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Gold And Silver
( Originally Published 1918 )
The twin metals. Gold and silver have been mentioned together for many ages as the precious metals ; and although there are now a number of more costly ones, these two are still commonly linked one with the other. Both have been used for ornament and both for money. They are still employed for this latter purpose in civilized countries, although for most such countries gold is the standard of value and silver a common coin used for making change.
Nature of gold. This is a widely distributed metal, being found in almost all countries of the world; as well as in the waters of the sea ; it is common in volcanic districts. It occurs in various forms — as veins in quartz, as nuggets, and in so-called " placer deposits " (that is, in small particles, or dust, mixed in with gravel or sand). What called attention to gold was doubtless its attractiveness to the eye of the childlike savage ; and it has remained alluring to the discriminating eye of the civilized man. It is also durable, neither rusting away nor otherwise wasting by chemical change. It is said, doubtless with some exaggeration, that all the gold that has ever been mined is now, unconsumed, in the possession of the race, with the exception of that which has, by shipwreck or otherwise, been lost. The metal is also easy to work, being soft and ductile, and was for this reason a favorite of the savage peoples, who had difficulty with the harder metals.
Gold coinage. Gold is a metal which, because of its softness, suffers much from abrasion ; it is therefore ordinarily alloyed with copper or some other harder metal, the grade of fineness of the compound being expressed in carats. For the same reason gold has to be alloyed in coins ; and it is, indeed, under modern conditions, not very well suited to form a circulating medium. The coins, unless of high value, are too small and are usually a nuisance to carry about, as they are often mistaken, in a poor light, for coins of about the same size but of much inferior value. The gold certificate circulates much more freely and satisfactorily than the gold coin, while for small values silver, nickel, and copper are more convenient.
Indian gold. The Indians knew gold very well and employed it in making trinkets of a more or less crude order, although some of the more advanced tribes had learned to form it into images and artistic shapes. The natives of Mexico and Peru had great quantities of the metal which were looted by ruffian conquerors like Pizarro ; the ransom of the Inca is reported to have been a roomful of gold articles with a total value of some $15,000,000. The Spanish " Silver Fleet " sailed regularly from the Isthmus to Spain with cargoes of precious metals. In fact, it was the consuming desire for the precious metals, joined to the hunger for gain from the spice trade, that led to the voyages of discovery, culminating in those of Da Gama and Columbus. And the Spanish, intent upon such ends, neglected, as we have said, the areas we now call the United States because they afforded no promise in this direction.
Increase of the stock of gold. Although gold has been known so long the amount mined previous to the middle of the nineteenth century was comparatively small ; the in-crease at that time was due to the opening up of the mines of was another increase between 1900 and 1909, but since then the production has been fairly constant. From the standpoint of actual value as compared with other sources of earthly wealth the annual output of gold is small ; it is worth less than our wheat, not to mention corn. But it must be recalled that all gold production is a permanent addition to the stock already gathered, and since prices are estimated finally in gold as the standard of value, an increase and consequent cheapening of gold means rising prices.
Processes. The increase of gold has been possible not only because of the discovery of new deposits but also because of the development of processes for the profitable treatment of ores of a lower and lower grade. At first all gold-mining, where it was not merely the picking up of larger or smaller lumps, was placer-mining. The simplest mechanical device for separating gold particles from sand was a pan, in which the sand and gold were shaken about until the gold, being heavier, sank to the bottom ; thus, slowly and painfully, the metal can be separated out. This is called panning. Also a small stream of water, running rapidly down a trough or sluice, on the floor of which cleats have been placed at intervals, can be used. The gold-containing earth is thrown in and the gold settles in the depressions. In real placer mining banks of earth are broken down by a powerful stream of water from a hose and the earth treated with water to obtain the gold grains. Dredging consists in using an implement not unlike that employed in deepening channels ; the earth dredged up is run through sluice boxes. These processes have to do, of course, with gold which has been washed out of its original setting by natural forces ; it involves much less investment of capital than actual mining.
Improvement of processes. But when gold-bearing quartz is mined, the masses have to be crushed and the gold collected from the pulverized material. Here is the place where improvement of processes has appeared most notably. There were formerly inevitable losses in the mining and extraction ; much waste material, called tailings, was rejected and cast aside. It is good evidence of the improvement in processes that beds of tailings have been worked over with profit by modern methods of extraction. The process has gone on until it seems that the limit of the lowering of the grade of ore must be approaching, for in some instances two thousand pounds of material are being mined and milled to get one twelfth of an ounce of gold. We cannot expect that the grade of the ore can be lowered much more than this.
Development of the industry. In our colonial times gold-mining was an unimportant industry. The deposits in the eastern part of the country are insignificant, the best being on the Atlantic slope in North Carolina, where, in 1799, a large lump of gold was picked up — the first indication of its local presence. Gradually a few mines were opened and worked in a crude way, but what gold was obtained came chiefly from washings. Later on quartz-mining was pursued to a limited extent, sometimes at great expense but not with a corresponding profit. When the gold mines of California were discovered, these Eastern enterprises were al-most entirely abandoned. The average annual value of gold mined in the United States for the decade 1830–1840 was $11,697,000. Then came the California gold strike, in 1849, and the yield for the year 185o was in the neighborhood of $50,000,000. At present our annual product averages nearly double this sum, having remained fairly constant during the last ten years. California and Colorado are by far the largest producers, with Nevada and Alaska as important contributors. In the preceding figures the Alaskan output is included.
The high value placed on silver. Silver is found at times in a native state, but it occurs more commonly in ores along with other metals, such as copper, lead, and zinc. It is therefore not nearly so easily obtained as is gold in the nugget or dust form, and this accounts for the fact that in remote antiquity silver was valued equally with gold, or even above it. This metal is not so well known among savage peoples as gold. But the American Indians were well acquainted with it, especially the Mexican and Peruvian tribes ; the latter had accumulated the vast quantities of it, which, along with the gold, worked so powerfully upon the cupidity of the Spaniards. Immense quantities of silver were looted; later, immense quantities were mined by the conquerors and carried back to Spain in the famous " Silver Fleet." But they did not turn their attention to the lands now known as the United States.
Colonial silver-mining. In some of the Eastern colonies silver in small quantities and mixed with lead ore was found about the middle of the eighteenth century ; such a vein was worked with some profit in Massachusetts, and a number of other states in the East once contained rather insignificant silver mines. When the population moved westward, and the large lead-ore deposits of the Upper and Lower Mississippi were discovered, they were found to contain some silver. But this was seldom in paying quantities, for in the earlier days of silver-mining the metal could not be extracted from the ore as readily as at the present time. In 1850, of the silver dollars in use, 99 per cent were of Mexican or Peruvian metal. And the same situation existed with respect to silver plate. Silver had been coined in Massachusetts as early as 1652, but the metal has regularly been an import up to relatively recent years.
Silver discoveries. The amount of silver produced in this country up to 1834 is officially reported as "insignificant" ; from 1834 to 1857 its value was $868,000; until 1859 the annual value was less than $100,000. The critical point in American silver-mining was the discovery, in 1859, of the largest deposit in the world. This was on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada. Between 185o and 186o prospectors had ranged, for the most part on foot, over the whole Western mountain region. They wandered from ledge to ledge, picking up specimens from time to time and cracking them or reducing bits of ore with charcoal and blowpipe. In the discovery year Henry Phinney and Henry Comstock chanced upon some promising silver deposits interspersed with free gold, and they laid a claim to a mine. Phinney sold out to Comstock for a pinch of gold dust, and Comstock himself soon sold the property. Then it was discovered that marvelous wealth lay hidden away in this claim, and the tidings spread like lightning over not only the United States but the whole civilized world. A period of frantic excitement ensued, such as is described in Mark Twain's " Roughing It," and there followed a great inrush of people and the growth of new large towns, notably Virginia City, Carson City, and Silver City. Nevada was admitted to the Union' in 1864, and the Central Pacific Railroad was extended through the region, passing within twenty miles of the point of first discovery.
The Comstock Lode. Between 1859 and 1866 it is said that about $70,000,000 worth of silver was taken from the Comstock Lode alone, and a good deal of gold was associated with the silver. Between 1859 and 1876 about $200,000,000 worth of gold and silver were drawn from this lode, of which about $120,000,000 were in silver. Within a few years subsequent to the big initial discovery silver had been found in considerable quantities elsewhere in Nevada and in neighboring states. The United States at once came to the front as a silver producer ; at the present day Nevada, Montana, Utah, and Idaho are the states of greatest yield. In 1890 the famous lode was approaching exhaustion. The population of Virginia City, close by, had been around 11,000 in 188o; in 1908 it was about 2500. If anyone is disposed to doubt the control exercised by natural resources over national destiny, he may reflect that Nevada's silver added a state to the Union and two senators to Congress. Apart from the metallic wealth Nevada's silver regions are a hopeless desert.
Silver a by-product. Taking the world as a whole, at the present time mining for silver by itself is uncommon. It is done in a few special places in Canada, the United States, Mexico, and South America ; but the greater proportion of the world's annual output of silver is a by-product of mining for the baser metals, in particular copper and lead.
Silver coinage. It remains to say a word about the coining of silver. A large part of the world's silver product is minted ; and until towards the close of the last century silver was the principal metal coined in most civilized countries, and was the standard of value in many of them. Owing, however, to the fall in the price of silver due to increased production, there was a wide discrepancy between its coinage value and its value in the open market. Silver remains admirably adapted for small circulating coins. It has also been used in the arts from early times, and finds a place in some of the newer ones, like photography.


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NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
Monitor National Marine Sanctuary
Shannon Ricles
David Hall
August 15th, 2008
NOAA's Monitor National Marine Sanctuary is seeking to fill one seat and one alternate position on its advisory council, which ensures public participation in sanctuary management and provides advice to the sanctuary superintendent.
The sanctuary is accepting applications for the fishing advisory council seat. One primary member and one alternate will be selected for the seat. Alternates attend meetings when members are not available, but are encouraged to attend other meetings and participate in all council activities.
The Monitor Sanctuary Advisory Council consists of 13 members, including nine non-governmental voting seats representing recreational diving, heritage tourism, education, conservation, maritime museums, marine archaeology research, and recreational/commercial fishing. There are also four governmental voting seats representing the U.S. Navy, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, Virginia Department of Cultural Resources, and the National Park Service.
Applicants will be chosen based on their expertise and experience in relation to the seat for which they are applying. Consideration includes knowledge of sanctuary resources, community and professional affiliations, residency in the sanctuary area, and views regarding the protection and management of marine resources. Applicants who are chosen as members should expect to serve two-year terms. The council usually meets at least quarterly throughout the year.
Applications are due by Sept. 15, 2008. To receive an application kit, or for further information please contact Shannon Ricles at 757-591-7328 or by writing to: Monitor National Marine Sanctuary, 100 Museum Drive, Newport News, VA 23606. Completed applications should be mailed to the above address.
Established in 1975 as the nation's first marine sanctuary, the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary is managed by NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries. It is dedicated to protecting the wreck of the famed Civil War ironclad USS Monitor, located 16 miles off the coast of North Carolina. Artifacts recovered by the sanctuary and the U.S. Navy are being conserved and exhibited at The Mariners' Museum in Newport News, Va.
NOAA understands and predicts changes in the Earth's environment, from the depths of the ocean to the surface of the sun, and conserves and manages our coastal and marine resources. Visit http://www.noaa.gov.

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Will HBO's Game of Thrones Catch Up to the Novels?
Winter is coming, but is it arriving fast enough?
A Song of Ice and Fire novelist George R.R. Martin spoke with Entertainment Weekly about the very real possibility of HBO's Game of Thrones catching up with the fan-favorite fantasy books the show is based on. Martin has penned and published five novels in the series thus far; the sixth book, The Winds of Winter, is in progress, with no release date set.
"I think the odds against that happening are very long," the author said when asked if he fears the show, now approaching its fourth season, might pass the novels' release schedule. "I still have a lead of several gigantic books. If they include everything in the books, I don't think they're going to catch up with me. If they do, we'll have some interesting discussions."
For their part, showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are both on the record with their hope that Martin releases the Ice and Fire novels before the Thrones TV series catches up with him.
"We still have our fingers crossed that George will get there," said Weiss. "That's what's best for us, it's what's best for the fans. We'll cross that bridge when we get there."
"Ideally the books come out first," added Benioff.
"Ideally" being the operative word. There's much more over at the EW.com article. It's a fascinating must-read for fans of the novels harboring the very real fear that the show could outpace the source material.
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So I've been going through the mounds and mounds of stuff in my house, getting ready to move (my house is going on the market by next month, around the same time I go back to school) and I found two whole portfolio folders full of stuff from my high school art class....just random portrait studies and paintings and even some plexiglas etchings and their prints. SO, I thought I'd go ahead and share my findings with everyone. After all, I have been focusing pretty much totally on photography all summer, so here's a lovely artsy break!
First off, we've got a collage I made around a sketch I did on stiff paper with Conte, which is like chalk, just fancier I guess
This is a print made from a piece of plexiglas, painted, then hard-pressed onto I think watercolor paper.
This was a piece imitating Cubism, I did half of the butterfly normal and the other half "geometrically," or "cubistic." The branches are also mixed media, with wrinkled up construction paper glued onto the canvas.
This was just a sketch done in class for practice. Kind of like a workshop.
Pastels or chalk, I can't remember, on black cardboard, just some bottles in an abstract way
Pastel calla lilly on some sort of paper, probably watercolor
Definitely pastels on thin paper
Still life drawing (boring)
Ta Daaaaa!


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Hello from hot and steamy New Orleans. Many great bloggers have written about the first day of HR festivities, and you can follow the Twitter stream here, so I want to write about what I heard and saw at SHRM.
- HR people are old. There's no two ways about it. FrannyO and I attended a fancy reception for HR people, last night, and there weren't many people younger than me in the room—and I'm not all that young, anymore. (Believe me, that's true.) Furthermore, SHRM's leadership team represents an older (ahem) demographic. Who is out there beating the drums and recruiting young and talented people into Human Resources? If MBA graduates have Jack Welch to emulate, who is the face of Human Resources? Do we need a face?
- Networking is changing. You can't tell me that trade shows, expos, and industry conventions [in any field] will last another 50 years. The expense of sending your employees to these conferences—along with the lack of sleep, decreased productivity, and general distractions that come from being drunk for more than 16 hours out of the day—isn't worth it. Sure, it's important to network. Sure, it's important to meet people and learn from your peers. You can do the same thing in flash mobs and cheaper 'unconference' formats.
Don't get me wrong. I love to see my friends (old & young) at SHRM and learn about new products and services from vendors. I also like to go have a drink at 2AM in my pajamas at a bar in New Orleans. (What? Did I really do that?)
I'm just not sure if these behaviors or ours are sustainable.
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Another quote from Star Trek Voyager. They've found a space ship from way back in the past. The rest of the crew are all envious of the ones who get to go and have a look at it, because it's a direct look at the past. Explorers are historians, and I guess historians are explorers.
The pilot died but recorded a message first, and that was what he said. He hoped his Dad would get the message, but no, it was Seven-Of-Nine, who has discovered empathy with people from the past that she didn't know personally.


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This driver works with all versions of MS Windows from Win95 to WinME, but not WinNT, Win2K or XP. These are the latest drivers that were available before support evaporated.
DO NOT have any midi devices plugged into your Midport32 when installing the drivers!!!
The installation is quirky. You may need to reinstall once or twice, but drivers are stable and solid once they are working.


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In a large saucepan, bring the coconut milk and curry paste to a boil over medium-high heat, whisking constantly until smooth, about 2 minutes. Add the chicken broth, carrot, red bell pepper, onion, baby corn, basil, chile, lime leaves and fish sauce. Bring the mixture to a simmer over medium-low heat. Cover the pan and cook until the vegetables are tender, about 20 minutes.
Pour the oil into a large wide saucepan. Attach a deep-fry thermometer to the side of the saucepan and heat the oil to 350 degrees F. Add half of the noodles and fry until crisp, about 20 seconds. Drain on paper towels and set aside.
Remove the lid from the curry and add the shrimp, snap peas and the remaining noodles. Simmer, uncovered, until the shrimp is cooked through, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove the lime leaves and basil sprigs and discard.
Ladle the curry into bowls. Garnish with the fried noodles, cilantro and peanuts.
Photograph by Kat Teutsch
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VISALIA, Calif. --A Kingsburg man who killed a group home counselor five years ago received his sentence Wednesday.
Marco Navarro sat quietly and without any emotion as he was given the maximum penalty for killing 55-year-old Tony Jimenez.
The judge sentenced Navarro to 34 years to life in prison after a jury convicted him of first degree murder.
Family members of Jimenez were inside the courtroom as the sentencing was handed down.
Many were satisfied with the judge's decision, but say it doesn't bring much closure.
In the video, Action News reporter Carlos Saucedo has complete coverage on the story.


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Tested on Maverick on a netbook (sorry, Ubuntu is all I got). JSpec tests wouldn't run (Chromium 8.0.552.215). When I go to http://127.0.0.1:5984/_utils/spec/run.html I get a blank screen that displays only "JSpec 3.3.2". Futon test report at http://g.couchone.com/test_srcmv_reports/46e33f5669a825d0f93dbb115d75bed4. On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 5:43 PM, Paul Davis <email@example.com> wrote: > Heya, > > I've just finished getting the refactoring of the source tree to be > more compliant with OTP source code layout. This is a pretty big move > so I'd like at least a couple other people to test this. If you have a > platform that is not OS X or Ubuntu, consider this an extra special > request so that we have confidence that I haven't broken one of the > uncommon platforms. > > The repo for the scripts and patches are at [1]. You should be able to > get a fully refactored couch with: > > $ git clone git://github.com/davisp/couchdb-srcmv.git > $ cd couchdb-srcmv > $ ./srcmv.py > > Once you have that, there's a couchdb.git subdirectory that is a > checkout of the entire source tree. Once there, you can build and test > couchdb as per normal. Also, I would appreciate anyone that goes the > extra effort and runs the install into a tmp location and runs the > Futon tests on the installed version to make sure everything still > passes. > > Ideally I'd like to get this into trunk fairly shortly so that it has > as long as possible to sit in trunk before we cut 1.2.x. Let me know > if there are any comments or complaints on it. > > Paul Davis > > [1] https://github.com/davisp/couchdb-srcmv >
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Oregon-UCLA Position Battle: RBs vs. LBs
By Dave Razzano
Oregon RB's vs. UCLA LB's
On paper this looks like a complete mismatch, though it's hard to measure the emotion the Bruins will be playing with in what will be Rick Neuheisel's final game as UCLA head coach. The Ducks zone option attack has three very capable runners in LaMichael James, Kenjon Barner, and freshman speedster De'Anthony Thomas. These guys all hit cutback lanes hard and fast. Bruin LB's Pat Larimore and Jordan Zumwalt can both stuff the inside run but can't afford to be overaggressive in their pursuit or they will give up big gainers. LaMichael James has unusual quickness bursting through the line and can explode into the secondary quickly if gap discipline is not realized. UCLA LB Sean Westgate is the most athletic of the Bruin LB's and his lateral speed will be badly needed against this bunch. He can run and hit and is usually a very dependable tackler. Look for him to put up double digit tackles in this contest. The biggest problem defending Oregon is the depth of their backfield. Kenjon Barner can be mistaken at times for James with his homerun speed, and everyone has seen the burst of true freshman De'Anthony Thomas all year long. Even though the Bruin defenders will be playing their hearts out trying for the upset, it is doubtful they can stifle the Ducks' ground game for four quarters.
UCLA RB's vs. Oregon LB's
The UCLA ground attack, led by talented runners Johnathan Franklin and 240 pound Derrick Coleman, is very capable of rushing for a lot of yards against Oregon in a close game scenario. The problem is that the Ducks usually jump out to a lead and force the opposition to rely more on the pass. Early in the game though, the Bruins should run right at the Ducks and try to establish the line of scrimmage early on. Franklin is a big play threat on any carry with his speed and elusiveness out in space, and Coleman, with his combination of size and power, can move the chains while wearing down a defense. Oregon inside LB's Michael Clay and Dewitt Stuckey both fill quickly at the line but are both undersized and will have to gang tackle the powerful Coleman to bring him down. Like UCLA, Oregon will have to play gap discipline defense to protect from the cutback abilities of the shifty Franklin, who can burst for a long gainer almost as quickly as LaMichael James. The Bruin RB's are very talented and both have very good NFL potential. I expect them to be productive in this contest but not enough to come away with an upset.
Dave Razzano is a former NFL scout with more than 22 years of professional scouting experience with the San Francisco 49ers, St. Louis Rams and Arizona Cardinals under NFL coaches Bill Walsh, George Seifert, Chuck Knox and Dick Vermeil. He's been a part of five Super Bowls with three Super Bowl wins (49ers, 1989, 1990; Rams, 2000).
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Directed by various directors
Courtesy of Magnet Releasing
Release Date: May 23, 2017
Before you read any further, let me assure you: this is NOT a review of a softcore porn. The XX title is not the rating of the film…it's simply a denotation of the X-X chromosome set all of the directors share (for those of you who did not attend high school science, that means all the directors in this anthology are female).
The short films in this collection are not perfect, but they are very well made, and each showcases the budding talents of these four up-and-coming horror directors. I am definitely making a note to watch out for these ladies because I wager we will be hearing much more about them in the future.
If you are not familiar with XX, here is the synopsis courtesy of Magnet Releasing:
An all-female helmed horror anthology featuring four dark tales written and directed by fiercely talented women:
• Annie Clark rocks her directorial debut with THE BIRTHDAY PARTY
• Karyn Kusama (THE INVITATION, GIRLFIGHT) exorcises HER ONLY LIVING SON
• Roxanne Benjamin (SOUTHBOUND) screams DON'T FALL
• Jovanka Vuckovic (THE CAPTURED BIRD) dares to open THE BOX.
Award-winning animator Sofia Carrillo (LA CASA TRISTE) wraps together four suspenseful stories of terror featuring a cast including Natalie Brown, Melanie Lynskey, Breeda Wool and Christina Kirk.
I need to clarify something before I continue with the review. There is a single flaw keeping these shorts from perfection, and interestingly enough, it plagues all four of them: a lack of clear explanation. I will go into deeper detail below, but I needed to state this up front because I'm NOT trying to convince you to steer clear of this anthology. On the contrary, I am highly recommending it. The films within it are entertaining and fun, despite the missing resolution.
As mentioned, each film is shot very well and looks great onscreen. The camerawork is effective, and the sets and props are all top notch.
The acting is very good in all four shorts, although I only recognize a single face: Melanie Lynskey, who plays the mom in "The Birthday Party". Fans of TWO AND A HALF MEN will remember Lynskey as Charlie's stalker-neighbor, Rose. But despite a lack of other recognizable faces, each cast does a great job regardless.
The special effects are minimal but well done. "The Box" and "The Birthday Party" really didn't have many to speak of, and "Her Only Living Son" has a few, and they look good. "Don't Fall" has the most, and they are excellent.
**WARNING: The following section contains spoilers!!
As I said above, each short suffers from a lack of resolution or explanation. In "The Birthday Party," this is very minor, as the only subject not explained is how the husband died (I THINK it is insinuated that he killed himself, but not sure why, and not sure why this didn't upset the mom). "Her Only Living Son" is great, up to the end, and then we are left to wonder what happened; did they kill each other? I couldn't tell. "Don't Fall" leaves us asking, 'What did the girl turn in to, and why? Just because she cut her finger?'
But the most agonizingly persistent questions linger with "The Box". I LOVED this piece, right up to the final scenes…where we are given no resolution. WHAT WAS IN THE BOX? And why the cryptic statement at the end, "…and I'm so hungry". The intention here might have been to create suspense, but it wound up annoying me instead.
**End spoilers!
Still, I cannot deny how enthralling these pieces are, and I suggest giving this anthology a look for sure. I truly hope to see more work from these directors soon, as I'm betting it will be big and bold, whatever they choose to do. XX is available now in a variety of formats.


text: On a calm day in New York City, hundreds of pigeons can be seen flying together over the rooftops of certain New York neighborhoods - tornados of birds. For many who participate in the sport, it is a salvation from daily life and the distractions of the streets. For me, this project is an exploration of a cities mythology and a record of a disappearing pastime. Upon moving to New York I was drawn to the weathered aesthetic of the coops and the rooftop environments I could see while enjoying the refuge of the cities canopy myself. As I gained more access to the community, I began to understand the significance of going to the roof, caring for the birds and watching them fly.


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NFU conference 2013: All eyes on Tesco as CEO promises supply chain change
Tesco has pledged to source more meat from 'closer to home' as part of a raft of radical changes following the horsemeat scandal.
Speaking to farmers and industry professionals at the NFU Conference, Tesco chief executive Philip Clarke said the supermarket was implementing a "root and branch review" of its supply chains, which would involve introducing longer contracts, more transparency and the appointment of an agriculture director.
Mr Clarke vowed to source all fresh chicken sold in its stores from British farms from July, with an aim to source frozen chicken from "the British Isles".
This represented "a genuine shift in how Tesco sources all the meat it sells," he said.
He also pledged a commitment to sourcing British meat "where it is reasonable to do so".
Declaring "the most radical change between a retailer and producers", Mr Clarke said supply chins would be more transparent and equal.
"Events over the last six weeks have been a wake up call for the whole industry," he said.
Describing the supply chain as a "partnership" Mr Clarke said Tesco would be extending contracts to a minimum of two years, giving producers more security.
"It needs to be a true partnership as we're only as good as the products we sell," he told farmers.
Mr Clarke said heavy discounting at the consumer end was necessary when consumers were squeezed, but recognised that it was not sustainable.
Tesco will be appointing an agriculture director, which would be a single point of contact for farmers and would oversee the introduction of new development groups in vegetables, fruit and salads, he said.
While the announcement was generally good news, all eyes will now be on Tesco to deliver what it has promised, said NFU communications advisory group member Gillian van der Meer.
"The public were outraged by the horsemeat scandal and the supermarkets are in dangerous territory," she said. "Where Tesco lead, hopefully others will follow."
"It is also imperative the catering trade and public procurement take this on board and source from the UK. They always go for the cheapest – British food might not be the cheapest but it's the best."
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With his right arm in a sling and a bandage evident on his upper left bicep, a Bayhead man accused of murdering his neighour made his first court appearance Tuesday morning.
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Duggan's next court appearance is Oct. 19.
- One dead in Tatamagouche, gunfight with RCMP leaves suspect wounded
- Tatamagouche murder suspect didn't get help he needed, relative says
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- Former Mountie questions coverage after Tatamagouche shooting
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He is also charged with attempted murder against several RCMP members because of an alleged standoff between him and the police at the Lockerbie Memorial Cemetery in Tatamagouche. The RCMP pursued Duggan to that location shortly after Butlin's body was found.
Court documents filed in August show that she had recently applied for a peace bond against Duggan and had felt "threatened" by him after he had made sexual demands of her when he allegedly showed up at her home in a drunken state on July 2.
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There's an English phrase that entirely sums up any 'love it or hate it' instance with nothing in between – it's a 'Marmite moment'. For those unfamiliar with Marmite, it's essentially bottled brewer's yeast concentrated into a dark-brown spread with a distinctive, powerful salty flavour - some adore it, others despise it. Were I prone to laying down my cash in a betting manner I would suggest that 'She Lost Her Head' from Juana Ghani fits into a classic 'Marmite moment'. And in the way of things that possess a difference from the ordinary, this time with an equally descriptive French phrase, 'chacun à son goût' … and I loved it!
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I wonder, from time to time, why I bother with Korean. I know enough Korean to deal with my in-laws. I can hold my own in Korea. Anything complicated, Good Man or his family would handle (or Master, if need be). I don't intend to study in Korea. I don't want to become famous there. So why do I bother to continue my Korean studies? Why not plateau out where I am right now?
And then I pick up one more book written in Korean…
One of the joys of reading in Korean is that it forces me to slow down and enjoy a book.
One of the pains of reading in Korean is that it forces me to slow down and understand a book.
Months ago, I ended up finding an article about a North Korean who was born into Camp 14. His North Korean name was Shin In-kun, but in South Korea he goes by Shin Dong-hyuk. He lived in the camp his entire life until he escaped.
(Some people don't believe his story and say it's impossible that he escaped from the entirely controlled zone of Camp 14. I know memoirs tell the author's truth. I also know that terrible things are happening in North Korea, and nobody wanted to believe the atrocities that Nazi Germany was carrying out were true when they came to light.)
He wrote a book about his experiences in Camp 14, but it's only available in Korean (세상 밖으로 나오다). I asked Sister to buy it for me and she did, reading it herself before she sent it to me. Sister wrote on the note she sent:
그리고 2시간만에 다 읽었어요… 읽는 내내 답답하고 화나고.. 그랬어요. 휴~
And I read the entire book in only two hours. The whole time I was sorrowful and angry. Well… sigh…
I put the book aside for a few months. I was working on my million characters goal, and that was all about extensive reading. I was reading for pleasure, not worrying about what I couldn't understand.
I feared I wouldn't be able to understand the language, and I worried that it would be too hard. I picked up the book about two weeks ago, and I gathered my mini flashcards on a ring (also sent by Sister in the same package), prepared to make a lot of flashcards. I was ready to do a slow, intensive reading so that I wouldn't miss anything. I wanted to give Shin the respect I suspected his work would deserve.
The chapters in the book are very short, and it's illustrated in Shin's own hand. The great thing about short chapters is that I'm not overwhelmed by a huge block of text, and I can pick up the book, read it for just a few minutes, and end at a good stopping place.
The book is just about perfect for my reading level. The words I don't understand are almost always either North Korean (with South Korean equivalents given parenthetically) or political words specific to North Korea that even Good Man doesn't know. I can mostly figure those out by context. I'm sure I don't get all of the details, but I get far more than I was expecting.
So I haven't made a single flashcard. I haven't needed to. Even so, I've only been reading this book for twenty or thirty minutes a day. It's intensive reading, but not in the way I expected.
When I read in English, images flash into my head quickly. The pace of my reading makes it necessary to shake the image away quickly. By the time the image has been created, I'm already halfway through the next sentence.
But when I read this in Korean, the image builds itself piece by piece. Slowly.
When the image fills in, I exhale deliberately, close my eyes, and hold the picture in my mind. I've read about these things in English. I know these things happen.
But reading the words in Korean, by a Korean, held as a prisoner in North Korea? It's much more powerful. The image lingers. I can't shake it away. I can't ignore it.
농촌지원을 나가면 쥐를 많이 잡을 수 있어서 일주일 내내 쥐를 잡아먹은 적도 있다. 쥐가 보이지 않으면 한 달에 한 번도 못 먹은 적도 있다.
쥐를 잡으면 그 자리에서 바로 먹지 않고 학교로 가져와서 "화구"에 구워먹는다. 작업이 끝난 후 친구들끼리 모여 잡아온 쥐를 꺼내 놓고 함께 먹는다. 친한 친구들끼리 모여서 먹는데, 쥐 잡아먹는다고 나무라지는 않는다. 여름에는 나뭇가지를 모아서 굽기도 하고, 작업반 내 불 피워놓은 곳에서 구워먹기도 한다.
화장실에도 쥐가 많은데, 화장실에 있는 쥐를 잡아먹기도 한다. 쥐가 관리소에서 많이 걸리는 병인 "비라그라"(펠라그라)에 좋다고 한다. 오히려 뱀보다 쥐가 영양가가 많다.
If you went into the fields, there were many rats, so sometimes we were able to eat a rat every day of the week. Sometimes, we didn't see many rats and we went a whole month without eating one.
When we caught rats we didn't sit down and eat them right away. We went to the school and roasted them over a fire. When labor ended we shared the rat with our friends. Good friends gathered together and didn't get punished just for eating rats. In the summer we made a fire of twigs and the labor group met in that location to roast the rat.
There were many rats at the bathroom, so sometimes you could grab rats there. At the political camp, rats were a good way to treat pellagra. Rats had more nutritional value than snakes.


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VENTflash #207 September 21, 2016
Posted by Victor Emanuel
Dear friends,
VENT operates approximately 150 tours a year to destinations all over the world. With so many tours in the field every month, I regularly receive reports of amazing sightings that occur on our trips. In August, we operated tours to Africa (Namibia, Botswana & Zambia and South Africa) North America (Canada: Grand Manan), Australasia (Borneo, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and West New Britain), and South America (Brazil: Pantanal and Peru: Manu). The tour reports that we received from our tour leaders following these trips are thoroughly enjoyable to read and offer marvelous insights into the joys of being in nature on a VENT tour. Well-written and usually illustrated with photos, these reports convey the enthusiasm our tour leaders bring to their jobs. It is that enthusiasm, along with their remarkable skills at finding birds and other creatures, that makes VENT tours so wonderful. Here are a few examples from recently completed tours:
Razorbills, Grand Manan, 2016 — Photo: Barry Zimmer
Namibia, Botswana & Zambia, by Geoff Lockwood: "The area around Namutoni provided some of the best birding and wildlife experiences of the tour. Never-to-be-forgotten memories included a group of forty-seven elephants moving peacefully past us only three yards from our parked vehicle! The only sound was the crunching of sand under 188 feet as these gentle giants filed past. Another indelible memory was watching the drinking behavior of hundreds of Burchell's Sandgrouse coming in to Klein Okevi waterhole and seeing the antics of the males as they loaded up their specially-modified belly and breast feathers with water to take back to their chicks, offering a special window into the lives of these striking endemic birds. Pride of place goes to the superb sightings of a Pel's Fishing-Owl that perched in the top of a nearly leafless tree giving us superb views of this huge orange owl."
Autumn Grand Manan, by Barry Zimmer: "With storm-petrels everywhere and dozens of shearwaters following us, we were in pelagic heaven. An early Northern Fulmar joined the crowd. Then, incredibly, another South Polar Skua was spotted. This day was turning out to be one of our best pelagic trips ever off Grand Manan, and yet the biggest surprise was still to come. I heard my co-leader, Brennan (Mulrooney) call out, "Get on this bird at three o'clock." I turned and quickly saw a large bird with slow wing beats, and I felt my heart skip a beat—a Cory's Shearwater, a species documented only a few times in New Brunswick and a lifer for me. All in all, we saw over 7,000 seabirds including 9 Razorbills and 60 Atlantic Puffins, as well as 20 Humpback Whales and two North Atlantic Right Whales—one of the rarest whales in the world. On other days we saw 20 species of warblers. The combination of amazing birds, wonderful marine mammals, delicious seafood, and the scenic New Brunswick coast provided us with a magical week."
Ocelot, Manu, Peru — Photo: Tour Participant, Marilyn Veek
Peru: Manu, by Steve Hilty: "The next several days took us downward through a series of habitats as dramatic as any in the world. Our final destination was the Manu Wildlife Center. By now the avian diversity was amazing. This was the Amazon rain forest we had dreamed about, the most biologically diverse region of the planet. Highlights that stand out above all others include the Razor-billed Curassows, Pale-winged Trumpeters, the macaw spectacle at the colpa (clay lick), the Andean Cock-of-the-rock lek, the Common Woolly Monkeys, Giant Otters, Red Howler Monkeys, adorable little Saddle-backed Tamarins, and timid agouties. However, nothing equals the amazing views we had of a much chagrined Ocelot that failed to capture a macaw and then stood around for some time looking around as if he hoped no one had seen his clumsy effort."
Brazil: Pantanal, by Kevin Zimmer: "Every trip to the Pantanal seems to get better. On this trip we saw six Jaguars, the most ever, including a female with two cubs. The birdlife was fantastic including Hyacinth Macaws, five Agami Herons, and a Zigzag Heron."
Juan Fernandez Petrel, Tucson, AZ, Sept. 7, 2016 — Photo: Brian Gibbons
Amazingly, the most remarkable recent sighting by a VENT leader was not on a tour but at home. Like many VENT leaders, Brian Gibbons, who lives in Tucson, Arizona, birds his home region assiduously. On September 7, as the remnants of Hurricane Newton moved into Arizona, Brian began receiving reports of pelagic birds appearing widely across the desert between Tucson and the Mexican border. After learning that a number of seabirds had been sighted in the Tucson area, he left his home and drove onto a nearby thoroughfare. In short order he spotted a storm-petrel circling low over the road. Unfortunately, the bird was struck by a truck and killed. Brian retrieved the specimen that turned out to be his lifer Least Storm-Petrel! After checking other nearby areas for lost seabirds, he decided to return home and set up a vigil. Within minutes, a storm-petrel with a white rump flew by. He photographed the bird that later proved to be a Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel, another extraordinarily rare bird for North America and another lifer! Maintaining his watch, 35 minutes later, he was astounded to see a larger seabird with bowed wings and slow flaps heading directly at him from the north. Photographing the bird as it flew past his driveway, Brian obtained clear images that later allowed for the bird's identification: Juan Fernandez Petrel! This species is a member of the Pterodroma genus that breeds in the Juan Fernandez Islands far off the coast of central Chile. Brian's observation was not only another lifer, but also the first documented North American record of this seabird. Imagine the thrill of adding a species to the North American list from your yard! What an amazing afternoon for Brian.
In this issue:
M.V. Evolution — Photo: Courtesy of International Expeditions
After recently selling out our upcoming Galapagos Islands Cruise, we have received notification of a cancellation, leaving us again with one final cabin to sell. Because of cancellation penalties incurred, we are able to offer this last cabin at a discount of $2,000 per person in double occupancy!
For this trip, October 28-November 6, 2016, we have taken a half charter of the 32-passenger M/V Evolution, one of the best ships that cruise these waters. If you have ever wanted to go to the Galapagos, now is the time. Following this fall trip, our next departure, June 23-July 2, 2017, is already sold out as well. This means that anyone wanting to go to the famous islands with VENT may have to wait until at least next fall, October 27-November 5, 2017, when VENT has again taken a half charter on the Evolution.
October is an outstanding time to visit the Galapagos Islands. The Waved Albatrosses are still on their breeding grounds, and all of the other birds and wildlife for which the Galapagos are so famous are also present including Galapagos Sea Lions, Giant Tortoises, Marine Iguanas, Sally Lightfoot Crabs, Flightless Cormorants, Galapagos Penguins, and Galapagos finches.
Galapagos Islands Cruise aboard the M/V Evolution, October 28-November 6, 2016 with Paul Greenfield; $8,295 per person in double occupancy from Quito. With $2,000 discount, fee is $6,295 per person.
Over the years, our wintertime trips to Southeast Asia have proven an important part of our Asia program. In Southeast Asia, the small countries of Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam form a unique trifecta of geographic variability and spectacular biological diversity. In particular, each of these countries is a birder's paradise, home to hundreds of colorful tropical birds and a fabulous assortment of mammals, insects, and plants. Southeast Asia is also the birthplace of some of the world's most ancient and fascinating cultures, and our tours are enhanced by exposure to cultural attractions ranging from ancient archaeological sites and architectural wonders to ethnically diverse people, and to a fabulous gamut of culinary delights.
Machiel Valkenburg
In Dion Hobcroft and Machiel Valkenburg, VENT has a superb team of leaders for our tours to Southeast Asia. Dion has led VENT tours to Asia for the last 15 years and is among our most popular leaders. A citizen of Australia, Dion worked for decades as a field researcher and for various government agencies prior to joining VENT. In addition to his master birding skills, he brings to his tours encyclopedic knowledge of many other aspects of the natural history of the Australasia region. Machiel Valkenburg is one of the newest members of the VENT team and was "discovered" by Dion, who co-led tours with him to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan a couple of years ago. A Dutch citizen, Machiel has spent huge amounts of time in Asia, particularly in the Central Asian republics and eastern Russia, and has developed an expertise on the birds of that continent. Machiel recently returned from leading our annual tour to Borneo on which he received glowing reviews. Machiel presently lives in Spain with his wife. Please visit our website to read the complete bios of Dion Hobcroft and Machiel Valkenburg.
This winter, I am thrilled that VENT will again operate trips to Cambodia, Vietnam, and Thailand. I hope you will consider joining us on one of these outstanding tours:
Cambodia, February 17-March 3, 2017 with Dion Hobcroft; $5,595 in double occupancy from Siem Reap (ends in Phnom Penh). 4 spaces available.
The expansive forests and untouched wetlands of small Cambodia harbor some of the rarest species and races of birds and mammals in Asia. Examples of the many seldom seen and locally distributed birds we will search for on this trip include Greater Adjutant, Milky Stork, White-shouldered Ibis, White-winged Duck, Green Peafowl, White-rumped Falcon, White-rumped and Slender-billed vultures, and many others. Besides natural history, the itinerary also includes visits to some of the greatest surviving architectural monuments of Southeast Asia including the temples of the ancient city of Angkor.
The Best of Vietnam, February 28-March 18, 2017 with Machiel Valkenburg; $5,995 in double occupancy from Hanoi (ends in Ho Chi Minh City). 6 spaces available.
Dion Hobcroft
Although not as well-known for birds and wildlife, Vietnam is one of the top natural history destinations in Southeast Asia. On this superb tour we offer a highlights-type expedition, journeying across the country from north to south experiencing Vietnam's fascinating natural history, visiting an array of national parks, and traveling to some important cultural sites. Some of the birds we hope to see include the Siamese Fireback, Germain's Peacock-Pheasant, Bar-bellied Pitta, Black-and-red Broadbill, Gray Laughingthrush, and Sultan Tit among many others. Accommodations are very good, the food is excellent, and walking conditions are moderate.
Thailand Highlights, March 4-23, 2017 with Dion Hobcroft; $7,395 in double occupancy from Bangkok. Sold Out! Wait list available.
Our Thailand Highlights tour offers a perfect introduction to the birds and other biological riches of Southeast Asia. While the pheasants are perhaps the finest spectacle of any Asia tour, there is a vast array of characteristic Southeast Asian birds that cannot fail to enthrall the birder, including a marvelous diversity of pigeons, parakeets, trogons, hornbills, barbets, broadbills, pittas, bulbuls, leafbirds, babblers, and parrotbills. Added attractions are sensational cuisine, fascinating culture, a myriad of incredible butterflies, and some very exciting mammals.
As we look ahead to early 2017, VENT will operate three Panama tours in January. Discount opportunities have been available for each of these departures, and now I am pleased to announce that the deadline for receiving the discount has been extended! Register by October 14 for our Canopy Tower & El Valle tour and receive a discount of $810, or book space on our shorter Darien Lowlands: Canopy Camp or El Valle's Canopy Lodge tours and receive a $500 discount.
Black-breasted Puffbird, Panama — Photo: Kevin Zimmer
Panama's Canopy Tower & El Valle, January 3-15, 2017 with Jeri Langham and a local leader; $5,395 in double occupancy from Panama City. With $810 discount, fee is $4,585. 3 spaces available.
Panama's Darien Lowlands: Canopy Camp, January 14-22, 2017 with Kevin Zimmer and a local leader; one premium tent suite available at $3,995 in double occupancy from Panama City. With $500 discount, fee is $3,495.
Panama: El Valle's Canopy Lodge, January 21-28, 2017 with Kevin Zimmer and a local leader; $2,695 in double occupancy from Panama City. With $500 discount, fee is $2,195.
Additionally, $500 discounts are available until September 30 for our two year-end holiday tours. As a reminder, if you are open to holiday travel, now is the time to make your plans as airfares will only become pricier.
Panama: Christmas at El Valle's Canopy Lodge Pre-trip, December 22-27, 2016 with Tony Nunnery and a local leader; $2,095 in double occupancy from Panama City. With $500 discount, fee is $1,595.
New Year at Panama's Canopy Tower, December 27, 2016-January 3, 2017 with Tony Nunnery and a local leader; $3,095 in double occupancy from Panama City. With $500 discount, fee is $2,595.
In 2017, VENT will operate five birding and natural history cruises in collaboration with our valued travel partner, Zegrahm Expeditions. To promote a few of these trips, this fall we are hosting a series of free webinars that showcase our Sub-Antarctic Islands of New Zealand, Circumnavigation of Iceland, and Wild Alaska cruises.
Atlantic Puffin colony on cliffs of Grimsey Island, Iceland— Photo: Michael Zysman/shutterstock
Last week, in tandem with my colleague Barry Lyon, we presented the first of these webinars in which we discussed the special qualities of our upcoming cruise to the Sub-Antarctic Islands of New Zealand. On the heels of that successful event, we are preparing for our next webinar, October 5, a presentation on our Circumnavigation of Iceland cruise, June 1-12, 2017, with VENT leader, David Wolf.
Once again, I invite you to join me and Barry, and to learn about Iceland, a destination VENT has not visited in many years. Making this cruise so special is the opportunity to participate in a complete circumnavigation of the island, a voyage that promises beautiful landscapes and great pageants of wildlife, including millions of breeding gannets, alcids, and gulls. Shore excursions offer encounters with nesting waterfowl, shorebirds, and songbirds; visits to stunning national parks and timeless fishing villages; doses of Norse history; and time in the dynamic capital city of Reykjavik.
Our Circumnavigation of Iceland webinar is free and will be held Wednesday, October 5, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. CDT.
Details for registration to be announced soon!
If you missed our first webinar, featuring the Sub-Antarctic Islands of New Zealand, I encourage you to visit our YouTube channel or the tour description page on the VENT website where the presentation is available for viewing.
With the start of autumn at hand, we are reminded that we've reached the time of the year when VENT operates its fewest number of tours. With summer travel behind us, most people settle in for the fall as thoughts turn toward the year-end holidays. On the other hand, the fall is a time that appeals to some travelers. Airports are less busy; places are less crowded; and, of course, the birding is often very good at this season.
Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager, a highland species of Ecuador — Photo: Andrew Whittaker
If you are someone who doesn't mind being away from home during the autumn, I thought you might like to know that a limited number of spaces are available on tours departing within the next two months to destinations on three continents including North America, South America, and Africa. These fine trips promise outstanding birding and rewarding experiences in nature:
Panama: Fall at El Valle's Canopy Lodge, October 8-15, 2016 with Barry Zimmer and a local leader; $2,795 in double occupancy from Panama City. 4 spaces available.
Bolivia: Endemic Macaws and More Part II: Foothills, Cloud Forests & the Altiplano, October 13-23, 2016 with Hector Slongo and Andrew Whittaker; $3,695 in double occupancy from Santa Cruz. 2 spaces available.
Ornithology 101 in South Texas: A-Learn-About-Birds Workshop, October 28-November 2, 2016 with Denver Holt and a second leader to be announced; $1,895 in double occupancy from McAllen. 5 spaces available.
Northern Tanzania: Birding and Wildlife in the Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, and Beyond, October 31-November 17, 2016 with David Wolf and a local leader; $11,195 in double occupancy from Arusha. 3 spaces available.
Wild Patagonia & Central Chile, November 3-17, 2016 with Andrew Whittaker and Fernando Diaz; $8,495 in double occupancy from Santiago, Chile. 2 spaces available.
Madagascar Highlights, November 6-21, 2016 with Dion Hobcroft; $8,595 in double occupancy from Antananarivo. 2 spaces available.
Ecuador: The Northwestern Andean Slopes, November 12-20, 2016 with Paul Greenfield; $3,095 in double occupancy from Quito. 3 spaces available.
Sabine's Gull (juvenile), El Paso, TX, Sept. 16, 2016— Photo: Barry Zimmer
Last weekend I traveled to El Paso to visit with old friends. On my first night there I spent the evening with VENT tour leader, Barry Zimmer, his wife, Yvonne, and their daughter, Alex. The next day Barry and I birded at a couple of large reservoirs about an hour east of town. Our first stop was at McNary Reservoir where we saw a mixed group of about a hundred Clark's and Western grebes. At one point, two Western Grebes were facing each other with their necks and heads resting on the surface of the water. They were bobbing their heads when all of a sudden they jumped up and proceeded to dance side by side for a couple of minutes. Later, we went to Fort Hancock Reservoir to look for shorebirds. As it turned out, the reservoir was full and there were no mudflats for shorebirds. We were about to leave when Barry stunned me by saying, "There's a Sabine's Gull!" I looked toward the direction he was pointing and saw a small gull about 30 feet from us swimming our way. It was a juvenile Sabine's Gull, a species that breeds in the Arctic and winters at sea and that is only very rarely observed in Texas. Remarkably, this was a new bird for my Texas list. In over 40 years of birding the El Paso region, Barry has seen this species here only a few times.
I hope the fall season heralds wonderful experiences in nature for you!
Best wishes,
Victor Emanuel


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New Delhi , Sept 25 (ANI): Union Home Ministry on Thursday said that the Bajrang Dal elements were allegedly involved in communal violence in Karnataka.
Special Secretary (Internal Security) in the Home Ministry M L Kumawat said here today that there was a sense of uneasiness in Karnataka and the Christian community was visibly upset and unhappy over the recent communal violence in the State.
Kumawat, after camping in the violence-hit areas of the state for two days said, Alleged Bajrang Dal elements were involved in vandalising churches, prayer halls and schools.
Kumawat said the two-member Central team, including Joint Secretary (Human Rights) A K Yadav, found that violent protests on September 15 following the desecration of churches in Mangalore made the cops, who were mostly fresh recruits, impatient.
He said irked by stone pelting mob, these young policemen entered the Churches, prayer halls and beaten old, women and young alike that resulted in discontentment.
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The State asked for three companies of Rapid Action Force (RAF) which was agreed to. The State Home Minister wanted two IR battalions to be raised for which proposal from the State Government was asked for favourable consideration.
Kumawat further said that the two-member team would submit its report within a day or two.
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PARIS, Aug 23 (Reuters) - ** U.S. private equity giant KKR & Co LP is considering selling two French gas-fired power plants and has mandated a financial firm to study options for the plants, financial daily Les Echos reported.
** KKR bought the Toul and Pont-sur-Sambre plants in 2014 from Australian utility Verbund. Les Echos quotes Antonio Haya, CEO of the company that operates the plants, as saying that "we are looking at whether the market has an appetite (for these plants)." He said an alternative option would be to raise some 100 million euros of debt for the plants, which was not possible at the time of purchase because of the plants' difficult financial situation back then.
** The two plants with combined capacity of 825 megawatts last year had core earnings of about 10 million euros and the outlook is for better profits this year.
** The plants, which are mainly used to cover consumption peaks in winter, have benefited from France's new capacity market which rewards back-up power, as well as from long outages of EDF's nuclear reactors in the past year.
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