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"These riots were not about race: the perpetrators and the victims were white, black and Asian"---David Cameron, 15th August 2011. How far do you agree with this statement?
The torture of one man in London suddenly triggered unending and indescribable assaulting and killings. The sun that never sets in the United Kingdom was seen drowning into scary darkness. The entire place transformed into a jungle in a matter of minutes. The city was set alight by hatred, heightened verbal and physical aggression, inhumanity, immorality, lootings, suppressed depression and acute negativity on the part of the citizens. London Bridge was literally falling down, burning horrendously.
The violence and riots were all unexpected. The collective behavior that was observed in London was inconceivable. Everyone was on the streets. Plundering and pillaging everyone and everything, immorality was at its peak. Monsters were unleashed. These recent incidents in the city have loomed over many questions. What caused this? A country that used to boast about their 'white man's burden' of civilizing the inferior nations, trespassing every land considering it their right, was displaying heinous acts itself. No adequate control was taken. The system had collapsed.
Collective behavior, being a sociological term, results due to several reasons. There are several pre-conditions that must be met for such behavior to result. What were the pre-conditions in London that triggered violence? An array of possibilities has sprung up. Historical evidences, political interests, ethnic war, social decline, disparities between the privileged and dispossessed classes, economic infrastructure, psychological implications and even more if one comes to contemplate on this issue.
However, rumors have spread that the riots were due to racial tensions. The centuries old hatred that the Whites and Blacks have for each other finally blasted in the city. However, is it wise to label it a racial outburst? It is an undeniable fact that London is home to diverse ethnicities. According to a historian Porter, "These racial tensions he associates with poverty, unemployment, rotten housing and a growing Bush war between blacks and the police, but not with racial discrimination or hostility on the part of whites (Skelton,1999)."
This observation of Porter dates back to the 90's. However, if we examine it further, a relation with the recent incidents could be formed. These racial linkages are not the angst between Blacks and Whites but the feelings of deprivation that had been bubbling for years. However, technological developments proved this racial claim false. All were equally involved. In his speech on 15th August, Prime Minister David Cameron remarked "These riots were not about race: the perpetrators and the victims were white, black and Asian." His words are justified through the clippings, videos and camera captures that not merely Blacks, but all ethnicities were equally involved. (News, 2011)
This raises two questions. Why were Blacks being accused of these tragic acts? If all were equally involved, regardless of their caste or creed, where are the faulty cracks found? Perhaps, the government did not want to deal with the issue at all. As stated in the speech by the David Cameron, "politicians had been unwilling to talk about rights and wrongs, but "moral neutrality" would not "cut it anymore" and said "the slow-motion moral collapse that has taken place in parts of our country these past few generations" must be confronted." (BBC, 2011)
The politicians had been unwilling to work towards healing the society. Why? Could turning a blind eye to the incident will serve their political ends? This means that these riots have certain political aspects that need to be discussed. However, it has been established that the rots were not having any racial background.
Those who favor the ethnicity argument would boldly point to a black gang culture and blacks being chavs while Whites being the rulers. The disparity between the races caused these riots. Blacks had been suppressed and they took this opportunity to express their grievances on being disregarded. Some would even go as far and say that these riots were Egypt-inspired. An absurd notion altogether!
The possible causes that this essay will extensively discuss have been divided into social oppression, historical facts, economic disparity, and political agenda.
These riots were caused by social factors. London is home to many cultures. There is the absolute and then the futile class. Disparity has increased immensely in the recent past. Hatred and gap have taken over. It is understood. If you live a life of uselessness, sleeping on the roads, desperately looking for a job for years, such excitement would not come as a surprise. These people burning houses, battering people, looting and plundering have 'no moral compass to make them susceptible to guilt or shame.' (Hastings, 2011)
These people are jobless, wild, frenzied, oppressed, have no work, no families, no proper rights, no voice, no education. It is class system that is much to blame for. The social order has collapsed and become deteriorated. The riots are being caused because the rich seems to have capitalized the market, leaving no room for the deprived ones to enter. The Wall Street movement in America is an example of how, when the poor are deprived and the rich are bestowed, the conflict takes place. The encounter in London is merely the beginning. If this social confrontation is not dealt with urgently, worse reactions will be found. A revolution full with bloodshed and goriness is soon to follow if the social strain remains.
Blacks, Whites and Asians, all have felt this social humiliation. Are we not equal? Police offers were seen beaten up and even when the fire brigade came to put off the fire, they were harmed too. Even worse, the clipping that was shown on CNN News was nerve-racking. A man had been brutally injured and a few people approached as if trying to help him, instead they just took whatever possessions in his bag and left him lying there, waiting for death to engulf him or God to show mercy. This negligence and extreme de-sensitivity has some deep rooted reasons. Have they been deprived so much that they have disregarded the lives of others. Their actions have become violent.
London's social class is calling out loud. It is pretty obvious their rights are being withheld. The backbone of this depressed social class is the economic infrastructure, which is a major factor behind these rioting, as we will discuss it in the topic to follow.
Consumerism and capitalism is at its peak in the world. The basis of this capitalist system is 'interest'. With such an interest oriented system, it is inevitable that the disparity between the rich and poor would widen. Why? It is due to the accumulation of wealth in a few hands. In a magazine discussing Britain's inequalities, it was emphasized on the division of the nation through the statistical findings that have found that the richest, which constitute 10% of the population, are hundred times wealthier than the poorest. (Mulholland, 2010)
With such heightened disparity, the outburst can be explained. The economy has not provided anything to the proletariat class, yet it expects them to be active consumers. The rioting speaks highly about the tottering Economic system of the nation.
These unmet needs explain clearly why stealing was on the rise. They were motivated by an impulse to steal. As many reports and news analyses reveal that the riot makeup comprised of the poorest class, bankers, unemployed, drivers etcetera. This was poor having waged a war against the rich. If the measures are not taken, the economy will collapse completely. The disparity is on the rise in England and whenever the social differences have sprung anywhere, the result has been revolution accompanied by bloodshed and killings.
Despite the obvious economic and social profiling, history and political linkage to the incident cannot be ignored.
As mentioned earlier, the politicians had initially turned a deaf ear and a blind eye to the moral decline of the nation. This is a very a serious issue. What caused these politicians to ignore this grave problem? MARK DUGGAN?!! The uprising was sparked after his murder. Who was Mark Duggan? He was a black man. The reason behind his actual arrest is still not known but it has been heard that he belonged to some black gang planning something violent which is why police had to arrest and kill him. Being a Black man, linking the event as purely a Black act, could have political reasoning as well. Mark Duggan was blamed for having opened fire at the police which is why killing him became mandatory. This might have pointed to a racial uneasiness but it could be related to political makeup.
Keep the blacks undermined and portray them as gangsters, not well for the society. Thus, this would keep them from staying at the backseat and have no role in politics.
Thus, political ends could have caused people to label these riots likewise. However, at the crux of the society lies a social order that remains to be dealt with. The politicians could benefits in terms of their vote banks but this may be open to interpretations or revisions.
Britain has a rich history. They were monarchs and colonists. They had their influence spread across the hemispheres. They used to consider civilizing the entire world their moral and social responsibility. The Broadwater Farm riots of 1985 could have something to do with these killings. In these riots, the cause was the brutal murders of two people, both Blacks. Cynthia Jarrett was the first woman to have died through a police's gun. The second death that followed this killing was that of a police officer named PC Keith Blake lock.
The first killing took place when the police had sjurrounded Floyd Jarrett vehicle, accusing him of carrying a tax disc with him. The police searched his house for further evidences, the disturbance between the police and Flayed became the cause of his 49 year old mother, Cynthia's death.
Black oppression has formed a major portion of the White History. They have been fond of killing just about anyone who doesn't fit and cannot accept morality. The Broadwater riots of 1985 were retaliation from the back community to be given equal rights.
The riots were not only caused by racial conflict. People looted because they just wanted to loot. People looted because they were fed up of their social position. People killed because they were angry with the rich. People harmed others because they were being deprived. People died because they had no reason to live. People died because they were not rich. People also died because they just did not know what to do. The political backdrop is much to blame for. Although historical evidences have revealed that these riots could be black retaliation, the clippings that displayed equal angst on the part of Asians and Whites cannot be denied.
These riots are not about race. They are about the social order. The United Kingdom has a rotten social order, the walls of which are shaking and it will fall anytime. Another earthquake and the building of social order will turn into rubble. Death of the stale social order of London is fast-approaching. One needs to stop it if they want to survive.
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Mulholland, A. G. (2010, January 27). About Us: A Guardian corporation. Retrieved December 7, 2011, from A Guardian magazine website: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/jan/27/unequal-britain-report
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Lilo & Stitch is my favourite Disney film mostly because it's hilarious, has catchy songs, feature charming yet realistic relationships, dem wacky aliens, and ohana. But there's one other thing I really appreciate about it…
Nani Pelekai's legs.
No, seriously. You see, I used to hate my legs. I very specifically recall a moment when I was eleven - yes, as early as freakin' age eleven - when I looked at my legs and swore I would always hide them under long pants. I blamed my father for giving me my soccer calves, and I used to admire Sleeping Beauty's slender gams. Don't judge me; I grew up in HK where girls are blasted every day by strangers and family alike for not being this impossibly ideal image (my hate-hate relationship with the Asian media is a story for another time).
But, look! Nani has the same kind of legs as me! Round calves, thick thighs that result in skin-hugging shorts, grounded and sensible feet. They tell you the side of her that's hardworking, athletic, responsible and determined. She's still attractive and obviously quite healthy. And though they're located above the hips, you gotta appreciate that little tummy stickin' out too.
Only in the past year or so have I embraced the fact that I'm built like a swimmer, not a princess. And I'm still coming to terms that it's fine to be that way. So when I tug on my shorts in the morning, I'll tell myself that I'm Nani, not Aurora.
Bless this post and the awesome girl that wrote this.
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I love Nani's body! I always wanted a body like hers. She's drop dead gorgeous. Growing up I wished I could have her...

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Loom-knit cowl in progress, collage on Flickr.
available for sale in my Etsy shop at https://www.etsy.com/listing/109419840/luxurious-chunky-jewel-toned-hand-knit
My first loom knitting project, a jewel tone cowl with mixed fiber yarns; a lot of wool, some cotton, acrylic and polyester novelty yarns.
The photo collage shows the progression from start to finish.


text: Nineteen new Disney Parks panelists pose in front of Cinderella Castle at Magic Kingdom park in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Now in its 6th year, the Disney Parks Moms Panel is an online forum where guests can get tips and insights for a Disney vacation from real moms, dads and grandparents who have mastered the art of planning Disney vacations. For more information and to meet the panelists, visit www.DisneyParksMomsPanel.com. (Marc Lorenzo, photographer)


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ESCONDIDO (CNS) - A manhunt is underway Thursday for a 46-year-old man suspected of killing his wife in the couple's Escondido home.
Jesus "Tony" Flores Hernandez is suspected of killing 43-year-old Juana Montalvo in the 1500 block of East El Norte Parkway sometime before 11 a.m. Wednesday, according to Escondido police.
The couple's son made an emergency call about 11 a.m. to report that he was unable to awaken his mother, Escondido police Lt. Neal Griffin said.
Responding officers found Montalvo dead in a bedroom. Detectives gathered evidence at the scene and determined she had been slain, according to Griffin. The cause of death was withheld.
Police did not say what led investigators to identify the victim's husband as a suspect.
Hernandez was described as Latino, roughly 5 feet 6, 150 pounds, with collar-length black hair, driving a tan four-door 2004 GMC Canyon pickup truck, California license No. 7D60443.
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If the quality of the industry was pinned to the quality of people working in advertising, it would be amazing. But to the average onlooker, if human beings spoke to other people the way ads spoke to people, they would be punched in the face. I'm not really sure what goes wrong. I feel like generally the industry needs to bring more of that innate awesomeness to its work and speak from a unique human perspective.
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Kate Gosselin Speaks Out About Alleged Affair
After a scandalous cover story in Us Weekly, in which Jon & Kate Plus 8 dad Jon Gosselin was accused of cheating on wife Kate with 23-year-old school teacher Deanna Hummel, Kate is finally speaking out about the alleged affair.
On Thursday's Today show, she said that, despite the on-the-record statements, video, and pictures, "I'm very hesitant to believe any of it. It goes with the territory."
The mother of eight children (twins and sextuplets) told Today show host Meredith Vieira that she thinks the public should take the stories with "a grain of salt" since "people are being paid to talk."
She added, "We're dealing with it privately. It's kind of ironic since we do have a reality show and people see the good, the bad and the ugly. But there are those things we keep to ourselves, and we're working through it together, and that's the important thing."
Jon was actually supposed to appear alongside his wife, but gave babysitting duties as his excuse to cancel. Instead, they read a statement from the alleged philanderer.
"These allegations are false and just plain hurtful. As I adjust to the attention that comes from being in the public eye, I need to be more careful and aware of who I am associating with and where I am spending my time. But the bottom line is, I did not cheat on Kate. I am sorry for putting my family in this awkward position, given some poor decisions and bad judgment I've made recently. I am working through this difficult time with my family. My family is my top priority."
What is she going to do now? Gosselin said, "We just need to weather this storm. Just like all the other storms we've been through."
"Our kids are centrally in our focus, they always have been. They are very much loved, very well cared for...that will be how it's going to be," she asserted.
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Mental Health Center
Gambling With Addiction
So when does a fun fling at the casino slot machine become a problem that requires attention?
Petry says there are red flags the gambler can notice herself, even before anyone else does. "When people start feeling guilty about how much they are gambling or start covering up how much they are spending, that's an early warning sign," she tells WebMD.
Participation in Gamblers Anonymous, or GA, modeled on the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, is widely encouraged at all centers for treatment of gambling disorders. But Petry cautions that the female bingo player or slot machine junkie can sometimes find herself alienated at GA meetings heavily populated by men who have lost thousands at the casino and the racetrack.
"A lot of women would find themselves a fish out of water," she says. But she urges women who think they are getting in trouble not to be deterred, and adds that GA meetings are becoming more open to women as the numbers seeking treatment increase.
For Karen, the bottom dropped out in 1979 after an all-night binge at the card club in Gardenia. "I called Gamblers Anonymous, mostly to get my husband off my back," she recalls. "They told me to try coming to meetings for 90 days, and after that I could have my misery back."
Today, Karen says she hasn't placed a bet in 21 years and five months. "It was like magic," she says of the meetings. "But you can't help someone who doesn't want help. Up until that point, I didn't want help."


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SMCCCD Strategic Planning
San Mateo County—located on the Peninsula between San Francisco and the Silicon Valley— is a diverse county in terms of its population, demographics and business base. Although it ranks in the top 15 richest counties in the United States, there are pockets of very low income and achievement. The County is home to many national and international hi-tech and biotech companies, including Oracle, Genentech, Salesforce, YouTube and Gilead Sciences. The San Mateo County Community College District serves more than 40,000 students each year, who come to our Colleges with varying levels of educational preparedness and educational goals.
In this context, the SMCCCD Strategic Plan is a demanding project. In order to develop a shared vision of the future that faculty, staff, students and the community understand and support, the District, through its participatory governance processes, has been working to develop an integrated strategic planning model. This model will incorporate and build upon five elements: the District's Strategic Plan; the Facilities Master Plan; a coordinated institutional research component; a coordinated program review process; and an annual budget that is based upon the other four elements. The Vice Chancellor for Educational Services and Planning is responsible for developing an organizational infrastructure that will produce the integrated strategic planning system for the District.
Vice Chancellor Luan outlined the need for developing a district plan at the District Participatory Governance Council meetings in late 2006 and early 2007. During a planning session attended by the College Presidents and Vice Chancellor of Educational Services and Planning, a more focused outline of SMCCCD Planning Process emerged. The Planning Process follows best practices in strategic planning and emphasizes being visionary, participatory, data-driven and student-centered in order to broaden access and enhance student success. In May 2007, the Board of Trustees reviewed and approved the Planning Process. In the ensuing months, the District Strategic Planning Committee co-chaired by Vice Chancellor Luan and the District Academic Senate President developed the plan, which was approved by the Board of Trustees in January 2009.
Members (2012-2013)
- Bennett, Diana (Co-Chair)
- Beverly, Katie
- Blackwood, Kathy
- Buckley, Lawrence
- Christensen, Barbara
- Claire, Michael E.
- Harrison, Susan
- Hirzel, Douglas
- Hsieh, Chialin
- Jones, Charles
- Keller, James (Co-Chair)
- Laderman, David J.
- Luan, Jing
- Scott, Bart
- Sewart, John J.
- Shaw, Leigh Anne
- Stanback Stroud, Regina
- Ulate, David
Click here for members from previous years.
The Board of Trustees approved the SMCCCD Strategic Plan on December 10, 2008. The plan can be viewed at:
SMCCCD Strategic Plan (2008-2013) full version
SMCCCD Strategic Plan (2008-2013) short version
The Committee meets the second Monday of the month from 12:30 to 2 p.m. at the District Board Room.
Previous Years Agendas & Minutes
SMCCCD SharePoint Site: Only committee members can access the site due to large amount of informal and unapproved documents. If you need access, please contact Jing Luan, Vice Chancellor of Educational Services and Planning, at (650) 358-6880.


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Bram, Pattenden, and Vint Are CHA Honorees
Mercyhurst teammates Bailey Bram and Hilary Pattenden and Robert Morris forward Rebecca Vint are College Hockey America's player, goalie, and rookie of the week for the week ending October 16th, 2011. Bram added three goals and was the first star of the game; and Pattenden made 23 saves and was the game's third star on Saturday as Mercyhurst shutout Providence 5-0. Bram added another goal and the first star of the game award; and Pattenden made 30 saves and was the second star of the game in the team's 3-0 win and series sweep on Sunday. Vint added two goals and one assist and was the first star of the game as Robert Morris edged Minnesota State 4-3 on Friday and followed that up with the lone goal for the Colonials as the Mavericks gained a series split with a 3-1 win on Saturday.
ECAC Honors Phillips, Kueber, and Howe
Colgate teammates forwards Brittany Phillips and Melissa Kueber and Clarkson goalie Erica Howe are the ECAC player, rookie, and goalie of the week. Phillips and Kueber were on a scoring rampage this weekend with Phillips scoring four times and lending a helping hand on six more; and Kueber scored five times and assisted on one more. In Colgate's 7-2 win over Lindenwood on Friday Phillips scored twice and lent a helping hand on one more; and Kueber added a goal. Phillips led the team with two goals and lent a helping hand on five more; and Kueber added four goals and one assist in the team's 8-2 win and series sweep on Saturday. Howe made 34 saves in Clarkson's 3-2 win over Syracuse on Friday and stopped 20 of the 22 that were sent her way in the team's 4-2 win and series sweep on Saturday.
Pickett, Wasylk, Tutino, and Gilligan Are Hockey East's Best
Northeastern forward Casey Pickett and Boston College forward Taylor Wasylk are the Hockey East co-players of the week; while Boston University forward Kayla Tutino is the top rookie, and New Hampshire netminder Jenn Gilligan is the best goalie. Picket scored twice to lead Northeastern to a 2-1 win over Union on Friday and added another assist as the Huskies skated to a 3-1 win over Quinnipiac on Saturday. Wasylk scored once and lent a helping hand on two more as the Eagles shutout New Hampshire 5-0 on Saturday. Tutino had the hat trickand the first star of the game award to lead BU to a 1-0 win over Union on Saturday. Gilligan stopped 24 of the 26 shots that were sent her way as New Hampshire and Boston College skated to a 1-1 tie on Friday.
WCHA Honors McIntosh, Rigsby, and Karvinen
Ohio State forward Laura McIntosh, Wisconsin goalie Alex Rigsby, and North Dakota forward Michelle Karvinen are the WCHA offensive, defensive, and rookie players of the week.
McIntosh had two goals and two assists as the Buckeyes skated to a pair of 5-1 wins over St. Cloud State on Friday and Saturday. She had a goal and assist on Friday and a another goal and assist on Saturday. She finished the week a +5. Rigsby made 25 saves in the Badgers' 3-2 win over Minnesota on Friday and another 27 as the Gophers gained a series split with a 3-2 win on Sunday. In North Dakota's series with Vermont this past weekend Karvinen scored twice while lending a helping hand on one more in the Fighting Sioux's 9-1 win on Saturday and was the second star of that game. She added two more helpers as the Sioux completed the sweep with a 4-1 win on Sunday. Karvinen finished the week a +5.
Wisconsin Tops In Both Polls
Wisconsin is the top team in both the USA Hockey/USA Today Magazine and USCHO.com polls this week. The Badgers received 17 of 19 first place votes in the first poll and all 15 first place votes in the second. Minnesota, Cornell, and Boston University finished second, third, and fourth in both polls; while Minnesota-Duluth was the fifth place team in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll, and Boston College was the fifth place team in the USCHO.com poll. Minnesota and Cornell received the remaining two first place votes in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll.
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll – #4
1 University of Wisconsin, 187 (17)
2 University of Minnesota, 164 (1)
3 Cornell University, 162 (1)
4 Boston University
5 University of Minnesota Duluth
6 Boston College
7 University of North Dakota
8 Northeastern University
9 Mercyhurst College
10 Dartmouth University
Others receiving votes: Ohio State University, 14; Bemidji State University, 3; St. Lawrence University, 3; Harvard University, 2; Clarkson University, 1.
USCHO.com Division I Women's Poll
October 17, 2011
1 Wisconsin (15)
2 Minnesota
3 Cornell
4 Boston University
5 Boston College
6 Minnesota-Duluth
7 North Dakota
8 Northeastern
9 Mercyhurst
10 Dartmouth
The Games This Week
In the series between Clarkson and Syracuse on Friday in Syracuse Jamie Lee Rattray's goal with 2:19 left in regulation saw Clarkson come away with a 3-2 win. Clarkson swept the series with a 4-2 victory on Saturday, and once again Rattray led the way with a goal and assist. On Friday Niagara needed overtime and a goal from Kristen Richards 4:08 in to get past Rensselaer 5-4. Kelsey Welch scored the game winner 14:17 into the third as the Purple Eagles completed the sweep with a 3-2 win on Saturday. Cobina Delaney scored the game winner 3:27 into overtime to give Robert Morris a 4-3 win over Minnesota State on Friday. Jackie Otto added a goal and assist as the Mavericks gained a split in the series with a 3-1 victory on Saturday. In the Saturday-Sunday series Mercyhurst went into Providence and skated away with a 5-0 shutout with Bailey Bram leading the way with a hat trick on Saturday. Bram, Jill Szandzik, and Kelley Steadman all scored as the team swept the Friars with a 3-0 shutout on Sunday.
Brittany Phillips led Colgate with two goals and one assist to a 7-2 win over Lindenwood on Friday; while Melissa Kueber scored four times and helped on one more as the Raiders completed the sweep with an 8-2 win on Saturday. In the lone Hockey East conference series Alex Carpenter scored for Boston College; and Kristine Horn replied for New Hampshire as the teams skated to a 1-1 overtime tie on Friday. Taylor Wasylk found the twine once and lent a helping hand on two more as the Eagles completed the sweep with a 5-0 shutout on Saturday. Tess Dusik's second of the year 1:54 into overtime gave Bemidji State a 3-2 win over Maine on Friday; while Emily Erickson scored twice and assisted on one more as the Beavers swept the series with a 7-0 rout on Saturday. Haley Irwin scored the game winner 17:30 into the third as Minnesota-Duluth nipped Connecticut 5-4 on Friday. Jessica Wong scored the game winner 5:55 into the second in the Bulldogs' 6-1 victory on Saturday.
There were two WCHA conference series this past weekend. In one Laura McIntosh and Natalie Spooner had a goal and assist each for Ohio State as the Buckeyes skated to a 5-1 win over St. Cloud State on Friday. Spooner, Ally Tarr, and McIntosh added another goal and assist each in the Buckeyes' 5-1 win and series sweep on Saturday. In the other Carolyne Prévost found the back of the net on two occasions as Wisconsin nipped Minnesota 3-2 on Friday. Amanda Kessel scored the game winner 7:14 into the third as the Gophers turned the tables with a 3-2 win of their own to gain a series split on Sunday. In the Saturday-Sunday series Jocelyne Lamoureux scored two goals and lent a helping hand one three more as North Daktoa routed Vermont 9-1 on Saturday. Lamoureux and her sister Monique Lamoureux-Kolls added a goal and assist each in Sunday's 4-1 win and series sweep.
In the non-two games series Casey Pickett provided all the offense Northeastern needed to get past Union 2-1 on Friday; and Kelly Wallace, Kendall Coyne, and Rachel Llanes provided all the offense in the Huskies' 3-1 win over Quinnipiac on Saturday. Kayla Tutino added the hat trick to lead Boston University to a 6-2 win over Union on Saturday.
The Leaders
Mercyhurst is on top of the CHA standings with their 4-2-0 record; while Robert Morris forward Rebecca Vint tops all scorers with six goals and three assists in four games. Mercyhurst goalie Hilary Pattenden (4-2-0, 1.32 GAA, and 0.954 SAV%) tops all goalies. St. Lawrence is the top team in the ECAC as they have a 3-0-1 record. Clarkson forward Jamie Lee Rattray is the top scorer with 12 points in six games; and Rensselaer netminder Kelly O'Brien is the top goalie at 2-1-0, with a 1.01 GAA and 0.955 SAV%. Northeastern is unbeaten at 4-0-0 to lead all Hockey East teams; while Boston University forward Jenn Wakefield is the top scorer with seven goals and four assists in five games played; while Northeastern netminder Florence Schelling is the top goalie as she has won three games while losing none and tying none, has a goals against average of 1.00 and 0.962 SAV%. Ohio State is the top WCHA team at 3-0-1; while Wisconsin forward Brianna Decker tops all point getters with seven goals and nine assists in six games; while Minnesota's Noora Raty is the top goalie with her 5-1-0 record, 1.06 GAA, and 0.942 SAV%.
The Games To Come
On Tuesday Alley Bero and Jessica Hon found the back of the net once and lent a helping hand on one more each as St. Lawrence doubled Niagara 6-3. There is one game on Wednesday as Syracuse is at home against Colgate. Minnesota is at home to Minnesota State for two games Thursday and Friday.
In the non-conference series Rensselaer is at home to Robert Morris; and Syracuse welcomes Union on Friday and Saturday. Niagara travels to New Haven to face Yale on Friday and to New Jersey to face Yale on Saturday. On Friday Boston College welcomes Quinnipiac; Clarkson is at home to Boston University; New Hampshire is at St. Lawrence; Dartmouth is at home to McGill; and Princeton welcomes Northeastern.
Connecticut welcomes Maine for a Hockey East conference series Friday and Saturday. The lone Hockey East game on Saturday will see Vermont and Providence take to the ice in Burlington. Three WCHA conference series will take place on Friday and Saturday as Bemidji State welcomes St. Cloud State; North Dakota is at home to Ohio State; and Wisconsin is in Duluth to face UMD. Boston College welcomes Dartmouth on Sunday.


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Very rare and unusual Bohemian Czech necklace made during the 1930's from fan shaped crystals strung from a twisted silk rope necklace.
These images are from my archive but I believe I still have the necklace somewhere.
It is an extraordinary piece - apologies for the quality of the images.
This is another sparkler from the Czechs/Bohemians. It is a necklace made up of beads which are 'Diamond Cut'. There are at least 60 facets on every crystal, which is why the light refracts so beautifully through them.
The glass melt from which these were made had a high content of iron oxide, which both makes them heavy and makes them refract more light.
This necklace is in the graduating style, from largest bead in front, to the smallest near the barrel twist clasp. This dates it to the 1950's era.
My blog here is a 'taster' of what is to be listed at the end of the week on ebay.co.uk. My user name is 'flipping-yesterdays-treasures-today'.
Happy thanksgiving to our friends in the USA.
This simple brooch contains one of the rarest of stones - the huge central rhinestone is faceted to a central point and the stone is called Rivoli.
It was a technique and style which was introduced by the Swarovski company during their early years of innovation.
Forgot to point out that the main stone in the center is 'Tiffany' set - meaning only the tips of the prongs are turned over to hold the stone secure. That in itself is a rare and unusual setting.
Daniel Swarovski, the founder of the company, was from a Gablonz glass making family.
When married he relocated from Gablonz to the Austrian Tyrol - not so strange when you consider that both areas were under the control of what was then the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
This too will be for sale soon on ebay.co.uk. User name upon request.
Blue Murano (Italian) Sommerso crystal bead necklace. So called Sommerso as the colour is submersed under a layer of clear crystal.


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100 Things I Hate
- Melons, any and all
- Arriving at destination realizing I'd forgotten something
- Blisters from a cute pair of shoes
- Allergies
- When my kids are sick/hurt
- Deciding what's for dinner/where to go for dinner/what to wear= Decisions in general I guess :)
- Cleaning my apartment
- Everything/Everyone "going green" as though they really care
- Dramatic/Overly emotional girls
- Handling raw chicken
- Missing movie previews
- People saying, "I don't NEED it" when they forego something they want when you are eating that second helping of "it"
- Toilet paper rolled under, instead of over
- Liberal mentality
- Putting away clean laundry
- Never having enough space for things
- My non-creativity
- Accidentally washing dry clean/hand wash only items in washer
- Realizing I bought dry clean/hand wash only clothes
- Finding that stain after it's gone through the dryer
- Running out of printer ink in the middle of printing
- Bird poop
- People talking during meetings/speech
- Bad movie endings
- Headaches
- How much soda I drink
- Running out of hot water in the middle of a shower
- Girls who cry/faint/go ecstatic over boy singers
- Cancer
- Spiders/snakes
- The fact that Pluto is no longer a planet
- Skinny Jeans
- Political Correctness
- Nancy Pelosi/Barack Obama
- carpet in bathrooms and dining rooms
- Big government
- Cellulite
- Having to get my car maintenance done
- Feet
- That I bite my nails
- When there are specifications when creating a password
- Divorce
- People driving in the left lane when they are not passing anyone
- Entitlement programs
- Living in an apartment
- Not having money for my kids to do dance/gymnastics/sports
- People who don't turn on headlights when it's dark or raining
- Not remembering to warm my car/defrost or deice my windshield until time to leave
- Cold/hot leater seats
- Whining
- Jerry Springer/Geraldo -type shows
- Women trying to be the "Best Mom" as society dictates
- Being ignored
- Children who help themselves to the food/drink at your home without asking permission or being offered first
- Being sick
- That I don't have perfect vision therefore having to deal with the hinderance of contacts/glasses
- Unexpected visitors
- That you only get one life cuz once you've screwed up, you gotta deal with it
- Tattling
- Getting my hair caught in the hair dryer
- That I basically have one way to style my hair no matter the cut
- My weight
- Licking envelopes
- Waiting….for anything
- Not knowing where a bruise/scratch came from
- Red and blue lights in my rear view mirror
- Trying on clothes
- Shopping with kids in toe
- Feeling like I need to throw up
- A sink full of dirty dishes
- Sticky fingers/faces
- BIG girls who wear tight shirts
- Eating because I'm bored/stressed/etc
- Needing to clean on weekends
- The amount of time I spend on the computer (doing stuff like this!)
- People that make you feel guilty for saying "no"
- How quickly my desk becomes a "catch-all pile of crap"
- Food stuck in/ground into carpet
- Mold
- How quickly my babies are growing up
- Never having cash on me so I'm stuck using my debit card for something less than $2
- That I don't feel beautiful in my own skin
- Pink eye
- Strep Throat
- Rude people who work for the public
- People who are rude to those that do work for the public
- That I dont' have a close relationship with my in-laws
- Spam email
- Dirt/crumbs/crayons/etc found under carseats and in hard to reach cracks in the car
- Parking meters
- Stepping in gum
- Feeling bloated
- Smoking and when those that do don't have the courtesy to not do it around ppl that don't.
- Motorcycles that park in a regular parking spot on an overcrowded college campus parking lot when there are designated motorcycle spots available.
- Trying to find the end of sticking tape or toilet paper
- Burned popcorn (or any food for that matter)
- Flies in the house
- People who complain about their weight when they're so obviously skinny
I have these for my kids (Mickey Mouse) and we made some the other day…I usually use some kind of fruit juice although the other day my youngest daughter wanted me to use her Bug Juice drink…Blue of course which stained her hands as it melted! lol
But we mostly use Pop Ice these days. :)
i had these growing up. My mom always just used kool-aid. They were disgusting.
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Pope's resignation stuns NH Catholics
New Hampshire Catholics said they were surprised, including five students from Magdalen College in Warner who arrived in Rome Saturday to begin several weeks of study.
On Sunday, they were at St. Peter's Square to hear the 85-year-old Benedict say his weekly Angelus prayer. Twenty-four hours later, the announcement came.
"It's kind of crazy to think you come here and all of a sudden, it's a huge news story," said Baron Torres, a sophomore at the college. The students are lodging at a convent outside Rome, and Torres said he kept doubting what the receptionist told him Monday morning.
"You would think the Pope is supposed to stay on his seat until the day he dies," Torres said.
Others disagreed.
"There is a time to step down, even in the Catholic church," said William Fahey, president of the Thomas More College of Liberal Arts in Merrimack. "In his resignation, he is teaching us one more thing."
He dismissed any suggestion that there is more to the story.
Michele Dillon, a scholar of Catholicism and professor of sociology at the University of New Hampshire, said the resignation makes sense, given the mental and physical energy necessary to fulfill the job. The Pope had slowed down recently and started using a cane and a wheeled platform to take him up the long aisle in St. Peter's, Reuters reported.
In a statement, New Hampshire Bishop Peter Libasci asked for prayers for the Pope and said Benedict always emphasized the Church's deep traditions and 2,000 years of history.
Became Pope in 2005
Benedict was elevated to Pope in 2005, after spending years as head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. There, he earned the nickname "God's Rottweiler" for his insistence on strict adherence to Catholic teaching.
As Pope, Benedict angered Muslims when he compared Islam with violence. Jews didn't like it when he rehabilitated a Holocaust denier. And the priest sex-abuse scandal continued throughout his papacy, especially in European countries.
Last year, Benedict's private butler leaked papers alleging corruption in Vatican business deals.
As Pope, Benedict adhered to established doctrine on topics such as homosexuality, priestly celibacy and women's ordination, Dillon said. And he bemoaned the rise of secularism in Europe and the Western world.
But he endorsed modernizing Vatican II and spoked against economic inequality. And there were no purges of liberals during Benedict's eight years.
"His kindness to liberals is one in not doing the things people thought he would do," said the Rev. Jerome Day OSB, a Benedictine at St. Anslem College who is also pastor at St. Raphael Church in Manchester.
St. Anselm connection
The announcement made for a sad day at the abbey at St. Anselm College, Day said.
When elected, the German-born Pope took the name of the founder of the Benedictine order, Day said. The Benedictines who came to New Hampshire to minister to Germans, he said, trace their spiritual home to Pope Benedict's native Bavaria.
"Across the board, there is gratitude among the monks at St. Anselm for the many good things he has done for us," Day said.
He said it will be interesting to see how the role of Pope-emeritus develops, and he said the former Pope would always be welcome to lecture at St. Anselm College.
The last Pope to resign willingly was Celestine V in 1294 after reigning for only five months. His resignation was known as "the great refusal" and was condemned by the poet Dante in the "Divine Comedy."
Gregory XII reluctantly abdicated in 1415 to end a dispute with a rival claimant to the papacy.
As soon as Palm Sunday?
In Rome, chief Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi indicated that the complex machinery of naming a new Pope will move quickly, not having to wait for elaborate funeral services.
He said Benedict would not try to influence the decision of the College of Cardinals, which will select a new Pope. A new leader could be elected as soon as Palm Sunday, on March 24, and be ready to take over by Easter a week later, Lombardi said.
The Magdalen College students are scheduled to depart Rome on March 8, but Torres said he would like to stay longer.
Torres said it would be intriguing to witness the election of a new Pope. But he said he would give it up for the security of keeping Benedict in place.
"I'm honestly scared for the church," he said.
Dillon said a new Pope will bring a fresh perspective to problems such as the priest shortage, the role of women in the church and the lack of faith among youth.
"Whoever responds to them, the hope is they do it in a creative way," the UNH professor said. "The church is all the time tweaking its doctrine."
Reuters News Service and Union Leader Correspondent Kimberly Houghton contributed to this article.
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Scarborough blasts Krugman
MSNBC's Joe Scarborough is returning fire on Paul Krugman after The New York Times columnist accused him of being an "Obamacare truther" who was didn't know his facts and was "against covering the uninsured."
Krugman to leave Princeton for CUNY
The New York Times columnist will retire from Princeton University in June 2015.
Krugman to Washington Post: 'You idiots!'
The New York Times columnist blasts the Washington Post for letting Ezra Klein go.
Pundits play shutdown blame game
Commentators on the left blame Republicans while many conservatives point to the media.
Paul Krugman, too cool for Twitter
Paul Krugman is not on Twitter and would like to explain why.
'Misled by his own paper's coverage'
Josh Barro hits two birds with one stone:
Krugman called 'spectacularly uncivil'
The New York Times columnist is hitting back at two Harvard academics who criticized his behavior.
Brooks and Krugman: 'We're not at war'
Neither New York Times columnists has been willing to come out and engage his adversary head-on.
Ryan: 'Three certainties in my life: death, taxes and liberal attacks from Paul Krugman'
Paul Ryan says he has "three certainties in my life — death, taxes and liberal attacks from Paul Krugman."
Scarborough, Krugman spar on Charlie Rose
Their ongoing debate over the debt never found common ground during the tussle on Charlie Rose.
Krugman vs. Scarborough, cont.
Paul Krugman and Joe Scarborough have just finished taping their one-on-one debate at Charlie Rose's table, and apparently things didn't go so well for Krugman.
Morning Joe's accuracy deficit
Opinion: Paul Krugman, not Scarborough, was right on debt reduction.
Paul Krugman is wrong – but don't take my word for it
The U.S.'s debt been building as a result of promises of social benefits and no willingness to pay.
Krugman economy in denial
Opinion: Paul Krugman's solution for the economy? Ignore America's long-term debt.
Krugman: NRA an 'insane organization'
The current debate over guns has revealed the National Rifle Association as an "insane organization," Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman said on Sunday.
Why won't Washington address the long-term debt?
Opinion: It seems like Washington politicians can't walk and chew gum at the same time.
Paul Krugman vs. the world
Opinion: His view is anything but mainstream.
Krugman: U.S. has 'running room'
The economist says the deficit isn't his top concern and calls for Obama to focus on job creation.
Krugman, Stewart in trillion-dollar coin tiff
The New York Times' Paul Krugman and comedian Jon Stewart are currently in the midst of a tiff over the trillion-dollar coin.
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(07/18/2011) A new population—hundreds strong—of northern white-cheeked crested gibbon (Nomascus leucogenys) has been found in Vietnam by researchers with Conservation International (CI). The group estimates that around 130 gibbon groups—455 individuals—survive in Pu Mat National Park, making it the only known viable population of this species in the world and effectively tripling the global populations. Unfortunately, these newly-discovered gibbons are imperiled by road-building through the park.
Conservationists seek $15M for rarest chimp
(06/27/2011) A new conservation plan calls for $14.6 million to save the world's rarest subspecies of chimp: the Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee, reports the Wildlife Conservation Scoeity (WCS).
Over 80 percent of urban Congolese eat bushmeat
(06/27/2011) Bushmeat is one of the major threats to wildlife in parts of Africa: large and medium-sized animals are vanishing from regions in a trend dubbed by biologists the 'empty forest syndrome'. A number of popularly consumed species are also threatened with global extinction. A new study in mongabay.com's open access journal Tropical Conservation Science surveyed 1,050 households in Brazzaville, the capital of Republic of the Congo, regarding their consumption of bushmeat only to find that the practice was practically universal: 88.3 percent of households in Brazzaville consumed bushmeat.
Photo: Population of world's biggest gorilla increases in Congo
(04/15/2011) A population of the world's largest subspecies of gorilla has increased despite ongoing human conflict, reports the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS).
Counting orangutans: the best way to survey the great apes
(03/28/2011) How do you count orangutans when they are difficult to spot in the wild given that they are shy, arboreal, and few and far between? To find a solution, biologists have turned to estimating orangutan populations by counting their nests, which the great apes make anew every night. In order to make the most accurate count possible, researchers have studied the different factors that could impact the success, or lack thereof, of nest-counters in mongabay.com's open access journal Tropical Conservation Science.
Elephants cooperate as well as chimps
(03/07/2011) A new study proves that elephants understand how sometimes two is better than one. Working with Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) at the Thai Elephant Conservation Center, researchers reconstructed a classic cooperation test that was originally developed for chimpanzees. Subjects must pull on a rope to receive a reward, such as food, however—and here's the crux—the treat is only released if two subjects cooperate by pulling on two different ropes simultaneously. The paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that elephants were as capable of cooperation as chimpanzees.
Oil company charged after allegedly forcing entry into Virunga National Park
(02/21/2011) The Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) national parks authority, ICCN, has filed a suit against oil company, SOCO International, for allegedly forcing entry into Virunga National Park. The legal row comes amid revelations that two oil companies, SOCO and Dominion Petroleum, are exploring the park for oil.
Rehabilitated orangutans need guards in Borneo, says activist
(02/19/2011) 1,200 orangutans set for reintroduction into the wild in Indonesian Borneo will be immediately at risk from poaching and illegal logging, warned an orangutan welfare group.
UN and conservation organizations condemn big oil's plan to drill in Virunga National Park
(01/20/2011) WWF, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and the UN have all recently expressed concerns about two oil companies' plan to explore for oil in Africa's oldest and famed Virunga National Park. Home to a quarter of the world's mountain gorillas, as well as chimpanzees, hippos, lions, forest elephants, and rare birds Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of Africa's most biodiverse parks and is classified by the UN as a World Heritage Site. But according to WWF plans by oil companies SOCO International and Dominion Petroleum could jeopardize not only the wildlife and ecosystems, but also local people.
Teaching orangutans to be wild – orangutan rehabilitation
(12/15/2010) Michelle Desilets, Executive Director of the Orangutan Land Trust, spoke with Laurel Neme on her 'The WildLife' radio show and podcast about the process of rehabilitating orphaned orangutans and teaching them to be wild. This is the second in a two-part interview. The first part covered orangutan biology, habits and the interconnected threats, from the pet trade to habitat loss and expansion of oil palm plantations, facing these creatures. This second part focuses on what happens to surviving orangutans.
Primatologists: the best hope for apes is the best hope for us
(12/15/2010) Distinguished conservation luminaries, eminent primate experts, ape-suited bucket wielders, a group of African drummers and nearly 1,500 people gathered in London last week for an evening of talks to shine the spotlight on the plight of apes and the forests in which they live, sending a strong message to the climate negotiators hammering out a REDD+ mechanism in Cancun. Hosted by conservation heavyweight Sir David Attenborough, Hope 4 Apes was something of a reunion of the first Hope 4 Apes event that took place ten years ago to raise awareness of -- and funding for -- ape conservation.
The problem-solving ape: what makes orangutans special and why they are threatened
(12/13/2010) Michelle Desilets, Executive Director of the Orangutan Land Trust, spoke with Laurel Neme on her "The WildLife" radio show and podcast about orangutans. In the first part of her interview, they discussed orangutan biology, habits and the interconnected threats, from the pet trade to habitat loss and expansion of oil palm plantations, facing these creatures. The second part covers the process of rehabilitating orangutans and teaching them to be wild.
Mountain gorilla population up by 100 individuals
(12/07/2010) Conservation appears to be working for the Critically Endangered mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) in the Virunga massif region, as a new census shows an additional 100 individuals from the last census in 2003, an increase of over a quarter. The Virunga massif is a region in three nations—Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Uganda—and covering three protected area.
Logging concession could extinguish endangered Sumatran elephant population
(11/30/2010) Local conservationists are urging the Indonesian government to halt the destruction of a 42,000 hectare forest in the renowned Bukit Tigapuluh Forest Landscape for a pulpwood plantation. According to researchers, the forest concession—owned by PT Lestari Asri Jaya, a subsidiary of Barito Pacific Group—contains the last population of Sumatran elephants (Elephas maximus sumatranus) in the Bukit Tigapuluh and approximately 5% of the island's total population. In a letter being sent to the Ministry of Forests, conservationists write that the destruction of the forest "would immediately lead to local extinction of elephants in Bukit Tigapuluh". They argue that given its ecological importance, the PT Lestari Asri Jaya forest concession should be placed under permanent protection.
Reforestation effort launched in Borneo with nearly-extinct rhinos in mind
(11/18/2010) The Rhino and Forest Fund (RFF) has partnered with the Forestry Department of Sabah in northern Borneo to launch a long-term reforestation project to aid Malaysia's threatened species with particular emphasis on the Bornean rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni), one of the world's most imperiled big mammals. The reforestation project will be occurring in and adjacent to Tabin Wildlife Reserve, which is surrounded on all sides by oil palm plantations.
African apes threatened by rising temperatures
(11/10/2010) Most people wish each day had more than 24 hours. But as the planet heats up, that limited number of hours might push endangered African apes even closer to extinction by making their current habitats unsuitable for their lifestyle, according to a controversial study published on 23 July in the Journal of Biogeography.
Photos: surprises discovered in tiny forest fragment surrounded by palm oil
(11/10/2010) Researchers have uncovered an astounding number of species in a tiny protected forest fragment surrounded on all side by palm oil plantations in the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Researchers with the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), Queen Mary, University of London and the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE – University of Kent) recorded sun bear (Helarctos malayanus), Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus), the banded langur (Presbytis femoralis), and agile gibbons (Hylobates agilis), but most notable, was the first record ever of the Ridley's leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros ridleyi) in Sumatra. The discoveries highlight the importance of preserving even small forest fragments surrounded by agriculture.
Saving the best for last: a journey into the final phases of orangutan rehabilitation
(11/08/2010) Rehabilitation is a powerful word these days. Fashionable, too. In wildlife conservation, rehabilitation can serve functions ranging from augmenting threatened animal populations to desperate attempts to save species from permanent extinction. At its base, rehabilitation consists of handling, preparing and releasing wild animals that have been in some way negatively affected by humans. Rehabilitation programs cover the globe (from cottage-scale sparrow and raccoon rescues in suburban parks to well-established raptor protection programs, wolf rehabilitation and public education about these wild predators in Colorado, semi-touristy rehabilitation centers in Thailand housing everything from gibbons to elephants, vet hospitals dedicated to flu-ridden bobtail lizards in Australia, and sexy lion and cheetah hubs in southern Africa which breed endangered serval cats). The motivations behind these programs are also diverse, but the umbrella goal is unified: to aid the continued survival, so often precarious, of animals valued by people.
Environmentalists must recognize 'biases and delusions' to succeed
(10/18/2010) As nations from around the world meet at the Convention on Biological Diversity in Nagoya, Japan to discuss ways to stem the loss of biodiversity worldwide, two prominent researchers argue that conservationists need to consider paradigm shifts if biodiversity is to be preserved, especially in developing countries. Writing in the journal Biotropica, Douglas Sheil and Erik Meijaard argue that some of conservationists' most deeply held beliefs are actually hurting the cause.
Financial crisis pummels wildlife and people in the Congo rainforest
(09/27/2010) Spreading over three central African nations—Cameroon, Central African Republic, and Republic of Congo—the Sangha tri-national landscape is home to a variety of actors: over 150,000 Bantu people and nearly 20,000 pygmies; endangered species including forest elephants and gorillas; and, not least, the Congo rainforest ecosystem itself, which here remains largely intact. Given its interplay of species-richness, primary rainforest, and people—many of whom are among the poorest in the world—the landscape became internationally important in 2002 when under the Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP) conservation groups and development agencies agreed to work together to preserve the ecosystems while providing development in the region.
Into the Congo: saving bonobos means aiding left-behind communities, an interview with Gay Reinartz
(09/23/2010) Unlike every other of the world's great apes—the gorilla, chimpanzee, and orangutan—saving the bonobo means focusing conservation efforts on a single nation, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. While such a fact would seem to simplify conservation, according to the director of the Bonobo and Congo Biodiversity Initiative (BCBI), Gay Reinartz, it in fact complicates it: after decades of one of world's brutal civil wars, the DRC remains among the world's most left-behind nations. Widespread poverty, violence, politically instability, corruption, and lack of basic infrastructure have left the Congolese people in desperate straits.
Orangutans can survive in timber plantations, selectively logged forests
(09/23/2010) Selectively logged forests and timber plantations can serve as habitat for orangutans, suggesting that populations of the endangered ape may be more resilient than previously believed, reports research published in the journal PlosONE. The study, conducted by a team of researchers led by Erik Meijaard of Jakarta-based People and Nature Consulting International, found roughly equivalent population densities between natural forest areas and two pulp and paper plantation concessions in East Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo.
New ape species uncovered in Asia
(09/21/2010) Discovering a species unknown to science is a highlight of any biologist's career, but imagine discovering a new ape? Researchers with the German Primate Center (DPZ) announced today the discovery of a new species of ape in the gibbon family, dubbed the northern buffed-cheeked gibbon (Nomascus annamensis), according to the AFP. The new species was discovered in rainforests between the borders of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia: an area that contains a number of gibbon species.
Scientists warn little known gibbons face immediate extinction
(09/19/2010) It's not easy to be a gibbon: although one of the most acrobatic, fast, and marvelously loud of the world's primates, the gibbon remains largely unknown to the global public and far less studied than the world's more 'popular' apes. This lack of public awareness, scientific knowledge, and, thereby, conservation funding combined with threats from habitat loss to hunting to the pet trade have pushed seven gibbon species, known as 'crested', to the edge of extinction according to scientists attending the 23rd Congress of the International Primatological Society.
Orangutan populations collapse in pristine forest areas
(08/12/2010) Orangutan encounter rates have fallen six-fold in Borneo over the past 150 years, report researchers writing in the journal PLoS One. Erik Meijaard, an ecologist with People and Nature Consulting International, and colleagues compared present-day encounter rates with collection rates from naturalists working in the mid-19th Century. They found orangutans are much rarer today even in pristine forest areas. The results suggest hunting is taking a toll on orangutan populations.
Camp merges technology and conservation for local students
(08/03/2010) From July 23-25, Taiwanese undergraduates held a camp in Bukit Lawang, Sumatra, that taught local high school students to use technology as a conservation tool. The Taiwanese volunteers aimed to help local people in this popular rainforest tourism destination to use the Internet to research and promote sustainable tourism practices. The high school students, who had no formal training in using the Internet, learned to use email, produce a blog, conduct research, and use GPS devices to create a map of part of the local trail system.
Scientists condemn current development plan in Kalimantan
(08/02/2010) Scientists with the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) have released a resolution opposing the current development plan for a road and bridge crossing Balikpapan Bay in the Indonesian state of Kalimantan. The resolution states that the plan threatens not only the fragile ecosystems within the bay, but of the nearby mangroves as well as the Sungai Wain forest and its watershed, vital for local industry and people. According to ATBC, the plan could be easily remedied by officials picking an alternate route, which is also favored by locals since it would be 80 kilometers shorter.
Indonesian people-not international donors or orangutan conservationists-will determine the ultimate fate of Indonesia's forests
(07/29/2010) Many of the environmental issues facing Indonesia are embodied in the plight of the orangutan, the red ape that inhabits the islands of Borneo and Sumatra. Orangutan populations have plummeted over the past century, a result of hunting, habitat loss, the pet trade, and human-ape conflict. Accordingly, governments, charities, and concerned individuals have ploughed tens of millions of dollars into orangutan conservation, but have little to show in terms of slowing or reversing the decline. The same can be said about forest conservation in Indonesia: while massive amounts of money have been put toward protecting and sustainable using forests, the sum is dwarfed by the returns from converting forests into timber, rice, paper, and palm oil. So orangutans—and forests—continue to lose out to economic development, at least as conventionally pursued. Poor governance means that even when well-intentioned measures are in place, they are often undermined by corruption, apathy, or poorly-designed policies. So is there a future for Indonesia's red apes and their forest home? Erik Meijaard, an ecologist who has worked in Indonesia since 1993 and is considered a world authority on orangutan populations, is cautiously optimistic, although he sees no 'silver bullet' solutions.
Captive orangutans: enriching bodies, minds, and lives
(07/22/2010) Visitors to the Orangutan Care Center and Quarantine (OCCQ) are always delighted by the sight of playful young orangutans. Hairy orange youngsters swinging through the branches or tossing balls around always induce fits of cooing and camera clicking. These activities appear to be so natural that it is easy to forget these are orphans in rehabilitation school and one of the main classes is Enrichment. The term enrichment has become a catchword in the world of captive animal husbandry in the past few years and for many organizations, enrichment has become a new focus as more and more research reveals how critical enrichment is to the physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing of captive animals.
Forest loss occurring around Kibale National Park in Uganda
(06/28/2010) A new study in Tropical Conservation Science finds that Kibale National Park in Uganda has retained its tropical forest despite pressures of a dense human population and large-scale clearing activities just beyond the border of the park. Home to twelve primate species, including Chimpanzees, the park is known as a safe-haven for African primates.
New plan to save the chimpanzee from extinction
(06/21/2010) Humankind's closest relative, the chimpanzee, is classified as Endangered by the IUCN Red List. Threatened by habitat and forest loss, hunting for bushmeat, trafficking for the illegal pet trade, mining, and disease, the species remains in a precarious position. Yet a new 10-year-plan with East and Central African hopes to ensure the chimpanzee's (Pan troglodytes) survival. The plan, which focuses on one subspecies of four, the eastern chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii), pushes for the conservation of 16 core areas that would protect 96 percent of the eastern chimpanzee population.
Wildlife-rich river threatened by sand-dredging in Borneo
(06/15/2010) The Kinabatangan River in Malaysian Borneo is home to a fabulous wealth of species, including orangutans, proboscis monkeys, and a sizeable population of the world's smallest elephant, the Borneo pygmy elephant. While local politicians have stated numerous times that the ecology of the river will be protected, locals are reporting a number of legally sanctioned sang dredging operations on the river. Dredging can affect river flows, negatively impact wildlife, and release toxins from the sediments.
Protected areas vital for saving elephants, chimps, and gorillas in the Congo
(05/10/2010) In a landscape-wide study in the Congo, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) found that core protected areas and strong anti-poaching efforts are necessary to maintain viable populations of forest elephants, western lowland gorillas, and chimpanzees—all of which are threatened with extinction.
Farming snails to save the world's rarest gorillas
(04/28/2010) In a place of poverty and hunger, how do you save a species on the edge of extinction? A difficult question that conservationists have long-been working to tackle, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has come up with a new plan to protect the world's most endangered gorilla, the Cross River gorilla, from poachers by providing locals with an alternate and better income from farming snails.
Jane Goodall renews her faith in nature and humanity during the "Gombe 50" anniversary, An interview with Dr. Jane Goodall
(04/12/2010) 2010 marks a monumental milestone for the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) and its founder, Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE. Fifty years ago, Goodall, who is today a world-renowned global conservation leader, first set foot on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, in what is now Tanzania's Gombe National Park. The chimpanzee behavioral research she pioneered at Gombe has produced a wealth of scientific discovery, and her vision has expanded into a global mission 'to empower people to make a difference for all living things.' Time, however, has not stood still for Gombe. The wild chimps of the area have suffered as the local human population has swelled. Gombe National Park is now a forest fragment, a 35-square-kilometer island of habitat isolated in a sea of subsistence farming. Because the problems facing Gombe—unsustainable land practices, overpopulation, and a cycle of poverty—are typical of many other areas, lessons learned by Dr. Goodall and her team provide valuable insights for solutions at Gombe and beyond.
Hope for survival as isolated orangutans joined by rope bridge
(04/11/2010) Researchers in the Malaysian state of Sabah in Borneo are joyful after receiving confirmation that a young male orangutan used a rope bridge to cross a river, which has separated one orangutan population from another. Due to logging and clearing forests for oil palm plantations, which cover 18 percent of land in Sabah, orangutans on the Kinabantangan River have been cut into fragmented populations.
Guerrillas could drive gorillas toward extinction in Congo, warns UN
(03/25/2010) Gorillas may disappear across much of the Congo Basin by the mid 2020s unless action is taken to protect against poaching and habitat destruction, warns a new report issued by United Nations and INTERPOL.
Orangutans use calls for a variety of reasons
(03/10/2010) Mature male orangutans produce what scientists call 'long calls', which can be heard for one kilometer in all directions even in dense forests. New research in Ethology has uncovered that these calls are employed for a number of reasons and provide information about who is calling and why.
Why we are failing orangutans
(03/01/2010) It is no secret that orangutans are threatened with extinction because their rain forests are being destroyed at an alarming rate. Ten years ago, Shawn Thompson, a writer, former journalist and university professor, set out to chronicle the threat to orangutans in a book released in March 2010. The book is called The Intimate Ape: Orangutans and the Secret Life of a Vanishing Species. The book spends most of the time talking about the nature of orangutans and the relationships between orangutans and people. But the ultimate underlying message is there about the source of the peril to orangutans and the solution. Thompson says that the problem of saving orangutans has to do with communications and human nature.
Humans push half of the world's primates toward extinction, lemurs in particular trouble
(02/18/2010) Of the known 634 primate species in the world 48 percent are currently threatened with extinction, making mankind's closes relatives one of the most endangered animal groups in the world. In order to bring awareness to the desperate state of primates, a new report by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature highlights twenty-five primates in the most need of rapid conservation action. Compiled by 85 experts the report, entitled Primates in Peril: The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates, 2008–2010, includes six primates from Africa, eleven from Asia, three from Central and South America, and five from the island of Madagascar.
Orangutans vs palm oil in Malaysia: setting the record straight
(01/16/2010) The Malaysian palm oil industry has been broadly accused of contributing to the dramatic decline in orangutan populations in Sabah, a state in northern Borneo, over the past 30 years. The industry has staunchly denied these charges and responded with marketing campaigns claiming the opposite: that oil palm plantations can support and nourish the great red apes. The issue came to a head last October at the Orangutan Colloquium held in Kota Kinabalu. There, confronted by orangutan biologists, the palm oil industry pledged to support restoring forest corridors along rivers in order to help facilitate movement of orangutans between remaining forest reserves across seas of oil palm plantations. Attending NGOs agreed that they would need to work with industry to find a balance that would allow the ongoing survival of orangutans in the wild. Nevertheless the conference was still marked by much of the same rhetoric that has characterized most of these meetings — chief palm oil industry officials again made dubious claims about the environmental stewardship of the industry. However this time there was at least acknowledgment that palm oil needs to play an active role in conservation.
World's rarest gorilla caught on film
(12/16/2009) The first ever professional footage of the world's rarest gorilla, the Cross River gorilla ( Gorilla gorilla diehli), has been shot deep in the forested mountains of Cameroon. The only other existing footage of this Critically Endangered subspecies was taken from far away by a field researcher in 2005.
African children on 'gorilla warfare' mission in run-up to COP15
(12/06/2009) "It's the gorillas I've got to thank for bringing me here," said Sephora Binet-Mboti, (13), as she gazed up, wide-eyed, at the Eiffel Tower in Paris. She was a long way from her in home in Central Africa where she lives in Gabon at subsistence level in a clapboard house with her parents and nine brothers and sisters. Sephora had never traveled as far as the capital of Gabon, let alone to the developed world, but on Thursday (3rd December) she boarded a plane for an all-expenses-paid dream week in Paris, the city of lights.
Hyenas cooperate more easily than chimpanzees
(12/06/2009) Spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) could show chimpanzees a thing or two about working together, according to a new study. Hyenas, prodigious hunters, pull down prey together. Christine M. Drea, an associate professor in the department of Evolutionary Biology at Duke University, started to ask questions about the cooperative hunting habits of hyenas while she was reading The Spotted Hyena: A Study of Predation and Social Behavior by Hanz Kruuk.
Transmitters implanted in orangutans for tracking after release into the wild
(11/23/2009) For the first time transmitters have been implanted in orangutans to track their daily movements. The Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD) has implanted transmitters into three orangutans that have been released back into the wild from Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Center in the Malaysian state of Sabah on the island of Borneo.
Disney commits $4 million to rainforest conservation in the Amazon, Congo
(11/03/2009) The Walt Disney Company will invest $7 million in forest conservation projects in the U.S., the Congo Basin, and the Amazon in an effort to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.
"Money is not a problem," palm oil CEO tells conservationists during speech defending the industry
(10/26/2009) Earlier this month at a colloquium to implement wildlife corridors for orangutans in the Malaysian state of Sabah, Dr. Yusof Basiron, the CEO of Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC), told conservationists and primate experts that the palm oil industry was ready to fund reforestation efforts in the corridors. "We can raise the money to replant [the corridors] and keep contributing as a subsidy in the replanting process of this corridor for connecting forests," Basiron said in response to a question on how the palm oil industry will contribute. "Money is not a problem. The commitment is already there, the pressure is already very strong for this to be done, so it's just trying to get the thing into motion."
Emotional call for palm oil industry to address environmental problems
(10/21/2009) During what was at times an emotional speech, Sabah's Minister of Tourism, Culture, and Environment, Datuk Masidi Manjun, called on the palm oil industry to stop polluting rivers and work with NGOs to save orangutans and other wildlife. He delivered the speech on the first day of an Orangutan Conservation Colloquium held in early October in the Malaysian state of Sabah on the island of Borneo.
Palm oil industry pledges wildlife corridors to save orangutans
(10/03/2009) In an unlikely—and perhaps tenuous—alliance, conservationists and the palm oil industry met this week to draw up plans to save Asia's last great ape, the orangutan. As if to underscore the colloquium's importance, delegates on arriving in the Malaysian State of Sabah found the capital covered in a thick and strange fog caused by the burning of rainforests and peat lands in neighboring Kalimantan. After two days of intensive meetings the colloquium adopted a resolution which included the acquisition of land for creating wildlife buffer zones of at least 100 meters along all major rivers, in addition to corridors for connecting forests. Researchers said such corridors were essential if orangutans were to have a future in Sabah.
Two of the world's most endangered (and strangest) primates receive protection from new reserves in China and Vietnam
(09/24/2009) There are 200 Tonkin snub-nosed monkeys left in the world. The cao vit gibbon, however, is even worse off with only 110 individuals remaining, giving it the dubious honor of being the second most endangered primate in the world (the closely-related Hainan gibbon with only 17 individuals is likely number one). Both of these species—the cao vit gibbon and Tonkin snub nosed monkey—have received good news recently as new reserves in China and Vietnam have been created in part to aid their survival.
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