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Timo Glock believes Marussia's biggest obstacle this season could be their all-rookie line-up.
Having parted ways with the experienced German due to financial reasons, Marussia sold Glock's seat to Luiz Razia, who joins Max Chilton in the only all-rookie driver pairing on this season's grid.
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This weeks chapel speaker was Rodney Baker, Pastor of Hopeful Baptist Church in Lake City, Florida. Pastor Baker expounded on Acts 8:26-40. He posed two questions: 1. Did you ask the Holy Spirit to fill you this morning? 2. Did you ask God to bring a lost person across your path this morning? He encouraged students to do the following:
His compelling message encouraged students to witness to the people in their life in a fearless way. He shared that if we are filled with the spirit, we won't be afraid to share Christ with others and we will be glad we did.
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Mr. Bill Britt Evangelist with Compel Outreach International in Gallatin, Tennessee spoke in chapel on Thursday. During this service, seven Truett-McConnell students came to know the Lord. He gave a powerful message about the importance of making Jesus Christ number one in our lives. He gave four points that were important to remember when living for Jesus:
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In addition, I wish much Discgolfer participates in this site from Japan.
Next year, I hope two things.
One is that the disc golf is recognized as a popular sport in Asia.
Second, it is that of course can be a lot of Discgolf in Asia.
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I'd like to see the business improve to put disc golfers in better suits, with the community.
To be able to play Disc Golf again. I miss playing. Hope my Health improves.
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Joy in the Stillness at Borobudur
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It seemed that around every corner in Indonesia was something new to discover. We had long bus rides and frequent plane rides between islands that allowed me to ponder the newness of every experience. Every time I really did, I felt I might need to pinch myself. There are all kinds of love in this world and in the absence of the kind of romantic love that fuels so many lives, my great affair is learning and collecting new experiences. Borobudur was a moment in which I was able to be still and not just learn but actually apply, in the moment, the lesson of peace and stillness; which brought about joy. It must be no coincidence that the t-shirt I put on to wear the morning we rose before the sun, was from the #FindYours campaign I did with Expedia. It says, "Find Your Joy." And in the moment that this photo was taken, that -- and more -- is what I had found.
I'm a person who rarely pauses to have still moments, to relax, to slow down enough that I can discover inner peace. It seems the great affair with wanderlust drives me at a pace that leaves no room for stillness.
Yet, at Borobudur, sitting in wait for the sunrise to blind me and thrill me, having nothing else to do but wait, amongst a place of physical beauty (a characteristic that always excites me) -- peace, stillness and joy are exactly what filled all the rooms I had for rent.
Borobudur Temple, located near Magelang in Central Java, is purported to be the largest Buddhist temple in the world. It is both a shrine and a place of pilgrimage. It didn't feel that large to me. However, it is impressive and because of its location within a very verdant valley it draws both those seeking the beautiful in nature and the beautiful in man's creation. The primary source of its physical draw is the intricacy and sheer magnitude of its 2,672 relief panels. A pilgrim could easily believe that the temple's layers are a sort of stairway towards heaven. There is a constant feeling of reaching ever higher. At the top one finds a main dome and 72 Buddha statues seated inside perforated stupas which are in addition to the 504 Buddhas that already dot the lower layers of the temple.
Borobudur was built in the 9th century during the reign of the Sailendra Dynasty and the temple's design which is crafted in the Gupta style reflects India's influence on Java while still managing to be distinctly Indonesian.
Though the temple was constructed in the 9th century, it may have been abandoned in the 14th after a decline in Buddhist and Hindu tradition once Islam began to take hold in Java. British ruler of Java in 1814, Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, was alerted to its existence which then led to it being officially preserved, and provided for restorations to begin. It was in the early 1980's that Borobudur was then listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, a status it still retains today. It is Indonesia's most visited tourist attraction. To visit for yourself, check out Indonesia's resources page here.
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Spanning from the final days of Afghanistan's monarchy to the atrocities of the Taliban reign, an epic tale of fathers and sons, of friendship and betrayal, an unlikely friendship develops between Amir, the son of a wealthy Afghan businessman, and Hassan, a servant to Amir and his father. During a kite-flying tournament, an unspeakable event changes the nature of their relationship forever. As an adult haunted by the childhood betrayal, Amir seeks redemption by returning to his war-torn native land to make peace with himself and reconcile his cowardice.
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How do we save African elephants from extinction?
African elephants are being slaughtered for their ivory as a surprising consequences of the rise of Asian economies. Symbolic of wealth and prestige, ivory was once only affordable for a few. Now with hundreds of millions of newly rich people in Asia, demand has outstripped supply and elephants are being killed at a rate that will drive them to extinction in less than 15 years.
African governments are unable to stop the poaching - the price of ivory is driving impunity, corruption and is now under control of criminal cartels.
How do we stop this? What will it take to reverse this trend? Do we need to change cultures? Appealing for compassion in China, Thailand, Philippines? Is it about law enforcement?
We need some bright ideas from TEDsters who love African animals and who know how to cause change in Asia
Mar 4 2013: Almost all of the recommended solutions fall into one or two categories. Economic and scientific remedies.
Paula, I am not a TED tree hugger .. I have had three jobs I retired from all three ... military, areonatical engineer, and state civil servant (law enforcement).
You want to save the elephant ..... there is a demand for the tusk (ivory) .... poachers are killing off elephants to supply the ivory to buyers.
Review the laws.
1) Poaching is illegal ... what is the punishment ... The consequences must out weight the rewards.
2) Getting caught with poached tusks .. what is the punishment ... same as above
3) Transporting poached ivory ... what is the punishment ... same as above
4) The immediate loss of all bank accounts ... property ... impounding of planes, ships, motor vehicles, etc ... used in the act of poaching or the transporting of poached goods. This would require cooperation from banks.
5) The diplomatic treaty with countries that poachers and recievers or traders in poached property will be subject to harsh laws and penalties to be agreed upon by the countries involved.
6) If your country is really serious about this then public execution of poachers would go a long way. Recommended.
When dealing with organized crime there can be no half way. Power is all they respect. Justice must be harsh and quick.
Economic and scientific solutions will not mean anything to organized crime .... they can and will overcome all of these efforts and laugh all the way to the bank.
This is not a kinder and gentler business. Get tough.
I wish you well. Bob.Mar 3 2013: I think if we could find a way to discolor the tusks, that was not harmful to the elephant, poaching would cease.Mar 2 2013: The same issue facing the elephants is the same issue facing the Rhinos in South Africa, the same as the issue of oil spillage and global warming. Some people are hell-bent of making so much money at any cost; and there are voices of resistance.
This should be a joint effort of governments, the media, NGOs and local communities. It is an uphill task because one or all of these could still be contaminated by dirty money. But no one goes to a battle with a head filled with thoughts of defeat. If we are to win, we have to fight, and probably fight for long.Mar 1 2013: Educate children how important we should live harmorious with animals in our lives.Feb 28 2013: http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_the_elephants/?cSkBUcb
this is a petition Avaaz is running at the moment...Perhaps it may help a tiny bit ?
it is about the ivory trade inThailand,... but perhaps everything to raise awareness of the elephants' suffering will help.
Leo Taylor
Feb 27 2013: using Ted talks how about this approach. In this talk
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Suzanne talks about growing your own clothes. I believe there are other talks about genetically growing leather and animal pelts and such. Imagine a pair of Nikes with real leather that was grown so that no animals had to be killed. This would save animals and allow us to have leather. IF we could find a way to genetically grow ivory then we have a supply to sell and can produce enough for the economics of "supply and demand"
Then we couple this with another Ted talk. ( I cannot remember the name) The idea was about changing the cultural mindset of a country. As I recall the general idea is that a county in central or south america has a social custom of older men ( 50 years or older) getting young girls (10, 12, 15 years old) and keeping them as trophy girlfriends, or worse. So the speaker of the Ted talk attacked it with commercials and social media etc with funny advertisements in which some old guy was always trying to get the young girl and never could. It became a hit and was so funny that in a matter of months the name of this character was entrenched so that the social acceptance of the older men and younger girl began to change.
If we combine these two ideas. Artificially grown, but real ivory, along with a brilliant campaign about the elephants then this may accomplish what is needed.
If someone knows of the Ted talk regarding the older men please post it. It was very interesting.
Kate Dunlay
Mar 3 2013: Agreed. It's the cultural view that needs to change. Buying ivory items needs to become a shameful activity, an embarrassment, a deed that reveals ignorance and thoughtlessness. Status should come from behaving in ways that are beneficial to others and the environment. (This is an issue that goes way beyond ivory, and a problem that exists in many cultures. Why is having enough money to waste and destroy resources something to be admired?)
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Maybe advertisements with anti-ivory statements from prominent Asian film or music stars would help.Feb 27 2013: No doubt this needs a multi-pronged approach. But broad awareness must be in the mix. If the world, and most especially the asian cultures involved, could be made more aware of the brutality involved in taking ivory, much as the documentary The Cove did for dolphins I would think it could help quite a bit. But this is not a simple thing to do. In The Cove it seemed that many people in Japan were not aware of how a small number of their countrymen were profiting from the bloody way in which dolphins were harvested. I image that there is also a lack of awareness among many in asia in regards to elephants and ivory.
Feb 28 2013: Thanks Peter, very interesting idea... something to chew on. Paula
Louise Kyte
Mar 6 2013: Another conservation advocacy group, the Environmental Investigation Agency, said Tuesday that Google Japan's shopping site now has 10,000 ads promoting ivory sales.
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About 80 percent of the ads are for "hanko," small wooden stamps inlaid with ivory lettering that are widely used in Japan to affix signature seals to official documents; the rest are carvings and other small objects.
The trade is legal within Japan, but banned by Google's own policies. The EIA said hanko sales are a "major demand driver for elephant ivory."
"While elephants are being mass slaughtered across Africa to produce ivory trinkets, it is shocking to discover that Google, with the massive resources it has at its disposal, is failing to enforce its own policies designed to help protect endangered elephants," said Allan Thorton, EIA's U.S.-based president.
Google said in an emailed response to The Associated Press that "ads for products obtained from endangered or threatened species are not allowed on Google. As soon as we detect ads that violate our advertising policies, we remove them."
The EIA said it had written a letter to Google CEO Larry Page on Feb. 22 urging the company to remove the ads because they violate Google's own policies. It said Google had not responded to the letter or taken down the advertisements.
About 70 years ago, up to 5 million elephants were believed to have roamed the African continent. Today, just several hundred thousand are left.
As Asian economies have grown, so has their demand for ivory. Over the last 12 months, an estimated 32,000 elephants were killed in Africa, according to the Born Free Foundation, which says black-market ivory sells for as much as $1,300 per pound, a huge multibillion-dollar business.
CITES banned the international ivory trade in 1989, but the move did not address domestic markets. Since then, Japan has imported ivory stocks from Africa in at least two legal, controlled sales.
(continued in following post)Mar 5 2013: You won't find compassion among the rich or the government. The ones that seek the ivory do so in full knowledge of the consequences of their actions. They're rich and they care little for anything else. Law enforcement won't save all the elephants, but it would be a start. Such operations would likely be expensive and require a lot of manpower, but there's little else you can do when the men doing the harvesting are ready to kill people to get their ivory.
The other solution would be considerably funding for reserves and protected land, allowing the elephants to strive and to keep the poachers out.
Thiyagu Jay
Mar 5 2013: Contrary to what another member posted, poaching of elephants has been there in India. Notably a forest-based bandit, Veerappan by name, had poaching elephants and smuggling sandalwood as his business but was killed by police 7-8 years back. Other than his, there have been no major gangs who had elephant poaching as their business in India. The reasons are :
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1. Elephant is treated akin to God as the Elephant-faced god, Ganesha, is widely worshipped in India.
2. A large number of elephants are domesticated and it is a lovely sight to see bejeweled elephants in various processions. This has made elephants accessible to many and hence loved by most.
The actions I would suggest are :
1. Making a sustained campaign to make elephant a loved animal. Make them accessible to people so that people will know their value. Love for anything is more powerful than any other worldly thing. Use banner, radio, TV, pamphlets, statues, etc.
2. Identify the section of the people who work as poaching workers and provide them alternate means of earning and protection from poaching masters.
3. Find and shutdown the ivory transfer routes, borders, bank accounts, etc. Make a pact with neighbouring countries and announce big rewards for the heads of poachers. If generations of men can learn the knack of successful poaching, is it difficult to train a another bunch of men to go after those poachers and kill or capture them ?
4. If a premeditated murder of a human can warrant death sentence, it can be considered for killing an elephant also. The justice should be quick and almost instantaneous.
5. Identify the destinations markets, workshops, dealers, auctioneers, etc, and work with those governments to shut them down effectively. Try for international sanctions against those countries not curbing them effectively.
6. Finally, unless there is consumption there wouldn't be a market for Ivory and hence there won't be any poaching. Who is buying ivory products – identify and do an effective camp
Aadi Iyer
Mar 5 2013: This may not go down to well with you but. The only way to save elephants is to domesticate them.
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In India this is the only reason elephants are not being poached for their tusks. Elephants belong to private individuals, companies, elephant schools and of course the majority to temples.
Don Anderson
Mar 4 2013: Despite Allan's big mistake that killed thousands of elephants, his current plan is working and could save the elephants, people from starvation, and the planet.
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this is truly a game changer.
P.S. this would also turn a profit and create employment/jobs, instead of costing.
Mar 5 2013: I agree : an excellent TED talk, and brilliant work. first thing that has lifted my hope for ages.Mar 4 2013: Perhaps this should be a United Nations issue. There should be some leverage that Kenya could use to get China to control the market in ivory. China has invested heavily in Africa and Kenya in particular. Is there something that China wants from Kenya that Kenya can hold back until China stops the ivory market? China has a tremendous control over its own people, fabulously wealthy or not. China could stop the Chinese ivory trade, they need to be given a reason to do so.
Scott Bell
Mar 3 2013: DronesMar 1 2013: Why can't the governments stop it? I do not understand this. Why doesn't the government send armed security to stop it? Entities like yours could raise capital in the US thereby leveraging your spending power converting dollars to your currency to support your activities. Like here in the US...illegal drugs are rampant....but I have never seen a Cuban Cigar. Perhaps you could be granted a contract to protect the Elephants and all wildlife if they won't do it. I think it's a shame...Africa is the most beautiful place on the planet. She has natural resources like no other. I wish the governments where able to shake the chains of colonialism...rid themselves of tribalism and want to better the lives of all their citizens. Rid themselves of the rich and poor....Perhaps reach out to the diaspora, victims of slavery to know who we are and where we came from. You could provide free trips to your country so the world could see how beautiful it is. If I can help, please let me know.Feb 28 2013: G'day Paula
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What do drugs do to the brain? They alter the brain chemistry to make one feel good, it's the same with ivory or anything precious it's actually mind altering so to change people's minds in owning such mind altering products you will have to be just as mind altering within your re-education. Ask yourself has any amount of re-education worked within the drug trade? Not when there is so much money to be made especially now with the way the world economy is going.
I know people are going to say ivory & drugs are quite different. Try taking the wealth off a wealthy person & see what happens, you will witness very simular withdrawal symptoms in the way they react just like they did in the great depression, many went into deep mental depression & some of them committed suicide.
In regards to re-educating I don't think they are going to help with this in let's say China for instance in re-educating the newly found wealthy over there for starters but I could be wrong.
MathewFeb 28 2013: Nobody needs ivory. What right does anyone have to do this to elephants? Their grief, you can see it.
I have piano I love. once it would have had ivory keys. Now it has plastic ones. I accept that. Why would I want ivory at such a terrible price?
Let people invent an artificial ivory, I'm sure it can be done. artificial jewels of various kinds are close enough in many ways.Feb 28 2013: There is some information on elephant tusks at this link;
It explains that about a quarter of the tusk is inside of the elephant, so poachers would still have a large amount of ivory to harvest.
Education is the key. When people become educated they are more apt to understand the connectedness of all life. They begin to understand how everything they do has a ripple effect.
In the case of rising wealth in Asian countries and the hunger to show wealth, one needs to ask; Do the people who buy ivory even care about the elephants? Would they stop if they knew? Would the poacher stop if he had access to work that he could do to feed his family and gradually acquire the material things he is willing to risk his life for, now?
Perhaps eco-tourism? There is a growing trend of eco-tourism and some governments are cashing in on it. Once established, local people benefit greatly from it, and can become very possessive about "their" animals, thwarting poachers of animals and plants. It is a long road, but it can be done.
Unfortunately, as long as there are people willing to pay the price, elephants will be slaughtered for their ivory, tigers killed for their penises, (females are killed when the poacher cannot tell the difference) and rhinos will be killed for the so-called aphrodisiac effect of their horns.Feb 28 2013: In addition to the plan we have so far, some enterprising science lab like the CSIRO could work on producing synthetic ivory. It is organic in origin afterall so you might be able to grow it in culture.
Feb 28 2013: Hi Peter, synthetic ivory has been tried adn this hasn't really worked, the Chinese users will pay much more for the real thing because of it's association with the elephants. I would love help from a lab like CSIRO to help me to find a means of permenanently marking the ivory in our stockpiles so that it can be traced to ensure that it never enter the illegal markets and gets laundered into the legal markets.
Feb 28 2013: You just need to make the synthetic ivory good enough so no-one can tell. That's why a biological mechanism would be best. I'm not talking about immitaion ivory I mean "synthetic" it's real ivory just made in a lab. Like synthetic diamonds and saphires etc. There are few natural stones used in jewellery anymore as the synthetic versions are so good.Feb 27 2013: A BBC report states that some elephants are no longer growing tusks
"...as a rapid and effective evolutionary response to escape slaughter by ruthless and resourceful poachers who kill elephants for their ivory trophies"
Full report:
Not sure evolution can work that quickly. There must be some other genetic reason perhaps?
Peter's idea of controlled tusk removal I think is a good one. And, as daft as this may sound, the fitting of prosthetic tusks anchored to the remaining real tusk stumps might enable continued normal feeding and mating behaviour. Given that elephants live for between 60-70 years, it would be time and money well spent. I guess the prosthetic tusks would also have to be coloured in some way so that poachers can see they aren't real.
Feb 28 2013: In reading about tusks on the link I entered, the author also had this to say; Some likely reasons for the greater proportion of tuskless Asian elephants compared the African elephants may be due to strong selection in the past by humans killing the tusked male elephants and an gene in Asian elephants which is not as recessive.
Of course there is no telling how many generations this took.
Feb 28 2013: Thanks GeraldineFeb 28 2013: Thanks Allan. Tusklessness is now prevalent in two African elephant populations - Murchisons Falls in Uganda and Addo in South Africa. I'm not sure that it is not a state you'd want elephants to be in - tusks evolved for a specific purpose, they are used in fighting, finding food, and even rescuing each other.Feb 27 2013: Perhaps a program of tusk removal and regulated sale of ivory would produce a supply large enough to lower the street value to the point where poaching wasn't worthwhile. It would mean the rangers would need to tranquilise any animal with large tusks to allow their removal and it would only be able to be done in good habitat where tusks are less used to gather food. Perhaps a trial in a small area to asses the effects of tusk removal on the long term survival of a herd would be a good place to start.
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Feb 28 2013: Thanks Kate, am looking into it. Very interesting article!Mar 6 2013: McCrea-Steele said IFAW has advised Google on illicit trading, as well as China's Alibaba Group, which runs the popular e-commerce platform Taobao. She said both were "very responsive" and had taken action to stamp out illicit activities.
IFAW has also worked with eBay, which it once called "one of the main channels through which trafficking in wildlife and wildlife products are conducted online." The company imposed its own voluntary ban in 2007 after IFAW persuaded them that ivory was indeed being trafficked with the help of their site.
"They've cleaned up, that's sure," said Adrian Hiel, an IFAW official attending the CITES conference in the Thai capital. "But there are so many ads that come out every day, you have to be vigilant. You have to keep checking."
Even now, concerned Internet shoppers still allege ivory is being sold on eBay. One called attention to a carving of a rural Asian village scene selling for $1,000 that is labeled as "Fine Chinese Ox Bone." The item is advertised by a seller in Los Angeles with the note, "Ships to: Worldwide."
Hiel said it can be tough, based on photos alone, to determine whether such products are really elephant tusks. You can always make an educated guess based on where the object is being sold and how much it goes for. But "unless you buy it and examine it, it's hard to tell for sure what's legal and what's not."
"Our argument is that the onus should be on the seller to prove the legality of what they're selling," Hiel said. "Because law enforcement can't go around ordering stuff of eBay just to test the legality of it."
Dan Ashe, director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, said that when elephant poaching last reached crisis levels several decades ago, web-based trafficking was not something anybody had to consider.
Now, "Internet-based crime is an important aspect of control," he said. "It makes it much more difficult, but we have to deal with it."Mar 6 2013: Why can't law enforcement order products to see if they are legal? Then,if they aren't, charge a large fine to cover their operations. The websites could post warnings that this is being done. Wouldn't that get rid of most of the traffic overnight?
You see, I've been reading this about that: (eventually I realized this article is Mr.Long's pick)
BANGKOK (AP) — Conservationists say there's a new threat to the survival of Africa's endangered elephants that may be just as deadly as poachers' bullets: the black-market trade of ivory in cyberspace.
Illegal tusks are being bought and sold on countless Internet forums and shopping websites worldwide, including Internet giant Google, with increasing frequency, according to activists. And wildlife groups attending the 178-nation Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species in Bangkok this week are calling on global law enforcement agencies to do something about it.
The elephant slaughter, which has reached crisis proportions unheard of in two decades, is largely being driven by skyrocketing demand in Asia, where tusks are often carved into tourist trinkets and ornaments.
"The Internet is anonymous, it's open 24 hours a day for business, and selling illegal ivory online is a low-risk, high-profit activity for criminals," Tania McCrea-Steele of the International Fund for Animal Welfare told The Associated Press on Tuesday from London.
In one investigation last year, IFAW found 17,847 elephant products listed on 13 websites in China. The country, which conservationists call the world's top destination for "blood ivory" from Africa, is not alone.
IFAW says illegal ivory trading online is an issue within the U.S., including on eBay, and it is rife on some websites in Europe, particularly nations with colonial links to Africa.
It is often advertised with code words like "ox-bone," ''white gold," ''unburnable bone," or "cold to the touch," and shipped through the mail.
(continued in following post)Mar 6 2013: http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/03/05/group-says-google-shopping-ads-fuel-ivory-trade/?intcmp=HPBucketMar 5 2013: One of the difficulties conservationists encounter is that anything that restricts the supply of ivory will tend to increase the price, making poaching more attractive. Unfortunately (for elephants) the available evidence (and there is very little) suggests that people will still buy ivory, even if the price is high, as long as they have the income to do so. I offer an economic analysis of the issues and some links to the literature here http://worthwhile.typepad.com/worthwhile_canadian_initi/2013/03/can-evolution-save-the-elephant.htmlMar 4 2013: What if there was a group of scientists that made a solution that would seep into elephant tusks and ultimately making less or undesirable to buyers or poachers, like when people used a special paint to mark arctic seal fur so they would be less desirable.Mar 4 2013: No bullets, just tranquilizers and make some legal profit.
Elephants will adapt. And jobs will be created.
Economic problems need economic solutions.
Humans are doomed already, this will just buy a little more time for the elephants and us.Mar 4 2013: I'm sure this has been pointed out before, but I'd just like to mention again the prospects of domestication, or privatization, of the elephant.
Domestication has preserved many species of animals for, (I'm guessing) many generations. Dogs, rabbits, chickens, and other animals have had great succes. Despite the many abuses they suffer today, the one terminal privation they do not suffer from is extinction.
Domestication is not the easiest solution, but it is one guaranteed to work.Mar 4 2013: It would cost a lot of money. Sorry efforts towards this will continue to be minimal. There are far more important things to worry about than elephants. I'm an insensitive person but if you want truth above reassurance in this forum come to me.Mar 4 2013: Monetize the value to their survival. Making something illegal, i.e. alcohol, drugs, simply drives up the price and creates associated violence. When you remove the tusks, they cease to be elephants and become a man made version of an elephant. Pay the population which creates the poachers to monitor and document the elephants. Make the pay greater than what they can earn by poaching. If the elephants disappear, so do the well paying jobs. Economic problems typically require economic solutions.Mar 3 2013: I agree that removing tusks is a good deterrent of poachers seeking to cash in on some ivory, but doing this to all elephants as well as new born elephants would prove to be a rather exhausting task. It would be favorable if, eventually, long tusked elephants were bread out of the population due to artificial selection. Eventually it would be more beneficial and safer for elephants to have little or no tusks and these are the elephants that would live on to breed. Unfortunately elephants have very long life span so seeing such a mutation or alteration take place would take a very long time. Does anybody know if the elephant genome has been sequenced yet? If we could somehow target this gene and silence it somehow we could save a lot of elephants for generations to come. Does anybody else have an idea as to whether or not this is being looked into already?Mar 3 2013: Tranquilise then remove tusks so there's nothing to take. This is short term patch. Real problem is us. There is between 6 & 7 billion of us. We are a spreading virus from natures POV. Long term solution; 1-2 children per family across the globe. We need to stop spreading & slowly taking all wildlife habitat. It's that simple. There is simply no need to have this many humans. Especially you India! What would be a comfortable global population? A sustainable one for all life? 4 billion? 3?Mar 3 2013: How do we stop this? We Don't !!!
Short of lining the poachers & their employer-cartels and customers up against a wall,
there is no way to stop Elephant slaughter.
Goodbye Elephant.
Like the US Drug War. It becomes a lost cause, when Supply meets ceaseless Demand.
It will take identifying the retail customers and squeezing off Demand. But, like the Drug War,
It just doesn't work. Those Suppliers that need Demand, have that now.
Goodbye Elephant.
The biggest problem is, as always, corruption at the highest and lowest government levels.
Goodbye Elephant.
With the advent of US and some other nation's manufactured weapons and ammo,
the poor Elephant's haven't a chance.
Goodbye Elephant.
A story set during the 1800's--
The trapper, Jim Bridger and his mountain men caused the Beaver's near extinction.
Supplying the Demand for Beaver pelts used to make Tall Hats.
But, when Tall Hats went out of style, so did Demand for Beaver pelts.
It was too late by that time to save the Beavers.
Goodbye Beaver.
Beavers populations have somewhat rebounded since then. But today remain endangered.
What will it take to reverse this trend?
It is self-extinguishing upon the death of the last ivory tusk Elephant. Rhino's are now at risk also.
Goodbye Elephant.
Do we need to change cultures?
NO. world-wide humankind is about taking, seldom giving.
Goodbye Elephant.
Appealing for compassion in China, Thailand, Philippines?
NO. Consumerism is about getting products, not about how they are gotten.
Tree Huggers & Whale Savers never really win. They just beg money and
make great videos.
Goodbye Elephant.
Is it about law enforcement?
We would hope so, but actually there is not much they can do.
They act "after the crime has been committed".
Goodbye Elephant.Mar 3 2013: Hi Paula:
I have spent some time is both South Africa and Kenya (good luck in the elections) travelling and volunteering in wildlife preserves and schools and have made many friends who work with wildlife.
One thing I see from this distance is the large spike in the amount of poaching and consequent animal deaths that showed up shortly after China began getting so many construction and road contracts in Africa and bringing in their people to do the work.
I don't think that correlation has been looked at. But if the stuff is being transported out of the country in diplomatic pouches as has been alleged, your government is going to have to be willing to break diplomatic ties with certain Asian counties and I don't think they will do that, not even if there was only one elephant left in the world!
I know many of the preserves with rhino are clipping their horns, but with elephants in the wild (or rhino in the wild) I understand that this is not feasible.
However, the proposal to auction off the seized tusk and horn MIGHT put a dent in the illegal trade, as well as raising money for more enforcement, better pay, weapons and training for the rangers.
I'd love to hear more about what your organisation thinks and what it proposes to try . . .
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Mar 2 2013: how does that work to cut down on the estimated 25,000 elephants per year which are cruelly killed for their tusks, or for the roughy 400,000 remaining elephants?
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Mar 2 2013: it doesn't take many years to go through the remaining herds at that rate. 20 years is all. But extinction isn't the big thing, as we are all headed there eventually, it's how those animals, and many other species, are treated.Mar 2 2013: I believe if we were to invest in Africa, in infrastructure, jobs, education in the Local communities in these areas; poaching would slowly crumble. If we give people another choice rather than poaching to make a living. This would not satisfy demand in Asia however it would have the potential to remove supply and maybe just maybe give a sense of pride to local communities in their wildlife, a sense to protect it. And with that step poaching would be made all the more harder.
Mar 2 2013: China is investing quite a lot in Africa. It has an embassy in Kenya and in other African nations and makes a show, maybe sincere at some level, of proclaiming how hard they are on smugglers who bring illegal ivory into China. The economic quid pro quo should start with China, and not to give poachers an alternate way to make a living, which I do not believe will work to any significant degree in any case, but as leverage to make the Chinese officials look for better ways to locate and prosecute smugglers and choke off the supply lines. No doubt there are also issues with corruption within the African governments as well, which need to be addressed.
I imagine Paula Kahumbu, and the organizations she works with, have a fair idea where the largest barriers exist and some idea of what works and what doesn't . I know that animal rights acitivism has grown a lot within China. I wonder how much awareness these organizations have of the elephant/ivory issue and whether increasing their awareness would help increase pressure from within to address this problem..Mar 2 2013: We need to first understand the reasons behind their extinction. If humans poaching is responsible,it is bit difficult as there is no way one can remove "GREED" from the humans. Anything other than that is a possibility.
My theory of life on earth is- " when god gave life on earth, first plants, trees flowers etc were created, when he looked down he said still looks dry, so made birds ( added some colors) but still something was missing, so made animals, still something was missing so made under water life and so on except human beings. Everything looked so beautiful, god fell in love with it. But, his principle is creation and than destruction. So now how to destroy this!! "HE MADE HUMANS IN THE LAST" to destroy everything.
How much ever any one tries, you can't beat god's will, can you?
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Feb 28 2013: This suggestion makes my teeth hurt - imagine removing teeth from an elephant - they are embedded in the jaw by about half a a meeter and the pulp cavity extends more than a meter ! An elephant with a toothache will be a very dangerous animalMar 3 2013: carolyn,
The costs of a dental surgery project are tremendous, and what of the effect
on the Elephant itself.
A bullet for the poacher is much less costly to reward a poacher's poacher.
And a reward for the ex-poacher revealing his employer's name and address.
Let's put our money where it will cause change we can control.Feb 28 2013: Since this an issue of sustainability, we should consider the economic, social, and environmental impacts of elephant poaching and what can be done to stop it. But I believe that the economic portion is largely in effect here, so I'll predominantly address that.
One of the main problems is that poachers are offered such huge sums of money to kill elephants for their tusks. To a poor man struggling to feed his family, the life of a single elephant is certainly worth being able to support his family. Thus, people have an economic incentive to poach elephants. This overcomes any idea of protecting the environment or cultural connection with the elephant.
So how does one fight against such a strong incentive as money? I think we can turn this system around and use money as an incentive for saving the elephants. Tourism is a huge source of revenue for countries with big game populations. Tens of thousands of tourists per year visit countries to go on safaris and see the lion, the giraffe, and especially the majestic elephant in its natural habitat. But what happens when the elephant is extinct? Will people still pay thousands of dollars to see the empty plains? They will not. So in the long run, poaching is actually hurting the economies of these countries.
I believe that spreading awareness of this idea is key in changing the mindset that poaching is a legitimate way of life. The governments should offer stakes in tourist businesses so locals can profit from them and not feel the need to poach. Local watchdog groups can be formed to identify potential poachers and stop it before it happens.
There are many ways to help reduce poaching, but it won't be done here. Work must be put in at the local level to spread awareness of the importance of the elephant, and show the people that is profitable to save the elephants.
Feb 28 2013: Greetings Mustafa, thank you for this very pracical approach. i have heard the economic argument and I guess I feel that it ignores the problems with globalization, and it also ignores spiritual values. What it also ignores history and the evidence that species have gone extinct due to over harvesting. We are working on a number of ideas to create whistle blowing facility so that anyone anywhere can report poachers, dealers, gangs etc, but this has to be combined with special teams to conduct investigations, prosecution and courts. Raising the funds to set this up is my challenge
Feb 28 2013: This is a very noble cause, and I respect what you're trying to do. Is there any way to allocate funds from tourist revenues towards elephant and overall wildlife conservation? If elephant poaching continues, tourist revenues will dry up and the government could lose money. Is that incentive enough for them to help fight poaching?Feb 28 2013: It's money. It's as simple as that.
Money has to end in one regard in order for people to stop doing things for money.
Money is the reason they kill female babies or fetuses in India. It's too expensive to a family to have a baby girl.
But it doesn't matter what it is.
Some comments made here: "People are willing to pay the price - pay - People who buy ivory - notice the word "buy" - tourism meaning tourist dollars, i.e. money - ivory harvesting, meaning making money for survival, a job
Yet people will say again and again, you can't blame money; money is not the root of all evil.
Well, yes it is because it is the reason for corruption, greed, crime, horrible acts against humans or animals, etc.
My brother is a big game hunter. Travels the world over, killing all the magnificent beasts of the earth.
Now that he is much older, I don't think he does it much any more. I could not see how a two-foot piece of an elephant's
leg was more beautiful than the actual beast roaming its lands, especially since they could always be shot with a camera, captured forever in all their real beauty and letting them live would always keep them alive.
I asked why he kept doing this? He replied that the elephants live on areas of land set aside solely for their survival but as they populate they become over-populated and have to be thinned out. Plus, he said the meat goes to the people in the area. What a crock of you-know-what. Of course if you crowd them together, you can then justify what one calls "over-population" so that you can continue killing. It's sickening.
The real reason he does this is it is a way to continue killing his father, who was a horribly cruel, sadistic man. We suffered extreme violence under his hands. He has killed them all, several times over and mounted them everywhere. He is basically a serial-killer only he killed animals.
It all has to be confronted by people who won't stop until it all stops. Same thing religious spokespeople should spend time doing.
Feb 28 2013: So do you think people continue big-game hunting because they find pleasure in killing, or having power or control over nature? An if so, how do we change this mindset that killing is good, and what alternatives can we offer such people?Feb 28 2013: Wow, that's a very powerful and sad personal story. I wish that visitors to Africa could experience the opposite, a peace associated with reconnection with the land of our origin, and a relationship with the animals that we evolved with. I have never understood the mindset of hunters but that's just me. The ivory trade is not about hunting, it's about supplying a valuable resource to people who have no connection to the animals. Perhaps if every Asian user of ivory had to actually shoot the elephant, they wouldn't be quite so interested in the ivory.Feb 27 2013: G'day Paula
I'm not sure but I think they do but do elephant tusks regrow & how long does it take for tusks to regrow?
The reason I ask is if we are serious about saving these animals from extinction farm them for their tusks, I know this wouldn't be an easy task but it's worth a thought. Approach someone who is willing to do this that has the finances to do so. I know we like to see these animals in their natural habitat without human interference but what is the alternative? I would also consider doing this with other animals as well like the rhino.
Feb 28 2013: Rhino farming is actually established and underway in South Africa right now. The horn can be safely cut off without any harm to the animal, and they grow back within 18 months, making this a profitable and sustainable venture. The link I used is here:
The problem with trying the same with elephants is the material of the horn. Rhino horns are made out of keratin, like human hair or fingernails. And like hair and fingernails, a rhino's horn can be cut off safely (if done properly) and grow back.
However, elephant tusks are made out of ivory. They are essentially modified teeth, and what happens when you pull a tooth out? It bleeds. It hurts. It can get infected. The problem is that teeth still having living tissue and nerves inside them. An elephant can have nerves going all the way to the tip of its tusks. Thus, it would be very difficult to remove tusks safely, and probably impossible to do so without harming the elephant.
Feb 28 2013: G'day Mustafa
I was just thinking of cutting the ivory tusk of to the desired length.Feb 28 2013: Thanks Mustafa and Mathew, pulling teeth is exactly that .. pulling teeth. Difficult, painful, dangerous. I'm looking for radical solutions to the demand in Asia, and new innovative ways of improving enforcement in Africa - from anti-poaching, to intelligence, prosecutions and elephant population management. Cheers, Paula
Feb 28 2013: G'dat Paula
Good luck on this because as ivory become scarcer the price of ivory will obviously go up which will in turn impact in how poachers work, they will become a lot more sophisticated just like the drug trade. Also the more money made from such products the more corruption.
The Asians have always loved ivory as they have of Rhino horns, the market is there to be filled & no amount of education is going to stop this supply & demand just like the drug trade.
MathewFeb 27 2013: Prevention of any kind begins with identifying something as a priority. Perhaps with all the other health concerns in Africa the plight of the Elephants will not receive the attention it deserves. The National Wildlife Foundation surely (though in the U.S.) have a vehicle in the matter. I would imagine that National Geographics has in interest in preserving the life of the African Elephant as well. It is a sad event and one my heart bleeds for.


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Rated 5 out of 5�by JB Great Deal We bought this item a couple of years ago to take to the beach and wound up using it a lot more often than we thought. We also bought it to put inside a stall at horse shows to use as a changing room and to help keep dust off items. I saw the in store display and thought that for an actual pop up easy up type canopy that it was a good price. We had seen the cheaper made kind of canopy that requires you to set it up in pieces for more money. So as long as this one held out for the season we thought it would be a good deal. Actually, we have had it for a year or so and it got a lot of use. I also used it at a local outdoor event for my business and it seems to be as well made as many of the other tents that went up for other businesses (better than some). By chance, we happened to go by a local Dick's store and saw them on sale for $49. I bought two more. One to keep in the closet at my office for using for outdoor event booths and one to use for whatever. We are keeping the one that I bought last year down at the beach for everyone to use. The inside of the canopy is lined and does a good job of keeping out the sun and rain. On the downside, the zip up cover bag with wheels bit the dust when a family member tried zipping it up with sand in the zipper and broke it and I bent one of the legs setting it up when I was in too big a hurry - but it is still functional. This thing is basically the same thing as an ezup but 1/2 the price. Overall, the canopy is just as good as much higher priced models that we have had in the past. Just remember that the size is measured by the size taken up by the extended legs (which is 10 x 10), not the actual canopy itself (which is closer to 8x8). However, you are not getting ripped off. This size deal is the same for any of the canopies which are sold according to their bottom dimensions so that people using them for trade shows (where space is at a premium) know how much space they actually take up. If you want a canopy closer to 10x10 coverage, you have to buy a canopy that is actually a 12x12. But that is true for any brand. Remember that any brand of these canopies are not high end mountain treker tents able to withstand artic blast. They are basically a trade show style tent. Also, don't get a recreational canopy selling for $50 to $150 that you can set up in mere seconds confused with a $700-$1500 commercial grade canopy that takes much longer to set up. If you take care of this canopy, you can get several years out of service. If you treat it kind of rough like we did, you can expect about a year. Overall, the 10 x 10 would be a good deal at $100, an excellent deal for $75, and an absolute steal for under $60. After having one for a year, when I saw them on sale for $49 - I bought two. July 2, 2013
Rated 3 out of 5�by annoyedbyatalltheinfoneededforareview Nice product, don't confuse with 100 sq. feet of coverage... Good solid product although the "10 x 10" is misleading. The "10 x 10" is in big letters and referring to the base of the canopy compared to the top shade which is actually 8 x 8 feet. 64 square feet of coverage is mentioned in smaller print and I missed it. Still a good item, I just got duped by the tactical packaging. February 22, 2015
Rated 4 out of 5�by MidasWelby They stand behind it! I bought the canopy for camping and opted for the "No Sweat" protection plan to go with it in case of the unforeseen. The canopy stores well in the case and sets up easily as expected. Eventually on one trip the wind got the best of it and it failed. That's when the friendly staff at Dick's stepped up and replaced it, no questions asked. They know how to treat their customers and have definitely earned my loyalty! February 27, 2015
Rated 4 out of 5�by Selling Outside Bought at $59.00 So I got this on sale and put it up right away. It ripped immediately where the velcro attaches at the bars because I didn't know that you don't attach them until completely up, so FOLLOW DIRECTIONS! Thank goodness I bought the replacement plan for 1yr, so worth it! This does the job and if you have anchored down it will stay where it needs to. July 2, 2013
Rated 3 out of 5�by broken 1 Get the 8 dollar warranty Q64 10x10 canopy went up good but not as good as I thought canopy and the poles are very well made but has a hard plastic center cap mine broke the first time while taking it down dicks offered a one year parts replacement for 8 dollars the part cost 13 with shipping so get the canopy and the 8 dollar warranty July 5, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5�by camp fanatics great value We've had this canopy 3 camping seasons now and are still very happy with it. I would have rated it a 5 but I ended up adding guylines to the canopy. If it had come set up with them it would have gotten the extra point. Those who were not happy with the issues in the wind.....what did you think would happen with a big umbrella type item????? I have water proofed it twice to make sure the seems don't drip, but again, It's outdoor equipment....take care of it as such!! We use it camping, around the yard at home to keep the kids out of the sun, even at the kids sports outings....I have gotten my moneys worth!!!.........For what we paid for the 10x10, it was a fantastic value.....just be smart with how you set it up and take care of it as you would any camping equipment and it will last and make you happy!!!!!........happy camping!!!!! June 30, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5�by Canopedia Take care of it I bought this and set it up by myself in about five minutes. Very easy. The thing is, these things are only so good. You have to be really gentle with them. Each time I get a canopy I immediately throw away the stakes it comes with and I use the twelve inch Coleman nail stakes, hammering each one in the ground at a sharp angle. Then, I use guy lines made out of narrow rope and secure each side of the canopy tightly with four additional stakes. People actually make fun of me for this. "What's going to happen? Is there a tornado coming?" My canopy has never bent, it's never blown over, and it's never been anything but very stable in pretty high winds (like up to 45 miles per hour). This canopy is about as good as you can get for under a hundred bucks and I'm really happy with it. April 24, 2015
Rated 1 out of 5�by Kickinbass NOT WATER RESISTANT... or what it used to be! My Wife and I received a Quest canopy as a gift about 10 years ago. We ended up buying the tent body, privacy screen and netting attachment for it and used it for camping, picnics, parties, garage sales and more. Thought it would be a good idea to buy a new to replace the old one. Got it on sale for $49 the middle of June and used it camping over the 4th the of July 2014. It seems that in 10 years the Quest focus went from "quality" to "quantity". If we lower the price we can sell MORE!! Not always a good idea. The frame is thinner/cheaper, the canopy feels about as thick as a bed sheet and the carrying case doesn't even feel durable enough to hold a folding camping chair let alone a canopy like this. The thing that really got me and my Wife is that it says it's "water resistant". Ha. We had a steady rain that lasted about 30 minutes. The rain seeped through the canopy onto our picnic table which was covered with food and other camping items! NOT WATER RESISTANT! We discussed getting waterproofing spray to resolve the problem but in all honesty it's not our problem. It's Quests problem that they are now making an inferior, NOT WATER RESISTANT canopy! Never had a problem with our old one...EVER! I understand there is a difference between "waterproof" and "water resistant", but a screen door would've provided as much resistance as this canopy. If you're "looking for some shade on a sunny day without any wind or rain" or looking to "not spend a lot of money" or looking to "buy a new one in a year or 2" this canopy is for you. To sum up, I have fixed the bracing in our old canopy and will use it as our primary , our new one will be our backup to our backup which will be my screen door from the back of my house. I hope Quest gets back to the idea of "quality". I'll gladly pay more and give better reviews for that! ~Peace July 30, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5�by BW64 Nice tent for the $$. The Quest 10' x 10' canopy tent is very nice. It serves my purpose at the farmers markets. It's fairly easy to setup once you get the hang of it. The only real negative I see with it, is the strength of the legs. The legs are made of thin steel and are not as strong/rigid as those of a more expensive tent. Therefore when setting it up, it is best to setup with at least 2 people in order to not put all the stress on one leg as you are raising it. 4 people would be best if they're available, also makes it go up faster. 1 person can put this up but you must be careful and constantly relieve the pressure off the leg. Best way to raise this is to stretch it out, bouncing it helps, get underneath in the center and push up on the frame. Then go to each corner and lock the ball pins. Then work your way around extending the legs. Gently bouncing it helps. Would I recommend this tent? Yes. Depending on what your intentions are for it It was worth the $60.00 I paid. Would I pay $100 for this tent? NO. I would put the $100 towards a better quality tent first. September 5, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5�by LAR Awesome! GREAT product! I got this for our beach vacation and was worried that wind would be a problem...but it wasn't at all! This canopy did really well with the wind..and on the beach! It does take two people to put up (in my opinion), but it is also very easy to put up and take down. Overall a great product for a great price. June 29, 2013


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Rated 1 out of 5 by feethurt WARNING: Product Changed - LESS CUSHIONING NOW I just wanted to second what Dot70 said in a recent review: beware - they recently changed this product. They cut costs by reducing the amount of cushioning by about half (!). The difference is immediately obvious, and the product is much less comfortable. It's really a shame, since this used to be a good product. Hopefully they will change the design back if people request it. In the meantime, steer clear of it now: you might as well by a cheap insert from the drug store, since this product is no better and more expensive. April 1, 2013
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Rated 5 out of 5 by Dot1 Great Insole I have been using the Sof Sole Airr Insole for a few years. My podiatrist recommended I use them and I have loved them. I understand they are changing them so I bought up all the old ones I could find. They are putting a raised area in the center of the heel area of the insole. I have talked to a few people that have purchased the new insoles and they hate them. They are causing the runners to get blisters where they have added the raised part of the heel pad. I hope they change them back soon. I called Sof Sole and complained. I hope they get enough complaints that they go back to the old Sof Sole Airr. April 16, 2013
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Rated 1 out of 5 by ExistentialEgg Worst Insole, Felt Like Torture The gel cup in the heel ends up being deflated after about 2 minutes of use and then your heel digs into the recess that's supposed to be padding your heel. I'm not exaggerating when I say that these were the worst insoles I have ever owned. It wasn't that they didn't provide cushion, they were so poor that they felt worse than not using an insole at all. I'll definitely avoid insoles in the future that have a separate heel saucer cushion. April 29, 2014
Rated 1 out of 5 by sfohey new model is terrible I have been a loyal customer for the past 6 years. I have a pair of air insoles in every pair of shoes that I own and replace the insoles in my "everyday" shoes about every 5 months. With that being said... I would return the latest pair of insoles if I could. The new model has an air bubble in the heel that is slightly bigger than a quarter and looks like a blister. It is to small to be functional and creates wrinkles in the liner of the insole. It always feels like there is something in your shoe and actually rubs to cause blisters if used while running. I plan to try to find some of the old model online, but will never buy another pair of the new model. September 10, 2013
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Redwood City, CA - July 23 , 2007 - Members of the Redwood City Police Department have long-championed the Special Olympics, which creates positive and enduring change in the lives of people with disabilities. On Tuesday, September 11 th, 2007 from 5 to 9 pm at Amici's East Coast Pizzeria, 226 Redwood Shores Parkway in Redwood City, personnel from the Redwood City's Police Department will be waiting tables to benefit Special Olympics Northern California. Law enforcement officers will trade in their handcuffs and badges for menus and serving trays to assist Amici's wait staff during dinner, with all of their tips going directly to the Special Olympics.
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I bought these for my 7 yr old niece in blue. Pink was out of stock in her size. She was speechless when she opened the box! But the smile on her face, and her enthusiasm to put them on immediately, said it all! Her younger brother started crying as quickly as she smiled. He was so broken-hearted that there wasn't a pair for him. Guess what's on the list for his next gift.... This one is definitely a winner! ... read more
These slides are great and I love the color but they run small. I ordered a youth size 3 thinking my daughter who just started wearing a size 2 in other shoes would be able to wear them for 2 summers. The slides are perfect for her now but are not likely to fit her next summer. I suggest ordering at least one size bigger than you normally wear. ... read more
finally bought my dream slippers! so cute, super comfy, i don't want to take them off! feels like a foam floater, super light! i got the bright pink kids size 6, and i'm a woman's 7.5 and they fit me perfectly, and there's still room for socks in the winter! I LOVE THESE SLIPPERS I HOPE THEY NEVER BREAK!!!!!! BEST SLIPPERS EVER!!! SO HAAAAPPPYY!!! ... read more
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I purchased two pairs of the adilight Supercloud Slides for my boys this summer and they love it. They're very nice on the feet. Very confortable. One thing to keep in mind is the sizes. Before I purchased them I read the review on quality of product and sizes and they were mixed reviews on the sizes. So, I ordered one size up. But that didn't work. These sandals are very small. For example my boys are currently size 3 on shoes. However, I had to order 3 sizes more (size 6) in order to have them fit. They're just slightly big but that's OK. I had to return 2 pairs because I ordered 4 and then 5 and it was just too small. So when you order this kind of sandals, do yourself a favor. Order two sizes up your normal size and you should be OK. That's my experience. Everything else is great. Sandals, customer service. Price could be a little bit cheaper. ... read more
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These fit my son just right just wish there was some room to grow. He is 11 and wears a size 5.5 sneaker. I ordered these in a size 5 but should have gone up a size. Nonetheless he loves them and looks forward to sliding them on after a busy day or after sports practice. I know I will be buying these again. ... read more
These are very comfortable and stylish slides. The fit is very nice and snug, perfect size. The foam is very squishy and comfortable. I got a color that is not available on the website. It is an all white (very bright, I love bright shoes) with the stripes being black. I would recommend these to anyone looking for a comfortable yet stylish pair of slides. ... read more
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This story was updated at 10:30 a.m. March 17, 2013.
Prince George's County Police have identified the man they say attempted to steal an off-duty Washington, D.C., police officer's personal vehicle with the officer's 9-year-old daughter inside.
Police arrested Demetrice Littles, 19, of the 1800 block of M Street in Northeast Washington on Saturday in connection with the incident, which the officer fired his weapon several times, according to a press release from the department. He has been charged with first-degree assault, two counts of reckless endangerment, kidnapping a child under 16 and auto theft. He is currently in the custody of the Department of Corrections on a $30,000 bond.
Police did not immediately return a call for further comment on Saturday.
The incident occurred around 8:20 a.m. Friday in the 5000 block of Vienna Drive in Clinton. Police said the off-duty officer's wife had started the vehicle in their driveway and put her 9-year-old daughter inside when Littles approached. The mother rushed inside and notified her husband, who is an off-duty officer with the Metropolitan Police Department, county police said.
Police said the officer came outside and began shouting at Littles, who had gotten into their vehicle with the daughter still inside.
"He then tries to order the suspect out of the car. He's saying, 'Get out, get out, get out,'" said Julie Parker, a county police spokeswoman.
At that time, the daughter jumped out of the vehicle, and Littles put the car in drive and began driving toward the officer who was standing in front of the car, police said.
"In fear for his life, the officer discharges his duty weapon multiple times, and the suspect crashes the car a short distance away," Parker said of the black Toyota Camry that had struck a parked Chevy sport utility vehicle across the street.
Police said Littles then got out of the car and ran to another nearby vehicle and drove away. It remains unclear if Littles was struck, police said.
By Friday afternoon, Vienna Drive was laden with detectives and police officials from Prince George's County and the Metropolitan Police Department.
Prince George's police used a helicopter and a bloodhound to search for the suspect immediately after the incident, Parker said. Police also made calls to hospitals and health clinics in case they receive any patients with gunshot wounds, she said.
The officer, who has been placed on administrative leave while the incident is investigated, has not been identified, but Washington, D.C., police said he is a 19-year veteran of the department.
Clinton resident Perry Baker said he lives a block away from the officer's home.
"No place in the United States is safe. These are very dangerous, lethal crimes perpetrated against good people and young children," he said. "The fact that they could do this to innocent people is just unforgiveable."
This is not the first incident in southern Prince George's County involving off-duty law enforcement officers this year.
On Feb. 12, an off-duty sheriff's deputy from the Alexandria, Va., sheriff's office was returning to his Fort Washington home when he noticed someone had broken into his residence, according to police. When he entered the home, he was confronted by the break-in suspect, and the off-duty deputy fatally shot the man, police said.
On Feb. 19 in Hillcrest Heights, an armed man who was high on PCP approached another man pumping gas at a gas station, police said. The man allegedly on PCP, Duane Lamar Williams, 34, of southwest Washington, D.C., reportedly chased the victim at the gas station and fatally shot him when an off-duty Metropolitan Police Department officer was nearby and identified himself as an officer to apprehend Williams. The officer did not discharge his weapon, according to county police, and Williams allegedly attempted to fire at the officer, but the gun jammed. Williams was charged with first- and second-degree murder, police said, and the officer was uninjured.
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subtle / theme
Understated, a quiet gesture, unassuming and sans flair and flourish -- although a flair can itself be subtle. Almost undetectable, evading obvious notice.
Themes represent basic categories of thought, emotion, or value. While our assignment of themes may at times seem arbitrary or whimsical, they serve to link together artists and movements along non- hierarchial pathways. Follow the themes to look for new disciplines that share qualities with those you already like, or to open up new worlds of Art and Culture.