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12-23-2010 #1Tidusnake666 Guest
SCEA CEO Kaz Hirai Hints at PSP2 Touch Controls
Today, in an interview with the New York Times Sony Computer Entertainment president and group CEO Kaz Hirai dropped some tantalizing hints about the PSP2.
When asked about what kind of controls the next PSP might have, Hirai gave the following answer, to quote:
"Depending on the game, there are ones where you can play perfectly well with a touch panel, but you can definitely play immersive games better with physical buttons and pads. I think there could be games where you're able to use both in combination."
Hirai was also asked about reports of Sony Ericsson's PSP Go-like gaming phone, which may -or may not- be PlayStation branded.
"We don't want gamers to be asking, what's the difference between that and a PSP," said Hirai, without confirming the device's existence. "We have to come up with a message that users will understand. It would have to be a product that keeps the PlayStation's strengths intact."
Finally, Hirai expressed his belief that the increased interest in casual games will actually benefit Sony, traditionally a maker of more hardcore games. "We're seeing people who never had an interest in games join the gaming population," he explained. "That means that the gaming industry pie is getting bigger."
More PlayStation 3 News...
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I really do think that Sony needs to just steer away from the phone/game system hybrid. Remember N-Gage? I know the iPhone has ALOT of games on it, but in the beginning it was marketed as a phone, not a game system. The games were made by third party companies to take advantage of the phones power later on.
The N-Gage was marketed as a portable game system with a phone built in. More you add to a device just means more to go wrong. Look at the DS, it has about 2.5x the sales of PSP and its a bare-bones game system (not including DSi which has a camera, etc…). The Wii is also out-selling the PS3 and Xbox360 almost 2 to 1 in some cases.
I am not saying Nintendo is better, I am just saying they are SELLING better, their focus is on GAME PLAY rather than so many features. (Honestly, who really cares about the PS3 playing 3D blu-ray movies and games? if the selection isn't there, it's not going to matter)
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well i won't be buying this then i can't handle touch screen/buttons.


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It's over...
To get straight to the point...My 18m old digs in her diaper when she poops. She pulls it out, I've caught her eating it a few times and now, today...both my girls have pink eye. I remembered that she had rubbed her eye immediately afterward before I could get her hands washed. I need some suggestions on how to stop her from doing this. She takes her pants off and does it. IDK what to put on her to where she can't get her pants off.
Wife to Josh Mother to Saria Mother to Kairi
try footy pajamas and outfits where it's all one piece? gosh I don't know I'm so sorry that's gotta be impossible!
hope girlies feel better soon momma!
take footed pjs, cut off the feet and tag and put them on her backwards. she may be ready for potty training
Seriously. Do it.
yeah my daughter started doing this at 15months.. i found her room/crib sheets splattered with crap, she must of awoke from her nap and was very sneaky/quiet.. so i am with you there not quite sure what to do besides wearing onesies/one piece clothes ( i would say duct tape the part of the diaper that attaches..but i'm not sure if she could get it off and it may be dangerous.)

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Description Of Women Born On May 28th Of Common Years From The Catalog Of Human Population
Presented demo is a very short description of women born on May 28th of common years from the Catalog of human population. An example of a complete description is available here. Pricing is available here.
"A characteristic peculiarity of a woman born on May 28th of common years is that she constantly changes little by little. Her changes cannot be defined as sharp. Their algorithm is more like performance of a ritual or a diplomatic reception, where everything happens slowly, without a fuss, and all actions are made with a sense of personal dignity. As a consequence, these changes are almost unnoticeable by others. However, this is not the point. The point is that changes are stably present in her life. And, if there are people, who see (or want to see) a static world in their imagination—this person is constantly involved in internal changes.
All factors of this person work according to this principle—timely (in regard to a situation) changes, and resemble a bird that calmly soars in the sky: its wings practically do not move, but it does not stand still in one place since air masses themselves move it. Only instead of wind and air currents, she has a variety of events, situations from the outside world.
This woman is very situational. Firstly, she always seeks to ensure that in this constantly changing, fluid world she could flexibly integrate into a situation, smoothly "flow into" it. And, she succeeds in this perfectly well. It is not without reason that out of all elements this woman loves water the most. Like water, when she enters a particular field of business or society, she herself changes and inevitably changes something around her, and all this happens quietly and unnoticeably. Her quality of a classifier, who judges everything by analogy, on the basis of examples (historical, cultural, philosophical, anthropological, in other words—how someone once did something , what he said in regard to a particular topic, etc.) helps her in this. She identifies a common sign of similarity, takes that as a model, copies and becomes similar, alike, uniform with the situation. Secondly, she always chooses the right time. This happens without a hurry, slowly, purposefully, but without too much waiting, too many protractions or preparations. She changes her rhythm, speed quietly and smoothly, depending on events, people, and situations. As a result, she is always on time, always fits in well. She will not swim against the current.
This person differs by yet another important characteristic. A woman born on May 28th of common years stably strives to be in reality instead of living in illusions. She thinks realistically, she is interested in specific affairs, projects that can be implemented. These undertakings will eventually be beneficial, bring tangible dividends. She does not understand useless actions, meaningless body movements.
This person has a subjective view of herself as a person, who is impossible to get ahead of by definition. And, it is necessary to give her credit, as she really does strive to become unattainable by her competitors with all her might! Due to her positive attitude towards work, goal-orientedness, perseverance and persistence, she really does manage to become a very good specialist in any chosen field.
Also, authorities do not exist for her. She herself claims the pedestal, especially in issues that relate to her professional sphere. At the same time, she demands respect, preferably with a touch of worship. These demands do not affect her learning and desire to perfect. As a result, over the years, as she accumulates vast experience, she really turns into a cultured professional, an educated person, who knows a lot and knows how to do a lot. However, there is danger of becoming literally obsessed with the idea of self-perfecting and getting hung up on herself as a super valuable object.
This woman does not believe that geniuses are born. From her point of view, it is unlikely that mastery can come to person without any efforts on his part. Unfortunately, not everyone thinks like this.
A woman born on May 28th of common years wants to know absolutely clearly what she is doing and for what. That is—she has a habit of acting maximally consciously. This approach bears its fruits—when she begins to do something, she already has stable motives. And, while she executes, she tries to ensure that later on it would not be possible to accuse her of imperfection, lack of knowledge of the issue, negligence, stupidity, dilettantism, etc…"


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Recently, I had an inquiry from a client about his wife's 2010 Jeep Patriot. The Sport trim level has a 16" wheel, while the Limited model is equipped with a 17" wheel. In this case, we were working with the more difficult 205/70R16 - one of the Sport's Original Equipment sizes. The platform sharing Jeep Compass and Dodge Caliber can use the 205/70R16 size, but it isn't an O.E. size. It didn't take me long to realize we were going to be looking for an alternate size for this particular customer. He wanted to to get away from the Goodyear Eagle LS-2 (O.E. tire), which regrettably is not highly rated in our survey results.
I recommended the alternate size of 215/65R16 as it's just under a 1/2" wider and about a 1/3" shorter. This size will fit the Jeep correctly on the factory wheel. Below are a few of the popular tires in this size.
General AltiMAX HP
Goodyear Assurance ComforTred Touring
Michelin Defender
General's AltiMAX HP was developed to be a smarter tire for smarter drivers by addressing many of the treadwear quality and year-round traction challenges faced by today's drivers. With over 23 million miles reported from customers, this tire is highly rated and excels in road manners and stability.
Goodyear's Assurance ComforTred Touring combines looks, ride comfort and long wear with all-season traction, even in light snow. This tire has been available for a couple years and is proving to be an all-around winner. Currently ranked second in its category, we have found this to be a quiet tire with good handling characteristics.
The newer Michelin Defender enhances fuel economy by meeting Michelin's Green-X low rolling resistance objectives, while delivering extra long wear, comfortable driving characteristics and all-season traction in dry, wet and wintry conditions, even in light snow. The tire that has made some impressions so far as it tied for first in our testing this summer. We liked the tire's responsive handling in dry conditions. For complete results of our tests, take a look at "Testing Passenger and Touring All-Season Tires."
To view all 215/65R16 options, shop by size.


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State Rep. Jim Landtroop could be a big help for Gov. Rick Perry when state lawmakers convene next year, and the governor made sure Tuesday to return the favor early.
Perry visited Pampa on Tuesday to formally endorse the 44-year-old Plainview Republican in his re-election bid, three weeks before the Republican primary race that has fielded three challengers.
"This is about a known product," Perry said. "I'm so proud to share my support for him."
Cal Jillson, a Southern Methodist University political science professor, said Perry's endorsement is a boost for Landtroop, especially after serving one term in the House.
The governor has about six months to lend his support to House and Senate candidates before the next legislative session begins in January 2013, Jillson said.
"The reason Perry is doing this is, he took such a beating during the presidential run that he's trying to reassert himself in Texas politics prior to the 2013 legislative session," he said.
In presidential politics last month, Perry endorsed presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, for his party's nomination.
The governor said Landtroop has "demonstrated a commitment to the right thinking," including low taxes and a predictable regulatory environment, which Perry hopes to continue pursuing in Austin.
With Landtroop, Perry said Pampa hit "the redistricting jackpot" after a protracted political and legal battle in recent months that set the boundaries for the May 29 primaries.
Since he was first elected in 2010, Landtroop lost some parts of his old boundaries in House District 85.
The new House District 88 stretches diagonally from Ochiltree County in the Texas Panhandle's northeastern edge to Yoakum County in the South Plains' southwest corner. The district is one of the largest, mostly rural areas in the Texas House, spanning more than 300 miles from Perryton to Denver City.
State Rep. Warren Chisum, the Pampa Republican who has represented much of the district since 1992, is running for a seat on the Texas Railroad Commission. Chisum has not endorsed any of the four candidates in the race.
Landtroop's opponents include Pampa businessman Mac Smith, Canadian native Ken King and former state Rep. Gary Walker.
Perry and Landtroop were flanked by Austin-based activist Michael Quinn Sullivan, president and CEO of Empower Texans, a powerful limited-government group in the state's Republican caucus. Sullivan presented Landtroop with the Taxpayer Champion Award for resisting calls during the 82nd Legislature to raise taxes to close a multibillion dollar budget shortfall.


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From today through mid-week, I'm in Houston attending the Offshore Technology Conference. I'm here on the sponsorship of the American Petroleum Institute which has brought in a cadre of bloggers, presumably to help generate coverage and discussion of petroleum issues. Since I believe energy and climate change policy will be some of the most important debates we have over the coming years, I wanted to take this opportunity to delve deeper into the issue.
This morning, I attended a panel focused on meeting our energy challenges. The panelists included an array of wonks, consumer groups, politicians and industry leaders. Going in, I was wary I might be subjected to a bunch of spin. But the group managed to present some very reasonable arguments, concerns and ideas about our nation's energy policies.
Jason Grumet, who is the Executive Director of the National Commission on Energy Policy and who advised President Obama during the campaign, set the tone with his assertion that in order to move forward, we must first "move beyond the debate careening between ANWR and Kyoto.†Roger Ballentine of the Progressive Policy Institute also pushed this idea, stating that energy policy has become too politicized and we can't afford to have two sides who talk past each other.
Needless to say, this kind of post-partisan rhetoric caught my attention. As did the statement by Marvin Odum, president of the Shell Oil Company, that he supports cap and trade. That came with the caveat that the policy be "done right,†(i.e. with safeguards to prevent shocking the economy), but in my naiveté, I assumed an oil company would be reflexively against measures such as CO2 cap and trade.
In fact, throughout the nearly three hour discussion, I heard wide agreement that we need to focus on both climate change AND energy policy — and separating the two and picking sides will only prevent anything from being achieved.
In the face of the current financial crisis, we easily forget that a year ago, we were all talking about $4 gasoline. While those costs have fallen dramatically, we'd be foolish to think our problems are resolved. We need a multi-pronged approach to addressing our future energy needs: conservation, alternative energy sources and, yes, more exploration.
Over the next few days I'll be reporting on and discussing all of these. Check back in.


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Remember that you have value.
No matter what your body's wounds or injuries may try to tell you, you have value.
No matter what certain people – and you know the ones I mean – say about your worth, potential, or even your existence, you have value.
Genesis 1:26-31 provides us a lot of information about our inherent self-worth that is worth visiting:
1. Humanity is made in the "image" and "likeness" of God. In technical theology terms this is the "Imago Dei," Latin for "Image of God."
Each of us, no matter what we may have done or whatever has been done to us, is created based on the most divine blueprint that can be conceived: The blueprint that is God's own image and likeness.
2. And God Blessed Them… After humanity is created from the divine blueprint, God goes on to bless them (v28), these new persons, people…like us.
People may wonder what exactly it means to be "blessed" in general and what it means to blessed by God in particular. It is sufficient for our purposes here to simply understand that it is a positive event, a positive condition that is for our benefit. It's not a rotten condition.
God values you by blessing you. One of the reasons you are inherently worthy is because God has blessed you. Unlike sun tan lotions and tanning booths, God's blessing is more than skin deep and it lasts forever. Too much exposure to God will not give you cancer…rather, it will give you Life.
Again, regardless of what trauma and injustices we may have observed, inflicted upon others, or have had inflicted upon us, we still, each of us, carry this original blessing within us – if we recognize it or not. We cannot shed this blessing even if we try (and some do try).
3. And God Saw…It Was Very Good. One can say that in verse 31 God reviews the entire creation and recognized it as "very good." Or, one can say that God surveyed only the sixth day of creation, which includes humanity's creation in the image and likeness of God, and recognized that those things created on that particular day are "very good." Either way, it is a win-win moment for humanity. Whichever option you choose, humanity is recognized and it is pronounced as "very good" by God.
In the biblical text God recognizes the results of the previous days' creation as "good." Now this is not a bad situation to be in. To state the obvious, if God recognizes something as good, then that must be pretty good, eh?
Yet for Day Six and the creation of humanity, God's recognition is that things are not just "good," but are actually "very good" (It's as if God supersized our happy meal and didn't charge us the extra seventy-nine cents! We're upgraded from just good, to very good…What a deal!).
Given the cost of writing materials in the ancient world, we should understand that they spent an extra dollar when the word "very" was added to intensify the meaning of the word "good" in verse 31. It would have been cheaper to just write "good." And, every time a manuscript of Genesis was copied, they had to spend that money again. Imagine that the costs of materials and human expertise (not only in reading but also in writing) equates to a unit cost of a "Dollar-a-Word" for every word written in the Bible. Every time a new Bible was copied before the printing press was invented, it was a "Buck-a-Word" to copy down any writing. That's a lot of bucks!
The ancient Jewish and Christian scribes and then later the pre-modern scribes and monks did not scrimp or cut budgetary corners…they spent the extra dollar to remind us that God recognizes the creation of humanity is very good.
It has always been worth an extra dollar to help you know that God views your creation as very good.
So once again, there is an emphasis that you have value.
No matter how poorly some people treat you, you have value.
No matter how sick or crippled you may be, you still have value.
No matter what sins have been inflicted upon you, you still have value.
No matter what sins you may have perpetrated, you still have value.
In just a few verses (Genesis, 1:26-31) we are informed three times how very valuable we are. We are informed that we have inherent worth.
So, no matter how many times the PTSD tries to throw tar all over our souls and destroy our relationships, we know we still have value.
God values and loves you, each one of us. The PTSD wants to over-write your identity and try to get you to give up, to reject the inherent goodness in which God created you. But, you have value.
I had a difficult morning, another trip to the neurologist. It was a morning that tried to make me feel worthless. The medical staff was just fine, very helpful, especially when I was walking and then fell down. My body was reminding me how useless I am when compared to the average national park bear. The PTSD was trying to tell me I had no worth and that I was stupid for falling down. How can I possibly be any good if it takes three nurses to scrape me off the floor and into a chair?
Those events tempted me to drag myself off to the elephant's graveyard and drink myself silly. To avoid that meant I would need once again to dig and find out who and what I really am. I often do that through writing and trying to swim in the biblical text. It helps heal me.
I discovered – once again, because I seem to be a slow learner in this department – that I have inherent value and have been created in the image and likeness of God. It is true for me and it is true for you.
Valuable truths, realities, emphasized three times, in just a few verses…we all have value.
God values you.
Don't give up.
Semper Pax, Dr. Z


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Science and Religion
Becoming a Freethinker and a Scientist
Religious Concepts
On Ego, Consciousness, and "Eternal Life"
Science and Religion
The Religiousness of Science
Religion and Science: Irreconcilable?
A Conversation with Gustav Bucky
Short Comments on Einstein's Faith
Who possesses science and art possesses religion as well.
—Wolfgang von Goethe
The Religiousness of Science
The following short essay is taken from the abridged edition of Einstein's book The World As I See It. In this edition the essay appears on pp. 28-29.
You will hardly find one among the profounder sort of scientific minds without a peculiar religious feeling of his own. But it is different from the religion of the naive man.
For the latter God is a being from whose care one hopes to benefit and whose punishment one fears; a sublimation of a feeling similar to that of a child for its father, a being to whom one stands to some extent in a personal relation, however deeply it may be tinged with awe.
But the scientist is possessed by the sense of universal causation. The future, to him, is every whit as necessary and determined as the past. There is nothing divine about morality, it is a purely human affair. His religious feeling takes the form of a rapturous amazement at the harmony of natural law, which reveals an intelligence of such superiority that, compared with it, all the systematic thinking and acting of human beings is an utterly insignificant reflection.
This feeling is the guiding principle of his life and work, in so far as he succeeds in keeping himself from the shackles of selfish desire. It is beyond question closely akin to that which has possessed the religious geniuses of all ages.
The 1954 photograph of Einstein above was taken on his 75th birthday. It comes from Louie de Broglie et al.
Edited by Arnold V. Lesikar,
Professor Emeritus
Dept. of Physics, Astronomy, and Engineering Science,
St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN 56301-4498
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This post is part of our "Journey to Raw" series, published on Wednesdays, and comes to you from Erica Scott, a devoted cat and dog mom who has always had a soft spot for cats with special needs and shares that passion with her loving spouse. Erica recently uprooted her crew to the Pacific North West where they continue to enjoy and thrive off their fresh and species-appropriate meals!.
In June 2013 I moved myself and my two male cats down to Alabama from Vancouver, BC to visit and live with and meet my future in-laws for the first time. My spouse and I were setup in the in-laws quarters of the house for our extended stay, which is where I first met Carter, a huge, fluffy cream-ball cat that would purr as soon as you started looking at him. Carter had a permanent cooking pot laying on the floor, filmed to the brim with low-quality kibble. His litter box was never scooped and he was constantly itchy and plagued with fleas. This didn't sit right with me, and I took it upon myself to ask if I could take care of him (reduce feeding, clean and wash his litter box, etc) within reason while I was staying there. They were indifferent and I was told by my spouse that this had always been the condition of his care; subpar at best. I ended up pursuing my permanent residency in the United States, which required us to live in the in-laws quarters for a little longer than originally anticipated. I asked if we could move Carter into our part so we could take care of him on a more permanent basis while we still lived there, and was granted permission. At this time, I was still feeding my cats kibble as well, but "higher quality" brands such as Nature's Variety and Acana. Carter adjusted to living with my other two cats pretty quickly, and we began to drastically cut down his food intake. I wanted to take him to the vet, but at the time money was tight and it was a struggle just to care for ourselves and my own cats while waiting to get my work visa; my in-laws did not see the point in shelling out money to take him for an annual exam or blood-work, despite his morbid obesity and allergy problems.
I considered this setup to be more of a "foster" situation, but when it came time to move out, my spouse and I both decided that it would be irresponsible to put him back into that environment, and asked if we could keep him. To no surprise, they didn't fight us on it – and he came to live with
us permanently in our first apartment together! Shortly after, my main priority was to take him in and get a blood panel and urinalysis run on him. Right off the bat I assumed he would be diabetic, but to our surprise, he was not…yet. Glucose came out within the normal range, but he was still morbidly obese and had trace crystals in his urine. Our vet advised a prescription diet, so he remained on Urinary SO kibble for almost a year – with no improvement re: the PH in his urine and very little weight loss. I noticed one day how oily his fur was, how much he was insisting on drinking out of the dog's water bowl; I got that feeling again, and sure enough, he was diagnosed with diabetes with a blood glucose level of over 500. A locum veterinarian at the practice I was going to prescribed 3-4 units of Vetsulin BID, insisted we bring him in for glucose curves, and put him on diabetic management kibble. I expressed my concerns with an RX diet, as it had done nothing for him in the past, and was told that "corn, soy, and grains are not bad for cats at all." Now, I had always been a kibble feeder up until this point, but I knew enough to avoid those elements (at the very least).
This all didn't sit well with me, so I decided to look online and do my own research over the course of a week. While I was doing that, I was following the instructions of my veterinarian, shooting 4 units of insulin BLINDLY, but still feeding my original kibble. In my research, I came across a website called felinediabetes.com, and little did I know, but this site, and the wonderful people on it, would save Carter's life. I posted my situation, and was instantly greeted and welcomed with opens arms and tons of information. I'm not going to lie, I was a little overwhelmed at first, but I took a deep breath and read up on everything I could. I was told to remove the dry food from his diet all together, and to start him on low carb canned food, to which I replied "but what about his teeth?" you know, like most people who have fed kibble their whole life, I thought it was overall better for their dental health. After being corrected on this matter, my next concern was getting him to eat any canned food – he had been kibble fed his whole life, and had refused any canned food treats in the past. However, I knew we had to make the leap even if it was going to require a lot of patience on my part. I returned the bag of dry food I had just bought, and got a store credit which I used to load up my cart with various low carb (under 10%) canned foods for him to try. I also purchased several other brands and flavours through Chewy.com.
It took about a week of coaxing, watering the food down and fork-feeding but FINALLY he was off the kibble – and so were my other two boys! Carter took a particular liking to the Weruva and Tiki Cat brands, occasionally Nature's Variety, Ziwipeak and Wild Calling. I then learned about the importance of home-testing, and immediately bought both a pet-specific and human meter. By this time he had been on Vetslin for 2 weeks, with no testing – and even once I started testing, his numbers were still very high in the 400-600 range. I was anxious to get started on getting him to better health, and was now equipped with so much more knowledge regarding home testing, diet changes, how the insulin itself worked throughout the cycle, and how to manipulate the cycle with food. I followed something called "The Tight Regulation Protocol" and learned how to keep Carter in normal numbers longer, and thus by doing so, allowed his pancreas some time to heal.
It took a couple weeks before I began to see any numbers below 400, and then for a while, he seemed to stay in the 200-400 range consistently. I began to look into the possibility of switching to a raw diet, as what is lower in carbohydrates than pure protein, right? I bought a "Primal" brand starter pack form a holistic pet store, and while my other boys loved it, Carter was hesitant. I tried him on a few other brands, but he still preferred a little canned mixed into it. But hey, better than nothing! I looked into a premade brand called Darwin's, and to my amazement, he ate it without coaxing, toppers or canned mixed in! Then it happened, roughly 4 months after his diagnoses in March 2016, he hit "the magic dose" of 3 units and started to maintain normal numbers. Thus, he slowly needed less and less insulin, to the point where he was only getting a single drop BID. On the advice of all my new friends in the forum, I started him on an "OTJ" trial, a 14 day trial period with no insulin to see if the cat will remain in normal numbers on their own. He passed his OTJ trial with flying colours, and has been in remission since June 30th, 2016. After months of sleepless nights on the couch, staying up testing his blood sugar when he was going too low, struggling to find a canned then raw diet he would eat, the cost of all the diabetic supplies and insulin, we finally did it! I still test his blood sugar weekly, and he is holding a strong remission.
Now, it's important to remember that a diabetic will ALWAYS be a diabetic – but when they are off insulin, they are strictly diet controlled. I learned the importance of being hyper-vigilant with his diet, as even the smallest amount of "contraband" could potentially put him back on insulin. Not only did a species-appropriate diet save Carter's life, it saved the lives of my 12 year old cat, my 4 year old cat and my ~ 5 year old dog. All my pets are now raw fed and thriving. Had I not taken the step to advocate for my cat, done my own research and trusted my instincts, there is a real possibility Carter could have died from the complications of diabetes. He has had some digestive issues since reaching remission, to where he has had periods of not being able to stomach raw, so he's had to have cooked with EZ Complete premix, or freeze-dried, but is doing super! Right now he is on half Primal raw/half Primal freeze-dried. My long-term goal would to have him be on DIY raw, but I'm not going to rock the boat quite yet. He has gone from over 20 pounds when we first got him, to roughly 12 pounds in the past year of his diabetic journey!
I am now a huge advocate for raw feeding, especially when it comes to an obligate carnivore like the cat. It has become quite a passion of mine, and in the immediate future I'm looking forward to starting up my raw feeding blog to help educate others on the importance and benefits of this diet. Statistically, most diabetic cats were often kibble fed their whole lives; cats cannot process excessive amounts of carbohydrates in the body, which are then converted to sugar. It's never too late, and a cat is never too old to eat a healthier diet! I've known various owners with cats that have diabetes, CKD, IBD etc that all thrive off a raw diet specifically tailored to their needs.
I often had people ask me "what's the point" or "why go through all that effort for a cat" or "what's his quality of life if you're constantly monitoring everything he does" and my response is to simply show them these photos. THIS is his quality of life now, and this is why I fought for him to get where he is today.
If you feed your kitties a raw diet and would like to see your story featured here, please contact me or leave a comment below.
And if you're interested in giving raw a try, check out our Raw Feeding and Transitioning Your Cat to Raw sections, and join the CatCentric group for help and support during your transition.


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Language under stress: poetry and faith
Dr Rowan Williams and poet Fiona Sampson will discuss poetic and religious language at an event organised by the Royal Society of Literature.
The event will be held at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Further information is available at the Royal Society of Literature website.
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7.05 The Silk Road
Hear: Animals
On the Silk Road you might hear a lot of things. You could hear all different types of animals you have never even known about. You could hear the goats bleats, the dogs barks, and so much more.
Taste: New Food
When you are on the silk road you will taste some great new things. You will taste foods from different parts of the world. You will also taste things like figs, walnuts, and grapes.
Touch: Different Fabrics
Besides tasting new things you will touch new things too. You will feel the different fabrics like muslin or cotton. These expensive fabrics are probably going to wealthy families somewhere in the world.
See: New People, Animals, & Land
While on the silk road, travelers met many new people of different from different places like Persia. They saw their religions and what they did. This is how many religions and cultures expanded. The people they saw also had many different animals they have never seen before like goats. The environment was different too. You would see bodies of water that many people have never seen.
Smell: Spices
Last, you will smell a lot of things. Especially spices from different cultures. Some spices you can only get in a certain place, so they are new to the other merchants.
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RNA center nears reality
Research building work at UAlbany to start soon, as grants keep coming
Updated 4:53 pm, Thursday, May 24, 2012
Editor's note: Paul Agris' name was misspelled in an earlier version of this story.
ALBANY — The RNA Institute at the University at Albany continues to take root, with the construction of its new $7.4 million research center set to start in July.
During a breakfast meeting Wednesday, institute Director Paul Agris said the institute also has hired five new assistant professors, and has garnered another $2.4 million in grants from the state to support staff and equipment.
Sometime next spring, the new research center will open in UAlbany's Life Sciences Building, sparking what Agris and the university hope will be a cutting-edge center for the study of RNA, also known as ribonucleic acid.
A molecule that turns proteins in the body on and off, RNA is believed to hold great promise in the study of the underlying causes of disease, as well as in treatment of such illnesses as drug-resistant bacterial infections, HIV and cancer. RNA and another related molecule, DNA, also contain an individual's hereditary information.
Launched in 2010, the institute is a collaboration of more than 40 government and university research entities that support 250 jobs in the Capital Region, and have garnered $14 million in research support from the state and federal government, and private corporations.
Agris hopes to build lasting connections between the center and biosciences companies. One company, Thermo Fisher Scientific, a $12 billion-a-year company based in Waltham, Mass., already has provided $135,000 to support the RNA center's student venture fund, said Jen Montimurro, director of public and private partnerships.
The fund is meant to assist students from the institute and the university's School of Business to come up with potential commercial applications for RNA-based science in areas of therapeutics, diagnostics and forensics, she said.
Further support for the institute is being sought under a $25 million grant application to the National Science Foundation, said Agris. A decision on that is pending.
Local ties between the center and the Capital Region's health care businesses will also be important, said Albany Medical Center President and CEO James Barba, who also attended the breakfast meeting.
He said that when the time comes for testing of new RNA-based diagnostic and treatment methods, the medical center expects to be involved. "We have the patients and we already have the protocols for such testing," Barba said.
The center is poised to be part of the emerging field of genetic sequencing, in which a person's genetic information is mapped out to show whether they might be predisposed to disease, said Mike Smith, a sequencing specialist with Illumnia, a San Diego-based company that makes sequencing equipment.
"Sequencing is coming on like a freight train, so you might as well get on it," said Smith. He said one day, parents could get their children's genetic sequence mapped at birth, and would be able to have that information available to physicians in the event their child needed medical treatment.
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NEW YORK (May. 21)
More than 400 guests contributed in excess of $1,000,000 to the United Jewish Appeal at a luncheon of the real estate, builders, management and general contractors division of the United Jewish Appeal of Greater New York held at the Hotel Roosevelt in honor of Irving Schneider, UJA leader. James Wm. Gaynor, commissioner of the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal, was awarded a special industry citation.
Mr. Schneider has long been active in the real estate industry's UJA efforts, and served as division chairman in 1964,1965 and again last year. Jack D. Weiler, honorary chairman of trustees of New York UJA, made the presentation to Mr. Schneider, Fred Rose, special gifts chairman, made the presentation to Commissioner Gaynor.


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Sneaky Zebra has released a fantastic new cosplay music video from MCM London Comic Con 2014. It features a ton of awesome cosplay that I know a lot of you will enjoy. I really love this stuff, and one day I might actually make a costume of my own… why the hell not?!
"The Sneaky boys hit up MCM London Comic Con this May and in true British fashion braved unpredictable weather from hail storms to blazing sun to bring you guys some of the best cosplayers and costumes we could find."
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Please look carefully at the picture of the window, with the azure sky beyond, showing the marks that Darwin has left on the glass. Yes, those are perfectly shaped beak imprints. And no doubt some bird slobber that was knocked loose on impact.
And probably the most telling visual I can provide for you as to the depth of this bird's stupidity. This is the sill below the window. Follow me here...
This bird has hurled himself at our window so hard, he has literally knocked the s**t out of himself.
Over and over.
For days.
Even though I'm an animal lover, I thought for a split second, "perhaps I should do this idiot a favor and give him the gift of a quick death in the form of a bullet to the head". But of course, I doubt I'd have the stomach for that kind of solution.


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Google's Chrome browser is about to kill off Firefox as the second-most-popular browser, according to one Web statistics firm.
Beancounters at StatCounter, which tracks browser usage using the analytics tools it offers websites, claimed that Chrome will pass Firefox to take the No. 2 spot behind Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) by December.
Chrome's global average user share for September was 23.6 percent, while Firebadger stood at 26.8 percent. Internet Exploder was at 41.7 percent.
StatCounter says that the rise of Chrome had been meteoric. It has gained eight percentage points since January 2011, representing a 50 per cent increase.
What is perhaps surprising is that the growth has been at the expense of Firefox and IE which have both dropped four percentage points.
The figures are perhaps not what the Industry sees as significant. StatCounter is not the universally acknowledged standard for browser use and many prefer Net Applications numbers.
Earlier this year Net Applications predicted that Chrome could have a 17.8 percent share by the end of 2011, short of Firefox's projected 22.3 percent. But if the pace of change lasts, Chrome should pass Firefox on Net Applications' chart by mid-2012.
Not as exciting as StatCounter, but the new figures do indicate that Chrome is growing significantly and faster than many expected and if the other two do not act quickly they could be also rans.


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The Wetland Bird Survey: as easy as 1, 2, 3
- Can you identify the UK's commonest waterbirds?
- Do you have half a Sunday free, once a month, between September and March?
- Do you want to add value to your birding?
If you can answer 'Yes' to all three of those questions, then the BTO's Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS) could be just the thing you're looking for. WeBS is the survey which monitors non-breeding waterbirds in the UK, aiming to identify population sizes and determine trends in numbers and distribution of waterbirds.
We need more volunteers to join our local WeBS team to help count wetland birds in East Glamorgan. If you're interested but not lucky enough to live in East Glamorgan (!), please visit https://www.bto.org/volunteer-surveys/webs/taking-part
Wherever you live, the good news is that the survey is as easy as 1,2,3 . . .
- Turn up once a month on a specified date to your allotted wetland site
- Count the waterbirds you see there
- Submit your records to the BTO – either online or on paper forms
You can find out more about the survey by visiting the East Glamorgan WeBS page which includes more information about our local wetland sites which currently need a volunteer counter. If you find one that you're interested in, or you know of a wetland site you'd like to cover which isn't on the list, please get in touch.
We're looking in particular for somebody to count Talygarn Lake. At the risk of sounding like an estate agent, it is a very desirable WeBS site which has recently become available and which I'd recommend as an attractive proposition for any 'first-time surveyor'. It is conveniently situated south of the M4 near Brynsadler. It is a large, shallow, man-made fish pond constructed I'd say around the late 19th/early 20th century. It's an attractive location, surrounded by some lovely woodland, it also fringed with some reed.
Talygarn Lake attracts a nice variety of waterbirds such as Gadwall, Teal, Tufted Duck and Mallard as well as Little Grebe, Water Rail and Kingfisher. To add value to your visit the surrounding woodland is home to a nice variety of species, including Marsh Tit.
If you're interested in taking on Talygarn (or any other site) for WeBS or , to continue the estate agent analogy, you'd like me to accompany you for a 'viewing' first, please contact me for a no-obligation chat.
Dan Jenkins-Jones
East Glamorgan WeBS Local Organiser
A New Generation of Nest Recorders: BTO Glamorgan Nest Recording Day 2017
A fine May morning in South Wales, beautiful countryside filled with birdsong and a full house of enthusiastic participants sharing together the highs of finding new nests containing eggs or chicks, and the lows of coming across newly predated nests. These are the headlines from this year's BTO Glamorgan 'Nest Recording Taster Day' held on 14 May at Rudry Common.
Monitoring the success of our nesting birds is of huge importance to their long term conservation. It's great to see that the numbers of birders taking part in the BTO's Nest Record Scheme (NRS) across the UK is on the up. But, despite this recent increase, far more volunteers are needed and there's a real 'call to arms' for more people to take up the fascinating art of nest recording, particularly here in Wales where more nest data are desperately needed – whether that's submitting one record from your garden nestbox or 100+ for the really ambitious 'nesters'. Every record of every species has value.
Volunteers for this important scheme, now in its 78th year, find and follow the progress of individual birds' nests across the UK, collecting vital data which are used to produce trends in breeding performance. These data help identify species that may be declining because of problems at the nesting stage, and they can also help measure the impacts of factors such as climate change on our bird populations.
Of course, you can learn how to find nests and monitor them safely on your own with help from the BTO website or from books. But it's much easier, and considerably faster, to learn from more experienced nest recorders.
On our home patch of Glamorgan, there are currently only around a 10 active nest recorders, submitting c.800 records annually. Keen to increase those numbers, to share nest finding knowledge and to put the Scheme on a more sustainable footing in the county, Trevor Fletcher (Rudry Common Trust), Wayne Morris (East Glamorgan BTO Rep) and I trialled a Nest Record Scheme Taster Day at Rudry Common, north of Cardiff, in 2016. Encouraged by our experiences of that event, we held another 'Taster Day' at Rudry on May 14th this year. Best of all, we were joined by two of last year's participants, Andy Bevan and Graham Williams, both of whom have already gathered 60+ nest records this year, as our co-leaders.
A full house of 9 participants gathered at Rudry Parish Hall at the beginning of the day but, such was the level of interest that we could have almost doubled that number. The number is limited to enable us to work through the various habitats whilst staying close to each other, reducing disturbance and making it easier to share any hints and tips on how to find the nests of various species as a group, rather than separately as individuals.
After a short indoor session, where we presented the participants with their free hazel 'tapping stick' and 'mirror on a stick' (both essential tools of the nest recorder's trade which they learnt to use during the day), introduced them to the NRS Code of Conduct which ensures you don't impact upon the outcome of a nest, and to some basic nest finding techniques, we were soon out in the field for 6 hours .
We spent the morning working through woodland, finding a number of nests: a Blackbird nest with chicks close to fledging; an active Goldcrest nest and, later, a predated one; Great Spotted Woodpecker with chicks; Song Thrush and a Wren on eggs; a Woodpigeon nest which had sadly failed at the chicks stage; a Blue Tit in a nestbox and Coal Tit and Great Tit with chicks nesting in natural cavities, both of whom enabled Trevor to show off his skills with an endoscope.
Late morning, we left the woodland and moved out onto to Rudry Common in search of a suite of different species. However, the first nest we found was a Blackbird on 4 eggs, found by Tara, one of the participants, whilst tapping some dry Bracken. Brilliant!
A Linnet nest in gorse, which contained chicks a few days before the Taster Day, was sadly empty, probably lost to predation. Nevertheless, it enabled the participants to get a feel for where to find their own Linnet nests in future. A beautiful Long-tailed Tit nest with chicks, also in gorse, was the next species added to our list.
The highlight of the day for most was probably a Willow Warbler nest with eggs, described by one participant as a 'nest on its side'. It's such a simple, yet beautiful, construction and superbly camouflaged. Finding one is always a thrill, and yet, with the right fieldcraft and knowing how the female's off-nest call will help you, finding a Willow Warbler nest can be quite easy.
It wasn't all plain sailing during the day though. We were led a merry dance, as always by Stonechats, Whitethroats and Meadow Pipits. The latter's nest can be a real challenge to find. Nevertheless, we had one Meadow Pipit nest which we'd staked out before the Taster Day. Sadly, it had already failed but it still contained 4 eggs and, yet again, gave everybody a feel of where to look for Meadow Pipit nests and how well concealed they are.
The day was rounded off with another short indoor session at Rudry Parish Hall, where we shared information on how to plan nest visits and complete nest records and had a quick game of 'whose nest is this'. We also 'crowned' Tara as the New Nest Finder of the Day: she found Coal and Blue Tit in natural cavities, Great Spot and Blackbird nests. Tara went on to justify her 'crown' because, back on Rudry Common immediately after the event to try and find a Garden Warbler for her Year List, she found another Willow Warbler nest on her own!
An enjoyable day all round and fingers crossed that some, if not all of the participants turn out to be fully fledged nesters in years to come. We'd like to thank the Rudry Common Trust for its support and last, but not least, the event also raised money for the BTO from the participants' entry fees. We'll probably hold another Taster Day in May 2018 and we'll promote it nearer the time on this blog. If you're interested, please get in touch – book early to avoid disappointment!
Dan Jenkins-Jones, Asst. BTO Rep, Mid & South Glamorgan
BTO Nest Record Scheme Taster Day, Rudry Common, Sunday May 14th, 2017
Have you ever considered becoming a BTO nest recorder but felt unsure about how to get started?
The BTO's Nest Record Scheme (NRS) gathers vital information on the breeding success of Britain's birds by asking volunteers to find and follow the progress of individual birds' nests. There are currently only around eight or nine active nest recorders in the whole of Glamorgan and we're looking to recruit more volunteers locally to contribute to this important scheme.
A Nest Record Scheme Taster Day for new volunteers will be held at Rudry between 8am and 3pm on Sunday, May 14th. The day will be run by Trevor Fletcher (Rudry Common Trust), Wayne Morris and Dan Jenkins-Jones (Mid & South Glamorgan BTO Regional Representative and Assistant Rep). The day will provide an introduction to monitoring nests, how to follow the all-important NRS Code of Conduct to ensure that you're monitoring does not influence the outcome of nests, as well as a few hours in the field for some supported practice searching for a variety of different species' nests. The aim is to increase the number of birders contributing to this valuable survey over the coming years. There will be a charge of £10 per person to cover costs.
Anyone can be a nest recorder. It will add a new dimension to your birding, you'll be making an important contribution to our knowledge of birds and it is personally very rewarding. For more information about the Scheme, please visit http://www.bto.org/volunteer-surveys/nrs
We've also written short articles about the Nest Record Scheme on this blog over the last few years – articles which will hopefully give you some further personal insight about the experiences of taking part in the Scheme:
- Discover a Lost Art
- "I've got an endoscope, and I'm not afraid to use it!" – Tales of a BTO Nest Record Scheme training weekend
- The 2014 BTO Nest Record Scheme Season in Glamorgan
If you're interested in attending please contact Dan Jenkins-Jones at firstname.lastname@example.com / (029) 2062 1394 / 07703 607 601 for more information.
Help Needed for House Martins
The return of the familiar House Martin is one of the highlights of spring. But will it be a familiar sight for future generations? In recent years, the numbers breeding in the UK have fallen by two-thirds, leading to the species being amber listed as a bird of conservation concern and in need of some help.
Although the decline hasn't been quite as severe in Wales as it has been in England, we've also seen a substantial drop in numbers here too. The species was confirmed as breeding in only 98 tetrads in East Glamorgan between 2007-11, down from 173 tetrads between 1984-89 – that's a drop of 43% (source: East Glamorgan Bird Atlas).
This recent decline prompted the BTO to launch a three-year research project which began in 2015, funded by BTO members and supporters through an appeal, to provide scientific evidence about House Martins to identify why they are in trouble, and hence start to look for solutions.
The survey in 2015: just how many House Martins are there in the UK?
In 2015, volunteers were asked to survey random i.e. pre-selected 1-km squares throughout the UK in order to produce a robust population estimate to monitor future changes. The survey proved popular amongst birders in East Glamorgan with 25 counters volunteering to search for, and count House Martin nests, in 28 1-kms squares in our region.
The survey in 2016/17: when do House Martins start breeding and how many broods do they have?
This summer, sees the second season of a complementary House Martin Survey which will investigate the timing of breeding and the number of broods raised, and how this varies across the UK. We hope that this information will help us discover why trends are positive in some parts of the UK, and that this will in turn help us pinpoint the reasons for problems elsewhere. Across our region in 2016, five volunteers monitored 19 nests. Can you help us build on that number in 2017?
This summer, you choose where you monitor House Martin nests
The BTO is looking for volunteers who are able to observe a nest (or a group of nests) for a few minutes, approximately once a week, throughout the breeding season (which can last from April to September). Volunteers do not need to be able to look inside the nests, as all observations can be made from ground level (or from another vantage point where the nests can be safely viewed without disturbing the birds). After recording a small amount of information about the site on their first visit, on each subsequent visit volunteers will simply need to record the condition of each nest and what activity is taking place at the nest.
Volunteers are free to pick their own study site, which can be anywhere where House Martins are nesting. The survey is therefore ideal for those who have House Martins nesting on or near their home or place of work, but nests elsewhere can be studied provided they can be visited regularly for the whole breeding season.
The survey launches in early April when volunteers will be able to register for the survey via the BTO House Martin Survey pages, and the first survey visits should be carried out in the first half of April. If you're interested (and why wouldn't you be!), further information about the survey is available on the BTO House Martin website.
Local Open Day
On 26 March, we were pleased to hold our first local BTO Open Day at Parc Slip NR. Over twenty members and volunteers joined us to meet friends, old and new, and share our interest in bird studies.
We were pleased to hear Dr Rob Parry of the Wildlife Trust of South & West Wales describe conservation activity around the reserve as it tries to protect and create suitable breeding for little ringed plover and lapwing on this former coalfield site.
Next, Kelvin Jones, BTO Cymru's Development Officer, gave a news update from BTO and explained how volunteers can get involved with a range of volunteer surveys.
Dan and Wayne then shared information about the House Martin Survey and Nest Record Scheme, before we all enjoyed lunch at the reserve's excellent coffee shop. The indoor session concluded with local updates on BBS and WeBS.
Most volunteers then opted to join one of the field exercises where we ran through the methodology involved in conducting a BBS survey or learned the art of nest finding. Though bird numbers were low, we were able to use the call method to detect a few species and map and habitat code our transect routes. A partially built long-tailed tit nest, and sitting song thrush were reward for the nest finders.
Thanks to all participants who made the day a success, and to those volunteering for their first BTO survey.
Good luck, and we look forward to our next event.
Your Holiday Records Needed
Fieldwork for the European Breeding Bird Atlas 2 concludes this summer. EBBA2 will map the distribution and abundance of Europe's 500+ breeding species across more than 50 countries. Huge progress has been made already, but your records are still needed to fill gaps in coverage.
Some of the countries where gaps exist, including Portugal, Greece and Turkey, are regular destinations for UK birders. Others, such as Albania, Armenia and European Russia, are further off the beaten track.
BirdTrack users can help by submitting records – with breeding evidence codes – from wherever they travel in Europe, using the global data entry tool or the new app.
Information on how, and where, birders can help is given on the EBBA2 website.
Wetland Bird Survey 2016 – East Glamorgan Review
We have a fantastic team of volunteers here in our BTO region who go out once a month to do counts for the Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS), the monitoring scheme for non-breeding waterbirds in the UK. This survey aims to provide data for the conservation of these birds' populations and wetland habitats. Its core period runs between September to March but I'm delighted to say that most of our volunteers in our region enjoy the survey so much that they continue doing their counts between March and August too.
So how did the team get on in 2016? Here are the headlines (2015 figures in brackets):
- In 2016, the team of East Glamorgan WeBS volunteers consisted of 39 (37) individuals
- In addition, Cardiff University's Ornithological Society was allocated Roath Park Lake as its WeBS site last year and at least 7 of its members are now involved in conducting the counts there
- Counts were submitted from 40 (39) sites across the region
- 78 (69) species were recorded during the year on the WeBS database from our region
- The combined total of monthly records of all species from all sites across the year was 2,916 (2,657)
- All of which gave us a combined grand total count of 67,086 (71,281) birds
East Glamorgan WeBS: Top 20 Most Commonly Recorded Species in 2016
Combined total of monthly records from all sites across the year
Combined total of birds recorded
|1. Mallard
|2. Moorhen
|3. Coot
|4. Mute Swan
|5. Canada Goose
|6. Lesser Black-backed Gull
|7. Cormorant
|8. Black-headed Gull
|9. Grey Heron
|10. Herring Gull
|11. Tufted Duck
|12. Little Grebe
|13. Great Crested Grebe
|14. Grey Wagtail
|15. Teal
|16. Kingfisher
|17. Water Rail
|18. Goosander
|19. Greylag Goose
|20. Reed Bunting
As usual, Mallard was the species most commonly reported across East Glamorgan in terms of the combined number of monthly records across all sites across the year and, although the counting of gulls is optional for the survey, Black-headed Gull with 10,898 came top of the pile in terms of the highest combined total of individual birds recorded.
Compared to 2015, there were increases in the number of volunteers, sites visited, the number of species recorded and the combined number of records submitted. However, the combined total of all birds of all species recorded (67,086) was 4,195 lower than in 2015 (71,281). The three biggest losers, in the Top 20 most commonly recorded species were Black-headed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull and Mallard. The figures for the majority of other species in the Top 20 look remarkably similar, or up on, those of 2015.
Amongst the locally scarcer birds to be recorded were: a long-staying Long-tailed Duck and Lesser Scaup at Cardiff Bay; Little Ringed Plover and Curlew Sandpiper at Ogmore Estuary; a Great Northern Diver and Common Scoter at Rest Bay, Porthcawl ; Mandarin Duck at Michaelstone-le-Pit Salmon Leaps and Bittern at Cosmeston Lakes and Kenfig Pool. The volunteers at Kenfig can also lay claim to the scarcest bird seen during a WeBS count in our region in 2016: a Temminck's Stint.
WeBS is a great survey to undertake if you've never done a bird survey before or if you're an old hand. If you're interested in taking part in 2017 please have a look at the East Glamorgan WeBS page where you'll find more information about available wetland sites and please feel free to get in touch for more information.


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GENEVA: Campaigners are today calling on governments due to attend the latest round of discussions on the implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) in Geneva on Monday to set their hypocrisy aside and stop selling billions of dollars worth of deadly weapons to Saudi Arabia being used to attack Yemeni civilians.
In a new report released today, the Control Arms Coalition names France, Germany, Italy, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the UK, and the US as having reported licenses and sales to Saudi Arabia worth nearly $25bn in 2015 including drones, bombs, torpedoes, rockets and missiles. These are the types of arms currently being used by Saudi Arabia and its allies for gross violations of human rights and possible war crimes during aerial and ground attacks in Yemen.
All the arms exporting countries identified in the report are States Parties or signatories to the ATT, which has the aim of "reducing human suffering" through new global rules for the arms trade, which forbid arms transfers that would be used for war crimes or risk being used for serious violations of international law.
Governments are attending the Extraordinary Meeting of the Conference of States Parties to the ATT in Geneva on Monday to discuss how implementation of the ATT will be funded and other logistical details regarding the Treaty's official Secretariat.
Yemeni researcher Nawal al-Maghafi, who has witnessed the aftermath of recent airstrikes in Yemen and will be attending Monday's meeting, said: "These countries are arming and aiding a campaign that's bombing, killing and starving civilians.
"I have witnessed the reality Yemenis are having to endure – watching bodies pulled from underneath the rubble in Sana'a or seeing body parts strewn across the site of a water-plant hit by an airstrike in Hajjah or attending a wedding party only to see it turn into a funeral.
"Yemen needs a peaceful, negotiated settlement. Its people need humanitarian assistance, not more bombs. But instead these countries are helping to escalate this war, aiding a cruel regime that knows it is bombing civilians. This is criminal – literally. And these governments must be held responsible for it."
Control Arms has called on States Parties to include a discussion of the grave situation in Yemen as part of Monday's meeting, and to commit immediately to halting the transfer of weapons to Saudi Arabia and to its allies where these are at serious risk of being used in Yemen.
Anna Macdonald, Director of Control Arms, said: "Governments such as the UK and France were leaders in seeking to secure an ATT – and now they are undermining the commitments they made to reduce human suffering by supplying Saudi Arabia with some of the deadliest weapons in the world. It's truly sickening.
"There is irrefutable evidence showing that these weapons are being used to target residential areas and civilian objects. Around 35, 000 people have been killed or injured in less than a year already in this conflict and more than 2.5m people have lost their homes. Enough is enough.
"Monday's meeting in Geneva must not fiddle while Yemen burns – governments must address this major breach of the ATT. States supplying weapons to Saudi must stop making huge profits from the suffering of Yemeni families and start applying the strict criteria set down in the ATT to all future arms transfers."
Based on the limited public domain information available, the report estimates the total reported value of arms export licenses and announced sales to Saudi Arabia was more than $25bn during 2015. Of this, States Parties accounted for over $4.9bn though the exact amount is likely to be much higher.
Many states have still not yet fully reported on licenses approved or transfers made over the period 2014-15 but they include the following:
Under the ATT, all arms deals must be assessed against strict criteria, including the risk of the arms being used for serious human rights violations or war crimes, or risk being diverted for terrorist and other criminal acts. The treaty requires that if the transferring state has reasonable knowledge to anticipate that the arms would be used in war crimes, or there is a substantial risk the export will breach any of those criteria, the arms transfer cannot be authorised.
Violations are also being committed by Houthi forces, who according to UN experts have captured and acquired arms via diversion, though today's report does not address this issue due to a lack of reliable data.
Amnesty International's Head of Arms Control and Human Rights Brian Wood said: "Governments approving the export of arms to Saudi Arabia capable of use in Yemen have received many detailed and credible reports from the UN and other reputable bodies over the past months pointing to a pattern of horrific human rights abuses and war crimes committed throughout Yemen by the Kingdom's forces and allies.
"In the face of unbearable suffering of civilians and mounting casualties those governments have failed to enact convincing measures to prevent further violations, conduct independent and impartial investigations or bring the perpetrators to justice, yet, they are carrying on business as usual, and in some cases even escalating arms transfers. This is a clear breach of the golden rules in the Arms Trade Treaty.
"Given the obvious high risks, we appeal to all state to immediately halt arms transfers and military support to Saudi Arabia and its coalition partners that are capable of being used to commit or facilitate further serious violations of international human rights and humanitarian law in Yemen.."
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An Israeli Cabinet Minister who was formerly on friendly terms with President Charles de Gaulle said today that the new French arms embargo did not tally with Gen. de Gaulle's previous attitude toward Israel. Menachem Beigin, leader of the Herut Party and a minister without portfolio, said in the Knesset (Parliament) that the French leader had told him in 1957 that Israel should not evacuate the Gaza Strip or the Sinai Peninsula, which it had occupied in the 1956 Suez campaign. Israel subsequently pulled out under pressure from the United States and the Soviet Union. Gen. de Gaulle was not then in power. Mr. Beigin said the French embargo was obviously an attempt to intimidate Israel, but, he declared, "the days are past when one could frighten Jews." He called the move "a grave breach of trust" by France.


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In the land of ice
It was NAMSAP time again and The Mole decided that it would be politic to attend the meeting of the North Atlantic Motor Sport Advisory Panel, rather than sending one of the Penelopes along. After the delights of Australia, The Mole found London to be freezing and reckoned that things could not be any worse in Iceland, the traditional venue for the annual meeting with "The Cousins" from Langley, Virginia. Once again they would meet in the Hotel Holt in Reykjavik. As usual NAMSAP would take place under the guise of being a convention of banana retailers.
Motor racing is not a big sport in Iceland so the chances of being recognised were low. The Hotel Holt had a nice restaurant and boasts that the Skalholtbar on the premises is "one of the best kept secrets in Reykjavik". It has a leather armchairs, a fire and a splendid selection of armagnacs and cognacs.
"My kind of place," The Mole said to Penelope (Roedean) as they flew up for the conference. She had not wanted to attend.
"Dear God," she said. "You'd go bonkers in a place like that. Reykjavik is twinned with Hull. They all drink like fish, they listen to Bjork and were recently found to be the fourth happiest nation on earth!"
"Yes, said The Mole. "Apparently this is due to the fact that a new Bjork album is due out soon."
They giggled.
"And anyway," The Mole added. "Your country needs you."
The relationship with The Cousins has been strained for a while. The growth of NASCAR is beginning to worry the folk at Trade and Industry.
"Look," said The Mole, as the first session began. "Let us cut to the chase. The chaps in Whitehall are not happy about this NASCAR expansion into Mexico and Canada."
"Hey," said The Cousin sitting next to him. "Last weekend we let you Limeys win everything at Homestead. You had Dan Wheldon win the IRL and that new kid Lloyd winning in the Indy Pro Series. We even took Montoya off your hands!
"And we're very grateful," said The Mole.
"Yeah," said another Cousin. "So grateful that you guys are coming after Marco Andretti now. We saw that Gil de Ferran (that he pronounced Jeel dee Ferran) at Homestead at the weekend. We know what he was doing."
"I can't control Honda," said The Mole. "Hell, they can barely control themselves. Surely, the Andretti thing is up to the family. Mario wants the kid to go. Michael is not sure. What would you guys do if you were Marco? What's his future? Going around in circles with the Good Old Boys and Montoya until he's 50?"
There was a pause.
"You guys have to get your billionaires under control," said Penelope. "Without that single seater racing in America will stay a mess."
"Our assessment of the situation does not correlate to that statement," said the first Cousin. "We think open-wheeler racing is in a stable condition."
"What you mean it's still dead?" said Penelope.
There was a shocked silence in the room.
"Face it, guys," she said. "It is just rich guys pumping in their own cash. You've got Tony up there in Indianapolis and Kevin & Co wherever Champ car is based. Nobody is winning. Tony is even looking at motorbikes to try to raise some more interest in Indianapolis. The 500 is shrinking fast."
"Yes," added The Mole. "And he needs the US Grand Prix more than ever before Charlotte or Daytona takes over as the US capital of motorsport."
"Frankly," said the second Cousin. "We are more worried about your Grand Prix than about our's. Those guys at Silverstone seem a little out to lunch."
The Mole paused for a moment. It was the right moment to strike.
"Well chaps, there is nothing to worry about there," he said. "The BRDC is getting over its problems of old. It really is amazing what you can do when you phase out a few old faces. I think you'll find that we have a man called Oliver Speight will soon bee sorting it all out for us."
One of the Americans wrote S-P-A-T-E? on his notepad.
"No," said The Mole. "It's S-P-E-I-G-H-T. He's a property developer from the Midlands. Based in Newcastle-under-Lyme."
"Where the coal comes from," said one of The Cousins.
The Mole smiled.
"He was one of the bidders at Silverstone a few years back when they were first talking about revamping the place. His company is called Spectre Developments. It was too small to beat the big players back then but now he has the advantage of being well-connected with the local planning authorities. From what I hear the package is pretty much in place. There are going to be new grandstands. The more people who get the more you can earn. There will be some residential development to pay for the work, plus a science park. I don't really know what a science park is but our people spotted a change of use in the planning office recently to switch from "a command centre" to "a command centre/study centre" and that is probably significant. This will help pay for new pits, a testing centre for manufacturers, plus a hotel and conference centre. These will create new sources of revenue so that the track can maximise its income all year round, which will help to offset the costs of the Grand Prix.Watch out anyway. There is a lot going on. The big advantage now is that Britain has a really big new star emerging in F1. Lewis Hamilton."
"Really?' said one of the Cousins. "Maybe we should steal him."
Penelope laughed.
"Dream on!" she said. "You can have Jacques Villeneuve and we'll sell you options on DC, Rubens, Ralf and Jarno."
March 28 2007
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Arlene Davis is running away from her life in Sydney. Since she was six, she has watched over her younger half-sister, Helena. Now Helena Boyd is a famous singer who also is a drug and sex addict, and it seems that Arlene is the only one who can keep her functioning.
But Arlene has had enough. Helena stole Arlene's fiancé and then dumped him. The man ended up committing suicide.
Arlene has always believed her mother died when she was five. Buried memories of her past have taken her to a new life in Beckford, a small town in New South Wales, where she becomes the housekeeper for a family who live on Beckford Station. There she will watch over 14-year-old twins who have been so obnoxious to previous housekeepers that their father is desperate.
The homestead causes déjà vu for Arlene and it becomes her fantasy house. Arlene discovers more than she bargained for in the town of Beckford, as she finds some long-lost relatives and old family secrets.
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Janette Lawler calls herself a late bloomer. From age ten, she has told and written down stories. "Sometimes I would write to get out pain and feelings of inadequacy. Then I would destroy it. I was brought up under the rule, 'What will other people think of us?' So my dreams weren't allowed. Now I don't care what other people think. So maybe now my dreams will come to something." She is an avid photographer and lives with her family in Queensland, Australia.


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Based on this picture of a pregnant Kim Porter, it's safe to assume she wasn't dancing on any tables during her baby shower last week.
The girlfriend of Diddy - and soon-to-be mother of his twin girls - probably has trouble just watching a DVD of Dirty Dancing over her huge stomach these days. At least we would imagine so. No one at T.H. Gossip has ever been pregnant.
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Congress finds support among Purvanchalis, Bengalis
Migrants make up almost half of Delhi's population and hence every political party is vying to win them over. Sidhartha Roy reports.india Updated: Sep 20, 2013 19:14 IST
Migrants make up almost half of Delhi's population and hence every political party is vying to win them over.
According to the HT-C fore survey, people who have migrated to the Capital from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar (the Purvanchali voters), show a distinct preference for the ruling party over the main rival Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Among UP migrants, 32% favour the Congress and 26% said they would vote for the BJP, followed by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) at 20% and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) at 17%.
Support for the Congress among Bihar migrants is higher at 36%, followed by the BJP (27%), AAP (19%) and BSP (12%).
Among migrants from West Bengal, one of the biggest communities in Delhi, Congress has overwhelming support with 43% and the BJP a distant second with 26% supporters. Migrants from Punjab too are expected to largely vote for the Congress (34%), even though BJP is close on its heels (30%).
The communities from where the BJP can expect majority votes are the migrants from Uttarakhand and Rajasthan, with 36% and 34% inclined to vote for the saffron party, respectively.
Congress, however, is not too far with 31% and 28% supporters, respectively.Among migrants from Haryana, the state which borders Delhi on three sides, it is a close contest between the two major parties with 33% favouring the Congress and 32% supporting the BJP.
According to experts, the identity of the contestant in an election plays a bigger role than ideology when it comes to voting.
"Voters seek identification with the local leader, to which category or region he or she belongs. Migrants from 'Purvanchal' (eastern UP and Bihar), for instance, are dominant in the Shahdara area while Punjabi Bagh and Chittaranjan Park have different voting pattern altogether," said Vivek Kumar, associate professor, Centre for the Study of Social Systems, JNU.


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Hey all,
I am the web developer for a LPFM station here in Central Ohio - WCRS see http://wcrsfm.org and we have been using the station module for a number of years. I'm pondering revamping the site and I have been thinking about porting the station module to Drupal 7. I'm just wondering what other people's thoughts are on this and how we would go about working around the audio module being drupal 6 only as well. Since it never got completely ported to 6 does it make sense to try to rewrite it for 7 as well ? It seems that other solutions have taken over in terms of providing podcasting and audio for Drupal but based upon reading some of the comments here this is still an issue for people developing drupal sites.
I have a tendency to be overly ambitious, so I'm not actually planning on doing the upgrade but I just thought I would see what other people thought and if anyone would want to contribute. I think the station module is a pretty useful module and would hate to see it abandoned as Drupal moves on.
Schedule Page
X2 Love to see this happen
We did a simple schedule in Drupal7, kvmr.org, with views and panels as a first step. So, I'd be interested in seeing more useful schedule in Drupal7 -- the like of a calendar schedule not based on only Mon-Fri week, but based on more intuitive use: a weekly schedule that shows the last two days and the next five days, defaulted to the current day, with ability to go back only a month, and go forward as far as is put into the schedule.
We did the same with some tweaks
Not the easiest to edit the schedule, BUT super easy to create one.
Drupalcon BOF!
Hey Joe :-) Come to the Drupalcon BOF and learn more: http://denver2012.drupal.org/content/drupal-managing-radio-stations
See you there!
I am liking what you did on your http://kvmr.org/panel/listeners-guide schedule page - I am going to try out quick tabs -
Can I ask how you (or anyone else) are doing your "On Air Now" block?
I am "assuming" you are not creating program items for each date a program airs...
Joe Moraca
Discuss changes?
Discuss changes?
Would you be interested in discussing the changes you made? If so, please open an issue for Station. Thanks :)
Very interested in this.
Now playing Block is a Must
New co-maintainer?
Not 100% sure but......
I think for this module (Station) we need to scope out the needs for a general D7 upgrade. I'll start with my number one need:
Show (or Program) Scheduler
- Down to the minute
- Create and edit all "on-air" times in one place
- Fields would be;
* Title
* short description (times on-air)
* Image (large and tumbnail)
* Show Description (Body)
- Calendar view of all programs, Day, week, month
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Audio archive
That was me
That was me. I agree with Drew's comment, that outlining the specs for what the module needs is a great first step. We talked a lot at the BoF about the Community and Open Media modules, so how much do we all think we should work on extending those modules for radio, and what is the role of the Station module? That may make Tim's suggestion the best approach, for the Station module to focus more on documentation than anything else. The BoF ended before we really had any sort of consensus on which direction to go in.
Jason Godesky
Gathering Requirements for Station D7
Hi all, I apologize for not creating a post to this group directly after Drupalcon, work got in the way. I totally agree with drewhutchinson and jefgodesky that it makes sense to outline everyone's requirements first. I've started a wiki page at http://groups.drupal.org/node/220739, if we can all use that to create a list of high-level functional requirements for D7. If you have new requirements please add them under Must Have, Nice to Have, or Future Considerations. If you support a requirement, jsut add your name next to it and any additional details/changes. Once these start to gel, or just generate some discussion, we can turn them into Feature Request issues at http://drupal.org/project/issues/search/station.
I think gathering requirements is a good first step to take before even thinking about how or to what degree we could adapt the Community Media suite of modules to support or replace Station. Let's let the requirements drive the functionality and not vice-versa. For reference, Community Media on g.d.o is here http://groups.drupal.org/community-media and you can explore the modules on an individual basis by looking at the starter kits here http://groups.drupal.org/node/214333. Sites that are running some version of Community Media or Open Media (the D6 version) include http://www.channelaustin.org/, http://bavc.org/, http://www.amherstmedia.org/, http://spnn.org/, soon http://mnn.org/, etc.
Whether we port Station as-is or adapt Community Media or whatever direction this takes, I'm very interested in this project and actively working on a D7 site for an online radio station. I'd like Internet-based radio stations to be included in the audience for this module in addition to broadcast and satellite.
Andrew Hawks
I Want In On The Loop
I'm currently working on a D7 website for an on-line radio station and I'm very willing to provide feedback/suggestions. I'm a professional programmer but only a Drupal beginner.
Scott Jeslis
Metal Express Radio
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