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Syracuse Architecture presents lecture by renowned architect, educator Peter Eisenman
Syracuse University School of Architecture presents the lecture "Project or Practice?" by internationally renowned architect, distinguished author and teacher Peter Eisenman on Friday, Sept. 30, at 5 p.m. The event is free and open to the public and will take place in Grant Auditorium at the Syracuse College of Law. A reception will follow at Slocum Hall in the atrium. Eisenman has lectured numerous times at Syracuse. His lectures are popular with students, faculty, alumni and visitors who travel to hear him speak.
Eisenman is principal of Peter Eisenman Architects in New York City. His award-winning, large-scale housing and urban design projects, innovative facilities for educational institutions and series of inventive private houses attest to a career of excellence in design. The firm's University of Phoenix Stadium for the NFL Arizona Cardinals opened in August 2006, and hosted Super Bowl XLII in February 2008. Among Eisenman's many award-winning projects are the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin, the Wexner Center for the Visual Arts and Fine Arts Library at The Ohio State University in Columbus, and the Koizumi Sangyo Corp. headquarters building in Tokyo, which received National Honor Awards for Design from the American Institute of Architects. The firm's Aronoff Center for Design and Art, the University of Phoenix Stadium and City of Culture of Galicia (in construction) have each been the subject of television documentaries.
Eisenman is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 2001, he received the Medal of Honor from the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, and the Smithsonian Institution's 2001 Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award in Architecture. Popular Science magazine named Eisenman one of the top five innovators of 2006 for the Arizona Cardinals stadium. In 2007, Yale University Press published Eisenman's "Written Into the Void: Selected Writings, 1990-2004," and in 2008 Rizzoli published his book "Ten Canonical Buildings, 1950-2000," which examines the work of 10 architects since 1950.
His extensive teaching experience includes Cambridge, Princeton, Harvard, Ohio State and the Cooper Union. He is currently the Louis I. Kahn Visiting Professor of Architecture at Yale University.
Eisenman holds a bachelor of architecture degree from Cornell University, a master of science in architecture degree from Columbia University, and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Cambridge University (UK). He holds honorary doctorates of fine arts from the University of Illinois, Chicago; the Pratt Institute in New York; and SU. In 2003, he was awarded an honorary doctorate in architecture by the Università La Sapienza in Rome.
To learn more about Eisenman's work, visit http://eisenmanarchitects.com.

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Indian police and government officials suspended over stampede near temple that killed at least 115 people as recriminations fly over the country's latest religious festival disaster.
Suspensions for police, officials over India stampede that killed 115
BHOPAL, INDIA // Indian police and government officials were suspended over a stampede near a temple that killed at least 115 people as recriminations fly over the country's latest religious festival disaster.
Twenty-one people, including all 17 policemen from the Ratangarh station, were suspended after devotees were crushed to death or drowned on Sunday near the temple in the central state of Madhya Pradesh.
Outrage has been mounting over the tragedy in Ratangarh town, site of another deadly stampede seven years ago, with authorities under fire over policing levels following claims the panic was aggravated by police charging the pilgrims with batons.
"We have suspended the entire staff of the concerned police station which includes two sub-inspectors and 15 other officers for not doing their duty of regulating the crowd and preventing the stampede," said DK Arya, the deputy police inspector general.
A commission of inquiry was expected to include the policemen in its investigation into exactly what happened and who was to blame.
"It is going to be difficult for these men as a judicial commission will now probe the role of these officers who have been removed from their posts," Mr Arya said.
The state government said it was also suspending four officials: the collector of Datia district, the subdivisional magistrate and two police officers.
The government released announced the suspensions on Monday after the chief minister was heckled during a tour of one of the hospitals where victims were being treated.
India has a long history of deadly stampedes at religious festivals, with at least 36 people trampled to death in February as pilgrims headed home from the Kumbh Mela religious festival on the banks of Ganges.
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The holidays are here, and unfortunately it means a lot of stereotyping of how singles are supposed to feel. Well, whatever you've heard it ain't true. Visme (the Infographic Specialist) has offered this cool infographic that underscores why being single is a good thing. Ho ho ho, people!
If you've been single for a while, you probably dread the prospect of going to your next family reunion and being asked the same old question. "So, are you still single?" Or the real doozy: "Do you think you're being too picky?"
Don't stress. Now it's time to set the record straight.
Your response to these questions may have varied over time, from "I'm still looking" to "I'm trying online dating," but whichever the case, the key to living a happy present is to look at the upside of being alone.
In reality, there are so many advantages to being single, that you'll consider your unhitched wagon a blessing rather than a curse. This fun infographic created with Visme sums it up pretty nicely:
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Q: Where is Guyana?
A: Guyana is a county on the northern coast of South America, flanked by Venezuela to the west, Suriname to the east, and Brazil to the south. Parts of these four countries are collectively called 'the Guianas' - because of their peculiar 'tepuis' or tabletop mountains - the remains of very ancient rock formation called the Guiana Shield. Guyana is also one of the few non-island Caribbean nations, and it is the only South American country where English is the official language.
Q: What's so special about Guyana (and the Guianas)?
A: Biodiversity is incredibly high in the Guianas - and not only is it high, animals and plants from the Guianas are very distinct from their cousins in the Amazon and the Orinoco regions. The long existence of the tepuis have isolated Guiana wildlife from other regions, making many species here 'endemic,' i.e. found nowhere else in the world. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle recognized the rare and diverse quality of Guyanese wilds and set his 'Lost World' there accordingly. A recent study by my collaborator and mentor, Dr. Hernan Lopez-Fernandez, found that 30% of the fish genera in one Guyanese river are found only in that one river.
Q: Wait, so far you've talked about freshwater fish - what about the oceans?
A: Dr. Hernan Lopez-Fernandez and many other scientists, after decades of field expeditions, are finally getting an understanding of what freshwater fish species are found in Guyana, although there are literal lifetimes left of work to do, describing, cataloging, and understanding the biodiversity in the Guianas. But we know very little about marine life in Guyana, with most of what we know coming from industrialized fishing fleet records from Venezuela. What we do know is that the marine ecosystem is presumably diverse, with plenty of large animals like turtles, manatees, dolphins, and sharks occupying coastal waters. Since studies in the 1950s by Dr. Rosemary Lowe-McConnell, there have been exceedingly few studies on Guyana's marine life.
Q: So, what about sharks in Guyana? How could no one know what species are there?
A: Our paper in Neotropical Ichthyology used DNA barcoding, which analyzes fragments of the genetic code that are unique to each species, to identify what sharks are caught in Guyana. There is a coastal, directed driftnet fishery for sharks in Guyana - long floating monofilament nets (floating gillnets) catch large and small coastal species alike, but when these sharks are caught, their heads are chopped off (and sometimes their fins) to make room for more sharks to be transported to market. Like many places in the world, the government has a tough time tracking how many sharks are caught and what species, particularly because landed fish are usually decapitated. My Guyanese collaborator surveyed these coastal markets and sent us small bits of shark fins to use as genetic samples.
Q: What sharks are caught in Guyana? What is the weirdest/coolest species you found?
A: We identified 14 shark species in Guyanese coastal markets (as well as several species of rays identified during other trips). Most of these species are well-known throughout the Caribbean, like Bull Sharks (Carcharhinus leucas), Blacktip Sharks (C. limbatus), and Hammerhead Sharks (Sphyrna spp.). A sizeable proportion of the catch were smaller species well-known to any coastal anglers in Florida, Alabama, or elsewhere: Sharpnose Sharks (Rhizoprionodon spp.). Our Guyanese collaborators reported many Scalloped and Great Hammerhead sharks, worrisome because these two species are threatened by coastal fisheries, and are listed as Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). We also found putative evidence of the Scoophead Shark, Sphyrna media. I say 'putative' because samples of this species aren't found in genomic databases, but the sample was highly divergent from other hammerhead species (and we have picture of this specimen!).
Q: What got you interested in Guyana? When did you first go there?
A: I did my doctoral work at the University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada. I worked consistently with the Royal Ontario Museum's ichthyological collections, bringing specimens back to the museum. Dr. Lopez-Fernandez sent me on numerous expeditions with Dr. Donald Taphorn, a ROM research associate, to Guyana surveying fish biodiversity with World Wildlife Fund in 2013. It was during these trips that I met Elford Liverpool, and we went visiting coastal fish markets just to sate our curiosity about what species were being caught. Elford and I realized that there was very limited information on what sharks were caught in Guyana, and we had a challenging time identifying some market specimens confidently without their heads attached. Guyana is a fabulously beautiful place and it is a veritable wonderland for an ichthyologist.
The Neotropical freshwater stingrays (Potamotrygonidae) are ecologically diverse, invading South America from the Caribbean some 30-40 million years ago. Since this invasion these stingrays have diversified to fill myriad niches, with some species eating only fish, others consuming shrimp and crabs, and the strangest perhaps, are those rays which eat aquatic insects (see below, Kolmann et al., 2016). There ecological diversity mirrors some considerable anatomical diversity and in particular one very, very strange thing about potamotrygonids... they have an extra joint or hinge in their skulls.
These freshwater rays have a skeletal element, the angular cartilage, that runs between the hyomandibulae and the jaws. The hyomandibulae extend the jaws away from the head when sharks and rays feed, protruding the jaws away from the skull. The angular adds an additional point of rotation to the feeding skeleton, like adding another elbow or a knee to your arms or legs. Why? Well we discuss in our paper the potential origins of this structure, how it varies across the freshwater ray family, and explore the ramifications of its structure and function.
Turns out these rays can have more than one angular cartilage, with some species having up to three! Other taxa have none or may have even lost the angulars they did have. But why?
For rays that are eating fishes and for those stingrays crushing prey like big crabs and mollusks, we think they need particularly rigid jaws, i.e. jaws without an extra element like the angular cartilage(s). But for those rays which are actively chewing their prey a lot, these species tend to have particularly long angulars, giving their jaws extra range of motion.
The angular cartilages are a synapomorphy (unifying trait) for the family Potamotrygonidae, and have been lost in Paratrygon and Heliotrygon, the piscivorous freshwater rays. These skeletal cartilages can be added or lost sequentially, but we find no evidence that rays can start with multiples (e.g. three) and then lose all those cartilages at once, rather rays lose a single angular cartilage at a time. After surveying the literature, we pose the hypothesis that the angular cartilages evolved as a fibrocartilage - the cartilage equivalent of sesamoid bones (e.g. the patella). Download here and see for yourself!
We discuss in this latest New & Views articles the findings of a recent paper by Marianne Porter and colleagues, who studied how shark vertebral morphology aid in making for more efficient swimming. Sharks can alter the frequency by which they pass waves of motion down their body, which in turn changes how the cartilage in the spines of these animals behaves. The gradient mechanical properties from the intervertebral disks to the vertebrae themselves store and release elastic energy - meaning these sharks have a continuously-variable transmission. Sharks can shift from low-energy cruising to high-speed swimming almost instantaneously, a handy trick for catching prey over a reef or in the open ocean.
07/09/2016 -
So our (Nate Lovejoy, Ken Welch, & Adam Summers) most recent paper, is about to be released in Proceedings of the Royal Society: Part B and it's getting a bit of press. So I'm giving ya'll the lowdown on what we found and why it's so interesting (before you hear elsewhere).
Here's the gist:
Freshwater stingrays are found in South American river basins and feed on a diverse array of prey. Many of these species specialize on a single kind of prey, be they fish, crustaceans, snails, or even aquatic insect larvae. But not all of these prey are created equal – some prey are harder, softer, or tougher than others. Insectivorous freshwater stingrays are the only elasmobranchs (sharks and rays) to feed on insects – which are difficult to eat and digest due to high amounts of chitin in their exoskeletons, a remarkably complex and tough material. Other vertebrates, namely mammals like shrews, bats, and tenrecs also eat insects and they use complex jaw motions – chewing – to shred chitin to allow digestive juices to breakdown prey. Stingrays can protrude their jaws away from their skull as well as protrude these jaws laterally, to the left or right. Using high-speed videography we determined that stingrays do actually chew their food – just like mammals. We also found that these stingrays lift their disk to suck prey underneath the body – thereby capturing food with their pectoral fin 'limbs.' This decoupling of behaviors, prey capture and prey processing, is reminiscent of what is seen in several major radiations of bony fishes where the oral jaws suck prey and jaws in the throat (pharyngeal jaws) crush prey.
Q. There are freshwater stingrays?
A: There are many! You can find freshwater stingrays in many tropical rivers – in North Australia, New Guinea, Thailand, and even West Africa, to name a few places. But the largest concentration of freshwater rays are found in South America – from Guyana and Venezuela in the north, through Brazil and Peru, and even down into Argentina and Uruguay. These rays (Potamotrygon) were originally marine, but invaded South America millions of years ago, back when the Andes hadn't risen and the middle of the continent was filled by a shallow, slightly salty lagoon, called the Pebas Mega-Wetland (the best name for a big salty swamp that I can think of). They must have been successful, because now there's over 30 species of freshwater rays in South America – all inhabiting freshwater.
Q. Why is chewing in rays important?
A: Some of these freshwater rays (potamotryonids: literally – 'river rays' in Greek) are unique in that they eat aquatic insect larvae – the juvenile phase of insects like dragonflies, beetles, and caddisflies, which live along the bottoms of rivers and ponds. Insect larvae are made of chitin – a tough substance like plastic that has to be sheared or shredded apart – that's why stingrays chew, to tear chitin into bits. Aquatic insects are quite plentiful, but they are tough to eat – so stingrays that chew have found a means of eating a plentiful food option that they don't have to compete with other animals to eat!
Q. I don't understand why you think the comparison to goats is interesting. Why goats?
A: For a very long time, scientists thought that only mammals, like goats, could chew. Some of the earliest mammals fed on insects, and these sorts of critters were the land animals that 'inherited the earth' after the dinosaurs went extinct. Chewing is widely believed to have been a real important adaptation that helped mammals take advantage of new diets when they diversified some 60-70 million years ago. What we're finding more recently is that other organisms that we wouldn't have expected to be able to chew, are arguably doing the same thing as mammals – and they're chewing because this behavior seems to be the best solution for eating tough substances like insects, grasses, and even bone. Now we know there are carp that chew. Lizards that chew, even some dinosaurs are hypothesized to have been chewers. But chewing has never been observed in sharks and stingrays, and we're the first to find it.
Q. Why don't other stingrays eat insects?
A: Well, we think that to chew on insects you need really flexible jaws. Most stingrays have these, although some of the rays I've studied previously, ones that eat mollusks have very rigid jaws. So those clam-eating stingrays probably can't chew, just crush. Freshwater rays have particularly kinetic, or mobile jaws – the jaws of all rays are extended away from the skull during feeding by two cartilages, the hyomandibulae. But what makes freshwater rays so unique is that they have an extra joint that runs between the hyomandibulae and the jaws – making their jaws extra flexible. But maybe the answer to why more stingrays don't eat insects in that because there just aren't that many aquatic insects in the oceans – so only freshwater rays have had the opportunity!
Q. Why would anything eat an insect anyway?
A: Insect larvae are packed with nutritious fats that they're saving prior to metamorphosing – when these insects change from generally flightless juveniles to volant (flying) adults. All these fat stores are very nutritious and freshwater stingrays sure seem to love them! When I was conducting my experiments, the rays would ignore other foods if I dropped insects into the tanks – even though they took more of an effort to eat!
02/09/2016 - I'm excited to say that I have passed my PhD final examination and I will be starting my post-doc at Friday Harbor Labs in just a few weeks!
Stay tuned for more updates... there are several things cooking in the meantime!
10/07/2016 - Still recovering from the shock, elation, and honor at being awarded the American Elasmobranch Society (AES) Gruber Award at this year's Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists in New Orleans.
I've had some really tremendous influences and mentors along the way, and I in particular thank my coauthors, Nate Lovejoy, Adam Summers, & Ken Welch for their support and advice along the way. Couldn't have done it without these gentlemen scientists.
Sonja Fordham (Shark Advocates) - is credited for snapping this photo of me with past winner Chris Mull and sawfish whisperer, Dana Bethea! Great seeing you two again!
04/07/2016 - The International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology was a whirlwind of activity and I barely could keep up with all the sorts of cutting edge science taking place!
Particularly fascinating with Mason Dean et' al's symposium on biomaterials research - such absolutely awesome stuff! Highlights were biomimetic composites that simulate nacre and glass sponge spicules 3D printed at Harvard by my collaborator James Weaver!
In case you didn't get a chance to see it, check out my poster to the right on the evolution of insectivory in freshwater rays - a curious story of a 'lower' vertebrate which effectively chews tough prey like aquatic insect larvae. Insect larvae are widespread in tropical and temperate freshwater systems - but are a dietary niche that has remained out of reach for most elasmobranchs (sharks and rays) until now.
16/06/2016 - The folks at Experiment.com contacted me regarding creating a project for crowd-sourcing through their Shark Research Challenge, during Shark Week.
Please visit my research page there and consider donating (we're about 20% there after a week!) or share widely among your friends and family.
I'm trying to determine just how widely among the freshwater rays complex feeding behaviors, like chewing, are distributed and how these behaviors correlate with their dietary ecology and morphology.
Maybe most importantly for the casual reader, I've written several 'LabNotes' for this project which introduces you to the freshwater ray 'phenomena' - why they're so interesting, where they come from, and how my research is answering these sorts of questions (and generating more questions, too).
Alternatively, check out my blog post on Southern Fried Science, too! If anything - it's a fun read!
01/06/2016 - Our JEB paper, 'Morphology does not predict performance' was chosen by the UToronto Scarborough Biology Dept as the best student paper of 2016! Nice way to enter into the summer stretch towards dissertation defense!
Thanks to my coauthors, Nate Lovejoy, Mason Dean, Adam Summers, and Stephanie Crofts!
My undergraduate research assistant, Swara Shah - also one best undergraduate student research project for her research with me on bullnose ray feeding biomechanics!
Congrats Swara!
15/04/2016 - I was interviewed regarding the talk I gave at the 2016 SICB meeting in Portland OR on how stingrays feed on tough and stiff biomaterials. So how do they do it? Well, not to give away too much, rays feeding on tough prey have incredibly flexible, many-jointed (kinetic) jaws that help them "chew" prey like insect larvae and crustaceans. Rays that specialize on stiff prey like mollusks, on the other hand, use a drastically different strategy - fusing their jaws and teeth into a single, solid crushing platform. The diversity of feeding modes in stingrays is impressive given their low species richness (# of species). I thank the writer, Kaitlyn Lowder, for doing such a great job!
07/04/2016 - My BIOC99 (Seminar in Biomechanics and Comparative Phylogenetic Methods) presented their work as posters to our lab group today - and did a fantastic job. Swara presented work she did with another student of mine, Henil Patel, on scaling of feeding performance in bullnose rays (Myliobatis freminvillei). The highlight of this study is that these animals have comparable performance to other durophagous rays, but it is driven by efficient force transfer rather than increases in gross muscle morphology, as we documented in related cownose rays. Moreover, a sesamoid-tendon complex in these animals keeps pace with muscle growth and jaw leverage in order to offset internal tendon stresses during biting.
Amy & Ereny discussed their findings on functional redundancy and morphological diversity in the jaws of dasyatoid stingrays (below). They found that not only is morphology redundant when its comes to function (i.e. there are diverse shapes, but only several functional outcomes), but performance in these rays increases at a greater rate than one expects across the phylogeny of these animals. Incidentally, freshwater stingrays occupy a comparably huge area of morphospace compared to other rays.
07/01/2016 - Made an early departure from the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology meeting in Portland, OR. It was a great time, and I got to witness some great science. Good times meeting old friends, and new - but most importantly I got to see my students get their first taste of a professional conference. Swara and Henil did a fantastic job presenting their research! You can see a photo of their poster to the left and the slide from my presentation on prey materials and their influence on stingray feeding morphology (below).
2/12/2015 -
Our new paper featured in Journal of Experimental Biology went live - here's an FAQ about what we found and why it's interesting!
Q. What is the most important point of the paper?
A: The jaws of hard prey crushing stingrays have really different shapes. Despite this no shape is better than any other at smashing hard prey. There are many types of hammers and they all perform equally well. This is unusual because we expect to see performance differences when there are large differences in shape. Consider for comparison the beaks of Galapagos finches - different shapes are better for dealing with different types of seeds.
Q. How hard can a stingray bite?
A: Very, very hard...a cownose ray just 2 feet across can generate more than 110 pounds of force. A big eagle ray could generate over 1000 pounds.
Q. Why did you use models of prey items?
A: Nature is messy. Using models reduces the "noise" from natural variation. We used 3D printed shells that were identical in shape and structure to live shells. These faux shells broke in the same manner as live shells. This suggests that shape was not very important in predicting when any shell would be destroyed… but what the shells are made of… well that was pretty important!
Q. If shape is not important why does it vary?
A: Shape CAN be important, if it artificially inflates the size of the prey. Prey can act larger by having large spines or knobs or ridges. Predators must then be large enough to swallow the whole prey, including the spines. Spines discourage smaller predators, and large predators if the spines are venomous or sharp.
Q. Are there any of these stingrays near where I live?
A: Most of these rays are tropical, with cownose and bullnose rays occurring as far North as Delaware Bay in the United States. In the Caribbean, Florida, and the Bahamas you can find spotted eagle rays (Aetobatus). But other types of eagle rays (Aetomylaeus) are found only in the Indo-Pacific, alongside the other three stingrays.
Q. Is crushing hard prey common?
A: There are many critters that crush hard prey, hyenas, for example. All are very specialized, with particular teeth, jaws, and big muscles. That sort of suggests a common evolutionary theme that molds these creatures along similar processes. Interestingly, there are several, unrelated hard-prey crushing stingrays, despite their having a cartilaginous skeleton.
05/11/2015 -
Jillian Morris featured some of my batoid-related research interests over at Sharks4Kids! In case you haven't heard, Sharks4Kids teaches young people about ocean life, especially elasmobranchs, in order to inspire the next generation of shark advocates through education, outreach and adventure.
11/11/2015 -
Bit of departmental recognition for graduate students here, one of which was me and my buddy Derrick!
02/11/2015 -
There's been a lot of controversy about the collection of the Moustached Kingfisher, an infrequently-collected species from Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guadalcanal).
I'll leave the story to the news article, but when the collecting scientist, Dr. Filardi of the American Museum of Natural History wrote an op-ed to defend his collection of the animal, he was lambasted for being a "murderer" amongst other things. I tried to explain why collections are still absolutely necessary in today's world and some of my comments are featured in this great summary article by Audubon:
26/07/2015 -
The time is nigh... I begin my lengthy roadtrip from UToronto to Academy of Natural Sciences (ANSP) to grab specimens and then onward to Cambridge MA to start my research position at the Wyss
Institute at Harvard University. I'm incredibly humbled to have been given this opportunity.
I will be ct scanning dozens of species of stingrays. There are two over-arching goals here, (1) to generate a dataset for my last doctoral dissertation chapter on morphological evolution of the feeding apparatus in marine and freshwater stingrays and (2) gather more data for Mason Dean and James Weaver's project on the mechanics of tessellated cartilage. I'm stoked.
That big brown floppy thing in the photo is a torpedo ray, just fyi!
22/07/2015 -
If you missed my talk @ AES/JMIH 2015 - you can see a sampling of the slides below. Turns out asymmetrical jaw protrusion is a pretty common behavioral condition of prey capture in Potamotrygon. Why? Well we're not sure yet - but maybe it has something to do with shearing insect prey.
Kolmann, M.A. & Lovejoy, N.R. Feeding kinematics of the ocellate freshwater stingray, Potamotrygon motoro. American Elasmobranch Society. July 2015. Reno, NV.
and be sure to contact Lisa Whitenack for information regarding our study on the functional morphospace of shark teeth since the Permian(!):
Whitenack, L.B. & Kolmann, M.A. Integrative Chondrichthyan Paleobiology: The Present is the Key to the Past. American Elasmobranch Society. July 2015. Reno, NV.
27/05/2015 -
Great news - our paper on the scaling of bite force generation in cownose rays for the Journal of Anatomy has been accepted! Check out my ResearchGate profile soon for a copy!
How "hard" can a stingray bite? Think you know?
(and by "hard" I mean "forcefully")
5/04/2015 -
Happy Cinco de Mayo! See below for slides from my presentation at the Interdisciplinary Approaches to Fish Skeletal Biology in Tavira, Portugal <http://iafsb.org/>!
I had a great time and met some fantastic people. Not to mention the fish markets were great for specimens (Engraulis and Torpedo, nice!) My talk focused on our meager understanding of how durophagous stingrays use mineralized teeth, stress-dissipating struts, and massive muscles to process prey like shellfish. I found that jaw shape has no effect on crushing performance and muscle morphology is the primary contributor to positive gains in feeding performance in these wild critters!
Kolmann, M.A., Summers, A.P., Lovejoy, N.R. Development and decoupling of form and function in the tooth plate modules of durophagous stingrays. Interdisciplinary Approaches in Fish Skeletal
Biology. March 2015. Tavira, Portugal.
17/04/2015 -
Been a little while on updates - unless you've been following me on Twitter @KolmannMA.
The ROM expedition to the Marowijne and Corantijne Rivers was a success, as was my own expedition to the Lower Demerara, to survey estuarine and freshwater fishes.
Not only did my collaborators and I collect ~115 spp in 44 families, including stingrays for my thesis - but in Suriname we re-discovered a species from it's type locality that hasn't been seen in over 60 years, a banded knifefish (Gymnotus anguillaris).
So what does this mean exactly? Well, when a new species is discovered and described, several specimens are put aside as "types" - holotypes and paratrypes - and are distributed between several museums. These type specimens embody what is that species - a voucher that is available for reexamination, sort of like a entry in a glossary (but an exceedingly dead fish). With the advent of modern molecular methods in systematics, fresh tissue is needed to provide a biochemical "type" specimen (along with the preserved specimen being a morphological type), what we call a tissue voucher.
Since this banded knifefish was discovered (like many species) before the genesis of molecular phylogenetics (methods of determining evolutionary relationships from patterns of DNA) researchers lacked any record of its genetic distinctiveness. Now we have a record of this fish, from a molecular standpoint - and this has allowed us to determine exactly which species of knifefish this particular fish is related to - and how they have dispersed themselves across the Guianas.
This last March I led a sort of hybrid expedition/fisheries dependent survey of the Lower Demerara and its estuary, funded by Rufford Foundation. We went fishing with locals, intent on determining which fishes were being caught for local consumption and export - especially what species of sharks and rays were being harvested. So we get to analyze not just the local biodiversity, but also the "ecology" of the fishermen... with some interesting results. The highlight of the trip for me is catching the long-snout stingray Dasyatis geijskesi... a little known component of the ichthyofauna (fish diversity) in Guiana Shield estuaries. I'm hoping to start a project with the University of Guyana on understanding the reproductive biology of this stingray, which seems (anecdotally) to be strange, rather slow for a dasyatid.
23/02/2015 -
Had a great time at Cano Palma Biological Station with a group of stellar students: http://www.coterc.org/cantildeo-palma-overview.html
Cano Palma is a field station organized by the Canadian Organization For Tropical Education and Rainforest Conservation (COTERC). The station generates baseline survey data for shorebird migrations, turtle nesting, snake demography, caiman populations, and mammal diversity in addition to being a base for visiting scientists pursuing their own research year-round. The station has hosted the Lovejoy Lab's Tropical Biodiversity course for two years now and the area features an interesting array of fishes - from characids to poeciliids!
All fishes are being identified and taken to the Royal Ontario Museum where they will be some of the first records of the fish fauna inhabiting northeastern coastal Costa Rica - in fact, we may have a new species or two, which is pretty exciting!
We caught some great fishes and overall, had ourselves a time! But I miss my station people...
**Update** and we got featured in the University news!:
some of the photos below courtesy of Patrick Traynor
10/01/2015 -
Got back from SICB 2015 (http://www.sicb.org/meetings/2015/) and caught up with my FHL friends and collaborators! It was a hell of a meeting - accelerometers, suction-feeding, and ballistic tongue projection - oh my... For those of you who may have missed it - here's a poster of the work I did at FHL and presented at SICB in West Palm Beach.
10/12/2014 -
Just a few photos of me filming Potamotrygon motoro feeding using high-speed videography - we're trying to figure out how these animals use de-coupled (loosely-connected skeletal structures) to feed on complex prey!
01/11/2014 -
Donald Taphorn and I just received a grant through the Rufford Foundation to study freshwater and estuarine fish biodiversity in the Demerara River, Guyana!
We will be working with local fishermen and recruiting a local University of Guyana student to catalog commonly-caught fish species as well as document fish in the Demerara, probably the most
extensive scientific survey in this river for a hundred years! Hopefully we'll catch more Potamotrygon too!
08/10/2014 -
Back to Friday Harbor to continue my research on shell mechanical properties and how durophagous (animals that eat shelled prey) stingrays crush mollusks!
Here's a Nucella snail about to be crushed using replica Aetomylaeus (Indo-Pacific eagle ray) jaws made from ct scanned cross-sections and milled from solid aluminum!
More photos below! Skates (Rajidae), snailfish (Liparidae), sunsets, lighthouses, varnish clams (Nuttalia), 3D printers and mechanical loading frames (MTS Corp).
30/07/2014 -
Got finished with Adam Summer's Functional Morphology of Fishes course (I highly recommend):
And I already miss Friday Harbor! Not only did I learn how to identify a whole series of fish families new to me, being a temperate/tropical United States coastline person, like cottids and embiotocids - but I learned a ton of new stuff! Reconstructing ct scans, rendering images in 3D CAD software, 3D programmable milling (stingray jaws out of aluminum!), and 3D printing - one hell of a class!
Pictures below!
05/2014 -
Eigenmann in the early 1900s surveyed the fishes of Guyana, but only in two places - the Essequibo and the Potaro rivers. His lists of fish and their species descriptions are some of the
most accurate for this entire region of the Guiana Shield, a region of uplifted Precambrian rock that inspired Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to write the Lost World. We didn't find any dinosaurs,
but every time we come to Guyana we find new species!
This time in Guyana, myself, Donald Taphorn, Hernan Lopez-Fernandez, Jon Armbruster and others surveyed the Potaro, Kuribrong, and Amaila rivers for a potentially threatened fish new to science,
Characidium amaila, a strange crenuchid (Crenuchidae) fish from the lower Amaila River. We not only found the fish, but we also are the first biologists since 2004 (and before
that, 1904) to find and sample the sister taxa to the armored catfishes (Loricariidae) - Lithogenes villosus! This strange little fish is unarmored, unlike it's relatives and uses
its suckermouth to attach to rocks in high-flow rapids (rheophilic). Always a pleasure to work with World Wildlife Fund in this beautiful country.
01/03/2014 -
Greetings from the Ucayali, Peru!
We're outside of the Pacaya-Samiria Biological Reserve sampling for knifefishes (Gymnotiformes)... these fishes produce an electric signal (EOD) through a modified muscle-structure called an electric organ (EO). Knifefishes use this signal (a wave or pulse) to navigate their environment, communicate with other knifefishes, and in the case of the electric eel (Electrophorus) actually shock predators and prey! We're trying to examine the genomic basis of electric signal differentiation between the sexes by recording the EOD from different species of knifefishes and analyzing the patterns of gene expression in EO tissue.
10/30/2013 -
World Wildlife Fund Guianas (WWF) contacted the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) to help them survey fish biodiversity (as part of a larger, multi-taxon biodiversity survey or BAT) in the Lower
Rupununi river basin in Guyana. Hernan Lopez-Fernandez (Curator of Fishes at the ROM) sent me to Guyana with his mentor, Dr. Donald Taphorn to work with WWF. What an experience!
Guyana is such a beautiful place - full of fishes and other interesting critters. A growing concern there is the expansion of artisanal gold mining along the rivers - which lead to
erosion and leaching of mercury into the water system - harmful for local wildlife and native peoples alike. With pressure from the rest of the world for cheaper gold, miners are moving
into the pristine interior of Guyana's waterways to strip mine the area. We found a remarkable array of fishes and other wildlife, now cataloged at the ROM, with some new species awaiting
description. More photos can be found under the Fieldwork tab. I wonder if I can add anymore acronyms to this paragraph...
16/04/2013 -
New things to come now that I have secured independent funding for investigating the functional and evolutionary ramifications of cranial muscle evolution and jaw suspension in chondrichthyans. Expect to see how potamotrygonid stingrays (Family Potamotrygonidae) and allies can help us understand how molecular evolution, physiological redundancy and functional modularity has taken us vertebrates from our jawless ancestors to our shiny, toothed gnathostome heritage!
Also, look forward to new information on how stingrays have evolved to fill niches, new ecological roles and may be converging on similar morphological strategies... another example of freshwater fish and adaptive radiation?
Check out the new updates in the Research section as I finally get the opportunity to start publishing my MSc work and start geeking out about my dissertation potential!
Changes to the About Me and Lab sections as well!
Stay tuned, lots of changes coming up - especially my new crowd-sourcing section!
Teaching in Costa Rica to commence in February! Back to the Tropics!
Well, I'm now officially a Master of Science! Starting my PhD at UToronto in the Lovejoy lab on neotropical fish diversity, biogeography and speciation!
On to Potamotrygonidae!
Summer - UPDATE:
Getting ready to defend the MSc, couple last minute revelations about Rhinoptera, but maintaining sanity with field work in the Bahamas (Andros), the Florida Keys (pictured), and the Lost Coast of FLA (Steinhatchee fish fry, here we come!).
Come see my talk at the Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists & Herpetologists (AES/ASIH) in Vancouver this year!


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After months and months, I finally picked up a race medal display for the front room! Seeing all my medals hung up feels almost as good as earning each one, these really made me smile! I also have my race bib cork board hung too, slowly collecting these as well. A lot of my earlier virtual races didn't have bibs, but lately they have been including them.
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We had landscapers coming today for an estimate! We are going to pull out all our bougainvillea in the backyard (10 to be exact) and lay down a garden bed across the back wall. With Maggie now, I just don't want her eating them and getting mixed in with their thorny branches. Plus, we have wanted these things out since we bought the house. They are gorgeous, but so messy! They will be doing all this next Monday! Can't wait!


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Stuttgart:Defending champions Werder Bremen fought back with ten men to beat VfB Stuttgart 2-1 on Wednesday and prevent Matthias Sammer's team from reclaiming the lead in the Bundesliga. Stuttgart's second successive loss means that Wolfsburg stay top, one point clear of VfB. Bremen are now a further two points back, in fourth place. VfB Stuttgart welcomed reigning champions Werder Bremen to the Gottlieb-Daimler Stadium on Wednesday with the chance to move back above Wolfsburg at the top of the Bundesliga standings. The corresponding fixture last season ended in a 4-4 draw, but this time round there was little in the way of incident in a tepid first half - until, that is, debutant Matthieu Delpierre rose in injury time to meet Horst Heldt's free-kick with a superb back-header. One-nil to Stuttgart - and it got better for the home side in the 65th minute when 'last man' Ludovic Magnin dragged down Kevin Kuranyi on the edge of the box and saw red for his troubles. From the resulting free-kick, Marcus Babbel ended up prodding just wide of the post. It was one of several near-misses for Stuttgart but, a man and a goal to the good, they were not unduly concerned. However, they were made to pay dearly for their wasteful finishing. First, Miroslav Klose brought the scores level in the 78th minute, a clever flick from Daniel Jensen's scuffed effort sending the ball past the helpless Timo Hildebrand into the net. And then, three minutes later, Stuttgart were left stunned as Nelson Valdez rose to power in Johan Micoud's corner, despite Hildebrand's best efforts. So, a superb 2-1 win for Bremen sees them move up to fourth in a table. But disappointment for Matthias Sammer and Stuttgart - two losses in a row, they stay second behind Wolfsburg, who also lost on Tuesday night. (AP)
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Nina Mckay is trying to cope with the loss of her father and depression. She feels as if she's at war with herself and the enemy side of her has complete control.
Nina, her mother Ali, and her sister Caroline, live in a small town called Scarlett Hills. Nina soon meets Andrew Madsen. Caroline meets his brother William Madsen. 2 sisters fall in love with 2 brothers that have secrets that will change their perspectives of the world and of themselves.
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Dark Love by Olivia Howe **** ½ stars
I would like to start off by saying that this book is one of the best paranormal romance books that I have read in a long time. This story centers around two sisters Nina and Caroline. They have suffered a great deal in their short lives and for Nina she has fallen into a deep pit of despair that she may never learn to get out of. That is until she meets Andrew. He is the light to her dark and he becomes her happiness. What makes the deal even sweeter? He has a brother! William is just as amazing as his brother and Caroline is just his type. What more could you want for your sister? When you're in love you want everyone else to be in love around you. After all the tears and sadness they have faced, the Sister's are finally happy and falling in love with the men that they deserve and everything is right in their lives; that is until the unthinkable happens…. **Spoiler Alert** The Brother's have a deep dark secret that will not only change everything but it brings up skeletons from the past that threaten to pull Nina back under and back into the darkness that followed the death of her father. The secret is that Andrew and William are not only their world and their light but they are filled with a darkness that is consuming…. They are vampires. I personally loved the raw emotions and the truth that falling in love brings, reading this book it was easy to imagine myself as Nina and I couldn't help but fall in love with the characters myself. I think that a lot should be said for the author Olivia Howe. She did an amazing job telling the story of Nina and her family over coming struggles and finding love even if there are secrets; when its right love will outweigh the darkness.
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A Christmas-time reflection on Islam's genocide against Christians.
Egypt: Christians Still Denied Churches While Government Opens 10 Mosques Every Week
Not as spectacular as last Sunday's church bombing, but more typical…
Apocalyptic Videos of St. Peter's Bombing
Moment of the bombing, first (graphic) video taken inside, and Copts defiantly proclaiming Christ is Lord
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It could've been a repeat of the 2011 church attack in Alexandria which left 23 dead, and 100 injured.
Mitt Romney's "Establishment" Position on Islam and the Mideast
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ISIS Breaks into Christian Coffins, Desecrates Corpses and Crosses
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|Based on the play "In moonlight black boys look blue" by Tarell Alvin McCraney.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2016.
Special features: optional audio commentary with director Barry Jenkins; Ensemble of emotion: the making of Moonlight (22 min.); Poetry through collaboration: the music of Moonlight (10 min.); Cruel beauty: filming in Miami (6 min.).
Includes 5 previews of other motion pictures.
|Music, Nicholas Britell ; cinematography, James Laxton ; editing, Nat Sanders and Joi McMillon ; production designer, Hannah Beachler ; costume designer, Caroline Eselin-Schaefer.
|Trevante Rhodes, André Holland, Janelle Monáe, Ashton Sanders, Jharrel Jerome, Naomie Harris, Mahershala Ali, Alex Hibbert, Jaden Piner.
|Academy Awards, 2016: Best Motion Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor (Ali).
Golden Globe, 2017: Best Motion Picture - Drama.
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|MPAA rating: R; for some sexuality, drug use, brief violence, and language throughout.
|1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
|DVD, NTSC, region 1; wide screen (2.39:1 aspect ratio); 5.1 Dolby digital.
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|Moonlight (Motion picture : 2016)
|an A24 and Plan B Entertainment presentation ; a Plan B Entertainment/Pastel production ; produced by Adele Romanski ; produced by Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner ; story by Tarell Alvin McCraney ; screenplay by Barry Jenkins ; directed by Barry Jenkins.
A young black man struggles to find his place in the world while growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami.
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| 142 with an 8 chapter 1 . 9/9/2014
heh ahem!
ahhhhh... what a way to give a little peek to whats to come...
tho... it would be a crisis if your cossovers were to clash into one big mess due to outside interference...
stilll this is a nice read.
| Look what Jesus did chapter 1 . 9/7/2014
Aw man you got me anticipating a sneak preview of Warp Realities then dashed those hopes completely
| Destrark chapter 1 . 9/2/2014
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| Hiei-Uchiha chapter 1 . 7/28/2014
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| shugokage chapter 1 . 7/27/2014
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| Meech Macko chapter 1 . 7/22/2014
Nicely done...
Still it kinda sucks that Ranma-kun had to loose in-front of his girlfriend...
| Sargon Dorsai chapter 1 . 7/16/2014
Bwhaa haa haa. Awesome.
That is all.
| BadLuckBunny chapter 1 . 7/16/2014
Ha, Love it! I think you nailed it with Momoyo role playing. But would this effect Warp or HaWT:SS? It would be funny if you could do little Omaks of Cracked Horse at the end of them, sorry but I loved it so much I just want more! But either way if you do or dont, Nice job!
| Bitjama chapter 1 . 7/16/2014
This is quality crack you got here.
Id like to see the outcome of this some more.
| dragon-cloud16 chapter 1 . 7/15/2014
This here be some good crack. Better then what you can get on the street at minimum. Seriously though, Ranma can be thrown into whatever kind of mess you can think of and this just shows some of what could happen. Although more insanity should have happen since we got at least two Ranma's around at one time with a third joining for a little longer. I would have thought that the craziness would have gone up even more. But I can see this having echoes for a while. Especially if the Sailor Senshi exist in your Having a Wild Time fic and they catch wind of this.
Keep up the great work and here's hoping that we'll see a update for Fate a Live in the coming months. Especially since the Date A Live stuff would trash a bunch of things. Like Shinji and Rider trying to setup the bonded field at the school only for Tohka to wreck it via Space Quake.
| MilandaAnza chapter 1 . 7/14/2014
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| FateBurn chapter 1 . 7/14/2014
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| Jimbobob5536 chapter 1 . 7/14/2014
This is good crack. There is a weird sentence right there.
Can't help but wonder what the Wild Time and Lost & Found verse characters would think if they were told the counterparts from that third world were literally facing the apocalypse.
Finally, very glad to hear that Warp 31 is coming.
| cabrera1234 chapter 1 . 7/14/2014
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poor sailor Venus she wish the third ranma pick her in his world maybe that ranma will have a harem in his world
and last looks like haruka will be third wife in her world
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- 74 years old
- Date of birth: Mar 12, 1939
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Ikot Akpan Nkpe, Onna LGA, Akwa Ibom, Nigeria
- Date of passing: Dec 9, 2013
|Let the memory of Daddy be with us forever as he rests in perfect peace with God..
This memorial website was created in memory of our beloved Husband, Brother, Father, Grandfather, Uncle, Inlaw, Cousin, lifelong mentor, teacher and guardian, Elder (Prof.) Monday Benson Abasiattai who slept peacefully in the Lord on December 9, 2013 after a brief illness.
We will remember him forever.
A father and mentor to many, a scholar, a man of integrity, PROF lived through his years fully occupied, he had no dull moment. He had excellent interpersonal skills, loved teaching, and counseling and never looked down on anyone. Our Daddy lived an accomplished life, spending a lot of time with the less-privileged, giving out much of his time and substance.
In 1965, the late Monday Benson Abasiattai met and fell in love with Miss Affiong Sam Ekpoh (now Mrs Affiong Abasiattai). They got married 4th March 1967, and are blessed with five children (Emem, Aniekan, Ekaete-Alice, Ini and Mfon), and Ten grand-children.
Prof doted greatly on his children and grand-children. It is noteworthy that Prof was a role model and mentor to all members of his nuclear and extended family. He spared nothing to provide the best education and moral guidance as a very loving father to everyone and proved his love to all. He was a true philanthropist, and a sincere leader.
The Late Prof Abasiattai was baptized into the Qua Iboe Church (QIC) of Nigeria in 1953 and was ordained Elder of QIC in October 1995.
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Prof was until his passing-on, the Chairman Church Committee, Qua Iboe Church, Use-Offot, Uyo.
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"Happy birthday my dearest Daddy. I can never forget that you believed in me more than anyone else. Your love for us was unconditional. Your birthdays were always very special days for you. I will always love you and you live in my heart. Rest on my Daddy."
"Happy birthday daddy. I know you are very happy where you are. Now you have mum with you. Stay in peace till we see again. Love you always. Eka"
"My beloved daddy, it's been 3 years since i last spoke with you, but the memory of our last moments together has not faded. I will always love you. Now you have mummy with you. You have left me to face this world. It is well with us daddy. Rest from all the pains and stress. I know some day i will see you and we will never be apart again. Your only Eka."
I remember you today with joy in my heart. We are doing well, and your grand children have so grown up. Work is fine too, though hectic. I know you are happy where you are, so that's good enough for me. I love you."
"We miss you daddy, your love and light shines in us and through us forever."
"Happy birthday daddy. I still miss you so much. How fast I grew up. I wish we had spent more time together. I still love you in my heart daddy. Stay with Christ till we meet to part no more.
Your Eka."
"Yesterday would have been your birthday. All your kids would have called you and spoken with you. This year you're in heaven, celebrating eternally with your Maker. To Him be all the glory for giving you to us for almost 75 years. We thank God for your life well-lived!!! HAPPY earth-BIRTHDAY DADDY! RIP."
"Dear Uncle is good to have come in contact with an educationist as you.I want to briefly say that you lived a very easy going life that made a mark in the lives of those you came in contact with.My prayers are that the Lord Almighty strengthen Aunty and your children specially.Adieu Great Man.We will meet on the glorious morning."
"Dear Uncle is good to have come in contact with an educationist as you.I want to briefly say that you lived a very easy going life that made a mark in the lives of those you came in contact with.My prayers are that the Lord Almighty strengthen Aunty and your children specially.Adieu Great Man.We will meet on the glorious morning."
"Dear Uncle, You lived such an exemplary life and your kindness and humility will be remembered forever. Adieu Prof! Rest in perfect peace."
"A great man and Life Teacher went to Heaven on Monday, Dec.9th 2013! Daddy A., I may never have met you but in your exceptional children, caring family and teeming hordes of well-wishers from all over the world who gathered to bid you Farewell on Feb.7th, I see your greatness. I know you rest, free from all earthly pains and tribulations. I know you rest, watching over those you love. I know you rest, happy with your full life and the unsurpassed legacy you left behind. I know you rest, happy up above in the arms of God, still inspiring your family, still guiding the many lives you changed here below, still educating the world with selflessness, at much personal sacrifice, with humility and most of all, with your warm heart full of Christian love for all. Adieu Daddy A, ADIEU! May your blessed noble soul continue to Rest in Perfect Peace! <3"
"Adieu Prof, you have left footprints on the sands of Time and you were a great impact in your generation, receive rest in the bosom of our Lord . may your soul rest in perfect peace.Barr (Mrs.) Uduakobong Inibehe"
"My beloved uncle, I was shocked when I heard of your sudden death. You were an awesome uncle since I was a baby. You carried me on your wings of love as I grew up. Your love to me cannot be forgotten. I will surely miss your gentle smile and your words of wisdom. May your gentle soul rest in perfect peace Amen."
"Professor Abasiattai as I used to address you since I joined the family. You always amazed me with your beautiful spirit of friendship and love to the family. Your support and presence in every family activity even when you were not feeling well will be tremendously felt. Your intellectual pursuit and your love for education will be greatly remembered. You have touched so many lives including your children through your exemplary teaching strategies. In certainty you will always be recalled of your love and inspiration to mankind. May your soul rest in perfect peace."
"The tributes here bear out the fact that Prof. M. Abasiattai was a great man, loved by many! I pray GOD to grant you all he has left behind the fortitude to bear the loss, and grant him eternal rest in HIS bossom!"
"rip prof"
"prof, l miss you so much. l meet you last during our award and appreciation ceremony in our school, bright stars in which you launched the 2014 school calender. l know you as a nice gentle man with no discrimination, so please rest in the Lord, till we meet to part no more. ETI-IMA SILAS, office of the proprietor BSMSS"
"prof, l miss you so much. l meet you last during our award and appreciation ceremony in our school, bright stars in which you launched the 2014 school calender. l know you as a nice gentle man with no discrimination, so please rest in the Lord, till we meet to part no more. ETI-IMA SILAS, office of the proprietor BSMSS"
"My dearest uncle I still can't believe u are no more.You were my father , uncle and a role model to me.You were always full of words of advice ,you always encourage me to strife for the best academically.Although you are no more today my confident is"that you are resting in heaven with our Lord.I love you uncle Rest in Peace."
"You deserve a peaceful rest after a good life on earth !! Rest in perfect peace Sir !!!"
"Dear Daddy, in my life time I have never met such a man who is only full of love, integrity, knowledge and was ever committed to doing good for the benefit of all. You inspired me every day of my life and you are my model for ever. Though you are no longer physically present, I have resolved that you shall continue to live forever through me and in me. I love you daddy and we miss you so much. Your loving son Ini Abasiattai"
"My dearest dearest Daddy, I love you so so much. I don't know how to express the depth of my love for you. You were so special, my gentle Daddy. I am so proud of you and all God used you to accomplish on earth. I miss you so much, I love you so much I can't find the words to express how I feel. Rest in perfect peace as heaven celebrates you."
"Adieu! Elder (Prof) Abasiattai. We 'll miss you dearly in Qua Iboe Church Use Offot, Ewet Offot and the entire QIC at large.
May your soul rest in perfect peace. Amen."
"My dearest dearest Daddy. I love you so much. I can't express the depth of my love for you. You were a daddy in a million. I miss you so much, I think about you everyday. I am comforted by the fact that you are resting in heaven. Your mansion is ready and you shall bask in glory. Heaven is celebrating you, your crown is ready. God knows why you had to leave so suddenly. He has given you rest from all pain. I love you so much, I miss you greatly. O Daddy, who will call me Nwaedo, who will love me like you did. I am so proud of you. Every where I go people weep for you. The earth's loss is heaven's gain. Asiere Papa. No words can ever be enough. I wish I spent more time with you but I am grateful for all the times we spent together. You were so gentle and cheerful my hero. You loved me unconditionally and will do anything to protect me. Daddy, my Daddy, my joy is that you are in a better place and God is watching over us. Asiere oooo.. I love you so so so so much."
"Adieu Prof! You lived a remarkable life. Ekaette, be strong, the Almighty God giveth and He taketh away. My dear Mrs Abasiattai, weep not, be strong. The Lord is the husband of the widow, He will surely be there foryou aalways. May the good Lord strengthen you all IJN. Remain blessed."
"Daddy,I will forever miss you.You left us so suddenly and painfully. I sincerly hope you are resting and in peace. You will also be in my heart. Bye Daddy"
"Daddy I miss you so dearly. Your death dealt a great blow to me. I love you so much and believe that you are very happy where you are. I know I will meet you again , and this time, there will be no goodbyes ever ."
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Today in the U.S. Senate, the Democratic minority filibustered the House-approved DHS funding bill to keep it from even coming to the floor for a vote. They did this to thwart the Republican-led attempt to remove from the bill any funding for President Obama's illegal actions on immigration. This sets up a new confrontation, and soon, because the appropriations to fund ongoing operations at DHS will run out at the end of February.
In a well-written piece at National Journal, reporter Daniel Newhauser is calling attention to the very public way in which House Speaker John Boehner is urging the Senate, and specifically Senators Ted Cruz and Jeff Sessions, to "walk the walk" and not just "talk the talk".
Here's an excerpt from Newhauser's article:
"It's time for Senator Cruz and Senator Sessions, and Senate Republicans and Senate Democrats to stand together with the American people and block the president's actions," Boehner told reporters Tuesday morning.
The peculiarity of Boehner name-checking Ted Cruz and Jeff Sessions cannot be overlooked. Both have railed against Boehner and his team, particularly on immigration issues, calling on them to bring more conservative bills to the floor. Sessions helped scuttle a border-security bill Boehner hoped to bring to the House floor last week, holding that it did not do enough to secure the border or deal with interior enforcement. Cruz, meanwhile, was instrumental in pushing House Republicans to shut down the government in 2013 over demands that any funding legislation block implementation of Obama's health care law.
But now the tables have been turned. Boehner's subtle jab at the two senators betrays an increasing frustration among House Republicans with GOP senators pushing the House to pass legislation they do not have the votes to pass in the Senate. And if, as expected, the Senate cannot pass the House version of the DHS bill, expect House Republicans to blame Senate Republicans, now in the majority, as much as their Democratic counterparts.
"The fight is now in the Senate. It will be won or lost there," said a source familiar with Boehner's thinking. "Senators like Ted Cruz and Jeff Sessions need to show the American people how we succeed in the Senate. What's their plan to get 'yes' votes from senators like [Claire] McCaskill and [Joe] Donnelly, who've expressed concerns, and ultimately what's their plan to get this passed in the Senate?"
I agree with Boehner on this one. Ted Cruz is sometimes long on talk and short on action. Let's see if he can gain passage in the Senate of this vital bill.
Newhauser's complete article is HERE.