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In recent years, it seemed as though law-enforcement agencies had finally been able to achieve major breakthroughs against "ecoterrorism" carried out by environmental and animal-rights radicals, much of it in the Pacific Northwest.
But the arson fires involving several new luxury homes near Seattle Monday indicate that small, self-contained cells of saboteurs continue to plot and carry out attacks in the name of environmental activism, officials say.
"Even though the number of spectacular arsons in the name of ELF [Earth Liberation Front] and ALF [Animal Liberation Front] decreased in the past couple of years, the level of criminal activity carried out on behalf of these movements has not slowed down a bit," says Oren Segal, director of the Anti-Defamation League's Center on Extremism in New York.
"For every successful conviction in an older ELF or ALF attack, there are dozens of new actions being planned and carried out, and not just against property. The deliberate targeting of individuals has become even more widespread and violent."
In this week's attack, four new unoccupied homes in the Seattle suburb of Woodinville were destroyed or damaged. Explosive devices were found along with a sign in which ELF took responsibility.
The "Street of Dreams" development, including large homes listed at more then $1 million, featured environmentally friendly design and construction elements. But critics had complained that the project could damage the nearby stream habitat of endangered chinook salmon.
As recently as 2005, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said attacks by environmental and animal rights extremists were one of the most serious forms of domestic terrorism. Many of these attacks have been linked to a shadowy group calling itself "the family."
Officials count some 1,200 such incidents since "ecoterrorism" became a major concern in the 1990s.
Attacks dating back to 1997 have been directed at US Forest Service ranger stations, wild horse corrals used by the US Bureau of Land Management, a Bonneville Power Administration high-tension power line tower, an SUV dealership, three forest products companies, the University of Washington Horticultural Center, a Colorado ski resort, a horsemeat packing plant, and a police station in Eugene, Ore.
Other targets include the destruction by arson of a large condominium project under construction in San Diego in 2003, and housing and commercial developments in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and New York. Property damage is estimated to have totaled more than $200 million.
A law-enforcement breakthrough in the West came in 2006 when an informant with a recording device resulted in a 65-count indictment against 11 individuals associated with "the family." Evidence included 35 compact discs of recorded conversations and 40,000 pages of transcripts, police reports, and photos.
Over following months, the suspects (five women and six men) began cooperating with prosecutors, in some cases providing information on fellow suspects in return for reduced sentences.
But threats and attacks continue. In Santa Cruz, Calif., recently, the husband of a University of California researcher whose biomedical research includes the use of lab animals was attacked in his home by masked assailants. No one has taken responsibility for the attack, but university officials suspect animal rights activists. Other staff and students have been targeted by animal rights activists in recent weeks, according to university officials.
"The incidents include harassing phone calls and graffiti vandalism at the victims' homes," university Chancellor George Blumenthal said in a statement. "No claims of responsibility have been made, and police are investigating. These actions come in the wake of dangerous incidents involving researchers at other campuses, including UCLA."
The University of California at Los Angeles recently obtained a temporary restraining order against animal rights groups and activists accused of harassing university researchers. In one recent incident, an incendiary device was placed on the porch of a UCLA researcher who uses monkeys in her research on nicotine addiction.
Groups named in the restraining order are UCLA Primate Freedom, the Animal Liberation Brigade, and the Animal Liberation Front.
While attackers remain anonymous, their works are chronicled and promoted by the "North American Animal Liberation Press Office," in Woodland Hills, Calif.
The press office claimed in a recent posting to its website, "There were at least 53 claimed actions by the animal liberation underground in North America in 2007, almost twice the number from the year before – and there are undoubtedly many more actions that went unclaimed."
The temporary restraining order will make little difference in its activities, an ALF spokesman says.
"UCLA accomplished absolutely nothing," says Jerry Vlasak, a medical doctor who opposes animal testing and acts as a press officer for ALF. "Underground activists will probably never even know the restraining order exists, and all but five picketers can continue their protests against the atrocities being committed by primate vivisectors on the UCLA campus."
For their part, researchers conducting animal testing take a very different view of such threats.
"There is an ominous upward spiral of violence against researchers," says Jacquie Calnan, president of Americans for Medical Progress in Alexandria, Va., which represents universities, private research facilities, and research-related businesses.
"Threats and crimes by animal rights militants have been horrific realities for two generations of scientists, from the earliest of laboratory break-ins and animal thefts in the 1980s, to booby-trapped letters in the 1990s, to recent firebombings and nighttime protests at scientists' homes," says Ms. Calnan.
"With the attacks increasing in intensity, it may be only a matter of time before someone is seriously injured or killed."
Material from the Associated Press was used.


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Welcome to my blog and the place where I will post my photos and musings from my life as an ultrarunner. My nickname "Shining" was given to me by a group of very special students after I finished my first 100-miler, the Massanutten Mountain Trails 100. They were the inspiration that enabled me to finish this awesome race, and I try to live each day with a "shining" attitude!
Monday, May 10, 2010
Capon Valley
Before I was an ultrarunner, I was a lacrosse player. I picked up a stick (also known as a "crosse") during my freshman year in high school and instantly fell in love with the sport. I loved the speed, the ball movement, and the grace of the women's game, and spent hours throwing the ball against a wall perfecting my moves. Ultimately I ended up playing for four years at the University of Virginia and then for three years for the United States Women's Lacrosse Team. I represented the US in international tournaments after college and loved every minute of it.
As time went on, I branched out to other sports (triathlon, marathon, ultras) but lacrosse has always been my first love, and it defined my career choices. My first job out of college was coaching at an all-girl's private school in Baltimore. I was a graduate assistant coach at UVA while pursuing my masters degree in counseling, and I have been the JV girls coach at my school here in Charlottesville since 1995. I also coach a club team and my daughter's middle school team. My son is going to play in college next year for one of my dear friends who played on the men's team when I was on the women's team at UVA.
Lacrosse is a family. We are coaches, teachers, players, parents, umpires, and spectators. We love and respect the game, and one another. And, just like ultrarunning, we are a small, tight-knit community that is often misrepresented by the media.
So you can imagine the range of emotions that were flowing through my heart and mind last Monday, May 3, when we heard the news of Yeardley Love's death. As the school counselor, I had to hold myself together as I helped my students --who were coached by Yeardley at camp--come to terms with her murder. I also spent the week discussing the issues of domestic violence and substance abuse with my freshmen students. I read the damning media reports, cried with my colleagues and former UVA teammates, and attempted to coach my team and wrap up our season.
I was looking forward to coming to Capon Valley 50K on Saturday as a respite from the stress of the week, but instead found that I had no energy to run. I was happy to be there and see my friends, and grateful to be healthy and spending the day in the woods, but the emotional upheaval of the past week kept me from being able to run any faster than an easy trot. This was new to me---I never had come into a race unable to "race" when I was ready. At first I was frustrated, but then I realized that it just wasn't my day to race, so I spent the rest of the miles enjoying the great weather, listening to my sister's new album on my iPod, and thinking about Yeardley.
At the post run lunch, while everyone was talking about their great races, Tom Corris turned to me and said, "I am sorry about what happened in your neck of the woods last week." Such a simple comment, but so meaningful. I promptly burst into tears and bawled for a bit, and everyone at the table was understanding and supportive. Thanks, friends.
There's been much written about what happened to Yeardley. I won't use this post to go into all the details, but I do want to reinforce a plea that UVA President John Casteen made to those attending the candlelight vigil on Wednesday night: "Seek the support that belongs to you, because you belong to us." Yes, let's make sure we take care of one another.
Sometimes the tragedies of life intersect with our life on the trails. The cliche is true---we can try to run, but we cannot hide from these feelings. We can only accept them, embrace them, and then let them go. That's my plan for today.
1, 2, 3, 4: Together, Hoos.
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- Rick Gray said...
During the course of our lives we are many different things. As you pointed out before you were an ultrarunner, you were a locrosse player. The love of the sport has continued on until this day and it will continue on into the future. But you are so much more than either of those. Being a wife and mother rank right at the top, but what you have been doing this past week is so much more important right now. You have been there for your students and players. You have and will continue to councel them through this tough time. As your players have nicknamed you "Shining", your true being is Shining before them. Continue to take care of these young people in your special way.
- May 10, 2010 at 5:36 PM
- And Miles 2 Go said...
OK. I am crying. And I am also grateful. Grateful that you care so much. Grateful that you touch so many with your grace and your strength. And grateful that you are my friend.
- May 10, 2010 at 7:30 PM
- Mike Bailey said...
Thank you for putting some well needed perspective into my day. I had the opportunity to enjoy Capon Valley more than I did, but I allowed something as trivial as running off course 2 miles kill the spirit of my run. When I heard about Yeardley, I absolutely did think of you and your LAX girls. The "real" world and the running world can never truly be separated because we are but one person living in both. The weight of the trial's of one and the beauty of the thrill of the other cannot simply be kept apart. My thoughts are with you and the whole UVA family.
Take care,
Mike "A JMU Duke" Bailey
- May 10, 2010 at 8:57 PM
- Wendy Thomson said...
Soph...I didn't know Yeardley but she seemed like a wonderul young lady. This very unfortunate event made me think of our Uva lacrosse team and how close we all were. I can only imagine what her family, teammates, and friends are going through. My prayers will be with you and everyone that her life touched. It is times like these that I need to look back and realize how greatful I am for everyone that touched my life at UVa...especially my teammates. When you touch someone's life you are always in their heart no matter how long it has been or how far away you live from each other. A piece of me will always be on that Uva. lacrosse field and for those awesome memories I am thankful! In the same way Yeardley will live in the hearts and memories of the people that she knew. May her life be a blessing always. Miss you my friend and teammate!!
- May 10, 2010 at 11:05 PM
- meredith said...
What a tough week. I am so sorry for what you went through and so impressed for you even showing up to the starting line on Saturday. You are so very strong!!
See you soon :)
- May 10, 2010 at 11:53 PM
- ultrarunnergirl said...
Glad to see you Sophie, and so sorry for this tragedy. I hope you healed a little bit more out on the trail. I know your strength helped so many of your students through this tough time.
- May 11, 2010 at 1:27 PM
- Sophie Speidel said...
Thanks for your thoughtful comments everyone. It really helped me to write this and to hear from all of you. See you soon...
Happy Trails,
- May 12, 2010 at 8:28 PM
- Sophie Speidel said...
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- May 12, 2010 at 8:28 PM
- olga said...
Sophie, I was wondering who that "chick" was! Thanks for cheering me on, and yes, it is an AWESOME event, I am coming back at first opportunity, like next year!
- May 19, 2010 at 3:30 PM
- Bedrock said...
That is a terrible tragedy and I am not surprised it has affected you so. I played club lacrosse in college and felt the same level of camraderie as I did with my baseball teammates. That young girl seemed so full of life with so much ahead of her - it is just tragic. You and the UVA family will be in my thoughts and prayers.
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All of the hassle, the packing, the storage, the temporary apartment, and finally moving has truly been worth it. We're living closer to our families now, than we have in the past 20 years. At that time, we were living in Wichita and it wasn't that far to come to Houston. Years later, when work moved us from Washington, D.C. to New York, it turned out to be quite the journey. Our youngest was a toddler when we moved to New York and she didn't believe that a kid's car seat was anything anyone should sit in for any length of time. I think I've sustained some hearing loss from that period in our lives.
Recently, I was at our branch of the Houston Public Library and I came across a copy of Jamie Oliver's book, Jamie at Home: Cook Your Way To The Good Life. The book is gorgeous with many inspiring photos of his garden and the food he makes from his crops. One of the photographs that caught my attention was for Butternut Squash Muffins with a Frosty Top. This muffin is the type that my teens love. They quickly gravitate towards these when they are hunting through the kitchen for something satisfying and filling to eat. I tweaked Jamie's recipe a little by reducing the amount of sugar since I was using sweet potatoes and by topping them with a light citrus gel.
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3 whole sweet potatoes, baked, peeled, mashed
4 large eggs, whisked
1 tsp sea salt
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 1/4 cup cane sugar
1 cup brown rice flour
1/2 cup oat flour (you can also use millet, corn, sorghum, etc)
1/2 cup sweet rice flour (you may also use tapioca, corn or potato starch)
1/2 cup arrowroot starch (you may also use one of the other starches)
1 tsp chia seed meal or 1 tsp xanthan/guar gum
Optional: 1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
1/4 cup orange juice
1/4 tsp vanilla flavoring
2 tsp agar agar powder (you may use gelatin)
2 - 3 Tb cane sugar
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> ['10','10','10','10','10'].map(parseInt) [10, NaN, 2, 3, 4]It looks completely mysterious to a Haskeller, and by "mysterious" I mean "punishable by life in prison." I'd bet there's many a functional head listing on a sprained neck out there in Haskell-land,and that co-functional parents are explaining to their children what adult words are. I set about looking for an explanation, because I could not imagine how map could behave this way. I got the exact same answer in my browser, which made it unlikely that it was due to uninitialized memory. So first I tried using the identity function:
> ['10','10','10','10','10'].map(function(x) {return x;}) ["10", "10", "10", "10", "10"]Great! Sensible behavior. Next, I looked up parseInt and found that it takes two arguments: parseInt(string, radix). JavaScript code is full of helpful functions that take variable numbers of arguments and guess what you mean based on their type, so this seemed a likely candidate for trouble.
> ['10','10','10','10','10'].map(function(x) {return parseInt(x,10);} ); [10, 10, 10, 10, 10]Much better. Presumably then, the broken version supplies a second argument to parseInt that it pulled out of its ass. The tail of ..2,3,4] made me suspect there was some accumulation happening, so I tried this:
> [1,2,3,4,5].map(function(x,y) {return (x+y);} ) [1, 3, 5, 7, 9]Prison's too good for them, I thought. Apparently this sums adjacent elements, except...wait, there would have to be a zero prepended for that to work. I observed that addition being commutative, it was projecting out valuable information, so I tried something a little more revealing:
> [1,2,3,4,5].map(function(x,y) {return ('('+x+','+y+')');} ) ["(1,0)", "(2,1)", "(3,2)", "(4,3)", "(5,4)"]Still looks like adjacent sums with a magical zero. At this point I had some coffee and realized I was confused about the types. I had two lists of small integers, one from a mysterious source, not one list being zipped with itself.
> [1,2,3,4,5].map(function(x) {return x*10;}).map(function(x,y) {return ('('+x+','+y+')');} ) ["(10,0)", "(20,1)", "(30,2)", "(40,3)", "(50,4)"]Okay. The second argument is clearly not a function of the array contents and now looks like the array index of the current argument. Going back to the original problem:
> parseInt('10',0) 10 > parseInt('10',1) NaN > parseInt('10',2) 2Great, this sort of makes sense now. A radix of zero is assumed to be 10, a very C-like idiom, and the second example fails correctly because '10' is not a unary number. So, parseInt is not the villain, nor really is map. It is perfectly reasonable to have a variant for arrays that would operate on an element and its index. For me, the villain here is the handling of optional arguments. The map function is overloaded silently and that's the kind of help I don't want.
'Helpful' means different things to different people. To a Haskeller, the definition is something like: publish your promises and keep them. Explicit type signatures, referential transparency, static type-checking are all there to make those promises come true. In JavaScript, optional arguments are considered helpful, because they let you reuse the same function name in slightly different contexts.
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His lineup finally intact, Jerry Manuel said he is contemplating juggling things tonight in Los Angeles.
After last night's game Manuel told reporters he might sit Jason Bay – which I called for a couple of days ago – Carlos Beltran and Rod Barajas.
Beltran and Barajas drove in runs last night, with the latter breaking out of a long home run drought.
Sitting Bay is deserved. He went 0-for-6 with four strikeouts last night and is hitting .111 with no RBI in his past ten games.
"Just lost,'' is how Bay describes himself.


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Cory D. Michael, 27
Cory D. Michael, 27, of 148 N. Lincoln St. Minster, died on Friday, Sept. 6, 2013, at his residence following a 14-month illness.
He was born on Aug. 10, 1986, in Troy, to Michele Michael of Minster and Douglas and a stepmother Blanca Michael of St. Marys.
He married Angela J. Brown on Oct. 30, 2010, in St. Augustine Church, Minster. She survives in Minster.
He is also survived by a brother, Brian Long and Sabrina Beediwala of Miamisburg; a stepbrother, Carlos and Carolina Castillo of St. Marys; grandparents Jack and Janice Michael of Harrod, and the late John and Peg Blue; and in-laws Roy and Elaine Brown of Minster.
Cory was a member of St. Augustine Church in Minster, a 2005 graduate of Minster High School, a graduate of Rhodes State with an associate degree in law enforcement and Franklin University, graduating Summa Cum Laude in public safety management. He was employed at the Minster Police Dept., Auglaize County Sheriff's Office and Globus Printing in Minster. Cory loved music and was a past member of the band Never Ending Conflict.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Augustine Church, the Rev. Rick Nieberding and Rev. Ned Brown, officiant.
Burial will follow at St. Augustine Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday and from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Tuesday at Hogenkamp Funeral Home in Minster.
Memorials may be made to Wilson Hospice.
Condolences can be left at HogenkampFh.com.


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So many miles, so many worries. It's easy to earn frequent flier miles doing just about everything, from shopping for groceries to ordering dinner, but when it comes time to actually use them, all sorts of issues can pop up.
Even as their accounts grow, members of frequent flier programs face lots of uncertainty these days, with looming plan changes, point devaluations, hefty surcharges and the notion that if an airline ever decides to kick them out, there's little they can do.
The U.S. Supreme Court seemed reluctant this month to expand the right of airline passengers to sue when they're terminated from frequent flier programs.The case involves Minnesota Rabbi S. Binyomin Ginsberg, who was notified in 2008 that his status at Northwest was revoked because he had "abused the program" by frequently complaining and asking for compensation.
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BBC Takes Six Months To Not Really Criticize Its WiFi Scaremongering Report
from the that's-the-best-you-can-do? deptYou may recall that back in May the BBC's "Panorama" TV show was accused of running a scaremongering TV program about the supposed "dangers" of WiFi on children. There were numerous problems with the program, from bad science to bad reporting. You would think that the BBC might take those sorts of accusations seriously. Apparently, it was enough for the BBC's Editorial Complaints Unit to take a look at the issue. It took the ECU six months, but its report is out and it admits that Panorama made some mistakes, but really only cops to one particular mistake: that it presented the one dissenter on the program in a very biased light. It doesn't seem to say anything about the fact that a major source for the program happens to sell equipment designed to test how much "radiation" there is as well as products of questionable scientific value to "protect" you from such radiation (radiation protecting beekeeper hat anyone?). The whole thing was such a joke that even the kids in the school where some of the program was filmed pointed out how unscientific the experiment was. Unfortunately, the BBC doesn't seem to address any of that in its review of the program at all. Perhaps we'll need to wait another six months.
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Byrne went 6.1 innings allowing only two runs on five hits with four walks and five strikeouts. Andy Mauldin was tabbed with the loss after giving up four runs (one earned) on six hits in 6.1 innings with one walk and seven strikeouts.
The Bucs got on the board first in the top of the fourth as catcher Derek Trent (
ETSU added another run in the top of the fifth as right fielder Cory Betterson (Atlanta, Ga.) scored on a throwing error by catcher Nick Rickles to make the score 2-0 Bucs. Later in the inning, left fielder Troy Mendez (
In the top of the seventh, Reeder extended the ETSU lead to 4-0 as he singled in Betterson.
The Hatters cut the Buccaneer lead in half in the bottom of the seventh on a two-run home run by second baseman Mark Jones to bring the score to 4-2.
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Two University of Colorado wide receivers have been suspended for the team's first two games of the season for their involvement in an incident with a pellet gun early Saturday, Coach Jon Embree said Tuesday.
Embree also said linebacker Jermane Clark is leaving the program due to a combination of family issues and his involvement in the incident.
Jeffrey Thomas and DaVaughn Thornton are suspended from playing against Colorado State and Sacramento State.
Ten Boulder police officers were called to respond when two cars containing eight CU football players were pulled over after witnesses thought the Airsoft pellet gun they were pointing at each other was a real gun.
According to a police report, CU football players Clark, 21, Thomas, 18, Thornton, 21, Jered Bell, 20, Keenan Canty, 19, Joshua Moten, 20, Paul Vigo, 22, and Derrick Webb, 20, were in the two cars. Paul Vigo's brother Moses Vigo, 18, also was in one of the cars but is not a CU football player.
No arrests were made nor any tickets given, but Boulder police, according to the report, planned to raise concerns with CU's athletic department about the athletes and the "impact their behavior had on police services throughout the entire city at the time of the incident."
CU athletics officials confirmed the department was contacted by Boulder police about the incident and said Thornton, Clark and Thomas would be disciplined. The other players, CU officials said, "were just getting rides home."
"It was three guys making poor decisions," Embree said after Tuesday's practice. "For the most part, our players, with an exception here or there, have done a great job of trying to be the type of citizens that we want and that we want our fans to be proud of.
"I know no charges were filed and any of that, but at the end of the day, we don't behave that way. There is no gray area when you behave like those guys behaved. They've been punished appropriately."
According to the police report, around 2 a.m. Saturday, police were waved down near Broadway and Pennsylvania Avenue by a woman who said she saw a passenger in a silver sedan pointing a gun at another car.
Police caught up to the two vehicles -- a 1999 Audi A6 and a 2001 BMW X5, according to police records -- near Broadway and Canyon Boulevard. The officers responding called for backup.
Police said several of the men in the cars became immediately antagonistic with officers as they were ordered out of the vehicles at gunpoint. Officers said Thornton told officers, "Go ahead! Shoot me, mother (expletive)," "I can go wherever the (expletive) I want," and, "This is Boulder and you have your guns out?"
When the men were told about a report of a gun in the car, Clark told officers, "Yeah, but it's a BB gun," according to the report. Officers reported finding a black Airsoft pistol in the front seat that police said was labeled as and had the appearance of an authentic Walther P99, a semi-automatic pistol.
The men said they were just playing around with the gun and that they all knew each other. An officer disassembled the gun before returning it to Clark.
According to the report, all of the players were referred to CU's student affairs office.
Embree said he first heard about the incident from some of the players involved on Sunday and met with some of them and their parents in his office. He dismissed any notion that the players involved are being held to unfair behavior standards because they are on the football team.
"I don't care if I'm coaching the checkers team, if you're on my team, there is a certain way we have to behave," he said. "It's a privilege to be on the team, and people are going to look up to you. You have kids looking up to you. So if you don't think it's fair, don't be on the team."
Embree also praised the Boulder Police Department and how officers handled the situation in light of recent events in Colorado and elsewhere.
"I do take this serious," he said. "With all the events and all the things that have happened in the past, it's just bad judgment. But we've got it handled."
Canty, Moten, Thornton and Webb all played in games for CU last season.
Thornton, a junior wide receiver, appeared in all 13 games and recorded six catches for 69 yards, while Canty, a sophomore wide receiver, appeared in 12 games and caught 14 passes for 161 yards and also returned kicks.
Webb, a junior linebacker, appeared in all 13 games, while Moten, a sophomore defensive back, appeared in five and scored once on a fumble return.
Paul Vigo played in four games in 2010 -- including a start at nickelback against Hawaii -- but missed significant time due to injury and saw limited action in 2011 as a junior.
Bell, a sophomore defensive back, appeared in all 12 games in 2010 but suffered an ACL tear and missed all of 2011.
Thomas is listed as a freshman on the CU Buffs' website, and Clark is a redshirt freshman.


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Leaf Brass Drop Earrings
These graceful earrings were made from an impression of a leaf which jeweler Allison Fomich found while walking in Baltimore's Patterson Park. She collects interesting examples of leaves, plants, feathers, seeds, etc. and creates unique jewelry through several different techniques, capturing the intimate experience of interaction with nature in beautiful, wearable art. See more items from Fomich's Tigerlillyshop here.
Size: ca 3/4" x 2"
Material: brass; sterling hook
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We are housed in King Hall where you will find the Karl C. BruderTheatre, the ESU Theatre offices, classrooms, and the Design Studio. The Ronald Q. Frederickson Theatre and the Inez P. Friesen Studio are in Roosevelt Hall while Albert Taylor Hall is situated in Plumb Hall. Click the links on this page to discover more information on each theatre space including descriptions, pictures, and floor plans.
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FORT LAUDERDALE – Barry University's baseball team outslugged Nova Southeastern University Friday night in a battle of Sunshine State Conference rivals, 11-9.
Nova Southeastern (17-9, 2-2 SSC) entered the game on a three-game winning streak and a tie for fourth in the conference standings.
Calvin Rayburn took the mound the series opener against the rival Sharks but struggled to find his rhythm on the mound and the Sharks took an early lead with a three-run rally in the second inning.
Barry (19-10, 5-5 SSC) scored once in the fourth and again in the top of the fifth to cut the deficit to just one, but the Sharks countered with another three run inning in the bottom of the frame.
Trailing 6-2, Adrian Benitez faced the bases loaded with two outs and Nova looking to put the game out of reach. The right-hander got Angel Acevedo to fly out to Adrian English in foul territory to escape any further trouble.
Luis Arrizurieta led off the sixth with a base hit up the middle and Adrian English belted a liner that one-hopped the centerfield wall to drive in the run. After a ground out to the right side advanced English, J.C. Cardenas hit a hard grounder down the first-base, line just in fair territory, for a double to plate English.
Carlos Asuaje led off the sixth inning for the Sharks with a bunt single and the nation's leading base stealer was on the move as he looked to get into scoring position.
After Navarro fouled a pitch off the hand of Arrizurieta, Asuaje tested the senior catcher and Arrizurieta delivered a strike to second to gun him down. Benitez worked a scoreless inning and the tides seemed to start turning the Bucs' way.
Kenny Miranda entered in relief of Vinnie Contaldi in the seventh inning and the Buccaneers jumped all over him.
After Joe Iorio got the rally started with an infield single, Sheehan Planas-Arteaga followed with another hit through the right side and the Bucs were threatening again.
Arrizurieta hit a grounder back to Miranda for what looked like what could have been an inning-ending double play. Fortunately for Barry, Miranda's throw to Asuaje was low and all three runners were safe.
English came through with a sacrifice fly to plate Iorio and Tyler Kellmann belted his first homerun of the season to give Barry an 8-6 lead.
With two outs and already ahead by two, the Bucs weren't finished. Cardenas walked, stole second and scored on a double off the bat of Michael Slabach to cap the five-run rally in the seventh and take a 9-6 lead.
Barry kept the pressure mounting in the eighth with a leadoff walk to Joe Iorio.
Matthew Garlock pinch-ran for Iorio and stole second and Planas-Arteaga followed with a liner to left.
After a pitching change Arrizurieta stepped in with runners on the corners and no outs and delivered his fourth hit of the night to drive in Garlock.
The Sharks didn't go away quietly as they tried to spark a ninth inning rally when they brought the tying run to the plate but Tyler Petsch shut the door with the two out save to seal the victory.
Buccaneer starter Calvin Rayburn did not figure into the decision but finished with four K's in 4.2 innings of work.
Adrian Benitez (4-0) earned his fourth win of the season after allowing just three runs in 3.2 innings in relief.
Arrizurieta led the Bucs' offense with four hits while Planas, Slabach and Iorio all finished with multiple hits on the night.
Kellmann finished 1-for-3 with a season-high four RBI and a run scored.
Barry returns to the NSU Baseball Complex Saturday for a doubleheader set to begin at 1 p.m. Live-stats and video broadcast will be available through the Barry University athletics website, GOBARRYBUCS.COM.


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Author Notes: This is a recipe that celebrates one of my favorite flavors of early summer: sugar snap peas. I wanted to make a recipe that would take this ingredient into the realm of the main course (since usually I just inhale them raw). So I made a pesto -- using the peas instead of the basil and substituting caramelized onions for the garlic. The flecks of mint and crushed red pepper that you add when tossing the pasta with the pesto are fun little bursts of flavor. —JORJ
Serves: 4-6
cups sugar snap peas
large onion, sliced
tablespoon butter
cup parmeggiano reggiano (parmesan) cheese
clove garlic
pound penne rigate
cup olive oil
cup pignoli nuts
pinch crushed red pepper flakes
tablespoon fresh spearmint
salt and pepper, to taste
In This Recipe
- Prep the sugar snap peas, pulling the string off the side. Then blanch them in salted boiling water for a minute (basically, you get the water boiling, you add the peas to the water, once it starts boiling again, you can fish them out). Refresh them in a bowl of salted ice water. Cut them up in halves or thirds, depending on their size (1/2" size is good). Reserve 1.5 cups of the prepped peas. The rest will go in the pesto.
- Put a large pot of salted water on high heat on the stove for the pasta.
- Heat the butter and 1 tbsp of the olive oil together in a heavy bottomed pan. Add the garlic clove to the heated butter and oil until it gets a nice lightly toasted color. You can pull it out now and reserve it. Add the sliced onions and the crushed red pepper and cook on medium heat until they are caramelized. This takes a little while (as much as 20 min) so be patient, young grasshopper.
- While you are waiting on the onions to caramelize, you can start work on your pesto. If you have a hunk of parmesan, cut it into smaller pieces and blitz it in the food processor. Make sure you have a cup. Next you can blitz the pine nuts.
- Once the onions are finished caramelizing, you can pull them off the heat so they cool slightly. Then you can add the onions, the cooked garlic clove, and the non-reserved peas (i.e., the majority of them) to the food processor with the pine nuts. Go ahead and add in stages if the food processor is getting too full. Pulse for the first few times to get it started and then hold down the button. You can add the olive oil through the hole in the top to keep the mixture wet and moving. When all the ingredients are processed, it should be grainy and wet, but will never be totally smooth. That's ok.
- Once the water is boiling, drop the pasta and cook according to package directions.
- Do a chiffonade of the mint -- this means you stack the mint leaves together and roll them up like a little cigar. Then you cut them up cross-wise as thinly as possible.
- When the pasta is ready, reserve a ladleful of pasta water. Drain the pasta and put it back in the pot you cooked it in. Add the pesto, a few tablespoons at a time, tossing to combine. If it is too dry, add the reserved pasta water, a little at a time. Once you have the right pesto-pasta ratio (this is up to you), taste to see if it needs more salt and pepper and add as necessary. Toss in the reserved peas and the mint. This is good at room temperature too, so you can make it ahead of time.
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Recipe with Mint
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Venue: Gmeiner Art & Cultural Center, Wellsboro
Original art and craftwork created by Wellsboro Art Club members will be on display and for sale in the Main Gallery from Oct. 6 to Nov. 19 with live art demonstrations as listed below.
On display in the Atrium Gallery from Oct. 6 to Oct. 29 will be 15 juried art quilts; ten of them are for sale.
Both galleries are open to the public from 11am - 5pm on Saturdays and Sundays and from 2pm - 5pm on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.
Live Art Demonstrations
October 8, 2pm....Lace painting Christmas Ornaments
October 14, 11am....Abstract Ink Compositions
October 15, 1pm....Watercolor Painting
October 22, 1pm....Fused Glass
October 28, 3pm....Crochet Holiday Pins
October 29, 1pm....Repurposed Jewelry
November 4, 11am....Wheel-thrown Potter
November 5, 11am....Batik Painting
November 11, 11am....Autumn Leaf Bowls
November 12, 11am....Iris Paper Folding
November 18, 1pm....Needle Felting on Apparel
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Back in November, we asked our farmers and ranchers what they
might read this winter, when they ostensibly had a little more free
time for such leisurely pursuits. Here are a few of their
(Links provided are our affiliate links with Changing Hands Bookstore, an
independent business in Tempe, AZ.)
Both of us here in the Farm Stay U.S. office just finished The Dirty Life: A Memoir of Farming, Food, and
Love by Kristin Kimball, as did Kim of Grand View
Farm in Vermont. It's also one of the prizes for our photo contest!
Kim next plans to read Year of Plenty by Craig Goodwin.
Penelope of Canyon Wren Farm in Colorado intends to look at
Gaia's Garden, as well as perusing the seed
catalogs, looking for tomato varieties to grow. She's looking for
the perfect heriloom varieties, as well as a great paste tomato!
Penelope recommends to our readers the book Claiming Ground by Laura Bell.
The Schrock Family from Mojeji Ranch
in Missouri is planning to read The One Straw Revolution: An Introduction to
Natural Farming by Masanobu Fukuoka.
How about you, readers? Leave us a comment below and let us know
what's on your reading list this winter!
I'd also like to recommend Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbra Kingsolver and TomatoLand by Barry Estabrook.
Thanks for the suggestions! We have Barbara Kingsolver's book in our gift shop. Maybe we should add TomatoLand.
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With a vibrant Art Deco downtown, Kalamazoo is an easy-going and friendly community located in southwest Michigan. Whether you're on a long business trip or family vacation, the Candlewood Suites® Kalamazoo hotel offers convenience and comfort for your extended stay.
Our hotel's central location in Kalamazoo, MI is ideal for corporate travelers as we are near Pfizer, Stryker and State Farm Insurance. Even WMU and Kalamazoo College are within five miles of the hotel. With fast and free Wi-Fi access and a Business Center, this hotel has all the tools you need to stay productive.
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As a hotel guest, you can take advantage of our first-rate amenities, including the outdoor gazebo with a grill, a24-hour Fitness Center and free guest laundry facilities. The Candlewood Cupboard is open 24 hours a day and features a variety of food, beverages and sundry items, all at value prices. Our courteous staff looks forward to welcoming you to our Kalamazoo hotel!
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Richard K, Gelber, AIA,
Principal spg3 Architects
My architectural firm spg3 and I are the architects of record for Bowman Properties' proposed redevelopment of the Magarity site. I am writing in response to Mr. Glenn Bergman's opinion piece that appeared in Weavers Way's November newsletter. I understand that Mr. Bergman's opinion piece has since been republished in other periodicals.
In his opinion piece, Mr. Bergman makes several incorrect statements regarding the proposed re-zoning legislation, the development review process and certain design characteristics of the project. As the architect of record, I feel that it is appropriate for me to correct these statements:
Incorrect Statement No. 1: "If the parcel is rezoned as Bowman is seeking, there would be no constraints at all on what could be built there; it would have the same zoning classification as Liberty Place or any other Center City skyscraper."
Fact: The proposed re-zoning legislation would not allow for the construction of a skyscraper. Most Center City skyscrapers are zoned C-5 Commercial. This zoning permits among other things a floor area ratio of 1,200 percent of the site. Mr. Bergman cites Liberty Place as an example. Liberty Place is zoned C-5 and is a 61-story, 945 foot tall building.
The Magarity site is proposed to be rezoned C-2 Commercial. This zoning classification exists directly across the street and throughout the Germantown Avenue business district. Although C-2 Commercial usually allows for a commercial building to be constructed up to 60 feet tall, the Germantown Avenue Overlay is proposed to be modified so that a mixed use structure on the site could be no higher than 70 feet tall, provided that there are significant setbacks from the Germantown Avenue cornice line, that the majority of the lot along West Hartwell is capped at 35 feet tall and that the floor area ratio be no more that 150 percent of the site. Our proposal includes all three of these attributes. These are not "skyscraper" dimensions.
Incorrect Statement No. 2: "Bowman Properties has decided to circumvent the Chestnut Hill Community Association and the zoning variance process by hiring the law firm Ballard-Spahr to go directly to City Council, seeking a political solution that would rezone the entire property and remove virtually all restrictions on that site."
Fact: Under the proposal, the site will be re-zoned to C-2 Commercial which already exists on other properties along Germantown Avenue. In requesting this zoning, Bowman Properties has not circumvented the Chestnut Hill Community Association (CHCA). Meetings with CHCA representatives started over one year ago and formal public meetings started in April – seven months ago.
Since that time, the project team has been presented to CHCA's Development Review Committee (twice), Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee, its Traffic and Transportation Committee (attended by the City's Chief Traffic Engineer), the Historical Advisory Committee and many multi-hour sessions with CHCA's specially-formed Subcommittee for the project. There have also been two separate presentations to the neighbours. Before City Council votes on the legislation, Bowman will meet again with the Development Review Committee, the Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee and CHCA's full board. I do not believe that this is a circumvention of CHCA.
The decision to seek legislation rather than zoning variances was primarily dictated by the peculiarities of the existing zoning, and by the new enhanced role of the City Planning Commission in important redevelopment projects as opposed to the Zoning Board of Adjustment.
Incorrect Statement No. 3: "The development is being built right to the property line, with no green space or setback, no community space, and none of the aesthetics or landscaping so in tune with Chestnut Hill."
Fact: The development proposal involves the redevelopment of a former auto dealership, with service and body shop and large surface parking lots into a modern mixed use development. The project has many sustainable features, among them, a green roof over the grocery, a state-of-the-art storm water management system and, yes, density.
Density in an urban area like Chestnut Hill is appropriate and represents a sustainable planning practice. As for building up to the property line, the Germantown Avenue Overlay, which I understand was as written and approved by CHCA, requires that there be no setback from the property line along Germantown Avenue. To design the landscaping, Bowman has engaged a well-regarded landscape architect who has put together a very generous landscaping plan. This will be the most landscaped commercial property along the Germantown Avenue business district.
Mr. Bergman noted that Weavers Way intended to convert the existing building into a restaurant and grocery, while constructing housing in the back. Converting the existing building has some major functional and design drawbacks. For example, the building has no loading or trash facilities. Where would the food trucks unload and where would the trash be stored? The Bowman proposal incorporates an enclosed loading dock and trash area within the building walls.
I hope everyone in Chestnut Hill will attend one or more of the upcoming meetings on the project and form their own opinions about the proposal. We are very excited about this project and look forward to continued discussions about the proposal.


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Just To Freak You Out XXXVII/
Two weeks have elapsed since the last Freak Out Friday, so right on time it's here again. And oddly enough, we're starting where we started last time — with the clubs from New York.
I think that needs no explanation. And sticking with NY for a moment, check out this Buffalo Sabres logo concept.
Yeah it takes a minute to really realize what you're seeing. At first you're thinking, "yeah, that classic '70s logo... but wait, something is a little off about it — aside from the buffalo being yellow, that is." Oh that's it! It has a slug head.
And just when you thought the Sabres hadn't been through enough for one Freak Out post, just wait for this.
Perhaps if the Bills played hockey... No, just no. And while we're on the topic of odd jerseys, we have another.
I believe we've seen something of this nature before, but it's still funny to me.
Now we're heading out west for the rest of the post — starting with a very strange Vancouver Canucks concept logo.
The whale is diving into the "C" ... get it? (Say it out loud if you haven't gotten it yet.)
And with the QMJHL logo tournament in full swing over at ToHL, a reader sent me this logo crossing the Rimouski Oceanic with the Phoenix Coyotes.
Finally, on a completely different tack, someone has not only created a brand for a team, they've created a brand new team. I'm told the Florida Panthers should move to Seattle to become the Totems.
Now I'm no fan of the stinkin' Panthers but if this is the only option, I can't say I'd wholeheartedly support it. The design comes complete with jerseys and everything.
So keep your freaky artwork coming so I can keep this series going. Check back in two weeks for the next Freak Out Friday.
Oh, and to anyone out there who doesn't believe in the evil powers of Friday the 13th, consider this: Tim Russert dropped dead in the NBC newsroom today, a 6.9 magnitude earthquake rattled Japan, Iowa is under water and a tornado just tore off a bunch of roofs and wiped out a Wal-Mart down here in my part of Florida.
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I just found the amazing gallery of templates offered, yeah!! However, as I was searching through them all and would click on one I liked, I'd be disappointed to find it was just PSD format. That got me thinking it would be really nice if JPEG was a category to click on just like the number of photos, etc. Then I could quickly find the ones I can use since I'm not a Photoshop user. Just a suggestion.
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Kimberly: Forgive my lack of knowledge, please... but how in the world do you use a jpeg as a template on a layout... or are you referring to just the background paper templates?
Sorry, I thought I saw some of them, but after looking again, I only found one PNG templat (not that I looked at all of them). Anyway, from what I've discovered, templates are either PSD or PNG/JPEG formats. The PNG/JPEG formats work in Storybook Creator, as just elements that you can load together to make a page template or replace and modify your template. So I guess this suggestion is a little mute since there aren't many of the others anyway.
Well... we'll wait and see how Jordan & Marisa respond to this as it would be their final decision. I know some times when we want something new... Jordan will start a thread to see how many people it would be useful for before implementing intense changes. So, give it time. Maybe if enough people use storybook... then it may become an option in the future.
I saw your other thread about others that use it so I'm sure they will watch that thread to see the response to how many people.
I just may have an idea in my head that just might work for you so give me a day to "try" it out and I'll come back here tomorrow night or Wed Morning and let you know if it will work. OK? but... I think my idea just might work for you and other Storybook users.
@Kimberly: Okie Dokie,
This is the solution that I've come up with for you to make Marisa's templates useful for you to use in Storybook Creator and other programs that use only the jpeg. A few weeks ago someone told me about a program called FastStone Image Viewer. Well, this program will work perfect for you to convert the layered psd files to jpeg without having/owning PhotoShop. Whooo Hooo!
So, here's the basic tutorial.
1) Download FastStone Image Viewer here and Install it onto your PC or Mac.
2) Within your "PixelScrapper Templates" download Folder, create an empty New Folder called "Jpeg Templates"
3) Open FastStone. In the top left corner, find the folder your templates are in. Then on the right highlight the psd templates you want to convert to jpegs.
4) At the top click the Tools, then Batch Convert Selected Images. A new dialog window will come up. In the lower left side change the output to jpeg format. Check Output folder and then click browse & find the folder you created earlier named Jpeg templates.
5) Uncheck Use Advanced Options, Uncheck Rename, CHECK Keep Original Date/Time, CHECK Ask Before Overwrite
6) Now is time for the magic: Click Convert & Let it happen! Once it's done, click Done
Now exit the program and go find your folder with your new Jpeg copies of the templates. NOTE: There are several conversion options… PNG, JPEG 2000, TIFF, GIF, PDF -- Hope this is going to be major helpful for you being able to use the templates here at the site!
Thank you so much, Shawna! Since the reply to my other post was really lacking, lol, it looks like I'm the only Storybook Creator user here. I really appreciate you taking the time to find and test this option out. I'll try it myself today or tomorrow (playing catch up from the holidays now that kids have gone back to school today.)
Shawna, I use an uncommon scrapbook software - My Digital Studio - by Stampin' Up. I've had it ever since it came out 3 or 4 yrs ago and it was fairly expensive. I hadn't used it really until just recently. Of course, knowing what I know now, I would buy something else, but it is what it is. This FasStone Image Viewer seems like it would be helpful for me too, however when I went to their page, it looks like it's only for PC. Do you know of anything comparable for a Mac? Which is also free?
@Joyce: I have a vague recollection of someone mentioning a similar program for Mac users back when I and others were looking for one for the PC. I'm going to post about this as a question over in the Digital Scrapbooking Discussion forum and see if someone else can answer this quickly for you. If it's not answered by tomorrow night... I will sift through the older posts myself and try to find the answer for you if I can. I'll come back here and leave the direct link to the new post so you can watch it too for answers.
eta: Here's the direct post asking for help. Maybe someone with a younger mind than mine will remember easier. LoL
@Joyce: I'm looking, I promise... I just can't find where we talked about this. So, I may go to the internet & google to see if I can find anything for you.
@Joyce: OK here's what I've found:
If you're doing just one or a few. Apparently according to this tutorial you can do it with in the programs you already have. I can't verify as I don't own a Mac but it may help with your onsie twosie conversion from psd to jpg.
I'm looking for a program that does batch conversion for you... I'll come back and post it if I find one.
I found this program in the itunes store but it costs $3.99 and I can only trusts it does what the page says it does.


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Microraptor – the four-winged dinosaur that ate birds
We now know that birds evolved from small, feathered dinosaurs. It's easy to think that since birds are still around today, they must have come after their dinosaur* cousins, but that's not true. In the Cretaceous period, dinosaurs were still around while their descendants flitted through the skies. And some dinosaurs made meals of their flighty relatives. Jingmai O'Connor from the Chinese Academy of Sciences has uncovered the remains of a small dinosaur called Microraptor that has the bones of small bird in its gut.
O'Connor analysed the fossil with Xing Xu, a Chinese scientist who has made a career from discovering beautiful feathered dinosaurs. Microraptor is one of his most important finds. This tiny animal, about the size of a pigeon, had four wings, with long feathers on both of its legs as well as its arms. It was, at the very least, a very competent glider, if not a true flier.
The specimen that O'Connor and Xu have studied isn't the best preserved Microraptor around. However, it does clearly have the remains of a small bird in its gut, including the left wing and both feet. There aren't enough bones to tell which species it was, but the distinctive shape of its leg bone singles it out as one of the enantiornithines, an extinct group of early birds. They were, after all, one of the most common groups of birds in the forests of China, where Microraptor hunted.
The bird wasn't just buried alongside Microraptor, for its bones are enclosed by the larger animal's ribs. It must have been eaten, and O'Connor thinks that Microraptor probably killed the bird, rather than scavenging one that was already dead. Many of its bones are still found in the right orientation, and the animal facing down towards Microraptor's hips. The dinosaur probably caught it and swallowed it head-first, just like many modern birds of prey do.
If O'Connor is right, then this unique bird-within-a-dinosaur fossil has implications for the origin of flight. Some argue that the powerful flapping stroke of modern birds evolved in ground-living dinosaurs, to help them flap over obstacles. Others suggest that the stroke originated in trees, to help dinosaurs to glide between branches and control their descent. The four-winged Microraptor has always been acted as a star witness in this debate, and O'Connor's specimen confirms that it was indeed at home in the trees.
All of the Jehol enanthiomithines lived in trees. Their legs and feet were clearly adapted for perching rather than running or swimming. If its prey lived among the branches, then that's where Microraptor must have hunted. And since its prey was an adult, rather than a chick, it must also have been a fairly agile predator. "[The fossil] lends further support to interpretations that Microraptor gui was spending a substantial amount of time in the trees," says O'Connor.
This new Microraptor joins a brief but distinguished line of fossils-within-fossils, that provide conclusive evidence about who ate whom in our prehistoric planet. Based on similar gut fossils, we know that the first feathered dinosaur Sinosauropteryx often ate small mammals and lizards. Turning the tables, the early mammal Repenomamus sometimes made meals of dinosaurs, like a baby parrot-beaked Psittacosaurus. And predators themselves would often become prey – the abdomen of Sinocalliopteryx included the leg of a meat-eating dromaeosaur (the group that includes Microraptor and Velociraptor).
Reference: O'Connor, Zhou & Xu. 2011. Additional specimen of Microraptor provides unique evidence of dinosaurs preying on birds. PNAS http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1117727108
*Throughout this piece (and indeed, in the title of the new paper), "dinosaur" refers to the "non-avian" kind.
Reconstruction by Brian Choo; fossils photographed by Li Yutong and Gao Wei
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Happy to see this in published form (please be open access–DAMMIT)! I saw the abstract in the SVP abstract book and was intrigued. It's rather irritating that this is only the third specimen of Microraptor to be published–I've read elsewhere that there's a wealth of fossils for this taxon. As one of the more important dinobirds discovered in the last decade, you'd think more of the material would be published!
Excellent article as usual, Ed. Thanks for the writeup!
Very cool. I do take issue with author's idea that because Microraptor caught a perching bird it must have been partly arboreal. Maybe, but I have seen a red fox with a perching bird and they don't seem to climb so well (or often). Cats are another good example. They can climb, but not well (compared to a squirrel or martin) and I think that most of the perching birds they catch a caught from the ground.
It is not exactly rocket science to guess that "the Jehol enanthiomithines" refers to the Chinese forests, or to google and find out that it is more specifically a specific biota of a time and place.
But FWIW it would have saved some perusing to make it "the Jehol forests of China".
Interesting article for an interested layman! Some of the claims seems overconfident (say, "must have hunted" instead of "likely have hunted" seeing that some perching birds may visit forest floors ADDED IN POSTING: What MattK said), but YMMV.
In addition to MattK. About some more than a year ago I've seen a jackdaw murdering and eating a sparrow on the street, just by jumping [from some nearby small bushes] in the middle of a group of about 5 of them sitting there for their own lunch. So, even a modern predatorbird doesn't always use flight.
All of the Jehol enanthiomithines lived in trees. Their legs and feet were clearly adapted for perching rather than running or swimming. If its prey lived among the branches, then that's where Microraptor must have hunted. And since its prey was an adult, rather than a chick, it must also have been a fairly agile predator. "[The fossil] lends further support to interpretations that Microraptor gui was spending a substantial amount of time in the trees," says O'Connor.
Others have already mentioned this and I'll add my two cents. It is a bit of a leap to assume that the Microraptor must have hunted in the branches because it had a small bird in its stomach. Many small passerines that live in trees can be found feeding on the ground, and at times in large numbers. E.g. White-throated and White-crowned Sparrows, Dark-eyed Juncos, Fox Sparrows, Veerys, Hermit and Wood Thrushes, American Robins, and even Northern Flickers ('woodpeckers'). Some of these are in the open, many are on the ground in the underbrush kicking up leaves. M. gui may indeed have spent a substantial amount of time in trees, but I would argue that the fossil does not lend further (or any) support to that interpretation.
On another note did the authors mention if M. gui possessed a gizzard? The eaten fossil seems a bit far back for a gizzard placement although it could have been passed from the gizzard to the stomach at that point–although I would have thought the gizzard would have broken the bones up more (maybe that is why there are only a few bones left).
Mr. Yong does not seem to have been internalized the cladist mindset yet; he quaintly refers to birds as if they were somehow not dinosaurs…
My apologies, I meant no offense; snarkily is just how I write!
Yes, you made the distinction between avian and non-avian dinosaurs clear; but the piece does read as if Birds are a different 'thing' from dinosaurs; as opposed to merely a subset of dinosaurs. I was making more a commentary on how strict cladistics leads one to read even the title of the piece 'Microraptor ate Birds' as anachronistic… the line between Avialae and Aves remains blurry. If I saw a M. gui gliding overhead, my first thought would be 'huh, weird bird'. But I'm well aware you know what's up.
It's affected me quite deeply, I know can't even eat chicken without saying out loud "mmm, dinosaur!"
It's like saying "Lions – the four legged mammal that ate Zebras"
Reminds me of another fossil, from 2001, that also involved birds being eaten by something that may well have been a dinosaur (but in that case we don't know if it actually was). This is memorable to me because I used it in the scientific trivia quiz I compiled a couple of years ago.
I'm wondering how the ages of these fossils compare, and who currently holds the record for oldest known fossil of an avian lunch.
Actually, the whole feathered dinosaurs thing is a controversy over a human-developed taxonomy, and has nothing to do with whether one evolved from the other.
There is one other possibility re the finding of the bird bones within the ribcage- you have, no doubt, seen the movie 'Alien'….


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PITTSBURGH, June 15 (UPI) -- A Bellevue, Pa., man is suing a dozen FBI agents for allegedly violating his constitutional rights, authorities say.
Gary Adams filed the lawsuit Tuesday allegedly the federal agents violated his and his family's Fourth Amendment right to be free from unlawful search and seizure, and Fifth Amendment right to life, liberty and property, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported.
The lawsuit comes after his home was searched March 3 by agents looking for a previous resident of what is currently the Adamses' home. The agents were looking for Sondra Hunter, one of 29 people charged with being part of a drug gang, the newspaper said. Hunter lived at the property, but left months before the Adamses moved in. The agents had an arrest warrant, but no warrant to search the premises.
The agents "battered down the door to his home and, armed with assault rifles, stormed into his house March 3 in a misguided attempt to serve an arrest warrant on a person who was not related to or who had ever resided with" said Pittsburgh attorney Timothy P. O'Brien, representing the family.
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Police Seek to 'Find a Killer' of 2 Iowa Cousins
EVANSDALE, Iowa (AP) - A sheriff involved in the investigation of the apparent kidnapping and slaying of two Iowa cousins says the discovery of their bodies represents a long-awaited break that could help find their killer.
Black Hawk County Sheriff Tony Thompson said Friday that investigators are going to be deliberate in the case of Lyric Cook and Elizabeth Collins, who were 10 and 8 when they disappeared while riding their bikes in Evansdale in July.
Hunters found two bodies Wednesday believed to be Cook and Collins in a secluded wildlife area 25 miles from Evansdale.
Thompson says it could take weeks for results of their autopsies to be released. Authorities are going to be "extremely meticulous" in their work because, he says, "We've got an opportunity to find a killer."
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ElDoceHombre wrote:Yeah I know. I actually have been campaigning with several others over at the EA forum to get boosts. They actually opened a special forum for people to plead their case on ratings boosts per team. It's actually pretty lame because Donny Moore actually came in and said some condescending remark then we all owned him and he won't reply. I showed him that Jone's 40 time should put him at a 89 SPD and Lofa/Hills should put them at 80-82 SPD and Housh should be at least an 84 and provided evidence, which he said he would change if I gave any, then he didn't respond. I also pointed out that Fitzgerald ran a slower 40 time than Housh and they gave him an 89 speed when by their account he should have a 79.
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SWEETWATER – The Texas AgriLife Extension Service will conduct a rangeland recovery program from 6-8:30 p.m. May 8 in the Nolan County Courthouse's third floor meeting room."As might well be imagined following last year's drought, a lot of AgriLife Extension's educational efforts are now being centered around recovering from that historic event," said Zachary Wilcox, AgriLife Extension in Nolan County. "Ours will focus on our immediate area, but the messages shared will be applicable to most of West Texas. Unfortunately, even though we are trying to recover with the current heat and lack of rain the last few days, we're liable to be right back where we were if we are not careful."Topics and their presenters will be:• Grass Recovery Following Drought, Fire and Adverse Conditions, Natural and Artificial Reseeding of Pasture and Toxic Plant Management, all by Dr. Alyson McDonald, AgriLife Extension range specialist at Fort Stockton.• Managing Weed Competition to Maximize Forage Growth, Gerald Hobson, DuPont Crop Protection range and pasture specialist, Weatherford.• Seasonal Weather Outlook-Patterns and Predictions, Mark Rowlett, chief meteorologist, KTXS-TV, Abilene.For more information and to RSVP by May 7, call 325-236-6912.Registration is $10 payable at the door.