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Oral history is vital to our understanding of the cultures and experiences of the past. Unlike written history, oral history forever captures people's feelings, expressions, and nuances of language. But what exactly is oral history? How reliable is the information gathered by oral history? And what does it take to become an oral historian? Donald A. Ritchie, a leading expert in the field, answers these questions and, in particular, explains the principles and guidelines created by the Oral History Association to ensure the professional standards of oral historians. Doing Oral History has become one of the premier resources in the field of oral history. It explores all aspects of oral history, from starting an oral-history project, including funding, staffing, and equipment to conducting interviews; publishing; videotaping; preserving materials; teaching oral history; and using oral history in museums and on the radio. In this second edition, the author has incorporated new trends and scholarship, updated and expanded the bibliography and appendices, and added a new focus on digital technology and the Internet. Appendices include sample legal release forms and information on oral history organizations. Doing Oral History is a definitive step-by-step guide that provides advice and explanations on how to create recordings that illuminate human experience for generations to come. Illustrated with examples from a wide range of fascinating projects, this authoritative guide offers clear, practical, and detailed advice for students, teachers, researchers, and amateur genealogists who wish to record the history of their own families and communities.So many new developments in oral history emerged over the last decade that revising this manual caused some trepidation. ... Fortunately, the fundamental principles of preparing, conducting, and processing oral history interviews had held firm, ... world was entering an electronic era that would revolutionize production, education, government, and communication. ... sending in questions, suggestions, announcements, warnings, and solutions, with much pragmatic advice drawn fromanbsp;...
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|Oxford University Press, USA - 2003-08-07
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text: Satoshi Hirose's practice touches on a variety of mediums and methods, including architectural constructions, environmental interventions, performances, sculpture, photography, and drawing. His projects are lengthy undertakings, sometimes executed over the course of years. One of his best known installations, Island: an existence of nine years (2002-11), is constructed from bottle caps the artist collected for almost a decade. The materials used in Hirose's works are often unremarkable in themselves—like lemons, chocolates, spices, paper, money, cloth, salt, or beans—but become protagonists and symbols in narratives about history, memory, and culture. In Hirose's own words, his art is "defined as an art that invents […] a unique aesthetic code or behavior by rearranging small fragments."


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Power cut stops stadium concert in Swindon
A concert in Swindon featuring Peter Andre, Atomic Kitten and Blue was stopped for more than an hour after it suffered a power outage on Saturday.
More than 3,000 people attended the Big Reunion Tour gig at the County Ground Stadium, and many walked out before power was finally restored.
There was also anger from people who had paid £50 for a ticket before prices were reduced to £10 due to poor sales.
Organisers of the concert said they "accept there have been issues".
In a message on the event's official Twitter feed during the power outage they "sincerely apologised" for the situation which they said was "out of their control".
One concert-goer, Gemma Willis from Swindon, said: "We were just [sitting] there when it all went off, and it went silent. We [were] there for over an hour, cold and wet."
Tracey Griffiths, from Swindon, said the sound quality was "shocking".
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text: This has been a year of great upheaval, transition and growth for the planet, and for many of you this week may be a time for personal reflection and resolution-making. I, for one, have promised myself to meditate daily, spend more time with my family, shop more carefully, entertain more often, and eat more mindfully. Some of that has to do with paying attention to the upcoming trends this year. Although it may be goofy to say, (I mean the word gourmet is so retro), "budget gourmet" restaurants — hipster places with cutting-edge food that 30-something's can afford — are sprouting up faster than you can chew a mouthful of kale (which is everywhere.)


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Deborah Dick-Rath is SVP, healthcare practice leader, at FactorTG. Contact: email@example.com
One big therapeutic category that's never been plumbed for DTC is hypertension. The key reason is that it's very complex, with multiple drug classes and multiple brands within the classes, which makes it a challenge for any one brand to stand out. Novartis, along with their agencies Hill Holliday and MEC/MediaEdge, have finally tackled hypertension in a very smart way with their "1 in 3 people" campaign. You might say that the campaign is below radar because it's only online — but that's OK because the message is very compelling and the campaign is meant to "go viral" through social media channels.At the heart (no pun intended) of this fully integrated online campaign is a video that shows a little girl counting off 1-2-3 people in many everyday situations, emphasizing the prevalence of high blood pressure. The website is loaded with facts and stats meant to educate and guide the visitor towards treatment. Of course, once you answer a question about a type of treatment in which you're interested, you officially leave the site and connect to Novartis. It's a very clear break, and at that point, brand education begins. But that's another story.
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While most of the attention surrounding the June 5 recall election in my beloved home state of Wisconsin rightfully swirls around that state's governor and rising GOP star, Scott Walker, it's important to remember that there are five other Republican seats on the recall ballot: four State Senate seats and the state's dynamic Lt. Governor, Rebecca Kleefisch.
For the sake of sending a message to the entire country and most especially to the crybaby public unions we support with our tax dollars — that anarchy, lawlessness and lame drum circles do not win elections — this defeat must be total and absolute … for America.
Absentee voting has already begun in Wisconsin. Early signs are good, good enough that a pro-Barrett group cancelled a $112,000 ad buy. This is all well and good, but we can't take our eyes off the other races, especially the Lt. Governor, who is up against a well-financed opponent and whose defeat would be a symbolic victory for spoiled crybabies everywhere.
Kleefisch's opponent is Mahlon Mitchell, the head of Professional Fire Fighters of Wisconsin, a statewide public union. Mitchell is also a bit of ingrate and hypocrite. Not only were firefighter and police unions exempt from Walker's reforms involving collective bargaining, but until craven political opportunity came knocking, Mitchell publicly praised Walker in a statement released referring directly to the bill that caused all of this controversy, the Budget Repair Bill.
By all accounts, Kleefisch, is a rising star. She's not only won Sarah Palin's support but like Governor Palin, epitomizes the citizen politician; a mother, wife, and cancer survivor who points to her daughters when asked why she chose to step into the public arena. She's also faced what all effective, attractive female conservatives face: the very worst kind of sexually degrading taunts that never get the media attention they deserve. But what's most important about Kleefisch is a public record of not only being a loyal ally to Walker, but also as the state's "jobs ambassador," which has shown results.
Also on the recall ballot are four State Senate seats, all of them currently held by Republican incumbents. The only victory the crybaby unions have enjoyed in what has otherwise been the most expensive campaign of self-humiliation in electoral history, was the pick-up of two State Senate in last summer's recall. As a result, Republican control of the State Senate now hangs by a precarious 17-16 majority, which means that on June 5, Republicans must win four-for-four.
The most recent polls I could find show that these smaller races are tightening, and with everyone distracted by the big prize, Walker, my fear is that these highly important undercard races might get lost in the shuffle.
So if you don't live in Wisconsin, what can you do? We still have a long slog still to June 5, and money matters. You can also, from anywhere in the world, volunteer to help with Get Out The Vote campaigns via telephone.
Please visit the links below and get engaged. What happens in Wisconsin will have a ripple effect straight through to November's presidential election. What happens in Wisconsin matters in too many ways to count, and this includes my personal desire to endlessly ridicule #WIUnion on Twitter after the results come in.
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Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch.
State Senator Scott Fitzgerald.
Jerry Petrowski (running for a State Senate seat vacated by a Republican incumbent due to illness).
Do whatever you can, whatever you are able to when it comes to time, money or both.
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If you live in England, Germany, Sweden, Holland, Austria, or in fact any Northern European nation, you may have noticed that your town/city has changed considerably over the past two decades. We're not talking about technological advances or new architecture – no, we're talking about mass third world immigration.
Around 1995, many of the Northern European nations seemed to simultaneously open their doors to immigrants from across the third world. Millions upon millions of people came to Northern Europe from Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Somalia and so on, and millions upon millions are still coming. The so-called migrant crisis of the last 18 months has added to this phenomenon, with millions of immigrants from multiple middle-eastern and African nations are descending on Europe. This poses a significant problem for the host nations. Due to sky-rocketing immigrant birth rates and declining unsustainable native birth rates, soon Germans will be a minority in Germany, the English will be a minority in England, the French will be a minority in France, and so on.
Some may ask why this matters, and what you and they must understand is that it really does matter. England has a particular culture and shared values for a reason, as does Germany, as does Sweden and so on. This culture and these values often differ from those in the middle-east or sub-Saharan Africa, and there is a fairly obvious reason for that, namely thousands of years of separate ethnic development. You cannot simply take millions of people out of Africa, place them in Norway, and expect them to become Norweigan. Instead, Norway will become like Africa (just without the warm weather).
This is where the title comes in: The Great Replacement.
As was explained previously, this act of placing millions of third world, non-European immigrants into European nations is not adding to the populas. Rather, it is replacing them, due to the fertility factors stated above. The "leaders" of our societies are knowingly displacing the native populations of Europe.
The term 'The Great Replacement' was coined by French author Renaud Camus, who argued that the native French people are being replaced by mass immigration. Camus was quite correct in saying this, and it applies to man European nations today.
Now, this is not conspiracy or rumour, this is fully functioning policy adopted by the nations in question and sanctioned at the highest level. In 2000, the United Nations released a report entitled 'Replacement Migration', which identifies the 10 countries with the lowest birth rates that have ageing populations. They see importing the third world as the solution to the problem of a dwindling labour market and an ageing population that is inevitably dependent on the state (taxpayer) more so than their younger compatriots. Do not take our word for it, the link to said report is here: http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/migration/migration.htm
If you require anymore confirmation that this is in fact a fully sanctioned UN policy, briefly view the tweets of the UN High Representative for Migration, Peter Sutherland at @PDSutherlandUN
The leaders and influential elites of the European nations have signed up to this ideal in full. The eradication of native Europeans seems to be just good business to these people. One only has to look back at when then French President Nikolas Sarkozy said on television that 'miscegenation is the duty' of Europe, and if people did not breed with non-native immigrants willingly then 'the state will have to move in with more coercive methods'. Similarly, influential British journalist Andrew Marr wrote in a piece for the Guardian back in the late 1990s that the answer to all out problems is 'vigorous miscegenation' and that 'state repression' is required. There are propaganda videos in Sweden encouraging white women to procreate with African men, and Olympic opening ceremonies displaying the black man and the white woman as the ideal of modern family life. Everywhere you look, state-sanctioned diversity is being forced down the throats of our peoples.
One question that never gets asked is why do the elites of the west see replacement migration as the only option? After all, birth rates are only low in Northern European nations thanks to Marxist social engineering policies. Why can the state not implement measures to encourage native families to have more children? Why can the state not bring in measures to increase productivity and therefore tax revenue in the nations in question? Why is it that the only option they wish to pursue is the total destruction of the ethnic and cultural order of Europe?
This is not a new phenomenon, however, regardless of how recent the UN report may be. Back in 1923, a man named Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi founded the Pan-Europa movement, an influential lobby group backed by the most powerful bankers in Europe and the United States of America (the usual culprits). Kalergi wrote a book, Practical Idealism, which set out his view for the future of Europe where he claimed "The man of the future will be of mixed race. The races and classes of today will gradually disappear due to the elimination of space, time, and prejudice. The Eurasian-negroid race of the future, similar in appearance to the Ancient Egyptians, will replace the diversity of peoples and the diversity of individuals."
Here is what the Western Spring website had to say about Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi:
Few people know that one of the main initiators of the process of European integration, was also the man who designed the genocide plan of the Peoples of Europe. It is a dark person, whose existence is unknown to the masses, but the elite considers him as the founder of the European Union. His name is Richard Coudenhove Kalergi. His father was an Austrian diplomat named Heinrich von Coudenhove-Kalergi (with connections to the Byzantine family of the Kallergis) and his mother the Japanese Mitsu Aoyama. Kalergi, thanks to his close contacts with all European aristocrats and politicians, due to the relationships of his nobleman-diplomat father, and by moving behind the scenes, away from the glare of publicity, he managed to attract the most important heads of state to his plan , making them supporters and collaborators for the "project of European integration".
In 1922 he founded the "Pan-European" movement in Vienna, which aimed to create a New World Order, based on a federation of nations led by the United States. European integration would be the first step in creating a world government. Among the first supporters, including Czech politicians Tomáš Masaryk and Edvard Beneš and the banker Max Warburg, who invested the first 60,000 marks. The Austrian Chancellor Ignaz Seipel and the next president of Austria, Karl Renner, took the responsibility for leading the "Pan-European" movement. Later, French politicians, such as Léon Bloum, Aristide Briand, Alcide De Gasperi, etc will offer their help.
With the rise of Fascism in Europe, the project was abandoned*
and the "Pan-European" movement was forced to dissolve, but after the Second World War, Kalergi, thanks to frantic and tireless activity and the support of Winston Churchill, the Jewish Masonic Lodge B'nai B'rith and major newspapers like the New York Times, the plan manages to be accepted by the United States Government. The CIA later undertakes the completion of the project.
*Note: Kalergi got the agreement of every major European leader to press ahead with this ideal of European integration, besides Mussolini and Adolf Hitler.
Whilst it would be some stretch to say that the Western leaders of today are following in the vision of this historical figure, it does appear that they are ensuring that its implementation, even if only as a consequence of their actions as opposed to the stated aim. Take what you will from this evidence and make your own conclusions.
One conclusion that is virtually undeniable is that the native populations of much of Europe are being displaced. They are being forced to accept the complete annihilation of their ethnic and cultural identities against their will. Rich, diverse, beautiful cultures that have been built up over thousands of years hang in the balance, and it is not some foreign invader or mighty tyrant that is doing this to us, it is our own leaders, our own kith and kin.
Now, a problem can only be solved when it is widely acknowledged that there is a problem in the first place. If you do not see the destruction of the ethnic and cultural identities of your homeland as a problem, then you are in the wrong place. If you, however, like many others do in fact think this is a problem and it does make you angry, then do not stand on the sidelines. It is your duty to help make your people aware in order to stop the madness that has engulfed our political class.
This problem can be solved and its effects reversed, but only if we have the courage to stand up and be counted. Not a single one of us can make a change by ourselves, but together, we can defend our European nations from globalist tyranny.


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ING Funds Trust of Philadelphia, Pa., made its ING Internet Fund available to the public on July 6. But already, the fund company is talking about closing the fund.
"We will be closing the ING Internet Fund as soon as it reaches the $500 million mark in assets [because] we can offer the best performance to our shareholders at this level," said John Pileggi, president and chief executive officer of ING Funds.
The fund will seek to provide investors with long-term capital appreciation. It will invest at least 65 percent of its assets in equity securities of Internet technology companies in the U.S. and abroad. ING defines Internet companies as those directly related to the Internet, those doing business over the Internet or those consulting other companies about the Internet. Pileggi said the fund is a "pure" Internet fund.


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Men's Soccer Knocks Off No. 5 California
Oct. 9, 2009
SEATTLE - Less than a week after nearly upsetting No. 4 UCLA but settling for a 1-1 draw, the Washington men's soccer team finally earned the big victory they've been so close to all season, knocking off No. 5 California, 2-0, on Friday at Edwards Stadium.
The Huskies stayed unbeaten in three conferences matches this season, improving to 1-0-2 after a pair of draws at home last weekend. But they earned a huge win on the road Friday to improve to 4-4-3 overall and move into first place in the conference. Cal drops to 7-3-0 and 1-1-0.
UW got a first-half goal from Matt Van Houten and Brad Keller added some breathing room with another goal in the second half as UW defeated Cal for the first time since 2005. The junior Keller had three points in the match, adding an assist on Van Houten's goal while senior Casey Cunningham assisted on Keller's goal. Keller's three points on the day surpassed his career output of two points coming into the match.
The victory also handed Cal its first home loss of the season after they started 5-0 in Berkeley and it was the first time they'd been shutout all season. Senior goalkeeper Rylan Hawkins made six saves for the Huskies in recording his fourth shutout of the year.
'Needles to say it's our biggest win of the season and the guys deserved it. They played well and it was a mature performance, like a professional performance,' Washington head coach Dean Wurzberger said. 'They were tough minded, they really pulled together and defended well. I was proud of their effort.
Washington outshot Cal, 18-16, for the game but the Bears had the edge early, outshooting the Huskies 8-3 through the first 19 minutes, which included three shots by Cal star Andrew Wiedeman that Hawkins wound up saving.
The Huskies finally struck in the 23rd minute when Keller sent a cross into the box and Van Houten scored his second goal of the season with a diving header past the Bears' keeper.
With Cal desperately trying to equalize, the Huskies would go up 2-0 in the 54th minute when Cunningham fed Keller who then launched a shot from 30 yards out past a diving Robby Gogatz and the Huskies would never look back.
Cal looked like they might get one of the goals back in the 75th minute but a Golden Bear shot heading toward an empty Husky net was headed away by a UW defender and Hawkins made one last save in the 82nd minute on a long-range curving shot to preserve the shutout.
'We were unlucky to not catch any goals last weekend but to outshoot Cal in the second half here is great. This is a tough place to play and so many of our seniors have never beaten Cal either at home or on the road so it's a major strike in the positive direction for us,' Wurzberger said. 'We have been getting a notch better every week and it really came together today. The defensive job done by Taylor Mueller on Adam Wiedeman and Casey Cunningham on holding midfield was just exceptional. The guys worked hard. Brent Richards and Ryan Moore also caused a lot of problems with their defense. It was a sight to see them come together in such a big game. We have a tough challenge Sunday but we'll enjoy this and focus on that game tomorrow.'
The Huskies now turn their attention to another ranked opponent as they face No. 17 Stanford in Palo Alto on Sunday at 1 p.m.
NCAA Men's Soccer
Washington 2, #5 California 0
Edwards Stadium; Berkeley, Calif.
Scoring - 1, UW, Matt Van Houten (Brad Keller), 22:03. 2, UW, Brad Keller (Casey Cunningham), 53:54.
Shots - UW 18, CAL 16
Corners - UW 2, CAL 6
Saves - UW 6 (Rylan Hawkins), CAL 3 (Robby Gogatz 3, David Bingham).
Fouls - UW 19, CAL 16
Offsides - UW 5, CAL 0
Attendance - 434
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Hi I'm Mandi Lynn
I'm New Zealand's 2017 Creative Photographer of the Year but what I really am is a Mojo Artist.
I work in two realms: Body Positivity and Creativity
In the Body Positive world
- I help you learn to love the skin you are in by taking insanely beautiful photos of your inner beauty brought to the surface. (see above awards...seriously I am good at this stuff)
- I teach courses that help you stop being a jerk to your body...you know what I mean...by giving it a hard time for not walking around like a photoshopped genetically impossible Instagram post.
- I help you learn to treat your body like your best friend... Grey hairs, luscious bits, and all.
In the creative world
- I show you common blocks to your best work and help you navigate around them.
When you learn to treat your body as your best friend you have more energy to make really really cool creations. When you are caught up in body wars your creative energy is sapped. And to be frank the world needs more powered up creative people...plus they are so much more interesting to hang with.
So yes I take pictures...but mostly I help your inner awesome come out to play.
I take photos that make you feel good about yourself.
- Do you hide cringe when some one whips out a camera?
- Have you been known to use a small child as a human shield when a camera is aimed at you?
- Cool, you are my kind of person...helping camera challenged people is what I specialize in.
If you struggle to take good photos it is because of your mask...the fear face that pops up when ever you sense a camera aimed at you. I help you shed the fear and drop the mask...which is why my photos of you look so beautiful.
I Teach courses that help you bust through your blocks
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How to be Photogenic
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Finding Venus Festival
- A Body Positive workshop that takes you on a journey to end the body wars and learn to become your body's best friend.
Every Good Artist Needs a Passion Project
I help people to release their inner beauty. That can be photographically or helping them to do their best work creatively. But in both cases that is cut off at the base if there is no respect for their own body. Our body is our tool given to us to help us make our best work. If we are at war with it...well then energy is taken away from our creations.
So I have started at the beginning. And have focused all of my spare time and energy on developing a cheeky form of artivism. (it is where art and activism have a cute little golden baby)
The goal is to help the 95% of women not featured in mainstream media to be seen, honoured, and celebrated. And to create more compassionate communities.
P.S. If you follow this link you will probably see boobs. If boobs tend to blind you with their radiant awesomeness...best not to click.


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LeAnn Rimes gets honest about having children with Eddie Cibrian
There are no babies on the horizon for Rimes and Cibrian, and she is just fine with that.
Rimes told InTouch that she is not sure she is ready for the major lifestyle change a baby creates — and she and husband Cibrian get the whole parenting experience through his sons from his first marriage to The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Brandi Glanville.
"I have two kids in my house half the time, so I know what it takes to be a parent," Rimes revealed when asked by the mag if she still wants babies of her own. "I know my life will change — I just don't know if I'm ready for that yet."
"Life is fine just as it is," she added. "We have lots of love at home."
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Besides, she said, blood doesn't always make you a family. She said having bonus kids has helped her "understand the capacity I have to love someone that's not my own blood.
"I'm just really enjoying our blended family at the moment," she explained.
The statement is a total about-face from 2013, when she said she and Cibrian "practice often" for baby-making and Cibrian added, "She wants a little girl, badly."
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Of course, Rimes might just be erring on the side of caution. Her husband has not had a steady gig since the much-panned Pan Am was canceled in 2011 and his net worth is about 1/10 of hers — compare $1 million to $10 million. If they split and children were involved, he could theoretically take her for a ton of spousal and child support. He doesn't exactly have a great track record when it comes to marriage, since his first ended when he cheated on Glanville with Rimes. Perhaps Rimes is just hedging her bets.
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10 Worst Celebrity Cleavage Tattoos
If you've made it good as an actress or popstar, the chances are that your body is more or less perfect. Unfortunately, most actresses and popstars also have a bit of an attitude. And what clearer way is there to express the fact that you have a feisty side than to get a tattoo – right in the middle of your chest! Here are 10 tattoos that don't add anything to the lovely ladies who bear them.
10) Christina Ricci
Christina Ricci might have a bad girl side, but, as you can see, it's a small one. It takes the form of a little blue bird creeping up her cleavage, showing that the offbeat actress clearly has something of a discrete biker chick persona. But who would have thought that the former Wednesday Addams wouldn't? Or is it just the Twitter bird shoved down her dress?
9) Miley Cyrus
Miley might seem like a slight young thing nowadays, but, what with the tattoos and the new rock look, she'll soon morph into Lindsay and eventually one day go all Britney. And it'll be awful.
As Miley's first tattoo, located below her left breast, says: 'Just breathe' – because that's what your boobs are for. Oh, wait a second… In all fairness, Miley's tat does apparently commemorate a friend who died of cystic fibrosis. Nevertheless, beware the tattoos, Miley, beware…
8) Mena Suvari
Mena Suvari has the phrase 'Word, Sound, Power' tattooed on her back and what looks like a squiggle on her front. Actually it's a '13', for 'lucky 13', apparently, rather than for, say, 'third nip'. We're pretty sure that '13' is an unlucky number, but what the hell. Mena's husband Simone Sestito has a matching '13', making the tatt delightfully romantic. Coincidentally, the Hell's Angels used to get the number '13' sewn on their jackets to signify their love of 'm' (the thirteenth letter of the alphabet) for 'marijuana'. Just a coincidence, though, we're sure.
7) Melissa Joan Hart
That's MJH, formerly Sabrina the Teenage Witch, formerly Clarissa the Know It All. And she's an adult. With a tattoo. Of a butterfly. On her boob. Nowadays Melissa has a candy store and appears in horror movies. Who'd have thunk it, eh?
6) Tameka Cottle
Tameka has a thing for tattoos. As well as this chest oddity, she also has a pair of praying hands down one arm and a rose bush on her back – each stem apparently represents one of her kids. But, frankly Tameka, we just don't think they work.
5) Terri Polo
Best known for appearing in Meet the Parents, Meet the Fockers and the forthcoming Little Fockers, Terri Polo (that's Polo, as in horses, not as in chicken) has what's best described as a scribble on her left breast (alongside a wonky heart). Are they some initials? A musical note? Or some elvish? Better dolphins and kittens, any day.
4) Roseanne Barr
While Roseanne Barr might be a fabulous lady, and a fine actress and comedian, all we've got to say is "Put 'em away Rosey! Put 'em away!" Roseanne's one who has roses on the back and roses on the front. We're not quite sure what that means though.
3) Mutya Buena
Mutya says big hoopy earrings! Mutya says leopard skin/gold puffa jacket combo! Mutya says terrible rose tattoo! It's not necessarily any one of these things that we have a problem with, but all of them put together. Combine with a u-shaped top and what do you get? Awfulness coming from a former Sugababe.
2) Eve
What on Earth does this say? "A filthy dog stood on my chest"? Or, perhaps, "If dogs do stand on my chest, they should put their paws on these two spots to get the best footing"? According to Eve it's a reference to her association with the Ruff Ryders label – where she was apparently "the bitch of the litter". These are apparently her favorite tattoos of all. Well, if you like to think of yourself as a bitch…
1) Amy Winehouse
The one, the only, it's the celebrity train wreck that is the House of Wine. Britney and Lindsay's own personal meltdowns pale in comparison to Amy's ongoing ballad of crack addiction, alcoholism and self destruction. Famous for her rockabilly look with the beehive hairdo and the naked lady tattoos, there was a time when we could tell ourselves that Amy was just hard living. That changed when she got a pocket and the word 'Blake' tattooed on the upper left side of her chest. That would be in reference to Blake Fielder Civil, her one time and perhaps future husband. The man who said he introduced Amy to crack and heroin. Who was imprisoned on charges of causing grievous bodily harm and subsequently attempting to pervert the course of justice in 2008. Well bad choice in men, bad choice in tattoos…


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Your kids convinced you to put the computer in their room to help with their homework, but you suspect they're whiling the evening hours away in chat rooms. Though superficial compared with good old-fashioned books and real-life teachers, turning to the Web as a study aid is not a lost cause. Here are 10 sites your kids should be using.
The Web has made B.J. Pinchbeck something of a homework celebrity ever since he started his site at age nine in 1996 and later appeared on "Good Morning America." Now managed by the Discovery Channel, the site gets more than 10,000 visitors and 20 to 40 homework questions by e-mail per day. You can see how Pinchbeck answers his mail and ask your own question, and see if he has time for it in the midst of his own homework. In the meantime, check out more than 700 homework-related links Pinchbeck, now in high school, has collected over the years.


text: Hello, BHW members, this is my first journey thread so bare with me I've tried couple of methods that I found here in the forum. With some I had success, with some - not. I have some videos floating around about clickbank products and I'm getting some passive income from them. It's not much, but at least coming. I've decided to try Pinterest because it's new social network and it's growing fast - great source of traffic. It's quite easy to grow your account and you don't need much money to do it unlike Facebook and Twitter. I decided to start this thread to keep me motivated and I will not try other methods until I squeeze all the juice from this one. What is my plan? I'm not going to use any bots, everything will be done by myself. I'm planning to expand my account up to 20-30K followers and more, if I manage to succeed. With this amount of followers getting traffic wouldn't be a problem. I will set up 5-10 blogs, 5 for CPA offers and 5 for Adsense. Will start monetizing when I reach 3-4k followers, until then I will work on expanding my account and building the blogs. What methods I use? For start I've pinned 1000 images in 15 boards. I was paying attention to 5 of them and tried to make them look interesting. Then I went to repinly.com, founded top piners's followers and started following people with 150+ followers and 150+following. This means that they more likely to follow you back. Followed around 1000 people and got 40-50 followers from youlikehits so my profile don't look new, then waited few days until I got around 100 followers and started to invite people to the 5 boards I've developed. I've invited 150-200 people per board and wait until I get at least 10-20 contributors and then repeat. This is where I am now. My plan forward is to continue expanding my account and building the blogs. Blogs for CPA will have only pictures and offers. Adsense ones will have a lot of content because of the Adsense policies. I want my adsense account to not get banned. This method I've learned from another BHW member on this forum. This is his thread: Code: [URL]http://www.blackhatworld.com/blackhat-seo/social-networking-sites/477967-how-i-got-230k-followers-pinterest-month-so.html[/URL] What is my progress until now? Pins: 1500 Followers: 302 Following: 951 Boards: 19 Blogs: 0 I've set all 2 days ago and I got 200 followers for that time. It's time consuming method, but I think I'll get nice results with it. I will post my stats and progress everyday. If you need any help or have any questions, please post in the thread and I'll respond.


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While my ornament purchases haven't been what they have in years past (due to the quality and size of their ornaments), I still am drawn into the feeding frenzy of the Hallmark Keepsake Ornament Premiere Event.
This year, there were two "limited quantities" I had to have: Ursula and the First Order Stormtrooper. Here are their pictures:
Around 7:30 AM CDT, I arrived at Hallmark and no one was to be found.
My choice was to wait in line here or to go back to Tim Horton's and grab a coffee. I did that. I should have just stood in line for coffee when I passed it. When I got back to Hallmark, I was 4th in line now. There were three people ahead of me. Not a big deal since I figured they would have enough of what I needed. (Note: Look over my left shoulder in the picture above, and you can see on the third shelf down a row of Ursula ornaments.)
Since the store didn't open until 9:00 AM, I kept to myself and played on my phone. I could hear the conversation of the people ahead me. As I figured, they were "Scalper Scum". These are the crooks who buy up all the limited quantities of anything and sell it on eBay for a profit. I saw this all the time with our Walt Disney Classics Collection pieces.
The woman was instructing her daughter and husband which ornaments to grab when the doors opened. I knew I'd be safe with Ursula, but I couldn't see the Stormtrooper, and that's the one she was trying to get extras of. I always try and get an extra Star Wars one myself, but that's because my nephew has almost all of the Star Wars ones, so I want to give an ornament to someone who will appreciate it instead of someone who will be turning a profit. Capitalism is alive and well in America. I did notice the husband was reading a book I already read. If they grabbed too many Stormtroopers, I decided I'd tell him how the book ends, and it's part of a series, so he wouldn't be happy.
The doors opened, and I was lucky to be able to get the ornaments which I needed. Lucky for the guy, I didn't have to spoil his book. After the Mall of America, I had to go to another Hallmark which is closer to where I live and that's where I had turned in my Dream List. That's Hallmarks way of letting them know which ornaments you want, even though the quantities are already determined.
The nice lady got my bag with ornaments I had pre-ordered on my Dream List. She then informed me that sadly the had run out of Luke Skywalker. While it wasn't a limited quantities ornament, it had proven to be popular. I was a little disappointed. After I left, I noticed I didn't get Princess Leia, either. Double bummer.
When I got home, I went to the Hallmark website and saw I could still order Luke, so he'll be shipped to me. As for Leia, thankfully she's in the batch of ornaments that come out on October 7, 2017. I know she will sell out for sure. Here are their pictures:
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In Photoshop the Gradient Map effect maps the colors of a gradient (defined by you) to the luminance values of an image. It doesn't get used all that often but it's quite a powerful and fun color correction tool which can produce some pretty nice results.
You can use it in two ways: firstly as a permanent image adjustment found by going to Image > Adjustments > Gradient Map. (watch out as you can't undo this!) Secondly—a much more powerful alternative—as an Adjustment Layer which you'll find in the Adjustments panel (CS4 and above).
Here's a rather offensive demonstration! I have a Layer with a circular white-to-black gradient:
If I apply the Gradient Map adjustment layer and edit the gradient to a rainbow I now have this monstrosity!
Well you get the idea. The left-hand side of the gradient (Red) is mapped to the darkest pixels and the right (Yellow) is mapped to lightest pixels. All the colors in-between are mapped to the values between dark and light (their luminance).
So here's some applications. Firstly it's quite a good tool for re-coloring textures. Here I have a typical grungy texture.
Now the first thing you'd think of when coloring something like this is Hue and Saturation. You'd click Colorize and adjust the Hue slider to get your color, like this.
You can see everything is now a shade of blue. That's cool but the Gradient Map can give you a lot more option when re-coloring. Here's the same texture with the Gradient Map Adjustment Layer applied:
I now have a lot more options for how I color the various luminance values of the texture. You can see the highlights are a now a creamy tan color. It's quite subtle but you can experiment and get as crazy as you like. So, that's one way you can use it.
Here's another very nice technique for this that uses a very powerful feature of Adjustment Layers: Opacity! I have a picture here that I got from iStockphoto. I can use the Gradient Map Adjustment Layer to give this photo a nice retro feel.
I'll apply the Gradient Map layer and edit the gradient to these colors, dark purple through some blue green shades and then to white:
I get this which is totally over the top!
Now if I dial down the opacity of the adjustment layer to about 67% I get a much more pleasing and subtle effect. The girl now takes on those nice purple and cyan tones and the green of the trees are really muted.
This ability to blend the Adjustment effect is very cool and will allow you to really fine tune your result!
Now all I have to do is add some subtle desaturation, lens blur and some vignette effects.
I've now got myself a nice looking retro style image:
Of course using different gradient colors will give different results so feel free to experiment there! These are just a couple of examples of what you can do with the Gradient Map in Photoshop CS5!
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New staff, new texts, new year at RF's District 90
When children return to school in River Forest later this month, they will find new staff, a new English language arts textbook series and a different way for middle-school youngsters to engage in science.
Two staff coming on-board will help teachers learn new strategies and practices related to the implementation of Common Core. The standards, being carried out in other school districts nationwide, lay out an ambitious set of goals for math, reading and writing skills that children should acquire as they move through school.
The specific skills that students will be asked to demonstrate build in complexity from grade to grade.
Getting students to where they need to be may require teachers to change some of their strategies and practices, and Kathleen Fleming and Mike Czerniawski will join the staff as instructional specialists at Willard and Lincoln, respectively, to do just that.
Jolene Lorimer, who already has worked in a similar position in District 90 schools, will be at Roosevelt Middle School, said Martha Ryan-Toye, the district's director of student services.
Fleming comes to River Forest from Glenview School District 34, where she had a similar position. Czerniawski was doing teacher support and professional development with an educational company.
"They will better prepare teachers, which ultimately will support kids," Ryan-Toye said.
Other new staff members include:
- Annmarie Clasky will help Lincoln teachers integrate technology into their classrooms. A similar specialist now will be in each school, with Mandy Nelson at Willard and Lindsay Johnson at Roosevelt. Clasky comes from the Chicago Public Schools.
- Kacie Bair, will work in special education and help coordinate meetings that set the types of support and services that special education students are required to have. She also will troubleshoot with teachers and parents to make sure their needs are met. Bair had a similar position with the Kankakee public schools.
- Laura Kaehler will be the social worker at Roosevelt Middle School. She most recently did similar work at Hinsdale Central High School.
- Jennifer Katz will be a new fourth grade teacher at Willard. She comes from the Andrew Jackson Language Academy, a magnet school in Chicago.
- Becky Peterson is a new fifth grade teacher at Willard. She had been a long-term substitute in the district.
- Rachel Rodriguez is a new language arts teacher at Roosevelt. She previously worked for the Yorkville and Naperville school systems.
- Nina Geishecker is a sixth grade resource special education teacher at Roosevelt. She had been a long-term substitute teacher last year.
A new English language arts adoption will help students at Lincoln get a better grasp on reading and writing non-fiction material. The new series is related to the Common Core, Ryan-Toye said.
The series is more rigorous and will help students become better skilled at, among other things, critical thinking, one of the goals of Common Core. The standards are more aligned with college and career readiness, she said.
"Students will still read fiction, but by middle school youngsters will need to learn how to read and understand the kind of fact-based material that they may encounter in future careers," Ryan-Toye said.
A new elective at Roosevelt will give seventh graders more hands-on learning in science. Over a nine-week period, kids will get to design and build models of various kinds of things. As eighth graders they will get a similar class in automation and robotics. STEM – or science, technology, engineering and math – is already in use in the Oak Park school system.
"It is project-based learning and will give kids exposure to all sorts of possible career opportunities," Ryan-Toye said. "There will be a lot of excitement and engagement around it."
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Ummmm, Done
Posted: August 22nd, 2013 5:10 PM
You seemingly missed the point. You should be wondering why your legislators, instead of D97, are not alerting the Oak Park populace ala Paul Revere. As for the intrusion in my kid's and my life, meh. Certain commercial entities and the schools already have access to much of that info. The gov't knows when I vote. I am an atheist, so don't care about religion affiliation. More concerned with what the kid is being taught versus this data crunching stuff.
Done from Oak Park
Posted: August 22nd, 2013 2:54 PM
rj - I can't right now but I will look for it at another time. Hope it still available. Thanks!
Done from Oak Park
Posted: August 22nd, 2013 2:53 PM
Ummm, Done - I wonder how many of our illustrious polticians in Springfield knew of the reach of this initiative when they voted for it. Are you OK with this level of intrusion into you and your child's life? One of the other bits of information they can collect is their bus route - does that sound OK to you?
Posted: August 22nd, 2013 2:42 PM
Umm Done - Of course, Illinois agreed to Common Core. Federal stimulus dollars were given to cash-strapped states like IL to adopt this curriculum. Since the Federal Govt is to leave education to the states public education dollars were handed down to the states to appear it was State mandated. Again this is not about quality education it's about control and the over reach of this government.
Posted: August 22nd, 2013 2:22 PM
Done - You're so right! I happen to be listening to Joy Pullman and Lindsey Burke right now online from the Heritage Foundation-Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute. The video: Heritage Foundation and Heartland Institute Speak Out against Common Core if anyone cares to watch.
Ummm, Done....
Posted: August 22nd, 2013 2:10 PM
Common Core is required by the State of Illinois. Your Illinois legislators approved it. D97 is now required to implement it. Go complain to your legislator if you are that upset.
Jack Hughes from Chicago, Illinois Facebook Verified
Posted: August 22nd, 2013 2:05 PM
Can RF parents spell "home schooling"?
Done from Oak Park
Posted: August 22nd, 2013 1:02 PM
I also am wondering why D97 hasn't been talking this up with parents of the district. The details on this are so unbelievable that it begs much discussion with the parents of kids who will have their wrists strapped to gauge reactions - and if mom and dad care to have their religious affiliation sent to the government. The majority of parents will never find out about the details of this program until way down the road and by then, it will be too late to turn back. It probably already is.
Done from Oak Park
Posted: August 22nd, 2013 12:52 PM
Now let's hear from those who think that this is OK.
Done from Oak Park
Posted: August 22nd, 2013 12:50 PM
"Pullmann observes that, according to a 2012 Pioneer Institute report and the National Center for Educational Statistics, the DOE is working to expand children's databases to include "health care history, disciplinary record, family income range, family voting status and religious affiliation." She writes, "Under agreements every state signed to get 2009 stimulus funds, they must share students' academic data with the federal government."
Done from Oak Park
Posted: August 22nd, 2013 12:50 PM
"students' posture, and a "pressure-sensitive computer mouse and a biometric wrap on kids' wrists." And that may be just the data that can be collected while children are in school. With some school districts purchasing laptop computers or tablets for each student, the data collection can continue at home." NOW WE KNOW WHY THE DISTRICT WILL BE PURCHASING IPADS.
Done from Oak Park
Posted: August 22nd, 2013 12:48 PM
The U.S. Department of Education (DOE), however, is, as Joy Pullmann of the Heartland Institute says, intent on "investigating how public schools can collect information on "non-cognitive" student attributes after granting itself the power to share student data across agencies without parents' knowledge." Pullmann reports that the DOE hopes to collect information on how children respond to computer tutors by using cameras to judge facial expressions, special electronic seats that will evaluate"
Done from Oak Park
Posted: August 22nd, 2013 12:47 PM
Cont'd: "The data will be available to a wide variety of public agencies. And despite federal student-privacy protections guaranteed by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act [FERPA], the Obama administration is paving the way for private entities to buy their way into the data boondoggle. Even more alarming, the U.S. Department of Education is encouraging a radical push from aggregate-level data-gathering to invasive individual-student-level data collection."
Done from Oak Park
Posted: August 22nd, 2013 12:46 PM
Con't: "Quoting the American Principles Project, a conservative think-tank, Malkin observed that the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund was launched through the 2009 stimulus bill to incentivize states to develop "longitudinal data systems (LDS) to collect data on public-school students." She wrote: These systems will aggregate massive amounts of personal data ?" health-care histories, income information, religious affiliations, voting status, and even blood types and homework-completion rates."
Done from Oak Park
Posted: August 22nd, 2013 12:44 PM
From www.breitbart.com, 8/12/13: "In March, conservative writer Michelle Malkin brought to light that at the heart of the controversy about the Common Core curriculum standards is an issue that has little to do with "college and career readiness." In fact, as Malkin wrote in National Review Online, the Common Core has initiated an entire stealthy student-tracking database that will allow the government access to private information from birth onward."
Mann Parent from Oak Park
Posted: August 22nd, 2013 11:48 AM
I believe that Virginia has been listening to the "sky is falling" news outlets again. Yes, the NY state results are lower than on previous tests, but this link to Forbes shows that at least this author is not worried by the change: http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesmarshallcrotty/2013/08/16/is-common-core-too-hard-core/. Common Core is not the enemy, but some folks seem to think it is just another Obama conspiracy to talk away their freedoms. This whole panic reform effort began in 1983.
John Butch Murtagh from Oak Park, Illinois Facebook Verified
Posted: August 21st, 2013 6:31 PM
Found a quote that provides a lot of insight into the loonies attacking Common Core. The quote, "One critic, Tennessee Liberty Alliance co-founder Glenn Jacobs, even suggested in a column that Common Core proponents were seeking to produce what Russian communists referred to as "New Soviet Men."
Virginia Seuffert from Oak Park
Posted: August 21st, 2013 5:08 PM
What a shame1 New York State has already embraced the Common Core and the results have been disastrous. The CC is unproven, untested, and was foisted upon unsuspecting taxpayers with no parental input. In math, students will be at least two years behind other developed countries by 8th grade. In English, by the end of high school students are only spending 30% of their time in literature. Under the CC, students spend their days prepping for tests and taking tests. So sad!
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Recovery Strategy for the California Buttercup (Ranunculus californicus) in Canada 2013 [Proposed]
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Recommendation and Approval Statement
- Acknowledgements
- Executive Summary
- Recovery Feasibility Summary
- 1. COSEWIC Species Assessment Information
- 2. Species Status Information
- 3. Species Information
- 4. Threats
- 5. Population and Distribution Objectives
- 6. Broad Strategies and General Approaches to Meet Objectives
- 7. Critical Habitat
- 8. Measuring Progress
- 9. Statement on Action Plans
- 10. References
- Appendix A: Effects on the Environment and Other Species
© Matt Fairbarns
Recommended citation:
Parks Canada Agency. 2013. Recovery Strategy for the California Buttercup (Ranunculus californicus) in Canada [Proposed]. Species at Risk Act Recovery Strategy Series. Parks Canada Agency, Ottawa. vii + 24 pp.
For copies of the recovery strategy, or for additional information on species at risk, including COSEWIC Status Reports, residence descriptions, action plans, and other related recovery documents, please visit the Species at Risk Public Registry.
Cover illustration: California Buttercup, photograph courtesy of Matt Fairbarns.
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The federal, provincial, and territorial government signatories under the Accord for the Protection of Species at Risk (1996) agreed to establish complementary legislation and programs that provide for effective protection of species at risk throughout Canada. Under the Species at Risk Act (S.C. 2002, c.29) (SARA), the federal competent ministers are responsible for the preparation of recovery strategies for listed Extirpated, Endangered, and Threatened species and are required to report on progress within five years.
The Minister of the Environment and the Minister responsible for the Parks Canada Agency is the competent minister for the recovery of the California Buttercup and has prepared this strategy, as per section 37 of SARA. It has been prepared in cooperation with Environment Canada, the provincial government of British Columbia, and the Songhees Nation.
Success in the recovery of this species depends on the commitment and cooperation of many different constituencies that will be involved in implementing the directions set out in this strategy and will not be achieved by the Parks Canada Agency, or Environment Canada, or any other jurisdiction, alone. All Canadians are invited to join in supporting and implementing this strategy for the benefit of the California Buttercup and Canadian society as a whole.
This recovery strategy will be followed by one or more action plans that will provide information on recovery measures to be taken by Environment Canada and/or the Parks Canada Agency and other jurisdictions and/or organizations involved in the conservation of the species. Implementation of this strategy is subject to appropriations, priorities, and budgetary constraints of the participating jurisdictions and organizations.
The recovery of California Buttercup will be coordinated with the recovery of at-risk species inhabiting maritime meadows associated with Garry Oak ecosystems (Parks Canada Agency 2006).
Recommendation and Approval Statement
The Parks Canada Agency led the development of this federal recovery strategy, working together with the other competent minister(s) for this species under the Species at Risk Act. The Chief Executive Officer, upon recommendation of the relevant Park Superintendent(s) and Field Unit Superintendent(s), hereby approves this document indicating that Species at Risk Act requirements related to recovery strategy development have been fulfilled in accordance with the Act.
Recommended by:
Helen Davies
Field Unit Superintendent, Coastal BC, Parks Canada Agency
Approved by:
Alan Latourelle
Chief Executive Officer, Parks Canada Agency
Thank you to Matt Fairbarns for writing the initial draft of this recovery strategy. The Garry Oak Ecosystems Recovery Team (GOERT) is the recovery team for the California Buttercup and is thanked for their involvement in the development of this recovery strategy. Thank you to the various landowners who support recovery of this species on their land and provided access for surveys.
Executive Summary
The Canadian population of the California Buttercup (Ranunculus californicus Benth.) was assessed as Endangered in 2008 by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC), and in February 2011 the population was listed as Endangered under Canada's Species at Risk Act (SARA) Schedule 1.
The California Buttercup is a low growing perennial herb with lemon-yellow, flowers (with up to 16 petals), and hairy stems ranging from 15–50 cm tall. It ranges from British Columbia south along the coast to Baja California, but the Canadian population is widely disjunct from the nearest Oregon population. The Canadian population of California Buttercup comprises <1% its global range. In Canada, California Buttercup is known from four confirmed populations, three recently confirmed to be extant, all occurring along the southeast coast of Vancouver Island.
The key factors limiting the recovery and survival of the California Buttercup population in Canada are its specificity to rare maritime meadow habitats, limited dispersal abilities, small area of physical occupancy, and small, highly fragmented populations that constrain genetic diversity. Further, California Buttercup populations are threatened by invasion of alien plants, encroachment by native herbaceous and woody vegetation, potential hybridization, recreational activities, livestock grazing, trampling and habitat conversion.
The population and distribution objectives for California Buttercup in Canada are to maintain the four confirmed extant populations and prevent a decline in distribution while exploring the feasibility of establishing and/or augmenting populations to increase abundance and distribution. Broad strategies to be taken to address the threats to the survival and recovery of the California Buttercup are presented in section 6.1 Strategic Direction for Recovery.
Critical habitat for the recovery of California Buttercup is identified in this recovery strategy. The best available information has been used to identify critical habitat; however, there are significant knowledge gaps. Additional critical habitat will need to be identified in upcoming planning documents to meet the population and distribution objectives.
Further recovery action for California Buttercup will be incorporated into one or more action plans by 2018.
Recovery Feasibility Summary
The recovery of the California Buttercup in Canada is considered feasible based on the criteria outlined by the Government of Canada (2009):
- Individuals of the wildlife species that are capable of reproduction are available now or in the foreseeable future to sustain the population or improve its abundance.
Yes. All three populations recently confirmed to be extant support numerous reproductive individuals and seeds could be collected from these populations to be used for restoration.
- Sufficient suitable habitat is available to support the species or could be made available through habitat management or restoration.
Yes. There is sufficient suitable habitat to support self-sustaining populations and additional suitable habitat could be made available through active habitat stewardship or restoration, if needed.
- The primary threats to the species or its habitat (including threats outside Canada) can be avoided or mitigated.
Yes. Further habitat loss can be prevented by relocating recreational use such as camping, picnicking and walking. Although pre-contact First Nations burning regimes may be difficult to restore, and may no longer be effective due to the presence of invasive alien plants, surrogate actions including shrub and tree cutting, and dormant season mowing, may be used as alternatives to fire to control shrub and tree encroachment. Competition, suppression and space pre-emption by invasive alien shrubs, grasses, and forbs may be mitigated using an integrated pest management approach.
- Recovery techniques exist to achieve the population and distribution objectives or can be expected to be developed within a reasonable timeframe.
Yes. Recovery success will be tied primarily to threat reduction through habitat stewardship, in combination with long-term population monitoring and inventory.
1. COSEWIC Species Assessment Information
Date of Assessment: November 2008
Common Name: California Buttercup
Scientific Name: Ranunculus californicus
COSEWIC Status: Endangered Reason for Designation: A perennial species restricted to two small island groups adjacent to Victoria, BC. The four small confirmed populations are found within coastal meadow habitats where the extensive spread of invasive plants places the species at risk. Potential impacts on the populations include planned enlargement of communications towers at one site and unauthorized recreational visitors to the island habitats.
Canadian Occurrence: British Columbia
COSEWIC Status History: Designated Endangered in November 2008. Assessment based on a new status report.
2. Species Status Information
The Canadian population of California Buttercup (Ranunculus californicus) was assessed as Endangered in 2008 by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC), and in February 2011 the population was listed as Endangered under Canada's Species at Risk Act (SARA). Provincial, state, and global conservation ranks for California Buttercup in other jurisdictions where it occurs are provided in Table 1.
The California Buttercup population in Canada comprises less than 1% of its global range.
|Rank description
|British Columbia
|Critically imperilled
|United States
|Demonstrably secure
|Not ranked
|Not ranked
|Critically imperilled
* NatureServe Conservation ranks are based on a one to five scale, ranging from critically imperilled (1) to demonstrably secure (5). Status is assessed and documented at three distinct geographic scales global (G), national (N), and state/province (S).
3. Species Information
3.1. Species Description
California Buttercup is a low-growing, hairy, herbaceous perennial that produces numerous stems from a central root crown. Mature plants bear 2-8 cm long, lobed, long-stalked basal leaves with blunt teeth. The sprawling to erect, 15–50 cm long stems produce several flowers in an open inflorescence. The flowers have numerous (up to 16) shiny lemon-yellow petals, unlike most species of buttercup that typically have only five petals. It is also distinguished from similar buttercup species (such as the Western Buttercup; Ranunculus occidentalis) by the noticeably curved beak on the seeds (COSEWIC 2008). California Buttercup may interbreed with Western Buttercup forming plants which are intermediate in appearance (Brayshaw 1989). Further details on the appearance of California Buttercup, and the hybrids it forms with Western Buttercup, are found in the status report (COSEWIC 2008).
3.2. Population and Distribution
California Buttercup occurs from southwestern British Columbia south along the coast to Baja California, including inland areas of California, with a Canadian population that is widely disjunct from the nearest US populations in Oregon (Figure 1; COSEWIC 2008). This severely limits the possibly of a metapopulation dynamic or gene flow with US populations. In Canada, California Buttercup is known only from small island clusters to the south and east of Victoria on the southeastern side of Vancouver Island.
Canadian populations are presumed to be independent with little gene flow or potential for rescue effect from US populations and have shown the ability for long-term persistence prior to the influence of human activity (COSEWIC 2008). Further, the two island groups where the species is confirmed are about 6 km apart, and seed dispersal across the intersecting ocean is unlikely (COSEWIC 2008). Loss and degradation of Garry Oak ecosystems has also created a highly fragmented habitat (GOERT 2002; Lea 2006) which further limits seed dispersal between suitable habitats. For the purposes of this recovery strategy, populations separated by 1 km or more, are considered a separate population.
California Buttercup is restricted to a very small area in Canada (<20 km2). Four California Buttercup populations have been confirmed in Canada, at Trial Islands, Discovery Island, West Chatham Island, and Alpha/Griffin Islands (Figure 2). A potential fifth population, reported from Saturna Island, requires further inspection because there is debate regarding the species identity (COSEWIC 2008) and plants could not be verified in 2010 because they did not flower. Population information for the four confirmed populations, collected in 2005 (provided in the status report), supplemented with information gathered in 2010, suggest that the Canadian populations of California Buttercup fluctuate between 3,077 to 12,508 mature plants in total (Table 2). Population sizes differ widely in their historic numbers, some sites only have tens of plants, others have a few hundred, and in the case of Griffin Island, several thousand.
In 2010, buttercup plants with "extra" petals were observed at two locations not noted in the COSEWIC status report (2008): Beacon Hill Park and Uplands Park on Vancouver Island. The identity of plants at these two locations could not be determined because of insufficient identifiable characteristics. These two populations are not included in (Table 2) because further investigation is required before they are accepted as California Buttercup populations.
There are not sufficient data to directly determine a trend in the number of mature individuals or the area occupied by the Canadian population. Overall, a decline in the species abundance in Canada is inferred, based on indirect evidence (a decline in habitat quality) (COSEWIC 2008).
|General location
|Population size (year counted)
|Land Tenure
|Trial Island
|10 (2005)
0-50 plants2 (2010)
|Non-federal land
|Lesser Trial Island
|170-180 (2005)
68 (2010)
|Non-federal land
|Discovery Island
|35 (2005)
30–40 (2010)
|Non-federal land
|Alpha Islet
|400-600 (2005)
5,250-5,350 (2010)
|Non-federal land
|Griffin Island
|1,900-2,100 (2005)
6,000-7,000 (2010)
|Non-federal land
|West Chatham Island
|570-590 (2005)
No data (2010)
|Federal lands
|Saturna Island
|< 50 (2005) identity requires confirmation
Failed to find3 (2010)
|Non-federal land
1 First number indicates population and number in decimal place indicates the subpopulation.
2 Approximately 50 plants were found with ≥ 8 petals per flower; most species of buttercup that typically have only five petals. However, California Buttercup has a curved beak on the seeds; confirmation of species identity was not possible because fruit did not mature.
3 Four non-flowering plants were found which could have been California Buttercup, Western Buttercup or a hybrid between the two.
Figure 1. Distribution of California Buttercup in North America (from COSEWIC 2008). Solid black regions indicate species native range.
Figure 2. Distribution of California Buttercup in Canada (adapted from COSEWIC 2008). Stars indicate confirmed populations (#1-4) and a potential fifth population on Saturna Island (#5). Numbers refer to the populations and subpopulations listed in Table 2.
3.3. Needs of the California Buttercup
California Buttercup is intrinsically rare in Canada due to the limited area capable of supporting the species (COSEWIC 2008) as well as certain factors that may limit its survival. In Canada, California Buttercup is restricted to maritime meadow habitats associated with Garry Oak ecosystems (Figure 3). It is further restricted to locations within 100 m of the ocean, in the mildest and driest portion of islands near southeastern Vancouver Island. It is possibly intolerant of moderate to heavy shading and competition from trees and shrubs. It is also intolerant of prolonged seepage or inundation.
A number of factors may limit the survival and recovery of California Buttercup in Canada:
- Dependence on highly specific maritime meadow habitats associated with Garry Oak ecosystems, most of which have been lost or damaged by habitat conversion (i.e., the loss of suitable habitat, often as a result of urban development), forest encroachment, and/or a shift to ecosystem dominance by invasive alien plants.
- A lack of long-distance dispersal of seeds or fruits limits the potential for local rescue effects or establishment in unoccupied habitat areas (COSEWIC 2008).
- Extremely small population sizes (<100 plants in some cases) may constrain the species' genetic diversity, and increase its vulnerability to extirpation due to demographic stochasticity and chance events including those which operate at a small scale.
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