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The single most popular post I've ever written is about mockingbirds. Every day, hundreds of people stop by to learn about mockingbirds, share their stories, and ask questions. Consequently, this post has racked up 540 comments (as of May 14, 2015) and is still going strong. I highly recommend that anyone interested in Northen Mockingbirds peruse the entire comment thread for some really interesting and amusing anecdotes. However, if you have a specific question about Northern Mockingbirds, here is a summary of our most frequently asked questions:
First and foremost, why is this mockingbird singing all night long and When will it go away?
If your sleep is frequently interrupted by the dissonant triplets of a mockingbird, chances are you're bedeviled by a bachelor bird. Unless you know any mockingbird matchmakers, that young buck is going to be moaning after midnight for weeks to come. Eventually, he'll come to terms with his lack of companionship but until that time, he'll be complaining… loudly.
How can I get rid of it?
Mockingbirds, like all wild, native American birds, are protected by the Migratory Bird Act. You may want to throw a boot at the bird like they do in the old cartoons, but alas, you cannot!
One reader shared the following advice:
To all of you that are having a problem with aggresive and loud mockingbirds, try an water gun! It works great. We have 3 mockingbirds in our yard who constantly used to fuss loudly at us on our patio and swoop down at our cats as they walked around. But we use a water gun that shoots about 30 feet, and now, all we have to do is pick it up and they fly away. It's great! They are smart and learn quick.
Another took this strategy to the next level:
…on the next night, I squirted the tree with a water hose. I soaked it pretty good. I haven't heard him since. Now, I don't know if a: he was afraid of water b: he didn't care to sit on a soggy tree branch or, more likely and my favorite, c: he went to see his favorite intended and showed up dripping wet whereupon she took great pity and invited him to come inside and "get out of those wet feathers."
If you're not crazy about hosing down your mockingbird, consider these brilliant suggestions employing audio:
A more humane method for ridding your yard of Mockingbirds? While spending time at my daughter's home in Florida, we had our first nocturnal mockingbird experience. We enjoyed his first few hours of constant singing, but soon became weary from it. That is when my daughter placed her computer speakers in an open window, found a screeching Blue Jay sound file on the internet, and cranked up the volume. No more Mockingbird!
I downloaded and made a CD from the internet of a thunderstorm. I did notice this pesky mockingbird would not let another peep out after thunder. The first night it did run it away. The second night, it sang a couple of songs. The next 2 times it paid no attention to it at all. No telling what the neighbors thought but as I was wearing down from lack of sleep it didn't matter. But now I have heard nothing from this bird in about 3 nights. Either this tactic worked or he did find a mate. Nevertheless, I am sleeping much better.
This next clever one is from a wildlife rehabilitator:
Download a music file of a northern mockingbird singing, play it during the day,and your male mocking bird will move to another place too find his girl.They don't like competition so one will move on if he hears the singing.
Some sources have recommended using pepper to dissuade mockingbirds. This will NOT work. Birds do not have capascin receptors so they can't feel the heat of the peppers.
What if I can't get rid of a singing mockingbird?
Here are some inspired reader suggestions:
Sponge earplugs work GREAT on those nights where the songs don't seranade you to sleep
Get a Sleep Mate sound machine. I've had one for over a year and it's fantastic, not just for birds, but snoring, loud neighbors, etc.
Use a white-noise maker. You can adjust the volume. It's a much more effective solution than trying to silence the mockingbird.
I have had some luck by reducing my negative reactions and increasing positive thoughts. I repeat to myself – "The chirping is sleeping music and I am falling asleep". I am trying to use Ekert Tolle's "being in the now" philosophy.
It's June and I'm still hearing mockingbirds in the middle of the night. Why?!?
Most mockingbirds do have at least one clutch in the springtime and they mature before the winter arrives. Mockingbirds may have two clutches if the first clutch is born early enough. This is why the scorned bachelor still has hope on a hot summer night.
Why are mockingbirds are attacking my cats, dogs, spouse etc.?
Mockingbirds are very territorial. In addition, like certain other birds like grackles and blackbirds, they can be fairly aggressive in protecting their nests. When they feel their progeny are threatened, they won't hesitate to divebomb bigger animals, though they rarely strike. This behavior will persist while the chicks are vulnerable.
Interestingly, some mockingbirds will take over a backyard feeder and harass other birds. This may be triggered by a seasonal shortage of food, in which case it may persist through winter and subside come spring.
Does the mockingbird have its own song?
The song of the mockingbird is actually a medley of the calls of many other birds. Each imitation is repeated two or three times before another song is initiated. A given bird may have 30, 40 or even 200 songs in its repertoire, including other bird songs, insect and amphibian sounds, and even the occasional mechanical noise. This remarkable mimicry explains why the Northern Mockingbird is known scientifically as Mimus polyglottos, which comes from the Greek "mimus" to mimic, and "ployglottos" for many-tongued.
How can I distinguish male and female mockingbirds?
There is no obvious way to distinguish between male and female Northern Mockingbirds. Males are much more vocal, especially in spring, but the two genders share similar plumage.
Do mockingbird chicks have a tendency to fall out of their nests any more or less than the average bird?
As far as I know, mockingbirds do not have a tendency to leap from their nest any greater than most other songbirds, but like most songbirds, suffer a high mortality rate.
What if I find an orphaned chick?
Please contact a licensed rehabilitation center for songbirds in your area ASAP. Don't attempt to raise a baby bird.
I'm going to attempt to raise a baby mockingbird anyway. What should I feed it?
Didn't I say don't try to raise the bird? Here are some foods our readers have offered their baby mockingbirds: meal worms, diced apple, Fancy Feast white chicken and egg souffle with garden greens, wheat germ, smushed apple, baby bird formula, raisins, holly berries, honeydew, grapes, cherries, blueberries
Are mockingbirds endangered?
Some species of mockingbird such as the rare Galapagos Island birds are endangered. The more well-known birds like the Northern Mockingbird are thriving.
How long until the babies fledge?
Mockingbirds fledge or leave the nest within 12 days of being born.
What's their average lifespan?
Northern Mockingbirds live about 8-9 years in the wild.
Why are mockingbirds so cool?
If you read the comments thread on our original mockingbird post, you'll find abundant evidence of the intelligence, fluency, and sometimes even wicked humor of these birds. Here's my favorite story:
I've noticed out here in AZ that mockingbirds don't take no jive from anyone, even cats. I had an outdoor cat at my old house and there was a pair of mockingbirds that nested in the tree out front (I think it was the same pair year after year, not sure) but they did not take kindly to him being around, they would dive bomb him daily especially during the spring and early summer. I came home one day and there was the poor cat huddled in a ball at the front door with a mockingbird on the left and one on the right each taking turns pecking at him and tearing hair out. My cat must have really ticked them off.
They also would make fun of my niece as she put it. My niece was only 5 or so and loved playing outside and she would always gt hurt and come in crying, and her crying is one of the most annoying loud sounds EVER. Well the mockingbirds started repeating the noise and it seemed that they associated it with her being outside. She started coming in crying saying "The bird is making fun of me". We'd go outside and as soon as my niece was out there they would start making the same sound she did when she cried. It was one of the funniest things I've ever heard.
If you have more information about mockingbirds you'd like to share, please do so in the comments section!
Northern Mockingbird by Mike, found fittingly at Hotel Mocking Bird Hill in Jamaica
Make sure your cats don't get the babies when they leave the nest. They'll be on the ground for a week before they can fly.
Oh no worries! I'm always WITH my cats when they are outside anyway and once I know the babies have fledged, my cats will HATE me, but they won't be going outside then!!! 🙂
Oh no a full week? my outdoor cat already got one, I am afraid of him catching the other one.
The minute we know there are babies, the cats come into the house—it coinicides with summer, so they're in anyway because it's too hot in Arizona. Cats are the worst when it comes to finding baby birds and killing them, so we don't take any chances.
I posted on July 31 2012 about the mockingbird attacking my cat, and… it's back. This time there's a twist. I used to dislike blue jays for being so mean to other birds, but the blue jay seems to be protecting my property (and cat) from the dive-bombing mockingbird! At this point there is some semblance of peace for me and my cat.
Meanwhile, my cat doesn't go anywhere near the mockingbird's nest, which is in the yard past my next-door-neighbor's yard – in a very tall tree which my middle-aged cat could never climb. I wish the mockingbird wasn't so paranoid and aggressively defensive, but I guess if you're an endangered species you do all you can to nurture your offspring.
My dog gets attacked when he gets near the nest but I can actually look at the babies and the parents don't even bother me ever. They are all now gone from the nest and on the ground ready to fly away.
They aren't endangered.
No , they're not endangered, but I like people to think so. That way they won't hurt them.
Update: The bluebird left and yesterday I was pretty much my cat's body guard against the swooping mockingbird. However, today, no mockingbird. I do believe that one of the reasons it is endangered is that it makes itself so obnoxious that birds, cats, dogs, and people reach a limit of tolerance and finally kill it! I know the calm cat across the street lost its patience and killed a menacing mockingbird a couple years ago. So far my cat just tries to hide or sits out a mockingbird's swoops. I just hope another one doesn't try to nest nearby.
Why don't you leave your cat inside like every vet and animal orginazation tells you. I'll bet your cat causes more problems outside than the bird does for being a bird. I have a cat. I keep it safe inside. Not like it used to be that's why when you adopt a cat from a shelter they ask you to agree to not have it an outdoor cat.
Lu, some of us are well aware of the importance of keeping a cat inside. However, some of us also have valid reasons for having indoor/outdoor cats – such as having feline escape artists who will get out in spite of people's best efforts, or children in the household who intentionally or accidentally let the cats out, or perhaps a need to reduce an overpopulation of rodents, etc. My own reason is that my cat adopted me from two houses down the street, where the family neglected to neuter their cats. Before moving in with me, he grew up with other cats both inside and outside in the neighborhood. I definitely gave him a better life (and he has added great value to mine), but had I tried to keep him inside during the day, he would not have stayed. Plus trying to keep him inside during the day would reduce the quality of life not just for him but for all our family members (and visiting guests). He is now 9 years old and I'm hoping for another 9. I don't expect to have another cat, but if so would certainly want it to be indoor only.
It is easy for people to say keep your cat indoors, but when you rescue an outdoor cat it is very difficult to keep them inside. I have indoor/outdoor cats, they are very happy and have a much better life than they had before. They do not leave the yard when they go out and stay in when weather is bad. Please do not be so harsh until you have had to take a feral cat that was most likely going to have a short life and give them a good home. My cats are so happy, all people that meet them are amazed at the relationship we have with cats.
I've had a Mockingbird greet me many times on my arrival into my driveway. It always seemed to know it was me. When other cars arrived it never seemed to greet & sing to them!
I also recently heard the Mockingbird sing the sound of a Sea Gull ! I had to go outside to see it for myself. I really thought there was a Sea Gull outside the house, but no – it was that Mockingbird!
This is the first year I've ever head them all hours of the night. Now I know why, after reading these interesting stories.
I've yet to find out why the male bird won't sing for a mate during the day, when all respectable females are awake! This question comes from a very weary poster who is a caregiver by day and needs to be alert, and a bird is interfering with some much needed sleep!!!
There isn't much you can *legally* do to keep a lonely male mockingbird from singing around the clock for a mate. To sleep better, I would suggest wearing earplugs or using an air purifier or fan for "white noise". For what it is worth, if the male fails to pair up he'll eventually get the point and abandon his territory.
Domesticated cats now rank as the number one cause of wild bird death, to the point where some formerly common bird species are seeing population losses *in the millions*, according to a report I read.
I would urge anyone with a feral cat problem to report it to animal control. I would also urge cat owners for the good of the cat and the birds alike to keep cats indoors at night. Some years ago, my spouse and I had a pet cat killed at 2 a.m. — we heard it shriek. It died of a broken neck, which could have come at the hands of just about any nocturnal threat: coyote, owl or raccoon.
Cats are most likely to kill (or be killed) from dusk until dawn, when cats typically go on the prowl. If you live in an area where cats roam around the clock, please educate your friends and neighbors about the necessity of bringing in one's cat for the night. (For instance, block the pet door so they can't leave the house or buy a rabbit hutch and keep them there at night if you're allergic and can't house your cat indoors.)
As to the matter of mockingbirds attacking people, research shows they can and do recognize individual people. That suggests to me that once on a bird's bad side, always on a bird's bad side. It's probably easier to stay OFF the hit list than to calm down a bird that has already identified you or your pet as a threat. My theory is this: If you're a regular sight in a male's territory before nesting season, a mated pair will most likely leave you alone, providing you don't approach their young too closely.
In my case, not only did a pair of mockingbirds tolerate myself, my spouse, a dog and a cat in the yard, they even brought over their young throughout the nesting season to fledge in our backyard (as a precaution we escorted the cat to a side yard when we became aware that their fledglings were using a bush in our yard as a nursery for those first three weeks after the babies left the nest). Not only did our mockers apparently feel safe, they tolerated my spouse and myself standing beneath their final nest of the season, built in our backyard lemon tree!
Based upon my experience, I expect that unless this pair are "burned" in a subsequent nesting season by someone attempting to scare them off, they will remain relatively trusting in the presence of people. We observed "our" mated pair chase off squirrels, crows and male stray cats but no people or pets were targeted whatsoever. That leads me to believe that in areas where a mockingbird pair are particularly aggressive, it probably has something to do with something or someone having harassed them in the past, leading them to enter a state of hypervigilance. Given that the rates of survival are so poor for mockingbird young — less than 50 percent from what I read — it's hard to blame mockingbirds when they become overprotective parents. Leave them alone and chances are they'll leave you alone, too!
I have outside cats. They wear collars with bells, not one tiny bell, but 10 or more bells. I can hear them a block away. My trees have chicken wire on the bottom to keep cats, any cats, from climbing them.
My cats were raised with birds though. The pigeons I feed walk over them and they don't harm them.
There was a feral cat who was killing pigeons daily, for sport. Not eating the entire birds. I finally trapped him and had him picked up. He was wild and not suitable for rescue ????
So there are precautions one can take to ensure some amount of safety for the birds, when one owns cats who refuse to stay indoors.
Yall are incredible. All this anthropomorphizing of birds and wailing about them protecting their young when most of the aggressive ones are actually just that: AGGRESSIVE. Attacking other birds and driving them off from THEIR nests that they built.
Well, birds of a feather, so maybe yall act like douchebags and expect other people to ascribe you a good reason too.
The city where I live decided to trim and remove large trees on an adjacent street during the height of bird nesting season (early summer). I found this rather bizarre as it is illegal to knowingly disturb a nest site, and yet the city's initial claim was that there were "no nests in those trees". I pointed out that fish and game law enforcement would be notified otherwise. After all, if you don't look for the nests, you can't expect to find them!
Around the same time the city began slating large, mature trees for removal, a mockingbird pair began setting up a nest in a neighbor's yard, in a hedge that the neighbor recently trimmed. It occurs to me that one of the ways people inadvertently end up on a mocker's hit list is by thoughtlessly pruning or removing shrubs, hedges and small trees that mockers have identified as nesting sites (and those sites may be occupied as early as March!).
I admit I was fairly oblivious to the whole issue myself. But now that I realize just how many species of birds are impacted by poorly timed tree trimming and removal, I wonder why it isn't illegal to drastically prune or remove trees out of season? For birds, I would imagine that second only to the problem of cat predation is poorly timed landscaping.
The takeaway: Law or no law on the books, I would encourage anyone who wishes to make drastic changes to their landscaping, especially where trees and shrubs are concerned, to do so from September through the end of winter (climate permitting).
i have a good relationship with several mockingbirds in my yard. They will come to my window and let me know if something is amiss on my property. After 25 yrs, all of the sudden, they are all gone. i am worried and miss them. Any ideas on what could be going on????
I love our mockingbird. She is a part of our family and has lived in our back yard (in the city) for about 2 years. Our young son named her "Loretta".
Mockingbirds choose a habitat for a reason, because it has plants or trees that produce berries or fruits (their food source), an open grassy yard (to forrage for worms), low branching dense shrubs (to nest) and wires or a "post" to keep a protective look-out from above. We share this earth with animals and nature, so if these birds find your yard appealing, they will call it home. I on the contrary, have intentionally set our yard up for her comfort. She has brought our whole family together and are in awe watching her behavior.
I cant understand why or how anyone would be so annoyed by their song with so many real annoyances with so many people, technology and electronics. Go figure
At night weve always slept with white noise and haven't heard a thing. I encourage everyone to take a few minutes to watch how smart and fantastic these birds really are, you would have a different view for sure. Our bird was here a year before we appreciated her. Now she has us all mock-birders, even my "tough guy" husband melts.
Lovin' Loretta in OH
We also have a longtime resident mockingbird but he is perfectly silent. We don't know why he never makes a sound. Does anyone?
Our neighborhood mockingbird just got killed by a thoughtless driver. I found him dead in the street. We miss him terribly. Will another mockingbird come to take his place? We hope so. It is painfully quiet without his songs. He had been here for several years. I miss him eating at the feeder too.
Yes, another Mocker will come to take its place. We've had Mockingbirds in our front yard for five years now. Three of them have died as a result of hawk attacks and other territorial birds. While the female spent almost the entire winter alone this year, a male has joined her in our front yard. We have excellent dense shrubbery and trees for their nests. For the past two years, when they've had babies, they've brought them to the feeder to eat. I had three babies and two parent Mockers eating right outside my front window. It was the most awesome thing!
They are also super smart. I feed them dried mealworms every morning. I made it such a routine and made the same whistling sound every day, that they now fly over from wherever they are when they hear my whistle (and I shake the mealworms). They will wait two branches above my head for me to fill the flat, open feeder with mealworms, and before I even turn around are already perched and digging in. They will also make an interesting sound to let me know they're approaching. I graciously tell them it's time for breakfast and bid them a good day and go inside to watch them through the window.
In the winter, she got really anxious and territorial of her feeder. We have bushes and trees that have berries in the winter, and it was such a cold and frozen winter this year that our front yard was swarming with Robins (which I also love) because they were eating all of the berries. Not a single Robin even noticed the bird feeder with the mealworms, but you wouldn't know it based on the Mocker's behavior. She would fly in and chase them away if they got on a branch too close.
I have other feeders in the back yard for my other birds along with a bird bath. The Mockers keep to the front and only go back to get water and other other birds stay in the back away from the Mockers. I thoroughly enjoy watching all of my birds in their natural surroundings. We have to house finches that made a next on one of our columns off our sunroom. I love opening the blinds slowly to watch them. When I do, mama Finch peeks over and just watches me and flies off if it move to much.
We're getting ready to remodel and add on to our house (including a covered porch, so I can sit outside and watch the birds), and I hope it doesn't disturb the birds too much.
We have a dog who is free to go in and out as she pleases, but is confined to our yard, and she pays no attention to any of the birds, and the birds don't pay any attention to her. Now, bunnies, on the other hand.
I enjoy watching all of our wild birds, but the Mockers are by far my favorite, even those years when we had a lonely male. With the good food we provide, though, it doesn't take long for our Mockers to find a mate. 🙂
The phenomenon of a mockingbird singing at night is surely to be treasured? Rather than chasing a bird from its rightful habitat, the way to block out the "noise" is to use foam earplugs, which effectively make humans deaf to any noise in the higher registers (i.e., bird song).
I have 3 sets of mocking birds around our house. The front tree the side tree and the hut where we park the lawn tractor. That hut is in the back yard where it is fenced in and the dogs come out from the house by a dog door. These three mama birds were protecting a chick that was on the ground that none of us noticed. I was outside playing with our German Shepherd… Outside the fenced area where I heard some horrible yipping coming from the yard…our little spaniel/ dachshund who is the gentlest little fella was being pecked by this mockingbird. The chihuahua went to the aid and gave that mockingbird a what for. It has swooped down on me and pecked me in the back twice when I am outside with the dogs Our Chihuahua won't take guff from it. We know they are protecting the young but we do not see any young around at all except for the one time and thus far have not seen that one anymore. They may be nice looking birds and the state bird here in TX…but I wish they would take up residence else where.
hopefully our little fledglings have left the nest. they are 11 -12 days old. mamma still dive-bombs us when we go near the nest. Do you know why this is? There were there babies in the nest a week ago and we found one that had died on the ground. The 2 that were left were really trying out their wings! hopefully they are safely tucked somewhere.
mocking birds are very territorial and extremely protective of their young. I've seen mocking birds chasing big birds in flight to chase them away. I even saw a mocking bird pecking at a buzzard sitting on the neighbor's roof. the "intruder" left. BTW, Margie MT, I didn't know that mocking birds are the state birds of Texas. I live in Florida, and I thought they were our state birds. we love our mocking birds and I just wish they would get better along with all our flock of cardinals.
My daughter found a baby mockingbird on the ground after a storm and brought it in to our house. I've read up on how to feed this baby mockingbird and have fell in love with it. It must be a female, because she doesn't make a lot of noise. When I walk by she will open her mouth for me to feed her. The noises that bother me more is a tree frog that comes here every Spring. I love the birds and butterflies that come in the Spring. The Lord knows when a sparrow falls to the ground and sends someone to take care of them. My little baby is chirping, so I need to go feed her. Love all the posts!!
That's sweet you're caring for a baby. I love my neighborhood mockers too–here in Moorpark, Calif. I hope there aren't neighbors dismayed or who'd do anything to drive them away or hurt them. Especially because we have a lonely male singing all night at times–which is so cute I think. Granted, I use white noise for sleeping so it doesn't keep me awake ; )
Need an advice how to help a mockingbird chick. We had to adopt an orrpahe chick who is now grown up to start on its own. We brought the chick from nearby but the resident mockingbird attacks the chick. The chick cage is on the terrace and one mockingbird comes to the cage and tries to hit the chick with its beak. The chick was wounded twice. We tried to realise the chick before but on the next day we found the chick on the ground with wounded wing . We are afraid to realise the chick again with such aggressive adult mockingbird. I have read many websites and it seems that there is no information on this siruation.
Hi Irina, I am not an expert, but recently raised a baby mockingbird from nestling to now Aug. 6th, and am about to release it very soon. I know this was a while ago for you and I hope and pray you were able to release him/her safely. Your best bet would have been to keep him as long as you could substituting the mother and until his tail feathers were long enough and strong, that way it could have a better chance of standing up to the other adult mockingbirds and other predators.
Sorry, I am only just stumbling on this website and posted my own experience. It required a lot of dedication on my part, but was worth it. He/she is so beautiful and smart and about to be set free. The 10th will be about 30 days of nurturing, feeding and always being with it when we let it outside, that way we warded of the predators and protected it.
What ever you did, you tried your best I'm sure. Hope it worked out for you.
God Bless
I am so upset. We have had some mockingbirds feeding a nest in our yard. Yesterday I noticed that the babies were coming out of the nest. I took a few pictures of them but left them alone, of course. This morning I woke up and found one dead in our pool and another just dead in the yard. I feel so terrible. I can't believe I wasn't around to save the one in the pool. I just found out that they are mockingbirds yesterday. Does this happen a lot to their babies. I feel so bad about the one in the pool. I hope there are more and that someone survived. The parents seem to be gone. It's very quiet out there this morning. Anyone else experience anything like this? I can imagine why the other one died. What would just kill and then leave it in the yard? We live in Malibu. Thanks for any insight into this.
I am shocked at the number of people who are annoyed by such beautiful creatures. Thanks to the ones who do see their beauty and appreciate what the Lord has created. I live in a residential area where there are a lot of Mockingbirds, they just go about their business trying to survive. We had three nests in our front and side bushes and trees. One Cardinal nest and 2 mockingbird nests. We could see the babies growth right from our window. It truly is amazing to see the dedication of the parents to these babies, unfortunately there are many predators that they have to ward off. We would try and help ward off some of the predators by going outside if we heard something, and I believe the birds could sense this, they were always calm around us and never dive bombed any of us when we would go to check on their babies.
Then it happened… My neighbor was out walking and found a baby bird on the ground. The other 2 babies were dead, one was stomped on and the other dead, soooo… sad!
Well, long story short we ended up with the baby bird. It was a nestling about 2 to 3 days old. I called a couple of numbers for rehabilatators but no one returned my calls, so off to petco we went. With the natural motherly instincts along with the pet store and Internet, we were off to try and help this baby bird survive. We got the bird on the 10th and it is now Aug. 6. We have kept the baby outside in our enclosed patio and tried to make it suitable. Using a heating pad for warmth, bought a small tree and my husband made 2 perching poles. He is now flying but his tail feathers are still not fully out so we are waiting just a little while longer so he has a better chance for survival outside. We have stray cats from the neighbors and are always chasing them off. We kinda new it was a mockingbird and sure enough his beautiful feathers confirmed it. I would not recommend just anyone take this on, it requires a big responsibility, feeding every 15 min.s when a nestling, then every 30 min.s and then every hour from sunup to sundown. The bird is so smart and I am confident he has learnt some of the skills needed for his/her survival.
I work in the school system so have summers off, and between myself and my 18 year old daughter, we have nursed this baby mockingbird from nestling to now. Excited to set him/her free, have introduced to catching his own bugs and has even flown up on our neighbors roof. But flew back down to our hands, still not ready for the challenging crows and Hawks. Will be sad to see him go, have had a beautiful experience nurturing the little guy. Am so proud of this accomplishment.
People should really just see the beauty in these birds and all birds. They may be surprised at how they just might sleep peacefully.
God Bless
Just for thought, if you do find a baby bird, I would highly recommend seeking a rehabilitator unless you are ready for a major commitment to raise this baby bird. Keep trying to find someone to respond, they deserve that. They are beautiful creatures!!!
I know Mother Nature has to take its course, but if you have stumbled on a helpless orphan, it was meant to be for you to intervene, at least that is what I believe. Hope you enjoy my story. 🙂
what is it about cool weather that stops the mockingbird found being able to sing loud its the same song but at a lower volme
I had a Mockingbird nest right outside my garage with 4 eggs that did hatch. The babies seemed to be doing really well despite some severe storms. I checked them once a day and yesterday they looked great………eyes open and peeping. I think they were about 2 weeks old. This morning when I went out, the next was empty and I found a bit of feather just below the nest on the ground. No sign of the parents. I am so sad. Will they use the same nest again? Is there something I can do to protect the nest and not interfere with the parents?
Seems like no one is on this board anymore, but just thought I would update and say that the mother did NOT abandon her nest as I had previously feared. She has been dutifully tending her nest and the eggs have hatched into three very hungry babies that she diligently (or the dad, or maybe both) vigilantly feed. They seem to not mind me being around. (They have watched me take my cats away from their nest, so maybe they know I won't let harm come to them.) Amazingly, they've never once dive-bombed me or my three cats. All are doing really well and there seems to be plenty of food around to help them keep the babies well, and they are growing fast and becoming MUCH more active in the last few days! 05/10/2013
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Streetline Named Best Mobile Innovation for 'Smart Cities' for Parker at 2013 Mobile World Congress
Feb 26, 2013, 01:47 EST
BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Streetline, Inc., a leading global provider of smart parking solutions for cities, universities, and private operators, today announced that the company's real-time parking guidance app Parker™ by Streetline was named 2013 Best Mobile Innovation for 'Smart Cities.' Winners of the 2013 Global Mobile Awards were announced today at the Mobile World Congress being held this week in Barcelona: http://www.mobileworldcongress.com/
Parker by Streetline makes finding and paying for parking easy. With the app, consumers can quickly view available parking options based on pricing, location, and/or real-time availability. When driving, the app is hands free for easy operation; it features voice guidance to provide an audible cue when available parking is nearby, and drivers may also place their smartphones on a car dashmount just as they would with a GPS system. Real-time availability is provided via the company's patented smart parking platform that detects the presence of a car through a network of ultra-low power wireless sensors, as well as other sensing devices.
Telefonica and Streetline announced in last November that they will be jointly marketing and selling telematics-enabled smart parking services that allow cities to optimize parking management, while delivering higher quality of life to their citizens by reducing car traffic. Streetline will provide smart parking services, applications, and technical support, while Telefonica will contribute with its m2m platforms, financial services, commercial network, including pre- and post-sales support, and customer care. Everything will be deployed over the best in class global networks of Telefonica.
The Global Mobile Awards, which recognize excellence and innovation within the mobile communications industry, were presented today at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. To select the winners for the 2013 awards, more than 160 independent analysts, journalists, academics and subject matter experts throughout the world participated in the judging process.
"Over 30 locations worldwide are using sensor-enabled data through Parker by Streetline to guide drivers to open parking spaces and reduce negative societal impacts from circling the block in search of a spot, including traffic and emissions," said Zia Yusuf, president & CEO of Streetline. "We would like to thank the Global Mobile Award judges for this recognition. It is a tremendous honor to receive this prestigious award."
Parking Reinvented
Streetline's patented smart parking platform detects the presence of a car through a network of ultra-low power wireless sensors located in individual parking spaces. Data from these sensors, or from counting equipment installed in parking garages and lots, is then made available in real time via various cloud-based applications, such as Parker™, the leading mobile app for consumers, and – soon – in-car navigation systems. Earlier this year, Streetline introduced ParkerMap™, an embeddable widget that allows merchants, universities, cities, and parking providers to easily showcase nearby parking options via any website.
In addition to real-time data, Streetline also integrates garage data for over 23,000 locations.
To download the free consumer guidance app Parker by Streetline please visit: www.theparkerapp.com
For a full list of this year's Global Mobile Award recipients, the official press release can be found here: http://www.globalmobileawards.com/press-media/gsma-announces-winners-of-the-2013-global-mobile-awards
To download the free guidance app Parker by Streetline please visit: www.theparkerapp.com.
About Streetline, Inc.
Streetline's mission is to make smart cities a reality through the use of sensor-enabled mobile and web applications. Streetline's pioneering technology makes the parking experience for consumers easier, while making cities and university campuses more efficient.
Streetline is a privately held company headquartered in Foster City, CA with smart parking deployments in Germany, the U.K., and across the United States including California, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, South Carolina, Virginia, and Washington, DC. The company was named one of Fast Company's 10 Most Innovative Companies in Transportation, as well as IBM Global Entrepreneur of the Year. Streetline was named Best Mobile Innovation for 'Smart Cities' for Parker at the 2013 Mobile World Congress.
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President of Turkmenistan Receives U.S. Assistant Secretary of State
President Berdymukhamedov received the US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, Robert Blake, who praised Turkmenistan's international initiatives to address global challenges. He confirmed the willingness of the United States to continue to make joint efforts with Turkmenistan to ensure stability, security, and prosperity in the region. Blake also expressed the appreciation of the United States for the important support that Turkmenistan is providing to Afghanistan and to broader regional efforts to forge regional integration through projects such as the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline. Berdymukhamedov and Blake discussed how the United States and Turkmenistan can continue to expand trade.
According the Blake, he, "had a good discussion on human rights issues, some of the new laws that have been passed here in Turkmenistan, as well as on educational and exchange programs that are of great importance." Berdymukhamedov reaffirmed Turkmenistan's readiness to further promote political, economic and cultural dialogue with the US, and said Turkmenistan is ready to provide its political space for inter-Afghan peace dialog under the auspices of the UN. The US Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Turkmenistan Robert E. Patterson also attended the meeting.
Sources: US Embassy, Turkmenistan.ru, rosbalt.ru
Procedure of Foreign Grant State Registration Approved in Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan has approved a procedure for state registration as well as a single state register, for projects and programs of free technical, financial and humanitarian assistance, as well as grants. Turkmenistan is to establish a State Commission to coordinate and control the activity in the field, according to an order from President Berdymukhamedov.
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Fourth Meeting of Intergovernmental Turkmen-Indian Commission Held in New Delhi
Turkmenistan's delegation to the 4th meeting of the Intergovernmental Turkmen-Indian Commission for trade, economic, scientific and technological cooperation, was led by Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov. The Commission was held in New Delhi (India) on 21-22 January attended.
Source: Turkmenistan.ru
Turkmen-British cooperation discussed at Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan
A delegation led by Charles Hendry, Member of the UK Parliament, the UK Prime Minister's Trade Envoy to Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan, held talks at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, the ministry's press service said. The talks covered the possibility of holding the V Asian Indoor Games and Martial Arts in Ashgabat in 2017 noting that Turkmenistan has worked with "John Tibbs Associates", "Loughborough College" and a number of other British institutions to organize sporting events.
Source: Turkmenistan.ru
Turkmenistan to Start Preparations for WTO Accession
Speaking at a government meeting, President Berdymukhamedov stressed the need to start negotiations with the World Trade Organization on Turkmenistan's accession to the WTO and instructed Deputy Prime Minister Annamuhamet Gochiev, supervising the economy and finance, to review the requirements for the application process, prepare a proposal for the establishment of a special government commission, and start negotiations with the WTO on Turkmenistan's accession.
Source: Turkmenistan.ru
Turkmenistan and Malaysia sign Memorandum on Cooperation in Higher Education
The Turkmen State Institute of Oil and Gas (TSIOG), Petronas Carigali (Turkmenistan) Sdn. Bhd. and Institute of Technology PETRONAS Sdn. Bhd. (Malaysia) signed a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding, providing for cooperation in such areas as preparation of training programs for the TSIOG, exchange of academic staff and students, hands-on training and work practice for students, exchange of experience in university-administration, job fairs for students, professional development of academic staff, including through implementation of a special internship programs, and others.
Source: Turkmenistan.ru
Meeting of Turkmenistan-UN joint working group
Turkmenistan-UN Joint Working Group held a meeting at Turkmenistan's Foreign Ministry to develop a plan of national consultations and define the global goals and targets for the period after 2015, reported Turkmenistan's Ministry press service. The UN Resident Coordinator in Ashgabat, Jacinta Barrins, stressed that the UN views Turkmenistan as a responsible strategic partner and important player in many international processes. She also said that the UN seeks to build productive mutual cooperation.
Source: Turkmenistan.ru
Freedom House Laments Eurasian Declines, 'Return Of Iron Fist' In Russia
The non-Baltic former Soviet Union now rivals the Middle East as one of the most politically and socially repressive regions in the world, according to the latest edition of «Freedom in the World,» the annual report compiled by U.S.-based rights watchdog Freedom House. Tajikistan and Kazakhstan fared only slightly better than Belarus, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan, whose abysmal rights records kept them at the very bottom of Freedom House's list, alongside Syria, Somalia, and North Korea. Of the 47 countries designated as Not Free, nine have been given the survey's lowest possible rating of 7 for both political rights and civil liberties: Eritrea, Equatorial Guinea, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
Sources: freedomhouse.org, rferl.pr


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Police find boy, 1, sought in Amber Alert
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Police find boy, 1, sought in Amber Alert
Charges pending against child's father
Maryland State Police officials said they have found a 1-year-old boy who was the subject of an Amber Alert that was issued Tuesday night.
The Prince George's County Police Department enlisted the help of the State Police after they said 1-year-old Cesar Steven Martinez's father, Julio Cesar Arriaza, abducted him.
Investigators said Martinez was taken by his father Monday. The child's mother reported the alleged abduction about 6 p.m. the same day.
Officials said the incident escalated over a 24-hour period, prompting them to issue an Amber Alert on Tuesday.
Police said they found the boy unharmed around 1 a.m. Tuesday in the District Heights neighborhood of Prince George's County.
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The Body Covers: The 39th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Cutting-Edge Issues in HIV Medicine (Symposium)
October 27, 2001
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He organized his summary of the new drugs by class. There was not a lot of new information, but it was a good overview. The list is long, so I will only summarize the highlights of each compound.
Protease Inhibitors in DevelopmentTipranavir is the first non-peptidic protease inhibitor in development for the treatment of HIV-1. It is very active in the treatment of resistant virus. The main problem with tipranavir is its poor pharmacokinetics, which makes combination with ritonavir necessary. The first clinical studies were presented during the IAS Conference in Buenos Aires, and they look pretty good. Boehringer is still trying to figure out the right dosing of this drug. Phase II/III studies are ready to roll.
Atazanavir (BMS-232632) is the first once-a-day protease inhibitor. It is reasonably active against HIV (as potent as nelfinavir in trials). The main problem with this new drug is the risk of developing hyperbilirubinemia, a risk that is clearly dose-dependent. This problem makes combination with ritonavir a bad idea since toxicity would only worsen. The good news about this drug is its simplicity of use and the lack of effects in lipid metabolism.
Amprenavir pro-drug. The most unfavorable aspect of agenerase (the "parent" drug of amprenavir) is the pill burden. Full-dose agenerase requires eight large capsules (1,200mg) twice per day. Recently, everyone has been using agenerase combined with low-dose ritonavir to boost agenerase levels, increase its potency and lessen the pill burden (when combined with 100mg of ritonavir, the agenerase dose can be reduced to 600mg -- four pills -- twice a day). This formulation lowers pill burden to two pills BID.
Tibotec 114. This new protease inhibitor is very potent against resistant virus. The company is starting phase I/II studies.
Mozenavir (DMP-450) is an experimental protease inhibitor being developed by Triangle Pharmaceuticals.
NRTIs in DevelopmentDAPD, a guanosine analogue from Triangle Pharmaceuticals, is active in vitro against both HIV-1 and HBV. It has good activity in vivo, as shown in a 14-day trial. We are all awaiting more data on this promising nucleoside.
Tenofovir is a nucleotide with a half-life of about 17 hours, allowing for once-daily regimens. This drug was just approved by the FDA. Gilead finally received a general approval for use in HIV infection, not just in cases of drug failure. Tenofovir is active against virus with nucleoside resistance, although AZT resistance probably decreases its activity.
In the NNRTI class, Dr. Eron discussed TMC 120 and 125, two NNRTIs being developed by Tibotec-Virco. They have good activity in vitro and in short clinical trials. It is unclear at this time whether these drugs are really "second-generation" NNRTIs.
New targets are being explored actively: attachment inhibitors; fusion inhibitors like T-20 and T-1249; and chemokine receptor inhibitors, the most promising being SCH-C, which recently had its phase I studies reactivated (it had cardiac toxicity at higher doses in normal hosts).
Dr. Eron concluded his talk by discussing the new class of integrase inhibitors Merck is getting ready to evaluate in clinical trials.
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Rapper Iggy Azalea has landed a cameo in the upcoming Fast & Furious 7 film.
The Fancy hitmaker's role has yet to be announced, but the movie's star Vin Diesel has confirmed Azalea will be making an appearance in the new blockbuster.
In an interview with French radio station SkyRockFM on Monday (28Jul14), Diesel revealed, "Iggy Azalea, I just worked with her (two weeks ago) - I guess you're the first person to know this - we cast her in Fast & Furious 7. She has a cameo in the movie."
Earlier this month (Jul14), his co-star Michelle Rodriguez posted a photo of herself with Azalea on the set of the movie on Instagram, along with the caption "Was great working with you Iggy Azalea, love to see you in concert. You rock".
Fast & Furious 7 is slated to hit cinemas in April, 2015.
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Pope Benedict XVI, the first pontiff in 600 years to resign, has left Vatican City for scenic Castel Gandolfo in the hills south of Rome, where he has spent his summer vacations reading and writing. To a roaring cheer, Benedict appeared at the balcony of the palazzo and said he was happy to be "surrounded by the beauty of creation."
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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, popularly known as Aish, was born on November 1, 1973, in Mangalore. Her family moved to Mumbai shortly and she received her primary and secondary education in Mumbai itself. Always bright throughout school and college, Rai aspired to become an architect some day. But these plans were put on hold when she won the title of Miss India World in 1994. She went on to win Miss World title in 1994 and hasn't looked back since. Often cited by the media, and once voted as the "most beautiful woman in the world", Rai made her acting debut with Mani Ratnam's Tamil film Iruvar (1997), and had her first commercial success in Jeans (1998). She found success in Bollywood with Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999) and Devdas (2002) and eventually won two Filmfare Awards in the Best Actress category. After a series of unsuccessful
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Smart electric meters, which use 2-way communications networks to enable frequent readings of electricity consumption, are at the forefront of the utility world's transition to a smarter electrical grid. According to a new tracking report from Pike Research, utilities' plans for smart meters are well underway, and the market intelligence firm estimates that a total of 57.9 million smart meters are already planned to be installed by more than 90 utilities in the United States.
Based on Pike Research's market share analysis, Switzerland-based meter manufacturer Landis+Gyr is the market leader in terms of utility vendor selections, accounting for 26% of total endpoints as of the end of the third quarter. During the past year, Landis+Gyr surpassed Itron as the number one smart meter supplier to utilities in the United States, and Itron now holds a 24% share of the market. Other key players include Sensus with a 21% market share, GE Energy with 20%, Elster with 5%, and Echelon with 3%.
In terms of the communications modules required to support advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), Silver Spring Networks is the market share leader with 29% of utility vendor selections. Itron is in second place with 22%, followed by Sensus with 17% and Landis+Gyr with 16%. Other competitors in this market sector include Elster, Echelon, Aclara, and Trilliant.
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In this episode we speak with Henrik Schunk, Managing Partner of SCHUNK GmbH & Co. KG and Chairman of EUnited Robotics.
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Henrik Schunk is managing partner of SCHUNK GmbH & Co. KG, family run business out of Germany with over 1800 employees and presence in 50 countries. As such, he is responsible for the Business Unit Automation and the cross-divisional departments Sales, Marketing, Continuous Improvement and IT. SCHUNK is one of the leaders in clamping and gripping technology featuring more than 10'000 specialized products.
In this episode, we look at recent developments in gripping technology, challenges that still remain after over 70 years of development, and the need for task-adapted systems and high-end products including anthropomorphic robotic hands.
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Editorial: Completing I-49 should be a priority
More than 25 years ago, a plan began to take shape to construct a highway that would run from New Orleans to Canada. Progress on Interstate 49 has been slow, to say the least. For years, little was done to make the north-south road a reality. In recent times, I-49 has been built piecemeal, as funding becomes available.
But Louisiana Treasurer John N. Kennedy has come up with an ingenious funding mechanism that should speed up the process considerably.
Kennedy's idea is to issue bonds against unclaimed money from forgotten bank accounts, utility deposits and unclaimed tax refunds being held in the Louisiana Treasury. The bonds will finance the final portion of the highway that lies between Shreveport and the Arkansas border, then the southern portion.
Up until now, Kennedy told The Daily Advertiser, I-49 North was built using unclaimed money directly.
"It was called 'pay as you go,' " Kennedy said.
This new idea is different. The unclaimed money will be used to leverage the bond money, making more money available in less time.
People will still be able to claim their property, Kennedy said. And more unclaimed money continues to flow into the state treasury each year, making it a reliable source of funding.
The idea is elegant in its simplicity.
Kennedy said it was not original to him — Connecticut had a similar plan at one point, but never followed through. To his knowledge, Louisiana will be the first state to generate funds in this way, he said.
The highway has languished unfinished for so long it seems to many in south Louisiana that completing it is almost an impossible dream. But it's not.
Of the 140 miles from the intersection of I-49 and I-10 north of Lafayette, following U.S. 90 down to New Ortleans, only about 40 miles of road is left to be completed, said Kam Movassaghi, president of Fenstermaker and former secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development, the agency in charge of constructing I-49. One segment of the unfinished road runs from I-10 to the Iberia Parish line. Another is in St. Mary Parish and the final segment is near New Orleans.
It's an expensive 40 miles, with a projected cost of between $2 billion and $5 billion. The stretch from I-10 to the Lafayette Regional Airport will cost about $750 million, Movassaghi said.
That kind of funding is out of reach. But the idea is to break each segment into smaller, more manageable pieces, Movassaghi said.
But first, the final I-49 North portion from Shreveport to the Arkansas border has to be completed. The first bond issue for about $100 million will go toward that project. The bonds are expected to be issued this month, Kennedy said.
Then, he plans to propose another, smaller bond issue of about $20 million to begin work on a chunk of I-49 South. Once that is completed, the process will be repeated until I-49 runs all the way to New Orleans.
Kennedy also plans to ask Gov. Bobby Jindal to dedicate the projected $100 million budget surplus to completing I-49. He said he also hopes a portion of each year's capital outlay budget will be dedicated to I-49.
With this latest funding source, instead of decades, Movassaghi said, it should take about four years to complete.
That's welcome progress for the citizens of Louisiana.
Kennedy said he believes completing I-49 should be a priority for the state's leaders.
The north-south interstate highway will connect major distribution centers, like Kansas City, to New Orleans, another major distribution center and port. That will benefit the state directly through increased commerce and tax revenues.
The economic value of the highway, Movassaghi said, is "immeasureable."
The end seems to finally be in sight — but only if state leaders work together toward that goal.
We urge the governor and the Legislature to make completing this long-awaited artery a priority.
It's been a quarter of a century. It's time to finish I-49.


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Peel My Love Like an Onion: A Novel
Doubleday, 1999 - Fiction - 213 pages
Peel My Love Like an Onion is the breakthrough novel from Ana Castillo, author of the wildly praised So Far from God--a lyrical, steamy, and moving story of a love triangle set in the colorful world of flamenco dancing.
Carmen "La Coja" ("the cripple") Santos is a flamenco dancer of local renown in Chicago, despite the obstacle of a handicapped leg, the legacy of a childhood attack of polio. From the beginning of her professional career, she has carried on an affair with Agustín, the married director of her troupe--a romance that is going stale from overfamiliar lust and an absence of honesty.
But when she begins a passionate liaison with the younger Manolo, Agustín's godson and a dancer of natural genius, an angry rivalry is sparked. Add to that the looming reassertion of her crippling disease and Carmen's vexed relations with her mother, one of the most exasperating parents in recent literature, and you have all the ingredients for a love story ŕ la Ana Castillo--equal parts soap opera, tragicomedy, and rhapsody. Laced with sarcastic asides and dead-on observations, Peel My Love Like an Onion is a universal work imbued with love's power to vex and exalt.
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BERN, Switzerland (AP) — Swiss Jewish groups are faulting the country's president for failing to address the neutral country's failings during World War II in a statement marking the annual Holocaust remembrance day.
In a statement Sunday, President Ueli Maurer said Switzerland remained "a country of freedom and law" during the war and became a safe haven for many persecuted people.
But Switzerland's main Jewish organizations complained Monday that he neglected also to mention "the refugees who were turned back to a certain death."
A government-commissioned report concluded in 2001 that Switzerland turned back many refugees although the government knew by 1942 of the Nazis' "final solution."
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Before the football season began, we had fantasy fanatics Dan Richman and Jay St. Pierre draft their ideal teams. Now it's time to see who looks like a genius and who needed to go back to the drawing board.
St. Pierre: Drew Brees, New Orleans QB
Breesus Christ hasn't let me down this year, trailing just Peyton Manning as the best quarterback in most fantasy leagues. He's second in passing yards (4,500) and total touchdowns (36).


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Red Enchiladas With Queso Añejo Recipe
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- Yield:serves 4
- Active time: 45 minutes
- Total time:45 minutes
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- 8 dried New Mexico chiles, stemmed and seeded
- 1 ounce Mexican chocolate, roughly chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 4 saltine crackers
- 1 garlic clove
- 1 whole clove
- 1 tablespoon canola oil, plus more for frying
- kosher salt
- 2 cups queso añejo, grated
- 1/2 small yellow onion, minced
- 12 corn tortillas
Set a large 12-inch cast-iron skillet over high heat. Add the chiles and cook, flipping often, until they are toasted, three to five minutes. When done transfer to a blender along with the chocolate, oregano, cinnamon, crackers, garlic, clove, and 1 1/2 cups boiling water. Make sure the chiles are submerged, and let sit for five minutes. Blend until smooth. Pour the mixture through a fine strainer into a medium-sized bowl.
Pour one tablespoon of the oil into a two-quart saucepan and turn heat to medium-high. When oil starts to shimmer, pour in the chile sauce. Cook, stirring often, until it has reduced to a thick sauce, three to six minutes. Season to taste with salt. Turn off the heat.
In a medium-sized bowl, combine the queso añejo and the minced yellow onion.
Pour enough oil into a large Dutch Oven to come about two inches up the sides. Turn the heat to medium-high and bring to a temperature of 350—F. Using a pair of tongs, take one tortilla and dip into the oil, moving it around constantly, until it has puffed up but is not yet crisp, about 15 seconds. Remove, and set aside to cool. Repeat process with remaining tortillas.
Dip each tortilla into the sauce, so that each is completely coated. Then fill each with about three tablespoons of the cheese and onion mixture. Roll them like cigars, and serve with more cheese and minced onion sprinkled on top.
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Educators Worried About SOPA/PIPA's Impact On Education
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Today, there are myriad sites that encourage lawful distribution, remixing and redistribution of educational content (e.g. Curriki, Connexions, P2PU, YouTube, CK12). These services are democratizing access to educational content.Will Congress still ignore all of these complaints?
Of course, sometimes they are misused. Fortunately, today the Digital Millennium Copyright Act safe harbors craft a careful balance -- a content owner would issue a DMCA takedown to remove the content, but otherwise the platform is not held liable for alleged copyright infringement.
These bills would undermine this framework and chill the creation of educational content. Sites that host or use user-generated content could be required to monitor their site for infringing material, and could potentially have their domain name blocked by the government if content owners thought that infringement was occurring on that site. This represents an entirely new legal power given to content owners to control the flow of content online and to shape the very foundation of the Internet. Indeed, it could lead to entire sites becoming unavailable due to the behavior of a tiny minority of confused or malicious users.


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The No. 5 seed Liberty Flames defeated the No. 1 seed Campbell Camels, 2-1, to win the 2013 Big South title, Saturday at Liberty Baseball Stadium.
With the win, the Flames, 34-27, claim the Big South Conference's automatic bid to an NCAA Regional and their first conference crown since 2000. Liberty will find out their regional destination, when the NCAA Regionals bracket is announced, Monday at Noon on ESPNU.
OF/P Ashton Perritt was name the Big South Baseball Championship MVP, hitting a tean-leading .400 and posting a 0.00 ERA and four saves during Liberty's six tournament games. Liberty shortstop Dalton Britt, third baseman Jake Kimble, catcher Trey Wimmer, outfielder Justin Sizemore and pitcher Blake Fulghum were als named to the Big South All-Tournament team.
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Poteau golfer wins first high school tournament; Pirates finish third as a team
DURANT — Poteau junior golfer Connor Wheat won his first-ever high school tournament on Friday, winning the Durant Invitational at Silverado Golf Course.However, Wheat, who shot a 38-39—77, had to go a little extra to win the title. Wheat had to go into a sudden-death playoff, and he won the playoff on the first hole.Wheat wasn't the only Poteau golfer to place. Cody Shore, who opened the season by winning the Tulsa McLain/TSST Tournament last week in Broken Arrow, was third with a 40-39—79.As a team, the Pirates were third with a team score of 352. Jarrett Lowrimore shot a 47-47—94, followed by John Scott Sanders (50-52—-102) and Connor Bandy (58-55—113)."We have to start getting help from our No. 3 and No. 4 golfers," said Poteau coach Mike Thomas.The Pirates will hit the links next at the Seminole Invitational, which will begin at 9 a.m. Monday at Jimmie Austin Golf Course.


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East Africa Food Crisis
2012: A year in pictures
In 2012, Oxfam continued to fight poverty and deep rooted injustice.
New survey reveals Somalia's food crisis remains critical and likely to worsen in coming months
A new survey of people across 40 regions of Somalia by international agency Oxfam has found that water and food shortages are at critical levels and likely to deteriorate in parts of the country over the coming months, risking a prolonged humanitarian crisis well into next year.
One year since we announced our East Africa food crisis appeal, we bring you this incredible video capturing a Turkana community's delight as Oxfam builds them a borehole, bringing desperately needed fresh water to this village in Northern Kenya.
Food Crisis in the Horn of Africa
The 2011 drought across the Horn of Africa was, in some places, the worst to hit the region for 60 years. Three countries were hit by the drought: Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia.
Oxfam & ONE welcome EU initiative to prevent yet another crisis in the Horn of Africa
EU Development Ministers, meeting today in Brussels, gave the green light to SHARE - a new European initiative to boost the prevention of hunger and famine in the Horn of Africa. <
Oxfam Ambassador and photographer Helena Christensen is back from Turkana, Northern Kenya -- one of the many regions in the Horn of Africa that have been affected by the severe drought that has put over 13 million people at risk.
A Shift in Focus
As key governments and institutions from the region and the wider Islamic and Western world gather in London on 23 February 2012 to review their approach to the crisis in Somalia, this pape
Oxfam reaction to FSNAU announcement that the famine status in Somalia has ended
The FSNAU has announced that the famine status in Somalia has ended.
2011: A year in pictures
From East Africa to Japan, from Ivory Coast to Pakistan, the year 2011 has been marked by tragic disasters and crises, which seriously hit the most vulnerable people. Oxfam has responded to these crises, with both emergency and long-term programs, and launched a new global campaign, GROW.


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Increased meowing may mean that your cat is suffering from hyperthyroidism, a common condition among older felines. Schedule a checkup with your veterinarian to have this checked out.
Name: Dexter
Age: 3
Breed: DSH with orange tiger furr
Owner: Ashley and Michael
Hometown: North Miami, FL
Likes: Everyone! We swear he is a human trapped in a cat's body.
Dislikes: Zeus (our other male cat)
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Dexter, a shelter rescue at 9 months, is an outgoing and just overall loving cat. My fiance and I swear he is a human inside a kitties body.Â
He is VERY vocal and meows without holding back. He clearly speaks human as we speak cat. He is a very gentle cat and just overall gets along with our other male cat Zeus. Zeus being younger and having a stronger personality clearly agitates poor Dexter at times, but he takes it (all) in a relaxed Key West style of stride.Â
My fiance always says "Dexter - I don't know how anyone could have given you yup for adoption, but I'm glad they did!"
We love him and he really brings us joy. I see him being very good with kids once we start having them :)Â
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Summer Research at Bowdoin
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Coastal Influences: A Tale of Two Artists
Story posted August 17, 2007
What were the chances that two artists who had been given "roaming rights" to 100 acres of woodlands and several miles of Maine coastline would be drawn to the same root-bound cliff for inspiration? Such was the magic of place for two Bowdoin visual art students this summer who received grants to create new works at Bowdoin's Coastal Studies Center (CSC).
Two weeks later, Rusack Fellow Norah Maki '09 also made a pilgrimage to this hidden perch. As part of a series of site-specific sculptural installations as the CSC, Maki wedged flattened tin can lids vertically into the cavern, creating an industrial echo of shale.
Neither artist knew of the other's work, yet in their separate mediums, each created something mysterious and bold.
"I was experimenting with the lids of cans, inserting them into the base of uprooted trees, like lichens or mushrooms," explains Maki. "When I came to this cove, I thought it would be great to put the metal directly into the rock. It's interesting to me because it's so saturated with sea water — I wanted to play with how an object is reclaimed by the natural processes of decay. What is the relationship between creation and entropy?"
Already, the tides are rusting the lids into beautiful hues and textures.
Maki approached her summer of art-making with a specific idea in mind: to play with natural forms using manmade materials, placing them in "found" sites throughout a network of trails at the CSC. Her medium was No. 10 industrial aluminum food-service cans.
"I liked the way they looked when I cut off the ends," explains Maki. ''They have an organic quality that comes out — like tree bark, or pods, or the petals on a pinecone."
Her exploration of natural form began with a mathematical inquiry. She researched inherent patterns found in plants and found her imagination sparked by computer-generated drawings of attractors. "Attractors serve as visual explanations of patterns in the seemingly random behavior of a given system," she explains. "They look like nautilus shells or spirals and they are basically patterned chaos."
Attractors led to fractals, fractals led to spirals. Ideas led to works.
By the time August rolled around, Maki had created 11 unique objects nestled among CSC walking paths. She also created a brochure about her project, titled "Inviting Entropy: Re-Evaluating the Effects of Coastal Forces through Sculpture." It includes a map of her works and is available at the information kiosk in the CSC parking area.
Samantha Smith's journey was perhaps more internal, but no less powerful. She is a gifted printmaker, whose etchings celebrate the details of landscape. Her challenge was to recognize the call to abstraction that began to emerge as she immersed herself in the textures and light around her.
"My work started out pretty representational," says Smith, "but I found as I got into the patterns of the rocks along the coast I became more interested in their abstract qualities. Getting so close to rocks you can barely tell what it is. And in the light before sunset, rocks emerging out of darkness."
Smith's evocative prints will be on display at the VAC this fall.
"For artists to have a summer just devoted to creative work is such a fortunate thing," notes A. LeRoy Greason Professor of Art Mark Wethli, who mentored the pair this summer. "Both of these artists were open to spontaneity. One of the more important lessons we try to teach in the visual arts is to keep your eyes and ears open to new possibilities. Both Norah and Sam did this beautifully."
Rusack Coastal Studies Fellowships support students in the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences who are involved in projects that provide new insight and understanding into the multiple facets of coastal studies.
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ABC Orders a Full Season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
That was expected.
This is a no-brainer: ABC has given a full-season order to its new Tuesday hit Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., the network just announced. (Despite previous reports that ABC had ordered 22 episodes before the show premiered, an ABC rep says that wasn't the case.) After a huge debut three weeks ago, the Joss Whedon–produced Marvel spinoff has lost a big chunk of its same-day audience. But it's doing very well once time-shifted viewing is factored in, and it's dramatically improved ABC's demo ratings in the 8 p.m. time slot formerly occupied by the Dancing With the Stars results show. S.H.I.E.L.D. may not be a smash, but so far, it's a success. And now it will stay on the air through May.