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You can treat things as "mere objects," but things can't be "mere things." Thing already carries connotations of significance, history, meaning, memory.
At least this is how I understand philosopher Martin Heidegger's essay The Thing. According to Heidegger, "the Old High German word thing means a gathering."
The serviceable milk jug as heirloom is a thing around which family and friends gather at the tea table, but as a thing the jug also gathers together meanings and memories. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) concurs. Its first definition for the word "thing" is as a meeting or assembly, a gathering of sorts.
Contrary to things, objects are there for science, to be dissected and analysed, commoditized and sold, and perhaps represented in computer databases. Things on the other hand carry the aura of authenticity.
I've always had trouble dividing the universe into objects and things. Perhaps cheap, mass-produced jugs are just objects, whereas a thing needs to be of hand-made, hand-me-down, glazed and crazed china to be a thing. Perhaps one can become the other, through use, or misuse.
Heidegger was disparaging about typewriters, so computers, mobile phones, digital displays and interactive art might have difficulty entering the realm of things according to this simple classification.
Lest we think Heidegger was content with a comfortable characterisation of things as drawing together meanings, stories, craft processes and communities note his reference to dispute.
… the Old High German word thing means a gathering, and specifically a gathering to deliberate on a matter under discussion, a contested matter. (Martin Heidegger, The Thing, p. 174.)
The OED concurs. A thing is a judicial assembly, and in Scandinavian countries the Thing is the Parliament. Later in the essay Heidegger says
Whatever becomes a thing occurs out of the world's mirror play (p.182).
Whatever things are, they are individual, situated, contextual, and born of unresolved contest. No thing is quite as it seems, or perhaps more as it seems than we think.
Heidegger, M., 'The thing', Poetry, Language, Thought, New York: Harper and Row, 1971, 165-186.

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Footprints of Emergence
Nov 18-29, 2013 | SCoPE Discussion
- Is it possible to assess emergent learning? How do you 'capture' learning that is not expected? How do you measure or value it? Are these the right questions or are they flawed?
- Would it be possible to ask for emergent learning as a result of a course? Would EL be expected when a student is doing synchronously two courses in different fields?
- What is the purpose of the assessment? To provide meaningful feedback to the learner?
- Why the need to measure?
- Is diagnostic reasoning the same as emergent learning? Can we afford to have our doctors' knowledge be emergent as they practice on us?
- Does the act of 'measuring/assessing' destroy what it is trying to 'measure/assess'?
- One thought I have is that 'learning' overall is about some kind of change .... So maybe somehow the question is ... Can the Change be 'described' / measured / reported ....?
- I prefer the notion of assessing learning against self, but how could this work from a teacher/trainer's point of view?
- I would venture that all learning involves a transformation of identity. As it is mostly gradual this is not sufficiently recognised. Take a moment to think about it in your own terms.Then think about the absurdity of assessing that change against externally imposed criteria. Who are you working for when you do that? Whose agenda?
- What happens when the "emergent learning artefact" is a behaviour, or an attitude, or something so ingrained that the artefact is the learner?
- Does emergent learning have to produce something unique or odd?
- The difficult question is What is New or what is Unique.
- How do we get to the person as product of themselves over person as "product" of education. Before we claim that something we did caused learning we need evidence they were listening to us. Would this be an Artifact?
- "just tell me what I need to do . . .". This is not only the attitude of students but professors - rubrics so that they can quantify the learning in some way and they tell themselves they are moving from subjectivity to objectivity - and what happened to expert opinion? How to get to the "rethinking of education?"
Designing for Emergent Learning
- Can we design for emergent learning or is that a contradiction in terms?
- The tension for me in terms of design is "who" is doing the designing and what is the intention of the design?
- Humans can't make things appear from nothing but we can imagine things, build them, operate them and then think about thinking about them so we come pretty close to the emergence of things already. Why not then design a process for emergence?
- I wonder if encountering the world as it is rather than as it is modeled to be forces us to realize a wider spectrum of working strategies?
- On the other hand how do we avoid turning people OFF learning because we make them 'start here' when they have already gone past that?
- Years ago I was an early years teacher and have been through the 'should we let reading emerge through a real books approach to reading?' i.e. just let children handle and browse through books they like and learn to read because they love books - or should we teach them to read through a structured introduction to phonics and a decoding approach?
Welcome to Footprints of Emergence
- wonder if receptivity to emergence can be learned or taught?
- Why do you think school beats this out of children - and in what forms do you think it is fundamentally there? How do adults draw on these early experiences? Or what do we do in our education systems that inhibits emergent learning?
- If emergence is unpredictable, how can we design for it?
- The other response may be orderly, purposeful and, possibly, goal directed, like learning to knit by trial and error--which I think reveals an innate human need to work things out. Is that need something we could leverage?
- How much control is too much here? Or maybe "control" is too loaded a term and I should use preferable or productive pushing which would allow us to have a purpose for learning over a strictly defined goal?
- I would also be interested to hear more about how you think transformational learning might be recognised. How would you define transformational learning?
- It could be possible the constraints you've mentioned are meant to prevent our drifiting out beyond our ability to recover sense from what we experience?
- Can you think of examples where the balance between prescriptive and emergent learning has or hasn't worked?
- The question is, does the visualisation tool work? - for different people, contexts, courses, dynamics, and all the different aspect of learning
- Do we need to somehow designate a space specifically for learning or is it possible for people to realize this on their own?
- Wonder if the need to remind people they are in a learning space is a means of calling a particular learning process to front of mind?
- But emergence seems different and not so tightly bound to cause and effect? Emergence seems like the embodyment of the unexpected?
- So far, I am getting a sense that emergence is "dynamic" in a natural sort of way which means it might be paradoxical to try to "manage" "emergence"?


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Snow on chocolate covered strawberries.
Wild rice and bean vegetable strudels. A lathered an olive aiolo ontop.
Cilantro and fresh lime baked cod.
I stoll the Camargo idea of honey and tarragon roasted chicken and did honey and toasted sliced almond chicken with a sprinkle of thyme... so much time.
Outside it keeps snowing. It's neat because every once in a while it gets warm, like 40 degrees, for an hour or two. Everything turns slushy, icicles form, then it gets really cold and everything freezed. We've had three freeze-thaw events today.
One of our PM cooks forgot to turn the slow cooker on last night. 100 lbs. of roast went to food waste. If only we had a system in place to reuse the food waste, i.e. methane capture or heating element.
Yah man, this sucks. Go grab more meat brother cuz we're going to need it tomorrow.
Then after lunch I come back to the McMurdo Flood of 2009. I heard Leon giggling like a little girl in the salad room, and that's when I know it's bad. Another PM cook forgot to turn off the water faucet after washing the apples, it ran for about 20 minutes until Leon found it. Swimming pool anyone? Ice rink? How about a wave pool? The simple things that happen throughout the day amuse me.
Then, I walk out of the salad room and see this. I saw it earlier, but thought it was from the salad room flood. Oh no, that's not that same flood, this is an entirely seperate case. Two floods at the same time. A volunteer was cleaning our ovens, and forgot to turn off the water. What are the odds of this?
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Out back I thought something was burning, no just the diesel power plant. Can't wait until the day McMurdo is 100% off-grid.
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I have read your book cover to cover. I have to say, coming from the Viet Nam war era, having lost several friends (including past boyfriends), and having almost gotten arrested on the state house steps, it brought tears to my eyes. I still have not stopped quoting parts of it to people I speak to. You did an excellent job. You managed to capture drama, comedy, love, inspiration, and above all pride. So many years have passed and it's great to see (after all these years) that these men are still being honored in so many ways. A lot of that is due to people like you who insist that the people know what these boys really went through. Harry and I went to visit the Wall and he had his Viet Nam hat (baseball style) on and I cannot tell you how many (mostly older) men and women came up to him and shook his hand and said Thank You. Of course, me, it makes me cry every time. My husband is finally proud of being a Viet Nam Veteran and not hiding in shadows being referred to as a baby killer. Which by the way, he never ever saw something like that happen at the hands of any Americans. If nothing else, it was like Nick said, sad to see what these children were going through. Anyway, I cannot get carried away on this again, I think my heart rate has at least doubled just talking about it now. I just wanted to tell you, Good Job. Nick represents a lot of young men that were there that came home to go on having tremendously awful memories, as well as the ones that did not come home, like Nick. Keep up the good work and I wish you a lot of success with your book. I can tell it came from your heart, not just from interviews and notes.
From Richard Quinney, sociologist and author of several books that combine autobiographical writing and photographs, including A Farm in Wisconsin, a history of his family farm.)
I am amazed that so much life was lived in his few years. In the lives that he touched. And how you were able to contact people who knew him, and how they participated in your research and writing. You are a master in contacting them, in the ways you found them. There are few books that show the dedication that is shown in your book. Every veteran should have a biographer such as you.


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Time to finish up this week's edition of "Around the AFC East."
And to help us do that is MaPatsFan of Pats Pulpit:
Matty I: The Patriots get a lot of media attention, especially nationally. But tell us of a player or two who is under the radar but will have a big impact on the Patriots in 2008.
MaPatsFan: Great question!! It gives me a chance to hand out some props to a few of the lesser known Patriots. It's so easy to focus on guys like Brady, Moss and Welker because they're in the spotlight constantly, but there's many other dudes leaving their pound of flesh on the field, too. For example: one of the offensive guys that deserves an unsung hero award every year is WR Jabar Gaffney. Jabar has never had massive numbers that make him look like a Moss or a Welker; he just didn't get a chance at the rock as often as those guys, but he's a money guy when it counts. One of his best attributes is a sense of the sideline. A typical Gaffney catch will have Brady throwing the ball near the sidelines and Jabar scraping his toenails to make the catch and stay in bounds. With the loss of Donte Stallworth and some uncertainties around Chad Jackson's route running, I think Jabar is going to play a bigger role in 2008.
S Tank Williams is a recent acquisition the Boston media is fawning over. When the Patriots allowed reporters access to OTAs, they all commented on how good he looked. Tank was originally drafted by the Titans and saw some time with the Vikings in 2007. He's got 6 seasons under his belt and is only 27, so it's a perfect fit for the Pats - still young, but plenty of experience. I see him learning the Patriots system from S Rodney Harrison and also being that goto experienced guy for S Brandon Meriweather, 4 years his junior.
WR Matt Slater is a draft acquisition I'll be keeping my eye on. He was a star kick returner in college and has been lining up at not only wide receiver, but safety, too!! Typical of Belichick, he's interested in versatile players and I see this as a great move if it works out. Why not take a guy with receiver hands and put him at safety? Can you say, "Ball Hawk"? I knew you could. I'm really rooting for this kid to do some good things.
My Take: I agree with him 100% on Gaffney. He's a very underrated player who is a good fit as the "3rd guy" in this passing attack. Tank Williams is another guy I've always liked, especially when he was with the Titans. Nothing flashy, but will get the job done. Slater, from everything I've read, is an interesting player because of how versatile he is. I don't know much about him, so I'll be sure to keep a close eye on his progress in camp.
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When Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. traveled up to the Port of Baltimore Monday, he had effusive praise for the Maryland congressional delegation and especially for the state's senior senator, even mentioning that he once fetched coffee for Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski.
"When I was in the Senate, I got her coffee, I did whatever she wanted me to do, even though I was much senior to her, but I know where the power lies," Biden said of the Maryland Democrat.
Biden was among the longest-serving senators in the nation's history at the time of his departure to be sworn-in as vice president. Mikulski holds the distinction of being the longest-serving woman in the Senate.
"It never affected Barbara. It never crossed even her mind I was senior to her. It never crossed her mind that anyone is senior," Biden said. "And anybody who thinks being chairman … having the chairman of the Appropriations Committee in your state is not a good thing, well, they don't understand anything."
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Words, both nouns and verbs, derived from the root wa-la-ya are ubiquitous in the Qur'an. Words with the root wa-la-ya include nouns such as mawla (pl. mawali), wali (pl. awliya), and verbs such as waliya, walla, and tawalla. The casual reader, however, can easily misinterpret the sense of these words in the Qur'an if she fails to pay close attention to the general linguistic context, for this root is a famous example of what Arab lexicographers referred to as addad, i.e., words that have two meanings, its primary meaning as well as its opposite. Thus, mawla can be used both to mean master, e.g., 'anta mawlana fa-insurna 'ala al-qawmi al-kafirin (You, (O God!) are our Master, so aid us against the disbelieving folk!, al-Baqara, 2:286, and servant/dependent, e.g., 'fi-in lam ta'lamu aba' ahum fa-ikhwanukum fi-l-dini wa mawalikum (so if you know not their fathers, they are [nevertheless] your brothers in religion and your wards), al-Ahzab, 33:5.
Another word derived from this root that presents interpretive difficulties is the word wali. Literally, it means "close," and thus the Islamic term for saint is "wali allah," which literally means "close to God," or "friend of God." Likewise, the Qur'an uses the term wali to mean, among other things, patron, e.g., 'allahu waliyyu alladhina amanu (God is the patron of those who believe). Al-Baqara, 2:257.
Proper understanding of this multivalent term, wali, is critical for anyone who wishes to understand the Qur'an's perspective on inter-religious communal relations. Thus, the Qur'an prohibits Muslims from taking disbelievers as "patrons" exclusively of Muslims, e.g., al-Nisa, 4:139 and 144. Furthermore, the Qur'an prohibits Muslims from taking Christians and Jews as "patrons", "for they are the patrons of one another, and whosoever of you [Muslims] takes them as patrons, he is of them." Al-Ma??ida, 5:51.
Similarly, the Qur'an forbids Muslims from taking as "patrons those disbelievers who take your religion as an [occasion for] mockery and jest." Al-Ma'ida, 5:56. Unfortunately, some translators of the Qur'an have inaccurately translated the word wali in these and other verses to mean "friend," implying that Muslims cannot have friends from outside their faith. Indeed, one often hears some Muslims interpreting these verses to mean precisely that.
This reading of wali, however, is mistaken. Sensitivity to the Qur'anic use of this term reveals that the more accurate rendering is that of "patron," as used above. The political/legal content of this term is clear from the verse in which God says "As for those who are killed unjustly, we have given his wali authority [to seek justice], so let him not be excessive in killing." Al-Isra??, 17:33. Here, wali obviously means the deceased's next of kin who is given legal standing to pursue the murderer. To understand it as friend would simply be absurd. While it would not be absurd to read the use of wali in the previous verses as "friend" if the verses are read in isolation, when these verses are read along with other Qur'anic verses dealing with Muslims' relationships with non-Muslims, it is obvious that the political/legal meaning of the word is the one intended. Two verses makes this particularly clear.
First, God allowed Muslim men to marry Christian and Jewish women. Al-Ma'ida, 5:5. Because Muslims are allowed to marry Christian and Jews, a fortiori they Muslims can be "friends" with Christians and Jews.
More generally, God said, "God forbids you not from dealing justly and lovingly with those who have not fought you on account of your religion or expelled you from your homes. He prohibits you from taking as patrons only those who waged war against you on account of your religion, expelled you from your homes, and aided one another to expel you. Whosoever takes them as patrons are certainly wrongdoers." Al-Mumtahina, 60:8-9. Thus, so long as non-Muslims maintain peaceful relations with Muslims, Muslims are certainly not prohibited from reciprocating those feelings. Indeed, they are permitted to interact with them not only on the basis of justice, but also deal with them on the higher level of birr, the same term that the Qur'an uses to describe the duty of children to their parents.
Moreover, this last verse makes clear that Muslims are only prohibited from having friendly relations with those who wage war against them on account of their religion, and commit against them other types of outrages, including, expulsion from their homes. Thus, the verses of the Qur'an which prohibit Muslims from taking Jews, Christians, and other non-Muslims as "patrons" must be interpreted in light of the last two verses of al-Mumtahina, and thus mean, that a Muslim should not take these groups as "patrons," i.e., political protectors, where these non-Muslim groups are engaged in hostile acts, e.g., religious persecution, against Muslims. Where non-Muslims maintain peaceful and friendly relations with Muslims, however, these verses simply do not apply. That this was also the understanding of medieval Muslim theologians is confirmed by the rule, accepted by a majority of jurists, that non-Muslims could exercise political power (wilaya) over Muslims so long as in so doing they were merely implementing the commands of Islamic law. This type of authority was known in Islamic law as wilaya tanfidhiyya, which corresponds roughly to modern notions of executive authority, i.e., the right and duty to enforce the law. And God knows best.
Reprinted with authors permission.


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Neonatal innate immunity
Macpherson, Stephanie
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The neonatal period represents a critical time period in the development of the immune system. Adaptive human immune responses are generally viewed as immature at birth. However little is known about innate immune capacity at birth. The TLR system plays an integral role as pattern recognition receptors in the innate immune response. It is also critical in initiating and regulating the adaptive immune response. Preterm birth is associated with increased risk of developing infections in early life and has been associated with increased risk of development of other chronic disorders in later life; however the underlying mechanisms are not at all well understood. Recently, late preterm neonates (34-36 weeks gestation vs full term, 37+ weeks) have been identified as having significantly greater risks of morbidity and mortality in the perinatal period than their full term counterparts. Hence, we focus on examination of TLR responses in late preterm and full term neonates to better understand immune potential and function in these populations. We examined cord blood cytokine and chemokine responses following stimulation with a broad range of TLR agonists. Our results show for the first time that late preterm neonates have reduced capacity to produce both pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines following stimulation with a panel of TLR agonists. This reduced responsiveness was not due to a reduction in the number of responding cells, but instead appears to be mediated by a reduction in the intrinsic levels of expression of TLRs and associated adaptor proteins. Because little is known about how the innate immune system develops throughout life, we next compared TLR responses in full term neonates to 7 children, adolescents and adults. We found that neonates had selective impairments in TLR responses, most notably in anti-inflammatory cytokine production and anti-viral immune responses compared to the other age groups. Epigenetic modifications, such as the addition or removal of acetyl groups to histone proteins by histone acetyl transferase (HAT) and histone deactylase (HDAC) respectively, are able to modify the expression of genes. Hence, environmental stimuli have been shown to influence gene expression in part by modifying the level or activity of these epigenetic regulators. Currently there are no studies which have examined how epigenetic modifications may influence neonatal innate immune responses. Hence, we sought to determine how modulation of endogenous HDAC activity would affect neonatal innate immune responses. We found that inhibition of HDAC had both inhibitory and enhancing effects on cytokine expression depending on the TLR pathway activated, indicating that the endogenous HDAC expression does not have a global inhibitory impact on all TLR-dependent responses. In summary, this body of work demonstrates that neonatal innate immune responses vary depending on gestational age, indicating that the final few weeks of gestation are crucial for maturation of responses to both bacteria and viruses. Neonates respond differently to TLR stimuli than do older individuals, further highlighting a maturation process of the innate immune system which continues throughout life. Finally, we have shown that environmental exposures may have powerful effects on immune responses in early life.
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|Scientific classification
Waterhouse, 1841
Waterhouse, 1836
M. fasciatus
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|Myrmecobius fasciatus
Waterhouse, 1836[3]
|Numbat range
(green – native, pink – reintroduced)
The numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus), also known as the noombat or walpurti,[4][5] is an insectivorous marsupial. It is diurnal and its diet consists almost exclusively of termites.
The species was once widespread across southern Australia, but is now restricted to several small colonies in Western Australia. It is therefore considered an endangered species and protected by conservation programs. Numbats were recently re-introduced to fenced reserves in South Australia and New South Wales.[6][7][8][9] The numbat is the faunal emblem of Western Australia.[10]
The numbat genus Myrmecobius is the sole member of the family Myrmecobiidae, one of four families that make up the order Dasyuromorphia, the Australian marsupial carnivores.[11]
The species is not closely related to other extant marsupials; the current arrangement in the order Dasyuromorphia places its monotypic family with the diverse and carnivorous species of Dasyuridae. Genetic studies have shown the ancestors of the numbat diverged from other marsupials between 32 and 42 million years ago, during the late Eocene.[12]
Two subspecies have been described, but one of these—the rusty coloured Myrmecobius fasciatus rufus Finlayson, 1933,[13][14]—has been extinct since at least the 1960s, and only the nominate subspecies (M. fasciatus fasciatus) is extant. The population described by Finlayson occurred in the arid central regions of South Australia, and he thought they had once extended to the coast.[13] The separation to subspecies was not recognised in the national census of Australian mammals, following W. D. L. Ride and others.[a] As its name implies, M. fasciatus rufus had a more reddish coat than the surviving population.[15] Only a very small number of fossil specimens are known, the oldest dating back to the Pleistocene, and no other species from the same family have been identified.[15]
The following is a phylogenetic tree based on mitochondrial genome sequences:[16]
Placement of the family within the order of dasyuromorphs may be summarised as
- Order Dasyuromorphia
- Family Thylacinidae
- Family Dasyuridae (72 species in 20 genera)
- Family Myrmecobiidae
- Genus Myrmecobius
- Species Myrmecobius fasciatus
- Genus Myrmecobius
- Family †Malleodectidae[17]
The common names are adopted from the extant names at the time of English colonisation, numbat, from the Nyungar language of southwest Australia, and walpurti, the name in the Pitjantjatjara dialect.[5] The orthography and pronunciation of the Nyungar name is regularised, following a survey of published sources and contemporary consultation that resulted in the name noombat, pronounced noom'bat.[4]
Other names include banded anteater and marsupial anteater.[18][10]
The numbat is a small, distinctively-striped animal between 35 and 45 centimetres (14 and 18 in) long, including the tail, with a finely pointed muzzle and a prominent, bushy tail about the same length as its body. Colour varies considerably, from soft grey to reddish-brown, often with an area of brick red on the upper back, and always with a conspicuous black stripe running from the tip of the muzzle through the eye to the base of the small, round-tipped ear. Between four and eleven white stripes cross the animal's hindquarters, which gradually become fainter towards the midback. The underside is cream or light grey, while the tail is covered with long, grey hair flecked with white. Weight varies between 280 and 700 g (9.9 and 24.7 oz).[15][19]
Unlike most other marsupials, the numbat is diurnal, largely because of the constraints of having a specialised diet without having the usual physical equipment for it. Most ecosystems with a generous supply of termites have a fairly large creature with powerful forelimbs bearing heavy claws.[20] Numbats are not large, and they have five toes on the fore feet, and four on the hind feet.[15] However, like other mammals that eat termites or ants, the numbat has a degenerate jaw with up to 50 very small, nonfunctional teeth, and although it is able to chew,[15] rarely does so, because of the soft nature of its diet. Uniquely among terrestrial mammals, an additional cheek tooth is located between the premolars and molars; whether this represents a supernumerary molar tooth or a deciduous tooth retained into adult life is unclear. As a result, although not all individuals have the same dental formula, in general, it follows the unique pattern: 18.104.22.168.184.108.40.206.4[15]
Like many ant- or termite-eating animals, the numbat has a long and narrow tongue coated with sticky saliva produced by large submandibular glands. A further adaptation to the diet is the presence of numerous ridges along the soft palate, which apparently help to scrape termites off the tongue so they can be swallowed. The digestive system is relatively simple, and lacks many of the adaptations found in other entomophagous animals, presumably because termites are easier to digest than ants, having a softer exoskeleton. Numbats are apparently able to gain a considerable amount of water from their diets, since their kidneys lack the usual specialisations for retaining water found in other animals living in their arid environment.[21] Numbats also possess a sternal scent gland, which may be used for marking their territories.[15]
Although the numbat finds termite mounds primarily using scent, it has the highest visual acuity of any marsupial, and, unusually for marsupials, has a high proportion of cone cells in the retina. These are both likely adaptations for its diurnal habits, and vision does appear to be the primary sense used to detect potential predators.[15]
Distribution and habitat[edit]
Numbats were formerly widely distributed across southern Australia, from Western Australia to north-western New South Wales. However, their range has significantly decreased since the arrival of Europeans, and the species has survived only in two small patches of land in the Dryandra Woodland and the Perup Nature Reserve, both in Western Australia.
Today, numbats are naturally found only in areas of eucalypt forest, but they were once more widespread in other types of semiarid woodland, spinifex grassland, and in terrain dominated by sand dune.[15] There are estimated to be fewer than 1,000 left in the wild.[22]
After measures aimed at excluding feral cats, the number of numbats trapped during annual population surveys in the Dryandra Woodland had increased to 35 by November 2020, after recording just 10 in 2019 and 5 in 2018. There had not been so many numbats recorded since 36 were recorded in the 1990s.[22]
The species has been successfully reintroduced into three fenced, feral predator-proof reserves in more varied environments; Yookamurra Sanctuary in the mallee of South Australia,[23] Scotia Sanctuary in semi-arid NSW,[1] and Western Australia's Mount Gibson Sanctuary.[24] Reintroduction began at large fenced reserves in Mallee Cliffs National Park in NSW in December 2020,[25] and on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula in 2022.[26]
Attempted reintroductions of the species to fenced reserves in two other areas – one in the South Australian arid zone, near Roxby Downs, and the other in the northernmost part of its former range, at Newhaven Sanctuary in the Northern Territory – both failed.[27][28]
There are plans to reintroduce the species to a managed and semi-fenced area of the southern Yorke Peninsula in South Australia,[29] as part of the Marna Banggara (formerly Great Southern Ark) project.[30]
Ecology and habits[edit]
Numbats are insectivores and subsist on a diet of termites (of the genera Heterotermes, Coptotermes, Amitermes, Microcerotermes, Termes, Paracapritermes, Nasutitermes, Tumulitermes, and Occasitermes).[31] An adult numbat requires up to 20,000 termites each day. The only marsupial fully active by day, the numbat spends most of its time searching for termites. It digs them up from loose earth with its front claws and captures them with its long, sticky tongue.[32] Despite its banded anteater name, it apparently does not intentionally eat ants; although the remains of ants have occasionally been found in numbat excreta, these belong to species that themselves prey on termites, so were presumably eaten accidentally, along with the main food.[33] Known native predators include various reptiles and raptors, such as the carpet python, sand goanna, wedge-tailed eagle, collared sparrowhawk, brown goshawk, and the little eagle.[6][33] They are also preyed upon by invasive red foxes and feral cats.[6][15]
Adult numbats are solitary and territorial; an individual male or female establishes a territory of up to 1.5 square km (370 acres)[20] early in life, and defends it from others of the same sex. The animal generally remains within that territory from then on; male and female territories overlap, and in the breeding season, males will venture outside their normal home ranges to find mates.
While the numbat has relatively powerful claws for its size,[20] it is not strong enough to get at termites inside their concrete-like mounds, and so must wait until the termites are active. It uses a well-developed sense of smell to locate the shallow and unfortified underground galleries that termites construct between the nest and their feeding sites; these are usually only a short distance below the surface of the soil, and vulnerable to the numbat's digging claws.
The numbat synchronises its day with termite activity, which is temperature dependent: in winter, it feeds from midmorning to midafternoon; in summer, it rises earlier, takes shelter during the heat of the day, and feeds again in the late afternoon. Numbats are able to enter a state of torpor, which may last up to fifteen hours a day during the winter months.[34]
At night, the numbat retreats to a nest, which can be in a log or tree hollow, or in a burrow, typically a narrow shaft 1–2 m (3 ft 3 in – 6 ft 7 in) long which terminates in a spherical chamber lined with soft plant material: grass, leaves, flowers, and shredded bark. The numbat is able to block the opening of its nest, with the thick hide of its rump, to prevent a predator being able to access the burrow.[35]
Numbats have relatively few vocalisations, but have been reported to hiss, growl, or make a repetitive 'tut' sound when disturbed.[15]
Numbats breed in February and March (late austral summer), normally producing one litter a year. They are able to produce a second if the first is lost.[36] Gestation lasts 15 days, and results in the birth of four young. Unusual for marsupials, female numbats have no pouch, although the four teats are protected by a patch of crimped, golden hair and by the swelling of the surrounding abdomen and thighs during lactation.[15]
The young are 2 cm (0.79 in) long at birth. They crawl immediately to the teats and remain attached until late July or early August, by which time they have grown to 7.5 cm (3.0 in). They are 3 cm (1.2 in) long when they first develop fur, the patterning of the adult begins to appear once they reach 5.5 cm (2.2 in). The young are left in a nest or carried on the mother's back after weaning, becoming fully independent by November. Females are sexually mature by the following summer, but males do not reach maturity for another year.[15]
Conservation status[edit]
At the time of European colonisation, the numbat was found across western, central, and southern regions of Australia, extending as far east as New South Wales and Victorian state borders and as far north as the southwest corner of the Northern Territory. It was at home in a wide range of woodland and semiarid habitats. The deliberate release of the European red fox in the 19th century, however, is presumed to have wiped out the entire numbat population in Victoria, NSW, South Australia and the Northern Territory, and almost all numbats in Western Australia. By the late 1970s, the population was well under 1,000 individuals, concentrated in two small areas not far from Perth, at protected areas of the Dryandra forest and at Perup.[15]
The population recognised and described as a subspecies by Finlayson, M. fasciatus rufus, is presumed to be extinct.[15]
The first record of the species described it as beautiful,[37] and its popular appeal led to its selection as the faunal emblem of the state of Western Australia and initiated efforts to conserve it from extinction.[35]
The two small Western Australia populations apparently were able to survive because both areas have many hollow logs that may serve as refuge from predators. Being diurnal, the numbat is much more vulnerable to predation than most other marsupials of a similar size: its natural predators include the little eagle, brown goshawk, collared sparrowhawk, and carpet python. When the Western Australia government instituted an experimental program of fox baiting at Dryandra (one of the two remaining sites), numbat sightings increased by a factor of 40.
An intensive research and conservation program since 1980 has succeeded in increasing the numbat population substantially, and reintroductions to fox-free areas have begun. Perth Zoo is very closely involved in breeding this native species in captivity for release into the wild. Despite the encouraging degree of success so far, the numbat remains at considerable risk of extinction and is classified as an endangered species.[1]
Since 2006, Project Numbat volunteers have helped to save the numbat from extinction. One of Project Numbat's main objectives is to raise funds that go towards conservation projects, and to raise awareness through presentations held by volunteers at schools, community groups and events.
Numbats can be successfully reintroduced into areas of their former range if protected from introduced predators.[38]
Early records[edit]
The numbat first became known to Europeans in 1831. It was discovered by an exploration party exploring the Avon Valley under the leadership of Robert Dale. George Fletcher Moore, who was a member of the expedition, drew a picture in his diary on 22 September 1831, and recounted the discovery:
Saw a beautiful animal; but, as it escaped into the hollow of a tree, could not ascertain whether it was a species of squirrel, weasel, or wild cat...
and the following day:
chased another little animal, such as had escaped from us yesterday, into a hollow tree, where we captured it; from the length of its tongue, and other circumstances, we conjecture that it is an ant-eater—its colour yellowish, barred with black and white streaks across the hinder part of the back; its length about twelve inches.[37]
The first classification of specimens was published by George Robert Waterhouse, describing the species in 1836 and the family in 1841.[3]
Myrmecobius fasciatus was included in the first part of John Gould's The Mammals of Australia, issued in 1845, with a plate by H. C. Richter illustrating the species.
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- ^ Miller, W.; Drautz, D. I.; Janecka, J. E.; Lesk, A. M.; Ratan, A.; Tomsho, L. P.; Packard, M.; Zhang, Y.; McClellan, L. R.; Qi, J.; Zhao, F.; Gilbert, M. T. P.; Dalen, L.; Arsuaga, J. L.; Ericson, P. G.P.; Huson, D. H.; Helgen, K. M.; Murphy, W. J.; Gotherstrom, A.; Schuster, S. C. (February 2009). "The mitochondrial genome sequence of the Tasmanian tiger (Thylacinus cynocephalus)". Genome Research. 19 (2): 213–20. doi:10.1101/gr.082628.108. PMC 2652203. PMID 19139089.
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- ^ Cooper, C.E. & Withers, P.C. (2004). "Patterns of body temperature variation and torpor in the numbat, Myrmecobius fasciatus (Marsupialia: Myrmecobiidae)". Journal of Thermal Biology. 29 (6): 277–284. doi:10.1016/j.jtherbio.2004.05.003. hdl:20.500.11937/28561.
- ^ a b "What is the fauna emblem of Western Australia?". NatureBase. Western Australia's Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC). Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 11 May 2009.
- ^ Power, V.; et al. (2009). "Reproduction of the numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus): observations from a captive breeding program". Australian Mammalogy. 31 (1): 25–30. doi:10.1071/AM08111.
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- ^ Hayward, Matt W.; Poh, Aline Si Lin; Cathcart, Jennifer; Churcher, Chris; Bentley, Jos; Herman, Kerryn; Kemp, Leah; Riessen, Noel; Scully, Phil; Diong, Cheong Hoong; Legge, Sarah; Carter, Andrew; Gibb, Heloise; Friend, J. Anthony (2015). "Numbat nirvana: conservation ecology of the endangered numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus) (Marsupialia : Myrmecobiidae) reintroduced to Scotia and Yookamurra Sanctuaries, Australia". Australian Journal of Zoology. 63 (4): 258–269. doi:10.1071/zo15028.
Explanatory notes[edit]
- ^ Australian Faunal Directory citing Mahoney, J.A. & Ride, W.D.L. 1988. Myrmecobiidae. pp. 34-35 in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia Volume 5. Mammalia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service 274 pp.; Ride, W.D.L. 1970. A Guide to the Native Mammals of Australia. Melbourne : Oxford University Press xiv 249 pp. 62 pls.


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HOUSTON (FOX 26) - Houston police homicide investigators are heading to a scene where they say a body has been pulled from Lake Houston.
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When it comes to a sexual relationship, achieving an extraordinary sex experience is like a dream come true, and OM'ing or Orgasmic Meditation can help achieve it significantly. Although this website's goal is to help men achieve their best in sexual performance, it is also vital for men to learn how to please women and connect intimately.
Orgasmic meditation is sex technique introduced by Nicole Deadone who is also the author of the Slow Sex, which is a guide for women for better sex. In fact, she had a topic about female orgasm at TEDx back in mid-2011…and for your convenience, here she is at TEDx Talks talking about female orgasm.
Now let's continue… You may be thinking why on earth this website should talk about women while our goal is to help men achieve better sex performance. Well, in order for a man to please truly and satisfy his woman sexually, it is essential to know how the techniques of pleasing her.
OM'ing is done in partners. Although orgasmic meditation is done heterogeneously, it can also be done homogeneously. Think OM'ing as a yoga for sex. It is amazing and interesting to achieve a satisfying experience when a man helped her girl relax and learn to achieve a better orgasm.
An Introduction To Orgasmic Meditation With Nicole Daedone
Experts say that orgasmic meditation involves more than just achieving an orgasm. Practicing OM allows and stimulates greater emotional awareness and fulfillment as well as deeper intimacy in relationships.
Furthermore, performing OM more often results to affectionate and intense orgasms for women plus it flourishes one's ability to be able to gain a better understanding of pleasure in sex. When done regularly, OM can also enhance both personal awareness and social connectivity.
OM is precisely timed at exactly 15 minutes every session. The girl lie down undressed from the waist down while her partner is sitting on a position specifically for this purpose.
To explore and grasp a better understanding on how it is done, watch the video below for visual step-by-step guide. The guy setting along on top of the girl stimulates the clitoris using up and down motion. Moreover, the thumb of the other hand is putting a slight pressure at the vaginal opening.
Keep in mind, prior to initiating the stroking of the clitoris, both the hand and the finger must be lubricated. The attention of both partners must focus on contact or the stroking of the clitoris using the index finger.
Although, the primary goal of OM is to allow the woman to reach orgasm, the man doing the stimulation can share the sensation through what is called pleasure by proxy.
The Steps To OM'ing (Orgasmic Meditation)
Just below is a video showing the 9 step process to performing OM'ing. The 9 steps are as follows, and it is highly suggested to watch the video to better understand each step to making fulfilling and satisfying orgasmic meditation.
- Step 1 – Asking
- Step 2 – Setting the nest
- Step 3 – Getting into position
- Step 4 – Noticing
- Step 5 – Grounding
- Step 6 – Stroking
- Step 7 – 2-Minute timer
- Step 8 – Grounding
- Step 9 – Sharing frames
Orgasmic Meditation vs Masturbation
Orgasmic meditation practitioners are nurturing the brain's Limbic System. This is part of the human brain and other mammals linked to motivation, empathy and emotion. When the OM session is over, both partners can share experiences verbally that makes them more connected intimately.
Although, OM can look like masturbation, it is not. It differs from masturbation substantially as OM'ing requires a partner while masturbation purely self-stimulation.
Moreover, OM must be done separately from actual sex intercourse and oftentimes in a different location outside of the bedroom. It can be distinguish like foreplay that is intended to keep a woman's sensation on plateau. Consider it as a recalibration that makes the body getting ready for a more intense sex as well as achieves better orgasms.
Men who are aiming to become a better performer should try this technique with their partner. Perhaps, the first time doing it, there might be some feeling of hesitancy, but it can overcome over time.
This proves there are various unconventional ways towards a satisfying sexual experience, and achieving better sex is not only depends on how big a man's penis size. It is a matter of intimate connection that surpasses the effectiveness of supplements or penis enlargement products such as Penomet pump and SizeGenetics extender.
By the way, this method of achieving 15-minute female orgasm is also mentioned in the book of Tim Ferriss entitled "The 4-Hour Body". The book is available at Amazon.com in various forms such as Kindle, hardcover, paperback, and audio versions.
Take a minute to think of performing this together with your partner and experience the great feeling of intimate connection. Trust me, me and my wife have been doing OMing from time-to-time and it has been an amazing experience for both of us. Hence, it's your turn to experience it and live a happy and fulfilling sexual relationship either in marriage or not.


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Joseph Evall is a litigation partner in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and a member of Gibson Dunn's Litigation, Intellectual Property, Life Sciences, Product Liability, and FDA and Healthcare Practice Groups.
Mr. Evall primarily litigates cases that involve complex science and technology, including patent lawsuits, product liability actions, and commercial disputes, with an emphasis on pharmaceutical, biotech, and chemical patent litigation. Mr. Evall has led successful courtroom challenges to "junk science," with his examination and cross-examination of expert witnesses resulting in significant client victories. In 2016, litigation on which he was co-lead counsel was recognized by LMG as the most significant Hatch-Waxman case of the year. In 2017, he received a "Research In Action" Award from Treatment Action Group, a research and policy think tank in New York, for his work defeating an "HIV denialism" lawsuit. Mr. Evall's training in science included laboratory research in physical chemistry and DNA technology; one article on self-assembled monolayers (J. Am. Chem. Soc., 111, 321 (1989)) was featured in the 125th anniversary issue of the Journal of the American Chemical Society as the 50th most cited paper to date.
Mr. Evall works closely with organizations that promote diversity in the legal profession. He is a member of the Board of the Lesbian and Gay Lawyers of New York Foundation, and was previously on the board of a non-profit organization that provides housing and social services to LGBT youth, and another that combats violence against LGBT people. Mr. Evall has been honored for his work on diversity and inclusion, including a 2010 award by the LGBT Rights Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. He leads the Diversity Committee of Gibson Dunn's New York office.
Mr. Evall graduated summa cum laude from Harvard College in 1982 and received a master's degree in Physical Chemistry from Harvard in 1984. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1990. From 1992-93, Mr. Evall served as a law clerk for the Honorable Sonia Sotomayor, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Mr. Evall is admitted to practice in New York.
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Patent Litigation
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Many of Mr. Evall's cases involve complex commercial disputes relating to joint venture agreements, joint development agreements, patent licenses, and other contractual rights. He defended telecommunications companies against a putative class action challenging their management of nationwide cellular markets, and against an Article 78 claim challenging a large service contract. He was a member of the team representing the co-owners of the largest oil refinery in Germany in an eight-week trial before the International Chamber of Commerce.
Pro Bono Matters
Mr. Evall leads a team of attorneys representing dozens of LGBT persons seeking asylum in the United States, and supervises all of the office's matters involving name-change applications brought by transgender people. He is leading a team challenging New York's regulations permitting familial DNA searching of the State's DNA databank. He recently represented a Muslim inmate in a religious freedom challenge to accommodations provided during Ramadan. In a case involving "HIV denialism," Mr. Evall obtained summary judgment dismissing defamation claims brought by a journalist against his client, a well-known AIDS policy expert, a ruling unanimously affirmed on appeal. Farber v. Jefferys, 941 N.Y.S.2d 537 (N.Y.Sup. 2011), aff'd, 103 A.D.2d 514 (1st Dept. 2013). Mr. Evall has obtained the dismissal of libel claims brought against a non-profit LGBT services organization, and another victory on behalf of that client that vindicated the right to provide rape crisis services in New York State without fear of suit.
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Cold Nose Creations brings you our original southwestern decor large Chunky Oak Wooden Wall Mirror with rustic metal Desert Kokopelli Scene accent. This very high quality functional home decor piece is hand crafted in Tucson, Arizona, USA using American steel and locally sourced pine. The wooden frame is available in your choice of semi-gloss finishes. The metal accents can be finished in a rust patina with a semi-glass clear coat or black. See product images for examples of each color combination, and make your choices from the drop-down menu. Enjoy easy hanging with included screw and wall anchor. Sawtooth hanger on back makes for easy leveling. The mirror is thick glass commercial grade mirror stock. Approximate Overall Dimensions: 28-inches high x 40-inches wide x 1-inch deep. Visible mirror glass measures approximately 21in H x 33in W.
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In mid-September 2016 the DART project workshops are planned, whose aim will be to discuss the concept of small aircraft transport with its potential users.
Therefore, we ask all interested to complete a survey that would allow us to assess the legitimacy of the system concept. Surveys should be sent by e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com until 10 September 2016. The Direct AiR Transportation project (DART) is a study of the feasibility of implementation of the transportation system for small 4-19 seated planes. The potential benefits of the use of small aircraft are:
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On Wednesday, Roundhill Investments launched the Roundhill MVP ETF (NYSE: MVP), the first ETF designed to invest in professional sports teams and leagues. Following the launch of MVP, which comes just before March Madness, the firm will have a suite of five ETFs with a combined AUM of over $650 million.
Roundhill co-founder Will Hershey commented: "We are excited about the launch of MVP, which will allow everyday investors to own stakes in sports teams they know and love. The professional sports industry had a difficult year in 2020, but we are confident that a successful vaccine rollout will bring fans back to stadiums worldwide."
MVP holdings consist of professional sports teams (New York Knicks, New York Rangers, Atlanta Braves, Manchester United (NYSE: MANU), Juventus, Borussia Dortmund, AS Roma), professional sports leagues (Formula One and WWE), and companies within the sports media and sports apparel sectors (Nike, Puma, Adidas, and MSG Networks).
"Professional sports teams and leagues are premium, scarce assets that have a strong record of value appreciation. With the launch of MVP, we are enthusiastic about the opportunity to provide investors with the ability to invest in this asset class. Everyone has the opportunity to be an owner with MVP," said Joe Pompliano, MVP ETF partner and founder of sports business media brand Huddle Up.
The launch of MVP follows the successful launches of the Sports Betting ETF (BETZ ), the Esports ETF (NERD ), and the Streaming ETF (SUBZ ).
Roundhill Investments is a registered investment adviser and ETF sponsor focused on thematic and sector-specific investing. Their goal is to create thoughtful investment products designed to help investors express their vision of the future.
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Legal services for adults with incapacity and guardianship orders
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When a child with a learning disability reaches the age of 16 they are classed as an adult and as such parental rights are extinguished. It is therefore necessary for parents to make a guardianship application, in order to have legal authority to make welfare decisions on behalf of their child.
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We specialise in advising families looking after a relative with dementia in connection with Powers of Attorney and Guardianship applications, in order to ensure that where a person has a dementia diagnosis then a family member has legal rights to make welfare decisions on their behalf.
When someone is unable to make important decisions for themselves because of temporary or long term health issues, such as dementia, autism or a learning disability. A Guardianship Order is a court appointment which authorises a authorising someone to take action or make decisions on behalf of an individual who lacks capacity.