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UTS boosts support for young researchers
11 Apr 2012
- UTS has awarded a record 16 Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowships this year to early career researchers
- Introduced to attract "the very best and brightest" young researchers, this year's fellowship projects range from improving practices in water management to food security, forensics and an advanced thought controlled, semi-autonomous wheelchair
A record number of Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowships have been awarded this year to UTS early career researchers – 16 fellowships in a range of research strengths across all faculties.
UTS Chancellor, Professor Vicki Sara said this year's projects range from improving practices in water management to food security, forensics and an advanced thought controlled, semi-autonomous wheelchair.
"These fellowships were introduced to attract the very best and brightest young researchers to UTS and they continue to drive research that will have real benefits for industry and communities," Professor Sara said.
"The breadth of research expertise and talent these fellowship recipients represent is tremendous."
One of the 16 recipients, Dr Xanthe Spindler, aims to develop new methods for recovering fingerprints from forensic evidence as a part of her research.
"A number of fingerprints are still being missed by existing techniques," Dr Spindler said. "Researchers need to focus their attention on the invention of novel techniques for revealing fingerprints rather than redesigns of current reagents.
"My work is looking at ways of developing an antibody reagent to retrieve fingerprints from difficult surfaces including non-porous surfaces and the skin of deceased victims. By combining the antibodies with highly luminescent dyes and nanoparticles, weak fingermarks missed by existing techniques will be able to be visualised for the first time."
There is potential for the development of Dr Spindler's reagent to be done in partnership with the Australian Federal Police (AFP).
Another Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship recipient, Dr Talis Putnins, is an international researcher from Latvia whose research into financial market design is directed to making them more resistant to large shocks, such as the recent financial crisis. The research looks at characteristics of financial market liquidity, in particular its 'commonality', which is the tendency for liquidity to change in a number of financial securities or markets in a similar manner, at the same time.
2012 Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship recipients:
Catherine Burke, Faculty of Science, New perspectives on the role of indigenous microbial communities in diabetic skin conditions. Supervised by Professor Elizabeth Harry.
Dana Cordell, Institute for Sustainable Futures, Investigating food security in Australia: a novel approach to managing critical phosphorus resources from mine to farm to fork. Supervised by Professor Stuart White.
Hsieh Min-Hsiu, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, Using entanglement in practical scenarios. Supervised by Professor Mingsheng Ying.
Benjamin Johnston, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, Self-configuring cognitive architectures. Supervised by Professor Mary-Anne Williams.
Olivier Laczka, Faculty of Science, Novel biosensors for early detection of pathogens: towards a better use of Australia's water resources. Supervised by Dr Martina Doblin.
Gang Lei, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, System level RMDO method and virtual design platform for advanced EDS. Supervised by Professor Jianguo (Joe) Zhu.
Hao Liu, Faculty of Science, Synthesis of novel mesoporous structured materials and their applications for high power rechargeable lithium batteries. Supervised by Professor Guoxiu Wang.
Trish Luker, Faculty of Law, Reading the archive: use of historical documents as evidence in law. Supervised by Associate Professor Katherine Biber.
Tuan Nghia Nguyen, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, Advanced thought control semi-autonomous powered wheelchair system. Supervised by Professor Hung Nguyen.
Franklin Obeng-Odoom, Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building, Africa land rights or land rights in Africa? A study of 'land rights' in development discourse. Supervised by Professor Spike Boydell.
Katherina Petrou, Faculty of Science, The Weathermakers: light-driven control on sulphur production by Australian marine phytoplankton. Supervised by Professor Peter Ralph.
Talis Putnins, Faculty of Business, Financial market liquidity. Supervised by Professor David Michayluk.
Xanthe Spindler, Faculty of Science, Novel immunogenic reagents for the detection of latent fingermarks on non-porous and difficult surfaces. Supervised by Professor Claude Roux.
Hollis Thomas Taylor, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Is birdsong music? Explorations at the intersection of music, nature, and technology. Supervised by Professor Anne Cranny-Francis.
Seet Rui (Simon) Ting, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, Enhanced delivery of small interfering RNA and oligonucleotides as therapeutics for gene silencing. Supervised by Associate Professor Gyorgy Hutvagner.
Jonathan Wardle, Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, Examining the primary care and public health impact of CAM practitioners in Australia. Supervised by Professor Jon Adams.


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Ladies at the bookmobile in Washington County, Maryland, 1930s.
The bookmobile was introduced to the US in 1905 by Washington County librarian Mary Titcomb as a means to get books into homes throughout the county. The bookmobile was operated by two ladies: one to drive and one to stand on the running board to keep it from tipping over. They traveled thousands of miles and delivered thousands of books throughout the 1930s. However, the advent of gas rationing made the book wagon impossible to continue, and the bookmobile made its last trip in 1940.


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I've realized that I haven't done much on the blog rather than Fashion Week... and that I haven't even said that I'm already living in San Francisco.
I've been here for a month now and school has already started.. so far so good! I'm learning tons about fashion!
This is the look I pulled off yesterday, this sweater was mu first purchase here and I love it, it's kind of cropped and the silver color is amazing and since silver can never be too much I decided to put silver cuffs over the sweater.
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Science now says convicted killer Anthony Sowell didn't rape a woman during an incident outside of the Cleveland Strangler murders.
This, after the victim released a book titled "I survived the Cleveland Strangler."
Cleveland Police tell 19 Action News that a DNA test clears Sowell from a rape case in 2006.
The writer's former girlfriend was raped and beaten badly in the city's Garden Valley section by an unknown attacker. The woman felt she recognized Sowell after seeing him on television.
Police tested the attacker's DNA against Sowell's and the convicted serial killer came up clean…in this case.
The author of the book tells 19 Action News that he still thinks Sowell tried to kill the woman and that the DNA might be from someone she was with earlier.
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Pioneer 06
Goals: Pioneer 6 was the first in a series of solar orbiters designed to measure, from widely separated points in space on a continuing basis, interplanetary phenomena such as the Sun's magnetic field, the solar wind, and solar and galactic cosmic rays.
Accomplishments: Pioneers 6, 7, 8, and 9 formed a ring of solar-weather stations, spaced approximately along Earth's orbit, whose measurements were used to predict solar storms. Pioneer 6 returned the first data on the Sun's atmosphere and recorded passage of Comet Kohoutek's tail.


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Long-term High Net Worth Individuals (HNWIs), such as singer/songwriter Sting, whose career now spans over thirty years of success, have long seen the sense of putting their earnings into tangible bricks and mortar. With a global portfolio of over eight homes, Sting recently sold his central London townhouse for £19 million, after buying it in 2003 for £5.7 million. The ex-Police frontman has also invested in the prestigious new development at Battersea Power Station, purchasing a luxury apartment in 2014. His 16th-century Tuscan villa is available to rent for private functions, thereby ensuring a regular return on his portfolio.
Some of the most expensive real estate in the world is now in Sydney, Australia, which some surveys have placed as the third least affordable market in the world. Of course, it remains well within budget for actress Cate Blanchett and her theatre director husband Andrew Upton, who just sold their Hunters Hill mansion for $20 million after purchasing it in 2005 for £10 million.
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It is a member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts.
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One in Five Gay and Bisexual Men in U.S. Cities Have HIV
September 24, 2010
A CDC study of men who have sex with men (MSM) in 21 major cities found nearly one in five are infected with HIV, and 44 percent did not know it.
CDC researchers tested 8,153 MSM participating in the 2008 National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System. Overall, 19 percent were HIV-positive.
The highest infection rate, 28 percent, was found among black MSM. Eighteen percent of Hispanic MSM were infected, as were 16 percent of white MSM.
Lower levels of income and education were associated with higher rates of HIV infection. Among other findings:
- Among MSM with HIV, 59 percent of blacks were unaware of their infection, compared to 46 percent of Hispanics and 26 percent of whites.
- MSM under age 30 had lower HIV prevalence than older men. However, 63 percent of HIV-positive MSM ages 18 to 29 were unaware of their infection, compared to 37 percent of HIV-positive MSM age 30 and older.
- Among HIV-positive MSM younger than 30, 71 percent of blacks were unaware of their infection, compared to 63 percent of Hispanics and 40 percent of whites.
"We can't allow HIV to continue its devastating toll among gay and bisexual men, and in particular, among young black men," said Dr. Jonathan Mermin, director of CDC's Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention. "We need to reinvigorate our response to preventing HIV among gay and bisexual men."
"The severity of the impact of HIV in the gay community is nothing new," said Carl Schmid of the non-profit AIDS Institute. "What has been missing is an appropriate response by our government, at the federal, state, and local levels, and the gay community itself."
CDC recommends that MSM be tested for HIV at least annually. Those at increased risk -- men with multiple or anonymous partners, and those who use drugs during sex -- should be tested every three to six months, the agency says. In the study, only 45 percent of the HIV-positive men unaware of their infection had tested in the previous year.
The study, "Prevalence and Awareness of HIV Infection Among Men Who Have Sex with Men -- 21 Cities, United States, 2008," was published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (2010;59(37):1201-1207). For more information from CDC about MSM health issues, visit www.cdc.gov/msmhealth/.
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SCOTTS VALLEY – A furiously pedaling teenager became the first person to test an ultra-lightweight, human-powered helicopter designed to break an international aviation record.
There was no actual lift-off Sunday inside the Scotts Valley High School gym. It was just an initial test run to see if the sheer effort of UC Berkeley student Kyle Zampaglione, 19, could make the 85-foot and 48-foot rotors spin.
"Today is the first time we have ever put it together," said aeronautical engineer Neal Saiki of Scotts Valley.
Saiki is aiming to claim the American Helicopter Society Igor I. Sikorsky Human Powered Helicopter Prize, a 31-year-old challenge to build a human-powered helicopter that can hover for one minute and, at some point, reach a height of 3 meters.
"This takes a while," he said. "This is a process. It's a lot of innovation."
The test took place after a full day of tinkering by Saiki and his volunteer crew, several of whom had been engineers on the successful attempt to break the world human-powered helicopter flight record in 1989. They stabilized rotors with guy-wires, taped together specially crafted lightweight components and pulled out a drill at the last minute to mend a broken tube.
The test was a way to look for the weaknesses. Saiki said the team had already made numerous adjustments to improve the model.
The craft will be the culmination of 20 years of planning and five years of construction, Saiki said. After modifications, the vehicle, which is made up of about 200 specially designed lightweight pieces, should be ready for official testing in a few weeks.
"It will all come together," Saiki said. "People will get really excited. This is one of the last frontiers. This is the last aviation achievement to fall."
In 1989, Saiki, heading up a team of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo engineers, broke the record for human-powered helicopter flight. They designed and built a machine that rose nearly 8 inches off the ground for just more than seven seconds. (The professional bicyclist piloting the machine passed out from exertion after 10 seconds).
Saiki went on to design award-winning mountain bikes, medical devices, high-altitude research planes, climbing equipment and electric motorcycles. With his wife, Lisa, he co-founded Zero Motorcycles in Scotts Valley in 2006.
Four months ago, he retired from his post as chief technology officer at Zero and has been working around the clock on building the helicopter he's named the Upturn.
To qualify for the Sikorsky Prize, the helicopter has to be solely powered by muscle power with no stored energy and has to stay within a three-meter square area. The prize was recently increased from $20,000 to $250,000.
Saiki says he's put about $25,000 into the Upturn, which has attracted several small sponsors as well as volunteers. The total cost is about $40,000.
The Upturn weighs in at about 95 pounds. Saiki has designed all of the parts to be ultra-lightweight. Hollow links in an aluminum drive chain turn a spool of high-strength thread that stretches through hollow foam rotor blades and spins small propeller blades. Spectra guy-lines made of a plastic stronger than steel hold the machine in alignment. The pilot sits in the center in a balsa wood-framed seat.
The project needs an inside testing arena that's big enough – 130 feet in diameter – to accommodate a 3-meter lift and a competitive cyclist who is light enough – under 140 pounds – and strong enough to generate one horsepower of energy for one minute.
"This is pushing helicopter technology that is hundreds of times more efficient than normal helicopters that use 500 horsepower," he said.
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The UK platinum-selling superstar and Tony-Award winner Alfie Boe brings his second television concert special to PBS, Alfie Boe – Storyteller at The Royal Albert Hall. Coming off his success in England with three Top Ten albums, two sold-out tours and over a million albums sold, Alfie Boe is poised to continue winning over US fans with Storyteller.
The Huffington Post raved that Alfie and PBS are "a match made in heaven." The concert features a full 19-piece band, and casts a wide net of selections from Alfie's repertoire, including tracks from the new album, Classical arias, and of course, his signature song "Bring Him Home", from his acclaimed turn as Jean Valjean in Les Miserables. Alfie Boe's story is what dreams are made of and now comes to London's iconic Royal Albert Hall with his Storyteller Tour.


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June 28, 2007
The Best Laid Plans...
Although, considering some of the ideas that had been bouncing around in my head (keep in mind that I am pretty giddy about the upcoming release of the new Transformers movie), maybe it's a good thing I didn't "geek out" for this post. You might have all been subjected to a multitude of obscure references to 80's pop culture, or even attempts to relate birding blogs to characters from old He-Man cartoons.
So, consider yourselves fortunate to have escaped such a fate. Instead, this 52nd entry into the I and the Bird blog carnival will be perfectly and delightfully normal.
Won't it, Frodo?
You got that right, Paul. You won't be hearing any mention about He-Man, She-Ra, or even the Smurfs from me. Too childish. Just ask Ultra Magnus, here.
Obviously, Frodo, those programs you mentioned are intended for an audience with significantly lower mental capacity than those who normally read the "I and the Bird" blog carnival. Take Greg Laden's post highlighting a popular YouTube video about a moonwalking manikin, for instance. Sure, the video is a bit silly, but do you honestly think someone who watches the Smurfs would find that interesting?
Exactly my point! You see, I and the Bird hosts need to maintain certain standards for their review of the submissions they receive. Likewise, post submitters often go to extremes to demonstrate just how sophisticated birders can be. For example, Clare describes the joys of early summer birding in the Arctic, a distinguished pastime I remember fondly from my time living in Fairbanks, Alaska. Although, to be honest, I never tried searching for Rock Ptarmigan while wearing a kilt before.
We've also got the Ridger, of The Greenbelt, who takes the time to share the frustration I myself have felt at being unprepared to capture an exciting bird encounter on film. She tries her best to capture the scene of two bitterns in a snag with her camera phone. Remember, when life hands you lemons.... Or, as my friend Samwise Gamgee would say, "What we need is a few good taters."
Uh oh... What's wrong, now, Malfurion?
Oh, nothing, Frodo. I just got done reading J Fischer's Ecobirder blog about his recent adventure photographing Great Horned Owl nests in Minnesota. Made me homesick, is all.
Wait, that's not my Homer Hanky from the 1987 World Series, is it?
Oh...um, yes, I mean, no...
Uhhh.... I'll wash it. I promise.
For crying out loud...anyway, I've still got a lot of blog submission to cover so I figured I'd enlist the help of some friends. Here are the Maul brothers. This is Darrel, and his other brother Darrel.
Ok, Darrel and I went through the list and picked out all of our favorite entries. Basically anything that had anything to do with blood, violence, monsters...
Or baby birds.
Yes, Darrel, or baby birds. So, first off we've got Lord Garavin's Bird Blog, which highlights exciting photos documenting the fledgling flights of a group of young Peregrine Falcons in Rochester, NY. Now, you may be asking yourself where the blood and violence is in this post.
But they count, cuz they're baby birds!
Yes, I realize that. But my point was that these are raptors. And everyone knows raptors love to eat tourists. Just wait until these bad boys grow up and then you'll see the carnage. If you don't believe me, just pop in a copy of Jurassic Park sometime.
Next we've got Karen at Rurality, who shares some great close-ups of vicious Baby Barn Swallows. These little monsters have a bad rap with some folks (and are often the target of TV ad smear campaigns by the powerful and controversial mosquito-rights lobby), but they're perfectly harmless and are quite beneficial to have nesting in your yard, as Karen explains while trying to dispel the myth that these fascinating birds are a nuisance.
Third we have GrrlScientist treats us to a recount of a truly monstrous bird most of us are probably relieved not to have to worry about encountering on those cool, dark early morning birding adventures. This 26-foot long 3,000 pound "Giant Roadrunner" is my kind of bird!
And not to be out-done, we've got YC, from the Bird Ecology Study Group Nature Center in Singapore, who vividly describes the gruesomely unique behaviors exhibited by birds who prefer feed on the slimy, fleshy bits hidden behind the seemingly impenetrable shells of various mollusks. I tried eating an oyster once. Notice I said once.
Ok, those are the ones we wanted to talk about. Right, Darrel?
Thanks to the Darrels for their enlightening effort. Anyway, as you can probably tell, my wife here and I both love to travel. And the more tropical and exotic the better. So it was with great delight that I got to read through some amazing posts from all over the world. Now, while Peregrine Craig at Peregrine's Bird Blog doesn't necessarily live in what I'd call a "tropical paradise," I was surprised to read about his life-listing story of spotting his first Common Spoonbill in Northern Ireland. A spoonbill just isn't a bird I would have expected to see on the Emerald Isles. He also shares some exciting news as the British Library recently invited him to have his blog archived forever!
Buzzing over to the other side of the globe we find another story about a spoonbill. This one in the Australian outback (ok, this probably technically isn't in the outback, but I'm an American...so anything located in Australia is automatically considered to be in the outback). B, from A Snail's Eye View, reminds us that birds have evolved similar adaptations all over the world to take advantage of the food available in various habitats, as evidenced by the Royal Spoonbill she observed in an Australian marsh.
And no trip would be complete for a bikini-clad hula girl without a stop in the Caribbean! So we go to visit Tai, from Earth, Wind and Water, who posts some beautiful shots of an American Kestral perched atop a pole "somewhere in the Caribbean".
Next stop, Africa! We actually have two entries from this fascinating continent. First off we have James, the Birdman, who shares a beautiful description of an encounter with the bird known as Spookvoël by Afrikaaners, as well as other fascinating birds observed in the wilds of Africa. And then we have David, from Search and Serendipity, who highlights some of the amazing birds that can be seen near his home in Yaounde, Cameroon. As David so aptly puts it, "there are indeed many things to love about Africa." I think you all will agree once you see the video of the Splendid Sunbird (Cinnyris coccinigastrus), a species whose brilliance could put any of the hummers in my backyard to shame.
Forget about these posts over here you should not. Help you understand the force, they will. Hmm?
Yeah, yeah, I was getting to those...you know, if you're so smart why don't you talk about them.
Talk about them I cannot. See to my home I must. Snakes. Yes, many snakes must I arrange.
Whatever. Alright, fine. I'll do it. Anyway, several people submitted entries that highlight the work of others or share insights about bird behavior we may not have been aware of before. For example, Julie, from Pines Above Snow, reviewed David Gessner's new book, "Soaring with Fidel," a humorous account of the author's adventure following the Osprey migration from Cape Cod to Cuba. And then we have Bora, from Blog Around the Clock, who explains that nesting habits of storks, unlike what we have always heard in fairy tales, typically do not include placing them on top of chimneys except as a last resort, as in the example he shares from Serbia.
Patrick, from the Hawk Owl's Nest, spoke with reknowned nature artist Michael DiGiorgio, in the first of what he promises to be a series of such interviews. And the Birdfreak Team asks us the question, "Who's afraid of the Big Bad Brown-headed Cowbird?" in a valiant attempt to shed a positive light on one of North America's "Most Un-Wanted" birds. They also offer up a few solutions to solving what many see as the problem with a very opportunistic (and highly successful) species.
Next we have Carel Brest van Kempen, from Rigor Vitae, documents and describes some of the changes in the behavior of White Pelicans at Gunnison Island in the Great Salt Lake of Utah, as some of them have been spotted frequenting new areas around Salt Lake City lately. And then there is Trevor, who provides some useful tips for anyone who wishes to attract wild birds to their yard, regardless of whether the birds in question are a North American favorite such as the Northern Cardinal or, in Trevor's case, some fascinating Australian species like the Spiny Cheeked Honeyeater.
We also had quite a few submissions from folks who simply wanted to share their love of wildlife, like this little froggy here. I love these posts in particular because they remind me of the excitement, laughter and heartwarming stories that often result from a love of birds and birdwatching. Mike, the illustrious owner of everyone's favorite birding blog, 10,000 Birds, not to mention the infinitely patient coordinator of this very blogging carnival, shares his account of his first ever encounter with his very own "nemesis bird", the Ruffed Grouse, seen during a recent descent from the top of Wakeley Mountain in upstate New York.
Next we find John, from a DC Birding Blog, sharing a rewarding morning of birding at the National Arboretum filled with Blue Grosbeaks, Acadian Flycatchers and Indigo Buntings, only a few of the 45 species he encountered that day. Meanwhile, Julie reminds us never to stop looking (because you never know what you'll see, as she says) with an eloquent story of a rather heartwarming encounter with a lonely Rose-breasted Grosbeak.
Then we have Wren, of Wrenaissance, who reveals her excitement at spotting (and finally capturing on film) a killdeer family with, count them, three babies! And, of course, Ben Cruachen recounts the experience he had exploring Lake Glenmaggie encountering a flock of Cattle Egrets sharing a meadow with…well, cattle.
And finally, Bill, of Gulf Crossings, reports on the rare sighting (in June, no less) of a Common Redpoll who somehow found its way to Galveston, Texas! Talk about taking the long route to the Arctic…
So, there you have it. A completely non-geeky version of the 52nd "I and the Bird" blog carnival, courtesy of everyone's favorite hobbit...me! I hope you all had as much fun reading it as I had writing it. And, even though it's a little late (it is now officially five minutes after Thursday), I certainly hope to be able to host it once again someday. Maybe next time I'll be able to convince Gandalf and Bilbo to help out. In the meantime, when planning a birdwatching trip don't forget your lembas bread!
Happy birding, everyone!
12 comments:
- Rurality said...
My favorite edition yet! LOVED it!
- Friday, June 29, 2007 at 5:11:00 AM AKDT
- Corey said...
That was freaking awesome! And, though it is a cliche, this I and the Bird was definitely better late than never...and the Newhart reference, aaahhh.
Congrats on a great I and the Bird!
- Friday, June 29, 2007 at 5:37:00 AM AKDT
Hugs, Your big sister!
:o) Janine
- Friday, June 29, 2007 at 6:44:00 AM AKDT
- Amy said...
That was totally rad. Kudos on a fanTAStic carnival, Paul!
- Friday, June 29, 2007 at 8:12:00 AM AKDT
Well done!
- Friday, June 29, 2007 at 12:59:00 PM AKDT
- coturnix said...
Loved it! Very very cool!
- Friday, June 29, 2007 at 6:47:00 PM AKDT
- Snail said...
What a hoot! Great fun!
- Friday, June 29, 2007 at 9:27:00 PM AKDT
- Duncan said...
Good one Paul, you should have seen my grandson's face when he saw all his favourite characters.
- Saturday, June 30, 2007 at 12:25:00 AM AKDT
Very entertaining! Your creativity really blows me away!
- Sunday, July 1, 2007 at 1:30:00 PM AKDT
- Patrick Belardo said...
Nice job! I think I'm going to go assemble Devastator now.
- Thursday, July 5, 2007 at 4:01:00 AM AKDT
- Patrick Belardo said...
Also, I have the rare blue Snaggletooth. If you know what that is, then you are truly a geek. BTW, I tagged you with a meme: http://hawkowl.blogspot.com/2007/07/eight-random-facts-meme.html
- Thursday, July 5, 2007 at 5:28:00 AM AKDT
So, I haven't read your blog in probably over a year, and I come back to talking action figures! Yoda in the plant is my favorite. If I were Yoda, I would want to live in a plant, too.
- Tuesday, July 31, 2007 at 3:30:00 PM AKDT


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With an evil laugh and the flaunting of a roll of hundreds, he once told millions of wrestling fans around the globe they all had a price as he lauded the almighty dollar. Now a Baptist minister, he preaches a new gospel to his flock as he spreads the word of God.
In his self-titled autobiography, co-authored by Tom Caiazzo, the WWF's one-time "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase paints a picture of a man born into the wrestling business who would star as a top talent before eventually turning to religion to save himself from its excesses.
DiBiase grew up wanting to follow in his parents' footsteps. His mother, Gladys Helen Nevins (a.k.a. Helen Hild), and step-father, "Iron" Mike DiBiase, were both professional wrestlers. The business had a profound effect on his formative years, and DiBiase would spend his early childhood immersed in the sport, moving from territory to territory. From the time he was in kindergarten, DiBiase had moved eight times in seven years. When he was 15, "Iron" Mike died in the ring.
But wrestling remained in his life as a good friend of "Iron" Mike's swooped in to take the younger DiBiase under his wing. His name was Terry Funk. Funk steered DiBiase, a young man blazing a trail in high school football, to West Texas State University. What he didn't know was DiBiase's ulterior motive for choosing that school. In addition to its fantastic football program, West Texas State owned an impressive alumni of professional wrestlers. Much to Funk's chagrin, DiBiase would drop out of college to follow Dick Murdoch to Bill Watts' Mid-South Territory. With DiBiase's lineage, football background, and many contacts -- most of whom knew and respected "Iron" Mike -- he had no trouble breaking into the business.
DiBiase's career would blossom in the NWA but it was in New York, where he donned the "Million Dollar Man" gimmick, that he reached the pinnacle of his success. But in spite of his riches and wrestling achievements (winning three tag titles with Mike Rotunda, a.k.a. Irwin R. Shyster), his personal life was crumbling. DiBiase does not shy away from admitting that notoriety and wealth went to his head, and points out he became his character as he blew stacks of cash drinking and carousing his nights away. It was only when his wife Melanie confronted him about his adultery that he began to turn back to his boyhood religious roots. (He quit the WWF shortly thereafter and that same year, a serious neck injury suffered on a Japanese wrestling trip ended his in-ring career permanently.)
Although DiBiase was lured back to wrestling (as would occur on several occasions), he never relived those previous heady days, as he commentated and managed in WWF for a couple years before heading to WCW, where in time he would be relegated to doing little more than carrying Hulk Hogan's belt to the ring. Even after spending the five years following WCW's demise travelling across North America sharing his testimony about Christ, he went back to wrestling, but this time in a backstage role. DiBiase's take on how much wrestling changed from his days as a talent are little different from most retired wrestlers who no longer recognize the modern era where drama and scripted dialogue overshadow actual matches. But because his assessment does not contain a hint of resentment (despite being let go from his post on the creative and production teams after only one year), his comments come across as genuine and engaging.
DiBiase, who has gone back to full-time preaching, spends most of his book describing his origins and his wrestling career, and only speaks about religion when explaining how his path changed and why it did so. There is no sermonizing in this well paced, bitter-free 241-page book, unlike, say, his first autobiography, Every Man Has His Price, which came out in 1998, before the wrestling book boom, from Multnomah Publishers, Inc.
His latest book is the tale of a man who appreciates everything he has been given and does not dwell on the negatives of wrestling like so many others before him have done. Perhaps his gratitude reflects his faith. In any case, DiBiase leaves no confusion about how just about every facet of the business he lived and breathed delighted him. It should then come as no surprise that the comments interspersed throughout the book from some of wrestling's biggest names put over DiBiase with glowing praise, revealing the former heel was underneath it all truly a fan favourite.


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Pets, Pets, Pets
Pill Ploy: Cats are pains to medicate. Pills become projectiles. Stumbled on a trick that beats the advice I gave here 3 years ago when I insisted that if you uttered my friend's Yiddish mantra, your Felix would swallow a pill with ease. I was a bit naive. Soon as it came to print, a kindly Jewish man called the shelter to warn that this expression also had sexual connotations. Oy vey! No more Yiddish tips from me.
Veto (named for the Congressional office where he was found and for Don Corleone) is my ornery 3-legged cat. He's chummy with dogs, thinks he is an Afghan hound, tortured his cat sister, and although he sleeps on us all night, hates his owners. Even my vet jokes I deserve a sweeter cat. After reading Veto's x-ray last month, he left this curt message: "Veto is like Rasputin. You can't kill him." Now almost 10 my mobster needs meds for inflammatory bowel disease. Yeah, right. You try shoving them down his throat.
One chance is all you get with nasty cats, even with many nice ones. Multiple pills, forget it. Felines fight you or flee. At first Veto needed 3 pills (some cut in fractions) twice a day so I started putting them into a speedball imbedded in hairball remedy about a half inch of Petromalt or Laxatone. (Nutrical the vitamin supplement would work also.) Most likely other abused owners have thought of this gimmick too.
For those not cat savvy, hairball remedy is a lubricant that looks like molasses toothpaste-comes in a tube; very sticky which gives me great fine motor and anti-gravity control. Since the paste adheres to my index finger, I can fool slick Veto. I twirl my hand, pretending to do chores like watering plants, while never making eye contact, before pouncing on the unsuspecting patient.
This trick requires an abrupt ventriloquist maneuver. With the free hand do a quick, tight neck scruff; while the middle finger of the sticky speedball hand pries the jaw open from the side. Then swish the Petromalt pills (still on your index finger) into the side of the cat's mouth. Next hold the head vertically, and stroke the cat's throat with your gooey finger. The pills go down all at once. Your cat might wind up wearing some unsightly glop but it sure beats hiring a bunch of Hell's Angels to wrestle him to the ground for you several times a day.
Almost forgot- I hum the theme from "The Godfather" while pill pushing, just to gloat over my Cat Corleone, but you don't have to do that.
Tribute to a Trooper: On a more serious side, a wonderful 12 year old Golden Retriever-Cody, the mascot of Suffolk SPCA and a therapy dog for rescue workers at the WTC site, passed away 3 weeks ago. For the 2 months right after 9/11 while the Suffolk SPCA mobile veterinary hospital was camped at Ground Zero, the everwagging Cody became a virtual teddy bear for anguished police, firefighters and searchers. Cody, the beloved pet of SPCA Chief Roy Gross, was a constant at SPCA events, and received many honors. In the photo here, Cody along with members of Suffolk SPCA, and Lois Gross, holding Cassie (my dog's sister, both rescued from a hoarder) were invited in 2004 to ring the opening bell at NASDAQ.
To honor Cody's memory, Roy and Lois Gross have established the "Cody Foundation" to help furnish medical supplies for neutering feral cats and pets in the SPCA's spay/neuter van. All contributions are tax deductible. Call 631-382-7722 or visit:
For Adoption at Oyster Bay Town Shelter (677-5784) Miller Pl. Syosset: "Élan" #474 is a young, vibrant Vizsla mix while this dazzling male Siberian Husky #487 has been around dogs, cats, and kids. See more photos on the shelter's Petfinder site.
+Cats: 2 declaws in the lobby- "Fireball" #445- gorgeous, loving longhaired orange and tabby-"Frost" # 526- frightened because his owner surrendered him- always facing the corner but loves to be scratched.
+Dogs: "Buster"- #479- Golden Retriever mix; "Pickles"- #446- Beagle with cherry eyes; "Blue" #325- 3 yr. Rottie mix with gorgeous baby blues.


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February 2010
28 February 2010
Birds around the Zoo were squawking to the tune of 'Happy Birthday' this week, to mark our cheeky macaw's special milestone. Queto, the Blue-and-gold Macaw, celebrated his sixth birthday on Saturday with all his favourite feathered friends.
There was no chocolate cake or fairy bread, but our bird keepers spoiled the birthday boy with his favourite fruits, nuts and scrumptious berries!
Queto is one of Australia Zoo's star macaws. He is magnificent to look at, brilliant at flying in the Crocoseum, and even better at meeting guests and posing for cameras. But Queto hasn't always been so well behaved.
Like most boys (and men), it took a beautiful macaw girl called Skylah, to tame the mischievous Queto. Before he met the love of his life, Queto would team up with Peppe in the Crocoseum show to embark on adventures around the Zoo and beyond.
Skylah has transformed Queto into a very responsible and wise macaw. But she can't let him out of her sight. The second Queto is 'out with the boys', he's ready to run a muck!
Sound familiar?
Despite their best efforts, the other macaws have no chance at behaving if Queto is flying with them. A very intelligent boy, Queto will try every trick in the book to encourage the others to join him on another adventure. If squawking loudly doesn't work, Queto will use his 'fly kick' manoeuvre to knock them right off their perches and lead them astray!
He may act like he is six going on sixteen, but Queto is still a very young macaw. With a lifespan of up to 70 years, our cheeky boy has many adventurous years ahead of him.
Happy Birthday Queto!
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It was long argued that bringing democratic freedom to the Middle East would greatly lessen or even eliminate regional Muslim hatred for the democratic West, and in particular for Israel and the Jews.
That theory was put to the test over the past year as dictatorships were toppled from Libya to Egypt to (almost) Syria. It did not receive a passing grade.
Instead of softening their attitude toward Israel and the Jews, democratic freedom has led to the rise of Islamist forces and a seeming explosion of anti-Semitic discourse in the newly free nations.
That was the conclusion of a study by the Kantor Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry at Tel Aviv University that was presented to the Israeli Knesset by Diaspora Affairs Minister Yuli Edelstein on Sunday.
"[While] the popular uprisings in the Arab world do not represent a general change in attitude towards Israel, Zionism and the Jews it seems the anti-Semitic discourse and incitement have become more extreme and violent," read the report. "Charges of an international Jewish conspiracy have been a central motif in the anti-Semitic propaganda that has accompanied the Arab Spring uprisings."
As an example, the report pointed to the numerous libelous declarations by clerics affiliated with Egypt's new ruling parties, as well as religious edicts forbidding Egyptian Muslims from signing agreements with "monkeys," a common reference to Jews.
Meanwhile, the final tally of votes in Egypt's first free election since the ouster of former dictator Hosni Mubarak confirmed that the Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafist al-Nour Party will dominate the legislature. The Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party won a commanding 38 percent of the vote for the 332-seat parliament. Al-Nour, which is arguably even more radical than the Muslim Brotherhood, won 29 percent of the vote.
The most immediate implication of the election results is that the Muslim Brotherhood and al-Nour will now exercise enormous influence over both the selection and the decisions of a 100-person committee tasked with drafting Egypt's new constitution.
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The Hopping Pot is a pot, specifically a hopping cauldron, that was owned by a wizard and his son. It was originally used to brew potions and antidotes for Muggles when they needed the wizard's father's help. However when he died, it was passed onto to the anti-Muggle son, in hope that it would teach him a lesson by giving him a taste of the Muggles' misery. In the end, the pot finally made the son's conscience awaken, and the son agreed to use his magic to help his Muggle neighbours.
Helping Muggle neighbours
A wizard used the pot to brew potion and antidotes for Muggles when they needed his help.[1] He did not reveal the source of his magic and pretended that his potions, charms, and antidotes sprang ready-made from the little cauldron he would have called his lucky cooking pot.[1]
The wizard's death
- "Your father used to mix a special poultice in that old cooking pot-"
- —The Hopping Pot[src]
After its owner's death, one of the things the wizard left his son was the pot. Soon, the son found the pot and a single slipper inside it, together with a note from his father that reads, "In the fond hope, my son, that you will never need this".[1] Bitter for having been left nothing but a pot, he resolved to henceforth use it as a rubbish pail and the son decides to close the door on every person who asks for his help.[1]
The son's lesson
- "...gradually the cooking pot beside him stopped groaning and retching, and became quiet, shiny and clean"
- —The Hopping Pot[src]
The first one seeking help was an old woman whose granddaughter was plagued with warts; the son closed the door on her, so the pot has grew a foot and was afflicted with a case of warts. The next one seeking help was an old man, whose donkey was lost and so could not bring her to the market, meaning that his family would go hungry until she was found.[1]
The son slammed the door on him too, and the pot started making sounds like a donkey.[1] A few more similar incidents took place as the pot became more and more affected by the wizard's neighbours' various ailments, until the son finally gave up and called all the neighbours to offer them help.[1] As the people's troubles faded away, the pot emptied, until at last out popped the mysterious slipper — one that fitted perfectly the foot of the now-quiet pot, and together the two walked off into the sunset.[1]
- "Within a few days, it was not only braying and groaning and slopping and hopping and sprouting warts, it was also chocking and retching, crying like a baby, whining like a dog, and spewing out bad cheese and sour milk and a plague of hungry slugs."
- —The Hopping Pot's powers[src]
The hopping pot was able to brew complicated potions and antidotes, showing that it had the powers of a cauldron.[1] It was also able to hide the source of the owner's magic from Muggles.[1] The pot was able to sprout a brass foot and to copy the Muggle neighbours' illnesses, as it had sprouted warts, filled itself to the brim with salt water, bad cheese, sour milk and a plague of hungry slugs without the help of another wizard at the time.[1]
- "...he saw his father's old cooking pot: it had sprouted a singe foot of brass, in the middle of the floor, making a fearful noise upon the flagstones."
- —The Hopping Pot[src]
When the wizard's son began to refuse to help any of his neighbours, it sprouted a rather noisy brass foot.[1] It began to be affiliated with the neighbours' ailments, it sprouted warts, and began to fill to its brim with salt water, bad cheese, sour milk and a plague of hungry slugs.[1] However, when the wizard cured all his neighbours of their illnesses, it became shining clean. It also spat out a single slipper and fitted it on its brass foot.[1]
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