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DAHLONEGA, Ga. – The King University men's soccer team got off to a good start at the University of North Georgia, scoring first on Monday night. However, the Nighthawks netted a pair of second half goals to take the nonconference affair 2-1.
The Tornado (1-9-1) opened the match with a flurry of opportunities as Eli Carrasco ripped a shot that was saved in the fourth minute that was followed by a corner kick. The corner led to a header from Peter Griffith that went just wide. In the fifth minute, Joshua Feener placed another shot on goal that was saved by Kris Alonzo, the Nighthawks keeper.
North Georgia (3-10) then brought play to the other end of the field as the took shots in each the ninth and 10th minutes, but both were saved by King goalkeeper Kari Sveinsson.
Carrasco put another shot on goal in the 18th minute before Thomas Dube broke through 36 seconds later with his second goal of the season. Dube took a pass from Eric Wilkening 30 yards out and ripped his shot into the back of the net to put King ahead.
The teams then traded scoring opportunities throughout the rest of the first half, but neither was able to score, leaving the halftime score 1-0.
It didn't take long for the Nighthawks to even the score in the second half as Eddie Hurst took a shot that went off the post in the 46th minute. He then collected the rebound and put the ball into the open net to even the match at 1-1.
North Georgia continued to pressure King as they took shot after shot over the next 25 minutes. However, only three of their 11 shots were on net, and all were turned away by Sveinsson.
The Tornado followed with a couple scoring chances in the 73rd minute as Dube sent a shot high and Luis Alonso had a shot saved to keep the game tied. Carrasco took another shot in the 83rd minute, but it was also saved by Alonzo before the Nighthawks continued their pressure.
Irving Salgado ripped a shot in the 86th minute that was saved before North Georgia broke through in the 88th minute. Daniel Bowlt had a free kick from 21 yards out, and laced his shot into the upper right 90 to give North Georgia a 2-1 lead.
King couldn't even the score to force overtime in the final two minutes as they fell to the Nighthawks 2-1.
The Nighthawks outshot King 23-17, including 17-7 in the second half while the Tornado had seven corner kicks to North Georgia's two.
"We played a great first half and could have been up by more than one," said head coach John Miglarese. "However, conceding a goal so early in the second half allows them to get back in the game. Heartbreaker...as we were the better team in spells of the game. It took a brilliant free kick to beat us. All the credit goes to the North Georgia coaching staff for getting their team regrouped at halftime. "
King has a quick turnaround as they host Union College (Ky.) on Wednesday at Parks Field. Kickoff is scheduled for 3:00 p.m.


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Research and education in the Materials Science and Engineering Department involves the study of advanced materials — including metals and their composites, polymers, silicon and biomaterials — and their potential use in various applications.
The program leading to the MS in Materials Science and Engineering degree provides intensive preparation for professional practice in modern materials science by those engineers who wish to continue their education.
School: Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science
Program: Materials Science and Engineering
Catalog page: MS
GPA: Minimum of 3.5 in undergraduate-level course work on a 4.0 scale
Test score required: Yes
Minimum GRE revised scores of 154, 154, and 4 for the verbal, quantitative, and analytical writing components, respectively, are advisable.
Letters of recommendation: Required
Applicants must submit three letters of recommendation from individuals who can judge the candidate's probability of success in graduate school. Use the electronic request form in the graduate application to submit the letters. Contact the graduate academic program department if you have any questions.
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Or refer to MSE's frequently asked questions.
Graduates of the program seek positions such as: Materials Engineer/Scientist, Process Engineer, Research Engineer and Manufacturing Engineer.
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Google's Latest Music Blog Kerfuffle Highlights Problems With The DMCA
from the time-for-a-fix dept
Either way, unfortunately, it looks like the new policy isn't working. Today, the stories started popping up again, claiming that music blogs were being deleted, leading to something of a Twitter frenzy. Certainly, it appears that some blogs had their content removed despite having permission from the record labels to post the content. But it also appears that some of the frenzy involves people finding the news stories from a year ago and not realizing we're in 2010 now. For example, this blog post at Nashville Scene points to a year old story as if it's new.
And, in fact, from what's being talked about from the blogs that did have their content removed, it sounds like the newer system (unlike the old system) did alert them to what was happening, but they just felt hopeless to respond. Google has put up a response, basically saying that if it doesn't receive a counternotice, and it keeps getting DMCA takedowns on the same account, eventually it takes the blog down as a "repeat offender." So we're back to the point that I predicted in August, where your average everyday blogger has no idea what a DMCA counternotice is and how to use it -- so it would be much better if Google made the process of filing such a counternotice a lot more intuitive.
In the end, though, there are two real issues here. First, is the ridiculous "left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing" aspect of record label lawyers sending out DMCA takedowns for content that its marketing department sent to the blogs on purpose. But second, and much more important, is the ridiculousness of the DMCA's notice-and-takedown provisions in its safe harbors. It's a "guilty until you're innocent" type of measure. It effectively forces Google into a position where it needs to take down the content, until a blogger goes through the confusing process of filing a counternotice. It makes no sense, at all, why we don't improve the process to allow for a notice-and-notice system, whereby the blogger is allowed to respond to the copyright holder before any content is removed. That seems like common sense. On top of that, while the DMCA is a little vague on this topic, it does in some ways suggest that service providers must do more to prevent repeat offenders -- which is part of the reason why Google most likely shuts down those "repeat offenders." Again, it seems like Google should be a lot more communicative with blogs it's about to shut down, and a lot clearer in explaining the issues (and the best way to respond). The current notices leave a lot to be desired.
But, the real issue is how much pressure the DMCA puts on Google to act in this manner, and with things like ACTA being negotiated in secret with the aim of locking in the more draconian rules of such safe harbors, it will become increasingly difficult to fix that faulty aspect of the DMCA takedown process.


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I have noticed that there were times when the Ancient writers would use prepositions after verbs. But what I find to be interesting is that often times this was a repetition.
For example:
αποχωρειτε απ εμου
αποστητε απ εμου
Does this practice offer special significance to the writing and if so what would that significance be?
Thanks in advance


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| WMU News
KALAMAZOO—A suspect was taken into custody two and a half hours after a pair of assaults was reported on the Western Michigan University campus.
The assaults occurred within a 10-minute period around 7 a.m. The first occurred near the West Michigan Ave. pedestrian tunnel; the second occurred in the vicinity of Sangren Hall. Two male victims contacted WMU Public Safety describing the suspect. Property was stolen and one victim was slightly injured and treated at the scene.
The suspect left the scene of the second assault heading west. The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety then took a call reporting someone matching the suspect's description had tried to gain access to a Western View student residence on the west end of campus. At 9:20 a.m., the suspect was taken into custody at Western View by the WMU Department of Public Safety.
Property stolen during the assaults was recovered.


text: I use an Ext.TitleBar on the bottom as my navigation. In a browser, it's fast enough. But on an iOS or Androïd device, it gets very slow. I didn't package it as "native" yet, but will it be enough to get it faster ? I mean, it takes like 2 seconds to switch view.


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Dorothy Janus, 84 - November 25, 2009
Dorothy Janus, 84, of Eustis died Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009, at Plum Creek Care Center in Lexington.
Services were held on Monday, Nov. 23, at the United Methodist Church in Eustis with the Rev. Tess Hufford officiating. Burial took place at the East Cemetery at Eustis.
Janus was born May 27, 1925, in Frontier County to Phillip and Elnora (Perkins) Johnson. She graduated from Curtis High School in 1943 and taught country school for two years in the Farnam and Orafino area.
On March 6, 1946, she was united in marriage to Kenneth "Butch" Janus. The couple resided at Eustis where they lived their entire married life. To this union, five children were born.
She worked several years helping her husband build a family custom harvesting business, Janus Transfer. The family spent many years together following the harvest through Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. She would cook for the hired crew as well as drive the grain trucks.
Janus was a member of the United Methodist Church, active in the church choir, the United Methodist Women and she served on various church boards and committees. She was an instrumental part of a team of citizens who established and developed the Eustis Senior Center as well as an employee of the center for several years. Eustis Craft Fair, Wurst Tag, and the Bloodmobile, among others, were a few of the community activities where she enjoyed volunteering. She was also an active member of the Eustis American Legion Auxiliary.
Her hobbies included gardening and canning the produce to share with family and friends. She also enjoyed music and polka dancing, singing in the church choir and joining her daughters in voice at various church-related activities, according to family members. One of her greatest joys was to have all her grandchildren close and to be able to watch them grow and attend their activities.
Janus was preceded in death by: her husband in 1982, Kenneth "Butch" Janus; an infant son, Darrell; a daughter, Rhonda; her parents, Phillip and Enora Johnson; brothers—Clarence and Raymond Johnson; her mother and father-in-law, Eugene and Sophie Janus; sisters-in-law—Doris West, Ruth Ann Janus and Carole Johnson; brothers-in-law—Jim West and John Gilbert.
Survivors include: her daughters—Sharolyn (Jim) Schmeeckle and Tammy (Doug) Cochrane, and son, Tony (Deb) Janus, all of Eustis; seven grandchildren—Jason (Debbie) Schmeeckle of Lincoln, Casey (Jill) Schmeeckle of Omaha, Andy (Josi) Cochrane of Eustis, Chris Cochrane and Lisa Cochrane of Kearney, Torrey (Cody) Gerdes of Lincoln, and Zachary Janus of Odessa, TX; four great-grandsons and one great-granddaughter; a brother, Gene Johnson of Gothenburg, sisters-in-law—Gertrude Gilbert of Bowling Green, OH, Ruth Johnson of Ogallala, and Beverly Johnson of Cozad; numerous nieces and nephews.
A memorial has been established. Condolences may be shared with the family at www.berrymanfuneralhome.com.
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I am a keen new developer who has had 3 years' experience in front end development and graphic design. I love working with clients and making their ideas happen. I am a team person who can work well with others, but also do well when working on my own.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A campus police officer at the University of South Alabama on Saturday shot and killed a naked freshman who repeatedly chased, threatened and rushed him, a university spokesman said.
Gilbert Thomas Collar, 18, died from a single bullet wound to the chest, spokesman Keith Ayres said.
Collar was ordered several times to halt and continued to challenge the officer even after being shot, Ayres said. He died at the scene.
The incident began shortly before 1:30 a.m. when the officer heard loud banging on the window of the campus police station. He drew his gun after finding the student in a fighting stance, according to Ayres.
The officer tried to calm Collar and retreated several times before shooting him, he said.
The spokesman declined to speculate on whether Collar was under the influence of alcohol or drugs. An autopsy is likely, he said.
The officer has been placed on paid administrative leave, Ayres added.
The University of South Alabama is in Mobile and serves 15,000 students.
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2013 Volkswagen CC Values
Select a 2013 Volkswagen CC trim level
2013 model year changes
The VW CC has been given a pretty serious update for the 2013 model year, including dropping the "Passat" part of its name. The front and rear of the CC have been restyled, giving the "4-door coupe" a more muscular appearance. The interior has also been reworked to allow seating for five people and bi-xenon headlights are now standard across all model ranges. Those model ranges are now even more extensive with a couple of new options and updates, including the VR6 Lux model that pairs front wheel drive with VW's excellent narrow angle V6 engine.
Competitive comparison
Stylish; sporty; upscale with available all-wheel-drive
Special features for 2013
With a starting price at just over $30,000, the Volkswagen CC is a unique vehicle, virtually alone in its segment. Volkswagen saw the success of large "4 door coupes" from Mercedes and BMW and thought there might be a market for a similar vehicle at a much lower price point. The CC seats five in relative comfort and quiet with a touch of sporting flair. The exterior design makes the car's 4 doors appear to be only two-- a bodystyle unavailable on anything else costing this side of $60,000.
The 2013 Volkswagen CC is a four door sedan available with two different engines: a standard 2.0-liter direct injected turbocharged 4-cylinder engine (200 hp/207 lb.-ft of torque) and an optional 3.6-liter direct injected V6 engine (280 hp). Transmission options consist of a 6-speed manual and 6-speed automatic transmission with Tiptronic® and Sport mode. All trim levels are equipped with FWD enabling fuel mileage to fall within an EPA estimated range of 18 mpg city to 31 mpg highway, depending on engine selection. Features include bi-xenon HID headlights, 18-inch alloy wheels, heated windshield wiper nozzles, dual-zone climate control, touch screen premium sound system, hands-free phone capabilities, heated front seats, and leather seats. Safety is comprised of anti-lock braking system (ABS), Electronic Stability Control (ESC), Anti-Slip Regulation (ASR), Electronic Brake-pressure Distribution (EBD), Electronic Differential Lock (EDL), Hydraulic Brake Assist (HBA), and advanced airbags. The CC is backed by a 3-year/36,000-mile warranty.


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Time to declare our independence from Wall Street.
Health Care That Is Just Too Good
What opponents of the "public option" are saying now.
Why Businesses and Economists Are Backing the Health Care "Public Option"
Economists and small business leaders are stepping up their support for an option they say could save the economy.
The New Economy Won't Be Like the Last One
The new economy is built on new forms of money, and on democratic finance and business.
Why This Crisis May Be Our Best Chance to Build a New Economy
Wall Street is bankrupt. Instead of trying to save it, we can build a new economy that puts money and business in the service of people and the planet—not the other way around.
Doctors Just Want to Be Doctors
Why most physicians want real health care reform.
The Planet is Saved ... Pass it On
YES! men strike again.
Security in Pakistan: Let's Try Generosity
Two million refugees have fled the violence in the Swat region of Pakistan, the largest movement of people since the genocide in Rwanda.
Tribute to Thomas Berry
Thomas Berry, priest, scholar of Asian and indigenous spiritual traditions, and cultural historian died June 1, 2009 in his hometown of Greensboro, North Carolina.
A Plea to President Obama: Don't Bankrupt America
We need you to stand up to the Wall Street insiders in your own administration who might understand what boosts the profits of banks, but not what helps our economy.
On the 6th Anniversary of the Invasion of Iraq: A New Direction?
How should the U.S. relate to the rest of the world? Will we try to hold on to our place as the world's sole superpower -- and if so, can we?
Too Big to Fail is Too Big
Major responsibility for the financial collapse rests with the deregulation process that allowed for the consolidation of banking power in the hands of Wall Street. Reversing that process should be an immediate priority.
A Shout Out to Climate Activists
Thank-you to all of you taking action.
The Speech President Obama Should Deliver. . . But Won't
Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth outlines an agenda to bring into being a new economy—locally based, community oriented, and devoted to creating a better life for all, not simply increasing profits.
Don't Fix Wall Street, Replace It
Trying to solve this crisis with the same tools that created it is the definition of insanity.
Whose Bailout? Put Main Street Before Wall Street
Main Street is the world of local businesses and working people engaged in producing and exchanging real goods and services—a world of real wealth. Wall Street as it now exists is a world of pure money in which the sole game is to use money to make money for people who have money.
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The good news: The changes we must make to avoid ultimate collapse are identical to the changes we must make to create the world of our common dream.
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We humans have arrived at a defining moment. We must bring ourselves into balance with one another and Earth or suffer the consequences of social and environmental collapse. It creates a unique opportunity for bold action to end war as an instrument of foreign policy, dismantle the military establishment, and create a world that works for all.
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September 28. 2013 11:18PM
John DiStaso's Granite Status: Scott Brown selling Mass home, raising more speculation he may run for NH's US Senate seat
Hey, Scott Brown Stop flirting with NH
MONDAY, SEPT. 30: WILL BROWN MOVE TO NH? Former Massachusetts U.S. Sen. Scott Brown's decision to sell his Wrenthem, Mass. home has again raised speculation that he might move out of the Bay State to his vacation home in Rye, New Hampshire.
And that, in turn, has again fueled speculation that he may run for the U.S. Senate in the Granite State against Democratic U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen.
Brown's plans are sure to be Topic A tonight when he appears at a fund-raiser for the Hampstead Republican Committee at the Granite Rose.
Brown has so far said only that the decision by him and his wife decision to put their 3,000-square-foot home on the market for $559,000 is personal. Brown works for the Nixon Peabody law firm in Boston and it is actually a shorter drive there from Rye than from Wrenthem.
Yet, making his seventh appearance for a Granite State Republican event in six months, Brown has done nothing to squelch the idea that he is considering running against Shaheen.
Shaheen has written several emails in recent months asking supporters for donations focusing on Brown's potential plans.
Last Friday morning, she wrote that his Hampstead appearance is his "latest hint at running against me."
That email was picked up by the chief of staff for Massachusetts U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Warren, of course, defeated Brown in the 2012 election.
The Warren chief of staff, Mindy Myers, last Friday afternoon forwarded Shaheen's email out to Warren's political email list.
Myers topped email with her own message, saying, "Believe it or not, our old friend Scott Brown is considering a move north to New Hampshire to run against Senator Shaheen in 2014.
"With your help, we beat Scott Brown and elected Elizabeth Warren in Massachusetts. Let's show Scott Brown: If he decides to run against Jeanne Shaheen, we'll be there once again to stop him.
"Please make a donation to Senator Jeanne Shaheen's campaign before her September fundraising deadline," Myers wrote. The quarterly deadline is midnight tonight.
Today, the Massachusetts Republican Party filed a complaint with the Senate Ethics Committee on the Myers email.
The MassGOP noted that the Myers email went out at 1:35 p.m. on Friday, when the Senate was in session. The party said "there is reason to believe" Myers issued the partisan email while working in her capacity as chief of staff and did so "on government property using taxpayer resources."
In New Hampshire, state Republican Chair Jennifer Horn tried to blame Shaheen for the Myers email.
"At a time when our government is on the verge of a shutdown, it is disgraceful that Senator Jeanne Shaheen would use a taxpayer-funded employee working for a Massachusetts liberal like Elizabeth Warren to raise money for her campaign," Horn wrote.
"Senator Shaheen's fundraising activities raise serious ethical questions and remind voters that she is focused on raising campaign cash instead of serving the people of New Hampshire."
Brown, meanwhile, responded to a query by the Washington-based Politico.com commenting on his own plans with a message critical of Shaheen.
"I have been traveling to all parts of the country helping good people get elected," Politico said he wrote from his iPhone Sunday afternoon. "Sen shaheen should spend her taxpayer paid time focusing on working to avoid a govt shutdown and not obsessing about my help of candidates who oppose Obamacare and of which she was the deciding vote, thus hurting businesses and individuals in NH and throughout the country."
(Earlier Granite Status reports follow.)
MONDAY, SEPT. 30: SLATER STEPS DOWN. After only six months on the job, Matt Slater is stepping down as executive director of the New Hampshire Republican State Committee.
Slater will return to New York and may end up working on a political campaign.
Slater said, "At this time I have decided that I would like to pursue other opportunities for the upcoming election cycle."
NHGOP Chair Jennifer Horn said Slater has been "outstanding" and said that his decision to leave early in the cycle will ensure that she will hire someone early enough to have a smooth transition and not disrupt party activities.
Horn said she has begun a search for successor and expects to name one in a few weeks. Slater said he will stay on the job for several weeks.
Slater began as NHGOP executive director on April 1.
"I am proud of the progress that our party made in building a strong, grassroots network over the past several months and I am confident that New Hampshire Republicans will make tremendous gains in the mid-term elections," Slater said.
(Earlier Granite Status reports follow.)
SUNDAY, SEPT. 29: FORMER U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
John Bolton
is putting his 2016 plans "in a box" while he focuses on helping Republicans he considers strong on national defense to get elected next year.
President Obama
, he charged, "doesn't care about national security issues except when he has no choice," is "comfortable with a declining American posture in the world" and is more concerned with "restructuring our domestic economy."
The former
George W. Bush
administration official and Fox News Channel commentator was in New Hampshire this weekend meeting with state Republicans.
He said in an interview that he has set up the "very creatively" named John Bolton Political Action Committee and the John Bolton SuperPAC to raise and contribute funds to U.S. House and Senate candidates in both primaries and the general election who believe national defense should be high priority and have "sound views" on foreign policy.
His SuperPAC "is not designed to purchase high-dollar national media advertising," but to "target individual races in specific districts." He will also appear for candidates and produce online and social media.
In the first-in-the-nation primary state for the first time in years, Bolton was hosted by former state Republican Chairman
Fergus Cullen
on Friday. On Saturday, he was to be at a party brunch at the home of national committeewoman
Juliana Bergeron
in Keene and at a Hillsborough County Republican picnic in Hollis.
Bolton, 64, has never run for political office. He said he considered a presidential candidacy during the 2012 campaign because of what he viewed as a lack of attention to national security.
Republicans then and still today allow Obama a free pass "for his lack of leadership on foreign policy." In
Mitt Romney
, he said, "It was clear we weren't going to have a candidate who made national security a priority."
But Bolton concluded it was too late for him to organize and raise the necessary funds to mount a serious effort for 2012.
Now, though, he says, "It would not be candid to say that having thought about (running) in 2012, that that possibility isn't out there" for 2016.
But at the moment, he wants to make sure that people who are strong advocates of national security get help.
He is "worried about the growth of neo-isolationism within the Republican Party. It's been a long time since we've seen that. It's important to have an opposing view.
"The libertarian conservative basis has to be you need an America where freedom is allowed to flourish, and if you don't have a strong national defense, all the rest of it is secondary," he said.
On current issues, Bolton dismissed Iran's new overtures and conciliatory tone as "pure propaganda."
Iranian President
Hassan Rouhani
"wants relief from the economic sanctions, which have caused economic trouble inside Iran, but have had no effect on the nuclear program."
He said the Syrian situation was a failure for the Obama administration. In the new UN Security Council resolution to secure and eliminate Syria's chemical weapons, "The Russians have essentially gotten everything they wanted."
On the debate in Washington over "Obamacare" and a potential government shutdown, Bolton said Republicans should take a lesson from 1995, when the GOP was blamed for the shutdown caused by a tug-of-war between President
Bill Clinton
and then House speaker
Newt Gingrich
"You have to have a game plan that keeps the issue on Obamacare and doesn't allow Obama to turn it into a debate about shutting down the government," Bolton said. "It cost us the presidency in 1996.
"Ultimately, I don't think the government will shut down," Bolton said.
COLLEGE REPUBLICANS: The executive board and chapter chairs of the New Hampshire Federation of College Republicans has endorsed passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, aimed at preventing discrimination against gay, bisexual and transgender persons in the workplaces.
The bill is headed for a U.S. Senate vote and the federation is urging Sen.
Kelly Ayotte
to support it. She has not yet stated her position.
College Republicans say they have been trying to "modernize" the party in recent months, "particularly with regard to younger voters, who overwhelmingly favor LGBT rights and protections."
RUBENS, SHAHEEN, BROWN: GOP U.S. Senate candidate
Jim Rubens
released his first web ad on Friday, calling
Jeanne Shaheen
wrong for voting in favor in committee of the resolution authorizing the use of force in Syria and on supporting "Obamacare."
Shaheen, meanwhile, is focusing on former Mass. Sen.
Scott Brown
. Shaheen notes in a fundraising email that Brown will make his seventh apperance in six months at a New Hampshire function on Monday.
He will keynote a fundraiser for the Hampstead Republican Committee at the Granite Rose at 7 p.m.
"Just like he did in his 2012 race against
Elizabeth Warren
, Brown would bring tens of millions in support from Wall Street and Tea Party billionaires," wrote Shaheen, seeking donations in time for Monday's deadline for third-quarter campaign committee filings by candidates for federal office.
NEW ASSOCIATES: B-Fresh Consulting, the policy/strategy firm headed by
Sarah Crawford Stewart
Tyler Deaton
, has added two new associates familiar to Granite State political activists.
Christine Baratta Fleming
is a former spokesman for the state Republican Party and several issue advocacy groups.
Matt Flanders
is former deputy New Hampshire campaign manager for
Jon Huntsman
's 2012 presidential effort and was deputy state director of
John McCain
's 2008 general election effort after heading up McCain's North Country activities.
John DiStaso is senior political reporter of the New Hampshire Union Leader and New Hampshire Sunday News. He can be reached at email@example.com and followed on Twitter: @jdistaso.


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I'm a big big fan of Happy Herbivore, Lindsay Nixon. Her cookbooks helped me make the transition into a vegan diet, and recipes from her two cookbooks are some of my favorites.
I've also had the pleasure of interviewing her during blog tours for Happy Herbivore and Everyday Happy Herbivore.
More on the giveaway after the interview!
How does Happy Herbivore Abroad differ from HHC and EHH?
HHA is international themed and has a lot of me in it — personal stories and such. You won't find that in my other books. This book is so personal, and I really love that about it.
You are a world traveler! What destinations have influenced your cooking the most?
Living abroad and traveling throughout Europe has really shaped me as a person, which I'm sure has translated to or effected my cooking and approach to meals/recipes in some way. It's hard to pinpoint a specific country or even city that has influenced me more than the others — I think all the experience together have influenced me.
What are some of your favorite places that you have visited?
Many of the places I traveled to were so different from each other you can't really compare them to have favorites. How can you compare the mountains to the desert, for example? There were places with mesmerizing vistas that I could stare at for days, but then there were other places, with no vistas, but such beautiful architecture… or a culture that was so rich and vibrant it was intoxicating… I guess if I had to pick, I'd say Germany, Spain, Italy, The Netherlands…
What are some of the biggest challenges you face for eating vegan abroad, and how do you deal with them?
As with domestic travel, you have to have patience. I've never had trouble finding vegan fare (anywhere in the world) but it wasn't always the most convenient choice. A little creativity and persistence is key.
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I take my backpack on board as my carryon — which as all my clothes and toiletries in it. In my purse I have my passport, peepers (eye shades) and ear plugs for the ride, my kindle, money, chap stick, a few snacks for the plane and important papers – like travel reservations.
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Indian Publishing Firm Can't Take A Little Criticism, Threatens Blogger With $1 Billion Lawsuit, Criminal Charges
from the how-not-to-make-a-threat dept
In 2012, The Chronicle found that the group was listing 200 journals, but only about 60 percent had actually published anything.OMICS' response to Beall is almost too incredible to be believed, but it threatened to sue Beall for $1 billion and seek criminal penalties as well. Yes, billion with a b -- so insert your Dr. Evil jokes here. Oh, if you're asking under what law?
In India, Section 66A of the Information Technology Act makes it illegal to use a computer to publish "any information that is grossly offensive or has menacing character" or to publish false information. The punishment can be as much as three years in prison.As Ken White points out, the SPEECH Act clearly protects Beall from any ruling in India. We've been waiting for the first attempt to see that law used to protect someone from some insane foreign claim. If you don't recall, the SPEECH Act says that the US will not recognize foreign civil rulings over speech that would violate US law, such as the First Amendment.
Similarly, criminal charges would be meaningless, because any attempt at extradition to India would require dual criminality -- such that the acts would be criminal in both countries. That's clearly not true here (and it's debatable if they're actually criminal in either country).
Amazingly, when asked about this whole thing by The Chronicle of Higher Education, the lawyer representing OMICS, Ashok Ram Kumar, a lawyer with the firm IP Markets, appeared to double down on the threats and insist that he was "very serious" (TM), though various lawyers are a bit more skeptical of that.
"What he has written is something highly inappropriate," Mr. Kumar said. "He should not have done something like this. He has committed a criminal offense."One thing that is clear, however, is that any company that would send out such a ridiculous threat over a blog criticism isn't a company worth trusting. Whether or not they spam and engage in bait and switch or other predatory practices, we do know with certainty that they send out insane legal threats. That's enough information necessary to decide that OMICS is not a company worth supporting.
While Mr. Kumar said he and his client are "very serious" about the $1-billion amount, Jonathan Bloom, a lawyer with Weil, Gotshal & Manges, in New York, said it seemed more like a publicity stunt. "Sometimes people just want to puff their chests, indicate their reputation, and try to intimidate people that criticize them," Mr. Bloom said.


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The sun is shining and the fish are biting here at Black Bear Lodge. This summer we have enjoyed great weather paired with various entertainment options. Some of our special events start with our featured performers at the Bear's Den Bar & Grill. Enjoy a fun filled night of karaoke with DJ Marvelous Marv every Thursday night. If singing isn't your style, we have great performances by JG Lightborne and Mark Wayne on every Monday, Tuesday and Saturday.
The fun doesn't stop there. Our campfire "Meet and Greet" is Sunday evenings, 7pm at South Point Campfire. This is a great way for our guests to get to know each other and make new friends. Professional fishing guide Fred Brogle helps answer any questions and gives out helpful fishing tips with his FREE fishing seminar at the Sunday campfire. Our guests can also enjoy s'mores by the campfire, with our children's activities director, Nikki.
It's no surprise that Nikki has been kept very busy this summer. From crafting to water play, the Black Bear children's summer program has been a great way for the children of our guests to learn and still have fun on the resort (meanwhile parents get some quiet time)! Children are free to choose the activities they wish to participate in, that way everyone can join at their leisure.
This summer sure has been sweet! Whether you enjoy fishing facts, roasting marshmallows by the campfire, or like to have your alone time on Little St. Germain Lake, we try to accommodate all of our guests needs, which makes Black Bear Lodge the ideal place for your summer vacation.


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Thank you everybody who stopped by during the last days! You really made my week a fun figtastic one! I just love the word figtastic!
Let's recapitulate: We started the week with some really nice Spiced cookie wrapped figs, on Tuesday we indulged in a Fresh fig chocolate candy bar*, to lighten things up we then had a Fig & cream cheese tartelette, Thursday brought us a Fig & anise jam and finally yesterday we closed it with the most amazing Fig, white chocolate and peanut butter iced mousse!
* As so many of you asked about my chocolate candy bar mould, here's the link from where I got it.
But I wasn't the only one going fig crazy here! During this last week I saw fig recipes popping arround everywhere. Here are my fig-findings and others that some of you were kind enough to send my way! Hope you find this helpful when you find yourself with a bag full of figs and don't know what to do with them. I'm sure that a bag won't be enough for all these delicious creations!
Although I've only provided you with sweets, figs are very popular to use in SALADS or in STARTERS. Just look at this:
- Jenn is not only the Leftover Queen, she's also the Fig Princess apparently. She has in her site an Ode to the Fig with Parmesan stuffed figs with balsamic reduction and Fresh fig rocket salad!
- The Recipe Girl Lori discovered she liked figs after all after making a colorful fresh figs salad with blue cheese!
- What about my Home Gourmet friend Suzana that made this beautiful Fig and rocket salad?! Not to talk about her HHDD winning recipe for Figs and Bacon Clafoutis she made a while ago.
Are you still hungry? Ok, let's move on to the MAIN DISHES, shall we?
- Jenn, not happy with 2 fig starters also has in her site a Fresh fig & sage grilled pizza that left me salivating!
- Another great Pizza made with prosciutto, figs and gorgonzola, was done recently by my friend Jenny for her Picky Palate family!
- I adore salmon, so I m sure I would love this Roasted salmon with caramelized onions and figs that Judy made in her Kitchen!
I know you saved room for DESSERT! But a room won't be enough, you should have saved a whole house!
- Let's start with my virtual PT Adam that joined me in the fig fun by making this Fig thumbprint sugar cookies. Thumbs up Adam! You gotta like a guy that bakes, even if he uses Dynamite!
- Gloria from Canela Kitchen has such an interesting dessert in her site! I would love to try the Poppy seeds mousse with fig jam!
- Of course Jenn had to do fig desserts as well: Cuccidati, a cute sicilian cookie and Drunken figs!
- And Judy, besides her salmon, also has a great dessert for us: Oven roasted figs with raspberries! Yummy!
- You prefer to have cake for dessert? Zoe baked a great Fig, champagne grapes and raspnerry cake, this week.
- At a Yankee in a Southern Kitchen I found some delicious looking Honey figs with goat cheese and pecans!
- Another fig and cheese combo made an apearence at Dishing up Delights with Figs with ricotta and pistachios that Esi made!
- Alexa, an Artsy Foodie did some great looking Oat & figs bars that are gluten-free!
- I loved seeing Jude's Pan de higo (Spanish fig cake), it's not your tipical cake but it's very popular in Spain and Portugal, specially around Christmas. Hers, found at Apple Pie, Patis & Patê, look really great!
- Yesterday, another one bite the dust, it was Pastry Girl from Dessert First that made Vanilla bean fig cupcakes with orange blossom honey frosting. Great flavours!
- And last, coincidentally, the Spicy Mama that runs A Beautiful Moisaic just started a Fig Week herself! Her first creation was an amazing Fig galette!
Have you seen the great recipes all this people made?! Maybe I'll do this kind of thing every season with a different fruit, what do you think?
But now, I'm so done with figs! Enough with them for a long time! From tomorrow I'll have Fig-free normal posts!
I'm pretty sure you won't see a fig here any time soon!
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Muntiacus truongsonensis
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Muntiacus truongsonensis (Giao, Tuoc, Dung, Wikramanayake, Amato, Arctander & Mackinnon, 1997)
Common Name(s):
Caninmuntiacus truongsonensis [Pham Mong] Giao, [Do] Tuoc, Eric [Wikramanayake], [Vu Van] Dung et al. in Nguyen An Quang Ha, 1997 [earliest available name]
Muntiacus napensis Tobias, 1997 [nomen nudum]
Muntiacus truongsonensis P.M. Giao, D. Tuoc, V.V. Dung, Wikramanayake, Amato, Arctander & Mackinnon, 1998 [junior objective synonym and homonym]
|Taxonomic Notes:
|This nominal taxon had a tortured arrival and history. The first available name is Caninmuntiacus truongsonensis [Pham Mong] Giao, [Do] Tuoc, Eric [Wikramanayake], [Vu Van] Dung et al. in Nguyen An Quang Ha, 1997, in a newspaper article. This meets all International Code for Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) criteria for availability (Grubb 2005) and therefore by the ICZN principle of priority must stand as the valid name for this taxon, unless an earlier available name is found. The following year, Muntiacus truongsonensis P.M. Giao, D. Tuoc, V.V. Dung, Wikramanayake, Amato, Arctander and Mackinnon, 1998 was proposed, explicitly as a new name (not as a clarification of the earlier name). This 1998 proposal is certainly based on the same collected material as the 1997 proposal so is a junior objective synonym of the latter. As the species-group name is spelled exactly the same way as in the 1997 proposal, it is also a junior homonym of it. Neither original description allows objective morphological determination of what the name applies to, although mtDNA sequences shared with no previously-named muntjac were isolated from the material collected (P.M. Giao et al. 1998). The 1997 publication indicated no holotype, and gave no details on where the syntypes were or would be lodged. The 1998 publication of the junior synonym named a holotype; Grubb (2005) considered that "technically it is probably a lectotype". In fact, as the 1998 publication was explicitly proposing a new name, not a reinterpretation of the 1997 name, the holotype designated is indeed the holotype, but of their junior synonym; it could have no bearing on the 1997 name Caninmuntiacus truongsonensis, the senior (and thus valid) name for this group, unless an explicit nomenclatural act were to associate the specimen with that name, as a lectotype (there appears no doubt that the 1998 holotype is from the syntype series in the 1997 original description). Such an act would be unwise, because the specimen may not now be traceable, and in any case is not known to have been the source of the DNA result and it has no pelage associated with it, nor might it be a complete skull with all relevant diagnostic features present. Therefore, to make this single specimen the name-bearing type would handicap progress in resolving this name's applicability and if it were found to have different DNA, would firmly install even more confusion. Nomenclatural stability, and thus conservation, would best be served by designating as a neotype a specimen (ideally full skeletal and pelt) lodged in a named internationally accessible collection with long-term storage facilities, which shares the exact genetic sequence provided in the 1998 description of the junior synonym. There is currently no known specimen suitable for this course of events.
Some of the biological material referred to in the articles of Nguyen An Quang Ha (1997) and P.M. Giao et al. (1998) was shown in 1998 to R.J. Timmins (pers. comm. 2008) by Do Tuoc in the collections of the Forest Inventory and Planning Institute, Hanoi. This material, consisting entirely of damaged skulls and mandibles, is poorly, although distinctively, labelled. Part of the explanation for the confusion over application of the name results from it including at least two species: one or more taxa in the M. rooseveltorum species-complex and one specimen of northern red muntjac M. vaginalis. The three specimens illustrated in Nguyen An Quang Ha (1997) and several other newspapers and magazines were not present in this FIPI collection. Several years later, R.J. Timmins (pers. comm. 2008) came across them in the WWF offices in Hanoi, where they appear to have been since 1997. None of either the FIPI or WWF material is labelled as any form of type, or has the markings as described in P.M. Giao et al. (1998). Until a lectotype or neotype of C. truongsonensis P.M. Giao et al. in Nguyen An Quang Ha, 1997 is established in an explicit nomenclatural act, it is not possible to begin to determine the diagnostic morphological characters of M. truongsonensis. Until such an act it is only speculation whether any or all of the pelage characters or the mtDNA sequences given by P.M. Giao et al. (1998) and Amato et al. (1999a, 1999b, 2000), or the skull characteristics of some of the FIPI and WWF material which appear to be significantly different from M. rooseveltorum (R.J. Timmins pers. comm. 2008), in fact are those of M. truongsonensis, although with appropriate typification, they could probably be made to be. This uncertainty is because it is effectively impossible that all syntypes (comprising, as they do, 2–3 species) would share the same mtDNA or pelage features with each other, and they certainly do not share skull features. It is not clear whether the genetic analysis of the 1998 publication included the 1998 holotype (for which, as argued above, it would not be sensible to propose formally as the lectotype of the 1997 name), although it seems a reasonable inference that it involved the 1997 syntypes. Until a lectotype or neotype of the 1997 name is selected, it is not possible to assess the possibility that gene sequences published in P.M. Giao et al. (1998), and Amato et al. (1999a, 1999b, 2000), could actually refer to a taxon different from those skulls within the syntype series with obviously novel morphological characteristics (which were not discussed in either the 1997 or 1998 publications). This possibility is real, although slight, because of the presence of at least two apparently species-level taxa within the syntype series and the fairly likely sympatric occurrence of M. rooseveltorum with the taxon generally taken to be represented by the name M. truongsonensis, or even the possibility of a closely similar taxon (perhaps M. puhoatensis). M. rooseveltorum is morphologically very similar to material currently assumed to represent M. truongsonensis, and an animal very similar in skull and pelage features to the holotype of M. rooseveltorum has been recorded from the Xe Sap NPA area of Lao PDR, very close to the type locality of M. truongsonensis (R.J. Timmins pers. obs. based on material collected by R. Steinmetz and Tanya Chanard). As of November 2015, following visits to both FIPI and the WWF Hanoi offices, it appears that all of the original type material of M. truongsonensis has now been lost (R. J. Timmins pers. comm. 2015).
Although morphological characteristics cannot, therefore, be objectively defined for the presumed taxon to which the name M. truongsonensis is being applied there exist various specimens very similar to, but obviously different from, M. rooseveltorum. These have generally dark rather than brown or reddish pelage, a tail that is blackish dorsally and long premaxillae that contact the nasals rather than short premaxillae that do not. These are taken here provisionally to represent M. truongsonensis (in the hope that this morphologically-defined group will be found to correspond to the novel genetic sequence of P.M. Giao et al. 1998, and that appropriate typification could cement this hypothesis). However, there is still considerable variation in these morphological traits within available Indochinese specimens of the M. rooseveltorum complex, and some animals show character states apparently intermediate between M. rooseveltorum and 'M. truongsonensis'. It is not clear whether these represent hybrids or indicate that intraspecific variation is wide enough to blur interspecific variation, because very few complete specimens are available for which congruence between morphological traits can be compared: in fact out of over 50 specimens of this complex from Lao PDR and Viet Nam, R.J. Timmins (pers. comm. 2008) is only aware of two complete specimens, in which both skull and pelage features can be fully documented, the holotype of M. rooseveltorum and a female collected by R. Steinmetz and Tanya Chanard from the Xe Sap NPA area of Lao PDR.
See also M. rooseveltorum for further complications concerning this species-complex.
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Data Deficient ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Timmins, R. & Duckworth, J.W.
|Brook, S.M. & McShea, W.J.
|Long, B.
This nominal species is listed as Data Deficient because current taxonomic uncertainties prevent clarification of status and distribution of this species within the many specimens and photographs of animals undoubtedly belonging to the M. rooseveltorum species-complex (see taxonomic note). As a result there is no reasonable way to estimate its species-specific range or conservation status within that of the species-complex. General hunting levels in the region are high but there is no information about how tolerant the species may be to hunting (Northern Red Muntjac is able to withstand high hunting, but there is no real reason to believe that this trait is shared with the rest of the genus, but equally nor is there any reason to believe that it is not). Habitat loss is probably a threat in some regions, but levels of tolerance of fragmentation and degradation cannot yet be assessed. No new information was received between 2008 and 2015 to warrant a change in the species' status.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|The distribution limits of this species are unknown, reflecting ambiguity over what the name refers to, and how to identify taxa within the M. rooseveltorum complex. For a description of the range of this species-complex see M. rooseveltorum. The syntypes of M. truongsonensis were collected from four houses in three locations in Hien District [now split into two new districts Dong Giang and Tay Giang], west Quang Nam Province, Viet Nam. "The three locations are: Hien, the district capital [now called Prao], A Tin village, and A Plo village (15°56'59''N, 107°34'18''E)" (P.M. Giao et al. 1998). Two skulls which share the distinctive mtDNA sequences presented by P.M. Giao et al. (1998) for M. truongsonensis were collected in the adjacent area of Lao PDR, on the Dakchung Plateau (Amato et al. 1999b, 2000, R.J. Timmins pers. comm. 2008). Published range descriptions for M. truongsonensis (e.g. Groves and Schaller 2000, Grubb 2005) are hypothetical. Specimens and camera-trap photographs of animals of the M. rooseveltorum complex, but morphologically dissimilar to the M. rooseveltorum holotype (see taxonomic note) occur from the type locality of M. truongsonensis north to at least the northern highlands of Lao PDR and Viet Nam and probably into adjacent areas of China (R.J. Timmins pers. comm. 2008). M. truongsonensis may be found to occur throughout the range of the M. rooseveltorum species-complex (dark-pelaged animals appear to be widespread), but equally it could be much more localised.
Circumstantial evidence from Myanmar presents a possibility of more than one taxon in the M. rooseveltorum species complex in that region (see Red List account for M. putaoensis), with potentially similar pelage and skull character variation as shown in Indochina. Amato et al. (1999a, 1999b, 2000) placed M. putaoensis as the sister taxon to M. truongsonensis on the basis of mtDNA, and the holotype of the former species shares with specimens speculated to be M. truongsonensis long premaxillae that contact the nasals, in fact skulls of these two taxa may be (nearly) impossible to diagnose apart (R.J. Timmins pers. comm. 2008). Some uncertainty exists over the pelage characteristics of M. putaoensis, although the assumption is that they are reddish animals (see Red List account for M. putaoensis). Contrary to the statements of Rabinowitz et al. (1999) and others, which have not taken into account the patchiness of suitable surveying, the 'small' muntjacs comprising the M. rooseveltorum species-complex are not particularly restricted in range, but are rather widespread in montane areas of northern southeast Asia. The lack of evidence of the complex from many areas, giving an apparent disjunct distribution, is much more likely to reflect the paucity of suitable surveys than the genuine distribution pattern. Survey work in south-west and south-east China, much of Myanmar, the Himalayan region and northern and western Thailand have certainly been insufficient to conclude anything about the range of this species-complex in those regions.
Grubb (2005) suggested that various muntjac specimens recorded from China (in Sokolov 1957, Shou 1962) might be attributable to M. truongsonensis, without giving profound justification. It seems, on current knowledge, equally likely that they belong elsewhere in the M. rooseveltorum species-complex, or, as suggested by the original authors, that they refer to animals from the M. crinifrons species-complex (i.e. that species, M. feae and M. gongshanensis).
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Lao People's Democratic Republic; Viet Nam
|Additional data:
|Range Map:
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|Over 50 specimens (not all now extant) and close to 500 camera-trap photographs of the species-complex are known to R.J. Timmins from Indochina (pers. comm. 2015), suggesting it is relatively common in both Viet Nam and especially Lao PDR. Camera-trapping in northern Myanmar suggests that the species-complex is also at least locally common there (R.J. Timmins pers. comm. 2008, based on WCS unpublished data). Results from camera-trapping in Lao PDR (Nam Et–Phou Louey NPA: R.J. Timmins pers. comm. 2008, based on unpublished data A. Johnson/ WCS, Phou Sithone ESCA: R.J. Timmins pers. comm. 2015, based on unpublished data Chanthasone Phommachanh/SWG/WCS/IEWMP, Nakai-Nam Theun NPA: R.J. Timmins pers. comm. 2008, based on Watershed Management Protection Agency unpublished data, Laving Lavern Provincial Protected Area: R.J. Timmins pers. comm. 2015, based on unpublished data J.W. Duckworth/WCS, Xe Sap National Protected Area: R.J. Timmins pers. comm. 2015, based on unpublished data T. Gray/WWF) and Viet Nam (Hoang Lien Son mountain range: R.J. Timmins pers. comm. 2008, based on unpublished data S. Swann/FFI, Hue and Quang Nam Saola Nature Reserves: R.J. Timmins pers. comm. 2015, based on unpublished data T. Gray/WWF) show that the species-complex is at least locally common at these sites, and it could be so over much of its range. In other areas, such as Pu Mat NR (Viet Nam), and Bolikhamsai province (Lao PDR), the species-complex has been camera-trapped less frequently than M. vaginalis in each area, but this may reflect ecological factors of sampling areas, such as habitat and altitude range (R.J. Timmins pers. comm. 2008, based on various unpublished datasets, SFNC 2000, Robichaud and Stuart 1999).
|Current Population Trend:
|Additional data:
|Habitat and Ecology:
|In Lao PDR this species-complex is probably restricted to higher elevations (over 1,000 m asl) and forests at the evergreen end of the spectrum, it may be absent from forest even above 1,000 m asl in drier western areas (R.J. Timmins pers. comm. 2008 based on camera-trapping results, see 'population' above). In Viet Nam it occurs also down to lower altitudes (perhaps to the foothills) especially on the eastern slope of the Annamites and probably also in northeastern areas (east of the Red River) (R.J. Timmins pers. comm. 2006, 2015 based on a combination of camera-trap results and collected specimens). In Myanmar the species-complex appears to occur between at least 700 and 1,250 m asl (see M. putaoensis Red list account). Social ecology is likely to be similar to other species of muntjac, which are generally solitary and territorial.
Based on camera-trapping results (see 'population' above) the complex is widely sympatric with northern red muntjac M. vaginalis, although at high elevations over about 1,500 m asl that species appears to become scarce or naturally absent within Indochina, whereas the rooseveltorum complex ascends to over 2,000 m asl in at least northern Viet Nam (R.J. Timmins pers. comm. 2008, based on photographs and other unpublished data of S. Swann/FFI).
|Use and Trade:
|For information on use and trade, see under Threats.
|Major Threat(s):
The main threat to the species-complex is hunting. Especially within Lao PDR and Viet Nam, there is indiscriminate snaring throughout its known range, for local meat consumption and a thriving bushmeat trade (see Timmins et al. 2007). However, the best protection from hunting at present is the 'cushioning' effect of large forest blocks, where the costs of extracting wildlife of low to medium commercial value from the centre are higher than the income from selling it, and where habitat is so extensive it is simply more difficult to hunt out cryptic, non-gregarious species, than it is in smaller forest blocks. Because most such blocks within the complex's geographical range are centred on rugged terrain, with higher elevations forming the core of such areas, these muntjacs are likely to be significantly less threatened than are sympatric ground-dwelling mammals with altitudinal ranges limited to lower elevations. However, in the very heavily impacted Vietnamese regions of the Northern and Central Annamites the species-complex has almost certainly undergone a decline equivalent to Endangered listing.
In localized areas, especially of northern Indochina, the species-complex is likely to be affected by habitat loss. Here, most ethnic groups practice shifting cultivation and in recent decades there has been a clear net loss and fragmentation of forest: such shifting cultivation is not now in a balanced cycle (for rotational systems), or never was (frontier systems). The adaptability of the species-complex to degraded or fragmented habitats is not well known, although evidence from northern Lao PDR suggests that animals there persist in landscape-scale mosaics including extensive secondary, degraded forest fragments and cultivation (R.J. Timmins pers. comm. 2006). In general it appears that muntjacs (particularly M. vaginalis and M. reevesi) adapt well to secondary and degraded habitats and in fact may reach higher densities in such areas than they do in unencroached habitats. More serious than losses to shifting cultivation, in the most recent years and the immediate future, is likely to be the large-scale replacement of natural forests (albeit mostly heavily degraded) with rubber plantations to supply the burgeoning Chinese market, and other agro-industry plantations. This is affecting large areas of the northern highlands of Lao PDR and elsewhere, and will have three linked negative effects on ground-dwelling mammals: direct loss of habitat (it is unlikely that rubber plantations will support even mediocre densities of this species-complex, although this is not yet known), decline and destabilization of the forest resource-base (including wild-meat sources) for subsistence-level communities, leading to higher hunting levels in remaining wildlife areas (C. Wood pers. comm. 2005 to J.W. Duckworth, based on emerging patterns across several provinces in Lao PDR's northern highlands), and shrinkage of the size of natural habitat blocks and thereby reduction and, locally, loss, of the cushioning effect.
|Conservation Actions:
Taxonomic uncertainties within this species-complex forestall any analysis of conservation needs for the individual species and thus resolution of species boundaries and identification criteria are certainly in a long-term view the most important conservation actions that need to be undertaken. Populations of this species-complex occur in probably most protected areas of the Annamite range and northern highlands of Lao PDR and Viet Nam (R.J. Timmins pers. comm. 2006, 2015), and the species-complex also occurs in several protected areas in Myanmar (Schaller and Rabinowitz 2004), suggesting that for one or more of the species involved the primary conservation measure needed is simply effective protected area management of a geographically diverse suite of protected areas (a need common to many widespread species of low threat level). If there are localized taxa, or taxa with specific habitat requirements not met well by the current system of protected areas within this species-complex then conservation measures additional to support and consolidation of the existing protected area system may be warranted.
Whatever actual taxonomic pattern is found within the species-complex, management of hunting will need to recognize that hunters cannot be expected to identify muntjacs to species in the field: some methods are non-selective (e.g. snares) while active projectile hunting (e.g. guns, bows, blow-pipes) would be severely reduced in their harvest efficiency if identification had to precede shooting. This is particularly the case in Laos where M. vaginalis is not protected and where subsistence hunting is allowed within National Protected Areas, in Vietnam, hunting is strictly prohibited in protected areas, but law enforcement in almost all areas is still ineffective. The only realistic site-based management tool for this species-complex is likely to be the declaration of suitably-sized 'core areas', situated in ecologically appropriate areas, where all hunting using methods suitable for muntjacs, including under hitherto traditional rights, is prevented. Lao protected area legislation apparently provides for 'core areas' within each national protected area although few if any have yet been declared. Each protected area within the species-complex's range should therefore have at least one large (several hundred km², in the absence of any empirical knowledge of muntjac spatial ecology) core zone declared and enforced. This measure implemented in conjunction with well considered hunting management in peripheral forest areas might also benefit the ongoing dietary needs of local people, who could harvest in a controlled manner animals outside core zones, and who, in parts of montane Lao PDR that have been effectively studied, are being forced into involuntary veganism because the lack of effective wildlife management and sensible hunting quotas, has meant wildlife stocks have fallen severely (Krahn and Johnson 2007).
|Timmins, R. & Duckworth, J.W. 2016. Muntiacus truongsonensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T44704A22154056. . Downloaded on 25 September 2018.
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Jones, Hardy homer in O's win over Detroit
Baltimore improves to 21-16 on road
Jones, Hardy homer in O's win over Detroit
Baltimore improves to 21-16 on road
J.J. Hardy and Adam Jones homered off Justin Verlander, and Manny Machado added a double and two sparkling plays at third base to lead the Baltimore Orioles to a 5-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night.
Hardy hit his third homer off Verlander (8-5) this month, connecting for a two-run shot in the fourth inning, and Jones added a three-run drive in the fifth.
Zach Britton (1-1) allowed a run and five hits in 5 1/3 innings after being called up earlier in the day from the minors to make this start.
Four Baltimore relievers finished. Jim Johnson pitched the ninth for his 26th save in 30 chances.
Verlander gave up five runs and seven hits in five innings. He walked four and struck out five.


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When I heard about the Cambridge police commissioner wanting to crack down on anti-social cycling I initially questioned whether it should really be a priority but I've come round to the idea and would love to see it in London.
In London I'm often a pedestrian and if I wasn't a cyclist myself, a small minority would make me hate them. Every single day this week I've seen at least one incident (all on fixies, mostly bike couriers incidentally) from someone mounting the pavement to skip round a red light, straight into the path of an old lady, to jumping out the way of someone that thinks bikes don't need to stop or even slow down for pedestrian crossings.
If more effort went into tackling these idiots then I suspect the rest of us would receive a slightly warmer welcome on the road. Whilst bad cycling does far less harm than bad driving, it's doing nothing to improve the general attitude towards cyclists in the UK.