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DELTONA — The easy part appears to have been worked out. Utility rates will initially drop under a new plan this year before they go back up again.
City commissioners will resume a debate Monday night over when those water and sewer rate hikes will resume — either on Oct. 1 or a year later.
A consultant proposed both alternatives during a rate study in recent weeks. The plan calls for a 4.5 percent water rate hike and a 5.5 percent increase in sewer fees starting annually on Oct. 1, 2014.
The same consultant, Burton & Associates, also tacked on an alternative, raising rates 2.5 percent later this year as a way of raising more revenue while the city works to build a new wastewater treatment plant estimated to cost about $25 million.
At a workshop last month, commissioners had mixed reactions to the plan, announced by Michael Burton, president of the firm.
Mayor John Masiarczyk supported starting the rate increases sooner because he said it will result in a lower debt service on the wastewater treatment plant.
"I'd rather do that than lay this on people in years when we won't be here," Masiarczyk said.
But Lowry, Commissioner Webster Barnaby and Vice Mayor Zenaida Denizac weren't yet on board with the proposed increase starting sooner.
Commissioners won't be voting on the actual rate increases Monday night.
"Staff is requesting direction from the City Commission ... so that public notification can be conducted prior to the adoption of the rates by resolution," according to a memo written by Acting City Manager Dave Denny.
Under the plan, a city customer hooked up to both water and sewer lines and using 5,000 gallons of water a month will initially see a decrease from $101.79 to $96.14. Costs for residents inside the city will drop because the plan levies a new surcharge on Deltona utility customers who live outside of the city limits.
If commissioners go with the 2.5 percent increase this year, residents would see a monthly increase from $96.14 to $98.54, according to a Burton & Associates chart. By 2018, those bills would be $121.26.
An organized effort led by residents and Fred Lowry last year convinced his fellow city commissioners to scrap a five-year plan already in progress that raised water and wastewater rates by 17.25 percent annually. Commissioners agreed to abandon that plan in favor of a fresh look by Burton.
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Boardwalk Empire Season 1, Episode 11: "Paris Greenâ€
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It's never easy living in the shadow of a giant, especially when that giant is your brother. Just ask Roger Clinton, Jeb Bush, Stephen Baldwin and Jermaine Jackson. Likewise, Hardeen will never live up to his brother's legacy, despite claiming to teach the great Houdini everything he knew. Still, the magician earned an Atlantic City return engagement, this time performing for the city's elite (apparently magicians were more highly regarded in the 1920's). But Hardeen is just a disappointing imitation and if he weren't Houdini's brother, as Nucky Thompson told his own inferior sibling, no one would care.
Yet, in the eyes of the man behind Nucky Thompson's power, the wrong man is running Atlantic City. The Commodore confessed this on his deathbed to his newly revealed son, Jimmy Darmody. The Commodore drained a swamp and built the roads and hotels that serve as Atlantic City's foundation and turned the reigns over to his young sheriff/pedophilic pimp, Nucky Thompson. Despite having little to do with his son's upbringing, the old man wants to turn over his empire to its true successor, instead of Nucky Thompson, who is just a disappointing imitation of the Commodore's bloodline. To the Commodore, Nucky is Hardeen.
The revelation of Jimmy as the Commodore's son was both the best and worst part of "Paris Green.â€Â It was the best in that it set the stakes for the series. It now appears, especially since the Commodore is likely to recover from arsenic poisoning, that the old man will take the necessary steps to enshrine his son as the king of Atlantic City, making Nucky and Jimmy's power struggle the series' central conflict for the seasons to come (a series arch I'm ecstatic about).
Yet, as the penultimate episode of the first season, "Paris Green†reverted back to the wheel spinning that has briefly hindered Boardwalk Empire this season. It spent a lot of time on characters addressing their same issues (Margaret's guilt, Van Alden's fall from grace, etc.) and barely mentioned the bloody conflict of the previous episode. Boardwalk Empire has a lot of plots to wrap up in one episode next week, and it doesn't appear to be building to a traditional season finale. There were huge advancements this week alongside the paternity revelation, like Margaret leaving Nucky, Angela's failed fleeing and the most violent baptism ever, but the first season's central conflict of Nucky v. Rothstein sat idle. Yes, the paternity revelation was the best part of the episode, but this late in the game with so much going on, should that be the best aspect of this episode?
Perhaps I'm judging it too harshly based upon my own preconceived notions as to what a penultimate episode should accomplish. If this were the third-to-last episode, I wouldn't have a problem with it – it was a riveting hour – but I'm worried that many, if not all of Boardwalk Empire's first season plotlines will remain unresolved into season two. I may just still be reeling from Lost and am unable to trust writers to wrap up unresolved plotlines, but the finale has a lot of ground to cover. However, Boardwalk Empire has been far from a traditional television series thus far, so holding it to traditional television standards may be unfair and premature. Being built for a multi-season run may end up being Boardwalk Empire's biggest strength. Still, I'm extremely excited for the finale, so maybe the episode accomplished its intended purpose.
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- A close second place for best moment of the episode was Angela coming back home to find her letter missing. Jimmy's calmness and non-addressing of the issue was more chillingly effective than any full-blown fit. His eyes, however, did address the issue. If looks could kill…
- Jimmy said, "I'm what time and circumstance have made me.â€Â A simple, yet brilliant self-analysis. Aren't we all?
- Gillian's apparent closeness in age with her son was explained. Turns out, they are close in age. Really, really close.
- I love Michael Shannon's twitches and how he plays Van Alden similarly to how Timothy Olyphant played Bullock in Deadwood – as a man perpetually struggling to repress barely-contained rage.
- Oh yeah, Van Alden's a murderer now. But, he did it in Jesus' name, which history has proven is OK.
- Did anyone else get an Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? vibe when Van Alden and Sesbo stumbled upon the wilderness baptism?
- Did anyone get a Magnolia vibe when Jimmy was sitting at his father's deathbed?
- Does anyone get annoyed when writers ask if certain shows/movies make you think of other shows/movies?
- Harry lost all his money to Charles Ponzi, the source of the term "Ponzi scheme,†a scam that pays early investors' returns from the investments of later investors. It's why Bernie Madoff is in prison.
- In-your-face metaphor moment: Hardeen tells Margaret, "We all want to be deceived.â€
- Unsurprising revelation moment: Nucky was behind Sesbo's betrayal.
- Nucky's family tragedy was alluded to, but not elaborated upon, but Margaret is still using Lysol as contraceptive to make sure Nucky doesn't get his heir. How long will their break-up last and if they don't get back together, what will be Margaret's role in the series?


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WASHINGTON (AP) – High unemployment isn't going away – not as long as the economy grows as slowly as it did in the April-June quarter.
Weak consumer spending held growth to an annual rate of just 1.5 percent, even less than the 2 percent rate in the first quarter. And few expect the economy to accelerate in the second half of the year as Europe's financial woes and a U.S. budget crisis restrain businesses and consumers.
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[T]he most influential and aggressive promoter of...the use of diplomatic assurances to forcibly return people it considers threats to national security...The promotion of [this] policy...has occurred at a number of levels: as a matter of domestic policy[,]...at the European Court of Human Rights[,]...and [at] a number of intergovernmental forums[,]...[despite criticism] by the UN Human Rights Committee and the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights.
A UK government spokesperson responded to the report [BBC report], asserting that the use of "no-torture" agreements is necessary to maintain national security, and stating that the government would not enter into an agreement if it perceived a torture risk. The AI report also criticized several other European nations for using these assurances, including Denmark, Germany, France, and Italy, who continue to do so despite negative rulings [AFP report] on the practice from the European Court of Human Rights [official website].
In March, AI, Human Rights Watch, Liberty, and Reprieve [advocacy websites] joined with members of British parliament in calling for an inquiry [JURIST report] into the UK role in torture [JURIST news archive] and rendition during the war on terror. They called on British officials to conduct a public hearing on the role played by UK intelligence agencies and armed forces in the alleged torture and rendition of terror suspects. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown [official profile; BBC profile] has faced scrutiny over UK procedures amid allegations that British intelligence officials were involved in the torture of former Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainee Binyam Mohammed [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] in Morocco. In February, Reprieve initiated a lawsuit [JURIST report] against the British government, claiming that its unwillingness to disclose detainee policies suggests that it permits illegal torture.


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The following homily was given by Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde on May 6 at the Knights of Columbus State Convention in Virginia Beach.
Our Blessed Lord uses many images to describe His relationship with us. Today, He projects before us one of these images, one that is so attractive and consoling: the image of the Good Shepherd. Listen again to Jesus' words: "I am the good shepherd."
Moreover, Jesus describes for us what a good shepherd is and does by contrasting the actions of a true shepherd and those of a hired man. "A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. A hired man " sees a wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away." So, the true shepherd, the good shepherd, stays with the sheep, no matter what happens, loving them even to giving his life for them. The good shepherd is known by his unwavering love for the flock, even unto death.
Jesus indeed is the Good Shepherd. He stays among us in His Word and the Sacraments, especially and most visibly in the Blessed Sacrament — His Real Presence in the Tabernacles. Because Jesus is the Good Shepherd, He feeds us, He leads us, He protects us. How does He do this? The Good Shepherd feeds us with His Life-giving Word in the Scriptures. Do we listen to His voice and reflect on the words of love He speaks to our hearts? He feeds also with His divine life in the sacraments, especially Penance and the Holy Eucharist. Are we eager to experience His Divine Mercy in the Sacrament of Penance? Are we hungering and thirsting for His very self, coming to us in the Eucharist under the signs of bread and wine, signs of nourishment and strength?
The Good Shepherd leads us, not only by the Truth of the Gospel, but also and in more tangible ways by the ministry of His ordained ministers: priests and the deacons who assist them. Through their preaching and teaching, through their pastoral care, the Lord leads us in the ways of holiness, goodness and truth.
The Good Shepherd protects us by keeping us united within His Church. We are members of the Body and as long as we remain within His Body, within the community of His disciples, we are kept safe from false teachings and erroneous practices. Moreover, we are supported by the powerful intercession of God's holy ones, the saints and first among them, by the Holy Mother of God, who is also our mother!
Yes, Jesus is the Good Shepherd — our Good Shepherd: Let us go to this Shepherd of our hearts, seeking to know Him more clearly, to love Him more dearly and to follow Him more nearly! All the more we must do this as Knights of Columbus, because we belong not to a club or organization, but in fact to an order, rooted in spiritual values. We belong to the Church in a very special way and to her Divine Founder, Jesus the Lord.
Jesus makes visible and present His image of the Good Shepherd through the life and ministry of each priest. Indeed, as the Second Vatican Council reminds us, the priest acts in the Person of Christ, Head and Shepherd of the Church. This weekend, the Universal Church is observing the World Day of Prayer for Vocations. We need to pray daily for more priests and consecrated religious — sisters and brothers, so that now and in the future God's people may receive the pastoral care they deserve and need. The Knights of Columbus promote and support vocations in an outstanding manner and I echo the gratitude of my brother bishops, as well as my own, for your share in this apostolic work as well as for your unfailing care and support of bishops and priests.
Jesus the Good Shepherd tells us, "I know mine and mine know me." The more we know and love Jesus, the more does His love envelop us and enable us to love one another with His kind of love. If this should be the way all Christ's disciples live, how much more should it for us as Knights of Columbus and families of Knights! I assure you, dear brother Knights and family members of the Knights, when we love with the love of the Good Shepherd, we will be "making the difference"!
Jesus, Good Shepherd, feed us, lead us, protect us! Fill us with Your love, so that we will make all the difference today, tomorrow and every day until we meet You in the everlasting pastures of heaven. Amen.


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Henry Paulson was as close as you could get [to being] the king of Wall Street, the single most important player on Wall Street. He ran Goldman Sachs, the most storied, respected of the investment banks. He was known as "the bulldog," this really opinionated guy who went with his gut and went with it with full gusto and was part of this just behemoth of moneymaking. ... Paulson is not a guy who spent a lot of time with the geeks building the complicated structured financial instruments. ...
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It was sort of a puzzle, a head scratcher. Why did this guy take this job? ... I remember talking to one person who said the president must have just pulled the "I'm your president; you've got to do what the president says" card. And Paulson finally decided, OK, I'll do it.
When he went to Washington, that seemed to be the case. It didn't seem to be the case that he had gone with a deal, because he didn't do much. He was a boring Treasury secretary. ... And then the crisis hits, and really all eyes were on Ben Bernanke as the guy who matters. ...
Chris Dodd Chair, Senate Banking Committee (D-Conn.)
He was very certain about what he wanted early on. He kept on arguing. I remember I called him one night -- woke him up, he claimed -- and talked to him about purchasing the equity, investing into the equity of these financial institutions. And again, I'm listening to others who are very knowledgeable -- I must have a stack of e-mails and letters from people all over the country who are ... knowledgeable about this, work in this industry -- who almost unanimously were wondering why the Federal Reserve, and particularly the Treasury, were not making the direct equity investments. Why was he hung up on this idea of only purchasing the toxic instruments?
You buy a toxic instrument for a dollar, that's all you get is a dollar's worth, whereas you make an equity investment of public monies, you can leverage private capital, maybe 10-, 12-, 15-to-1. ...
So when you call him, what does he say?
He says: "It takes too long. You have to do it institution by institution. There are too many institutions I have to deal with." That was the argument at the time. And again, I'm not arguing with a guy who spent his lifetime on Wall Street and running one of the most successful, if not the most successful, investment bank on Wall Street.
That's a hell of a journey for a free-market guy like Hank Paulson, too. ... Sitting with a bunch of senators and congressmen saying, "Give me a blank slate, and I'll go solve this problem."
And again, that was the arrogance of it, in a way. And I think it's also naivete. The idea that you send up at 1:30 in the morning, on Saturday morning, a three-page bill saying, "Give me $700 billion, and by the way, no agency can intervene, and no court can intervene," that's rather remarkable. You know, a subprime mortgage is four pages long. Here he was asking for $700 billion, [it was] twice the cost of the Iraq war, and nobody can ask any questions.
Barney Frank Chair, House Financial Services Committee (D-Mass.)
He has been, on the whole, a very good influence, because he came to be secretary of the Treasury at the request of the administration. He was able to stand up to right-wing ideologues in the Bush administration who previously had disregarded Treasury secretaries.
For example, one of the first things that I did when I became chairman was to work with him to get the regulations of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in place that people had been talking about for a long time. … What he understood and what was important to me was to combine the regulation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with the provision that took some of their funds and put them into affordable rental housing. ... And he did a very good job of persuading the administration to accept an approach to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that included an affordable housing trust fund.
Then, when the economy began to go sour in the end of '07 and, as we now know, was entering the recession, he overcame rigidities among the Bush administration officials to get them to support a stimulus. And he continued to push them to do more about mortgage foreclosure. Until fairly recently under the rescue plan, I think he has been very good. I have serious differences with him recently.
Do you imagine it's been a long walk for Hank Paulson to go from Goldman Sachs to the guy presiding over all of this?
Oh, yeah. It's been a long walk for a lot the conservatives. Remember, Paulson is conservative in his thinking. I was elected to Congress in 1980, so I was standing on this Capitol plaza there when Ronald Reagan in his first inaugural said, "Government is not the answer to our problem; government is the problem," a stark, very extremely conservative view. Twenty-seven years later, you have the secretary of the Treasury in another very conservative administration, and his motto is what used to be a bad joke that conservatives would tell: "I'm from the government. I'm here to help you."
It is even an evolution from 2006. When the Democrats won the election in 2006 and I was about to be the chairman, I was told that our important job was to deregulate. There was a committee in Harvard Law School run by a very thoughtful professor, Al Scott, and it was called the Paulson Committee, because Paulson had brought it into existence. And they were saying: "You know what? We are overregulating. People are going to leave America and go to England. We are not going to have IPOs, initial public offerings. We've got to cut back on Sarbanes-Oxley [Act]."
So as recently as two years ago, the philosophy of Paulson and others is that we have overregulated. I give him credit for being pragmatic. He understood that the absence of regulation was a problem. ... It hasn't been so much that we have deregulated as that we did not regulate in the first instance with new phenomena. And I give Paulson a lot of credit for the flexibility there. ...
My criticism of him is, I think he's had a hard time breaking away from his kind of cultural identity with the people in the financial institutions. He tends to trust them more than I think reality justifies. He has been reluctant to push them as hard as he should.
Paul Krugman The New York Times
Paulson is an investment banker, and investment bankers make a living, you might say, by making silk purses out of sows' ears. They make a living by repackaging and engineering financial assets to create value, at least temporarily, in the eyes of the market, where there was no value before.
And if you actually go back to the early stages of this crisis, go back to the fall of 2007, Paulson had a stillborn idea for solving the problem, never got anywhere, called the Master Liquidity Enhancement Conduit [MLEC]. ... Most of us looked at it and said: "There's no there there. I don't understand where this is supposed to create any relief." But he tried to sell it, and it was the kind of thing that an investment banker might actually do, which would somehow manage to take a bunch of subprime assets, subprime mortgages, and create AAA assets out of them. It was that sort of thing, which may work to let a bank make some profit, but doesn't actually work when it comes to policy.
And I think that may have been what was going on here, that Paulson continued to believe, even up to the bitter end, that somehow rearranging the deck chairs was going to save the Titanic, and [it was] probably coupled with an ideological dislike for the idea of the government taking an ownership stake in financial institutions.


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Dedication of The Ark draws a large crowd
JEWETT – A crowd of over 85 people pictured above, turned out for the dedication service for The Ark last Tuesday. The Ark is cooperative ministry venture with the Jewett UMC and New Rumley UMC, and is located in the Jewett Wildcat Community Center.
Its mission is to provide a place to share the Good News of Jesus Christ with compassion, creativity, and love, so that all may know His Hope and Joy.
Shown left, the Born to Worship Praise Team entertained the audience with several musical numbers. They are (L-R): Alicia Moore, Alex Chrisman, Cierra Frye, Tiarra Logsdon, Alivia Frye, Chris Donato, and Brinley Fife. Children 10 years and up are welcome to join the team by calling Susan Blanke at 740-945-1761. Read more on the dedication and plans for the Ark in this weeks print edition of the Harrison News-Herald.
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I am so thrilled to see The ARK using the former Jewett-Scio Elem. School bldg. There can be no better use of this facility than the spreading of God's love, message of hope & salvation in our lives, & the nurturing, especially, of our youth in Christian fellowship. I applaud the 2 churches involved & all those who volunteered & worked to make this a reality. I wish you all great success in this endeavor!


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Simply Acquiring Views Should Not Be the Point — Two Video Experts Advise Clients to Take a "Whole Hog" Approach to Video Marketing
"Let's create a viral video!"
How many times have you heard this expression — with its mix of enthusiasm and naïveté?
If it were that easy to create a viral video everyone would be doing it.
The reality is that no one knows which videos will capture people's attention, elicit massive sharing in a short period of time, and reach the true status of "viral."
For every "Gangnam Style," there are millions of random silly, funny, and cool dance videos that people never see. (Note: So far Gangnam Style, with over one billion views, is the highest-ranking viral video ever.)
Like blockbuster movies, books, and bands, a few in millions will ever achieve massive audiences.
So what's a marketer with a mission to build subscriptions, leads, and conversions supposed to do?
View Counts are so Yesterday — Viewing Time is Hot Now
The point should not be to create a viral video for its own sake, but to create videos that achieve a company's specific objectives, said Bettina Hein, CEO, and Rob Ciampa, VP of Sales, of Pixability.
"When we ask new clients what they want to achieve with their videos, they often respond: 'We just want it to go viral.' But they don't really understand what that means."
What's more, while views are great, they are by far not the most important result, said Ciampa.
"For example, Heineken had a video with four million views, but when you looked into the stats, 84 percent of those views were from paid advertising, not social sharing. That's not viral.
"Besides," Ciampa pointed out, "these days YouTube ranks videos higher based on view time rather than view counts."
Go "Whole Hog" to Create High-Impact Videos
Hein and Ciampa presented a session at SXSW in March titled, "Mythbusting: Engineering a Viral Video." The session was so popular they presented it again in a webinar in mid-April.
In the presentation, they discussed the elements of creating videos that do more than just "go viral" — they advance companies' specific business goals.
"Video is not necessarily a sales tool, but it's a great middle of the funnel tool," noted Hein. "If you use it in this way, you can maximize your reach and results to build bigger audiences, drive leads down the funnel, and more."
To explain their video development and marketing, process they created a memorable analogy they call "Whole Hog," with six parts: the brain, heart, ribs, underbelly, quality feed, and tail.
Six Best Practices to Create Goal-Focused Videos
Hein and Ciampa shared six tips for creating videos focused to achieve companies' goals:
1. Heart.
"Anyway you slice or dice it, at the heart of every great video is the content," said Hein.
"You need a compelling story and message that is relevant to your audience."
2. Brain.
Marketers need to use the data and analytics intelligently to optimize their video results, including title tags, descriptions, target links, annotations, and more.
"YouTube is not just a place to watch videos," noted Ciampa. "It's also a massive database, including metadata, most popular content, audience size, view lengths, social reactions, traffic sources, and much more.
"Tapping into this data will help you make more informed decisions regarding your video creation and distribution."
3. Ribs.
Once you've created a video you have to begin the sharing process on your social media channels.
"But not just anywhere or everywhere. You have to go where your audience lives," noted Ciampa.
"This may sound obvious, but surprisingly, some companies even fail to put their videos on their own websites," added Hein.
4. Underbelly.
Suppose someone offers to boost your views to one million for $800? Sounds like a bargain, right?
"Don't do it," warns Ciampa. "It's a bad idea."
"The underbelly of videos involves using robots and incentivized views. This is frowned on by YouTube, which often penalizes these actions or even closes down accounts."
Naturally, not all incentivized promotions are bad. But Pixability recommends you use them legitimately.
5. Quality Feed.
Once the video is ready, many marketers should "feed" it — in the form of quality advertising.
Not all paid advertising is bad. In fact, a mix of advertising and social sharing is a solid strategy to drive targeted audiences to your videos, said Ciampa.
"Paid, owned, and earned should be well planned so that they can work together."
6. Tail.
Many viral videos share one intangible characteristic that is impossible to manufacture: luck.
Just in case you get lucky, a final tip from Pixability team is: "Be ready for it."
"We had a client who created a video that a TV station wanted to air. But it took two days to get corporate approval — and by then it was too late.
"They missed the PR opportunity to reach a bigger audience with their video."
Let that be a cautionary "tail" for all marketers!
Pixability's next webinar on video marketing is scheduled for June 19.
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Kumble, Ganguly & Dhoni hail Dravid
Rahul Dravid's former captains pay glowing tributes to Rahul Dravid, who retired recently
Rahul Dravid's former captains pay glowing tributes to Rahul Dravid, who retired recently
Rahul Dravid's three former captains -- Anil Kumble, Sourav Ganguly and Mahendra Singh Dhoni -- paid him heartwarming tributes at a felicitation ceremony organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India to commemorate the recently retired batting icon's contribution to Indian cricket yesterday.
Thanks, guys: Rahul Dravid during the BCCI's felicitation function
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Kumble, who partnered with Dravid for 55 dismissals in Tests, thanked his teammate for his tally of 619 wickets. "I am glad that I had to only bowl at him in the nets. Otherwise, if I'd been playing for any other international team, I would have to roll in more than 10,000 overs to get to the same number of wickets I ended up with in my career," India's leading wicket-taker said.
"When Rahul's first son, Samit was born, one of our common friends sent a message, saying that 'caught Dravid bowled Kumble' will continue. I messaged him saying, it was not going to be 'caught Dravid bowled Kumble', but 'caught Kumble bowled Dravid'.
"That's because my son will not end up becoming a bowler, and I'm sure Rahul's son will not end up becoming a batsman because it's a huge task to score more than 23,000 international runs. It's easier to beat his dad's bowling records. He just has to take two wickets at the international level to be better than him. And for my son, he has to score just 18 runs at an average to be better than his dad in batting," Kumble joked.
When India won Test matches under Ganguly's captaincy, vice-captain Dravid averaged 102.80. Ganguly thanked Dravid for being an influential deputy during India's golden run between 2001 and 2005. "I was very lucky to have a vice-captain like Rahul for five years. A lot of people talk about me, and my captaincy. But not many knew about the role that Rahul and John (Wright) played behind the scenes.
Not just the runs...
"Rahul, it's not just the runs that you have scored, but it is the era that you played in that is important. You played at a time when Indian cricket went from strength to strength. That's a bigger contribution you've made than all the runs and catches you took," said Ganguly.
Dhoni, who made his Test debut under Dravid, said: "He is the greatest No 3 batsman ever produced by India. He always had the answer to everything, he always said 'yes.' He was ready to be a 'keeper or opener at a flash. As a wicketkeeper myself, I can say that he took some catches that a regular 'keeper would have spilled. These words of mine are not just from me, but a tribute from youngsters who have learnt a lot from Jam.
"Initially, I was very scared to go up and talk to him. I never called him Rahulbhai. I always called him Jam. I was fortunate and unfortunate to see the ups and downs of Indian cricket -- especially the 2007 World Cup when Rahulbhai was captain. But we won a lot of games after that under his captaincy -- and that was one of the best runs we had in one-day cricket.
"Dravid was someone who walked through obstacles, and not around them. He is leaving behind a legacy that will continue. What he has transferred to us, the youngsters, hopefully we have learnt enough from you. I know you are always there to guide them."
Tendulkar is in London
Sachin Tendulkar was not present at Rahul Dravid's felicitation ceremony yesterday. When asked, a Board of Control for Cricket in India official said, "he has gone to London for some personal work.
He had informed Rahul and the BCCI before his departure. It was a pre-planned trip, so nothing much could be done. Also, his flight was in the afternoon. It was unfortunate that he had to miss out such a great function."


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Golden Light is an oil on canvas 30×22 inches. This was one of those paintings that was a delight to paint from the first brush stroke to the last. It just flowed. I was in the zone and had no Resistance. Wouldn't it be nice if they weree all like that!
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Passionate Is An Understatement...To say that I am deeply passionate is an understatement. I go about life living it to its fullest. I do my job passionately. I am into my friends passionately. I love passionately. I have come to the realization that living passionately may not be the best...
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The Indie Book of the Day for 5th of February, 2014!
"Old things come again and new things surface."
Faced with a looming war, the riders have no choice but to leave the safety of Galdrilene and reach out to the nations for help. But the Shadow Riders are doing the same and not all nations are opposed to their rule.
New discoveries are made, old wounds are reopened and betrayal hides among welcoming smiles.
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An official email from President Barack Obama's re-election campaign says one of the president's speeches will give you "chills."
In an email with the subject, "This video gave me chills," Obama deputy campaign manager Jen O'Malley gushes over the campaign's new video. O'Malley says her hard work will "make a difference in peoples' lives" before imploring the reader to watch a clip of an Obama speech in Colorado.
"It gave me chills," O'Malley says of the video.
However, as "motivational" and emotionally appealing as the video may seem, it does little to address actual policy concerns and instead acts like more of an homage to the president's first term:
The email and its language is reminiscent of the now-infamous moment of the 2008 campaign when MSNBC commentator Chris Mathews said he "felt a thrill" go up his leg when hearing Obama speak.
"The feeling most people get when they hear Barack Obama's speech. My, I felt this thrill going up my leg. I mean, I don't have that too often," Matthews said in 2008.
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How one word can take you around the world
By BY CHRIS COBLER
Nov. 30, 2011 at 5:30 a.m.
Updated Feb. 1, 2012 at 8:02 p.m.
The princes were always making desirable discoveries by accident, providing the inspiration for what Bremner so accurately described as a sweet-sounding word.
My recent moment of serendipity wasn't worthy of a fairy tale, but it reminded me of my late, great professor and prompted me to ask others to share similar stories.
Last month, we took visiting friends to the Alamo, where we bumped into Milton Chapman, of Victoria. If the odds are slim that you'll run into a fellow Victorian 120 miles away in the state's most-popular tourist attraction, consider this additional twist: We bumped into each other on the day of the Kansas-Baylor football game. Chapman is the biggest Baylor fan I know, and I'm a diehard Kansas University alum.
I shared the story on Facebook and heard from several friends about their unexpected encounters:
-- Debra Chronister, an art professor at Victoria College, was admiring the famous modern works on display at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston. She was standing in awe of Monet's giant water lily panels when she "noticed a young man off to the side surreptitiously touch (read: 'copping a feel of') the painting. Mortified! Then I noticed that he and his group were, in fact, fellow Victorians. Rigor mortis set in immediately. Sigh. Thus proving the need for more arts education in the schools."
-- Connie Catron, a registered nurse in Cuero, was flying on Dec. 26 a couple of years ago to visit family in Illinois. She was waiting at Houston Hobby Airport when what to her wondering eyes should appear but her son's kindergarten teacher, Jody Grey, who was returning to Victoria.
-- Jamie Rangel, a nursing student at Victoria College, hadn't seen a high school classmate for almost 10 years when she bumped into the old friend at a club in Houston. "You're not supposed to run into anyone you know when you're that far out of town!!" she wrote. "And of all the clubs in Houston, we end up at this little one with a strip pole in the middle of it!! It was crazy - we had a blast!!" (She adds she had a blast being with a friend - no pole dancing involved.)
-- Tami Troell, a Victoria teacher, and her family took a camping trip to Vallecito Lake outside Durango, Colo., where they met their "neighbors" - a family from Bloomington. "We talked about what a small world it was," she wrote. "Fast-forward to about November of the same year. I pulled up to the stoplight at 185 and 77 - the same family stopped at the light next to me; they were headed to Bloomington! It is indeed a small world."
-- Julie Crober, of Port Lavaca, and her husband were taking their kids in 2005 to Disney World when they stopped at a gas station/burger chain on Interstate 10. As they were walking back to their sport-utility vehicle, they saw a woman standing next to their Yukon. The woman unexpectedly asked, "Are you from Port Lavaca?"
"Yes. Why?" the Crobars responded. It turns out the woman's husband also was from Port Lavaca and had spotted their Sandcrab decal on their Yukon. He had grown up next door to her best friend in Port Lavaca.
Yes, it is a small world, after all.
If you believe Facebook, I guess all of this should be no surprise. The social-networking behemoth recently announced that each of us is only 3.74 degrees of separation away from the rest of the world, at least in Facebook terms. Given that, perhaps it's actually serendipitous to go out and see no one you know.
Chris Cobler is editor of the Victoria Advocate. He may be reached at email@example.com or at 361-574-1271.


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|Oracle FAQ
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Home -> Community -> Mailing Lists -> Oracle-L -> RE: Database Outages - Best Practices
this is an exceptional case and will not happen to many people these days. how many people are still on v7 with financials? understandable in your case, but most of us don't have to deal with this. i think people percieved your response to be a general case. nearly all down time these days is due to builds, data migrations, etc.... very little of it should be for administration.
> That would be great IF the client were to pop the bucks for
> partitioning.
> PLUS this is a V7 database I'm talking about here specifically....PLUS
> it is Oracle Financials which you don't want to muck around with table
> definition's, etc...AOL doesn't like it PLUS....PLUS......
> You have a pretty good understanding of that part of partitioning...but
> AGAIN, it is expensive and not all customers/clients are willing to pay
> the price
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SnapKeys Updates Its Invisible Keyboard For Android So You Can Move Its Keys To Fit Your Fingers
SnapKeys, an 'invisible' touchscreen keyboard maker, has updated its Si Revolution Android keyboard app, adding the ability to position the keys anywhere on the screen. The size of the keyboard can also be customised, to better fit individual typing styles. Being able to move and squeeze the four letter keyboard allows it to accommodate one-fingered typing, for instance. Read More
SnapKeys Adds A Second Software Keyboard To Its Qwerty-Attacking Arsenal
After last month's full launch of its Si Evolution Qwerty alternative, invisible keyboard maker SnapKeys is launching a second keyboard later today — called Si Revolution — which pushes the typing disruption even further by letting users tap anywhere on each of its four keys to form words. SnapKeys' word prediction technology does the rest. Read More
SnapKeys' Invisible Keyboard Exits Beta & Lands In A Mobile Messaging App To Try To Drive Qwerty Aside
There is no shortage of startups attacking the virtual keyboard space, as you'd expect with so much scope to improve the experience of touchscreen typing. Yesterday Toronto-based Whirlscape launched a beta version of its Qwerty-squashing Minuum software keyboard, for instance. Today it's SnapKeys' turn. The New York based startup is readying the full launch of its Si… Read More
SnapKeys Si Invisible Keyboard Gives The Finger To QWERTY On Touchscreen Devices
When all-touch tablets and smartphones hit the market, the logical evolution was touchscreen keyboards in the same QWERTY array we've grown accustomed to. Many of us have gotten used to it, thanks to predictive text, but we can all agree that the experience could be better. SnapKeys, a startup who has rethought the whole touch keyboard thing quite a bit, is today launching a beta app… Read More


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CAME Down Golf Club was the stage for the Peugeot LGU Coronation Foursomes Area Final.
More than 120 competitors from West Cornwall, Jersey and Bognor had qualified at their own clubs to play at Came Down for the chance, should they win, to compete in the national final.
After just two groups had come in, the leaders with 39 points were Ann Elliot and Angie Bruden from Dorset Golf Country Club, they remained leaders in the clubhouse for almost five hours while pairs jostled for the other positions lower in the field.
That was until the penultimate group, Jill Morvan and Sharon Cullinane from Botley Park Golf Club in Hampshire presented their completed winning card of 43 points.
Not only that, but Cullinane bagged a hole-in-one at the par-three second.
Julie Hacket and Dilys Grant from Weymouth Golf Club came a very impressive third with 38 points.


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Email of the day on the deflationary impact of technology
Eoin Treacy's view -
I have noticed from your recent postings that while you recognize all the great outcomes Technology will bring, you also recognize the downside consequences of all the displaced labor. Another effect on labor has been the financialization of our economy. Check out this article (open domain) Thank you for your continued great work!
Thanks for this link may also of interest to subscribers. I found the chart of wages and salaries as a percentage of GDP to be particularly interesting.
Technology is inherently deflationary which means we can do more with less and each of us can easily come up with examples of how innovations have improved different aspects of our lives. However, the rapid pace of innovation in artificial intelligence, robotics and healthcare while representing truly exciting developments for corporations also mean that millions of jobs are going to be under pressure.
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Common Yellow-throat at Seven Islands
"Common Yellow-throat at Seven Islands" was commissioned by the Legacy Parks Foundation in Knoxville, Tennessee, for the 2013 Luncheon for the Parks annual fundraiser. At the luncheon, Governor Bill Haslam announced that Seven Islands would become Tennessee's first "birding" state park.
Buy an 8 x 10 print now. Buy a package of art cards here. Read more about this event.
Discover Birds Activity Book
The Discover Birds Activity Book is a fun and educational publication designed to get kids excited about birds. A joint project with the Tennessee Ornithological Society, the thirty-six page book is a child's starter kit to the exciting world of birds! Click the link to learn more about the exciting project we call Discover Birds!
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Conservation International (CI) find new species
Tue Dec 18, 2007 22:09
Conservation International (CI) recently visited the Foja Mountains, part of the Mamberamo Basin, the largest pristine tropical forest in the Asia Pacific region. In 2005, the area was dubbed a "lost world" after scientists discovered dozens of new plants and animals in the dense jungle.
A giant rodent five times the size of a common rat has been discovered in the mountainous jungles of New Guinea.
Conservationists also found a pygmy possum - one of the world's smallest marsupials - on the trip to the remote north of Papua province, Indonesia.
For more information on other species found (and to see more photos) visit the BBC website.
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7149569.stm
Photos: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/7149799.stm
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Save the Indian Tigers
Fri Dec 07, 2007 22:01
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Skin traders arrested
Wed Dec 05, 2007 12:18
The number of tigers in India has fallen drastically
Police in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state say they have arrested 16 people in connection with hunting tigers and smuggling skin and bones.
The police said they have recovered tiger skin, bones and hair from the arrested people in Allahabad city.
A recent study found that the number of tigers in India had fallen to under 1,500 provoking the government to create a tiger protection force.
India's last major survey in 2002 put tiger numbers at 3,642.
Wildlife activists blame poaching and urbanisation for the decline and say the authorities must do more.
Senior Uttar Pradesh police official Amitabh Yash said that the police had seized four tiger skins, and 100kg of animal bone and hair from the 16 men arrested on Tuesday evening.
He said a gang of 12 hunters, including 10 women, had come to Allahabad to deliver the tiger parts to four smugglers.
In May, a census commissioned by the government showed that India had far fewer tigers living in the wild than had been thought.
The study, conducted by the Wildlife Institute of India, showed tiger numbers falling in some states by two-thirds in five years.
Wildlife experts have criticised the Indian government for failing to crack down on poachers and the illegal trade in tiger skins.
Tigers are poached for their body parts - skins are prized for fashion and tiger bones are used for oriental medicines.
Tiger pelts can fetch up to $12,500 in China.
It is estimated that there were 40,000 tigers in India a century ago.
The country is home to 40% of the world's tigers, with 23 tiger reserves in 17 states.
Source http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7128209.stm
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Rare tiger cubs spark celebrations
Sun Dec 02, 2007 12:16
Conservationists are celebrating the birth of two tiger cubs in a zoo in the icy Siberian town of Krasnoyar
The cute cubs are being hailed as miracles and are the result of attempts to save an animal on the brink of extinction. For years the Siberian tiger has defied breeders who have failed to successfully rear the animal in captivity. Such is the rarity of the births, keepers at the zoo believe this a breakthrough in the battle to save the species. But they also know that breeders will need to bring many more such cubs into the world before the Siberian tiger can be assured of its future.
Source: http://www.Yahoo.co.uk
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Sun Nov 18, 2007 17:27
Latest news Sunday November 18th:
Defying growing international pressure and a global whaling ban, the Government of Japan launched its whaling fleet Sunday morning for an international whale sanctuary around Antarctica, where it intends to kill more than 1000 whales over the next four months. Japan claims its expanding annual whale hunts are for scientific purposes and earlier announced it would add 50 endangered humpback whales, protected from commercial hunting for more than 40 years, to its annual target list. New findings from international legal experts in recent weeks have challenged Japan's claim that its expanding whaling is legal under international law.
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New lynx population discovered in Spain
Sun Nov 18, 2007 15:07
Madrid, Spain – Spanish authorities have announced the discovery of a previously unknown population of Iberian lynx, triggering hope for the world's most endangered cat species, said WWF.
It appears that the new population was discovered in previously unsurveyed estates in the Castilla-La Mancha region in central Spain.
At present, the exact numbers and location of the newly discovered population are being kept confidential, but the population is thought to be made up of both adults and cubs. Until the exact location is known, conservationists cannot confirm if this population is genetically distinct from the larger and more stable population of lynx found in Andujar in the south. "We are excited and amazed by this discovery," said Luis Suarez, Head of Species at WWF-Spain. "However, we are a long way from saving the Iberian lynx from imminent extinction."
According to the most recent comprehensive survey prior to this discovery, there were about 100 adult Iberian lynx in 2 isolated breeding populations in southern Spain. The population is thought to have since risen to some 110 adults. The Iberian Lynx faces myriad threats — a lack of prey, accidental deaths from cars and trucks on Spanish roads, and new construction work destroying habitats. WWF is calling for all lynx habitat to be covered by the EU's Natura 2000 Programme, which offers the strongest level of protection in Europe, something that still hasn't happened despite years of petition.
"We hope this discovery reinvigorates action in Spain to save the world's most endangered cat species, Suarez added. "If Europe cannot take responsibility for Europe's 'tiger', then shame on us all."
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Concern grows for smallest bear
Mon Nov 12, 2007 12:17
Habitat loss and commerical hunting have been blamed for a decline in the number of sun bears - the world's smallest species of bear. An assessment by World Conservation Union (IUCN) has re-classified the animal as "vulnerable". Experts estimate that sun bears, found in south-east Asia, have declined by at least 30% in the past 30 years.
The IUCN's bear expert groups warn that six out of the world's eight bear species are threatened with extinction. "Although we still have a lot to learn about the biology and ecology of this species (Helarctos malayanus), we are quite certain it is in trouble," said Rob Steinmetz, a member of the IUCN bear specialist group.
Experts are fearful for the long-term survival of sun bears
"We estimate that sun bears have declined by at least 30% over the past 30 years and continue to decline at this rate." Mr Steinmetz said deforestation had reduced the size and quality of the bears' habitat. "Where habitat is now protected, commercial poaching remains a significant threat," he added. "We are working with governments, protected area managers, conservation groups and local people to prevent extinctions of the many small, isolated sun bear populations." Until this latest assessment, the bears had been classified as "data deficient" because not enough was know about the state of the species.
Uncertain times
One of the iconic species for conservationists, the giant panda, remains listed as "endangered", despite recent efforts in China to release captive-bred pandas into the wild. "Even though some people have claimed that panda populations are on the rise, we still consider them endanagered because too much uncertainty exists to justify chnaging their status," explained Dave Garshelis, co-chairman of the IUCN bear specialist group. Although the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) remains the world's most threatened bear species, there are reasons to be optimistic about its long-term survival. China has established nearly 60 panda reserves, a logging ban and begun a programme of reforestation.
Out of the eight species featured on the IUCN Red List, only the American black bear is considered secure throughout its range, which includes Canada, the US and Mexico.
The American black bear is the only species not to be under threat
With an estimated population of 900,000, there are more than twice the number of American black bears than all the other species put together. "An enormous amount of effort and funding for conservation and management continue to be directed at bears in North America," said Bruce McLellan, Mr Garshelis' fellow co-chairman of the group. "It is unfortunate that so little is directed at bears in Asia and South America where the need is extreme."
The assessment of the seven terrestrial bear species and polar bear (technically classified as a marine mammal) was published on Sunday following a meeting in Mexico. The findings will be used to update the bears' entries in the 2007 edition Red List of Threatened Species, which is considered to be the most authoriative audit of more than 41,000 species.
Extinct - Surveys suggest last known individual has died
Critically Endangered - Extreme high risk of extinction - this means some Critically Endangered species are also tagged Possibly Extinct
Endangered - Species at very high risk of extinction
Vulnerable - Species at high risk of extinction
Near Threatened - May soon move into above categories
Least Concern - Species is widespread and abundant
Data Deficient - not enough data to assess
Giant panda - Endangered
Sun bear - Vulnerable
Asiatic black bear - Vulnerable
Sloth bear - Vulnerable
Andean bear - Vulnerable
Polar bear - Vulnerable
Brown bear - Least Concern
American black bear - Least Concern
(Source: IUCN)
Source and photos: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7087345.stm
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How do you count tigers?
Thu Nov 08, 2007 11:32
India is lining up a "tiger protection force" to try to prevent poachers forcing the animal into extinction. New figures put numbers at less than 1,500. But how do experts count the big cats?
As any visitor to India's wildernesses will tell you, the beautiful Bengal tiger is an elusive beast. You might hear one, see its droppings or spot its footprints in the mud, but few clap eyes on one.
Even for experts, arriving at an accurate estimate of their numbers is a huge challenge. First they have to find the tigers, or evidence of them, then be sure they haven't counted the same one twice. With tiger numbers at such a critical low, it is crucial to know how many remain. You need 30 to 40 breeding females and 10 to 20 males to form a viable population," says Valmik Thapar, one of India's leading conservationists. "Otherwise in-breeding becomes a problem."
The authorities also need to gain a clear picture of the extent of poaching - the biggest threat to tigers. The latest figures are based on data collected using a variety of techniques from radio-collaring to camera trapping. Numbers are gathered for an area of 100km2 then extrapolated to give an estimate for a wider area.
Caught on film
Camera trapping - getting the animal to set off a camera to take a picture of itself - was pioneered in the 1920s by Englishman FW Champion, a forester with the Imperial Forestry Service in India. Using tripwires and flash, Champion obtained dozens of remarkable photographs of tigers at night, as well as other passing wildlife.
Champion was fascinated by tigers and hated having to issue permits to dignitaries who came to his area of forest to shoot them. "He often gave out permits for areas where he knew there weren't any tigers," says his grandson James Champion, who is researching his grandfather's life for a book.
A rare early conservationist who detailed his experiences with tigers in two books still used by foresters today, Champion recognised that with good photographs of the animals, it was possible to tell individuals apart by their different stripe patterns. But since tigers numbered tens of thousands at the time, there was little need for counting and the idea of using photography for that purpose seems to have been lost in the mists of time. By the 70s tiger numbers had been decimated by hunting, habitat loss and poaching. Then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi outlawed hunting and launched Project Tiger in an effort to save India's most impressive beast.
Scientists involved in the project used a technique called the "pugmark method" - taking plastercasts of tiger footprints and measuring them - to provide data on the tiger population. But the technique had many pitfalls; it's difficult to get a good foot impression in hard soil or by a waterhole, and how to tell how many cubs in a litter when all their footprints would be roughly the same size?
Thirty years on, many experts began to realise using pugmarks alone was unreliable and began arguing for more sophisticated means. Camera trapping came back into fashion. Now cameras are set off by more advanced methods than Champion's tripwires, and photos show both sides of the animal, making identifying and comparing them much easier. Using these photos along with signals sent by radio collars, conservationists behind the recent national survey in India have gained more accurate data than ever before and the sad truth has emerged - a tiger population that many fear is on the brink of dying out.
"I had a meeting with the Prime Minster [Manmohan Singh] the other day and I didn't mince my words one tiny bit. I told him we are heading for extinction, so let's see what happens," says Valmik Thapar. FW Champion would doubtless be delighted to know camera trapping is being used again, but horrified that numbers have dropped so low.
Source and photo: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7079840.stm
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Save polar bears from trophy hunters
Wed Nov 07, 2007 13:27
Drowning polar bears have come to represent the face of the global warming threat. But in order to have a true chance at saving these amazing animals from the devastating impacts of climate change, we need to save them from trophy hunters first.
Numerous studies have now shown the effects of warming temperatures on declining polar bear populations and ice habitats -- from drowning and starving to reports of cannibalism among bears. Sport hunters are not allowed to kill polar bears in the US. But thanks to a loophole in US law, US hunters can apply for a permit to kill a polar bear in Canada and bring their "trophy"- a polar bear's head or hide - back with them. With polar bears more in danger than ever, it is time to close the trophy hunting loophole.
Polar bears are the only marine mammals that are allowed to be trophy hunted and brought into the U.S. by sport hunters. Even if polar bears are listed on the endangered species list, it does not mean that the sport hunting and importing from Canada as trophies will end. In fact, the government has stated on its website that if the species is listed as threatened, the Service would work with the Marine Mammal Commission, Congress, and all interested parties to consider a special rule allowing the continued import of trophies from healthy bear populations!
Please contact your federal representative and senators and urge them to support The Polar Bear Protection Act. Ask them to close the loophole that allows for sport hunters to kill polar bears and bring their hides and heads into the US.
The absurdity of hunting polar bears, with all of the other threats that they face, should end.
Source: IFAW, http://www.animalrescueblog.org
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Another life lost -Virunga National Park, DR Congo
Tue Nov 06, 2007 13:34
A gorilla protection ranger has been killed in an ambush by rebels. He was shot and killed while out on an anti-poaching patrol north of the park station at Rumangabo. The Mai Mai rebels, a Congolese group that seeks the destruction of the park and earns income from the bushmeat trade, ambushed the rangers. Another ranger was also injured during this unprovoked attack. He is now recovering in hospital.
Rangers Diddy and Innocent monitor and protect the remaining gorillas in the war-torn region. In their weekly diary, they describe life on conservation's frontline.
full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6983572.stm
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Conservation alone 'is not enough'
Thu Sep 27, 2007 15:35
"Ahead of Wednesday's publication of the 2007 Red List of Threatened Species, Dr Richard Leakey argues that conservation alone cannot save threatened species such as the mountain gorilla. In this week's Green Room, he calls for action on humans' needs as well."
Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6983914.stm
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WWF Working to Protect Endangered Mountain Gorillas
Thu Sep 27, 2007 15:27
"The armed conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has pushed more than 35,000 people from their homes and threatens the forest habitat of mountain gorillas and other wildlife living in Virunga National Park. WWF is active on the ground to meet humanitarian needs and reduce the environmental effects of this conflict.
The thousands of displaced people have settled in two sites very near the park--with part of a third settlement spilling into the park. These refugees urgently need basic supplies--especially firewood to cook meals and heat their temporary homes. WWF is partnering with the United Nations and other organizations to provide firewood so the displaced do not begin to harvest it from Virunga National Park's forests."
Learn more about the current situation and what WWF is doing by visiting: http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildplaces/congo/
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