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Chapter 16: Never Saturated
Lifers indicated in bold
A failed search for Blue Grosbeak at EPCAL yielded very little in terms of new birds, with the exception of Grasshopper Sparrow and Eastern Meadowlark for Suffolk County.
90 species of shorebirds have been recorded in North America. While I don't need to get them all for my big year, I do need to get a substantial percentage of that number in order to get to 500. One species I made getting for this year a priority was a Ruff. Fortunately, a male in breeding plumage had been reported at the puddle in Field 7 of Heckscher State Park the day before and was still around. Upon arriving at the puddle, my mother and I saw several birders there photographing the Ruff, which could easily be distinguished from the nearby Short-billed Dowitcher and both yellowlegs. We stayed at the spot for 15 minutes photographing it before leaving
The next day, I went to Nickerson Beach again to look for rare terns, the only one of which I got was Gull-billed
My birding for the rest of the week consisted of a shorebird count, backyard checklists to keep my eBird streak alive, a Great Egret seen on the way to a condolence call for a family member and a Red-shouldered Hawk right outside their house as we were leaving. Otherwise, no real notable birds
We didn't bird until we got to Cape May county, not the island itself; where we stopped at Tarkiln Pond to look for Kentucky Warbler with no success. Later, when we got to the hotel we were staying at, I spotted a Parasitic Jaeger flying over the beach
Part of my birding plans at Cape May was to meet up with Jerald Reb, a young birder whom I was friends with online and was working as a morning flight counter at Coral Ave. He texted me saying that he and Daniel Irons, another young birder, had a Brown-headed Nuthatch and a Eurasian Collared-Dove on his flight count. We raced over there and while Jerald and Daniel were still there, the nuthatch unfortunately was not. The most interesting thing I saw at this spot was not a bird, but a shark caught by several fishermen on the beach. Around 9:00, Jerald and Daniel left to bird Cape May, and we went towards the Meadows.
On the way to the Meadows, we stopped on Coral Ave to listen for the continuing Swainson's Warbler, which we heard within a few minutes of arriving there. At the meadows, there was very few species of interest, the only new one I got was Orchard Oriole
Next we birded around the main pond at Cape May Point State Park, which, similar to the Meadows, was void of migrants other than a few Forster's Terns and a Field Sparrow. The one new bird I was able to get from this spot was a Blue Grosbeak.
The next spot we went to was Cook's Beach, farther up the coast, for Seaside Sparrows, which I saw quickly upon arrival. Even if I didn't need the sparrow, I had planned to go to this spot anyway for the number of Red Knots that stop on Delaware Bay coasts on migration. The rufa subspecies of Red Knot I had seen is facing declines as climate change destroys stopover sites due to rising sea levels and alters the egg-laying cycle of Atlantic Horseshoe Crabs, which also declined when fishermen harvested their eggs as bait. In addition to the hordes of knots, Ruddy Turnstones, Sanderlings, dowitchers, peeps, and Laughing Gulls, I managed to pick a lone White-rumped Sandpiper in the flock
The last spot of the day was the Wetlands Institute in Stone Harbor. Like many of the other spots I visited, it was unfortunately void of any new birds
Later that night, we went to Jake's Landing to try for Black Rails, also known in my opinion as "the bird that shall not be seen" because of their elusiveness. This was not a bird I could just chance upon, I had to stay in one area and play a recording to have a remote chance of seeing one. After waiting a half hour with no success, we gave up and went to Woodbine Airport for Chuck-will's-widows, a much more cooperative target before finally calling it a night.
That afternoon, after a fruitless search at the Meadows and magnesite plant for any new birds, we went on a whale watch boat in Delaware Bay, which turned out to be less worth it than I anticipated, since the only birds of interest was a flock of six Brown Pelicans which tripped the filter on eBird and the other two birds that would've been new were both misidentified.
Later that afternoon I went back to the spot where the Black-necked Stilt was seen and also to look for Yellow-breasted Chat, this time actually making it past the construction gate. It took me a while to find my way into the marsh where the stilt was (Jerald said he could see me from where he was birding), but by the time I got in, Daniel had found an additional two stilts. On my way out, I finally heard the song fragments of a Yellow-breasted Chat.
On the way back from Cape May, we stopped at the Mississippi Kite nest in Waretown, but there were no birds there. (except a Fish Crow, not very exciting)
To be continued...
What? No bird-related stuff? I know this is mostly a birding, bird conservation, ornithology blog, but occasionally I like to discuss other science topics as they relate to birds. Since Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom will be released a month from today, I've decided to write a blog post on one of its most blatant inaccuracies: featherless dinosaurs. Yup, I'm going to mantle the big question of which dinosaurs had feathers. This will be the first in a series on the connection between birds and non-avian dinosaurs: this one on feathers, several on the evolution of avialans throughout the Jurassic, Cretaceous (including on how they survived the mass extinction), Paleogene, and Neogene periods; one on lesser-known bird families that are now extinct, one on my thoughts on Fallen Kingdom if I ever see it (this most likely will happen), and possibly more. I'm not sure what I will call this mini-series, but I'm pretty sure I might go with "Paleobirding." This wasn't an easy decision to make, as I felt I've had to write this because unlike with most fictional creatures depicted in movies, dinosaurs are real and the general public often accepts inaccurate movie versions as fact without looking at the evidence. I'm writing this to stop those misconceptions from spreading and give an accurate view of how dinosaurs lived.
Before starting, I have one simple request: PLEASE keep discussions in the comments sections civil, I don't want to have to constantly deal with fanboys who don't like to see their childhood movie monsters ruined by science. If the comments get out of hand, I will have to shut this down. Science does not care about your opinions, so just admire the beauty of it. If you don't want to learn about the possibility of all dinosaurs having feathers, then don't read this blog post, or much of this series on dinosaurs in general. For those who don't think feathered dinosaurs are scary, I know many people who vehemently disagree, especially those who have seen cassowaries
Let's start with the big question: what are feathers?
In short, "feathers" are filament-like projections that first evolved from scales. C.M. Kosemen thinks feathers first evolved as sensory organs like whiskers and then diversified. It's unknown when feathers first evolved, but they may have been present in the earliest dinosauriformes. To appease the diehard Jurassic Park fanboys lurking on the internet, I will mention that feathers are actually a highly derived type of scale. The scutes on crocodylians, feathers in dinosaurs, and pycnofibres (the hairlike filaments in pterosaurs) all evolved from the same skin covering. It was originally thought that feathers and scales were made of two different forms of keratin, however, it is now known that the keratin that forms feathers is present in crocodilian embryos. The evolution of feathers is depicted in five stages, based on an analysis of feather evolution in a 1999 paper by Richard Prum. Each of these stages in feather evolution has been found on dinosaur fossils except for stage 3, which is known from cretaceous amber.
Feathers can be broken down into seven different structures:
Numerous speculative theories have been proposed on the purpose of feathers: The first one is that down and semiplume feathers (the feathers present in ratites) were used to regulate temperature (feathers are more efficient at trapping and shedding heat than hair is, according to a study on Red Kangaroos and Emus); which would most benefit dinosaurs living polar and alpine regions (see figure 2) or in deserts (Madagascar, Negmet). Wing and tail feathers were then likely used for courtship displays similar to ratites, pheasants, and birds of paradise, although most evidence of sexual dimorphism in non-avian dinosaurs is not conclusive (see the clip from Dinosaur Revolution featuring a pair of courting Gigantoraptor I attached as a speculative example). Pennaceous feathers would have been used on avialans and small dromaeosaurs like Microraptor and Sinornithosaurus to glide from branches, but this was not powered flight as they could not flap their wings. Powered flight would later evolve in enatiornith birds with the appearance of a breastbone or keel for flight muscles to attach to and give birds more lift when flying.
Now, let's talk about the direct evidence of feathers in each of the dinosaur groups, but before we dig in, it's worth mentioning that the traditional phylogeny of dinosaurs lists two branches: Saurischia (sauropodomorphs, herrerasaurids, and theropods) meaning "lizard-hipped" and Ornithischia (ornithopods) or "bird-hipped." However, in 2017, Matthew Baron, David Norman and Paul Barrett proposed that theropods were more closely related to ornithischans than to sauropods and herrerasaurs, leading to the formation of a new clade called Ornithoscelida.
Lastly, despite what many clickbait articles and videos on dinosaurs would say, pterosaurs are NOT dinosaurs. I will devote a full section of Paleobirding to the differences between birds and pterosaurs.
Part of the rationale of Baron et al for transferring theropods out of Saurischia and into the new Ornithoscelida is that herrerasaurids and sauropodomorphs noticably lacked any preservation of feathers at all. Quite the opposite was found on sauropods, in fact, since many scale impressions have been found that have been attributed to sauropod species. In other words: no feathers on sauropods
While most of the dinosaur groups (aside from sauropods) will be handled individually, I will address Ornithischia as a whole. The first ornithischian to be found with feathers was Psittacosaurus in 2002 (the genus has been known since 1923, for anyone who was wondering), which preserved bristle-like filaments on the tail. Then in 2009, a heterodontosaurid called Tianyulong which had long filaments on the back, tail, and neck of the animal. Originally, these two species led scientists to think feathers evolved in the (at the time of this discovery) two dinosaur groups independently. Then, in 2014, the discovery of a basal neornithischian found in Siberia was announced. Kulindadromeus, as the dinosaur would be called, suggested that the common ancestor of dinosaurs was feathered (except for sauropods and herrerasaurs, which may not be dinosaurs if you define a dinosaur by the presence of feathers).
When it comes to feather preservation, non-coelorusaurian theropods, which include coelophysids, allosaurs, megalosauroids, and ceratosaurs, are not as well studied. The arms of the carnosaur Concavenator had structures resembling quill knobs, but these may be attachment points for ligaments and not related to feathers at all. Sciurumimus is another interesting species, as the classification is not decided on. If it is a megalosauroid, that would support the hypothesis that this group of dinosaurs had feathers.
Tyrannosaurs were a family of theropods that first appeared in the Jurassic as medium-sized carnivores, and later evolved into the apex predators of Asian and North American formations during the late Cretaceous. Big tyrannosaurs like Tyrannosaurus and Tarbosaurus don't need an introduction, but some of their earlier relatives do. Two tyrannosaurids have been discovered with direct evidence of feathers: Dilong and Yutyrannus, both of which lived in China during the lower Cretaceous. These two species are important because Dilong provided evidence that tyrannosaurs had feathers in the first place, and Yutyrannus confirmed that even large tyrannosaurs likely had feathers. Another thing to note about Yutyrannus is that the Yixian formation, where it and many other feathered dinosaurs lived, would have been very cold during the Early Cretaceous when these animals lived
What about Tyrannosaurus rex? Once the discovery of Yutyrannus was announced in 2012, many people were scared that not even T. rex was safe from getting the feather treatment, leading to the "science ruined dinosaurs" movement. These fears were alleviated when a paper examining several tiny (the largest is 30 square centimeters across) scale impressions on the back of the neck, pelvic region, and tail of the well-preserved BHI 6230 specimen or Wyrex, claimed to have found conflicting patterns between gigantism in dinosaurs and feather integument and concluding that Tyrannosaurus was mostly scaly. When popular media outlets reported about the paper, they sensationalized the study by claiming it marks a return to the T. rex of Jurassic Park and that they were "still lizards" after people had "gotten used to the idea of giant fluffy killer birds." While it is true that rex would have been mostly scaly, these scales would give the animal a leathery appearance because of how small the scales are. Bell et al interpreted this find by suggesting more derived tyrannosaurs likely lost or did not have the filaments of their basal Asian relatives. The distribution of these scales lends support to the position that these animals were mostly scaly or featherless as adults, but does not mean they were featherless at all growth stages. The paper suggests that they might have possessed a feather cape or mohawk on the upper part of their body. These scales might actually be feathers, as the paper notes the scaly feet of modern birds are actually feathers that secondarily evolved back into scales. The authors suggest that this might have been the case with Tyrannosaurus, and as Mark Witton notes, everyone wins the scaly vs feathered debate. This opens up a variety of possibilities: Witton notes that avian skin is more dynamic than reptilian skin, and allows for tons of variations based on the animals life stages and time of year, changing between feathers and scales with the seasons. This could mean T. rex was born with feathers but lost them as it got older, or it could have grown a coat of feathers as an adult in fall and molted this coat in spring. In conclusion, the Bell paper concludes that T. rex would have been largely filamentless in life and would have possessed a leathery or smooth appearance, and does not disprove that it was completely featherless in all stages in life.
Before you accuse me in the comments of ruining your childhood hero (which I will probably delete), I will add that in the unlikely event of T. rex and Spinosaurus meeting, T. rex would likely win in a fight, either crushing Spino's neck with those bone-crushing jaws that deliver the highest bite force of any known animal or scaring the fish eater back into the water.
Sometimes known as "ostrich dinosaurs" for their resemblance to modern ratites, ornithomimids are a group of omnivorous theropods that lived during the Cretaceous and were prey for many large predators. To add to their resemblance to modern ostriches, we have found two ornithomimids with preservation of feathers: Ornithomimus and a pygostyle on the extremely large and unusual Deinocheirus.
Compsognathids, or "compies" as they are sometimes known, are small theropods that lived from the late Jurassic to the early Cretaceous and were small predators of insects, lizards, and early mammals. One species of compy, Sinosauropteryx, had preserved feathers so well, we even know what color it was! Microscopic pigment cells called melanosomes on the fossil of Sinosauropteryx was analyzed to find it had a reddish brown coloration like a fox or Red Panda, as well as a banded tail like many procyonids (raccoons, coatis, ringtail) or a Ring-tailed Lemur. To add to the resemblance to raccoons, analysis of the fossil found that Sinosauropteryx had a bandit mask over its eyes.
Therizinosaurs were large theropods that were most likely herbivorous, and used their long claws to hold branches closer to their mouths like pandas or sloths rather than to disembowel prey with. We know from many therizinosaur species that they had filamentous intigument covering their entire bodies, even the biggest ones. One of these, Beipiaosaurus, is one of the largest dinosaurs with direct evidence of feathers second only to Yutyrannus.
Oviraptorosaurs (or "chickenparrots" as paleontology fans sometimes call them) are dinosaurs that take the bird-like appearance of the ornithomimids a step further; looking like a chimera of a parrot, a galliform, and a non-avian dinosaur. Many species of oviraptorids have been found with direct evidence of feathers preserved such as wings and pygostyles. This means that all oviraptorids definitely had feathers, even the biggest ones like Gigantoraptor, although it can be argued from Bell 2017 that like Therizinosaurus, Gigantoraptor would have considerably reduced feathers, but not completely lost them.
Alvarezasaurs are small insect-eating theropods that due to their close relationship to other maniraptorans, we know definitely had feathers.
Scansoriopterygids are a testament to the amazing ability non-avian dinosaurs had to evolve and fill every niche imaginable, as many members of this group had a long finger used to probe trees for insects like that of an Aye-aye or the tongue of a woodpecker. All scansoriopterygids had four long feathers on the tail, composed of a central rachis and vanes. However, unlike in modern-style tail feathers, the vanes were not branched into individual filaments but made up of a single ribbon-like sheet. They also had simple feathers covering the body like many dinosaurs.
More famously known as "raptors," dromaeosaurids are birdlike theropods that lived during the Cretaceous period. Numerous species of dromaeosaur have been found with direct evidence of feathers, including complete feather preservation in Microraptor, Zhenyuanlong, and Sinornithosaurus, as well as quill knobs on Velociraptor, Rahonavis, and Dakotaraptor. In short, all dromaeosaurs regardless of how big they are had feathers preserved
What about Velociraptor, the antagonist of the first three films and semi protagonist of Jurassic World? Things are not looking good for this "walking medieval torture machine," as the JPlegacy website called the movie versions of this species, which are closer in size to Utahraptor and Achillobator than an actual Velociraptor, which was the length of a mountain lion and weighed as much as a turkey (in Michael Crichton's defense, he followed Gregory S. Paul's dromaeosaur taxonomy, which lumped Deinonychus, Saurornitholestes, and others into Velociraptor). Basically the fossils of many dromaeosaurs, as well as quill knobs on Velociraptor itself, mean this genus was undeniably feathered. As Brian Switek says, "A Velociraptor without feathers isn't a Velociraptor."
Troodontids are more closely related to birds than their cousins the dromaeosaurs. We know from the remains of Jinfengopteryx that troodontids had filamentous feathers covering their body and pennaceous feathers on the wings and tail
Lastly, we get to modern birds, which all are undisputedly feathered.
To summarize, heterodontosaurids, basal neornithischians, ceratopsians, and most ceolorusaurian theropods likely had feathers, while ceratosaurs (a group of theropods), sauropods, ornithopods, thyreophorans, and pachycephalosaurs did not. Coelophysids and carnosaurs are uncertain in their feather preservation, but would most likely have had quill knobs. Basal ceratopsians like Psittacosaurus most likely had elongate cylindrical integument analagous to feathers, which larger ceratopsians would have lost. Heterodontosaurids, basal neornithischians, early tyrannosaurs, comsognathids, and early tyrannosaurs had filamentous integument covering their entire bodies. Oviraptorosaurs and scansoriopterygids had complex feathers of multiple stages following the Prum model. Lastly, deinonychosaurs and avialans all had multiple stages of feathers including asymetrical flight feathers.
This post was inspired by a presentation given by Garret Van Gelder at the NYSYBC 2018 Kickoff Meeting, as well as the work of Nick Turinetti and Tom Parker for Saurian, a open-world video game where you play as a dinosaur and try to survive, and Trey the Explainer's "Which Dinosaurs Had Feathers?" and "Did T. rex have feathers?"
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Chapter 15: Skua'd Goals (part 2)
Lifers denoted in bold
Remember how Max, Ryan, and I could not solve the ID of a mystery Catharus thrush in Central Park seen in the same area as a Bicknell's Thrush? We concluded our first day in Manhattan more determined than ever to find the Bicknell's while it was still in the area.
The plan was to look for the Bicknell's Thrush if it was still around in the morning then take the ferry to Governor's Island, and later in the afternoon meet up with Ryan again to get more warblers and if he wanted, to find the Bicknell's. Max and I were checking every thrush (and I was having trouble getting my camera to focus), so when we came across several other birders that claimed to hear a Bicknell's song, we joined the group to hopefully confirm this. Several of us followed the thrush around in an effort to get it to sing again and thus confirm it's id. We trailed it for a while and heard it call several times. James Muchmore was in this group, and got pictures that he would ask me what I thought about the bird. I replied: "I think we got it." Satisfied with both of us having Bicknell's Thrush as a lifer, we headed back to prepare for more adventures.
On the way down to Governor's Island, we stopped at Madison Square Park in search of Prothonotary and Kentucky Warblers reported hopping around the lawn in the center. I had gotten Prothonotary the day before I left ESF, but Max still needed Prothonotary and we both needed Kentucky for life. Unfortunately, neither was in the area, but we did find a female Hooded Warbler on the lawn with several yellowthroats and many other warblers in the surrounding trees.
When we got to Governor's Island, there were not too many birds around (well, not too many birds we haven't seen in Central Park or elsewhere in NY this week). However, there were some surprises, one being a flyover Solitary Sandpiper identified by call and a Common Nighthawk which both Max and I heard, but did not see.
After lunch, Ryan met us at the entrance of the park and we headed towards The Ramble to look for the Bicknell's Thrush again, which he needed for his county list. We were checking all the thrushes we saw, as usual, when we heard the Bicknell's type song. Later we saw the bird in a tree and got a recording of the song. The bird flew past us and we alerted Deborah Allen, who was also in the area, of its presence. On the ground, it was just as cooperative and allowed us to get many pictures. Also in the area were White-crowned and Lincoln's Sparrows.
We then set out for the Pinetum, an area with lots of warbler activity. Max needed Blackburnian Warbler for life and both of us needed Cape May as well. There were several Yellow and Magnolias, a Canada, and a Blackpoll. Then Ryan picked out a Cape May Warbler, which Max and I quickly got on (though it took me a minute to get it). Also in the Pinetum was an empid, which after hearing it call, we confirmed as a Willow Flycatcher. Ryan also found a Blackburnian Warbler. Moving on to the Reservoir, our next target were Bank and Cliff Swallows before Ryan had to leave. We got one of the Cliff Swallows, but not the Bank Swallow. Also, a large brown bird flew across the path that we were not able to safely identify.
The first spot we went to in Brooklyn was Prospect Park. Many of the birds we saw were similar to those we had seen in Central Park so far, with the addition of a Prairie Warbler that Max saw but I didn't, a Wood Duck in a Tree, and a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher which we both saw, but could not get pictures of (many empids are flagged in Kings County).
The last spot in Brooklyn we went to was the entrance to Green-wood Cemetery, which has become famous for an unusual reason: parakeets. As absurd as the idea of looking for parakeets in New York sounds, it is not that farfetched. In the 1970s, a shipping crate at JFK airport containing Monk Parakeets, a native of South America, was damaged and broken giving the birds a chance at freedom. They managed to survive, and have persisted enough to be countable on the ABA Checklist (I had seen them in Florida this year as well). It didn't take us long to spot them on top of the entrance.
Back in Manhattan, Max and I took the subway all the way up to Inwood Hill Park to find one of the two Eastern Screech-Owls in the park. Ryan was giving us directions remotely to the spot (he was in class), so while we were able to locate the spot it usually hangs out in, we could not actually see the owl.
Ryan couldn't join us in Central Park this time (more on why later), so Max and I set out for the Pinetum on our own where we had a Tennessee Warbler and several Black-throated Greens. Our main destination was the North Woods area, where an Acadian Flycatcher was recently seen. Along the way we stopped at the reservoir where all the swallows were reported from and managed to get pictures of the Bank. In the Ravine, we got the Acadian, as well as another Yellow-bellied, and a Black-billed Cuckoo singing which we heard at the top. On our way out of the park, we stopped at an area of high warbler activity near the playgrounds, including several Ovenbirds, a male Cape May, and a Prairie Warbler, this time I was able to get on quickly enough to add to my state list.
The next morning, Ryan and my father met us outside the hotel we were staying at to head to Doodletown (this is why Ryan couldn't bird with us the day before). Upon getting there we immediately saw a Black-billed Cuckoo (only one we saw this week) before setting out on the trail. Heading up, we saw a Worm-eating Warbler (one of two) close to us on the trail. In the forest, we saw a female Cape May Warbler and a male Scarlet Tanager. At the dam, we went down to check for Louisiana Waterthrushes, with no luck. As we were descending the trail, we saw a Cerulean Warbler perched in a tree providing excellent looks. In total, we got two Worm-eating Warblers, three Hoodeds, and four(!) Ceruleans as well as Yellow-billed Cuckoo and Blue-headed Vireo.
The next spot we went to was Ironwood Drive in Sterling State Forest, a known spot for both Blue-winged and Golden-winged Warblers, as well as their hybrids. After a short hike through the shrubby envarea of a powerline cut, we heard a Blue-wing type song, but to our surprise, it came from a Golden-winged Warbler! We then saw a Blue-wing and Golden-wing (one of four at the spot) chasing each other. We also saw and heard more Blue-wings, a Prairie Warbler, a Cerulean Warbler, an Eastern Bluebird, and a Blue-winged x Golden-winged hybrid.
The last spot we went to was Croton Point Park in Westchester where Max, Ryan, and I saw several Purple Martins, Bobolinks, and Willow Flycatchers before headed back to Manhattan to drop Ryan off then back home to Long Island. In total, Max and I saw 147 species and 9 other taxa.
I originally planned to look for a Tricolored Heron at Marine Nature Study Area again after dropping Max off at the airport, and was even en route to the spot, when I got an alert about an American Golden-Plover at Lido Beach Passive Nature Area. Golden-Plovers are typically pass through New York in fall, so a spring sighting is one definitely worth chasing. Fortunately, my grandmother and I were able to change my route and after scanning a distant flock of Black-bellied Plovers, I identified what I determined to be a solid candidate for the American Golden-Plover. While I was there, a breeding plumaged Tricolored Heron flew by as well, making this a win-win situation.
Edit: What I called an American Golden-Plover was actually a Black-bellied Plover
Satisfied with this chase, we then went back to Nickerson in the hopes of seeing any rare terns, with no success.
To be continued...
Chapter 14: Skua'd goals (part 1)
Lifers indicated in bold. Also, I have a few announcements:
After the chaos of nonstop birding in the last chapter, you would think I would give my parents a break on Mother's Day. However, you would be wrong. The day before my club's big day, a Kirtland's Warbler was reported in Central Park (we even got it for the big day). My mom and I took a train into the city just to chase this bird, and unfortunately, we missed it. By an hour. It wasn't all bad, as I got my lifer Bay-breasted Warbler and four additional birds for my year list: Olive-sided Flycatcher, American Redstart, and Magnolia and Blackburnian Warblers; all of which were in pretty much the same tree (except the flycatcher). I also ended up meeting two fans of The Young Birder Odyssey as well: Tyler Connell and James Muchmore, the latter of the two re-found the Kirtland's Warbler this morning.
The next morning, we started by birding around my yard, which, thanks to Max's help, gets a lot of good migrants in the spring. One of the best birds we found was a Mourning Warbler we both heard sing, but could not locate. Other species we had included a male Rose-breasted Grosbeak below our feeders and a Swainson's Thrush.
The first spot we went to was Jamaica Bay. It was high tide, so shorebird numbers were lower than we were hoping for, but nevertheless we saw some good birds. Some highlights from the West Pond were a late staying Snow Goose, possibly injured and couldn't make it north, close looks at Magnolia Warblers, Carolina Wrens, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, and hatchling terrapins. Outside of the visitor center, we heard a Yellow-billed Cuckoo song, but our main target was a Black-billed Cuckoo at the East Pond. After a few minutes, we heard the call but could not locate it visually.
The next spot we went to was a small park in Nassau County, where we didn't see many notable species, but afterwards, we went back to the coast guard station where I had to do a shorebird count. Other than the regular species, three Red Knots were the main highlight.
Originally, I suggested that we go to Fuchs Pond to look for an Alder Flycatcher reported there, a scarce migrant on Long Island in spring (I've only seen them upstate). This would've also been a lifer for Max, but my mom suggested we go to Caumsett State Park instead. Among the highlights were several interesting butterflies and Max got his lifer Scarlet Tanager.
Later that afternoon, we went to Fuchs pond preserve to search for the aforementioned Alder Flycatcher. Unfortunately, we did not see the Alder, so as a consolation, we went to a known Bald Eagle nest in Centerport.
Before we headed out, Ryan Zucker notified us about a Bicknell's Thrush in Central Park that was actively singing. We would get to that, but first, we were headed to Marine Nature Study Area, a known spot for Saltmarsh Sparrow and Tricolored Heron. We didn't see the Tricolored Heron, but we found two Saltmarsh Sparrows and a Clapper Rail.
Afterwards, we went to Nickerson Beach. While there were no rare terns or any nesting behavior seen from the expected species, we did find a Lesser Black-backed Gull loafing with several Great Black-backs. In typical birding fashion, neither of us had our camera when a rare bird was found, this time because of the rain.
After we set up "base camp" (a hotel one block away from Central Park), we set out for the Bicknell's Thrush in Central Park and to find Ryan. We got lost at first by accidentally taking the main road through the park, then backtracked. Eventually, Ryan found us in the Ramble area, and we all tried to find the Thrush. We saw several of all the normal thrushes, Ovenbirds, and several other birders, including Kevin Topping, the birder who found the Kirtland's Warbler earlier this week. We found an interesting Catharus which we figured out to be a Gray-cheeked/Bicknell's type, but despite many attempts to get it to sing, we decided to move on because without hearing it singing, it was best to leave the mystery bird unidentified. Other notable birds included Max's lifer Canada Warbler and Chimney Swifts headed to their roost.
Ryan had to leave around 7, so by then Max and I went back to the hotel to see if we could figure out which thrushes we got... We decided that we would go back to the Ramble the next morning to see if we could refind the Bicknell's after all. Will we ever get it before it leaves for its breeding grounds in the Adirondacks? Find out next time
To be continued...
In the interest of replicating the rapid style of birding on a big day, I will be giving a brief overview of the birding at each spot I birded on the NYSYBC big day. I don't have any photos, unfortunately, so this might be my shortest chapter yet
Time spent here: 48 minutes
Distance covered: 1.34 miles
Highlights: Blackpoll Warbler, Northern Waterthrush, Nashville Warbler, Veery
Time spent here: 44 minutes
Distance covered: 1.15 miles
Highlights: Breeding adult Black-bellied Plovers, Clapper Rail, Saltmarsh Sparrow, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Time spent here: 18 minutes
Distance covered: 0.62 miles
Highlights: Large numbers of Brant
Time spent here: about 20 minutes
Distance covered: 12(?) miles
Highlights: 3 Common Loons, Piping Plover, Black Skimmers, Ruddy Turnstone
Time spent here: 23 minutes
Distance covered: 1.19 miles
Highlights: White-crowned Sparrow, flyover Common Loon
Time spent here: 31 minutes
Distance covered: 1.24 miles
Highlights: Chestnut-sided Warbler
Time spent here: 6 minutes
Distance covered: NA
Highlights: Breeding plumage Dunlins
En route to the next spot after a break at home, a Yellow-billed Cuckoo flew right over our car!
Time spent here: 19 minutes
Distance covered: .5 miles
Highlights: Male Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Yellow-throated Warbler
Time spent here: 2 minutes
Distance covered: N/A
Highlights: Bald Eagle nest
Time spent here: 3 minutes
Distance covered: N/A
Highlights: Spotted Sandpiper, Bank Swallow
Chapter 12: The long road home
Global Big Day fell right in the middle of finals for me at school, so I couldn't go birding for too long or travel too far from my apartment. Otherwise, I saw nothing really notable.
The first spot my mom and I went to was the Wildlife Drive at Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge. A Ruff had been seen there a few days earlier and I wanted to see if it would still be around. Unfortunately, it was not there (not like a male in breeding plumage would be mistaken for anything. There was a good number of shorebirds there, however, as I was able to identify both species of Yellowlegs, Pectoral, Spotted, Least, and Solitary Sandpipers in good numbers. Other good birds were Eastern Kingbird and both Red-eyed and Warbling Vireos
The next spot we tried was at Armitage Road on the border of Seneca and Wayne counties. This is a known spot for Prothonotary Warblers, and I was hoping to get them here instead of tracking down ones that stray into southern NY every spring. First we walked along the road, which yielded Pileated Woodpecker, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Wood Ducks, a Lincoln's sparrow, and many warblers (including Cerulean), but no Prothonotary. We drove further up to the exact location of a nest box set up to attract Prothonotaries (Prothonotary and Lucy's Warblers are the only species of wood-warbler to nest in cavities). I first heard the "sweet, sweet, sweet" song and then after it repeated a few times, a male Prothonotary Warbler flew over our car before disappearing, not without me getting a photo first. On to the net spot...
The last spot we went to was the Martens tract, where we heard Virginia Rails and American Bitterns calling as the sun set.
On the way home, we stopped at Shawangunk Grasslands NWR, where several Bobolinks had arrived and were displaying
The next day, my mom and I went to Upland Farm on what wasn't supposed to be for birding, but I still got Blue-winged and Chestnut-sided Warblers for the year
To be continued...
Hello everyone, while I mostly blog about my adventures and science topics I find interesting, I'm writing this because I need YOUR help. I have done a big day for the New York State Young Birders club for the past two years, but unlike last year, we are asking donors to send money directly to the club. First, a little bckground information
NYSYBC members have done big days as a fundraiser for the NYSYBC Scholarship program, which provides young birders the opportunity to participate in many young birder events such as those hosted by the ABA and Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
This year, I'm doing a team big day with two other young birders: NYSYBC Vice President Avery Scott and club secretary Jordan Spindel. Jordan will bird Manhattan, Avery in Queens and Brooklyn, and I will cover Nassau and Suffolk counties.
Last year, we saw a combined 174 species.
Because of the short notice, we are asking people to donate directly to the NYSYBC this year instead of creating a GoFundMe page like the previous year. To donate, follow these instructions:
1 - Click Donate below.
2 - On the secure PayPal screen, enter the amount of your donation, click Update Total, and enter your other information.
3 - Before you click the Donate $... Now button, enter special instructions by clicking the Add instructions for NYSOA/NYSYBC link to the left of the Total.
If you are donating as a Big Day sponsor, please do the following once you are on the PayPal screen:
Click the Add instructions link on the "please review your donation" screen and type in: Big Day followed by the name(s) of the specific young birder(s) you are sponsoring, if applicable. You will then receive a receipt via email
If I've thoroughly convinced you to donate, you can do so at nybirds.org/membership/NYSYBC/donation.html. Normally, we'd have a Gofundme link, but since we're pressed for time, we're asking friends to donate directly to
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Singer Michael Buble recently headed back to his native Canada to attend his high school reunion, but the event reminded him how much he hated his teenage years.
The crooner returned to his hometown of Vancouver to film Tv special Michael Buble's Day Off, during which he revisited his alma mater to mark 20 years since he graduated.
The Home hitmaker admits he was anxious about attending the event as he was often picked on at school, but he was relieved to discover his tormentors had softened over the years.
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I do believe I have stated this at some point before, but there are very few novels I have read for the purpose of school studies that I have actually enjoyed. One of my English classes in University, fortunately, has relatively good taste. I'm sure most of you are probably familiar with the book Water for Elephants if you have taken an english universty course that studies literature. It's a classic, and I can understand why; there is nothing else like it. I have yet to finish the novel in its entirety, but since I have not recommended in a book in quite some time, I thought it would be okay to make an exception this time. So, here is a little synopsis, and some of my thoughts:
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Orphaned and penniless at the height of the depression, Jacob Jankowski escapes everything he knows by jumping on a passing train – and inadvertently runs away with the circus. Thrown into the chaos of a second-rate traveling show, Jacob is adrift in a world of freaks, swindlers, and misfits …
Trust me, this book will take you for a ride. Each character has a life of their own, created with such substance that you can't help but want to find out how their lives will turn out as they take you through their life as circus performers. Jacob seems to out of place at first, and even though he never seems to entirely accept his new life, you can see how he starts to find his place among the ruffians. I would like to warn you that there is some rather adult content, and by adult I mean 'sexual content', so do read with a certain amount of discretion in mind. Otherwise, enjoy 🙂


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There are few who will disagree that what the people of Glens Falls have had to deal with when it came to minor league hockey. Three teams in three seasons over two leagues with the last and current team being a level down from the other two teams– I could understand why fans would be fed up to an extent. However, when the spotlight of the league is on your arena and it's just a bit over three-quarters full, it doesn't look good overall for the support of the league or team.
On Wednesday– which is a day that could be one of the worst for putting an All-Star Game together, just ask the NHL's failed mid-week ASG in Dallas years ago– the ECHL All-Stars squeaked out an 8-7 victory against the Adirondack Thunder. The game showed defense on full display, as the ECHL team had only 23 shots, which was the fewest shots by a team in an All-Star Classic. The combined 53 shots were also an all-time low for the league's mid-season game.
Yet, the most interesting number was the attendance. The attendance was announced as 3,767 in the 4,794-seat Glens Falls Civic Center, which means it was only at 78.6% capacity. For a premier event, that seems very low and very undesired for the league and the team hosting the event. Again, the mid-week spot is definitely not the best time to hold a game, but weekends are the way teams get their income for home dates, so it's understandable why teams wouldn't want to give up their weekend revenue for the event.
Looking back on past All-Star Classics, this is how they stack up:
- 2015, Orlando: 9,288 (97.2% capacity)
- 2013, Colorado: 5,289 (100%)
- 2011, Bakersfield: 7,397 (84.2%)
- 2010, Ontario: 7,615 (81.1%)
- 2009, Reading: 5,693 (86.6%)
- 2008, Stockton: 7,455 (76.6%)
- 2007, Boise: 4,371 (87.3%)
These are from the ECHL's website and shows that there has been one worse percentage at capacity, the sheer lack of mass for a premiere event is a bit disheartening. Of course, The Sin Bin's Barry Janssen has said that the league as a whole has been down in their attendance figures, aiming for the lowest average in a decade.
However, the stats for Adirondack is up by 13% by the time those figures were put up and it seemed like the league and area were pushing hard– so is it a cause for concern that the Civic Center wasn't fuller than it actually was?
With a confusing format and mid-week date, you could see why people wouldn't want to go ahead and head out to the rink for this game, as gimmicky and fun as it turned out. I'm sure that when the numbers come out, the city will be happy with the revenue they got from people visiting to see the game and paid for local hotels, restaurants, and the like– but internally…is it a good, bad, or status quo result for the ECHL and Thunder brass? With fans making the arena look solid in the beginning, the length and format may have gotten to folks, who seemed to thin out after the first-half of play, before the other parts of the format happened.
Next year, surprisingly, the ECHL will have another All-Star Classic next season– which breaks from their ideal of holding it every other year. The hosts will be the Indy Fuel, which has a fanbase that has been dwindling a bit this season (as seen in Janssen's article) and with a team that hasn't been close their best this season, as well as a record that has gotten worse each season.
One has to wonder how much more fans could take and if they'd be able to push their personal feelings of the team aside for a league event that's in their backyard? The game will be on a Monday (January 15) and we can only wait and see what happens in 361 days while hoping the Fuel gets better to bring more fans out and that the league simplifies the game so even the casual fan can understand it.
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Neponsit/Belle Harbor is a beach community. There is a smell in the air, similar to my childhood summers in Watch Hill, RI. It is peaceful here, no clanging bells from racing police cars or fire engines.
My morning routine used to be that I would have my coffee while listening to the banter on the Today Show. Since our TVs are not set up and we can't put them up until we know how our furniture will be in place, I sit on my front porch with my coffee and the newspaper. It is quiet and serene. New home, new habits.
This house is on a larger property. It has a 2-car garage, a wider driveway, a bigger backyard, a back deck that needs replacing and a lovely front porch. Since I have no furniture in place, we set up a table on the back deck to eat. As long as it doesn't rain, we have a place to eat. I frequently seek solace on the front porch for my morning coffee or in the evening as I drink a glass of wine.
The block is very Jewish and on Shabbat I see families coming and going. There are three Orthodox synagogues within just a few blocks of the house, including the Sephardic one we will join. Rabbi Azriel is known to me and his wife is lovely. They have one child the same age as my eldest granddaughter. We will get there once we settle in.
There seem to be a lot of playmates for my grandchildren here and they have already made friends. They enjoy playing outside and it is a safe block. Hilary Clinton once said it takes a village to raise a child. The idea is that neighbors care enough to watch out for each other's children. That is the way it was when I was a child and the idea exists here. Neighbors take in your trash cans and everyone seems to know each other's business. They know which children go to which school and seem to watch out for each other.
All of the neighbors are very nice. The community is coming back after Sandy and you see a good deal of renewal. There is a suburban warmth here that you cannot imagine in a city neighborhood.
Still I miss my neighbors in Brooklyn. With all of the commotion of moving, I gave up my mah jongg game, at least temporarily, in the hopes of starting a new one here. We had a pot where we put in $5 a week and frequently went to the theater together or dinner. Last week we saw Bullets over Broadway – it was delightful. We intend to keep up our theater going tradition!
I got a text from an old neighbor saying how much he missed our comings and goings, car activity etc. My husband had 8 cars, most of them classic, so he spent a lot of time moving them to accommodate alternate side of the street parking. There is no alternate parking in Neponsit, but you can't park on the street here in the summer.
One of the things I miss most is the street trees. As you drove down the block, the hundred year olds trees form a magnificent canopy. The Fiske Terrace Neighborhood Association was aggressive about getting trees planted and getting them watered and pruned. Here there is a dirth of street trees. I already contacted the Parks Department for street trees and asked the Community Board the need for street trees to be planted here. Not only do they provide shade and oxygen, they help hold the wind, which I understand can be fierce here in the winter. Guess I am starting here as a mover and shaker.
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08 Feb, 2017
President's (b)Log: February
It's that time of year again. The time for heart-shaped candies, over-priced dinners, and grand romantic gestures. And whether the thought of another Valentine's Day makes you gag or giggle in anticipation, it's undeniable (thanks to a long legacy of brilliant marketers) that the month of February is synonymous with L-O-V-E. That's why we're using this month to celebrate the greatest love of all – the love SMPS DC has for you, our members (I know, sooo cheesy, but I've got a theme going here).
This year marks the chapter's first annual We Heart Marketers event, a new stand-alone celebration of all the amazing work our members and firms have produced over the past year, and an opportunity to recognize the winners of the 2017 SMPS DC Marketing Communications Awards. The best of the DC area's latest AEC websites, rebrands, videos, campaigns, and strategic pursuit efforts will be on display, so come get inspired, support your peers, and cast your ballot for the coveted People's Choice Award. This year's MCA judges – including SMPS DC past president Lauren Myers Young, SMPS Fellow Andrew Weinberg, and 2015 Washington Business Journal Women Who Mean Business honoree Liz Wainger – will be on-hand at the event to share feedback on their favorites, and name one entry this year's Best in Show.
In case you missed it, our Membership and Communications committees have teamed up to introduce a new series of monthly blogs spotlighting new and long-time members, and recognizing members who have reached milestone anniversaries with SMPS. We hope these posts inspire you to get involved, reconnect with fellow members, and start a new chapter in your SMPS love story. A special shout out to members Gabrielle Banks and Mary Moore for kicking things off right with heartfelt testimonials about their SMPS experience and how it has, and continues to, impact their careers. Thank you for sharing your stories with us.
Do you really want to feel the marketing love this season? Then join 300+ of the northeast region's top marketers, business developers, and firm leaders this April in Saratoga Springs, NY for this year's UBER Conference. Sign up between February 14th and February 21st to save $50 off registration and be entered for a chance to win a 2-night stay at the Gideon Putnam as a part of the conference's "Share the Love" deal. I know I'll be there!
As chapter president, I hope you all feel how much this organization cares about you and your success in each and every interaction you have with SMPS. From the hard working staff at SMPS Headquarters in Alexandria to our local chapter's newest volunteer, we are all here to support, advocate for, and celebrate you. If there's anything that we can do to expand your love for SMPS, please don't hesitate to let me know.
Laura Ewan
President, SMPS DC


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Bushy Hill School Programs
Vacation Day Camp 2019
Bushy Hill offers day camps during February and April school vacation. February Vacation Camp runs Monday through Wednesday, April Vacation Camp runs Monday through Friday from 8:30am to 4:00pm (AM and PM care available) rain, snow or shine. Each camper will need to bring a lunch as meals are NOT provided.
In February, we feature weather dependent sledding, hikes and outdoor activities such as making maple syrup in our sugarhouse. Children will need day packs (with lunch), hats, gloves, warm socks, shoes, winter boots and a warm coat. A change of clothes is recommended.
In April, we feature outdoor cooking and exploring our 700+ acres with a focus on local flora and fauna awaking from winter. Children will need day packs (with lunch), hats, gloves, warm socks, shoes and a coat. A change of pants and socks are recommended.
|February Vacation Camp
8:30am to 4:00pm
|February 17 – 18
|$60 per day or $100 for 2 days
|5 and up
|April Vacation Camp
8:30am to 4:00pm
|April 6 – 10
|$60 per day or $250 for the week
|5 and up
Call us to register over the phone.
Bushy Hill Nature Center
PO Box 577
Ivoryton, CT 06442
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Yacht Tek Limited is a marine services company based on the south coast of England. Our local service area includes,The Isle of Wight, Hampshire, Sussex, Dorset, Devon and Cornwall. Projects and sales are also concluded overseas with works being carried out successfully in the Mediterranean and as far away as Mombasa, Kenya in the Indian Ocean.
Whether we are supplying an item, installing a deck, a tank or just simply giving advice Yacht Tek Ltd offers a bespoke, customised and professional service that treats every potential and existing customer with total dedication and honesty which guarantees complete satisfaction with our service.
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UK consumer spend on games grows 10% to a record £5.7bn in 2018
The UK market for games was valued at a record £5.7bn in 2018, representing +10.0% growth on the previous year.
2018 was solid growth across the game software and hardware markets, with software revenues eclipsing £4bn for the first time, up +10.3% to £4.01bn. Similar growth was seen in game hardware, up +10.7% to a new high of £1.57bn. The valuation also included an analysis of consumer spend on wider game-related culture, which generated an additional £109.6m.
Negative player feedback - an academic perspective
Over recent years, games companies have developed ever-closer, more direct relationships with their audiences, with the immediacy of player feedback becoming an important part of how games are shaped. However, with all the positive benefits, there are some times when player feedback steps beyond constructive criticism and becomes problematic for those on the receiving end. But what is the extent of the issue, how does it impact the teams involved and how have individuals learned to deal with it?
UK games market grows 12.4% to a record £5.11bn in 2017
The UK market for games was valued at a record £5.11bn in 2017, representing +12.4% growth on the prevoius year.
These results show strong growth across both the game software and hardware markets, with software revenues up +8.3% to all £3.56bn and hardware growing significantly by +27.1% to another record of £1.43bn. The analysis also includes an assessment of the wider spend on game-related culture, which was valued at £117m.
Korean trade body and leading academics join opposition to WHO "gaming disorder"
Last month, we joined forces with our sister trade associations from around the world to write a strongly worded letter to the World Health Organisation (WHO) raising our concerns over the move to include 'gaming disorder' in their revised manual, the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11).
UK games market worth a record £4.33bn in 2016
The UK games market was valued at a record £4.33bn in 2016, up +1.2% from the 2015 figures.
The result shows positive growth for the games and interactive entertainment economy, including an +11.1% increase in digital console and PC games sales to £1.22bn and an impressive +16.9% rise in UK mobile games revenue - now worth £995m.
UK Games Map - over 2,000 active UK games companies
For the first time since launch, the UK Games Map is now tracking more than 2,000 active games companies in the United Kingdom.
Thanks to an incredible response from the UK games industry, Ukie have processed more than 120 data submissions from UK games companies to the UK Games Map, both adding new companies to the dataset and providing updates and improvements to existing company data. As of this morning, this brings the total number of active games businesses listed in the map to 2,028.
The UK Games Map - 10 days in
It's been a busy 10 days since we launch the UK Games Map, the first real-time interactive map of the UK games industry. We've had an amazing reponse to the map, with some great feedback from across the industry, academia, government, gamesmap users, direct email and social media, so we thought we'd share a little of what's been going on behind the scenes.
The UK Games Map puts UK games businesses on the map
Last week at the Ukie AGM, we launched the UK Games Map - gamesmap.uk - the first interactive, real-time map of the UK games industry.
(NOTE: to read how things are going 10 days after launch, check out our blogpost here)


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Superintendent's contract extended to 2019 by Moffat County School Board
Craig — In a strong show of support for his first eight months of work, the school board extended the contract of Moffat County Superintendent David Ulrich on Thursday.
The Moffat County Board of Education convened an executive session during Thursday's board meeting to discuss "personnel matters relative to the superintendent's contract and to confer with its attorney for the purpose of receiving specific legal advice," as stated on the meeting agenda.
A few minutes after the board reconvened the public meeting, members made a motion to extend Ulrich's contract.
All board members present voted to extend the contract. Board Secretary Charity Neal was not present.
Ulrich was offered the top job at Moffat County School District on May 14 and began work on June 19 of last year.
Before accepting the position to lead the district, Ulrich was deputy director of secondary education at North Kansas City Schools, in Missouri, had served for six years as a high school principal, and also as an assistant principal and teacher.
The board and Ulrich now face the work of building a budget that addresses millions of dollars in infrastructure needs, buys reading resources, and creates conditions to recruit and retain talented staff, as local and state school funding continues to decline.
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There are hundreds of different types of scorpions in the world. Scorpions look like tiny lobsters. They have a long tail with a stinger at the end. The tail curls up and over the scorpion's body. Scorpions are most active at night. They like dark and moist places.
The sting of most scorpions can cause pain, numbness, and tingling at the sting site. There are three scorpions in North America that can sometimes cause serious, even life-threatening symptoms:
The most common symptom is pain at the site of the sting. There may be numbness, tingling, redness and swelling around the sting mark. However, there can be pain without any visible sting mark.
More serious symptoms happen in about 1 in 10 people stung by a scorpion. Babies and young children are at higher risk of severe reactions. Serious symptoms include:
Symptoms usually get better in 24-48 hours.
Treating Scorpion Stings
Preventing Scorpion Stings
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Belgium Under Tight Security Over Terrorist Threat
Nov. 22, 2015 - Brussels, BELGIUM - 20151122 - BRUSSELS, BELGIUM:
Police intervention near the Brussels Lombardstraat/ rue du Lombard - Kolenmarkt/ rue du marche au Charbon , Sunday 22 November 2015, in Brussels. The terrorist threat level was updated to level four, the maximum, in Brussels region, and stays at level three for the rest of the country. Shopping center, main shopping streets, subways and public events are closed and cancelled for the week-end because of the terrorist threat level four.
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Following his five wicket haul in England's first innings at Lord's, Windies' fast bowler Kemar Roach admitted he had had doubts that he would ever return to his best in Test cricket after a severe shoulder injury had reduced his pace and poor form had ruled him out of Test action for 18 months.
Before this series, Roach's last Test had been in January 2016 against Australia in Sydney. Since then, poor form had kept him out of the side and although he has returned to Windies' team down on pace from the tearaway who burst on to the international scene in 2009, he is a far more experienced and consistent bowler now. He has bowled excellently throughout the three Tests of this tour and had been unlucky to have picked up just six wickets before this game as his reward. His spell of 5-72 here from 24 overs, including an unbroken spell of 12.3 overs after lunch, was finally some recognition for his efforts.
Roach suffered the shoulder injury in 2014 but the severity of the injury was such that it has taken until now for him to feel comfortable in his action again and for his fitness to fully return. "I had some doubts," Roach said after play today. "It was a pretty tough time, breaking your shoulder is not easy and a lot of hard rehab got me back here. I'm proud of myself to come back and still perform for the West Indies."
At 29, and with 39 Tests behind him, Roach is very much a senior player in this young Windies team and is comfortable with his own game after a strong domestic season for Barbados. "I've learnt my art a little bit more, I'm more experienced," he said. "I played for Worcestershire a few years ago. It was a good experience. I've been talking to past players like Corey Collymore, guys that have played here. Coming here I was well prepared, knowing how to bowl on certain pitches and the length that would be crucial."
Roach's five wickets means he is just the eighth West Indian bowler to appear on the famous Lord's honours board. He joins an illustrious list which includes Andy Roberts and Michael Holding. "It means a lot," Roach said. "A lot of players went before me – Courtney Walsh, Malcolm Marshall – and to be a part of that is an amazing feeling. A lot of players have played here and to be a part of that board, its history, is special for me."
With just a 22 run lead and already three wickets down, Windies will have to bat well tomorrow but Roach expressed his confidence that the tourists could post England a challenging fourth innings target. "We are here to fight," he said. "We had it in our minds to come here and win. We will definitely be trying to do that. There are things we need to brush up on but all in all, a young side coming to England, they've put up a hell of a fight and we want to keep fighting in the second innings."
Windies will do so full of belief following their brilliant win at Headingley. "It's a big confidence boost," admitted Roach. "After the first Test was a tough time being thrashed like that but to come back so strong, beating England at home for the first time in 17 years, it's an amazing feeling to be part of history and the guys are very confident. We definitely hope to do it again in this Test match."


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We are so happy right now! Team USA just snagged gold, read below Via NPR.ORG:
Simone Biles led the way for a talented American women's gymnastics squad that delivered on massive expectations Tuesday, winning gold in the team competition of the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. It was the team's second consecutive Olympic gold, setting a new standard in gymnastics.
This win was never in doubt: The 8-point gap between the U.S. and second-place Russia was the largest since 1960, when the Soviet Union defeated Czechoslovakia by 8.997 points in Rome.
China had seemed to be in control of second place, but it slipped on a shaky final rotation that included a fall in the floor exercise.
The Americans set the tone on the vault, their first apparatus of the day. That's where Biles posted a score of 15.933 that was the highest of any on Tuesday. They then moved on to dominate the uneven bars and the balance beam, finishing on the floor exercise — where Biles and her teammates Aly Raisman and Laura Hernandez sealed the victory and set off a party at Rio's Olympic Arena.
Over the moon happy over here!!! — Good job ladies!


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In 1888, Jack the Ripper committed a series of murders in the east end of London that shocked the world. The killings spawned hundreds of theories, books and films, each trying to solve the crimes which, to this day, remain a mystery.
Jack the Ripper Museum, situated in a historic Victorian house in the heart of Whitechapel, tells the full story of the Jack the Ripper murders. Step back in time to the London of 1888, the greatest city in the world, where the greatest unsolved crimes of all time took place. As you explore the museum, you will discover everything there is to know about the lives of the victims, the main suspects in the murders, the police investigation and the daily life of those living in the east end of London in 1888. Once you have all the clues, will you be able to solve the mystery of Jack the Ripper?
As you make your way up the stairs, you'll see details of each murder recorded on the walls. The victims' names, ages and murder locations are shown, along with newspaper reports and illustrations of the crimes
As you make your way up the stairs, you'll see details of each murder recorded on the walls. The victims' names, ages and murder locations are shown, along with newspaper reports and illustrations of the crimes.
Mitre Square - 30 September 1888
The most notorious day in Ripper history
In front of you are two waxwork figures. One is of Catherine Eddowes, the second woman to die on 30th September and the other is of Police Constable Watkins, who discovered her dead body. You will see a worker's cart under the street light. Carts like this were used to move the bodies of the murdered women to the morgue. One of the morgues used to store Jack the Ripper's victims was only a few streets away from where you stand now. On the wall, you can see a replica of original graffiti that was left at the murder scene.
Ripper's Sitting Room
Here we see how Jack might have lived and where he planned his crimes.
Read newspaper clippings written in 1888 which chart the progress of the serial killer's hideous crimes. Hanging over the fire you can view an original drawing by Jack the Ripper prime suspect, Walter Sickert. Is she sleeping? Or is there something more sinister going on?
On the table, you will find medical instruments, poison, drug bottles and a skull belonging to the killer. At the desk, medical books on surgery and dissection are displayed, along with a letter addressed "From Hell", which may have been written by Jack. A doctor's bag, which contains knives similar to those used to kill and mutilate the Ripper's victims is on the floor by the desk
Who was Jack? An artist, a doctor or an aristocrat? You decide.
Police Station
Here you will find all the evidence and profiles of the suspects.
A crime board shows the sites of the murders and the evidence the police collected. In the display case is the actual whistle Police Constable Watkins blew to call for help when he found Catherine Eddowes mutilated body in Mitre Square. Also see Police Constable Watkins' notebook, handcuffs and truncheon he was carrying that day – one of the rarest Ripperologists collections of recent times. By the desk is a waxwork of Chief Inspector Abberline, the detective in charge of leading the hunt for the Ripper in 1888.
Victim's Bedroom
Jack the Ripper's victims would have lived in rooms just like this one, in one of London's most poverty-stricken areas
A tiny metal bed with a straw mattress was all the comfort these women would have enjoyed.
Gin was often the drink of choice, with a bottle costing a few pence. Rare photos of the victims can be seen on the wall.
In the display case are original Victorian bonnets. These would have been worn by women to cover their hair, which would have rarely been washed.
The Mortuary
The violence of Jack the Ripper's crimes still shock us today
On the walls you will see original autopsy photos of the horrific murders which some viewers may find disturbing – please view these with discretion and respect for the victims.
The body of Elizabeth Stride was taken to the parish mortuary of St George-in-the-East. The building, moments from where you stand now, was once a chapel. On the far wall is a Victorian stained glass window from the mortuary. Next to the stained glass window are drawers that were used to store the bodies of the dead until they were collected for burial.
Some of the murdered women had no families to collect their remains. They were buried in mass paupers' graves, their last resting place left unmarked.


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After ten years, a group of high school friends reunite at their alma mater to dig up their old time capsule. When they open it, they make a pact to recreate ..
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Manville Water Supply Corporation
Location: Coupland, TX
Continued population growth east of Austin, Texas at Manville Water Supply Corporation required more water to keep ahead of the growth curve. New wells were drilled and additional water was provided by Alcoa operations; however, Manville WSC needed to treat this source water for iron and manganese. A new four million gallons per day plant was designed to meet their treatment goals. Tonka Water worked closely with the City to design custom, state-of-the-art processes to reduce wastewater volumes by 50% compared to conventional water plant designs.
Before raw water enters the filters, an inline static mixer adds caustic, chlorine and potassium permanganate. The water is then evenly split between each filter cell where it flows through IMAR™ filter media, removing the iron and manganese. Each OptaCell Plus™ pressure filter is comprised of four completely isolated cells. This unique feature allows one cell to be off-line while the other three cells continue to filter, backwash or be open to the atmosphere for inspection. From the OptaCell Plus™ filter, the water directly enters the distribution system.
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I have a Primer 2, when I debug the Circle OS Version V3.82, it popup a dialog said "Code Size limit exceeded !", What can i do?
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This is an other topic inspired by ;login: (usenix magazine). I think it is essential for a computer to have the clock showing the right time, and it is not hard! On my servers I use either ntpd (the daemon), or 4 time per day a ntpdate to a nearly ntp server. On my home desktop the ntpdate is run at every boot (because it is never on for long time), and on my ibook the same on linux boot and ntpd on MacOS (which is the default).
I don't know what is the better method. A drift of one second is mainly acceptable on my machines, so the ntpdate methond should be the better choice (if the hardware clock is not "broken"). [BTW the debian packages are: ntp and ntpdate]
Today I joined the ntp pool servers: a list of public (and unrestricted) ntp servers. For my configuration I choosed 6 ntp servers (stratum 2) located in Switzerland.
If you don't care to high precise timing, you can use ntp pool servers (check the references to choose the right servers). If you have not yet used ntp, it is the better start. For high precise timing, there are also Stratum 1 (but read the usage rules) and Stratum 2. Optionally you can also use a GPS clock.
References: ntp project home page. I've also heard that there is a project of one of the BSD to make an alternate (and lighter) implementation.
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Cycling champion Peter Sagan races a grandma in an ad for Specialized electric bikes
Spot from Goodby, Silverstein & Partners coincides with the Tour de France
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Electric bike manufacturer Specialized is using the Tour de France as an excuse to promote its Turbo electric bike this week, in a spot that pits three-time world champion Peter Sagan against an unlikely competitor--a grandma who's had two knee replacements.
In the spot, by Goodby Silverstein & Partners and director Nicholas Maggio, 81-year old Grandma Joan challenges Sagan to an uphill race and....well, you can probably guess who's going to be King of the Mountains.
The campaign is running during Tour de France coverage and will also appear on social media.
"Electric bikes are leveling the playing field for the future of cycling. This spot shows that even a grandma could give the champ a run for his money. Now imagine what it could do for those who just want to move around in an even more efficient way," says Rich Silverstein, co-chairman and founder at Goodby Silverstein & Partners and an avid biker himself.
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"Song to Song" in many ways feels like a companion film to "Knight of Cups". Filmed at the same time, it covers much of the same ground – spiritual malaise, self-destructive ennui, the emptiness at the heart of show business and those inhabiting it, mining Malick's own life autobiographically, and of course the technical side – hypnotic steadicam shots, meditative voiceovers, memory-style montage editing, shooting in the magic hour, gorgeous and inquisitive shots of nature, and so on.
But where "Knight of Cups" had tremendous cohesion in fully embodying its continual yearning for meaning among endless memories and new experiences, "Song to Song" saddles itself to plot and character more than Malick's other recent works, and his dreamy modern style sometimes clashes with that approach. Where "Knight of Cups" looked at promiscuity and degeneracy of modern show business with its male protagonist and perspective, "Song to Song" does with Rooney Mara's protagonist.
Backing down on the intensely creative montage style of "Knight of Cups" and returning to more traditional characterisation works in indeed giving the film identifiable characters instead of just ciphers (Ryan Gosling does particularly good work on that front), but it's never so much as his earlier work so doesn't hit the emotional highs grounded in character his earlier films did, and neither embodies its own tone and concept so strongly to wash over as a singular, concentrated experience. It feels more grounded, but soaring above the ground was what was interesting about his last few films.
Still, it's impeccably made, and an exploration of the emptiness of sex and success without love it works very well. Austin's music scene becomes a kind of Sodom, and an unnamed western state Eden. Where "Knight of Cups" examined cycles and repetition, "Song to Song" shows the triumph of actual progression, change, song TO song in this way, when the characters move from one to another. It's not as commanding as "Knight of Cups" or as inspired as "To the Wonder", but it completes the semi-autobiographical, increasingly-dreamy trilogy of follow-ups to "The Tree of Life" nicely. Four guitars, and a strobe glove.


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Project Description
The brief: Commissioned by GLOBE Academy Elementary in 2017 to design a class t-shirt for the Kindergarten Mandarin students.
The idea: GLOBE Academy is an Atlanta-based duel language immersion school. 2017 was classified as the Chinese year of the Rooster so I elected to base my t-shirt design for the students on this concept.
The results: I created the design in Illustrator and transferred it to the Silhouette laser printing program. After cutting the design from vinyl, I then hand-pressed it onto 55 white cotton t-shirts.
The children and parents were excited about the t-shirts. Many parents solicited me independently for future projects.