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Captive U.S. chimpanzees now have Endangered Species Protection!
On June 12, 2015, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced its final ruling, classifying chimpanzees, both wild and captive, as endangered under the Endangered Species Act.
The ruling will bar most invasive research on chimpanzees, with exceptions limited the work that would "benefit the species in the wild" or aid in chimpanzee propagation and survival. This new ruling extends these limits to more than 700 chimps in U.S. research laboratories, as well as chimps in zoos and the entertainment industry, while also making it illegal to sell chimpanzee blood, cell lines, or tissue across state lines without a permit.
**Update: June 11, 2013**
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services Proposes Protection for all Chimpanzees, captive and wild, as endangered. Currently the United States is the only country in the industrialized world that does not classify captive chimps as endangered or protected status. Chimps are the only species listed as endangered in the wild and threatened in captivity, opening the door for medical research, the pet trade and use in the entertainment industry. The endangered proposal will be submitted to public comment before being finalized at the end of 2013.
According to the U.S. FWS news release, if the proposal is finalized: "certain activities would require a permit, including import and export of chimpanzees into and out of the United States, "take" (defined by the ESA as harm, harass, kill, injure, etc.) within the United States, and interstate and foreign commerce. Permits would be issued only for scientific purposes or to enhance the propagation or survival of the affected species, including habitat restoration and research on chimpanzees in the wild that contributes to improved management and recovery. The Service will work closely with the National Institutes of Health, the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, the biomedical research community, and other affected parties to consider the implications of this proposed rule on their operations."
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Miles from the Atlantic sits a curious development of islands that have sprouted in the heart of Florida's citrus country. If you listen on a cold, clear morning, when sound carries the furthest, you just might hear a sound more akin to east Africa then of South Florida. Hidden in plain sight among Indian River County's citrus orchards sits the world's largest chimpanzee sanctuary, Save the Chimps, a 150-acre slice of property that acts as a home for 272 chimpanzees that have been rescued from research laboratories, the entertainment industry and the pet trade. In appearance, Save the Chimps is completely at odds with the carefully segmented orange grove plots, but in action, the sanctuary is the most natural, heartwarming place in the state.
Save the Chimps is a powerful place. When invited to tour the property, I quickly jumped at the opportunity, not exactly sure what to expect but knowing that the outside world very rarely gets a chance to enter this great ape domain. I, like most, am a product of popular culture, where the brief experience I have had with great apes has been limited to visits to zoos or on television and through movies. I knew little of the research chimpanzees are subjected to and even less about chimps as a species, other then the standard "closest relative to humans." And of the chimps at Save the Chimps, I knew even less, knew nothing of where they came from, the conditions in which they were forced to live, the tests they were forced to endure and the utter seclusion that became their lives before the sanctuary. Visiting Save the Chimps was an education, simultaneously heartwarming and heartbreaking—an emotional experience that makes me glad I fell into this job.
Save the Chimps, a member of the North American Primate Sanctuary Alliance, is the largest chimpanzee sanctuary in the world. At 150 acres, the property has been divided into 12 distinct islands, each three acres in size and equipped with a hurricane-proof night house, a jungle gym of epic proportions, hills and a family group of chimpanzees, ranging in number from eight to 26. In all, 272 chimps call Save the Chimps home, each retired from a life that would render most speechless. Some were rescued from biomedical research facilities, where a daily tranquilizer dart, liver biopsy for breakfast and life of solitary confinement was not the exception but the rule. Others were freed from the entertainment industry, where chimps are forcibly removed from their mothers as babies and thrust into a civilized world. After being made to act as humans and forming attachments to caregivers, they are sold off to research laboratories when they became too big to handle. Some were the victims of a predatory pet trade, possessed by misguided and foolhardy pet owners who quickly realized a full-grown chimpanzee was not only a poor decision for a pet but a dangerous one as well. These chimps, which grew up in situations so far removed from what their natural habitat would have been, were forced to endure what can best be described as living nightmares.
Save the Chimps is a night and day change of pace for the resident chimpanzees. The mission of the sanctuary is straightforward: "to provide and build support for permanent sanctuary for the lifelong care of chimpanzees rescued from research laboratories, entertainment and the pet trade." But the seed of Save the Chimps was, oddly enough, sowed by Sputnik.
Ham in space suit is fitted into the couch of the Mercury-Redstone 2 capsule #5 prior to his test flight conducted on January 31, 1961.
At the height of the Space Race, chimpanzees manned experiments and missions deemed too risky or harmful to humans. These chimps, and their descendants, were the first inhabitants of Save the Chimps. In the 1950s, the United States Air Force procured 65 young and infant chimpanzees from Africa, establishing a cadre of nonhuman test pilots and crash-test dummies. Some, most famously Ham and Enos, even manned missions into space. Over the decades, this population grew to more than 140, but as USAF chimp research began to wane, some were luckily retired to sanctuaries and zoos, but most were confined to small cages and destined for biomedical research.
When the USAF decided to get out of the chimpanzee research business, the chimps, deemed "surplus equipment," were leased to biomedical laboratories, most notably the Coulston Foundation in New Mexico—consequently one of the worst offenders of the Animal Welfare Act. In 1997, as the USAF was divesting the last of its chimps, Dr. Carole Noon, a primatologist from Florida, sued the USAF on behalf of the chimps, calling for retirement instead of a continued life in research. Save the Chimps was born.
After a yearlong legal battle, Noon was granted permanent custody of 21 Air Force chimps. With a grant from the Arcus Foundation, an international organization working to advance social justice and conservation issues, specifically with LGBT equality as well as to conserve and protect the great apes, Save the Chimps purchased the 150-acre parcel in Fort Pierce and began building the first chimp island.
Earning her Ph.D. in the re-socialization of chimpanzees, Noon (right) helped establish a family group of the 21 Air Force chimps, introducing them to their new island home in 2001. By 2002, Save the Chimps had rescued an additional seven chimpanzees (five former pet chimps and two entertainment chimps), expanding the family group to 28. The mission of the organization was amended to include the rescue and sanctuary of entertainment and pet trade chimps to those rescued from biomedical research.
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In short: Worth the tripIn full: This is a nice pleasant race with a friendly crowd and marshalls.Well worth putting in the diary for next yearDate of review: January 26, 2010
In short: Nice friendly race.In full: Nice little race with friendly marshals. Few little hills, but nothing too terrible.Nice kit bag memento.Date of review: January 26, 2010
In short: Friendly, interesting raceIn full: Very well attended race with nearly 500 competitors finishing. Busy at the start as the car park was full but kind lady who lives next door let me and 4 other cars park on her driveway. This sums up the friendliness of the race. A nice interesting course mainly on paths and generally flat with a few inclines after about 8km. Recommend to others. It was also raising money for a good cause.Date of review: January 26, 2010
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In short: A great friendly raceIn full: A fine race to start the year. Nice route and very well marshalled, they did very well in stopping the few traffic crossings. Thanks. Date of review: January 25, 2010
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With the oil boom and the rapid increase of population over the last few years, it probably wouldn't come as any big shock that there are more incidences of crime and other "bigger city" problems. One such issue that has also been on the rise is the increase in drug test results that have been turning up positive, something the Sanford Occupational Health Clinic has noticed.
Jennifer McGregor, director of business operations with Sanford Health, said she took a look at drug test results from 2011 to 2012 and saw a 60-percent increase in positive drug tests, which is consistent with drug test results of marijuana and methamphetamine showing up positive.
The sharp increase in positive results from drug tests is primarily because of the increase in population over the last three years, McGregor explained. There are a lot of jobs here and a lot of people find North Dakota attractive for that reason, she continued. The oil boom could not exactly be pinpointed as a direct cause of failed drug tests, however, as the clinic does not collect industry-specific data. They see positive drug test results across the board, McGregor noted.
There are ways to decrease the rate of positive drug tests and McGregor listed several. Employers need to be aware of drugs being brought into the workplace, she said.
"Employees generally have to work to support their drug addiction," she said.
Supervisors need to be trained to look for signs and symptoms of drug use in the workplace, as well as have complete guidelines and consequences for someone who is using drugs at work.
"It needs to be taken seriously by all," she added. What's more, McGregor said employers and employees need to be educated about drugs in the workplace and be able to readily talk about resources available to help with the person's drug use issue.
Companies have different reasons to test for drugs. Sometimes a company will test before an employee is hired and may also include random testing later on, McGregor said.
"Employers will sometimes test for reasonable suspicion, after an accident or injury, as follow-up after an accident or injury, or if they're returning to work after time off," McGregor explained.
Many occupations require or employ drug testing. People who are drivers with a commercial driver's license, pipeline or railroad workers, and other companies concerned about drug testing, McGregor said, will typically have to undergo drug testing.
"There will always be low productivity and safety factors, and dollars being lost if (employees) are using drugs," she noted. American businesses lose over $100 billion a year in employee drug use, McGregor added.
If a person's test turns up with a positive result, the result gets reported back to the medical review officer, McGregor said. The officer then does an evaluation to determine whether the positive result is true and conducts an interview with the employee to rule out prescription drugs. Then the officer will talk to the employer and see what they do based on their policy, McGregor said.
"It depends on how the policy is written because some places will give a second chance or terminate (the employee) upon confirmation of positive result," she said.
Specific drugs can be detected in a drug test as well. McGregor said there is a method used, gas chromatography mass spectrometry, that's like a fingerprint that identifies the specific drug the person is using.
"Typically, we're seeing meth and marijuana most often in North Dakota," McGregor said. "But it depends on what area of the U.S. you're in, because in another area, cocaine could be the drug that most people are using."
Businesses have higher health care premiums, higher compensation rates from injury and more accidents when employees are using drugs, McGregor said.
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Here is a small Perl program which creates a foo table, inserts a couple of records, then retrieves all records from that table.
To successfully run this program, make sure you have CUBRID and the Perl driver installed. In this tutorial I am using CUBRID 8.4.3 on Ubuntu 12.04 x64. For this example I have created the demodb database. If you want to have all this installed and configured for you automatically, consider using a virtual machine. The following tutorial will show you how to do it:
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use strict; use DBI; # Connect to the database. my $dbh = DBI->connect ( "DBI:cubrid:database=demodb;host=localhost;port=33000", "dba", "", {RaiseError => 1, AutoCommit => 1}); # Drop table 'foo'. This may fail, if 'foo' doesn't exist. # Thus we put an eval around it. $dbh->do("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS foo"); # Create a new table 'foo'. This must not fail, thus we don't # catch errors. $dbh->do("CREATE TABLE foo (id INTEGER, name VARCHAR(20))"); # INSERT some data into 'foo'. $dbh->do("INSERT INTO foo VALUES (1, 'Tim')"); # Same thing, but using placeholders $dbh->do("INSERT INTO foo VALUES (?, ?)", undef, 2, "Jochen"); # Now retrieve data from the table. my $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT * FROM foo"); $sth->execute(); while (my $ref = $sth->fetchrow_hashref()) { print "Found a row: id = $ref->{'id'}, name = $ref->{'name'}\n"; } $sth->finish(); # Disconnect from the database. $dbh->disconnect();
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We are midway through March, which means we are thinking "green" at Sunriver Resort this week! St. Patrick's Day is a particularly festive holiday at Sunriver Resort for two reasons:
First Sunriver Resort's Managing Director, Tom O'Shea, is a true Irishman who never fails to get us in the spirit of the season. In fact, Sunriver Resort hosted an Irish-themed, family-style dinner for our members last winter to test the hearty, traditional Irish fare that comprises our menu. Join us anytime this weekend to enjoy this special menu!
Second, we love to throw a party. The Owl's Nest staff, along with "DJ Dave" from Star Productions, are known to host some raucous late-night fun. This year, the party will take place on Saturday, March 16 beginning around 8 pm at the Main Lodge. Dress festively to enjoy green cocktails, live music and more!
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A report issued Thursday by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman puts mortgage relief seen by New York homeowners from the state's share of a $25 billion national settlement at $1.8 billion.
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Among the three loan servicers most active in New York, Bank of America Corp. and JP Morgan Chase & Co. turned in satisfactory results, Schneiderman said, providing a combined total of principal reductions on 3,151 New York homeowners' first mortgages.
Despite having a New York distressed loan portfolio similar to that of Bank of America and JP Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo & Co. has processed principal reductions for only 315 N.Y. borrowers and would come under his scrutiny, the attorney general added.
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Posted on 02/11/2013 8:38:33 PM PST by chessplayer
One of the main barriers to putting in place anti-bullying policies in middle schools is the simple fact that middle-schoolers think bullies are cool. A recent study of 2,000 students at 11 middle schools around Los Angeles found that when students were asked to identify their most respected peers and those engaging in nasty behavior, the lists were often quite similar.
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Thank you Murphy Brown.
I wonder how much they spent on that DUH finding?
how often do you see TV shows and movies that don't depict the "cool" kids as bullies?
Most don't now. It is all this big, recent anti-bullying push on TV and in the movies. Really, it is just hokey. Not that I'm for bullying but most go all 80s sitcom on how to deal with bullies when in reality, they need their butt whooped by their parents or the victims to stand up. Instead, they all just talk about their feelings. Really, what middle schooler does that?
The low information voters do too.
Well, I do think it deserves to be talked about even if it took a bazillion dollars to get someone to DO it.
A wicked spirit stalks our children.
Talking about feelings with no God acknowledged is like talking about hunger with no food around. Utterly pointless, but what else are you gonna do.
Yup. Hard to stop bullying when the other kids admire them and cheer them on as they beat the crap out someone for no good reason.
Because they're all already in gangs.
If they didn't say that, the bullies would beat the snot out of them.
"In return for not hitting any of the masters, the Head had allowed .. certain privileges, such as having unmarried Filipino women in his room, smoking opium, and having a sauna instead of prayers"
I was bullied in junior high (what's now called middle school) when I transferred from one school district to another. Hence, I was the n00b with all that entails.
Frankly, a lot of the sissy boys could use a little bullying to straighten them out. No, I'm not advocating thuggery -- just some good old playground fights. Back in my day, getting a bloody nose or a black eye was a rite of passage that turned some boys into men.
I'm not sure how well received my viewpoint will be received here and I realize that things have changed (especially since busing killed the neighborhood school) since the 40s and 50s when I came of age. But I've stated my experience with honesty and with candor so I'll take my virtual lumps here just like I did with the real thing so many decades ago. :-)
I've been saying for years that it the self-esteem movement caused more bullying. The educationists cant figure it out.
A bully = the Fonz...
I sure got plenty of beat downs in my day. I'd like to think it was because it was a different era, but I know the truth is it was because I always mouthed off to my older brother.
I always looked at the Fonz as a reformed bully.
Low info. These kids don't have a chance for a real life.
That says alot about this generation. Back when I was in school, bullies were seen for what they were - thugs and future criminals which more often than not they turned out to be.
That's how it used to be. A bully or group of them would usually pick on the wrong person or they would make too many enemies and the bullied would band together and teach the thugs the error of their ways. Today nobody is really held responsible for their actions, and even worse thug culture is glorified. The strong eat the weak. Whatever happened to the Golden Rule?
Like many mammals, there is a lot of snarling, growling and nipping. But rarely any fatal damage done when we're pups.
To pretend this jockeying for rank in the pack (bullying) doesn't take place is to ignore reality.
As a victim of Bullies in school, I think back at all that happened and realize it made me the person I am today. Bullies serve a function, of sorts, they make us stronger, they make us tougher, they make us survivors. Some are not able to handle the pressure and that must be due to parents, religious leaders, friends, etc... Bullies will be with us always, let us try to deal with it rather than outlaw it—because like prostitution, we will have it with us always.
Yep...and it doesn't just end upon graduation; bullies are everywhere in an adult's life too. I've met more than my share in the corporate world. Of course, "standing up" to them now will usually get you fired...lol.
There is truth to this. The decision to fight back against a bully is a defining moment in many a boy's transition to manhood. Unlike the movies, you may well STILL get the snot beaten out of you, but the bully will probably move on to an easier target. So....mission accomplished.
IMHO, the kids who are sufficiently strong and big enough a$$holes to harass the weaker ones will always be seen as "cool", I think its programmed into our genes and probably had more of a point when we were hunter-gatherers. Is it fair or right? No. But many things in life aren't fair. The important skill is being able to deal with, and overcome, the unfairness.
You'll get no argument from me - I often wonder how these kids are going to make out in the real world after school when the anti-bully police aren't around to hold their hands - the first few years in a job or the military are going to provide rude awakenings for many of them.......
A building site job with an asshat attitude will get them fired within 1 hour.
Dittos for military training.
They will learn that boss is boss and work is work. If they never learned a skill, they don't have a chance.
God isn't tolerant with the able and lazy.
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If I am the "Peter" you have in mind, I'm afraid that I cannot be of any help. I do not have any knowledge in this area.Peter
From what I've seen in this forum, there are many people here who are capable of making BETTER pizzas than the popular pizzerias. With that said, I have never been a fan of Uno's or Malnati's...so I for one am not about to match their tastes!
I agree with the first sentence completely. And with the second sentence, I must say that while I love many styles of thick and thin Chicago styles pizzas, Uno's and Malnati's are among the best in the world IMHO and I even heard that they have special service of their pizzas up in heaven. I just had a Malnati's Chicago Style pizza with their great sausage brought to me last night and it was outstanding and . . . I felt like I was in heaven, too (lol! !). I haven't followed the sausage postingsabove and will only add that the great sausage served on Malnati's and original Uno's/Due's is great without fennel and that the sausages served on the great Chicago thin crust pizzerias are great with either fennel or anise in the sausage. Try Fox's fantastic thin crust pizza in Oak Lawn with anise and not fennel. One of Chicago's 5 BEST thin crust pizzas (only a couple of miles from the great original Vito & Nicks). And further regarding use of good sausage, I've found that freezing good sausage in airtight methods is still only good for 2 or maybe 3 weeks before it starts to taste bad. Fresher sausage is a plus. And I know nothing about the chemicals.
And I'll bet that deep dish will be a very tasty pie. jb
I'm sure it will. I may even reveal MY crust recipe here!
I've eaten at Fox's many times. I believe they also have a place in Orland Park too. GREAT pizza!
I'm not sure I could tell the difference between Anise and Fennel. I know they're similar, but I have little experience with Anise. I will have to pick some up this weekend. All this meat talk has got me into grinding mood.jb
OTR,In your reply #18, last weekends bake you used 2 different methods...have you ever done your Aurelios style straight onto the stone, no parbaked crust?http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,20346.msg201701.html#msg201701
Randy, we do not "may" reveal our crust recipes here. We are partners in trying to make and develop the best possible pizza crust and pizzas here.Pleeeeeeze . . . to you and others, share with all here on your successes and failures. Share your formulations so that the "free market place of public opinion" can examine and determine the worth and value of your thoughts and opinions. Then we will all get to pizza valhalla. You've done very well so far and I want you to continue to do so. --BTB
I was only being facetious.
Well.....Ok.....but don't do it again man. Don't forget the pics either dude....or else.. Randy, your experience sounds really interesting and I look forward to anything you can share...thanks.
Chicago's Italian sausage is well known for it's high fennel content. The only sausage maker that I know of in Chicago that does not use a lot of fennel is Bobaks.
Yes and No on the high fennel content. I've lived and eaten great thin and thick crust pizzas in the Chicago area for many decades (north, south, east and west) and experienced so-called Italian sausage with and without fennel, with and without anise seeds, with and without garlic, and with and without alot of other spices. In the "good ole days," the mom and pop pizza places made their own sausage or had it specially sourced and each were fairly different (but great). Now in most cases its bought through normal food purveyors and is often nothing special Is Bobak's still in business? I swear that their garlic sausage was in the past used on alot of Chicago area pizzas. Uno's/Due's, Malnati's, and many others reportedly sourced their restaurant's sausage from either Anichini Brothers (http://www.anichinibrothers.com/Products.html) or Peoria Packing (http://www.peoriapacking.com/). And I remember many a Chicago thin mom and pop pizzeria using a combination Italian/Lithuanian sausage on their pizzas. And that was great, too. What area of Florida are you near, Randy? My wife and I reside on the Gulf Coast side and frequent the Aurelio's in Naples, FL and the newer Aurelio's in Ft. Myers, FL. Both are great but are different. The one in Naples is an older "grandfathered" pizzeria that does their own thing without much restrictions and makes their pizzas the "old-fashioned" way that Joe Aurelio would have done 30 or 40 years ago. The Ft. Myers location is a "corporate store" that must do things according to corporate policy, which includes using a "creeping" oven with the use of pans. Original Aurelio's NEVER used cutter pans nor docked their crusts. But I can't deny that the Ft. Myers location makes an outstanding pizza, too. Another great Chicago thin crust pizza is Paul's Chicago Pizza in Clearwater, Fl (http://paulschicagopizza.com/). Of the many guests that I've taken there, they take one bite of the pizza and remark " . . . wow, that sure tastes like great Chicago pizza." Will have to try your crust recipe some day as Aurelio's crust of 35 years ago is very different from today's crust (both good but a little different). Paul's pizza pictured below. --BTB
That Pauls Pizza looks real good.Hey Randall...your website is awesome man. I am really enjoying it....thanks so much!


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A Deep Post-Decline Analysis, Part 1
After the first down week in ages, nothing refreshes like a look at the charts.
When they are all going up pretty much in unison, the charts do not have a lot of added value. But when we have a decline, particularly a midweek decline including an intraday calamity, they have terrific value. We can see what's gotten vulnerable, what's pulled back and ready to go, what's overextended and what's just plain old broken down.
For the record, I use the S&P's Trendline (hard copy) Daily Action Stock Charts, as I have for 26 years, hand delivered Saturday. They measure stocks using 30-week and 10- week moving averages and, while I am not a chartist, I always respect the profession, as Karen Cramer, whom I worked with for years and years, was a fabulous technician and she took these very same charts and generated a host of charts that she liked and didn't like and then told me to find research on any of them to come up with potential trading ideas.
I like to divide the charts among those I think represent pullback opportunities, those that seem overextended, ones that appear to be on the precipice, and stocks that are breaking down hideously. I then try to find patterns among them that can justify the depictions presented. Of course, not everything shoehorns, but often the buckets make sense because of specific group issues that have arisen into the selloff.
So, let's start with the best-in-show charts, looking for ones I think, to borrow a phrase from the old research department at the old firm that was Pru, are twice-blessed: good-looking chart matched up with intriguing fundamentals.
The best-looking group coming out of the selloff, BY FAR, is the banks, specifically the regional banks. I am struck by how so many of the regionals, Fifth Third (FITB) , First Horizon (FHN) , Key (KEY) (an Action Alerts PLUS name) Huntington Bancshares (HBAN) and even Wells Fargo (WFC) look. I think that's the tipoff that lending is coming back. Watch this group after Bernanke talks at 10:00 a.m. ET Tuesday on Capitol Hill. Given the immense number of downgrades and number cuts the group has withstood, there might be something bigger going on here than just the same old pat worries about shrinking net interest margins.
Second-best looking? The cyclicals, which were pounded hard last week over worries about China's newfound weakness (liquidity being withdrawn) as well as Europe's endless woes, including another dip down, this time in France.
Here the two most intriguing charts are from Manitowoc (MTW) , which many know I believe will be split into two companies, food service and cranes, and Terex (TEX) , the crane company that reported a subpar quarter. These are signs of commercial real estate progress, in keeping with the recent spike in architectural billings, an important indicator of future growth, and they buttress the beauty of the regional bank charts.


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Over the years, the bright yellow cables of the Sunshine Skyway have grown splotchy. The work will affect traffic.
By MICHAEL KRUSE
Published May 29, 2007
ST. PETERSBURG - If you were on the North Skyway Fishing Pier Monday afternoon and you weren't looking at the bare-backed and bikini-clad folks with fishing poles ... or the diving pelicans ... or the marble-eyed egrets ... or the speed boats leaving the long white wakes ... or the blue-green water that made you want to jump in jeans and all ... well, maybe then you might've looked over at the Sunshine Skyway Bridge and noticed the stay cables and their old, patchy paint job.
The Gulf Coast icon that links Pinellas and Manatee counties is getting a long-awaited touch up.
The left lanes will be closed on both sides of the bridge from 7:30 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. today through Saturday, according to the state Department of Transportation.
The $4-million project started in February and is scheduled to be done in the fall. Up to this point, workers mostly have been cleaning and prepping the 42 steel cables up to this point.
Now comes the paint.
The work won't be much to see at first, said Kris Carson, a DOT spokeswoman, until the workers start moving up from the base of the cables and start getting up high.
"You're going to have gawkers out there, " Carson said.
The Skyway is more than 4 miles long and 193 feet high. The Times in the past has called it "a model of grace" and "a glorious, sweeping reminder of what is great about living here."
This project was supposed to start last fall but got pushed back.
It will be the first full repainting of the Skyway since it was built 20 years ago and will involve four coats of paint - first gray primer, then white primer, then the same, familiar shade of bright "taxicab" yellow, then a clear protective coat.
Workers also will "rehabilitate" the lighting system.
On Monday afternoon, the work site on the bridge was quiet on account of Memorial Day, but scaffolding was set up, and tarps and nets, and the orange traffic barrels were waiting in the breakdown lanes on both the northbound and southbound sides.
Down at the end of the pier, German tourists Torsten and Caroline Reh, both 28, had their picture taken with the bridge as the backdrop. The splotchy paint didn't seem to bother them.
"There's a hill in the bridge, " he said.
"It's like a mountain, " she said.
"I've never seen such a bridge before."
Michael Kruse can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com
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Another detour
Motorists are detouring around work on a CSX railroad crossing that has closed part of McMullen-Booth Road. Traffic can't get from Drew Street to State Road 580. The rail section being replaced is more than 220 feet long, so officials say they had to close all lanes for about three weeks.
Painting the Skyway
Lane closures: The left lanes will be closed from 7:30 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. today through Saturday.
The work: The 42 cables will be repainted for the first time since the Skyway was built 20 years ago. Workers will apply four coats: gray primer, then white primer, then the familiar bright yellow, then a clear protective coat. Workers will start at the bottom.
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45th Presidential Inauguration photo gallery
Status of the Souris River
It was apparent early in 2011 that moisture conditions over the Souris River drainage were abnormally high. Conditions deteriorated due to additional snow and rain, eventually leading to the most catastrophic flood in the history of the Souris.
While it is too early to accurately assess runoff possibilities in the Souris in 2013, there are some indicators that are deserving of close attention from now through completion of the runoff season.
Lake Darling is the final collection point above Minot for the majority of water that enters the Souris River Basin each spring. Therefore, the amount of water backed up behind Lake Darling Dam is of importance to river interests in the Minot region and downstream.
Lake Darling's official reading Thursday afternoon was 1,596.01 feet with a release rate of 70 cubic feet per second. 1,596 feet is the level set by the International Souris River Board for winter operation of Lake Darling. It is the same level that was in effect during the flood year of 2011.
According to a spokesman at the Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge where Lake Darling is located, the release rate from Lake Darling Dam was increased from 50 cfs to 70 cfs on Jan. 16 and is scheduled to continue indefinitely. The releases were in response to similar flows being released from Rafferty and Alameda reservoirs in Saskatchewan. Those flows have essentially been captured by Lake Darling. Releases from Rafferty and Alameda were at 18 cfs each Thursday.
The flow in the Souris at Sherwood, the first gauging station on the river below the Saskatchewan/North Dakota border, peaked about Feb. 10 and has since begun to fall. The difference between the most recent peak and the current flow is about half a foot.
The releases from the Saskatchewan reservoirs were for the purpose of dropping those key storage facilities to operating levels indicated by the ISRB, again the same requirements that were in place in the spring of 2011.
As of Thursday Rafferty Reservoir, located near Estevan, Sask., stood at 1,802.78 feet. Rafferty is required to be no higher than 1,802.91 feet at this time of year. Alameda was recorded at 1,840.35 feet Thursday versus a prescribed operating level of 1,840.64 feet.
The Saskatchewan Water Security Agency released its initial Spring Runoff Potential outlook Feb. 1. It reveals a growing concern over "well above normal" areas of spring runoff and an "above normal" outlook for nearly the entire southern half of Saskatchewan. The headwaters of the Souris River and Moose Mountain Creek, which join to flow into the Souris before it enters North Dakota, are on the fringe of an area identified as containing "well above normal" runoff potential.
According to the WSA, the amount of moisture contained in the identified "well above normal" regions is 200 percent of normal, with much of the province listed "generally 150 to 200 percent of average for this time of year."
It should be noted that much of the southern agricultural land in Saskatchewan went into freeze-up with dry soil conditions; the province was unusually wet in the fall of 2010. Additionally, it is emphasized that at least two more months of the winter season remain and conditions are subject to significant variations throughout that time period.
The Saskatchewan WSA puts it this way, "Above normal precipitation prior to runoff and/or a faster than typical rate of melt will result in significantly higher runoff. Projected runoff is based on sparse, variable and often conflicting snow accumulation estimates. In many areas conditions vary considerably over short distances."
To date, no definitive forecast has been issued regarding potential runoff scenarios for the Souris River Basin. Forecasts containing the latest and most accurate information, both from the National Weather Service and the Saskatchewan Water Security Agency, can be expected to begin in March and continue throughout the runoff season.


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High: 59°F ~ Low: 31°F
Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017
Birdwatching 101Posted Sunday, May 4, 2008, at 8:16 PM
This is the most recent addition to my wild birds - A traveling Oriole, who has come to my hummingbird feeder in the past week. I have been waiting 30 years to see one here!!!
Anyway, as you can tell from my photo (I hope it's not too dark), I finally have my first ORIOLE, after all 30 years of feeding every bird and squirrel in the Tillman countryside! I am ecstatic!!
It took this pretty guy a while to get the "hang" of the feeder. (Get it, get it?) First, he tried to peck at the liquid through the glass.
"I can SEE it! Why can't I drink it??"
When that was unsuccessful, he tried to find a spicket of some sort underneath the feeder. No luck.
Finally, he reached over and discovered one of the holes. Voila! Success!
I'm pretty sure that the Orioles are just passing through the area and won't be here long. The only other ones I ever saw were at my sister's house in Springfield many years ago. She and Mom had regular Oriole feeders, which I think are a bit more accommodating for the larger size of the Oriole. Still, they adapt quite well to the hummingbird feeders, so I don't believe I'll rush out and purchase a special one.
I guess I could start a series in which I post some bird photos from my regular feeder, where I spend a veritable fortune on black oil sunflower seeds - but that would mean that I would have to wash my windows... Mmm...I shall have to ponder the issue to decide if it's worth it...
I shall list the birds which appear in regularity at my feeder in the yard under the big oak tree (high on a pole so my son's cat can't get them!): Cardinals, Indigo Buntings, Yellow-shafted flickers, Titmice (or is it Titmouses?), chickadees, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Rufus-sided Towhees, (long ago) blue Grosbeaks, Hairy & Downy Woodpeckers (since the only difference is size, my sister simply calls them "Hairy Downy Woodpeckers" and that covers both...), doves, wrens (these catch bugs around the house), Phoebes (I don't see these at the feeders - They build a nest on my back porch light every year.)....
Birds I don't see anymore: Barn swallows. Mmm...They used to occupy the porch light nest and terrorized every moving thing in the vicinity, but I haven't seen them in recent years.
Birds I hear but don't see: Owls, Whippoorwills, Meadow larks, Bob Whites.
That is my Bird Blog!
I think it would be perfectly charming to talk about birds for awhile, don't you, girls? We can probably be sure that the guys won't bother us on this topic, since the only birds they're interested in are ones they can kill -- like turkeys.
Oh, I forgot turkeys. I have a sweet turkey hen who seems to live on my lane all by herself - except when she has a brood of adorable babies. I sometimes forego my morning walk, so that the dogs don't upset her. Today, my son's father-in-law said that he saw some white on her tail, which he says means that she's a tame bronze turkey gone wild. I never heard of that. I wondered why she was always by herself and didn't run around in a flock. Now, I'll worry about her even more.
From the charming, bird-filled hills of Tillman, Missouri, this is your bird-watching and squirrel-feeding rural journalist, Madeline, signing off on an absolutely GORGEOUS Sunday evening!
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Goat Lady:
I saw two beautiful male Orioles Saturday morning and was ecstatic. Such beautiful birds. Love my hummers and beautiful little Goldfinch. My neighbor has the downy woodpeckers, and she says we have a pileated woodpecker in the "woods" behind us. Enjoy the birds so much. God is so good!
-- Posted by sparkydexter on Mon, May 5, 2008, at 9:38 AM
Good idea for a blog, ms madeline.
The most recent addition to my bird watching was a Red Tailed Hawk who landed on the railing around my deck (where my bird feeder is located). He sat there for the longest time looking in my big windows. I don't know if he was admiring his reflection or wondering "if I could just get that big one off the couch, I'd be set for life." I'm sure he considers my back yard his own personal smorgasbord, he's a regular visitor but he doesn't usually land so close to the house.
Of course you can join our blog, dexterite. We always welcome sensible, well behaved gentlemen. You fit in nicely. Although we don't see him very often, i.b. letruth sometimes joins in. We miss him when he's away.
-- Posted by mokath52 on Mon, May 5, 2008, at 1:00 PM
Well, everyone, I was the one whining the other day because we never see hummingbirds out here in the "flatlands" until July....
Yesterday I was looking out the kitchen window and saw a hummingbird visit my flowers in the window box! I went nuts! I hurried and prepared my hummingbird nectar and hung my feeder out there!
Maybe they love me after all!
Also, yesterday, I watched a blue grosbeak at my regular feeder. I first thought it was a bluebird, so I rushed to Orscheln's and bought a bluebird house. I've always wanted bluebirds and thought this was my lucky day.
-- Posted by lovebooks on Mon, May 5, 2008, at 1:17 PM
Madeline Dejournett's response:I see bluebirds in the fields and up around the barn, but I've NEVER seen one at my feeder. I, too, have blue bird houses that my son made for me, but I think they're too close to the house.
Hey - do any of you have Martin houses?? Several years ago, the kids and I bought one for my husband, and he put it up in a RELATIVELY clear spot by the pond. He sat and watched it from the front porch, as sparrows came and built nests in it. Finally, he took the 4.10 out there and shot at the sparrows, which I'm sure wasn't too conducive to attracting the Martins, either! We finally figured out that our place is just too wooded to suit Martins.
Forgot...we have barn swallows out here every year. They've used the same nest for a long time. I enjoy them, even if they do dive-bomb me, because they eat mosquitoes!
-- Posted by lovebooks on Mon, May 5, 2008, at 1:20 PM
People often say my late wife and I have the prettiest red and white azaleas, hummingbirds frequent us early and often. And the biggest bumble-bees feed constantly.
-- Posted by changedname on Mon, May 5, 2008, at 1:47 PM
I've never been big on bird-watching. So I don't know the names of the birds. We do have a couple very large owls here though. When we were moving back here in March, it was about dusk, and an owl landed in a tree beside the driveway and watched us.
He was there for a good 10 minutes. I hope that we provided him some amusement LOL.
I have seen blue jays, and cardinals, but there's one bird I don't know what it is.
It's black with orange on his wing or very close to the wings. I had never saw one like that until a few days ago.
Anyone know what those are called?
-- Posted by sc1120 on Mon, May 5, 2008, at 2:40 PM
Is it orange - or is it red? If it's red on the "top" of the wing, and the bird is a shiney black, it's a red-winged blackbird, and they have a lovely call (unlike the other blackbirds!). They are also very protective of their nests, so they (like barn swallows) will dive bomb anything that comes near. One year my son and I had to avoid a certain part of the strawberry patch, because a red-winged blackbird had claimed it for her own!
-- Posted by goat lady on Mon, May 5, 2008, at 5:04 PM
Madeline Dejournett's response:Yes, I agree. Depends on what sort of red we're talking about.
MD, I'm hardly ever home since my dear wife passed away to feed the birds, I do set out fresh water, but I've traveled over 58,000 miles in 2 years searching for peace, I'll find it someday.
-- Posted by changedname on Mon, May 5, 2008, at 7:07 PM
Madeline Dejournett's response:Dexterite, I'm not sure you'll find peace in your travels. Look closer to home.
MD, why do birds exhibit so much diversity? Compared to birds the "differences" between humans (height and weight, eye color, intelligence, etc.) are insignificant. Yet in general birds seem to manage to get along. You don't see crows engaging in bloody wars against sparrows. Do you think more diversity in humans would contribute to more tolerance?
-- Posted by FJGuy on Tue, May 6, 2008, at 1:34 PM
Madeline Dejournett's response:FJGuy, quit trying to turn my simple, pleasant, charming little Bird Blog into some psychological or sociological treatise!!! We're just talking about BIRDS here!!!
Ok guys...I have a bird question. The only birds I could point out are red-winged blackbirds, sparrows, doves, robins, woodpeckers, cardinals, bluejays, and hummingbirds, but those are pretty easy. I seen a bird today that was red-faced, red-breasted, with a red back covered by gray wings and tail. It was small like a sparrow, but I have no clue what it is. Can anyone help me?
-- Posted by mrsdolphin on Tue, May 6, 2008, at 4:24 PM
If it was small, and the red wasn't bright red (just sort of muted), it was a finch that goes by the names of "strawberry finch," "raspberry finch" or "purple finch".... They vary in the intensity of the red. The bird book calls them purple finches.
-- Posted by goat lady on Tue, May 6, 2008, at 5:03 PM
MD, you're probably right about 'closer to home', but I really enjoy traveling and being on the road and visiting friends and relatives and seeing new and old places.
Amen, NO politics.
-- Posted by changedname on Tue, May 6, 2008, at 6:47 PM
Oh, well, if you enjoy traveling, then by all means, we ladies support your decision. As we get older, it seems that travel is even more appealing than when we were young.
So much to see and so little time to see it!
-- Posted by goat lady on Tue, May 6, 2008, at 9:05 PM
I figured they were some kind of blackbird, I just hadn't noticed before.
I think I should get a hummingbird feeder. I enjoy watching them, especially if there is quite a few. I saw one at my Mom's feeder the other day. I'm sure the kids would get a kick out of it too.
-- Posted by sc1120 on Wed, May 7, 2008, at 7:23 AM
Thanks guys...I know he/she was a cute little thing. I don't have any feeders up aside from my hummingbird feeder, so this little guy/gal was just passing by, but I may just have to get a regular feeder. The squirrels in my neighborhood are spoiled rotten by a lady around the corner who feeds them corn, and they have a "come one, come all" mentality...so I wasn't for sure if they would take over a bird feeder. How can I make a detour away from the feeders?
-- Posted by mrsdolphin on Wed, May 7, 2008, at 8:57 AM
Do not feed them corn!!! That's a good way to get a yard full of blackbirds and squirrels!
Of course, you'll get squirrels with black oil sunflowers, too, but your birds won't waste as much as they do when you have a combination feed with millet.
One approach is to get the regular finch feeders, which have TINY holes. You put ...darn!...what are those tiny, narrow seeds?? Ah....THISTLE!! I thought of it!! (Remarkable!)
Regular birds and squirrels can't feed at the finch feeders - so you can feed your little purple finch without worrying about the big bad bluejays, blackbirds and squirrels!
-- Posted by goat lady on Wed, May 7, 2008, at 3:05 PM
Thanks so much GL!!! I don't want bluejays in my yard anyway...because they always seem to dive-bomb my dogs. They're pretty, and their song CAN be if they aren't squalling...but my dogs are more important. The blackbirds are already here. And those crazy squirrels...goodness. The lady around the corner has one of those squirrel feeders that you put the whole ear of corn on. When she goes out there to change it, the squirrels gather around it, waiting. They climb down to her and everything. Can you say spoiled?
-- Posted by mrsdolphin on Wed, May 7, 2008, at 9:22 PM
Hahahaha! I can't say anything about that! I've fed these squirrels for years! My daughter's boyfriend once looked out the window and said, "My gosh! I'll bet that squirrel is six years old!!"
Blue jays do more harm than fight with your dog, mrsd. They raid other birds' nests and EAT their babies!!! Nasty, nasty birds!! I let my son shoot them out the upstairs bedroom window! (Okay, so send the Mo Conservation agents after me!!!)
-- Posted by goat lady on Wed, May 7, 2008, at 10:05 PM
It's been my experience that there's very little you can do to keep squirrels away from your bird feeders. My mom once even tried greasing the pole and the squirrels were highly entertained by the activity. They still got the seed. There's not a seed you can put out that the birds will eat but squirrels will not.
There isn't a feeder made that's actually squirrel proof - although some make the claim.
My two dogs have gotten pretty good at relieving me of the dumb or slow ones. Of course, in a few squirrel generations they'll all be smart and fast - RoboSquirrels. They've gotten pretty fond of baby rabbits too. It's probably a good thing or I'd be up to my eyeballs in rabbits and squirrels.
-- Posted by Ducky on Thu, May 8, 2008, at 1:01 PM
Squirrel proofing bird feeders. We have a pump pipe in the ground, in concrete, with the pipe extending about 6 feet above the ground. Then there is a double shepherds crook in the pump pipe. The squirrels were getting more sunflower seed than the birds. I tried greasing the pole (had fun watching the squirrels slide down until they got enough of the grease off to make it to the feeders) tried stopping them by putting a slinky around the pole that worked until the slinky broke.
Hubby got a large disk blade (22 inches in diameter) that a farmer had discarded, fastened a bracket around the pole, about 4 feet above the ground then put the disk blade on the bracket. The feeders were near enough to a tree that the squirrels were jumping from a tree limb onto the feeder sooooo��..hubby cut the tree limb off. Now the squirrels feed underneath the feeders.
-- Posted by genbug on Thu, May 8, 2008, at 5:27 PM
Mmmm....I'd like to see a picture of this contraption, genbug. Though I like feeding my squirrels, it's always entertaining to see the devices that people invent to foil the little rodents!
I've seen film footage of elaborate obstacle courses that squirrels can conquer to get one measly seed!! But, of course, what else do they have to do with their time?? No matter how long it takes, the persistent creatures keep working at it until they figure it out!!
If my students had been like that, they'd be President by now!
-- Posted by goat lady on Fri, May 9, 2008, at 7:38 AM
GL, it has recently been reported that the platypus has bird DNA. Seems like it would take an unusual feeder to accomodate their bill!
-- Posted by FJGuy on Sat, May 10, 2008, at 1:51 PM
Well, well, I hadn't heard that, FJ. I did hear that bit about the dinosaurs being related to birds, though. Sure wouldn't want them at my feeder, either.
I've seen the most hilarious photos of a black bear hanging on a line to get at a bird feeder...
-- Posted by goat lady on Sat, May 10, 2008, at 8:49 PM
My wife pointed me to this blog! Very nice!
Just a thought to those that enjoy watching birds out the window, on your feeders or in the field at conservation areas or state parks. Put a bird guide on your Christmas or Birthday list. They are relatively inexpensive, and they will open you to a whole new world. There are over 300 bird species that live in or pass through Missouri each year.
I have, and use regularly, "The Sibley Field Guide To Birds of Eastern North America" by David Allen Sibley. I would recommend this guide to anyone interested.
The wonderful thing about bird watching, birds are everywhere! How many times have you gone fishing and been skunked, been stuck in traffic, waiting on a train, sitting in a drive through, I bet there were birds around!
I began watching birds in 2004; well, I guess I've always watched them but never wanted to know what their names, habitat, patterns, etc. were until 2004.
Did you know the Airforce enlists Peregrine Falcons? They do! They send a trained Peregrine into the air to make sure no birds are on the runway prior to a jet taking off. Since Peregrine Falcons feed on other birds, the other birds are frightened off the runway, and the jet can take off safely.
Just my two cents on how much more there is to birds than just out our windows in our yards.
-- Posted by Kestrel on Sun, May 11, 2008, at 10:52 PM
Madeline Dejournett's response:Kestrel, good to have you with us! That's a very nice blogger name, too. Falcons are cool birds!
The only predatory bird I've ever seen at my feeder is a Sharp-shinned hawk who showed up there many years ago, looking for a tasty Titmouse to munch down on. Most of the daytime feathered predators in this area are Red-tailed hawks. I know the owls prey at night, but I rarely see them.
I use "The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds," which my sister gave me to replace an older birdbook that had drawings of birds. This one has the actual photographs, which I think make identification easier.
Years ago, my husband and I caught a glimpse of a Pileated woodpecker out back at the edge of the woods, but we never saw him again. That's a sight!
Great blue herons are not uncommon on my pond, but my dogs usually take notice and chase them off. White herons are less common. The neighbors often have Cattle egrets around their herds.
I love birdwatching, and when I see a new one, I'm not happy until I find out what it is!!
I didn't know that Peregrine falcons were employed by the Airforce!!
I read about the falcon patrols at some Air Force bases. How cool is that? The Air Force Academy mascot is a falcon. They have no trouble with people stealing their mascot before a football game, let me tell you. They turn the falcon loose in the field house the night before the game. If someone tries to steal it, the next morning the cadets find the falcon safe with little pieces of the assailant's clothing all over the field house. They'll only come to their handlers. Ha. That's an old memory from an old boyfriend who graduated from the Academy.
I agree with Kestrel about bird field guides. I keep several along with my binoculars close to my chair. It drives me crazy when I see a bird I can't recognize, and yet I love it. It's great when you can travel to different parts of the US and see new birds.
-- Posted by Ducky on Mon, May 12, 2008, at 1:18 PM
Madeline Dejournett's response:I saw some cool birds when I took some students to Europe several years ago. In particular, I noticed magpies in London and big black and white crow-like birds in Berlin.
I would like to have seen more!
A fascinating book for bird watchers, and anyone interested in how far a person will take his or her obsession, is a book about three men who in 1998 traveled all other the world to see who could spot the most different types of birds during the year. The book is, "The Big Year, A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession," by Mark Obmascik. Powell's Books website with info about the book is, http://www.powells.com/biblio?isbn=07432...
-- Posted by FJGuy on Mon, May 12, 2008, at 6:28 PM
I observed a Western Kingbird at the Idalia Sub Station Thursday. I was able to take a photo of it through the heat shimmers at distance of about 50 yards. It can be seen here if interested: http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/54772...
Should you want to try and look for it, search the power lines, towers and the barbed wire fencing that surrounds the property. Take Hwy E East out of Bloomfield, and the sub station is on your left just before the train tracks.
You may need to bring a little patience to see this bird as I spent 20 minutes there not seeing it only to drive down to the power plant to turn around and see it flying from the fence as I crossed the tracks heading back toward Bloomfield. Good luck! It is a beautiful bird!
Good Birdwatching!
-- Posted by Kestrel on Fri, Jun 27, 2008, at 9:42 PM
I hope I'm not overstepping any boundaries here, but I thought I'd share a few websites that can possibly enhance your bird watching experiences.
For those that may be interested in expanding their scope of backyard bird watching or planning a trip to other parts of Missouri, there is a mailinglist that can be monitored (or joined if desired) that posts sightings made by other bird watchers.
Granted most of these sightings will be elsewhere in the state, as in and around Columbia, KC and St. Louis, but I do try to keep an eye out around the bootheel region, too.
The web address is: http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/MOB...
This website is set up as a forum-type format, but most use it as a place to post rare or unusual sightings as well as "first of the year species" observed during spring and fall migrations.
Good information is also shared regarding upcoming field trips that various Audubon societies may be having (should you be in their area on those dates).
There is another website that is very useful to our love of bird watching; it is:
The Audubon Society of Missouri has joined forces with the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and some state parks to help make bird watching checklists for parks and conservation areas. "CACHE" and "SPARKS" stand for Conservation Area CHEcklists and State PARKS checklists. Maps of these areas are also available on this website as they link to the MDC maps.
This is a database that is also used to gather information to help naturalists and biologists understand more the changes we and our environment are encountering through our observations.
No fees and no manditory registration is needed to visit or use general levels of these sites.
Should you have questions regarding these sites, please respond. I hope I have not overstepped my bounds, but these two sites have helped me adjust in my recent move to Missouri.
On a separate subject, is there a local group that meets or goes on "field trips" to Mingo NWR or Otter Slough Conservation Area to watch for birds?
-- Posted by Kestrel on Mon, Aug 4, 2008, at 5:46 PM
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By DYLAN BYERS | 3/26/14 12:01 PM EDT
This is the story of MSNBC in a nutshell: It rose to prominence on its criticism of George W. Bush, peaked during Barack Obama's historic 2008 campaign, and, by criticizing Republicans and championing liberal causes, sustained its viewership in the years that followed.
Until now.
MSNBC suffered harder loses in 2013 -- in terms of both viewership and revenue -- than either of its competitors at Fox News and CNN, according to Nielsen data featured in a new Pew Research report. Prime-time viewership declined by a staggering 24 percent (nearly twice the loss sustained by CNN and four-times that sustained by Fox News). Daytime viewership fell by 15 percent, even as it rose at both of the other networks.
On the revenue side, MSNBC was projected to decline by 2 percent, while both CNN and Fox News were projected to experience growth of 2 percent and 5 percent, respectively. MSNBC was expected to bring in $475 million in revenue: less than half what CNN will make and roughly one-quarter of what Fox News will make.
Conventional wisdom has it that cable news doesn't have much of a future: The audience is old and getting older, the television landscape is growing more and more fractured, appointment viewing is becoming a thing of the past, etc. Certainly, every cable news network lost viewers last year. But this version of events often ignores the incredible revenue gains made each year by Fox News (like a rocket) and CNN (far more gradual, but we're still talking billions).
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It has non-Olympics programming?
Seems like they would be praying for a President Cruz to save them
What's "MSNBC"?
All that is needed is a la carte programming, and boils like MSNBC will be lanced nationwide.
I might even consider getting cable again someday if that type of choice was offered (nah, not really).
Their viewers are dying off...................age, drugs, suicide, gang hits.............
Resist we much — to quote one of their on-air 'talents'.
Heard this predicted for a long time but it never actually folds.
But if they do get in trouble, we all know exactly how they will try to fix it - hire more commentators who are even more extreme left than the ones they fired.
Uuuummmmm, shocking revelation, but...how about "reporting" the news without the rabid leftist bias...That is just the kind of radical new idea that just might save MSLSDs sorry a$$. Or, not, I could care less.
And there is the bumper sticker to drive the left crazy:
I have a solution that will work for them: GO EVEN HARDER TO THE LEFT!
Ah, a bit of good news. What will it take to drive the final nail in their coffin?
I guess they found out when you "Lean Forward" too far, you fall flat on your face.
There are a few powerful brands that are worth maintainingRachel Maddow, Chris Matthews, Morning Joebut the rest is in need of a restart.Those would be the ones that need to go, no? or is the focus now just on Ed Schultz since Keith Olbermann is long gone?
**MSNBC is in serious trouble**
Well that certainly sneds a warm tingle down my leg!
"Conventional wisdom has it that cable news doesn't have much of a future:"
Conventional wisdom has it that left wing cable news doesn't have much of a future:
There. Fixed it.
If you only have four viewers and one of them gets run over by a bulldozer, that's a 25% loss.
or, sometimes the "great leap forward" jumps you off a tall cliff.
That's OK..Obamba's fake girlfriend can fill in for the loss!
MSNBC mantra...Almost as good as Air America!
"We're relevant, dang it - our Moms say so!"
I'm still trying to figure out what the hell happened to MSNBC... Loooooooooonnnngggggg ago back in the late 90s MSNBC was an excellent network with a lot of varied programming. At the time my cable provider only offered CNN and MSNBC as Fox News was still relatively new. MSNBC seemed to be trying to strike a balance with liberal and conservative commentators, and their news reporting was actually pretty fair, especially compared to the crap CNN was serving. For a while you had Laura Ingraham, Michael Savage even had a show, Michael Medved was a regular contributor.
Then the FLorida election case happened, and the folks at MSNBC lost their minds.
If it weren't for the FAA or TSA mandating that every airport in the universe has CNN playing on every TV in the terminals would CNN even have an audience?
I do admit to two shows I enjoy on MSNBC. Lockup and To Catch A Predator. BUT, since they are on liveleak I don't have to support them.
I need you to have a seat right over there.
Doesn't matter....
MSNBC fills a niche, pacifies the largely-gay New York NBC employees, and most of it's viewers are press themselves.
Take a look at the advertising on MSNBC sometime. It's quite eye-opening who supports 24/7 hate TV.
Guess Ronan Farrow isn't cutting it.
"Im still trying to figure out what the hell happened to MSNBC..."
Jeff Zucker happened to MSNBC. He saw it as a way to promote his own leftist views, and keep himself popular in the New York parties scene.
This is the same guy that wrote Obama's Styrofoam columns stadium speech, if you remember.
Now Zucker is CEO at CNN, and the exact same thing is happening there.
Wait does this mean no more Lock Up every Friday through Sunday..oh moes how terrible..NOT
Provide a service that people want.
They are the American version of Pravda.
Pray AMerica wakes up
What does Micro-Soft NBC have to worry about financially? The Bill Gates billions can support them forever.
I know what MSNBC is...it was a joke.
RIP Jerry Nachman
While CNN has been suffering too of late, at least their CNN International operation still has a good number of viewers (though it has run into competition from BBC World News and al-Jazeera English channel).
As long as they have Comcast or other corporate entity to subsidize them, they will never be "in trouble" of going away.
Umm... Nope. Thought I had a "give a damn" there, but they broke that one a long time ago...
I think I may have a tear in my eye! NOT!
What will Rachel Maddow, Ed Schultz, Al Sharpton, and Melissa Harris-Perry do?
I get it now, Lock Up has taken MSNBC's fan base and locked them up so viewership is down. How's that for planning?
Well considering the majority of Dems belong in the pokey Lock Up is the perfect show for them
LOL, so true. So true.
But what will mental patients locked up in the looney bin watch on TV now..damn, guess this means The View viewership will be going up
Their to flippin' stupid to realize he'd make them some real money, can't have that when Ideology comes 1st...
It's "Air America" only with pictures.
This MSNBC commentator (Bernie Ward) went down for child pornography.
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Recipe: Morning fruit smoothy
After a number of requests following ZENandTECH 5: Food fight, I thought Id post up my morning smoothie recipe and go over why I made the choices I did.
- 1 cup of frozen fruit. I vary between berry mixes, tropical mixes, mango mixes, etc. I like to introduce variety. I use frozen fruit because its always available and the cold works well in a smoothie (I dont have to add ice).
- 1 scoop of whey isolate protein I want some protein in the morning and this is a great way to get about as much as you can digest at one time anyway. I use the most natural, least flavored, best quality kind I can find. This is rocket fuel, not sludge.
- I cup of non-fat yogurt. This is optional and I often dont add it. When I do, I typically use organic vanilla or plain. I always use non-fat for this because I dont want the milk fats interfering with the absorption of antioxidants of the fruits.
- 1 tablespoon of honey. I have a sweet tooth and the fruit itself sometimes isnt sweet enough. I try to buy interesting honeys and switch up the variety every time.
- Water. I prefer water to juice because theres often a lot of additives in juice. I use enough to make the smoothie thin enough to blend and will add it slowly until the consistency looks right.
One everything is in the blender, I run it on low power to chop everything up, then switch it to high to get it smooth. Blend until blended. Seriously, take your time. The blending and introduction of air is what makes it smooth and creamy even without any yogurt added.
Thats it! If you have a morning smoothie, please share. Im always interested in mixing things up!
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That sounds real good. I actually have to order more protein.
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In fact, just realized I have all those ingredients... about to make some soon.
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I am sooooo gonna make this tomorrow afternoon! Thanks!
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Sub in Coconut water and add kale.
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My favorite morning smoothie:
1 scoop unflavored (or vanilla) whey protein powder
⅔ cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
2 tbsp organic natural peanut butter
3 cups raw baby spinach
3 handfuls of ice
Sometimes I mix it up with a chocolate variation:
1 scoop chocolate whey protein powder
⅔ cup unsweetened chocolate almond milk
2 tbsp organic natural peanut butter
3 cups raw baby spinach
3 handfuls of ice
In both cases, Ive discovered by keeping both the bananas and spinach in the freezer, I dont need to add the water. Typically, I buy bananas as green as I can, as they ripen quickly in Arizona in the summer. When they start turning brown, I peel them, halve them and freeze them for my smoothies.
Both of these give you a good, solid serving of spinach and protein, and the banana and peanut butter mask the spinach taste completely. This is my breakfast or lunch at least 3 days a week.


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Here's a little Friday inspiration and give you something to contemplate over the weekend. In this Huffington Post article, Mountain View-based Polyvore's CEO, Jess Lee, talks about a unique program she implemented called, 'simplification month.' Lee is a firm believer in the importance of creating a work environment that makes sure employees are happy and doing work they love.
One of the ways to achieve that goal is to make everyone's work life simpler by reducing the number of tasks that are not productive. It took a corporate mind-shift but the plan seems to be working.
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I love shino. In fact it's probably may favorite traditional ware from Japan, and it is really quite unlike American shino. I know this for fact as I spent much of my youth in a glaze lab trying to recreate it. Ryoji Kuroda had this to say about shino in his 1984 book titled Shino:*
"The white of Shino can be compared to the first snow of the season, or to the last traces of the winter snow, which the warm spring winds are erasing as the bush warbler's first song rings out. Shino's white surface is soft like a mother's breast; it brings back memories of childhood."
"Shino white is tidiness itself. And on that white the potters painted designs with an iron glaze made of oni-ita, a red clay rich in iron and manganese and abundant in the Seto region. The effect of flame in the kiln added distinctive fire marks. Shino is an elusive ware, capable of infinite transformations."
"The Shino potters thickly applied their glaze, which they made by carefully grinding feldspar and refining it in water. To this they added their own secret proportion of ash. Then, after offering sake and prayers to the gods of the kiln, and ritually scattering salt to purify the area, they entrusted their pieces to the fire."
"Shino ware is the spirit of tea, the essence of pottery. It is the result of the flames of the kiln"
The pinholes in Japanese shino happen because of the slow firing, whereas in Western glazes it's usually because of a high clay content. This bowl is a pretty good example of white shino with some lovely brushwork painted on the clay body under the glaze. It's quite large and perfect for somebody with man-hands. To me it looks like the potter was heavily influenced by the first living trasure for shino Toyozo Arakawa. The bowl has a beautiful undulating lip and a nice kodai. Includes signed box (not sure of the artist) and artists papers.
I love this pice but alas it must find a new home. Asking $75 shipped with insurance and free gift of my choice
* used without permission, so please don't sue me. It's a great book and I highly recommend you buy the new reprint which was printed along with the even more fantastic volume in the same series titled Oribe.


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MADISON, Wis. - A slower than expected commute is expected Monday morning after overnight snowfall.
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The city of Madison said there were 30 crews on the roads Sunday night, applying sand.
Madison city officials will determine if a snow emergency is warranted after Monday morning's commute.