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What I Wish I Wrote ~ July 29, 2016
A collection of links to articles and podcasts that I wish I had the talent to create.
Apple's third quarter 2016 results in charts. (Six Colors)
Is Apple the first trillion dollar company? (SumZero)
"Avoiding huge mistakes at the wrong times is half the battle. Try to learn from the mistakes of the previous generations who have come before you." (A Wealth of Common Sense)
"Valuation is generally the first and last thing I look at when researching a new business." (Medium)
Six Companies Rewarding Shareholders With Regular Dividend Hikes (Dividend Growth Investor)
Morgan Housel and all the smart sounding reasons to sell stocks since 1950.
S&P went up 100x 1950-2016
Here are all the smart-sounding, tempting excuses to sell. pic.twitter.com/pKFtAz46Ap
— Morgan Housel (@TMFHousel) July 29, 2016
Ted Weschler makes his mark. (Institutional Investor)
"Sell Donald Trump" from Grant's Interest Rate Observer back in 1987. (Grant's)
Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley is one of the most beautiful songs but it was a long twisting road combined with a lot of luck that we ever heard the song. (Revisionist History)

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We filed our taxes on April Fool's day. The amount of stuff we had going on this year reads like a joke: sold a house, got married, changed state residencies, bought a home, short term capital losses (by two days = bad planning), long term capital losses, long term capital gains, student loan interest payments, vested stock options from an old internet start-up that survived, four home office calculation work sheets, oh and throw in that new military spouse relief act too. We used Turbo Tax to do our returns and found four program errors in the process. They were easy enough to fix and I'm sure Turbo Tax will have a fix to the problem just in time for everyone signing-in on April 14th.
At the end of the day we have a refund check heading straight towards the sun porch-shed-fence-windows fund. If it's as fat a refund check as it would be had we hired someone to do our taxes for us is something we'll never know, we're just happy we're not paying. Now that would be no laughing matter. And whenever that refund does find its way into our project bank account, we'll start sharing a few ideas we have in store.


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A Russian Premier League match was suspended Saturday after a player was injured by firecrackers thrown onto the pitch by fans.
Dynamo Moscow goalkeeper Anton Shunin was hospitalized with burns to his cornea after an explosive device was allegedly thrown onto the field by a fan of Zenit St. Petersburg. The Press Association notes that Shunin reported problems with both his vision and hearing after the device exploded in his face.
According to news outlet RT, police are searching for a female Zenit fan who allegedly hid the firecrackers in her body and smuggled them into the stadium. In addition to video showing a woman throwing the device, an unnamed law enforcement official said that dozens of condoms were found in the ladies' room and are often used to stow flares inside the vagina or anus.
If caught, the fan could be charged with hooliganism, which carries a fine of about $9,500 to $15,800, community service of up to two years or a jail term of up to five years.
Unfortunately, the incident is just the latest in a slew of horrifying fan acts involving firecrackers, and the second in as many weeks possibly involving Zenit fans. Last week, fans threw explosives near a goalkeeper in an Argentine soccer match just a couple days after Zenit fans set fire to an opponent's stadium after a win.
In the days since the incident at the Russian Premier League game, both clubs have released statements meant to point the finger at the other in order to garner a favorable ruling for the outcome of the abandoned match. While Dynamo notes the violence was carried out by a fan of its opponent, Zenit points out Dynamo's responsibility as the home team for both selling tickets and screening fans entering the stadium.
"At the moment there is no evidence that the violation was committed by Zenit fans," Zenit's statement reads. "The away team, which under the rules is not responsible for the safety of fans and participants of the match, cannot be sanctioned for it."
Premier League executive director Sergei Cheban stated that the league would have to review the situation to determine the outcome of the match while denouncing the fan's terrifying tactics.
"It's the prerogative of the disciplinary committee and they'll make a decision," he said. "A football pitch isn't a war zone."


text: Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 01:19:49 -0500 From: Louis Bevier Subject: [BIRDWG01] Fox Sparrow call notes Late last fall, Mark Szantyr found a Fox Sparrow in Connecticut that was not of the iliaca group. The bird was well described but not photographed. His notes depict a bird that fits the characters of the subspecies altivagans or nominate unalaschensis. Most interesting was his description of the call note as "choink" something that attracted him to the bird in the first place. This call note, heard several times, was said to be very different from the Brown Thrasher-like smack of iliaca, with which he is familiar. Kimball Garrett and Jon Dunn have noted the different calls of the Fox Sparrow groups, with California birds of the megarhyncha group giving a California Towhee-like "chink" and coastal northwestern birds giving a hard, junco-like "tik" or smack, very similar to iliaca group birds. Altivagans is usually placed in the schistacea group of gray-backed birds (relative wing and tail length also being used by Swarth to segregate the groups) and unalachensis in a group of subspecies under that name from the Pacific Northwest. Altavagans is transitional in many ways toward the coastal groups. A bird ascribed to altavagans was collected on Fire Island, New York, 12 May 1971 by Paul Buckley (specimen at USNM). I have seen this bird and agree with the identification. So it seems there is precedent for altavagans in the East. A major unanswered question for me is the call of altavagans and other schistacea group birds. It might be assumed that they chink, but it would be good to know more certainly. I admit having been frustrated by a Fox Sparrow at my camp in the Revelstoke area of British Columbia, in the range of altavagans, only a couple of years ago. The bird was about as uncooperative as any Fox Sparrow I've encounterd, coming in silently, looking around, and then returning to sing from an inconspicuous perch. Thus, I never heard the call note, even though I was keen to hear it. Contrast this with my recent experience (among others), with Fox Sparrows in the Siskiyou Mtns. of n-central California (megarhyncha range), where the birds came in madly 'chinking' or singing (if I used playback). Maybe not surprisingly, Linsdale describes altavagans as very secretive; he doesn't describe the call note. Can anyone wandering the chaparral in the mountains of California this winter find an altivagans and tell me the call note? The call note for the Connecticut bird is odd in that it is neither a clear chink or smack, though it seems most unlike the typical calls of either the Pacific Northwest or iliaca birds. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Louis Bevier Philadelphia ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 08:55:23 -0800 From: Kimball Garrett Subject: [BIRDWG01] Fox Sparrows I'll be brief, since my confusion to confidence ratio is very high on this one.. As far as I know, Fox Sparrows (sensu lato) have only two major types of location notes: the smacking "tik" like a loud Lincoln's Sparrow (we all have different ways of describing it, but we all know what we mean), and the metallic "chink" which is very much like the call of California Towhee. As Louis and Alvaro have suggested, birds of the _unalaschcensis_ and _iliaca_ groups give the "tik", and large-billed western montane birds (stephensi/megarhyncha/ brevicauda, and presumably _monoensis_) give the "chink" call. I was especially interested in calls of _schistacea_ (including "_swarthi_") when at the ABA convention in Utah last summer, and my experience was like that of Louis with _altivagans_: birds barreling in to pishing, etc., but never once uttering a call note! In s. CA, _stephensi_ hardly ever stops "chinking" in response to pishing on the breeding grounds! Would somebody in the Great Basin region/western Rockies please enlighten us? As for _altivagans_, all I can add is that Swarth identified the specimens in our collection available to him when he researched his monograph (at the time these were in the private collections of Daggett, etc. -- but have since been cataloged here). Birds he called _altivagans_ bore little resemblance to the description of _altivagans_ in his monograph (the written description implies a bird much like iliaca/zaboria). I believe Beadle's _altivagans_ in Rising's guide is probably pretty accurate (as an aside, a good starting point for Fox Sparrow ID would be to throw out the plate in the Byers et al. Sparrows and Buntings guide). At least according to Swarth's work, southern California appears to be a real melting pot of wintering Fox Sparrows. Several of us have developed an interest in the matter here -- Tom Wurster and Brian Daniels have spent a lot of time on this recently. We should be collecting a number of birds throu the rest of this winter, concentrating on individuals of known call type. I hope we can add some information on this shortly. The whole Fox Sparrow issue is going to be difficult to come to grips with, since there seems to be a lot of intra-population variation, much post-mortem color change in museum specimens, and intermediate populations connecting the 4 groups. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 02:09:18 -0800 From: Alvaro Jaramillo Subject: Re: [BIRDWG01] Fox Sparrow call notes >Late last fall, Mark Szantyr found a Fox Sparrow in Connecticut that was >not of the iliaca group. The bird was well described but not photographed. >His notes depict a bird that fits the characters of the subspecies >altivagans or nominate unalaschensis. Most interesting was his description >of the call note as "choink" something that attracted him to the bird in >the first place. This call note, heard several times, was said to be very >different from the Brown Thrasher-like smack of iliaca, with which he is >familiar. I can't comment on the calls, but I feel that if the description is detailed enough this bird should be identifiable based on the plumage features alone at least to the major subspecies group. Having said that, _altivagans_ is a bit of a mystery to me as it is depicted differently in many of the guides. Unfortunately, the only breeding _altivagans_ I have encountered was a heard only (song) bird in Jasper, Alberta. By the time I laid eyes on a Fox Sparrow in Alberta I was down in _schistacea_ country. My perusal of collections suggest that _altivagans_ is a _schistacea_ group Fox Sparrow with some _iliaca_ tendencies. In the past _altivagans_ has been put in the _iliaca_ group, but Zink's work confirms that it belongs neatly in the _schistacea_ pile. _Unalaschensis_ proper and its coastal Alaska neighbours are on the grey end of the "Sooty" _unalaschensis_ group and quite unlike the _altivagans_ assuming that what I have seen in the specimen drawers is typical. I also observed a bird in San Jose, California a couple of weeks ago that I belive was an _altivagans_, but I need to get back into the collection to make me feel more confident about this. _altivagans_ should show: striking red wings and tail, contrasting with a brownish grey back indistinct pale tips to the greater coverts forming a dull paler wing bar brownish-grey back back feathers with slightly darker centers, making the back look ever so obscurely streaked grey face, but browner crown crisp underpart streaking underpart streaking that is dark brown, darker than the back colour malar stripe tends to be crisper, not obscured by underpart streaks. Alaska _unalaschensis_ group should show: warm brown wings and tail, only slightly more rufous than the back no pale tips to the greater coverts brownish back, little grey unicolor back, no evidence of obscure streaking (darker feather centers) brown face with grey intruding largely behing the auriculars and perhaps curving around to the back of the supercilium. blurry underpart streaking that runs together, often obscuring the underlying white colour on the chest. streaking is nearly the same colour as the back malar stripe tends to be obscured by underpart streaks. The "Sooty" Fox Sparrows call resembles a louder and more powerful version of the call of the Orange-crowned Warbler. _unalaschensis_ birds from further south (coatal British Columbia, Queen Charlotte Island) are much more chocolate in colour and even more unlike _altivagans_ > Altavagans is transitional in many ways toward the >coastal groups. my impression is that _altivagans_ is transitional toward the _iliaca_ group? A bird ascribed to altavagans was collected on Fire Island, >New York, 12 May 1971 by Paul Buckley (specimen at USNM). I have seen this >bird and agree with the identification. So it seems there is precedent for >altavagans in the East. I recently ran accross a report of a _schistacea_ type Fox Sparrow from Quebec, from the late 80s. Have there been any other easten reports or specimens of western Fox Sparrows? A point of confusion is the population from the mountains of Vancouver. They have only been recently found breeding there and have not been studied in great detail but they appear to be intermediate between coastal (_unalaschensis_ group) and mountain (_schistacea_ group) Fox Sparrows to my eye. These birds are like coastal ones but have stronger rusty colours on the wings and tail, brown back with a noticeable grey wash, noticeable grey on the nape and supercilium. The brown underpart spots are slightly darker than the back colour. If I remember correctly Zink encountered evidence of introgression in this part of BC. The other point of confusion are the interior B.C. birds, _olivacea_ which are part of the grey-backed _schistacea_ group but have a distinctly olive colour on the back. I don't know much about these birds, other than remembering seeing a good series at the Cowan Verterbrate Museum (University of British Columbia) and thinking that they were indeed weird looking. BTW, I have the Zink paper somewhere but can't find it to give the reference. Since the Fox Sparrows have been brought up I have a question regarding bill colour. Eastern _iliaca_, mountain _schistacea_ and coastal _unalaschensis_ groups have orange or bright yellow bases to the lower mandible. However, the _monoensis_ (_megarhyncha_ group, the large billed ones) I have seen appear to have grey to blue-grey bases on the lower mandible. This is borne out in most photos I have seen, except a couple where some "horn" colour replaces the grey right at the base of the bill. Have any others noted bill colour differences between _megarhyncha_ and the others? Isn't it annoying when someone asks a question, someone else replies, blabbers on and on but doesn't actually answer the question! Cheers, Al. Alvaro Jaramillo Where there's smoke doesn't mean Half Moon Bay, CA there is fire. email@example.com Just means there's smoke. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 22:18:03 -0500 From: "Mark S. Szantyr" Subject: Re: [BIRDWG01] Fox Sparrow call notes At 01:19 AM 2/13/97 -0500, you wrote: >Late last fall, Mark Szantyr found a Fox Sparrow in Connecticut that was >not of the iliaca group. The bird was well described but not photographed. >His notes depict a bird that fits the characters of the subspecies >altivagans or nominate unalaschensis. Most interesting was his description >of the call note as "choink" something that attracted him to the bird in >the first place. This call note, heard several times, was said to be very >different from the Brown Thrasher-like smack of iliaca, with which he is >familiar. > >Kimball Garrett and Jon Dunn have noted the different calls of the Fox >Sparrow groups, with California birds of the megarhyncha group giving a >California Towhee-like "chink" and coastal northwestern birds giving a >hard, junco-like "tik" or smack, very similar to iliaca group birds. >Altivagans is usually placed in the schistacea group of gray-backed birds >(relative wing and tail length also being used by Swarth to segregate the >groups) and unalachensis in a group of subspecies under that name from the >Pacific Northwest. Altavagans is transitional in many ways toward the >coastal groups. A bird ascribed to altavagans was collected on Fire Island, >New York, 12 May 1971 by Paul Buckley (specimen at USNM). I have seen this >bird and agree with the identification. So it seems there is precedent for >altavagans in the East. > >A major unanswered question for me is the call of altavagans and other >schistacea group birds. It might be assumed that they chink, but it would >be good to know more certainly. I admit having been frustrated by a Fox >Sparrow at my camp in the Revelstoke area of British Columbia, in the range >of altavagans, only a couple of years ago. The bird was about as >uncooperative as any Fox Sparrow I've encounterd, coming in silently, >looking around, and then returning to sing from an inconspicuous perch. >Thus, I never heard the call note, even though I was keen to hear it. >Contrast this with my recent experience (among others), with Fox Sparrows >in the Siskiyou Mtns. of n-central California (megarhyncha range), where >the birds came in madly 'chinking' or singing (if I used playback). Maybe >not surprisingly, Linsdale describes altavagans as very secretive; he >doesn't describe the call note. > >Can anyone wandering the chaparral in the mountains of California this >winter find an altivagans and tell me the call note? The call note for the >Connecticut bird is odd in that it is neither a clear chink or smack, >though it seems most unlike the typical calls of either the Pacific >Northwest or iliaca birds. Any suggestions would be appreciated. > >Louis Bevier >Philadelphia > > For those who are interested, this is my written description of said "western-type" Fox Sparrow. Communication with Jim Rising suggests that unalaschensis is a real possibility but review of skins at the Yale Peobody Museum leave me unclear as to unalaschensis or altivagans, with several characters including a paler face, faint dark streaking above the wing, and clear, streaking without the dark blurry flanks of unalaschensis. Three skins that I have photographed ( one altivagans, 2 unalaschensis) are virtually identical and would be very difficult to separate in the field. As long as these are identified correctly in the first place, I am afraid identification of this bird to ssp. might come down to its very distinctive call note. Also, I have seen the photos of the altivagans bird banded on Long Island and the bird in question does not resemble this individual. Notes of Fox Sparrow On 5 December 1996 I was drawn to a small group of cedars in my yard by a loud, metallic chip note, sounding very much like water dripping into a tin can, sounding like "toink" or "choink". This note seeming unfamiliar to me, I investigated. I found a large sparrow-like bird perched about 10 feet up in a cedar. My initial view was of its ventral aspect and the bird appeared largely white below with dense dark brown streaking along each flank and these dark streaks coalescing to a very large dark brown and irregular shaped central breast spot. There were a few dark marks above this spot but the throat appeared largely clear whitish. Studying the bird more carefully revealed that the bird was dull brownish above with dull rufous showing in the wing coverts, secondaries, and tertials and a similar dull rufous wash to the dull brown tail. Bill: Appeared two-toned dark above and yellowish below. It did not appear to be out of proportion with the head, appearing normal size and shape for a Fox Sparrow. Head: Largely dull brownish with paler area in lore and around eye. A buffy or dull whitish eyering was visible. the eye was dark. The ear coverts were same dull brownish but were washed with a faint dull rufous. This color extended forward below the eye and merged with a malar stripe of a similar but slightly darker color. The crown and nape were the same dull brownish with a dull and faint rufous wash. Upperparts: the back was a dull brownish color, appearing to be slightly washed with dull rufous as you progressed toward the rump. The back was unstreaked except for one or two extremely dull darker streaks above the wings. The upper surface of the tail was dull brown washed with a slightly brighter rufous than the rump but the colors merged evenly and appeared to form an even transition from the nape down to the tail tip. This rufous tail, while a bit brighter than the back, was still quite dull by Fox Sparrow standards. Wings: the wings were dull brownish, a bit darker than the back. The greater coverts and the secondaries and tertials were edged with dull rufous, similar in coloration to the tail. The primaries were dark. Underparts: the underparts were white from the throat through the undertail coverts, while the rear flanks were washed with a dull buffy color. Inverted V-shaped streaks extended from the upper breast along both flanks. They were heaviest at and across the breast and they seemed to extend into the malar stripes and up a bit in front of the wings. These marks coalesced into a large and irregularly shaped central breast spot. Small streaks extended above the central breast spot toward the throat but not covering the throat, as I said, they appeared to merge into the malar area. All of the streaking below was dark brown, darker than the brownish coloration of the dorsal aspect of the bird. The central belly was unmarked white. The undertail was a dull grayish brown with no appearance of rufous. Legs: the legs were a pale flesh color. Mark S. Szantyr, 5 Dec 1996. Mark Szantyr email@example.com 2C Yale Road Storrs, Ct. 06268 USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 11:31:18 -0500 From: Louis Bevier Subject: [BIRDWG01] Fox Sparrow bill color Re bill color on Fox Sparrow: In Swarth's UC Zool. Publ. (Vol. 21: 75-224, 1920) on Fox Sparrows, there is a color plate by Allan Brooks illustrating a color difference in the bills of brevicauda (orange yellow) and stephensi (greenish gray), two very similar subspecies within the megarhyncha group. The differences between these two is so slight that birds collected outside of known their known breeding range are not always diagnosable. (The wintering grounds of stephensi remains unknown.) Although it would seem that identifying Fox Sparrows to a particular subspecies group shouldn't be difficult, the Connecticut bird pointed out how close some can be, including the unalaschensis and schistacea groups, which otherwise are quite distinct. Swarth mentions that western populations of altivagans are browner and closer to the coastal groups, while eastern populations are grayer backed and closer to other schistacea group birds. I was aware that Allan Phillips had placed altivagans with the iliaca group, and only meant to suggest that in the case of the Connecticut bird, the description from a sight record was not wholly adequate to make a certain determination. Overall, the bird seems most like something showing altivagans. The call was unlike either unalachensis or iliaca group birds in sofar as known. (By the way, I misspelled altivagans a number of times in my previous post.) Other differences I have noted between the unalachensis birds and altivagans include the color of the streaking on the underparts. Altivagans has more reddish streaks that change to blackish spotting posteriorly (like iliaca), whereas unalachensis are more uniformly gray brown. The flanks are more heavily washed with brownish on coastal birds as opposed to "typical" altivagans. Still needing calls of schistacea birds... Louis Bevier Philadelphia ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 21:02:11 -0500 From: David Sibley Subject: Re: [BIRDWG01] Fox Sparrows I don't have any answers to the Fox Sparrow questions being posed but can pass along some notes that might be of interest, and might lead someone else to the answers. I too have listened carefully for call notes of schistacea group fox sparrows, and with little success. However I did hear one in late June at Glacier National Park, Montana, giving alarm calls that I described as "sharp 'chef' or 'chep' lower-pitched, huskier and flatter than iliaca, not squeaky like Sierra birds". It's possible that the calls I heard were some high intensity alarm calls near the nest and not the normal contact notes. Maybe someone can comment on whether other Fox Sparows have a different-sounding alarm call. On bill color I have notes of birds with basically all gray bills from Glacier NP (breeders, schistacea?, some with yellowish base), Bolinas CA (wintering birds, coastal group, most have yellow on bill), Jasper AB (breeders, altivagans?), and Seward AK (sinuosa of coastal group). I have never seen this in the east, all birds here vary from bright orange-yellow to dull straw-yellow on the lower mandible. Birds around Mammoth Lakes in California generally have all gray bill but I have notes on one juv with faint yellow wash on base of lower mandible. In addition a quick check of field guide photos revealed an apparent coastal group bird with all gray bill in the Master Guide to Birding, and an apparent mountain bird (schistacea or megarhyncha type) with distinctly yellow lower mandible in the Western Stokes field guide. I wonder if others have investigated spotted vs. unspotted chin/throat as a character for distinguishing coastal from mountain birds? It has worked well for me as a simple measure of the overall more densely spotted underside of coastal birds. Finally I echo the concerns of Kimball Garrett, and specifically worry that altivagans may be a broad intergrade population that could vary from more iliaca-like in the north to more schistacea-like in the south and more unalaschensis-like in the west. And how would one distinguish altivagans from the intergrades between sinuosa (unalaschensis group) and zaboria (iliaca group) found in Alaska? Not to diminish the significance of the Connecticut bird, it is a very unusual record no matter which population it comes from, but determining which population might not be possible. David Sibley Cape May Point, NJ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 22:46:21 -0800 From: Alvaro Jaramillo Subject: Re: [BIRDWG01] Fox Sparrows Jon Dunn wrote: >I'm not certain what the bill color is on the schistacea group. The last >time I'm certain I saw this group (in this case schistacea proper) was just >east of Hayden in the Yampa River Valley of Routt County, Colorado (2 April >1995). I had several singing birds atop cottonwoods that I eventually got >good views of. Unfortunately, I didn't write notes as to bill color and >have forgotten know. Does Tony Leukering have any comments about bill color >of schistacea (or anyone else). I banded a _schistacea_ type Fox Sparrow a couple of weeks ago at the Coyote Creek Riparian Station near San Jose, California. I don't know which subspecies it actually is, but it certainly is one of the Slate-colored forms, _schistacea_ group. This individual had a bright yellow base to the lower mandible. Another photo in the Coyote Creek Collection of a bird caught elsewhere in California that appears to be a _schistacea_ also has a yellow bill base. The bird banded a few weeks ago had a bill smaller than an _unalaschensis_ type Fox Sparrow that was caught in the same net round. BTW, we catch at least two and probably more types of _unalaschensis_ Fox Sparrow here but our resolution at this level is weak at best. Cheers, Al. Alvaro Jaramillo Where there's smoke doesn't mean Half Moon Bay, CA there is fire. email@example.com Just means there's smoke. http://www.quake.net/~alvaro/index.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 16:11:34 +0000 From: Jonathan Dunn Subject: [BIRDWG01] Fox Sparrows One item that hasn't been discussed too much in all of the very helpful postings on this fascinating group is bill base color. The unalaschcensis group of brown birds all apper to have bright orange-yellow bill bases (lower mandible and cutting edges) and this color is also shared by the iliaca group. I have called this a "candy corn" color for those that remembered the tooth decay days. Specifically, I mean the tips of those candies (bright orange-red base with bright yellow (tinged orange) tips. The megarhyncha group have a grayish-green bill base, the color being suggestive of an Evening Grosbeak bill. Kimball Garrett has pointed out though, that in the outstanding color plate by Brooks, in Swarth's definitive work (Swarth, H.S. 1920. Revision of the avian Passerella, with special reference to the distribution and migration of the races in California. Univ. Cal. Publs. Zool. 21:75-224), illustrates a bill color difference between the two largest billed birds of the Pacific States, stephensi (mountains of S. Calif.) and brevicauda (Trinity Mts. of NW Calif., SW Oregon). The subspecies brevicauda is shown with orange-yellow base about like that of the unalaschcensis group while stephensi is shown with the grayish-green base. Further, Brooks illustrates fuliginosa, the darkest of the unalaschensis group, with a nearly blackish bill with no yellow-orange at the base. It is hard to know on what basis Brooks made these bill color determinations. Presumably he painted this plate from specimens and bill color on specimens of course quickly changes soon after they "stiffen up." I do know that Philip Unitt collected a series of skins in winter on Volcan Mt. east of San Diego which he thought initially were stephensi. This was most significant as the winter grounds of stephensi were (and still are) unknown. But then he decided that he couldn't tell specimens of stephensi apart from brevicauda (megarhyncha of the Sierra Nevada Mts. are slightly smaller billed than these two monsters). It is my guess that the bill colors depicted by Brooks in Swarth (1920) will prove not to be entirely accurate, particularly in regards to brevicauda and fuliginosa. Perhaps we can get some comments from subscribers who live in NW California (brevicauda) and NW Washington/British Columbia (breeding birds only). I'm not certain what the bill color is on the schistacea group. The last time I'm certain I saw this group (in this case schistacea proper) was just east of Hayden in the Yampa River Valley of Routt County, Colorado (2 April 1995). I had several singing birds atop cottonwoods that I eventually got good views of. Unfortunately, I didn't write notes as to bill color and have forgotten know. Does Tony Leukering have any comments about bill color of schistacea (or anyone else). The "big question" of late and one already posed, is what is the call note of the schistacea group? It has long been known that the big billed Pacific montane group give a "chink" that is virtually identical to the common call note of the California Towhee, or for those that don't know that species call, vaguely like the call of a Hooded Warbler. As others have pointed out, I have heard many from the iliaca group and the unalaschensis group and they all give the smack note (like a loud Lincoln's Sparrow or vaguely like a Brown Thrasher). I had the same experience that Kimball had with his birds in Utah. My singing schistacea high in the cottonwoods came roaring down to eye level when I pished. But unlike nearly every other Fox Sparrow that vigorously chip when "pished up", these birds (at least two separate times) sat there and looked as "dumb as a post" (my interpretation when they didn't call). After about two or three minutes they flew back to high in the cottonwood and resumed singing. I have alerted several Colorado birders to the "need to know" and Robert Righter (co author of new excellent book on Colorado) was going to get tape recordings of Fox Sparrow calls during the breeding season in the mountains of Colorado. But he didn't get a chance in the summer of 1996. He has plans again for 1997. I recall Will Russell telling me recently that he recalls breeding birds in Colorado giving the smack notes like the unalaschensis and iliaca group. If anyone has experience with call notes of gray headed (non iliaca) wintering birds in the Southwest (Arizona and New Mexico), where they are scarce, that would be helpful as most of that type there are supposed to be schistacea. The only two birds I have seen in the Soutwest (one each for Arizona and New Mexico) were iliaca (for purposes here iliaca=zaboria). Lastly, Kessel and Gibson plan on recognizing in their Alaska book the newly described race by Webster (1983) of Fox Sparrow in the unalachensis group (Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 96:664-668). It is named P. i. chilcatensis and I believe it is found on the Alaska Peninsula to the west of anectens, sinuosa and insularis. I have not yet read the above paper, so may be off on the range. Perhaps someone with ready access to the Proceedings can check this Jon L. Dunn ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 09:39:37 -0500 From: "Jerry R. Oldenettel" Subject: [BIRDWG01] Distribution of NM Fox sparrows My limited New Mexico experience is that the iliaca group is far more common in migration/winter than schistacea birds, at least in places that are more commonly birded. The table below shows my encounters with Fox Sparrows in NM since my arrival in the state. Abbreviations are translated in the notes below the table. As you can see from the table, I have only encountered schistacea in desert/arid wash habitat, a place where I spend relatively little time (compared to riparian and "vagrant trap" type habitats). date #/ssp. location county habitat 950123 2-3/schist. 3-gun Springs Bernalillo wash 951028 1/iliaca? 20 mi n of Texico Currey Vag Trap 951029 1/iliaca Melrose Trap Roosevelt Vag Trap 951111 1/iliaca RSPA Eddy riparian 951126 1/? BLR Hq Chaves Vag Trap 951126-1210 1/iliaca BAR Hq Socorro Vag Trap 951224 1/iliaca Mesilla Dam Dona Ana riparian 951229 1/iliaca Hill Dona Ana riparian 960107 1/schist. Hollow Can.,EBL Socorro wash 960203-0204 2/iliaca Washington Ranch Eddy Vag Trap 961222 1/iliaca Melrose Trap Roosevelt Vag Trap 961230 1/iliaca Redrock Grant riparian 961230 2/schist. FR851/Gila NF Grant wash Notes: 1. abbreviatons: mi n - miles north RSPA - Rattlesnake Springs Picnic Area BLR hq - Bitter Lakes NWR headquarters area BAR hq - Boaque del Apache NWR headquarters area EBL - Elephant Butte Lake NF - National Forest. 2. My views of the bird north of Texico were short and limited to the front quarter and I would have put the bird with altivagens or even fuliginosa (appeared to have an all dark reddish-brown face, see NGS guide) except that John Parmeter had other views and indicated that the bird had a streaked back. 3. Habitat. Riparian means deciduous trees with brushy areas near water. Vagrant trap is about the same habitat, but with no water nearby. Wash means generally near or on the bottom of fairly wide washes through Pinion Juniper or Creosote forest type habitats. What I remember about these is that the areas were generally made up of scattered bushes, 2-5 ft. high, with some grasses and a lot of gray-green (similar color to Big Sage). Don't claim to be a botanist. I can remember call notes being given in couple of these encounters (950123 and 951224). I was not aware that the call notes for the two groups might be different at the times of observation and the current discussion goes a long way in explaining my internal confusion as to just what Fox Sparrows call notes are like. Generally most birds respond to pishing by moving slowly and silently into view in heavy brush, looking at you for up to a minute, then working back down into the brush never to be seen again. Very frustrating. On 950123, I arrived in the area of the 3-gun Springs Trailhead (on the edge of Carnuel, NM) before sunrise and had two birds calling (presumably as they awoke). I remember the calls being tick notes rather than smack notes. I never saw either of the two calling birds at that time, but later had the schistacea nearby. Don't remember whether the 951224 bird gave a tick or smack note. I'm sure that this is not much help in the call note discussion, but I will henceforth pay much closer attention and let John know that people are interested. He has much better ears and a much better aural memory than I do anyway. Jerry R. Oldenettel Albuquerque, NM firstname.lastname@example.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 09:53:51 -0500 (EST) From: "P. A. Buckley" Subject: [BIRDWG01] "Slate-colored Fox Sparrow" bill color In May of 1971 I collected an adult female _[schistacea] altivagans_ Fox Sparrow on Fire Island NY, and as pointed out by Louis Bevier, this was (and may still be) the only known specimen of any taxon other than _iliaca/zaboria_ east of the Mississipp River, if not even further west (Auk 91: 181-185). In light of the recent comments about bill color of the various Fox Sparrows, I just hauled out the original slide of that bird to take a look. What I found may be of some interest. [The film was K-64 and the color is still excellent: Kodachromes are remarkably resistant to fading and other color changes, even when stored in non-archival sleeves.] In essence, the upper mandible is dark, the lower light. The ground color of the upper is a blackish-horn, and of the lower a distinctly pinkish-horn. There is a line on the upper mandible immediately above and parallel to the tomium that shows the same color as the lower mandible, but it disappears towards the tip. On the lower mandible there is a corresponding dusky wedge (similar to the color of the upper mandible) that, conversely, pales towards the bill base but gets increasingly dark toward the the tip. This bird was uncharacteristically silent for an eastern Fox Sparrow and in all the time it was around (about 10 minutes pre-netting, and when in the hand) never uttered a sound. When I first glimpsed it slipping away silent thru the pine grove where we were netting, it was so dark, with a rusty tail, that I thought it was a somewhat late Hermit Thrush. Fox Sparrow never entered my mind until I finally saw it in the open. P.A. Buckley Box 8 Graduate School of Oceanography University of Rhode Island Narragansett RI USA 02882 401/874-4201 (ph) 401/874-6887 (fx) email@example.com "In the fields of observation, chance favors only the mind that is prepared." -- Louis Pasteur ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 10:51:41 -0500 From: David Sibley Subject: Re: [BIRDWG01] Fox Sparrows In a previous posting I mentioned variation in bill color of Fox Sparrow, and in particular noted a couple of photographs showing birds with "wrong" bill color. Now Jon Dunn has pointed out to me that he feels the bird in the western Stokes field guide labelled "Rocky mountain" and showing a yellow bill is in fact from the coastal unalaschensis-group and therefore should have a yellow bill. The other photo, in the Master Guide, showing a coastal type bird with apparently gray bill still stands, and matches my observation of at least one gray-billed bird near Anchorage, AK, and a gray-billed coastal group bird wintering at Bolinas, CA. Needs some confirmation but I believe that unalaschensis-group birds can occasionally have gray bills. David Sibley Cape May Point, NJ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Sat, 08 Mar 1997 09:56:00 -0500 From: David Sibley Subject: Re: [BIRDWG01] Fox Sparrow bill color On 2/14 discussing bill color of Fox Sparrows I wrote: >I have never seen this [grayish bill lacking yellow] in the east, all birds >here vary from bright orange-yellow to dull straw-yellow on the lower mandibl So it figures that the next Fox Sparrow I have seen well (coming to my feeder the past few days and typical eastern/red type by plumage) has the lower mandible drab pale flesh-colored and looking gray in some lights, without a hint of yellow. Compare this to Paul Buckley's 2/21 description of the altivagans from Long Island: >In essence, the upper mandible is dark, the lower light. The ground color >of the upper is a blackish-horn, and of the lower a distinctly >pinkish-horn. David Sibley Cape May Point, NJ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 21:22:49 -0700 From: Tony Leukering Subject: Re: [BIRDWG01] Fox Sparrow bill color Hi gang: In tardy response to the Fox Sparrow thread, particularly of bill color in various forms, I have a hand-held photo of a bird I caught in central Colorado. I will post this photo to a friend's web page and let you know when it gets there. I will do this, that is, as soon as I find the darn thing. (I am currently in the middle of a wholescale reorganization of my slides). Tony Leukering Brighton, CO email@example.com


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Goats, pigs, cows, a dog, chickens and lovely people, what more do you need. Lis, Pieter & Eva, supported by some volunteers are creating an ecological cooperative farm for the city of Antwerp, a wonderful project I was happy to support.
The 20th of March marked the festive opening of their new season, the perfect occasion to throw a party! It brought ample opportunities to take photographs with children and animals running around freely among each other.


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Following on from our last post, we would like to address a few vital checks and points of what you will need to be aware of over Winter. We have also created an emergency kit for yourself to make sure that if the worse did happen, you won't be stuck in heavy snow freezing without a clue of what to do. Fleetcare hope that you will never need to follow this advice and that you are always blessed with safe, weather friendly journeys, but should you need us, it's good to know we're here. After all, it's better to prepare for the worst!
Emergency Kit
There are five main things that you must make sure you have in your car throughout Winter. Needed for both short and long journeys, the following items will become a necessity for you. You may find that you never needed any of these items, but should you do, you'll be very pleased that you packed them and had them with you. These can of course be adapted for your own needs but as a starting kit, you should always make sure you have the following items in your car:
- A blanket or rug
- Ice scraper and de-icer
- Torch and batteries
- Snacks – cereal bars, chocolate etc. (you may be in for a wait)
- Spare screenwash
When heading out on the roads over the Winter it is important that you plan your route or know when you're wanting to go. Wherever possible we would suggest that you only drive when you really need to ie. commuting to work, shopping to town but try to keep it as minimal as possible to avoid any icy, hazardous conditions.
What Do I Need to Check?
Over the Winter months the condition of your becomes vital with every trip you take. In order to make sure that your vehicle is safe to drive over Winter, try to check the following areas of your car as regularly as you can:
- Battery
- Light bulbs
- Windscreen
- Wiper blades
- Screen wash levels
- Oil levels
- Anti-freeze
Last of all, we would like to wish you all a safe and pleasant Christmas and hope that your journeys are safe throughout the whole year. We hope that you take our advice on board when it comes to your car safety and making those important checks on your car over Winter. If you do run into any problems with your car be it an accident or repair, Fleetcare will always be around to help and should the inevitable happen, we will be there to provide you with a prompt repair service. So we hope that you have a fantastic Christmas and hope that our Winter tips help keep you in check over the next few months.


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Cynthia Bishop, RDH
Cynthia Bishop has been practicing with Dr. Baim since graduating from Hudson Valley Community College in 1990. She has been an active member of the American Dental Hygienists' Association and the Upper Hudson Dental Hygienists' Association.
Cindy joined Dr. Baim and other staff on several Glens Falls Medical Mission trips to Guatemala. She attends professional development conferences, many of which concentrate on dental needs for children. She often visits local preschools to share a "Healthy Mouth Program." Cindy is well versed in the "age-one dental visit" and attends frequent seminars on tooth whitening.
Nancy Zurlo, RDH
Nancy Zurlo graduated from Hudson Valley Community College. She has been a part time hygienist with Dr. Baim since 2005. Nancy, a mother of two sets of twins, is especially comfortable with our very youngest patients. She enjoys home decorating and antiques.
Elizabeth Carey, RDH
Elizabeth Carey graduated from Hudson Valley Community College in 1966. She has been practicing with Dr. Baim part time for over 3 years. Betty has practiced in the Capital District and Granville for many years. She also has her hygiene license in Vermont.
Betty has two children and they are her joy. She also volunteers at the Cambridge Food Pantry.
Sherri Wolfe, RDH
Sherri Wolfe graduated from Hudson Valley Community College. She has been a part time hygienist with Dr. Baim since the early 1990's. She is particularly talented with our special-needs patients. Sherri has two children and enjoys watching them play lacrosse.
Barbara Rehm
Barbara Rehm graduated from Peirce School of Business Administration and received an Associates degree in Agronomy from Pennsylvania State University. Her hobbies are gardening, scrap booking, cross stitching and fishing. She is married has 3 married children and 7 grandchildren. Barb loves spending time with all of them!
Susan Campbell, CDA
Susan Campbell graduated from Rochester Dental Assisting School. Upon graduation her career took an unexpected turn and she began a 25 year career in law enforcement. After retiring she re-entered the dental field and has been a part time dental assistant in our office for the past 3 years.
Susan has 2 daughters attending college that keep her very busy.
Ingrid Engelhard
Although Ingrid has recently joined our practice, she is one of the most experienced members of our office team. She has worked in the field of dental administration for over 27 years. Ingrid prides herself on her customer service, and is very knowledgeable in the area of dental insurance and claims submission. You will be greeted by her welcoming smile when you enter our office.
In her free time, Ingrid loves to travel, especially to the West coast to spend time with her son.
Kristin Howarth, RHD
Kristin joined our practice in 2013. She is originally from the Boston area, and received her degree in dental hygiene from Middlesex Community College in 1998. She is a licensed practitioner in both New York and Massachusetts.
She worked as a full time dental hygienist and chair-side surgical assistant for over 5 years in the Boston area, focusing on periodontics and dental implants, before moving to Glens Falls.
Kristin is especially comfortable in the dental visit for the special needs patient, since she is also a mom of twin boys with autism.
After her children's diagnosis, she founded the Upstate NY Autism Alliance, a local non-profit organization focusing on awareness, education and resources for families affected by Autism Spectrum Disorders in the Capital District.
She attends regular dental lectures and conventions, and has been an invited panelist on topics of dental care and autism.
She is an avid New England sports fan and enjoys spending time at the ocean with her husband and children.
Lindsey Rushlow, CDA
Lindsey graduated from the Hudson Valley Community College dental assisting program. She has been in the dental field since 2010 and has extensive experience in orthodontic assisting. Lindsey is particularly comfortable with our youngest patients.
She loves to spend time with family and her two children. She also loves to travel and shop!
Carl Shoemaker, M.S.
Carl Shoemaker graduated from Humboldt State University in Arcata, California. He received a Masters degree in psychology in 2007. He has been in the field of customer service since 2002, and specifically with dental administration since 2011. Carl joined this office in 2015.
He enjoys hiking and listening to music. He is married and has a child named David who shares his birthday.
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Come be part of an interactive workshop where you can work on your profile and learn the inner workings of LinkedIn with Dr. Brett Boettcher! Refreshments will be served.
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DALLAS, TX--(Marketwired - September 15, 2016) - Thompson & Knight LLP is pleased to announce Charles W. Shewmake has joined the Firm as a Partner in the Trial Practice Group. Prior to joining Thompson & Knight, Mr. Shewmake served for more than eight years as Vice President and General Counsel for BNSF Railway Corporation ("BNSF").
"Charles brings a wealth of legal and transportation industry experience from his nearly 30 years at BNSF," said Greg W. Curry, the Firm's Trial Practice Leader. "While Charles has a breadth of expertise in many areas of law, he will focus his practice at Thompson & Knight on employment and labor law, commercial litigation, regulatory law, and environmental litigation. I have had the pleasure of knowing Charles as a friend and client for many years. Now, I look forward to working with him in his new role."
Mr. Shewmake focuses his practice on labor and employment, regulatory matters, commercial litigation, and environmental litigation. His experience also includes complex shareholder litigation, antitrust litigation, personal injury litigation, and commercial arbitration, as well as emergency response management.
Beginning as an intern at BNSF in 1988, Mr. Shewmake held various positions at the company, including handling and supervising numerous labor and employment matters; overseeing and coordinating BNSF's State Government Affairs team with responsibility for state legislative and political activities in 28 states; environmental litigation; and labor law. In 2008, he was named Vice President and General Counsel with responsibility for casualty litigation, safety related legal matters, labor and employment law, and certain environmental legal matters.
He received an Advanced Management Program degree from Harvard Business School in 2007, a J.D. from Texas Tech University School of Law in 1990, and a B.A. in Business Administration from University of Texas at Arlington in 1987.
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The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office is investigating a shooting that took place in the Mixon Town area on Thursday evening. Officers were called to the scene approximately 6pm. A witness told officials that two kids–an 11-year-old and 14 year-old were shot during what may have been a drive-by shooting. One child was shot once and the other was shot multiple times. Both were taken to UF Health Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Investigators believe two vehicles were involved but have not yet determined it's a drive-by shooting.
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Frickin Monster Blown V8 Chevy Nova by SCH Racing -- 6.953 @ 329! That is one wicked Nova... Seriously twisted fast… Thumbs way way up mate… That car should be called the Silver Bullet…cause that's what it is!
Here we are, in the Land Down Under showing you another exciting drag race preparation! More precisely, at the Sydney`s Dragway for the Pro Street Shootout Grand Final. Sadly, we cannot see this car racing, but the presented is more than enough. From this moment on, we think that the idea we are about to give you will be highly appreciated: turn up the volume folks! Because you are about to hear an extraordinary sound of a roaring engine accompanied by some quality burnouts! This car was trying to go under 7 seconds and made it! Not in the first run, but in the second. Either way, the goal is met.
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Distance from Neopit, WI to Dallas, WI
Driving distance between Neopit, WI and Dallas, WI is 180.37 miles (or 290.27 kilometers). If you drove an average car (using about 3.6 gallons of gas per mile), the gas would cost you around $, since you would need about gallons of fuel.
Leaving from Neopit, WI you would reach Dallas, WI in about 3 hours 31 mins if you keep an average speed of miles per hour, assuming you don't make any breaks or get stuck in traffic.


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Tony York's On Main is one of Kentucky's premier establishments for fine dining! You'll feel fancy when you're seated and enjoying the beautiful atmosphere as well as speaking with the polite and attentive wait staff. Tony York's features an awesome lunch menu with plenty of delicious dishes to enjoy as well as a highly recommended dinner menu with a variety of excellent entrees!


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Instructions to remove ConvertApps
ConvertApps can show itself on your system together with a free application that you downloaded from the web. If you did not notice the tick that should be removed during the process of installation of any useful free program, so ConvertApps or any other unwanted program can be installed into your PC. When it is installed, ConvertApps set your browsers as it needs, namely it changes the start page, default search engine and it will demonstrate you a plenty of deals and offers when you visit some online shops. If you like online shopping, so probably this browser extension will be wanted for you (but you should be careful, because not every internet sale is real), but if not, then it is advised to remove ConvertApps in order to let the chance to the software to collect various private information about you (different your preferences, your search requests, the sites that you visit not so long ago, etc.). Removing this add-on from your browser you will keep safe your security and privacy. Use the elimination techniques from this guide.
- Uninstall automatically:
- Use ConvertApps removal tool
- Uninstall manually from:
- Chrome
- Firefox
- Internet explorer
- Opera
- Safari
How to Remove ConvertApps easily
You can delete ConvertApps on your own, if you are a skilled computer user. Yet, it's is essential to remember that when you uninstall adware on your own, you take all the responsibility for the possible results. This basically means that the protection of the laptop or computer is in your hands.
In case you are certain that you have enough abilities to do that, start with removal of advertisements programs with manual methods. If you are not certain that you can perform this particular task, it is suggested to install an effective adware removal application that help to get rid of harmful folders efficiently and quickly. Spyhunter is one of these removal programs.
- It removes ConvertApps absolutely.
- It will protect your computer against similar ads in the future.
- It provides professional real-time protection from trojans, rootkits, keyloggers and other malware.
One of most efficient applications for ConvertApps removal – is Spyhunter 4. The application deletes ConvertApps toolbar with all its components. There's no need to notice that laptop or computer defence must be very important for the computer user, mainly because you can find many cyber criminals on the web. Never ignore safety measures, since they allow to avoid lots of malware.
It is beneficial to use Spyhunter if the computer is full of adware or other harmful applications or possibly if you dream to defend it against potential risks. Spyhunter is helpful if you're thinking of removal of any type of unwanted or harmful software programs.
You can get rid of ConvertApps together with its parts in a quick manner with Spyhunter. You will definitely appreciate a real-time scanning option that allows to detect all dangers and to eliminate every element that can harm the OS.
At first glance it may seem that ConvertApps, as well as other adware, is a helpful application because it displays advantageous coupon codes as well as various deals. But, it is not really so, for the reason that adware penetrates into the web browser without your approval and it generates pop-ups no matter whether you need all of them or not. Besides, any time you click on these ads you actually risk to be redirected to malicious website.
Adware is usually appeared on the personal computer along with other software downloaded from the internet. Many free applications are bundled with adware, therefore you'll be able to get ConvertApps whenever you download free software. To avert the attack of viral software into your laptop or computer, downloading no cost media files, take note of the installation process. It is better to select the advanced or custom installation that will help you to notice and also eliminate unwanted software.
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In case your personal computer is infected with ConvertApps or any other adware or malicious software, you've got a couple of removal ways to solve this specific issue. The first thing you are be able to eliminate adware with manual instructions. This method is incredibly helpful, but it would work mainly for skilled users, because in case you will damage the registry you can have many extra troubles. You can try to get rid of adware by using any type of free software, however, you should understand that not all of the no cost adware removal applications are reliable. Another alternative is to take your computer to the repair centre. It's one of the most efficient methods to get rid of adware and viruses, yet it is pretty expensive. Nowadays plenty of users opt for using paid antivirus programs. If you select this solution, you pay once and get a reliable security.
Common Symptoms of ConvertApps
It is really frustratingto have adware, mainly because it'll annoy you each time you will open the browser. Here are the main signs of ConvertApps:
- It adds toolbars that noticeably slow down the internet performance.
- ConvertApps sets its start page and thus redirects you to unrelated websites or perhaps to its own website.
- Adware infects your laptop or computer with harmful files and registry keys.
- It changes default search engine and it will show not related search results.
- ConvertApps attracts various threats, such as trojans and harm windows registry keys.
- It can grab user's personal information and then send this information to cyber criminals.
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Adware program is one of the most quickly distributing viruses, because it is integrated in the most common software programs. It might be easy to remove adware from your browser, for the reason that all it's elements are in a single folder, thus in order to get rid of adware it is needed to delete this folder.
Ways to protect your PC From ConvertApps
In case you do not want to have the mentioned above problems, you need to know ways to protect your laptop or computer from the intrusion of ConvertApps.
- As this adware could be installed together with diverse no cost programs, so don't download freeware from the websites that seem doubtful.
- Do not surf unknown websites.
- Set custom installation of software and delete every tick in the checkbox that seems to be suspicious.
- Set up a reliable anti-virus software.
- Scan the computer for computer threats regularly.
When eliminating ConvertApps by hand, you actually get rid of not simply the extension, but also all of the advertising elements contained in it. After cleaning up all of the folders you'll be able to start cleaning your browser. Just before eliminating ConvertApps pop-ups it is necessary to totally reset the web browser. In order to make certain you have eliminated ConvertApps along with other threats, simply check the pc using a trusted antispyware utility.
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Step 2. Remove ConvertApps from browsers
Choose the appropriate method and perform it's steps in order to remove ConvertApps from browsers.
Remove ConvertApps from Google Chrome
- Open C:\Users\"your username"\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\User Data folder
- Find Default file and rename it to DefaultBackup
- Close and Open Google Chrome
Delete ConvertApps from Firefox
- Help -> Troubleshooting Information
- Reset Firefox button
- Finish
Eliminate ConvertApps from Internet Explorer
- Run "inetcpl.cpl" command
- Advanced -> Reset Internet Explorer settings -> Reset
- Select Delete personal settings -> Close
Get rid of ConvertApps in Opera
- Open C:\Users\user_name\AppData\Roaming\Opera\Opera\
- Delete the Operapref. Ini file
- Close and open Opera
Remove ConvertApps from Safari
- Safari menu -> Reset Safari
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In yesterday's article, I made metion of the Muslim Brotherhood controlled White House and was met with some stiff opposition in responsde to this comment. At first, I was baffled. I asked myself, "Haven't these naysayers read my well-documented articles about Obama's allegiances? Then I realized that I have had over 1.1 million NEW visitors to my website in the last 90 days. In the past 30 days, 536,000 people have visited The Common Sense Show website for the first time. Subsequently, it dawned upon me that we in the Independent Media have a once-in-a-lifetime activity to educate a new generation of newly awakened and frightened Americans. And what are they frightened about? America is becoming petrified of the implications of Jade Helm. Subsequently, in this article, I am going to review the abject treason presently occuring in White House. It is a treason that make Benedict Arnold look like a Patriot! In swer to the challenges to prove what I wrote about Obama and the MB, the following is offered as proof .
A Compromised White House
Many Muslim groups and individuals have spoken out against the actions of ISIS. These groups are to be congratulated for being on the right side of history. Personally, I do not care if President Obama is a Martian or a Muslim so long as he protects and defends the Constitutional of the United States from all enemies, both foreign and domestic. However, the problem in America today is that Obama is a foreign enemy masquerading as a domestic public servant.
Hillary Clinton, the Ethel Rosenberg of her generation. Clinton sold uranium to the Russians while serving as the Secretary of State.
Yesterday, a former key member of the Obama administration and current Presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, has proven herself to be the Ethel Rosenberg of her generation. You may recall your U.S. history as Ethel Rosenberg sold nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War. In an act every bit as egregious as Ethel Rosenberg's treason, Hillary Clinton sold uranium to the Russians while serving as the Secretary of State. Ironcially, the original source on this treasonous act commmitted by Clinton was none other than the liberal rag we call the New York Times.
One has to remember that Clinton, committing the treasonous act of selling uranium to the Russians while Secretary of State, was working for President Obama. Clinton did not likely initiate this treason on her own volition. Therefore, her actions implicate the President.
Present Obama is also proving to be the Julius Rosenberg of his generation. Julius Rosenberg was also convicted, along with his wife of selling nuclear secrets to the Russians. This President has subverted the Executive Branch of the government by hiring key officials with strong and unmistakable ties to the terrorist organization, known as the Muslim Brotherhood (MB). The MB provides material support for ISIS. Treason abounds in the White House and for those that are not familiar with this treason which is destroying this country, here are facts.
A Stern Warning from the Highest Levels of the American Military
One year ago, retired U.S. Air Force Gen. Tom McInerney, the former assistant vice chief of staff as well as the commander in chief of U.S. Air Forces Europe, shocked the media when he announced, on a radio program, the presence of the Muslim Brotherhood inside the U.S. government. The event received scant attention from the mainstream media (MSM).
McInerney's assertions are echoed in the bestselling book jointly authored by Aaron Klein and Brenda Elliott, entitled Impeachable Offenses, which exposes how Obama has weakened America both domestically and abroad by emboldening America's enemies by tacitly supporting a Muslim Brotherhood revolution, spurning our allies, and minimizing the very real threat of Islamic fundamentalism which now exists in key positions within the Federal government.
McInerney's allegations are indeed backed up by irrefutable proof as it is now crystal clear that President Barack Obama has placed individuals who represent, or who are a part of, the Muslim Brotherhood, into high security positions inside the Federal government.
We in America have spent hundreds of billions of dollars in the name of fighting terrorism and have tragically forsaken our civil liberties in the pursuit of this fight. It is therefore, unconscionable, that we would allow the enemies of freedom-loving people to serve in highly sensitive positions within the Federal government. Here is a small sample size of the degree of penetration that the Muslim Brotherhood has achieved inside of the Obama administration.
The Deputy Chief of Staff to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Huma Abedin
The embarrassed and disgraced wife of deposed Congressman, Anthony Weiner, Huma Abedin, has undeniable family ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. In an interview with FrontPageMag, anti-Islamist activist and author Walid Shoebat explained that Huma's mother, Saleha Abedin, is and was deeply involved with the Muslim Brotherhood and that Huma's brother, Hassan, is on the board of the Oxford Centre For Islamic Studies (OCIS) where he is a fellow and partners with other board members including "Al-Qaeda associate, Omar Naseef and the notorious Muslim Brotherhood leader Sheikh Youssef Qaradawi; both have been listed as OCIS Trustees." Has the FBI stopped vetting Federal governmental employees in highly sensitive positions?
Department of Homeland Security Deputy Mayor, Arif Alikhan
In the publication, Discover the Networks, the editors discuss the background as it relates to highly sensitive federal agency employment (e.g. DHS) and the Muslim terrorist affiliations ofArif Alikhan. Alikhan's resume is very impressive.
Obama Administration Advisory Council on Faith-Based Neighborhood Partnerships, Eboo Patel
If you were on the FBI team vetting Presidential appointees, would you grant your seal of approval to the grandson of the Muslim Brotherhood's founder, Siraj Wahhaj, who was named as a co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and who has defended the convicted WTC bombers. Well, somebody thought Eboo Patel, the man in question would make a splendid member of Obama's Advisory Council on Faith-Based Neighborhood Partnerships.
Additionally, Patel, himself, spoke at a Muslim Students Association and ISNA Convention, while appearing on a panel, and also being partnered with Tariq Ramadan.
Ramadan is the grandson of Siraj Wahhaj, who was named as a possible co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and has defended the convicted WTC bombers. Wahhaj allegedly advocates for the Islamic takeover of America under the banner of Sharia Law.
Patel also has strong ties with former leaders of the terrorist organization, The Weathermen Underground, Bill Ayersand Bernardine Dohrn. Dohrn, the wife of Ayers, was convicted for her role in what resulted in the death of two law enforcement officers in an attempt to rob an armored car while a member of the Weathermen. According to the late FBI informant, Larry Grathwohl, Ayers and Dorne launched the political career of President Obama from their home in Chicago. Bill Ayers, an undeniable terrorist, an associate of Patel, still visits the White House.
Homeland Security Advisor, Mohamed Elibiary
|The presence of Mohamed Elibiary inside of DHS as a special advisor is extremely troubling. Again,Discover the Network has provided the background of Elibiary:
For those who may have forgotten their history, the Ayatollah Khomeini gave the American people some of its darkest days as Khomeini orchestrated a coup in overthrowing the Iranian government which resulted in the seizure of the American embassy in Tehran, resulting in the imprisonment of embassy personnel for well over a year. And this DHS advisor supports Khomeini and he is being allowed to hold a sensitive Federal government position?
Malick Obama, the Head of the Muslim Brotherhood Finance and Arms Procurement
Malick Obama is the half brother of the President. Malick is a terrorist and is in charge of finances and arms procurement for the Muslim Brotherhood. During his tenure in office, President Obama has been strangely silent on the terrorist membership of his half brother.
The oversight of the Muslim Brotherhood's international investments is one reason for the Obama administration's support of the Muslim Brotherhood, according to an Egyptian report citing the vice president of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt, Tehani al-Gebali. We know now from investigative facts supplied by researcher Walid Shoebat, a former Palestinian Liberation Organization operative, in which it was established that Shoebat and al-Gebali was led "to inform the American people that their President's brother Obama is one of the architects of the major investments of the Muslim Brotherhood."
Shoebat reported in May of 2014 that Malik Obama is the executive secretary of the Islamic Da'wa Organization, or IDO, a group created by the Sudanese government, which is labeled as a terrorist state by the U.S. State Department.
The establishment of President Obama's half brother as someone who has distinct terrorist ties was established in the Arab Spring back in 2011. The notion went unchallenged but largely unreported in the MSM.
The President Is Tied to His Brother
Obama has given his direct blessing to some of his top supporters (e.g. Marty Nesbitt, a long-time aid and chief consultant to Obama's re-election campaign) and they are launching a foundation that will develop and build a Presidential library. The foundation tied to this endeavor is headed by Malik Obama according to documents uncovered by Freedom Outpost.
By default, the MB is in charge of Jade Helm. Is there anything more frightening?
There is much more to come on the subject of Jade Helm, the Muslim Brotherhood and Hillary Clinton.
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Yeah buckle up. Don't forget that The Pope will be in the USA 22-24 Sep 2015. Perfect time for the US gov to bump him off, blame I$I$ in the US, arrest/round up all Patriots, and call in NATO forces into our nation…? 24 Sep is also a Blood Moon…
Also, people need to start to flood local news blogs like topix, facebook, twiter, and if they can, protect and hold up signs to military base enterances like infowars.com… The military needs to be shown what they are doing because they do not know what we all know…
Non-Muslims Carried Out More than 90% of All Terrorist Attacks on U.S. Soil


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These are really true! From the Milpitas Post's Police Blotter.
April 9, 1998
No Second Chances For Alleged Shoe Thief
After allegedly stealing a pair of shoes from Mervyn's Department Store, a suspected thief wore them when he made a return visit to the store March 30 at 8:30 p.m.
According to police, the suspect was not happy with the stolen shoes and exchanged them for a more comfortable pair. Security then stopped the man as he tried to walk out of the store without paying for the shoes.
Police arrested Mark Allen Cameron, 36, of Milpitas on suspicion of theft.
[I guess the suspect heard that Mervyn's allegedly was really nice about making exchanges with no questions asked!]
Man Arrested for Distributing Nude Photo
A woman called police after she found a nude photograph of herself on her car. According to police reports, the woman said that her estranged husband had placed it there and was threatening to distribute the photos.
Police contacted the woman's ex-husband and discovered he possessed the nude photos.
Police arrested the 30-year-old man on March 30 at 11 p.m. on the 200 block of Fanyon Drive on suspicion of distributing obscene material. The suspect's name has been withheld to protect the identity of the victim.
[I never much like the photographs my husband takes of me either.]


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Hey, guys!! After a vacation, I had come back with a couple of delicious and divine recipes for our dog babe!
In the vacation, we were enjoying the entire beautiful scenario with a healthy natural snack with my Sasha! Banana, cantaloupe, lettuce, green beans and much more! Just as a snack!
I tasted a divine treat in a dine. I wanted to make that divine treat for my family members including my Sasha!
I would like to try new recipes on weekends. Every woman would agree the fact that we would like to try the tasty recipes in our home, even though if we are a bad cook.
The cooking will give a smile to every woman's face. Whether the treat is good or bad, it's a problem of those who taste it!
I swear that you would also give this recipe a try on your home. But, is the recipe dog-friendly?
This is the Big question mark in front of every dog parent. But, sure, you would find the answer by the end of this post!!
You're wondering about the divine treat which I ate. Yaa!! It's the tasty, delicious Tofu Manchurian!
Let's get into the post! We will find answers!!
Can Dogs Eat Tofu? Is it Safe for dogs to eat Tofu?
We all depend on spider results of the Google, Yahoo, Bing & internet than searching for our family vet's phone number. We can't keep on disturbing our vet for these diet plans.
However, now our chaos is to serve tofu for our dog babe or not? Before, getting an answer, you must know what's tofu!
Tofu is the food similar to paneer; the only difference is that tofu is made of soy milk. Tofu is also known as bean curd.
The busy, buzzy dog parents, who are starving for answers are now going to get a short answer!
Tofu Answer:
The answer is as coagulative as Tofu! Not Recommended for dog babe!
Let's coalesce this coagulative answer!
Why can't dogs eat Tofu? A Scientific analysis!
Tofu is indirectly a lactose product. The only difference is tofu is made of soy milk. Soy is already a dispute for human beings diet. Why do you need to give this chaotic food to dog babe?
While concerning with dog babe, it's not recommended to serve lactose rich products. Moreover, soy comes out of many pesticide sprays on cultivation. Chemicals inside the food are bad for human as well as our companion.
Soy milk has plenty of proteins. But, these are the proteins which will not benefit our dog babe in any way.
For your information:
Our dog babe may be a babe in our home in recent decades, but their evolutionary story reveals the fact that they are carnivores. As like human beings, our dog babe is also developed to live a lifestyle.
Human beings have developed, but still, we are holding back on vegetarian diets due to our physical comfort. Similarly, dogs are developed but not in their genetic form.
On continuous addition of tofu in your dog babe leads to bloat, gas and other digestive issues which may be a threat to your lovable dog's life!
Hence, in short, to help your dog babe stay healthy and fit, you must rely on meat-based quality dog foods than tofu.
Can Dogs Eat Tofu Products? Raw, cooked, fried or grilled?
Tofu is a not recommended diet plan for dog babe. But, still, pet parents like us can't ignore the pity look of our dog babe while eating some delicious treats.
On these circumstances, we tend to offer some pieces to our dog babe. When you make some tofu treats in your home, you can, of course, share one or two with your dog babe.
I warn:
Don't make it a practice to prepare tofu treats for your dog babe!
You must never include tofu diet for your dog babe as practice. Also, as a friend, I advise you not to take too much of tofu diet for yourself.
As I said, Tofu is made of soy milk which is high in calories, fat. It's fiber-rich, but it's rich in pesticides also.
If you wish to share some tofu with your dog babe, it's better to serve cooked, fried or grilled tofu than a raw one.
Raw Tofu may contain pesticides!!
It's your own risk to serve raw tofu to your dog babe. I will never recommend!
It's better to cook or at least steam whatever foods you serve your dog babe. In particular, whenever, you serve human foods to dog babe, steam or cook them.
Now, you may raise the question that may I serve tofu twice or thrice in a week.
Here we go!
How often can dogs eat Tofu? Give Thanks!
Not, only for dog babe, even for human beings Tofu should be designated as Thanksgiving a treat.
The ingredients and nutritional chart of Tofu may seem like healthy. But, this healthy nutritional chart will be taken from one piece of raw meat for your dog babe.
We human beings may feel the tastiness, divineness of treats, but for dog babe, everything is same as their dog food.
You may think that it would be boring for your dog babe if you serve meat and dog food all day long. But, the truth is they are comfortable with what they eat.
Try this:
If you wish to serve some tasty and rotational treat during training or snack sessions, rely on healthy fruits and veggies.
Don't ever go for Tofu and make it a practice treat for your dog babe.
If your dog babe eats too much of Tofu without your notice what happens?
Let's know!
What Happens when dogs eat Tofu? Call for Vet!
It depends on the quantity of tofu your dog babe eats. If you share only one or two slices of cooked tofu, it's not going to be a big deal with dog babe digestive system.
Your dog babe has a complex digestive system and hence too much of complex food like lactose, green veggies will not work for them.
If your dog eats an ample amount of tofu, it may start with gas, bloat, loose stool and much more digestive issues.
Whenever, you try giving some new treats to your dog babe, serve in very fewer amounts and observe the changes.
Some dogs may be allergic to soy products and hence the tofu products too!!
If your dog babe eats too much of tofu, then immediately call your vet for medical advice.
You may find a dog food with soy as one of the ingredients, but they are just fillers. Hence don't argue that soy is even included in dog food, why not for my dog babe.
If you want to serve fillers for your dog babe, go with healthy fillers like steamed sweet potatoes.
Look before you leap!
This goes well for dog diets!!
Sure, I have given you the answer to the query, "Can my dogs eat tofu?"
Let me summarise!
Conclusion on dogs and tofus:
Dogs can eat tofu's, but it's not recommended. Tofu is made of soy milk, and it would make your dog's digestive system more complex.
Rely on meat based dog food to ensure your dog babe meets their nutritional needs.
Even, if you desperately share tofu with your dog babe, serve only one or two pieces as Thanksgiving treat. Never make it a practice treat!
Toss a Tofu for your dog babe!


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Fossil Creek Trail is a 5 mile lightly trafficked out and back trail located near Fort Collins, Colorado that features beautiful wild flowers. The trail is good for all skill levels offers a number of activity options. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.
dogs on leash
kid friendly
nature trips
trail running
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Paved trail.
Nice view of the foothills.
Snake signs throughout the trail.
We hiked in the middle of May. Everything was nice and green, with an array of wild flowers. Lots of people walking, biking, and jogging with/without dogs.
Very nice trail with lots to see. A few sitting areas in case you need to rest. The only complaint is it lacks trash and recycle cans along the trail to dispose of pet waste and plastic bottles.
I use this trail after a rain or snow when I don't want to damage unpaved trails. Considering the location, it's actually pretty quiet. I'm glad the area is protected!
Extremely easy considering it's paved. It's a nice easy walk with a good view. Watch out for rattle snakes!
It's a nice, easy walking trail especially nice in the early summer when the flowers are out. I've seen rattlesnakes, prairies dogs, coyotes and a variety of raptors and other birds.