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Counting the drone wars' casualties
It is a fascinating thing to behold when the most self-righteous among us are forced to watch their false idols crumble to the ground in a miserable heap of rubbish. Just as millions of faithful followers were forced to watch Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker's PTL empire collapse the late 1980s, a new breed of puritanical prigs will be forced to face the fallacies that form the foundation of their political faith.
History treated the Bakker clan with the contempt they rightly deserved. I suspect it will be no kinder to those "progressives" horrified by George W. Bush's anti-terror campaign but mute to the terror of the Obama administration's savage drone wars. These sensitive souls, so repulsed by the waterboarding of three terrorists ten years ago, now celebrate their administration's version of a war on terror that swapped out the targeted capture of terrorists with a drone program that all too often kills children, women, grandparents and scores of innocent young men.
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The left's twisted morality pose on this topic too often comes in fits and starts, with the most righteous of the lot declaring Bush a war criminal for his interrogation techniques while granting absolution to the man who champions a far more brutish approach. One wonders where these secular televangelists have gone in a week when BBC reporters tell of an 8-year-old girl having her young skin pierced by a drone bomb's shrapnel while watching her grandmother being blown to a thousand pieces in front of her young eyes.
Where have all the human rights heroes gone?
Where are the ladies of Code Pink?
Where are those protesters driven to rage over the waterboarding of 3 terrorists who are now so ambivalent about random killings?
They are nowhere to be seen. The facts of the past decade have shown these "human rights activists" to be little more than opportunistic political hacks who share Jim Bakker's selective morality. Like Bakker at the height of his PTL glory, these left wing ideologues choose silence and a political pose that owes more to the embrace of power than a respect for human rights.
The release of the movie "Zero Dark Thirty" will surely lay waste to at least one of the left wing's lies: that the CIA's enhanced interrogation did nothing to gain actionable intelligence. "Zero" is generating angst amongst movie reviewers and essayists who were swept away by the film but left conflicted and uncomfortable specifically because this first draft of history accurately shows how the CIA's program played a major role in finding and killing Osama bin Laden.


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009 - Ho Chi Minh City - Vietnam - 2014.
After our visit to Hue, we took a flight from Hue In Central Vietnam down to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon).
We stayed at The Hotel Equatorial, a very beautiful hotel.
On our first day we visited the War Remnants Museum, this museum is a very important part of our visit to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon).
The Museum shows combat machinery left behind by the US forces. Also weapons, photos, & documentation of Vietnam's wars with both the French & the American's.
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Below is NBC's description for the episode, which is already shaping up to be a favorite.
Episode 207: Aerodynamics of Gender ABED FINDS HIS INNER "MEAN GIRL" WHILE JEFF AND TROY STUMBLE UPON A SECRET GARDEN-- HILARY DUFF GUEST STARS-- After a classroom smackdown with a group of "mean girls" led by Meghan (guest star Hilary Duff), Britta (Gillian Jacobs), Shirley (Yvette Nicole Brown), and Annie (Alison Brie) bond with Abed (Danny Pudi) by turning him into the ultimate "mean girl." Meanwhile, Jeff (Joel McHale) and Troy (Donald Glover) embrace a zen-like spirituality under the guidance of a groundskeeper when they come across a secret trampoline on campus. Determined to uncover the source of their new bliss, Pierce (Chevy Chase) ends up taking a disastrous turn on the trampoline and lands in the hospital. Ken Jeong also stars.
Abed (played by Danny Pudi) is shaping up to be my favorite character on Community and this week's episode looks like another opportunity for him to flex his robotic nature as he goes head to head with Duff's character. Here's what Hilary had to say about her character Meghan's interactions with Abed.
"I think that it was fun for me to get to play a mean girl because it is so different from anything I've ever done before. It was fun to play a character that acts super confident but is totally shallow and scared inside. Danny Pudi's character in the show really brings out her weakness… the chinks in her armor, you know? I thought that was really fun to play, to get to be kind of tough but you do see how weak she is inside. Being the most popular girl at a community college is really important to her. I thought that was really funny."
Here's a clip that may be the introduction of Meghan's character (and Abed's role as the mean-girl nemesis).
On being a mean girl in college, Duff went on to say:
"Status is very important to my character Meghan. It's very funny because they're in community college. They're old enough to know better but it's everything to them in their world."
She talked a little bit about a funny scene in the cafeteria and having some laughs at Ken Jeong's performance.
"Ken Jeong actually… a lot of my scenes were with him. There's this scene where I'm storming out of the cafeteria and I'm really embarrassed and he's laughing so hard that he squirts milk out of his nose. He calls it a snarf. He's so disgusting and hilarious at the same time. He was really doing it, it was amazing. But, I walk out and he blows the milk out of his nose, and he's like "Oh my God, that girl looks exactly like Haley Duff!" It wasn't written or anything but I thought it was hilarious. I almost fell down to my knees… his delivery and everything was so funny. My sister loves him so when I told her that story, she was dying."
Here's the scene she's referring to…
As for working with the cast, Duff was enthusiastic and pleased with the time she spent with the Community family.
"It's pretty hard to keep a straight face around those people. I feel like they really love each other, which is nice. We worked really long hours on that show and they're like a really tight-knit family. That was great to just walk into. Everyone being really sweet to me and accepting. Danny just dances his way through life. It's so funny. He'll just be standing there doing nothing and all of a sudden, just start wiggling."
Below is a video, which features Hilary talking a little bit more about her role in the episode.
Finally, if you want to know what Jeff and Troy were up to while the others were battling the mean girls…
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Republicans provoked 'nuclear option': Our view
Repeated abuse of the filibuster left Democrats with little choice.
Democrats' decision Thursday to change Senate rules so they can confirm presidential nominees without Republican support is sure to worsen partisanship in a body that is already dangerously dysfunctional.
Republicans instantly promised to retaliate, and important national business — the current budget negotiations, for example, or attempts to head off another government shutdown — could suffer.
MITCH MCCONNELL: Democrats' power grab
Even so, the Senate's GOP minority brought the rules change, known as the "nuclear option," on itself. The Republicans' repeated abuse of the filibuster to block highly qualified nominees simply because they were picked by a Democratic president had left Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., with little choice.
When it comes to abusing the filibuster, particularly on judicial nominations, neither party has clean hands. Democrats did it during the George W. Bush administration, and in 2005 then-Sen. Barack Obama was among those denouncing the nuclear option. The two parties shamelessly swap arguments and tactics whenever the majority changes hands.
Little by little, they've eroded an honorable system in which each party acknowledged the president's constitutional right to make appointments, reserving filibusters only for extreme circumstances, where they have important value in encouraging bipartisanship.
This time, Republicans took the filibuster to new levels by making it destructively commonplace. In the past month alone, GOP senators have blocked Obama's nominee to head the Federal Housing Finance Agency, plus three well-qualified nominees to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.
So now, as a result of Thursday's move, all of President Obama's nominees except those for the Supreme Court can be approved by a simple majority, rather than the 60 vote majority required to end a filibuster.
GOP senators' operatic outrage after Thursday's vote belied the fact that they provoked this outcome by refusing to work out the kind of deals that had defused previous confrontations. This year, Republicans twice backed down and agreed to curb their filibusters, and both times they reneged.
The last straw was their effort to prevent Obama from filling open seats on the D.C. Circuit Court, commonly regarded as the second most important court in the nation because it decides pivotal questions of government regulation and often serves as a stepping stone to the Supreme Court.
Republicans accused Obama of court-packing — an allusion to Franklin Roosevelt's attempt to expand a Supreme Court that was blocking the New Deal.
But that claim is ludicrous. Three seats are vacant. Republicans also say the court should be reduced in size because it is underworked. But if they were sincere, they could propose to shrink the court in the next presidency.
It's regrettable that cooler heads couldn't prevail. The Senate's paralysis could get worse in the short run, and when Democrats are back in the minority, which could happen after next year's elections, they'll no doubt regret detonating the nuclear option. All institutions need rules that everyone accepts.
But don't believe Republicans when they say this is all the fault of Democrats. If the filibuster is dying, it's because both parties have conspired to kill it.
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With more than 2000 abstracts submitted from over 45 countries, the International Polar Year 2012 "From Knowledge to Action Conference" was one of the largest polar conferences in history. And at the helm of this international event, held in Montreal from April 22-27, was none other than Queen's School of Policy Studies Director, Stauffer-Dunning Chair, and IPY 2012 Conference Chair, Peter Harrison.
A professional geographer by trade, he is a Fellow, Governor and Vice-president of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Harrison's research, writing and teaching focus on ocean and coastal management, particularly with reference to the Arctic ocean and Arctic and northern policy issues.
This experience, complemented by a 30-year career as a senior public servant in federal departments including Natural Resources Canada, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, the National Research Council of Canada, and Indian Residential schools Resolution Canada, make him a central figure in Canada in terms of northern and Arctic policy.
Harrison's selection, first as Deputy Minister Champion for Canada's $150-million investment in research for the International Polar Year (2007-2008), and then as Chair of the 2012 conference, was a natural continuation of this career trajectory. Both are roles he's embraced with relish.
"As the final conference of IPY, the From Knowledge to Action conference represented both a significant ending as well as an exciting beginning," says Dr. Harrison. "We saw a significant outpouring of research findings, but we didn't just involve the research community. We really pushed for a human dimension to this conference, so there was a huge emphasis on indigenous knowledge and knowledge transfer and the use of knowledge by the private and third sectors and key decision-makers."
The emphasis on a human dimension, Dr. Harrison notes, was not without its challenges. As chair of a global conference examining both polar regions, he had to balance the requirements of north, south, east and west.
"The human dimension of the poles doesn't really mean anything to a great number of countries, and it doesn't mean anything for the Antarctic because no one lives there and there's no indigenous population," he says. "However, it means a lot and is extremely significant to circumpolar countries, and for Canada it's critical."
Dr. Harrison says indigenous involvement and cultural presence at the Montreal conference was significantly greater that at the previous global conferences in St. Petersburg (2008) and Oslo (2010). In addition to bringing in attendees from the circumpolar north, the 2012 conference organizers put a significant effort into working with First Nations and Inuit groups, and leaders from many groups were present throughout the conference. Aqqaluk Lynge, Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) and president of ICCGreenland, was one of several keynote speakers and attendees who helped to provide an indigenous perspective on issues like ocean management, melting sea ice, melting permafrost and changing migration patterns – some of the most significant issues affecting indigenous communities in the Arctic today.
Queen's researchers Scott Lamoureux (Geography), Paul Grogan (Biology), Ryan Danby (Geography), Priscilla Ferrazzi (Law) and 15 other faculty members, fellows and graduate students also presented results and views on a range of pertinent topics from mental health and criminal justice to environmental monitoring, permafrost disturbance, traditional knowledge mobilization, and sustainable energy plans.
For Harrison, the conference concretely established what the global research community has discovered during the past few years of intensive polar research and continued the momentum gained in terms of international cooperation and knowledge dissemination. on the domestic front, he hopes the conference contributed to an enhanced understanding about the Canadian north, why it's important, and who its people are.
"It's critical that we understand the role that the polar regions play in the Earth's systems," he says. "What happens at the poles will not only alter the polar environments, but will change the course of human and economic development at a planetary scale."
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The international criminal court is being urged to prosecute members of the Israeli defence force for the raid on a Gaza-bound aid ship. Turkish victims have formally requested an investigation, the Guardian has learned.
Lawyers acting for Turkish citizens injured or killed when Israel
intercepted the flotilla in May have written to Luis Moreno Ocampo, the
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The request is a significant step towards a
criminal investigation by the court, which experts say has jurisdiction
to prosecute those involved in the raid despite Israel not recognising
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"The attack on the flotilla occurred in
international waters, which directly violated many parts of
international law as well as international public and criminal law,"
said Ramazan Ariturk, a partner at Elmadag Law Office, the Turkish legal
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There is mounting pressure on Israel after a UN report into the incident, in which nine Turkish activists were killed, accused Israel of violating international law.
report, published last month, said Israel "betrayed an unacceptable
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government spokesperson said: "The event is being investigated by Israel
including international observers, as well as a UN investigation
initiated by the UN secretary general. Further investigations are
redundant and unnecessary, and will contribute to further alienation
between otherwise friendly countries."
The likelihood of
Israel being prosecuted for its actions in Gaza has long attracted
controversy. Last year a group of leading lawyers publicly accused Israel of war crimes following Operation Cast Lead, citing the blockade and destruction of civilian infrastructure in Gaza as evidence.
Neither Isreal nor the Palestinian territories
are parties to the Rome statute, which established the international
criminal court. An investigation of incidents involving the two
countries is possible only after a reference from the UN security
But the Turkish victims' lawyers say the involvement of Turkey
with the Mavi Marmara and the fact it was sailing under the flag of the
Comoros Islands give the court with jurisdiction. Both countries are
members of the ICC.
"Based on the overwhelming volume of
materials and evidence in our possession, amassed since the date of the
incident itself, including expert opinions obtained from prominent
specialists in international criminal law, we are of the view that the
Israeli attack on the Gaza flotilla involves crimes which fall unambiguously within the jurisdiction of the court," the letter says.
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Erik Yoder, assistant vice president of maintenance of way, wrote in the railroad's winter edition of its R&N Magazine, "Our track forces are hard at work each and every day. It shows in how clean our railroad looks and the satisfaction we have in a job well done."
R&N's 32-man track department had a very busy 2013, beginning with the installation of more than 35,000 crossties on the Lehigh and Reading mainline. Yoder wrote that approximately 13,000 ties were installed between North Reading Yard to just south of Webster; the Pottsville Branch received 2,000 ties and the Lehigh mainline between Independence to just south of Seidel received the remaining 20,000 ties.
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R&N performed 12 grade-crossing rehabilitations, four of which were complete replacements and eight that needed either the approaches repaved or new timbers installed and, in a few cases, both. Some of the railroad's bridges also underwent revamping with fresh paint, new no trespassing signs and milepost signs and repairs made to any bridge timber surface defects.
In addition to the work described above, R&N's Smoothie Gang, a team of tamping and ballast maintenance experts, provided the final polish to many of the railroad's projects.
"This special gang is our Mark IV and ballast regulator team. They are responsible for applying the finishing touches to any project we complete on the railroad. They are a vital part of every full crossing rehabilitation [and] provide the proper elevation, level and grooming of the railroad," wrote Yoder. "Every time you see a railroad bed that has no stone on the railroad ties, stone in between each tie or stone gently sloping down away from the ties is all due to the work of the Smoothie Gang. This last step is the moment when we can all look at the railroad and have a great deal of satisfaction."
With all the work that R&N has taken on in the past year, the big question is where does it get the money? The short answer is the railroad's owner and CEO Andy Muller, but he explains the Railroad Track Maintenance Tax Credit, better known as 45G, is critical to the R&N maintenance work and its importance can not be overestimated.
"The truth is not really told on the success of the small railroads. There are starting to be more and more successful small railroads. However, in many cases, they are not making a profit in the real world and if they were forced to pay for their own maintenance and they were never allowed to defer maintenance, I don't know how many would really be profitable out of the 550 [existing small railroads]," said Muller.
"There's really only two ways to stay in business if you're a small railroad: One, is getting help from the state and, two, is defer maintenance and, of course, many [smaller railroads] defer maintenance. Here at the Reading and Northern, I love track, but we deferred maintenance for many years because I wasn't making money. In 2010, we started making a real profit and what really, really pushed us over the top was the 45G credits. There is absolutely no way, even a successful company like mine, could maintain the railroad without these credits," explained Muller.
Talk in Washington, D.C., does exist that the 45G tax credit could become retroactive if it is passed as part of an extenders package, but Muller isn't holding his breath, "I don't make decisions based on the actions of the government. I don't sit home at night and worry if the 45G tax credit will be passed. I have to do what I have to do. You have to understand, we do nothing with budgets, I just happen to love maintenance-of-way."
While finding funds isn't a barrier to the success of the maintenance department, Wesley Westenhoefer, vice president MOW quality control, does point out the obstacles the railroad must contend with.
"Our biggest challenge of late is not having a long enough construction season to accomplish what we would like to accomplish. When you have a CEO whose passion is beautiful track and he has his wallet open, it is hard to keep up," said Westenhoefer.
Westenhoefer also points to the R&N's terrain, which poses challenges that many other railroads do not have, such as heavy grades and many eight degree and higher curves.
"It is a constant battle to maintain proper gauge, uniform spirals and correct elevation in many of our curves. In addition, we have six tunnels and 146 bridges to maintain, as well," said Westenhoefer. "But, we've been doing really good, we've been keeping up with it."
He explains that five years ago, Muller implemented a no slow order rule for the railroad. According to Westenhoefer, any slow order must be removed within 24 hours and, if crews are unable to achieve this, they must have written approval from Muller and the railroad's executive vice president of operations, as well as a very good reason as to why the slow order must remain active.
Too keep up with that kind of high standard, the people you work with is also an important factor of success. R&N handles all maintenance work in house with the exception of major tie projects (1,000-plus ties), rail replacement projects and tunnel work.
"We have a very intense hiring procedure at our company. We receive hundreds of applications a year and are very critical of who we bring in for an interview. Many times, we will interview a potential candidate twice before hiring them," said Westenhoefer. "We hire smart people who don't necessarily need to have safety 'beat' into them. The safety of our employees is always our top priority and focus. We put a lot of time and energy into our training program for our new employees, as well as recurrent training for our veterans. Our MOW team takes pride in what they do and are always vigilant on going home in the same condition they arrived on a day-to-day basis."
Staying vigilant in safety and in its dedication to work enabled the railroad to reduce the number of derailments by almost 50 percent from 2012 to 2013.
According to Yoder, maintenance crews are always quick to respond to whatever the need may be from clearing trees from across the tracks following a storm to waking up at 2 a.m. in winter because a temperature drop resulted in a broken rail that need to be repaired immediately to keeping R&N's switches free of debris or snow, inspecting tracks to catch problems before trains do and many other tasks.
Yoder wrote, "Keeping the trains moving with tireless motivation is what makes this department the best. They are the reason we can again [call 2013] our 'most productive' maintenance year on record."
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Canis lupus rufus
The red wolf (Canis rufus,[3] formerly Canis lupus rufus[4]), also known as the Florida wolf or Mississippi Valley wolf[5] is a canid native to the Southeastern United States.[6] It is generally, morphologically, an intermediate between the coyote and gray wolf, and is of a reddish, tawny color.[7][8]
Originally distributed throughout the Southeastern US, the red wolf was nearly driven to extinction by the mid-1900s due to aggressive predator control programs, habitat destruction and extensive hybridization with coyotes. By the late 1960s, it occurred in small numbers in the Gulf Coast of western Louisiana and eastern Texas. Fourteen of these survivors were selected to be the founders of a captively bred population, which was established in the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium between 1974 and 1980. After a successful experimental relocation to Bulls Island off the coast of South Carolina in 1978, the red wolf was declared Extinct in the Wild in 1980 in order to proceed with restoration efforts. In 1987, the captive animals were released into North Carolina's Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, with a second release taking place two years later in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.[9]
The red wolf's taxonomic status has been a subject of controversy. A 2011 genetic study indicated that it may be a hybrid species between gray wolves and coyotes.[10] Re-analysis of this study coupled with a broader contextual analysis including behavioral, morphological and additional genetic information led to arguments that the red wolf is an independent species but has suffered from significant introgression of coyote genes likely due to decimation of red wolf packs with fragmentation of their social structure from hunting.[11] A comprehensive review in October 2012 concluded that the red wolf is a distinct species which diverged from the coyote alongside the closely related eastern wolf 150,000-300,000 years ago.[3] Nevertheless, this review has not been universally accepted among relevant authorities.[12]
The taxonomy of the red wolf has been debated since before efforts began in 1973 to save it from extinction. In 1971, Atkins and Dillon conducted a study on the brains of canids and confirmed the basal characteristics of the red wolf.[13] Many studies throughout the 1970s focused on the morphology of the red wolf came to the conclusion that the red wolf is a distinct species.[14] In 1980, a unique allele was found in Canis specimens from within the red wolf range, supporting the conclusion that the red wolf is a distinct species.[15] Nevertheless, some in the scientific community considered it a subspecies of the gray wolf[16] or a hybrid of the gray wolf and the coyote.[17][18]
In 1992, the USFWS conducted an exhaustive review of the literature, including their own, and concluded that the red wolf is either a separate species unto itself or a subspecies of the gray wolf.[19][20][21] Many agency reports, books and web pages list the red wolf as Canis rufus but genetic research re-opened the debate about the taxonomy of both the red wolf and Canada's eastern wolf (Canis lupus lycaon).[13] Wilson et al. (2000) concluded that the eastern wolf and red wolf should be considered as sister taxa due to a shared common ancestor going back 150,000–300,000 years. In addition, Wilson et al. further stated that they should be recognized as distinct species from other North American canids, and not as subspecies of the gray wolf (Canis lupus). However, these conclusions were disputed,[22][23] and MSW3[4] listed them both in 2005 as subspecies of the gray wolf.
In May 2011, an analysis of red wolf, Eastern wolf, gray wolf, and dog genomes suggested that the red wolf was 76–80 percent coyote and only 20–24 percent gray wolf, suggesting that the red wolf is actually much more coyote in origin than the Eastern wolf. This study analyzed 48,000 SNP and found no evidence for a unique Eastern wolf or red wolf species.[10] However, X-Ray analysis of the 16 red wolf specimens used in the SNP study were later shown to be wolf-coyote hybrids via cranial morphometric analysis, rendering the finding that the red wolf was a gray wolf-coyote hybrid inaccurate.[24] The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) still considers the red wolf a valid species (Canis rufus) and plans to make no changes to its recovery program.[25][26] In 2012, re-analysis of the 2011 SNP study argued that the original SNP study suffered from insufficient sampling and noted that gray wolves do not mate with coyotes.[11] Another Y-chromosome genetic study in 2012 also argued that the eastern wolf and red wolf are not hybrids but rather are a distinct species from the gray wolf, although eastern and red wolves do intermix with coyotes.[27] The same authors have argued that the 2011 SNP study finding that red wolves are not an independent species is flawed and that historical hunting and culling of wolves, leading to invasion of coyotes into eastern North America, has led to introgression of coyote mitochondrial and nuclear DNA into fragmented, decimated eastern wolf packs.[11] They and other authors have postulated that large populations of eastern and red wolves with intact social/pack structures are less likely to interbreed with coyotes.[28] The controversy over the red wolf's species status was the subject of a comprehensive review of the 2011 and 2012 genetics studies, which concluded that there are three separate species of wolf in North America, the red wolf, eastern wolf and gray wolf.[3]
In a pair of 2012 reports, scientists critical of the May 2011 paper outlined three main points of criticism.[11][27] First, the 2011 paper relied on mtDNA SNPs derived from boxer and poodle genomes and used these to extrapolate inference about genetic variation within wild canids across the globe. While it is true that many SNPs were examined, it remains unclear whether loci important to red wolf genetic variation were actually identified and analyzed (for example, nuclear DNA was not compared in the SNP analysis). Second, the study sampled modern red wolf specimens, and not historic red wolf specimens from prior to 1900 (when extensive hybridization with coyotes is known to have taken place), which obfuscates the reliability of the study's findings. This is important because using historic red wolf genetic material would have created a baseline genetic profile for the species against which to test the modern captive-bred specimens. (It is common knowledge that the captive-bred red wolves are likely slightly hybridized, but this is a separate issue from interpreting their species origin as due to hybridization.) Third, the authors lumped Eastern wolf specimens (which critics from Trent University warn are of unverified origin) with other Great Lakes wolf specimens, and did not test them separately, which again obfuscated any genetic differences that may have been present. The controversy over the eastern wolf's origins is not considered by the scientific community to be laid to rest, although it may be synonymous with the red wolf.[3]
When considered as a full species, three subspecies of red wolf were originally recognized by Goldman;[29] two of these subspecies are extinct. The Florida black wolf (Canis rufus floridanus) (Maine to Florida)[23] has been extinct since 1930 and Gregory's wolf (Canis rufus gregoryi) (south-central United States)[23] was declared functionally extinct in the wild by 1980. The Texas red wolf (Canis rufus rufus), the third surviving subspecies, was also functionally extinct in the wild by 1980, although that status was changed to "critically endangered" when captive-bred red wolves from Texas were reintroduced in eastern North Carolina in 1987. The current status of the "non-essential/experimental" population in North Carolina is "endangered" and the population numbers around 100 wild animals.[30] The subspecies designations are essentially moot since two are extinct but the genetic evidence for the three subspecies appears to have been unconvincing anyway.[3]
In 2013, an experiment which produced hybrids of coyotes and northwestern gray wolves in captivity using artificial insemination contributed more information to the controversy surrounding the eastern wolf's taxonomy. The purpose of this project was to determine whether or not if the female western coyotes are capable of bearing hybrid western gray wolf-coyote pups as well as to test the hybrid theory surrounding the origin of the eastern and red wolves by comparing them to both. The resulting six hybrids produced in this captive artificial breeding were later on transferred to the Wildlife Science Center of Forest Lake in Minnesota where their behaviors are now being studied.[31] While this research is still ongoing, the debate over the eastern wolf's taxonomy remains unsettled. Moreover, in 2014, the research of Chambers et al. (2012) which suggested the eastern wolf should be listed either as a distinct species closely related to the red wolves or conspecific with the latter became controversial, forcing the USF&WS to commission a peer review of it, known as NCAES (2014).[12] This peer review concluded unanimously that the Chambers review "is not accepted as consensus scientific opinion or best available science..."
Paleontological evidence has suggested an origin of the red wolf line 1–2 Ma, branching from a wolf-coyote ancestor, which itself appeared about 4.9 Ma.[32][33] Between 150,000–300,000 years ago, the North American branch evolved into the red wolf, eastern wolf and the coyote.[34] Another wolf-like branch migrated to Eurasia and evolved into the gray wolf, which later migrated to North America.[33] It is thought that its original distribution included much of eastern North America, where red wolves were found from Maine south to Florida and in south central US westward to Texas. Records of bounty payments to Wappinger Indians in New York in the middle 18th century confirm its range at least that far north;[35] it's possible that it could have extended as far as extreme eastern Canada.[36]
The red wolf's appearance is typical of the genus Canis, and is generally intermediate in size between the coyote and gray wolf, though some specimens may overlap in size with small gray wolves. Adults measure 136–160 cm in length, and weigh 40-90 lbs. Its pelage is typically more reddish and sparsely furred than the coyote's and gray wolf's, though melanistic individuals do occur.[7] Its fur is generally tawny to grayish in color, with light markings around the lips and eyes.[8] Like the eastern wolf,[37] the red wolf has been compared by some authors to the greyhound in general form, owing to its relatively long and slender limbs. The ears are also proportionately larger than the coyote's and gray wolf's. The skull is typically narrow, with a long and slender rostrum, a small braincase and a well developed sagittal crest. Its cerebellum is unlike that of other Canis species, being closer in form to that of canids of the Vulpes and Urocyon genera, thus indicating that the red wolf is one of the more plesiomorphic members of its genus.[7]
The red wolf is more sociable than the coyote, but less so than the gray wolf. It mates in January–February, with an average of 6-7 pups being born in March, April and May. It is monogamous, with both parents participating the rearing of young. Denning sites include hollow tree trunks, along stream banks and the abandoned earths of other animals. By the age of six weeks, the pups distance themselves from the den, and reach full size at the age of one year, becoming sexually mature two years later.[8]
Prior to its extinction in the wild, the red wolf's diet consisted of nutria, rabbits and rodents.[13] In contrast, the red wolves from the restored population rely on white-tailed deer, raccoon, nutria and rabbits. It should be noted, however, that white-tailed deer were largely absent from the last wild refuge of red wolves on the Gulf Coast between Texas and Louisiana (where specimens were trapped from the last wild population for captive breeding), which likely accounts for the discrepancy in their dietary habits listed here. Historical accounts of wolves in the southeast by early explorers such as William Hilton, who sailed along the Cape Fear River in what is now North Carolina in 1644, also note that they ate deer.[38]
The originally-recognized red wolf range extended throughout the Southeast, from the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, north to the Ohio River Valley and central Pennsylvania, and west to Central Texas and southeastern Missouri.[39] But research into paleontological, archaeological and historical specimens of red wolves by Ronald Nowak expanded their known range to include land south of the Saint Lawrence River in Canada, along the eastern seaboard, and west to Missouri and mid-Illinois, terminating in the southern latitudes of Central Texas.[40] Since 1987, red wolves have been released into northeastern North Carolina where they roam 1.7 million acres.[41] These lands span five counties (Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington and Beaufort) and include three national wildlife refuges, a U.S. Air Force bombing range, and private land.[41] The red wolf recovery program is unique for a large carnivore reintroduction in that more than half of the land used for reintroduction lies on private property. Approximately 680,000 acres (2,800 km2) are federal and state lands, and 1,002,000 acres (4,050 km2) are private lands. Beginning in 1991, red wolves were also released into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in eastern Tennessee.[40] However, due to exposure to environmental disease (parvovirus), parasites and competition (with coyotes as well as intraspecific aggression), the red wolf was unable to successfully establish a wild population in the park. Low prey density was also a problem, forcing the wolves to leave the park boundaries in pursuit of food in lower elevations. In 1998, the FWS removed the remaining red wolves in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, relocating them to Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge in eastern North Carolina.[42] Other red wolves have been released on the coastal islands in Florida, Mississippi, and South Carolina as part of the captive breeding management plan. St. Vincent Island in Florida is currently the only active island propagation site.
Given their wide historical distribution, red wolves probably utilized a large suite of habitat types at one time. The last naturally occurring population utilized coastal prairie marshes, swamps and agricultural fields used to grow rice and cotton. However, this environment probably does not typify preferred red wolf habitat. There is evidence that the species was found in highest numbers in the once extensive bottom land river forests and swamps of the southeastern United States. Red wolves re-introduced into northeastern North Carolina have utilized habitat types ranging from agricultural lands to forest/wetland mosaics characterized by an over story of pine and an understory of evergreen shrubs. This suggests that red wolves are habitat generalists and can thrive in most settings where prey populations are adequate and persecution by humans is slight.[43]
Before the arrival of Europeans, the red wolf featured prominently in Cherokee mythology, where it is known as wa'ya (ᏩᏯ), said to be the companion of Kana'ti the hunter and father of the Aniwaya or Wolf Clan.[44] Its reddish color was seen as symbolizing war, as well as all things sacred and beloved.[45] Cherokees generally avoided killing red wolves, as it was believed that such an act would bring about the vengeance of the killed animals' pack-mates.[46]
The red wolf was first described by William Bartram, who encountered it in Florida and wrote of it in his Travels (1791), noting that it was smaller and lighter in color than the gray wolves of Canada and Pennsylvania.[43] John James Audubon was the first to describe the red wolf in detail, giving it the trinomial name of Canis lupus rufus in 1851. He described it as being more fox-like than the gray wolf, but retaining the same "sneaking, cowardly, yet ferocious disposition". Audubon also recounted that red wolves occasionally fed on the battlefield corpses of fallen soldiers during the Mexican–American War.[2] The red wolf's full specific rank was first given by Edward Goldman in 1937, who examined a number of skulls and noted that the red wolf's skull and dentition differed from those of gray wolves, and closely approached those of coyotes. He wrote that by the time of writing, the species may have become extinct in the lower Sonoran zone, where it was heavily persecuted by ranchmen. Stanley P. Young noted in 1940 that the red wolf was still common in eastern Texas, where more than 800 had been caught in 1939, and further cast doubt over the prospect of fully exterminating them, due to their habit of living concealed in thickets.[5] However, by 1962, red wolf sightings became increasingly rare, and few tracks or scats were found.[9]
Formal efforts backed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service began to save the red wolf from extinction in 1973 when a captive breeding program was established at the Point Defiance Zoological Gardens, Tacoma, Washington. Four hundred animals were captured from southwestern Louisiana and southeastern Texas from 1973 to 1980 by the US Fish and Wildlife Service.[47][48] Measurements, vocalization analyses, and skull X-rays were used to distinguish red wolves from coyotes and red wolf-coyote hybrids.[47] Of the 400 animals captured, only 43 were believed to be red wolves and sent to the breeding facility. The first litters were produced in captivity in May 1977. Some of the pups were determined to be hybrids, and they and their parents were removed from the captive breeding program. Of the original 43 animals, only 17 were considered pure red wolves and since three were unable to breed, 14 became the breeding stock for the captive breeding program.[48] These 14 were so closely related that they had the genetic effect of being only eight individuals.
In Dec. 1976, two wolves were released onto Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge's Bulls Island in South Carolina with the intent of testing and honing reintroduction methods. They were not released with the intent of beginning a permanent population on the island.[49] The first experimental trans location lasted for 11 days, during which a mated pair of red wolves were monitored day and night with remote telemetry. A second experimental trans location was tried in 1978 with a different mated pair, and they were allowed to remain on the island for close to nine months.[49] After that, a larger project was executed in 1987 to reintroduce a permanent population of red wolves back to the wild in the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge (ARNWR) on the eastern coast of North Carolina. Also in 1987, Bulls Island became the first island breeding site. Pups were raised on the island and relocated to North Carolina until 2005.[50]
In September 1987, four male-female pairs of red wolves were released in Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge in northeastern North Carolina and designated as an experimental population. Since then, the experimental population has grown and the recovery area expanded to include four national wildlife refuges, a Department of Defense bombing range, state-owned lands, and private lands, encompassing about 1,700,000 acres (6,900 km2).[51]
In 1989, the second island propagation project was initiated with release of a population on Florida south of Apalachicola, Florida.
In 1991, two pairs were reintroduced into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, where the last known red wolf was killed in 1905. Despite some early success, the wolves were relocated to North Carolina in 1998, ending the effort to reintroduce the species to the Park.
In 2007, the US Fish and Wildlife Service estimated that there were 300 red wolves remaining in the world, with 207 of those in captivity.[52]
According to the latest Red Wolf Recovery Program First Quarter Report (October–December 2010), the US Fish and Wildlife Service estimates that there are currently 110-130 red wolves in the Red Wolf Recovery Area in North Carolina, however, since not all of the newly bred in the wild red wolves have radio collars, they can only confirm a total of 70 "known" individuals, 26 packs, 11 breeding pairs, and 9 additional individuals not associated with a pack.[41]
Interbreeding with the coyote has been recognized as a threat affecting the restoration of red wolves. Currently, adaptive management efforts are making progress in reducing the threat of coyotes to the red wolf population in northeastern North Carolina. Other threats, such as habitat fragmentation, disease, and anthropogenic mortality, are of concern in the restoration of red wolves. Efforts to reduce the threats are presently being explored.[41]
Over 30 facilities participate in the red wolf Species Survival Plan and oversee the breeding and reintroduction of over 150 wolves.[53]
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Real Estate as A Savings Plan
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ST. PAUL -- Minnesota is a vote and a signature away from becoming the 12th state to allow gay marriage.
The House voted 75-59 today to eliminate an existing gay-marriage ban in state law. A Senate vote comes Monday and Gov. Mark Dayton says he will sign the bill.
Even Republicans who oppose gay marriage say Senate support for the bill is even stronger than in the House.
The vote caps years of attempts to allow same-sex marriages.
Last year's defeat of a proposed constitutional amendment to ban it inspired gay marriage supporters to push this legislative session to overturn the ban that has been in state law for years.
The Minnesota Capitol was packed with gay marriage supporters and opponents anticipating the afternoon debate.
A last-minute compromise to clarify that clergy would not be forced to officiate at weddings of same-sex couples convinced supporters that the measure they have sought for years could be on the verge of becoming law.
The largest crowd ever was possible inside the Capitol. Up to 5,000 people were expected, from both sides of the issue.
For the first time, signs were posted on entrance doors notifying visitors that visitors could be turned away. A Minnesota State Patrol official said admission to the Capitol will be restricted based on the crowd's behavior more than actual number of people.
Law enforcement officers were plentiful. The Minnesota State Patrol mobile command post was set up north of the Capitol and patrol cruisers were posted throughout the area.
Both sides argue that money is on their side.
A UCLA analysis claims that allowing gay couples to marry would provide a $42 million economic boost in the first three years, with $27 million in the first year alone. At the same time, state officials estimate that gay spouses would cost the state $1.3 million in health insurance benefits over the next two years.
Hours before the debate, people started streaming into the state Capitol.
Margaret Schow of Richfield said she came to St. Paul to pray for the legislators as they debate and vote on same-sex marriage in Minnesota. She also wanted her side to be visible, she said.
"I wanted to show that there are a great number of Minnesotans who do not want them to pass this bill," Schow said.
Gail Crispin of South Minneapolis added she was there to "stand up for what's right." Both held bright pink signs saying "vote no."
Most who arrived early back gay marriage.
Andrew Jaye of Isanti, a same-sex marriage supporter, said he wanted to be at the Capitol to see the vote.
"It's historic," he said. He said he understands that voting for the bill could be difficult for some legislators, so "we want to support them."
"It's time to pass this," Jaye said.
The debate shifted a bit Wednesday when amendments were announced that would change the bill to use the term "civil marriage." With marriage being defined as a civil action, the theory is that the change provides more comfort to legislators and others who fear that allowing same-sex marriage would force the clergy to perform ceremonies.
"The bill does not force a religious institution to marry two individuals of the same sex." Rep. Andrew Falk, DFL-Murdock, said. "Furthermore, language has been added to the bill to offer additional comfort that no religious institution will be forced to act in violation of its own religious beliefs."
Falk released a letter late Wednesday indicating that he will vote for gay marriage. He and other rural Democrats have been in the spotlight because many either oppose gay marriage or wavered because their districts generally are against the bill.
"While I do not question any individual's motivations or the sincerity of their views, the arguments I have received against same sex marriage thus far have been primarily biblical in nature or simply due to the fact that the person does not like people who are gay or lesbian, neither of which are substantive arguments when deciding law in a secular institution that grants equal protection to all citizens under the law," Falk wrote.
The lawmaker said "I don't like it" is not a good reason to oppose the bill. "Marriage is about love. Marriage is about commitment. Marriage is about equality. Marriage is about finding the person that you cannot live without."
The marriage bill resulted in a continuation of a campaign that started almost two years ago when lawmakers put the proposed constitutional amendment on the ballot to ban gay marriage. That attempt failed last November, and the two campaigns immediately began ramping up for a legislative vote to remove an existing gay marriage ban in state law.


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Hope and Oakland University had the best performance scores among all teacher-preparation institutions in Michigan according to a report released earlier this month by the Michigan Department of Education. Out of a possible score of 70, Hope's education program received a 68.
"The teacher education program has been in place at Hope College since 1866. In that entire time, the department has been actively engaged in meeting community and state needs for teachers, and in maintaining the highest levels of accreditation by outside agencies," said Dr. Nancy Sonneveldt Miller, who is dean for the social sciences and a professor of education at Hope. "The 2007 HEA report verifies what we have known internally all that time: our engaged and up-to-date faculty, working with focused students and a campus community which supports strong teacher preparation, produces results such as these. We are pleased for both the department and the college."
The college's department of education prepares students to teach in elementary and secondary schools. The department annually certifies approximately 150 graduates as teachers, and currently has 12 full-time faculty.
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