in both the Eastern and Southern African market."
Kieti's focus on corporate law, mergers and acquisitions as well as banking and finance pairs perfectly with CDH's own wealth of experience and renowned expertise in these fields. For CDH, the extension of its services into East Africa with domestic expertise will allow CDH to offer its South African clients a seamless and quality service experience similar to that which they have become familiar with from CDH in South Africa.
There is no doubt that this marks a momentous occasion in the history of both firms. "We are embarking on a great adventure at a profoundly difficult time in global history from a health, climate and economic perspective and look forward to finding opportunities that these challenges present us with. This partnership is a product of that philosophy. In doing so we are looking to make a contribution to the elevation of African corporate legal services by Africans for Africans and, its global trading partners as Africa takes its rightful place in the world of commerce," said Brent.
Brent Williams
CDH Kieti
Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr
Kieti Law LLP
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Hudson Yard, The High Line & The Vessel Tour in New York, NY
Attractions4Us • 401 West 14th Street • New York, NY 10014
Embark on a tour and witness some of Manhattan's most well-known sites including the Highline, Hudson Yard, and the Vessel. The High Line is an elevated park above the city streets, built on a historic freight line. After exploring the park, you'll head to the Vessel, known as "New York's Staircase" which has 154 interconnecting flights of stairs! Your experience also includes photo ops, a pro tour guide, and more.
Guests must be at least 2 years of age to participate in the tour.
Tour duration: approximately 1.5 hours.
Two tour times are offered daily.
Bring comfortable walking shoes and a camera.
Transportation to and from the tour meeting point is not provided.
from Hudson Yard, The Highline & The Vessel
The High Line is a 1.45-mile-long elevated park, greenway built on a historic, elevated freight line. The High Line is a public park programmed, maintained, and operated by Friends of the High Line, in partnership with the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation. View art, walk through gardens, experience a performance, enjoy delicious food.
The southern end of the park is shaded by gray birch and serviceberry trees. Washington Grasslands & Woodland Edge section is full of grasses, perennials, and woody species that tolerate the shade of the surrounding buildings.
The Vessel "New York's Staircase," 154 interconnecting flights of stairs, 2,500 individual steps and 80 landings. Built bronzed steel located in the center of Hudson Yards. This honeycomb shaped 150' tall art piece can accommodate up to 1000 people at a time.
Adult: 12+ years old
Children: 2-11 years old
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Operates Daily: 9:30 am & 2:00 pm
401 West 14th Street End Point: Hudson Yards
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Hudson Yard, The Highline & The Vessel is located at Attractions4Us • 401 West 14th Street • New York, NY 10014
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Kids ages 2-11 and adults ages 12+ are welcome on the tour.
Please bring comfortable attire and walking shoes, a valid ID, your phone, a camera, and any other personal belongings you may need. Do not bring luggage.
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The tour is approximately 1.5 hours long.
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Q: phpPgAdmin , view/create tables etc from one user I'm trying to achieve the following:
I have user1 which is created.
This user1 has databases user1_db1, user1_db2 , user1_db3
When I grant the owner of user1 to all the databases, I am able to do everything with them,except if I create user1_user1 , grant All access ( without the owner ) to user1_db. Then user1_user1 will throw errors like :
user1_user1=> ALTER DATABASE "user1_dbl" SET bytea_output = 'escape';
ERROR:  must be owner of database user1_db1
What I need is a special user ( in this case user1_user1 ) to be able to do everything with the database that all access have been granted and is still visible in phppgadmin ( when $conf['owned_only'] = true; is set ) when logged with user1 , or if needed I can create a special user for PHPpgAdmin but must view the databases that are with prefix user1 only.
Maybe my approach is not proper so please let me know how can I achieve this.
The goal is to have 1 user , able to access/modify all those databases and in the same scenario , user1_user1 is able to do the same but not accessing phppgadmin. The limitation that I am seeing is the ownership only and I am not able to bypass it...
Thank you for your advices!

A: You can use the same user for all of the databases, but you will need to give that user access to each database. You can do that by running the following SQL:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE user1_db1 TO user1_user1; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE user1_db2 TO user1_user1; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE user1_db3 TO user1_user1;

You can also give the user access to all databases by running the following SQL:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON ALL DATABASES TO user1_user1;

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GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON user1_db1.* TO user1_user1;

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GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON ALL TABLES IN SCHEMA public TO user1_user1;

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GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON user1_db1 TO user1_user1;

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GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON ALL SEQUENCES IN SCHEMA public TO user1_user1;

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GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON ALL FUNCTIONS IN SCHEMA public TO user1_user1;

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GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON user1_db1 TO user1_user1;

You can also give the user access to all types in all databases by running the following SQL:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON ALL TYPES IN SCHEMA public TO user1_user1;

You can also give the user access to all operators in a database by running the following SQL:
GROMySQL: How to grant all privileges on all databases and tables to a user?
The best way to do this is to use the GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON . TO 'user'@'localhost' syntax.
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';

This will give the user all privileges on all databases and tables.

A: I finally made it work with the memberships :
postgres=# \du
                                            List of roles
     Role name     |                         Attributes                         |      Member of
-------------------+------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------
 user1          |                                                            | {user1_pgsqluser}
 user1_pgsqluser |                                                            | {}

This can be granted as follow :
psql -U postgres -c 'grant $dbuser to $user;'

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If you've ever wondered what it would be like to have dinner with Franz Kafka, Jane Austen or Raymond Chandler, this is your chance to find out. Literary ventriloquist Mark Crick presents seventeen recipes in the voices of famous writers, from Homer to Irvine Welsh. Guaranteed to delight lovers of food and books, these witty pastiches will keep you so entertained in the kitchen that you'll be sorry when your guests arrive.
Mark Crick is a photographer. He lives in London. Kafka's Soup is his first book.


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Andy Murray's Queen's Club comeback halted by defeat to Matteo Berrettini
Former world No 1 is beaten 6-3, 6-3 in second round
Dan Evans defeats Adrian Mannarino to go into last eight
Andy Murray returns serve in his defeat to Matteo Berrettini at the ATP Cinch Championships. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian
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Andy Murray's Queen's Club comeback was ended in the second round by the top seed Matteo Berrettini at the Cinch Championships. Murray, who won his first singles match on grass in three years on Tuesday, was overpowered 6-3, 6-3 by the world No 9.
Berrettini, a former US Open semi-finalist, was always going to be a tougher proposition than Murray's first-round opponent, the lacklustre Frenchman Benoît Paire. The former world No 1's movement did not seem to be impaired by his recent groin problem, the latest in a long line of injury setbacks.
Andy Murray and Venus Williams handed wildcard entries for Wimbledon
But the 6ft 4in Italian Berrettini, with one title under his belt this season, regularly boomed down serves of 140mph and secured a break for 3-2 when Murray wafted a forehand long. Murray faced two set points on his own serve and surrendered the second when he dumped a forehand low into the net.
The 34-year-old had a chance to claw back an early break in the second but was unable to take advantage as Berrettini moved 3-0 ahead. Murray's bid to reach a seventh Queen's Club quarter-final, and the first since he won the title in 2016, ended when Berrettini ruthlessly held to love.
So there will be no England v Scotland appetiser before the football on Friday, with Berrettini taking on the British No 1, Dan Evans, instead. Evans reached his first Queen's quarter-final with a 6-4, 7-6 (7) victory against the Frenchman Adrian Mannarino. In doing so he joined Cameron Norrie and Jack Draper in the quarter-finals, meaning three British players have reached the last eight at Queen's Club for the first time in the Open era. It is also the first time three Britons have reached the quarter-finals of an ATP Tour event since Nottingham in 1996, when Tim Henman, Greg Rusedski and Mark Petchey got through.
Dan Evans took the first eight points of his match against Adrian Mannarino. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian
Evans looked in for an easy afternoon when he took the first eight points of the match but Mannarino, the world No 42, proved a tricky customer once he settled. Evans needed a further break to take the first set and saved a set point in the second before winning a closely fought tie-break.
Evans said: "It was a tough match mentally more than anything, to try and hold on and hold my nerve at the end as well, I was down set point. I did a good job of playing my gameand came up with some good serves when I needed them."


Tons of confusion surround the subject regarding the differences between modern and contemporary styles. Though these two terms are often used interchangeably, they are two completely different design styles. Here are some differences to help clarify and distinguish modern and contemporary styles.
People think modern style is new and recent right? Wrong! The concept of modern style was created by the German Bauhaus schools of design and the Scandinavians in the very late 1800s during the Modernism movement. Eventually, the term "modern style" evolved into Midcentury Modern and, later, postmodernism. A modern style follows a strict style format that emphasizes simplicity and function. It is rarely seen as stark or cold, utilizes natural or neutral colors, and favors strong lines.
The contemporary style is actually more 'modern' than modern style itself. It became viral in the 1970s and started out as a blend of styles rather than its own unique concept. Though it stole a few elements from the modern style, it also borrowed ideas from numerous other styles, such as Art Deco, Deconstructivism, Futurism, and more. The contemporary style promotes a high level of variation in its interiors, rather than following a strict style format. In addition, the contemporary style possesses a bold starkness, allows the use of extreme colors on the color scale, and favors curves.
Despite the numerous differences, modern and contemporary style share significant traits similar to each other. For example, both styles lean towards the utilization of simple, orderly spaces with smooth, clean lines and aesthetic stylishness. They both shy away from over-elaborate designs or intense elements, though the contemporary style is starting to break these limits as it is continually evolving. Lastly, both styles utilize sofas, chairs, and ottomans with exposed legs and heavily use reflective surfaces achieved by metal and glass components.


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2013 Preview: St. Louis Cardinals
By Drew SilvaMar 24, 2013, 8:43 AM EDT
Between now and Opening Day, HardballTalk will take a look at each of baseball's 30 teams, asking the key questions, the not-so-key questions, and generally breaking down their chances for the 2013 season. Up next: The St. Louis Cardinals.
The Big Question: Can the Cards keep rolling?
The Cardinals have made the playoffs nine times since the start of the 2000 season and they have reached the National League Championship Series seven times in that span — securing three National League pennants and two World Series titles. And there is no end in sight for this run of success.
Yadier Molina is the best defensive catcher in baseball and has suddenly become a real offensive threat. Matt Holliday has hit .308/.389/.528 in 502 games since joining the Cardinals in a summer 2009 trade. Allen Craig is emerging as an elite slugger and Carlos Beltran had 32 home runs and 97 RBI in 2012.
And we've only scratched the surface on this club's arsenal of heavy weaponry. Jon Jay (4.1) ranked just behind Josh Hamilton (4.4) and Adam Jones (4.6) on the center-field fWAR leaderboard last season. David Freese won the World Series MVP in 2011 then went on to post career-highs in home runs (20), RBI (79) and OPS (.839) in 2012. Matt Carpenter, who has made an incredibly smooth transition into the starting second base role this spring, batted .293/.372/.467 in 340 plate appearances as a utilityman last summer.
Albert Pujols is entering his second year in Anaheim and ace right-hander Chris Carpenter won't ever pitch again, but the Cardinals organization is a well-oiled machine, and it's greased up nicely for the 2013 season.
What Else Is Going On?
The rotation is missing Carpenter, but he made only three regular-season starts last year anyway. Adam Wainwright is two years removed from Tommy John reconstructive elbow surgery and Jaime Garcia has experienced no shoulder trouble in camp. Jake Westbrook had a 3.97 ERA in 174 2/3 innings last season and Lance Lynn posted a 3.78 ERA and 180/64 K/BB ratio in 176 frames. The final spot will either go to Joe Kelly, a solid sinkerballer, or Shelby Miller, one of the game's top pitching prospects.
The bullpen took a hit this month when closer Jason Motte was diagnosed with a mild right elbow strain, but it's not a long-term concern at this point and there's enough high quality depth to keep things ticking in his absence. Mitchell Boggs, who registered a 2.21 ERA and 1.05 WHIP across 78 relief appearances last season, will fill in at closer. Setting Boggs up will be young fireballer Trevor Rosenthal, and behind him you'll find a solid group of middle relievers and left-handed specialists. Kelly will presumably join the bullpen in a long relief role if he loses out to Miller in the race for the fifth rotation spot.
Rafael Furcal tried to rehab a torn ligament in his elbow this winter and it did not work out. He needs Tommy John surgery and will not appear in a game this season. Taking his place at shortstop will be Pete Kozma, who owns a nice-looking .303/.373/.506 batting line in 104 major-league plate appearances but a .236/.308/.344 batting line in 2,752 minor-league plate appearances. It's highly likely that he will be exposed early on. Look for the Cardinals to launch a shortstop hunt by the end of June.
The Cardinals' farm system is widely considered to be the best in baseball, and it's about ready to spit out some potential game-changers. Oscar Taveras, a 20-year-old Dominican outfielder, hit .321/.380/.572 with 23 homers, 37 doubles and 94 RBI in 124 games last season at Double-A Springfield. Michael Wacha, the No. 19 overall pick in the 2012 MLB Amateur Draft, owns a 0.50 ERA, 0.62 WHIP and 59/6 K/BB ratio in 35 2/3 total spring and minor league innings. Kolten Wong should develop into a solid everyday second baseman and Carlos Martinez is a hard-throwing 21-year-old righty with great upside. Matt Adams had 18 homers and 50 RBI in 67 games last summer at Triple-A Memphis and will open the 2013 season on the Cardinals' 25-man roster. And don't forget the aforementioned Miller and Rosenthal.
Prediction: Second place in the National League Central, winners of a Wild Card spot.
Tags: Adam Jones, Adam Wainwright, Albert Pujols, Allen Craig, Baltimore Orioles, Carlos Beltran, David Freese, Jaime Garcia, Jake Westbrook, Jason Motte, Joe Kelly, Jon Jay, Josh Hamilton, Kolten Wong, Lance Lynn, Los Angeles Angels, Matt Adams, Matt Carpenter, Matt Holliday, Mitchell Boggs, Oscar Taveras, Pete Kozma, Rafael Furcal, Shelby Miller, St. Louis Cardinals, Trevor Rosenthal, Yadier Molina


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Class Act / Web Only / September 13, 2016
Grown-Up Ambitions
Terps Run Expanding Program for Adults with Down Syndrome
By Charlie Wright '17 | photos courtesy of Emily Weinberger
Jeremy Thompson rose from his table at a Silver Spring, Md. restaurant and unleashed a Shakira-esque hip swivel to kick off the dance. He'd dressed himself in khakis and a button-down for the closing night of this program for adults with Down syndrome, and it wasn't long before he joined in the sing-along to Meghan Trainor and the soul train to Katy Perry.
"My favorite part is the music, dancing and karaoke," Thompson, 28, says.
The party wrapped up the sixth annual weekend in D.C. organized by LiveUp Programs, a nonprofit co-founded and run by Terps to support adults with Down syndrome. Other programs this year took place in New York City, Philadelphia, Boston and San Diego, with outings such as baseball games, cooking classes, museum tours, sailing and an acting workshops. In addition, each weekend includes a give-back component where the group volunteers together.
Jenna Aidikoff '09, whose younger sister, Lauren, has Down syndrome, came up with the concept while volunteering as a UMD student with the national nonprofit Camp PALS, which offers overnight camps for young adults with Down syndrome.
She realized that as people like Lauren grow older, the chances for structured social outings declined. That got her and fellow PALS volunteers thinking.
"After age 21, you're no longer supported in the school system and your number of opportunities significantly drop off," Aidikoff says. "[We] thought about what we liked with the young adult model and how wanted to make it more of an adult experience."
More than 400,000 people in the U.S. have Down syndrome, and their life expectancy has risen steadily from 25 in 1983 to 60 in 2016, according to the National Down Syndrome Society. Many are waiting to be placed in a group home, or don't have full- or even part-time jobs, often causing them to suffer from isolation.
Aidikoff and fellow co-founders Brian Atlas and Josh Stein set out to create a weekend-long program in D.C. in 2011 to provide a safe venue for people in the community to be themselves, learn something new, build confidence and independence, and have fun.
That inaugural event drew 16 participants, which has grown to 95 this year across the five programs, along with 200 volunteers, including mentors, medical staff, a finance team and videographers.
Aidikoff's sister Kerri '12 is a director of the Philadelphia program, and sisters Allie Weiss '09 and Jaime Weiss '12 are directors of the New York version. Eight other Terps serve as volunteers.
Participants pay tuition between $675 and $800, and the program fundraises to cover the full costs of their experience as well as that of the volunteer mentors'.
This year the D.C. participants visited the Maryland Renaissance Festival and explored the museums along the National Mall, in addition to dinner and dancing at the Tavern at Fire Station 1. Plus, the pairs of mentors and participants were given an allotted amount of money to buy items for kits to be donated to a homeless shelter, giving the participants a chance to practice life skills and gain a better understanding of the real world, says Emily Weinberger, one of the city's three directors.
"What separates LiveUp (is) we do try to get immersed in the community," Weinberger says. "You're not just taking a bunch of adults with Down syndrome bowling, you're doing things with regular people."
Emily Weinberger
Thanks for a great write-up Charlie! It's hard to capture the magic of Live Up in one article, but you did a phenomenal job! Thank you for spreading our mission and Go Terps!


Gerald F. Roach is a top-rated attorney selected to Super Lawyers for 2006 - 2019. He works at Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan, L.L.P., located in Raleigh, North Carolina, and provides legal services for issues involving Mergers & Acquisitions and Securities & Corporate Finance and Business / Corporate to the surrounding community.
Gerald Roach completed legal studies at Wake Forest University School of Law and graduated with the class of 1982. Gerald Roach passed the bar in 1982.


Do you think it's the fitness membership, the XYZ diet, or maybe just good genes? How do some people seem to stay thin with nearly no effort? Here are a few surprising factors than can help people stay slim!
A recent study found that people living within a half mile or so of a gym, swimming pool or playing fields weighed less and had smaller waists than people who didn't.
Living in or near a "walkable neighborhood" was also associated with lower body weight. Distance can also make a difference in food choices. The study also found that people who lived 1.24 miles or farther from a fast food restaurant weighed less than people who lived closer to the restaurant!
Research has found that individuals with high levels of "spontaneous physical activity" (like fidgeting) weighed less than individuals with little to no spontaneous physical activity.
While fidgeting is strongly genetic and biological in nature, if you aren't a fidgeter, you can still reap the benefits of non-exercise physical activity. Choosing to stand instead of sit, taking the stairs instead of the elevator, parking your car farther from the building's entrance, even cleaning the house, make up a large portion of the calorie-burning your body does on a daily basis. This can play a major role in keeping you slimmer.
Not only do spicy ingredients add flavor, they can help you conquer your cravings! New research has found that individuals who eat foods with more spice and flavor consume less salt and sugar!
Think about it, if a food is spicy, your taste buds are fully occupied and you tend to eat it more slowly, giving yourself time to cool down in between bites. This allows you to feel full faster. The capsaicin in hot peppers also boosts metabolism and improves insulin sensitivity, helping to keep weight and blood sugar under control.
Believe it or not, areas of high elevation have lower obesity rates. In fact, the state of Colorado has the lowest obesity rates in the nation!
Individuals living less than 1,640 feet above sea level had 5 times the likelihood of being obese compared to individuals living at 9,800 feet or greater above sea level.
Researchers believe that when combined with lower oxygen levels, higher metabolic demands due to altitude along with heightened activity of the sympathetic nervous system (which may reduce appetite) could all be possible causes for these findings.
The same study that connected lower elevation to obesity also found that people who lived in a big city, (where the population is 1 million or greater), had significantly lower obesity rates than people those living in smaller counties. Researchers name better food security, increased walkability, and better diet as the responsible factors.
Stress has an incredible impact the body, especially on weight and on blood sugar. Say you are unhappy with your current weight, and decide to go on a "diet." Dieting triggers an increase in stress hormones like cortisol, which has been linked to weight gain. You become more likely to fall victim to emotional eating. This occurs when you eat out of boredom, stress, or anxiety.
This is part of why it is so hard to lose weight, and keep it off. Traditional "dieting" is actually far more likely to cause weight gain than weight loss! The way to lose weight and keep it off long-term is not through "dieting" but through a commitment to a healthier lifestyle.
Water is critical to each and every body process. From the transportation of nutrients throughout the body, to regulating body temperature, digesting food, and more.
When you are drinking enough water, you will feel the positive effects. Your thought process will be faster, you will be more focused, and be able to concentrate more. You will feel more alert, awake, and refreshed, with more energy than before.
Water is essential for flushing toxins from the body. If the kidneys do not have enough water to function properly, toxins will build up in the blood and make an individual extremely ill.
Drinking water also helps to flush excess glucose from the blood, and helps your body keep blood sugar lower and more stable. This makes drinking water absolutely essential for diabetics.
Breakfast is and will always be the most important meal of the day. It's especially important for individuals with type 2 diabetes. Research has found time and again that those who skip breakfast experience blood sugar spikes throughout the remainder of their day. Those who eat a healthy breakfast enjoy more stable blood sugar all day long. Not only does breakfast have positive effects on blood sugar, but research has also found that individuals who eat a healthy breakfast weigh less than people who don't eat breakfast.
For decades, fat was made out to be the enemy of health. However, science is now changing the way we view fat as a part of a healthy diet. Like protein, fat is an essential nutrient. The body needs fat in order to function properly.
Research has shown that eating a diet rich in good fats lowers risk for heart disease, obesity and type II diabetes complications. According to several studies, it is not the amount of fat you eat that affects health, it is the type of fat. There are several different types of fats, each found in a variety of foods. Some are better choices than others in terms of good health.
Monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids are two "good fats." Monounsaturated fats can be found in a variety of nuts, as well as in avocado, peanut butter, and olive oil. Polyunsaturated fats, also known as omega-3 fatty acids, can be found in walnuts, and in fish like salmon and mackerel.
While the journey to our best health can be challenging and at times even frustrating, the more information we have the better. Sometimes that information is what we expect, and other times it's surprising. There are many ways to improve health and blood sugar, just keep your mind open!
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Dover - The Gateway of England Official Guide. 1964
The two pages (31 and 36) within this guide that are relevant to St Margaret's-at-Cliffe. Both are advertisements; Maddieson's Holiday Camp and the Cliffe Hotel respectively.
St Margaret's-at-Cliffe
Village Guidebooks and Street Directories
Cliffe Tavern, Maddiesons Holiday Camp
"Dover - The Gateway of England Official Guide. 1964," St Margaret's History catalogue, accessed July 19, 2019, http://catalogue.stmargaretshistory.org.uk/items/show/4776.
Portal House ( previously Morley House and Marine House)
Portal House is one of the oldest buildings in the village. Current research on its origins suggests that it may have been built as a private house…
Gordon Denoon Album
This is an album of over 300 photos of the village taken or collected between 1910 and 1980 by Gordon Denoon. It appears on the website by kind…
Village Centre Views
Views of the village centre including some taken in different decades from the top of the church tower.
Coastguards and Smuggling