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Major Announcements Coincide with Bridge's 74th Birthday
See Photos from May 27th Meeting and Logo Unveiling
Friday May 27, 2011, marks the 74th Anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge and the official launch of the 75th anniversary year-long program that will culminate May 26-27, 2012, for this engineering marvel. The Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District (GGBHTD) and the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy (Parks Conservancy), in cooperation with the National Park Service (NPS) and the Presidio Trust, are working collaboratively to develop a number of 75th anniversary programs and events to honor the iconic landmark. The Bridge is a national landmark surrounded by the national parklands of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
At the regularly scheduled GGBHTD Board of Directors meeting at 10 am, May 27, the following announcements are planned:
75th Anniversary Steering Committee Co-Chairs Announced
Two fourth-generation San Franciscans, Larry Baer and Nancy Bechtle, will serve as co-chairs of the Golden Gate Bridge 75th anniversary steering committee, established by the Parks Conservancy. As co-chairs, Baer and Bechtle will lead efforts to engage the Bay Area community in supporting the anniversary celebration. A limited partner of the San Francisco Giants' ownership group, Baer was named team president and chief operating officer in 2008 after having served as the team's executive vice president since 1992. Under his direction, the Giants enjoyed their finest hour in 2010 when they won the World Series for the first time since the team moved to San Francisco in 1958. The San Francisco Lowell High School graduate was the driving force behind every phase of the development of AT&T and has gained a national reputation as one of professional sports' leading visionaries. Nancy Hellman Bechtle is the current chair of the Presidio Trust board, is also on the board of directors for the Charles Schwab Corporation, the chairman of the board for the Sugar Bowl Corporation, and served as former vice chair of the National Park Foundation.
75th Anniversary Visitor Pavilion Design Up for Approval
Plans to transform this international gateway into an improved visitor destination befitting its historic significance and value to the community will be unveiled for the first time (click here for an aerial view of the visitor enhancements). The GGBHTD Board will approve the design of the new 75th Anniversary Pavilion (click here to see the conceptual design) to welcome visitors to the Golden Gate Bridge (to be located on the south east side). The Pavilion will provide visitor information, interpretive exhibits, and a wide assortment of newly created commemorative and interpretive sales items. Additional visitor enhancements include parking improvements, restoring historic vistas, adding overlooks, and restoring trails.
Call for Community Partners
A call for nonprofit, community-based organizations and public agencies to join in honoring the Bridge, through the selection of a series of 75 tributes, has been issued. The 75 tributes are envisioned as means to engage the region's civic, cultural, and educational organizations that are interested in developing their own programs and events to honor the Bridge or the message of bridging--bridging cultures, communities, ecosystems, languages, and more. Organizations are encouraged to submit their ideas for possible programs, including exhibits, lectures, performances, contests, tours, and other activities. Proposals to be considered for selection as one of the official 75 tributes are due by June 20. The details are available at www.goldengatebridge75.org.
Sharing Your Bridge Stories: 75th Website Launched
www.goldengatebridge75.org is the online portal for all things 75th! From information about 75th anniversary programs and events to sharing your favorite stories about Bridge, the website is the place to follow along as the events and programs evolve over the coming months. The website will provide the platform to bring the 75th Anniversary to millions of households around the world.
And the 75th Logo Revealed:
Watch for an 8-foot large version of this logo that will be unveiled at the Bridge plaza immediately following the GGBHTD meeting on May 27. (Please note: this is a trademarked/registered mark that may only be used with permission).
Celebrating Our Bridge: Golden Gate Festival, May 26-27, 2012
A spectacular two-day festival is being planned for the 2012 Memorial Day weekend to celebrate the official 75th anniversary of the Bridge. Recalling the historic "Golden Gate Bridge Fiesta" at Crissy Field when the Bridge first opened in 1937, the event will tell the story of the Bridge and provide an opportunity for the Bay Area community to celebrate together. Details are under development now.
The 75th Celebration Starts this Summer!
This summer, the Marin County Fair, from June 30 to July 4, 2011, will be themed around the 75th Anniversary celebration. Golden Gate Bridge also will have a 75th Anniversary celebration presence at the following events:
Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District (GGBHTD)
The GGBHTD operates and, maintains the Golden Gate Bridge and operates both the Golden Gate Transit bus and Golden Gate Ferry systems. The GGBHTD provides transit services without support from local sales tax measures or dedicated general funds, and instead utilizes surplus GGB toll revenues as subsidy for transit operations. To learn more, visit www.goldengate.org.
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy (Conservancy)
The Conservancy is the nonprofit membership organization created to preserve the Golden Gate National Parks, enhance the experiences of park visitors, and build a community dedicated to conserving the parks for the future. The Conservancy is an authorized "cooperating association" of the National Park Service, and is one of more than 70 such nonprofit organizations working with national parks around the country. To learn more, visit www.parksconservancy.org.
National Park Service (NPS)
The NPS is a federal agency with the U.S. Department of the Interior charged with managing the preservation and public use of America's most significant natural, scenic, historic, and cultural treasures. Established in 1916, the NPS manages 394 sites across the U.S. – including the national park lands that span 40 miles north and south on each side of the Golden Gate Bridge. www.nps.gov/goga.
Presidio Trust
The Presidio Trust is responsible for the transformation of the Presidio from an historic Army post into a premier national park that is financially self sustaining. The Presidio Trust is leading the nation's largest historic preservation project, restoring the park's buildings and landscapes, and creating innovative programs. www.presidio.gov.
Photos from May 27th Meeting


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Neil Walker homered to end Clay Buchholz's 9 1-3 inning scoreless streak and Gaby Sanchez hit a two-run drive to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Boston Red Sox 4-3 Monday.
Walker's leadoff homer in the second was the only hit off Buchholz, who struck out four and walked two in five innings.
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Today, Governor Rick Scott highlighted the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program for low-income children, praising the program for providing options to Florida families and providing dramatic savings for taxpayers.
Governor Scott said, "We work to give every student and every parent learning options that work best for their families. Florida families deserve the best opportunities possible for their children, and programs like the Tax Credit Scholarship help them to achieve those goals.
"The program is also delivering incredible savings for taxpayers and adding value into our state's education system. A Florida legislative committee estimates the scholarships will save $220 million over five years. That's hundreds of millions of dollars that go right back into providing children access to a quality education."
Additionally, enrollment has doubled in the past four years, with an additional 10,000 students on a waiting list this year. Companies also gave $229 million in tax-credited contributions this year.
Executives from several of those companies spoke about why they contribute.
"By increasing access to scholarship funding for low-income students, we are helping ensure a stronger and more qualified workforce in Florida for years to come," said Bryan Anderson, Vice President of Government Relations for HCA, which has contributed $70 million to the scholarships since 2005. "This is not just another way we can touch lives. We believe it is perhaps another method for us to save lives, without the use of our physicians' hands."
"We recognize that today's students are tomorrow's educators, business, and political leaders, and we consider it our duty to help provide them with educational opportunities," said Bob Drinon, President and CEO of Premier Beverage, which has contributed $39 million over the past two years. "All children should be blessed with the opportunity to succeed and many times that opportunity begins early on in the classroom."
"At UnitedHealthcare, we strive to help people live healthier lives," said David Lewis, CEO, UnitedHealthcare of Florida, which has contributed $29 million since 2009. "We believe that living a healthy lifestyle is about living well, and a big part of living well is having access to quality education."
The scholarship, worth $4,335, is available only for students who meet the guidelines for free or reduced-price lunch. The average household income for students this year is $23,579 — or only 6 percent above the federal poverty level. About two-thirds of the students are black or Hispanic and more than half live in single-parent households.
Faith Manuel, an Ormond Beach mother who had a son at age 15, told the audience that she switched Davion to Calvary Christian Academy, and he quickly felt as though he was part of a family. He just completed his first semester at Florida State College in Jacksonville. "Thank you for his scholarship and for amazing opportunity to stand here before you tonight," she said.
The event was sponsored by John Kirtley, chairman of the nonprofit Step Up For Students, the state-approved "scholarship funding organization" that administers the Tax Credit Scholarship. The scholarship is the largest of its type in the nation and was recently described in Education Week as a national model. Step Up For Students is rated Four Stars by Charity Navigator, the nation's largest independent charity watchdog, and received a score of 68.12 of 70 in the most recent evaluation.
For eleven years, the scholarship has served more than 270,000 Florida students. This year, nearly 50,000 students in more than 1,300 private schools are benefitting from the scholarship.


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Excerpt from a Message U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Sent to all U.S. School Districts
All of us who work in education have broken hearts and are haunted by the tragedy visited on the educators, students, and families of the Newtown Public School District and Sandy Hook Elementary School. Whenever a school experiences violence and the lives of children and adults are lost, we struggle to find words to express our emotions and explain how this could have happened.
Schools are among the safest places for children and adolescents in our country, and, in fact, crime in schools has been trending downward for more than a decade. Nationwide statistics, however, provide little solace when 20 first-graders and six adults are senselessly gunned down in a small town's elementary school. Accounts from Sandy Hook indicate that the school's heroic principal and her staff had safety measures in place and had practiced their emergency procedures. As a result, children's lives were saved and an even greater tragedy was averted.
Not all tragedies can be prevented. But schools and districts need to be ready to handle crises, large and small, to keep our children and staff out of harm's way and ready to learn and teach, and to recover from such tragedies should they occur. As we reflect on what happened last week in Connecticut, I want to share some resources from the U.S. Department of Education's Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center that may be helpful to you and your team, now and in the future.
As hard as it is to talk among adults about such a tragedy, it can be even more difficult to talk with students and our own children. Helping Youth and Children Recover from Traumatic Events is a compilation of resources from the Department of Education, other federal agencies, and counseling experts. It is so important to give children the chance to talk, write, or draw to express their emotions. Please create the time and space for them to do that.
For school districts and schools, the Department also has several resources on Creating and Updating School Emergency Management Plans. If you do have an emergency plan in place, please review it, update it as necessary, and practice that plan regularly. Knowing what to do when faced with a crisis can be the difference between calm and chaos.
The Department of Education's first priority is to help the Newtown community cope in the aftermath of this horrific event. In the days and weeks ahead, we will work with state and local officials, as well as Congress, to do everything in our power to help Newtown begin the long process of recovery.
As President Obama said, our country has suffered through mass shootings and gun deaths of young people too many times, in too many places. As a nation, we must find the courage and the conviction to take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies – now.
As districts and school leaders take steps to prevent and prepare for possible emergencies in their community, they have my full support and deepest gratitude for taking on this difficult yet necessary work. To read the entire statement, go to http://www.ed.gov/news/speeches/statement-us-secretary-education-arne-duncan-teachers-principals-and-school-administra and view the video, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPHcpNqylrc.
Resources for Parents Following Traumatic Events
Here at the Department of Education, as elsewhere throughout America, our hearts ache for the Newtown, Conn., community. In a letter today to school districts around the country, Secretary Arne Duncan noted that, "Whenever a school experiences violence and the lives of children and adults are lost, we struggle to find words to express our emotions and explain how this could have happened."
Many parents and family friends are having a difficult time expressing their own feelings of anxiety, worry or sadness, and often we do not know how to talk with children about such a senseless and horrific tragedy.
Below is a list of resources specifically designed for parents and guardians to provide guidance on talking to children following a traumatic event
For a complete list of resources visit ED's Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center, and read Secretary Duncan's "Resources for Schools to Prepare for and Recover from Crisis."
- Tips for Adults on How to Talk with Children About Connecticut School Shooting [PDF]
- Helping Young Children and Families Cope with Trauma (SAMHSA National Child Traumatic Stress Network) [PDF]
- Spanish - Ayudando a Niños(as) y Familias a Enfrentarse con el Trauma [PDF]
- Childhood Traumatic Grief Educational Materials for Parents (SAMHSA National Child Traumatic Stress Network) [PDF]
- Tips for talking to children and youth after traumatic events: A guide for parents and educators (SAMHSA) [PDF]
- Parent Tips for Helping Infants and Toddlers after Disasters (SAMHSA) [PDF]
- Parent Tips for Helping Preschool-Age Children after Disasters (SAMHSA) [PDF]
- Parent Tips for Helping School-Age Children after Disasters (SAMHSA) [PDF]
- Parent Tips for Helping Adolescents after Disasters (SAMHSA) [PDF]
For more information and to see documents in additional languages, visit http://rems.ed.gov/HelpingYouthandChildrenRecoverFromTraumaticEvents.aspx.
Contacts: Massie Ritsch, acting assistant secretary for communications and outreach; Charles Boyer, special advisor for military families; Carrie Jasper, writer and editor; and Cameron Brenchley, Lauren Thompson Starks, Kathy Facon, Connie Gillette, Jennifer Dailey-Perkins, Jacquelyn Zimmermann, contributors
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Defense braces for 'self-amputation'
Sequestration or not, the defense industry is bracing for a bad decade.
Contractors are hoarding cash. Top firms are eyeing potential mergers. And old alliances are cracking. Even senior Republicans on the House and Senate Armed Services Committees acknowledge a shrinking military is inevitable as the U.S. withdraws from Afghanistan after more than a decade of war.
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Chuck Hagel's rise to the top of President Barack Obama's shortlist to succeed Leon Panetta as Defense secretary is the latest sign the White House is preparing for a big drawdown — beyond the $487 billion reduction in Pentagon spending already on the table.
( Also on POLITICO: Sequestration: Where will cuts hit?)
Hagel, a former Republican senator from Nebraska, has said the Simpson-Bowles deficit-reduction plan should act as a starting point in negotiations to rein in the federal deficit. The plan, designed to produce a balanced budget by 2015, would require steep cuts in military spending, calling for an end to such big-ticket programs as the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, the V-22 Osprey and the Marine Corps variant of the F-35 Lightning II.
Against this backdrop, military commanders and industry executives are positioning themselves to survive the coming "period of austerity," as Marine Commandant Gen. James Amos has described it, which could result in mergers, layoffs and other cost-cutting measures.
"I'm going to have to make some really hard calls," Amos said in an interview in his Pentagon office, explaining that further cuts could force him to cancel or scale back major weapons programs, such as the JLTV. "I don't know if I'm going to be able to afford that," Amos said of the service's plan to buy 5,500 of the tactical vehicles. "The juice might not be worth the squeeze."
Defense insiders are cautiously optimistic Congress will act to avert sequestration, which would reduce Pentagon spending by about $55 billion during the current fiscal year. For them, the real problem is what comes next.
"There are few companies, if any, planning for a full-year sequester," said defense consultant James McAleese.
But a deal to stave off the automatic spending reductions is almost certain to include defense cuts of its own, he said. And that's only the beginning. "This confrontation is going to be happening either every year or every other year," he warned.
The president's latest deficit-reduction plan would slash the defense budget by another $100 billion over 10 years. And McAleese said he views that number as a floor, not a ceiling. "The market's expectation is that the compromise would be $15 [billion] to $20 billion," he explained, referring to cuts carried out each year over a decade.
Loren Thompson, another prominent defense consultant, said the end result will be reduced orders for weapons and procurement programs stretched over longer periods of time.
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Chen's sharp outing spoiled by late home run
BALTIMORE -- Manager Buck Showalter said this weekend that he has intentionally not paid attention to the American League Wild Card standings lately.
Given the Orioles' drop lately, he picked a good time to tune out.View Full Game Coverage
BALTIMORE -- Manager Buck Showalter said this weekend that he has intentionally not paid attention to the American League Wild Card standings lately.
Given the Orioles' drop lately, he picked a good time to tune out.View Full Game Coverage
Less than two weeks ago, the Orioles were 2 1/2 games shy of the AL East lead. Now, after a 4-5 homestand capped by a 3-2 loss to the Mariners on Sunday at Camden Yards, they sit 6 1/2 games out and are trending in the wrong direction.
The team's first homestand following the All-Star break was viewed as an opportunity to gain some ground in the AL East. With the Red Sox, Astros and Mariners coming to town for a nine-game set, the Orioles could have hoped to add wins in the division and beat up on the AL West cellar dwellers.
Sunday, then, represented a missed opportunity, as did the homestand viewed holistically.
"It's a turn-the-page. It is what it is," Showalter said of the team's disappointing stretch. "You try to learn from things, but if you dwell on it, there's another one around the corner. So we don't sit there and lament what could have been. You have to focus on what has to be in the future."
The team's first losing homestand since May 14-22 dropped the Orioles (61-51) further behind the AL East-leading Red Sox. After the Orioles swept the Rangers in Texas and won the first game in Kansas City, they looked like world-beaters. Since that time, though, they started a rapid descent that saw the team go 4-8 while struggling at times at the plate, on the mound and in the field.
Wei-Yin Chen was solid through six innings, but he faltered a little in the seventh, spoiling what would have been an uplifting start for an Orioles team seeking pitching consistency. The lefty allowed just one run through six, but he issued a pair of walks and a two-run homer to Henry Blanco in the seventh to take the loss.
"I feel really good today physically, except that really dangerous one to Blanco. It was a fastball and he is swinging the bat very well," Chen said through his interpreter, Tim Lin. "I think I could do a better job of pitch selection next time."
Center fielder Adam Jones said it wasn't even that bad of a pitch, but that Blanco may have been looking for a fastball he could handle inside. He got the pitch and didn't miss it, stroking the 0-2 heater on a line drive out to left field to put Seattle ahead for good.
"We were one swing and one run away from being in a different situation. They got some production out of the bottom of their order, and that hurts," Showalter said.
Chen (6-4, 2.95 ERA) struck out the first batter in the seventh, but issued a pair of walks to the next two batters. He eliminated the first one with a pickoff to first as the runner broke for second, and first baseman Chris Davis threw down to second to record the out. But Chen walked Brendan Ryan and gave up the blast to Blanco, sealing his fate.
Showalter said he didn't consider taking out Chen, who was the Orioles' best pitcher a season ago, after the two walks to face the right-handed Blanco.
"No, he was pitching well, carrying good stuff as evidenced by the next hitter he faced," Showalter said of Chen, who got Brad Miller to ground to first to end the inning. "He was throwing the ball well the whole outing. Real proud of him."
The Orioles targeted pitching at this season's non-waiver Trade Deadline, adding two starters and a right-handed reliever in July. But perhaps the most significant addition to bolster the staff was Chen's return from the 15-day disabled list. Sunday marked his fifth consecutive quality start since returning from an oblique injury that sidelined him for nearly two months.
But it came in a losing effort, one in which the Orioles stranded eight men on base through the first five innings, including going 0-for-11 with runners in scoring position.
"It's always tough. It's a tough challenge, and that's why it's so gratifying and will be if we can do it," Showalter said of leaving scoring chances on the bases. "There's going to be some bumps in the road, but we knew coming in Seattle was playing real well, swinging the bats well. You see the pitching they run out there. They kind of found their step."
Chen retired the side in order in the first. But consecutive doubles to lead off the second by Michael Morse and Raul Ibanez brought home a run, giving the Mariners a 1-0 lead.
That score held until the sixth, when recently recalled Danny Valencia hit a two-run homer to put the Orioles on the board against lefty Joe Saunders. Steve Pearce drew a walk to open the frame, and Valencia hit one out to left-center for his fifth homer of the year to give the O's a 2-1 lead.
"I thought we were pretty much in control of the game, and then Blanco hit that homer and we were behind pretty fast," Valencia said. "Their guys did a good job in the bullpen tonight, so it just came up a little short."
Valencia got the call Saturday night that he'd be added to the active roster, and he didn't get to Baltimore until roughly 4 a.m. Sunday morning, he said. This came after consecutive late nights and travel days with Triple-A Norfolk, but when he saw his name in the starting lineup Sunday morning all he thought was, "Let's do it."
The O's offense didn't generate any runs apart from Valencia's blast. But Jones said he looks at the positive of putting so many runners on in scoring position early, even if they didn't come around to score.
"They worked me. I had battled with everything I had today and they worked it," Saunders said. "They're patient, but they can be aggressive, too. They're a well-rounded lineup and make you work.
"It wasn't easy. I was thinking to myself, it must be nice to get a 1-2-3 inning, but it wasn't happening today. They made me work."
Both Jones and Nick Markakis refuted the idea that it was a disappointing homestand, and instead echoed what Showalter said, that the team would rather turn the page to the West Coast rather than review what happened over the last few series.
"Not really," Jones said, when asked if the sour end to the homestand puts a damper on the team's ethos. "Nothing sour to me. You show up ready to play. You can't win every one. There's no [pouting] and crying about it. That's how this clubhouse handles it."
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BRUSSELS, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- It's not in the interest of the British government to back away from the European Union given the complex dynamics of a globalized work, an EU leader said.
British Prime Minister David Cameron said Wednesday the United Kingdom would have a vote on whether to stay in the European Union before 2017.
"It is time for the British people to have their say," he said. "It is time for us to settle this question about Britain and Europe."
He expressed concern that frustration with policies envisioned or enacted by EU leaders was growing 40 years after London joined the European community.
European Parliament President Martin Schulz said Cameron's speech was unlikely to impress any of London's partners in the European community. The announcement, he said, was part of a "dangerous game" Cameron was playing from domestic reasons.
Elections are scheduled for Britain in 2015.
"In a globalized world, it is not in the U.K.'s interest to seek to downgrade to some kind of 'second class' EU membership and so choose to weaken its own influence on European and global affairs," Schulz said in a statement.
Cameron said that while he advocated a vote on the issue, he wasn't necessarily supporting a clean break from the European Union.
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As 2012 draws to a close we here at 10,000 Birds thought that it would be a great idea if we, like we did in 2010 and 2011, shared our Best Birds of the Year. Each Beat Writer was offered the opportunity to include what they thought was the most excellent avian to cross their path this year and the variety that they came up with is pretty darn stunning.
But we don't want to stop with just the Beat Writers. We also want to know what YOUR Best Bird of the Year was. To that end please follow the directions below.
If you don't have a blog either give a 100-word description of your Best Bird of the Year in the comments below or email a description to corey AT 10000birds DOT com by 24 December (you can include an image if you want – just make it a maximum of 600 pixels across). If you have a blog please write as long a description of your Best Bird of the Year as you want on your blog and provide a link in the comments or via email by 24 December. On 31 December I will publish another post with links to all the blog posts and the descriptions emailed to me or left in the comments and we can all revel in each others' Best Birds of the Year!
Sound good? Great! Now on to the Best Birds of the Year for those who write on 10,000 Birds!
Felonious Jive really likes a ravishing returning rarity – a Falcated Duck.
This bird has two of the qualities that birders most want in a bird: it is a total crippler, and is staggeringly rare. This bird spent the 2011-2012 winter at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge in northern California, migrated someplace exotic and distant in February, and returned to the same pond at the beginning of this month. I'm looking forward to putting it on my year list for the third year in a row. Considering the bird survived a season in an area saturated with hunters and birds of prey, this facemelting rarity deserves our respect. I should mention that I can't believe I'm picking something other than California's first Common Cuckoo for Bird Of The Year.
Falcated Duck by Felonious Jive
Duncan Wright had some pretty good birds to choose from for his Best Bird of the Year.
There have been some very strong contenders this year, from my first ever bird-of-paradise, my second ever pitta, the eye-watering Red-backed Fairy-wren and a subtle Southern Emu-wren. But really, the year was sewn up six days in when one bird made a spirited attempt to disembowel me with claws as long as my hand (or at least that was what he seemed to want to do). It was a heart-pounding scene straight out of Jurassic Park, an odd experience for a laid-back pursuit like birding. But for reminding me in no uncertain terms about the theropod origins of birds I have to give the award to my Southern Cassowary.
Southern Cassowary with chicks by Duncan Wright
Carlos Sanchez was particularly appreciative of a new bird for him in Florida.
Red-necked Grebe by Carlos Sanchez
My Best Bird of the Year was a Red-necked Grebe discovered in an urban pond in Tallahassee which lingered long enough for me to go and see it — a full 17 hour round trip drive from Miami. This bird represented only the second documented record of this species in Florida. After a relatively birdless year with little travel to exotic places, this bird was the catalyst for me to go somewhere different. Northern Florida represented a refreshing change of scenery and an opportunity to explore with a renewed sense of discovery.
Adam Riley chose a bird that is near and dear to Mike Bergin's heart.
2012 has certainly been a bumper year for me with an estimated year list of around 3,000 species after extensive travels to South Africa, Ethiopia, South Korea, Indonesia, the Russian Far East, United Kingdom, Peru, Guatemala and Panama. It was tough to choose a single bird of the year but I finally awarded the prize to the unique Horned Guan. This totally crazy bird is the crème de la crème of the cracid family, and besides being endangered (population estimated at under 2,500), its habitat choice of cloudforests on the steep slopes of a few volcanoes and mountains in southern Mexico and south-western Guatemala makes it a tough bird to seek. I was thrilled to find this co-operative bird gorging on berries during a scouting trip up the San Pedro volcano last month and even more delighted when we located a pair at the same location a week later during Rockjumper's Guatemala tour. Definitely one of the highlights of my birding career!
Horned Guan by Adam Riley
Mike was tempted to go with a guan as well, since he had the good fortune to encounter the Trinidad Piping Guan in the only country it can be found. However, he went far afield to find a more familiar fowl.
This may sound mundane, but my Best Bird of the Year is a species we all know quite well in one form or another. I traveled to the other side of the world just to see a chicken! Of course, no ordinary chicken would do, but the Red Junglefowl is the primordial progenitor of poultry, the wild source of cutlets, nuggets, and Buffalo wings. The Singapore island of Pulau Ubin is a reliable location for Red Junglefowl, the roosters of which are dashingly handsome but unexpectedly wary… I guess that's how they stay wild!
Clare Kines chose an egg as his Best Bird of the Year. And, no, I am not kidding.
What is it that makes a bird the best or the year? The one offering that crippling view, the rarest, the most surprising, the gaudiest? To my mind it is the one in the moment, that moment when its in my lens, or binoculars, or displaying for a mate. So, by sheer numbers it should be my constant companion, the Raven. But for the pure joy of the moment I choose this bird, an unhatched Red-throated Loon, softly peeping through the fruits of its efforts to free itself from the shell.
an unhatched Red-throated Loon by Clare Kines
Like Duncan, Larry Jordan had a difficult time picking his Best Bird of the Year but he eventually chose a woodpecker.
I chose the Black-backed Woodpecker as my Best Bird of the Year for a couple of reasons. He wasn't a life bird for me but I had only seen this scarce woodpecker once before and both sightings were at Lassen Volcanic National Park. I love hearing woodpeckers drumming and that was how I discovered this bird, plus I was able to get some good photos and video of him drumming! What better way to start a birding day?
Black-backed Woodpecker by Larry Jordan
Alan Tilmouth chose a bird that I would love to see myself.
Mid-winter, low sun occasionally blotted by deep, rain-filled cloud, a stiff breeze plays a constant tune in the masts and wires of the assembled fishing fleet in the small, natural rocky harbour nestled on the Irish coast. Stood high on a sea wall, north wind blowing strong in my face, scouring the dark sea, the occasional cries of Iceland, Glaucous and Herring Gulls as they dive past along with the unmistakeable smell of salt and fish locate me even with eyes closed. Out across the brooding ocean a small white shape darts elegantly toward us, buoyant in the wind, occasionally veering down to snatch an unseen morsel from the cauldron-like surface. Closer and closer, my heartbeat louder as the long-sought, oft-dreamed about Ross's Gull dashes past just a few feet from my vantage. It was hard to know whether the tears were from the icy wind or the Arctic beauty that stole my heart.
Donna Schulman liked a cuckoo.
Mangrove CuckooCoccyzus minor was on the top of my list of target birds for my trip to the Dry Tortugas and Florida Keys. Secretive, silent and undetectable outside of its breeding season, found only in the U.S. in the mangrove forests of southern Florida, declining in numbers for reasons unknown, Mangrove Cuckoo is the model nemesis bird. Four of us succeeded in getting great views of the bird at the end of a dirt road on Sugarloaf Key, at the end of a long birding day, at the end of April. And, the best thing was that it did not require tapes, just the right habitat and good ears and patience. You can read the whole story on my blog, Queensgirl.
Mangrove Cuckoo by Donna Schulman
Clare Morton, not surprisingly, picked one of those really weird birds that Australians are lucky enough to find.
I saw some great birds this year, but the highlight remains the Australian Owlet-nightjar. They are one of the hardest birds to find and accidental observations of any bird are always special. Maybe something else will surprise me before the end of the year and top up my year list, but the owlet-nightjar will still be treasured. I wrote about the experience here. The best bird in our garden this year waited until almost the end of the year and was a Buff-banded Rail.
Australian Owlet-nightjar by Clare Morton
Jochen chose a bird that everyone can appreciate.
This year, the decision which bird is my best of the year is an easy one. I saw my all-time favourite bird species again after not seeing it for more than 10 years, a splendid Bearded Vulture (well, even two) in the Tien Shan mountains above Almaty, Kazakhstan in June. However, I am in a fierce and highly emotional year list competition with Corey, and it looks like I will lose against him. Therefore, if I end up – against all odds – being the winner, I might consider the one species my best bird of the year that put me one ahead of my nemesis birder, Corey! Ha! Cheers!
Redgannet, like Donna, chose a cuckoo for which he is cuckoo.
This year, I have chosen the Guira Cuckoo as my Best Bird of the Year. There are three principle reasons for my choice:
First of all, it's a cuckoo, one of the great families that rival owls and rails in my affection. Secondly, well just look at it. Sometimes the Guira Cuckoo looks as if it has just stepped out of the shower, other times, it is just magnificent. Thirdly and most significant in this instance, the individual in the photo was considerate enough to perch prominently for a picture.
After a 15 hour night-shift flying to Argentina, all I ask of a bird is to sit still and to do it close to somewhere that I can find coffee. The Guira Cuckoo is a social bird which feeds and moves as a flock during the day and roosts cheek to cheek at night. On occasion, they even incubate their eggs (they are non-parasitic cuckoos) in a communal nest.
My own Best Bird of the Year is easy. A life bird, a wood-warbler, and in Queens! That's right, the amazingly-difficult-to-find Virginia's Warbler that I spent fifteen hours looking for and got very frustrated about before finally finding it is my Best Bird of the Year. How could it be anything else?
Virginia's Warbler by Corey Finger
Now, remember, give a 100-word description of your Best Bird of the Year in the comments below or email a description to corey AT 10000birds DOT com by 24 December (you can include an image if you want – just make it a maximum of 600 pixels across). If you have a blog please write as long a description of your Best Bird of the Year as you want on your blog and provide a link in the comments or via email by 24 December. On 31 December I will publish another post with links to all the blog posts and the descriptions emailed to me or left in the comments and we can all revel in each others' Best Birds of the Year!
Well technically its the bird inside the egg I chose, but yeah, an egg.
Not an uncommon species around Alice Springs, but the Western Bowerbird is my clear Bird of the Year for 2012.
I have three nominees for the 2012 Bird of the Year.
Western Yellow Wagtail — seen from the hide at Whittle Dene in May.
Black-and-white Warbler — seen in North Vancouver in August, a bit off course.
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch — seen on Sandia Crest in November.
May I have the envelope please… and the winner is… Brown-capped Rosy-Finch! Only the second of my nearly 1,100 lifers which I saw on my birthday.
It was my last afternoon in Ankasa Reserve, Ghana. After lazing in the heat I decided to visit the forest pools one last time, hoping for another sighting of Hartlaub's Duck or White-bellied Kingfisher. Isaac, my local guide was hesitantly following. As we reached the second pool we heard a bird creeping in the vegetation. Suddenly Isaac whispered: Grey-throated Rail. I was stunned. It was a mythical bird I didn't ever expect to see. Then we watched an adult and a chick feeding along the poolside. I even managed to shoot a video with hands trembling of excitement, probably a first of the species.
Tommy Thompson Park Bird Research Station in Toronto had an extremely rare and beautiful Townsend's Warbler x Black-Throated Gray Warbler which was banded in April. It is only the third or forth known occurence of this hybrid.
I'm gonna almost agree with Mike but one-up him slightly as my bird of the year is the less bulkier, less showy but slightly cooler Grey Junglefowl. I've always been interested in wild versions of farm animals and was lucky enough to see both species this year and to me the grey junglefowl is like that cool hipster band to the red junglefowl's worldwide pop smash – it makes less effort and is less colourful but somehow understatement makes it more interesting. I had some awesome photos of an unusually bold cock bird which I seem to have misplaced but probably the real reason I like them so much is that stopping the jeep to photograph that bird allowed the 5 tigers that walked out in front of us just after that time to do so.
Dotterel are not exceptionally rare in Ireland occurring during both spring and autumn migration. However their preference for high mountains plateaus or large open stubble fields means that they are probably overlooked or pass through unseen.
To finally connect with the species and to do so in such subtle light and with two very confiding individuals makes them my 'Bird of the Year'!
Kirtlands Warbler. I don't keep lists and as a rule I don't chase rarities. But I do monitor our local hotline and couldn't resist a Kirtlands Warbler that showed up not far from home. Kirtlands are rare, apparently fewer than 2,000 in the world, they winter in the Bahamas and summer in Michigan. Draw a line between those 2 points and our home is not far off their track. But with only 2,000 worldwide, what are the chances? Well it happened and I wrote it up as Bird of the Day on 5th May. More at http://www.mybirdoftheday.ca/2012/05/05/kirtlands-warbler/
I added 38 lifers in 2012, including Wilson's Snipe. I took up birding late in life, so it wasn't that many years ago I thought snipes were a joke!
@Duncan: nobody wins against a Bearded Vulture.
My best bird of the year was one that I had always heard of but never seen–the indigo bunting. On a totally ordinary Toledo afternoon when I was visiting my favorite Metropark, there he was: a spectacular indigo minding his own business at one of the wildlife center's birdfeeders.
My best bird of the year was my (and my wife's) very first Scarlet Tanager. I have chronicled the experience on my blog: http://gregandbirds.wordpress.com/2012/12/19/best-bird-of-the-year/
Every year Rockjumper Birding Tour's tour leaders are fortunate to enjoy thousands of bird species in over 70 countries across the globe, and here's a post of their top bird highlights for 2012
2012 was one of my best years for birding in Costa Rica. It was so good that at least two species that could have easily been given "Bird of the Year" status were beaten out by the winner, my lifer Unspotted Saw-whet Owl.
My best bird of the year has to be the Piping Plover. This past June I was invited along by the Edmonton Nature Club on a field trip to a Piping Plover breeding site. I was very excited to go because I'd never seen Piping Plovers before. While there an Alberta Fish and Wildlife officer removed the exclosures so we were able to get a good look at the very tiny Piping Plovers nests. In the area where we were, we saw 10 adults and five chicks. It was wonderful! Here is my blog post on it with photos: http://prairiebirder.wordpress.com/2012/06/24/piping-plovers/
I gotta say, a self-found Tufted Duck in Ottawa (Ontario) and a Western Grebe in the same place on the same day is pretty spectacular.
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Putin the (Not So) Great
Laughing in the face of the rest of the world's rules can only last so long.
Vladimir Putin is everywhere in the Western media these days – glaring at us from the cover of magazines, psychoanalyzed daily on television, lampooned as a bullying tyrant in cartoons. Most portrayals assign sinister intentions to the Russian ruler. Yet, a subtext in many accounts is that Putin is also succeeding. As Time magazine put it, "each new crisis makes him stronger." Putin may be a bad guy, so this story goes, but he is also shrewd, tough, strategic and smart, outmaneuvering the hapless Western alliance seeking to counter this judo master in the Kremlin.
I disagree. Putin dreams of comparisons with Peter the Great or the Catherine the Great. But if we judge him by his ability to achieve even his own stated goals, his record is not so great. He has achieved some objectives aimed at restoring Russia to the position of global greatness he believes it deserves, but failed at achieving those most important to him. And the future looks even darker.
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When I was still the U.S. ambassador to Russia earlier this year, there was much consensus among diplomats, Russian officials, and analysts about Putin's priorities. Back then, the list was (1) strengthen the Eurasia Economic Union he was trying to forge with the post-Soviet states on Russia's borders; (2) check American power around the world, including most importantly our alleged policies of regime change in the Middle East and Eurasia; (3) nurture the image of the United States as an enemy, as a way of strengthening Putin's domestic supporters and weakening his domestic critics; (4) check the expansion of American missile defenses; (5) increase trade and investment; and (6) reclaim Russia's role as a respected, pivotal power in the international system. One important objective from the past — stop NATO expansion—was not on this list because that objective, many believed, already had been achieved.
To be clear, this would not be my list for making Russia a great power. Like some in Russia (though, I fear, a dwindling minority ), I believe that a more democratic, more market-oriented Russia, which abides by the international rules of the game, is the path to greatness. But over the course of his nearly 15 years in power, Putin has demonstrated that he sees a different path to glory, one that does not involve democratic governance, that is suspicious of private property, and, increasingly, that ignores or circumvents international rules and norms Putin himself used to champion. But let's not judge Putin by my standards. Let's evaluate his success with reference to his own, clearly stated agenda.
How is Putin doing on his list? Not so great.
No doubt he has had some victories over the last few years. First, he has helped keep Bashar al-Assad, Russia's closest ally in the Middle East, in power in Syria, blocking Security Council action and supplying arms and money amidst a brutal civil war. That's a tragic fact. Second, he has succeeded in convincing most Russians that the United States is an enemy of Russia – and he did so well before this latest crisis over Ukraine and the correspondingly massive anti-Western propaganda on Russian media. In 2010, roughly two-thirds of Russians had a positive view of the United States. Today, the same percentage now has a negative view. Propaganda works. This effective campaign in turn has helped Putin crack down on Russia's democratic opposition, since they are portrayed as puppets of the United States. Third, he had begun to restore Russia's international stature, at least before the Ukrainian crisis. His positioning of Russia as a conservative counter to the liberal, decadent West resonated with many around the world, as did his stance in defense of sovereignty and against so-called American interventionism. He somehow was managing to appeal to social conservatives and anti-imperial leftists at the same time. And the Sochi Olympics generated a feel-good vibe about Russia that I have never witnessed before.
His list of recent failures, however, is even more impressive.
Most damagingly, he failed to secure Ukraine's membership in the Eurasian Economic Union—and in fact, his heavy-handed response to that failure is what has triggered the current crisis. With more than 40 million consumers, Ukraine was key to the economic success of the union in ways that tiny Belarus or oil-exporting Kazakhstan, the other members Putin has managed to sign up, were not. Initially, it had looked like Putin might succeed in bribing Ukraine to choose his Eurasian union over the European Union. Putin's $15 billion "aid package" to Ukraine seemed to have helped convince Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich to postpone signing the accession agreement with the European Union (EU). I was U.S. ambassador in Moscow at the time and I remember how smug some of my Russian government counterparts were about this victory over the EU and by implication, over us. (Those in the Russian government responsible for paying the $15 billion price tag were not so excited.) But then, as we all know, Ukrainians responded. Their protests on Maidan Square stopped any further movement toward Putin's union. Brilliant move by Putin? I am not so sure.
Having failed to achieve his most desired goal – Ukrainian membership in the Eurasian Union — Putin pursued what he saw as the next best outcome, a Russian-friendly government in Kyiv for as long as possible. In February of this year, European, American, and Russian officials worked together to try to forge a pact between the Yanukovich government and the Ukrainian opposition that would have prolonged Yanukovich's tenure in office and postponed new elections. Again, however, Ukrainians on Maidan Square said no, and Moscow's ally, Yanukovich, fled. Putin's second-best option (and frankly the option also supported by U.S. government at the time) did not succeed.


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PhoneyC is a low-interaction client honeypot designed to allow researcher to quickly and easily identify and analyze malicious websites and their malware. We hope to be adding DOM emulation and automated shellcode detection using LibEmu this summer, amongst other features, to help improve detection and performance.
Primary Mentor: Jose Nazario
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An improved phoneyc with shellcode detetection and analysis and mal-downloads submitting modules, which involves:
1.The integration and some extra API implementation of python-spidermonkey.
2.Wrap libemu into python.(python-libemu? :)~ )
3.Put all the above into python to detect shellcodes at certain time.
4.Shellcode dynamic analysis, esp. hooking the URLDownloadToFile and extract its arguments.
5.Gather those further mal-downloads through the nepenthes download module.
May 23rd: Complete the API-enhancement of python-spidermonkey, such as get all the variables in the javascript context and other JSDBG APIs in python (Better if we can interrupt it at the time of variable assignment or garbage collecting).
July 6th: Step 2 and 3 mentioned in the above.
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The Chimera, the harpy, the centaur, and the most debased and wretched mongrelman are all products of poorly applied Pnathic sorcery. Other terms have been used; hybridization, polymerization, beast fusion technique, all describing a standard set of skills and spells to create a single living creature from two seperate ones. While some of these pnathogenic creatures do go on to live relatively mundane lives, perhaps spawning their own races, most are not so lucky.
The Dangers of Pnathsis
Pnathsis, the magical act of fusion, is inherently dangerous. In most crude amalgams, the resultant creature is often left insane or deranged due to the magus in question's lack of skill. True Pnathsis is more than simply mashing two bodies together to create a new whole. This approach is akin to smashing severed limbs to their bloody stumps and lashing them together with twine and nails. While it might seem effective, more often than not the outcome is pain, infection, rot and death. With imcomplete Pnathsis, much the same occurs not to the corporeal body of the creature, but to it's now hybrid life force.
The outcomes of these mish-mashes is all to well known to those folk who reside near the lairs of wizards. Such creatures, once slipped free of their sorcerous bonds often become terrors, uncontrolled and deranged. Heroes are needed to hunt the things down, to destroy them and bring about safety.
Mastery of the Art
Like blood vessels infiltrating every part of the body, Pnathic sorcery is methodical, insinuating, and persistant. Artful use of this magic can create a Pnathotype, a true breeding hybrid. Unfortunately, gaining this level of mastery requires something that cannot be learned from books or dusty hours of research. Pnathic sorcery is a living magic, and to master it requires a strong and well grounded understanding of natural and druidic magics as well as arcane and ritual magics.
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In modern terms, this viscous pink ooze would be termed a mutagen. In fantasy terms it is a crude alchemical concoction that is used in the creation of basic hybrid creatures. Ideally, the magus in question will taint the base sample of the elixer with his own essence and then use it to infect other creatures, creating hybrids. Such monsters emerge half human, half animal, and are almost always mad with agony and pain. More vicious magi can subsitute victims to create larger and stronger hybrids, but they suffer the same maladies, often to greater extents than the tainted hybrids.
If two of the same creature are used to create a hybrid, the resultant creature is the same type as before but has a mish-mash of abilities from both creatures (mostly in the case of sentients) but is 50% larger and stronger than the larger of the two donor bodies. If used on a dead subject and a living one, the living body is reduced by 50% of it's mass and is rendered lame by the injuries of the dead donor.


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You guys, it's not easy following a trauma-inducing marzipan demon pig zombie, but by golly, I'm going to try.
[head tilt]
Perhaps I should mention I have no idea what that's supposed to be. However, if we knew, I bet it'd be super traumatizing. Or funny.
Here, let me try something a little more recognizable:
Now, as you can clearly tell from those carefully placed green and yellow squiggles, what this is is so blatantly obvious you obviously don't need me to tell you what it is. Obviously. Which is why it's in the shop's front display window.
And I'm just getting warmed up!
...said the melting anthropomorphic upside-down ice cream cone wearing a blonde wig.
(See? Told you these were easy.)
Your turn again!
Ahh, all that red and green really brings back the holiday spirit, doesn't it?
Well, WE CAN'T HAVE THAT.
Maximum trauma has now been achieved. Thank you, and good night.
1. This is in the display case. Meaning it's NOT a custom order.
2. Are those arms or exploding ear wax?
3. Are those eyelashes or...or...seriously, what are those things?!
4. Why would a frog have blacked-out Miss Piggy eyes?
5. Wait... Sweet Henson, is this supposed to be Kermit & Piggy's love child?!?
6. In that case, what's "Santa" got to do with it?
7. Why?
8. Why?
9. Why?
Thanks and Kermit flails all 'round to Kathy R., Ayla E., Cara M., Ashley A., & Liz W. for adding a colorful new character to my future nightmares.


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YMCA: McIntire softball destruction not our fault
Amid increasing upset over the City's unilateral decision to destroy the Dewey D.S. Shiflett softball complex at McIntire Park, one group involved in the Park overhaul says it's innocent. To Piedmont-Virginia YMCA chair Kurt Krueger, any blame is not only unfounded– it's an outrage. And he's got the drawings that seem to back him up.
Recent attempts by the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County to offer up some lights for softball at Darden Towe Park have resulted in nothing for softballers– besides a feeling that they've been pushed from their historic home at McIntire by taxpayer-supported plan to place at YMCA there.
The on-going battle between league softball and the City has centered around the introduction of the "Y" to the city's central public park, with both governing bodies to offer hefty financial allocations– $2.03 million from the County and $1.25 million plus a 40-year, $1 an acre land lease from the City.
The controversy spun off a side-controversy: the potential lighting of three softball fields and the city-and-county-owned Darden Towe Park. At an October 8 public hearing on that, supervisor David Slutzky said, "We're here based on the premise that the proposed placement of the Y encroaches on the softball fields at McIntire."
"The supervisors' comments were not fair," Krueger responds. "They're punishing the wrong people– we didn't cause that to happen."
Krueger has released to the Hook two early site plans, both dating from the spring of this year, that clearly indicate the preservation of the softball field footprint.
While the Y's building does not physically affect the softball fields, it's the increase in parking– allegedly due to City Code– that threatens the existing footprint of the fields. City Council voted May 19 to replace the two softball fields with a single artificially turfed, multi-use, rectangular field.
That didn't sit well many of the 298 softball teams. They constitute the City's largest recreational league and swell public coffers with $146,000 in annual revenue, according to league director Bernie Garrison. Many players have blamed Garrison for not adequately informing them that their primary site were doomed by the overhaul.
"The softball crowd said that the City is giving park land to a private group– this is a misleading statement," Krueger says. "The Y doesn't have a stake in that fight."
Krueger says Y had approached the city in April with a site plan, by VMDO Architects, that allowed for expanded parking, while preserving the original field size.
"When we negotiated the lease, we gave them a plan that put in language that they not set us in the picnic shelter area– it's a difficult topography in which to locate a building," Krueger says. "But the city and public wanted to preserve green space. So being good corporate citizens, we gave [City Parks director] Mike [Svetz] a plan and showed how we could do it without getting rid of the softball fields."
Svetz and the master planning committee, however, rejected the site plan. "The community desires a parking plan that doesn't look like Barracks Road," Svetz says.
For another option, planners turned to master plan developers Rhodeside Harwell, which presented the City with a plan that required redoing McIntire's entrance road and parking dynamics, erasing the softball fields as a result. Both the city and Rhodeside Harwell cited stormwater management as a critical factor in the site improvements.
"In my view, this was an aesthetic consideration," says Krueger. "Saying it's a stormwater issue is disingenuous. What is frustrating is that instead of the city being man enough to say this is the issue, they're raising the stormwater issue and blaming it on the Y."
According to Krueger, the combined need for both rectangular field space and indoor recreation space by the City and County motivated the replacement of the softball fields.
By bringing a Y to McIntire, the City provides for both burgeoning competitive and recreational swim needs, as determined through City and County "needs assessment," as well as brings an affordable entity to the heart of Charlottesville. (As part of its mission, the Y plans to provide scholarships.)
"We originally had the opportunity to go to PVCC, but the board felt that the mission to give the underprivileged a Y would be better gained with a city location," Krueger says. "It isn't appropriate for us to build where only city or only county residents can go."
Despite the acrimonious debate, Krueger remains confident of the Y's success at McIntire. While softball players rally to save McIntire's fields, Krueger plans to meet with City Councilors and county Supervisors to proceed in the building's design. According to Svetz, a smaller building footprint could alter the necessary site development, which in turn would reduce the current parking need– leaving the softball or potential rectangular fields untouched.
Which is what Krueger and the YMCA had planned on all along.
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"While the Y's building does not physically affect the softball fields, it's the increase in parkingââ?¬â?? allegedly due to City Codeââ?¬â?? that threatens the existing footprint of the fields." This is some more phoney mess from the city. The city was aware of the parking requirements in April before it changed the site plan. At the very last minute, about three weeks before Council's vote it changed the plan. However, the parking coded did not change, so why was the "required" parking put in orginially? Don't the people in Neighborhood Development Services, who deal with all sorts of parking requirements every week, know the code. Of course they do. Didn't they take an extensive look at the site plan, including parking space requirements? Of course they did. There is a checklist of items that have to be approved and parking is prominently on it. And, so is stormwater management requirements. So anyone that believes all of these issues became revealed in the three-to-four-weeks between April and counci's vote on May 19 is very, very, very...
ââ?¬Å?In my view, this was an aesthetic consideration," says Krueger. ââ?¬Å?Saying it's a stormwater issue is disingenuous. What is frustrating is that instead of the city being man enough to say this is the issue, they're raising the stormwater issue and blaming it on the Y."
I'm glad people are beginning to realizae that some city officials lie. They have learned in the last ten years or so that the majority of people in Charlottesville are dumb enough to believe whatever they say.
Pizza Bella North is closed with an Indian restaurant already making grand opening renovations. How did we miss that?
Just ate at Pacino's and enjoyed it very much. Quality ingredients, hefty portions... Mmm. At $7, it can't compete with Bodo's or Just Curry as regular corner lunch stops, but it has earned a spot in my mid-range rotation.


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When the 2013 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue is published on Tuesday, Nina Agdal will be as anxious as you are to see the cover. She may be on it.
If so, it will not be the only thing she has in common with last year's wildly popular cover model, Kate Upton.
Agdal, who will spend this weekend at the Dirty Dutch Model Beach Volleyball Tournament on South Beach, was the "rookie of the year" in last year's SI swimsuit issue (yes, there was a trophy). Upton, who turned her 2011 SI rookie of the year award into 2012 cover status, and Agdal became friendly during last year's promotional events.
"I met her last year at a club in Las Vegas. People called us the Strawberry Diet Coke table, because we're both underage," says Agdal, 20, laughing into the phone from a modeling shoot in Jacksonville.
The Upton buzz got louder this week in the wake of a memorable Super Bowl commercial for Carl's Jr. (and its East Coast brand, Hardee's), a chain that has created fiery ads featuring Upton, Kim Kardashian and Padma Lakshmi. The commercial showed a bikinied Agdal lolling around on the beach to the tune of Bobby Darin's "Beyond the Sea," as she inhaled the restaurant's new charbroiled Atlantic cod fish sandwich.
The online buzz over the ad continues to rage. Agdal says most of the feedback has been positive, though there have been "haters" who question a swimsuit model pushing a fast-food sandwich. Agdal has a one-word response: Cod.
"I was born and raised in Denmark. I grew up eating fish like Atlantic cod," she says, her voice betraying a little heat. "It's a lean, white fish, a great substitute for a burger. And it's charbroiled, not fried. It's delicious."
Like most sex symbols, Agdal says she doesn't see it herself, describing a childhood as an "ugly ducking." While Upton has dabbled in acting and is SEO gold, Agdal says she'll try to take things slowly.
"People are saying I might go in her footsteps, but I'd rather make my own footsteps. I'm not going to be doing any acting yet," says Agdal, who spends most of her time on the road, but lives in New York.
For now, she's focused on her responsibilities at the Dirty Dutch Model Beach Volleyball Tournament, which will include hosting live-stream coverage of matches that pit top local agency talent and their admirers against each other on Ocean Drive. The event, which is free, benefits the Irie Foundation.
Agdal is also looking to spend time at Miami Children's Hospital, where she has made previous visits to young cancer patients.
"It's just amazing to see how strong these kids are, even though they are going through the hardest time," she says. "I would love to do more for these beautiful children."
For more information on the weekend's volleyball, go to ModelBeachVolleyball.com.
Now in its 21st year of history-laden family entertainment, the Florida Renaissance Festival, sponsored by Warsteiner Beer, this weekend begins a six-week run at Quiet Waters Park in Deerfield Beach. Yes, that's one week more than last year, due to "popular demand," its producers say. We're such history buffs … Other new things to look for this year include Jacques Ze Whippeur, a provocative young whip-handler from the famed Big Apple Circus, and ye olde Florida Renaissance Festival iPhone and Android app. In case you need to know when those turkey legs are ready. To plan your attire, the theme schedule is: Romance Weekend ("Wine and Chocolate") Friday-Saturday; Pirates Weekend ("Pillage the Village") Feb. 16-18; Wenches Weekend ("Bodacious Bodices") Feb. 23-24; Time Travelers Weekend ("From Steampunk to the Stars") March 2-3; Explorers Weekend ("Viva Florida: Florida's 500th Birthday") March 9-10; St Patrick's Weekend ("We're Going Green") March 16-17. Hours: 10 a.m. to sunset each weekend. Tickets: $20, $7 ages 6-11, 5 and younger free. Season passes are $65. Info: Ren-fest.com, 800-373-6337.
The fragrant Delray Beach Garlic Fest is Friday through Sunday on the grounds of Delray Beach Center for the Arts at Old School Square. Not that you can't smell it a mile away. The 14th annual event, nicknamed "The Best Stinkin' Party in Town," includes plenty of food, drink and activities — including garlic ice cream, garlic funnel cakes and the garlic kissing booth — as well as kids' rides and performances from local and national acts such as Lifehouse (below) and Pepper. Tickets: $10, $15. Info: DBGarlicfest.com, 561-279-0907.
Hollywood gets a jump on Mardi Gras with food, drink and a free concert headlined by the Crescent City's own Bonerama from 6 to 11 p.m. Saturday at the ArtsPark on Young Circle. The show, called Hollywood ArtsPark Experience: New Orleans and curated by the Rhythm Foundation, also includes T-Broussard and the Zydeco Steppers, and the Bad Apples Brass Band. On Tuesday, the Stooges Brass Band, which spent Super Bowl Week as the house band for ESPN's SportsNation, will do a free 7:30-9 p.m. concert at the Hollywood Beach Bandshell. Info: RhythmFoundation.com, 305-672-5202. Another hot Mardi Gras party to consider is the Young Professionals for Covenant House benefit on Tuesday from 6 p.m. to midnight at Lulu's Bait Shack on Fort Lauderdale beach. Tickets: $15 in advance for members ($20 at the door); $20/$25 for nonmember guests; $30 for new members. The ticket gets you two drinks, a free app, beads and a mask (perhaps handy after the drinks). Info: YPFCH.org.
This weekend offers several opportunitunities to watch "Kings Point," the Oscar-nominated documentary about seniors dealing with love, loss and loneliness in a Delray Beach retirement community. The film is part of an annual series, produced by Shorts HD, that will screen all the Academy Award hopefuls in the short-film categories (live action, animation and documentary) in more than 200 theaters across the country. Upcoming screenings of "Kings Point" are at the Lake Worth Playhouse (LakeWorthPlayhouse.org, 561- 586-6410) at 5:30 p.m. Saturday; 3 p.m. Feb. 13; 1 p.m. Feb 15; 2 p.m. Feb. 18; and 7:30 p.m. Feb. 20. It will also be shown at Fort Lauderdale's Cinema Paradiso (FLIFF.com, 954-525-3456) at 7:45 p.m., Friday; 4:15 p.m. Saturday; 6:45 p.m. Sunday; and 6 p.m. Wednesday. "Kings Point " also can be seen at the Coral Gables Art Cinema (GablesCinema.com, 786-385-9689) at 2:30 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday; 4 p.m. Tuesday; and 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Here is more information about "Kings Point."
In less than two years, the Arts Garage in Delray Beach became a fixture on the South Florida arts scene with programming that ranges from hip-hop nights to daring, Carbonell-nominated theater attended by similarly adventurous crowds that can be counted on to cross-pollinate a creative vibe all over Pineapple Grove and Atlantic Avenue. So the news that the city is interested in moving the Arts Garage a few blocks farther away from the Old School Square hub seems counterintuitive. Supporters of the current location will share that sentiment at a city commission meeting on Tuesday. Info: ArtsGarage.org, 561-450-6357.
This is your last weekend to see the "Warhol and Cars: American Icons" show at the Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale. While it's motivating to see the evolution of the man from commercial illustrator to audacious transmitter of the then-new pop-art language, the exhibit has always felt slight. On the other hand, in the next room, Foto Fort Lauderdale's parade of images by Diane Arbus, Elliott Erwitt and Vic Muniz practically jumps off the wall to demand your attention. Iconic cities, tormented celebrities, freaks, patriots, dreamers and dancers flash by as slowly or as quickly as your feet and imagination will take you. I could look at them for hours. Info: MoaFL.org, 954-525-5500.
Looking ahead, the fifth annual Swamp Stomp Music Festival returns Miami's Tobacco Road on Feb. 16, with a sweat-inducing lineup of 20 local bands joined by headliners Fishbone and Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds (below). Local art, food and drink are part of the 21-and-older event, which runs from 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. Tickets: $15 advance, $20 at the door. Info: SwampStompMusicFestival.com.
Rip's Sports Bar and Grill, inside the stylish Diamond Strike Lanes (2200 N. Federal Highway, Pompano Beach), will unveil its entertainment area (new stage, lights and audio) on Friday with a free night of hard-rockin' '80s jams from Black Velvet Revival, complete with a period costume contest. In case you're unclear on what to wear, be advised that BVR will include an entire set of Van Halen. On Saturday, the entertainment is described as a "full-costume tribute concert to Johnny Cash" by touring Cash idolizer Ralph Curtis, guitarist Vince Rayburn and drummer Shawn Beamer, who did a decade with Molly Hatchet. Info: DiamondStrikeLanes.com, 954-941-0968.
It's been nearly eight years since their break-out album, "From Under the Cork Tree," and three years since their last tour. But part-time celebrity Pete Wentz and Fall Out Boy are returning to arenas across the country like they never left: "This isn't a reunion because we never broke up," declares the band on its website. "We needed to plug back in and make some music that matters to us. The future of Fall Out Boy starts now." FOB will bring the tour that supports the new album, "Save Rock and Roll," to the Fillmore Miami Beach on June 5, with tickets ($35) on sale at 10 a.m. Friday at the box office and all Ticketmaster outlets. Info: FillmoreMB.com, FalloutBoyRock.com.
10s 2.0
Daniel Tosh always seemed better than his material when he appeared on the late-night loser-fest called "10s" on WAMI-TV beginning in the last millennium. As you will remember from your history books, Tosh and a female co-host would scour South Florida beaches and bars for scantily clad women who would agree to answer a few idiot questions and dance provocatively in front of the camera. It was YouTube. But who could have imagined that a decade later he'd have a Comedy Central show, "Tosh.0," and a national stand-up tour? Tickets for two June 29 Tosh performances at the Fillmore Miami Beach go on sale 10 a.m. Friday. Cost: $59.75 and $95 at the box office, LiveNation.com or 800-745-3000. Info: FillmoreMB.com, 305-673-7300.
Recommended listening … The English Beat brings essential '80s pop-ska hits like "Mirror in the Bathroom," "Save It for Later," "Tenderness" and "Tears of a Clown" to the Culture Room in Fort Lauderdale Friday night (CultureRoom.net) … The Spam Allstars play a free show at Bayfront Park in Miami Friday night (DwnTwnconcerts.com) … The legendary George Jones cranks up the country classics at the Seminole Casino Coconut Creek on Saturday night (SeminoleCoconutCreekCasino.com) … Reel Big Fish jumps around at Revolution Live in Fort Lauderdale on Saturday (JointheRevolution.net) ... The Harlem Gospel Choir will stir souls on Saturday at the Miramar Cultural Center (MiramarCulturalCenter.org) … Juanita Dixon and the Jeff Prine Band do Blue Jean Blues in Fort Lauderdale on Monday (BlueJeanBlues.net) … Graham Drout livens up the Big Easy in Hollywood on Wednesday (TheBigEasyBarandGrille.com) … The Drive-by Big Band is at PAX in Miami on Wednesday (PaxMiami.com) ... The O'Jays take the "Love train" to Hard Rock Live on Thursday (HardRockLiveHollywoodfl.com) …
Get daily updates on South Florida entertainment and things to do at SouthFlorida.com and on Twitter at @BenCrandell.


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Samsung Galaxy S2 I9100 has been running on the Android 4.0.3 firmware and recently there were rumors that said that it won't receive the Android 4.0.4 ICS update. However, all these rumors were shattered today because there is a new leaked firmware for I9100 that is based on Android 4.0.4 ICS and with XXLQ5 firmware, which means that Samsung should eventually launch the new update in the near future. Make sure to read all the instructions listed in this post and learn how to successfully flash the new firmware on your device.
This is a leaked firmware of Android 4.0.4 ICS for Galaxy S2 devices and you should know that this update isn't finished and it might still pack some bugs and errors.
Before you can start installing hte XXLQ5 firmware on your Galaxy S2 device, you should learn what actions and what applications you need to use in order to backup the files currently stored on your device. Make sure to read the preparation guide info and only afterwards you should move on to the first step of the tutorial. Here's what you need to know:
- the XXLQ5 Android 4.0.4 ICS firmware has been leaked and it can be used to upgrade your phone from Android 4.0.3.
- install the update only on Samsung Galaxy S2 I9100 devices. Do not attempt to flash the XXLQ5 firmware on other Android devices.
- the updating process will wipe all data, applications and other files. You should move the important files on your phone's internal or external sdcard storage space. Note that the update won't delete the contents of the SD cards, which is why you can move the files you wish to save in there.
- to save applications, APN Settings, Call Logs and SMS text messages you will need to use the following applications: AppBAK for Android apps backups | SMS backup & restore | Call Logs backup & restore | APN Settings Backup & Restore.
- To backup your saved phone numbers, you should sync them first with the Gmail account. This guide HERE teaches you how to complete the sync process without losing any data.
- enable the Android Debugging mode.
- download and install the Samsung USB Drivers on your computer: Windows 32 bit (x86) | Windows 64 bit (x64).
- you can create a complete backup of the currently installed ROM using the root-based services and apps such as CWM recovery, ROM manager etc.
- remember to charge the S2 I9100 battery until it foes over 70% in power levels.
- you're installing the new update at your own risk and you shouldn't blame us in case you damage your phone, as you are the one taking the risk and note that this guide should be applied by advanced Android users.
- Remove/ disable Samsung KIES during the firmware update process.
That's all the info you had to read and now you should move to the tutorial guide. Remember that you won't be able to complete the installation in case you don't have the Windows USB drivers for Samsung installed on your PC. Apply only the steps I've listed in the tutorial and in case you cannot complete the guide, then please feel free to post all your questions in the comments field.
How to update Samsung Galaxy S2 I9100 to Android 4.0.4 ICS XXLQ5 leaked firmware:
- Download the XXLQ5 firmware file from HERE on your computer.
- Extract its contents into a single folder and you should obtain four different files, three of them are listed with the '.tar.md5' extension while the other one is '.pit'. After the unzip process is complete you should move to the next step.
- Download Odin 1.85 from HERE.
- Unzip ODIN contents in a single folder on your PC.
- Power OFF the device and make sure that it isn't connected to your computer.
- Boot your Samsung Galaxy S2 into Download Mode. Do it when the phone is switched off by pressing and holding 'volume down' + 'home' + 'power' buttons simultaneously until the Warning screen appears, which is when you need to release the buttons and press 'volume up' to load Download Mode for I9100 Galaxy S2 device.
- Go back to your computer and open the ODIN folder. Launch the Odin executable file.
- Connect your Galaxy S2 to your PC and Odin should now say 'added' and you can move to the next step. This means that all Samsung USB drivers were installed successfully.
- In Odin click the PDA button and load the 'I9100_CODE_I9100XXLQ5_CL753921_REV02_user_low_ship.tar.md5' file.
- Next, click PHONE and load the 'MODEM_I9100XXLQ5_REV_02_CL1165929.tar.md5' file.
- Click CSC and load 'GT-I9100-MULTI-CSC-OXALQ5.tar.md5'.
- Now click the START button to begin the installation of the XXLQ5 firmware update on your Galaxy S2. Don't change any of ODIN's default options. Wait until the update is complete.
- After all firmware files have been installed your Galaxy S2 will restart and when the Samsung Logo pops up you can unplug the USB connection. Odin will say 'PASS' and that means that all files have been successfully installed and your device is running the leaked Android 4.0.4 ICS XXLQ5 firmware.
NOTE: In case ODIN gets stuck and it freezes during the installation, then something might have gone wrong and you will need to power off the device, disconnect it from your PC, remove its battery, close ODIN, re-insert the battery and after that boot again in Download mode and restart the tutorial from step 6. If you still cannot complete the installation then you should ask for our help by leaving a comment and giving us enough info, so that we can determine what actions you should apply in order to update your SGS2.
I hope that this guide helped you successfully update your Galaxy S2 I9100 to Android 4.0.4 ICS XXLQ5 firmware. Return in the next few days to learn how to successfully root and install CWM Recovery on your smartphone. If you have any extra tips or tricks, then you should post in our comments section.
UPDATE: If you wish to root the XXLQ5 firmware, then you should use this tutorial guide HERE. You'll learn how to properly re-gain root access for your Galaxy S2 device that is now running the latest leaked ICS 4.0.4 Android firmware.


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By Staff Writer | March 1, 2013
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The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has issued two contracts to CAE related to training and simulation at the company's Medium Support Helicopter Aircrew Training Facility (MSHATF). Under the first agreement, CAE will continue to supply ground school and simulator aircrew training for the Royal Air Force (RAF) through 2017. The manufacturer is upgrading the Eurocopter Puma dynamic mission simulator at MSHATF to the new Puma HC2 configuration and plans to have it online by summer 2013.
Under the second contract, CAE will update one of the Boeing CH-47 Chinook dynamic mission simulators to meet the RAF Mk4 standard, also known as the Project Julius program. MSHATF is currently equipped with six CAE-built simulators—three dedicated to the CH-47, two for the AgustaWestland AW101 Merlin, and one to the Puma—as well as four classrooms and a tactical control center.


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BOULDER CITY, Nev. -- Taking a break from debate prep, President Barack Obama made an unexpected stop Tuesday at the Hoover Dam, his first visit to a tourist spot considered one of the world's great engineering feats.
Asked why he came, Obama said: "Because it's spectacular and I've never seen it before."
The president has retreated to a desert resort in Nevada for three days of preparation for his debate Wednesday against Republican rival Mitt Romney.
Obama told reporters that he had not realized his debate camp in Henderson, Nev., was so close to the dam until aides informed him.
So, he said he responded by saying: "Well, we gotta go check it out."
The Hoover Dam is roughly a 30-minute drive from Henderson.
Obama's motorcade pulled in after routine travel and the president was soon seen peering out at the dam.
Obama mentioned the dam in his State of the Union address this year as an example of America's history of building up its infrastructure during hard times.


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Race Course
The Tinman Hawaii Triathlon begins and ends at Kapiolani Park near Waikiki and Diamond Head, Oahu, Hawaii. Download the Maps (3.62 MB) .
Tinman Triathlon Start/Finish and Transition Area
Racer Drop Off Map
Tinman Swim
OCEAN SWIM – 750 Meters
Start at Queen's Beach pier, swim east around the large buoy and head west to a buoy in the front of the swim finish transition area.
Check out this drone footage...
BIKE COURSE – 40 Kilometers
Bike course will start from the transition area in Kapiolani Park. Cyclist will head out onto Kalakaua Ave. and ride up Diamond Head Rd. and Kahala Ave. Turn left on Kealaolu St., go right and merge onto Kalanianaole Hwy. eastbound till Lunalilo Home Rd. Make left turn, stay on Lunalilo Home Rd till cyclist makes a right turn onto Hawaii Kai Dr. At the corner of Hawaii Kai Dr. and Kealahou St, cyclist will make a u-turn and head back. Turn left at corner of Hawaii Kai Dr and Lunalilo Home Rd., turn right on Wailua, turn left onto Keahole St, then turn right to merge onto Kalanianaole Hwy west bound. Take right exit at Kilauea Ave. exit ramp, turn left onto Kilauea Ave.. Turn left on Elepaio, turn right on Kahala Ave., ride up Diamond Head Rd., and turn left on Kalakaua Ave. back to the transition area at Kapiolani Park.
Tinman Bike Out
Tinman Bike Return
Music by U2: Elevation from All That You Can't Leave Behind
RUN COURSE – 10 Kilometers
Start at Run Exit west/ocean end of transition area. Head toward Kapahulu Ave. (Honolulu Zoo), turn right on Paki. Cross street at corner of Paki and Monsarrat Ave. and run up Monsarrat Ave and turn left on 18th Ave. Turn right on Kilauea Ave., turn right on Elepaio St., turn right on Kahala Ave., head up Diamond Head Rd., turn left onto Kalakaua Ave. toward the transition area and Finish Line.
Tinman Run
Music by Rebelution: Running from Courage To Grow