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A trip on a 140-foot sailboat helped inspire Harvard professor Joyce E. Chaplin to write "Round About the Earth: Circumnavigation From Magellan to Orbit" — and that may explain the enthusiasm she brings to the many-stranded narrative. At the very least, it underlies her sympathy for sailors on small boats heading into rough, unknown seas.
This history, the first of its kind, is a lively charge through 500 years of worldwide exploration (and beyond). Chaplin sets to the task by carving that time span into three parts.
Magellan launches the tale. History remembers him as the first to make it around the globe, but it was actually his boat and crew that completed the circuit — Magellan was killed in the Philippines in 1521. For the next 250 years, humans made their tenuous way around the globe. Apart from dangerous weather, rotting ships, and threats from fellow men, they had to contend with the disease and physical hardship of extended trips at sea. More than half who sailed never came back. As Chaplin elegantly puts it: "The planet simply shrugged them off."
Chaplin's second period, the "age of confidence," begins in the late 18th century, after British scientists and Capt. James Cook figured out (mostly) how to prevent scurvy. Soon steamships overtook sailing ships, rail lines started to gird the earth, and the people who attempted to go all the way around diversified: not just soldiers and sailors but adventurous individuals — even women. Think "Around the World in Eighty Days" — everyone else did, using Jules Verne's iconic novel as a guide, jumping off point and challenge.
The third period begins with 20th century flight and soars outside our atmosphere, but rather than a triumphant coda, Chaplin sees a new doubt emerging. Now that we are literally able to see our entire planet from orbit, we can perceive its fragility. Once we were at risk of being destroyed by the planet; now it's the other way around.
Chaplin enters this enormous subject via the first-person narratives of the travelers, from Antonio Pigafetta, who sailed with Magellan, to astronauts who have spent time in the International Space Station. Along the way are mostly forgotten adventurers, including Woodes Rogers, who liquored up his circa-1710 crew to keep them from getting mutinous ideas in the Pacific; Ida Pfeiffer, a wealthy widow whose 1846-48 tour between flourishing outposts of imperialism included ship, rail and a mule caravan, and I.S.K. Soboleff, a displaced White Russian who spent 1928-30 traveling the world with, he wrote, "no passport, no visas, a broken-down old bicycle, and twenty Mexican dollars in my pocket."
That's just a sampling; Chaplin brings many, many more stories into this narrative, which, like the earliest sailing ships, is packed to maximum density. Her frank touch, however, gives it a lightness. "It is no good wishing he were a nice person; he was more or less a ruthless thug," she writes of Magellan, adding, "The first commander of a circumnavigation who resembled a nice person would not draw breath until 1723." (That was John Byron, grandfather of the famed poet.)
For centuries, Portuguese and Spanish ships raided each other's vessels and colonies, while wantonly capturing and enslaving native peoples. The British, late to the game, officially licensed privateers to harass their counterparts, particularly those carrying gold. Some of the accounts Chaplin uses were only partly published in their day — these adventure tales were wildly popular, but competing European powers kept their discoveries close.
Word got out, of course. Verne's "Around the World in Eighty Days," published in 1873, was inspired by newspaper reports he'd read. Despite being fiction, and a satire — Verne, a Frenchman, created supercilious Englishman Phileas Fogg — the book's speed-focused globe-trotting set a real-life standard. In 1889, Nellie Bly set out to defeat the record and write about her experience for Joseph Pulitzer's New York World — it took her 72 days, 6 hours, 11 minutes.
Once speed became the focus, Chaplin reminds us that modern circumnavigation came with a different set of physical challenges. Worldwide travelers trying to beat other worldwide travelers were often exhausted. This was the case even as technology improved — contests to fly around the world were even harder on the participants than those in which they traveled on boats and trains.
By the late 19th century, when just about anyone of means could travel around the world, the story has too many threads. Chaplin jumps from one to the next to explain how the process changed and evolved, but leaves some of the interesting pieces on the cutting room floor. Wiley Post, an innovative one-eyed pilot who became the first man to fly around the world solo, gets as much attention as any, including the note that he was friends with Will Rogers — but you'll have to go elsewhere to learn that the two died together, in a plane Post was flying. There's too much but not enough — like the space station where astronauts observe 30 dawns and twilights in the course of a single (terrestrial) day.
The narrative slows again with space exploration, which at its start had a relatively small set of players. Here, the Russian space program is well detailed — not only is it less familiar to American readers, it often preceded us. Chaplin has a soft spot for its doomed canine pioneer. Space, orbit, the moon, Mars: As quick as it can, the book explains satellites, debris fields, and the quandary of whether humans can survive without gravity (reminiscent of the challenge of scurvy). Nevertheless, the story can't keep up; NASA promises news "for the history books" from Mars is coming in December.
Chaplin's greatest feat is convincingly demonstrating that circumnavigation is not just a series of dates, death tallies and speed records. "Over the last 500 years, the physical globe has been as central to our collective history as it was to each individual around the world traveler," she writes. In the present day, that sense of collective, global history is more urgent than ever.


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New Zealand cancels Mike Tyson visa because of rape conviction
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand canceled a visa for Mike Tyson on Wednesday because of his rape conviction, saying it reversed its earlier approval because a charity that would have benefited from his appearance says it wants nothing to do with the former heavyweight boxing champion.
Tyson had said he had been looking forward to meeting New Zealand's indigenous Maori people, the inspiration for his notorious facial tattoo. But now his whole Downunder speaking tour, scheduled for next month, is threatening to fall apart: Australian immigration authorities said they've yet to decide whether to let him in.
Tyson's 1992 rape conviction would normally prevent his entry in New Zealand and could be grounds for denial in Australia as well. New Zealand's denial came days after Prime Minister John Key spoke out against the visit.
Tyson was to speak at a November event in Auckland, the "Day of the Champions," which is being promoted by Sydney agency Markson Sparks. On Wednesday the agency continued to promote tickets for appearances in New Zealand and five major Australian cities.
New Zealand's Associate Immigration Minister Kate Wilkinson said she initially granted entry because a children's health charity would get some of the proceeds from Tyson's speech. She said in a statement her decision was "a finely balanced call" but that the charity that would have benefited, the Life Education Trust, withdrew its support Tuesday.
The charity's chief executive, John O'Connell, however, said the charity long ago decided not to accept any money from the event due to its concerns over Tyson's character, O'Connell said a volunteer trustee mistakenly sent a letter to immigration authorities supporting Tyson's plans.
Promoter Max Markson said he's continuing to sell tickets — at between 69 and 300 Australian dollars ($71 and $308) — and will give refunds if Tyson cannot appear. He said he had been "hoping it might be a smoother run," but remained confident Australia would grant Tyson a visa and that New Zealand would reverse its decision when he found another suitable charity.
"He'll only be in the country for 20 hours, I don't think he's a danger to anybody, and thousands of people want to see him," Markson said.
Would-be visitors to Australia normally must pass a character test. Those who have a "substantial criminal record" — including people who, like Tyson, have been sentenced to more than a year in prison — fail the test. But the department can use its discretion to grant such people visas.
Tyson was sentenced to six years in prison for the 1991 rape of an 18-year-old woman in an Indianapolis hotel room. He served three years before being released on parole. Continued...
A spokesman for Australia's Department of Immigration and Citizenship said, "I can tell you that a decision is still pending" on Tyson's application.
Speaking to the APNZ news agency this week from Las Vegas before his New Zealand visa was canceled, Tyson said his tattoo was inspired by those worn by New Zealand's indigenous Maori. In pre-European times, many Maori wore elaborate facial tattoos as a sign of their status in their tribe. Some Maori today who identify strongly with their traditional culture get similar tattoos.
Tyson told the agency that, aside from their tattoos, he knew little about the Maori people, "so I'm looking forward to come down there and see them."
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Town Manager Bruce St. Denis said the town will support the placement of a natural-gas pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico across its coveted white sand sources, as long as that sand is removed first.
St. Denis confirmed at a Manatee County Commission land use meeting Thursday, Sept. 3, that if a written agreement is presented before Friday, Sept. 11, the town has no problem with the pipeline.
That written agreement must state that Port Dolphin Energy LLC will help remove the sand and help pay for its removal and the cost to permit the project.
Port Dolphin wants to place a $1 billion pipeline just 28 miles southwest of Tampa Bay near Anna Maria Island, which is right in the middle of a swath of white sand that the town and Manatee County are eyeing for future renourishments.
Port Dolphin, a subsidiary of an Oslo, Norway,-based energy company, is working with the state, according to Manatee County officials, to remove the sand.
"Our argument has always been about losing access to valuable sand for our beaches," St. Denis said. "If I see a written agreement that states we will get sand before the pipeline is built, the problem has been mitigated."
Longboat Key has been the most vocal opponent of the project, spending hundreds of thousands of dollars for the services of a Washington, D.C.,-based law firm to enter pages of documents into the public record to fight the plan.
Both Longboat Key and Manatee County are in separate discussions with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to obtain an expedited permit to gain access to the sand.
If approved, the expedited permit would shave two years off of a process that typically takes three years, according to Manatee County Natural Resources Director Charlie Hunsicker.
"Our application would literally be put on top of the pile," Hunsicker said.
For Longboat Key, that means the sand would be available for its beach in 2011, two years ahead of a town-wide renourishment slated for 2013.
But St. Denis pointed out that unless a written agreement is signed between the state and Port Dolphin, the town still has an issue with the project.
The amount of money that Port Dolphin will put up for permitting the sand project and moving the sand is also still unknown. Port Dolphin officials did not return a phone call seeking comment for this story.
The deadline to submit comments on the pipeline's project is Friday, Sept. 11, three weeks later than originally planned.
The deadline was extended because the U.S. Coast Guard incorrectly stated that there was nine times more beach-quality sand available in the area than what is really available.
The town, St. Denis said, alerted the Coast Guard to what the Coast Guard called "a mathematical error."
And St. Denis said he is wary of the much-talked-about solution until he sees something in writing before the governor's office makes a decision on the project by the end of next week.
However, both Hunsicker and St. Denis agree that if Port Dolphin follows through with its proposal, it affords both communities an opportunity to bring sand to area beaches at a reduced cost.
"We are pleased there is a potential resolution," St. Denis said. "But we want to make sure there is a strong mechanism in place that requires Port Dolphin to perform."
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Monday, November 29, 2010
Modification Monday: Ms. Bennett-Darcy
Original Pattern: Mr. Darcy
Knitter Extraordinaire: Cheryl (Rav ID, website)
Mods: Altered this men's pullover to fit and flatter a feminine shape, using her hip measurement as a basis for her calculations.
What Makes This Awesome: I loved this sweater when I first saw it. The texture and classic shape (along with the prefect sweater name!) were so attractive, but I never stopped to think if I could change it up to suit me. I'm so impressed that Cheryl took the pattern and modified it to make a gorgeous, flattering sweater for herself. It looks beautiful! It's so chilly here today, and I'd love to slip into a cozy sweater just like this. Awesome project guidelines on how to modify any men's sweater into a smaller woman's sweater can be found here.
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- Noas' libellule said...
That jumper looks ideal for the winter, love the colour and the shape. Really clever.
- November 29, 2010 at 7:56 AM
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Wow! Still roomy and cozy, but totally feminine. What a great job!
- November 29, 2010 at 3:29 PM
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That texture is amazing! I love the feminine version of this sweater!
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Don't worry, not Chuck Woolery's version. I'm talking about the 2011 remake. With still 10 slots a week, Lingo with Bill Engvall still gets decent numbers, but we only have 40 episodes of the version. And with the GSN upfronts from March, I don't see a new season coming. I just think Lingo is long overdue for a second season. On polls in the "GSN Originals" forum, about 90% of the people here prefer a new season, just with some moderate changes. And I'll put it this way. If Lingo had a second season, we wouldn't have as much Family Feud on the schedule right now I'm sure.
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I watched it last night of course, but only the once. Many people, including some of y'all in comments, are saying it was great...so I thought I'd just register my initial reaction for the record. Which is: not great. I may very well change my mind on this on a second viewing, but last night I was thinking: this is o.k., but it needs to be about 100% more forceful, making it clear to McCain's supporters, in no uncertain terms, that all that campaign hogwash about Obama being an unqualified socialist etc. was, well, campaign hogwash, and that he's going to be the president, and that everyone needs to let him start off with a clean slate, and give him their energetic support unless/until he does something to lose it.
McCain's speech was fine, but it hardly rose to the level, energy- and conviction-wise, of his ten thousand denunciations of Obama.
Gore's concession speech was much, much better...and he was conceding to an unqualified piece of shit who had just basically tried to steal the election, and who had just spent months vilifying him.
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Sunday, March 20, 2011
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K from Nine Texans has been my internet friend from a time before either of us had a blog. She has nine children. I have six. She had a loaner from somewhere down the street.... Sixteen children and two mommy bloggers in one house for the entire day. It was pretty close to my definition of wonderful.
She has children who match up in age to my own, so each one had someone to play with. Sometimes it was the same sex like my #4 and her Lucy or my #3 and her Ben. There was also my #5 who was content to play with all of the dirt in her gigantic back yard. He almost couldn't believe his luck when I didn't even raise an eyebrow about his dirt-encrusted face. Then there were the other groups like my #1 and her Jack or #2 and Emma. I'm not saying that any matchmaking was going on in her living room, but I think that I owe her a cow and maybe a flock of chickens. (Do chickens come in flocks? Geese are in gaggles...Crows come in flights...chickens...flocks?...herds? A herd of chickens?) (I think I may need stronger ADHD medicine.) Any-who...there were a couple boys there smiling at a couple pretty girls.
K kindly lent her two eldest to me for our trip to Sea World. I definitely needed help with my littlest ones and Jack and Katie were amazingly helpful. I'm awarding each of them a thousand points (redeemable at a later date for unspecified rewards) for being there that day and not walking away in disgust from whining babies and a three year old who rode the moving sidewalk through the penguin house more than a dozen times. (It was all about the moving sidewalk and not the birds. I could have saved the time and money and taken him to the airport.)
At the end of our time together, #1 sighed and said "I so wish we lived closer. They're kind of amazing." and I completely agreed.
A few days later we met up with Jen from Conversion Diary at a playground outside of Austin. I laughed when I saw her because she's kind of my husband's dream girl. He's crazy tall and likes red heads but married short, brunette me. (I think he's happy with that decision. At least he hasn't talked about backsies in a while.) Into the playground walked this gorgeous 6 foot tall woman with long red hair and I knew it would be her. She smiled and I recognized the friendly grin from her blog photo. When she said 'hi' it was with this deep sexy voice and I just had to laugh. It would be so easy to hate her if she weren't so darn nice. Instead I found myself wishing that she were our next door neighbor. (Tell me again about why we're moving to Dallas and not San Antonio or Austin....)
We chatted for an hour about big families and where we each had come from and a bit more here and there. I wish we had had more time, but the Texas sun is awfully hard on pregnant women and she started to wilt. We had to go anyway because we were on our way home and I wanted to get back some time before midnight. I thought about hugging her goodbye, but didn't want to appear any more creepy stalker-y than I already look......then she hugged me so maybe I'm not as stalker-y as I thought. We promised to call/email if I get back to Austin or she comes up to Dallas (or OKC if we haven't yet sold the house.) (Fingers crossed it's more than the "I'll write you" that I told the girls when I was 10 and went to summer camp.) 'Cause...I really liked her and would love to get to know her better. She's completely fascinating and brilliant......and then we could be best friends! What? Too far? Just ignore that last part. It's completely a figment of your imagination.
9 comments:
- Leila @ Little Catholic Bubble said...
Ha, ha, I felt exactly the same way when I met Jen!! She is quite a presence!!
- March 20, 2011 at 2:47 PM
- JaneC Duquette said...
I am so jealous. How lucky for you and your kids. Maybe we need to move to Texas. ARGHH! What would a California girl know about living in Texas. Maybe you could try to come to California again some day. Please, then I could say that I met you?
- March 20, 2011 at 4:15 PM
- Mum2eight said...
I would love to meet both these women. I think I am extremely jealous as well.
- March 20, 2011 at 4:22 PM
- K said...
It was pretty epic, as Jack would say :D
- March 20, 2011 at 6:08 PM
- Little JoAnn said...
Clever you, write about Jen at Coneversion Diary and you get more traffic to your blog than you can handle. I seriouly LOVED the post about you at that AMAZING family. Does that mom have a blog. HA!
Hello, I think you just might have to move to Austin!
Did I tell you lately that I love your blog?
Ha! - March 20, 2011 at 9:44 PM
- aka the Mom said...
Little JoAnn - I wish it worked that way. I write about Jen and my numbers stay exactly the same. Darn.
K's family does have a blog. Click on the words "Nine Texans" in this post and you'll be there.
I need to move to Austin, too. I love Central Texas.
You have told me that you love my blog, but I never get tired of hearing it. Seriously. Never.
Thanks! - March 20, 2011 at 9:53 PM
- Joe @ Defend Us In Battle said...
Look at you miss famous!
No one ever comes and visits me in Alaska :(
It is beautiful here you know! We have lots of animals that can eat you.
(I think I need to work on my sales pitch) - March 20, 2011 at 10:51 PM
- Dobrovits Family said...
I got to meet Jen at the Behold Conference in Illinois a few weeks ago!
She rocks!! - March 21, 2011 at 12:33 AM
- texasmama said...
Hey there! Just wanted to say there are some fun and fine folk in Dallas, and hopefully we'll get to make your acquaintance! I came over from Conversion Diary today. Anyway, lots of Catholic Homeschooling families here if you're in need of new friends!
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ARLINGTON — The city of Arlington is looking for volunteers to fill a vacancy on the Parks, Arts and Recreation Commission, as well as the Library Board.
The Parks, Arts and Recreation Commission provides support and advice to the Mayor and City Council on parks, arts and recreation issues facing the city of Arlington. Persons interested in serving on the PARC must live within the urban growth area of Arlington. The Commission consists of seven members, each serving a four-year term. The Commission meets monthly on the fourth Tuesday of every month, in the Arlington City Council Chambers, located at 110 E. Third St. The city currently has one vacancy to fill on the PARC.
The Library Board consists of five members, each serving a five-year term. Meetings are held at 5:30 p.m. quarterly on Thursdays in the City Council Chambers. Board members must be residents of Arlington. The Library Board provides support and advice to the Mayor and the City Council on the planning, management, use, care and disposition of the Arlington Library's property, equipment and physical facilities, as well as the policies, rules and regulations pertaining to the use of the library and its facilities, in addition to the budget, administration, scope and quality of library resources and services provided to the city of Arlington by Sno-Isle libraries. The Board also represents the interests of the city by advising the Sno-Isle Regional Library System on policies for the development of the Arlington Library's collection, the use of the library, and the scope and quality of service provided.
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When one goes to a swim club not to exercise but lurk in the pool, with minimal movement. Usually causing a ruckus in the process. Hey Ted, are you DTF? And by that I mean down to frolic.
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To take play/laugh/skip/sing in a happy manner to express joy or happyness i want to frolic in the gardens
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a way of dancing to techno music involving rhythmic jumps, spins, hand gestures, and feet tricks. Frolicing usually takes place in techno clubs and most dancers are under the influence of exstacy. "Are you going to club Pacha tonight?"
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A crazy insane soccer move invented by Aaron Anderson that involves flinging your feet in random directions trying to hit the ball while jumping in the air and spinning while the ball flies at you, when performed right, nothing happens. A frolic gives the frolicing team 5 points and the game gets shortened to 30 seconds left...its pretty much a guaranteed win. Coach: "Hey Ref! Come on! That was a frolic!"
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To engage in a sexual activity. Claire and Sebastian were frolicing in the bushes.
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Last shot Jordan's seem fitting tribute for Turkey day. Beautiful exit in a Bulls jersey. MJ Retrospective on this site is incredible!
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UPDATE: Congratulations to Grounded Coffee Shop for winning the "Best of Rose Hill and Kingstowne" honors in the Coffee Shop category!
Fans of the coffee shop weren't shy. Patch reader Eva Stern had this to say: "Not even a contest. Grounded."
Voting by Patch readers began on Monday, and Grounded saw 54 votes by the time it was all over Friday at 9 a.m., nabbing 71 percent of the vote. Dunkin' Donuts came in a distant second.
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How is Grounded considered either Kingstowne or Rose Hill area? Voting for Telegraph Station.
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This class is required by Manatee County to provide training in Fertilizer Best Management Practices for anyone working in the landscape maintenance industry who applies fertilizers. This class is also know as the GI-BMP class or Green Industry - Best Management Practices class.
Manatee County also requires a certification class to provide training in Landscape Best Management Practices for anyone working in the landscape maintenance industry who DOES NOT apply fertilizer. To find a Landscape Best Management Practices class, check the calendar here:
The GI-BMP class helps professionals meet the requirements of the Manatee County fertilizer ordinance # 11-21. The ordinance requires that all fertilizer applicators working for commercial companies, governments and in-house employees of private companies obtain the Limited Certification for Urban Landscape Commercial Fertilizer.
This class provides the training and testing necessary to obtain a Limited Certification for Urban Landscape Commercial Fertilizer (LCULCF). It is focused on reducing non-point source pollution resulting from landscape maintenance activities.
Following completion of this training, you will be given a post-test to determine knowledge learned.
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- All employees who apply fertilizer must attend this class and become certified by June 1, 2012.
- Managers & supervisors may take either this class or the Landscape BMP class to meet the requirements of the Manatee County fertilizer ordinance.Deadline for managers and supervisors is Dec 31, 2012.
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If you're an animal lover and looking for some advice on how to help animals, you're in the right place! My name is Cassandra. I'm supporting all powerful paws in the UK and am here to answer your questions. You can send any ideas or suggestions through to me as well, I'm here to help! The website has information about how to help protect animals, as well as news from FOUR PAWS and our international activies for animal welfare. It's completely free to join, so join us today!
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FOUR PAWS Kenya vet unit has had a busy year!
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It is an eventful year for the FOUR PAWS Mobile Veterinary Unit in Kenya, as the team faces an increasing number of poaching injuries in elephants and other wildlife. In April, 32-year old Dr. Jeremiah Poghon replaced Dr. David Ndeereh as head of the unit, after its founder Ndeereh was transferred to the Kenya Wildlife Service, where he is now in charge of lab and field diagnostics. During the first months on the new job, taking on his dream to be working with African wildlife, Jeremiah Poghon had to observe that injuries in elephants and big cats caused by snares and arrow heads are going up dramatically. The team has to cover an incredibly large area in the Tsavo and Amboseli National Parks. Injured animals are often spotted and reported by tourists and patrol personnel.
An emergency call from the Rombo Kenya Wildlife Service Station announced a heavily injured elephant calf. On site, the team identified the calf which had a spear in its head. The young elephant was darted, after giving the vet unit a good chase about the thorny bushes for a full hour. The animal's fighting spirit impressed everyone involved and fuelled expectations that it would have the determination to recover in spite of the serious flesh wound. The iron spear was removed. The elephant calf was transported to Voi with the unit's vehicle and prepared to be airlifted to Nairobi for further treatment. Asked about his prognosis for his brave patient, Dr. Poghon said: "She has a strong will to survive and will live to be the heritage of this country".
Snare traps are a threat to Kenyan wildlife
In their work, Jeremiah Poghon and his team have to dart and treat wounded elephants almost on a daily basis, mostly limping with injuries to the limbs or trunks – the latter can cause damage to the animals' sense of balance. Limping wild animals are easy to spot and the treatment is usually a successful one, after which the anaesthesia can be revoked and the animal released on the spot with a sound prognosis to recover rapidly. The increasing number of wire snares is a big threat to Kenyan wildlife, though. An elephant with a snare around his right ear was spotted just in time. The wire had almost split the ear in two and urgently needed to be removed, along with the dead tissue. This elephant was also released with a good prognosis.
The Mobile Veterinary Unit is operated by The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in cooperation with The Kenyan Wildlife Service - and funded by FOUR PAWS.
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Several days ago, FOUR PAWS made a terrible discovery in a Bulgarian town. A young bear was confined in terrible conditions in a small building attached to a hotel. Research showed that one and a half year old Monti had been kept caged in the tiny room since shortly after his birth.
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Fortunately the FOUR PAWS team and the Bulgarian authorities were able to move quickly: within three days of the bear's discovery he was rescued and transferred to our bear sanctuary in Bulgaria. Thankfully, Monti will be able to live the rest of his life free from suffering, as a bear should.
Monti took his first steps in his new home, a natural enclosure in our bear sanctuary. Although the unfamiliar noises coming from the neighbouring enclosures initially confused the young bear, it was obvious he enjoyed the feeling of grass under his feet! Monti eventually relaxed and enjoyed his first meal under open sky.
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Five lion cubs from Jordan and two lions from a circus in France have now reached LIONSROCK, bringing the total number of big cats there to 68!
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The city of Clinton's Finance Department has implemented measures toward increasing efficiency and customer service, while educating residents of the importance of prompt bill payment, and has rolled out a new-look bill in hopes of furthering that effort.
Shawn Purvis, assistant city manager and finance officer, outlined some of the new customer service practices being instituted by the city's Finance Department aimed at educating and assisting utility customers about billing. City manager John Connet presented an overview of some bill changes being made during the City Council's recent meeting.
According to Purvis, the Billing and Collections division handles approximately 4,200 utility bills each month, with nearly 20 percent of accounts submitting payments after the monthly due date during 2010-11 — that corresponded to about $60,000. Nearly 60 percent of customers paying late also received phone calls to prevent cutoff, with 72 percent of those paying before cutoff. Those accounts cut off accounted for 3.2 percent of all monthly bills in 2010-11.
Purvis said, in a year's time, that number of cutoffs has been decreased due to the work of the city's finance employees. that included polling delinquent payers on obstacles they encountered.
"To reduce the number of late payments and improve customer service, collections personnel were required to interact with each late customer, seeking answers to why was the customer paying late and if there was anything the city could do to help," Purvis stated.
Some common findings included that residents: were not aware of the due date, or assumed the cutoff date was the due date; did not know how much was owed with late of cutoff fees; did not receive the bill in a timely manner to pay; or that companies were making payments through third parties.
That feedback prompted a bill design change, one that Connet discussed with Council members during their recent regular meeting.
"As we've talked to our customers about why they may be making their payments late, a lot of them didn't realize the due date," said Connet. "In an effort to really draw their attention, we have made those dates and that amount in bold."
Also included on the bill are two other amounts, one showing customers the punishment for paying late — a 10 percent additional tack-on fee — and another figure factoring in the amount someone would have to pay upon having their service cut off completely. That figure, which is the total of the original bill, plus the 10 percent fee and a $30 cutoff charge, is assessed for those bills not paid before the indicated cutoff date 10 days after the due date.
"It gives them a comparison of how much they save if they pay by the due date, in an incentive to try and get them to pay (on time)," said Connet.
Purvis said laws place restrictions as to when the city can cut off services, which in turn delays billing. That short window creates problems for many customers, including those who send their bills to a third party for payment.
"Staff is working to implement online bill pay to make it easier to help customers to pay in a short period," Purvis said. "In the meantime, staff has made some special efforts to help customers, including faxing statements before they are mailed and adjusting the dates on the billing statement to have people come in the day before cutoff."
The result has been a reduction in the number of phone calls for cutoffs and the actual number of cutoffs themselves.
"In 2011-12, the total number of late bills was up 1 percent, however the total number of accounts receiving cutoff notices was down 12 percent," Purvis stated. "The total number cut off was down 17 percent to an average of 112 per month, or 2.7 percent of accounts (down from 3.2 percent). The actual number of cutoffs has decreased by an average of 22 a month."
Along with stressing the due date and cutoff dates, the new bill design also brings with it an addition of a bar graph showing a customer's usage throughout the previous 12 months. Connet said the overall goal was to try and make the bills less busy and more user-friendly, while adding some relevant and useful information.
"I know previous bills that I've gotten at my house, I've thought 'I'd like to know how I compare to last month,'" said Connet. "You see that on a lot of your electrical bills. Here, you'll have a year's usage. So, if you have a leak or a plumbing appliance that is not working properly, you can compare the usage from one month to another. We thought that was a great improvement."
He lauded finance staff for their work, and said city residents would see the new — and city officials believe, improved — look this month.
"We're going to try and roll this out with the October billing," said Connet, "in trying to improve service to our customers, and try to reduce the number of late bills and delinquent bills so customers are not penalized."
Purvis recommended the new bill design, which he identified as just another step toward improving customer service.
"Finance staff believes we are moving in the right direction but recommends implementing the proposed bill design to identify more clearly the actual date and the amount each customer owes," said Purvis, also noting the corresponding amounts for late and cutoff fees. "This may encourage customers to pay on time by presenting their potential savings for timely payments.
"The goal is to improve service efficiency and assist customers in paying on time and not receiving penalty charges," he continued, "which is more money saved for the customer."
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Saturday, 12 September 2009
"I Can't Help Myself"
I never underestimate the ability of a child to learn even if they are non-verbal and seemingly without any receptive skills. Being 100% positive every day, 24/7 can be challenging but we have to have a strong faith that our children have not yet met their full potential no matter what anyone tells us.
When Daniel was diagnosed it took another year before he would utter his first echolalic word at the age of 3 1/2 and it would be another year before he would put two words together. He is now 13 and we usually get the 3 word requests such as "I want ___" or " ___ ___ please." After 9 years of the same patterned speech it's hard not to think the "window of opportunity" has shut and this is where we are and where we will most likely stay. Then something happens and you realize you've just seen that window that you thought may be closing opened right back up again.
We just recently experienced this in what was one of the most appropriate and heartfelt feelings Daniel has ever shared with us.
This all took place when I was cutting his fingernails after a bath. He sat on his bed next to me and I held his hand while we prepared to work through the weekly ritual. This evening he was a little on edge and I could see the anxiety rising to the surface. I calmly started to tell him, "It's ok, we will be done soon" and I began to count down 10, 9, 8,7 as I manicured each finger. He was clearly not comfortable and I asked him to breath in, breath out and to please try to calm down to which he replied, "I can't help myself" I was so surprised and although I was sad that he was feeling such anxiety at the moment I was ecstatic that he was able to convey this feeling.
So WOW!, at 13 he is still surprising us and it makes me excited for the future wondering what he has in store for us each and every day. We feel blessed!
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